A fiber patch cable, which was being stored in an unsecure telecommunications closet with janitorial supplies,
was damaged and caused an outage. A network technician replaced the broken cable with a new cable from a
sealed bag. However, this solution did not resolve the outage. Which of the following is the MOST likely
explanation?


A. Incorrect pinout
B. Incorrect transceivers
C. Reversed transmit and receive
D. Dirty optical cables