Deck 14: OSP -Outside Plant Infrastructure

Question 1

A splice case used for copper cable is used to:

A) Interconnect two cable segments.
B) Weather tight enclosure for wire pair.
C) Test point to access the wire pair.
D) All of the above

Answer 1

All of the above

Question 2

Underground cable is laid in a trench dug by a trenching device.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

A demarcation device used to terminate communication cable can be a:

A) Network interface device
B) Fiber Distribution Panel
C) 66 Block
D) RJ48 Registered Jack
E) All of the above

Answer 3

All of the above

Question 4

The wire gauge number directly relates to:

A) color code of the wire
B) signal loss
C) type of termination jack
D) None of the above
E) All of the above

Question 5

The local telephone outside cable plant consists of copper cable, fiber cable and coaxial cable.

Question 6

The cable color code is used to distinguish individual wire pair within a cable and designate the gauge of the wire.

Question 7

The color code is divided into a ________ color and a ________ color.

A) Ground, Ring
B) Ring, Tip
C) Binder, Buffer
D) Tip, Ring
E) None of the above

Question 8

The most common color code found in the network uses ________, ________, ________, ________.

A) blue, orange, green, brown, slate
B) red, black, white, orange, blue
C) blue, orange, green, brown, aqua
D) None of the above

Question 9

The color code used to distinguish fiber strand is:

A) red, black
B) blue, orange, green, brown, slate
C) blue, orange, green, brown, aqua
D) None of the above

Question 10

A binder group refers to the cable strands that are bound by the black outer cable jacket.

Question 11

A buffer tube follows a color code that mimics the strand color code.

A)blue, orange, green, brown, slate
B) red, black, white, yellow, purple
C) blue, orange green, brown, aqua
D) All of the above

Question 12

Grounding and bounding a cable is required to:

A) Reduce chance of being electrocuted.
B)Reduce outside interference from electrical noise.
C) Improve resistance of wire.
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 13

Planning the inside wire plant deployment is as important as planning cable layout in the outside plant.

Question 14

A demarcation point in a building is where the outside plant cable meets the inside plant cable.

Question 15

________ describes how much a signal has deteriorated at a particular point in its travel.

Question 16

When designing a copper circuit, an engineer uses which of the following information?

A) budgetary factors
B) gauge of cable
C) frequency range
D) all of the above

Question 17

The large cable that leaves a central office and runs along the main thoroughfare is the:

A) distribution cable
B) aerial cable
C) feeder cable
D) drop wire

Question 18

The purpose for using jelly on buried cable is that it:

A)makes the cable less brittle in freezing temperatures
B) protects the cable against water seepage
C) is easier for technicians to handle; they prefer working on cable that is jelly-filled
D) rodents are repelled by the flavor of the jelly and thus will not do damage to the cable
E) None of the above

Question 19

The amount of pull that a cable can tolerate is its ________ strength.

Question 20

The terms "underground cable"and "buried cable"are synonymous.

Question 21

What causes the most damage in all three types of cable?

A) freezing temperature
B) digging devices
C) water
D) rodents

Question 22

Which of the following is not one of the four common color-coding standards used to identify copper conductors?

A) IEEE
B) Western Electric
C) Modified Western Electric
D) Insulated Cable Engineers Association
E) Belden

Question 23

The characteristic that must be defined before purchasing fiber is the:

A) mode of the fiber
B) refractive index
C) dispersion factor
D) loss per kilometer
E) all of the above

Question 24

The introduction of dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) systems has greatly simplified the process of selecting fiber.

Question 25

Which of the following is not a method for grouping fiber together inside a cable?

A) loose tube
B) strand
C) ribbon
D) plenum
E) fixed tube

Question 26

The newer way to construct fiber cable, which is quickly becoming the most popular way to encase fiber strands is:

A) loose tube
B) strand
C) ribbon
D) plenum
E) fixed tube

Question 27

The ________ radius is the amount of pliability allowed in fiber cable.

Question 28

The main difference between inside cable and outside cable is the type of outer jacket, or ________, encasing the fiber.

Question 29

Using canned air to blow dust particles from fibers and connectors is a very effective means of cleaning them prior to splicing and is recommended.