Copper Media

Question 1

UTP

Answer 1

Unshielded Twisted Pair

Question 2

STP

Answer 2

Shielded Twisted Pair

Question 3

Twisted pair connectors

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Cat 3 throughput

Answer 4

10 Mbps

Question 5

Cat 5 throughput

Answer 5

100 Mbps

Question 6

Cat 5e throughput

Answer 6

1,000 Mbps

Question 7

Cat 6 throughput

Answer 7

1,000 Mbps

Question 8

Cat 6a throughput

Answer 8

10,000 Mbps

Question 9

Cat 7 throughput

Answer 9

10,000 Mbps

Question 10

Straight through patch cable

Answer 10

Both ends have matching pin outs

Connects DTE to DCE

Question 11

Crossover cable

Answer 11

Send and receive pins of cable are swapped

Connects DCE to DCE or DTE to DTE

Question 12

T56B connector

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Crossover cable connectors

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Plenum cable

Answer 14

Fire retardant cable

Used for cable you cant see

Question 15

Non-plenum cable

Answer 15

Normal UTP/STP cable PVC wrapped

Cannot be used in walls, ceilings etc

Question 16

MMF

Answer 16

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

Question 17

SMF

Answer 17

Single mode fiber
Longer distances
Single mode of travel

Question 18

Fiber Optic Connectors

Answer 18

SC
ST
LC
MTRJ
APC
UPS

Question 19

SC Connector

Answer 19

Subscriber Connector

Stick and click

Question 20

ST connector

Answer 20

Straight tip connector

Stick and twist

Question 21

LC connector

Answer 21

Lucent connector

SC in love - 2 SCs

Question 22

MTRJ Connector

Answer 22

Mechanical physical contact connector

Mini LC

Question 23

APC connector

Answer 23

Angled physical contact connector

Question 24

UPS connector

Answer 24

Ultra physical contact sensor

Question 25

Transceivers

Answer 25

Devices that send and receive data

Question 26

Media converter

Answer 26

Layer 1 device | Convert media from one format to another

Question 27

GBIC

Answer 27

Ethernet transceiver can take copper or fiber

Question 28

SFP

Answer 28

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

Question 29

QSFP

Answer 29

Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable Compact optical transceiver 100 Gbps

Question 30

SFP+

Answer 30

Enhanced SFP | 16 Gbps

Question 31

66 block punchdown

Answer 31

Phones and older LAN wiring | Not CAT 5

Question 32

110 block punchdown

Answer 32

High speed CAT 5 networks

Question 33

Copper patch panel

Answer 33

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

Question 34

Fiber patch pannel

Answer 34

Connect fiber jacks throughout building to single patch panel