Chapter 4: Network Access Flashcards

1
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What is Synchronous signaling?

A

Synchronous transmissions are synchronized by an external clock

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What is asynchronous signalling?

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asynchronous transmissions are synchronized by special signals along the transmission medium

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3
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What is Bandwidth?

4.1.3.2

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bandwidth measures the amount of data that can flow from one place to another in a given amount of time.

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4
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What is Throughput?

4.1.3.2

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Throughput is the measure of the transfer of bits across the media over a given period of time.

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5
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What is good put?

4.1.3.2

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Goodput is the measure of usable data transferred over a given period of time

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6
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What is EMI?

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Electromagnetic Interference

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7
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What is RFI?

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Radio Frequency Interference

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What causes Electromagnetic Interference?

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disturbance that affects an electrical circuit due to either electromagnetic induction

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9
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What causes Radio Frequency Interference

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or electromagnetic radiation emitted from an external source.

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10
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What is crosstalk?

4.2.1.1

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Crosstalk is a disturbance caused by the electric or magnetic fields of a signal on one wire to the signal in an adjacent wire.

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How do stop crosstalk?

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Twisted-pair cable, shielded cable, and keeping cables further apart help prevent crosstalk

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12
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What is the difference between Copper and fiber cables?

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Copper cables are cheaper to run, easy to handle and install, but can not exceed more than a 100m before signal degrades.

Fiber cables a very expensive, have better signals, can carry data over very long distances. Very hard to install and configure.

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13
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What is wireless media?

4.2.4.1

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Wireless media carry electromagnetic signals that represent the binary digits of data communications using radio or microwave frequencies.

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14
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What is the IEEE No. for 5GHz Wireless Media speeds of up to 54 Mb/s?
4.2.4.4

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IEEE 802.11a speeds of up to 54 Mb/s

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What is the IEEE No. for 2.4GHz Wireless Media with a speeds of up to 11 Mb/s?
4.2.4.4

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IEEE 802.11b speeds of up to 11 Mb/s

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16
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What is the IEEE No. for 2.4GHz Wireless Media with a speeds of up to 54 Mb/s?
4.2.4.4

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IEEE 802.11g speeds of up to 54 Mb/s

17
Q

What is straight through and where do you use it?

A

Straight-through cable is used to connect computers and other end-user devices (e.g., printers) to networking devices such as hubs and switches

18
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What is crossover cable and where do you use it?

A

the wires on the cable are crossed over so that the receive signal pins on the RJ-45 connector.

Its purpose is to allow the direct connection of two LAN devices, such as two hubs, two switches or a hub and a switch. It can also be used to create a direct connection between two computers.

19
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What is a roll over cable and where do you use it?

A

A flat blue cable used to connect a computer terminal to a router’s console port

20
Q

What is Single-Mode fiber cable (SMF)?

4.2.3.3

A

Consists of a very small core and uses expensive laser technology to send a single ray of light. Popular in long-distance situations spanning hundreds of kilometers such as required in long haul telephony and cable TV applications.

21
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What is Multi-Mode fiber cable (SMF)?

4.2.3.3

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Consists of a very small core and uses expensive laser technology to send a single ray of light. Popular in long-distance situations spanning hundreds of kilometers such as required in long haul telephony and cable TV applications.

22
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What is a Physical Topologies?

4.4.1.2

A

physical connections and identifies how end devices and infrastructure devices such as routers, switches, and wireless access points are interconnected. Physical topologies are usually point-to-point or star

23
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What is a logical Topologies?

4.4.1.2

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This arrangement consists of virtual connections between the nodes of a network. These logical signal paths are defined by data link layer protocols

24
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What is a Point-to-Point connection Topology?

4.4.2.1

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permanent link between two endpoints. For this reason, this is a very popular

25
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What is Hub and Spoke Topology?

4.4.2.1

A

A WAN version of the star topology in which a central site interconnects branch sites using point-to-point links.

26
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What is a star Topology?

4.4.3.1

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End devices are connected to a central intermediate device

27
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What is a bus Topology?

4.4.3.1

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All end systems are chained to each other and terminated in some form on each end

28
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What is a ring Topology?

4.4.3.1

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End systems are connected to their respective neighbor forming a ring.

29
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What is Half Duplex communication?

4.4.2.4

A

Both devices can both transmit and receive on the media but cannot do so simultaneously.

30
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What is Full Duplex communication?

4.4.2.4

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Both devices can transmit and receive on the media at the same time.

31
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What is Carrier Sense Multiple Access (CSMA) ?

4.4.3.3

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When the device attempting to transmit sees that the media is busy, it will wait and try again after a short time period.

32
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What is Carrier sense multiple access with collision detection (CSMA/CD)
4.4.3.3

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If signals are then detected that show another device was transmitting at the same time, all devices stop sending and try again later

33
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What is Carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA)
4.4.3.3

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The end device examines the media for the presence of a data signal. If the media is free, the device sends a notification across the media of its intent to use it. Once it receives a clearance to transmit, the device then sends the data.

34
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What is the logical link control (LLC)?

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The Ethernet LLC sublayer handles the communication between the upper layers and the lower layers. This is typically between the networking software and the device hardware

35
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What is the media access control (MAC)

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The MAC sublayer provides addressing and channel access control mechanisms that make it possible for several terminals or network nodes to communicate