What are the different types of connectors used? - ANSWER MTP(MPO) , SC, LC and ST
What does MDF stand for? - ANSWER Main Distribution Frame
What does IDF stand for? - ANSWER Intermediate Distribution Frame
What is the standard everyone in the US refers to as the basis of structured cablin...
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What are the different types of connectors used? - ANSWER MTP(MPO) , SC, LC and ST
What does MDF stand for? - ANSWER Main Distribution Frame
What does IDF stand for? - ANSWER Intermediate Distribution Frame
What is the standard everyone in the US refers to as the basis of structured cabling? - ANSWER EIA/TIA
568
What is the International standard for structured cabling? - ANSWER ISO-11801
What do the category designations mean (I.e, CAT 3/ CAT 5e/ CAT 6)? - ANSWER The performance level
of the UTP
List the copper cable types included in the TIA-568 structured cabling standards. - ANSWER Unshielded
twisted pair, screened twisted pair and shielded twisted pair
What is the cable from the telecom closet (room) to the work area outlet (desktop) called? - ANSWER
Horizontal cabling
What is the cabling that connects all hubs from the telecom closet to the main cross connect or
computer center called? - ANSWER Backbone cabling
Why is the structured cabling standard not like code? - ANSWER It is not legally required
, What other cables are recognized in the structured cabling standards? - ANSWER Single mode and multi
mode fiber optic cable
What is the MAXIMUM length of a permanently installed UTP cabling link allowed in the structured
cabling standards? - ANSWER 90 meters
A category rated UTP cable (CAT 3/5e/6/6A) used for horizontal cabling has how many color coded pairs
of wires - ANSWER 4
What type of cabling did the first networks use and why? - ANSWER Coaxial cable because it offered the
highest bandwidth
Balanced transmission on UTP cabling - ANSWER This development provided a low cost cabling
alternative for networks
Ethernet - ANSWER First developed as a bus architecture using coax cable with taps
Wireless access points - ANSWER Require cabling connections in a network; connected with copper or
fiber cabling
FDDI and token rings use - ANSWER A ring architecture
Ethernet network architecture - ANSWER Switched from bus architecture to star architecture
LANs used how many pairs of UTP - ANSWER 2 pairs of UTP used by LANs
How does gigabit Ethernet use a UTP cable? - ANSWER Uses all four pairs of UTP simultaneously and
bidirectionally
What is a balun? - ANSWER A converter device that adapts one cabling type to another, including
physical layout, impedance and connecting balanced to unbalanced cables.
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