BICSI Installer 1 & 2 Containing 357
Terms and Definitions 2024-2025.
TIA/EIA - Answer: Telecommunications Industry Association / Electronic Industries
Alliance
TIA/EIA-568-C.0 - Answer: Generic Telecommunications Cabling for Customer
Premises
TIA-568-C.1 - Answer: Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard
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,ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-C.2 - Answer: Balanced Twisted Pair Telecommunications
Cabling and Component Standards
ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-C.3 - Answer: Optical Fiber Cabling Component Standards
TIA/EIA-569-B - Answer: Commercial Building Standard for Telecommunications
Pathways and Spaces
ANSI/TIA/EIA-570-B - Answer: Residential Telecommunications Infrastructure
Standard 2004
ANSI/TIA/EIA-606-A - Answer: Administration Standard for Commercial
Telecommunications Infrastructure
ANSI/J-STD-607-A - Answer: Commercial Building Grounding and Bonding
Requirements for Telecommunications
TIA TSB-140 - Answer: Additional Guidelines for Field-Testing Length, Loss, and
Polarity of Optical Fiber
TIA-525-7 OFSTP-7 - Answer: Measurement of Optical Power Loss of Installed
Singlemode Fiber Cable Plant
TIA-526-14-A OFSTP-14 - Answer: Measurement of Optical Power Loss of Installed
Multimode Fiber Cable Plant
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,IEEE - Answer: Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IEEE 802.3ab - Answer: 100Base-T, 1 Gig Ethernet
IEEE 802.3af - Answer: Power Over Ethernet 15.4W max
IEEE 802.3an - Answer: 10Base-T, 10 Gig Ethernet
IEEE 802.3at - Answer: Enhanced Power Over Ethernet 25.5W max
IEEE 802.11a - Answer: 54/22 Mbit/sec 5 GHz
IEEE 802.11b - Answer: 11 Mbit/sec 2.4 GHz
IEEE 802.11g - Answer: 54/22 Mbit/sec 2.4 GHz
IEEE 802.11n - Answer: 600 Mbit/sec 2.4 or 5 GHz
ISO - Answer: International Organization for Standardization
IEC JTC1 - Answer: International Electrotechnical Commission Joint Committee 1
NEC 90 - Answer: Introduction
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, NEC 100 - Answer: Definitions
NEC 250 - Answer: Grounding
NEC 300 - Answer: Wiring Methods
NEC 500 - Answer: Hazardous Locations
NEC 760 - Answer: Fire Alarm Systems
NEC 770 - Answer: Optical Fiber Cables and Raceways
NEC 800 - Answer: Communication Circuits
TIA TSB-140 Tier 1 Testing - Answer: Length, Loss, Polarity, OLTS
TIA TSB-140 Tier 2 Testing - Answer: Tier 1(Length, Loss, Polarity) OTDR
Code - Answer: Rule intended to ensure safety during installation, use, disposal.
Typically invoked and enforced by government. Address safety of persons,
property and environment. Include: Electrical, Building, Fire, Environmental,
Safety. When adopted by Authority Having Jurisdiction they have the force of law.
Standard - Answer: Establish a basis to compare, measure or judge: Capacity,
Quantity, Value, Quality, Performance, Limits, Interoperability.
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Terms and Definitions 2024-2025.
TIA/EIA - Answer: Telecommunications Industry Association / Electronic Industries
Alliance
TIA/EIA-568-C.0 - Answer: Generic Telecommunications Cabling for Customer
Premises
TIA-568-C.1 - Answer: Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard
1|Page
,ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-C.2 - Answer: Balanced Twisted Pair Telecommunications
Cabling and Component Standards
ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-C.3 - Answer: Optical Fiber Cabling Component Standards
TIA/EIA-569-B - Answer: Commercial Building Standard for Telecommunications
Pathways and Spaces
ANSI/TIA/EIA-570-B - Answer: Residential Telecommunications Infrastructure
Standard 2004
ANSI/TIA/EIA-606-A - Answer: Administration Standard for Commercial
Telecommunications Infrastructure
ANSI/J-STD-607-A - Answer: Commercial Building Grounding and Bonding
Requirements for Telecommunications
TIA TSB-140 - Answer: Additional Guidelines for Field-Testing Length, Loss, and
Polarity of Optical Fiber
TIA-525-7 OFSTP-7 - Answer: Measurement of Optical Power Loss of Installed
Singlemode Fiber Cable Plant
TIA-526-14-A OFSTP-14 - Answer: Measurement of Optical Power Loss of Installed
Multimode Fiber Cable Plant
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,IEEE - Answer: Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IEEE 802.3ab - Answer: 100Base-T, 1 Gig Ethernet
IEEE 802.3af - Answer: Power Over Ethernet 15.4W max
IEEE 802.3an - Answer: 10Base-T, 10 Gig Ethernet
IEEE 802.3at - Answer: Enhanced Power Over Ethernet 25.5W max
IEEE 802.11a - Answer: 54/22 Mbit/sec 5 GHz
IEEE 802.11b - Answer: 11 Mbit/sec 2.4 GHz
IEEE 802.11g - Answer: 54/22 Mbit/sec 2.4 GHz
IEEE 802.11n - Answer: 600 Mbit/sec 2.4 or 5 GHz
ISO - Answer: International Organization for Standardization
IEC JTC1 - Answer: International Electrotechnical Commission Joint Committee 1
NEC 90 - Answer: Introduction
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, NEC 100 - Answer: Definitions
NEC 250 - Answer: Grounding
NEC 300 - Answer: Wiring Methods
NEC 500 - Answer: Hazardous Locations
NEC 760 - Answer: Fire Alarm Systems
NEC 770 - Answer: Optical Fiber Cables and Raceways
NEC 800 - Answer: Communication Circuits
TIA TSB-140 Tier 1 Testing - Answer: Length, Loss, Polarity, OLTS
TIA TSB-140 Tier 2 Testing - Answer: Tier 1(Length, Loss, Polarity) OTDR
Code - Answer: Rule intended to ensure safety during installation, use, disposal.
Typically invoked and enforced by government. Address safety of persons,
property and environment. Include: Electrical, Building, Fire, Environmental,
Safety. When adopted by Authority Having Jurisdiction they have the force of law.
Standard - Answer: Establish a basis to compare, measure or judge: Capacity,
Quantity, Value, Quality, Performance, Limits, Interoperability.
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