Chapter 5

 Question 1
10 out of 10 points

The ARP cache gives the ________ of a router the host will send a packet to.

Selected Answer: EUI-48 address

 Question 2
10 out of 10 points

To transmit three bits per clock cycle, you must have ________ states.

Selected Answer: 8
 Question 3
10 out of 10 points

Two switches that are 200 m apart at a speed of 20 Gbps should be connected
using ________.

Selected Answer: 10GBASE-SR with bonding

 Question 4
10 out of 10 points

To transmit five bits per clock cycle, you must have ________ states.

Selected Answer: 32
 Question 5
10 out of 10 points

Four-pair UTP uses ________ connectors.

Selected Answer: none of the above

 Question 6
10 out of 10 points

Which core diameter is used in multimode fiber.

Selected Answer: 50 microns

 Question 7
10 out of 10 points

At what layer is the 100BASE-TX standard?

Selected Answer: physical

 Question 8
10 out of 10 points

The 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard uses 256 states. How many bits can it send per clock
cycle?
Selected Answer: 8
 Question 9
10 out of 10 points

Modal dispersion limits transmission distance in ________.

multimode fiber
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 Question 10
10 out of 10 points

What is binary 0000 in hex?

0
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 Question 11
10 out of 10 points

Ethernet became the dominant LAN technology because of ________.

low cost
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 Question 12
10 out of 10 points

A system with 16 states can transmit ________ bits per clock cycle

4
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 Question 13
10 out of 10 points

Having only a single possible path between devices ________.

reduces switching cost

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 Question 14
10 out of 10 points

In 4-pair UTP, what is twisted?

pairs of wires
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 Question 15
10 out of 10 points

What type of switch connects switches to other switches?

core switches
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 Question 16
10 out of 10 points

Signal state is held constant in a clock cycle ________.

to make it easier for the receiver to sample the state

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 Question 17
10 out of 10 points
Optical fiber cords use two strands ________.

for full-duplex transmission

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 Question 18
10 out of 10 points

After an ARP cache poisoning attack, the ARP cache gives the ________.

EUI-48 address of the router the MITM attacker

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 Question 19
10 out of 10 points

If you can span the distance between two switches with either a single optical fiber
link or two UTP lengths with an intermediate switch, which should you choose?

single optical fiber link

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 Question 20
10 out of 10 points

UTP and fiber distance limits are for ________.

physical links
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 Question 21
10 out of 10 points

850 nm multimode fiber is used in LANs ________.

to keep cost low

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 Question 22
10 out of 10 points

How long (in milliseconds) is a clock cycle if I transmit 400 Mbps with four states?

0.000005
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 Question 23
10 out of 10 points

________ occurs when the light energies of two pulses arrive at the far end at
overlapping times.

Modal dispersion
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 Question 24
10 out of 10 points

To span the distance between two switches, why is adding an intermediate switch
not an attractive choice?

expense
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 Question 25
 10 out of 10 points

What is 9 hex in binary?

Selected Answer: 1001