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Fiber U OLAN Self-Study Lesson 2



 1. 

Optical fiber has much greater distance and bandwidth capability than copper cabling.
 

 2. 

Centralized fiber or "fiber to the desktop" had no need for electronics (switches) at the _______.
A.
Data center
B.
Computer room
C.
Telecom closet (room)
D.
Desktop
 

 3. 

At the same time centralized fiber was introduced, the cost of fiber optic cabling was ____________.
A.
Much more than UTP copper
B.
More than UTP copper
C.
About the same as copper cabling
D.
Often less than copper cabling
 

 4. 

At the same time centralized fiber was introduced, the cost of a fiber optic link however was ____________.
A.
More than UTP copper becasue of labor costs
B.
More than UTP copper becasue of the cost of media converters
C.
About the same as copper cabling
D.
Often less than copper cabling
 

 5. 

Fiber to the office uses centralized cabling but with ____________.
A.
Singlemode fiber and FTTH electronics
B.
Multimode fiber and FTTH electronics
C.
Media converters for every connected device
D.
Wireless
 

 6. 

FTTO can provide PoE supplied to the local installation switch by using __________.
A.
Local AC power to the switch
B.
Remote centralized DC power to the switch
C.
Local DC power to the switch
D.
Any of these
 

 7. 

FTTD/FTTO is a design that is familiar to most IT managers because the network electronics and management systems are traditional Ethernet and familiar to most users.
 



 
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