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FOA CFOT Multiple-choice EXAM

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%

SOLVED (Newest 2025) Outside plant cabling can be installed by

• Pulling in underground in conduit
• Direction burial
• Aerial suspension
• All of the above - Correct Answers ✅D

Underground cable generally includes a gel, powder or tape for protection from

• Pulling friction
• Lightning strikes
• Moisture
• fiber ablation - Correct Answers ✅C

Armored cable is used in outside plant installation to

• Prevent rodent damage
• Protect from dig up damage
• Increase pulling tension
• Conduct lightning strikes - Correct Answers ✅A. 1 / 3

FOA CFOT Multiple-choice EXAM

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%

SOLVED (Newest 2025) Concatenation or the joining of two cables in a long outside plant run is most always done by

• Mechanical splicing
• Fusion splicing
• Field installation of connectors
• Splicing on a pigtailed connector - Correct Answers ✅B

Premise cables in LAN backbones often contain

• Only multimode fiber
• Only singlemode fiber
• Both multimode and singlemode fiber
• Plastic optical Fiber - Correct Answers ✅C

Premises cables must be rated for______ to meet codes

• Pull strength
• Bend radius
• Weight in cable trays
• Fire retardant - Correct Answers ✅D 2 / 3

FOA CFOT Multiple-choice EXAM

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%

SOLVED (Newest 2025) The protective gear every VDV installer must always wear is

• Eye protection
• Plastic Apron
• Gloves
• Shoe Covers - Correct Answers ✅A

Information on the safety of chemical used in fiber optics are

• Available on the national of institutes of health
• In MSDS sheets supplied by the manufacture
• Required to be in every installer tool kit
• Rarely useful - Correct Answers ✅B

Always keep ________ on connectors when not connected to equipment or being tested

• Mating Adapter
• Strain of relief boots
• Sticky tape
• Dust cap - Correct Answers ✅D
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