Bicsi Media Exam 2023/24

Horizontal Cabling - ANSWER-As defined by the EIA/TIA-568 standard, cabling that connects workstations and servers in the work area. Backbone Cabling - ANSWER-Interconnect TR's, TEs, Equipment room and Entrance f (EFs) Outside plant - ANSWER-Connect building and provide SP services into a building Connecting hardware - ANSWER-Is used to terminate the horizontal cabling in the TR/TE or work area. Media Selection - ANSWER-The choice of a specific transport medium is influenced by economics and technical consideration. Media Selection - ANSWER--physical diameter of the cable -type of services to be provided ( voice, data, and video) -topology and size of network -transmission path distance -transmission performance characteristic of cabling Horizontal Cabling Choice - ANSWER-Consist of two telecomm outlet/ connectors. Connected to 4-pair 100-ohm balance cat 5e or higher, two or more strands 50/125 micrometer multimode fiber, 62.5 multimode fiber 6 types of horizontal cabling - ANSWER--4 pair unshielded twisted pair (UTP) - 4 pair shielded twisted pair (STP) -Screened twisted -pair (ScTP) -foil twisted pair (FTP) -Overall Unshielded twisted pair with foil screened twisted pair (U/FTP) -Overall braid screen with foil twisted pair (S/FTP) Backbone Cabling Variety of Requirements - ANSWER--62.5/125 and 50/125 mm of -single mode of -100 ohm balanced twisted pair 75 ohm coaxial 10G Ethernet, 50/125 laser enhanced OM3 or optical SM cabling may be required. unshielded twisted pair - ANSWER-4 pair wire, twisted, with a diff # of twists per inch to help eliminate interference from adjacent pairs and electrical devices. Used Local Area Network, Low cost Cat 3 UTP cable - ANSWER-Bandwidth 16 MHZ Lowest of cables