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DCN CHAPTER 2 (PART 2)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a communication channel?

a)

A type of computer that processes data

b)

A method to encode signals

c)

A pathway through which information is conveyed

d)

A type of network cable

2.

What does channel capacity represent?

a)

Number of devices connected to a network

b)

Distance data can travel

c)

Maximum bit rate a channel can handle

d)

Signal power in a receiver

3.

What does Shannon’s Law calculate?

a)

Power usage in transmission

b)

Maximum data rate of a noisy channel

c)

Type of signal encoding

d)

Total number of network users

4.

According to Shannon's Law, increasing which factor improves channel capacity?

a)

Packet size

b)

Bandwidth

c)

Transmission delay

d)

Number of devices

5.

What type of data has infinite values within a range?

a)

Analog

b)

Binary

c)

Digital

d)

Encoded

6.

What is line coding?

a)

Converting analog to digital signals

b)

Converting binary data to digital signals

c)

Encoding voice signals

d)

Replacing modulated signals

7.

Which line coding method uses only one voltage level?

a)

Bipolar

b)

Unipolar

c)

Manchester

d)

Differential

8.

In NRZ-Invert (NRZ-I) encoding, what does a voltage inversion represent?

a)

Bit 0

b)

Bit 1

c)

Start bit

d)

Stop bit

9.

What is the advantage of using Manchester encoding?

a)

Less power usage

b)

Uses only one wire

c)

No signal transitions

d)

Built-in synchronization

10.

What voltage level represents binary 0 in AMI encoding?

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

c)

Zero

d)

Alternating

11.

Which bipolar encoding method substitutes eight 0s with a violation pattern?

a)

HDB3

b)

B8ZS

c)

NRZ

d)

RZ

12.

In which modulation technique is the amplitude changed to represent bits?

a)

ASK

b)

FSK

c)

PSK

d)

QAM

13.

What does the baud rate measure?

a)

Frequency of modulation

b)

Signal changes per second

c)

Number of bits per frame

d)

Size of packets

14.

Which device connects DTE to a transmission medium?

a)

Printer

b)

RAM

c)

Router

d)

DCE

15.

What does a modem do?

a)

Converts digital data to analog and vice versa

b)

Sends data via satellite

c)

Stores digital data

d)

Synchronizes network clocks