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Wired And Wireless Networks
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1. 10 Mbps
Crosstalk
Faraday Cage
54 Mbps
Category 3 Cable Type
2. When the signal that is transmitted on one copper wire or pair of wires creates an undesired effect on another wire or pair of wires.
Crosstalk
Single-mode (SM)
802.11g
Far End Crosstalk (FEXT)
3. Anything that disrupts or modifies a signal that is traveling along a wire.
Pin #4
BOGB Colors
Plenum-rated
Interference
4. To test a cable - what tool would you use?
Far End Crosstalk (FEXT)
Continuity Tester
Multi-mode (MM)
568A
5. Telecommunications Industry Association/Electronics Industries Alliance
TIA/EIA
Far End Crosstalk (FEXT)
MDI-X
Wireless Network Adapters
6. 568B = White/brown - 568A = White/brown - BOGB = White/brown
Port Based Network Access Control (PNAC)
Pin #7
Multiple-Input Multiple Output (MIMO)
Frame Aggregation
7. Similar to a wireless repeater - but the bridge can connect different 802.11 standards together; this is know as bridge mode.
Wireless Bridge
MDI Port
Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP)
Infrastructure Mode
8. The older standard BOGB cable.
Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)
Crossover Cable
Twisted Pair Cables
568A
9. You could also use electromagnetic shielding on devices that might be emanating an electromagnetic field. This could be done on a small scale by shielding the single device - or on a larger scale by shielding an entire room - perhaps a server room. T
Single-mode (SM)
Faraday Cage
Twisted Pair Cables
Interference
10. 600 Mbps (Data Transfer Rate) and 5 GHz and/or 2.4 GHz Frequency
802.11n
Pin #4
Service Set Identifier (SSID)
Single-mode (SM)
11. 568B = Brown - 568A = Brown - BOGB = Brown
568B
Pin #8
Shielded Twisted Pair (STP) Cables
Pin #4
12. This is the electromagnetic (EM) field that is generated by a network cable or network device - which can be manipulated to eavesdrop on conversations or to steal data.
Interference
Data Emanation
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) Protection
Category 5
13. 100 Mbps and Gigabit networks and is usually rated at 350 MHz - but actual speed varies depending on several different networking factors.
Crossover Cable
568B
Shielded Twisted Pair (STP) Cables
Category 5e Cable Type
14. 128-bit encryption level
Category 3 Cable Type
IEEE 802.1X
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)
Wireless Network Adapters
15. 568B = Blue - 568A = Blue - BOGB = Orange
Pin #3
Crosstalk
Pin #4
MDI Port
16. Instead of using crossover cables to connect computers to central connecting devices such as switches - these central connecting devices are equipped with _______ ports - which take care of the cross.
Far End Crosstalk (FEXT)
Wireless Repeater
MDI-X
Pin #8
17. The signal degrades to such a point that it cannot be interpreted by the destination host.
Multiple-Input Multiple Output (MIMO)
802.1x
Ad-hoc/P2P Mode
Attenuation
18. This is a disturbance that can affect electrical circuits - devices - and cables due to electromagnetic conduction and possibly radiation.
Pin #1
802.1x
Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)
Continuity Tester
19. The sending of two or more frames of data in a single transmission.
Pin #1
Category 5e Cable Type
Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)
Frame Aggregation
20. 64-bit encryption level
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
Fiber
Shielded Twisted Pair (STP) Cables
100Base-FX
21. 54 Mbps (Data Transfer Rate) and 5 GHz Frequency
568B
802.11a
Shielded Twisted Pair (STP) Cables
Category 5e Cable Type
22. Provides strong authentication to devices that need to connect to the WLAN; it can also be used for regular wired LANs.
