TEL102: Telecommunications 2

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Assignment 2

1. What is reversed in a crossover cable?
2. How can a crossover cable be used for troubleshooting?
3. Describe what a tone generator and tone locator is used on network wiring.
4. Why are tone generators/locators not useful for testing network wiring defects?
5. What is a multimeter?
6. In addition to checking cable continuity what else will a good cable checker verify?
7. What does a fiber-optic continuity tester use instead of electrical impulses?
8. What additional functions might cable performance testers have over cable checkers?
9. How does a TDR test the qualities of a cable?
10. What software tool monitors network traffic?
11. A NIC must support _________________ mode in order to use networking monitoring/analyzing tools.
12. What are local collisions and are they normal events on an Ethernet network?
13. An Ethernet packet larger than 1518 bytes is called a ________________.
14. What software tool can capture an unencrypted password?
15. What tool can assess the quality of a wireless signal?

Know the following terms:

• Baseline
• Fox and Hound
• Jabber
• Late Collisions
• Runts
• Sniffer