Study Guide To FOA Certification 2023/90
Questions and Answers / Verified.
Any connector with a FOCIS standards document - -Which fiber optic connector may be
used according to the EIA/TIA 568 cabling standard?
-The Performance level of unshielded twisted pair cable - -What UTP Cat 3, Cat 5e, and
Cat 6 or Class D, E, and F rating indicate?
-66 Punchdown blocks - -Commerical phone systems (not VoIP but POTS) traditionally
use multipair UTP cables for backbone connections with _running_____used in the
telecom closet for connections to horizontal cables running to the desktop.
-Gigabet Ethernet - -TIA Cat 5e or "enhanced Cat 5' cable or ISO/IEC Class D cable was
introduced to support the needs of what the computer network?
-100 MHz - -For certifying Cat 5e/Class D Performance, installed cables are tested at
________.
-250 MHz - -Category 6/Class E cabling is specified and must be tested during
certification to _______MHz.
-All of these - -A copper time domain reflectometer (TDR) can be used to
find_________.
-Keep the pairs twisted to within 1/2 inch of the termination - -When terminating
Cat5e/6 or Class D/E UTP cabling, what must be remembered to maintain the
performance of the installed cable?
-Bix block - -Which punchdown block is more often used with multipair cables for
POTS (plain old telephone service) connections?
, -True - -Standards are written by manufacturers as minimum specifications to ensure
interoperability among various manufacturer's products.
-True - -While video surveillance systems traditionally used coax cable, they can use
UTP in a structured cabling system or fiber optics also.
-False - -Gigabit and faster networks only work fiber optics.
-False - -Fiber optic installations do not require inspection for compliance to local
building or electrical codes since they do not contain copper wires.
-True - -The US National Electrical Code (NEC) requires removal of all "abandoned"
communications cabling for fire safety.
-True - -The international standards include a Class F cable for highest performance
networks that some manufacturers sell in the US as Category 7, but it is not currently a
US standard.
-Cat 7 - -The name for the current generation UTP cable for use with 10 Gigabit
network is _______.
-Wiremap - -Voice grade unshielded twisted pair cables (UTP) which are only intended
to carry POTS (plain old telephone service) only need testing for_________.
-Punchdown blocks - -Below is the color code _________
(Colors from left: 1-8: Blue Stripe, Blue, Orange Stripe, Green Stripe, Green, Brown
Stripe, Brown)
-90 meters (293ft) - -What is maximum length of a permanently installed UTP cabling
link allowed in structured cabling standards (the permanent link)?
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