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-- Select BEng Computing BEng Comp Net and DSys BEng Software Eng BEng Soft Eng (P/T) BEng Elec & Communication Eng. BEng Elect & Computer Eng. BEng Electrical & Electronic Eng. BEng Multimedia Systems BSc MultimediaTech BSc Network Computing BSc Soft Tech BEng Human Computer Systems BEng HCI BSc Management & Technology (F/T) BSc Management & Tech (P/T) BSc Computing (Neg. Prog.) BEng Computer Systems BEng Internet Programming

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Napier University Lauder College James Watt College Aberdeen College IKIP, Malaysia Other, Malaysia

1. Why is the Asymmetric used in the term ADSL:

2. How does ADSL manage to send more than one bit at a time:

3. How does ADSL allow telephone signals to be sent along the same channel as ADSL signals:

4. Which type of radio transmissions affect the tranmission of ADSL data? Give examples of a few UK-based radio stations which could affect it.

5. What is the main advantage of GPRS over ADSL?

6. What is(/are) the major disadvantage(/s) with GPRS?

7. What is the major disadvantage of ISDN?

7. What is currently the main weakness of wireless communications?

8. Outline the main weakness of an ADSL connection for an organisation which wishes to connect their corporate WWW server to it?

9. How does circuit-switching differ from packet-switching?