TIA/EIA
Port Based Network Access Control (PNAC)
Wireless Bridge
Fiber Optic Cable
23. Tests all of the pins of a connection one by one.
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
Continuity Tester
100Base-FX
Multiple-Input Multiple Output (MIMO)
24. 568B = White/orange - 568A = White/green - BOGB = White/blue
Pin #1
Frame Aggregation
Multi-mode (MM)
Category 5e Cable Type
25. 568B = Orange - 568A = Green - BOGB = Blue
Wireless LAN (WLAN)
Category 5
Crosstalk
Pin #2
26. Used to extend the coverage of a wireless network.
Single-mode (SM)
Wireless Repeater
Pin #4
Category 6 Cable Type
27. These cables have Teflon coating that makes them more impervious to fire.
WPA2
Plenum-rated
100Base-FX
Wireless Bridge
28. Blue - orange - green and brown.
BOGB Colors
Crosstalk
Pin #6
568B
29. A network composed of at least one WAP and at least one computer or handheld device that can connect to the WAP.
Continuity Tester
Wireless LAN (WLAN)
TIA/EIA
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
30. 256-bit encryption level
Pin #4
Category 5e Cable Type
Pin #8
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA2)
31. Medium dependent interface crossover
MDI-X
54 Mbps
568A
Category 3 Cable Type
32. What is the maximum speed supported by 802.11g?
54 Mbps
Shielded Twisted Pair (STP) Cables
Punch-Down Tool
MDI Port
33. Multi-mode fiber (The Medium) - Half duplex: 400 meters; full duplex: 2 km - Single-mode fiber (The Medium) - Full duplex: 10km
Category 5 Cable Type
Far End Crosstalk (FEXT)
Pin #3
100Base-FX
34. Occurs when all of the clients communicate directly with each other. There is no base or wireless access point.
Port Based Network Access Control (PNAC)
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA2)
Crossover Cable
Ad-hoc/P2P Mode
35. The most common type of patch cable - and it is the type that you would use to connect a computer to a central connecting device like a switch. The wires on each end of the cable are oriented in the same way.
Pin #6
Pin #2
Straight Through Cable
Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP)
36. What is the maximum speed supported by 802.11b?
11 Mbps
Ad-hoc/P2P Mode
Pin #4
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
37. When you pick up your wireless phone - your computer drops network connectivity. What could be the cause of the problem?
Plenum-Rated
Continuity Tester
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
Fiber
38. If you want to connect a computer directly to another computer without using a switch - you use a _____________.
Category 3 Cable Type
Crossover Cable
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)
Pin #5
39. In order to ensure compatibility - the WAP and other wireless devices must all use the same __________.
Fiber
IEEE 802.11
Near End Crosstalk (NEXT)
568B
40. If you are making a crossover cable and one end is 568A - what should the other end be?
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
568B
Near End Crosstalk (NEXT)
Infrastructure Mode
41. Occurs when there is similar interference - measured at the cable end farthest from the transmitter.
Far End Crosstalk (FEXT)
Crosstalk
MDI Port
568B
42. A cable with a larger fiber core - capable of carrying multiple rays of light. This type of cable is used for shorter distance runs - up to 600 meters.
Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP)
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
Punch-Down Tool
Multi-mode (MM)
43. Allow for connectivity between a desktop computer or laptop and the wireless access pint.
Wireless Network Adapters
Pin #3
Shielded Twisted Pair (STP) Cables
Category 5
44. Occurs when wireless clients connect to and are authenticated by a wireless access point - which can be expanded by creating a wireless distribution system-a group of WAPs interconnected wirelessly.
IEEE 802.11
802.11b
Infrastructure Mode
UTP
45. Regular twisted-pair cabling
IEEE 802.11
Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP)
MDI Port
Category 3 Cable Type
46. Which of the following is not a characteristic of 802.11n?
Fiber Optic Cable
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) Protection
TIA/EIA
54 Mbps
47. Used to connect like devices to each other - for example - a computer to another computer - or a switch to another switch.
Single-mode (SM)
802.1x
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA2)
Crossover Cable
48. 568B = White/green - 568A = White/orange - BOGB = White/orange
Interference
Pin #6
Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)
Pin #3
49. The standard BOGB cable.
Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)
Interference
568B
Category 6 Cable Type
50. 100 Mbps
Category 5 Cable Type
Punch-Down Tool
UTP
Fiber