BICSI TECHNICIAN STUDY EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔ANSI/TIA STANDARD:
Broadband Coaxial Cable - ✔✔ANSI/TIA 568.4
✔✔ANSI/TIA STANDARD:
Optical Fiber Cable - ✔✔ANSI/TIA 568.3
✔✔Pathways and spaces - ✔✔569
✔✔Administration and labeling - ✔✔606
✔✔Bonding and grounding - ✔✔607
✔✔Outside Plant (OSP) cabling - ✔✔758
✔✔Residential - ✔✔570
✔✔Data Centers - ✔✔942
✔✔Class 1 - ✔✔Single building with one equipment room
✔✔Class 2 - ✔✔Single building with multiple telecom spaces
✔✔Class 3 - ✔✔Multiple buildings on a single campus
✔✔Class 4 - ✔✔Multiple sites with multiple buildings
✔✔Labels - ✔✔Consist of face stock material
✔✔Tags - ✔✔Attached to the mounting surface
✔✔Electronic identifieres - ✔✔Prevent potential intruders from identifying the location of
key components
✔✔What is the minimum bend radius for a 50 mm (2in) conduit? - ✔✔12 inches
✔✔When installing optical fiber, consider placing three innerducts in a 103mm (4 trade
size) conduit with the following sizes: - ✔✔two 38 mm (1.5in), one 25mm (1in)
, ✔✔Open top cable supports should be installed to provide a minimum of
________________ clearance above ceilings - ✔✔3 inches
✔✔PBB - ✔✔dedicated extension of the building ac grounding (earthing) electrode
system for the telecom bonding infrastructures
✔✔TBC - ✔✔bonds the electrical systems grounding (earthing) electrode system to the
PBB
✔✔TBB - ✔✔interconnects the PBB to the SBB
✔✔BBC - ✔✔used to equalize potentials between SBBs on the same floor of a
structure.
✔✔Which is better for an "L" rating? High or Low Numbers - ✔✔Low
✔✔F rating- how many hours - ✔✔1-4 Hrs
✔✔T rating- how many hours - ✔✔0-3 Hrs
✔✔Electric motors and transformers - ✔✔48"
✔✔Fluorescent Lamps - ✔✔6"
✔✔Arc Welders - ✔✔31.5"
✔✔Frequency Induction Heating - ✔✔39"
✔✔Which OLTS testing method stimulates the loss of two mated pairs and an installed
optical fiber link? - ✔✔One jumper method
✔✔What can cause a gain splice on an OTDR trace? - ✔✔Mismatch in the fibers
✔✔ L Rating - ✔✔A firestops ability to provide a smoke stop. (air leakage rate)
✔✔To avoid damaging cable jacket, how often must you securely fasten electrical
nonmetallic tubing (ENT) - ✔✔3 Feet so it does not damage the cable
✔✔What is the minimum dedicated power requirement of a telecommunications
enclosure - ✔✔120 V ac/20
✔✔The clearance behind the PBB when mounted, should be no less than- - ✔✔2inch
clearance behind the PBB when mounted
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔ANSI/TIA STANDARD:
Broadband Coaxial Cable - ✔✔ANSI/TIA 568.4
✔✔ANSI/TIA STANDARD:
Optical Fiber Cable - ✔✔ANSI/TIA 568.3
✔✔Pathways and spaces - ✔✔569
✔✔Administration and labeling - ✔✔606
✔✔Bonding and grounding - ✔✔607
✔✔Outside Plant (OSP) cabling - ✔✔758
✔✔Residential - ✔✔570
✔✔Data Centers - ✔✔942
✔✔Class 1 - ✔✔Single building with one equipment room
✔✔Class 2 - ✔✔Single building with multiple telecom spaces
✔✔Class 3 - ✔✔Multiple buildings on a single campus
✔✔Class 4 - ✔✔Multiple sites with multiple buildings
✔✔Labels - ✔✔Consist of face stock material
✔✔Tags - ✔✔Attached to the mounting surface
✔✔Electronic identifieres - ✔✔Prevent potential intruders from identifying the location of
key components
✔✔What is the minimum bend radius for a 50 mm (2in) conduit? - ✔✔12 inches
✔✔When installing optical fiber, consider placing three innerducts in a 103mm (4 trade
size) conduit with the following sizes: - ✔✔two 38 mm (1.5in), one 25mm (1in)
, ✔✔Open top cable supports should be installed to provide a minimum of
________________ clearance above ceilings - ✔✔3 inches
✔✔PBB - ✔✔dedicated extension of the building ac grounding (earthing) electrode
system for the telecom bonding infrastructures
✔✔TBC - ✔✔bonds the electrical systems grounding (earthing) electrode system to the
PBB
✔✔TBB - ✔✔interconnects the PBB to the SBB
✔✔BBC - ✔✔used to equalize potentials between SBBs on the same floor of a
structure.
✔✔Which is better for an "L" rating? High or Low Numbers - ✔✔Low
✔✔F rating- how many hours - ✔✔1-4 Hrs
✔✔T rating- how many hours - ✔✔0-3 Hrs
✔✔Electric motors and transformers - ✔✔48"
✔✔Fluorescent Lamps - ✔✔6"
✔✔Arc Welders - ✔✔31.5"
✔✔Frequency Induction Heating - ✔✔39"
✔✔Which OLTS testing method stimulates the loss of two mated pairs and an installed
optical fiber link? - ✔✔One jumper method
✔✔What can cause a gain splice on an OTDR trace? - ✔✔Mismatch in the fibers
✔✔ L Rating - ✔✔A firestops ability to provide a smoke stop. (air leakage rate)
✔✔To avoid damaging cable jacket, how often must you securely fasten electrical
nonmetallic tubing (ENT) - ✔✔3 Feet so it does not damage the cable
✔✔What is the minimum dedicated power requirement of a telecommunications
enclosure - ✔✔120 V ac/20
✔✔The clearance behind the PBB when mounted, should be no less than- - ✔✔2inch
clearance behind the PBB when mounted
