The following are short-answer questions. Please select any two to write on and include outside research, preferably from the Web.

1.  You are writing a memo to the CEO of your company explaining why you have just decided to install a completely fiber network. What are the arguments you will make and what can you anticipate as objections from the CEO?

2.  Your company sells products through catalog sales and direct marketing representatives. Until now,  the company has not used telecommunications but is considering it. As the company’s telecomm executive, you must persuade the board that this is a wise decision. What are your arguments?

3.  As the IT Director for your company, you have made the decision that the network will only support TCP/IP. However, there are groups of workers currently using other protocols and se no reason to switch. What arguments do you give them?

4.  Take a position and argue the future of copper wire as the preferred transmission medium.

5.  What impact will wireless technology have on small business in the next 10 years?

6.  It's time again to enlarge and enhance your modem bank because ther are so many employees dialing in to access company resources. Is there a better alternative?

7.  ISDN appears to be technically sound and the standards in place. So why hasn’t it been used more often in the US?

8.  In anticipation of future high-speed communications, you need to rethink the wiring of your building. What are your choices, which one do you make and why?