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Understanding Cable and Wireless Transmission

The document is a worksheet testing understanding of basic networking concepts. It contains questions about different types of cables used to transmit signals, including twisted pair, coaxial, and fiber optic cables. It also covers wireless transmission methods and factors that impact them such as frequency and attenuation. Additional questions test knowledge of networking protocols and standards including Ethernet, IP addressing, and URL components.

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Understanding Cable and Wireless Transmission

The document is a worksheet testing understanding of basic networking concepts. It contains questions about different types of cables used to transmit signals, including twisted pair, coaxial, and fiber optic cables. It also covers wireless transmission methods and factors that impact them such as frequency and attenuation. Additional questions test knowledge of networking protocols and standards including Ethernet, IP addressing, and URL components.

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Worksheet 2.

1: for testing basic understanding


1 a Name the two types of cable that use copper to transmit an electrical signal.
b Which one of these types of cable is typically bundled?
c In the bundled cable, what is done to minimise interference?
d In the other type of cable, why is interference less of a problem?
2 Sort the different cable types by numbering them 1, 2 and 3.
In part a, number them in order of increasing bandwidth.
In part b, number them in order of increasing attenuation at high frequency.
Part a
Coaxial
Fibre optic
Twisted pair
Part b
Coaxial
Fibre optic
Twisted pair
3 a Explain three factors that need to be considered when using wireless transmission.
b For each factor, state which type of radiation it interferes with the most.
4 Choose whether each of the following statements about wireless transmission is true or false:
A The frequency for these forms of electromagnetic radiation increases from radio wave to microwave to
infrared.
B Attenuation due to rain is worst for radio waves.
C Infrared is the wireless transmission that can best transmit through a wall.
D Infrared can be more effectively focussed into a directed beam.
5 Choose the correct word or phrase from the list, A–F, to complete the blank spaces in the following two
sentences.
The _______________________ is provided by _______________________ satellites where
_______________________ are needed for global coverage. The _______________________ is
supplemented by _______________________ satellites where _______________________ are needed for
global coverage.
A ten
B fifty
C medium earth orbit (MEO)
D global positioning system (GPS)
E low earth orbit (LEO)
F cellular phone network

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6 The CSMA/CD (carrier sense multiple access with collision detection) technology is sometimes used with
Ethernet in a LAN.
a When is it essential to use the CSMA/CD technology?
b Outline the steps in the procedure when an end-system wishes to send a transmission.
c Does an end-system have to take any action to ensure that a transmission is received using Ethernet?
7 Choose whether each of the following statements is true or false:
a POTS and PSTN mean the same thing.
b A PSTN might function as an ISP.
c A leased line service is a type of dial-up service provided by a PSTN.
d The Internet is just a very large WAN.
e The web and the Internet mean the same thing.
8 Consider the following two dotted decimal representations:
[Link]
[Link]
Explain why only one is a possible IP address.
9 Consider the following IP addresses:
[Link]
[Link]
[Link]
Without converting to binary form, state which class each IP address represents.
10 Consider the following URL:
[Link]
Explain the meaning of each part of this. In particular, identify the domain name and its associated hierarchy.

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