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CDC 2E251 VOL. IV
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One disadvantage to microwave wavelengths is that the frequencies are suceptable to...?
Definition
Weather effects
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The term defined as the bending of radio waves or light waves as they travel at an angle from one medium to a second medium with a different density is...?
Definition
Refraction
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What is NOT a factor in determining the refractive light index of air?
Definition
Propagation medium
Term
The determining factor in calculating the correct size of a waveguide is...?
Definition
Frequency
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Which sattellite communication system is used for monitoring space operations?
Definition
DSCS
Term
High frequency transmissions follow what path from the antenna to the distant end?
Definition
Groundwave
Term
Which is NOT a disadvantage of laser light transmission?
Definition
No need for careful alignment of transmitter and reciever
Term
Which landline transmission medium is the primary carrier of voice communicatoins?
Definition
Twisted pair cable
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What are the two most popular types of coaxial cable used in network topologies?
Definition
Thicknet and Thinnet
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What LAN communication technique does coaxial cable support?
Definition
Broadband like a highway.
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An optical communications system is comprised of a...?
Definition
Transmitter, cable and reciever
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Why are fiber optic cables immune to EMI?
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Fibers are made of dielectric material
Term
Materials made of air, glass, and water are...?
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Transparent
Term
The direction change of a light beam caused by going to one transparent material to another is called?
Definition
Refraction
Term
As the index of refraction icreases the speed of the light through the material...?
Definition
Decreases
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Which satement best describes a fiberoptic cable critical angle?
Definition
The smallest angel of incidence between two media where TOTAL INTERNAL RELECTION takes place.
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What term refers to a fiber optic cable's core with the same refractive index thoughout the cable?
Definition
Step Index
Term
Which type of fiber is most effective at reducing wave dispersion?
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Single mode, step index
Term
What are the two principle weighting characteristics is use with telecommunication circuit noise?
Definition
CCITT psophometric weighting and C-message weighting.
Term
Which multiplexing method is used when digital signals are being transmitted?
Definition
Time Division
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The two major types of frame structures are...?
Definition
Consultative CCITT and low speed.
Term
The method of multiplexing the T1 multiplexor uses is..?
Definition
Time division
Term
What term is associated with the delay or lag introduced in the appilication of voltage from one section to the next?
Definition
Propagation Constant
Term
What component of the microprocessor does all the computing?
Definition
Arithmetic-Logic Unit
Term
What type of microprocessor has a large instruction set that comtains complex instructions?
Definition
CISC
Term
What common integrated circuit is used to speed the operation of the processor?
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Math CoProcessor
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If you have a 33MHz CPU, what math coprocessor is not compatible?
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20 MHz coprocessor
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Main memory speed is measured in...?
Definition
nanoseconds
Term
What type of ROM has the instructions to start the computer?
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Basic I/O system
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Which of the following is not contained in the first Mb of memory?
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Extended Memory
Term
The distance between the head and the surface of the hard disk is known as the...?
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Flying Height
Term
A 3.5 inch high density magnetic disk has a storage capacity of up to...?
Definition
1.44 Mb
Term
A highly dense storage medium that looks like the audio disks found in music stores is called a...?
Definition
CD-ROM
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Why should you never open a computer's power supply?
Definition
The voltage inside power supplies can kill you.
Term
The PC power supply is rated in...?
Definition
Watts
Term
The device that provides the simplest protection against overvoltage reaching the computer is the...?
Definition
Surge Surpressor
Term
Which one of the following is NOT one of the main areas on the keyboard?
Definition
QWERTY keys
Term
The three keys on the keyboard that, when used with the function keys provide more function are the...?
Definition
CTRL, ALT, SHIFT
Term
The printer contains a buffer storage to...?
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Allow the CPU to perform other operations during printing.
Term
What type of printer uses special paper?
Definition
Thermal printer
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How does a thermal printer form a character?
Definition
Dot matrix pattern
Term
A moniter's resolution is expressed in the number of pixels that make up the image-so, the sharper the image the...?
Definition
Higher the resolution
Term
How is an element of the plasma display darkened?
Definition
The adressing circuit reduces the sustaining voltage.
Term
Which feature of the UNIX allows many users to work on the same computer system at the same time by sharing the computer's resources?
Definition
Multiuser
Term
Which of the following uses in SHELL, is being invoked to create programs called shell scripts?
Definition
Programming
Term
Which of the following is not a UNIX shell?
Definition
Kourne Shell
Term
What improvement gave Windows 98 the ability to connect to 127 periphials?
Definition
Universal Serial bus (USB)
Term
Windows NT is designed to be a...?
Definition
Full Fledge NOS
Term
How Much Memory Space (bytes) does each buffer take up?
Definition
512
Term
When the disk heads fly across the surface, in what order is data retrieved?
Definition
The order in which it appears on the disk.
Term
Name the access right that enables the user to act as a mini supervisor to grant rights to other users?
Definition
Access Control
Term
What is the prime purpose of an operating system.
Definition
Improve system performance and ease of use.
Term
Thre three maine types of of user interfaces are command-driven, menu-driven, and ...?
Definition
Graphical
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In what manner does a DBMS store data?
Definition
Randomly
Term
The main difference between the flat-file and relational databases is...?
Definition
Relational databases make a list of matches in one field before searching another field.
Term
The advantage to using firmware is...?
Definition
Faster operation and less suceptability to unathorized modifications.
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