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






2. You need to attend a business meeting out of town that requires air travel. You are at the airport and have some extra time. While waiting to board your plane you decide to check your office e-mail using 802.11g hotspot access point at the airport. I






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






4. Point to Point links typically use which antenna types?






5. A ______________ does not always use an omnidirectional antenna






6. What organization is responsible for unlicensed frequency band regulations in the United States?






7. Wireless gateways come in two primary forms...






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






9. 3 types of antennas






10. High throughput mode 2






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






12. Hiding the service set identifier of a wireless LAN will require a user to ____ in order to gain access to the wireless network






13. 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.






14. Management frames are sent in....






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






16. 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






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






18. 802.11b is capable of which data rates?






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






20. 802.11g LAN operates in what frequency range?






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






22. An independent basic service set (IBSS) consists of how many access points?






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






24. 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






25. The range of a 2.4GHz signal is mostly dependent on what RF characteristic?






26. What type of wireless network device is PIN-based security most commonly used with






27. 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






28. You are a technical support engineer and receive a call from a customer regarding a problem with their network connection. The building has an ESS network with five 802.11g access points. The customer claims that when they move from their office to a






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






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






31. What type of algorithm does WPA use






32. Aireplay-ng -1






33. 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?






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






35. the amplitude of an RF signal is






36. How many channels are available for wireless LAN use in the unlicensed middles UNII 2e band?






37. Two characteristics of signals are






38. 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.






39. What is the term defining the amount of times a cycle of an RF signal will oscillate in one second?






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






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






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






43. Name two absolute measures of RF power






44. WHich security solution is mandatory for client devices in order to be considered Wi-Fi Protected setup certified?






45. Which data encryption.authentication method is identified in the IEEE 802.11 standard






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






47. What is regarded in 802.11e?






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






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






50. When an RF signal passes between mediums of different densities and may change speeds and bend - the behavior is...