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Multiple Choice: 6. The primary buffer: C. Transmits and diffuses them

D. Transmits and reflects them
1. The common windows used in fiber A. reflects the light back into the
optic communications are centered core to allow propagation of light 12. Medium 1 is made of glass, while
on wavelengths of down the optic fiber medium 2 is made of ethyl alcohol.
B. must have a lower refractive Their refractive indexes are 1.3 and
A. 1300 nm, 1550 nm and 850 nm index than the core 1.28 respectively. For an angle of
B. 850 nm, 1500 nm and 1300 nm C. is a plastic layer around the incidence of 34 degrees, determine
C. 1350 nm, 1500 nm and 850 nm cladding to protect the optic fiber the angle of refraction.
D. 800 nm, 1300 nm and 1550 nm from mechanical damage
D. must be airtight to prevent loss of A. 36.41 C. 31.64
2. Bending losses: the core vacuum B. 34.61 D. 35.14

A. always result in breakage of the 7. In a single-mode fiber cable, 13. The window with the longest
fiber determine the maximum allowable wavelength operates at a wavelength
B. can be caused by microbends and diameter of the core for light of approximately:
macrobends frequency of 300 THz and numerical
C. are used to detect the length of aperture of 0.35. A. 850 nm C. 1550 m
fiber on a drum B. 1350 nm D. 1.55 m
D. are caused by the difference in the A. 2.2 µm C. 1.2 µm
operating temperature of the core B. 2.5 µm D. 1.5 µm 14. Besides the transmitter, the optical
compared with the cladding on fiber, and the receiver, which of the
active fiber 8. A transparent material along which following components may be found
we can transmit light is called in a fiber optic link?
3. Dispersion:
A. a fiber optic A. Splices only
A. causes the core to spread out and B. a flashlight B. Couplers only
get wider as the pulse is C. an optic fiber C. Connectors only
transmitted along the fiber D. a xenon bulb D. Splices, couplers, and connectors
B. results in the wavelength of the
light increasing along the fiber 9. Absorption loss is caused by: 15. No material could have a refractive
C. is the lengthening of light pulses index of:
as they travel down the fiber A. insufficient stirring of the
D. cannot occur with a laser light ingredients during manufacture A. 1.5 C. 1.3
source B. changes in the density of the fiber B. 1.1 D. 0.9
due to uneven rates of cooling
4. As the meridional ray is propagated C. microscopic cracks in the 16. A cable containing both optic fiber
along the optic fiber it: cladding which allow leakage of and copper conductors is called:
the vacuum in the core
A. travels in a sort of spiral shape D. impurities in the fiber A. an armored cable
B. stays in the center of the fiber B. a dehydrated cable
C. passes repeatedly through the C. tight-jacketed cable
center of the core 10. What is the definition of a bound D. a hybrid cable
D. is reflected off the inside surface ray?
of the primary buffer. This is 17. Intramodal dispersion:
called TIR A. A ray that cannot move
B. A ray that travels in the air A. only occurs in multimode fiber
5. An active fiber detector: C. A ray that is refracted out of the B. is also called chromatic
fiber dispersion
A. is used to prevent accidental D. A ray that propagates through the C. does not occur in multimode fiber
exposure to invisible light fiber by total internal reflection D. could not occur in an all-plastic
B. is a communication system used fiber
during installation 11. What does a translucent substance do
C. detects movement of fiber in to light rays that fall on it?
security systems
D. can be used to weigh objects A. Reflects and absorbs them
B. Refracts and absorbs them

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18. A simple fiber optic system would C. a photocell converts light into
consist of electric current
D. plastic fiber is normally used for
A. a light source, an optic fiber and a long distance communications
photo-electric cell
B. a laser, an optic fiber and an LED 24. The refractive index of a GI fiber:
C. a copper coaxial cable, a laser and
a photo-electric cell A. is at its highest value at the center
D. an LED, a cathode ray tube and a of the core
light source B. is usually higher in the cladding
than in the core
19. If a ray of light approaches a material C. increases as we move away from
with a greater refractive index: the center of the core
D. has a value of 4 instead of the 2
A. the angle of incidence will be common in step index fibers
greater than the angle of
refraction 25. The speed of light in a transparent
B. TIR will always occur material:
C. the speed of the light will increase
immediately as it crosses the A. is always the same regardless of
boundary the material chosen
D. the angle of refraction will be B. is never greater than the speed of
greater than the angle of light in free space
incidence C. increases if the light enters a
material with a higher refractive
20. A white fiber with a black tracer is index
most likely to be fiber number: D. is slowed down by a factor of a
million within the first 60 meters
A. 18 C. 16
B. 14 D. 12
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21. An optical fiber and its cladding
have refractive indexes of 1.55 and
1.32 respectively. Determine the
acceptance angle.

A. 54.34 C. 53.44
B. 35.33 D. 67.23

22. If the wavelength of the transmitted

light were to be decreased, the
number of modes would:

A. increase
B. decrease
C. remain the same
D. halve in a graded index fiber

23. It is not true that

A. endoscopes use coherent bundles

of fibers
B. silica glass is used because of its
clarity

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