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_____ is the ratio of the largest ANSWER: 39846 bps When did ISO adapt the seven- to each communication
possible magnitude to the layer OSI model? channel on a continuous time
smallest possible magnitude How many channels does a ANSWER: 1983 basis.
that can be decoded by the super group have? ANSWER: FDM
DAC ANSWER: 60 Amplitude shift keying is also
ANSWER: dynamic range The output frequency at the known as _____. Error control used in high
channel combiner of channel 7 ANSWER: on/off keying frequency radio data
A process where the higher is transmission.
amplitude analog signals are ANSWER: 80-84 kHz Which modulation system is ANSWER: ARQ
compressed prior to used in telephony?
transmission then expanded at The carrier frequency of the ANSWER: FSK What are the steps to follow to
the receiver. supergroup D25 is produce a PCM signal?
ANSWER: companding ANSWER: 2652 kHz Modulation used by ANSWER: sampling,
asynchronous data quantizing, and coding
For a resolution of 0.01 V and Which of the following is not a ANSWER: FSK
analog sample voltage of 0.05 hybrid data? _____ identifies how the
V, the 12-bit linear sign- ANSWER: data in video PCM systems require _____. different stations in a
magnitude code is ANSWER: large bandwidth multipoint system are
ANSWER: 100000000101 _____ was the first fixed-length interconnected:
5-bit character code. Quantizing noise is present in ANSWER: network topology
_____ uses a single bit PCM ANSWER: Baudot code _____ system.
code to achieve a digital ANSWER: PCM A transmission where data are
transmission of analog signal. CCITT V.26 modem has a inputted directly on the cable.
ANSWER: Delta Modulation modulation rate of _____. _____ is the difference between ANSWER: baseband
(DM) ANSWER: 1200 bauds the original and reconstructed
signal A transmission where data are
The line speed of Bell System What can a smart modem do? ANSWER: quantizing noise inputted inside the carrier
T1 carrier system is ANSWER: accepts wave.
ANSWER: 1.544 Mbps commands from the What is the reason why ANSWER: broadband
terminal via RS232 companding is employed in
How many channels does a T2 interface PCM system? A transmission system for a
line carry? ANSWER: to protect small multidrop network.
ANSWER: 96 One is an advantage of PTM signals in PCM from ANSWER: polling
over PAM. quantizing distortion
The capacity of the standard 4- ANSWER: much better Before attempting to transmit
kHz telephone channel with 30 noise immunity Band of frequencies in a data, each station has to listen
dB S/N is transmission medium allotted to the channel.
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ANSWER: CSMA/CD OSI consists of how many A system that perform parallel- The corrections and accuracy of
layers of interconnection? to-serial and serial-to-parallel the transmitted message
Synchronous modems cost ANSWER: 7 conversion of a data link. control is
more than asynchronous ANSWER: DTE ANSWER: determined by
modems because Which network layer the sender and the receiver
ANSWER: they must determines if the user can send EIA stands for
contain clock recovery or receive based on whether ANSWER: Electronic Framing is
circuits they can send and receive Industry Association ANSWER: concerned with
simultaneously or the boundaries between
When one station is designated alternatively? An acoustic modem converts a characters
as master and the rest of the ANSWER: session layer complex digital signal into
stations are considered slaves, ANSWER: audio tones Asynchronous transmission is
message handling is _____. A _____ that interconnects LAN ANSWER: is less efficient
ANSWER: polling having identical protocols at Which mode of transmission but simpler
the physical and data link achieves less than full-duplex
The computer that initiates layers. but more than half-duplex? Digital transmission provides a
information transfer. ANSWER: bridge ANSWER: echoplex higher level of signal quality
ANSWER: master than analog transmission
A _____ interconnects LAN Rules governing the because
A store and forward switching. having identical protocols at transmission of digital ANSWER: repeaters
ANSWER: message the physical data link and information. regenerate digital pulses and
switching network layers. ANSWER: line protocol remove distortion
ANSWER: router
It is used to connected Codecs must be Digital to analog converter in
computers in the same building A _____ interconnects LAN that ANSWER: agreed upon in synchronous modems send
or in same area: has totally different protocols advance between sender and signals to the
ANSWER: LAN and format. receiver ANSWER: equalizer
ANSWER: gateway
Two or more LAN linked The standard ASCII Binary codes are transformed
together over a wide All bits in a character can be ANSWER: has 132 in modems into
geographical area: sent/received simultaneously. characters including 32 ANSWER: Gray code
ANSWER: WAN ANSWER: parallel data control characters
Synchronous modems cost
Which system allows different The bits in a character which The Baudot code more than asynchronous
types of networks to be linked are sent/received one at a time. ANSWER: requires shift modem because
together? ANSWER: serial data characters to provide
ANSWER: OSI sufficient combinations
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ANSWER: they must Which character code is used is transmitting odd-parity ANSWER: symbols are to be
contain clock recover without parity bit? coded symbols. repeated
circuits ANSWER: EBCDIC ANSWER: unknown
Which transmission media is
What is the best type of data Which hardware is used when A digital modulation technique not suitable to CSMA
communications test the host computer and the that results in two different operation?
