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Which item describes the length of cable installed within walls from a telecommunications room out to a jack? |
| | A) | Cable drop |
| | B) | Cable run |
| | C) | Cable tester |
| | D) | Cable tray |
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What is the term used to describe where the network hardware and patch panels are kept? |
| | A) | Drop room |
| | B) | Telecommunications room |
| | C) | Routing room |
| | D) | Telecloset room |
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Aside from outright breakage, what’s the primary worry with bending a fiber optic cable too much? |
| | A) | Attenuation |
| | B) | Bonding |
| | C) | Light leakage |
| | D) | Near-end crosstalk |
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When connecting a cable run onto a patch panel, which tool should be used? |
| | A) | 110-punchdown tool |
| | B) | Crimper |
| | C) | TDR |
| | D) | Tone generator |
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Which of the following NIC types offers the most versatility? |
| | A) | 10 |
| | B) | 10/100 |
| | C) | 10/100/1000 |
| | D) | Only a nonmultispeed NIC |
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What is the structured cabling name for the end user’s office space where network computers will be set up? |
| | A) | Backbone |
| | B) | Building entrance |
| | C) | Cable drop |
| | D) | Work area |
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What type of twisted-pair cabling would work best within ceilings near lighting? |
| | A) | Solid core plenum |
| | B) | Solid core PVC |
| | C) | Stranded core plenum |
| | D) | Stranded core PVC |
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Why would network techs use stranded core cabling from a patch panel’s ports to a switch? |
| | A) | Cost |
| | B) | Fire rating |
| | C) | Flexibility |
| | D) | Safety |
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What is the first thing a professional cable installer should do when providing an estimate at a site? |
| | A) | Power on additional lighting. |
| | B) | Put on a grounding wrist strap. |
| | C) | Request a floor plan. |
| | D) | Set up ladders. |
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What component would best allow more servers to be installed in the limited space of a telecommunications room? |
| | A) | Cable tray |
| | B) | Outlet box |
| | C) | Patch panel |
| | D) | Equipment rack |
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How tall is a network router that is 8U? |
| | A) | 8 inches |
| | B) | 8 centimeters |
| | C) | 14 inches |
| | D) | 14 centimeters |
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Your first day on the job, you get a call from the owner complaining that her network connection is down. A quick check of the central switch verifies that it’s in good working order, as is the boss’s PC. As luck would have it, your supervisor calls at just that time and tells you not to worry; she’ll be by in a jiffy with her TDR to help root out the problem. What is she talking about? |
| | A) | Tune domain resonator, her network tone generator |
| | B) | Time detuning resonator, her network tester |
| | C) | Time domain reflectometer, her network tester |
| | D) | Time detail resource, her network schematic |
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Jenny’s office building recently had sections renovated, and now some users are complaining that they can’t see the network. She suspects that the workers might have inadvertently broken wires when they did ceiling work. George suggests she use a toner to figure out which wires go to the complaining users. Erin disagrees, saying that Jenny should use a Fox and Hound. Who’s right? |
| | A) | Only George is right. |
| | B) | Only Erin is right. |
| | C) | Both George and Erin are right. |
| | D) | Neither George nor Erin is right. |
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What is generated by every piece of UTP cable in existence? |
| | A) | Modal distortion |
| | B) | Crosstalk |
| | C) | EMI |
| | D) | ESD |
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Which statement about structured cable is correct? |
| | A) | The term “demarc” refers to a physical location while the phrase “network interface unit” refers to a piece of equipment provided by an ISP. |
| | B) | The term “demarc” refers to a piece of equipment provided by an ISP while the phrase “network interface unit” refers to a piece of equipment provided by the customer. |
| | C) | The terms “demarc” and “network interface unit” refer to pieces of equipment provided by an ISP. |
| | D) | A demarc is used for fiber cabling while a network interface unit is used for UTP. |
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