Cisco Chapter 3 Revision Guide

Question 1.

Which combination of will be attracted by electric force? (Choose two)

1. Neutral and neutral

2. Neutral and positive
3. Neutral and negative
4. Positive and positive
5. Negative and negative
6. Positive and negative
7. Negative and positive

You will need to know your atoms and electrons section 3.1.1 in the curriculum.
Make detailed notes!

Question 2.

Select the characteristics specified by 10BASE5 (Choose 3)

1. Often known as ‘Thicknet’

2. T Style connectors
3. Will travel 500mtrs before attenuation likely to occur
4. 10kbps data transmission speed
5. 10Mbps data transmission speed
6. Baseband transmission
7. Manchester encoding used for transmission

Learn all characteristics of Ethernet specifications!

Question 3.

List all the necessary conditions for the flow of current on a circuit.

Closed loop
Source of voltage
Conducting material

Question 4.

Which of the following are benefits of using STP Cable in a LAN Environment?

1. Easier to install than coaxial cable

2. Easier to ground than UTP Cable
3. More resistant to EMI Interference than UTP Cable
4. Cheaper than Fibre Optic cable
5. Can travel further than Coaxial cable before attenuation occurs
6. Requires fewer repeaters than UTP
7. Faster transport speeds than Fibre Optic cable

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Learn your benefits and drawbacks of using all types of media in a network. List and
make note of all the ups and downs!

Question 5.

Which effects comprise Impedance? (Choose 3)

1. Capacitance
2. Voltage
3. Current
4. Resistance
5. Inductance
6. Power

Learn about resistance and impedance. Section 3.1.3; make notes on the properties of
resistance and impedance!

Question 6

Which of the following characteristics describe UTP cable? (Choose 3)

1. Costs less than STP

2. More difficult to install than STP
3. Can carry signals also through metal shielding
4. Uses twisted pairs
5. More prone to outside interference than STP
6. Can carry high frequency signals better than STP

Again, learn the properties and characteristics of all cable types!

Question 7

Which of the following best describe the ray model of light? (Choose 3)

1. Light bends at the boundary of two transparent materials

2. The speed of light is greatest when passing through optical glass
3. The speed of light is constant no matter what material it passes through
4. The optical density of material determines how much the light will bend
5. The index of refraction is the ratio of the speed of light in a material compared
to a vacuum

Learn the properties of light!

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Question 8

Which two are necessary to achieve total light reflection within a fibre optic cable?
(Choose two)

1. The entire incident light ray must be refracted into the cladding
2. The index of refraction of the core must be less than that of the cladding
3. The index of refraction of the core must be greater than that of the cladding
4. The optical density of the reflecting material must be higher than the refracting
index
5. The angle of incidence of the light ray must be greater than the critical angle
for the core and cladding

Learn the properties of reflection and refraction in fibre optic cables; make detailed
notes!

Question 9

Which of the following are properties of multimode fibre optic cable? (Choose 3)

1. Many paths of light

2. Smaller fibre optic core
3. Uses Lasers as light source
4. Distances up to 20,000 metres
5. Lower bandwidth than single mode
6. Uses LED’s for light source

Learn the characteristics and properties of multi and single mode Fibre Optic cables
and also their transmitters and receivers!

Question 10

What must we try to prevent in a Fibre Optic cable to avoid signal loss?

1. Signal jitter
2. Near-End Crosstalk
3. Scattering
4. EMI Interference
5. Absorption
6. Dispersion

Learn what causes signal loss in a fibre optic cable!

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Question 11

List three tasks that must be performed when installing a fibre optic cable.

Cleave and polish cable ends

Install connectors
Protect connector ends from dirt and damage

Question 12

What devices can interfere with a wireless transmission?

1. Mobile Phone
2. Microwave
3. Television
4. Radio
5. CB Radio
6. Coffee maker

Learn what causes interference on all mediums!

Question 13

List as many typical specifications for data transmission cables as you can find. i.e.
Achievable bit transmission speeds.

Achievable bit transmission speeds

Maximum distance before fatal attenuation
Intended transmission type

Question 14

Which of the following radio carrier signal is used by wireless networks to

superimpose the data signal onto the carrier signal that is broadcast by the transmitter?

1. AM
2. FM
3. Digital
4. PM
5. RF

Learn all of the types of modulation and what they do!

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Question 15

List all authentication and association types on a wireless network and what they
mean.

• Unauthenticated and unassociated

o The node is disconnected from the network and not

associated to an access point.

• Authenticated and unassociated

o The node has been authenticated on the network but has

not yet associated with the access point.

• Authenticated and associated

o The node is connected to the network and able to

transmit and receive data through the access point.

Question 16

What actual throughput is normally available on a wireless network after we have

accounted for the way WLANS actually transmit and receive data?

1. 10%
2. 20%
3. 70%
4. 85%
5. 50%

Question 17

What’s the minimum number of devices that can exist on a wireless network?

1. 1
2. 2
3. 12
4. 4
5. 7
6. 10

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Question 18

Which of the following wireless standards covers devices that operate in the 5GHZ
band?

1. 802.11
2. 802.11b
3. 802.11s
4. 802.11c
5. 802.11g
6. 802.11a

Learn all the standards and what they cover and incorporate.

Question 19

Which term refers to the amount of signal power loss than can be tolerated on a Fibre
Optic link?

1. Linear laser light loss

2. Optical link loss budget
3. Acceptable decibel light loss
4. Maximum allowable light attenuation
5. Light corruption limit

Question 20

What is the core size of a multimode fibre optic cable?

1. 10 microns
2. 125 microns
3. 50 or 62.5 microns
4. 20 or 50 microns
5. 34.5 or 25 microns
6. 185 microns

Learn the core and cladding diameters for single and multi mode fibre cables!

Question 21

How is two way simultaneous communication achieved in a fibre optic cable?

Two cables encased in separate sheaths

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