Media and Cabling

Question 1

Coaxial

Answer 1

RG-6 to the home and RG-59 inside the home,
F-Type and BNC Connectors,
100 Mbps (Twinaxial - 10 Gbps)
500 m (15 m Twinaxial )

Question 2

Cat 3 (Ethernet)

Answer 2

10BASE-T,
10 Mbps,
100 meters

Question 3

Cat 5 (Fast Ethernet)

Answer 3

100BASE-TX,
100 Mbps,
100 meters

Question 4

Cat 5e

Answer 4

1000BASE-T,
1000Mbps,
100 meters

Question 5

Cat 6

Answer 5

1000BASE-T / 10GBASE-T,
1000 Mbps / 10 Gbps,
100 meters / 55 meters

Question 6

Cat 6a

Answer 6

10GBASE-T,
10Gbps,
100 meters

Question 7

Cat 7

Answer 7

10GBASE-T,
10Gbps,
100 meters

Question 8

Cat 8

Answer 8

40GBASE-T,
40Gbps,
30 Meters

Question 9

100BASE-FX

Answer 9

MMF,
100 Mbps,
2km

Question 10

100BASE-SX

Answer 10

MMF,
100 Mbps,
300m

Question 11

1000BASE-SX

Answer 11

MMF,
1000 Mbps,
220-550m

Question 12

1000BASE-LX

Answer 12

SMF/MMF,
1000 Mbps,
5km/550m

Question 13

10GBASE-SR

Answer 13

MMF,
10 Gbps,
400m

Question 14

10GBASE-LR

Answer 14

SMF,
10 Gbps,
10km

Question 15

APC (Angled Physical Contact)

Answer 15

8 degree angle. Typically used on MTRJ cables - Green connector

Question 16

UPC (Ultra Physical Contact)

Answer 16

No angle, slight signal lost. Typically used on SC cables - Blue connector

Question 17

WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexing)

Answer 17

Combines multiple signals into one signal and sends over a fiber optic strand using different wavelengths of the laser light source

Question 18

Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM)

Answer 18

Up to 18 channels,
Up to 10 Gbps (Ethernet) and Up to 16 Gbps (Fiber),
Up to 70km, above 40km means you can only use 8 channels

Question 19

Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM)

Answer 19

Up to 80 channels,
Up to 8 Tbps (100 Gpbs/channel),
Longer Distances - used by large service providers for internet backbone