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A comprehensive study guide covering key concepts and questions related to FOA certification. It provides detailed information on fiber optic connectors, cable types, standards, and networking components used in structured cabling systems. The guide covers topics such as UTP cable performance, punchdown blocks, Gigabit Ethernet, cable termination best practices, and the differences between TIA/EIA and ISO/IEC standards. It also addresses the use of fiber optics in video surveillance, wireless networks, and the role of network devices.
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Any connector with a FOCIS standards document - Correct Answers ✅Which fiber optic connector may be used according to the EIA/TIA 568 cabling standard? The Performance level of unshielded twisted pair cable - Correct Answers ✅What UTP Cat 3, Cat 5e, and Cat 6 or Class D, E, and F rating indicate? 66 Punchdown blocks - Correct Answers ✅Commerical phone systems (not VoIP but POTS) traditionally use multipair UTP cables for backbone connections with _running_____used in the telecom closet for connections to horizontal cables running to the desktop. Gigabet Ethernet - Correct Answers ✅TIA Cat 5e or "enhanced Cat 5' cable or ISO/IEC Class D cable was introduced to support the needs of what the computer network? 100 MHz - Correct Answers ✅For certifying Cat 5e/Class D Performance, installed cables are tested at ________. 250 MHz - Correct Answers ✅Category 6/Class E cabling is specified and must be tested during certification to _______MHz.
All of these - Correct Answers ✅A copper time domain reflectometer (TDR) can be used to find_________. Keep the pairs twisted to within 1/2 inch of the termination - Correct Answers ✅When terminating Cat5e/6 or Class D/E UTP cabling, what must be remembered to maintain the performance of the installed cable? Bix block - Correct Answers ✅Which punchdown block is more often used with multipair cables for POTS (plain old telephone service) connections? True - Correct Answers ✅Standards are written by manufacturers as minimum specifications to ensure interoperability among various manufacturer's products. True - Correct Answers ✅While video surveillance systems traditionally used coax cable, they can use UTP in a structured cabling system or fiber optics also. False - Correct Answers ✅Gigabit and faster networks only work fiber optics.
90 meters (293ft) - Correct Answers ✅What is maximum length of a permanently installed UTP cabling link allowed in structured cabling standards (the permanent link)? 10 meters - Correct Answers ✅TIA/EIA 568 and ISO/IEC 11801 standards specify the total length of UTP patchcords in a channel to be less than______. Cat 5/Class D - Correct Answers ✅If you use a Cat 5/ Class D UTP patchcord on newer Cat 6/Class E cable plant, the link performance will typically meet_____specs. Hook and loop cable ties - Correct Answers ✅At patchpanels,______should be used to bundle patchcords for neatness to ensure no damage to the cables. Insulation displacement terminations in the connecting block - Correct Answers ✅What actually makes the electrical connection with the wires in a 110 block? No - Correct Answers ✅Does a jack have the same color code for the pairs as a punchdown block?
Reversal of pairs 2 and 3 - Correct Answers ✅The difference between the termination schemes of T568A and T568B is_______? Insulation-displacement - Correct Answers ✅A crimp-connector like the UTP modular connector is also called a______connector. Access point - Correct Answers ✅Wireless networks require cables to connect the_____to the network. Use cable lubricant - Correct Answers ✅If you pulling a cable in long conduit and encounter resistance, you should________. Drop the cable down instead of pulling them up - Correct Answers ✅When installing cables vertically in risers, you can install cables more easily if you_________. Punchdown tool with 110 blade - Correct Answers ✅What UTP installation tool is needed for termination most jacks? Optical power meter - Correct Answers ✅Insertion loss or the reduction in optical power as light passes through a fiber optic cable plant is tested with a_______.
ceilings where the temperature may get hotter than normal offices,_________. TIA-568 - Correct Answers ✅What is primary US standard for structured cabling? ISO-11801 - Correct Answers ✅What is primary international standard for structured cabling? Prevent electromagnetic interference - Correct Answers ✅In an industrial environment, fiber is most often used to________. Telecom closets (rooms) with power, grounding and AC for hubs and switches - Correct Answers ✅The biggest cost factor in a UTP copper network that is unnecessary in a centralized fiber network is the_____________. Has more distance capability with gigabit (and above) network which use laser sources - Correct Answers ✅OM2 or OM3 optical fiber with a 50/125 micron core has become the most popular option in multimode cabling systems because it__________. Hybrid - Correct Answers ✅A cable that contains both singlemode and multimode fiber is called a ____________cable.
