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types of cables

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Cutting-edge technology is an _______ form of technology.

a)

Ancient

b)

Developing

c)

Modern

d)

Developed

2.
What is the most prominent use of Fiber Optics today?
a)
Phones
b)
Television Screens
c)
The Internet
d)
MRI imaging
3.
For what are Fiber Optics mainly used?
a)
Long distance communication
b)
Imaging
c)
Phones
d)
Downloading Apps
4.
How do Fiber Optics work?
a)
By connecting and transferring energy
b)
By remitting and subtracting power from other fiber optics
c)
By using light pulses to transfer data
d)
By converting sound waves in to binary code
5.
Which of the following increased the efficiency of systems such as TV, telephone, and internet?
a)
DVD burners
b)
MP3 players
c)
Electrical Wires
d)
Fiber Optics
6.

A cable that consists of color coded pairs of insulated copper wires that are twisted around each other to form pairs that are encased in a plastic sheath.

a)

coaxial cable

b)

twisted pair cable

c)

fiber optic cable

7.

Blank____ is the ordinary copper wire that connects home and many business computers to the telephone company?

a)

Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP)

b)

CAT5 E

c)

Coaxial

d)

Twisted Pair

8.

What are two types of Twisted Pair? (Select two answers)

a)

Broadband

b)

Shielded Twisted Pair

c)

Fiber Optic

d)

Unshielded Twisted Pair

9.

What type of cables consist of a core of glass or plastic which carries the signal

a)

Fiber optic

b)

coaxial

c)

Unshielded Twisted Pair

d)

Shielded Twisted Pair

10.

What does UTP stand for?

a)

Uridine Triphosphate Pyrimidine

b)

Unshielded Twisted Pair

c)

Urial Triumph Paca

11.

Mr. John is a business man who runs a small business of hardware, he experienced problem with his small accounting department which he depends on to provide him with the sales reports. Mr John want to be able to shared information between his 7 computer station and have on central printing area, what type of network would you recommend to Mr. John?

a)

MAN

b)

WAN

c)

LAN

12.

bps stands for :

a)

bits per second

b)

bytes per second

c)

band per second

13.

Match the picture to the transmission media

a)

coaxial cable

b)

fibre optic

c)

twisted pair

14.

Radio waves, micro- waves and infrared waves are types of

a)

wireless transmission

b)

guided transmission

c)

both a and b

d)

None of the answers is correct

15.

___________________ cable is divided into two categories, shielded and unshielded

a)

Twisted pair cable

b)

Coaxial cable

c)

Fiber-optic cable

d)

Optic cable

16.

Which transmission media has the highest transmission speed in a network ?

a)

Electrical cable

b)

Fiber Optic cable

c)

Coaxial Cable

d)

Optic cable

17.

The abbreviation STP stands for :

a)

Shielded Twisted Pair

b)

Straight Through Process

c)

Single Topology Protocol

d)

Shave Time Pair

18.

___________________ cables are mainly used on cable television

a)

Foil shielded cable

b)

Coaxial cable

c)

Twisted pair cable

d)

Fiber optic cable

19.

These types of cable require highly skilled personals to install them

a)

Twisted pair cable

b)

Firewalls

c)

Fiber optic

d)

Coaxial

20.

Twisted pair cables are limited in distance and data rate

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Twisted pair cables are made of glass or plastic and transmits light signals

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Fiber optic cable is the best cable to use for long distance network connection

a)

True

b)

False