ACLC-HONG KONG | DATA COMMUNICATION & NETWORKING

SY-20172 | MIDTERM EXAM

NAME: __________________________________ DATE: _____________ SCORE: ___________
I. IDENTIFICATION. Identify the following by filling in the blanks provided based on what is given on the right.
1. _____________ it is the open standards for all communication systems.
2. _____________ This layer defines the hardware, cabling wiring, power output, pulse rate etc.
3. _____________ plays the role of interacting with actual hardware and signaling mechanism.
4. _____________ are discrete in nature and represent sequence of voltage pulses.
5. _____________ are in continuous wave form in nature and represented by continuous electromagnetic waves.
6. _____________ When signals travel through the medium they tend to deteriorate.
7. _____________ For the receiver to interpret the data accurately, the signal must be sufficiently strong.
8. _____________ Heat agitates the electronic conductors of a medium which may introduce noise in the media.
9. _____________ The media over which the information between two computer systems is sent.
10. _____________ All communication wires/cables, such as UTP, coaxial cables, and fiber Optics.
11. _____________ Wireless or open airspace where there is no connectivity between the sender and receiver.
12. _____________ The speed of transmission of information.
13. _____________ is a technique to mix and send multiple data streams over a single medium.
14. _____________ is a mechanism by which data/information sent from source towards destination which are not directly
connected.
15. _____________ The process for converting digital data into digital signal.
16. _____________ is a continuous stream of data in the wave form.
17. _____________ is discrete.
18. _____________ decides how data is transmitted between two computers.
19. _____________ bits are sent one after another in a queue manner. Serial transmission requires only one communication
channel.
20. _____________ Data-bits have specific pattern and they help receiver recognize the start and end data bits.
21. _____________ works on the properties of light.

II. ENUMERATION. Give the following.

Signal Encoding Techniques Transmission Impairments

1. _____________________________ 1. _____________________________________
2. ____________________________
3. ____________________________ 2. ____________________________________
4. ____________________________
5._____________________________ 3. ____________________________________

4. ____________________________________

END OF MIDTERM