Exam 3: Networking Media

Instead of aiming at transmitters or receivers within a clear line of sight on the ground, satellite microwave systems send and receive data from ____________________ satellites that maintain fixed positions in the sky.

Shielding works like a form of built-in ____, a type of metal or plastic pipe built specifically to contain cabling.

Coaxial cable is often called "____________________" for short.

10Base5 refers to ____.

EMI stands for ______________________________.

What is the role of wireless bridges?

The cable plant is the combination of installed network cables, connectors, patch panels, wall jacks, and other media components.

____ are special RJ-45-terminated TP cables that permit modular cables to stretch between wall plates and equipment.

What is the role of wall plates in a wiring center?

____ encloses each pair of wires within a foil shield as well as an enclosing insulating sheath.

10BaseT refers to ____.

Terrestrial microwave systems use tight-beam, high-frequency signals to link sender and receiver.

With respect to structured cabling, a(n)____ is the location of the cabling and equipment that connects a corporate network to a third-party telecommunications provider.

____ transmission uses a digital encoding scheme at a single fixed frequency, where signals take the form of discrete pulses of electricity or light.

Fiber-optic cable eliminates the possibility of electronic eavesdropping.

With respect to network cabling, what do the terms thicknet and thinnet mean?

What is mobile WiMax?

Direct-sequence modulation breaks data into fixed-size segments called ____________________ and transmits the data on several different frequencies at the same time.

The TIA/EIA developed the document "____ Commercial Building Wiring Standard", which specifies how network media should be installed to maximize performance and efficiency.

Category ____ cable is labeled as datagrade.