Tools

Question 1

Cable crimper

Answer 1

Crimps connectors to twisted pair cables

Question 2

Punchdown tool

Answer 2

Used for punching down cables into wiring blocks.

Question 3

Tone generator

Answer 3

Generates a tone at one end of a wire, to help identify where the other end of the wire terminates.

Question 4

Loopback adapter

Answer 4

Loop an output back into an input on the same device. Used for testing physical ports.

Question 5

Optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR)

Answer 5

check impedance and identify breaks or splices in the cable.

Question 6

Multimeter

Answer 6

Used to check voltage.

Question 7

Cable tester

Answer 7

that the pinout is correct.

Question 8

Wire map

Answer 8

wire placement within a cable or building

Question 9

Tap tool

Answer 9

Intercept network traffic, Used to duplicate packet capture to send to controller

Question 10

Fusion splicers

Answer 10

Repair fiber cables

Question 11

Spectrum analyzers

Answer 11

Analyses wireless frequency spectrums

Question 12

Snips/cutters

Answer 12

cut cables to prepare them for a connector

Question 13

Cable stripper

Answer 13

strip back sleeve to expose wires

Question 14

Fiber light meter

Answer 14

test a fiber connection to make sure maximum amount of light is passing through/signal

Question 15

WiFi analyzer

Answer 15

Provides the ability to capture and analyze WiFi network info/packets.

Question 16

Protocol analyzer/packet capture

Answer 16

WireShark. Capture and display network traffic. Use a physical tap tool

Question 17

Bandwidth speed tester

Answer 17

Speed test websites.

Question 18

Port scanner

Answer 18

Software to scan a network for IP addresses and open ports. Nmap app.

Question 19

iperf software tool/IP Scanner

Answer 19

Performance monitoring.

Question 20

NetFlow analyzers

Answer 20

Allows the gathering of network/traffic statistics from NetFlow probes/collectors that have been installed on the network.