equipment? terminal are in separate frequencies representing binary ANSWER: Optical fiber
ANSWER: protocol analyzer locations? 1 and 0.
ANSWER: Modem ANSWER: FSK _____ is a device used to
What is the data rate of the convert a time varying electrical
ISDN Basic access B channel? _____ is a data communications What is the input to the Digital- quantity to an appropriate
ANSWER: 64 kbps hardware that assists the host to-Analog Converter of a PCM form.
computer in handling input decoder circuit? ANSWER: Transducer
What is the data rate of the and output tasks. ANSWER: a series of bits
ISDN basic access D channel? ANSWER: front end The bandwidth of U600
ANSWER: 16 kbps processor The output of the DAC at a mastergroup is
PCM decoder circuit is a _____. ANSWER: 2520 kHz
Baudot code uses how many A unit of information used in ANSWER: parallel output of
bits per symbol? data communications. binary-coded digits Refers to the combination of
ANSWER: 5 ANSWER: bit digitally encoded signals
Serial printer transmitted with FDM signals
How many bits are there to Transmission of binary signals ANSWER: prints one as one composite baseband
present 8 combinations? requires character at a time signal. )
ANSWER: 3 ANSWER: more bandwidth ANSWER: hybrid data
than analog Delta modulation is a/an
How many numbers of ANSWER: 1-bit differential Transmit frequency-division-
equiprobable events are there What is the modulation rate of PCM system multiplexed voice band signals
for 8-bits of information? the CCITT V.26 modem? over a coaxial data for
ANSWER: 256 ANSWER: 1200 kbps Alternative way of digitizing distances up to 4000 miles.
analog signals. ANSWER: L carrier systems
Which computer terminal can The digital-to-analog converter ANSWER: Delta modulation
be programmed to perform new in a synchronous modem sends Level 5 of Japanese PCM
functions? signal to the _____. One dit is equal to _____ bits. multiplex hierarchy has
ANSWER: intelligent ANSWER: equalizer ANSWER: 3.32 channel capacity of
terminal ANSWER: 5760 VB
The number of bits that are Redundancy means the _____. channels
zeros in each symbol when one
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The line data rate (in Mbps) for A digital network where voice, ANSWER: data terminal
level 4 of CEPT 30 + 2 PCM video, text and data are equipment (DTE) What multiplexing scheme is
multiplex hierarchy multiplexed into a single used by baseband
ANSWER: 139.264 network for processing and are SYN character of EBCDIC code. transmission?
transmitted prior to use. ANSWER: 32 H ANSWER: TDM
The guardband between ANSWER: synchronous
supergroup 18 and supergroup digital hierarchy (SDH) _____ ensures that the Use of coaxial cables in
D25 is transmitter and receiver agree interconnecting networks is
ANSWER: 56 kHz T-1 carrier service has _____ on the prescribed time slot for limited to an overall length of
digital bit rate. the occurrence of a bit. _____.
Supergroup 17 has a carrier ANSWER: 1.544 Mbps ANSWER: bit or clock ANSWER: 1500 m
frequency (in kHz) of synchronization
ANSWER: 2108 Non-ISDN equivalent can be What defines how the stations
connected to ISDN line by the Equation used to determine the are interconnected in a
A radio channel is composed of use of _____. number of Hamming bits in the network?
