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Exam · US outside plant & splicing
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1. What does a passive optical splitter do?
Divides the light between many customers, with no power
Amplifies the signal
Switches Ethernet traffic
2. Where are splitters usually located?
In the FDH (and sometimes FDTs or closures)
In the customer’s router
In the core router
3. What carries aerial fiber between poles?
The power conductor
Nothing
A messenger strand it is lashed to
4. Why record every splice in inventory and GIS?
It is optional
For decoration
So the NOC can trace a customer to the OLT and find faults
5. Order for fusion splicing:
Splice, strip, clean
Cleave, paint, splice
Strip, clean, cleave, splice, sleeve
6. Which tool tells you how far away a break is?
Crimper
Multimeter
OTDR
7. After re-splicing, what proves the repair?
Rebooting the OLT
OTDR and power-meter tests on each fiber
Looking at it
8. Why splice fibers in order?
It looks neater
It is faster
So each customer stays on the right PON
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