IPA IP 2021 Question 27

A question IPA Japan published in 令和3年度 ITパスポート試験公開問題問27, translated into English. ITPEC is based on the same exams.

Which of the following is an appropriate example of BYOD?

a)Lines were bought wholesale from a major telecommunications carrier, and a telecommunications service under the company’s own brand was started.b)The sense of presence in a game world was enhanced by showing images that look as if they were real through goggles.c)It was made possible to access the company’s server from privately owned smartphones and use e-mail and the scheduler.d)IC tags were attached to the books in a library so that the collection could be managed easily.

Explanation

Reaching the company's server from privately owned smartphones for e-mail and the scheduler — BYOD (bring your own device) means employees use their own devices for work.

With BYOD the company lets its staff use their own smartphones, tablets or PCs to access its systems. It saves the cost of company devices and lets people work on devices they know, but business data then sits on personal devices, so the company needs rules for their use and tools such as MDM (mobile device management) and remote wiping.

Answer (c)

Why not others:

•(a) — buying lines wholesale from a major carrier and selling a service under one's own brand is an MVNO (mobile virtual network operator)
•(b) — realistic images shown through goggles to immerse the player in a game world are VR (virtual reality)
•(d) — IC tags on library books for easy management of the collection are a use of RFID

Key rule: BYOD is about whose device is used: the employee's own, brought into business use with the company's permission and under its rules.

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