Packets Quiz

What is the basic unit of information on the Internet?

• A) Byte

• B) Bit

• C) Kilobyte

• D) Megabyte

How many bytes make up a kilobyte?

• D) 2000

• C) 500

• B) 1024

• A) 1000

What is the measure of the maximum transmission capacity of a device?

• A) Bandwidth

• B) Latency

• C) Bit rate

• D) Frequency

What is the physical medium used to send bits via electricity?

• D) Light beam

• C) Radio signal

• B) Fiber optic cable

• A) Copper wire

What is the measure of the amount of time it takes for one bit to travel from one place to another?

• C) Bit rate

• B) Latency

• A) Bandwidth

• D) Frequency

What is the physical medium used to send bits via light beams?

• A) Copper wire

• D) Electricity

• C) Radio signal

• B) Fiber optic cable

What physical system was interrupted when a cable was cut near Alexandria, Egypt in 2008?

• C) Telephone network

• A) Postal service

• D) Satellite communication

• B) Internet

What do wireless bit sending machines use to send bits from one place to another?

• D) Fiber optic cable

• B) Copper wire

• A) Light beams

• C) Radio signal