LAN Switching and Wireless

21. _________ data are continuous and take continuous values.

  1. analog
  2. digital
  3. (a) or (b)
  4. none of the above

Correct answer: (B)
digital

22. _________ data have discrete states and take discrete values.

  1. Analog
  2. Digital
  3. (a) or (b)
  4. None of the above

Correct answer: (C)
(a) or (b)

23. _________ defines a protocol data unit (PDU) that is somewhat similar to that of HDLC.

  1. MAC
  2. LLC
  3. LLU
  4. none of the above

Correct answer: (B)
LLC

24. _________ defines how a particular pattern to be interpreted, and what action is to be taken based on that interpretation.

  1. Semantics
  2. Syntax
  3. Timing
  4. None of the above

Correct answer: (A)
Semantics

25. _________ describes the position of the waveform relative to time 0.

  1. Frequency
  2. Phase
  3. Amplitude
  4. Voltage

Correct answer: (A)
Frequency

26. _________ eliminates the varying delay times associated with different-size packets.

  1. X.25
  2. Frame Relay
  3. ATM
  4. all of the above

Correct answer: (C)
ATM

27. _________ encoding has a transition at the beginning of each 0 bit.

  1. RZ
  2. Manchester
  3. Differential Manchester
  4. All the above

Correct answer: (C)
Differential Manchester

28. _________ encoding has a transition at the middle of each bit.

  1. RZ
  2. Manchester
  3. Differential Manchester
  4. All the above

Correct answer: (D)
All the above

29. _________ finds the value of the signal amplitude for each sample; _________ finds the change from the previous sample.

  1. DM; PCM
  2. PCM; DM
  3. DM; CM
  4. none of the above

Correct answer: (B)
PCM; DM

30. _________ in the data link layer separates a message from one source to a destination, or from other messages going from other sources to other destinations.

  1. Digitizing
  2. Controlling
  3. Framing
  4. none of the above

Correct answer: (C)
Framing

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