ACMA Test - Practice Questions Flashcards
Deregulation of the Telecomms industry in the 1980s allowed private contractors to install customer cabling on the customer side of the _____.
Network Boundary
What is the name of the Commonwealth Act responsible for the Telecomms industry?
Telecommunications Act 1997
List the two documents from the Commonwealth Act giving guidance to the Telecomms industry.
1: S009 Cabling Provider Rules
2: S008 Telecommunications Labelling Notice
Name the mandatory standard compiled to underpin the Telecommunications Labelling Notice (TLN)
S008
Name the mandatory standard compiled to underpin the Cabling Provider Rules (CPR)
S009
What is the name of the body responsible for compiling the mandatory standards?
Communications Alliance
Who is the Telecommunications Regulatory Body, ie the body responsible for enforcing the mandatory standards?
Australia Communications Media Authority
List three types of network boundary for the carrier’s network.
1: 1st socket
2: NTD
3: MDF
How do surge protection devices utilizing gas arresters operate?
Provide a bypass (shunt) path of the over-voltage to earth
To what type of earth are over-voltage devices connected?
Protective earth
What two types of surge suppressor are approved for use on the customer side of the network boundary?
Class 1 and Class 3
Where surge suppression devices are installed, how shall the earthing conductor between the device and the earth bar in the electrical switchboard be treated?
Should not exceed 10m, thought 1.5m or less is preferred for more effective protection
In accordance with AS/CA S009, what is the required minimum conductor size for surge suppression devices that are installed for protection of end users?
6mm sq
How shall surge suppression devices for the protection of end users be installed at the cabling point of entry into a building?
At the first cable connection point within the building, ie at the MDF
In accordance with AS/CA S009, connection of surge suppression devices utilizing a 2.5mm sq green/yellow conductor for connection to a protective earth is deemed to:
Give protection against damage to customer equipment
What is the minimum size earth conductor required when connecting surge protection for customer equipment?
2.5mm sq
What is the name of the equipotential bond that connects to the CET?
Communications Bonding Conductor
To which demarcation point on a Communications Bonding Conductor is a communications cabler authorized to work?
CET
What is the required colour of a protective earth conductor?
Green/yellow
What is the required colour of a TRC?
Violet
What is the required colour of a CES?
Green/yellow
Identify the earthing conductor supplied for the purpose of protection and functional requirements.
CES
Connection to a TFEE requires a conductor that is coloured..
Violet
What is the minimum size of a TFEE conductor?
4mm sq