Quiz Chapter 12 (NIST) questions and
answers graded A+
What is the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)? - correct answer ✔✔ A
federal agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce whose mission is to "promote U.S.
innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and
technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life."
The ISO was formed in 1918 with the merger of five engineering societies and three
government agencies, which merged to form the American Engineering Standards Committee
(AESC). - correct answer ✔✔ False
Today, _________ standards address a wide variety of topics, including power generation,
power transmission and distribution, commercial and consumer electrical appliances,
semiconductors, electromagnetics, batteries, solar energy, and telecommunications. The
organization was also instrumental in the development of standards for electrical
measurements, including the gauss, hertz, and weber. - correct answer ✔✔ IEC
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Common Gateway Interface (CGI), and Hypertext Markup
Language (HTML) are standards developed or endorsed by the ____________. - correct answer
✔✔ W3C
________ is an international security standard that documents a comprehensive set of controls
that represent information systems best practices. - correct answer ✔✔ ISO 27000
The ANSI produces standards that affect nearly all aspects of IT. - correct answer ✔✔ True
answers graded A+
What is the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)? - correct answer ✔✔ A
federal agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce whose mission is to "promote U.S.
innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and
technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life."
The ISO was formed in 1918 with the merger of five engineering societies and three
government agencies, which merged to form the American Engineering Standards Committee
(AESC). - correct answer ✔✔ False
Today, _________ standards address a wide variety of topics, including power generation,
power transmission and distribution, commercial and consumer electrical appliances,
semiconductors, electromagnetics, batteries, solar energy, and telecommunications. The
organization was also instrumental in the development of standards for electrical
measurements, including the gauss, hertz, and weber. - correct answer ✔✔ IEC
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Common Gateway Interface (CGI), and Hypertext Markup
Language (HTML) are standards developed or endorsed by the ____________. - correct answer
✔✔ W3C
________ is an international security standard that documents a comprehensive set of controls
that represent information systems best practices. - correct answer ✔✔ ISO 27000
The ANSI produces standards that affect nearly all aspects of IT. - correct answer ✔✔ True
