Internet 101: Wires, Cables and Wifi

At the beginning of the video, the presenter states that the "Internet is a lot like the _____________________

• hockey arena

• racetrack

• Supermarket

• Postal Service

A bit can be described as any pair of ____________________

• sneakers

• opposites

• similar objects

• circuits

Because a bit has two possible states, we call it _____________ code.

• binary

• secondary

• decimal

• tertiary

8 bits make a byte. 1000 bytes make a ______________________

• megabyte

• kilobyte

• gigabyte

• terabyte

Today, we physically send bits of information three main ways. (Choose three)

• Electricity

• Sub-space

• Light

• Radio Waves

• Nuclear pulse

The maximum transmission capacity of a device is called............

• wifi

• gigabyte

• internet speed

• bandwidth

Latency is the time it takes for a bit to travel from one place to another. True or False?

• True

• False

A thread of glass engineered to reflect light is an example of what kind of cable?

• Ethernet cable

• Fiber optic cable

• wifi

• copper phone line

A downside or "con" for using fiber optic cables is?

• really expensive

• no signal loss

• really cheap

• doesn't use light