Chapter 23: Paging and Wireless Data Networking

TRUE/FALSE 1. Traditional paging systems use low-power transmitters. ANS: F 2. Traditional paging systems use widely spaced transmitters. ANS: T 3. Pagers use the VHF band. ANS: T 4. Pagers use the UHF band. ANS: T 5. Pager messages typically require a lot of bandwidth. ANS: F 6. Each pager has a unique address. ANS: T 7. Typically, pager systems keep track of each pager's location. ANS: F 8. Satellite systems are used by pagers. ANS: T 9. All pagers are one-way only. ANS: F 10. Wireless LANs are typically slower than wired LANs. ANS: T 11. Wireless LANs are typically more expensive than wired LANs. ANS: T 12. The IEEE 802.33 covers wireless LANs. ANS: F

13. Few companies actually use the IEEE 802 wireless LAN specifications. ANS: F 14. Wireless LANs typically use a spread-spectrum modulation. ANS: T 15. IEEE 802 allows up to 1 watt of transmitter power. ANS: T 16. The typical range of a wireless LAN in an office environment is about 10 meters. ANS: F 17. The range of a Bluetooth system in an office environment is about 0.01 meters to 10 meters. ANS: T 18. Any Bluetooth device should be able to communicate with any other Bluetooth device. ANS: T 19. Bluetooth has a channel bit rate of 100 Mbps. ANS: F 20. Bluetooth devices communicate automatically once they are in range of each other. ANS: T 21. Bluetooth uses spread-spectrum modulation. ANS: T 22. Bluetooth uses frequency hopping. ANS: T 23. Bluetooth is designed for audio as well as data. ANS: T 24. Currently, no wireless LAN uses light-wave transmission. ANS: F 25. A wireless LAN based on light waves would need direct line of sight for connections. ANS: F 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 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" 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 c. require error detection d. all of the above c. Industrial, Scientific, and Messaging d. Industrial, Scientific, and Medical

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 ANS: A 11. Bluetooth uses: a. CDMA b. frequency hopping ANS: B 12. Bluetooth uses the: a. VHF band b. UHF band ANS: C 13. TDD stands for: a. Time-Division Duplex b. Time-Delayed Duplex ANS: A 14. A Bluetooth "piconet" has: a. 2 nodes b. 2 to 4 nodes ANS: C 15. Two or more connected piconets forms a: a. micronet b. multinet ANS: D 16. The basic range of a Bluetooth device is: a. 10 cm to 1 meter b. 10 cm to 10 meters ANS: B 17. IRDA stands for: a. Infrared Data Association b. Infrared Digital Association ANS: A 18. The range of an IRDA system is: a. 1 meter c. 1 foot c. Infrared Restricted Data Area d. Infrared Roaming Data Area c. 10 cm to 100 meters d. within 10 feet c. TDD net d. scatternet c. 2 to 8 nodes d. 2 to 16 nodes c. Time Delay Difference d. Total Distance Delay c. ISM band d. infrared band c. QPSK d. all of the above c. Bluetooth Service System d. none of the above

b. 10 meters ANS: A 19. Infrared networks: a. cannot penetrate walls b. can use diffused infrared beams ANS: D

d. 10 feet

c. can use reflected infrared beams d. all of the above

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