Entrance facilities may include ( select all that apply)
Entrance point to the building envelope
Demarcation point for SP and customer premise cabling
Primary surge protection devices
Transistion hardware
Where electrical and building codes apply, only listed cables can be used within a building structure except for an entrance cable that is transitioned or terminated. What is this rule referred to as.
25 ft rule
50 ft rule
100 ft rule
There are multiple types of entrances to Entrance facility. Which is economical over the life cycle, preserves aesthetics, and provides security and physical protection.
Underground
Buried
Ariel
Tunnel
Which of the following preserves the aesthetic appearance, has low initial cost, but is inflexible to future service reinforcement or changes and requires a sleeve or conduit to enter the building.
Aerial
Which of the following applies to Aerial entrance to entrance facility
Provides low installation cost
Subject to traffic and pedestrian clearances
Does not affect aesthetics
Susceptible to environmental conditions ( ice loading, tree limbs, winds, lightning)
In wireless entrance using an existing equipment room, the WSP (wireless service provider) typically provides connection through existing SP (service provider) cabling.
Wireless entrance may use media converters to convert __________ ____________from the antenna to __________ ___________ and into the DAS.
building/campus, interface/demarcation
copper cabling/optical fiber
service entrance/connecting hardware
An Equipment room generally houses equipment that...
Serves one floor of a building or portion of a floor
Serves an entire building, campus or customer
serves a dedicated local group of users
Which of the following is considered to be floor serving as opposed to building serving
Entrance facility
Telecommunication room
Equipment room
Telecommunication enclosure
Which of the following serves as a point of termination for horizontal and backbone cables on compatible connecting hardware
ER
EF
TR
TE
A telecommunication enclosure may be used in place of a telecommunication room.
Telecommunications pathways permit the placement of_______________and ______________ ____________that support the structured cabling system (SCS)
plenum and underfloor cable
equipment and patch cables
horizontal and backbone cables
While the local AHJ may allow its use, BICSI recommends that ______________ not be used inside commercial buildings.
ENT electrical non metallic tubing
FMT flexible metallic tubing
PVC polyvinyl chloride conduit
Which of the following should never be used for telecommunications cabling.
FMT
FMC
RMC
Fill ratio for new installation of conduit is ____% while the maximum fill ratio is ____%
30%, 50%
40%, 60%
50%, 80%
Following fill ratio for firestoppng is critical since an _________________conduit cannot be effectively firestopped
overfilled
partially filled
empty
A stub up conduit terminates in a _______________ orientation while a stub out terminates in a _________________ orientation.
vertical/horizontal
horizontal/vertical
Cable trays and runways are commonly provided a minimum of ____ in. clearance above the pathway and do not contain more than ___ in. depth of cable.
12, 6
6, 6
3, 6
A tubular stock ladder rack is manufactured with a depth of 1.5 and the width varies from 6 in. to 48 in.
Wire basket cable trays are available in three depths, choose all that apply
2 in.
4 in.
6 in.
8 in.
Open top cable supports are available in sizes for larger quantities of cable but are typically intended to support up to 50 cables between tray and work area.
A _____ covers an area generally associated with some or all of the space within a building. Workspace devices are connected to a centralized device ( switch or server)
WAN /wireless area network
CAN /campus area network
LAN /local area network
A _________ area network is created by linking two or more buildings that are in close proximity to each other.
CAN
LAN
WAN
This is a device that manages one or more resources shared by workstation users and administrators on a network.
Switch
Server
Router
This is a network access device that provides a centralized point for LAN communications.
This device makes it possible to segment an organizational network into multiple broadcast domains, also referred to as subnets and or subnetworks.
server
switch
router
For Data Centers, to aid in design, levels of redundancy have been established. These are listed as a class (0-4). Which ANSI/BICSI publication would cover this.
ANSI/BICSI 001-2009
ANSI/BICSI 002-2014
ANSI/BICSI 003-2014
Data centers may have multiple entrance rooms for redundancy, and the entrance room is typically located outside the computer room.
The computer room is the core of the data center. While it can be equated to the equipment room, there are several significant differences. Select all that apply
Cabinets and quantities ( multiple rows of multiple cabinets bolted together)
Cable density, (quantities of cables per cabinet can be up to 200 )
Bonding and grounding (may be installed and managed by electrical personnel)
UPS ( typically managed by electrical personnel)
Data centers have special regulations and rules that must be followed including security , work to be performed , safety, access, etc. Failure to comply will result in removal from the premises.
