Assignment 31.

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IT 220 Assignment 3.1 Questions 1-49 1. When was the first major standard describing a structured cabling system released? C. 1995. 2. What doe EIA and TIA stand for? 1. EIA – Electronics Industries Alliance. 2. TIA – Telecommunications Industry Association. 3. What are the three parts of the EIA/TIA 568-B standard? 1. EIA/TIA-568-B.1: Commercial Cabling Standard, Master Document 2. EIA/TIA-568-B.2: Twisted-pair Media 3. EIA/TIA-568-B.3: Optical Fiber Cabling Standard 4. Identify the six subsystems of a structured cabling system. 1. Building Entrance (Also called Entrance Facilities) 2. Equipment Room (ER) 3. Telecommunications Closet 4 Backbone Cabling 5. Horizontal Cabling 6. Work Area 5. Which subsystem does permanent networking cabling within a building belong to? Backbone Cabling. 6. What is a cross-connect? A space where you are going to take one or multiple cables and connect them to one or more cables or equipment. 7. What is the main cross-connect? Main Cross-Connect (MC) – Usually connects two or more buildings and is typically the central telecommunications connection point for a campus or building. It is also called the Main Distribution Frame (MDF) or Main Equipment Room. The MC connects to telco, an ISP, and so on. Another term for the MC is the campus distributor. (CD) 8. The Telco and the ISP usually connect to what room in the campus network hierarchy? Equipment Room 9. What is the WO, and what is its purpose? Workstation or Work Area Outlet – Also called the TO (Telecommunications Outlet), it’s used to connect devices to the cable plant. The cable type typically used is CAT3, CAT5, CAT5e, CAT6, CAT6A, and various coaxial cables. Devices typically connected to these outlets are PCs, printers, servers, phones, televisions,

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