問31
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API エコノミーに関する記述として, 最も適切なものはどれか。
令和3年度 ITパスポート試験 問31
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問 31
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正解 The API economy refers to a mechanism in which a company opens up the functions and data of its own services as APIs and, over the internet, links the services of various businesses together, thereby forming new services or economic spheres of higher added value that could not be created by one company alone. Choice ア states exactly this idea of “linking other companies’ services via APIs to raise added value”, so it is correct.
Incorrectイ
A mechanism in which copyright holders release source code free of charge describes OSS (open source software) and has nothing to do with the API economy.
Incorrectウ
A mechanism that uses software robots to make routine clerical work more efficient describes RPA (Robotic Process Automation), not the API economy.
Incorrectエ
A mechanism that manages transaction histories in a distributed manner across multiple systems describes blockchain (distributed ledger technology), a concept different from the API economy.
ここがポイント
- API economy: a mechanism that links other companies’ services through publicly available APIs to create services of higher added value and new economic spheres.
- Distinguishing confusable terms: grasp the differences from OSS (free release of source code), RPA (automation of routine tasks with software robots), and blockchain (distributed management of transaction histories).
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