Chapter 23: Paging and Wireless Data Networking

MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Pagers use:
a. the VHF band only
b. the UHF band only
c. both the VHF and UHF bands
d. the VHF band, the UHF band, and the ISM band
ANS: C
2. ISM stands for:
a. IEEE Standard Message
b. IEEE Secure Message

c. Industrial, Scientific, and Messaging

d. Industrial, Scientific, and Medical

ANS: D
3. CAPCODE is:
a. an encryption scheme used for pagers
b. an addressing scheme used for pagers
c. an error-detection scheme used for pagers
d. a digital modulation scheme used for pagers
ANS: B
4. In a one-way pager system:
a. all pages are sent from all transmitters
b. each transmitting antenna covers a wide area
c. transmitters use relatively high power
d. all of the above
ANS: D
5. POCSAG stands for:
a. Pager Operations Common Standards Advisory Group
b. Pager Operations Code Standardization Advisory Group
c. Post Office Code Standardization Advisory Group
d. Post Office Common Standards Advisory Group
ANS: C
6. A typical pager system does not:
a. require "handoffs"
b. allow "roaming"

c. require error detection

d. all of the above

ANS: A
7. The IEEE specification covering wireless LANs is:
a. 802.10
c. 802.12

b. 802.11

d. 802.13

ANS: B
8. The IEEE 802 spec for wireless LANs uses the:
a. VHF band
c. ISM band
b. UHF band
d. infrared band
ANS: C
9. The IEEE 802 document for wireless LANs specifies the use of:
a. CSMA/CA
c. CDMA
b. CSMA/CD
d. all of the above
ANS: A
10. BSS stands for:
a. Basic Service Set
b. Basic Service System

c. Bluetooth Service System

d. none of the above

ANS: A
11. Bluetooth uses:
a. CDMA
b. frequency hopping

c. QPSK
d. all of the above

ANS: B
12. Bluetooth uses the:
a. VHF band
b. UHF band

c. ISM band
d. infrared band

ANS: C
13. TDD stands for:
a. Time-Division Duplex
b. Time-Delayed Duplex

c. Time Delay Difference

d. Total Distance Delay

ANS: A
14. A Bluetooth "piconet" has:
a. 2 nodes
b. 2 to 4 nodes

c. 2 to 8 nodes
d. 2 to 16 nodes

ANS: C
15. Two or more connected piconets forms a:
a. micronet
b. multinet

c. TDD net
d. scatternet

ANS: D
16. The basic range of a Bluetooth device is:
a. 10 cm to 1 meter

c. 10 cm to 100 meters

b. 10 cm to 10 meters

d. within 10 feet

ANS: B
17. IRDA stands for:
a. Infrared Data Association
b. Infrared Digital Association

c. Infrared Restricted Data Area

d. Infrared Roaming Data Area

ANS: A
18. The range of an IRDA system is:
a. 1 meter
b. 10 meters

c. 1 foot
d. 10 feet

ANS: A
19. Infrared networks:
a. cannot penetrate walls
b. can use diffused infrared beams

c. can use reflected infrared beams

d. all of the above

ANS: D
20. The maximum range of a typical wireless modem is:
a. 1 meter
c. several hundred meters
b. several meters
d. several thousand meters.
ANS: D
COMPLETION
1. Each pager has a unique address called a ____________________.
ANS: capcode
2. Many pagers can share a frequency using ____________________.
ANS: TDMA
3. The POCSAG was devised by the British ____________________ Office.
ANS: Post
4. A POCSAG message uses a ____________________-bit error correction code.
ANS: 10
5. IEEE ____________________ covers wireless LANs.
ANS: 802.11
6. The IEEE document specifies a maximum power of ____________________ for wireless LANs.

ANS: 1 watt
7. Bluetooth uses the ____________________ band.
ANS: ISM
8. A network of 2 to 8 Bluetooth devices is called a ____________________.
ANS: piconet
9. A Bluetooth scatternet consists of 2 or more ____________________.
ANS: piconets
10. An IRDA system is deliberately restricted to a range of ____________________.
ANS: 1 meter