WGU D413 Telecomm and Wireless Communications
[2026/2027] | UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Question and
Answer | Frequently Tested Questions
• 802.3 . CORRECT ANSWER: Ethernet standards
• 802.11 . CORRECT ANSWER: Wi-Fi Standards
• 802.1X . CORRECT ANSWER: Port-based Network Access Control (PNAC)
standard.
• 802.1D . CORRECT ANSWER: Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) Standard
• 802.1Q . CORRECT ANSWER: Protocol for VLAN tagging within networks.
• 802.1p . CORRECT ANSWER: Quality of Service (QoS) standard.
• 802.3af / 802.3at . CORRECT ANSWER: Standards for Power over Ethernet (PoE /
PoE+).
• 802.3ad . CORRECT ANSWER: Link Aggregation (LAG) standard
• 802.15 . CORRECT ANSWER: Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPAN) standard
• 802.16 . CORRECT ANSWER: WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave
Access) standard
• Cat 5 . CORRECT ANSWER: 100 Mbps
100 meters
100 MHz
• Cat 5e . CORRECT ANSWER: 1 Gbps
100 meters
100 MHz
• Cat 6 . CORRECT ANSWER: 1 Gbps
100 meters
250 MHz
• Cat 6a . CORRECT ANSWER: 10 Gbps
100 meters
500 MHz
• Cat 7 . CORRECT ANSWER: 10 Gbps
100 meters
, 600 MHz
• Cat 7a . CORRECT ANSWER: 10 Gbps
100 meters
1000 MHz
• Cat 8 . CORRECT ANSWER: 40 Gbps
30 meters
2000 MHz
• FDM (Frequency Division Multiplexing) . CORRECT ANSWER: Analog multiplexing
technique dividing bandwidth into frequency bands.
• TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) . CORRECT ANSWER: Digital multiplexing
technique allocating time slots for each channel.
• STDM (Synchronous TDM) . CORRECT ANSWER: TDM with fixed time slots
synchronized to a clock.
• ATDM (Asynchronous TDM) . CORRECT ANSWER: TDM with flexible time slots for
varying data rates.
• WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexing) . CORRECT ANSWER: Optical multiplexing
using different light wavelengths for channels.
• DWDM (Dense WDM) . CORRECT ANSWER: Enhanced WDM that packs channels
more closely for higher capacity.
• CDM (Code Division Multiplexing) . CORRECT ANSWER: Digital multiplexing
technique that spreads signals using unique codes.
• ISO/IEC 7498-1 . CORRECT ANSWER: OSI Model standard
• ISO/IEC 11801 . CORRECT ANSWER: Standard for generic cabling for premises
• ISO/IEC 8802 . CORRECT ANSWER: Ethernet Standards including 802.3
• ISO/IEC 27001/27002 . CORRECT ANSWER: ISMS standards for security controls.
• ISO/IEC 27017 . CORRECT ANSWER: Standard for cloud security.
• ISO/IEC 7816 . CORRECT ANSWER: Specifications for smart cards.
• 802.11a . CORRECT ANSWER: 5 GHz
54 Mbps
20 MHz Channels
[2026/2027] | UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Question and
Answer | Frequently Tested Questions
• 802.3 . CORRECT ANSWER: Ethernet standards
• 802.11 . CORRECT ANSWER: Wi-Fi Standards
• 802.1X . CORRECT ANSWER: Port-based Network Access Control (PNAC)
standard.
• 802.1D . CORRECT ANSWER: Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) Standard
• 802.1Q . CORRECT ANSWER: Protocol for VLAN tagging within networks.
• 802.1p . CORRECT ANSWER: Quality of Service (QoS) standard.
• 802.3af / 802.3at . CORRECT ANSWER: Standards for Power over Ethernet (PoE /
PoE+).
• 802.3ad . CORRECT ANSWER: Link Aggregation (LAG) standard
• 802.15 . CORRECT ANSWER: Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPAN) standard
• 802.16 . CORRECT ANSWER: WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave
Access) standard
• Cat 5 . CORRECT ANSWER: 100 Mbps
100 meters
100 MHz
• Cat 5e . CORRECT ANSWER: 1 Gbps
100 meters
100 MHz
• Cat 6 . CORRECT ANSWER: 1 Gbps
100 meters
250 MHz
• Cat 6a . CORRECT ANSWER: 10 Gbps
100 meters
500 MHz
• Cat 7 . CORRECT ANSWER: 10 Gbps
100 meters
, 600 MHz
• Cat 7a . CORRECT ANSWER: 10 Gbps
100 meters
1000 MHz
• Cat 8 . CORRECT ANSWER: 40 Gbps
30 meters
2000 MHz
• FDM (Frequency Division Multiplexing) . CORRECT ANSWER: Analog multiplexing
technique dividing bandwidth into frequency bands.
• TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) . CORRECT ANSWER: Digital multiplexing
technique allocating time slots for each channel.
• STDM (Synchronous TDM) . CORRECT ANSWER: TDM with fixed time slots
synchronized to a clock.
• ATDM (Asynchronous TDM) . CORRECT ANSWER: TDM with flexible time slots for
varying data rates.
• WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexing) . CORRECT ANSWER: Optical multiplexing
using different light wavelengths for channels.
• DWDM (Dense WDM) . CORRECT ANSWER: Enhanced WDM that packs channels
more closely for higher capacity.
• CDM (Code Division Multiplexing) . CORRECT ANSWER: Digital multiplexing
technique that spreads signals using unique codes.
• ISO/IEC 7498-1 . CORRECT ANSWER: OSI Model standard
• ISO/IEC 11801 . CORRECT ANSWER: Standard for generic cabling for premises
• ISO/IEC 8802 . CORRECT ANSWER: Ethernet Standards including 802.3
• ISO/IEC 27001/27002 . CORRECT ANSWER: ISMS standards for security controls.
• ISO/IEC 27017 . CORRECT ANSWER: Standard for cloud security.
• ISO/IEC 7816 . CORRECT ANSWER: Specifications for smart cards.
• 802.11a . CORRECT ANSWER: 5 GHz
54 Mbps
20 MHz Channels