SCTE BPI EXAM STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (NEWEST VERSION)
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SCTE BPI EXAM STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (NEWEST VERSION)
When routing drop Cable in an unfinished basement - Answer Attach the drop cable to the side of the floor joist and not to the bottom
When routing drop cable through a finished basement - Answer Locate the exterior e...
SCTE BPI EXAM STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS (NEWEST VERSION)
When routing drop Cable in an unfinished basement - Answer ✔ Attach the drop cable
to the side of the floor joist and not to the bottom
When routing drop cable through a finished basement - Answer ✔ Locate the exterior
entry hole as close as possible to the customer premises equipment / devices
When routing drop cable within an interior wall from an attic - Answer ✔ Lower the fish
chain into the wall fish hole and help guide the drop cable into the hole until the chain
contacts the wall bottom plate
When routing drop cable with an interior wall up from an unfinished basement or
crawlspace - Answer ✔ Push the fish wire attached to drop cable up through the wall so
it can be hooked with another fish wire and pulled through exit hole
When installing Broadband cable wall plates - Answer ✔ Mark the anchor positions and
make to Anchor pilot hole through the wall with an awl
When connecting drop cable to a wall plate - Answer ✔ Attach the f-connector to the f-
81 barrel connector and wrench tighten it
According to recommended clearance practices for a Broadband Ariel drop installation -
Answer ✔ The vertical clearance of the drop cable to the road Street or alley is 15.5 feet
A cable caddy - Answer ✔ Used to hold the cable reel is highly recommended to avoid
damaging the cable when it is carried or unreeled
When routing the aerial drop cable from the tap to the customer premises - Answer ✔
Avoid routing the drop table above public or private swimming pools and roofs
whenever possible
When placing an extension ladder for a mid-span attachment to prevent pulling on the
existing drop and extracting the house hook - Answer ✔ Set the extension ladder
against the Strand with the rear of the ladder facing an existing mid-span drop
, Messenger drop wire clamps - Answer ✔ Together with the cables messenger wire,
house hook, span clamps combine to Bear the weight of the coaxial drop cable, so the
cable itself is not deformed
Determining where to place the Strand clamp on the Strand depends on - Answer ✔
The poles relative location to the customers premises, routing restrictions, the required
free climbing space, an existing span clamps
When making a span clamp attachment - Answer ✔ At the mid-span position, install a
drop cable at the top first, the midspan second, and the customer premises third to
maintain proper clearance and sag of the drop from the mid Span attachment to the
house
If the installation requires a span clamp on the opposite side of the pole from the tap,
the cable is attached - Answer ✔ At a span clamp on the Strand at least 15 to 30 in from
the pole, depending on your company's policy, and then routed under the Strand to the
tap
a house hook - Answer ✔ Is among the materials and tools required for attaching the
drop cable to the customer premises contact. The other materials and tools are
personal safety equipment, messenger drop wire clamps, and in awl or drill
During the Ariel drop attachment to the customer premises - Answer ✔ Attach the
messenger drop cable to the house hook using a messenger drop wire clamps
For an underground drop installation, the most important consideration in planning the
ground block location is - Answer ✔ Compliance with grounding and bonding
requirements
In an underground Service drop installation - Answer ✔ Always use non messengered
flooded coaxial drop cable between the pedestal and the ground block
When planting a new underground drop cable route - Answer ✔ Ask the customer if he
would like to drop routed in any specific way
When an underground drop cable cannot be buried at the time of installation, prepared
for later burial of the cable by - Answer ✔ Running the unburied drop cable along a
fence line to minimize the hazard of anyone tripping over the drop \\ reporting the
temporary drop status to your Broadband cable system, so the cable can be buried
within the specified time frame
To hand bury drop cable - Answer ✔ Make the bottom of the cut in the ground as level
as possible, so the cable can lie flat
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