ITPEC IP October 2021 Question 76

IEEE — the US-based Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers develops the IEEE 802 family of LAN standards.

IEEE 802.3 defines Ethernet (wired LAN) and IEEE 802.11 defines wireless LAN (Wi-Fi). IEEE is an academic society and standards body headquartered in the USA, matching every part of the question: an academic organization, in the USA, standardizing Ethernet and wireless LAN.

Answer (b)

Why not others:

• •(a) ICANN — coordinates Internet identifiers such as domain names and IP address allocation; it does not set LAN standards
• •(c) ISO — an international standards organization based in Geneva, not a US academic organization, and not the body behind the 802 LAN standards
• •(d) W3C — develops Web standards such as HTML, CSS and XML

Key rule: IEEE 802.x means LAN standards (802.3 Ethernet, 802.11 wireless LAN); ICANN manages Internet names and addresses, W3C the Web, and ISO international standards in general.

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