Horizontal cabling - Correct Answers ✅What is the cable form telecom closet (room) to the work outlet called? Backbone cabling - Correct Answers ✅What is the cabling from the telecom closet to the main cross connect or computer center called? Singlemode and multimode fiber optic cable - Correct Answers ✅What other cables are recognized in the TIA-568 commercial structured cabling standards? The aramid strength members inside the cable - Correct Answers ✅Fiber optic cable should be pulled by__________. Can harm cables if too tight, so they should be hand-tightened snugly - Correct Answers ✅Cable ties used on category-rated UTP or fiber optic cables____________. Proper documentation - Correct Answers ✅__________will facilitate installation, allow better planning for upgrades and simplify testing on any cabling system.
Visual inspection with microscope, Testing for inspection loss with an optical loss test set, Confirming connector polarization - a fiber must always go from a transmitter to a receiver: All of the above - Correct Answers ✅Fiber optic cables and their connectors should be verified by__________. Not recommended since cables are generally too short - Correct Answers ✅Test premises cables with an OTDR (optical time domain reflectormeter) is_____________. Plenum-rated (OFNP, optical fiber nonconductive plenum) - Correct Answers ✅Which of these fiber optic cable types may be installed in air handling areas in a building?(US cable types listed) Fiber size and connector type - Correct Answers ✅Reference cable for fiber optic testing must match the__________ of the cable being tested. Light source and power meter or optical loss test set (LSPM or OLTS) - Correct Answers ✅Prior to customer acceptance or system turn- up,__________ is used to test the fiber optic cable to plant ensure it is within the loss budget.
OFSTP-14 or ISO/IEC 61280 (multimode) - Correct Answers ✅The industry standard method for testing an installed multimode fiber optic cable plant described in__________. Excess loss when coupling from 62.5/125 to 50/125 fiber - Correct Answers ✅Mixing 50/125 micron fiber with 62.5/125 fiber can cause__________. Other wireless networks, Remote controls like door openers, and moving objects: All of the above - Correct Answers ✅Potential sources of interference for wireless LANS include___________. 75 Ohm coax - Correct Answers ✅Video system like CATV or CCTV are traditionally designed to operate over___________ cable. Blue, Orange, Green, Brown - Correct Answers ✅The color code for each pair in a 4-pair UTP cable WiFi - Correct Answers ✅The common IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN is also called. Structure cabling (Cat 5e or fiber) - Correct Answers ✅Most wireless antennas connect to the network by______________.
Hub or Switch - Correct Answers ✅The electronic box that connects the backbone cabling to all the horizontal cables, enabling any PC to talk yo any other. Access Point - Correct Answers ✅Antenna for WiFi connected to network on cabling. Router - Correct Answers ✅A smart switch that connects to the premises network to the outside world. Power over Ethernet (POE) - Correct Answers ✅The Ethernet standard for powering devices from the pairs in a 4-pair UTP cable used for LAN connection. Media Converter - Correct Answers ✅Device that allows mixing cable types, e.g. copper to fiber. Punch-down block - Correct Answers ✅A connection block incorporating insulation displacement connections for interconnecting copper wires with a special insertion tool. 66 block (Network) - Correct Answers ✅Punchdown block from AT&T 66 Cross Connect System.
110 block (POTS) Plain old telephone services - Correct Answers ✅Punchdown block from AT&T 110 Cross Connect System. Core - Correct Answers ✅This part is smaller in singlemode fiber than multimode fiber Cladding - Correct Answers ✅This part traps light causing total internal reflection Primary buffer coating - Correct Answers ✅This is the part you strip for splicing or terminating Cable verifier - Correct Answers ✅Test cables for proper transmission of network signals. Wire mapper - Correct Answers ✅Test cables for connect pair connections. Cable certifier - Correct Answers ✅Test cables for performance required by standards.