MCQs in Wire and Wireless Communications System Series

1. Typical speech power

A. 10 to 1000 W

B. 100 to 1000 mW

C. 10 to 1000 nW

D. 100 to 1000 pW
2. The maximum intelligibility for voice frequency is located between

A. 250 and 500 Hz

B. 1000 and 3000 Hz

C. 500 and 1000 Hz

D. 3000 and 5000 Hz

3. The maximum voice energy is located between

A. 250 and 500 Hz

B. 1000 and 3000 Hz

C. 500 and 1000 Hz

D. 3000 and 5000 Hz

4. A device used to measure speech volume.

A. speech meter

B. volume meter

C. volume unit meter

D. speedometer
5. By definition, for a sine wave

A. 0 dBm = 0 V.U.

B. 0 dBW = 0 V.U.

C. 0 dBa = 0 V.U.

D. 0 dBf = 0 V.U.
6. Presently, this is the standard frequency bandwidth for voice transmission.

A. 0 to 4000 Hz

B. 100 to 3400 Hz

C. 300 to 3400 Hz

D. 300 to 3000 Hz
7. Which of the following is commonly used wire for subscriber loop design?

A. AWG # 19

B. AWG # 18

C. AWG # 30

D. AWG # 33
8. The resistance limit for No. 2 Crossbar Exchange (US) is

A. 1300

B. 2000

C. 1250

D. 1200
9. AWG # 26 has a typical loss of

A. 0.21 dB/1000 ft.

B. 0.32 dB/1000 ft.

C. 0.41 dB/1000 ft.

D. 0.51 dB/1000 ft.

10. What is the standard voice channel spacing?

A. 44 MHz

B. 40 kHz

C. 4 kHz

D. 40 MHz
11. Which tester is used to measure SWR?

A. Multimeter

B. Oscilloscope

C. Spectrum analyzer

D. Reflectometer
12. What is singing?

A. The result of intermodulating two or more signals of different frequencies to produce a tone
having a frequency equal to the sum of the frequencies of the signals intermodulated.

B. The result of intermodulating two or more signals of different frequencies to produce a tone
having a frequency higher than that of the signal having the highest frequency.

C. An undesired self-sustained oscillation in a system, generally caused by excessive positive

feedback.

D. An art or form of entertainment that can make one rich.

13. Which stage increases the selectivity of the circuit in an AM receiver?

A. Detector

B. IF stage

C. Modulator

D. Mixer
14. The ________ of radio receiver amplify weak signal and produce a desirable intelligence at the output
speaker.

A. sensitivity

B. selectivity

C. reliability

D. fidelity
15. Full-duplex transmission means

A. One-way transmission

B. 24-hour transmission

C. Broadcast transmission

D. Two-way simultaneous transmission

16. What is a multidrop line?

A. A piece of wire with a thick insulating material that serves to protect the conductive
materials from damage in the event the wire is dropped.

B. A line designed to withstand high pressure.

C. A line or circuit interconnecting several situations.

D. A bus line
17. A passive _________ is an electronic device which reduces signal strength by a specified amount in
dB.

A. Splitter

B. Filter

C. Trimmer

D. Attenuator
18. The signal quality of the calls is constantly monitored by the base station, when the quality of the calls
drops below a certain specified level. The base request the MTSO to try and find a better cell site.

A. Hand-off

B. Cell splitting

C. Roaming

D. Frequency reuse
19. A digital identification associated with a cellular system.

A. SAT

B. SID

C. ESN

D. MIN
20. How many seconds does facsimile transmit a stranded page?

A. 5

B. 10

C. 20

D. 25
21. A kind of recording used in facsimile.

A. Electrolytic recording

B. Electrothermal recording

C. Electropercussive recording

D. Electrostatic recording
22. A type of distortion a facsimile produce when it becomes out of synchronization?

A. Pincushion

B. Barrel

C. Skewing

D. Fattening
23. What is an acoustic coupler?

A. A device that radiates audible signals via a transmitting antenna

B. A device that converts electric signals into audio signals, enabling data to be transmitted
over the public telephone network via a conventional telephone handset

C. A device that receives audible signals and retransmits them at VHF frequencies

D. A transducer
24. Cause a herringbone pattern in facsimile

A. Single-frequency interference

B. Crosstalk

C. Phase jitter

D. Noise
25. The _______ in an FM receiver causes a stronger signal to dominate over a weaker signal on the
same frequency.

A. Capture effect

B. Flywheel effect

C. Hall effect

D. Skin effect
26. A device that converts a 2-wire circuit to a 4-wire circuit.

A. RS-232 interface

B. Hybrid circuit

C. Balun

D. Stub
27. ______ theory is deciding between a set of hypothesis when given a collection of imperfect
measurements.

A. Estimation

B. Traffic

C. Decision

D. Nyquist
28. ______ of a data reduction says that when reducing a set of data into the form of an underlying mode,
one should be maximally non-committal with respect to missing data.

A. Jaynes maximum entropy principle

B. Kullback principle of minimum discrimination

C. Minimum discrimination\

D. Maximum entropy
29. _______ is selecting the best value of a parameter from a continuum of possible values when gives a
collection if imperfect measurements

A. Estimation

B. Traffic

C. Decision

D. Nyquist
30. Combination of madulator, channel, and detector.

A. Transceiver

B. Transponder

C. T/R channel

D. Discrete channel
31. What is the frequency band of DECT?

A. 1.88 1.90 GHz

B. 1.68 1.70 GHz

C. 1.48 1.50 GHz

D. 1.28 1.30 GHz

32. How many simultaneous calls does each DECT system can support?

A. 96

B. 12

C. 24

D. 49
33. How many simultaneous calls does a DECT radio transceiver can assess at any given time?

A. 120

B. 240

C. 480

D. 960
34. The AGC voltage of a radio receiver is always _______.

A. Present before adjustments can be made

B. DC, but may have either polarity positive DC

C. Positive DC

D. Negative
35. What is a concentrator?

A. A system that improves the signal-to-noise ratio by compressing the volume range of a
signal.

B. A device that varies the characteristics of a carrier signal in accordance with the waveform
of a modulating signal which contains useful information

C. A switching system that lets a large number of telephone or data processing subscribers
use a lesser number of transmission lines or a narrow bandwidth

D. Equipment in the central office.

36. If you find that an SAW filter output is 6 dB down from the input of a receiver during test, ______

A. This is normal.

B. The device if faulty

C. The receiver is improperly terminated

D. The filter is not resonating

37. A triple conversion superheterodyne receiver, diode mixer stages are

A. Operated in the linear region

B. Operated in the nonlinear region

C. Operated as Class-A amplifiers

D. Operated as Class-B amplifiers

38. What is a leased line?

A. A piece of wire used in a local area network in one building

B. A piece of wire connecting a telephone set to a PABX

C. A temporary connection of one computer to a mainframe via a modern and a telephone line

D. A permanent circuit for a private use within a communication network

39. If two FM signals of different strengths are received on the same frequency

A. One steady heterodyne will appear in the AM output

B. Both will appear in the AF output

C. Only the stronger will appear in the AF output

D. Neither signal will be intelligence unless the weaker signal is at least 10 times
40. Cellular mobile system was first operated in

A. 1979

B. 1981

C. 1983

D. 1985
41. TACS is a cellular system with ______ channels.

A. 666

B. 1000

C. 832

D. 200
42. Supervisory Audio Tone (SAT) has _______ frequency.

A. 5960 Hz

B. 6000 Hz

C. 6040 Hz

D. 1004 z

43. What is the number of channels of a cellular system with an allocated spectrum of 25 MHz and with a
channel of 30 kHz bandwidth?

A. 833

B. 240

C. 1000

D. 666
44. GSSM uses what digital modulation technique?

A. QAM

B. GFSK

C. BPSK

D. GMSK
45. What is the power output of Personal Communication System (PCS)?

A. 10 mW

B. 75 mW

C. 150 mW

D. 10 W
46. RG-B8 cable has a loss of about ______ dB at cellular frequencies up to 15 ft. length.

A. 2

B. 1

C. 4

D. 3
47. The signals designed to keep the receivers and transmitters aligned.

A. Carrier frequencies

B. Pilot carrier signals

C. Synchronizing signals

D. Reference signals
48. If the spacing of a two-wire open air transmission line is 12 inches and the conductor diameter is 0.25
inch, the characteristic impedance is

A. 547

B. 357

C. 273

D. 300
49. The impedance of the quarterwave transformer used to match a 600 line to a 300 load is

A. 382

B. 424

C. 565

D. 712
50. When a line and a load are match the reflection coefficient is

A. Unity

B. Zero

C. Positive infinity

D. Negative infinity

1. 10 to 1000 W
2. 1000 and 3000 Hz
3. 250 and 500 Hz
4. volume unit meter
5. 0 dBm = 0 V.U.
6. 300 to 3400 Hz
7. AWG # 19
8. 1300
9. 0.51 dB/1000 ft.
10. 4 kHz
11. Reflectometer
12. An undesired self-sustained
oscillation in a system, generally
caused by excessive positive
feedback.
13. IF stage

14. sensitivity
15. Two-way simultaneous
transmission
16. A line or circuit interconnecting
several situations.
17. Attenuator
18. Roaming
19. MIN
20. 25
21. Electrolytic recording
22. Skewing
23. A device that converts electric
signals into audio signals, enabling
data to be transmitted over the public
telephone network via a conventional
telephone handset

24. Crosstalk
25. Capture effect
26. Hybrid circuit
27. Decision
28. Jaynes maximum entropy principle
29. Estimation
30. Discrete channel
31. 1.88 1.90 GHz
32. 12
33. 120
34. DC, but may have either polarity
positive DC
35. A switching system that lets a
large number of telephone or data
processing subscribers use a lesser
number of transmission lines or a
narrow bandwidth

36. This is normal.

37. Operated in the nonlinear region
38. A permanent circuit for a private
use within a communication network
39. Only the stronger will appear in
the AF output
40. 1983
41. 1000
42. 6000 Hz
43. 833
44. GFSK
45. 10 mW
46. 3
47. Pilot carrier signals
48. 547
49. 424
50. Zero

Continue Part II of the Series

51. When line is terminated in an open circuit load, the reflection coefficient is

A. Unity

B. Zero

C. Positive infinity

D. Negative infinity
52. A 300 ohms line is terminated in a resistance load of 200 ohms, the VSWR is

A. 0.65

B. 1.5

C. Unity

D. Zero
53. If the reflection coefficient is 0.5, the standing wave ratio is

A. 0.33

B. Unity

C. 3

D. Zero
54. To least the fault of the given line, a signal is fed to the line, 30 s later the signal returned. What is
the distance of the fault?

