Twisted Pairs
An acronym and meaning for 4 pair cables without a shield.
Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP)
Cables routed through floors are called....
Riser cables
A condition when the Tip Conductor is connected to a Ring Conductor on a single pair.
What is a Reversal?
A 66-Block in which signal can pass only to the first two columns is a:
What is a Split Block?
An unwanted electrical signal is called....
What is Foreign Voltage?
An acronym and meaning for a 4 pair cable with a drain wire and foil shield.
Shielded Twisted Pair (STP) or Screen Twisted Pair (ScTP)
Cables routed in air circulation spaces (normally ceilings) are called.....
Plenum cables
On the Dave-3 tester, an LEDs lighting out of sequence (4, 1, 2, 3) is a sign of:
What is a Transposal?
Which of these connectors uses the central copper wire of the cable itself as the center conductor?
a. BNC
b. F-Type
What is the F-Type?
The DAVE-3 Tester is able to test:
a. UTP cables b. STP cables
c. T568A configured cables d. All of the above
What is d. All of the above
In a Twisted Pair, one conductor is called the ______ and the other is called the ______.
Tip, Ring
Which of the following is NOT a connector for a coaxial cable?
a. BNC b. F-Type
d. RG-59 c. N-Type
What is a RG-59?
The colors for a RJ-45 configuration (8 positions) are orange-white, orange, __________, blue, blue-white, ________, brown-white, __________.
What is green-white, green, and brown?
Coaxial cable experiences [more] or [less] crosstalk than UTP.
What is less?
The majority of new installations use two 4-pair cables. They are typically for:
a. Voice and Music b. Voice and Data
c. Data and Video d. None of the above
What is b. Voice and Data?
In the 568B configuration, the Tip of Pair#1 is on what Pin#?
What is Pin# 5?
The classifications are printed on the cables according to a three-letter code. CMP and CMR are two such codes. Name these two cables.
1.)Copper, Multipurpose, Plenum
2.)Copper, Multipurpose, Riser
The Dave-3 tester LEDs show what signal on a Reversal error:
What is a Red light?
Attenuation is the ________ of a signal from transmitter to receiver.
What is Loss?
A patch panel is:
a. collection of patches b. a musical pattern
c. collection of modular jacks for plugs
d. a collection of wires
What is c. collection of modular jacks for plugs?
When dealing with AWG, what cable would have the smallest diameter? #24AWG, #6AWG or #12AWG
#24 AWG.... The larger the number, the smaller the diameter.
True or False: A Riser cable can be replaced with a Plenum cable.
True
A cable that has been tested and found to be terminated correctly is called.......
A Known Good Cable
If a code requirement uses the words MUST, SHALL or WILL then the language is ADVISORY or MANDATORY?
What is Mandatory?
The most popular type of coaxial connection is:
a. Solder b. Crimp
c. Snap-on d. Twist-on
What is a Crimp?