IPA IP 2025 Question 42
A question IPA Japan published in 令和7年度 ITパスポート試験 公開問題 問42, translated into English. ITPEC is based on the same exams.
Which of the following is a floor in which a space of a certain height is provided under the floor for network wiring, etc., and panels that can be easily removed are laid out as floorboards?
Explanation
Free access floor — a raised floor of removable panels with a space under it for cables, a standard part of facility management in server rooms and offices.
The floor panels rest on supports a fixed height above the building's floor slab. Network, power and other cables run through the space below, so they do not lie across the floor, and any panel can be lifted to add, move or check wiring without construction work. It is also called a raised floor or an access floor, and is the usual floor of a data centre or computer room.
Answer (a)
Why not others:
- •(b) — free address is an office style in which employees have no fixed desks and sit wherever a seat is free each day; it concerns how seats are used, not how the floor is built
- •(c) — free space is simply unoccupied space (or unused capacity on a disk), not a floor construction
- •(d) — a free spot is a place where free public wireless LAN (Wi-Fi) access is offered
Key rule: Free access floor (raised floor) = removable floor panels over a wiring space; free address = no assigned desks.
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