Factors Affecting Network Performance
Lesson Instructions
Watch and follow the YouTube video, the lesson contains three parts:
Key Information and content - all you need to do here is watch and listen. We recommend you take some notes for this one!
Learning activity - You are to complete the fill in the blanks activity.
Consolidation - these are past exam question and are for deliberate practice to check your understanding.
Factors Affecting Network Performance Full Lesson Video.mp4Task - Fill in the Blanks Activity
Task - Exam Questions - Deliberate Practice
Mark Scheme
Question 1
Wireless transmission is slower than cabled
More devices/users could be connected
... reducing bandwidth available for each user / not enough bandwidth for each user
Wireless can be limited by interference
... such as walls that disrupt the signal / from other wireless networks/users
Question 2
Bandwidth available
Number of users
Data collisions
Interference/walls
Distance data has to travel/signal strength
Amount of data being transferred
Applications being used
Server/CPU performance
Using a hub instead of a switch