ISO is described as which type of organization?

• A. A governmental organization.
• B. A non-governmental organization consisting of national standards institutes.
• C. A credit card payments network.
• D. A data encryption standard.

Answer: (B)

ISO is an international non-governmental organization that brings together national standards institutes from around the world to develop and publish international standards. It isn’t a government agency, and its member bodies include organizations like ANSI in the United States or BSI in the United Kingdom that collaborate to create widely used standards. It isn’t a credit card payments network, which are financial networks for processing transactions, nor is it a data encryption standard itself. ISO develops standards across many fields, such as ISO 9001 for quality management and ISO 27001 for information security, to support global trade and safety through consensus.