A. 9000 m

B. 300 m

C. 100 m

D. 4500 m
55. The telephone set is powered by the central office on the ring side at

A. 42 to 52 Vdc

B. 42 to -52 Vdc

C. 24 to 64 Vdc

D. 24 to 64 Vdc
56. The telephone voice band frequency is from

A. 300 to 4 kHz

B. 400 to 3400 Hz

C. 300 to 3400 Hz

D. 400 to 4 kHz
57. Which of the following wire is used to transmit the signal?

A. Black

B. Yellow

C. Red

D. Green
58. The corresponding frequency for digit 7 in the touch tone telephone is

A. 770 & 1477 Hz

B. 852 & 1209 Hz

C. 852 & 1336 Hz

D. 770 & 1336 Hz

59. The physical connection between the telephone set and the switching equipment is called the

A. Trunk line

B. Link

C. Subscriber loop

D. Leased line
60. What is the local loop of a telephone system?

A. It is a two-wire or four-wire communication circuit between the customers premise and the
central office

B. It is a group of wires connecting a telephone set to a modern

C. It is a four-wire circuit connecting a facsimile machine to a computer

D. It is a single piece of wire connecting the subscribers telephone set to another set in an
adjacent room.
61. Which of the ff. equipment is used in long loop design?

A. Dial long lines

B. Voice repeater

C. Loop range extender

D. All of the above

62. What is a two-wire circuit?

A. A circuit usually in the subscriber loop, between the telephone set and the local central
office.

B. A circuit having only two terminals, both terminals having the same instantaneous voltage.

C. A circuit with one input terminal, one output terminal, and a common ground.

D. A circuit consisting of two transmission lines.

63. 1 mW is equal to

A. 90 dBm

B. 0 dBm

C. -30 dBm

D. 120 dBm
64. Which of the following responds to the request of a subscriber by sending a dial tone?

A. Line finder

B. First selector

C. Connector

D. Line equipment
65. The other name of Class 2 office in the North American Switching Plan.

A. Primary center

B. Section

C. Regional center

D. Toll points
66. A cell in the cellular telephone system means

A. A power source

B. Small area

C. Large area

D. Service area
67. What is the linking point between cell phone and regular telephone?

A. Base station

B. Control office

C. C.O.

D. MTSO
68. What is the typical power output of a cellular phone?

A. 5 W

B. 10 W

C. 1 W

D. 3 W
69. When a single cell is divided into smaller cells that process is called

A. Cell splitting

B. Cell division

C. Reuse

D. Cell sharing
70. The first cell shape is a square

A. Square

B. Circle

C. Rectangle

D. Triangle
71. In order to provide 100% coverage without overlap, cellular telephone system can use

A. Hexagon cell shape

B. Triangle

C. Rectangular

D. All of the above

72. What is the beamwidth of the reflector of the receiving antenna in the base station

A. 20 degrees

B. 30 degrees

C. 50 degrees

D. 60 degrees
73. A cellular phone operates on

A. Half duplex

B. Full duplex

C. Echoplex

D. Lincomplex
74. Cellular phones transmit in the band from

A. 825 to 845 MHz

B. 835 to 855 MHz

C. 825 to 855 MHz

D. 825 to 865 MHz

75. Cell phone receives in the band from

A. 860 to 880 MHz

B. 870 to 890 MHz

C. 870 to 880 MHz

D. 860 to 890 MHz

76. What is the frequency separation between the transmit and the receive channels?

A. 30 MHz

B. 45 MHz

C. 55 MHz

D. 40 MHz
77. For channel 1, transmit/receive frequency is

A. 825.030/870.030 MHz

B. 835.03/880.03 MHz

C. 825.015/870.015 MHz

D. 825.15/870.15 MHz
78. The number of transmit/receive channels in the cellular system is

A. 625

B. 645

C. 655

D. 666
79. The transmission range of cellular telephony is generally about

A. 80 km

B. 65 km

C. 160 km

D. 16 km
80. One of the following is not an advantage of a cellular telephone system

A. Privacy

B. Large service area

C. No interference

D. Mobility
81. When the message is transferred from one cell site transmitter to another cell site transmitter as the
caller crosses a boundary __________ process takes place.

A. Shifting

B. Hand off

C. Give off

D. Turn over

82. What is the sensitivity of a cellular receiver?

A. 20 dB

B. 40 dB

C. 50 dB

D. 60 dB
83. What is the frequency deviation of the cellular telephone system?

A. 15 kHz

B. 30 kHz

C. 12 kHz

D. 75 kHz
84. Hailing channel is otherwise known as

A. Conversation channel

B. Calling channel

C. Signaling channel

D. Remote channel
85. What is an Erlang?

A. It is a unit of magnetic field intensity measured around a conductor

B. It is the number of erroneous bits received per unit of time

C. It a unit of electrical energy radiated in space.

D. It is equal to the number of simultaneous calls originated during a specific hourly period.
86. All of the cell base stations are linked together by _______ which serves as the central office and
management node for the group.

A. MTS

B. IMTS

C. MSTO

D. MTSO
87. Provides interface between the mobile telephone switching office and the mobile units.

A. Database

B. Cell site

C. Terrestrial link

D. Radio transmitter
88. A phone call over the cellular network actually requires

A. Simplex channels

B. Half duplex channels

C. Full duplex channels

D. Full/full duplex
89. A method of expressing the amplitudes of complex non-periodic signals such as speech.

A. Volume

B. Pitch

C. Frequency

D. Wavelength
90. _______ is signal returned to the talker after one or more round trips between the talker and the
listener.

A. Singing

B. Echo

C. Jitter

D. Crosstalk
91. ______ is a voice operated device that inserts a high loss in the opposite direction of transmission of
the talking party.

A. Hybrid

B. 2-wire circuit

C. Echo suppressor

D. VNL
92. _____ is picking up of the same station at two nearby points on the receiver dial.

A. Double spotting

B. Hot shot

C. Image frequency

D. Bail shot
93. When one channel picks up the signal carried by another channel.

A. Echo

B. Crosstalk

C. Party line

D. Crosslink
94. What type of connector arrangement wherein a customer may move to another location and still retain
the same telephone number.

A. TPL

B. Bridge

C. TPS

D. Party line
95. It is an advantage of sidetone.

A. Transmission efficiency is increased

B. Speaker increase his voice resulting in a strengthened signal

C. No dissipation of energy in the balancing network

D. Assures the customer that the telephone is working

96. Radio communications between points using a single share frequency.

A. Simplex

B. Full duplex

C. Half-duplex

D. Full/full duplex
97. The transmission of information from multiple sources occurring on the same facility but not as the
same time.

A. FDM

B. TDM

C. WDM

D. CDM
98. When human voice and music are transmitted, the type of communication employed is known as

A. Raditechnology

B. Audio frequency

C. Wired audio

D. Radiotelephony
99. Printed documents to be transmitted by fax are converted into baseband electric signal by the process
of

A. Copying

B. Scanning

C. Modulation

D. Light variation
100. What is the most commonly used light sensor in a modern fax machine?

A. Phototube

B. Phototransistor

C. Liquid-crystal display

D. Charge couple device

51. Unity
52. 1.5
53. C. 3
54. 4500 m
55. 42 to -52 Vdc
56. 300 to 3400 Hz
57. Green
58. 852 & 1209 Hz
59. Subscriber loop
60. It is a two-wire or four-wire
communication circuit between the
customers premise and the central
office
61. All of the above
62. A circuit usually in the subscriber
loop, between the telephone set and
the local central office.
63. 90 dBm
64. First selector
65. Section
66. Small area
67. MTSO
68. 3 W
69. Cell splitting
70. Circle
71. All of the above
72. 60 degrees
73. Full duplex
74. 825 to 845 MHz

75. 870 to 890 MHz

76. 45 MHz
77. 825.015/870.015 MHz
78. 666
79. 80 km
80. Large service area
81. Hand off
82. 50 dB
83. 12 kHz
84. Calling channel
85. It is equal to the number of
simultaneous calls originated during a
specific hourly period.
86. MTSO
87. Cell site
88. Full duplex channels
89. Volume
90. Echo
91. Echo suppressor
92. Double spotting
93. Crosstalk
94. TPS
95. Assures the customer that the
telephone is working
96. Half-duplex
97. TDM
98. Radiotelephony
99. Scanning
100. Charge couple device

101. In FM fax, the frequencies for black and white are ______ respectively.

A. 1500 and 2300 Hz

B. 2300 and 1500 Hz

C. 1300 and 2400 Hz

D. 1070 and 1270 Hz

102. Which resolution produces the best quality fax?

A. 96 lines per inch

B. 150 lines per inch

C. 200 lines per inch

D. 400 lines per inch

103. Group 2 fax uses which modulation?

A. SSB

B. FSK

C. Vestigial sideband AM

D. PSK
104. The most widely used fax standard is

A. Group 1

B. Group 2

C. Group 3

D. Group 4
105. Group 3 fax uses which modulation?

A. QAM

B. ASK

C. PSK

D. GFSK

106. Block calls held condition specified the held probability at a time period equal to an average holding
time.

A. Erlang B

B. Erlang C

C. Erlang D

D. Poisson
107. What is an Echo?

A. A signal of the same amplitude but 180 degrees out of phase from the original signal and
mixed with the original signal at the transmitter to produce a more intelligible output signal

B. A wave which has been reflected or otherwise returned with the sufficient magnitude and
delay for it to be perceptible in some manner as a wave distinct from that directly transmitted.

C. The signal having a higher frequency than the original and transmitted back to earth by a
passive satellite.

D. A reflected signal.
108. What is the system used by Personal Communication Network (PCN)?

A. TACS

B. Modified GSM

C. AMPS

D. CDMA
109. Termination refers to

A. Cutting both ends of a conductor

B. Disconnecting a line from a transmitter

C. Looking back impedance of a line with no load

D. Load connected to the output end of a transmission line

110. The multiple access used by Digital European Cordless Telephone (DECT)

A. CDMA

B. FDMA

C. TDMA

D. CDMA/FDMA
111. Blocked calls delay condition specified delay probability

A. Erlang B

B. Erlang C

C. Erlang D

D. Poisson
112. Status information provided by telephone signaling.

A. Busy tone, dial tone and ringing

B. Congestion and call charge data

C. All of the above

D. None of the above

113. The modulation technique used by DECT.

A. GFSK

B. ASK

C. QAM

D. PSK
114. What is a four-wire circuit?

A. Is used between serving central offices for long-distance connections, with one pair being
used for each direction of transmission.

B. Is a circuit with three output terminals and one input terminal

C. Is an oscillator that produces four different frequencies simultaneously

D. A circuit consisting of four transmission lines.

115. Cellular CDMA system uses what modulation method?

A. GFSK

B. ASK

C. QAM

D. BPSK
116. PABX means

A. Private All-purpose Broadcasting Exchange

B. Private Automatic Branch Exchange

C. Public Access Bi-directional Exchange

D. Public Automatic Branch Exchange

117. What is the voted cellular digital standard at TIA?

A. Digital AMPS

B. GSM

C. CDMA

D. TACS
118. What is the number of channels for Band A and for Band B in Digital AMPS

A. 832

B. 416

C. 666

D. 888
119. The mobile-to-base frequency assignment for GSM system is

A. 890-915 MHz

B. 935-960 MHz

C. 870-890 MHz

D. 825-845 MHz
120. The range (in miles) of a cellular CDMA system.

A. 13

B. 30

C. 45

D. 20
121. In a cellular system, ________ is used to measure the spectrum efficiency.

A. Radio efficiency

B. Diversity

C. Frequency reuse

D. Radio capacity
122. Which of the following echo is completely out of control?

A. Worst echo

B. Reverberation

C. Singing

D. Feedback
123. Which of the following devices increase the battery voltage on a loop and extends its signaling
range?

A. Loop extender

B. VF repeater

C. VF amplifier

D. All of these
124. Under ordinary circumstances, the CCITT recommends that the number of circuits in tandem must
not exceed

A. 9

B. 10

C. 11

D. 12
125. What is the system capacity of AMPS?

A. 30,000

B. 60,000

C. 100,000

D. 120,000
126. NAM means

A. Non Alternable Memory

B. Numeric Allocation Module

C. Numeric Assignment Module

D. Numeric Access Module

127. A mobile telephone service using trunked channels but not cellular nature

A. IMTS

B. MTSO

C. IMSI

D. IMEI
128. The GSM cellular radio system uses GMSK in a 200-kHz, with a channel data rate of 270.833 kbps.
Calculate the frequency shift between mark and space in kHz?

