Name: __________________________ Date: _____________

1. Data is physically transmitted from one computer or terminal to another in the

________ layer.
A) physical
B) transport
C) application
D) terminal
E) data link

2. ____________ refers to the transmission characteristics of the circuit.

A) handshaking
B) virtual circuit
C) bonding
D) logical circuit
E) physical circuit

3. Two fundamentally different types of data are:

A) DSL and ADSL
B) asymmetric and symmetric
C) Microsoft and IBM
D) digital and analog
E) local area and wide area

4. In general, networks designed to transmit primarily computer data are likely to be

________, while networks designed to transmit voice data are likely to be ________.
A) slow, fast
B) level 1, level 2
C) numeric, musical

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D) direct, indirect
E) digital, analog

5. Which of the following is not a key advantage of digital transmission?

A) It permits only low transmission rates.
B) It is more efficient.
C) It is simpler to integrate voice, video, and data on the same circuit.
D) It is more secure.
E) It produces fewer errors.

6. _________ is the basic layout of the circuit.

A) point-to-point configuration
B) configuration
C) circuit configuration
D) circuit design
E) circuit plan

7. A(n) __________ circuit is another name for a multipoint configuration.

A) analog
B) dedicated
C) point-to-point
D) shared
E) simplex

8. Which is not true about point-to-point circuits?

A) point-to-point circuits are dedicated to the use of the two computers.
B) point-to-point circuits are more expensive than multipoint circuits.
C) point-to-point circuits are called dedicated circuits.

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D) point-to-point circuits reduce the amount of cable required and use the circuit
more efficiently than multipoint circuits.
E) Point-to-point circuits are used when the computers generate enough traffic to fill
the capacity of the communication circuit.
9. Having a conversation with someone using a cellular phone is an example of _________
transmission.
A) simplex
B) full-duplex
C) half-duplex
D) analog
E) digital

10. The ability to transmit in both directions, but only in one direction at a time is an
example of _______________ transmission.
A) simplex
B) full-duplex
C) half-duplex
D) analog
E) digital

11. The two basic types of media are:

A) statistical and frequency
B) guided and wireless (radiated)
C) local and wide area
D) attenuator and Gaussian
E) duplexed and non-duplexed

12. Which of the following would be considered a type of wireless media?

A) unshielded twisted pair

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B) shielded twisted pair

C) coaxial cable
D) microwave
E) fiber optics

13. The type of media usually installed on homes and businesses by the telephone company
is called ____________.
A) fiber optic cable
B) coaxial cable
C) twisted pair
D) phone cable
E) phone wire

14. The earliest type of fiber optic systems were:

A) Graded index multimode
B) Attenuated
C) Multimode
D) Single mode
E) Step mode

15. Another term for the weakening of a signal over distance is:
A) turnaround time
B) propagation delay
C) dispersion
D) insulation
E) attenuation

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16. ___________ refers to the spreading of the signal that different parts of the signal arrive
at different times at the destination.
A) turnaround time
B) propagation delay
C) dispersion
D) insulation
E) attenuation

17. Which of the following media can best withstand harsh environmental conditions?
A) shielded twisted pair
B) unshielded twisted pair
C) Cat 5 twisted pair
D) coaxial cable
E) fiber optic cable

18. __________ is a line-of-sight type of wireless media.

A) coaxial cable
B) microwave
C) radio
D) twisted pair
E) fiber optic

19. ____________ transmission is prone to interference from smoke, heavy rain and fog
and requires line-of-sight.
A) microwave
B) radio
C) infrared
D) fiber optic
E) led

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20. Microwave transmission:

A) is a type of high frequency radio communication
B) requires a clear line-of-sight path
C) is typically used for long distance data transmission
D) does not require the laying of any cable
E) all of the above

21. ______________ refers to the time it takes for a signal to travel from sender to recipient
(highly exaggerated with satellite transmission).
A) Line-of-sight effect
B) Multimode index
C) Saturation effect
D) Raindrop attenuation
E) Propagation delay

22. Which of the following is not an important factor to consider when selecting media to
be used in a network?
A) prestige value of the type of media
B) type of network
C) cost
D) transmission distance
E) security

23. Which of the following media is the least secure?

A) coaxial cable
B) unshielded twisted pair
C) shielded twisted pair
D) fiber optic cable

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E) infrared

24. Which of the following media has the lowest error rates and the highest transmission
speeds?
A) coaxial cable
B) unshielded twisted pair
C) shielded twisted pair
D) fiber optic cable
E) infrared

