Year 12 IPT Quiz

1. What is a Communication System?

2. Explain the difference between protocol and handshaking?
3. What information process is mainly considered in a Communication
System?
4. What would happen if there was no error detection in a Communication
System?
5. Briefly explain the OSI protocol model?
6. Name three types of Communication Systems? And give and example of
each.
7. Explain in your own words how the error detection “Checksum” and
“Cyclic Redundancy Check” detect errors
8. Name one advantage and disadvantage in teleconferencing?
9. What is the difference between voice mail and e-mail?
10. Identify the participants, information technology, data/information and the
purpose of a teleconferencing system.