Chapters 7 & 8 (Week 4 Reading Review)

Question 1

What two cable qualities are most important, regarding network cabling as you learned from your assigned reading? *

Answer 1

• Signal strength

* Quality of the signal

Question 2

What term is referred to as the gradual loss of signal power over the length of a cable? *

Answer 2

Attentuation

Question 3

When installing UTP CAT6 4 pair cabling in a suspended (drop) ceiling what best practice should cabling installers adhere to as you learned from your assigned reading? *

Answer 3

Use something known as J-hooks or cable baskets to support the cables

Question 4

The focus for structured cabling installers and technicians should be on layer ______________ of the OSI model because it deals with binary transmission, wires, connectors, voltages and data rates. *

Answer 4

Layer One or Physical Layer

Question 5

What are the colors ( in-order) of each pair in a four pair UTP cable beginning with the tip color first followed by the ring color.? *

Answer 5

White/Blue Blue, White/Orange Orange, White/Green Green, White/Brown Brown

Question 6

The VDV cable tester that you have been using in the lab is designed to test which of the following low voltage cabling systems? *

Answer 6

• Coaxial cabling
• ScTP Data cabling
• UTP CAT3 Voice Cabling
• UTP Data Cabling

Question 7

What is the most common wireless signal as you learned from your assigned reading? *

Answer 7

Radio waves through free space

Question 8

Inductance is a natural consequence that refers to any reduction (loss) in the strength of a signal and it can occur in both optical and electrical signaling. *

Answer 8

False

Question 9

If all 8 pins are correctly wired with the 1-2 and 3-6 pairs crossed when working with the VDV cable tester, the “Pass” icon will be displayed along with a flashing ________________ icon. *

Answer 9

UPLINK

Question 10

As per the assigned reading once you have each box of 4pair UTP cable in the drop area, what should you do to each box and cable end? *

Answer 10

Use “Post-it” notes to temporarily label the boxes and a permanent marker to label the cable ends

Question 11

The first thing that a cable installer should do AFTER the boxes of cable and cable ends have been labelled in the drop area is to ______________________ and _________________________? Choose the most logical answers. *

Answer 11

• Examine the route closely

* Plan and Pull accordingly

Question 12

For long cable runs through a conduit pipe it’s recommended that you use a ______________________ which will help prevent damage to the cable as it is being pulled through the pipe. *

Answer 12

Special cable lubricant

Question 13

Structured cabling is made up of six (6) different subsystems. *

Answer 13

• Demarcation point
• Telecommunication room
• Equipment room
• Backbone cabling/vertical cabling
• Hortizontal cabling
• Workarea/workstation

Question 14

The VDV cable tester that you have used in the lab is capable of showing you which of the following? Choose all that apply. *

Answer 14

• Volts
• Wire Map
• Opens
• Split