Standards Flashcards

1
Q

What is the standard for LLC - Logical Link Control?

A

IEEE 802.2

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2
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What is IEEE 802.2 concerned with?

A

Logical Link Control

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3
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What is the standard for Token Ring?

A

IEEE 802.5

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4
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What is IEEE 802.5 concerned with?

A

Token Ring

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5
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What is the standard for Ethernet?

A

IEEE 802.3

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6
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What is IEEE 802.3 concerned with?

A

Ethernet

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7
Q

What are the two standards for thinnet? (ethernet cabling and radio grade)

A
  1. 10Base2
  2. RG-58
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8
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What are the two standards for thicknet? (ethernet cabling and radio grade)

A
  1. 10Base5
  2. RG-8
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9
Q

What is the cable standard for cable television? (short distances)

A

RG-59

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10
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What is the cable standard for cable television? (longer distances(

A

RG-6

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11
Q

UTP Cat 1

A

2 twisted pairs
Voice grade only (POTS)
1 MHz

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12
Q

UTP Cat 2

A

4 twisted pairs
Up to 4Mbps
10 MHz
obsolete

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13
Q

UTP Cat 3

A

4 twisted pairs
3 twists per foot
Up to 10 Mbps ethernet
16 MHz
now obsolete for networks

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14
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UTP Cat 4

A

4 twisted pairs
20 MHz
obsolete

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15
Q

UTP Cat 5

A

4 twisted pairs
100BaseTX (2 pair wiring)
100MHz

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16
Q

UTP Cat 5e (enhanced)

A

4 twisted pairs
1000BaseT (4 pair wiring)
100MHz

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17
Q

UTP Cat 6

A

4 twisted pairs
1000BaseTX (2 pair wiring)
limited to 55m for 10GBaseT
250MHz

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18
Q

UTP Cat 6a (augmented)

A

4 twisted pairs
10GBaseT
500MHz

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19
Q

STP Cat 7

A

4 twisted pairs
10GBaseT
600MHz

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20
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STP Cat 8

A

4 twisted pairs
25GBaseT
40GBaseT
limited to 30m
2000MHz

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21
Q

RS-232

A

Recommended Standard 232.
Serial connections between DTE and DCE (ie computer serial port to modem)

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22
Q

DB-9

A

9 pin serial connector (used for RS-232)

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23
Q

802.3u

A

Fast ethernet

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24
Q

802.3ab

A

Gigabit ethernet on cat 5+

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25
Q

802.3ae

A

10Gbps over fibre and coax

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26
Q

EIA/TIA

A

Electronic Industries Association/Telecommunications Industry Alliance

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27
Q

What is the IEEE standard for 100BaseTX?

A

IEEE 802.3u

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28
Q

What is the IEEE standard for 100BaseFX?

A

IEEE 802.3u

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29
Q

What is the IEEE standard for 1000BaseCX

A

IEEE 802.3z (this is twin axial)

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30
Q

What is the IEEE standard for 1000BaseT

A

IEEE 802.3ab (four pair wiring)

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31
Q

What is the wiring standard 1000TX

A

Cat 5, two pairs, not used anymore

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32
Q

What is the IEEE standard for 1000BaseSX

A

IEEE 802.3z - uses MMF

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33
Q

What is the IEEE standard for 1000BaseLX

A

IEEE 802.3z - uses SMF

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34
Q

What is the IEEE standard for 10GBaseT

A

created by IEEE 802.3an

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35
Q

10Base5 - medium?

A

Coax

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36
Q

10Base5 - Max speed

A

10 Mbps

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37
Q

10Base5 - Maximum distance

A

500m

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38
Q

10Base2 - medium?

A

Coax

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39
Q

10Base2 - Max speed

A

10Mbps

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40
Q

10Base2 - Max distance?

A

185m

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41
Q

10BaseT - Medium?

A

UTP

42
Q

10BaseT - Max speed?

A

10Mbps

43
Q

10BaseT Max distance?

A

100m

44
Q

100BaseTX - medium?

A

UTP, STP

45
Q

100BaseTX - max speed?

A

100 Mbps

46
Q

100BaseTX - Max distance?

A

100m

47
Q

100BaseTX - no of pairs?