A. 135.4165

B. 153.6514

C. 315.4651

D. 513.1654
129. A cellular system is capable of coping with a handoffs once every 2 minutes. What is the maximum
cell radius if the system must be capable of working with cars traveling at highway speed of 120 km/hr?

A. 3 km

B. 1 km

C. 4 km

D. 6 km
130. Radio communication operation service between mobile and land stations or between mobile
stations.

A. land mobile

B. land mobile satellite service

C. mobile service

D. maritime mobile service

131. A multiple access technique used in GSM cellular system.

A. FDMA

B. CDMA

C. TDMA

D. TACS
132. This is the Nordic analog mobile radio telephone system originally used in Scandinavia

A. NMT

B. GSM

C. PCN

D. PCS
133. The combination of the mobile cellular phone and the cell-site radio equipment is known as

A. forward link

B. base transceiver station

C. air interface

D. base station controller

134. The duplex frequency of GSM

A. 40 MHz

B. 80 MHz

C. 120 MHz

D. 30 MHz
135. The channel separation of GSM channel

A. 270 kHz

B. 200 kHz

C. 120 kHz

D. 60 kHz
136. The number of control channels for AMPS

A. 25

B. 23

C. 21

D. 19
137. The modulation technique used audio signal for TACS

A. FM

B. FSK

C. TFSK

D. QAM
138. Speech coding rate for GSM

A. 80 kbps

B. 25 kbps

C. 21 kbps

D. 13 kbps

139. Number of channels for GSM

A. 333

B. 666

C. 124

D. 248
140. It is a database that contains information about the identity of mobile equipment that prevents calls
from stolen, unauthorized, or defective mobile stations.

A. Equipment Identity Register

B. Authentication Center

C. Home Location Register

D. Visitor Location Register

141. It provides all the control functions and physical links between the MSC and BTS

A. OSS

B. OMC

C. MSC

D. BSC
142. It is the functional entity from which the operator monitors and controls the mobile communication
system.

A. Operation and Maintenance System

B. Mobile Switching Center

C. Gateway Mobile Switching Center

D. Operation and Support System

143. A node in the switching system of GSM that provides integrated voice, fax and data messaging.

A. Gateway Mobile Switching Center

B. Mobile Service Node

C. GSM Internetworking Unit

D. Message Center
144. It is a node in the switching system of GSM that handles mobile intelligent network services.

A. Message Center

B. Gateway Mobile Switching Center

C. Mobile Service Unit

D. Mobile Switching Center

145. The modulation scheme used for NADC

A. NFSK

B. Quarter wavelength Shifted QPSK

C. GFSK

D. Trellis coding

101. 1500 and 2300 Hz

102. 400 lines per inch
103. Vestigial sideband AM
104. Group 3
105. QAM
106. Poisson
107. A wave which has been reflected
or otherwise returned with the
sufficient magnitude and delay for it to
be perceptible in some manner as a
wave distinct from that directly
transmitted.
108. Modified GSM
109. Load connected to the output end
of a transmission line
110. TDMA
111. Erlang C
112. All of the above
113. GFSK
114. Is used between serving central
offices for long-distance connections,
with one pair being used for each
direction of transmission.
115. BPSK

116. Private Automatic Branch

Exchange
117. Digital AMPS
118. 416
119. 890-915 MHz
120. 13
121. Radio capacity
122. Singing
123. Loop extender
124. 12
125. 100,000
126. Numeric Assignment Module
127. IMTS
128. 135.4165
129. 1 km
130. mobile service
131. TDMA
132. NMT
133. air interface
134. 80 MHz
135. 200 kHz
136. 21
137. FM
138. 13 kbps
139. 124

140.
141.
142.
143.
144.
145.

Equipment Identity Register

BSC
Operation and Support System
Message Center
Mobile Service Unit
Quarter wavelength Shifted QPSK

151. The telephone was invented by

a. Watson

b. Bell

c. Strowger

d. Edison
152. The central office detects a request for service from a telephone by

a. A flow of loop current

b. No loop current

c. A ringing signal

d. Dial pulses
153. Which office local is the local central office?

a. 2

b. 3

c. 4

d. 5
154. Which exchange is used to connect between central offices when a direct trunk is not available?

a. Local

b. Tandem

c. Toll

d. Any of the above

155. Which of the following is a type of dc signaling?

a. Loop current

b. Reverse battery

c. E and M

d. All of the above

156. The voice frequency channel pass band is

a. 0 to 4000 Hz

b. 300 to 3000 Hz

c. 8140 to 8188 Hz

d. None of the above

157. What is used to transmit more than one conversation over a path?

a. Hybrid

b. Tandem

c. Multiplexing

d. All of the above

158. The common channel signaling method

a. Uses the same channel for signaling as for the related conversation

b. Uses a separate channel for signaling only

c. Carries the signaling for only one related conversation

d. Is used on local loops

159. Telephone switching is accomplished by

a. Manual switchboard

b. Step-by-step switches

c. Crossbar switches

d. Any of the above

160. The step-by-step switch

a. Was invented by Strowger

b. Generates much noise

c. Cannot operate directly from DTMF tones

d. All of the above

161. Time division multiplexing is used for

a. Analog transmission

b. Digital transmission

c. Both of the above

d. None of the above

162. What type of transmitter is most commonly used in a conventional telephone handset?

a. Carbon

b. Electromagnetic

c. Electret

d. Ceramic
163. Which component in the telephone set has the primary function of compensating for the local loop
length?

a. Resistor

b. Varistor

c. Capacitor

d. Induction coil
164. What type of receiver is most commonly used in a conventional telephone handset?

a. Carbon

b. Electromagnetic

c. Electret

d. Ceramic
165. Which component in the telephone set has the primary function of interfacing the handset to the local
loop?

a. Resistor

b. Varistor

c. Capacitor

d. Induction coil
166. How many unique tones are used for the 12-key dual-tone multi-frequency keypad?

a. 2

b. 3

c. 7

d. 12
167. Which of the following are important for the proper interface of a DTMF generator to the telephone
line?

a. Impedance

b. Tone amplitude

c. Loop current

d. All of the above

168. The anti-tinkle circuit

a. Prevents tampering with the telephone

b. Prevents dial pulsing from ringing the bell

c. Prevents speech signals from ringing the bell

d. All of the above

169. The sidetone is

a. A type of feedback

b. Determined by the balancing network

c. Permits the talker to hear his/her own voice

d. All of the above

170. On-hook current must be kept low so that the

a. Line relays in the central office will not mistake it for off-hook current

b. Comparatively small wires in the cables will not overheat

c. Ringer will not ring incorrectly

d. Carbon microphone will not be damaged

171. Overvoltage protection is

a. Needed in the telephone set because of the high ringing voltage

b. Is nearly always incorporated in the IC chip

c. Is primarily a central office function

d. Needed because of transients from dial pulsing, lightning, induction or short circuit
172. A special rectifier bridge is used in electronic telephone because

a. The ac power must be converted to dc to simulate a battery

b. it is necessary to shunt the speech frequencies and keep them off of the loop

c. the voltage drop across conventional bridges leaves too little voltage to operate the set

d. All of the above

173. Voltage and current regulation

a. Is provided by the central office

b. Is needed to ensure proper IC operation

c. Can be performed by circuits built into the IC

d. B and C above
174. Memory is added to the telephone set to

a. Allow more digits to be dialed

b. Allow faster dialing

c. Allow automatic redialing of the last number dialed

d. None of the above

175. What is the function of the diode rectifier bridge in the line circuit?

a. Lower the voltage to the telephone electronics

b. Raise the voltage to the telephone electronics

c. Short out the line when the set is on-hook

d. Protect the set against polarity reversals on the line

176. What bad electrical effect happens when the switch-hook is opened?

a. A high voltage transient is generated

b. The line is shorted out

c. The line is opened

d. No bad effects happen

177. Pulse dialing occurs at the rate of

a. 20 pulses per minute

b. 10 pulses per minute

c. 10 pulses per second

d. 80 pulses per second

178. How many different tones may be produced by a four-column DTMF keypad?

a. 2

b. 8

c. 4

d. 16

179. What is the advantage of electronic ringers?

a. Louder volume

b. Smaller size

c. Good directionality

d. Greater weight
180. What function are provided in a multi-tone ringing generator?

a. Anti-tinkle circuitry

b. Tone generation

c. Output amplifier

d. All of the above

181. The DTMF generator in an electronic phone produces tones using a(an)

a. LC circuit

b. RC circuit

c. Digital divider circuit

d. Digital multiplier circuit

182. Which function is not required in an integrated telephone circuit?

a. Regulator

b. Dialer

c. Visual display

d. Speech network
183. Transient protection is provided for integrated telephone circuits is typically provided by

a. Bridge rectifiers

b. Zener diodes

c. Inductors

d. Capacitors
184. Speakerphones operate in

a. Full-duplex mode

b. Half-duplex mode

c. Open-duplex mode

d. Computer mode
185. Sampling the analog wave produces

a. Impulse noise

b. Phase distortion

c. Pulse amplitude modulation

d. Frequency coherence
186. The simplest form of coding is

a. Diphase

b. Hybrid

c. Compressed

d. Linear
187. In digital multiplexing systems, bit interleaving is used in

a. Lower level systems

b. Higher level systems

c. To interleave a code word

d. All of the above

188. Synchronous multiplexed systems have the time placement of bits

a. Dedicated

b. Unassigned

c. Random

d. As required
189. A synchronous multiplexed systems are used

a. Mostly for voice transmission

b. Mostly for data transmission

c. To carry only speech information

d. All of the above

190. Fold-over distortion or aliasing is

a. Eliminated by filtering out the frequencies below 300 Hz

b. Another name for crosstalk

c. The presence of spurious frequencies caused by having too high frequencies in the
sampled signal
d. None of the above
191. Multiplexer systems used in the public network are of the ______ type.

a. Synchronous

b. Plesiochronous

c. Asynchronous

d. Isochronous
192. The line coding scheme used for the DS-1 signal is

a. Non-return-to-zero

b. Binary 3 zero-substitutions

c. Ternary

d. Bipolar
193. Modems are required to connect to telephone lines because

a. The telephone network bandwidth is too high

b. The telephone network will not pass direct current

c. Telephone company rules require them

d. None of the above

194. The most common technique for binary data transmission

a. Bisynchronous transmission

b. Synchronous transmission

c. Asynchronous transmission

d. Plesiochronous transmission
195. Asynchronous data transmission requires a clock

a. At the transmitter end

b. At the receiver end

c. At neither end

d. At both ends
196. What kind of modulation is used in modems?

