...Clarence Gilchrest 10/06/2014 EN1320 Introduction Over ten years ago, I claimed victory at graduation vowing to never enter a classroom again. Didn’t take long for another battle to begin without my awareness, forcing me to break my vow. It was probably a foolish vow to begin with anyway. But even after doing so, starting school again, I didn’t get very far. So what was all that for? Why did I go through that to make a noble decision only just to fail? I consider myself as a late bloomer, though I was given a heads-up on the new world I was entering, I still didn’t get until I was in it. Getting as much advice from wiser people as possible still didn’t give me enough common sense to go out and follow that advice given. Whoever had that problem? How were you able to break it? Now I’m back at that same decision I made all those years ago, and I feel so much different from before. What happened? What changed? What gave me this confidence and courage repeat what I failed in the past? Everyone experiences life similarly but differently. This introduction only will attract those who may have had the same thought process as my own. This is a reflection of personal issues with oneself, and who is willing to break these weaknesses by any means. This is not a guideline for I can’t tell anyone how run their life. This is for you to take a pencil and paper and write down any relevant notes that you feel may help you in your process of becoming a stronger person. This is only what...
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...Cabling Factors and Tools Discussion When performing cable installations there are three factors that need to be considered, fire protection, water intrusion or flood protection, or changes in the structural foundation in your home. The two most important considerations to take into account when either pre-wiring a house or wiring after the house is complete, are the routing of the cable and the quality of the wire used. These two points are often overlooked and the decision to wire the house at all often comes as an afterthought, when most if not all of the interior of the structure has been completed. Pre-wiring your house, or installing the wire in the stage of construction just before the drywall goes on, is always the preferred method and offers the most flexibility in placement of outlets and the routing of your cable .When deciding on the location of your outlets, try to visualize where you'll eventually be placing the furniture in the room in relation to the location of your television. Internet services are also being provided now by a lot of cable companies so placing an outlet in a spot near your planned computer station is also a good idea .In general it's a good idea to put at least one outlet in every room whether or not you plan to use it immediately. At least it will be there when it is needed, avoiding the drilling of any unsightly holes in the future. Outlet boxes can be purchased at any hardware store and should be fastened to the wall stud in the location...
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...4/14/2014 Unit 5. Assignment 1: Cabling Factors and Tools Discussion Three factors that need to be considered is being fire protected, water proof, and shock protection. Being fire protected, just in case a fire occurs, the wiring would be protected by a casing around the actual wires which in cause wouldn’t melt the casing and destroy the wires. Since the data room is usually in the basement of companies, if a flood occurs, there are wires that are protected by a casing that would not let water intrude into the casing. For shock protection, there is always a chance for a shortage to happen. Wiring and a lot of electricity used. For example, if there is a storm going on and lightning hits a generator and shorts everything out, it would not fry the wiring if they are protected from the shock. The two most important considerations to take into account when either pre-wiring a house or wiring after the house is complete, are the routing of the cable and the quality of the wire used. These two points are often overlooked and the decision to wire the house at all often comes as an afterthought, when most if not all of the interior of the structure has been completed. Some tools that would be useful to use are cable cutters, hole cutting tools, wire strippers, punch down tools, RJ45 connector crimp kits, pliers and cutters, label makers and electrical tape. The makeshift tool that we would use is a staple...
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...INTRODUCTION TO STRUCTURED CABLING Compiled by Sonam Dukda Division of Information Technology Ministry of Communication September 2000 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 2 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 4 NETWORKING ............................................................................................................................. 5 2.1 Objectives ................................................................................................................................ 5 2.2 Choice of Software and Hardware........................................................................................... 5 3 NETWORKING TRENDS ............................................................................................................. 6 4 STANDARDS................................................................................................................................. 6 4.1 International Standards ............................................................................................................ 6 4.2 Industry Standards. .................................................................................................................. 6 4.3 Structured Cabling standards................................................................................................... 6 4.4 Highlights of the EIA/TIA-568A standards.................................................
