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Hardware
Cable Performance
Structured cabling systems
Standards and the NEC
100

What is the purpose of a "Firestop" product?

Restore the integrity of fire rated walls and floors after they have been penetrated?
100

What termination does not exist for 4-pair UTP cabling:

T-568A, T-568B, T-570Dor USOC

T-570D

100

Category 6a designation applies to UTP cables and associated connecting hardware whose transmission characteristics are specified up to _______Mhz

500Mhz

100

What are the 4 Telecommunication Spaces in a structured cabling systems?

Entrance Facility (EF), Equipment Room (ER), Telecommunications Room (TR), Telecommunications Enclosure (TE).

100

What topic is covered in Article 250 of the NEC

Grounding

200

General purpose cables may be ran in a plenum in what kind of raceway?

Metal Conduit

200

AT&T "B" Bonding clamps are available in how many sizes?

3

200

Which terminal block style has exhibits the worst NEXT performance at high frequencies: 66-type or 110-type.

66-type

200

The administrative label color for the service provider side of network demarcation ______.

Orange

200

What is the ANSI/TIA/EIA standard covering grounding and bonding requirements of a telecommunications infrastructure?

607-A

300

What is the maximum distance entrance cables can travel inside of a building without being grounded?

50'

300

What is the most common coaxial connector used for cable tv applications?

F-Type

300

What's faster, Unshielded Twisted Pair Copper or Single Mode Fiber?

Unshielded Twisted Pair Copper

300

How many levels of Backbone are allowed in a Standards Complaint Structured Cabling System?

Two (2)

300

Which ANSI Standards cover the Data Center?

ANSI/TIA 942 and ANSI/BICSI 002-2019

400

What is the maximum footage for any telecommunications cabling INCLUDING TR & Work Station cabling

325'

400

What is the acronym for a ground bar found in a telecommunications or equipment room?

PBB or SBB

400

What type of test would be used to test a Cat6 horizontal cable from a patch panel to a work station outlet?

Permanent Link

400

The element of a structured wiring system that provides interconnection between telecommunications rooms and work stations?

Horizontal Cabling

400

Which ANSI/TIA Standard covers Customer Owned OSP?

ANSI/TIA 758

500

Mandatory requirements are designated by the word ____.

"Shall"

500

Which type of conventional overvoltage protection is subject to becoming inoperable from pitting and dust build-up after repeated operations?

Carbon Block Air Gap

500

Which media has a greater bandwidth, thus allowing this media to move more data, Unshielded Twisted Pair Copper or Single Mode Fiber?

Single Mode Fiber

500

______ administration addresses the administration needs of a premises that is served by a single equipment room.

Class 1

500

According to EIA/TIA 568, it is standard practice to have a maximum of how many degrees of bend between pull points for low voltage cabling

180 degrees