Tools for Technicians
Fiber techs must constantly look out for changing installation components and processes.
This affects the tools they must use. Are your fiber optic tools ready for today’s installation work?
1. Which new cable types are different from the traditional OSP loose tube cables and may require special tools and procedures?
Correct Answer: All of the above
2. Fibers in these new cable types are more densely packed and use ______ to provide better performance for the fibers
Correct Answer: Bend-insensitive fibers
3. Microcables are installed in microducts by ______, not ______.
Correct Answer: Blowing or jetting, pulling
4. The large diameter of high-fiber-count cables requires a larger diameter ______ for pulling underground cables to avoid exceeding the minimum bend diameter.
Correct Answer: Puller capstan and guides
5. The large diameter of high-fiber-count cables may even require replacing your cable jacket stripper.
Correct Answer: True
6. Because of the larger number of fibers in modern cables, it has become more practical to splice with a ______ splicer.
Correct Answer: Ribbon or mass fusion
7. Many new fiber optic cables use a ______ design that requires special fixtures for cleaving and fusion splicing.
Correct Answer: Flexible ribbon
8. Many high-density microcables and high-fiber-count cables now have fibers coated with a smaller 200-micron buffer coating that requires new fiber holders for fusion splicers.
Correct Answer: True
9. Termination of fibers with the popular ______ requires special holders or fixtures for fusion splicers, which are not available on all older models.
Correct Answer: Fusion splice-on connectors
10. New technology in components requires users to upgrade or purchase a new ______.
Correct Answer: All of the above
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