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...Chapter 2: Cabling Specifications and Standards The Bottom Line Chapter 2: Cabling Specifications and Standards The Bottom Line Identify the key elements of the ANSI/TIA-568-C Commercial Building Master It 1. Which subsection of the ANSI/TIA-568-C standard would you reference for UTP cabling performance parameters? Answer: TIA-568-C.2 2. Which subsection of ANSI/TIA-568-C standard would you reference for optical fiber cabling and component performance parameters? Answer: TIA-568-C.3 3. What is the recommended multimode fiber type per the ANSI/TIA-568-C.1 standard for backbone cabling? Answer: 850nm (laser optimized) 50/125 micron multimode fiber 4. Which is typically a more expensive total optical fiber system solution; single-mode or multimode? Answer: Single-mode 5. The ANSI/TIA-568-C.1 standard breaks structured cabling into six areas. What are these areas? Answer: (1) horizontal cabling (2) backbone cabling (3) work area (4) telecommunications rooms and enclosures (5) equipment rooms (6) entrance facility Identify other ANSI/TIA/EIA standards required to properly design the pathways and spaces and grounding of a cabling system. Master It: Which other TIA standards need to be followed for: 1. Pathways and spaces? Answer: ANSI/TIA-569-B 2. Grounding and bonding? Answer: J-STD-607-A 3. Data Centers? ...
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...Chapter 2 NT1230 10/3/2014 1. When was the first major standard describing a structured cabling system released? c. 1995 2. What doe EIA and TIA stand for? i. EIA – Electronics Industries Alliance ii. TIA – Telecommunications Industry Association 3. What are the three parts of the EIA/TIA 568-B standard? i. EIA/TIA-568-B.1: Commercial Cabling Standard, Master Document ii. EIA/TIA-568-B.2: Twisted-pair Media iii. EIA/TIA-568-B.3: Optical Fiber Cabling Standard 4. Identify the six subsystems of a structured cabling system. i. Building Entrance (Also called (EF) Entrance Facilities) ii. Equipment Room (ER) iii. Telecommunications Closet (Also called (TR) Telecommunications Room or (TE) Telecommunications Enclosure) iv. Backbone Cabling v. Horizontal Cabling vi. Work Area 5. Which subsystem does permanent networking cabling within a building belong to? i. Backbone Cabling 6. What is a cross-connect? i. Cross-connect – A space where you are going to take one or multiple cables and connect them to one or more cables or equipment. 7. What is the main cross-connect? i. Main Cross-Connect (MC) – Usually connects two or more buildings and is typically the central telecommunications connection point for a campus or building. It is also called the Main Distribution Frame (MDF) or Main Equipment Room. The MC connects to telco, an ISP, and so...
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...1. Application: Application is the term used within the Information Technology industry to reference software. The software can be for the end user which is known as the application software or it can be a Systems application software. 2. Unshielded twisted-pair: UTP, is also known as Category 5, and or Category 6. Consisting of 2 twisted pair of copper wire. UTP is the main type of cable used in LAN topography. 3. Shielded Twisted-Pair: Is similar to UTP, the main difference is that it is has an additional layer of shielding, this shield helps in preventing EMI, and other interference. STP is great application when a cable is being applied near power lines, metal pipes and is not in protected by plenum or conduit. 4. Fiber Optic Cable: Is a great long distance cable. There is Single mode, in which laser is transmitted and there is multimode, in which LED is transmitted. Both fiber cables are use to cover great distances up to allow data to traverse the fiber optic cable near the speed of light. 5. Dark Fiber is fiber optic cable is this idle and is not currently being used. 6. Coaxial Cable is an older cable that has a grounding copper core that is surrounded by a plastic protective insulating sheath, and then a protective grounding shield, and then there is the black outer protective plastic covering. 7. Plenum is a space or area that is intentional provided to allow for cables, pipes, tubing and other various plumbing. This space is typically...
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...Physical Networking Unit 2 Assignment 1. The American National Standards Institute is a private non-profit organization that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards for products, services, processes, systems, and personnel in the United States. The organization also coordinates U.S. standards with international standards so that American products can be used worldwide. For example, standards ensure that people who own cameras can find the film they need for that camera anywhere around the globe. ANSI accredits standards that are developed by representatives of standards developing organizations, government agencies, consumer groups, companies, and others. These standards ensure that the characteristics and performance of products are consistent, that people use the same definitions and terms, and that products are tested the same way. ANSI also accredits organizations that carry out product or personnel certification in accordance with requirements defined in international standards. 2. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE, read I-Triple-E) is a non-profit professional association headquartered in New York City that is dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence. It has more than 400,000 members in more than 160 countries, about 51.4% of whom reside in the United States. IEEE is one of the leading standards-making organizations in the world. IEEE performs its standards making and maintaining functions through the...
