General Cabling

Question 1

Which USB has a max speed of 480Mbps and is referred to as Hi-speed?

Answer 1

USB 2.0

Question 2

Which USB has a max speed of 5Gbps and is referred to as Superspeed?

Answer 2

USB 3.0

Question 3

What cable is built for serial communications with a corresponding serial connector on the end. The most common type of this cable is the DB9 which is used for connections to network device consoles or management ports.

Answer 3

Serial cable

Question 4

What is a thunderbolt cable?

Answer 4

A combinatino of PCI Express 2.0 x 4 and DisplayPort 1.x technology. Designed primarily for video transmission but can be used by other peripheral devices as well. 4 types labeled 1-4.

Question 5

What connection does thunderbolt type 1-2 terminate to?

Answer 5

Mini-DisplayPort connectors

Question 6

What connection does thunderbolt type 3-4 terminate to?

Answer 6

USB-C connectors

Question 7

What does HDMI stand for?

Answer 7

High-definition multimedia interface

Question 8

How many pins does the standard A HDMI cable have?

Answer 8

19

Question 9

This cable was developed to address the shortcomings of analog video transmission. These cablings are capable of transmitting digital video signals to display used. 3 different connector standards. What is the cable? and what are the connector standards?

Answer 9

DVI - Digital visual interface | DVI-A, DVI-D, DVI-I

Question 10

What video cable is strictly analog and typically? blue?

Answer 10

VGA cable.

Question 11

A standard for telecommunication network interfaces for voice and data equipment

Answer 11

RJ - Registered Jack (RJ11, RJ45)

Question 12

RJ used with twisted pairs of four to six wires to connect to traditional phone lines.

Answer 12

RJ-11

Question 13

RJ used with twisted pair cables for eight-wire connections. Commonly called an ethernet cable.

Answer 13

RJ-45

Question 14

Connector type used with coaxial cables for cable + satellite data connections.

Answer 14

F-type

Question 15

Connector is a bayonet type connector used with fiber optic cables.

Answer 15

ST (Straight Tip) connector

Question 16

Connector is a push/pull-style connector used with fiber optic cables.

Answer 16

SC (Subscriber connector)

Question 17

Connector is a push/pull connector used with fiber optic cables that is half the size of an SC, more suitable for office and data center usage.

Answer 17

LC (Lucent connector)

Question 18

An electrical connection device that allows for multiple copper wires to be inserted into a slot providing insulation as well as electrical connection to attached wires.

Answer 18

Punchdown Block

Question 19

Connector is the smallest USB connect type, contains 5 pins, and is direction dependent.

Answer 19

Micro USB

Question 20

Connector is the 2nd smallest USB connector type, contains 5 pins and is direction dependent.

Answer 20

Mini-USB

Question 21

Most recent USB connector type containing 24 pins in an oval shape, allowing for reversible connections.

Answer 21

USB-C

Question 22

An older two-piece pin-and-socket interconnection type used for drive connections.

Answer 22

Molex

Question 23

Connection is 8 pin Apple proprietary and reversible.

Answer 23

Lightning port

Question 24

Connector type used for connections to network device consoles or management ports.

Answer 24

DB9