COMPUTER NETWORKING

PHYSICAL LAYER AND TRANSMISSION MEDIA

INTRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ is a type of transmission impairment in which outside source such as cross talk corrupt a signal
A
Attentuation
B
Noise
C
Distortion
D
Decibel
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Three causes of impairment are attenuation, distortion, and noise. Attenuation means a loss of energy. When a signal, simple or composite, travels through a medium, it loses some of its energy in overcoming the resistance of the medium.

Detailed explanation-2: -Distortion is a type of transmission impairment in which the signal loses strength due to the different propagation speeds of each frequency that makes up the signal.

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