Cisco Discovery Networking for Homes and Small Businesses Chapter 7 JEOPARDY

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Question RF Acronyms 100 A: What is Radio Frequency?

Question A: What is STAtion or a basic network device? STA Acronyms

Question A: What is the Service Set Identifier? SSID Acronyms 300

Question A: What is the Independent Basic Service Set (Ad-hoc)? IBSS Acronyms 400

Question A: What is Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance ? Acronyms 500 CSMA/CA

Question A: What is an Access Point? This device controls all communications and ensures that all STAs have equal access to the medium. Wireless Devices

Question A: What is a wireless bridge? Wireless Devices 200 This device is used to connect two wired networks through a wireless link using an unlicensed frequency with a distance of up to 40 km (25 mi).

Question A: What are antennas? These devices can be classified as directional or Omni-directional. Wireless Devices 300

Question A: What are a switch, a router and an AP? An integrated router functions as these devices. Wireless Devices 400

Question A: What is a wireless NIC? This device allows the host to attach to the WLAN and may include wireless utility software. Wireless Devices 500

Question A: What is 2.4 GHz? The frequency used by b. Wi-Fi 100

Question A: What is 100 m? Wi-Fi 200 The maximum range of g.

Question A: What is 5 GHz? Wi-Fi 300 The frequency used by a.

Question A: What is 2 Mbps? Wi-Fi 400 The maximum data rate of

Question A: What is 11 Mbps? Wi-Fi 500 The maximum data rate of b.

Question A: What are b and g? The standard(s) with a maximum data range of 100 m.

Question A: What is n? The standard with a maximum data range of 250 m.

Question A: What is a? The standard with a 54 Mbps data rate and a maximum range of 50 m.

Question A: What is n? The standard with a maximum data rate that’s 10 times faster than g.

Question A: What is a? The standard that is increasingly difficult to find equipment that’s compliant with it.

Question A: What is the SSID, username and password? The default values of an AP that should be modified. Security 100

Question A: What is the SSID? This information is required if a STA wants to connect to an AP, but should not be broadcast to increase security. Security 200

Question A: What is MAC address filtering? This process allows the network admin to list the physical address of machines that may attach to a WLAN. Security 300

Question A: What is authentication? Open, PSK and EAP are examples of this. Security 400

Question A: What is encryption? Keeping a snoop from viewing your data is done through this. Security 500

Question A: What is IR? This line of sight communication is commonly used in a one-to-one implementation of wireless communication. Potpourri 100

Question A: What is WPA? Potpourri 200 The strongest wireless encryption commonly implemented on integrated routers.

Question A: What is Bluetooth? Potpourri 300 This technology is limited to low- speed, short range communications and uses the 2.4 GHz frequency.

Question A: What are channels? Wi-Fi conversations take place on these divisions of an RF spectrum. Potpourri 400

Question A: What is 10%? The amount of overlap in signals that should be present when using two or more APs. Potpourri 500

Question A: What are RTS, CTS, and ACK? These messages are part of the reservation system used in wireless communication. Final Jeopardy