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Describe seven major trends in telecommunications. |
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3. |
What is the business value of telecommunications and
networking? What role is played by Metcalfe’s Law? |
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4. |
Name and describe the three technologies that have
shaped contemporary telecommunications systems. |
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5. |
Name the different types of physical transmission
media and compare them in terms of speed and cost. |
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6. |
What is a local area network (LAN)? What are the
components of a typical LAN? What are the functions
of each component? |
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7. |
Name and describe the principal network topologies. |
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8. |
Define the following: WAN, MAN, modem, protocol,
optical network, and bandwidth. |
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9. |
List and describe the various broadband network
services. |
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10. |
What are the features that define the Internet? How is
the Internet governed? How does it provide business
value? |
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11. |
Explain how the domain name and IP addressing system
works. |
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12. |
List and describe the principal Internet services. |
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13. |
List and describe alternative ways of locating information
on the Web. |
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14. |
What are intranets and extranets? How do they provide
value to businesses? |
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15. |
Describe the capabilities of next-generation networks,
including Internet2? How do they differ from those of the existing public Internet? What benefits can they
provide? |
| 16. |
Name and describe the principal technologies and tools
that support communication and electronic business. |
| 17. |
What are Internet telephony and virtual private networks?
How do they provide value to businesses? |
| 18. |
Describe the challenges posed by networking and the
Internet and some ways to address them. |