_____ VB channels. ANSWER: terminal Hamming code. ANSWER: topology or
ANSWER: 1800 adapters ANSWER: 2^n >= m + n + 1 architecture

What is the guardband between What is the baseband Data means _____ is a data communications
supergroup 1 and supergroup frequency of standard FDM ANSWER: digital network designed to provide
2? basic supergroup? information two-way communications
ANSWER: 12 kHz ANSWER: 312 to 552 kHz between a large varieties of
What determines which data communications terminal
CCITT's supermastergroup has What is the transmission signal network configuration is most equipment within a relatively
how many voice band coding for T1 carrier? appropriate? small geographic area:
channels? ANSWER: bipolar ANSWER: network layer ANSWER: local area
ANSWER: 900 network
The primary purpose of the Ethernet is a baseband system
The transparency mechanism data modem. using CSMA/CD operating at _____ is the mode of
used with SDLC is called ANSWER: interface digital _____. transmission in public data
ANSWER: zero-bit insertion terminal equipment to ANSWER: 10 Mbps network in which data are
What equation defines the analog communications transferred from source to the
composition of an ISDN basic channel Mechanism used by a station to network then to the destination
access line? gain access to local area in an asynchronous data
ANSWER: 2B + D The line control unit (LCU) that network. format.
operates on the data in digital ANSWER: channel ANSWER: start/stop mode
form. accessing
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A seven-bit character Store-and-forward multiple- Which of the following is the source to share the use of a
represents one of _____ access network. biggest disadvantage of PCM common line
possibilities. ANSWER: PRNET systems?
ANSWER: 128 ANSWER: the large One of the reasons why FDM is
A source code whose average bandwidth required being replaced by TDM.
_____ is defined to be the word length approaches the ANSWER: noise is
maximum rate at which fundamental limit set by the The reason why companding is amplified with voice when
information can be transmitted entropy of a discrete employed in PCM systems is an FDM system is used
through a channel. memoryless source. ANSWER: to protect small
ANSWER: channel capacity ANSWER: Huffman code signals in PCM from In _____ modulation the carrier
quantizing distortion is periodic train of pulses.
Circuit that performs the Who promulgates ANSWER: pulse
inverse mapping and delivers to communications-related The highest theoretical
the user destination, a military standards (MIL-STD)? frequency that can be The process that uses the
reproduction of the original ANSWER: DCA processed at a sampling rate orthogonality of sines and
data source output. (fs) without aliasing. cosines that makes it possible
ANSWER: source coding What is the class of probability ANSWER: folding frequency to transmit and receive two
in error detection techniques different signals simultaneously
Digital modulation technique that is known as residual error The overlapping of the original on the same carrier frequency
used in modems. rate? spectrum and the first is
ANSWER: PSK ANSWER: P2 translated component is known ANSWER: quadrature
as multiplexing
Who developed the fixed-length RS 232 is normally an interface ANSWER: aliasing
binary code for telegraphy? between DTE and DCE. What is Which of the following pulse
ANSWER: Emile Baudot its signal rate? Transmission sent in both modulation technique is a
ANSWER: 20 kbps directions simultaneously. digital transmission system?
Inventor of pulse-code ANSWER: full duplex ANSWER: pulse code
modulation for the digital modulation
encoding of speech signals. Digital switching concepts that Multiplexing in a time division
ANSWER: Alex Reeves can handle more channels. multiplexing occurs based Information theory was
ANSWER: TMS upon developed by _____.
In what year did computers and ANSWER: the position of ANSWER: Shannon
terminals start communicating What is the most significant data within a frame
with each other over long advantage of modular switch A quadratic signaling has _____
distance? than time-and-space switch? What is multiplexing? possible states.
ANSWER: 1950's ANSWER: flexible size ANSWER: a technique that ANSWER: 4
enables more than one data
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What is the smallest unit of ANSWER: common channel What is the minimum number All bits in a character are sent
information in binary signaling of bits required in PCM code for and received in _____ in serial
transmission system? a range of 10,000? port.
ANSWER: bit A data highway in LAN, this ANSWER: 14 ANSWER: one at a time
type of topology allows
The lowest layer in the ISO workstations to be connected to How many levels can be Bridge can only interconnect
protocol hierarchy. a common line where all represented in PCM LANs having identical protocols
ANSWER: physical layer messages pass stations on the transmission system if the at the _____ layers.
way to their destination. binary numbers 00000000 to ANSWER: physical and
Basic speed rate of digital ANSWER: ring 11111111 are used to data link
system. represent signal levels?
