Quiz 2 Grade 10 Chapter 6 ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

1. List three ways in which we can use email.

2. What is the most popular and important form of e-communication today?

3. Besides email, name 9 other applications/tools that facilitate electronic communication

5. Your grandparents have decided to join the online world! Their motivation: close family members recently moved overseas, and they want to keep in touch. They got a pamphlet that says the following and then gives some options for three Internet plans, option 1, 2 and 3.VoIP (e.g. Skype or FaceTime) helps users stay in touch with family and friends by giving video messaging at little to no cost. Users can make high-quality audio and video calls to people anywhere in the world. Need broadband? Explain why one would need an internet plan to be able to communicate with family over the internet?

6. Using the description in question 5: Expand on the acronym VoIP.

7. Give one or two disadvantages of having VoIP.

8. List three ways that email can be used.

9. If a friend wants to upload some books for you to read, how would they do it?

10. Your grandfather wants to know what the free night-surfer data is all about. Explain what it meant by this concept, why it is used as a selling point and whether your grandfather is likely to benefit from this aspect.

11. Would all three these options automatically be available in the neighbourhood where your grandfather lives? Explain your answer.