What Is an Open System

question 39

Multiple Choice

What is an open system?

• A) Contains a repertoire of web-based data and procedural resources that use shared protocols and standards permitting different applications to share data and services
• B) The capability of two or more computer systems to share data and resources, even though they are made by different manufacturers
• C) A broad, general term that describes nonproprietary IT hardware and software made available by the standards and procedures by which their products work, making it easier to integrate them
• D) A computer system designed that in the event a component fails, a backup component or procedure can immediately take its place with no loss of service

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Definitions:

Conflict-Of-Interest

A situation in which a person or entity has competing interests or loyalties that can potentially interfere with the ability to make impartial decisions.

Ethical Rule

A guideline or standard that directs moral conduct within a specific profession, especially in law or medicine.

Situations

Circumstances or sets of conditions existing at a certain time and place.

Model Rules

A set of ethical guidelines adopted by some legal associations as a framework for professional conduct.