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Splice and Test
100
PCH
What is the abbreviation for 'Pretium Connector Housing'
100
The most common device for increasing the power of an optical signal in a telecommunications network (full name)
What is 'an Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier (EDFA)'
100
Relative representation of the speed of light in a medium as compared to the speed of light in a vacuum (full name)
What is 'Index of Refraction (IOR)'
100
The type of fiber that a customer may be dealing with if he or she is working with an old cable and experiencing either trouble cleaving and/or very bright images on the splicer display.
What are 'Titan or Duraclad fiber'
100
Test equipment tool used to check continuity of a fiber link (full name).
What is 'a Visual Fault Locator (VFL)'
200
Three of the four main steps in the manufacturing of optical fiber.
What are:

Laydown
Consolidation
Draw (or Drawing)
Final Test and Packaging

200
The three 'C's of optical fiber
What are 'Core, Cladding, and Coating'
200
A break in a fiber caused some distance (typically 30 feet or less) from the location of a physical disturbance such as a cable being dug up by a backhoe
What is 'an Offset Break'
200
Type of reference recommended by Corning for testing the loss of a system with patch panels at both ends using a power source and light meter
What is 'a 1-jumper reference'
300
DARM
What is 'Department of Archives and Records Management'

Also acceptable is Division of Archives and Records Management

300
Potential detrimental result of imperfect fiber geometry or externally induced stresses on the fiber (full name)
What is 'Polarization Mode Dispersion (PMD)'
300
Specification for the range of wavelengths emitted by an optical source such as an LED or a LASER

AND

Diameter of the cross section of light beam produced by an optical source such as an LED or a LASER

What are 'Spectral Width and Spot Size, respectively'
300
DAILY DOUBLE (you can bet 300 or 600):

The official title for the person who makes the final decision on building codes and the placement of cables and other infrastructure

What is 'the Local Authority Having Jurisdiction (LAHJ or AHJ)'
300
Type of test equipment used to measure and characterize the loss of an optical path from one end (full name)
What is 'an Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR)'
400
DAILY DOUBLE (you can bet 400 or 800):

PVC and PP

What are abbreviatinos for 'Polyvinyl Chloride and Polypropylene'
400
The angle above which incident light will be totally contained within, or reflected, inside an optical fiber
What is 'the Critial Angle'
400
Logarithmic representations of 1 mW and an 87.5% loss of optical power (with correct units of measure)
What are: '0 dBm and 9 dB, respectively'
400
Directives associated with

1. A symbol of a trash can with line drawn through it that can be found on some electronic products

AND

2. Potentially toxic substances that can be found in products made of plastic materials

What are:

1. Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE)

AND

2. Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS)

400
Three of four types of fusion splicing technology commonly used in splicers made by Corning or other manufacturers
What are:

- Fixed V-Groove
- Core Alignment (or Core Detection - CDS)
- Local Injection and Detection (LID)
- Lens Profile Alignment System (LPAS)

500
LASER and VCSEL
What are acronyms for:

Light Amplification through Stimulated Emission of Radiation

Vertical Cavity Serface Emitting LASER

500
1383 nm, 1515 nm, 1490 nm, and 1260 nm
What are (respectively):

- Water Peak
- Zero Dispersion Wavelength of LEAF NZDS fiber
- Typical downstream PON wavelngth
- Typical single-mode fiber cutoff wavelength

500
Current titles for Mark Belcher, Steve Colby, and James Clark
What are (respectively):

Director, Engineering Services, Americas
Director, Global Outside Plant Construction and Engineering
Manager, Market and Field Support

500
The full title of of the program represented by the acronym SMART
What is:

Self-learning
Motivation
Awareness
Responsibility
Technical-competence

500
Draw and label a typical OTDR trace with the following events:

- launch cable
- fusion splice
- mechanical splice
- connector pair
- end of system

Level of correctness to be determined by your host.