Mgs 402 Chapter 10

Front 1

A point of presence is the place at which the ISP provides services to its customers.

Back 1

True

Front 2

The phone line from the DSL customer to the telephone company (localcarrier) end office is referred to as the “remote loop”.

Back 2

False

Front 3

DSL uses a multipoint (shared) network, while cable is point-to-point

Back 3

False

Front 4

Tier 2 ISP’s are considered to be available nationally

Back 4

False

Front 5

ISP’s are autonomous systems (AS) and share routing info using BGP

Back 5

True

Front 6

Technologies that provide higher-speed communications than traditional modems (e.g., DSL) are known as ______________ technologies.

Back 6

broadband

Front 7

Digital _________ Line is a family of point-to-point technologies designed to provide high-speed data transmission over traditional telephone lines.

Back 7

Subscriber

Front 8

A __________ separates traditional voice telephone transmission from the data transmissions in the equipment located at the customer site for DSL.

Back 8

line spitter

Front 9

Which of the following statements is true in regards to DSL?

Back 9

On a circuit, the shorter the distance, the higher the speed.

Front 10

Another term for cable networks that use both fiber-optic and coaxial cable is __________.

Back 10

hybrid fiber coax

Front 11

Fiber to the Home (FttH) is architecturally similar to __________.

Back 11

DSL and cable

Front 12

Worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMax) is based on which IEEE standard?

Back 12

802.16