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Describe 2 categories for cable types

3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes

Cables that use electricity & cables that use light

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What transmission media do twisted pair & coaxial cables use?

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Copper wire

Uses electricity

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What transmission media do fiber optic cables use?

3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes

Glass or plastic

Uses light

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2 network cables that use copper wire?

3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: Network cables

Twisted Pair
Coaxial

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what does e in Cat 5e mean?

3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: Network cables - Copper - Copper Cable Categories

Enhanced

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What does a in cat 6a mean?

3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: Network cables - Copper - Copper Cable Categories

Augmented

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4 common copper cable categories?

3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: Network cables - Copper - Copper Cable Categories

Cat 5
Cat 5e
Cat 6
Cat 6a

(Cats 7 & 8 are new)

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Cat 5 bandwidth?

3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: Network cables - Copper - Copper Cable Categories

100 Mbps

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Cat 5e bandwidth?

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1 Gbps (1000 Mbps)

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Cat 6 bandwidth?

3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: Network cables - Copper - Copper Cable Categories

1 Gbps (1000 Mbps)

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Cat 6a bandwidth?

3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: Network cables - Copper - Copper Cable Categories

10 Gbps

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What are coaxial cables mainly used for?

3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: Network cables - Copper - Coaxial

Cable & satellite TV links

They were initially used for Ethernet

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Meaning of TP?

3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: Network cables - Copper

Twisted Pair

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Meaning of STP?

3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: Network cables - Copper - STP

Shielded Twisted Pair

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Advantage STP has over UTP?

3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: Network cables - Copper - STP

Resistance to EMI

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How does STP cabling differ from UTP’s?

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By adding foil shielding around each wire pair

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What are Direct burial STP cables?

3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: Network cables - Copper - STP - Direct burial

Specialized STP cables for outdoor use

They offer waterproofing, interference protection, & enhanced durability

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Meaning of UTP?

3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: Network cables - Copper - UTP

Unshielded Twisted Pair

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How does UTP’s cabling differ from STP?

3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: Network cables - Copper - UTP

By having no shielding around the Copper wires

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What TP cable is mainly used for Ethernet networks?

3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: Network cables - Copper

UTP

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What is the plenum?

3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: Network cables - Plenum

Area above ceiling that serves as a shared space for air return and network cables

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Why are plenum-rated cables required in plenums?

3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: Network cables - Plenum

They don’t emit smoke or toxic fumes in a fire

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2 categories of fiber optic cable?

3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: Network cables - Optical (Fiber Optic)

Multi-mode fiber
Single-mode fiber

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What is Multi-mode fiber mainly used for?

3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: Network cables - Optical (Fiber Optic)

Short-range communication

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What is Single-mode fiber mainly used for? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Network cables - *Optical (Fiber Optic)***

Long-range communication

3 types of Fiber connectors? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Network cables - *Optical (Fiber Optic)***

- ST - SC - LC

How do single-mode fiber cables differ from multi-mode cables? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Network cables - *Optical (Fiber Optic)***

By carrying a single LED signal

How do multi-mode fiber cables differ from single-mode cables? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Network cables - *Optical (Fiber Optic)***

By sending multiple LED signals on the core | They are sent at different reflection angles

What do T568A/T568B standards define? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Network cables - *T568A/T568B***

TP wire order in Ethernet cables

Why isn't it critical to choose between T568A/B? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Network cables - *T568A/T568B***

They both work the same way & are equally valid for Ethernet cables

T568A wire order? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Network cables - *T568A/T568B***

1. White/Green 2. Green 3. White/Orange 4. Blue 5. White/Blue 6. Orange 7. White/Brown 8. Brown

T568B wire order? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Network cables - *T568A/T568B***

1. White/Orange 2. Orange 3. White/Green 4. Blue 5. White/Blue 6. Green 7. White/Brown 8. Brown

# Identify connector: ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Peripheral cables - *USB 2.0/3.0***

USB 1.1/2.0 Type-B

# Identify connector: ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Peripheral cables**

USB 3.X Type A | This one is specifically USB 3.0/3.1 Gen 1 Type A

# Identify port: ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Peripheral cables - *USB 2.0/3.0***

USB 3.1/3.1 Gen 1 Type A (USB 3.X Type A)

