Worksheet 3.3.

3: Twisted Pair Cabling

1. Twisted wire pairs limit signal degradation caused by ____________________ and
____________________.
2. Category 5 and 5e have a maximum data transfer rate of __________________ Mbps.
3. What are the two types of twisted pair cabling?
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4. How is the category of UTP cabling determined?
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5. Category 3 cabling has a maximum data transfer rate of ___________________ Mbps.
6. What categories of cabling are most commonly used on Ethernet connections?
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7. There are ___________________ or __________________ twisted pairs in a UTP cable.
8. UTP cabling relies solely on the ____________________ effect produced by the
twisted pair wires.
9. Twisted pair is a type of cabling that is used for ____________________ and
____________________ connections.
10. What is the difference between category 5 and category 5e cabling?
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11. What is the reasoning of twisting the wire pairs?
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12. What do UTP and STP stand for?
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13. In a shielded twisted pair cable each individual pair of wires is wrapped in a
_____________________, and then the four pairs of wires are wrapped in a
_____________________ to further shield the wires from noise.
14. UTP category 3 cabling is used for what type of connection?
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15. Category 3 cabling has _____________________ pair of wires.

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