Advantages and disadvantages of using standard protocols

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Question 1: What are the advantages and disadvantages of using standard protocols and reference models such as the Open Systems Interconnection? Identify at least three of each.

Your response should be at least 75 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

Question 2: As noted in the text, the most common transmission medium is the twisted pair. Describe the advantages of the medium, and identify at least one application that would not be able to use it.

Question 3: Identify and describe at least three categories of physical media in use in telecommunications networks today. Which of these media has the highest bandwidth? Which has the least bandwidth?

Question 4: Identify the primary differences between a LAN and a WAN. Are the differences between a LAN and a WAN significant? Are the differences increasing over time? Explain.

Question 5: What are the basic functions of managing the data resource? How are these functions different in a global company as opposed to an exclusively local company?

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