CFOT Certified Fiber Optic Technician Course
Questions with Correct Answers 2025
Safety gear every installer should wear - CORRECT ANSWER -Safety Glassed=s
Fiber optics - CORRECT ANSWER -subject matter
Cable "plant" - CORRECT ANSWER -install in buildings
Outside "plant" - CORRECT ANSWER -more durable for weather
multimode - CORRECT ANSWER -Large core
Single mode - CORRECT ANSWER -Small core
Measure of the color of light - CORRECT ANSWER -wavelength
invisible (to your eye) light used in fiber optics - CORRECT ANSWER -infared
wavelength matches to? - CORRECT ANSWER -nanometers
Measure of fiber loss - CORRECT ANSWER -dB
optical power - CORRECT ANSWER -dBm
Bandwidth is measured in? - CORRECT ANSWER -Mhz or Ghz
, cable jacket is measured in? - CORRECT ANSWER -mm or inches
fiber size? - CORRECT ANSWER -microns
Graded MM is made up of what? - CORRECT ANSWER -Made up of layers
Applications: Telecom: ? FTTX: ? CATV: ? LAN: ? - CORRECT ANSWER -SM, SM,SM,MM Graded
now graded, used to be stepped - CORRECT ANSWER -multimode
Rule for cable ties in fiber? - CORRECT ANSWER -Handtight
When do you do a link loss power budget? - CORRECT ANSWER -The Design Phase
The far end connectors in a power budget are ? - CORRECT ANSWER -Included in power budget
Attenuator - CORRECT ANSWER -power dB down
The outside diamater of what is the same for most SM and MM fibers? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Cladding
SM has more bandwidth than MM. T OR F? - CORRECT ANSWER -True
SM Color - CORRECT ANSWER -yellow
Questions with Correct Answers 2025
Safety gear every installer should wear - CORRECT ANSWER -Safety Glassed=s
Fiber optics - CORRECT ANSWER -subject matter
Cable "plant" - CORRECT ANSWER -install in buildings
Outside "plant" - CORRECT ANSWER -more durable for weather
multimode - CORRECT ANSWER -Large core
Single mode - CORRECT ANSWER -Small core
Measure of the color of light - CORRECT ANSWER -wavelength
invisible (to your eye) light used in fiber optics - CORRECT ANSWER -infared
wavelength matches to? - CORRECT ANSWER -nanometers
Measure of fiber loss - CORRECT ANSWER -dB
optical power - CORRECT ANSWER -dBm
Bandwidth is measured in? - CORRECT ANSWER -Mhz or Ghz
, cable jacket is measured in? - CORRECT ANSWER -mm or inches
fiber size? - CORRECT ANSWER -microns
Graded MM is made up of what? - CORRECT ANSWER -Made up of layers
Applications: Telecom: ? FTTX: ? CATV: ? LAN: ? - CORRECT ANSWER -SM, SM,SM,MM Graded
now graded, used to be stepped - CORRECT ANSWER -multimode
Rule for cable ties in fiber? - CORRECT ANSWER -Handtight
When do you do a link loss power budget? - CORRECT ANSWER -The Design Phase
The far end connectors in a power budget are ? - CORRECT ANSWER -Included in power budget
Attenuator - CORRECT ANSWER -power dB down
The outside diamater of what is the same for most SM and MM fibers? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Cladding
SM has more bandwidth than MM. T OR F? - CORRECT ANSWER -True
SM Color - CORRECT ANSWER -yellow