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OCR J277 Transmission Media

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which transmission media has the shortest range?

a)

Copper Cable

b)

Wi-Fi

c)

Bluetooth

d)

Fiber Optic

2.

Which of these is an advantage of Fiber Optic?

a)

It can travel over a very great distance

b)

It is very expensive

c)

It is easy to expand

d)

It makes use of 2.4GHz and 5GHz radio waves

3.

(a)   is a type of transmission media commonly used to connect devices together over very short distances.

4.

A company wants to use a cheap, wired, transmission media to connect their network. What would you recommend?

a)

Copper Cable

b)

Fiber Optic

c)

Coaxial Cable

d)

Bluetooth

5.

How does fiber optic cable transmit 1s and 0s?

a)

Using radio waves

b)

Using electrical signals and changes in voltage

c)

Using lasers to create pits and lands

d)

Using pulses of light

6.

How are Wi-Fi signals broadcasted?

a)

Through radio waves using wireless Access point

b)

Through a Switch

c)

Through the air waves

d)

All the above

7.

A similarity between Bluetooth and WiFi is that they both connect devices using radio waves.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Which of these Wi-Fi frequencies is less able to penetrate through walls?

a)

Bluetooth

b)

2.4 GHz

c)

5 GHz

d)

100 MHz

9.

Copper Cable can only carry signals for about 100m or so

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Fiber Optic and Copper Cable are both examples of (a)   transmission media.

11.

Wireless connections are typically...

a)

...less secure than wired connections.

b)

...more secure than wired connections

c)

...about as secure wired connections.

12.

I would need a switch to wirelessly connect to a network.

a)

True

b)

False - You would need a wireless access point.

c)

False - you would need a router.

d)

False - you would need a hub and a modem.

13.

When a fiber optic signal degrades, it needs to be regenerated using a...

a)

Regenerator

b)

Re-opticulator

c)

Pulse magnifier

d)

Repeater

e)

Replicator

14.

On a scale of 1-5 (with 1 being not confident and 5 being very confident) how confident are you at describing the different kinds of transmission media and their advantages and disadvantages?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5