ANSWER: 64 kbps A packet format has an error ANSWER: 256 OSI stands for
detecting code at address ANSWER: Open System
A formal set of conventions ANSWER: the end of Channel capacity is directly Interconnection
governing the formatting and packet framing proportional to
relative timing of message ANSWER: bandwidth ISO stands for
exchange between two It is a protocol used to connect ANSWER: International
communications system. the other packet switching Which does not affect noise in a Standardization
ANSWER: protocol network. channel? Organization
ANSWER: X.75 ANSWER: quantizing level
A device that connects 2 data Message switching is ______
terminal equipment (DTE) _____ is a network operating ______ is a character oriented network.
directly by emulating the system within several buildings protocol. ANSWER: store and
physical connections of data in compound: ANSWER: Bisync forward
communications equipment ANSWER: Novell Netware
(DCE). ______ character signifies the Packet switching is _____
ANSWER: null modem Used by Bell 103/113 series for start of the test for Bisync network.
full duplex, 2 transmission ANSWER: STX ANSWER: hold and forward
Modem is referred to as speeds of 0 to 300 bps.
ANSWER: data ANSWER: FSK In _____ the clock pulse is used Polling is an invitation of the
communications equipment to time the sending and primary to a secondary
What is the Nyquist sample receiving of the characters. equipment to _____ a message.
A signaling method relating to a rate for a voice input of 10 ANSWER: synchronous ANSWER: transmit
multiplicity of circuits is kHz? data
conveyed over a single channel ANSWER: 20 kHz Bit rate is _____.
by labeled messages.
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ANSWER: the rate of
change at the input of the
modulator
A code that uses three unequal
length symbols, dot, dash, and
space to encode a character.
ANSWER: Morse code
A 5-bit character code
ANSWER: BAUDOT
An 8-bit character code.
ANSWER: EBCDIC
An equipment that interfaces
the data terminal equipment to
the analog transmission line.
ANSWER: modem
Set of rules governing the
orderly exchange of data
information.
ANSWER: protocol
A communication network
designed for transferring data
from one point to another.
ANSWER: Public Data
Network (PDN)
Radio communications between
points using a single share
frequency.
ANSWER: half-duplex
The number of pins in the
RS232C interfaces
ANSWER: 25
A modem is sometimes referred
to as _____.
ANSWER: Data
Communication Equipment
Provide post equalization to the
received analog signal.
ANSWER: adaptive
equalizers
The receive equalizer in a
synchronous modem is called
ANSWER: an adaptive
equalizer
Compromise equalizer settings
typically affect
ANSWER: amplitude delay
Training sequence (a bit pattern
used to synchronize the receive
modem) accomplishes one of
the following functions.
ANSWER: activate RLSD
When asynchronous data are
used with synchronous
modems that is called
ANSWER: isochronous
transmission
_____ is defined as a figure of
merit used to express the
degree of modulation achieved
in an FSK modulator. The minimum-quality circuit
ANSWER: h factor available using the PTN is
called
What channel in the 103 ANSWER: basic voice
modem occupies a passband channel (VC)
from 300 to 1650 Hz?
ANSWER: low-band channel Direct distance dialing (DDD)
network is commonly called
Low speed modems generally ANSWER: dial-up network
have bit rates of
ANSWER: 2400 bps The line control unit (LCU)
operates on the data when it is
Medium speed modems have in digital form and is therefore
bit rates of called
ANSWER: 2400 - 4800 bps ANSWER: data terminal
equipment (DTE)
High speed modems have bit
rates of With _____, each character is
ANSWER: 9600 bps framed between start and a
stop bit.
A means of improving the ANSWER: asynchronous
quality of a private-line circuit data
by adding amplifiers and
equalizers to it. With _____, rather than frame
ANSWER: line conditioning each character independently
with start and stop bits, a
A voice-grade circuit using the unique synchronizing character
PTN has an ideal passband called a SYN character is
from transmitted at the beginning of
ANSWER: 0 to 4 kHz each message.
