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Question 1

ISDN PRI uses ____ B channels and one 64-Kbps D channel.     

c. 23

Question 2

           

____ is an updated, digital version of X.25 that also relies on packet switching.

d. Frame relay

Question 3

                       

An ad hoc arrangement would work well for a WLAN with many users.    

False

Question 4

           

At the customer’s demarcation point, either inside or outside the building, RJ-48 connectors terminate in a ____.

b. smart jack

Question 5

           

____ may use either the 2.4-GHz or 5-GHz frequency range.       

d.802.11n

Question 6

           

An 802.11g antenna has a geographic range of ____ meters.

b. 100

Question 7

           

On most modern WANs, a ring topology relies on ____ rings to carry data.         

a. redundant

Question 8

           

In the case of connecting two WLANs, access points could be as far as ____ feet apart.

c. 1000

Question 9

                       

To establish a satellite Internet connection, each subscriber must have a ____.    

c. dish antenna

Question 10

In wireless communication, to exchange information, two antennas must be tuned to the same ____.       

c. frequency

Question 11

           

In ____ wireless systems, the transmitting antenna focuses its energy directly toward the receiving antenna which results in a point-to-point link.        

a. fixed

Question 12

                       

After SONET, BPL has the best maximum throughput available.

False

           

The portion of the PSTN that connects any residence or business to the nearest CO is known as the ____.          

d. local loop

Question 13

A ____ aggregates multiple DSL subscriber lines and connects them to the carrier’s CO. 

a. DSLAM

Question 14

If intermittent and difficult-to-diagnose wireless communication errors occur, ____ might be the culprit.    

a. interference

Question 15

           

ATM is a WAN technology that functions in the Data Link layer.  

True

Question 16

           

What sets ATM apart from Ethernet is its ____ size.       

a. fixed packet

Question 17

A ____ converts digital signals into analog signals for use with ISDN phones and other analog devices.  

b. terminal adapter

Question 18

           

The average geographic range for an 802.11a antenna is ____ meters.    

a. 20

Question 19

           

Dial-up ISDN does not convert a computer’s digital signals to analog before transmitting them over the PSTN.    

True

Question 20

           

The data rate of a particular SONET ring is indicated by its ____, a rating that is internationally recognized by networking professionals and standards organizations.       

b. OC (Optical Carrier) level

Question 21

           

WiMAX is defined by the IEEE 802.11 standard.

False

Question 22

Because WAN connections require routers or other Layer 3 devices to connect locations, their links are not capable of carrying ____ protocols.           

c. nonroutable

Question 23

           

The speed of a T-carrier depends on its ____ level.        

a. signal

Question 24

           

Wireless signals experience attenuation.

True

Question 25

Broadband cable requires many subscribers to share the same local line, thus raising concerns about ____ and actual (versus theoretical) throughput. 

a. security

Question 26

In a star topology, a single connection failure will halt all traffic between all sites.

False

Question 27

           

Wireless networks are laid out using the same topologies as wired networks.      

False

Question 28

In ____, a wireless signal splits into secondary waves when it encounters an obstruction.            

a. diffraction

Question 29

           

____ is an 802.11n network feature allowing the combination of multiple frames into one larger frame.     

b. Frame aggregation   

Question 30

                       

A unique characteristic of the 802.11 data frame is its ____ field.

c. Sequence Control

Question 31

____ is a significant problem for wireless communications because the atmosphere is saturated with electromagnetic waves.           

a. Interference

           

Question 32

A directional antenna issues wireless signals along a(n) ____ direction.

d. single

Question 33

In ____ scanning, the station transmits a special frame, known as a probe, on all available channels within its frequency range.           

b. active

Question 34

Which satellites transmit and receive signals in the 12 to 18 GHz band?

d. Ku-

Question 35

The individual geographic locations connected by a WAN are known as ____.

a. WAN Sites

Question 36

In a process called ____, two 64-Kbps ISDN B channels can be combined to achieve an effective throughput of 128 Kbps.

b. bonding

Question 37

____ means that a telephone company connects residential users to its network with fiber-optic cable.

c. PON

Question 38

____ WANs are the most fault-tolerant type of WAN because they provide multiple routes for data to follow between any two points.

a. Mesh

Question 39

Clients are able to exchange signals with satellites as long as they have a ____ path.

c. directional

Question 40

WANs typically send data over ____ available communications networks.

c. publicly

Question 41

               

SONET specifies framing and multiplexing techniques at the Physical layer.

