Network speed is used to describe data transmission.
State the unit in which network speed is measured.
Mark scheme
Award one mark for any of the following:
- Bits per second (bps) (1)
- Kilobits per second (kbps) (1)
- Megabits per second (Mbps) (1)
- Gigabits per second (Gbps) (1)
Allow bits/second, b/s, bit per second, bits per sec.
Do not accept bits on its own.
Do not accept bytes per second.
Example answers and how they were marked
Full marks1/1
Bits per second
Why: Gives the correct unit (1).
No marks0/1
Bits
Why: Only part of the unit is given; 'per second' is missing and bits on its own is not accepted (0).
No marks0/1
Bytes per second
Why: Confuses bits with bytes; bytes per second is not accepted (0).