Content Quiz 2 Flashcards
What type of cable is used to connect a host to a network device?
Straight-through
What type of fiber-optic cable uses a laser to transmit a light signal via a small core, single path?
Single-mode
What type of fiber-optic cables use LEDs to transmit data?
Multimode
Why are wires in UTP twisted?
To protect from interference and crosstalk
What are the physical components in the Physical Layer?
Interfaces
Cables
NICs
Connectors
How many pairs of wires are in a UTP cable?
4
What is Signaling?
How bit values are represented on the medium
What is the most popular type of medium used in networks?
Copper
What is the PDU for the Physical Layer?
Bits
What are the limitations of wireless media
Coverage Area
Interference
Security
Bottlenecks
What are the main limitations for copper cabling
What is the term for the amount of time, including delays, for data to travel form one given point to another?
Latency
What type of connector is used to terminate UTP?
RJ45
What is UTP?
Unshielded Twisted pair
What is Encoding?
Converts the stream of bits into a format recognizable by the next device in the network path