N10-005 · Question #500
Which of the following cable types is MOST commonly used with POTS?
The correct answer is A. CAT3. POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) uses traditional copper telephone wiring, which matches the CAT3 (Category 3) unshielded twisted pair (UTP) specification. CAT3 supports frequencies up to 16 MHz and was the standard for telephone lines and early 10BASE-T Ethernet. Multimode…
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Which of the following cable types is MOST commonly used with POTS?
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- ACAT3
- BMultimode
- CCAT6
- DCoaxial
How the community answered
(28 responses)- A86% (24)
- B4% (1)
- C4% (1)
- D7% (2)
Explanation
POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) uses traditional copper telephone wiring, which matches the CAT3 (Category 3) unshielded twisted pair (UTP) specification. CAT3 supports frequencies up to 16 MHz and was the standard for telephone lines and early 10BASE-T Ethernet. Multimode cable is a type of fiber optic cable used for high-speed data networking, not telephone service. CAT6 is a higher-performance Ethernet cable used for modern 1 Gbps+ networks. Coaxial cable is used for cable television and broadband Internet, not traditional POTS phone lines.
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