Quiz 1

Question 1

Amount of time, including delays, for data to travel from one given point to another

Answer 1

Latency

Question 2

The measure of the transfer of bits across the media over a given period of time

Answer 2

Throughput

Question 3

The measure of usable data transferred over a given period of time

Answer 3

Goodput

Question 4

____ is the most common networking media

• Terminated with RJ-45
• Interconnects hosts with intermediary network devices

Answer 4

UTP

Question 5

___ is the capacity at which a medium can carry data

Answer 5

Bandwidth

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Digital Bandwidth

Question 7

____ converts the stream of bits into a format recognizable by the next device in the network path

Answer 7

Encoding

Question 8

____ is how the bit values, “1” and “0” are represented on the physical medium

Answer 8

Signaling

Question 9

1. Outer cable jacket to prevent minor physical damage
2. A woven copper braid, or metallic foil, acts as the second wire in the circuit and as a shield for the inner conductor
3. A layer of flexible plastic insulation
4. A copper conductor is used to transmit the electronic signals

Answer 9

Coaxial Cable

Question 10

How many bits can be transmitted in a second.

Answer 10

Digital Bandwidth

Question 11

Encoding converts the stream of ___ into a format recognizable by the next device in the network path

Answer 11

bits