Termination Nation
Connectors VS Splices
Its all Connecting
Splicing and Dicing
Wildcard
100
The 3M trade name for a connector that already has epoxy inside the connector
What is Hot Melt?
100
This is a permanent connection between 2 pieces of fiber
What is a splice?
100
What is LC Connector?
(an easy way to remember this style is Little Connector, as it is the smallest fiber connector commonly used)
100
Welding 2 fibers together, usually by an electric arc
What is fusion splicing?
100
This body of water is situated between Mexico and the southern coast of the USA
What is the Gulf of America?
200
This method does not use glue and has higher losses
What is Crimp and Polish?
200
What is connector loss?
200
All MTPs are ____ BUT not all ____ are MTP
What is MPOs (multi-fiber push-on connector)
200
Most important part of any splice
What is having a good cleave on the fiber end?
200
Our teacher this week who would like to meet Michael Faraday
Who is Cameron?
300
Adhesives that dry in 5 minutes alone or in 30 seconds with chemical accelerator
What is Anaerobic Adhesive?
300
Since the 70s there have been more 80 styles developed and a dozen ways to install this
Connectors
300
This connector has a 2.5 mm ferrule and widely used in single mode and multi mode applications due to its excellent performance
What is SC Connector?
300
This method allows you to weld multiple fibers at a time
What is ribbon splicing?
300
Color Code. GO!
What is Blue, Orange, Green, Brown, Slate, White, Red, Black, Violet, Rose, Aqua?
400
Most connectors including all factory-made terminations
What is Epoxy and Polish?
400
This color denotes an angled physical contact connector
What is green?
400
1st to use ceramic ferrules (2.5mm), most popular connector for multi-mode networks, is an AT&T trademark
What is ST Connectors?
400
An alignment fixture that holds the ends of 2 fibers together
What is Mechanical splicing?
400
This termination must NEVER have a heat gun applied to it to speed up the cure time
What is epoxy and polish?
500
These connectors has short stud fiber already epoxied into the ferrule with a splice on the back of the connector
What is pre-polished and spliced?
500
2 Termination methods that must have good optical performance, indicated by low loss and minimal reflectance, and high mechanical strength
What is connectors and splices?
500
This was the connector the TIA-568 originally planned to be the standard until the ST started gaining popularity
What is SC Connector?
500
Fibers are often broken in these when they are meant to protect
What is splice tray or enclosure?
500
42nd President of the United States who liked to rip it on the saxophone in his free time
Who is Bill Clinton?