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Ch. 1 * (Principles of Transmission) Flashcards

1
Q

Alloying

A

Adverse effect

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2
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Advantages of stranded conductors

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Except better transmission

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3
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Another name for insulation

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Dielectric

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4
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North America standard

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American Wire Gauge

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5
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Teflon

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Dupont

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6
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Dielectric strength

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Measures maximum voltage an insulation can withstand without breakdown

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7
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Reason for twisting pairs

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Minimize Crosstalk

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8
Q

Mutual inductance

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Magnetic field

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9
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Direction of twists

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Counter clockwise

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10
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Where are high temperatures found?

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Exterior building walls, ceiling spaces, mechanical rooms

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11
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Types of shields

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Fiber does not belong

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12
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Braid

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Good

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13
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Foil

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Excellent

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14
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Shield effectiveness

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Less than 20 dB = poor

More than 60 dB = excellent

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15
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Braid/Magnetic Field rating

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Poor

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16
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Drain wires

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Applied longitudinally

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17
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Analog signal

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Sign wave

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18
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Range of human hearing

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20-20,000 Hz

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19
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Frequency of telephone circuits

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300-3,400 Hz

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20
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Wave

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Sinusoidal

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21
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Sinusoidal theory

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Joseph Fourier

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22
Q

Most common electrical conductors…

A

Fiber does not belong

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23
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Phase

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Time

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24
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One watt of power on your input and one milliwatt of power on your output - what is the total amount of power lost in dB?

A

30

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25
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Telecommunications transmission system consists of three basic components:

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Source
Medium
Receiver

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26
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Speed of light

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186,000

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27
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Speed of cable

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.56c - .74c

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28
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Round-trip delay for satellites

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.25

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29
Q

Power source options for VoIP

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Except “bridge”

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30
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Digital signals

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Discrete steps

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31
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One cycle

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360 degrees

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32
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Sampling theory

A

Harry Nyquist

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33
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Companding types

A

Mu-Law

A-Law

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34
Q

Companding standard for U.S.

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Mu-Law

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35
Q

PCM

A

Pulse Code Modulation

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36
Q

PCM

A

256

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37
Q

OC1

A

ATM (STS-1)

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38
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Encoding rate of STS–1

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51.8 Mbps

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39
Q

OC-3

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ATM (STS-3)

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40
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Encoding rate of STS–3

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155 Mbps

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41
Q

Transmission circuit classifications

A

Simplex
Half duplex
Full duplex
Except…

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42
Q

Baseband analog signal types

A

Composite

Component

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43
Q

Component format

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RGB

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44
Q

Resistive model

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Teeth

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45
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Inductive model

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Rings

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46
Q

10 milliwatt signal on input lead and 10 microwatt of noise in a 1,000’ run:

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SNR = 20dB

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47
Q

10BASE-T

10BASE-T4

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4 Pairs

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48
Q

Three parts comprising a simple telecommunications system:

A

Transmitter
Receiver
Medium

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49
Q

Multimode wavelength

A

850

1300

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50
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Single mode wavelength

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1310

1550

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51
Q

VCSEL

A

Vertical cavity surface emitting laser

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52
Q

Factors for determining fiber type

A

Distance
Bandwidth
Active equipment

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53
Q

OM1

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62.5/125

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54
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OM2

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50/125

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55
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OM3

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50/125 (laser)

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56
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OS1

A

Singlemode

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57
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OS2

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Singlemode (low water-peak)

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58
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Frequency of category 3

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16 MHz

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59
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Frequency of category 5e

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100 MHz

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60
Q

Fiber dispersion

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Picoseconds

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61
Q

Classifications of fiber

A

Multimode

Singlemode

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62
Q

Supported distance of 1 Gbps over multimode

63
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Singlemode attenuation

A

.5dB - OSP

1dB - Inside Plant

64
Q

Channel continuation distance calculation:

A

of strands X .75 + .3dB

65
Q

Power penalty

A 
LED = 2dB
Laser = 3dB
66
Q

Repair margin

A

Two splices

67
Q

Connection loss

68
Q

Four steps for converting analog signals to digital:

A

Filtering
Sampling
Quantizing
Companding

69
Q

OC-1

70
Q

OC-3

71
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OC-12

72
Q

WDM

73
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DS1

74
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DS1C

75
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OC-1

76
Q

Splice loss

77
Q

Common electrical conductors

A

Copper
Copper covered steel
High-strength copper alloys
Aluminum, silver and gold

