RCDD Question #23: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is B. 3. ANSI/TIA-568.1 specifies one MUTOA per furniture cluster in an open office layout, so three clusters require exactly three MUTOAs regardless of total workstation count.

Question

An open office design is made up of three furniture clusters and contains a total of nine. How many multiuser telecommunications outlet assemblies (MUTOA) should be in the design?

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Explanation

ANSI/TIA-568.1 specifies one MUTOA per furniture cluster in an open office layout, so three clusters require exactly three MUTOAs regardless of total workstation count.

Common mistakes.

A. One MUTOA is insufficient because a single MUTOA is architecturally designated to serve only one furniture cluster, and this design contains three distinct clusters.
C. Four MUTOAs does not correspond to any standardized ratio - the TIA standard defines the unit of assignment as the furniture cluster, not a fractional grouping of workstations.
D. Six MUTOAs over-provisions the installation by applying a per-workstation-pair ratio rather than the correct per-cluster ratio defined in ANSI/TIA-568.1.
E. Nine MUTOAs incorrectly applies a one-per-workstation model, which misunderstands the MUTOA concept - it consolidates multiple outlets per cluster, not one unit per individual workstation.

Concept tested. MUTOA quantity based on furniture clusters in open office

Reference. https://tiaonline.org/standard/tia-568-1-d/

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