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
What is the 110 Punchdown Block used for?
Ethernet wiring
What is the Krone Punchdown Block used for?
European alternative to the 110 Block
What is the Bix Punchdown Block used for?
Proprietary block for Nortel Networks
What are the characteristics of 100BASE-FX?
Multi-mode fiber
2 km
What are the characteristics of 100BASE-SX?
Multi-Mode fiber
300 Meters
What are the characteristics of 1000BASE-SX?
Multi-mode fiber
220-550 Meters
What are the characteristics of 1000BASE-LX?
Multi-mode and Single-mode fiber
550 Meters (Multi)
2 km (Single)
What are the characteristics of 10GBASE-SR?
Multi-mode fiber
26-400 Meters
What are the characteristics of 10GBASE-LR?
Single-mode fiber
10 km
