Which statement best describes the origin of the IT Commandments?

• A. The IT Commandments were established by the World Wide Web Consortium in 1992.
• B. The IT Commandments were created by the Association for Computing Machinery in 1992.
• C. The IT Commandments were established in 1992 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
• D. The IT Commandments were established in 1992 by the CEI.

Answer: (D)

The statement points to the CEI, the Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano, as the origin in 1992. This organization functions as a national standards body for electrical engineering and IT in Italy, so attributing the IT Commandments to CEI in that year fits the description of their origin. In contrast, the World Wide Web Consortium formed after 1994 to standardize web technologies, not to issue a historic set of commandments; the ACM is a long-established professional society from 1947 and doesn’t claim origin of such commandments in 1992; IEEE has a longer history and likewise isn’t known for originating this particular set of guidelines in 1992. Therefore, CEI in 1992 is the best fit for where these commandments came from.