a. Phase modulation

b. Frequency modulation

c. Amplitude modulation

d. All of the above

197. The parameter that most affects transmission of the high speed modem data is

a. Phase distortion

b. Amplitude distortion

c. Frequency shift

d. Impulse noise
198. Protocols may be

a. Bit oriented

b. Byte oriented

c. Character oriented

a. All of the above

199. The telephone network is being converted to digital operation primarily to

a. Carry digital computer data

b. Reduce costs

c. Improve speech quality

d. Increase system capacity

200. A code for a 64-interval must produce how many bits?

a. 2

b. 10

c. 8

d. 7

151. Bell
152. A flow of loop current
153. 5
154. Tandem
155. All of the above
156. 0 to 4000 Hz
157. Multiplexing
158. Uses a separate channel for
signaling only
159. Any of the above
160. All of the above
161.Digital transmission
162. Carbon
163. Varistor
164. Electromagnetic
165. Induction coil
166. 7
167. All of the above

168. Prevents dial pulsing from ringing

the bell
169. All of the above
170. Line relays in the central office
will not mistake it for off-hook current
171. Needed because of transients
from dial pulsing, lightning, induction
or short circuit
172. the voltage drop across
conventional bridges leaves too little
voltage to operate the set
173. B and C above
174. Allow automatic redialing of the
last number dialed
175. Protect the set against polarity
reversals on the line
176. A high voltage transient is
generated
177. 10 pulses per second

178.
179.
180.
181.
182.
183.
184.
185.
186.
187.
188.
189.

16
Smaller size
All of the above
Digital multiplier circuit
Visual display
Zener diodes
Half-duplex mode
Pulse amplitude modulation
Linear
Higher level systems
Dedicated
Mostly for data transmission

190. The presence of spurious

frequencies caused by having too high
frequencies in the sampled signal
191. Synchronous
192. Bipolar
193. The telephone network will not
pass direct current
194. Asynchronous transmission
195. At both ends
196. All of the above
197. Phase distortion
198. All of the above
199. Reduce costs
200. 7

201. The MTSO searches the location of a mobile phone. This is called ______

a. Handoff

b. Hand on

c. Paging

d. Receiving
202. Mobile cellular transmitter have a maximum output power of

a. 1 mW

b. 10 W

c. 3 W

d. 500 mW
203. A province in the Philippines has an area of 2000 sq km. it has to be covered by cellular mobile
telephone service using cells with a radius of 2 km. assuming hexagonal cells, find the number of cell
sites needed.

a. 154

b. 144

c. 145

d. 132
204. IS-95 system uses direct sequence spread spectrum with a chipping rate of

a. 1.23 MHz

b. 200 kHz

c. 500 MHz

d. 10.7 MHz
205. Modulation scheme used by cellular CDMA system

a. BPSK

b. QPSK

c. QAM

d. GFSK
206. How often will hand-offs occur when vehicle travels through a CMTS at 100 km per hour speed if the
distance between cell sites is 10 km?

a. 6 mins

b. 12 mins

c. 395 sec

d. 10 hrs
207. The TACS base station frequency range of operation

a. 821-849 MHz and 869-894 MHz

b. 890-915 MHz and 935-960 MHz

c. 870-885 MHz and 925-940 MHz

d. 825-890 MHz and 925-970 MHz

208. The antenna separation required in a cellular system when the antenna height at the base is 15 m is

a. 5.477 m

b. 1.364 m

c. 4.869 m

d. 2.434 m
209. What type of modulation is used by a standard analog cordless telephone?

a. AM

b. FM

c. PSK

d. WAM
210. Cellular communication began in

a. 1977

b. 1956

c. 1983

d. 1999
211. When calculating the data rates for LMDS, capacity is the number of cell sites multiplied by which of
the following?

a. The capacity per cell site

b. The number of cells

c. The number of sectors in the cell site

d. The sector capacity

212. The name for an alternative form of cellular communication which operates in specialized mobile
radio band just adjacent to the cellular frequency band. It is a blend of wireless interconnects and
dispatch services which makes it very unique compared to existing cellular and PCS systems

a. iDEN

b. CDMA

c. JTACS

d. PDC
213. The MTSO is responsible for ______.

a. Connecting the cell with the telephone central office

b. Assigning channels for retransmission

c. Billing function

d. All of the above

214. The master control center for a cellular telephone system is the

a. Cell site

b. Mobile telephone switching office

c. Central office

d. Branch office
215. The IS-54 system uses TDMA with three calls per 30 kHz channel. The modulation used is

a. PSK

b. FM

c. DQPSK

d. QAM
216. Which of the following is used to estimate the distance that a subscriber can be located while still
achieving acceptable reliability?

a. Call-size selection

b. Link budget

c. Capital cost model

d. Cell design
217. It is a spread spectrum technology that relies on time-division duplexing

a. IS-661

b. IS-136

c. PCS 1900

d. PDC
218. Which of the following is not a 3G system?

a. IMT-2000

b. WCDMA

c. UMTS

d. TDMA IS-136
219. The unlicensed national information infrastructure band

a. 5 GHz

b. 54 GHz

c. 2.4 GHZ

d. 880MHz
220. Cellular radios use FM with a maximum deviation of plus or minus __

a. 12 kHz

b. 20 kHz

c. 15 kHz

d. 30 kHz
221. IS-136, IS-95 and iDEN belong to

a. 1 G

b. 2 G

c. 2.5 G

d. 3 G
222. A wireless data communication service, standard or technology in which data packets are
transmitted

a. EDGE

b. GPRS

c. CDMAOne

d. IS-136
223. IEEE standard pertaining to wireless networks

a. 802.6

b. 802.11

c. 802.11

d. 802.15
224. Soft handoff is a flawless handoff which normally takes ___., which is imperceptible to voice
telephone users.

a. 300 ms

b. 600 ms

c. 200 ms

d. 500 ms
225. A Bluetooth network can have ___ master(s).

a. One

b. Two

c. Three

d. Eight

226. The GSM system uses the 890- to 915- and 935- to 960-MHz frequency range. There are 124 25
kHz channels spaced 200 kHz intervals. The modulation is ______.

a. GMSK

b. QPSK

c. MSK

d. GFSK
227. Which of the following is not included in the LMDS network management?

a. Fault management

b. Configuration management

c. Accounting management

d. Tower management
228. A ___ is a computerized center that is responsible for connecting calls, recording call information and
billing

a. Base station

b. Mobile switching center

c. Cell

d. Mobile station
229. What determine the size of the cell?

a. The area terrain

b. The area population

c. The number of MTSOs

d. All of the above

230. LDMS is an acronym for which of the following?

a. Link multipoint digital service

b. Local multipoint distribution service

c. Low-speed multiple data streams

d. Local multimedia distribution service

231. In ___, a mobile station always communicates with just one base station.

a. Roaming

b. A hard handoff

c. A soft handoff

d. A roaming handoff
232. LDMS optimizes frequency reuses by optimizing which of the following?

a. Minimizing multipathing

b. Cross polarization

c. Sectoring the distribution system

d. All of the above

233. In cellular telephony, a service area is divided into small regions called ___.

a. Cells

b. Cell offices

c. MTSOs

d. Relay sites
234. _______ is a first generation cellular phone system

a. AMPS

b. D-AMPS

c. GSM

d. IS-95
235. ______ is a cellular telephone system popular in Europe.

a. AMPS

b. D-AMPS

c. GSM

d. IS-95
236. IS-95 has a frequency reuse factor of

a. 1

b. 5

c. 7

d. 95
237. ________ base stations use GPS for synchronization.

a. AMPS

b. D-AMPS

c. GSM

d. IS-95
238. NMT is a cellular standard developed by the Nordic countries of Sweden. Denmark, Finland, and
Norway in ______.

a. 1983

b. 1989

c. 1981

d. 1980
239. Cellular receiver sensitivity

a. 50 dB

b. 40 dB

c. 20 dB

d. 35 dB
240. When a single cell is subdivided into smaller cells, the process is called

a. Cell division

b. Cell sharing

c. Cell splitting

d. Cell reuse
241. What modulation technique uses digital modulation technique?

a. BPSK

b. QPSK

c. GFSK

d. GMSK
242. Supervisor audio tone frequency

a. 6000 Hz

b. 6010 Hz

c. 5960 Hz

d. 6040 Hz
243. Spacing between the simultaneously used transmit and receive frequencies is

a. 45 MHz

b. 30 kHz

c. 12kHz

d. 200 kHz
244. Each cell site contains a

a. Repeater

b. Control computer

c. Direct link to a branch exchange

d. Touch-tone processor

245. Cellular telephones use what type of operation?

a. Simplex

b. Half-duplex

c. Full-duplex

d. Triplex
246. In a cellular radio, the duplexer is a

a. Ferrite isolator

b. Waveguide assemble

c. Pair of TR/ATR tubes

d. Pair of sharp bandpass filters

247. The output of a cellular radio is controlled by the

a. User or caller

b. Cell site

c. AMPS

d. MTSO
248. What is the system used by Personal Communications Network?

a. PCS 1900

b. Modified GSM

c. AMPS

d. DCS 1800
249. Multiple access scheme used by DECT

a. CDMA

b. FDMA/CDMA

c. TDMA

d. FDMA
250. Voted cellular digital standard at TIA

a. IS-136

b. AMPS

c. PCS 1900

d. PDC

201.
202.
203.
204.
205.
206.
207.
208.
209.
210.
211.
212.
213.
214.
215.
216.
217.
218.
219.
220.
221.
222.
223.
224.
225.
226.

Paging
3W
145
1.23 MHz
BPSK
12 mins
890-915 MHz and 935-960 MHz
1.364 m
FM
1983
The capacity per cell site
iDEN
All of the above
Mobile telephone switching office
DQPSK
Link budget
IS-661
TDMA IS-136
5 GHz
12 kHz
2G
GPRS
802.11
200 ms
One
GMSK

227. Tower management

228. Mobile switching center
229. The area population
230. Local multimedia distribution
service
231. A hard handoff
232. All of the above
233. Cells
234. AMPS
235. GSM
236. 1
237. IS-95
238. 1981
239. 50 dB
240. Cell splitting
241. GMSK
242. 6000 Hz
243. 45 MHz
244. Repeater
245. Full-duplex
246. Pair of sharp bandpass filters
247. MTSO
248. Modified GSM
249. TDMA
250. IS-136

251. Base station transmitter output power of Improved Mobile System (IMTS)

A.100-W to 200-W range

B. 200-W to 300-W range

C. 150-W to 400-W range

D. 300-W to 400-W range

252. The chipping rate of WCDMA (UMTS)

A. 3.84 Mcps

B. 3.6484 Mcps

C. 1.25 Mcps

D. 1.22 Mcps
253. A technique that divides the group of channels into smaller groupings or segments of mutually
exclusive frequencies; cell sites, which are within the reuse distance is assigned their own segment of the
channel group

A. sectoring

B. dualization

C. partitioning

D. segmentation
254. The actual voice channel where mobile users communicate directly with other mobile or wireline
subscriber through the base station

A. control channel

B. forward channel

C. reverse channel

D. voice channel
255. Supervisory Audio Tones(SAT) have the following frequencies except:

A. 5940 Hz

B. 5970 Hz

C. 6000 Hz

D. 6030 Hz
256. Each cell site contains a

A. Repeater

B. Control computer

C. Direct-link to a branch exchange

D. Touch-tone processor
257. A class II mobile phone using AMPS has an ERP of

A. 6 dBW

B. 4 dBW

C. 2 dBW

D. 6 dBW
258. The wideband designation in Wideband-CDMA (WCDMA) denotes a bandwidth of

A. 2.5 MHz

B. 3 MHz

C. 4.5 MHz

D. 5 MHz
259. An automobile travels at 60 km/hr. Find the time between fades in the car uses a PCS phone at 1900
MHz.

A. 2.4 ms

B. 3.4 ms

C. 4.7 ms

D. 5.1 ms
260. A cellular system is capable of coping with handoffs once every 2 minutes. Suppose this system is in
the city with maximum car speeds of 65km/hr. What is the maximum cell radius for this urban system?

