Chapter 4 Quiz

1. short cable for connecting a computer to an RJ-45 wall jack or connecting a patch-panel port to a switch or hub
4. Standard patch cables are called ...
5. specifies how cabling should be organized, regardless of the media type or network architecture
7. wireless networks use infrared light beams to send signals between pairs of devices
8. hold network equipment such as routers and switches, plus patch panels and rack-mounted servers
14. mitigates the effect of crosstalk and noise on the cable
16. A TC that houses the cabling and devices for work area computers
18. runs from the work area’s wall jack to the telecommunication closet
19. houses servers, routers, switches, and other major network equipment and serves as a connection point for backbone cabling
20. used to terminate long runs of cable from where the computers are to the wiring closet

2. the location of the cabling and equipment that connects a corporate network to a third-party telecommunications provider
3. point where corporate LAN equipment ends and a third-party provider’s equipment and cabling begins
6. use 568A standard on one side of the cable and 568B standard on the other side
9. maximum length of cable between two network devices
10. interference one wire generates on another wire when both wires are in a bundle
11. Motors, transformers, fluorescent lights and other sources of intense electrical activity can emit both RFI and ...
12. An equipment room that’s the connection point between IDFs
13. [blank] can also affect wireless networks if the frequencies are in the same range
15. A factor determining bandwidth is how bit signals are represented on the medium
17. where workstations and other user devices are located