Title: Describe use of cables for special applications (e.g., plenum, riser, aerial, direct burial).
Course: Telecommunications II (1006-II) > Section: Practicing Cabling and Splicing

Description should include

- identification of environments that require specially constructed cables
- construction of specialty cables
- differences between common cables and cables designed for special applications
- characteristics of installation and termination of cables for special applications.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What types of environments might require specially constructed cables?
- What are the implications of not using the appropriate cable in the environments that require them?
- How are common cables different from those designed for special applications?