A

2

48
Q

10BaseFL - medium?

A

Fibre

49
Q

10BaseFL - max speed?

A

10Mbps

50
Q

10BaseFL - max distance?

A

500m to 2000m

51
Q

10BaseFL - purpose?

A

Ethernet over fibre to desktop

52
Q

100BaseFX - medium?

A

MMF

53
Q

100BaseFX - max speed?

A

100Mbps

54
Q

100BaseFX - max distance?

A

2000m

55
Q

1000BaseT - medium?

A

UTP, Cat 5 +, 4 pairs

56
Q

1000BaseT - max speed?

A

1000 Mbps (1Gbps)

57
Q

1000BaseT - max distance?

A

100m

58
Q

1000BaseTX - medium?

A

UTP, Cat 6 plus, 2 pairs

59
Q

1000BaseTX - max speed?

A

1000 Mbps (1Gbps)

60
Q

1000BaseTX - max distance?

A

100m

61
Q

1000BaseSX - medium?

A

MMF - SC connectors.

62
Q

1000BaseSX - max speed?

A

1000Mbps (1Gbps)

63
Q

1000BaseSX - max distance?

A

550m (max length depends on fibre size)

64
Q

1000BaseCX - medium?

A

Balanced Shielded Copper - uses a special connector, the HSSDC

65
Q

1000BaseCX - max speed?

A

1000Mbps

66
Q

1000BaseCX - max distance?

A

25m

67
Q

1000BaseLX - medium?

A

MMF and SMF, Uses SC and LC connectors

68
Q

1000BaseLX - max speed?

A

1000Mbps (1 Gbps)

69
Q

1000BaseLX - max distance?

A

550m MMF
2,000m SMF

70
Q

10GBaseT - medium?

A

UTP

71
Q

10GBaseT - max speed?

A

10 Gbps

72
Q

10GBaseT - max distance?

A

100m

73
Q

10GBaseSR - medium?

A

MMF - 850nm laser

74
Q

10GBaseSR - max distance?

A

300m

75
Q

10GBaseSR - max speed?

A

10 Gbps

76
Q

10BaseLR - medium?

A

SMF - 1,310nm laser

77
Q

10GBaseLR - max speed?

A

10 Gbps

78
Q

10GBaseLR- max distance?

A

10km

79
Q

10GBaseER - medium?

A

SMF - 1,550nm laser

80
Q

10GBaseER - max speed?

A

10 Gbps

81
Q

10GBaseER - max distance?

A

40 km

82
Q

10GBaseSW - medium?

A

MMF - 850nm laser transceiver

83
Q

10GBaseSW - max speed?

A

10Gbps

84
Q

10GBaseSW - max distance?

A

400m

85
Q

10GBaseLW - medium?

A

SMF - typically used with SONET

86
Q

10GBaseLW - max speed?

A

10 Gbps

87
Q

10GBaseLW - max distance?

A

10km

88
Q

10GBaseEW - medium?

A

SMF - 1,550nm optical wavelength

89
Q

10GBaseEW - max speed?

A

10 Gbps

90
Q

10GBaseEW - max distance?

A

40km

91
Q

40GBaseT - medium?

A

UTP Cat 8

92
Q

40GBaseT - max speed?

A

40Gbps

93
Q

40GBaseT - max distance?

A

30m

94
Q

What is the standard for “convergent digital home network for both wireless and wireline technologies”?

A

IEEE 1905.1-2013

95
Q

What standards are included in IEEE 1905.1-2013

A
  1. IEEE 802.11 (WiFi)
  2. IEEE 1901 (Homeplug, HD-PLC) powerline networking
  3. IEEE 802.3 Ethernet and multimedia over Coax (MoCA)
96
Q

What is the powerline communtication standard?

A

IEEE 1901

97
Q

What are two alternate names for Powerline Communications?

A
  1. BPL - Broadband over powerline
  2. PDSL - Powerline digital subscriber line.
98
Q

What is the expected speed and max distance of BPL

A

500 Mbps, 1500m

99
Q

What are the two technical challenges for BPL?

A
  1. Power lines are noisy
  2. The frequency is prone to interfering with shortwave communications.
100
Q

WDM

A

Bidirectional Wave Division Multiplexing