BICSI UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE
●● Fiber color code
Answer: Blue, Orange, Green, Brown, Slate, White, Red, Black, Yellow,
Violet, Rose, Aqua
●● NVP
Answer: Nominal Velocity of Propagation
●● Insertion loss
Answer: The difference in the amount of power received before and
after something is inserted into the circuit.
●● Resistance
Answer: Resistance is expressed in Ohms, and is the property of a
conductor to resist the flow of electricity through it. V=IR
●● Inductance
Answer: Is a property of an electromagnetic field built around a
conductor that opposes any change in the current flow in a circuit
,●● Capacitance
Answer: is a property of conductors that allows storage of electric
charges when potential differences exist between the conductors.
●● Impedance (V)
Answer: Total opposition of current flow measured in Ohms
●● American Wire Gauge (AWG)
Answer: A standard rating that indicates the diameter of a wire, such as
the conducting core of a coaxial cable or the twisted pairs in a UTP
cable.
●● Megahertz (MHz)
Answer: one million hertz, especially as a measure of the frequency of
transmissions
●● Megabit (Mb)
Answer: Approximately one million bits. Often used as a measurement
of data transfer throughput.
●● Bandwidth
Answer: The amount of data that can be transmitted over a network in a
given amount of time.
, ●● Decibel (dB)
Answer: A unit used to compare the loudness of different sounds.
●● Crosstalk
Answer: when data bleeds from one pair to another in a cable
●● Alien Crosstalk (AXT)
Answer: Unwanted signal coupling from one permanent link to another
●● USOC
Answer: Universal Service Order Code
●● Coaxial cable types
Answer: Series-6 and Series-11
●● Coaxial connectors
Answer: Series-6 uses BNC and F connectors
Series-11 uses F and N connectors
●● Fiber connectors
Answer: SC, ST, and SST(LC or
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE
●● Fiber color code
Answer: Blue, Orange, Green, Brown, Slate, White, Red, Black, Yellow,
Violet, Rose, Aqua
●● NVP
Answer: Nominal Velocity of Propagation
●● Insertion loss
Answer: The difference in the amount of power received before and
after something is inserted into the circuit.
●● Resistance
Answer: Resistance is expressed in Ohms, and is the property of a
conductor to resist the flow of electricity through it. V=IR
●● Inductance
Answer: Is a property of an electromagnetic field built around a
conductor that opposes any change in the current flow in a circuit
,●● Capacitance
Answer: is a property of conductors that allows storage of electric
charges when potential differences exist between the conductors.
●● Impedance (V)
Answer: Total opposition of current flow measured in Ohms
●● American Wire Gauge (AWG)
Answer: A standard rating that indicates the diameter of a wire, such as
the conducting core of a coaxial cable or the twisted pairs in a UTP
cable.
●● Megahertz (MHz)
Answer: one million hertz, especially as a measure of the frequency of
transmissions
●● Megabit (Mb)
Answer: Approximately one million bits. Often used as a measurement
of data transfer throughput.
●● Bandwidth
Answer: The amount of data that can be transmitted over a network in a
given amount of time.
, ●● Decibel (dB)
Answer: A unit used to compare the loudness of different sounds.
●● Crosstalk
Answer: when data bleeds from one pair to another in a cable
●● Alien Crosstalk (AXT)
Answer: Unwanted signal coupling from one permanent link to another
●● USOC
Answer: Universal Service Order Code
●● Coaxial cable types
Answer: Series-6 and Series-11
●● Coaxial connectors
Answer: Series-6 uses BNC and F connectors
Series-11 uses F and N connectors
●● Fiber connectors
Answer: SC, ST, and SST(LC or
