Chapter 5: Installing a Physical Network

Question 1

Which of the following cables should never be used
in a structured cabling installation?
A. UTP
B. STP
C. Fiber-optic
D. Coax

Answer 1

D. Coax cable should not be used in structured

cabling networks.

Question 2

Which of the following enables you to use multiple
NICs in a computer to achieve a much faster network
speed?
A. Bonding
B. Linking
C. SLI
D. Xing

Answer 2

A. Bonding, or link aggregation, is the process of
using multiple NICs as a single connection, thus
increasing speed.

Question 3

How many pairs of wires are in a Cat 5e-rated
cable?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 8
D. It doesn’t specify.

Answer 3

B. The Cat 5e rating requires four pairs of wires.

Question 4

A(n) _______________ organizes and protects the
horizontal cabling in the telecommunications room.
A. rack
B. patch panel
C. outlet
D. 110 jack

Answer 4

B. A patch panel organizes and protects the

horizontal cabling in the telecommunications room.

Question 5

Which of the following would never be seen in an
equipment rack?
A. Patch panel
B. UPS
C. PC
D. All of the above may be seen in an equipment
rack.

Answer 5

D. All these devices may be found in equipment

racks.

Question 6

What are patch cables used for? (Select two.)
A. To connect different telecommunications rooms.
B. To connect the patch panel to the switch.
C. They are used as crossover cables.
D. To connect PCs to outlet boxes.

Answer 6

B and D. Patch cables are used to connect the
patch panel to the switch and the PCs to the outlet
boxes.

Question 7

Which of the following network technologies use
UTP cabling in a star topology?
A. Crosstalk
B. Fiber optics
C. 100BaseFX
D. 100BaseT

Answer 7

D. 100BaseT uses UTP cabling in a star topology.

Question 8

Jane needs to increase network throughput on a
10BaseT network that consists of 1 hub and 30 users.
Which of the following hardware solutions would
achieve this most inexpensively?
A. Add a fiber backbone.
B. Upgrade the network to 100BaseT.
C. Replace the hub with a switch.
D. Add a router.

Answer 8

C. Upgrading to 100BaseT will work, but replacing

the hub with a switch is much less expensive.

Question 9

What two devices together enable you to pick a
single cable out of a stack of cables? (Select two.)
A. Tone aggregator
B. Tone binder
C. Tone generator
D. Tone probe

Answer 9

C and D. A tone generator and tone probe work
together to enable you to pick a single cable out of a
stack of cables.

Question 10

Rack-mounted equipment has a height measured
in what units?
A. Mbps
B. MBps
C. Inches
D. U

Answer 10

D. Rack-mounted equipment uses a height

measurement known as a unit (U).