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...Fritz Dorcelus _ Physical Networking Cable Structure Week 3 assignment 1-What are the most common cables used today? Unshielded twisted-pair (UTP), shielded or screened twisted-pair (STP or ScTP), coaxial, and fiber-optic (FO) 2. Simply installing STP cabling does not guarantee that you will improve a cable’s immunity EMI or reduce the emissions from the cable. What are several critical conditions must be satisfied to achieve good shield performance? * The shield must be electrically continuous along the whole link. * All components in the link must be shielded. No UTP patch cords can be used. * The shield must fully enclose the pair, and the overall shield must fully enclose the core. Any gap in the shield covering is a source of EMI leakage. * The shield must be grounded at both ends of the link, and the building grounding system must conform to grounding standards (such as J-STD-607-A). 3. What are the distinct advantages of fiber optic? • Transmission distances are much greater than with copper cable. • Bandwidth is dramatically higher than with copper. • Fiber optic is not susceptible to outside EMI or crosstalk interference, nor does it generate EMI or crosstalk. • Fiber-optic cable is much more secure than copper cable because it is extremely difficult to monitor, “eavesdrop on,” or tap a fiber cable. 4. Cable bandwidth is a function of three interrelated, major elements. What are these major elements? Distance, Frequency, and Signal-level-to-noise-level...
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...the members interested in developing a particular standard. b) ANSI standards include, SCSI interface specifications, programming language specifications, and specifications for character sets. c) ANSI helped to coordinate the efforts of the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) and the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) to develop ANSI/TIA/EIA-568, the cabling specification in the United States. 2) Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) d) The Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) was originally known as the Radio Manufacturers Association. Since then, the EIA has evolved into an organization that represents a wide variety of electronics manufacturers. e) The EIA is organized along specific product and market lines that allow each EIA sector to be responsive to its specific needs. These sectors include components, consumer electronics, electronic information, industrial electronics, government, and telecommunications. f) The EIA (along with the TIA) was the driving force behind the original ANSI/TIA/EIA-568 Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard. 3) Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) g) The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) is a trade organization that consists of a membership of over 1,100 telecommunications and electronics companies. The TIA membership manufactures and distributes virtually all the telecommunication products used in the world today. h) TIA’s mission is...
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...Unit 5 Assignment 1 Cabling Factors and Tolls Discussion Flexibility What type of install is the cable going into? Is everything in a fixed position? If you have an install where items are moved around without being disconnected, using highly flexible cable is necessary. Cables in these scenarios need to be flexible to meet those demands of mobility, and also for the life of the wire so that it does not crack, break, fray or short. We had a job at a university where we moved flat panels on a track system to create different screen sizes, and for that we had to make sure the cable would meet the demand. Capacitance Cat 6 is not always better than Cat 5. If a video extender is made for Cat 5e, using Cat 6 may cause you a problem. The electrical properties are different, and the circuitry inside may not be able to reconcile the increased capacitance. You should confirm with the manufacturer before making a substitute in a Category cable. Jacket What type of jacket does your cable need? You have plenum, riser, PVC/non-plenum and direct burial. Plenum cable is often required in commercial work, especially in buildings where there are open-air returns; it is essential to meeting code. Integrators will often use riser grade at the riser, and then transfer to plenum in the plenum space. This saves some cost, but I recommend you second-guess saving that few cents per foot in most cases. The chances of mixing up a box of cable and pulling riser in the plenum space may increase...
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...Deciding on the right piece of equipment? By: Maurice T. Wade Student: American Intercontinental University Class: ENG106 Abstract Trying to set out and find the perfect computer for the members of my organization there are several factor that are vitally important. These are factors are but not limited to memory, anti-virus protection, and processing speed. So the best choice of all three of these in one would be a MAC from Apple. This would be the recommendation that I would give. The search has been narrowed down between three units which are Apple IMac 27inch (Late 2012), Dell XPS 27 Touch All in One (2720), last but not least Dell Optiplex 9010 AIO. Trying to set out and find the perfect computer for the members of my organization there are several factor that are vitally important. These are factors are but not limited to memory, RAM size, and processing speed. So the best choice of all three of these in one would be a MAC from Apple. This would be the recommendation that I would give. The search has been narrowed down between three units which are Apple IMac 27inch (Late 2012), Dell XPS 27 Touch All in One (2720), last but not least Dell Optiplex 9010 AIO. So for memory the Dell XPS takes this category by a land slide it comes off the shelf with 2038GB worth of memory. That is an extremely large amount of memory that could definitely come in handy depending on the reason that the organization plans on using the computers. With Apple IMac you are only getting...
