Wired Wonders
Wireless Waves
Signal Science
Speed & Distance
Tech Trivia
100

What are the two main groups of transmission media?

What are wired and wireless?

100

What are the three main types of wireless transmission media?

What are radio signals, microwaves, and infrared?

100

What does frequency measure?

What is the number of wave cycles per second?

100

Which has the shortest range: radio, microwave, or infrared? 

What is infrared?

100

What is a common use of coaxial cables? 

What are cable TV and broadband internet?

200

What are twisted pair cables made of?

What are pairs of twisted copper wires?

200

Which type of wireless signal is used by TV remotes?

What is infrared?

200

What happens when frequency increases?

What is wavelength gets shorter?

200

Which wired cable can send data over the longest distance?

What is a fiber-optic cable?

200

What device uses radio signals to connect wirelessly?

What is a Wi-Fi router or mobile phone?

300

What type of twisted pair cable is commonly used in Ethernet networks?

What is unshielded twisted pair (UTP)?


300

Which wireless signal can travel the farthest?

What are radio signals?

300

What speed do all wireless signals travel at? 

What is the speed of light (~300,000 km/s)?

300

Which cable type is inexpensive but limited to about 100 meters? 

What is twisted pair?

300

What does EMI stand for? 

What is electromagnetic interference?

400

What is the fastest wired medium/cable type?

What is Fiber-optic (cable)?

400

What type of transmission do microwaves use?

What is line-of-sight transmission

400

What kind of signal does fiber-optic cable use?

What are light signals?

400

Which medium can carry the most data per second? 

What is fiber-optic (wired) or microwaves (wireless)

400

About how many satellites orbit Earth?

What is around 6,000 (~6,542)?

500

Why are fiber-optic cables more reliable than copper cables?

What is because they're immune to electromagnetic interference?

500

Which wireless medium is used in 5G mobile networks?

What are microwaves?

500

What type of cable is better protected from interference-coaxial or twisted pair? 

What is coaxial pair?

500

Arrange these from shortest to longest wavelength: Infrared, Microwave, Radio. 

What is Infrared --> Microwave --> Radio?

500

What makes twisted pair cables "twisted" (and why)?

What is "the copper wires are twisted to reduce EMI"?

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