25. Transmission speeds:

A) are the same among all media
B) are not a factor in selecting a media because all media have more than enough speed
to serve current communication demands
C) are a constant, 56Kbps, for all media types
D) differ widely among media
E) always have a direct correlation with security

26. A coding scheme that uses 10 bits to represent each character is capable of representing
_________ different characters.
A) 256
B) 20
C) 200
D) 512
E) 1024

27. ____________ is one of the most commonly used coding schemes used in data
transmission.
A) ASCII
B) ISDN

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C) MAU
D) ATM
E) FDM

28. The representation of the character A by the group of 8 bits, 10000001, is an example
of:
A) digital coding
B) phase modulation
C) binary modulation
D) analog transmission
E) pitch variation

29. When all bits of a character are transferred one after another, the bits are transferred in
___________ mode.
A) serial
B) frequency division
C) multiplexing
D) parallel
E) full complex

30. Which of the following statements is correct?

A) Parallel transmission is most often used for sending data on a circuit that is made up
of one wire.
B) Parallel transmission is distinguished from serial transmission by the fact that the
transmitting device sends a single bit, then a second bit, and so on, until all the bits
are transmitted.
C) Parallel transmission is only used for analog data.
D) Serial transmission is slower than parallel transmission.
E) Parallel transmission is the same as serial transmission.

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31. ___________ is not a type of digital signaling technique.

A) Non-return-to-zero signaling
B) Unipolar signaling
C) Manchester encoding
D) Return-to-zero signaling
E) Data rate signaling

32. With which type of digital signaling does the signal always return to zero volts after
each bit?
A) Non-return-to-zero signaling
B) Unipolar signaling
C) Return-to-zero signaling
D) Data rate signaling
E) Huffman encoding signal

33. Which type of digital signaling would experience fewer errors because it has more
distinct signals?
A) unipolar
B) serial
C) bipolar
D) attenuation
E) Huffman encoding signal

34. Which of the following is a characteristic of sound waves that can be modulated to
convert digital data into analog signals?
A) phase
B) attenuation
C) bipolar
D) bandwidth

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E) codec

35. The direction in which the sound wave begins is known as:
A) amplitude, which our ears detect as loudness
B) frequency, which our ears detect as pitch
C) phase
D) bandwidth
E) furlong

36. The height of a sound wave is called its:

A) frequency
B) phase
C) amplitude
D) bandwidth
E) furlong

37. _____________ is not a form of modulation used to transform digital data into analog
signals.
A) synchronous time division
B) amplitude shift keying
C) amplitude modulation
D) frequency modulation
E) phase modulation

38. ____________ refers to changing the shape of the sound wave in different ways to
represent a 1 or a 0.
A) digitizing.
B) sampling
C) modulation

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D) demodulation
E) shaping

39. With respect to converting digital data into analog signals, AM stands for:
A) Asynchronous Manchester
B) Analog Multimode
C) Amplitude Modulation
D) Anomaly Multiplexing
E) Analytical Mosaic

40. In which type of modulation is a 1 distinguished from a 0 by shifting the direction in

which the wave begins?
A) bandwidth modulation
B) amplitude modulation
C) frequency modulation
D) phase modulation
E) codec modulation

41. When sending four bits at a time using frequency modulation, the number of different
frequency levels that would be needed would be _______.
A) 24
B) 16
C) 2
D) 8
E) 4

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42. ____________ is a modulation technique that combines two different amplitude

combinations with eight different phase combinations modulation to send four bits per
wave, or symbol.
A) quadrature amplitude modulation
B) time division multiplexing
C) synchronous digital line control
D) pulse code modulation
E) baseband signaling

43. __________ is a unit of signaling speed that indicates how often the signal changes on a
communication circuit.
A) bits per second rate
B) phase rate
C) symbol rate
D) attenuation rate
E) trellis rate

44. The _____________ of a circuit determines a circuit's capacity.

A) frequency
B) bandwidth
C) phase
D) amplitude
E) loudness

45. The typical range of human hearing is:

A) 0 to 4,000 Hz
B) 0 to 1,200 Hz
C) 20 to 14,000 Hz
D) 0 to 300 Hz

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E) 0 to 56,000 Hz

46. If the highest frequency of a circuit is 10KHZ and the lowest frequency is 900 Hz, the
bandwidth available for this circuit is :
A) 890 Hz
B) 8900 HZ
C) 9100 Hz
D) 9Khz
E) 890 KHz

47. To get more bandwidth in a digital transmission, you must:

A) increase the range of frequencies available for a transmission
B) increase the loudness per transmission
C) decrease the bits per second transmission speed
D) increase the phase shifts per transmission
E) increase the baud rate per transmission

