Sample Questions

Q) Select the statement that correctly describes the Wi-Fi Alliance's primary role in the WLAN industry.

a) The Wi-Fi Alliance is a WLAN industry analyst firm that reports market trends and developments.

b) The Wi-Fi Alliance ensures interoperability of band selection and power settings across regulatory domains.

c) The Wi-Fi Alliance creates compliance standards around which vendors can develop products.

d) The Wi-Fi Alliance creates recommended practices by which the IEEE can test and certify product interoperability.

e) The Wi-Fi Alliance tests and certifies product interoperability based upon standards created by the IEEE.

Q) Manufacturers design hardware used for wireless LANs based on a common set of criteria or rules known as standards. The name of the organization responsible for creating 802.11 WLAN standards is what?

a) IEEE

b) Wi-Fi Alliance

c) IETF

d) WiMAX Forum

e) ITU

Q) Wi-Fi certified network devices can operate in what frequency band(s)?

a) 2.4 GHz only

b) 900 MHz, 2.4 GHz, and 5 GHz

c) 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz

d) 5.8 GHz only

Q) The two most common modes of WLAN discovery are passive scanning, where a client station listens for _________ frames, and active scanning, where a client sends and receives _________ frames.

a) Data ; Null

b) SSID ; Management

c) Beacon ; Probe

d) Probe Response ; Broadcast

Q) Given: Your branch office AP is configured with WPA2-Personal, and you have decided that CWTS4me is a good passphrase. You have also configured your laptop with the same passphrase, which is used by the access point to validate the laptop's identity when it attempts to connect to the WLAN.What is this process of identity validation called?

a) Affiliation

b) Association

c) Authentication

d) Activation