Test Your Understanding

1. a) Explain the technical difference between solid-wire UTP and stranded-wire UTP.

b) In what way is solid-wire UTP better?

c) In what way is stranded-wire UTP better?

d) Where would you use each?

e) Which should only be connec-torized at the factory?

2. If you have a wire run of 50 meters, should you cut the cord to 50 meters? Explain.

3. Why do you score the jacket of the cord with the stripping tool instead of cutting all the way through the jacket?

4. a) What are the colors of the four pairs?

b) If you are following T568B, which wire goes into Pin 3?

c) At the other end of the cord, would the same wire go into Pin 3?

5. After you arrange the wires in their correct order and cut them across, how much of the wires should be exposed from the jacket?

6. a) Describe RJ-45s insulation displacement approach.

b) Describe its strain relief approach.

7. a) Should you test every cord in the field after installation?

b) For what do inexpensive testers test?

c) For what do expensive testers test