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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. This is the default mode that sets the card as a client that could then connect to an AP






2. You are a wireless network administrator monitoring the reports for a recently installed wireless intrusion prevention system. You receive an alert notifying you of high levels of RF detected from an access point operating as a sensor and currently s






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






4. if operating with _____ - clients and AP communications all contend for the same half-duplex medium which causes a degradation of overall throughput


5. This type of attack is used to stimulate large amounts of traffic on the network for statistical attacks on WEP






6. Bluetooth uses a radio technology called






7. how many channels are available for wireless LAN use in the unlicensed 2.4GHz ISM band?






8. According to the IEEE 802.11 standard - an extended service set (ESS) consists of how many interconnected basic service sets?






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






10. In bluetooth - one master may communicate with up to ___ slaves in a piconet






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






12. The extra overhead of RTS/CTS will cause a ___________ of maximum throughput on the network.






13. 5.0 GHz - Ch 36 and up - Non overlapping - 23 total channels






14. 2.4 GHz - Ch 1-14 - North America Ch =1-11 - Overlapping 1-6-11






15. High throughput mode 2






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






17. What item has an effect on RF line of site?






18. What protocol am I? - 2.5/5 GHz Data rate - 248 Mbps - OFDM/MIMO






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






20. ____ 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






21. What is the gain of an antenna measured in






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






23. Which function does RBAC provide?






24. High Throughput mode 0






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






26. What is regarded in 802.11e?






27. In repeater mode - the repeater device connects to a normal '___ mode'






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






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






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






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






32. Three types of MITM attacks






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






34. A newly configured wireless intrusion prevention system will___






35. 802.11 uses CSMA/...






36. What two devices use RF to communicate






37. 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.






38. Three types of passive WEP attacks






39. Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol commonly uses which encryption method?






40. What best describes the Wi-Fi alliance?






41. 3 types of antennas






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






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






44. ___ mode provides a wireless 'upstream' connection for wireless clients - and is also known as a 'range extender'.






45. A service set identifier (SSID) has a maximum limit of how many characters?






46. in the 2.4GHz range - what distance between the center frequencies is required for two channels to be considered non-overlapping for HR/DSSS






47. This is a topology in which two or more APs are connected by a common distribution system.






48. Name two absolute measures of RF power






49. 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.






50. High Throughput mode 1