OSI Standards Overview

To establish a set of protocols for communicating among computers

To facilitate the intercommunications of data processing equipment

To add overhead information in the form of headers and trailers

To serve as a structural guideline for exchanging information between computers, workstations, and networks (correct)

The ISO and ITU-T have worked together to establish a set of ISO standards and ITU-T recommendations that are essentially identical (correct)

The ISO and ITU-T have endorsed the OSI standards but have not collaborated on them

The ISO and ITU-T have different responsibilities in the development and maintenance of the OSI standards

The ISO and ITU-T have worked independently to establish their own set of standards

8 layers

7 layers (correct)

5 layers

6 layers

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