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computer networks. 2. If you could design your own home, what kinds of computer network or data communications labor-saving devices would you incorporate? 3. Two companies consider pooling resources to performa joint venture. The CEO of the first company meets with his legal team, and the legal team consults a number of middle managers in the proposed product area. Meanwhile, the CEO of the first company sends an email to the CEO of the second company to offer a couple suggestions concerning the joint venture. Does this scenario follow the OSI model? Explain. 4. Using a laptop computer with a wireless connection into the company's local area network, you download a Web page from the Internet. List all the different networks involved in this operation. 5. You are working from home using a microcomputer, a DSL modem, and a telephone connection to the Internet. Your company is connected to the Internet and has both local area networks and a mainframe computer. List all the different network connections involved in this operation. 6. What is the bandwidth of a signal? 7. Why would analog data have to be modulated onto an analog signal? 8. How does a differential code such as differential Manchester code differ from a non- differential code such as the NRZs? 9. What does it mean when a signal is self-clocking? 10. What is the definition of baud rate? 11. Why is twisted pair wire called twisted pair? 12. How does crosstalk occur in twisted pair wire? 13. What are Category5e, 6, and 7 twisted pair wire used for? 14. What are the advantages and disadvantages of shielded twisted pair? 15. What is the primary advantage of coaxial cable compared to twisted pair? 16. What is a DTE, and what is a DCE? 17. What are the four components of an interface? 18. What are the advantages of USB over EIA-232F and the other types of interface standards? 19. FireWire and USB are standards to interconnect what to what? 20. What are the advantages of Thunderbolt? computer networks. 2. If you could design your own home, what kinds of computer network or data communications labor-saving devices would you incorporate? 3. Two companies consider pooling resources to performa joint venture. The CEO of the first company meets with his legal team, and the legal team consults a number of middle managers in the proposed product area. Meanwhile, the CEO of the first company sends an email to the CEO of the second company to offer a couple suggestions concerning the joint venture. Does this scenario follow the OSI model? Explain. 4. Using a laptop computer with a wireless connection into the company's local area network, you download a Web page from the Internet. List all the different networks involved in this operation. 5. You are working from home using a microcomputer, a DSL modem, and a telephone connection to the Internet. Your company is connected to the Internet and has both local area networks and a mainframe computer. List all the different network connections involved in this operation. 6. What is the bandwidth of a signal? 7. Why would analog data have to be modulated onto an analog signal? 8. How does a differential code such as differential Manchester code differ from a non- differential code such as the NRZs? 9. What does it mean when a signal is self-clocking? 10. What is the definition of baud rate? 11. Why is twisted pair wire called twisted pair? 12. How does crosstalk occur in twisted pair wire? 13. What are Category5e, 6, and 7 twisted pair wire used for? 14. What are the advantages and disadvantages of shielded twisted pair? 15. What is the primary advantage of coaxial cable compared to twisted pair? 16. What is a DTE, and what is a DCE? 17. What are the four components of an interface? 18. What are the advantages of USB over EIA-232F and the other types of interface standards? 19. FireWire and USB are standards to interconnect what to what? 20. What are the advantages of Thunderbolt?

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