Fiber Optic Cable Installation, Splicing, and Maintenance EXAM QUESTIONS WITH Answers

Fiber Optic Cable Installation, Splicing, and
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Fiber Optics - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The technique of
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transmitting information through flexible glass or plastic fibers
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using lightwaves.|\




The 3 components of a basic fiber optic system - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Transmitter, physical plant, receiver
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The physical plant component of a basic fiber optic system consist
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of: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The cable, connectors, splices, panel,
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and closures
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Part of the receiver converts the optical signal back into an electrical
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signal. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The detector a positive intrinsic
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negative (PIN) photodiode or an avalanche photodiode (APD).
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Two types of light in the fiber optic equipment. - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Light Emitting Diode (LED) and Light Amplification
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by Stimulated Emissions of Radiation.
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,The speed of light through the air. - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔186,000 miles per second |\ |\ |\




The speed of light through water - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔140,000 miles per second |\ |\ |\




The speed of light through glass - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔124,000
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miles per second
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The wavelength, frequency, and speed of vibrating________ are all
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related to each other. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Waveform
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The unit of measurement for wavelength - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Nanometer (nm) |\




As frequency increases the wavelength becomes __________; as
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frequency decreases the wavelength becomes _________. -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Shorter; longer |\ |\ |\




A particle of light is called a ____________. - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Photon
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, True or False. Photons have no mad and will pass through each
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other. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔True
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Light is electromagnetic energy with a _______________ frequency
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and __________ wavelength than radio waves. - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Higher; shorter |\ |\




Three common wavelength Windows used for communications
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through optical fibers. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔850nm, 1300nm,
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1550nm


Refraction - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The bending of light as it
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passes from one transparent material into another transparent
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material of different destinies.
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Three parts of an optical fiber. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Core,
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cladding buffer |\




The most cladding diameter for glass fiber - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔8 microns and 10 microns
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The typical diameter for loose tube buffer coated fibers - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔250 microns |\ |\