A. 1.08 km

B. 3 km

C. 5 km

D. 2 km
261. How wide is the spectrum bandwidth of a single GSM carrier?

A. 16 kHz

B. 200 kHz

C. 100 kHz

D. 50 kHz
262. Changing the time order of digital information before transmission to reduce the effect of burst errors
in the channel.

A. progression

B. interleaving

C. epoch

D. raking
263. The bandwidth of WCDMA is ___ times larger than GSM.

A. 5

B. 15

C. 20

D. 25

264. It is the process in which the same set of frequencies can be allocated to more than one cell,
provided that the cells are separated by a sufficient distance

A. frequency reuse

B. handoff

C. clustering

D. radio survey
265. A connection is momentarily broken during the cell-to-cell transfer is called ______.

A. hard handoff

B. soft handoff

C. medium handoff

D. light handoff
266. Transmission from mobile stations to the base stations is called

A. forward link

B. reverse link

C. control link

D. user link
267. It is a database in the PCS network that stores information about the user, including home
subscription information and what supplementary services the user is subscribed to.

A. visitor location register

B. home location register

C. equipment identification register

D. authentication register
268. Determine the transmit power for a CDMA mobile unit that is receiving a signal from the base station
at 100 dBm

A. 12 dBm

B. 24 dBm

C. 36 dBm

D. 14 dBm
269. When transmitting digital information, voice transmission is inhibited, this is called ______.

A. quieting

B. muting

C. blank-and-burst

D. any of these
270. A metropolitan area of 1000 square km is to be covered by cells with a radius of 2 km. How many
cell sites would be required, assuming hexagonal cells?

A. 72

B. 73

C. 74

D. 75
271. Refers to a land station in a maritime mobile services

A. coast station

B. maritime station

C. coast earth station

D. ship earth station

272. Class of orthogonal spreading coded used in CDMA communication.

A. Color code

B. Walsh code

C. PCS code

D. CDMA
273. In a spread spectrum system, the tendency for a stronger signals to interfere with the reception of
weaker signals.

A. near-far field

B. near-far effect

C. direct-sequence

D. spread-spectrum
274. Macrocells have base stations transmit power between _____.

A. 3 W to 7 W

B. 1 W to 6 W

C. 2 W to 8 W

D. 0.1 W to 5 W
275. It is when the area of a cell, or independent component coverage areas of a cellular system, is
further divided, thus creating more cell areas.

A. cell splitting

B. cell clustering

C. cell partitioning

D. cell sectoring
276. It is when a mobile unit moves from one cell to another from one company's service area to another
company's service area.

A. roaming

B. handoff

C. handover

D. paging
277. It is a 34-bit binary code that represents the 10-digit telephone number

A. electronic serial number

B. system identification

C. digital color code

D. mobile identification number

278. The bandwidth of WCDMA is __ times larger than CDMAone.

A. 4

B. 5

C. 6

D. 7
279. Receive channel 22 is 870.66 MHz. Receive channel 23 is

A. 870.36 MHz

B. 870.63 MHz

C. 870.96 MHz

D. 870.69 MHz
280. In mobile wireless communication, the radio equipment and the propagation path

A. FSL

B. air interface

C. direct link

D. mobile interface
281. The signaling one may be transmitted on the voice channel during a call in what frequency?

A. 25 kHz

B. 20 kHz

C. 15 kHz

D. 10 kHz
282. Station in the mobile service not intended to be used while in motion.

A. base station

B. fixed station

C. coast station

D. land station
283. In the GSM system, a "smart card" containing all user information, which is inserted into the phone
before use.

A. IMSI

B. IMEI

C. IMTS

D. SIM
284. Determine the number of channels per cluster of a cellular telephone area comprised of 10 clusters
with seven cells in each cluster and 10 channels in each cell.

A. 70 channels per cluster

B. 700 channels per cluster

C. 7000 channels per cluster

D. 7 channels per cluster

285. Determine the channel capacity if 7 macrocells with 10 channels per cell is split into 4 minicells

A. 120 channels per area

B. 360 channels per area

C. 280 channels per area

D. 460 channels per area

286. Technique of spread spectrum that breaks message into fixed-size blocks of data with each block
transmitted in sequence except on the different carrier frequency.

A. spread spectrum

B. time-division multiplexing

C. frequency-hopping

D. direct sequence
287. A base and mobile is separated by 5 km. What is the propagation time for a signal traveling between
them?

A. 14.5 sec

B. 18.9 sec

C. 20.8 sec

D. 16.7 sec
288. A digital identification associated with a cellular system

A. MIN

B. ESN

C. SAT

D. SIM
289. A new regulation issued by the National Telecommunications Commission providing for the guideline
for mobile personal communication having a global coverage using satellite.

A. NMT

B. GMPCS

C. GSM

D. TACS
290. The following are the typical cluster size except

A. 3

B. 7

C. 12

D. 15
291. Provides a centralized administration and maintenance point for the entire network end interfaces
with the public telephone network through the telephone wireline voice trunks and data links

A. PSTN

B. MTSO

C. central offices

D. MSC
292. It is a digital telephone exchange located in the MTSO that is the heart of a telephone system

A. mobile switching center

B. electronic switching center

C. gateway switching center

D. electronic mobile switching center

293. A database in the PCS network that stores information pertaining to the identification and type of
equipment that exist in the mobile unit.

A. visitor location register

B. home location register

C. equipment identification register

D. authentication register
294. When a signal from a mobile cellular unit drops below a certain level, what action occurs?

A. The unit is "handed off" to a closer cell.

B. The call is terminated.

C. The MTSO increases power level.

D. The cell site switches antenna.

295. A method of transmitting data on AMPS cellular telephone voice channels that are temporary
unused.

A. cellular digital packet data

B. digital color code

C. control mobile attenuation code

D. electronic serial code

296. A vehicle travels through a cellular system at 100 km per hour. Approximately how often will handoffs
occur if the cell radius is 10 km.

A. 12 min

B. 14 min

C. 16 min

D. 18 min
297. In the GSM system, a telephone number that is unique to a given user, worldwide.

A. IMTS

B. IMEI

C. IMSI

D. SIM
298. An area divided into hexagonal shapes that fit together to form a honeycomb pattern is called
______.

A. cluster

B. transport area

C. cell

D. area of responsibility
299. Determine the channel capacity of a cellular telephone area comprised of twelve macrocell with ten
channels per cell

A. 12 channels per area

B. 120 channels per area

C. 1200 channels per area

D. 12000 channels per area

300. Transmission from base stations to mobile stations is called ____.

A. forward link

B. reverse link

C. control link

D. user link

251.
252.
253.
254.
255.
256.
257.
258.
259.
260.
261.
262.
263.
264.
265.
266.
267.
268.
269.
270.
271.
272.
273.
274.
275.

100-W to 200-W range

3.84 Mcps
segmentation
voice channel
5940 Hz
Repeater
2 dBW
5 MHz
4.7 ms
1.08 km
200 kHz
interleaving
25
frequency reuse
hard handoff
reverse link
home location register
24 dBm
blank-and-burst
73
coast station
Walsh code
near-far effect
1 W to 6 W
cell splitting

276. roaming
277. mobile identification number
278. 4
279. 870.69 MHz
280. air interface
281. 10 kHz
282. land station
283. SIM
284. 70 channels per cluster
285. 280 channels per area
286. frequency-hopping
287. 16.7 sec
288. MIN
289. GMPCS
290. 15
291. MTSO
292. electronic switching center
293. equipment identification register
294. The unit is "handed off" to a
closer cell.
295. cellular digital packet data
296. 12 min
297. IMSI
298. cell
299. 120 channels per area
300. forward link

301. The output power of a cellular radio is controlled by the

A. user or caller

B. cell site

C. called party

D. MTSO
302. EDGE channel size is about

A. 250 kHz

B. 200 kHz

C. 150 kHz

D. 100 kHz
303. A switching facility connecting cellular telephone base stations to each other and to the public
switched telephone network.

A. MTSO

B. MSC

C. VLR

D. AuC
304. A radio land station in the land mobile service

A. land station

B. ship earth station

C. base station

D. mobile station
305. Transmission of brief text messages, such as pages or e-mail, by cellular radio or PCS.

A. SMS

B. MMS

C. paging

D. raking
306. The point when the cell reaches maximum capacity occurs when the number of subscribers wishing
to place a call at any given time equals the number of channels in the cell

A. saturation

B. blocking traffic

C. maximum traffic load

D. any of these
307. In IS-41 standard, it is a process where the mobile unit notifies a serving MTSO of its presence and
location through a base station controller.

A. dependent registration

B. autonomous registration

C. air interface

D. BTS to BSC interface

308. Cellular telephones use which operation?

A. simplex

B. half-duplex

C. full-duplex

D. triplex
309. A receiver capable of receiving several versions of the same signal with different arrival times and
combining the received versions into a single signal with better quality

A. scanners

B. rake receivers

C. mobile subscriber unit

D. mobile stations
310. In CMTS, the most important database for GSM is ____.

A. VLR

B. HLR

C. BTS

D. AUC
311. In CMTS, the number of duplex voice channels for AMPS is ____.

A. 676

B. 285

C. 395

D. 790
312. A geographic cellular radio coverage area containing three of more group of cells

A. cluster

B. cell

C. radio channel

D. MSC/VLR area
313. A flawless cell-to-cell transfer is called ____.

A. hard handoff

B. soft handoff

C. heavy handoff

D. light handoff
314. The bit length of System Identification (SID)

A. 32

B. 15

C. 10

D. 8
315. The RF power output of a transmitter in a cellular mobile telephone system authorized by NTC for
use in the Philippines.

A. 20.5 dBm

B. 31.5 dBm

C. 34.8 dBm

D. 22.1 dBm
316. A class III mobile phone using AMPS has an ERP of

A. 4 W

B. 1.6 W

C. 600 mW

D. 1.4 W
317. ____ is measuring the propagated field strength over the projected service area.

A. radio monitoring

B. radio sounding

C. radio survey

D. none of these
318. Transmission of data in two directions on a channel by using different time slots for each directions.

