Network Connectivity

Question 1

What is cellular services used for?

Answer 1

Long distance networking

Question 2

What do we use for medium distance networking?

Answer 2

Wireless technologies

Question 3

What is IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity)?

Answer 3

A 15- or 17- digit cell phone identifier. Enables a provider to blacklist a stolen device

Question 4

What is the IMSI (International Subscriber Identity)?

Answer 4

A 15-digit (or less) cellular network user identifier. Stored on a sim to identify a user on a cellular network

Question 5

What is a VPN for

Answer 5

Protects data on a public Wi-Fi to create a secure tunnel for your network communication

Question 6

What type of network does Bluetooth create?

Answer 6

PAN or WPAN (Wireless Personal Area Network)

Question 7

What does airplane mode do?

Answer 7

Disables all radios, Wi-Fi cellular and Bluetooth

Question 8

What is Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS)

Answer 8

Uses data from Wi-Fi hotspots such as latency to determine position

Question 9

What are some Location services methods?

Answer 9

GPS
Wi-Fi Positioning
Cellular
Bluetooth (IBeacons)
IP address

Question 9

How can cellular determine location?

Answer 9

• Antenna towers
• Signal strengths
• Tri-angulation

Question 10

What is geofencing?

Answer 10

Used to set up geographical fences that alert the user via software if they’re crossing a boundary