You have been asked to design and develop a Web site for a retirement community. What can you do to help make the site accessible to the elderly?

Question

Options

• AComply with the latest scripting standards.
• BComply with ICANN's accessibility standards.
• CComply with WAI's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
• DComply with IETF's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.

• A
  4% (1)
• B
  4% (1)
• C
  93% (26)

Explanation

WAI (Web Accessibility Initiative), a branch of the W3C, publishes the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) - the globally recognized standard for making web content accessible to users with disabilities, including the elderly who may have reduced vision, motor control, or cognitive changes. Following WCAG ensures practical accommodations like larger text support, sufficient color contrast, keyboard navigation, and screen reader compatibility.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A - "Scripting standards" relate to code quality and browser compatibility, not accessibility for users with disabilities.
• B - ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) manages domain names and IP address allocation - it has no accessibility guidelines.
• D - IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) develops internet communication protocols (like HTTP and TLS), not web content accessibility standards.

Memory tip: Think WAI = "Way" to accessibility - WAI is the way you make the web accessible. The key confusion on this exam is between real organizations (ICANN, IETF) that exist but govern completely different things. If you remember that W3C/WAI owns WCAG, you can eliminate B and D immediately.

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