A. time-division multiplexing

B. time-division multiple access

C. time-division duplexing

D. time-division
319. When the cluster size is reduced with a constant cell size, what happens to the total channel
capacity?

A. decreases

B. increases

C. stays constant

D. depends on the number of cell cites

320. The transfer of a mobile unit from one base station's control to another base station's control

A. handoff

B. paging

C. roaming

D. dualization

321. What is the frequency deviation of AMPS?

A. 12 kHz

B. 6 kHz

C. 3 kHz

D. 18 kHz
322. The bit length of Digital Color Code (DCC)

A. 2

B. 3

C. 4

D. 5
323. A transmit channel has a frequency of 837.6 MHz. The receive channel frequency is

A. 729.6 MHz

B. 837.6 MHz

C. 867.6 MHz

D. 882.6 MHz
324. A frequency-hopping spread-spectrum system hops to each of 100 frequencies every 10 seconds.
How long does it spread on each frequency?

A. 0.2 sec/hop

B. 0.4 sec/hop

C. 0.3 sec/hop

D. 0.1 sec/hop
325. What is the transmission rate of a GSM cellular system?

A. 128 kbps

B. 240 kbps

C. 64 kbps

D. 270 kbps
326. A card with an embedded integrated circuit that can be used for functions such as storing subscriber
information for a PCS system.

A. smart card

B. SIM

C. Intelligent card

D. Credit card
327. It is a means of avoiding full-cell splitting where the entire area would otherwise need to be
segmented into smaller cells.

A. segmentations

B. dualization

C. sectoring

D. splitting
328. A channel used for transferring control and diagnostic information between mobile users and a
central cellular telephone switch through the base stations.

A. forward channel

B. voice channel

C. control channel

D. reverse channel
329. It is the provision of voice communication using internet protocol technology, instead of traditional
circuit switched technology.

A. WAP

B. GPRS

C. VOIP

D. WIFI
330. Determine the total number of channel capacity of a cellular telephone area comprised of 10 clusters
with seven cells in each cluster and 10 channels in each cell.

A. 7 channels

B. 70 channels

C. 700 channels

D. 7000 channels
331. Technique used in spread spectrum that adds a high-bit rate pseudorandom code to a low bit rate
information signal to generate a high-bit rate pseudorandom signal closely resembling noise that contains
both the original data signal and pseudorandom noise.

A. direct-sequence

B. frequency-division multiplexing

C. frequency hopping

D. CDMA
332. Refers to the first generation of local loop system in telecommunication technology

A. TACS

B. DECT

C. Analog cellular

D. GSM
333. An information sent by the base station in a cellular radio system set the power level of the mobile
transmitter.

A. cellular digital packet data

B. digital color code

C. control mobile attenuation code

D. electronic serial code

334. A 32-bit binary code permanently assigned to each of the mobile unit

A. supervisory audio tone

B. station class mark

C. electronic serial number

D. visitor location register

335. It serves as central control for all users within that cell

A. base stations

B. antennas

C. transceivers

D. mobile subscriber units

336. What modulation technique is used by Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS)

A. WBFM

B. VSB

C. NBFM

D. FSK
337. A database in the PCS network that stores information about subscribers in a particular MTSO
serving area

A. international mobile subscriber identification

B. visitor location register

C. home location register

D. authentication register
338. In cellular phone, a memory location that stores the telephone number(s) to be used on the system.

A. EPROM

B. UVPROM

C. EEPROM

D. NAM
339. A province in the Philippines has an area 2000 sq. kms. It has to be covered by a cellular mobile
telephone service using cells with a radius of 3 kms. Assuming hexagonal cells, find the number of cell
sites needed.

A. 100

B. 500

C. 166

D. 145
340. The modulation technique used by GSM cellular system.

A. QAM

B. Phase Shift Keying

C. Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying

D. Frequency Shift Keying

341. Microcells have base stations transmit power between ____.

A. 0.4 W to 0.7 W

B. 1 W to 6 W

C. 0.5 W to 8 W

D. 0.1 W to 1 W
342. Determine the receive carrier frequencies for AMPS channel 3 and channel 991

A. 870.09 MHz and 869.04 MHz

B. 879.09 MHz and 859.04 MHz

C. 869.09 MHz and 870.04 MHz

D. 869.04 MHz and 870.09 MHz

343. Decreasing co-channel interference while increasing capacity by using directional antenna is called
____.

A. clustering

B. splitting

C. partitioning

D. sectoring
344. Soft handoff normally takes ____ of time delay.

A. 400 ms

B. 300 ms

C. 200 ms

D. 100 ms
345. Component of a cellular telephone network that manages each of the radio channels at each site.

A. base station controllers

B. base transceiver stations

C. mobile switching center

D. mobile telephone switching center

346. The bit length of Station Class Mark (SCM).

A. 4

B. 5

C. 8

D. 10
347. The master control center for a cellular telephone system is the

A. Cell site

B. MTSO

C. Central office

D. Branch office
348. The maximum frequency deviation of an FM cellular transmitter is

A. 6 kHz

B. 12 kHz

C. 30 kHz

D. 45 kHz

349. A receiver channel has a frequency is 872.4 MHz. to develop an 82.2 MHz IF, the frequency
synthesizer must apply an local oscillator signal of ____ (The local oscillator is usually higher than the
receive frequency)

A. 790.2 MHz

B. 827.4 MHz

C. 954.6 MHz

D. 967.4 MHz
350. A class I mobile phone using AMPS has an ERP of

A. 6 dBW

B. 2 dBW

C. -2 dBW

D. -6 dBW

301.
302.
303.
304.
305.
306.
307.
308.
309.
310.
311.
312.
313.
314.
315.
316.
317.
318.
319.
320.
321.
322.
323.

MTSO
200 kHz
MSC
base station
SMS
maximum traffic load
autonomous registration
full-duplex
rake receivers
HLR
395
cluster
soft handoff
15
22.1 dBm
600 mW
radio survey
time-division duplexing
increases
handoff
12 kHz
2
882.6 MHz

324.
325.
326.
327.
328.
329.
330.
331.
332.
333.
334.
335.
336.
337.
338.
339.
340.
341.
342.
343.
344.
345.
346.

0.1 sec/hop
270 kbps
smart card
dualization
control channel
VOIP
700 channels
direct-sequence
Analog cellular
control mobile attenuation code
electronic serial number
base stations
NBFM
visitor location register
NAM
145
Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying
0.1 W to 1 W
870.09 MHz and 869.04 MHz
sectoring
200 ms
base station controllers
4

347. MTSO
348. 12 kHz

349. 954.6 MHz

350. 6 dBW

351. The simplest and most straightforward form of telephone service is called

A. Public switch telephone network

B. Mobile telephone switching office

C. Plain and old telephone service

D. Central office service

352. _______ are local telephone switches equipped with SS7-compatible software and terminating
signal links

A. switching points

B. service points

C. point codes

D. service switching points

353. A PABX is normally connected to the central office via an interface device called

A. branch exchange unit

B. subscriber loop unit

C. foreign exchange unit

D. local exchange unit

354. The most widely used fax standard is

A. group 1

B. group 2

C. group 3

D. group 4
355. The modern Touch-tone telephone is called

A. 600-type telephone set

B. 2500-type telephone set

C. 2800-type telephone set

D. 1500-type telephone set

356. Signals that provides call status information, such as busy or ringback signals

A. supervising

B. hybriding

C. controlling

D. ringing
357. A signal sent back to the calling party at the same time the ringing signal is sent to the called party

A. busy signal

B. ringing signal

C. ringback signal

D. dial tone
358. It is comprised of two or more facilities, interconnected in tandem, to provide a transmission path
between a source and a destination

A. telephone line

B. telephone set

C. telephone circuit

D. telephone trunk
359. The drum diameter of a facsimile machine is 90.2 mm and the scanning pitch is 0.2 mm per scan.
Find the index of cooperation according to CCITT

A. 451

B. 2.22 x 10^-3

C. 1417

D. 144
360. It is the ratio in dB of the power of a signal at that point to the power the same signal would be 0dBm at any point in the transmission system

A. data level

B. baseband level

C. voice level

D. transmission level
361. It is an indirect method of evaluating the phase delay characteristics of the circuit

A. phase delay distortion

B. envelope delay distortion

C. non-linear distortion

D. linear distortion
362. It is characterized by high-amplitude peaks of short duration having an approximately flat frequency
response

A. crosstalk

B. interference

C. impulse noise

D. drop out
363. It is the presence of one or more continuous, unwanted tones within the message channels, the
tones are often caused by crosstalk or cross modulation between adjacent channels in a transmission
system due to system nonlinearities.

A. multiple-frequency interference

B. single-frequency interference

C. co-channel interference

D. desensitizing
364. That portion of the local loop that is strung between the poles

A. aerial

B. distribution cable

C. feeder cable

D. twisted-pair
365. It is the primary cause of attenuation and phase distortion on a telephone circuit

A. local line

B. local loop

C. subscriber loop

D. any of these
366. It is simply the frequency response of a transmission medium referenced to a 1004 -Hz test tone

A. attenuation distortion

B. differential gain

C. 1004-Hz deviation

D. any of these
367. The time delay measured in angular units, such as degrees or radians is called __________

A. propagation time

B. phase delay

C. holding time

D. system delay time

368. It is a communications term that indicates the presence of a signal power comparable to the power
of an actual message transmission

A. dynamic range

B. loaded

C. node

D. reference
369. It is any device used to originate and terminate calls and to transmit and receive signals into and out
of the telephone network

A. instrument

B. station equipment

C. station

D. any of these
370. Exchanges connected directly to the local loops are called ______________

A. central office

B. local exchange

C. exchange offices

D. any of these
371. It provides functionality of communicating with the voice switch by creating the packets or signal
units necessary for transmission over the SS7 network

A. switching points

B. service points

C. point codes

D. service switching points

372. In a 4-wire telephone set connection, (used to connect telephone set to central office switching) the
green coded wire is used _______________

A. as ground wire

B. to transmit the signal

C. to receive the signal from the far end

D. as a spare or for special purpose applications

373. A technique where the called subscriber is served by any other central office, the switching
equipment will have to transfer the digit dialed to the called switching equipment.

A. loop signaling

B. step-by-step switching

C. interoffice calling

D. duplex signaling
374. Electromagnetic coupling between two or more physically interconnected transmission media is what
type of crosstalk?

A. coupling crosstalk

B. transmission crosstalk

C. linear crosstalk

D. non-linear crosstalk
375. The number of dedicated lines used to interconnect 100 parties

A. 99 lines

B. 1250 lines

C. 4950 lines

D. 3450 lines
376. Class of switching office which is the local exchange where the subscriber loops terminated and
received dial tone.

A. Class 5

B. Class 4C

C. Class 3

D. Class 1
377. The maximum intelligibility of voice frequency is between

A. 2000 and 3000 Hz

B. 1000 and 3000 Hz

C. 2500 and 4000 Hz

D. 1000 and 2500 Hz

378. It is the state of the telephone when it is idle.

A. on-hook

B. off-hook

C. semi-hook

D. hook-in
379. Type of loop signaling which is widely used in new switching systems to supervise trunks between
two central offices.

