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Networking Standards Flashcards

1
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What organization is responsible for many of the standards created in networking today?

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IEEE

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2
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What organization founded in 1963 has expanded to over 160 countries?

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IEEE

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

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802.3 for wired
802.11 for wireless

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Wired networks use what set of standards?

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802.3

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5
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Wireless networks use what set of standards?

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802.11

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6
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802.3 is the set of standards for what?

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Wired networks

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7
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802.11 is the set of standards for what?

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Wireless networks

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

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802.3i

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

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802.3j

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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)?

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802.3u

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

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802.3x

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12
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What is the term for a node that could both send and receive traffic instead of one or the other?

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Full duplex

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13
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What wired network standard was released in 1998 that has 1000Base-x - 1 Gbps over fiber optic cables?

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802.3z

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

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802.3ab

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

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802.3ae

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16
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What wired network standard was released in 2003 that has PoE (power over Ethernet)?

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802.3af

17
Q

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

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Power over Ethernet (PoE)

18
Q

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

A

802.3an

19
Q

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

A

802.3bm

20
Q

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

A

802.3bm

21
Q

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

A

802.3bs

22
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What wired network standard was released in 2018 that updated the POE to support up to 100W devices?

A

802.3bt

23
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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?

A

802.11

24
Q

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

A

Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS)

25
Q

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

A

Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS)

26
Q

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

A

802.11a

27
Q

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

A

802.11b

28
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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?

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802.11g

29
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What wireless network standard was released in 2007 that adds multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO)?

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802.11n

30
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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?

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Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO)

31
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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?

A

802.11ac

32
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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?

A

802.11ah

33
Q

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

A

Internet of Things (IoT)

34
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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?

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802.11ax

35
Q

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

A

Higher, Higher, Shorter

36
Q

What GHz bands are generally unregulated in wireless networks?

A

2.4GHz and 5GHz

37
Q

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

A

2.4 GHz

38
Q

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

A

Half

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