Aerial Drop
Series-6 drop cable must be used for all aerial drops shorter than ___ feet long.
150 feet long.
The bonding conductor for bonding Series-6 drop cable must be what size?
#12 AWG or larger, insulated solid copper wire.
What two types of cable must never be used inside the customer premise?
Messengered or PE jacketed underground flooded cable.
All new cable between the service distribution point and the entry to the premise must be free of______?
Splices or splits.
All RF signal amplifiers must be ______ and support ____.
Unity gain and support MoCA.
Permanent coaxial aerial drops are allowed to have how many splices between the tap and the grounding point at the premise?
Coaxial aerial drops shall not have any splices between the tap and the grounding point at the premise.
How many bonding (Do Not Remove) tags are required for a Single Dwelling Unit?
Two Do Not Remove tags must be placed on all bonding conductors (ground wire). One at the connection point to the bond block and one at the point of its attachment to the property power grounding electrode. The tags must also have the recorded date of when the bond was last verified, in writing, on the tag.
What type of cable must be used in environmental air handling plenums and ducts?
Plenum Cable (CATVP)
What type of cable shall be used in the vertical run of a shaft or from floor to floor in multiple dwellings units?
Riser Cable (CATVR)
A ____________must be installed on every RF distribution network as defined in the OES-MoCA Specifications.
A Point-of-entry (PoE) RF filter
For legacy coaxial existing drop installations, drops attached with a properly installed ________ configuration are acceptable.
2-4-4 messenger configuration. If 2-4-4 is not properly installed, it must be replaced with an approved drop clamp.
All bonds must be verified using a ______ . The resistance between the bond block and the property power grounding electrode must be less than ______.
Digital Multi Meter (DMM). must be less than 25 Ohms.
Drilling shall be from the inside out for what siding Materials?
Wood or Vinyl siding.
Drilling shall be from the outside in for what siding materials?
Metal, slate, stucco, hard asphalt, or brick.
Only terminators with internal ________ resistors approved by Comcast Corporate Engineering shall be used.
75-ohm resistors
The drop cable must be tensioned to match the sag of the power drop. If there is no power drop reference, the drop cable must be tensioned for a minimum of ____ of sag for every _____ in length.
The drop cable must be tensioned for a minimum of 6 inches of sag for every 50 feet in length.
The point where the drop is bonded to the property’s electrical service grounding electrode must be located within what distance of the Power meter?
20ft or half the distance of the shortest RF outlet to the power company service equipment, and with access to the power grounding electrode.
Cable routes must maintain a minimum distance of ____ from any electrical wiring.
2 inches from any electrical wiring.
Wall plates must be level mounted at the same height as the electrical outlets and no closer than ____ from any electrical outlet.
6 inches
A ____________ RF splitting distribution network shall always be the installation of choice to feed all outlets from the primary service distribution point in the home.
A passive, un-amplified
Clips must be spaced every _________ horizontally, and ________ vertically.
18 to 24 inches horizontally, and 30 to 36 inches vertically.
List all of the approved bonding options (6 Total)
1. Bonding Block/Bridge
2. Bonding Stub or Ground Wire
3. Electrode/Ground Rod
4. Metallic Metal Cabinet.
5. Metal Conduit/Mast
6. Interior Cold Metal water Pipe
Holes maybe drilled if they are _____ away from any support post or foundation. They are less than ____in diameter and located ___ away horizontally (edge to edge) from a larger hole.
6 inches away. They are less than 1 ½ inches in diameter and located 3” away
Cable routed through a basement along the floor/ceiling joists must be routed through holes at least ____ from the bottom of the joist.
2 inches
Signal Leakage levels must be maintained at or below __________ or its equivalent.
At or below 10 μv/m @ 3 meters