A technician has been called about intermittent connectivity near IDF 2. Multiple cables were recently pulled through a common conduit. Which of the following is MOST likely the cause of the problem?

Crosstalk occurs when the electromagnetic field from one cable induces an unwanted signal in an adjacent cable. Running multiple cables together through a common conduit increases the proximity and parallel run length of the cables, amplifying this effect and causing intermittent link errors.

Bad connectors would cause a consistent, persistent loss of connectivity at specific endpoints rather than intermittent issues correlated with a cable pull through shared conduit.

Wrong DNS configuration causes name resolution failures, not physical connectivity issues, and would not be caused by pulling cables through a conduit.

A duplicate IP address causes conflicts for specific hosts but is unrelated to physical cable work in a conduit and would not cause intermittent connectivity at the IDF level.