True

Question 42

____ is an 802.11n feature that allows two adjacent 20-MHz channels to be combined to make a 40-MHz channel.

b. Channel bonding

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Question 1

           

The Ethernet II frame type contains a 2-byte ____ field that differentiates it from other Ethernet frame types.

a. type

Question 2       

           

To install a NIC, you must first install the ____.  

d. hardware

Question 3

           

The 10-gigabit fiber optic standard with the shortest segment length is ____.      

b.10GBase-SR

Question 4

On an Ethernet network, a(n) ____ is the portion of a network in which collisions occur if two nodes transmit data at the same time.    

a.collision domain

Question 5

           

Cut-through switches can detect corrupt packets.          

False

Question 6

           

Switches that operate anywhere between Layer 4 and Layer 7 are also known as ____ switches.   

b. content

Question 7

The most popular method for connecting nodes on a network is circuit switching.           

False

Question 8

                       

By far, the most popular expansion board NIC today is one that uses a(n) ____ bus.       

c. PCIe

Question 9

           

CompactFlash is an example of a peripheral device attached to the computer’s ____ bus.           

b. external

Question 10

                       

Together, the FCS and the header make up the ____-byte “frame” for the data.    

b. 18

Question 11

           

____ routing is a technique in which a network administrator programs a router to use specific paths between nodes.       

b. Static

           

Question 12

           

The most common logical topologies are ____ and ring.

d. bus

Question 13

           

A complex combination of topologies is known as a ____ topology.      

c.hybrid

Question 14

                       

Traditional switches operate at the ____ layer of the OSI model. 

d. Data link

Question 15

           

A physical topology ____.        

b. depicts a network in broad scope

Question 16

           

The most common 1-Gigabit Ethernet standard in use today is ____.      

a. 1000Base-LX

Question 17

           

To eliminate the possibility of a broadcast storm, switches and bridges implement the ____.       

b. STP (Spanning Tree Protocol)

Question 18

           

A network’s access method is its method of controlling how network nodes access the communications channel.

True

Question 19

                       

A ____ is a repeater with more than one output port.      

c.hub

Question 20

In a ring network, each workstation acts as a(n) ____ for the transmission.          

a. repeater

Question 21

Advances in NIC technology are making this hardware smarter than ever.

True

Question 22

A ____ is a multiport connectivity device that directs data between nodes on a network.  

b. router

Question 23

           

In packet switching, when packets reach their destination node, the node ____ them based on their control information.   

a. reassembles

Question 24

           

Without ____, a bus network would suffer from signal bounce.   

d. terminators

Question 25

           

A serial backbone is the simplest kind of backbone.

True

           

A ____ is simply a linked series of devices.       

d.daisy-chain

Question 26

Modern Ethernet networks are based on the star topology.        

True

Question 27

Repeaters operate in the ____ layer of the OSI model.   

d.Physical

Question 28

           

Within Ethernet frame types, the ____ signals to the receiving node that data is incoming and indicates when the data flow is about to begin.

d. preamble

Question 29

Bridges are protocol independent.        

True

Question 30

           

The smallest LANs do not have a backbone.     

False

Question 31

Buses differ according to their ____.     

a. capacity

Question 32

           

The 10GBase-T standard is considered a breakthrough for transmitting 10 Gbps over ____ medium.        

a. twisted pair

Question 33

           

It is best to perform connectivity tests on a computer connected to a live network.         

False

Question 34

In addition to viewing its LEDs and using a loopback plug to test a NIC’s functionality, you can also check a NIC’s connectivity with ____.  

b. simple commands

Question 35

           

In data networks, the task of directing information efficiently to the correct destination is handled by connectivity devices, primarily switches and routers.  

True

Question 36

A ____ can interpret physical addressing information.

c. bridge

Question 37

           

PCIe slots vary depending on the number of ____ they support. 

c. lanes

Question 38

In general, a steady or blinking green LED, sometimes labeled ____, indicates that the NIC is functional and has a connection to the network. 

c.LNK

Question 39

           

1000Base-T is a standard for achieving throughputs ____ times faster than Fast Ethernet over copper cable.       

c. 10

Question 40

           

Collectively, MPLS labels are sometimes called a ____. 

c. shim

Question 41

           

A ____ occurs when two transmissions interfere with each other.

d. collision

Question 42

           

Each time a computer starts up, the device drivers for all its connected peripherals are loaded into ____.

a. RAM