A. battery and ground pulsing

B. reverse battery signaling

C. loop pulsing

D. duplex signaling
380. Printed documents to be transmitted by fax are converted into a baseband electrical signal by the
process of

A. reflection

B. scanning

C. modulation

D. light variations
381. The transmission speed of group 4 fax is

A. 4800 baud

B. 9600 baud

C. 56 kbps

D. 192 kbps
382. It is a distortion formed if SSB is used where the information bandwidth is greater than half of the
carrier frequency.

A. near-far effect

B. hauffman effect

C. kendall effect

D. herringbone effect
383. It is simply an unshielded twisted pair transmission line consisting of two insulated conductors
twisted together.

A. local loop

B. local line

C. subscriber loop

D. any of these
384. It is an audible signal comprised of two frequencies: 350 Hz and 440 Hz

A. dial tone

B. ringback signal

C. busy tone

D. call waiting tone

385. It enables the destination station of a telephone call to display the name of the telephone number of
the calling party before the telephone is answered.

A. conference call

B. call wait

C. call forwarding

D. caller id
386. The largest cable used in a local loop, usually 3600 pair of copper wires placed underground or in
conduit.

A. feeder cable

B. distribution cable

C. drop wire

D. drop-wire cross-connect cables

387. A weighting technique that assumes a perfect receiver only, therefore its weighting curve
corresponds to the frequency response of the ear only.

A. relative noise weighting

B. above relative noise weighting

C. C-message noise weighting

D. psophometric noise weighting

388. The difference between the absolute delays of all frequencies.

A. relative phase delay

B. phase delay distortion

C. absolute phase delay

D. phase distortion
389. A special type of line conditioning that sets the minimum requirements for signal-to-noise ratio a
nonlinear distortion.

A. A-type line conditioning

B. B-type line conditioning

C. C-type line conditioning

D. D-type line conditioning

390. It is a form of incidental phase modulation a continuous uncontrolled variations in the zero
crossings of a signal.

A. crosstalk

B. co-channel interference

C. phase jitter

D. spikes
391. A type of crosstalk which is a direct result of nonlinear amplification in analog communications
system

A. linear crosstalk

B. transmittance crosstalk

C. nonlinear crosstalk

D. coupling crosstalk
392. The operator of the telephone instrument

A. subscriber

B. destination

C. source

D. terminal
393. It is a system of sensors, switches and other electronic and electrical devices that allow subscriber to
give instructions directly to the switch without having to go through the operator.

A. manual switching system

B. automated switching system

C. common switching system

D. crossbar switching system

394. Toll offices are connected to other toll offices with _____________

A. intertoll trunks

B. intratoll trunks

C. interoffice trunks

D. intraoffice trunks
395. The highest ranking office in the DDD network in term of size of the geographical area served and
the trunk options available.

A. End office

B. Sectional center

C. Regional center

D. Toll center
396. He invented the automatic line selector, which led to the automatic telephone system.

A. Alexander Bain

B. Alexander Graham Bell

C. Thomas Edison

D. Almon Strowger
397. It allows customers to change to a different service and still keep the same phone number

A. changing

B. porting

C. transporting

D. portability
398. By definition, speech power is equal to v.u. reading minus ___________

A. 1.8 dB

B. 4 dB

C. 1.4 dB

D. 3 dB
399. When the telephone set is in the ____________ state, a direct current from the central office (CO)
flows through the transmitter and receiver of the handset.

A. on-hook

B. off-hook

C. semi-hook

D. hook-in
400. Type of loop signaling which involves opening and closing the loop to dial to or through the central
office.

A. ear and mouth

B. duplex

C. loop pulsing

D. interoffice calling

351.
352.
353.
354.
355.
356.
357.
358.
359.
360.
361.
362.
363.
364.
365.
366.
367.
368.
369.
370.
371.
372.
373.
374.
375.
376.
377.
378.
379.
380.

Plain and old telephone service

service switching points
foreign exchange unit
group 3
2500-type telephone set
supervising
ringback signal
telephone circuit
451
transmission level
envelope delay distortion
impulse noise
single-frequency interference
aerial
any of these
any of these
phase delay
loaded
any of these
any of these
service switching points
to transmit the signal
interoffice calling
coupling crosstalk
4950 lines
Class 5
1000 and 3000 Hz
on-hook
reverse battery signaling
scanning

381.
382.
383.
384.
385.
386.
387.
388.
389.
390.
391.
392.
393.
394.
395.
396.
397.
398.
399.
400.

56 kbps
kendall effect
any of these
dial tone
caller id
feeder cable
psophometric noise weighting
phase distortion
D-type line conditioning
phase jitter
nonlinear crosstalk
subscriber
automated switching system
intertoll trunks
Regional center
Almon Strowger
porting
1.4 dB
off-hook
loop pulsing

401. When the image at the receiving end of a facsimile transmission is elongated vertically,

A. the transmitter IOC is less than the receiver IOC

B. the transmitter IOC is greater than the receiver IOC

C. the transmitter IOC is equal to the receiver IOC

D. the IOC is not a factor

402. In FM fax, the frequencies for black and white are

A. 1500 and 2300 Hz

B. 2200 and 1500 Hz

C. 1300 and 2400 Hz

D. 1070 and 1270 Hz

403. It is a measure of the faithful reproduction of scanned prints in a facsimile communications.

A. fidelity

B. contrast

C. legibility

D. chroma
404. The feedback signals that help prevent the speaker from talking too loudly.

A. busy tone

B. ringback tone

C. dial tone

D. sidetone
405. It is the exchange of signaling messages between switching machines

A. loop signaling

B. station signaling

C. interoffice signaling

D. pulse signaling
406. A signal sent from the switching machine back to the calling station whenever the system cannot
complete call because of equipment unavailability.

A. busy tone

B. call waiting tone

C. fax tone

D. congestion tone
407. The final length of cable pair that terminates at the SNI

A. aerial

B. drop wire

C. distribution cable

D. cross-connect cables
408. It is the difference in circuit gain experienced at a particular frequency with respect to the circuit gain
of a reference frequency.

A. dynamic range

B. absorption distortion

C. attenuation distortion

D. selective fading
409. In telephone systems, a special type of line conditioning that pertains to line impairments for which
compensation can be made with filters and equalizers.

A. A-line conditioning

B. B-line conditioning

C. C-line conditioning

D. D-line conditioning
410. An envelope delay distortion test on a basic telephone channel indicated that an 1800-Hz carrier
experienced the minimum absolute delay of 400 us. The maximum envelope delay for a basic telephone
channel is 1750 us within the frequency range 800 Hz to 2600 Hz. What is the maximum envelope delay?

A. 2150 microsec

B. 2550 microsec

C. 3000 microsec

D. 3400 microsec
411. In SS7 signaling points, codes that are carried in signaling messages exchanged between signaling
points to identify the source and destination of each message

A. signaling points

B. service points

C. switching points

D. point codes
412. Stage of the step-by-step switching system that is composed of switches to complete the connection
to the called subscriber.

A. line equipment

B. switch train

C. connectors

D. switching network
413. ____________ is the switching system that is a branch of the local central office.

A. local exchange

B. branch exchange

C. subscriber loop

D. line
414. Most fax printers are of which type?

A. Impact

B. Thermal

C. Electrosensitive

D. Laser xerographic
415. Aside from tip and ring used in local loops the third wire when used is called __________.

A. reserve

B. sleeve

C. ground

D. none of these
416. Acknowledgement and status signals that ensure the process necessary to set up and terminate a
telephone call are completed in an orderly and timely manner,

A. call progress tones and signals

B. call waiting tones and signals

C. incoming call tones and signals

D. call termination tones and signals

417. POCSAG stands for

A. Post Office Code Standardization Advisory Group

B. Post Office Code System Advisory Group

C. Paging Operation Code Standardization Advisory Group

D. Paging Operation Code System Advisory Group

418. The location where individual cable pairs within a distribution cable are separated and extended to
the subscribers location on a drop wire

A. feeder cable and distribution cable

B. drop wire and aerial cable

C. distribution cable and drop-wire cross-connect cables

D. distribution cable and aerial cable

419. What is the standard bandwidth of voice channel according to CCITT recommendations?

a. 300 3.4 kHz

b. 200 3.3 kHz

c. 20 20 kHz

d. 30 30 kHz
420. A the receiver, the phase difference at the different carrier frequencies is called _________.

A. envelope delay distortion

B. phase delay

C. envelope delay

D. propagation time

421. It is a sudden, random changes in the phase of the signal. They are classified as temporary
variations in the phase of the signal lasting longer than 4 ms.

A. phase hits

B. phase jitter

C. interference

D. distortion
422. Circuits that are designed and configured for their use only and often referred to as private circuits or
dedicated circuits.

A. switched circuits

B. leased circuits

C. virtual circuits

D. switched virtual circuits

423. It is a programmable matrix that allows circuits to be connected to one another.

A. circuit switch

B. tap switch

C. equipment switch

D. cross switch
424. Interstate long distance telephone calls require a small telephone office called _________.

A. sectional office

B. regional office

C. toll office

D. end office
425. A call that cannot be completed because the necessary trunk circuits or switching paths are not
available.

A. blocking

B. holding

C. storing

D. none of these
426. A mandate that requires all telephone companies to support the porting of telephone number.

A. national number portability

B. regional number portability

C. local number portability

D. sectional number portability

427. The connection between the telephone and the central offices switching equipment.

A. subscriber loop

B. relay circuits

C. line sensors

D. supervisory relay
428. An exact reproduction of a document or picture provided at the receiving end.

A. television

B. telecommunication

C. facsimile transmission

D. mobile communication
429. What type of graphics are commonly transmitted by radio fax?

A. Newspaper text

B. Architectural drawings

C. Cable movies

D. Satellite weather photos

430. It is comprised of a transmitter, receiver, an electrical network for equalization, associated circuitry to
control sidetone levels and to regulate signal power and necessary signaling circuitry.

A. telephone

B. television

C. facsimile

D. computer
431. Early paging system uses what modulation technique?

A. pulse modulation

B. amplitude modulation

C. phase modulation

D. frequency modulation
432. A device that serves as a demarcation point between local telephone company responsibility and
subscriber responsibility for telephone service.

A. standard network interface

B. subscriber line interface card

C. system network architecture

D. network interface card

433. It is the actual time required for a particular frequency to propagate from a source to a destination
through a communications channel.

A. relative phase delay

B. phase delay distortion

C. absolute phase delay

D. phase distortion
434. It is a sudden, random change in the gain of the circuit resulting in a temporary change in the signal
level.

A. spikes

B. gain hits

C. jitter

D. echo

435. A typical echo suppressor suppresses the returned echo by how much?

A. 10 dB

B. 30 dB

C. 45 dB

D. 60 dB
436. In telephony, functions that supply and interpret control and supervisory signals needed to perform
the operation

A. calling functions

B. maintenance functions

C. signaling functions

D. transmission functions
437. It is a central location where subscribers are interconnected, either temporarily or on a permanent
basis.

A. central offices

B. exchange offices

C. exchanges

D. any of these
438. It is simply a path between two subscribers and is comprised of one or more switches, two local
loops or possibly one or more trunk circuits.

