4. What is a laser and what is fiber optic technology? 1. How does information move around us? A laser is a diode that makes a bright laser light Electromagnetic waves can travel through air, beam space, optical fibers Lasers light is powerful and used in surgery and in We send electricity and electrical signals through communication copper wires Light that comes out of a laser all looks exactly Light signals are sent through optical fibers or the same fiber optical cable Fiber optics are long flexible strands of glass and Radio waves carry information through the air covered in cladding that carry information using Radio waves also carry information through space laser light. The light bounces around inside using 2. What is the difference between digital and analog total internal reflection. signals? Total internal reflection is light bouncing around Digital signals are usually binary ones and zeroes inside of something (on or off) Cladding is a plastic coating that covers fiber optic Analog signals are information that is continuous cables like a wave, your voice, sound, electric current, Fiber optics has replaced most copper wires to fluid waves, and radio waves transfer digital information using light Analog to Digital converters change analog Fiber optics is also used to see inside our bodies, signals to digital signals send digital data over land, and to look inside hard to get places 3. What are the parts of a communication system? A source is the person that produces the Communication Technologies Problems message An encoder changes the signal to another form 1. A certain component in a communications system The transmitter is what sends the signal through receives a signal and converts it into a digital data stream. the air This component is an example of which of the following? The receiver is what collects the signal from the A encoder air after you sent it . The decoder changes it back to its original form B source The destination is the person receiving the . message Storage is a place to store information (hard C storage drives) . Retrieval is getting the information from storage Name: ___________________________________________________ D transmitte . . r B increasing the number of fibers in the . cable 2. Some small MP3 music players use solid-state memory C using fewer optical amplifiers along the chips to store music. In which of the following formats is . cable music stored in these MP3 players? D using plastic instead of glass in the cable A digital codes . . B magnetic codes . C photovoltaic cells . 5. A car audio system processes information in both digital D laser-etched form and analog form to create an output to the speakers. . patterns Which of the following components of the cars audio system processes information that is always stored in a digital form? 3. Which of the following devices uses laser technology to function? A FM radio . A bluetooth . headset B AM radio . B computer . monitor C CD player . C DVD player . D cassette . player D USB drive . 6. Which of the following technologies has increased the efficiency of telecommunications systems such as high- 4. Which of the following would increase the amount of speed Internet? information that can be transmitted by a fiberoptic cable? A DVD burners A increasing the length of the cable . Name: ___________________________________________________ B MP3 players . cable carries electrical signals. . C electrical 9. A student removes a 4-gigabyte flash drive from the . wires USB port of her computer. Which of the following is the primary function of the flash drive in the computer D fiber optics system? . A encoder . 7. Many home entertainment devices such as televisions can be operated wirelessly by infrared remote controls. B processor Which of the following is a limitation of this type of . communication technology? C storage A The remote control cannot use rechargeable . . batteries. D transmitte B The remote can operate only one component of a . r . system. C The infrared signal cannot be activated in a bright 10. Which of the following statements describes an . environment. advantage of total internal reflection within an optical fiber? D The infrared signal must have an unobstructed path A It converts electrical signals into optical signals. . to the receiving component. . 8. The two most common media through which voice and data transmissions are carried are copper cable and B It converts optical signals into electrical signals. fiberoptic cable. Which of the following statements . describes the type of signals carried by each cable? C It allows optical signals to be transmitted on a A Copper cable carries electrical signals; fiberoptic . curve. . cable carries light signals. D It allows electrical signals to be sent along a B Copper cable carries electrical signals; fiberoptic . curve. . cable carries sound signals. 11. Which of the following best describes how information C Copper cable carries transport signals; fiberoptic is coded in an analog signal? . cable carries electrical signals. A by blinking visible light for different durations . D Copper cable carries modulation signals; fiberoptic Name: ___________________________________________________ B by generating square waves consisting of ones and . tens C by varying the amplitude and frequency of . electromagnetic waves D by alternating electrical current between zero and a . positive voltage
12. In the early twentieth century, a person in Boston,
Massachusetts, who wanted to send a message to someone in San Francisco, California, gave the message to a telegraph operator. The operator tapped the message in Morse code, and the message was relayed through electrical cables to San Francisco. In San Francisco, an operator translated the signal into English and had it delivered to the address specified.Which of the following describes the encoding process of telegraph communication? A giving the message to the . operator B tapping the message in Morse . code C translating the Morse code . message D delivering the message to the . address Name: ___________________________________________________ Name: ___________________________________________________ Name: ___________________________________________________
a. Describe the function of the core and the function of
the cladding.
Open Response Questions
1. The illustration below shows three major components of a fiberoptic cable.
In recent years, fiberoptic cable has been replacing copper
wire as a means of transmitting communication signals. Name: ___________________________________________________ b. Describe the difference between the signals that are transmitted by fiberoptic cable and those transmitted by copper wire.
The core in a fiberoptic cable can be made of plastic or
glass. c. Identify two advantages of using plastic instead of glass in a fiberoptic cable.
An SMTP server sends messages from its users and
receives messages from other servers. A POP3 server holds a users incoming messages until the user reads them.
a. On the diagram above, add arrows to show the path
of an e-mail sent from a users computer at the Acme Corporation to a users computer at the Blue Corporation.
2. Many e-mail messages are sent through systems similar
to the one outlined in the diagram below.
A communication system can be made up of the following
components: decoder, destination, encoder, receiver, retrieval, source, storage, and transmitter. Name: ___________________________________________________ b. Identify the part of a communication system represented by the users computer at the Blue Corporation. Explain your answer.
c. Identify the part(s) of a communication system
represented by the POP3 servers. Explain your answer.