Connectors

Question 1

Thinnet uses what rating cable and connector type?

Answer 1

RG-58 and BNC

Question 2

What ethernet type uses RG-8 cable and N-type connector?

Answer 2

Thicknet

Question 3

What cable grade and connector type is used for Cable television (but not cable broadband) over short distances?

Answer 3

RG-59 and F-Type

Question 4

RG-6 is used for what? What connector type does it use?

Answer 4

cable TV over long distances. F-Type

Question 5

Name two most popular fibre connector types

Answer 5

Straight Tip and Subscriber Connector

Question 6

Which fibre connector uses BNC?

Answer 6

Straight Tip

Question 7

Name the older type of fibre connector and what mode it can operate in.

Answer 7

FC connector, single mode

Question 8

What is APC and UPC and which is better and why?

Answer 8

Angled Physical Contact and Ultra Physical Contact. APC is better because there is less RETURN db loss.

Question 9

Name the two popular small form factor fibre connectors and which one is typically used for connecting SANS

Answer 9

MT-RJ and LC. LC is used for SANS

Question 10

What are SFT+ and QSFP? Which can handle faster data-rates

Answer 10

Fibre tranceivers. QSFP can handle faster data rates

Question 11

What data-rates can QSFP28 support?

Answer 11

4x28Gbit/s

Question 12

How is a T568A connector wired? List colour and PIN no.

Answer 12

1-green white ,2-green ,3-orange-white, 4-blue, 5-blue-white, 6-orange, 7-brown-white, 8-brown

Question 13

Which wire pairs do you swap in a T568B RJ-45 connector?

Answer 13

1-2 green to orange, 3-6 orange to green

Question 14

Which pins are used in a straight through cable?

Answer 14

1,2,3 and 6

Question 15

Which PINs go to which in a 2-pair UTP cross over cable?

Answer 15

1&2 go to 3&6, and 3&6 go to 1&2

Question 16

How is 4-pair UTP gigabit crossover cable wired?

Answer 16

Same as 2-pair UTP but 4 and 5 goto 7 and 8

Question 17

How is a T1 2-pair crossover cable wired?

Answer 17

1 and 2 goto 4 and 5

Question 18

110 Block is used for what wiring?

Answer 18

Phone and Data

Question 19

What jack can be used to test to the demarc?

Answer 19

smart-jack or Network Interface Device

Question 20

what copper cabling is used for 1000BaseTX and cable risers?

Answer 20

Cat6

Question 21

What are the benefits of Cat6A?

Answer 21

Can run 100GBaseT 100 meters and reduces near end-crosstalk to provide 3db signal boost.

Question 22

Multi-mode fibre distance is upto what?

Answer 22

3000feet

Question 23

Which cable should you ideally choose if you’re installing a new network in a building?

Answer 23

Cat6

Question 24

Which was the first UTP cable to handle the disturbance caused by transmitting on all 4 wire pairs at the same time?

Answer 24

Cat5e

Question 25

Any category below xx should not longer be used

Answer 25

Cat5e

Question 26

APCs generate more insertion loss than UPCs, true or FALSE?

Answer 26

TRUE. But they generate less return loss than UPCs. Don’t get the two confused!

Question 27

APCs have a green connector boot, TRUE or FALSE?

Answer 27

TRUE. *but UPCs don’t! (Yes, this was actually in one of the test questions!)

Question 28

What fibre tranceiver was rendered obselete by the Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) standard?

Answer 28

Gigabit Interface Convertor (GBIC)

Question 29

Which 3 connector types are most commonly associated with ethernet?

Answer 29

1) BNC
2) RJ-45
3 N-type

Question 30

AUI’s and Vampire taps are associated with what cable medium type?

Answer 30

RG-8 thick ethernet. The AUI was a cable that ran from the computer to the RG-8 and connected using a vampire tap.

Question 31

N-Type connectors are used with which ethernet cable medium?

Answer 31

RG-8. Thick Ethernet.

Question 32

SFP supports speeds between 1Gbps and 10Gpbs and is hot swappable - true or false?

Answer 32

TRUE