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Which two options are drawbacks to wireless media compared to wired methods? (Choose two.)
The correct answer is B. latency and jitter C. packet loss. Wireless media suffers from latency and jitter (B) because radio signals face interference, congestion, and variable transmission paths, causing inconsistent delays - a significant problem for real-time applications like VoIP or video. Packet loss (C) is also worse wirelessly…
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Which two options are drawbacks to wireless media compared to wired methods? (Choose two.)
Options
- Ahigher security
- Blatency and jitter
- Cpacket loss
- Dfaster data transmission
- Elower costs
How the community answered
(44 responses)- B93% (41)
- D2% (1)
- E5% (2)
Explanation
Wireless media suffers from latency and jitter (B) because radio signals face interference, congestion, and variable transmission paths, causing inconsistent delays - a significant problem for real-time applications like VoIP or video. Packet loss (C) is also worse wirelessly due to signal degradation, obstacles, and interference causing data to be dropped and requiring retransmission.
The distractors are all reversed: wireless has lower security (not higher, A), slower data transmission (not faster, D), and typically higher costs for infrastructure (not lower, E) - making A, D, and E describe advantages of wired, not drawbacks of wireless.
Memory tip: Think of wireless as the "unreliable shortcut" - it's convenient but introduces the BaC problems: Bad timing (jitter/latency) and Crashed packets (packet loss), while trading away the security and speed benefits of physical cables.
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