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Chapter 08 Data and Network Communication Technology

1. Messages can be loosely categorized into two types—data messages and command messages.​


2. Data messages vary in format and content and can include any primitive CPU data types or more complex data types.​


3. Sender and received can use different methods of encoding, transmitting, and interpreting the bits of a message.


4. Command messages can be used to transmit information about data messages, such as format, content, length, and other information the receiver needs to interpret the data message correctly.


5. Communication protocols are less important for computer-to-computer communication than for person-to-person communication.


6. A complete communication protocol is a complex combination of subsidiary protocols and the technologies to implement them.


7. ​Bits are encoded in a wave by precisely manipulating, or modulating, amplitude, frequency, or phase.


8. The FM method holds frequency constant while varying amplitude to represent data.


9. ​Phase is a wave characteristic that’s fundamentally the same as amplitude or frequency.


10. Square waves are the preferred method of transmitting digital data over short distances, such as on a system bus.


11. Wave characteristics, such as frequency and amplitude, are inherently discrete.


12. S/N ratio is computed as the log of signal power minus noise power.​


13. RF transmission is more complex than wired transmission because it incorporates more sophisticated error detection/correction and security methods.


14. ​Communication line cost is the same in simplex and half-duplex modes.


15. ​A parallel channel’s transmits individual bits over separate wires, fibers, or frequencies.


16. ​To limit skew errors, high-speed parallel communication channels must be short, typically less than two meters.


17. ​In the server arena, serial standards, such as Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), have replaced older parallel standards.


18. ​Circuit switching makes efficient use of channel capacity in most data transmission situations.


19. ​Circuit switching is inefficient for most data transmission settings because few users require high data transmission capacity continuously.


20. ​Despite its complexities, packet switching is the dominant form of intercomputer communication.


21. ​Under FDM, a single narrowband channel is partitioned into multiple broadband subchannels.


22. ​Narrowband channels in a single broadband channel must use the same signaling methods, communication protocols, and transmission speeds.


23. ​Because block size is always the same in synchronous transmission, the receiver always knows where one block ends and another begins.


24. ​Asynchronous transmission uses channel capacity more efficiently than synchronous transmission.


25. ​A crucial component of any communication protocol is a method for detecting and correcting errors in data transmission, reception, or interpretation.


26. ​Parity checking can be based on even or odd bit counts.


27. ​Parity checking has a low Type I error rate.


28. ​Type I error rates can be reduced by combining parity checking and block checking.


29. ​CRC has much higher Type I and Type II error rates than parity and block checking.


30. ​Unlike block checking, CRC cannot produce a BCC for a group of characters or bytes.


31. ​A ____ message contains instructions that control some aspect of the communication process.


32. ​A complete ____ of a sine wave follows its full range from zero to positive peak, back to zero, to its negative peak, and then back to zero again.


33. ____ is a specific time point in a wave’s cycle.


34. ​____ is the number of cycles occurring in one second and is measured in hertz (Hz).


35. ​A(n) ____ is a data transmission event or group of events representing a bit or group of bits.


36. ​____ represents bit values as specific wave amplitudes.


37. ​Amplitude modulation is sometimes called ____.


38. ​____ represents bit values by varying carrier wave frequency while holding amplitude constant.


39. Frequency modulation is also called ____.


40. ​____ is a technique for embedding multiple bit values in a single wave characteristic, such as frequency or amplitude.


41. ​Square waves can be generated by rapidly switching (pulsing) an electrical or optical power source—a technique called ____.


42. ​____ routes signals between two locations through a physical connection, such as copper wire or optical fiber.


43. ​The term ____ describes transmissions using frequencies between 50 Hz and 1 terahertz (THz).


44. ​The term ____ describes the maximum number of bits or bytes per second that the channel can carry.


45. The term ____ describes the maximum number of bits or bytes per second that the channel actually achieves with a specific communication protocol.


46. ​Noise can be introduced into copper, aluminum, and other wire types by ____.


47. ​In a communication channel, ____ refers to unwanted signal components added to the data signal that might be interpreted incorrectly as data.


48. ​As bit transmission speed is increased, the duration of each bit in the signal, known as the ____, decreases.


49. ​The most common wired transmission media for LANs is ____ cable.


50. ​____ is the most expensive cable type


51. ​____ cable can be constructed of glass or plastic.


