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A firm's IT head says that an antivirus tool, a file-compression tool and a backup tool are all 'utility software', while a language translator converts source code to machine code. A junior asserts one of the following about these categories. Which assertion is correct?

Both utility programs and language translators fall under system software. Utilities maintain and protect the computer, and translators such as compilers and interpreters convert source code into machine code. Neither performs an end-user business task, so they are not application software, and backup tools are not firmware.

  1. AUtility programs and language translators are both categories of system softwareCorrect
  2. BUtility programs are application software, while translators are system software
  3. CLanguage translators are application software because developers use them
  4. DBackup tools are firmware because they store data permanently

Explanation

Utilities support maintenance and protection of the computer, and compilers, interpreters and assemblers translate programs; both groups are classed under system software. Treating utilities as application software or translators as application software is wrong because neither performs an end-user business task. Firmware refers to permanent instructions in hardware, not backup tools.

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