220-1101 - Hardware - Section 3.1

Explain basic cable types and their connectors, features, and purposes, including network, peripheral, video, and storage cables in a given scenario.

Identify copper and fibre network cabling (Cat 5e/6/6a twisted pair, coaxial, single-mode and multimode fibre) and match each to its connector, including the RJ-45 8P8C used for Ethernet and the smaller RJ-11 used for telephone and DSL. Distinguish peripheral and video cables - USB-A/C, Thunderbolt, HDMI, DisplayPort, SATA, and eSATA - by their connector and the maximum speed or distance each supports.

Cat 6 twisted pairRJ-45 vs RJ-11Fibre opticSATA and Thunderbolt

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