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CWNA Wireless Devices
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cisco
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cwna
Instructions:
Answer 35 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Traditional AP. Contains at least two physical interfaces - usually an RF radio card and 10/100BaseT port. All configuration settings exist in the AP itself - and therefore - management and configuration occurs at the access layer. All encryption and
Radio frequency spectrum management (RFSM)
PC Card
autonomous AP
Generic routing Encapsulation (GRE)
2. A wireless network configuration that has a central communications device such as a bridge of an AP providing connectivity to multiple devices such as the other bridges or clients
Point-toMultipoint (PtMP)
Mini PCI
Bridged Virtual Interface (BVI)
Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP)
3. The use of multiple wireless controllers as data distribution gateways onto the wired network
Compact Flash (CF)
Distributed Data Forwarding (DDF)
Lightweight Access Point
Mini PCI
4. Software and hardware solutions that can dynamically change the configuration of lightweight or autonomous AP's based on accumulated RF information gathered from the AP's radio cards. Based on the accumulated RF information - the centralized device c
Software defined radio (SDR)
Bridged Virtual Interface (BVI)
Radio frequency spectrum management (RFSM)
Wireless Zero configuration (WZC) service
5. Software used to configure a wireless client card. The software interface will usually have the ability to create multiple connection profiles. Configuration settings of a client utility typically include the SSID - transmit power - security settings
WLAN controller
Virtual AP
Client utilities
Enterprise encryption gateway (EEG)
6. A future technology that will be able to dynamically switch across a wide range of frequency bands - transmission techniques - and modulation schemes so that a single radio could replace multiple products.
Software defined radio (SDR)
Secure Digital (SD)
Point-to-Point (PtP)
Dynamic RF
7. A small form factor PCI expansion card. The mini PCI is a variation of the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus technology and was designed for use mainly in laptops. A mini PCI radio is often used inside AP's and is also the main type of radi
Dynamic RF
Mini PCI
WLAN controller
WLAN mesh router
8. Autonomous AP contain at least two physical interfaces - usually RF radio card and 10/100BaseT port. The majority of the time - these physical interfaces are bridged together by a virtual interface known as BVI. The BVI is assigned an IP address that
Software defined radio (SDR)
Point-to-Point (PtP)
Single channel architecture (SCA)
Bridged Virtual Interface (BVI)
9. The PC Card standard specifies 3 types of PC Cards. The 3 card types are the same length and width and use the same 68-pin connector. The thickness of the cards are follows: Type I = 3.3 mm - Type II = 5.0 mm - and Type III = 10.5 mm.
Enterprise encryption gateway (EEG)
Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP)
Residential wireless gateway (RWG)
PC Card
10. A set of configuration parameters that are configured on the WLAN controller The profile parameters can include the WLAN logical name (SSID) - WLAN security settings - VLAN assignment - and QoS parameters.
Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP)
Distributed Data Forwarding (DDF)
Virtual BSSID
WLAN profile
11. With this type of WLAN architecture - some of the MAC services are handled by the WLAN controller and some are handled by the lightweight AP. For example - integration service (IS) and Distribution system service (DSS) are handled by the controller.
Enterprise encryption gateway (EEG)
ExpressCard
Split MAC architecture
PC Card
12. A specialty 802.11 device that provides for segmentation and encryption. The EEG typically sits behind several fat access points and segments the wireless network from the protected wired network infrastructure. Proprietary encryption technology usin
Enterprise encryption gateway (EEG)
Cooperative Control Access Point (CC-AP)
Point-to-Point (PtP)
Wireless Zero configuration (WZC) service
13. WLAN controllers are used in a centralized WLAN architecture together with lightweight AP's - known as thin APs. All the intelligence resides in the controller and all of the AP configs settings such as channel and power are distributed to the lightw
PC Card
Virtual AP
Software defined radio (SDR)
WLAN controller
14. An environment in which a WLAN controller is a centralized device that can dynamically change the configuration of the lightweight AP based on accumulated RF information gathered from the AP's radio cards.
Mini PCI
autonomous AP
Enterprise encryption gateway (EEG)
Dynamic RF
15. A hardware standard that is replacing PCMCIA cards
ExpressCard
autonomous AP
Enterprise wireless gateway (EWG)
Point-to-Point (PtP)
16. Wireless bridges support two major configuration settings:Root and nonroot. Bridges work in a parent/child type of relationship. So think of the root bridge as the parent and the nonroot as the child.
Wireless network management system (WNMS)
Nonroot Bridge
WLAN mesh router
Distributed Data Forwarding (DDF)
17. A process in which frames such as 802.11 frames are encapsulated in a packet - transmitted between two devices on a network - and then removed from the packet and forwarded.
