SUMMATIVE TEST

COMPUTER SYSTEMS SERVICING GRADE 12

1ST QUARTER
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on a separate
sheet of paper. Strictly NO ERASURES!

1. Blank____ is the ordinary copper wire that connects home and many business
computers to the telephone company?
A. Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP)
B. CAT5 E
C. Coaxial
D. Twisted Pair
2. What are two types of Twisted Pair? (Select two answers)
A. Broadband
B. Shielded Twisted Pair
C. Fiber Optic
D. Unshielded Twisted Pair
3. What is a SOHO network?
A. Small Output & Home Office
B. Several Offices & Hospital Office
C. Secretary Office & Health Office
D. Small Office or Home Office
4. Coaxial cables are not susceptible to noise or ______ blank?
A. Breakage
B. Damage
C. Transmission
D. Electrical interference
5. What two ways can coaxial cables be used? (Select Two)
A. Digital baseband transmission
B. Communications transmission
C. Radio transmission
D. Broadband transmission
6. Communications media has 2 classes? (Select Two Answers)
A. Unbounded media
B. Conducting media
C. Bounded media
D. Radiating media
7. What type of cables consist of a core of glass or plastic which carries the signal
A. Fiber optic
B. coaxial
C. Unshielded Twisted Pair
D. Shielded Twisted Pair
8. Conducting media use cables to carry?
A. media
B. data
C. transmission
D. broadcast
9. Blank is________in an unbounded medium radiates forever in all directions but
will be weaker if further it goes.
A. Conducting media 7
B. bounded media 1
C. Network media
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10. All are conducting media Except?
A. Twisted-wire pair
B. coaxial cable
C. fiber optic
D. Electrical wires
11. Why are wires in twisted pair cables?
A. To reduce crosstalk or electromagnetic induction between pairs of wires
B. Not To reduce crosstalk or electromagnetic induction between pairs of wires
C. Because they cost less
12. Which cable type usually includes a solid core that keeps twisted pairs separate.
A. COAXIAL CABLE
B. FIBER OPTIC CABLE
C. CAT 5 CABLE
13. What is the function of the wire mesh in coaxial cables
A. used as transmission lines for radio frequency, video and data signals.
B. allows it to carry many channels simultaneously
C. can transfer data, usually audio or video, from one source to another.
14. Which recommendation should you follow while using 110 blocks for connecting
Cat 5 and higher data cables?
A. Connect wires using the T568A Standard.
B. Use C-5 Connectors.
C. Keep wire pairs twisted up to within one-half of an inch of the connector.
D. would you use to create a crossover cable
15. Use the T568A standard on one connector and the t568b standard on the other
connector
A. Use the t568B standard
B. Use the BLOG Convention
16. What is crosstalk?
A. An unwanted transfer of signals between communication channels
B. An area that connects multiple floors where cables can be run. This area
cannot be a plenum space.
C. Plastic used to shield objects such as coaxial cable
17. What does UTP stand for?
A. Uridine Triphosphate Pyrimidine
B. Unshielded Twisted Pair
C. Urial Triumph Paca
18. What is a patch panel?
A. a device featuring a number of jacks used to facilitate the connection of
different devices
B. fiber distribution panels
C. serves as a sort of static switchboard, using cables to interconnect network
computers within a LAN
19. What is TCP and what does it do?
A. Punch down block used to connect individual copper wires together
B. Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, which is a set of networking
protocols that allows two or more computers to communicate
C. commonly known as the Web, is an information system where documents
and other web resources are identified by Uniform Resource Locators
20. What is the disadvantage of using fiber optic cabling?
A. Difficult to work with
B. Hard to find
C. Neither of these
21. What is the purpose of an F-type Connector?
A. Used for Cable and Satellite TV connections
B. Used for connecting to CPU’s 7
C. Used for running different programs 1
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22. Which type of optical fiber is normally used to connect two buildings that are
several kilometers apart?
A. Multi-mode
B. Fiber
C. Channel mode
D. Single-mode
23. Which of the following connectors are used with fiber optic cables in a single
connector? (select 2)
A. LC
B. SC
C. MTRJ
24. Which of the following are characteristics of an LC fiber optic connector? (choose
2)
A. MTRJ
B. They can use a housing latch system similar to an RJ45 UTP connector
C. They are half the size of standard connectors
25. Which connectors is used with fiber optic cables and requires that you use a
twisting motion to connect it?
A. SC
B. ST
C. BNC
26. How fast is 100BASE-T ethernet?
A. 100MBps
B. 100Mbps
C. 100GBps
D. 100Gbps
27. You have been asked to run Ethernet cabling in a factory that uses a lot of
electrical equipment. Which type of Ethernet cabling is the best choice?
A. UTP
B. STP
C. MMF
D. Plenum-rated cable
28. Which Ethernet cable category has a maximum supported distance of 37-55
meters?
A. Cat5e
B. Cat6
C. Cat6A
29. Which Ethernet standard has a maximum supported speed of 1Gbps
A. Cat5e
B. Cat6
C. Cat6A
30. You are designing a WAN that will connect multiple LANs that over 15 miles
apart and need a lot of bandwidth. Which type of cabling would be the best
option to link the LANs?
A. MMF
B. SMF
C. Cat6A
D. RJ-11
31. What type of connector do twisted pair cables on computer networks use?
A. RJ-11
B. RJ-30
C. RJ-45
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE
32. Which are the two twisted pair cables types available?
A. UDP and FTP
B. STP and UDP 7
C. UTP and FTP 1
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E. NONE OF THE ABOVE
33. Ethernet Twisted pair cable has how many conductors?
A. 6 CONDUCTORS
B. 8 conductors
C. 10 conductors
D. 12 conductors
34. The modular jack near the workstation, plugs into the back of the
A. Transformer
B. Telecommunication Outlet Adapter
C. Resistor plate
35. Regarding unshielded twisted pair cables we CANNOT state:
A. They are classified in categories, from 1 to 7.
B. They have interference
C. They cannot be used on Gigabit Ethernet networks.
D. They have no interference
36. What are data transfer speeds measure in?
A. Bytes
B. Bits
C. Frames
D. Relays
37. Which of the following cable standards is good for 10 Mb/s, 100 Mb/s, and 1,000
Mb/s transfer speeds?
A. Cat-5
B. Cat-6
C. Cat-7
D. All the above
38. Which term refers to a tube or channel through which network cable can be run
to protect and organize it?
A. Plenum
B. Console
C. Conduit
D. Duck work
39. This term refers to a port setting which allows an interface to send and receive
data at the same time.
A. Half Duplex
B. Full Duplex
C. Full Monty
D. Full Override
40. What kind of cable is described as a central conductor wire, surrounded by
insulating materials, placed inside a braided metal shield?
A. Unshielded twisted pair
B. Coaxial
C. Shielded twisted pair
D. fiber-optic
41. What is the most common use of coaxial cable in networking today?
A. connecting computers in a small network
B. connecting two computers in a point-to-point connection
C. connecting a cable modem to an Internet Service Provider (ISP)in a multipoint
connection
42. What distance can a signal travel on a fiber-optic cable?
A. 500 meters
B. 1 kilometer
C. 1000 meters
D. tens of kilometers
7 lasers to send signals?
43. What type of fiber-optic cable uses
A. single-mode 1
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