A technician is troubleshooting a problem where data packets are being corrupted. Which of the following connectivity problems should the technician check?

Question

Options

• AAttenuation
• BLatency
• CCrosstalk
• DExternal interference

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  3% (1)
• C
  80% (24)
• D
  13% (4)

Explanation

Crosstalk occurs when electromagnetic signals from one wire bleed into adjacent wires within a cable bundle, causing signal interference that corrupts data packets. It is a primary cause of bit errors and packet corruption in copper cabling. Attenuation is the weakening of a signal over distance and typically causes dropped connections rather than corruption. Latency is a delay in transmission and does not cause corruption. External interference is broader and less specific; crosstalk is the cable-level phenomenon most directly associated with in-cable packet corruption.

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