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1. Twisted pair cable with maximum segment
lengths of 500 meters and transmission speeds
of up to 1 Mbit/sec. 5. A transmission medium specified by IEEE
802.3 that carries information at rates up to
ANSWER: 10Mbps in baseband form using twisted pair
1Base-5 _ conductors. Also called unshielded twisted pair
_ (UTP) wire. Using low cost Level 3 or better
UTP wiring, 100 meters (328 ft.) of point-to-
2. A transmission medium specified by IEEE point link segments are possible. Uses RJ45
802.3 that carries information at rates up to connectors and sometimes 50-pin AMP
10Mbps in baseband form using low-cost connectors to a patch panel.
coaxial cable over distances up to 185 meters
(607 ft). Also called "thin Ethernet" or "thinnet" ANSWER:
or "thin coax" or "cheapernet". 10Base-T _
_
ANSWER:
10Base-2 _
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6. 100 Mbits/sec throughput over hierarchical
twisted-pair wiring configurations using the
existing CSMA/CD access method.
3. A transmission medium specified by IEEE
802.3 that carries information at rates up to ANSWER:
10Mbps in baseband form using 50 ohm 100Base-X _
coaxial cable over distances up to 500 meters _
(1,640 ft). Also called "thick Ethernet" or
"thicknet" or "thick coax", the cable is
commonly referred to as yellow cable. Thick
Ethernet cable is typically used as a trunk or 7. A particular alternative within the 100Base-
backbone path of the network. TX CSMA/CD proposals before the IEEE 802.3
for a 100 Mb/s Ethernet that specifies four pair
ANSWER: of UTP3, UTP4, or UTP5.
10Base-5 _
_ ANSWER:
100Base-T4 _
_

4. IEEE 802.3 Fiber Optic Ethernet. A fiber

optic standard that allows up to 2,000 meters
(6,560 ft.) of multimode duplex fiber optic cable 8. A particular alternative within the 100Base-
in a point-to-point link. TX CSMA/CD proposals before the IEEE 802.3
for a 100 Mb/s Ethernet that specifies two pair
ANSWER: of UTP5.
10Base-FL _
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ANSWER:
100Base-TX _
_ 13. A voluntary, U.S. based standards-setting
organization for the information processing
industry. A member of the ISO.

9. A generic name for 100 Mb/s twisted pair ANSWER:

CSMA/CD proposals before the IEEE 802.3. American National Standars Intitute _
Specific proposals include 100Base-Tx and ANSI _
100Base-T4.

ANSWER:
100Base-T _ 14. A widely used 7-bit code-set established by
_ ANSI to achieve compatibility between
products manufactured by different companies.

ANSWER:
10. The way in which a node is permitted to ASCII _
send data over the media. With Ethernet, the _
node listens to the line to determine if it is
available before transmitting.

ANSWER: 15. The seventh layer in the OSI model which

Access method _ is ultimately responsible for managing
_ communication between application processes.

ANSWER:
Application layer _
11. Circuit board or other hardware that _
provides the physical interface from a PC,
workstation or other equipment to the
communications network.

ANSWER:
Adapter card _
_

12. A number uniquely identifying each node in

a network.

ANSWER:
Address _

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