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…

In a star topology, each endpoint is connected via its own dedicated cable to a central aggregation point - in this case the TR - rather than sharing a common cable path. The TRs then connect upstream to the headend, forming a hierarchical star. This dedicated-path architecture is the defining characteristic of a star layout.

Mesh topology requires multiple redundant interconnections between nodes, not dedicated individual runs to a single central point.

Bus topology uses a single shared cable backbone that all devices tap into along its length, which is not the case here.

Series (daisy-chain) topology connects devices sequentially one after another on the same cable, not individually back to a central room.