MODULE 7 STUDY GUIDE

1. Which forms of are considered Legacy Ethernet?

2. What do Legacy Ethernet technologies all have in common?

3 What is the 5-4-3 Rule?

4. What is the maximum length of a network segment for 10BASE5?

5. What were the advantages of 10BASE5 at the time that it was prevalent?

6. What are the disadvantages of 10BASE 5?

7. What is the maximum length of a network segment for 10BASE2?

8. What is the maximum transmission rate and duplex for 10BASE2 and 10BASE5?

9. What are the differences in 10BASE2 and 10BASE5?

10. What are the similarities in 10BASE2 and 10BASE5?

11. What is the maximum unrepeated length for a 10BASE-T network segment?

12. What is required of a 10BASET network?

13. List the two technologies that are part of 100 Mbps Ethernet ().

14. List three Ethernet standards that support full duplex.

15. What was the main purpose of 100BaseFX?

16. Where do the differences between Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, and Gigabit Ethernet occur?

17. What media can Gigabit Ethernet transmit on?

18. What is similar on all versions of Gigabit Ethernet?

19. What could limit the bandwidth of a fiber based Ethernet network? (I couldn't find this in the reading.)

20. How many wire pairs are used with 1000BASE-T?

21. Gigabit Ethernet operates in what duplex mode?

22. What is the next Ethernet technology beyond Gigabit Ethernet?

23. What media supports 10 Gigabit Ethernet?

24. What future standards are being developed for Ethernet technology?

25. What are the line encoding methods for the following:

10BaseT 100 Mbps Ethernet

1000Base X

26. What are some applications that use increased data transport speeds such as 1000Base-T?

27. What do the underlined portions of the technology represent?

10BaseT

100BaseTX

100BaseFX

1000BaseTX

1000BaseSX

1000BaseLX

28. For what applications would you use Gigabit Ethernet?

29. Why is the Media Access Control method considered point to point in gigabit Ethernet?

30. What devices can be used to interconnect a 1000Base-T network to a 100Base-T network?

31. 100BASE-TX cable between Class II repeaters may not exceed ______meters.

32. What is WWDM?