Study Guide To FOA Certification Questions and
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Any connector with a FOCIS standards document - ✔✔Which fiber optic connector may be used
according to the EIA/TIA 568 cabling standard?
The Performance level of unshielded twisted pair cable - ✔✔What UTP Cat 3, Cat 5e, and Cat 6 or Class
D, E, and F rating indicate?
66 Punchdown blocks - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔For certifying Cat 5e/Class D Performance, installed cables are tested at ________.
250 MHz - ✔✔Category 6/Class E cabling is specified and must be tested during certification to
_______MHz.
All of these - ✔✔A copper time domain reflectometer (TDR) can be used to find_________.
Keep the pairs twisted to within 1/2 inch of the termination - ✔✔When terminating Cat5e/6 or Class
D/E UTP cabling, what must be remembered to maintain the performance of the installed cable?
Bix block - ✔✔Which punchdown block is more often used with multipair cables for POTS (plain old
telephone service) connections?
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, True - ✔✔Standards are written by manufacturers as minimum specifications to ensure interoperability
among various manufacturer's products.
True - ✔✔While video surveillance systems traditionally used coax cable, they can use UTP in a
structured cabling system or fiber optics also.
False - ✔✔Gigabit and faster networks only work fiber optics.
False - ✔✔Fiber optic installations do not require inspection for compliance to local building or electrical
codes since they do not contain copper wires.
True - ✔✔The US National Electrical Code (NEC) requires removal of all "abandoned" communications
cabling for fire safety.
True - ✔✔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 - ✔✔The name for the current generation UTP cable for use with 10 Gigabit network is _______.
Wiremap - ✔✔Voice grade unshielded twisted pair cables (UTP) which are only intended to carry POTS
(plain old telephone service) only need testing for_________.
Punchdown blocks - ✔✔Below is the color code _________
(Colors from left: 1-8: Blue Stripe, Blue, Orange Stripe, Green Stripe, Green, Brown Stripe, Brown)
90 meters (293ft) - ✔✔What is maximum length of a permanently installed UTP cabling link allowed in
structured cabling standards (the permanent link)?
10 meters - ✔✔TIA/EIA 568 and ISO/IEC 11801 standards specify the total length of UTP patchcords in a
channel to be less than______.
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Answers 100% Pass
Any connector with a FOCIS standards document - ✔✔Which fiber optic connector may be used
according to the EIA/TIA 568 cabling standard?
The Performance level of unshielded twisted pair cable - ✔✔What UTP Cat 3, Cat 5e, and Cat 6 or Class
D, E, and F rating indicate?
66 Punchdown blocks - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔For certifying Cat 5e/Class D Performance, installed cables are tested at ________.
250 MHz - ✔✔Category 6/Class E cabling is specified and must be tested during certification to
_______MHz.
All of these - ✔✔A copper time domain reflectometer (TDR) can be used to find_________.
Keep the pairs twisted to within 1/2 inch of the termination - ✔✔When terminating Cat5e/6 or Class
D/E UTP cabling, what must be remembered to maintain the performance of the installed cable?
Bix block - ✔✔Which punchdown block is more often used with multipair cables for POTS (plain old
telephone service) connections?
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, True - ✔✔Standards are written by manufacturers as minimum specifications to ensure interoperability
among various manufacturer's products.
True - ✔✔While video surveillance systems traditionally used coax cable, they can use UTP in a
structured cabling system or fiber optics also.
False - ✔✔Gigabit and faster networks only work fiber optics.
False - ✔✔Fiber optic installations do not require inspection for compliance to local building or electrical
codes since they do not contain copper wires.
True - ✔✔The US National Electrical Code (NEC) requires removal of all "abandoned" communications
cabling for fire safety.
True - ✔✔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 - ✔✔The name for the current generation UTP cable for use with 10 Gigabit network is _______.
Wiremap - ✔✔Voice grade unshielded twisted pair cables (UTP) which are only intended to carry POTS
(plain old telephone service) only need testing for_________.
Punchdown blocks - ✔✔Below is the color code _________
(Colors from left: 1-8: Blue Stripe, Blue, Orange Stripe, Green Stripe, Green, Brown Stripe, Brown)
90 meters (293ft) - ✔✔What is maximum length of a permanently installed UTP cabling link allowed in
structured cabling standards (the permanent link)?
10 meters - ✔✔TIA/EIA 568 and ISO/IEC 11801 standards specify the total length of UTP patchcords in a
channel to be less than______.
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