# Identify connector: ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Peripheral cables - *USB 2.0/3.0***

USB 3.0/3.1 Gen 1Type-B Micro (USB 3.X Type-B Micro)

# Identify connector: ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Peripheral cables - *USB 2.0/3.0***

USB 3.0/3.1 Gen 1 Type-B (USB 3.X Type-B)

Bandwidth of High-Speed USB? | (USB 2.0) ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Peripheral cables - *USB 2.0/3.0***

480 Mbps

Bandwidth of SuperSpeed USB? | (USB 3.0) ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Peripheral cables - *USB 2.0/3.0***

5 Gbps

Bandwidth of USB 3.1? | (SuperSpeed+ USB) ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Peripheral cables - *USB 2.0/3.0***

10 Gbps

Bandwidth of SuperSpeed+ USB (USB-C)? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Peripheral cables - *USB 2.0/3.0***

10/20 Gbps

Downside to using USB 3.X with earlier standards? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Peripheral cables - *USB 2.0/3.0***

Slower USB standard's speed is used

# Identify connector: ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Peripheral cables - *Serial***

DB-9 (DE-9)

# Identify port: ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Peripheral cables - *Serial***

DB-9 (DE-9)

# Identify connector: ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Peripheral cables - *Serial***

DB-25 (DE-25)

# Identify port: ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Peripheral cables - *Serial***

DB-25 (DE-25)

What is Serial aka? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Peripheral cables - *Serial***

RS-232

What is RS-232 used for? | (Serial) ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Peripheral cables - *Serial***

Data transmissions

What connector do Serial cables use? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Peripheral cables - *Serial***

DE-9 or DB-25

# Identify connector: ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Peripheral cables - *Thunderbolt***

Mini-DisplayPort

# Identify port: ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes

Mini-DisplayPort

What connector/port does Thunderbolt 1 & 2 use? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Peripheral cables - *Thunderbolt***

Mini-DisplayPort

What connector/port does Thunderbolt 3/4 use? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Peripheral cables - *Thunderbolt***

USB-C

What does it mean that USB-C & Thunderbolt 3 are interchangeable? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Peripheral cables - *Thunderbolt***

USB-C cables work with Thunderbolt ports & vice versa

What are video cables? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Video Cables**

Cables used to transmit video signals between devices

Meaning of HDMI? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Video Cables - *HDMI***

High Definition Multimedia Interface

Signal type(s) HDMI supports? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Video Cables - *HDMI***

HD video & audio

Video signal(s) DisplayPort supports? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Video Cables - *DisplayPort***

HD video & audio

Meaning of DVI? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Video Cables - *DVI***

Digital Visual Interface

Which DVI type supports only Digital signals? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Video Cables - *DVI***

DVI-D

Which DVI type supports only Analog signals? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Video Cables - *DVI***

DVI-A

Which DVI type supports Digital & Audio signals? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Video Cables - *DVI***

DVI-I

Meaning of VGA? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Video Cables - *VGA***

Video Graphics Array

What connector does VGA use? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Video Cables - *VGA***

DB-15 (DE-15)

Signal type(s) VGA supports? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Video Cables - *VGA***

Analog Video

# Identify Connector: ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes

DVI-D

# Identify connector: ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes

DVI-A

# Identify connector: ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes

DVI-I

# Identify connector: ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Video Cables**

VGA

What ports can VGA connect to via adapters? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Video Cables**

- HDMI - DVI-I - DisplayPort

What types of DVI is compatible with HDMI? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Video Cables**

- DVI-I - DVI-D | Can be HDMI -> DVI or DVI -> HDMI

Which video signal is compatible with DVI & HDMI? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Video Cables**

DisplayPort (DP)

Meaning of SATA? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Hard Drive Cables - *SATA***

