BICSI TERMINOLOGY QUESTIONS WITH 100%
ACCURATE ANSWERS
ANSI/NFPA 70-2005 - Accurate answers National Electric Code
ANSI/TIA 455-78-B - Accurate answers Optical Fibres Measurement Methods and Test Procedures
ANSI/TIA 598-C - Accurate answers Opical Fiber Color Coding
BICSI - Accurate answers Building Industry Consulting Service International
Administration - Accurate answers The method for labeling, documentation, and usage needed to
implement moves, additions, and changes of telecommunications infrastructure.
Alien Crosstalk (AXT) - Accurate answers A measure of the unwanted signal coupling between
adjacent cabling or components.
All-Thread-Rod - Accurate answers A straight section of round rod stock that has threads installed
over its entire length. Also known as a threaded rod.
Anchor - Accurate answers 1. A fastening device.
2. In an outside plant environment, a device made up of a single plate or series of flat plates and
combined with a rod having a connection eye.
Architectural Structures - Accurate answers Walls, floors, floor/ceilings, and roof/ceilings that are
load bearing.
As-built - Accurate answers The documentation of measurements, location, and quantities of
material work performed.
Attenuation - Accurate answers the decrease in magnitude of transmission signal strength
between points, expressed as the ratio of output to input. Measured in decibels (dB)
Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) - Accurate answers The entities responsible for interpretation
and enforcement of local building and electrical codes.
Backboard - Accurate answers A panel used for mounting connecting hardware and equipment.
Backbone - Accurate answers Pathway, Cable, or Conductors between any of the following spaces:
telecommunications rooms, telecommunications enclosures, common telecommunications rooms,
floor-serving terminals, entrance facilities, equipment rooms, and common equipment rooms.
Backbone Cabling - Accurate answers Cable and connecting hardware that provides
interconnections between telecommunications rooms, equipment rooms and entrance facilities.
, Backbone Pathway - Accurate answers The portion of the pathway system that permits the placing
of backbone cables between the entrance location and all cross-connect points withing a building and
between buildings.
Bandwidth - Accurate answers 1. A range of frequencies available for signaling expressed in hertz
2. The information handling capability of a medium expressed in units of frequency (hertz Hz)
Beam Clamp - Accurate answers A device attached to a building structure to hold cable supports or
equipment.
Bend Radius - Accurate answers The radius curvature that a media can bend without signal
degradation.
Binder Group - Accurate answers One of two or more bound copper pairs or optical fiber strands
within a cable.
Blueprint - Accurate answers A reproduction of an architectural plan and/or technical drawing that
provides details of a construction project or an existing structure.
Bonding - Accurate answers The permanent joining of metallic parts to form an electrically
conductive path that will ensure electrical continuity and the capacity to conduct safely any current
likely to be imposed.
Bonding Conductor - Accurate answers A conductor used specifically for the purpose of bonding.
Bonding Conductor for Telecommunications - Accurate answers A conductor that interconnects
the buildings service equipment (power) ground to the telecommunications grounding system.
Braid - Accurate answers A group of non-insulated conductors interwoven to surround one or
more insulated conductors.
Bullwheel - Accurate answers A large wheel used to maintain an arc when feeding large cables into
a backbone pathway.
Bundle - Accurate answers 1. Many individual optical fibers contained within a single jacket or
buffer tube. Also, a group of buffered optical fibers distinguished in some fashion from another group in
the same cable core.
2. Also used to indicate time and common handling of multiple cables routed together.
Cabinet - Accurate answers A container that may enclose connection devices, termination,
apparatus, wiring, and equipment.
Cable - Accurate answers An assembly on one or more insulated conductors or optical fibers within
an enveloping sheath.
Cable Run - Accurate answers A length of installed media, which may include other components
along its path.
ACCURATE ANSWERS
ANSI/NFPA 70-2005 - Accurate answers National Electric Code
ANSI/TIA 455-78-B - Accurate answers Optical Fibres Measurement Methods and Test Procedures
ANSI/TIA 598-C - Accurate answers Opical Fiber Color Coding
BICSI - Accurate answers Building Industry Consulting Service International
Administration - Accurate answers The method for labeling, documentation, and usage needed to
implement moves, additions, and changes of telecommunications infrastructure.
Alien Crosstalk (AXT) - Accurate answers A measure of the unwanted signal coupling between
adjacent cabling or components.
All-Thread-Rod - Accurate answers A straight section of round rod stock that has threads installed
over its entire length. Also known as a threaded rod.
Anchor - Accurate answers 1. A fastening device.
2. In an outside plant environment, a device made up of a single plate or series of flat plates and
combined with a rod having a connection eye.
Architectural Structures - Accurate answers Walls, floors, floor/ceilings, and roof/ceilings that are
load bearing.
As-built - Accurate answers The documentation of measurements, location, and quantities of
material work performed.
Attenuation - Accurate answers the decrease in magnitude of transmission signal strength
between points, expressed as the ratio of output to input. Measured in decibels (dB)
Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) - Accurate answers The entities responsible for interpretation
and enforcement of local building and electrical codes.
Backboard - Accurate answers A panel used for mounting connecting hardware and equipment.
Backbone - Accurate answers Pathway, Cable, or Conductors between any of the following spaces:
telecommunications rooms, telecommunications enclosures, common telecommunications rooms,
floor-serving terminals, entrance facilities, equipment rooms, and common equipment rooms.
Backbone Cabling - Accurate answers Cable and connecting hardware that provides
interconnections between telecommunications rooms, equipment rooms and entrance facilities.
, Backbone Pathway - Accurate answers The portion of the pathway system that permits the placing
of backbone cables between the entrance location and all cross-connect points withing a building and
between buildings.
Bandwidth - Accurate answers 1. A range of frequencies available for signaling expressed in hertz
2. The information handling capability of a medium expressed in units of frequency (hertz Hz)
Beam Clamp - Accurate answers A device attached to a building structure to hold cable supports or
equipment.
Bend Radius - Accurate answers The radius curvature that a media can bend without signal
degradation.
Binder Group - Accurate answers One of two or more bound copper pairs or optical fiber strands
within a cable.
Blueprint - Accurate answers A reproduction of an architectural plan and/or technical drawing that
provides details of a construction project or an existing structure.
Bonding - Accurate answers The permanent joining of metallic parts to form an electrically
conductive path that will ensure electrical continuity and the capacity to conduct safely any current
likely to be imposed.
Bonding Conductor - Accurate answers A conductor used specifically for the purpose of bonding.
Bonding Conductor for Telecommunications - Accurate answers A conductor that interconnects
the buildings service equipment (power) ground to the telecommunications grounding system.
Braid - Accurate answers A group of non-insulated conductors interwoven to surround one or
more insulated conductors.
Bullwheel - Accurate answers A large wheel used to maintain an arc when feeding large cables into
a backbone pathway.
Bundle - Accurate answers 1. Many individual optical fibers contained within a single jacket or
buffer tube. Also, a group of buffered optical fibers distinguished in some fashion from another group in
the same cable core.
2. Also used to indicate time and common handling of multiple cables routed together.
Cabinet - Accurate answers A container that may enclose connection devices, termination,
apparatus, wiring, and equipment.
Cable - Accurate answers An assembly on one or more insulated conductors or optical fibers within
an enveloping sheath.
Cable Run - Accurate answers A length of installed media, which may include other components
along its path.
