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Which transmission media provides the highest transmission speed in a network?
  • A. Coaxial cable
  • B. Twisted pair cable
  • C. Optical fiber
  • D. Electrical cable
Bits can be sent over guided and unguided media as analog signal by ___________
  • A. Digital modulation
  • B. Amplitude modulation
  • C. Frequency modulation
  • D. Phase modulation
The portion of physical layer that interfaces with the media access control sublayer is called ___________
  • A. Physical signalling sublayer
  • B. Physical data sublayer
  • C. Physical address sublayer
  • D. Physical transport sublayer
The physical layer provides __________
  • A. Mechanical specifications of electrical connectors and cables
  • B. Electrical specification of transmission line signal level
  • C. Specification for ir over optical fiber
  • D. All of the mentioned
In asynchronous serial communication the physical layer provides ___________
  • A. Start and stop signalling
  • B. Flow control
  • C. Both start & stop signalling and flow control
  • D. Only start signalling
The physical layer is responsible for __________
  • A. Line coding
  • B. Channel coding
  • C. Modulation
  • D. All of the mentioned
The physical layer translates logical communication requests from the ______ into hardware specific operations.
  • A. Data link layer
  • B. Network layer
  • C. Trasnport layer
  • D. Application layer
A single channel is shared by multiple signals by ____________
  • A. Analog modulation
  • B. Digital modulation
  • C. Multiplexing
  • D. Phase modulation
Wireless transmission of signals can be done via ___________
  • A. Radio waves
  • B. Microwaves
  • C. Infrared
  • D. All of the mentioned