Copper Media

Question 1

What is RG-6?

Answer 1

Coaxial cable - normally used by cable companies to connect their service to homes.

Question 2

What is an F-Type connector?

Answer 2

A connector mainly used on coaxial cables to connect to a cable box or wall jack.

Question 3

What is a Twinaxial Cable?

Answer 3

Similar to coaxial cable but uses two inner conductors to carry the data instead of just one.

Question 4

What is RJ-11 used for?

Answer 4

Phone networks.

Question 5

What is RJ-45 used for?

Answer 5

Data networks.

Question 6

What is the standard of CAT5?

Answer 6

100BASE-TX.

Question 7

What is the bandwidth of CAT5?

Answer 7

100 mbps.

Question 8

What is the distance of CAT5?

Answer 8

100 meters.

Question 9

What is the standard for CAT5e?

Answer 9

1000BASE-TX.

Question 10

What is the bandwidth of CAT5e?

Answer 10

1000 mbps.

Question 11

What is the distance of CAT5e?

Answer 11

100 meters.

Question 12

What is the standard for CAT6?

Answer 12

1000BASE-T / 10GBASE-T.

Question 13

What is the bandwidth of CAT6?

Answer 13

1000 mbps / 10 gbps.

Question 14

What is the distance of CAT6?

Answer 14

100 meters / 55 meters.

Question 15

What is the standard for CAT6a?

Answer 15

10GBASE-T.

Question 16

What is the bandwidth of CAT6a?

Answer 16

10 gbps.

Question 17

What is the distance of CAT6a?

Answer 17

100 meters.

Question 18

What is the standard for CAT7?

Answer 18

10GBASE-T.

Question 19

What is the bandwidth of CAT7?

Answer 19

10 gbps.

Question 20

What is the distance of CAT7?

Answer 20

100 meters.

Question 21

What is the standard for CAT8?

Answer 21

40GBASE-T.

Question 22

What is the bandwidth of CAT8?

Answer 22

40 gbps.

Question 23

What is the distance of CAT8?

Answer 23

30 meters.

Question 24

What is a Straight Through Cable (Patch Cable)?

Answer 24

Contains the exact same pinout on both ends of the cable.

Question 25

What cable pinout does a Straight Through Cable use?

Answer 25

568B.

Question 26

What is a Straight Through Cable used for?

Answer 26

Used to connect a DTE to a DCE.

Question 27

What is Data Terminal Equipment (DTE)?

Answer 27

Endpoint devices that connect to a piece of data communications equipment (laptops, desktops, servers, and routers.

Question 28

What are examples of Data Communications Equipment (DCE)?

Answer 28

Switches, modems, hubs, and bridges.

Question 29

When do you use a Crossover Cable?

Answer 29

When connecting a DCE to a DCE, or a DTE to a DTE.

Question 30

What cable do you use when connecting a switch to a switch?

Answer 30

Crossover Cable.

Question 31

What is Medium Dependent Interface Crossover (MDIX)?

Answer 31

A automated way to electronically simulate a crossover cable connector even if using a straight-through cable.

Question 32

What cable pinout does a Crossover cable use?

Answer 32

568A / 568B.

Question 33

What is a Plenum Cable?

Answer 33

A special coating put on a UTP or STP cable that provides fire-retardant chemical layer to the outer insulating jacket.

Question 34

What is the pin layout for T-568A?

Answer 34

Green white / Green / Orange White / Blue / Blue White / Orange / Brown White / Brown

Question 35

What is the pin layout for T-568B?

Answer 35

Orange White / Orange / Green White / Blue / Blue White / Green / Brown White / Brown