1.3 Cables and connectors

Question 1

What RJ-45 cable can support 10 Gbps over 100 m?

Answer 1

Cat 6a

Question 2

What RJ-45 can support 10 Gbps but over shorter distances—nominally 55 m

Answer 2

Cat 6

Question 3

What cable is always of a screened/shielded type and rated for 10GbE applications up to 100 m (328 feet) and terminated with GF45 or TERA connectors?

Answer 3

Cat 7

Question 4

What cable is intended for use in data centers patch panels to make top-of-rack connections between adjacent appliances?

Answer 4

Cat 8

Question 5

What fiber Ethernet standard is best suited for implementing backbone cabling that can run 200-400m and can achieve 4-10 Gbps throughput?

Answer 5

10GBASE-SR

Question 6

What cable is rated for 10 km operation over single-mode fiber Ethernet over Fiber uses the IEEE 802.3?

Answer 6

10GBASE-LR

Question 7

What fiber standard is 100 Mbps throughput and can travel 412m, half duplex multimode cables and 10,000m full duplex singlemode?

Answer 7

100BASE-FX

Question 8

What multimode fiber optic cable standard is rated for a maximum distance of 300km and has a maximum throughput of 100 Mbps?

Answer 8

100BASE-SX

Question 9

What fiber optic Gigabit (100 Mbps) Ethernet standard for operation over multimode fibers has a distance capability between 220-550m?

Answer 9

1000BASE-SX

Question 10

What fiber standard has 100Mbps throughput and travels up to 10 km via single-mode cable

Answer 10

100BASE-LX

Question 11

What standard denotes twisted pair copper cable for speeds up to 100Mbps, and a maximum supported link length of 100 meters (328 feet)? Also must be used with Cat 5 or better.

Answer 11

10GBASE-TX

Question 12

What standard denotes an early implementation that works at 10 Mbps, uses a baseband signal, and runs over twisted pair copper cabling?

Answer 12

10BASE-T

Question 13

What standard refers to Fast Ethernet working over Cat 6 or better, shielded or screened cable for speeds up to 10Gb?

Answer 13

10GBASE-T