52. ​____ cable uses fibers that vary continuously in diameter from center to edge.


53. ​In a single electrical communication channel, a(n) ____ wire carries data and the return wire completes the electrical circuit.






54. ​In a single communication channel a ____ wire completes an electrical circuit between sending and receiving devices.


55. ​In ____ mode, messages flow in only one direction


56. ____ mode uses a single shared channel, and each node takes turns using the transmission line to transmit and receive.


57. In ____ mode, the receiver can communicate with the sender at any time over the second transmission line, even while data is still being transmitted on the first line.


58. ​____ transmission uses a separate transmission line for each bit position.


59. ​____ is noise added to the signal in the wire from EMI generated by adjacent wires.


60. ​Most local phone service is based on a channel-sharing strategy called ____.


61. ____ describes techniques for splitting data transfer capacity into time slices and allocating them to multiple users.


62. ​Long-distance telecommunication providers use FDM to multiplex single-mode optical fibers, an application commonly called ____.


63. ​____ is a high-speed communication architecture intended to interconnect devices such as servers, secondary storage appliances, and network switches.


64. ​____ are used by devices such as general-purpose servers that can initiate and respond to data transfer requests.


65. ​In synchronous transmissions, messages are transmitted in fixed-size byte groups called ____.


66. ____ have a predetermined pattern of signal transitions designed for easy clock synchronization.


67. ​Asynchronous transmission adds one or more ____ bits to the beginning of each message.


68. ​With ____ parity, the sender sets the parity bit to 0 if the count of 1-valued data bits in the character is odd.

69. Parity checking can be expanded to groups of characters or bytes by using ____.


70.  ____ is the most widely used error-detection method.


71. ​A(n) ____________________ is a unit of data or information transmitted from a sender to a recipient.

72. A(n) ____________________ is a set of rules and conventions for communication.

73. ​Light, radio frequencies, and electricity travel through space or cables as a(n) ____________________.

74. ____________________ is a measure of wave height or power—the maximum distance between a wave’s peak and its zero value.

75. The ____________________ of a sine wave is measured in degrees, with 0° representing the beginning of the wave’s cycle and 360° representing the end.

76. ​A wave with encoded bits is called a(n) ____________________ wave because it transports bits from one place to another.

77. ​A(n) ____________________ signal uses the full range of a carrier wave characteristic to encode continuous data values.

78. ​A(n) ____________________ signal can contain one of a finite number of possible values.

79. ​A(n) ____________________ consists of a sending device, a receiving device, and the transmission medium connecting them.

80. The communication path that transports signals is called a(n) ____________________.

81. ​The difference between a signal’s maximum and minimum frequencies is called the signal ____________________.

82. A(n) ____________________ signal is created by combining multiple simple signals.

83. ​____________________ is the reduction in signal strength (amplitude) caused by interactions between the signal’s energy and the transmission medium.

84. The term ____________________ refers to changes to the data signal caused by interaction with the communication channel.

85. ​____________________ cable is the most common transmission medium for phone and local area network (LAN) connections.

86. ​____________________ cable contains a single copper conductor surrounded by a thick plastic insulator, a metallic shield, and a tough plastic outer wrapping.

87. ​____________________ transmission is more complex than wired transmission because it incorporates more sophisticated error detection/correction and security methods.

88. ​____________________ distortion creates echoes that blur or smear signal content, increasing the error rate

89. ​In half-duplex mode after sending a message, the first node signals its intent to cease transmission by sending a special control message called a(n) ____________________.

90. ____________________ mode allows the receiver to request retransmitting a message if it detects errors.

91. ​____________________ transmission uses only a single transmission line and a return wire.

92. ​Packet switching, the most common type of TDM, divides messages from all users or applications into small pieces called ____________________.

93. ​____________________ transmission ensures that sender and receiver clocks are always synchronized by sending continuous data streams.

94. In ____________________ transmission, messages are sent on an as-needed basis.

95. ​Under ____________________ parity, the sender sets the parity bit to 0 if the count of 1-valued data bits is even or to 1 if the count of 1-valued data bits is odd.

96. ​What are the three characteristics of sine waves that can be manipulated to represent data?

97. ​Why are waves important in communication?

98. Describe some options regarding light transmission in communication technology.​

99. ​What are the two main synchronization problems that can occur during message transmission?

100. ​List two characteristics in which error detection and correction methods vary.



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