Basic telephone wiring

Question 1

inside wiring for telephones was deregulated in ______

Answer 1

1984

Question 2

the traditional cable for use in installing basic telephones is called _______

Answer 2

D station

Question 3

UTP

Answer 3

unshielded twisted pair

Question 4

STP

Answer 4

shielded twisted pair

Question 5

PBX

Answer 5

private branch exchange

Question 6

LAN

Answer 6

Local area network

Question 7

WAN

Answer 7

wide area network

Question 8

COAX

Answer 8

coaxial cable

Question 9

FO

Answer 9

fiber optic

Question 10

DTMF

Answer 10

Dual tone multi frequencie

Question 11

the nominal voltage supplied from the telephone company on public telephone lines (except during ringing) is?

Answer 11

-48VDC

Question 12

pulse dial telephones _________ normally work on lines equipped for tone dial operation

Answer 12

will

Question 13

when a telephone line is brought into a building by a telephone company the telephone circuit is terminated ad a point called the ________

Answer 13

network interface

Question 14

List two items which can be disconnected from each other at the point of demarcation of a telephone service

Answer 14

telephone network

buildings internal wiring

Question 15

wire used to distribute telephone signals within a building is identified as __________wire

Answer 15

telephone station

Question 16

when using a d station wire the _________ conductor is connected to the line 1 tip conductor and the _______conductor is connected to the line 1 ring conductor

Answer 16

green tip

red ring

Question 17

a specification number _______ modular jack contains connection points for two telephone pairs

Answer 17

RJ 11

Question 18

how many wires return to the network interface for

open loop
closed loop
home run

technology is used in wiring the system

Answer 18

open loop -1
closed loop -2
home run -equivalent to the number of outlets