BICSI INSTALLER 1 2026 EXAMINATION TEST QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔When installing the backboard, grade D plywood should never be used. What is the
distinctive characteristic of grade D plywood that will help you identify if it is on site? -
✔✔It contains knotholes without a repair or corrective action
✔✔Mechanical fire stops systems are durable while also - ✔✔Providing waterproofing
✔✔How much additional slack should be stored in a fiber distribution unit? - ✔✔10 feet
✔✔What tool is SPECIFIC to performing termination for optical fiber cable? - ✔✔Scribe
✔✔What is IDC termination? - ✔✔It displaces the insulation, exposing the conductor
✔✔Which piece of hardware connects two fibers together in a plug-to-play? -
✔✔Couplers
✔✔What is the missing step in this process of installing a wall outlet?
-Verify boxes meet wall requirements
-Locate wall studs/frame members around the area for box to be installed
-Place the back of the box against the wall over where you want to install
-Cut out the outline with a drywall saw
-___________________________ - ✔✔Run cables through the wall and out through
the hole
✔✔Which is NOT a bonding and grounding standard?
ANSI 607
ANSI 570
NFPA 780
ISO 30129 - ✔✔ANSI 570
✔✔In which phase are the actual tests performed? - ✔✔Phase 2
✔✔What is an approved method for establishing the distance of a cable run? -
✔✔Counting ceiling tiles
✔✔Troubleshooting is a/an ___________ pricess that requires experience, knowledge,
patience, and skill - ✔✔Investigative
✔✔What tool is REQUIRED to pull backbone cable of SIGNIFICANT weight? -
✔✔Tugger
, ✔✔What is the FIRST step you should perform to set up a cable installation area? -
✔✔Secure the area
✔✔When you strip a coaxial cable to prepare it for termination, how much of the
conductor should be left exposed? - ✔✔0.25 inches
✔✔What are the three basic elements needed for administering a structured cabling
system? - ✔✔Identifiers, Records, Labels
✔✔On a large project, the day has come to do some of the preparation work for
installing cable in the equipment room. What is the FIRST thing the installer should do?
- ✔✔Obtain and review documentation
✔✔When testing for the purposes of trouble shooting, what is one piece of specific data
you expect to ALWAYS log in your testing records? - ✔✔Location of the issue
✔✔When setting up an area for pulling cable, what is the FIRST task? - ✔✔Securing
the area
✔✔A disused data center is to be renovated for a new occupant. Before that happens,
the building's structure and systems must be inspected to determine if it meets the
needs of the new occupant. If the installer was on the portion if that surveyed the
bonding system, where would the installer expect to find the Backbone Bonding
Conductor (BBC)? - ✔✔Coursing through every third floor of the building
✔✔When installing backbone cable and a change in direction of the cable pull is
needed, what equipment is typically used to facilitate the change in direction? -
✔✔Bullwheel
✔✔There are several sub tasks that must be completed when the team identifies pull
points. What is one of the subtasks? - ✔✔Identify the location of bends
✔✔When terminating cable, what is the MAXIMUM permissible distance for untwisting
CAT 3 cable? - ✔✔3 inches
✔✔What is the FIRST step an installer should perform while pulling fiber optical cable? -
✔✔Ensure the cable has been tested and accepted
✔✔There are various ways to install a pull string. On potential sequence is given below.
-Determine the length of the fish tape required
-Feed the fish tape through the conduit
-__________________
-Pull fish tape out of the conduit - ✔✔Attach the string to the fish tape
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔When installing the backboard, grade D plywood should never be used. What is the
distinctive characteristic of grade D plywood that will help you identify if it is on site? -
✔✔It contains knotholes without a repair or corrective action
✔✔Mechanical fire stops systems are durable while also - ✔✔Providing waterproofing
✔✔How much additional slack should be stored in a fiber distribution unit? - ✔✔10 feet
✔✔What tool is SPECIFIC to performing termination for optical fiber cable? - ✔✔Scribe
✔✔What is IDC termination? - ✔✔It displaces the insulation, exposing the conductor
✔✔Which piece of hardware connects two fibers together in a plug-to-play? -
✔✔Couplers
✔✔What is the missing step in this process of installing a wall outlet?
-Verify boxes meet wall requirements
-Locate wall studs/frame members around the area for box to be installed
-Place the back of the box against the wall over where you want to install
-Cut out the outline with a drywall saw
-___________________________ - ✔✔Run cables through the wall and out through
the hole
✔✔Which is NOT a bonding and grounding standard?
ANSI 607
ANSI 570
NFPA 780
ISO 30129 - ✔✔ANSI 570
✔✔In which phase are the actual tests performed? - ✔✔Phase 2
✔✔What is an approved method for establishing the distance of a cable run? -
✔✔Counting ceiling tiles
✔✔Troubleshooting is a/an ___________ pricess that requires experience, knowledge,
patience, and skill - ✔✔Investigative
✔✔What tool is REQUIRED to pull backbone cable of SIGNIFICANT weight? -
✔✔Tugger
, ✔✔What is the FIRST step you should perform to set up a cable installation area? -
✔✔Secure the area
✔✔When you strip a coaxial cable to prepare it for termination, how much of the
conductor should be left exposed? - ✔✔0.25 inches
✔✔What are the three basic elements needed for administering a structured cabling
system? - ✔✔Identifiers, Records, Labels
✔✔On a large project, the day has come to do some of the preparation work for
installing cable in the equipment room. What is the FIRST thing the installer should do?
- ✔✔Obtain and review documentation
✔✔When testing for the purposes of trouble shooting, what is one piece of specific data
you expect to ALWAYS log in your testing records? - ✔✔Location of the issue
✔✔When setting up an area for pulling cable, what is the FIRST task? - ✔✔Securing
the area
✔✔A disused data center is to be renovated for a new occupant. Before that happens,
the building's structure and systems must be inspected to determine if it meets the
needs of the new occupant. If the installer was on the portion if that surveyed the
bonding system, where would the installer expect to find the Backbone Bonding
Conductor (BBC)? - ✔✔Coursing through every third floor of the building
✔✔When installing backbone cable and a change in direction of the cable pull is
needed, what equipment is typically used to facilitate the change in direction? -
✔✔Bullwheel
✔✔There are several sub tasks that must be completed when the team identifies pull
points. What is one of the subtasks? - ✔✔Identify the location of bends
✔✔When terminating cable, what is the MAXIMUM permissible distance for untwisting
CAT 3 cable? - ✔✔3 inches
✔✔What is the FIRST step an installer should perform while pulling fiber optical cable? -
✔✔Ensure the cable has been tested and accepted
✔✔There are various ways to install a pull string. On potential sequence is given below.
-Determine the length of the fish tape required
-Feed the fish tape through the conduit
-__________________
-Pull fish tape out of the conduit - ✔✔Attach the string to the fish tape
