Chapter Review Questions

You can find the answers to the following questions in Appendix A, "Answers to Chapter Review Questions."

1:

Which wireless NIC form factors are best for small wireless computer devices?

2:

What are examples of elements that impair the propagation of wireless communications signals through the air medium?

3:

What is the primary purpose of a base station?

4:

What are common features of wireless middleware?

5:

On what layers of the OSI reference model do wireless networks operate?

6:

How is throughput different from data rate?

7:

True or false: A computer device stores data in analog form.

8:

A wireless NIC must convert the information into what type of signal before transmission through the air medium?

9:

Which medium access protocol is common with wireless networks?

10:

Explain how the ARQ form of error control works.