Communications Progress Test 1 Practice

Asynchronous signal data is typically used during which type of transmissions?

Low-speed transmissions without a clock High-speed transmissions with strict timing Burst transmissions with guaranteed delivery Continuous, synchronous streams

Correct Answer:

Low-speed transmissions without a clock

Explanation:

Asynchronous transmission is used when the transmitter and receiver do not share a clock. In this mode, each character is framed with a start bit and stop bits, and the receiver derives timing from the start bit to sample the data bits. This makes timing independent of a constant clock line, which is practical for low-speed, non-continuous data. The overhead of start/stop bits reduces efficiency at higher speeds, so high-speed or tightly timed transfers rely on synchronous methods with a shared clock. So asynchronous signal data is typically used during low-speed transmissions without a clock.

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