RCDD-002 BICSI Registered Communications Distribution Designer - RCDD Question and Answers

A building has six floors plus a basement. Each floor is 10,000 square feet and has approximately 50 CATV outlets respectively. There is a single hardline trunk cable installed from the basement headend passing through the telecommunications room (TR) on each floor. What is usually the MOST cost effective coaxial cable design to implement on the horizontal distribution from the telecommunications room (TR)?

A building has a series of CATV outlets each with cables installed back to a telecommunications room (TR), and each telecommunications room (TR) is connected to the headend. What is this type of topology called?

Active video converters are required for what type of CATV distribution system?

For the telecommunications industry, the nominal operating voltage is ________ volts DC.

The formula for calculating BTUs from electrical power is:

DC loads are generally expressed in:

Within a data center, if you have dual path connectivity between the primary entrance room and secondary entrance room, in addition to dual connectivity between these two rooms and the main distribution and secondary distribution areas, what tier level would this infrastructure design represent?

If you are working on a physical security plan for a data center and focusing on building and access control, what layer of the plan would this relate to?

What is the MAXIMUM horizontal cable length permitted for centralized optical fiber cabling from the MDA within a data center?

The standard floor space coverage area for each building automation system (BAS) is a BAS outlet or device for every ________ of floor space.

Which type of cable tray is best described as a ventilated bottom with side rails?

You are designing a horizontal distribution system that will have a zone box located 71.6 m (235 ft) away from the telecommunications room (TR). A 50 mm (2 in) conduit is designed from the TR to a pull box located 36.6 m (120 ft) away from the TR. A 1 1/2 inch conduit is designed from the pull box to the zone box located 35.1 m (115 ft) beyond the pull box. Assuming no conduit bends, and excluding the TR and zone box, what is the total number of pull boxes/pull points required in this horizontal conduit system between the telecommunications room (TR) and zone box?

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The diagram below is a typical configuration for:

You are preparing to test newly installed open office cabling. Within the open office cabling, there are multiple consolidation points (CP) that were installed while waiting for furniture. How do you proceed with permanent link testing?

Premises optical fiber links should be tested:

ITU-T G.655 recommends which type of singlemode optical fiber?

What type of address is 10.162.02.14?

Which layer of the OSI model covers physical cable connections?

What is the MOST important aspect of fire alarm signaling?

For an analog camera, what is the normal frame rate in frames per second?

Which of the following is NOT a type of intrusion detection system sensor?

You have just finished a design calling for 15 telecommunications outlets. You received word that the owner has increased his requirements by 40%. What size commercial DD (distribution device) is required to accommodate the increase?

You are designing distribution for a seven unit townhouse with in slab conduits. What is the MINIMUM number of 27 mm (1 in) rigid PVC Type 2 or metallic conduit that is required to satisfy distribution to each unit?

You are designing a multi-story dwelling and need to place the CTR's. Every floor is not available. What is the alternate spacing for the CTRs?

When labeling pathways, which one of the following guidelines should be met?

Which class of the system applies when the premise only has a single equipment room (ER), and it is the only telecommunications space administered?

Which class of the system was created to secure a single equipment room (ER)?

You have been asked to design a public safety microwave radio system for the city of Fairbanks, Alaska. The requirement for reliability, maximum throughput, and minimum interference by fog, rain, or heavy snow is critical. Which frequency will best suit the system's needs?

As a wireless designer, you have been tasked with designing a DAS which supports UHF public safety radios. You have determined that if you increase the power of the base station antenna, you can solve coverage problems in the basement. One of the restrictive items that you should consider is:

In order to maximize its ability to send and receive, an antenna should be ________ to the desired frequency.

A building can have multiple equipment rooms (ERs) for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

When allocating termination space for CAT 6 and optical fiber cables, it is recommended that additional space of up to ________ percent be considered for the routing of the cables and patch cords.

In a telecommunications room (TR), the MINIMUM bottom edge height recommendation for mounting plywood on the wall is ________ above AFF.

You are designing a paging system for a 588 sq m (6325 sq ft) open office space. Due to architectural features of the ceiling, wall mounted speakers must be used. Following the general rule about wall mounted speaker placement, how many speakers should be installed?

In a hallway with normal traffic, ceiling mounted speakers should be placed ________ times the corridor height, minus the ________.

You are designing a restaurant located within a retail mall. The ambient noise level of the restaurant is 70 dB. The ambient noise level of the mall common space is 75 dB. What is the MINIMUM sound pressure level (SPL) that should be used when designing the paging system within the restaurant?

Which of the following protocols is referred to under ISO 16484-5?

Within a commercial office building of 2300 sq m (25000 sq ft), how many building automation system (BAS) devices are required?

What type of facility requires a building automation system (BAS) device to be located every 5 sq m (50 sq ft)?

You are designing a nurse call system for an assisted care facility. What type of nurse call system would best suit the needs for the facility?

How much area of wall space is needed in the telecommunications room (TR) to support a nurse call system?

You are designing a nurse call system for a health care facility. The system will have emergency call switches. What is the first step you should take in designing the nurse call system?

The MINIMUM dimensions of the telecommunications main grounding busbar is ________ and variable in length.

Surge currents due to lightning and other sources MUST be ________ before they penetrate the infrastructure.

The recommended MAXIMUM value for the bonding resistance between the nearest available grounding electrode and the busbar in an entrance facility (EF) is ________ ohms.

One interior TTY must be provided at locations defined as public accommodations with ________ or more pay telephones.

Coupling with electrical circuits can create inductive interference to telecommunications facilities. Which of the following can decrease the coupling effect?

In an office area, a consultant needs to add the location of a fax machine to the plan. What is the approximated floor area that a fax machine occupies?

The electromagnetic spectrum of visible light lies in the ___________ frequency range of the spectrum.

You are required by architectural design to place UTP cables in the same space as unshielded power lines. How should you proceed with the placement of your cables?

What is the recommended MINIMUM separation of unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cables from fluorescent light fixtures?