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Study Guide To FOA Certification Exam
Questions With Verified Answers
Any connector with a FOCIS standards document - answer✔Which fiber optic connector may be
used according to the EIA/TIA 568 cabling standard?
The Performance level of unshielded twisted pair cable - answer✔What UTP Cat 3, Cat 5e, and
Cat 6 or Class D, E, and F rating indicate?
66 Punchdown blocks - answer✔Commerical phone systems (not VoIP but POTS) traditionally
use multipair UTP cables for backbone connections with _running_____used in the telecom
closet for connections to horizontal cables running to the desktop.
Gigabet Ethernet - answer✔TIA Cat 5e or "enhanced Cat 5' cable or ISO/IEC Class D cable was
introduced to support the needs of what the computer network?
100 MHz - answer✔For certifying Cat 5e/Class D Performance, installed cables are tested at
________.
250 MHz - answer✔Category 6/Class E cabling is specified and must be tested during
certification to _______MHz.
All of these - answer✔A copper time domain reflectometer (TDR) can be used to
find_________.
Keep the pairs twisted to within 1/2 inch of the termination - answer✔When terminating Cat5e/6
or Class D/E UTP cabling, what must be remembered to maintain the performance of the
installed cable?
Bix block - answer✔Which punchdown block is more often used with multipair cables for POTS
(plain old telephone service) connections?
True - answer✔Standards are written by manufacturers as minimum specifications to ensure
interoperability among various manufacturer's products.
True - answer✔While video surveillance systems traditionally used coax cable, they can use
UTP in a structured cabling system or fiber optics also.
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False - answer✔Gigabit and faster networks only work fiber optics.
False - answer✔Fiber optic installations do not require inspection for compliance to local
building or electrical codes since they do not contain copper wires.
True - answer✔The US National Electrical Code (NEC) requires removal of all "abandoned"
communications cabling for fire safety.
True - answer✔The international standards include a Class F cable for highest performance
networks that some manufacturers sell in the US as Category 7, but it is not currently a US
standard.
Cat 7 - answer✔The name for the current generation UTP cable for use with 10 Gigabit network
is _______.
Wiremap - answer✔Voice grade unshielded twisted pair cables (UTP) which are only intended
to carry POTS (plain old telephone service) only need testing for_________.
Punchdown blocks - answer✔Below is the color code _________
(Colors from left: 1-8: Blue Stripe, Blue, Orange Stripe, Green Stripe, Green, Brown Stripe,
Brown)
90 meters (293ft) - answer✔What is maximum length of a permanently installed UTP cabling
link allowed in structured cabling standards (the permanent link)?
10 meters - answer✔TIA/EIA 568 and ISO/IEC 11801 standards specify the total length of UTP
patchcords in a channel to be less than______.
Cat 5/Class D - answer✔If you use a Cat 5/ Class D UTP patchcord on newer Cat 6/Class E
cable plant, the link performance will typically meet_____specs.
Hook and loop cable ties - answer✔At patchpanels,______should be used to bundle patchcords
for neatness to ensure no damage to the cables.
Insulation displacement terminations in the connecting block - answer✔What actually makes the
electrical connection with the wires in a 110 block?
No - answer✔Does a jack have the same color code for the pairs as a punchdown block?
Reversal of pairs 2 and 3 - answer✔The difference between the termination schemes of T568A
and T568B is_______?
Insulation-displacement - answer✔A crimp-connector like the UTP modular connector is also
called a______connector.
Study Guide To FOA Certification Exam
Questions With Verified Answers
Any connector with a FOCIS standards document - answer✔Which fiber optic connector may be
used according to the EIA/TIA 568 cabling standard?
The Performance level of unshielded twisted pair cable - answer✔What UTP Cat 3, Cat 5e, and
Cat 6 or Class D, E, and F rating indicate?
66 Punchdown blocks - answer✔Commerical phone systems (not VoIP but POTS) traditionally
use multipair UTP cables for backbone connections with _running_____used in the telecom
closet for connections to horizontal cables running to the desktop.
Gigabet Ethernet - answer✔TIA Cat 5e or "enhanced Cat 5' cable or ISO/IEC Class D cable was
introduced to support the needs of what the computer network?
100 MHz - answer✔For certifying Cat 5e/Class D Performance, installed cables are tested at
________.
250 MHz - answer✔Category 6/Class E cabling is specified and must be tested during
certification to _______MHz.
All of these - answer✔A copper time domain reflectometer (TDR) can be used to
find_________.
Keep the pairs twisted to within 1/2 inch of the termination - answer✔When terminating Cat5e/6
or Class D/E UTP cabling, what must be remembered to maintain the performance of the
installed cable?
Bix block - answer✔Which punchdown block is more often used with multipair cables for POTS
(plain old telephone service) connections?
True - answer✔Standards are written by manufacturers as minimum specifications to ensure
interoperability among various manufacturer's products.
True - answer✔While video surveillance systems traditionally used coax cable, they can use
UTP in a structured cabling system or fiber optics also.
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False - answer✔Gigabit and faster networks only work fiber optics.
False - answer✔Fiber optic installations do not require inspection for compliance to local
building or electrical codes since they do not contain copper wires.
True - answer✔The US National Electrical Code (NEC) requires removal of all "abandoned"
communications cabling for fire safety.
True - answer✔The international standards include a Class F cable for highest performance
networks that some manufacturers sell in the US as Category 7, but it is not currently a US
standard.
Cat 7 - answer✔The name for the current generation UTP cable for use with 10 Gigabit network
is _______.
Wiremap - answer✔Voice grade unshielded twisted pair cables (UTP) which are only intended
to carry POTS (plain old telephone service) only need testing for_________.
Punchdown blocks - answer✔Below is the color code _________
(Colors from left: 1-8: Blue Stripe, Blue, Orange Stripe, Green Stripe, Green, Brown Stripe,
Brown)
90 meters (293ft) - answer✔What is maximum length of a permanently installed UTP cabling
link allowed in structured cabling standards (the permanent link)?
10 meters - answer✔TIA/EIA 568 and ISO/IEC 11801 standards specify the total length of UTP
patchcords in a channel to be less than______.
Cat 5/Class D - answer✔If you use a Cat 5/ Class D UTP patchcord on newer Cat 6/Class E
cable plant, the link performance will typically meet_____specs.
Hook and loop cable ties - answer✔At patchpanels,______should be used to bundle patchcords
for neatness to ensure no damage to the cables.
Insulation displacement terminations in the connecting block - answer✔What actually makes the
electrical connection with the wires in a 110 block?
No - answer✔Does a jack have the same color code for the pairs as a punchdown block?
Reversal of pairs 2 and 3 - answer✔The difference between the termination schemes of T568A
and T568B is_______?
Insulation-displacement - answer✔A crimp-connector like the UTP modular connector is also
called a______connector.
