Question 1

Exhibit:  A pay telephone using coins needs to be installed in a public area. In the specifications, it is required that the telephone shall meet the ADA (American with Disabilities Act) requirement for front reach using a wheelchair. What will be the maximum reachable height or the value of "X"?

Accepted Answer

A)  760 mm (30 in) 
B)  864 mm (34 in) 
C)  1170 mm (46 in) 
D)  1220 mm (48 in) 
E)  1370 mm (54 in)

Question 2

You are designing a nurse call system for an assisted care facility. What type of nurse call system would best suit the needs for the facility?

Accepted Answer

A)  Audiovisual system 
B)  Staff emergency system 
C)  Tone/Visual system 
D)  Bedside system

Question 3

A SONET OC-1 channel can carry 672 voice signals and has a data rate of 51.84 Mbps. A SONET OC-48 channel can carry 32,256 voice channels. What MINIMUM data rate is required for the OC-48 channel?

Accepted Answer

A)  155 Mbps 
B)  622 Mbps 
C)  2.5 Gbps 
D)  5 Gbps 
E)  10 Gbps

Question 4

Most types of firestop putty have ________ properties.

Accepted Answer

A)  Water based 
B)  Cementitious 
C)  Intumescent 
D)  Silicone based

Question 5

You must place a cable between 2 equipment locations with separate grounds having a potential difference between them of 2.1 V rms. Which one of the following cables should NOT be used?

Accepted Answer

A)  Multimode 
B)  Singlemode 
C)  UTP 
D)  STP

Question 6

A large telecommunications facility, by most codes, must be designed with an EPO switch located at:

Accepted Answer

A)  The facility entrance or exit 
B)  The main power panel 
C)  Between the main power panel and the transformer 
D)  Near each bank of equipment in the telecommunications space

Question 7

You have determined that the equipment room (ER) you are designing will be the minimum size of 15 sq m (160 sq ft) and is servicing 80 but architectural changes will add 175 , which will require you to add a horizontal cross-connect (HC). What size should the equipment room (ER) be?

Accepted Answer

A)  18 sq m (193 sq ft) 
B)  23 sq m (250 sq ft) 
C)  31 sq m (330 sq ft) 
D)  37 sq m (400 sq ft) 
E)  47 sq m (500 sq ft)

Question 8

You are designing a firestop system for a hospital with several floors that have isolation rooms. Air leakage control is important to ensure rooms are sealed and restrict the spread of disease. Which firestop test rating should you use to ensure air leakage compliance?

Accepted Answer

A)  F rating 
B)  L rating 
C)  T rating 
D)  W rating

Question 9

Which type of cable tray is best described as a ventilated bottom with side rails?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ventilated channel 
B)  Ladder 
C)  Spline 
D)  Ventilated trough 
E)  Basket tray

Question 10

When a building is not on the property line, the building owner should provide a MINIMUM of ________ conduits from a point inside the building, to the property line or easement for entrance facilities.

Accepted Answer

A)  Five 
B)  Four 
C)  Three 
D)  Two

Question 11

You are designing a 4.9 GHz microwave system that is using rectangular waveguide from the transceiver to the inside wall of the shelter and an antenna using elliptical waveguide from the antenna to the outside wall of the shelter. The antenna has been designed to be placed 200 ft up on a 250 ft tower. What device will you specify that will best interconnect the two different waveguides?

Accepted Answer

A)  Elliptical wave guide pass through 
B)  Elliptical wave guide clamp 
C)  Elliptical waveguide connector 
D)  Elliptical waveguide flange

Question 12

A building can have multiple equipment rooms (ERs) for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  To provide redundancy 
B)  For separate tenants 
C)  To house different types of equipment 
D)  To serve multiple Access point (APs) and/or Service provider (SPs) 
E)  To accommodate office and work space

Question 13

The MINIMUM finished height of access flooring in a general office area is:

Accepted Answer

A)  50 mm (2 in) 
B)  150 mm (6 in) 
C)  200 mm (8 in) 
D)  250 mm (10 in) 
E)  300 mm (12 in)

Question 14

You have been asked what the estimated power cost will be per month (30 days) for the new equipment room you are designing. The power load you have calculated to be an average of 1850 watts per hour. What is the monthly cost assuming the cost of electricity is 7.5 cents (U.S.) per kilowatt hour?

Accepted Answer

A)  $44.40 
B)  $55.50 
C)  $99.90 
D)  $122.80 
E)  $140.10

Question 15

Which of the following is a nonmechanical firestop system?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cable transit system 
B)  Firestop blocks 
C)  Fire rated pathway device 
D)  Factory fabricated sleeve system

Question 16

You are designing a telecommunications grounding system for a telecommunications room (TR). The TMGB is located 15 m (50 ft) from the telecommunications rack. What is the MINIMUM AWG of the ground conductor required?

Accepted Answer

A)  Two 
B)  Three 
C)  Four 
D)  Six 
E)  Eight

Question 17

The conversion of an analog speech signal to a pulse code modulation (PCM) digital signal involves all of the following steps EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  Low pass filtering 
B)  Periodic sampling 
C)  Quantizing 
D)  Companding 
E)  Amplitude modulation

Question 18

A video camera has a coaxial cable output. The video signal is to be distributed to devices that have balanced twisted pair inputs. The transition between these two different transmission media can be accomplished by using a:

Accepted Answer

A)  Balun 
B)  Converter 
C)  Modulator 
D)  Cross connect 
E)  Transceiver

Question 19

The MAXIMUM span length for an aerial entrance, from the last pole to the building, must NOT exceed:

Accepted Answer

A)  15.2 m (50 ft) 
B)  30 m (100 ft) 
C)  45.8 m (150 ft) 
D)  61 m (200 ft) 
E)  76 m (250 ft)

Question 20

Which active DAS component is responsible for coupling input signals from donor systems?

Accepted Answer

A)  Coupling antenna 
B)  Bidirectional amplifier 
C)  Transceiver 
D)  Receiver

Exam 1: BICSI Registered Communications Distribution Designer - RCDD

Exhibit: A pay telephone using coins needs to be installed in a public area. In the specifications, it is required that the telephone shall meet the ADA (American with Disabilities Act) requirement for front reach using a wheelchair. What will be the maximum reachable height or the value of "X"?