Serial AT Attachment

What devices are SATA cables used for? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Hard Drive Cables - *SATA***

Storage devices within laptops/desktops

# Identify connector: ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Hard Drive Cables - *SATA***

SATA | SAS uses the same interface

# Identify port: ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Hard Drive Cables - *SATA***

SATA | SAS uses the same interface

What connectors does a SATA cable consist of? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Hard Drive Cables - *SATA***

7-pin data & 15-pin power connector

Meaning of SCSI? | (Pronounced as SCUZZY) ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Hard Drive Cables - *SCSI***

Small Computer Systems Interface

What is SCSI? (DELETE) ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Hard Drive Cables - *SCSI***

Interface for storage, printers, & networks

Modern SCSI standard? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Hard Drive Cables - *SCSI***

SAS

Meaning of SAS? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Hard Drive Cables - *SCSI***

Serial Attached SCSI

How does SAS change SCSI? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Hard Drive Cables - *SCSI***

By shifting from parallel to serial communication & removing daisy chaining & multiple interfaces

How does SAS improve SCSI? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Hard Drive Cables - *SCSI***

By increasing throughput

Meaning of eSATA? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Hard Drive Cables - *eSATA***

External SATA

# Identify cable: ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Hard Drive Cables - *eSATA***

eSATA

Meaning of IDE? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Hard Drive Cables - *IDE***

Integrated Drive Electronics

what is IDE aka? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Hard Drive Cables - *IDE***

PATA | (Parallet AT Attachment)

# Identify connector: ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes

IDE/PATA

## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes

IDE/PATA

what cables does IDE/PATA use? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Hard Drive Cables - *IDE***

40-pin data ribbon cable & 4-pin power Molex cable

Purpose of adapters? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Adapters**

Easily convert cable interfaces

Problem with HDMI-to-DVI cables? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Adapters**

DVI lacks audio, requiring audio cables

1 example of digital video adapter? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Adapters**

DVI-D-to-HDMI

1 example of analog video adapter? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Adapters**

DVI-A-to-VGA

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RJ11

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RJ45

What is RJ11 mainly used for? Where are they usually found? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Connector types - *RJ11***

Phone connections. Usually found on DSL modems

What are RJ connectors? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Connector types - *RJ***

Standard for telecommunication network interfaces for data & voice services

# Identify connector: ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes

RJ11

# Identify connector: ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes

RJ45

What is RJ45 mainly used for? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Connector types - *RJ45***

Ethernet connections | (twisted pair networks)

First thing to do if a computer can't connect to a network via Ethernet? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Connector types - *RJ45***

Check if RJ45 plug has a solid connection

What connector do coaxial cables mainly use? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes

F type connector

What is the F type connector mainly used for? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Connector types - *F-type***

Cable TV & Ethernet network

Meaning of ST? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Connector types - *ST***

Straight Tip | Fiber connector

3 Fiber optic cable connectors? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes

- ST - SC - LC

# Identify connector: ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes

Meaning of SC? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Connector types - *SC***

Subscriber Connector | (Fiber connector)

Key feature of SC & LC connectors? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes

They can be used individually or combined with another connector of the same type | SC can be combined with another SC connector; and LC to LC connector

# Identify connector: ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes

Meaning of LC? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Connector types - *LC***

Local Connector | Fiber Connector

Purpose of punchdown blocks? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Connector types - *Punchdown Block***

Physically push wires into the block | It often has an additional connector on top or the other side

Purpose of punchdown block? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Connector types - *Punchdown Block***

To link external cables to internal network wiring | external cables like telephone or daa lines

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Molex

# Identify port...??? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes

Molex

# Identify connector: ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes

Mini-molex (aka P7 or Berg)

Purpose of Molex connectors? ## Footnote 3.1 - Explain basic cable types & their connectors, features, & purposes: **Connector types - *Molex***

Supply 12- & 5-volt DC power to internal PC componenets

Meaning of DB9?

D-suBminature 9

Purpose of DB9?

Transmit RS232 signals