CHAPTER 2 REVIEW data voice and video

1. Modern telephones operate on essentially the same principles that were developed
100 years ago. T or F TRUE

2. Under what type of circuit (parallel or series) does a phone operate?

PARALLEL

3. What is the bandwidth of telephone signals? 3000 hertz

4. What machine has an operating principle similar to a black and white television,
but slower? FAX

5. How much bandwidth does a standard TV channel use? 6 MHz

6. What is the name of the type of cable capable of transmitting high speed signals
with adequately low loss? COAXIAL

7. List the four parts of a coaxial cable. JACKET, SHIELD,

DELECTRIC,CONDUCTOR

8. If the coax cable is not terminated at both ends, what type of problem might you
have? REFLECTION THAT CAN CAUSE INTERFERRENCE

9. In a “tree and branch” system what happens to everything downstream from a

failed amplifier? SERVICE IS LOST TO ALL DOWNSTREAM CUSTOMERS

10. Using a coax cable capable of carrying a 1-GHZ bandwidth, how many channels
can you expect in your home? 166

11. What is the advantage of networking computers? TO ALLOW A NUMBER OF

COMPUTERS TO OPERATE TOGETHER AND SHARE INFORMATION
AND ALLOWING THE OPERATOR OF A COMPUTER TO READ AND USE
PROGRAMS IN ANOTHER COMPUTER.

12. Describe the different signals by digital and analog transmission systems.
ANALOG SYSTEMS TRANSMIT DATA AS A CONTINUALLY VARYING
SIGNAL, WHEREAS DIGITAL SYSTEMS TRANSMIT DATA AS A
STREAM OF ONES AND ZEROS.

13. What type of transmission network is today’s TV? DIGITAL

14. What is the vital link between a computer processor and a network?
FOR WIRED NETWORKS THE NIC CARD IS THE VITAL LINK, FOR
WIRELESS CONNECTIONS USE HIGH FREQUENCY RADIO LINKS. PC
LAPTOPS GENERALLY HAVE WIRELESS CONNECTIONS BUILT IN,
WHILE DESKTOPS MAY REQUIRE A WIRELESS CARD
15. The central computer in a network usually called the SERVER.

16. Name the three common architectures of computer networks.

BUS , RING, STAR

17. What is the center of a star network? HUB OR CENTRAL COMPUTER

18. Which is the most common cable used for desktop connections in LAN’s?
UTP CABLES

19. What adapter would be needed for connecting hardware from an old cable plant
such as coax to a newer cable using the UTP cable? BALUNS

20. What does a ring network like FDDI use to provide fault tolerance in case of
failure? IT USES TWO RING CONNECTIONS, ONE ACTIVE AND ONE
BACKUP

21. What type of transmission produces an output as the difference of both signals?
BALANCED TRANSMISSION

22. Because most networks use two of the four pairs, why is it not possible to use the
other pair for LAN connection? IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED TO USE THE
OTHER TWO FOR PHONE OR LAN BECAUSE HIGH PERFORMANCE
GUARANTEE IS ONLY IF YOU USE TWO PAIR OUT OF THE FOUR PAIR.

23. What network topology is specified by the TIA-568 standard? PHYSICAL STAR