Question

John was carrying on at the water cooler the other day, trying to show off his knowledge of networking. He claimed that the company had installed special cabling to handle the problems of crosstalk on the network. What kind of cabling did the company install?

Answer 1

The correct answer for the following question is UTP cables.

Step-by-step explanation:

UTP : It stands for Unshield Twisted Pair cables, used in telecommunication industry and computer as an Ethernet cables widely.

There are five types of UTP cables :

• CAT3 (mainly placed in phone lines, rarely used)
• CAT4 (available in token ring networks)
• CAT5 (two twisted pairs contained)
• CAT5e (four twisted pairs contained)
• CAT6

In this UTP cables, the copper wires are covered with metallic shielding which provides the balanced signal and minimize electronic involvement.