Exam 3: Transmission Basics and Networking Media

The points where circuits interconnect with other circuits is known as ____.

The use of 1s and 0s to represent information is characteristic of a(n) ____________________ system.

The byte 00001110 means ____ on a digital network.

The strength of an electrical signal is directly proportional to its frequency.

Describe the advantages of twisted pair wiring.

Latency occurs when a signal traveling on one wire or cable infringes on the signal traveling over an adjacent wire or cable.

Explain the makeup of twisted pair wire.

Describe a drawback of analog signals.

Modern LANs use ____ or higher wiring.

Many network problems can be traced to poor cable ____ techniques.

Which standard is also known as structured cabling?

____________________ is a term used by networking professionals to describe the nondata information that must accompany data for a signal to be properly routed and interpreted by the network.

Ethernet is an example of a baseband system found on many LANs.

The more twists per foot in a pair of wires, the more resistant the pair will be to ____.

____________________ are the pieces of hardware that connect the wire to the network device.

The distance between corresponding points on a wave's cycle is called its ____.

____ describes wiring that connects workstations to the closest telecommunications closet.

The data transmission characteristic most frequently discussed and analyzed by networking professionals is ____.

Explain the makeup of fiber-optic cable.

____________________ transmission involves one transmitter and multiple receivers.