Physical Media

Question 1

F-Type

Answer 1

Coaxial - standard cable screw on cable

Question 2

BNC

Answer 2

Coaxial - legacy push and turn on cable

Question 3

RJ45

Answer 3

8-pin connector

Question 4

RJ11

Answer 4

6-pin , 2 pins used. Ex. Phone jack

Question 4

CAT 5

Answer 4

(Fast Ethernet)
100BASE-TX
100 Mbps
100 Meters

Question 4

CAT 5e

Answer 4

(Gigabit Ethernet)
1000BASE-T
1000 Mbps (1 Gbps)
100 Meters

Question 5

CAT 3

Answer 5

(Ethernet)
10BASE-T
10 Mbps
100 Meters

Question 6

CAT 6

Answer 6

1000BASE-T | 10GBASE-T
1 Gbps |10 Gbps
100 meters | 55 meters

Question 7

CAT 6a

Answer 7

10GBASE-T
10 Gbps
100 meters

Question 8

CAT 7

Answer 8

10GBASE-T
10 Gbps
100 meters

Question 9

CAT 8

Answer 9

40GBASE-T
40 Gbps
30 meters

Question 10

568A pattern

Answer 10

GW,G,OW,B,BW,O,BrW,Br

Question 11

568B pattern

Answer 11

OW,O,GW,B,BW,G,BrW,Br

Question 12

SMF

Answer 12

Single Mode Fiber
-up to 40 Kilometers
-smaller core size allowing for only single mode of travel for light.
-8.3 - 10 microns in diameter

Question 13

MMF

Answer 13

Multimode Fiber
-200-500 meters or more
-larger core size allowing for multiple modes of travel
-50 - 100 microns in diameter

Question 14

SC

Answer 14

Subscriber Connector
-“Stick and Click”
-Square shaped

Question 15

ST

Answer 15

Straight Tip Connector
-“Stick and Twist”

Question 16

LC

Answer 16

Lucent Connector
-“Love Connector”
-smaller version of SC

Question 17

MTRJ

Answer 17

Mechanical Transfer Registered Jack
-Smallest form factor
-both transmit and receive in one connector

Question 18

APC

Answer 18

Angled Physical Contact connector
-Fiber end face is polished at an angle
-better single, less noise

Question 19

UPC

Answer 19

Ultra Physical Contact connector
-End face has no angle but polished curve end

Question 20

WDM

Answer 20

Wave Division Mutliplexing
-Combine multiple signals into one signal sent over a single fiber strand using different wavelengths of the laser light source.

Question 21

CWDM

Answer 21

Coarse WDM
- up to 18 wavelength channels
- 20 nm apart per channel
- up to 10 Gbps (Ethernet)
-up to 16 Gbps (Fiber)

Question 22

DWDM

Answer 22

Dense WDM
-Up to 80 channels
-0.8nm
-Up to 8 Tbps (100 Gbps/channel)

Question 23

GBIC

Answer 23

Standard hot-pluggable gigabit Ethernet transceiver
-can take on copper or fiber

Question 24

SFP

Answer 24

Small form-factor pluggable transceiver
-up to 4.2 Gbps

Question 25

SFP+

Answer 25

Up to 16 Gbps

Question 26

QSFP

Answer 26

Quad small form-factor pluggable transceiver
- up to 40 Gbps

Question 27

QSFP+

Answer 27

• up to 41.2 Gbps

Question 28

QSFP28

Answer 28

-up to 100 Gbps

Question 29

QSFP56

Answer 29

-up to 200 Gbps

Question 30

66 Block

Answer 30

aka M Block
-used in older analog telephone systems
-supports a 25-pair cable

Question 31

110 Block

Answer 31

-Supports high speed data networks for CAT 5 and above.
-insulation displacement contact connectors

Question 32

Krone Block

Answer 32

-proprietary European alternative to 110 Block
-uses a 45 degree angle punchdown contact

Question 33

BIX Block

Answer 33

Proprietary punch down that comes in various sizes

Question 34

Which two fiber standards run single mode fiber?

Hint: “S is not Single”

Answer 34

1000BASE-LX, 10GBASE-LR