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Which two statements correctly describe the behavior of the name service switch?

Given this line from the name service configuration file:

hosts:nis [NOTFOUND=return] files

Which two statements correctly describe the behavior of the name service switch? (Choose two.)

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A.
If NIS were unavailable, the attempt to locate a host’s IP address would be abandoned.

B.
If NIS were unavailable, the attempt to locate the host’s address would be continued within the local file (/etc/inet/hosts).

C.
If NIS were available, but a host IP address was NOT in the NIS map, the attempt to locate the host’s address would be abandoned.

D.
If NIS were available, but a host IP address was NOT in the NIS tables, the attempt to locate the host’s address would be continued by searching for it in the local file (/etc/inet/hosts).

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