Mobile Phones could dial a perfect match

KEY

QUESTION 1

a) FALSE “The system, called Serendipity, is being developed by American researchers
b) FALSE “users would be able to control the type of people who receive their information.”
c) TRUE “The system "sniffs out" other Bluetooth phones every 30 seconds”
d) TRUE “the system could become a victim of its own success. If users are bombarded with calls, it would soon become unworkable.”

QUESTION 2

a) After users subscribe to the service, when two of them get close, it activates and looks for matches between them; if they are alike, mobiles exchange their details.
b) The system is likely to fail because if it spreads widely and people get too many requests, they will stop paying attention to them.

QUESTION 3

a) queue
b) swap
c) gadgets

QUESTION 4

a) American researchers are developing the system called Serendipity.
b) He said that some worried that as those technologies became more common, people would become overloaded with networking requests.
c) This service, which is designed to make computerised matchmaking, compares details and likes.