Which
of the following is the technology of indoor or automotive environmental comfort?

A.
HIPS

B.
HVAC

C.
NIPS

D.
CCTV

Explanation:
HVAC stands for the closely related functions of “Heating, Ventilating, and Air
Conditioning”. It is the technology of indoor or automotive
environmental comfort. HVAC system design is a major sub-discipline of mechanical engineering,
based on the principles of thermodynamics,
fluid mechanics, and heat transfer.
HVAC is particularly important in the design of medium to large industrial and office buildings such
as skyscrapers and in marine environments
such as aquariums, where safe and healthy building conditions are regulated with temperature and
humidity, as well as “fresh air” from
outdoors.
Answer option A is incorrect. A host-based intrusion prevention system (HIPS) is an application
usually employed on a single computer. It
complements traditional finger-print-based and heuristic antivirus detection methods, since it does
not need continuous updates to stay
ahead of new malware. When a malicious code needs to modify the system or other software
residing on the machine, a HIPS system will
notice some of the resulting changes and prevent the action by default or notify the user for
permission. It can handle encrypted and
unencrypted traffic equally and cannot detect events scattered over the network.
Answer option D is incorrect. Closed-circuit television (CCTV) is a device that uses video cameras to
transmit a signal to a specific place, on a
limited set of monitors. It differs from broadcast television in that the signal is not openly
transmitted, though it may employ point to point
wireless links. CCTV is often used for surveillance in areas that may need monitoring such as banks,
casinos, airports, military installations,

and convenience stores.
Answer option C is incorrect. Network intrusion prevention system (NIPS) is a hardware/software
platform that is designed to analyze, detect,
and report on security related events. NIPS is designed to inspect traffic and based on its
configuration or security policy, it can drop malicious
traffic. NIPS is able to detect events scattered over the network and can react.