78
Q

Used for reference value

A

Annealed copper

79
Q

Sets the standard for comparing conductivity of other metals

80
Q

Corrosion resistance of high-strength alloy

81
Q

Oxidation resistance of aluminum

82
Q

Advantages of solid conductors

A

Less expensive
Less complex terminations
Better transmission performance

83
Q

Lower dielectric =

A

Better transmission performance

84
Q

Common insulation types

A

PVC - polyvinylchloride

PE - polyethylene

85
Q

Insulation used for low smoke (better performance)

A

FEP - flourinated ethylene propylene (Teflon)

ECTFE - ethylene clorotriflouroethylene (halar)

86
Q

Neoflon

87
Q

Halar

A

Solvay Solexis

88
Q

Lowest dielectric insulation

89
Q

Dielectric constant of air

90
Q

Dielectric constant (def.)

A

Ratio of capacitance between insulated conductor and uninsulated conductor in air

91
Q

Insulation resistance (IR)

A

The longer the cable the less the IR (insulation resistance)

92
Q

Capacitance unbalance

A

Electric field coupling

93
Q

Temperature for balance twisted-pair cables

A

Attenuation increases above 68°

94
Q

Shields reduce ___

A

Radiated signals
EMI
Effects of electrical hazards

95
Q

Types of shields

A 
Braided
Spiral wrapped
Foils
Hybrids
Metal tubes
96
Q

Best shield

A

Conduit (metal tube)

97
Q

Non-grounded shield

A

Effectiveness is reduced

98
Q

3 dB =

A

Halving or doubling the power ratio

99
Q

Max transmission occurs when ___

A

Transmitting/receiving device have:

  • same load
  • same impedance
100
Q

Loading coils

A

Improves speech quality

101
Q

D loading

102
Q

H loading

103
Q

Codecs

A

Conversion of speech

104
Q

Baud

105
Q

BRI

106
Q

STS

A

Synchronous Transport Signal

107
Q

Bipolar alternate mark inversion

A

AMI (graphic looks like a heartbeat)

108
Q

Biphase Manchester

A

Graph looks like Manhattan building’s skyline

109
Q

Synchronous

A

Single master clock

110
Q

HDSL

A

High bit rate DSL (2 pair)

111
Q

SDSL

A

Symmetrical DSL (1 pair)

112
Q

Electrical conductor (def.)

A

Any material that can carry an electric charge

113
Q

RF Carrier

A

TV channel

114
Q

Traditional video transport medium

A

Fiber

Coax

115
Q

NVP (nominal velocity propagation)

A

Stated as a percentage of the speed of light

116
Q

Delay skew

A

45 nanoseconds

117
Q

Return loss

A

Power of reflected signal

118
Q

Impedance mismatch

A

Signal reflections (echo)

119
Q

Attenuation to Crosstalk Ratio (ACR)

A

Minimum NEXT - Maximum Attenuation

120
Q

Impedance matching device

121
Q

EIA 232-F

122
Q

DS1 distance

123
Q

Frequency of category 6

124
Q

Frequency of category 6a

125
Q

PSEC

A

Picoseconds

126
Q

Visible light

A

400-700 microns

127
Q

Attenuation of light

A

Visible – higher

Infrared – lower

128
Q

Wavelength for suitable communications

129
Q

Mechanical splice

130
Q

Fusion splice

131
Q

Inventor of ethernet

132
Q

Lenses

A

Refract light

133
Q

Multimode loss

A 
850 = 3.5 dB
1300 = 1.5 dB
134
Q

Multimode characteristics

A

Chromatic and modal dispersion

135
Q

TDM

A

Combines multiple streams/signals

136
Q

Methods of encoding

A

Manchester

AMI

137
Q

Private line

138
Q

Central office

139
Q

Phenomenon

140
Q

Solid wall metal tube =

141
Q

Pair to pair capacitance unbalance

A

Electrical field

142
Q

Bandwidth can be expressed as ___

143
Q

Average splice loss for singlemode mechanical splice

144
Q

Fiber transmitter power measured in ___ or ___

145
Q

Fiber transmission change in intensity

A

Modulation frequency

146
Q

VDSL

147
Q

Propagation of balance twisted-pair depends primarily on ___

A

Dielectric materials surrounding conductors

148
Q

Transmission systems designed for analog are ___ w/ digital

A

Not efficient

149
Q

Encoding

A

Manchester
Differential Manchester
Bipolar alternate mark inversion (AMI)
Except “pulse coding”

150
Q

Range of wavelengths

A

Spectral width

151
Q

Numerical aperture value of OM1

152
Q

Multimode and singlemode connector parts are ___

A

Compatible

153
Q

Minimum system loss for fiber

A

Excess system gain over receiver dynamic range

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