Technology Infrastructure

Running Head : TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE

Technology Infrastructure (Answers to Exercise Questions in Chapter 1 For question 1

Checking for e-mail messages

Receiving new s and assignments from the supervisor

Watching the weather report on television

Listening to my favorite song on my mp3 player

Accessing my voice mail

Stopping at an intersection when the traffic light is red

For question 2 : In designing my own home , I would like to have internet access (both for work and leisure ) therefore I would make use of a microcomputer-to-internet ' computer network (through a

DSL connection ) which can then be converged with a satellite and microwave ' connection to establish a wireless connection to my personal computer /laptop . For question 3 : Yes it follows the OSI model because the communication travels through different organization levels (or `layers ) as it starts from the CEO of the first company to his legal team then onto middle managers in for the whole process to occur For question 4 : First is the microcomputer-to-local network connection from the laptop to the work place 's local area then a local area network-to- local area network ' connection to other work places Next is a local area network-to-metropolitan area network connection . The web page request then goes through a wide area network-to- wide area network ' connection (Answers to Thinking Outside the Box , Chapter 1 ) For scenario 4 An employee accesses the company 's s through a terminal microcomputer-to-mainframe computer ' connection . A microcomputer-to-internet connection ' is used to gather pertinent information in editing . A...