Nonroot Bridge
Enterprise wireless gateway (EWG)
Point-to-Point (PtP)
Generic routing Encapsulation (GRE)
18. A specialty 802.11 device used to segment autonomous AP's from the protected wired network infrastructure. An EWG can segment the unprotected wireless network from the protected wired network by acting either as a router or a VPN endpoint and/or as a
WLAN mesh router
Mini PCI
Enterprise wireless gateway (EWG)
Lightweight Access Point
19. A wireless architecture that consists of groups of Autonomous AP's with WLAN controller intelligence and capabilities
Cooperative Control
Residential wireless gateway (RWG)
autonomous AP
Secure Digital (SD)
20. A peripheral expansion slot often found on handheld PDA's.
Cooperative Control Access Point (CC-AP)
Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP)
Secure Digital (SD)
Single channel architecture (SCA)
21. A WLAN architecture in which all AP's in the network can be deployed on one channel in either the 2.4Ghz or 5 GHz frequency bands. Uplink and Downlink transmissions are coordinated by a WLAN controller on a single 802.11 channel in such a manner that
Virtual AP
Single channel architecture (SCA)
Role-based access control (RBAC)
Virtual BSSID
22. A set of standards proposed by the IETF for WLAN controller protocols.
Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP)
Generic routing Encapsulation (GRE)
Wireless Zero configuration (WZC) service
Split MAC architecture
23. A central management device originally used to configure and maintain as many as 5 -000 autonomous APs. A WNMS can be either a hardware appliance or a software solution. The current WNMS servers are used to manage multiple WLAN controllers from a sin
Chipset
Wireless network management system (WNMS)
Virtual AP
Enterprise encryption gateway (EEG)
24. A fancy term for a home wireless router - the main function of residential wireless gateway is to provide shared wireless access to a SOHO Internet connection while providing a level of security from the Internet. These SOHO Wi-Fi routers are general
Single channel architecture (SCA)
Residential wireless gateway (RWG)
Cooperative Control
Enterprise encryption gateway (EEG)
25. RBAC is an approach to restricting system access to authorized users. The three main components of an RBAC approach are users - roles and permissions. Separate roles can be created such as the sales role or the marketing role. Individuals or groups o
Role-based access control (RBAC)
Nonroot Bridge
PC Card
Compact Flash (CF)
26. A wireless network configuration that connects only two devices together. This is typically a wireless bridge link.
Single channel architecture (SCA)
Distributed Data Forwarding (DDF)
Point-to-Point (PtP)
Bridged Virtual Interface (BVI)
27. Multiple SSIDs configured on a single physical AP - where each SSID is mapped to a unique BSSID
Generic routing Encapsulation (GRE)
WLAN Array
Virtual AP
PC Card
28. An AP that combines an autonomous AP with a suite of Cooperative control protocols - but without requiring a WLAN controller
Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP)
Virtual AP
Cooperative Control Access Point (CC-AP)
Mini PCI
29. The most widely used client utility is an integrated OS client utility - more specifically known as the WZC service utility that is enabled by default in Windows XP.
Mini PCI
Cooperative Control
Wireless Zero configuration (WZC) service
Client utilities
30. The BSSID is typically the MAC address of the AP's radio card and the L2 identifier of the BSS. Because AP's are capable of advertising multiple SSIDs - and because each SSID requires a separate BSSID - the AP will generate virtual BSSID addresses
Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP)
Virtual BSSID
PC Card
Chipset
31. A peripheral expansion slot often found on handheld PDA - laptops and other mobile devices
Cooperative Control
Compact Flash (CF)
Point-to-Point (PtP)
Cooperative Control Access Point (CC-AP)
32. Communicate with each other by using proprietary L2 routing protocols - creating a self-forming and self-healing wireless infrastructure (a mesh) over which edge devices can communicate
WLAN mesh router
Cooperative Control
Compact Flash (CF)
Chipset
33. Lightweight AP's are used in a centralized WLAN architecture together with WLAN controllers. A lightweight AP has minimal intelligence and is functionally just a radio card and an antenna. All the intelligence resides in the centralized WLAN controll
Split MAC architecture
Residential wireless gateway (RWG)
Point-to-Point (PtP)
Lightweight Access Point
34. A WLAN controller and multiple AP's using sector antennas all combined in a single hardware device
Chipset
PC Card
Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP)
WLAN Array
35. A group of integrated circuits designed to work together. Many 802.11 chipset manufactures exist and sell their technology to the various radio card manufacturers.
WLAN mesh router
Chipset
Point-to-Point (PtP)
Radio frequency spectrum management (RFSM)