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Wireless Technology Specialist

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. 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?






2. The Access point can operate in a variety of modes...






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






4. 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






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






6. How many different channels are available for wireless LANs to use in the unlicensed UNII-1 band?






7. The process in which a wireless LAN clients connection moves from one access point to another is called ______






8. You are a help desk support technician at a retail department store and you receive a call from a manager in the administrative offices. He complain the performance of his 802.11g notebook computer decreases several times throughout the day. Upon vis






9. When a wireless LAN device listens for beacon frames - it is participating in which phase?






10. 5.0 GHz - Ch 36 and up - Non overlapping - 23 total channels






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






12. This mode provides wireless connectivity between two or more wired networks. It may be configured as Point-to-point or point-to-multipoint. Links and operates as either a root bridge or non-root bridge.






13. When an RF signal bounces off a smooth non absorptive surface - the behavior is






14. _____ are multifunctional devices which are combined with an AP to provide wireless connectivity






15. Bridge mode will not allow client associations and is ______ only






16. the amplitude of an RF signal is






17. This if often found at cyber cafes. It forces an HTTP client on a network to see a special web page for authentication before using the internet normally.






18. Give two examples of WGB devices.






19. _____ can support client connections on one radio channel and the DS connection on a non-competing channel.






20. The Layer 2 frame will be...






21. In a wireless environment '___' refers to a situation in which an unauthenticated user is given access to a limited environment for the purpose of setting up an account or utilizing specific functionality separate from the environment that the rest o






22. ____ 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






23. Aireplay-ng -1






24. Both ___ and ___ are wireless LAN security methods that support shared key security.






25. The card is set to passively monitor all wireless signals at the RF level and is not part of any network nor is it joined to any access point






26. Two authentication types defined in the 802.11 standard






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






28. This type of MITM attack involves sending fake or spoofed ARP responses on a LAN to the victim and or gateway






29. The remote authentication dial in user service (RADIUS) service requires users on a wireless network to perform what function?






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






31. This type of authentication is essentially 'Null authentication'






32. 3 types of antennas






33. Aireplay-ng -3






34. A ___ is end-user nodes such as desktop -laptop or PDA computers or any device that needs wireless connectivity into the wireless network infrastructure






35. A weakness with MAC filtering is that it allows an intruder to ____






36. Management frames are sent in....






37. Which security feature provides the strongest security for a home-based wireless network?






38. The association process happens after which phase?






39. Aireplay-ng -0






40. High Throughput mode 0






41. 802.11 uses CSMA/...






42. You are a network administrator and are asked for a security recommendation regarding older wireless 802.11-compliant VoIP handsets. The company does not have the budget to upgrade the equipment at this time. Which would be the best recommendation yo






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






44. in the 802.11a amendment - the UNII-3 band can be used for which WLAN applications?






45. Wireless LAN devices in an 802.11a peer-to-peer network will connect to which devices?






46. The ___ acts as a hub for the WLAN; wireless frame pass through this device






47. What is regarded in 802.11e?






48. This is a network name used to identify an 802.11 WLAN. It May be up to 32 characters and is case sensitive.






49. The radio card can operate in one of up to six possible modes of operation...






50. ____ provides wireless access to a group of wired stations 'behind' the bridge. It aggregates multiple wired clients into one collective wireless client known as a 'Client bridge'