GSM Phone Maintenance and Repair Paper 2, May/June 2015

Question 1

a) What does the acronym IMEI stand for?

b) State two functions of IMEI in a mobile phone.

Most candidates were able to answer the meaning of the acronym IMEI correctly but only few of them could give two functions of IMEI in a mobile phone.  

Observation

The expected answers are:

a. IMEI means International Mobile Equipment Identity

b. Functions of IMEI

Any correct 2

- Identification of GSM phones.

- Recognition / receiving signals from network exchange/ network service provider

- Recognition of SIM card.

- Identification of Phone manufacturing country.