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On the net+ practice exam, I came across "Which of the following tools is used to attach UTP cabling to a jacket in a patch closet."

My question is.. what is this jacket it's refering to? No one in my office seems to understand what they mean. I can figure out the answer, but I'm still left with the mystery of the jacket.

We'd all appreciate the info!

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wastedtime

Its a badly worded question but they probably wanted punchdown.

jim_stasz

nailz1000 wrote:

On the net+ practice exam, I came across "Which of the following tools is used to attach UTP cabling to a jacket in a patch closet."

My question is.. what is this jacket it's refering to? No one in my office seems to understand what they mean. I can figure out the answer, but I'm still left with the mystery of the jacket.

We'd all appreciate the info!

I would have guessed a crimping tool because of the mention of UTP cabling.

keatron

jim_stasz wrote:

nailz1000 wrote:

On the net+ practice exam, I came across "Which of the following tools is used to attach UTP cabling to a jacket in a patch closet."

My question is.. what is this jacket it's refering to? No one in my office seems to understand what they mean. I can figure out the answer, but I'm still left with the mystery of the jacket.

We'd all appreciate the info!

I would have guessed a crimping tool because of the mention of UTP cabling.

A crimping tool is used to attach RJ45/RJ11 plugs to cabling. A punch down tool is used to attach cabling to a patch panel.

Trailerisf

nailz1000 wrote:

On the net+ practice exam, I came across "Which of the following tools is used to attach UTP cabling to a jacket in a patch closet."

Punchdown

Jiggsaww

nailz1000 wrote:

On the net+ practice exam, I came across "Which of the following tools is used to attach UTP cabling to a jacket in a patch closet."

well i ain't know what they mean by jacket but once they mention patch closet then it's mos def a punch down tool

jsobrinog

Mhh that question is a little tricky but the way i figured out the answer is in this way. Here at méxico the word jack is refered to the mounting piece that you joint to a faceplate ( think that in all the world is the same ) so in order to setup UTP to a jack you need a punch tool, maybe that´s a little preamble for that question and this will make it easier for you to understand.

jsobrinog

Remember that you can build a mdf on your network using a patch panel or module jackets, there are ( the only ones i know) the ones that need a punchdown tool and the others that just with a little flip-on-top get punched.

sorry jeje that´s another explanation to that question.