CODE
TESTING
LAN INSTALLS
STANDARDS/CATEGORIES
100

These 2 rules provide exceptions to allow for fiber optic cables to be installed in a duct or plenum chamber 

What are 2-130 and 12-010

100

This type of tester is used to help locate a communication wire's source 

What is a tone generator 

100

This is the name of the place where the communication service provider enters the building  

What is the point of demarcation 

100

This category of UTP cable has a transmitting limitation of 100 MHz

What is Cat 5

200

When installing a fiber optic cable through a fire seperation item, this must be done?

What is install a fire-stopping material 

200

These are the 3 main phases of testing a LAN system

What are visual inspection, testing, documentation 

200

This is the maximum length that a horizontal UTP cable should be

What is 90 meters 

200

This is the category of UTP cable required for a system that requires 500 MHZ gigabit ethernet 

What is Cat 6A

300

This is the minimum distance between the electrical power system ground electrode and the communication system grounding electrode

What is 2 meters 

300

These are the three (3) types of crosstalk that are tested for 

What are NEXT, FEXT, and ANEXT

300

This is another name for a UTP crimp-on connector 

What is insulation-displacement connector 

300

These are the three flamability standards that are applicable to communication cable install in BC

What are CSA Standard 22.2, BC Building Code, and Vancouver City Building Code 

400
This is the distance required by code for separation of electrical communication system conductors and conductors of a Class 1 circuit operating at 300V or more 

What is 600 mm

400

This type of tester is used to measure the wire map, length, attenuation, and crosstalk of a UTP LAN system 

What is a certification tester 

400

This is a critical step when terminating UTP conductors in a jack 

Keep pairs twisted until point of termination

400

This rating of UTP cable can be used in a plenum but it has to be contained in a totally enclosed non-combustible raceway 

What is FT-4 

500

This is the minimum depth at which communication cable is to buried under a area subject to vehicular traffic (without mechanical protection)

What is 900 mm

500

This type of test is used to test the permanent portion of the communication cable from the patch panel to the work station jack

What is a "basic link" test 

500

This is how gigabit ethernet uses all the conductors of a UTP cable 

How is transmit and receive simultaneously and bidirectionally 

500

This is main standard used in the communication industry in Canada 

What is CSA T568.2 - 05 (2010)

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