Exam 1: BICSI Registered Communications Distribution Designer - RCDD

You are designing a multi-story dwelling and need to place the CTR's. Every floor is not available. What is the alternate spacing for the CTRs?

The signal at the input to a balanced twisted pair cable is 10 mW. The cable is 1000 feet long and has an attenuation of 1 dB per 100 feet. This cable is connected to the input of a receiver. The noise level at the input to the receiver is 1 microwatt. What is the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) (dB) at the receiver input?

Which of the following is true when describing slip sleeves or gutters?

Which of the following is NOT an element of a cable system?

You are designing a nurse call system for a health care facility. The system will have emergency call switches. What is the first step you should take in designing the nurse call system?

A(n) ________ system is considered a mechanical firestop.

What is the expected lumenance value, in watts, of a 200 watt fluorescent lamp after three years?

A space has all hard surfaces including architecture and furnishings. The audio programming produced from the distributed sound system has become unintelligible. Which of the following will NOT mitigate the problem?

You are designing a cabling containment system installed overhead in a new data center. The main or prime purpose of the system will be to manage fiber optic cabling between cabinets. You have a choice of designs of the containment system. In view of the prime purpose of containment system, your first choice of design will be one that:

For an analog camera, what is the normal frame rate in frames per second?

Which of the following statements best describes what a backbone distribution system typically provides?

Which of the following protocols is referred to under ISO 16484-5?

Multimode optical fiber is generally used for campus or building applications due to the ability to use cost effective:

What is the MINIMUM cover for underground conduit?

Within building automation hardware systems, there is a hierarchical system of micro processor based controllers. Which type of controller is used to provide limited port capacity for connection of sensors, support, and execution of DDC programs, and usually operates in stand alone mode?

What type of address is 10.162.02.14?

When designing a backbone distribution system, you are asked to include a combination of media types. Your choice of media types include:

The concept of the "security quandary" is based on providing a balancing act between what two elements?

Rack mounted hardware is installed in two standard sized racks or cabinets. Those sizes are:

You have been asked to test and troubleshoot an installed base of cabling that is believed to be causing network problems. You are finding that there are high levels of return loss upon initial testing. What testing will best determine the reasons for these failures?