MIS 376 – Exam I Review
Exam I covers Chapters 1-5 in
the text. The exam will have multiple choice, true/false, and matching type questions. PRS quizzes along with end-of-chapter
questions are primary sources of questions for the exam.
Be familiar with the
following terms:
4B/5B
ACM
Amplitude
Amplitude
Modulation
Analog data
Analog signal
ANSI
ASCII
Attenuation
baud rate
Bluetooth
Bluetooth piconet
bps
CDM
CDM
channel 1667
coaxial
Compression
Conducted media
dB
DB-25
DB-9
delta
modulation
Differential
Digital data
Digital signal
DIN 6
direct
sequence spread
DSL
e-mail
Fallback
FDM
fiber
optic
Firewire
Frame check sequence (FCS)
free
space optics
Frequency
frequency
hopping
frequency
shift keying
Geosynchronous orbit
Half-duplex
HTTP
Hz
IEEE
IEEE 1394
IEEE 802.11
Interface components
Interface
Electrical component
Interface
Functional component
Interface
Mechanical component
ISDN
ISO
Isochronous connection
kbps
Local Area Network
Metropolitan Area Network
Multiplex
Multipoint
Network
NRZI
NRZ-L
OSI
OSI Application layer
OSI Data Link layer
OSI End-to-end layers
OSI layers
OSI Network layer
OSI Physical layer
OSI Presentation layer
OSI Session layer
OSI Transport layer
Packet Network
Parity
PCS
Personal Area Network
Phase
Phase shift
Phase
shift keying
Piconet
Point-to-point
Pulse
Code Modulation
Quadrature
rate
RS-232
Scatternet
setup channel
Signals
Simplex
SONET
spread
spectrum
Statistical TDM
Synchronous TDM
T-1
TCP/IP
TCP/IP
Application layer
TCP/IP Layers
TCP/IP
Network Access layer
TCP/IP
Network layer
TCP/IP Transport layer
TDM
Terrestrial microwave
twisted
pair
Ultra-wideband
USB
WAP
Wavelength division
multiplexing
WDM
Wide Area Network
WiFi
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