ANSWER: synchronous
The digital-to-analog converter data
in a synchronous modem is
called A logic _____ is used for the
ANSWER: an adaptive start bit.
equalizer ANSWER: 0
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ANSWER: 01111111 With _____, a station monitors Identifies how the stations are
All stop bits are logic the line to determine if the line interconnected in a network.
ANSWER: 1 Used to achieve character is busy. ANSWER: topology or
synchronization in ANSWER: CSMA/CD architecture
_____ ensures that the SDLANSWER:
transmitter and receiver agree ANSWER: flag field Describes the mechanism used A data communications
on a prescribed time slot for the by a station to gain access to network that is designed to
occurrence of a bit. A command that places a local area network. provide two-way
ANSWER: bit or clock secondary station in the normal ANSWER: Channel communications between a
synchronization disconnect mode. accessing large varieties of data
ANSWER: DISC communications terminal
Characters that must be Broadband uses equipment within a relatively
transmitted other than the data Character oriented protocol. ANSWER: FDM small geographic area:
are called ANSWER: asynchronous ANSWER: Local Area
ANSWER: overhead A typical multiplexing scheme Network
Determines which network used by baseband
In the United States, the most configuration is most transmission. The type of encoding used in
common CRC code is appropriate. ANSWER: TDM the transmission of data on an
ANSWER: CRC - 16 ANSWER: network layer ISDN line between a customer's
_____ uses the connecting premises and a carrier's central
The generating power A standard that combines medium as a single-channel office.
polynomial x^7 + x^5 + x^4 + previous standards 6159 (E) device. ANSWER: 2B1Q encoding
x^2 + x^1 + x^0 is equivalent to (unbalanced) and 6256 (E) ANSWER: baseband
ANSWER: 10110111 (balanced) and outlines the transmission A mode of transmission in
class of operation necessary to public data network in which
Parallel transmission is also establish the link-level protocol _____ uses the connecting data are transferred from
called ANSWER: ISO 7809 medium as a multi-channel source to the network to the
ANSWER: parallel-by-bit device. destination in an asynchronous
ANSWER: serial-by-bit Ethernet is a baseband system ANSWER: broadband data format.
ANSWER: serial-by-character using CSMA/CD operating at transmission ANSWER: start/stop mode
ANSWER: A and C above ANSWER: 10 Mbps
The use of coaxial cables in IEEE 802.3 standard is
Data means A type of digital encoding interconnecting networks is ANSWER: CSMA/CD
ANSWER: digital technique used to detect limited to an overall length of
information collision in CSMA/CANSWER: approximately. IEEE 802.4 standard is
ANSWER: Manchester ANSWER: 1500 m ANSWER: token passing for
Go-ahead sequence bus topology
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bits of data from one end of a Binary codes are sometimes ANSWER: asynchronous
IEEE 802.5 standard is point-to-point link to the other. transformed in modems into modems reverse the
ANSWER: token passing for ANSWER: physical layer ANSWER: Gray code direction of transmitted and
ring topology A technique involving signaling ANSWER: Hamming codes received data from the
by both ends of a link to ensure standard
What is the data rate of the correct data transfer. A Western Electric 2911
ISDN basic access B channel? ANSWER: handshaking modem operates with a carrier RS-232, RS-530, RS-449, V.21
ANSWER: 64 kbps ANSWER: stuffing frequency of and V.24 are examples of
ANSWER: 1800 Hz ANSWER: standards for
What equation defines the XON/XOFF is interfaces between
composition of an ISDN basic ANSWER: a method of flow A special bit pattern used to terminals and modems
access line? control denote the start and end of a Request To Send (RTS) / Clear
ANSWER: 2B + D data link layer frame. To Send (CTS)
An example of outband ANSWER: flag ANSWER: is the way the
What is the number of signaling is DTE indicates that it is
channels on which different ANSWER: CTS A bipolar violation ready to transmit data, or
operations can occur ANSWER: occurs when two the way the DCE indicates
simultaneously on one ISDN A recommendation which successive pulses have the that it is ready to accept
basic access line? allows a synchronous modem same polarity and are data
ANSWER: 3 to be used to transmit separated by a zero level
asynchronous characters, Extended command sets
Digital telephone and without error control. What is a flow control? supported by modern modems
integrated voice-data ANSWER: V.14 ANSWER: the process of ANSWER: use different
workstations are examples of starting and stopping the commands to control many
what type of ISDN equipment? The scrambler in a terminal output to avoid advanced modem features
ANSWER: TE synchronous modem is found loss of characters by the
in the receiving device Which of the following can be
How many OSI layers are ANSWER: transmitter done by a smart modem?
