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| What were the first two generation topologies? |
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| Which topology needs terminiation at each end of the cable to prevent a signal sent form one computer from reflecting at the ends of the cable? |
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| Which topology moves data traffic in a circle fron one computer to the next in the same direction? |
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| This network topology allows all comptuers in the network to connect to a central wiring point like hub or switch and offers fault tolerance. |
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| The capability of any system to continue functioning after some part of the system has failed. |
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| When dealing with hybrids, a _____ is the bus cable to which the computers on an Ethernet network connect. |
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| The manner in which the physical comonents of a network are arranged. |
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| A network topology defined by signal paths as opposed to the physical layout of the cables. |
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| A mix or blend of two different topologies. A star-bus topology is one type of hybrid topology. |
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| A hybrid of the Token Ring topology and the Physical star. |
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| Topology in which each computer has a direct or indirect connection toi every other computer in a network. Any node on the network can forward traffic to other nodes. |
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| A mesh topology connects _____ or more routes. |
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| What are the two types of meshed topologies? |
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| Partially Meshed and Fully Meshed |
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| A Mesh toplogy in which not all of the nodes are directly connected. |
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| A Mesh network where every node is directly connected to every other node. |
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| What is the formula of a Mest Topology? |
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| y = number of computers and Number of connections = y(y-1)/2 |
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| Topology in which one device communicates with more than one other device on a network. |
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| Point-to-Multipoint Topology |
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| A network of two single devices communiacting with each other. |
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| A practical application of a topology and other critical technologies that provides a method to get data from one comptuer to anotherh on a network. |
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| What are the three bases of the Network Technology? |
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| 10BaseT, 1000BaseF, and 10GBaseLX |
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| What are the three groups of cabling? |
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| Coaxial, Twisted Pair, and Fiber-Optic |
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| This type of cable contains a central conductor wire surrounded by an insulating material, which in turn is surrounded by a braded metal shield. |
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| Coaxial cables are shielded from _____. |
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| Interference from one device to another resulting in poor perfornace in the devices capabilities. |
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| Electromagnetic Interference |
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| What are four devices that generates EMI? |
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| Lights, Fans, Copy Machines, and Refridgerators |
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| Early bus topology netowrks used coaxial cable to connect computers together using _____ connectors. |
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| All BNC Connectors used for 10Base2 coaxial cables, have to be locked into place by turning the locking right _____ degrees. |
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| Even earlier bus networks used thick cable that required _____ which literally piernced the cable. |
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| ISP companies use _____ connectors that scrws on, making for asecure connection. |
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| Cable modems connect using either _____ or _____. |
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| _____ was used primarily for cable television. |
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| All coaxial cables have a _____ rating. |
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| Ratings developed by the U.S. Military to provide a quick referance for the different types of coaxial cables. |
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| The only important measure of coax cabling is its _____ rating. |
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| Electronic measurement of a cable's or an electronic components impedance. |
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| Cable companies use _____ to split coaxial cable to different devices. |
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| Twisted pair of cables, the most overwhelming common type of cabling used in networks. |
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| ______ networks is composed of multiple pairs of wires, twisted around each other at specific intervals. |
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| The twists in UTP cables reduce interference called _____. |
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| Electrical signal interference between two cables that are in close proximity ot each other. |
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| What are the two types of twisted-pair cabling used in Networks? |
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| A popular cabling for telephone a nd networks composed of pairs of wires twisted around each other at specific intervals. No shielding for EMI and provides an inexpensive and flexible means to cable networks. |
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| A grade assigned to cable to help network installers get the right cable for the right network technology. |
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| What are the four International groups that set the standards for cabliing and networking in general? |
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| The maximum amount of data that goes through the cable per second is called the _____. |
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| The capacity of a network to transmit a given amount of data during a given period. |
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| For current networks, developers have implemented _____, chich means they can squeeze mor ebits ito the same signal as long as the cable can handle it. |
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| Bandwidth-Efficient Encoding Schemes. |
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| Which kind of Catetgory Cabling does most neworks use? |
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| What two ways can someone find the CAT rating? |
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| Manufacturers box and on the cable itself |
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| Connectors used for UTP cable on both telephone and network connections. |
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| Registered Jack (RJ) Connectors |
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| Telephones use _____ connectors, designed to support up to two pairs of wires. |
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| Networks use _____ connectors. |
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| A high speed physical medium for transmitting data that uses light rather than electricity to transmit data and is made of high-purity glass fibers sealed within a flexible opaque tube. |
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| What four components make up a fiber optic cable? |
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| Glass fiber, cladding, buffer, and insulating jacket. |
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| What is known as the fore of a fiber optic cable? |
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| The part of the fiber optic cable that makes the light reflect down the fiber. |
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| Type of material to give the fiber optic cable strength. |
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| The external plastic covering of a fiber-optic cable. |
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| The most common fiber optica cable size is _____ and _____. |
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| Most networks require how many fibers to run a fiber optic network? |
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| Most manufactureres connect two fibers together with a _____. |
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| The funny looking μ shape in the mesurements stands for _____. |
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| What are the two types of light used in fiber optic cables? |
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| Most network technologies that use fiber optics use ______ to send light signals. |
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| A fiber optic cable that uses LED's is known as _____. |
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| A fiber optic cable that uses Laser's is known as _____. |
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| Using SMF optic cables prevents a problem unique to MMF called _____. |
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| Fiber optics are measured in _____. |
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| Almost all multimode cables transmit _____-nm wavelengths. |
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| Single mode cables transmit either _____ or _____ -nm, depending on the laser. |
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| What are the three main fiber optica cable types? |
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| This type of cabling predates both neworking and the person computer. |
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| _____, known as the recommended standard upon, which all serial communication takes place on your PC, dates from 1969 and hasn’t substantially charged in around 40 years. |
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| _____ created 9-pin, Male D-Subminiature connector. |
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| _____ only offered data rates up to 56,000 bps and only point-to-point connections. |
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| This type of cabling can run to 2 Mbps, is limited to point-to-point topology, and uses a 25-pin female connector. |
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| This type of cabling is IEEE 1394, is restriced to Point-to-Point topology, and has a Data Speed up to 800 Mbps. |
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| ______ and up are the operating systems that FireWire cannot be used to network. |
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| Ratings developed by _____ and _____ to define the risk of network cables burning and creating noxious fumes and smoke. |
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| What are the three types of Fire Ratings? |
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| This type of fire rating does not offer any significant fire protection. |
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| _____ costs to 5 times as much but not as dangerous as PVC. |
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| IEEE _____ sets standards for parallel communication. |
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| IEEE _____ controls the FireWire standard. |
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| IEEE _____ committee sets the standards for networking. |
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| The 802 committee split into smaller subcommittees such as _____ and _____. |
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| IEEE 802.3 and IEEE 802.5k |
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| Each sub committee is called a _____. |
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| IEEE _____ is for Ethernet |
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| IEEE _____ is for Wireless. |
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| What is the frequency and Bandwidth of a CAT 1 cable? |
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| What is the Frequency and Bandwidth of a CAT 2 cable? |
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| What is the Frequency and Bandwidth of a CAT 3 cable? |
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| What is the Frequency and Bandwidth of a CAT 4 cable? |
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| What is the Frequency and Bandwidth of a CAT 5 cable? |
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| What is the Frequency and Bandwidth of a CAT 5e cable? |
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| What is the Frequency and Bandwidth of a CAT 6 cable? |
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