BICSI INSTALLER 1 CORRECT FINALS QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What are the recommendations for placing a BBC (GE) in a multistory building? -
✔✔Every third floor and the top
✔✔What is the minimum recommended AWG for a BBC (GE)? - ✔✔6 gauge
✔✔What is the recommended maximum value for the bonding resistance between the
two points on bonded surfaces? - ✔✔0.1 ohms or less
✔✔Secondary protectors are installed to handle - ✔✔sneak currents
✔✔What is the preferred method for installing backbone cable in a vertical pathway? -
✔✔top-down
✔✔What can be used to minimize cables twisting and wrapping around themselves
during a pull? - ✔✔swivel
✔✔What is the maximum pulling tension for a 4-pair UTP cable? - ✔✔25 Lbs
✔✔What is the recommended method for attaching a pull string to a horizontal copper
cables? - ✔✔at least 3 half hitches
✔✔What should be used to secure backbone cable in a vertical pathway? - ✔✔wire-
mesh grip
✔✔What is the preferred method for attaching loose tube fiber optic cables to a pull
rope? - ✔✔wire-mesh grip
, ✔✔What is the recommended method of balanced twisted pair terminations? -
✔✔Insulation Displacement Connector (IDC)
✔✔Which termination configuration uses drain wires? - ✔✔STP
✔✔Sheath removal tools - ✔✔Ringer, Slitter, Snips*
✔✔What pair counts are 110 hardware frames available in? - ✔✔50, 100, 300, 900
✔✔What pair counts are BIX hardware frames available in? - ✔✔50, 250, 300, 900
✔✔Orange cable means - ✔✔Demarc
✔✔Green cable means - ✔✔network connections
✔✔Purple cable means - ✔✔common equipment
✔✔White cable means - ✔✔first-level backbone
✔✔Gray cable means - ✔✔second-level backbone
✔✔Blue cable means - ✔✔horizontal cabling
✔✔Brown cable means - ✔✔interbuilding backbone
✔✔Yellow cable means - ✔✔misc.
✔✔Red cable means - ✔✔reserved for future use
✔✔Bus topology - ✔✔a linear configuration that places all of the network devices on
one cable (daisy-chain)
✔✔Tree topology - ✔✔extension of a bus topology
✔✔Ring topology - ✔✔places all the network devices in a circle and uses one cable to
connect between devices. Each device is connected to the next one until the circle is
closed.
✔✔Star topology - ✔✔network switch is placed in the center of the network and the
devices connect to the switch.
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What are the recommendations for placing a BBC (GE) in a multistory building? -
✔✔Every third floor and the top
✔✔What is the minimum recommended AWG for a BBC (GE)? - ✔✔6 gauge
✔✔What is the recommended maximum value for the bonding resistance between the
two points on bonded surfaces? - ✔✔0.1 ohms or less
✔✔Secondary protectors are installed to handle - ✔✔sneak currents
✔✔What is the preferred method for installing backbone cable in a vertical pathway? -
✔✔top-down
✔✔What can be used to minimize cables twisting and wrapping around themselves
during a pull? - ✔✔swivel
✔✔What is the maximum pulling tension for a 4-pair UTP cable? - ✔✔25 Lbs
✔✔What is the recommended method for attaching a pull string to a horizontal copper
cables? - ✔✔at least 3 half hitches
✔✔What should be used to secure backbone cable in a vertical pathway? - ✔✔wire-
mesh grip
✔✔What is the preferred method for attaching loose tube fiber optic cables to a pull
rope? - ✔✔wire-mesh grip
, ✔✔What is the recommended method of balanced twisted pair terminations? -
✔✔Insulation Displacement Connector (IDC)
✔✔Which termination configuration uses drain wires? - ✔✔STP
✔✔Sheath removal tools - ✔✔Ringer, Slitter, Snips*
✔✔What pair counts are 110 hardware frames available in? - ✔✔50, 100, 300, 900
✔✔What pair counts are BIX hardware frames available in? - ✔✔50, 250, 300, 900
✔✔Orange cable means - ✔✔Demarc
✔✔Green cable means - ✔✔network connections
✔✔Purple cable means - ✔✔common equipment
✔✔White cable means - ✔✔first-level backbone
✔✔Gray cable means - ✔✔second-level backbone
✔✔Blue cable means - ✔✔horizontal cabling
✔✔Brown cable means - ✔✔interbuilding backbone
✔✔Yellow cable means - ✔✔misc.
✔✔Red cable means - ✔✔reserved for future use
✔✔Bus topology - ✔✔a linear configuration that places all of the network devices on
one cable (daisy-chain)
✔✔Tree topology - ✔✔extension of a bus topology
✔✔Ring topology - ✔✔places all the network devices in a circle and uses one cable to
connect between devices. Each device is connected to the next one until the circle is
closed.
✔✔Star topology - ✔✔network switch is placed in the center of the network and the
devices connect to the switch.
