CIS 130.  Spring, 1999.  Quiz 2.  Some terms to focus on
Lectures, Labs, Textbook Chapters 4 and 5 (part) 

** Practical skills
ASCII code chart
     know how to find the bit pattern for a character and the reverse.
     how do Unix and DOS handle end of line characters differently?
     how do carriage return and line feed differ in function?
     ASCII code for the Unix newline character?  
     If we press the Backspace Key on our keyboard and see  ^? on our
     screen what is going on ?   if we see ^H ?
how to convert binary to decimal, and decimal to binary

dialing with a modem:
	how to turn off call waiting
	how to get an outside line

**Chapter 4: Data Transmission and Transmission Media
Key terms on page 92
Be able to answer the questions on page 92-93, plus:

Guardband
Transmission impairments:  the major kinds
     How noise can interfere with a signal?  
     What kind of noise is the primary source of error in digital data 
          communication but is only a minor annoyance for analog data?
What is the measure of efficiency of digital transmission? (bps/Hz)
      
Electromagnetic Spectrum:
  What order on the spectrum do the following occur:
     UTP, Coaxial cable, terrestrial and satellite microwave, fiber optic
Media:
  Compare data rate, bandwidth, distance, vulnerability to noise and monitoring,
     and cost of twisted pair, coaxial cable, fiber optic, satellite, 
     and terrestrial microwave 
  Be able to recognize: twisted pair, coaxial, and fiber optic cable.

Chapter 5.  Questions 1 through 8, and problem 1 at the end of the chapter.
And the following terms:
   Analog Data, Analog Signal, Digital Data, Digital Signal
   What kind of media can transmit digital signals?
   Know one example for each of the four encoding techniques in section 5.2
      (e.g., 'analog encoding of digital info' is often done by a modem) 
   PCM, CODEC
   Serial and Parallel ports
   Asynchronous and Synchronous transmission
   Time it would take to send a number of bytes over an asynchronous line
	(for practice, do Problem 1 on page 136)
   What is a DTE ?   a DCE ?
   Start, Data, Parity, Stop bits
   What is a carrier signal?
   ASK, FSK, PSK
   What is EIA-232?