FOA CFOT COMPREHENSIVE EXAM UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Insulation displacement terminations in the connecting block - ✔✔What actually
makes the electrical connection with the wires in a 110 block?
✔✔No - ✔✔Does a jack have the same color code for the pairs as a punchdown block?
✔✔Reversal of pairs 2 and 3 - ✔✔The difference between the termination schemes of
T568A and T568B is_______?
✔✔Insulation-displacement - ✔✔A crimp-connector like the UTP modular connector is
also called a______connector.
✔✔Access point - ✔✔Wireless networks require cables to connect the_____to the
network.
✔✔Use cable lubricant - ✔✔If you pulling a cable in long conduit and encounter
resistance, you should________.
✔✔Drop the cable down instead of pulling them up - ✔✔When installing cables
vertically in risers, you can install cables more easily if you_________.
✔✔Punchdown tool with 110 blade - ✔✔What UTP installation tool is needed for
termination most jacks?
✔✔Optical power meter - ✔✔Insertion loss or the reduction in optical power as light
passes through a fiber optic cable plant is tested with a_______.
✔✔Validation tester- Test for networks - ✔✔Of the three copper testers, (wiremappers,
certification and the new validation testers), which actually tests the cable for real
networks like Ethernet?
✔✔Design - ✔✔Fiber optic cable plant loss should be estimated during the
________phase.
✔✔Distribution - ✔✔Which indoor cable has the highest fiber count in the smallest size?
✔✔Loose Tube - ✔✔Which fiber optic cable type will generally not be rated for
flammability but will be rated for exposure to outdoor environments?
✔✔Can be installed in air-handling plenums - ✔✔Premises fiber optic cabling rated
OFNP________.
, ✔✔All of the above - ✔✔To prevent excess stress on the cables, cable support
should___________.
✔✔Cable attenuation may be higher and not support full standard distances - ✔✔If UTP
cable is installed above ceilings where the temperature may get hotter than normal
offices,_________.
✔✔TIA-568 - ✔✔What is primary US standard for structured cabling?
✔✔ISO-11801 - ✔✔What is primary international standard for structured cabling?
✔✔Prevent electromagnetic interference - ✔✔In an industrial environment, fiber is most
often used to________.
✔✔Telecom closets (rooms) with power, grounding and AC for hubs and switches -
✔✔The biggest cost factor in a UTP copper network that is unnecessary in a centralized
fiber network is the_____________.
✔✔Has more distance capability with gigabit (and above) network which use laser
sources - ✔✔OM2 or OM3 optical fiber with a 50/125 micron core has become the most
popular option in multimode cabling systems because it__________.
✔✔Hybrid - ✔✔A cable that contains both singlemode and multimode fiber is called a
____________cable.
✔✔Horizontal cabling - ✔✔What is the cable form telecom closet (room) to the work
outlet called?
✔✔Backbone cabling - ✔✔What is the cabling from the telecom closet to the main cross
connect or computer center called?
✔✔Singlemode and multimode fiber optic cable - ✔✔What other cables are recognized
in the TIA-568 commercial structured cabling standards?
✔✔The aramid strength members inside the cable - ✔✔Fiber optic cable should be
pulled by__________.
✔✔Can harm cables if too tight, so they should be hand-tightened snugly - ✔✔Cable
ties used on category-rated UTP or fiber optic cables____________.
✔✔Proper documentation - ✔✔__________will facilitate installation, allow better
planning for upgrades and simplify testing on any cabling system.
AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Insulation displacement terminations in the connecting block - ✔✔What actually
makes the electrical connection with the wires in a 110 block?
✔✔No - ✔✔Does a jack have the same color code for the pairs as a punchdown block?
✔✔Reversal of pairs 2 and 3 - ✔✔The difference between the termination schemes of
T568A and T568B is_______?
✔✔Insulation-displacement - ✔✔A crimp-connector like the UTP modular connector is
also called a______connector.
✔✔Access point - ✔✔Wireless networks require cables to connect the_____to the
network.
✔✔Use cable lubricant - ✔✔If you pulling a cable in long conduit and encounter
resistance, you should________.
✔✔Drop the cable down instead of pulling them up - ✔✔When installing cables
vertically in risers, you can install cables more easily if you_________.
✔✔Punchdown tool with 110 blade - ✔✔What UTP installation tool is needed for
termination most jacks?
✔✔Optical power meter - ✔✔Insertion loss or the reduction in optical power as light
passes through a fiber optic cable plant is tested with a_______.
✔✔Validation tester- Test for networks - ✔✔Of the three copper testers, (wiremappers,
certification and the new validation testers), which actually tests the cable for real
networks like Ethernet?
✔✔Design - ✔✔Fiber optic cable plant loss should be estimated during the
________phase.
✔✔Distribution - ✔✔Which indoor cable has the highest fiber count in the smallest size?
✔✔Loose Tube - ✔✔Which fiber optic cable type will generally not be rated for
flammability but will be rated for exposure to outdoor environments?
✔✔Can be installed in air-handling plenums - ✔✔Premises fiber optic cabling rated
OFNP________.
, ✔✔All of the above - ✔✔To prevent excess stress on the cables, cable support
should___________.
✔✔Cable attenuation may be higher and not support full standard distances - ✔✔If UTP
cable is installed above ceilings where the temperature may get hotter than normal
offices,_________.
✔✔TIA-568 - ✔✔What is primary US standard for structured cabling?
✔✔ISO-11801 - ✔✔What is primary international standard for structured cabling?
✔✔Prevent electromagnetic interference - ✔✔In an industrial environment, fiber is most
often used to________.
✔✔Telecom closets (rooms) with power, grounding and AC for hubs and switches -
✔✔The biggest cost factor in a UTP copper network that is unnecessary in a centralized
fiber network is the_____________.
✔✔Has more distance capability with gigabit (and above) network which use laser
sources - ✔✔OM2 or OM3 optical fiber with a 50/125 micron core has become the most
popular option in multimode cabling systems because it__________.
✔✔Hybrid - ✔✔A cable that contains both singlemode and multimode fiber is called a
____________cable.
✔✔Horizontal cabling - ✔✔What is the cable form telecom closet (room) to the work
outlet called?
✔✔Backbone cabling - ✔✔What is the cabling from the telecom closet to the main cross
connect or computer center called?
✔✔Singlemode and multimode fiber optic cable - ✔✔What other cables are recognized
in the TIA-568 commercial structured cabling standards?
✔✔The aramid strength members inside the cable - ✔✔Fiber optic cable should be
pulled by__________.
✔✔Can harm cables if too tight, so they should be hand-tightened snugly - ✔✔Cable
ties used on category-rated UTP or fiber optic cables____________.
✔✔Proper documentation - ✔✔__________will facilitate installation, allow better
planning for upgrades and simplify testing on any cabling system.
