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Wireless Technology Specialist

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ___ mode provides a wireless 'upstream' connection for wireless clients - and is also known as a 'range extender'.






2. ____ is one way to reduce the effects of multipath. Is is a technology used in wireless LANs where a station will utilize two antennas combined with one radio to decrease the effects of multipath






3. What is the gain of an antenna measured in






4. In this mode - the card acts as a normal access point






5. When RF passes or bends around an obstacle such as a building or column - the behavior is






6. Similar to bridging - Access Points operating in a wireless ___ network form a multipoint-to-multipoint network. This type of networking has been used to form Municipal WiFi networks in many cities.






7. High throughput mode 2






8. The security amendment to the IEEE 802.11 standard requires ____






9. An Ack is expected for every____ frame transmitted






10. 4 types of Denial of Service attacks






11. A pre-shared key mode may be vulnerable to a ____ attack






12. 802.11 frames have a maximum 'upper-layer' payload of...






13. When an IEEE 802.11g wireless LAN consists only of wireless client stations - the network is operating as what type of basic service set?






14. The main component of an 802.11 wireless network is the radio card (NIC) - which is referred to by the 802.11 standards as a...






15. A basic service set identifier (BSSID) is the MAC address of the ____






16. What best describes the Wi-Fi alliance?






17. The open system authentication process uses how many frames?






18. 5.0 GHz - Ch 36 and up - Non overlapping - 23 total channels






19. an 802.11b 2.4GHz channel is how wide in MHz?






20. This is typically the 48-bit MAC address of the access point's radio card.






21. a ___ filter is used to allow or deny wireless barcode scanners access to an 802.11b/g network.






22. You are a technical support engineer and provide help desk support for the network in a manufacturing company. You receive a call from the sales manager - who wants to know how power save operations should be set up on her notebook computer to optimi






23. High Throughput mode 0






24. The 802.11i amendment to the standard addresses which of the following technologies?






25. Typically a point-to-multipoint link consists of ____ connections






26. Collisions are detected through the use of....






27. 802.11w can only be used in networks using_____






28. What protocol am I? - 2.4 GHz Freq - 11 Mbps Data Rate - DSSS






29. You are a sales engineer connected to an IEE 802.11a access point with a mobile computer. As you move away from the access point - the connection speed slows to the next lowest supported data rate. The change in data rate is described by what term?






30. Two authentication types defined in the 802.11 standard






31. What is regarded in 802.11e?






32. Name 3 channels considered non overlapping in the 2.4GHZ band






33. As a device moves away from an access point - what is true regarding dynamic rate switching?






34. ____ is the wireless amendment that specifies how to conduct seamless handoffs.






35. 3 types of antennas






36. What protocol am I? - 2.4 GHz freq - 54 Mbps Data Rate - OFDM W/ DSSS backup






37. These types of attacks are used to generate fake associated clients on an AP in order to enable injection attacks through the AP






38. Which security methods do 802.11g access points support?






39. 802.11 uses CSMA/...






40. In order to set up an ad hoc network a user must know which two parameters?






41. This type of MITM attacks mimics the SSID to lure clients in to associating with the attackers device






42. Management frames are sent in....






43. ____ is also known as the Protected management frame standard






44. ___ is the topology in which no AP participates - client devices communicate directly to eachother.






45. What type of certification came from 802.11i






46. A station can act as a routing node in a wireless mesh network






47. The 802.11g standard uses which two speed spectrum technologies.






48. How many non-overlapping channels are available in the unlicensed 2.4GHz ISM band?






49. Bluetooth uses a radio technology called






50. This sets the card to participate in an independent basic service set