Media Types

Question 1

the difference between the different cable categories is the _______ _____ they can handle without having any crosstalk.

Answer 1

maximum, speed

Question 2

The numbers of these cable categories represent the _________ of the twists that are applied to the _____.

Answer 2

tightness, wires

Question 3

Category 3 has a maximum speed of __ megabits per second. And this is an old category, that was used on old ______-__ Ethernet networks.

Answer 3

10 mbps, 10BASE-T

Question 4

Category 5 has a maximum speed of ___ megabits per second and these were used on _______-__ & ___ Ethernet networks.

Answer 4

100 mbps, 100BASE-T, TX

Question 5

Category 5e is an _________ version of category 5, and it has speeds of over ____ megabits per second. And these are used on ________-__ Ethernet networks.

Answer 5

enchanted, 1000 mbps, 1000BASE-T

Question 6

Category 6 also has a maximum speed of ____ megabits per second. And is also used on ________-__ Ethernet networks

Answer 6

1000 mbps, 1000BASE-T

Question 7

Category 6 is more of a _______ duty cable when compared to category 5e. And is also used on _______-__ networks. Which has a max speed of ______ megabits per second. But only for cable lengths of less than 100 meters.

Answer 7

heavier, 10GBASE-T, 10,000 mbps

Question 8

Category 6a or _________. And this has a maximum speed of ______ megabits per second. And is used on 10GBASE-T networks. And unlike category 6, this has a _______ length of 100 meters.

Answer 8

augmented, 10,000 mbps, maximum

Question 9

Unshielded twisted pair is by far the most ________ type of _____ that is used today.

Answer 9

common, cable

Question 10

UTP, It consists of ____ pairs of ___________ wires twisted around each other. The wires are twisted to prevent ______________ interference or crosstalk.

Answer 10

four, unshielded, electromagnetic

Question 11

UTP Cabling is mainly used on _____ ____ networks.

Answer 11

Local, area

Question 12

In UTP Cabling, The greater number of ______ , the better prevention of __________.

Answer 12

twists, interference

Question 13

shielded twisted pair is very similar to unshielded twisted pair, except that it has a ____ shield that covers the _____.

Answer 13

foil, wires

Question 14

(STP) This shielding adds a layer of protection against _______________ interference leaking into or out of a _____.

Answer 14

electromagnetic, cable

Question 15

Coaxial cable is used today primarily by _____ providers, to provide a computer with _________ _______ connection.

Answer 15

cable, broadband, internet,

Question 16

Early on, Coaxial cables was used as the ________ for networks, such as a ___ network.

Answer 16

backbone, bus

Question 17

There are two common types of coaxial cable __-_ and __-__

Answer 17

RG-6 and RG-59

Question 18

(1st Type of Coaxial cable) RG-6 = made for ____ distances and commonly used for _____ television and internet __________.

Answer 18

long, cable, connection

Question 19

(2nd Type of Coaxial cable) RG-59 = made for _____ distances and generally used for __ /__ video.

Answer 19

short, HD/HQ

Question 20

Fiber optic cable uses pulses of _____ to send ____. And as a result, it is very fast and it can span for great _________.

Answer 20

light, data, distances

Question 21

There are two different modes in fiber optics

Answer 21

SMF (Single Mode Fiber), MMF (Multi-Mode Fiber)

Question 22

Single mode fiber = is a fiber optic cable that allows _____ to enter only at a ______ angle

Answer 22

light, single

Question 23

(SMF) so when this type of transmission of _____ enters at this _____, it can span for great distances.

Answer 23

light, angle

Question 24

in multi-mode, light travels in ________ beams that reflect off the _____ of the cable. also, multi-mode fiber is made for _____ distances.

Answer 24

multiple, walls, short

Question 25

• Sometimes you might need to convert different media types in your network.
• So if you’re running different types of media such as fiber ,Ethernet, or coaxial within your network, then you can convert and connect all these different types by using a _____ _________ .

Answer 25

media converter

Question 26

Media converters allows you to convert to different types of _____. Such as converting single and multi-mode fiber to ________ , fiber to coaxial, and single mode fiber to multi-mode fiber, and so on.

Answer 26

media, ethernet,