Network Standards and Governing Organizations

Question 1

The world’s largest developer of standards and defined the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model

Answer 1

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

Question 2

Non-profit organization and the world’s leading professional association for the advancement of technology

Answer 2

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Question 3

All internet systems are based on what standard

Answer 3

IEEE 802 standard

Formed in Feb 1980

Basic charter to develop and maintain networking standards and recommended practices

Question 4

What national industry association is best known for publishing electrical wiring and transmission standards

Answer 4

Electronics Industries Alliance (EIA)

Two common EIA standards:

1. RS-232 cable and connector used between computers and external modems
2. EIA-568-B cabling used in most computer networks

Question 5

What private non-profit org that oversees development of voluntary consensus standards for products and services in the US

Answer 5

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

Question 6

This non-profit org has responsibility for IP address space allocation and mostly concerned with defining policy

Answer 6

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Question 7

This institution’s role is to allocate IP addresses from the pools of unallocated addresses to the Regional Internet Registries (RIR) according to their established needs

Answer 7

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)

IANA allocates and maintains unique codes and numbering systems that are used in protocols that drive the internet

Question 8

What are the five subordinate Regional Internet Registries (RIR)

Answer 8

1. APNIC (Asia-Pacific Network Information Center)
2. ARIN (American Registry for Internet Numbers)
3. RIPE NCC (Reseau IP Europeans Network Coordination Center)
4. LACNIC (Latin American and Caribbean IP address Registry)
5. AfriNIC (African Network Information Center)