Bicsi Installer 2 Copper Chapter 5 Cables And Connecting Hardware

Front 1

Two types of balanced twisted-pair cabling are______.

Back 1

UTP and STP 5-1

Front 2

What does STP stand for?

Back 2

Shielded twisted-pair 5-1

Front 3

What does ScTP stand for?

Back 3

Screened twisted -pair 5-1

Front 4

What does FTP stand for?

Back 4

Foil twisted-pair 5-1

Front 5

What does U/FTP stand for?

Back 5

Overall unshielded twisted-pair with screened twisted-pair 5-1

Front 6

What does S/FTP stand for?

Back 6

Overall braid screen with foil screened twisted-pair 5-1

Front 7

The horizontal cabling provided to each individual work area shall consist of telecommunications outlet/connectors connected to a ________ balanced category 5e/class D minimum.

Back 7

4-pair 100-ohm 5-1

Front 8

The connecting hardware and equipment cords, patch cords, or cross-connect jumper wires used for a horizontal cabling segment must be rated _______.

Back 8

in the same category/class as the cable or in higher category/class. 5-2

Front 9

The ITS installer and distribution designer should seek and respect guidance from the _______ for the fire-rated performance of all cabling and containment products.

Back 9

Authority having jurisdiction 5-2

Front 10

Balanced twisted-Pair cable generally has a characteristic impedance of _________.

Back 10

100 ohm 5-2

Front 11

The Balanced twisted-Pair has conductor sizes _______to ________.

Back 11

22 AWG to 24 AWG. 5-3

Front 12

Balanced twisted-pair cabling performance is described using a scale based on classes or categories defined by _________________.

Back 12

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)/Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) 5-4

Front 13

Category 3/class C

Back 13

16 MHz 5-4

Front 14

Category 5/class D

Back 14

100 MHz 5-4

Front 15

Category 6/class E

Back 15

250 MHz 5-4

Front 16

Category 6A /class EA

Back 16

500 MHz 5-4

Front 17

Category 7 /class F

Back 17

600 MHz 5-4

Front 18

Category 7A /class FA

Back 18

1000 MHz 5-4

Front 19

For operating temperatures above 20 C (68 F) backbone cabling length should be reduced by ________ for screened cabling.

Back 19

0.2 percent per C 5-6

Front 20

Applications limited by propagation delay or delay skew may not be supported if channel lengths exceed __________.

Back 20

100 meters (328 ft) 5-6

Front 21

However, two tips or two rings are never________.

Back 21

used to make a pair. 5-7

Front 22

Methods of terminating balanced twisted-pair cable include:

Back 22

Insulation displacement contact (IDC)

Insulation piercing contact (IPC) 5-11

Front 23

Stranded are allowed to exhibit _________ more attenuation than solid conductors.

Back 23

20 to 50 percent 5-11

Front 24

What does 8P8C stand for?

Back 24

8-position 8-contact 5-11

Front 25

Undercarpet cable is not recommended because of its:

Back 25

Susceptibility to damage

Limited flexibility for moves, adds or changes (MACs) 5-13

Front 26

When using undercarpet cable, an ITS installer should avoid:

Back 26

High traffic areas

Heavy office furniture locations

Undercarpet power cable 5-13

Front 27

TPs should be located in a position to limit the length of the UTP, generally less than _________.

Back 27

10 m (33 ft) 5-14

Front 28

Two common screened/shielded cable types include:

Back 28

Overall foil screened with unshielded twisted-pairs (F/UTP) also known as ScTP

Braid/mesh screen surrounding individually S/FTP 5-15

Front 29

Durability is demonstrated by the connectors' ability to withstand hundrads of insertion and withdrawal cycles without failing. This is calculated as ___________.

Back 29

Mean time to failure (MTTF) 5-18

Front 30

What does BNC stand for?

Back 30

Bayonet Neill-Concelman 5-19

Front 31

What does RJ stand for?

Back 31

Registered Jack 5-21

Front 32

What does USOC stand for?

Back 32

Universal Service Order Code 5-26

Front 33

8P8C modular connectors are the type used in the standards and _________________.

Back 33

IEEE specifications. 5-30

Front 34

________ is the first set of numbers describes the amount of information or megabits per second (Mb/s) the segment can support.

Back 34

IEEE 802.3 5-30

Front 35

The predominant coaxial cables, Series- 6, Series- 11 and Series-59 have an characteristic impedance of _________.

Back 35

75 ohms 5-31

Front 36

_________ is unbalanced and consists of a centered inner conductor insulated from a surrounding outer conductor and an overall jacket.

Back 36

Coaxial Cable 5-31

Front 37

Coaxial cable is used for ___________.

Back 37

computer networks, CATV, and video systems. 5-31

Front 38

Historically, coaxial cable was designated as _______cable.

Back 38

radio grade (RG) 5-31

Front 39

Coaxial cables used in broadband applications are now referred to as ________ cables.

Back 39

Series "X" 5-31

Front 40

_________ coaxial cable is used for video, CATV and Security cameras.

Back 40

Series-6 5-32

Front 41

_____ is used in video backbone distribution.

Back 41

Series-11U 5-32

Front 42

____ connectors do not have center pins.

Back 42

F coaxial connectors 5-33

Front 43

F coaxial connectors cannot be used with cables that have __________.

Back 43

Stranded center conductor. 5-33

Front 44

_______ connectors are used in data, radio and video applications.

Back 44

N Coaxial connectors 5-34

Front 45

______ connectors have a center pin that must be installed over the cable's center conductor and are used with RG59 (75 ohm) coaxial cable.

Back 45

BNC Bayonet Neill-Concelman 5-34

Front 46

The BNC connectors has been in use since the ________.

Back 46

1940s 5-34