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...During the past few years Target has focused on its microenvironmental factors. They have claimed to have focused on 4 primary causes to the overall factor of the company. First off when you talk about Target you also have to mention their greatest competitor which is Walmart. So, the first stage of these factors is Competitors. The main and well known strategy that they use is very low prices that are resonated with the consumer. This all started when the economy took a plunge into recession and consumers were trying to savor every penny they had in pocket. This led to a decline in market share for target because Walmart then has the largest microenvironment as a competitor with a low costing store. Next on the list of factors is the customers that buy from these stores. As mentioned in the beginning as the recession started customers started relying more on coupons and other ways to save a dollar. This was so wide spread over the U.S. because unemployment rates rose to their all-time highs. Target is very well-known for their style and having slightly higher prices than Walmart for the “better quality” that a customer didn’t have a problem paying before the recession. Overall this idea of being fashionable and spending a few extra dollars on merchandise led to a decrease in customers for Target because they were not being cost savvy for the average customer. If they had done a better job in fulfilling customer satisfaction than Walmart did then they could have had the higher...
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...Purchase here http://homeworkgoods.com/math-117-entire-class Product Description Week 1 week 1 (x y)3 = x y3.doc week 1 3 exponent rules.doc week 1 dividing by a binomial.doc week 1 dividing by a monomial.doc week 1 evaluate a polynomial.doc week 1 the sign of the base.doc Week 2 math 117 week2- determine the difference of two squares.doc Week 3 week 3 factoring solve quadratic.doc week 3 find the GCF.doc week 3 How is doing operations.doc week 3 Least common denominators.doc week 3 not in factored form.doc week 3 number game.doc week 3 process of canceling like factors.doc week 3 understand exponent rules when multiplying rational.doc week 3 what are rational expressions.doc week 3 zero-factor property.doc Week 4 week 4 cancel factors not terms.doc week 4 necessary to perform a check.doc week 4 undefined value for 1(x ¿C 4).doc Week 5 week 5 first step to solve rational equation.doc week 5 describe two exponent laws.doc week 5 first condition for a simplified radical.doc week 5 index of a radical.doc week 5 true or false 28 ¿C 4í¦2.doc week 5 true or false for 2 radical statements.doc week 5 true or false for 2 statements.doc week 5 what are radical expressions.doc week 5 what must be true about the radicand and the index.doc week 5 why to check your answer.doc week 5 Why to simplify radical expressions.doc Week 6 Week 6 Concept Check Pythagorean Theorem.doc Week 7 week 7 how to complete the square.doc week 7 how to use...
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...1. Review the list of factors that may contribute to building positive brand equity (list one). Which factors do you think would be the main contributors to a firm’s brand equity? 1. Product range 2. Relative product quality 3. Word-of-mouth 4. Social ‘status’ of the product 5. Visibility of the product 6. Market share (extent of popularity) 7. Success of new products 8. Target markets 9. Competitive set 2. Now review the second list of brand equity benefits. Which ones do you consider to be the main benefits? 1. Increased sales 2. Price premium 3. Customer loyalty 4. Perceived popularity and real visibility 5. Point-of-sale merchandise uptake 6. Supplier bargaining power 7. New product success 8. More product line extensions 9. Significant competitive advantage 10. Point-of-sale merchandise uptake 11. Easier market development 12. Stable cash flow and easier planning 3. Looking at the two lists, do you think that there is a relationship between the two? That is, does a strength/performance in one list contribute to a better result for a similar factor in the other list? (Example, a strong brand can be built by social media, yet strong brands will generally have a greater social media presence and uptake.) Yes, I imagine that there is a relationship between the two records. According to my perspective I surmise that is does quality in one rundown add to a superior result for a comparable...
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