Thursday, February 08, 2007

What Will Be On The February 2007 Exam

The exam on February 23, 2007 will cover the following pages:


Pgs 126-135
Pgs 144-155
Pgs 162-171
Pgs 172-183

We will discuss more about this next Thursday and Friday so start reviewing today!

Good Luck.

Homework due on February 9, 2007

Here are the questions for tomorrow:

Please do the questions found on pg 169 & 171. Each one is worth the following points:

Pg 169
  1. 7 pts
  2. 2 pts
  3. 6 pts
  4. 2 pts
  5. 3 pts

Pg 171

  1. 3 pts
  2. 3 pts
  3. 2 pts each

Good Luck!

Monday, February 05, 2007

Homework due on February 8, 2007

I am sorry not to have put this up on the weekend like I said I would. However, I was moving to my new condominium and couldn't get to a computer. So, here are the questions due (Which you still have three nights to accomplish it):

Pg 164-165:

  1. What is meant by the term telecommunications? (3 pts)
  2. How do satellites work? (3 pts)
  3. What does a telecommunication system consist of? What does each piece do? (6 pts)
  4. Explain the analogue to digital conversion and why this signal conversion is necessary. (4 pts)
  5. What can you see are the advantages of devices being linked together by Bluetooth technology? (1 pt)

Pg 166-167:

  1. Explain what is meant by dial-up networking. (4 pts)
  2. Explain the difference between ISDN and ADSL. (5 pts)
  3. What advantages are there in connecting to the Internet via cable rather than a normal telephone line? (3 pts)
  4. Why is TCP/IP so important to the Internet? (3 pts)
  5. What is an IP address? Why is this so important for computers on the Internet? (3 pts)