1.3 Cables, Connectors, and When to Use Them Flashcards
What are the characteristics of Cat 5e Twisted Pair?
1000BASE-T copper
100 Meters
What are the characteristics of Cat 6 Twisted Pair?
10GBASE-T copper
Unshielded: 55 Meters
Shielded: 100 Meters
What are the characteristics of Cat 6a Twisted Pair?
10GBASE-T copper
100 Meters
What are the characteristics of Cat 7 Twisted Pair?
10GBASE-T copper
100 Meters
What are the characteristics of Cat 8 Twisted Pair?
40GBASE-T copper
30 Meters
What is the RJ-45 Pinout for T-568-A?
White Green
Green
White Orange
Blue
White Blue
Orange
White Brown
Brown
What is the RJ-45 Pinout for T-568-B?
White Orange
Orange
White Green
Blue
White Blue
Green
White Brown
Brown
What is the difference between straight-through and crossover cables?
If you are plugging a
host into different device use straight-through.
If you are plugging a host into the same type of device use crossover.
List the types of Fiber Optic connectors.
Straight Tip (ST) – aka ‘Stick and Turn’ (Circle Connector)
Subscriber Connector (SC) – aka ‘Stick and Click’ (Square Connector)
Local Connector (LC) – aka ‘Little Connector’
(Lever Connector)
Mechanical Transfer Registered Jack (MT-RJ) (Two Cores)
List the types of fiber cores from most to least back reflection.
- FLAT
- PC (Physical Contact)
- UPC (Ultra Physical Contact)
- APC (Angled Physical Contact)
What are the characteristics of Gigabit Interface Converter (GBIC)?
Gigabit standard supporting SC fiber connectors
What are the characteristics of Small Form
-Factor Pluggable (SFP)?
Gigabit standard supporting LC fiber connectors
What are the characteristics of SFP+?
Ten Gigabit standard supporting LC fiber connectors
What are the characteristics of Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable (QSFP)?
Supports 4 optical links and transmission
rates as high as 200 Gbps
What is the 66 Punchdown Block used for?
Telephone wiring