48. Which of the following statements is true?

A) the longer the distance of a telephone wire between sender and recipient, the lower
the bandwidth across that wire
B) the shorter the distance of a telephone wire between sender and recipient, the lower
the bandwidth across that wire
C) bandwidth is constant across any wire, therefore distance is not relevant to its
capacity
D) the longer the distance of a telephone wire between sender and recipient, the higher
the bandwidth across that wire
E) bandwidth is not a term that can be used when discussing telephone transmissions

49. Using TCM that sends 6 bits per each signal and a voice grade line with a bandwidth of
3000 Hz (assume: no noise on the line), the data capacity would be ___________ bits
per second.
A) 56K

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B) 6
C) 24,000
D) 500
E) 18,000

50. The acronym, Modem, stands for _________________.

A) multiplexing/demultiplexing
B) more/demote
C) Mode-M technique
D) modulator/demodulator
E) Mod emulation technique

51. Which statement is false about modems?

A) modems are usually used in pairs (2 at a time)
B) a receiving modem demodulates and a sending modem modulates
C) most modems support several modem standards so that they can communicate with
a variety of modems
D) modems may operate at a lower speed that that for which they are rated, especially
if they detect noise in the communication line
E) modems must always be internal to the computer

52. ______ is a modem standard that uses Lempel-Ziv encoding to compress data.
A) V.22
B) V.44
C) V.32bis
D) V.34
E) RS 232

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53. Equipment used to transform analog voice signals to digital signals and digital signals to
analog signals.
A) voice converter
B) modem
C) codec
D) multiplexer
E) demodulator

54. _____________ refers to the difference between the original analog data and the
approximation of that data using the techniques for translating from analog data to
digital signals.
A) quantizing error
B) handshaking phase
C) modulating frequency
D) POTS anomaly
E) amplitude Trellis effect

55. When converting analog voice data to digital signals, Pulse Code Modulation samples
the incoming voice signal _______ times per second.
A) 8,000
B) 8
C) 18,000
D) 64
E) 256

56. How many bits are required to sample an incoming signal 4000 times per second using
64 different amplitude levels?
A) 64
B) 32
C) 16

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D) 8
E) 6

57. If each sample uses 16 bits and the number of samples taken each second is 8000; then
the transmission speed on the circuit is?
A) 128 Kbps
B) 64 Kbps
C) 12800 bps
D) 96 Kbps
E) 32000 bps

58. A(n) ___________ divides one high-speed communication circuit into several lower
speed circuits for the primary reason of saving communication line costs.
A) transponder
B) multiplexer
C) inverse multiplexer
D) codec
E) intelligent terminal

59. ____________ is used by IM and other applications that provide voice services over
lower-speed digital circuits.
A) pulse code modulation
B) adaptive differential pulse code modulation
C) Voice conversation
D) code modulation
E) phase modulation

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60. The type of multiplexer that divides the circuit horizontally into different light
frequencies that are transmitted simultaneously across many channels is a:
A) wave division multiplexer
B) time division multiplexer
C) statistical time division multiplexer
D) frequency division multiplexer
E) statistical frequency division multiplexer

61. Frequency division multiplexing:

A) operates by statistically time slicing the signal
B) operates by dividing the signal into different frequencies
C) uses a codec that divides signals into different channels
D) operates by time slicing the signal
E) operates by light dividing the signal

62. ________________ separate channels to reduce interference between channels in

frequency division multiplexing.
A) Channel blockers
B) Statistical dividers
C) Attenuators
D) Guardbands
E) Adaptive differential processors

63. Time (non-statistical) division multiplexing differs from frequency division

multiplexing because it:
A) does not share a communication circuit
B) splits the communication circuit vertically (with time slots) instead of horizontally
C) increases the wavelength and phase angles of the baseband frequency used for
transmission
D) moves the baseband of a circuit by shifting it to a higher frequency

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E) reduces baseband signal velocity more than frequency division multiplexing

64. Inverse multiplexing means:

A) combining several low speed circuits to enable them to be transmitted across one
high speed circuit
B) multiplexing from the terminal to the host, rather than from the host to the terminal
C) combining high speed circuits to enable them to be transmitted across one low
speed circuit
D) inverting the frequencies used for transmission across a low speed circuit for
switching to a digital circuit
E) multiplexing to a codec, rather than to a modem

65. Digital Subscriber Line:

A) is a fairly recent approach to provide higher data transmission rates across
traditional voice circuits in the local loop
B) combines analog transmission and frequency division multiplexing
C) involves the use of a customer premises equipment (CPE)
D) uses a combination of amplitude and phase modulation
E) all of the above

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