1. Which of the following is a metric of the relative position in time within a single
period of a signal?
a. phase
b. Nyquist Limit
c. frequency
2. Which of the following refers to the peak value or strength of an analog signal over
time, typically measured in volts.
a. frequency
b. phase
c. amplitude
3. In order to facilitate the manipulation and transmission of data in computer networks,
several international standards or codes have been developed. Which of the following
refers to a code set where each character is represented by a unique 7 bit binary code
allowing for 128 different characters to be represented?
a. ASCII
b. BCD
c. EBCDIC
4. The rate at which data can be transmitted over a given communication path under
given conditions is called:
a. channel capacity
b. channel rate
c. transmission rate
5. With which of the following refers to a form of highly directional frequencies in the 2
GHz - 40 GHz range where parabolic dishes are used?
a. satellite communications
b. terrestrial microwave communications
c. microwave communications
6. Which of the following forms of communications is considered a microwave relay
station where transponder channels are used to transmit and receive data?
a. satellite microwave
b. none of the above
c. microwave communications
d. terrestrial microwave
7. Which of the following EIA standard recognizes three categories of UTP cabling?
a. EIA 426-A
b. EIA 568-A
c. EIA 232-B