Networking Standards

Question 1

What organization is responsible for many of the standards created in networking today?

Answer 1

IEEE

Question 2

What organization founded in 1963 has expanded to over 160 countries?

Answer 2

IEEE

Question 3

The IEEE has what two set of standards for wired and wireless networks?

Answer 3

802.3 for wired
802.11 for wireless

Question 4

Wired networks use what set of standards?

Answer 4

802.3

Question 5

Wireless networks use what set of standards?

Answer 5

802.11

Question 6

802.3 is the set of standards for what?

Answer 6

Wired networks

Question 7

802.11 is the set of standards for what?

Answer 7

Wireless networks

Question 8

What wired network standard was released in 1990 with 10 BASE-T with up to 10Mbps over UTP?

Answer 8

802.3i

Question 9

What wired network standard was released in 1993 that added fiber-optic options?

Answer 9

802.3j

Question 10

What wired network standard was released in 1995 that added 100 Mbps (fast Ethernet) and added auto-negotiation of speed (10 Mbps or 100 Mbps)?

Answer 10

802.3u

Question 11

What wired network standard was released in 1997 that allowed full duplex (bi-directional communications at the same time)?

Answer 11

802.3x

Question 12

What is the term for a node that could both send and receive traffic instead of one or the other?

Answer 12

Full duplex

Question 13

What wired network standard was released in 1998 that has 1000Base-x - 1 Gbps over fiber optic cables?

Answer 13

802.3z

Question 14

What wired network standard was released in 1999 with 1000 Base-T: 1 Gbps over UTP?

Answer 14

802.3ab

Question 15

What wired network standard was released in 2002 that has 10GBASE-X: 10 Gbps over fiber optic?

Answer 15

802.3ae

Question 16

What wired network standard was released in 2003 that has PoE (power over Ethernet)?

Answer 16

802.3af

Question 17

What describes the ability to power low-powered device, 15 watts or less, without plugging it into an electrical outlet, reducing cabling?

Answer 17

Power over Ethernet (PoE)

Question 18

What wired network standard was released in 2006 that has 10GBASET - 10 Gbps over UTP?

Answer 18

802.3an

Question 19

What wired network standard was released in 2015 that has 40 and 100 Gbps over fiber optic cables?

Answer 19

802.3bm

Question 20

What wired network standard was released in 2016 with 25 Gbps over fiber optic and twinaxial cables

Answer 20

802.3bm

Question 21

What wired network standard was released in 2017 with 200 Gbps and 400 Gbps over fiber optic cables>

Answer 21

802.3bs

Question 22

What wired network standard was released in 2018 that updated the POE to support up to 100W devices?

Answer 22

802.3bt

Question 23

What wireless network standard was released in 1997 that provides 1 or 2 Mbps transmission in the 2.4 Ghz band that uses FHSS or DSSS?

Answer 23

802.11

Question 24

What is the term for the signal that hops between the random frequencies to reach the destination?

Answer 24

Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS)

Question 25

What is the term for data that is divided into smaller pieces before being sent with a higher bitrate?

Answer 25

Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS)

Question 26

What wireless network standard was released in 1999 that provides up to 54 Mbps in the 5 GHz band?

Answer 26

802.11a

Question 27

What wireless network standard was released in 2000 that provides 11 Mbps in the 2.4 GHz band and uses only DSSS?

Answer 27

802.11b

Question 28

What wireless network standard was released in 2003 was used for transmission over short distances and speeds up to 54 Mbps in the 2.4 GHz bands?

Answer 28

802.11g

Question 29

What wireless network standard was released in 2007 that adds multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO)?

Answer 29

802.11n

Question 30

What is the term to describe the use of multiple signals on different frequencies to increase the range and bandwidth of wireless networks and forms to directed beams toward each client, reducing interference from other wireless devices nearby?

Answer 30

Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO)

Question 31

What wireless network standard was released in 2013 delivers data rates of 433 Mbps per signal or 1.3 Gbps in a three-signal design?

Answer 31

802.11ac

Question 32

What wireless network standard was released in 2017 with the first wi-fi specification to operate in frequency bands below 1Ghz (900 MHz) that has nearly twice the range of other Wi-Fi technologies and was designed for IoT?

Answer 32

802.11ah

Question 33

What is the term for devices with limited bandwidth needs over larger distances?

Answer 33

Internet of Things (IoT)

Question 34

What wireless network standard was released in 2019 was an update to 802.11ac, rebranded to Wi-Fi 6, adds support for 6 GHz frequency range and supports for approximately 1-10 Gbps?

Answer 34

802.11ax

Question 35

When it comes to wireless networks, the blank the frequency, the blank the bandwidth, the blank distance it can travel.

Answer 35

Higher, Higher, Shorter

Question 36

What GHz bands are generally unregulated in wireless networks?

Answer 36

2.4GHz and 5GHz

Question 37

What is the frequency where microwaves, telephones, and baby monitors generally operate?

Answer 37

2.4 GHz

Question 38

Bandwidth numbers are typically what of values seen in the real world under good conditions?

Answer 38

Half