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Premises Cabling Overview



Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

1. What is the standard everyone in the USA refers to as the basis of structured cabling?
A.
IEEE 802.3
B.
EIA/TIA 568
C.
EIA/TIA TR42
D.
NEMA 63.1999
 

 2. 

What is the international standard for structured cabling?
A.
TIA-568
B.
ISO-11801
C.
ISO-9000
D.
IEC-0001
 

 3. 

What copper cable types are included in the TIA-568 structured cabling standards?
A.
UTP (unshielded twisted pair), STP (shielded twisted pair) and coax
B.
UTP (unshielded twisted pair) and coax
C.
UTP (unshielded twisted pair), ScTP (screened twisted pair) and STP (shielded twisted pair)
D.
Any communications cable
 

 4. 

What do Category 3, Category 5e and Category 6 designations mean?
A.
How well the cables are made
B.
Flame retardance of the cable
C.
How far the cable will work in networks
D.
The performance level of UTP cable
 

 5. 

What is the cable from the telecom closet (room) to the work area called?
A.
Horizontal cabling
B.
Backbone cabling
C.
Work area cable
D.
Patchcord
 

 6. 

What is the cabling from the telecom closet to the main cross connect or computer center called?
A.
Horizontal cabling
B.
Backbone cabling
C.
Riser cable
D.
Patchcord
 

 7. 

Why is the structured cabling standard not like "code"?
A.
It doesn't deal with flammability
B.
It is not legally required
C.
It changes every year
D.
It is not written by the NFPA
 

 8. 

What other cables are recognized in the structured cabling standards?
A.
CATV RG-6 coax
B.
IBM Type II
C.
Multimode fiber optic cable
D.
Singlemode and multimode fiber optic cable
 

 9. 

What is the maximum length of a permanently installed UTP cabling link allowed in structured cabling standards?
A.
90 meters
B.
100 meters
C.
100 feet
D.
Depends on the electronics running on the link
 

Matching
 
 
Structured cabling architecture: Match the letter in the drawing with the definition below.
grp001-1.jpg
 

 10. 

Main cross connect
 

 11. 

Telecom closet (room)
 

 12. 

Backbone cabling
 

 13. 

Horizontal cabling
 

 14. 

Centralized fiber cabling
 

 15. 

Work area
 



 
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