Media and cabling distribution

Question 1

Coaxial Cable

Answer 1

has a data core in the center of the cable it the shielded like cable to protect from Electromagnetic interference (EMI) there’s 2 kinds RG6 the thicker one and RG59 the thinner one.

Question 2

Twisted Pair Cable

Answer 2

Most popular Physical LAN media type. has 8 wires inside of it.

Question 3

What is UTP and STP

Answer 3

Unshielded Twisted pair and Shielded Twisted pair.

Question 4

RJ45

Answer 4

Most commonly used in networks and has 8 pins on the connector. Used for most ethernet applications.

Question 5

RJ11

Answer 5

a 6 pin connector that is a standard phone line uses 2or 4 pins.

Question 6

DB9 or 25

Answer 6

used for RS232 cables aka serial cables. Used for external modems.

Question 7

Straight through patch cable (T568B)

Answer 7

Both ends of the cable have matching pin outs.

Question 8

T568B (the order of the wire pairs)

Answer 8

Preferred way of wiring a building. used to connect data determining equipment (DTE) laptop or desktop router to a Data communications Equipment (DCE) Switch and modem.
pin         color
1            white/orange
2           orange
3           white/green
4           blue
5           blue/white
6           green
7           white/brown
8           brown

Question 9

Crossover Cable (T568A)

Answer 9

Send and receive pins of the cable are swapped in the end pin outs.

Question 10

T568A (the order of the wires)

Answer 10

Used to connect a workstation to a workstation, or a switch to a switch.
pin         color
1           white/green
2          green
3          white/orange
4          blue
5          white/blue
6          orange
7          white/brown
8          brown