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| What pairs do we use for talking circuits? |
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| Where do we connect talking circuits when identifying defective cable pairs? |
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| To test leads or to a splice termination. |
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| What items are necessary to establish a talk circuit? |
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| Battery, headset, test leads |
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| How do you know when you find a talk circuit? |
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| What is the maximum battery source applied when testing conductors? |
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| The presences of a complete path where current can flow. |
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| What does the PR25A do if the unit detects a voltage from 5 to 45 colts during tagging operations? |
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| What is the purpose of a 513A probe? |
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| What type of tone is heard when a faulty conductor is detected during a balance test? |
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| When making a continuity test with the 8025A, what type of reading would be displayed for an open? |
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| When testing for shorts on an installed cable, what is indicated if no reading is displayed? |
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| What is a reference pair? |
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| A pair that is considered to be "good" that can be used to determine if other pairs are good. |
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| What is determined if the pair being tested has more resistance than the reference pair? |
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| You do not have the correct conductor. |
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| What procedures do you use to detect splicer's errors? |
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| The same procedure used to identify pairs. |
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| What is the minimum and maximum stray voltage allowed? |
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| What components are in a 91A test set? |
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| Reciever, 147D amplifier, and a 513A probe. |
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| What cable fault has similar responses to a grounded conductor? |
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| What type of cable fault is the exploring coil NOT used? |
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| What is range of low, medium, and high frequency choices? |
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| 577 Hz, 8KHz, 33KHz and 200KHz |
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| Where does the 1502 TDR recieve its source of power to operate? |
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| Battery pack or directly from line voltage. |
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| How many feet of cable may be displayed on the 1502 TDR CRT screen for testing at one time? |
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| What indicates a splice or connector on the CRT screen? |
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| What is the normal use type for the 965 DSP between charges? |
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| How long does it take the 165 DSP to self calibrate? |
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| What key on the 965 DSP do you use to view measurment readings when testing for opens? |
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| During normal output, the 2273 Cable locator components have a typical battery life of how many hours? |
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| Why do you turn the 2273 Cable Locator transmitter off before handling the connecting cables? |
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| To avoid electrical shock. |
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| The direct connection method requires access to the... |
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| If a transmission line is said to have continuity, what does that mean? |
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| That the path is free of opens or shorts. |
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| How many tests are required to find out if a cable has continuity? |
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| In what direction does current flow when a ground electrode is installed? |
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| What testing method is used in congested areas when making a ground resistance test? |
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| How many tests will the 4620 test set perform in between battery replacments? |
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| What is the maximum impedence allowed for manhole grounds? |
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| The bending of light as it passes through one transparent material into another transparent material of a different density. |
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| What light is reflected BACK into the first material, what is this reflection called? |
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| "Fresnel" reflection or backscattering. |
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| How are Fiber Optic cable generally classified? |
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| By the number of mode and refractive index profile. |
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| What are the three classifications of fiber optic cable? |
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| Multimode Step Index, Multimode Graded Index, Singlemode Step Index |
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| What are the components of a typical Fiber Optic cable? |
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| Outer Jacket, Stength Member, Inner Jacket, a Moisture Resistance Compound, then the Fiber Core and Cladding. |
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| What type of outer jacket has a low resistance to sunlight? |
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| What must you do before you start plowing? |
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| Ensure you have explosed all underground and buried utilities. |
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| How much sand do you place around a Fiber Optic cable in a trench? |
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| $ inches below and above. |
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| How many markers identify a Fiber splice pit? |
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| Four, one on each corner of the pit. |
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| At what distance is the resistance highest around a ground elecrode? |
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| Immediatly surrounding the elecrode. |
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| What does low insulation resistance cause? |
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| High attenuation, crosstalk, and noise on the circuit. |
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| When is the best time to discharge the conductors being tested with a megger? |
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| As soon as you complete a test. |
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| What is indicated by a low insulation resistance reading? |
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| High leakage or low-insulation resistance. |
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| When testing with a megger, what must you do at the far-end of the cable being tested? |
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| When performing a 3-point ground resistance test, the green lead is connected to the Terminal X on the Model 4620 tester and the... |
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| What is the MAXIMUM ohms impedance to earth for telephone equipment? |
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| What is done FIRST when testing a transmission line with a multimeter? |
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| Short all the conductors. |
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| What are the three main types of innerduct used today? |
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1. Smoothwall PVC
2. Annual Corrugated and Straited
3. Rigid |
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| What is the purpose of innerduct? |
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| As a general rule, how much larger is the innerduct than the cable's outside diameter? |
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| How much slack is required by each cable in a splice pit? |
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| What is the most important task when removing FO cables? |
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| Indentification of the cable to be removed. |
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| What is the key to being ready to make a FO splice? |
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| What is the average splice loss when using the FSM-40S, ARC Fusion Splicer? |
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| According to TIA/EIS standards, what is the maximum splice loss allowed? |
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| When fuly charges, how many splices can a Fusion Splicer do? |
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| What fiber sizes can be spliced with a fusion splicer? |
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| Where do you position the completed splicer for protection and security? |
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| When hotmelting a ST connector, how short to you cut the kevlar to? |
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| 5mm from the outer jacket. |
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| How long to you wait for the hot melt oven to reach it's proper temp? |
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| How long does a hotmelt connector stay in the oven? |
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| Why cant you use a hot melt connector that has had the epoxy expand beyond the backbone? |
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| The adhesive has been contaminated with moisture. |
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| At what ohm range on the PR25A conductor tagger and analyzer should you always start with when taking a resistance reading? |
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| Testing for crosses with an 8025A multimeter requires how many separate checks? |
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| What function key of the 965 DSP is used for 'preliminarly' fault location? |
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| What condition does NOT affect the rate at which tone leaks off of a cable? |
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| How do you prepare conductors that are to be tested for insulation resistance? |
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| What is the minimum trench depth for a fiber optic cable? |
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| When installing BURIED fiber optic cable, what is the minimum about of excess cable must you have at each splicing location? |
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| What is the FIRST step in cleaving a fiber with the retractable pen cleaver? |
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| Secure the fiber to a rigid surface with masking tape. |
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| When installing twisted pair cable (CatX), what is the maximum length in a single run? |
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| LAN outlets must have a minimum of how many outlets? |
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| Approx how many inches of the jacket is removed when terminating LAN wall outlets? |
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