Network+ Guide to Networks, 6th Edition

Chapter 3 Odd Review Questions

1. What is different about the method used to boost a digital signals strength, compared with the method of

boosting an analog signals strength?

a. A digital signal requires an amplifier, which increases the strength of both the noise and the signal, and an

analog signal requires a repeater, which retransmits the signal in its original form.

b. A digital signal requires a repeater, which increases the strength of both the signal and the noise it has

accumulated, and an analog signal requires an amplifier, which retransmits the signal in its original form.

c. A digital signal requires a repeater, which retransmits the signal in its original form, and an analog signal

requires an amplifier, which increases the strength of both the signal and the noise it has accumulated.

d. A digital signal requires an amplifier, which introduces noise into the signal, and an analog signal requires

a repeater, which retransmits the signal in its original form.

3. A wave with which of the following frequencies would have the longest wavelength?

a. 10 MHz

b. 100 MHz

c. 1 GHz

d. 100 GHz

5. In wavelength division multiplexing, two modulated signals are guaranteed to differ in what characteristic?

a. Throughput

b. Color

c. Amplitude

d. Phase

7. What part of a cable protects it against environmental damage?

a. Sheath

b. Braiding

c. Plenum

d. Cladding
9. With everything else being equal, a network using which of the following UTP types will suffer the most cross

talk?

a. Cat 3

b. Cat 5

c. Cat 6a

d. Cat 7

11. Which of the following network transmission media offers the highest potential throughput over the longest

distances?

a. MMF

b. SMF

c. UTP

d. STP

13. Fiber-optic cable networks can span much longer distances than copper-based networks before requiring

repeaters because:

a. they use wavelength division multiplexing.

b. their signals never require amplification.

c. they are resistant to noise such as EMI.

d. their signals do not suffer degradation no matter how small the cables bend radius.

15. Which of the following is a potential drawback to using fiber-optic cable for LANs?

a. It is expensive.

b. It cannot handle high-bandwidth transmissions.

c. It can carry transmissions using only TCP/IP.

d. It is not yet an accepted standard for high-speed networking.

17. Every user at one location on your companys WAN is unable to reach the Internet. Your colleague on the

network management team suspects a critical router is unable to connect to the network. Because youre in the

building affected by the outage, she asks you to troubleshoot the router. You confirm that the router is not

responding to any requests over the network. Which of the following do you use to connect directly from your

laptop to the router to diagnose it?

 a. An RG-6 cable

b. An RG-58 cable

c. A serial cable

d. An SMF cable

19. How many wire pairs can a single 110 block terminate?

a. 55

b. 110

c. 200

d. It depends on the type of 110 block.