Network+ Guide to Networks, 4th Edition

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Network+ Guide to Networks, 4th Edition

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Review Questions
1. What is different about the method used to boost a digital signals strength, compared with the method of boosting an analog signals strength? d. A digital signal requires a repeater, which retransmits the signal in its original form, and an analog signal requires an amplifier, which increases the strength of both the signal and the noise it has accumulated. 2. A wave with which of the following frequencies would have the shortest wavelength? d. 100 GHz 3. What is the origin of the word modem? b. modulator/demodulator 4. With everything else being equal, which of the following transmission techniques is capable of the greatest throughput? c. full-duplex (answer d., All techniques transmit data at equally high throughputs can be considered correct, if this question is interpreted to mean the throughput of each separate channel) 5. In wavelength division multiplexing, two modulated signals are guaranteed to differ in what characteristic? d. color 6. Which of the following can increase latency on a network? c. adding 50 meters to the length of the network 7. What part of a cable protects it against environmental damage? a. sheath 8. With everything else being equal, a network using which of the following UTP types will suffer the most crosstalk? a. CAT 3 9. What are two advantages of using twisted-pair cabling over coaxial cabling on a network? b. Twisted-pair cable is less expensive. e. Twisted-pair cable is required for modern transmission standards, such as 100BASE-T.

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10. In which of the following network types would you use a cable with SC connectors? d. 1000BASE-LX 11. Which of the following Physical layer specifications requires twinaxial cable? c. 1000BASE-CX 12. What type of topology is required for use with a 100BASE-TX network? a. star 13. How many wire pairs in a CAT 5 cable are actually used for transmission and reception on a 10BASE-T network? b. two 14. On a 10BASE-T network, which of the following best describes how the wires of a UTP cable are used to transmit and receive information? a. One wire pair handles data transmission, while another wire pair handles data reception. 15. What technique is used to achieve 1-Gbps throughput over a CAT 5 cable? a. All four wire pairs are used for both transmission and reception. 16. What type of fiber-optic cable is used most frequently on LANs? d. multimode fiber 17. What is the purpose of cladding in a fiber-optic cable? b. It reflects the signal back to the core. 18. Which of the following is a potential drawback to using fiber-optic cable for LANs? a. It is expensive. 19. What is the maximum distance specified in the structured cabling standard for a horizontal wiring subsystem? c. 100 m 20. You are designing a 100BASE-T network to connect groups of workstations in two different offices in your building. The offices are approximately 250 meters apart. If you only use repeating devices to connect the workstation groups, how many hubs will you need? b. two 21. In which of the following subsystems of a structured cabling design would you most likely cross-connect a wire between two patch panels? c. in the Telco room 22. On a 100BASE-TX Ethernet network, where will you find the transceivers? c. in the NICs

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23. What is the maximum amount you should untwist twisted-pair wires before inserting them into connectors? b. 12 inch 24. What frequency range is shared by most new cellular telephones, some portable phones, and also the most popular type of wireless LAN? a. 2.42.4835 GHz 25. To transmit and receive signals to and from multiple nodes in a three-story house, what type of antenna should an access point use? d. omnidirectional