Copper Media Flashcards

1
Q

UTP

A

Unshielded Twisted Pair

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2
Q

STP

A

Shielded Twisted Pair

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3
Q

Twisted pair connectors

A

RJ-45 8-pin (ethernet)
RJ-11 6-pin (phone)
DB-9/DB-25 (serial connectors)

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4
Q

Cat 3 throughput

A

10 Mbps

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5
Q

Cat 5 throughput

A

100 Mbps

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6
Q

Cat 5e throughput

A

1,000 Mbps

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7
Q

Cat 6 throughput

A

1,000 Mbps

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8
Q

Cat 6a throughput

A

10,000 Mbps

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9
Q

Cat 7 throughput

A

10,000 Mbps

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10
Q

Straight through patch cable

A

Both ends have matching pin outs

Connects DTE to DCE

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11
Q

Crossover cable

A

Send and receive pins of cable are swapped

Connects DCE to DCE or DTE to DTE

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12
Q

T56B connector

A
Pin	Color
	1	White/orange
	2	Orange
	3	White/green
	4	Blue
	5	White/blue
	6	Green
	7	White/brown
	8	brown
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13
Q

Crossover cable connectors

A
T568B	T568A
Pin	Color	Color
1	White/orange	White/green
2	Orange	Green
3	White/green	White/orange
4	Blue	Blue
5	White/blue	White/blue
6	Green	Orange
7	White/brown	White/brown
8	Brown	Brown
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14
Q

Plenum cable

A

Fire retardant cable

Used for cable you cant see

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15
Q

Non-plenum cable

A

Normal UTP/STP cable PVC wrapped

Cannot be used in walls, ceilings etc

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16
Q

MMF

A

Multimode Fiber
Used for short distances
Multiple modes of travel for light signal

17
Q

SMF

A

Single mode fiber
Longer distances
Single mode of travel

18
Q

Fiber Optic Connectors

A
SC
ST
LC
MTRJ
APC
UPS
19
Q

SC Connector

A

Subscriber Connector

Stick and click

20
Q

ST connector

A

Straight tip connector

Stick and twist

21
Q

LC connector

A

Lucent connector

SC in love - 2 SCs

22
Q

MTRJ Connector

A

Mechanical physical contact connector

Mini LC

23
Q

APC connector

A

Angled physical contact connector

24
Q

UPS connector

A

Ultra physical contact sensor

25
Q

Transceivers

A

Devices that send and receive data

26
Q

Media converter

A

Layer 1 device

Convert media from one format to another

27
Q

GBIC

A

Ethernet transceiver can take copper or fiber

28
Q

SFP

A

Small form Factor Pluggable (mini-GBIC)
Compact optical transceiver
4.25 Gbps

29
Q

QSFP

A

Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable
Compact optical transceiver
100 Gbps

30
Q

SFP+

A

Enhanced SFP

16 Gbps

31
Q

66 block punchdown

A

Phones and older LAN wiring

Not CAT 5

32
Q

110 block punchdown

A

High speed CAT 5 networks

33
Q

Copper patch panel

A

Connect wiring from jack to network
Punch downs
RJ-45 jacks

34
Q

Fiber patch pannel

A

Connect fiber jacks throughout building to single patch panel