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What are the two primary functions of the OSI 7 layer model (Choose two)
The correct answer is A. to guide interoperability between products made by different vendors B. to define protocol behavior. The OSI model primarily functions to guide interoperability between different vendors' products and to define the behaviors protocols must implement at each layer.
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What are the two primary functions of the OSI 7 layer model (Choose two)
Options
- Ato guide interoperability between products made by different vendors
- Bto define protocol behavior
- Cto group communications into logical layers
- Dto define specifications of host-to-host communications
- Eto standardize HTTP communications between different vendors
How the community answered
(42 responses)- A86% (36)
- C2% (1)
- D2% (1)
- E10% (4)
Why each option
The OSI model primarily functions to guide interoperability between different vendors' products and to define the behaviors protocols must implement at each layer.
The OSI model provides a standardized framework that allows hardware and software from different vendors to interoperate by adhering to the same layered communication standards, ensuring that independently built products can communicate as long as they conform to OSI layer specifications.
The OSI model defines the specific behaviors, services, and functions that protocols must implement at each of its seven layers, serving as a blueprint for protocol design and implementation across vendors.
Grouping communications into logical layers is a structural mechanism of the OSI model, but is considered a method of organization rather than one of its primary stated functions in standard Cisco CCNA curriculum.
Specifying host-to-host communication is more directly associated with the TCP/IP model, not the OSI reference model.
The OSI model is a general-purpose layered networking reference model and was not designed specifically to standardize HTTP communications between vendors.
Concept tested: OSI model primary functions and design goals
Source: https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/s/article/osi-model
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