FOA CFOT Certification Exam v11
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1. According to the text, it is recommended that reference test
cables be chosen for their __________> - ANS ✓low loss
2. Which of the following parameters cannot be measured by
OTDRs (optical time domain reflectometers) in fiber optic
networks. - ANS ✓Transmitter and receiver power
3. For safety, a fiber optic technician or installer should always
wear ______ when working with optical fiber. - ANS ✓Eye
protection
4. During fiber optic installations, the most common danger is
caused by ______. - ANS ✓Fiber scraps or shards from stripping,
cleaving, splicing and termination
5. The link loss budget analysis of a cable plant like the diagram
shown is done to _________. - ANS ✓All of these choices (Ensure the
intended communications system will work on the cable plant
system, Provide a pass/fail loss value for comparison to test values,
Ensure the cable plant has been properly installed)
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6. A link loss budget should be done for every cable plant
installation during the ______ phase of a project. - ANS ✓Design
7. The loss of connector on each end of the cable plant ______. - ANS
✓Are always included in the loss budget
8. Cladding - ANS ✓Material around the center tube (Look at diagram)
9. Core - ANS ✓Center tube (Look at diagram)
10. Primary Buffer Coating - ANS ✓Material around the core and
cladding, it gives the fiber its distinct color (Blue, Red, Agua, etc)
11. Traps light in the core to reduce attenuation - ANS
✓Cladding
12. Is smaller in singlemode than multimode fiber - ANS ✓Core
13. Is stripped off for termination or splicing - ANS ✓Primary
Buffer Coating
14. The outside diameter of this part of the fiber is the same
for most singlemode and multimode fibers - ANS ✓Cladding
15. Singlemode - ANS ✓
16. Multi-mode graded index - ANS ✓
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