BICSI INSTALLER 1 UPDATED COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔What pair counts are 110 hardware frames available in? - ✔✔50, 100, 300, 900
✔✔What pair counts are BIX hardware frames available in? - ✔✔50, 250, 300, 900
✔✔Orange cable means - ✔✔Demarc
✔✔Green cable means - ✔✔network connections
✔✔Purple cable means - ✔✔common equipment
✔✔White cable means - ✔✔first-level backbone
✔✔Gray cable means - ✔✔second-level backbone
✔✔Blue cable means - ✔✔horizontal cabling
✔✔Brown cable means - ✔✔interbuilding backbone
✔✔Yellow cable means - ✔✔misc.
✔✔Red cable means - ✔✔reserved for future use
✔✔Bus topology - ✔✔a linear configuration that places all of the network devices on
one cable (daisy-chain)
✔✔Tree topology - ✔✔extension of a bus topology
✔✔Ring topology - ✔✔places all the network devices in a circle and uses one cable to
connect between devices. Each device is connected to the next one until the circle is
closed.
✔✔Star topology - ✔✔network switch is placed in the center of the network and the
devices connect to the switch.
✔✔Hierarchical star topology - ✔✔A network topology created when two or more star
topologies are merged using network devices such as hubs, switches, or routers.
Recommended for structured cabling backbone distribution.
✔✔When checking the 'ABCs' of an injured person what are you looking for? - ✔✔A-
Airway
B- Breathing
, C- Circulation (pulse)
✔✔What are the steps to take in an emergency? - ✔✔Survey the scene
Notify someone
Secure the area
Complete a primary survey of the injured person
Contact emergency medical services
Complete a second survey of the injured person
✔✔What type of conduit uses compression like couplers - ✔✔EMT
✔✔HC - ✔✔horizontal cross-connect
✔✔MC - ✔✔main cross-connect
✔✔Whats the maximum sq footage a TE can cover? - ✔✔3600
3606
✔✔Whats the bend radius of a 4 pair cable? - ✔✔4x the diameter
✔✔Whats the bend radius for a 6 gauge cable? - ✔✔10x the diameter
✔✔How far apart do you stagger cable heads? - ✔✔start with 1 cable, go 3 inches
back, add 2, go 3 inches back, add 2.....
✔✔What is a sheave? - ✔✔like a conduit waterfall. used in manholes
✔✔How many users can a CP and MUTOA service? - ✔✔12
✔✔Fire rated sheetrock is how thick? - ✔✔5/8 in
✔✔Plywood in the TR needs to be how thick? - ✔✔3/4 in
✔✔What type of conduit uses screw in couplers? - ✔✔EMT, IMC, and RMC
✔✔What does a mushroom replace? - ✔✔a half d-ring
✔✔66-blocks have color coded hinge covers - ✔✔true
✔✔Cable must stay _ in. away from transformers - ✔✔48
✔✔What are the cable slack lengths for stations? - ✔✔1.5 ft pre-termination
1 ft after termination
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔What pair counts are 110 hardware frames available in? - ✔✔50, 100, 300, 900
✔✔What pair counts are BIX hardware frames available in? - ✔✔50, 250, 300, 900
✔✔Orange cable means - ✔✔Demarc
✔✔Green cable means - ✔✔network connections
✔✔Purple cable means - ✔✔common equipment
✔✔White cable means - ✔✔first-level backbone
✔✔Gray cable means - ✔✔second-level backbone
✔✔Blue cable means - ✔✔horizontal cabling
✔✔Brown cable means - ✔✔interbuilding backbone
✔✔Yellow cable means - ✔✔misc.
✔✔Red cable means - ✔✔reserved for future use
✔✔Bus topology - ✔✔a linear configuration that places all of the network devices on
one cable (daisy-chain)
✔✔Tree topology - ✔✔extension of a bus topology
✔✔Ring topology - ✔✔places all the network devices in a circle and uses one cable to
connect between devices. Each device is connected to the next one until the circle is
closed.
✔✔Star topology - ✔✔network switch is placed in the center of the network and the
devices connect to the switch.
✔✔Hierarchical star topology - ✔✔A network topology created when two or more star
topologies are merged using network devices such as hubs, switches, or routers.
Recommended for structured cabling backbone distribution.
✔✔When checking the 'ABCs' of an injured person what are you looking for? - ✔✔A-
Airway
B- Breathing
, C- Circulation (pulse)
✔✔What are the steps to take in an emergency? - ✔✔Survey the scene
Notify someone
Secure the area
Complete a primary survey of the injured person
Contact emergency medical services
Complete a second survey of the injured person
✔✔What type of conduit uses compression like couplers - ✔✔EMT
✔✔HC - ✔✔horizontal cross-connect
✔✔MC - ✔✔main cross-connect
✔✔Whats the maximum sq footage a TE can cover? - ✔✔3600
3606
✔✔Whats the bend radius of a 4 pair cable? - ✔✔4x the diameter
✔✔Whats the bend radius for a 6 gauge cable? - ✔✔10x the diameter
✔✔How far apart do you stagger cable heads? - ✔✔start with 1 cable, go 3 inches
back, add 2, go 3 inches back, add 2.....
✔✔What is a sheave? - ✔✔like a conduit waterfall. used in manholes
✔✔How many users can a CP and MUTOA service? - ✔✔12
✔✔Fire rated sheetrock is how thick? - ✔✔5/8 in
✔✔Plywood in the TR needs to be how thick? - ✔✔3/4 in
✔✔What type of conduit uses screw in couplers? - ✔✔EMT, IMC, and RMC
✔✔What does a mushroom replace? - ✔✔a half d-ring
✔✔66-blocks have color coded hinge covers - ✔✔true
✔✔Cable must stay _ in. away from transformers - ✔✔48
✔✔What are the cable slack lengths for stations? - ✔✔1.5 ft pre-termination
1 ft after termination
