Which of the following is an example of a physical control?
Which of the following is an example of a physical control?
A physical control refers to any measure that physically prevents or reduces potential damage to physical assets. Providing fire detection and suppression equipment is an example of a physical control because it involves tangible equipment designed to protect physical assets from fire damage.
This is tough one because it's not specific as to whether they're talking about a physical ACCESS control, or just a physical control in general. Since they didn't say ACCESS control, I'm gonna go with Answer A. The controls are physical - but they only PROTECT equipment, not limit unauthorized access (which would require a physical security control like a card reader or something). Too bad the question is so cryptic.
Why is it not A?
It's A