20.7. Answers to Review Questions

  1. C. UTP cables use an RJ-45 connector. RJ-11 and RJ-25 are often used for terminating telephone lines.

  2. B. Standard cables, known as drop cables or patch cables, will have the pins in the same order on both connectors

  3. B. On a crossover cable, one connector has flipped the wires. Specifically, pins 1 and 3 get switched, and pins 2 and 6 get switched.

  4. C. If you are going to make your own UTP cables (drop/patch cables) to customize length, you need to make sure that the right wires get to the right pins.

  5. E. A baseline is the standard level of performance of a network component or a system of components. For networks and networked devices, these are four key components to baseline.

  6. C. Policies govern how the network is ...

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