The bits and bytes of computer networking week 5 quiz answers
POTS and Dial-up
1. Another term for POTS, or the Plain Old Telephone System, is _______________.
- Public Available Telephone Network
- Public Switched Telephone Exchange
- Phone Switched Transport Network
- Public Switched Telephone Network
- Public Available Telephone Exchange
2. A baud rate is a measurement of the number of ______________________.
- bits that can be sent across a telephone line every minute
- bytes that can be sent across a telephone line every second
- bits that can be sent across a telephone line every second
- bytes that can be sent across a telephone line every minute
4. Which device is used to transfer data across a dial-up connection?
- ATM
- Modem
- Ethernet cables
- USENET
5. Modems take data that computers can understand and turn them into _____ that can be transmitted over POTS.
- Audible wavelengths
- Baud rates
- Modulating electrical charges
- PTSN
