FOA CFOT Certification Exam V11 Questions
with Correct Answers 2025
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with Correct Answers 2025
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cusingRtheRlightRcomingRoutRofRaRfiberRintoRyourReye.RTrueRorRFalse?R-RCORRECTRANSWERR-True
ARfiberRopticRpowerRmeterRmeasuresRabsoluteRpowerRinRdBMR(dBRreferencedRtoR1Rmw)Rand,Rwhen
RusedRwithRaRlightRsource,RcanRmeasureRinsertionRlossRexpressedRinRdB.RTrueRorRFalse?R-
RCORRECTRANSWERR-True
WhenRweRsayR62.5/125Rfiber,RwhatRdoesR"62.5"Rmean?R-RCORRECTRANSWERR-
coreRsize,RtheRdiameterRinRmicrons
WhenRweRsayR50/125Rfiber,RwhatRdoesR"125"Rmean?R-RCORRECTRANSWERR-
claddingRsize,RtheRdiameterRinRmicrons
OM3RandROM4RmultimodeRfiberRwithRaR50/125RmicronRcoreRareRnowRaRpopularRoptionRinRpremise
sRcablingRsystemsRbecauseRtheyR_____.R-RCORRECTRANSWERR-
AreR"laserRoptimized"RwhichRgivesRmoreRdistanceRcapabilityRwithRgigabitRnetworksRusingRlaserRsou
rces
In-
multimodeRfiber,RtheRattenuationR(reductionRinRopticalRpower)RofRtheRfiberRisR_____RatR850RnmRth
anRatR1300Rnm.R-RCORRECTRANSWERR-Higher
WhichRofRtheRfollowingRrepresentsRaRsinglemodeR(smallerRcoreRsize)RfiberRsize?R-
RCORRECTRANSWERR-9/125Rmicron
SinglemodeRfiberRhasR_____RbandwidthRthanRmultimodeRfiber.R-RCORRECTRANSWERR-greater
, MostRplasticRopticalRfibersRareR_____.R-RCORRECTRANSWERR-largeRcoreRstep-index
WhenRyouRstripRsinglemodeRorRgradedRindexRmultimodeRmodeRglassRfiber,RyouRareRremovingRtheR
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TheRproperRmethodRofRpullingRopticalRfiberRcablesRisRtoRattachRtheRpullRwireRorRtapeRtoRtheR____Rof
RtheRcable.R-RCORRECTRANSWERR-StrengthRmembers
AccordingRtoRtheRreferences,RhybridRcablesRareRcablesRthatRcontainR____.R-RCORRECTRANSWERR-
BothRsingelmodeRandRmultimodeRopticalRfibers
WhatRtypeRofRfiberRcableRdesignRallowsRforRlargeRnumbersRofRfibersRwithRultra-
highRdensity,RsmallRsizeR(diameter)RandRlowerRcost?R-RCORRECTRANSWERR-ribbon
AccordingRtoRtheRreferences,RcompositeRcablesRreferRtoRcablesRthatRcontainR____>R-
RCORRECTRANSWERR-bothRopticalRfibersRandRcopperRconductors
WhichRopticalRfiberRcablesRmustRbeRgrounded?R-RCORRECTRANSWERR-
allRcablesRthatRcontainRmetallicRelements
FiberRopticRcableRforRuseRinsideRaRbuildingRmustR_______.R-RCORRECTRANSWERR-
BeRratedRtoRmeetRtheRrequirementsRofRlocalRbuildingRandRfireRcodes
OpticalRfiberRcableRwithRaRorangeRcoloredRjacketRgenerallyRindicatesRtheRcableRcontainsR_____.R-
RCORRECTRANSWERR-MultimodeRfiber
PremisesRcableRjacketsRareRusuallyRcolor-codedRinRwhatRcolorRtoRindicateRsinglemodeRfiber?R-
RCORRECTRANSWERR-Yellow