Chapter 2: Network Infrastructure and Documentation

Question 1

TIA

Answer 1

Telecommunications Industry Association (former parent company EIA)

Question 2

EIA

Answer 2

Electronic Industries Alliance

Question 3

TIA/EIA-568 Commercial Building Wiring Standard (or structured cabling)

Answer 3

Describes uniform, enterprisewide cabling systems, regardless of who manufactures or sells the various parts used in the system.

Question 4

Where does a network begin and where does a network end?

Answer 4

A network begins at the demarc and ends at a workstation.

Question 5

Demarc

Answer 5

The device that marks where a telecommunication’s service provider’s network ends and the organization’s network begins.

Question 6

Horizontal Cabling

Answer 6

Connects workstations to the closet data room and to switches housed in that room.

Question 7

MDF (Main Distribution Frame)

Answer 7

Also known as main cross connect, the centralized point of interconnection between an organization’s LAN or WAN and a service provider’s facility.

Question 8

IDF (Intermediate Distribution Frame)

Answer 8

A junction between the MDF and the concentrations of fewer connections - for example, those that terminate in a data closet.

Question 9

Patch

Answer 9

A correction, improvement, or enhancement to software.

Question 10

Patch Management

Answer 10

The process of monitoring the release of new patches, testing them for use on networked devices, and installing them.

Question 11

A standard TIA/EIA outlet

Answer 11

Voice and Data connector plugs in wall

Question 12

Patch Cable

Answer 12

A relatively short length of cabling with connectors at both ends.

Question 13

Backbone Cabling

Answer 13

Consist of cables or wireless links that provide interconnection between the entrance facility and MDF and between MDF and IDFs