Quiz: Module 05 Cabling

What is the earliest twisted-pair cabling standard that meets the minimum requirements for 10GBASE-T transmissions at 100 meters?

a. Cat 6a

What type of fiber-cable problem is caused when pairing a 50-micron core cable with a 62.5-micron core cable?

a. Fiber type mismatch

Which kind of crosstalk occurs between wire pairs near the source of the signal?

a. NEXT

Which cable is best suited for ultra-high-speed connections between a router and a switch on the same rack?

a. Passive twinaxial cable

Which transmission characteristic is never fully achieved?

b. Bandwidth

Which fiber connector contains two strands of fiber in each ferrule?

b. MT-RJ

Which kind of multiplexing assigns slots to nodes according to priority and need?

b. STDM (statistical time division multiplexing)

Which part of a toner and probe kit emits an audible tone when it detects electrical activity on a wire pair?

b. Tone locator

Suppose you're creating patch cables to be used in a government office. What color wire goes in the first pin?

b. White/green

Which of these categories of twisted-pair cable can support Gigabit Ethernet?

d. Cat 5e, cat 6a, cat 7