covered under the X.25 section Buffering refers to ANSWER: accepts
standard? ANSWER: temporarily commands from the
ANSWER: 3 A CCITT recommendation storing data to allow for terminal via the RS-232
which gives the definition for small variations in device interface
An Open System the interchange circuits speeds
Interconnection (OSI) layer has between DTE's and DCE's. _____ always have a set of
the responsibility for the ANSWER: V.24 What is the reason why many symbols.
physical transportation of the cables have RS-232 connectors ANSWER: communications
with some wires crossed? protocol
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The Baudot code uses how CCITT standard concentrating What is the most widely used Slow speed modems use _____
many bits per symbol? on data communications over data communications code? digital modulation method:
ANSWER: 5 the telephone network. ANSWER: ASCII ANSWER: FSK
ANSWER: V-series
Which protocol adjusts its The ASCII code has how many When the data signal is
block size based on the line One of the following items bits? transmitted directly over the
error rate? cannot be provided in a ANSWER: 7 medium, this is called _____
ANSWER: ZMODEM broadband LAN. transmission.
ANSWER: fiber optic What methods are used in data ANSWER: baseband
Which of the following is not a transmission communications?
common DNA repeater? ANSWER: both analog and _____ is the technique of using
ANSWER: DEREP-RB A small telephone switching digital methods modulation and FDM to
system that can be used as a transmit multiple data
What is the number of bits that LAN. One of the following is not channels of a common medium.
are zeros when transmitting ANSWER: PBX primarily a type of data ANSWER: broadband
odd-parity coded symbols? communications.
ANSWER: unknown A LAN architecture that can be ANSWER: telephone The cause of bit errors in data
expanded to the greatest total transmission.
Standard for the 7-layer model system bandwidth. Mark and space refer ANSWER: noise
for Open Systems ANSWER: digital PBX respectively to
Interconnection ANSWER: binary 1 and What is the other name for
ANSWER: X.200 Which is considered as the binary 0 parity?
fastest LAN topology? ANSWER: VRC
One of the following options is a ANSWER: bus A modem converts
characteristic of a LAN. ANSWER: analog signals to QAM is the combination of
Data communications refers to digital ANSWER: ASK and QPSK
ANSWER: application- the transmission of ANSWER: digital signals to
independent interfaces ANSWER: computer data analog A CCITT standard that refers to
ANSWER: both of the various aspects of Integrated
Not a common LAN medium. _____ is a procedure or rule above Service Digital Network (ISDN)
ANSWER: twin lead that defines how data is to be ANSWER: none of the above ANSWER: I-series
transmitted:
Not a local area network (LAN)? ANSWER: protocol An I-series recommendation Which of the following is not
ANSWER: cable TV system which describe what an ISDN part of a QAM modulator?
Which of the following is a is. ANSWER: XNOR
popular PC protocol? ANSWER: I.120
ANSWER: XMODEM
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Not a commonly used method Not an important characteristic

of error detection. of the physical layer.
ANSWER: Redundancy ANSWER: logical

What is produced by a The bit rate of B-channel is

longitudinal redundancy check _____ kbps.
(LRC)? ANSWER: 64
ANSWER: block check
character (BCC) Defines a 2400-bps, PSK, half-
duplex modem operating at
What is the basic 1200 baud:
modulator/demodulator circuit ANSWER: V.26bis
in PSK?
ANSWER: Balanced Which of the following ITU
modulators standards describe the
interconnection techniques
What is the main reason why between PDNs and PSTNs?
serial transmission is preferred ANSWER: V.100
over parallel transmission?
ANSWER: it requires only a Is the progressive decrease of
single channel signal strength with increasing
distance.
Limitation of 10base-2 network. ANSWER: attenuation
ANSWER: 30 stations per
segment The component most apt to
break down in the radio circuit
A transmission media is not is the
readily suitable to CSMA ANSWER: resistor
operation.

ANSWER: optical fiber

Which of the following refers to

the measurement of an
uncertainty?
ANSWER: entropy