Read the following two statements : I : Information and Communication…

Concept — IT and ICT: Information Technology (IT) is the domain that deals with computing itself: hardware, software, and the storage and processing of data. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is the wider, extended term — it takes everything IT covers and adds the communication layer on top: networks, telecommunication, broadcasting and the transmission of information. The containment therefore runs one way only: IT sits inside ICT.

Concept — copyright and licence: Copyright is the exclusive legal right an author or creator holds over an original work — the right to reproduce it, distribute it, adapt it and publish it. It stays with the rights holder. The permission granted to an end user to run or use a copy of a program, under stated conditions, is a licence (in software this is the End User Licence Agreement). Ownership of the right and permission to use are two different instruments.

Applying the concepts to the two statements:

1. Statement I places ICT inside IT. By the definitions above the relationship is the reverse: ICT = IT + communication technologies, so IT is the subset and ICT is the wider set. The claim as written does not hold.

2. Statement II names the 'right to use' software as copyright. What conveys a right to use a copy is a licence; copyright is the ownership right retained by the creator. The claim as written does not hold.

Cross-check — what each term actually covers:

Both statements fail against their own definitions, so the choice that asserts neither statement holds is the one consistent with the concepts: Neither I nor II.