Post on 02-Jan-2016
FACULTY OF
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Chapter 05. MAC and Physical Layers
QUESTION 1
1. Which of the following service sets can use
distributed coordination function (DCF)
mode? Choose all that apply.
A. BSS
B. IBSS
C. ESS
D. IESS
QUESTION 2
2. Which of the following service sets can use
point coordination function (PCF) mode?
Choose all that apply.
A. BSS
B. IBSS
C. ESS
D. IESS
QUESTION 3
3. You have a large number of users on one
access point and collisions are becoming a
problem, causing reduced throughput. Some of
the users are developers that do a significant
amount of large file transfers during the day.
Which RTS/CTS setting would best fix this
problem?
A. On
B. Off
C. On with threshold
QUESTION 4
4. Which one of the following is an advantage
to using point coordination function (PCF)
mode over distributed coordination mode
(DCF)?
A. PCF has a lower overhead than using DCF
B. PCF can be used in and IBSS while DCF cannot
C. PCF uses CSMA/CA while DCF does not
D. PCF provides a given level of QoS
QUESTION 5
5. After a client station sends a data packet
to another client station, the receiving
station replies with an acknowledgement
after which interframe space?
A. IFS
B. SIFS
C. PIFS
D. DIFS
QUESTION 6
6. Why is the CSMA/CA protocol used in order
to avoid collisions in a wireless LAN?
A. PCF mode requires use of a polling mechanism
B. The overhead of sending acknowledgements
is high
C. All clients must acknowledge packets received
while they're asleep
D. It is not possible to detect collisions on a
wireless LAN
QUESTION 7
7. End stations will broadcast a _______ when
actively scanning for access points on the
network.
A. Beacon management frame
B. Superframe
C. Probe request frame
D. Request to send
QUESTION 8
8. PIFS are only used during the
communications of a wireless LAN when which
of the following have occurred?
A. The network is in point coordination function
mode
B. The access point has been configured to use
RTS/CTS
C. The access point has been configured to use
CSMA/CD
D. The network is configured for fragmentation
QUESTION 9
9. You have just finished installing your first
wireless LAN with 802.11b equipment rated at 11
Mbps. After testing the throughput of the clients,
you find your actual throughput is only 5.5 Mbps.
What is the likely cause of this throughput?
A. Wireless LANs use RTS/CTS by default
B. Wireless LANs use the CSMA/CA protocol
C. Use of PCF is reducing network throughput
D. DRS has caused all of the clients to decrease their
data rates
QUESTION 10
10. You have just finished installing your first
wireless LAN with 802.11b equipment rated at 11
Mbps. After testing the throughput of the clients
you find your actual throughput is only 5.5 Mbps.
What can you change to get 11Mbps throughput?
A. Turn off RTS/CTS
B. Move all of the clients closer to the access point
C. Turn up the power on the access point
D. Purchase another access point and co-locate both
together
QUESTION 11
11. 802.11b devices use what type of
modulation at 11 Mbps?
A. BPSK
B. DPSK
C. QPSK
D. CCK
QUESTION 12
12. 802.11a devices use what type of
modulation at 24 Mbps?
A. BPSK
B. 16QAM
C. OFDM
D. CCK
QUESTION 13
13. If the sending station on a wireless LAN
does not receive an ACK, the sending station
assumes which one of the following?
A. The receiving station is sleeping
B. The receiving station is a hidden node
C. There was a collision
D. That RTS/CTS is turned on
QUESTION 14
14. Modulation is which of one of the following?
A. The process by which digital data is modified to
become RF data
B. The process of adding data to a carrier by
altering the amplitude, frequency, or phase of the
carrier in a controlled manner
C. The process of propagating an RF signal through
the airwaves
D. The means by which RF signals are received and
processed by RF antennas
QUESTION 15
15. Which one of the following is not part of a
superframe?
A. Beacon
B. Beacon Free Period
C. Contention Free Period
D. Contention Period
QUESTION 16
16. A superframe is used when which of the
following is true? Choose all that apply
A. The access point has been configured for point
coordination function mode
B. When beacons are disabled in the access point
C. The wireless clients have been configured to
announce to the access point that they are pollable
D. The access point has been configured for
distributed coordination function mode
QUESTION 17
17. What is the purpose of the superframe?
A. To increase the throughput of all wireless LANs
B. To ensure QoS for all voice and video
applications running on wireless LANs
C. To ensure that PCF- and DCF-mode clients do
not communicate within the same wireless LAN
D. To allow fair co-existence between PCF- and
DCF- mode clients on the network
QUESTION 18
18. The acronym CCA stands for which one of
the following?
A. Close Client Association
B. Clear Current Authentication
C. Clear Channel Assessment
D. Clean Channel Association
E. Calculate Clear Assessment
QUESTION 19
19. The Network Allocation Vector (NAV) acts
as:
A. A timer on the station
B. A navigational feature for RF signal
propagation
C. A location discovery tool for wireless LANs
D. A tool for allocating the bandwidth of a
wireless LAN
QUESTION 20
20. Using RTS/CTS allows wireless stations to
do which of the following?
A. Broadcast their intent to send data across the
network to the receiving station
B. Send their packets across the network at the
maximum rated speed of the network
C. Eliminate hidden nodes on the network
D. Diagnose and reduce high overhead between
stations