Comments on: How would you answer this question

By: Scott Barnes

Scott Barnes — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:39:28 +0000

Baud? wtf.. BBS’s use to use this measurement all the time..

It’s a bloody outrage!…

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Scott Barnes
Rich Platforms Product Manager
Microsoft.

By: Thomas Suters

Thomas Suters — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:45:45 +0000

Looking up Baud in Wikipedia explains the answer succintly, though you need to be student of Physics to understand it.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:43:57 +0000

In retrospect I guess that makes sense… from the perspective that it’s about the size of the pipe.

(But I initially chose B also

By: Nick Hodge

Nick Hodge — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:58:28 +0000

OK, this question was on a sample exam Liam completed last week

Suffice to say I answered “B”, as did Liam — and evidently we are all wrong.

Baud is not a measure of speed??

I am gobsmacked, too!

By: tim

tim — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:35:13 +0000

while b is the obvious answer, thecnically it could be correct, as the cpu cycles that are needed to push data into the pipe could theoretically be measured and though in most cases the pipe is slower than the cpu so it doesnt matter with a real old pc on a fast connection it could be a measurement — or i dont know what im talking about
– probably the last answer

By: Jaycob C.

Jaycob C. — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:06:31 +0000

Why, it’d be cycles per second. It’s impossible to throw bits and bytes off a building, but not so much for bicycles.

By: Lee

Lee — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:44:34 +0000

I guess you *could* argue that because “cycles per second” was a once-common unit of frequency, measuring transfer rates over wireless connections *could* be a valid mesaurement.

By: Lee

Lee — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:40:41 +0000

Are you bored Nick ?

By: Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:17:27 +0000

B. And some of the others are arguable.

So do tell … where did this question come from?

Andrew