Exam 6: Connecting Through a Wireless Network

Match each term with the correct statement below. -device that can optionally attach to a cabled network and that services wireless communications between WNICs and the cabled network.

One ____ represents a radiated alternating current or emission of one cycle per second.

Devices for the 802.11a standard are the most widespread of the 802.11 wireless standards.

Bluetooth uses ____,which means that packets are sent in alternating directions using time slots.

Which wireless networking standards can operate in the 5 GHz frequency band?

The ________________________________________ topology consists of ad hoc peer-to-peer communication between WNICs on individual computers.

How does CSMA/CA work in a wireless network?

What is an omnidirectional antenna and how is it used?

What is a service set identifier?

Match each term with the correct statement below. -transmits the signal between three antennas,one of which is on a satellite in space.

___________________ communications occur in discrete units with a start bit at the front and a stop bit at the back.

Match each term with the correct statement below. -promotes wireless networking for LANs

Which of the following is a device that sends out and picks up radio waves and is used by access points and wireless NICs?

Describe the WiMAX technology.

Match each term with the correct statement below. -spreads a transmission over one or more adjoining frequencies,using greater bandwidth to transmit the signal.

How does Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS)work?

Which of the following uses datagrams and wireless packet switching to send data through radio waves?

Wireless networks are impervious to man-in-the-middle attacks.

Match each term with the correct statement below. -converted a computer's digital signal to an analog signal that was amplified by a transceiver and broadcast through an antenna.

Identify three uses for satellite networks.