3. Written Lab : Networking Connectors and Wiring Standards

Question 1

Which UTP wiring uses four twisted wire pairs (eight wires) and is rated for 250 MHz?

Answer 1

Category 6

Question 2

The point at which the operational control or ownership changes for your company to a service provider is referred to as what?

Answer 2

Demarcation point, or demarc

Question 3

Which type of cable will you use to connect two switches to each other?

Answer 3

Crossover

Question 4

Which RG rating of coax is used for cable modems?

Answer 4

RG-6

Question 5

Which UTP uses four twisted wire pairs (eight wires), is rated for 100 MHz, and is capable of handling the disturbance on each pair caused by transmitting on all four pairs at the same time?

Answer 5

Category 5e

Question 6

You want to connect a host to a switch port. What type of Ethernet cable will you use?

Answer 6

Straight-through

Question 7

In what instance would you use T1 crossover cable?

Answer 7

To connect two CSU/DSUs

Question 8

T568A uses wich pins to make a connection?

Answer 8

1, 2, 3, and 6

Question 9

A crossover uses which pins to make a connection?

Answer 9

1 to 3 and 2 to 6

Question 10

What are two advantages of fiber-optic cabling?

Answer 10

It is completely immune to EMI and RF1 and can transmit up to 40 kilometers (about 25 miles).