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                          BUSINESS INFORMATION AND
   
                       TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
   
   
   FIRST DIET JUNE 1996                                TIME ALLOWED    2
   HOURS
   
   
   ATTEMPT THREE QUESTIONS.
   
   1 Describe each of the following elements of data communications:
    1. Transmission media
    2. Communication devices
    3. Data transmission techniques
       
   20
   2a List the benefits of a Local Area Network (LAN). 4
   2b Compare the features of each of the following LAN types with
   respect to mode of operation, speed, cost and availability.
    1. Ethernet LAN
    2. Token Ring LAN
       
   16
   3a Describe the operation of a Wide Area Network using a packet
   switched system 10
   3b Describe client-server operation and give the advantages and
   disadvantages this provides to an organisation. 10
   4 Describe two of the following telecommunication applications:
    1. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
    2. Internet and World Wide Web
    3. Mobile communications
       
   10,
   
   10
   5
   
     Discuss the features of two of the following emerging techniques:
     
    1. Frame Relay
    2. Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
    3. Integrate Services Digital Networks (ISDN)
       
   10,
   
   10
   
                          END OF EXAMINATION PAPER
   
   
   
                          BUSINESS INFORMATION AND
   
                       TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
   
   
   FIRST DIET  MAY 1998                                     TIME ALLOWED
   2 HOURS
   
   
                          ATTEMPT THREE QUESTIONS.
   
   
   
   1 Describe each of the following elements of data communications:
    1. Transmission media
    2. Communication devices
    3. Data transmission techniques
       
   20
   2 Compare and evaluate the benefits of a local area network that is
   either:
    1. Ethernet LAN
    2. Token ring LAN
       
   with respect to operation, security, availability, speed, cost or
   other features
   
                                     20
   3a Describe the operation of a Wide Area Network using a packet
   switched system.
   
                                     10
   3b Explain how the demand for high speed applications has helped to
   stimulate the development of Metropolitan Area Networks.
   
                                     10
   4 Describe the issues involved in, and the benefits derived from two
   of the following telecommunications applications:
    1. Client Server Databases
    2. Office automation
    3. Mobile communications
       
                                    10,
   
                                     10
   5 Discuss the features of two of the following:
    1. Integrated Services Digital Networks (ISDN)
    2. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
    3. Internet and World Wide Web
       
                                    10,
   
                                     10
   
   
                          END OF EXAMINATION PAPER