A. way

B. route

C. path

D. mode
439. It defines the procedures and protocols necessary to exchange information over the PSTN using a
separate digital signaling network to provide wireless and wireline telephone call setup, routing and
control.

A. C7

B. common channel signaling system no. 7

C. SS7

D. any of these
440. In a 4-wire telephone set connection, (used to connect telephone set to central office switching) the
red coded wire is used __________.

A. as ground wire

B. to transmit the signal

C. to receive the signal from the far end

D. as a spare or for special purpose applications

441. The connection between two central offices

A. line

B. trunk

C. loop

D. signaling
442. In facsimile, the length of time required to transmit a document

A. propagation time

B. transmission rate

C. holding time

D. transmission time
443. It is a combination of passive components that are used to regulate the amplitude and frequency
response of the voice signals.

A. equalizer circuit

B. balanced transformer

C. balanced modulator

D. hybrid network

444. A signal that is sent from the switching machine back to the calling station whenever the called
telephone number is off-hook.

A. dial tone signal

B. ringback signal

C. busy signal

D. off-hook signal
445. A smaller version of the feeder cable containing less wire pairs.

A. aerial

B. drop wire

C. feeder cable

D. distribution cable
446. It is a parameter equivalent to TLP except that it is used as a reference for data transmission.

A. transmission level point

B. data level point

C. voice level point

D. baseband transmission point

447. He developed the first instrument that transmitted music over a wire

A. Philipp Reis

B. Antonio Meucci

C. Thomas Edison

D. Almon Strowger
448. It is used to convert two-wire circuits to four-wire circuits which is similar to hybrid coil found in
standard telephone sets.

A. balanced transformer

B. hybrid circuits

C. balanced modulator

D. hybrid transformers
449. A switchboard with four digits can accommodate how many telephone numbers?

A. 1,000

B. 10,000

C. 100,000

D. 9999
450. The trunk circuits that are terminated in tandem switches are called

A. tie trunks

B. tandem trunks

C. office trunks

D. exchange trunks

401. the transmitter IOC is less than

the receiver IOC
402. 1500 and 2300 Hz
403. contrast
404. sidetone
405. interoffice signaling
406. congestion tone
407. drop wire
408. attenuation distortion
409. C-line conditioning
410. 2150 microsec
411. point codes
412. connectors
413. branch exchange
414. Thermal
415. sleeve
416. call progress tones and signals
417. Post Office Code Standardization
Advisory Group
418. distribution cable and drop-wire
cross-connect cables

419.
420.
421.
422.
423.
424.
425.
426.
427.
428.
429.
430.
431.
432.
433.
434.
435.
436.
437.
438.
439.

300 3.4 kHz

envelope delay distortion
phase hits
leased circuits
circuit switch
toll office
blocking
local number portability
subscriber loop
facsimile transmission
Satellite weather photos
telephone
frequency modulation
standard network interface
absolute phase delay
gain hits
60 dB
signaling functions
any of these
route
any of these

440. to receive the signal from the far

end
441. trunk
442. transmission time
443. equalizer circuit
444. busy signal

445.
446.
447.
448.
449.
450.

distribution cable
data level point
Philipp Reis
hybrid circuits
1,000
tandem trunks

451. The class of switching office that provides service to small groups of class 4 offices within a small
area of state.

A. Class 1

B. Class 4

C. Class 2

D. Class 3
452. A device used to measure speech volume

A. volume unit meter

B. volume milliammeter

C. volume pulse meter

D. volume intensity meter

453. The communications between two or three central offices is called

A. interoffice link

B. trunk

C. interoffice calling

D. loop
454. In telephony, the -48V dc voltage was used rather than ac voltages because

A. to prevent power supply hum

B. to allow service to continue in the event of power outage

C. because people are afraid of ac

D. all of these
455. Category of signaling message that indicates a request of service, such as going off-hook or ringing
in the destination telephone

A. dial tone

B. signaling

C. supervising

D. alerting
456. Occurs in coherent SSBSC systems, such as those using frequency division multiplexing when the
received carrier is not reinserted with the exact phase relationship to the received signal as the transmit
carrier possessed.

A. phase delay distortion

B. phase jitter distortion

C. phase intercept distortion

D. all of these
457. It is simply the dedicated cable facility used to connect an instrument at a subscribers station to the
closest telephone office.

A. subscriber lines

B. local loops

C. subscriber loops

D. any of these
458. A telephone call completed within a single local exchange is called

A. intraoffice call

B. intraexchange call

C. intraswitch call

D. any of these

459. Type of Class 4 toll center usually had only outward operator service or perhaps no operator service
at all.

A. Class 2

B. Class 4P

C. Class 1

D. Class 3
460. In a 4-wire telephone set connection, (used to connect telephone set to office central switching) the
yellow coded wire is used _______________.

A. as ground wire

B. to transmit the signal

C. to receive the signal from the far end

D. as a spare or for special purpose applications

461. When the image at the receiving end of a facsimile transmission us elongated horizontally,

A. the transmitter IOC is less than the receiver IOC

B. the transmitter IOC is greater than the receiver IOC

C. the transmitter IOC is equal to the receiver IOC

D. the IOC is not a factor

462. It is a special balanced transformer used to convert a two-wire circuit into a four-wire circuit and viceversa.

A. equalizer circuit

B. balanced transformer

C. balanced modulator

D. hybrid network
463. It is a method originally used to transfer digits in the telephone set to the local switch.

A. tone dialing

B. dial pulsing

C. battery and ground pulsing

D. reverse battery pulsing

464. It is the time required to propagate a change in an AM envelope through a transmission medium

A. envelope delay distortion

B. phase delay

C. envelope delay

D. propagation time
465. It is the primary source of transmission errors in data circuits

A. impulse noise

B. crosstalk

C. gain hits

D. interference
466. It eliminates the echo by electrically subtracting it from the original signal rather than disabling the
amplifier in the return circuit.

A. echo suppressors

B. echo limiters

C. echo cancellers

D. any of these
467. In telephony, functions that involve the actual transmission of a subscribers messages and any
necessary control signals.

A. transmission functions

B. signaling functions

C. maintenance functions

D. calling functions
468. The first computer-controlled central office switching system used in PSTN

A. No.7 ESS

B. No.2 ESS

C. No.5 ESS

D. No. 1 ESS
469. It is an exchange without a local loops connected to it

A. double office

B. tandem office

C. exchange office

D. local office
470. The 5-class switching hierarchy is a __________ scheme that establishes an end-to-end route
mainly through trial and error.

A. interleaved switching

B. progressive switching

C. point-to-point switching

D. step-by-step switching
471. The frequency range of maximum voice energy is between

A. 150 and 300 Hz

B. 300 and 3400 Hz

C. 250 and 500 Hz

D. 100 and 300 Hz

472. The oldest of the automatic switching system

A. manual switching

B. step-by-step

C. common control

D. Electronic

473. Group 3 fax used which modulation?

A. QAM

B. FSK

C. Vestigial sideband AM

D. FM
474. Signals that provides information in the form of announcements, such as number changed to another
number, a number no longer in service, and so on

A. addressing

B. ringing

C. controlling

D. supervising
475. The switch closure in an off-hook condition causes a range of dc current to flow on the loop, what is
that range of current?

A. 23 mA to 50 mA

B. 15 mA to 30 mA

C. 10 mA to 20 mA

D. 20 mA to 80 mA
476. These are unused sections of cables that are connected in shunt working cable pair, such as a local
loop. They are used for party lines to connect to the same local loop.

A. cross-connect loop

B. drop wire tap

C. bridge tap

D. wire tap
477. The time delay encountered by a signal as it propagates from a source to a destination is called
____________.

A. propagation time

B. phase delay

C. holding time

D. system delay time

478. It is the decrease in gain of more than 12 dB lasting longer than 4 ms and is a characteristics of
temporary open circuit conditions and are generally caused by deep fades in radio facilities or by
switching delays.

A. echo

B. jitter

C. gain hits

D. dropouts
479. It is similar to the local loop except that it is used to interconnect two telephone offices.

A. trunk lines

B. subscriber loop

C. local lines

D. subscriber lines
480. Calls that are placed between two stations that are connected to different local exchanges.

A. interoffice calls

B. interswitch calls

C. interexchange calls

D. any of these
481. _________ is defined as a momentary on-hook condition that causes loop making and breaking from
the telephone set dialer toward the central office.

A. dial tone

B. dial pulsing

C. on-hook

D. off-hook
482. In facsimile technology, it is a number derived from the width-height ratio.

A. numerical aperture

B. scanning spot

C. index of cooperation

D. cut-off frequency
483. In RJ-11, the RJ stands for

A. Recommended Jack

B. Released Jack

C. Registered Jack

D. Radio Jack
484. A cross-connect point used to distribute the larger feeder cable into smaller distribution cables

A. SLIC

B. serving area interface

C. LATA

D. cross-connect cabinet
485. The process used to improve a basic telephone channel is called

A. line turnaround

B. line conditioning

C. line sensing

D. line improvement
486. In telephony, functions that identify and connect subscribers to a suitable transmission path

A. transmission functions

B. signaling functions

C. switching functions

D. calling functions

487. The telephone switching plan that allows a certain degree of route selection when establishing a
phone call.

A. NPA

B. switching hierarchy

C. toll hierarchy

D. interoffice hierarchy
488. It provides access to the SS7 network access to databases used by switches inside and outside of
the network, and transfer of SS7 messages to other signaling points within the network.

A. point codes

B. signaling points

C. service points

D. switching points
489. The connection between the subscriber and his own particular central office.

A. trunk

B. line

C. signaling

D. pulsing
490. It is a measure of how well we can distinguish closely spaced objects or identify small items on a
print.

A. resolution

B. legibility

C. contrast

D. hue
491. It is the exchange of signaling messages over local loops between stations and telephone company
switching machines

A. loop signaling

B. station signaling

C. interoffice signaling

D. pulse signaling
492. Modern paging system uses what modulation technique?

A. FSK and QPSK

B. PSK and QAM

C. ASK and FSK

D. FSK and PSK

493. The talker hears a returned portion of the signal as an echo, what is the round-trip time of delay for
an echo to quite annoying?

A. 15 msec

B. 25 msec

C. 35 msec

D. 45 msec
494. When subscriber initiates a long distance calls, the local exchange connects the caller to the toll
office through a facility called ________.

A. interoffice toll trunk

B. intraoffice toll trunk

C. interoffice exchange trunk

D. intraoffice exchange trunk

495. Range of speech power

A. 100 1000 W

B. 10 100 W

C. 10 1000 W

D. 1000 10000 W
496. Which resolution produces the best quality fax?

A. 96 lpi

B. 150 lpi

C. 200 lpi

D. 400 lpi
497. Facsimile standards are set by the

A. FCC

B. DOD

C. CCITT

D. IEEE
498. Telephone set component placed directly across the tip and ring to alert the designation party of an
incoming call

A. transmitter

B. receiver

C. ringer

D. dialer
499. The reference frequency of a typical voice-band circuit is typically around _________.

A. 1500 Hz

B. 1300 Hz

C. 1700 Hz

D. 1800 Hz
500. The most versatile and popular crossbar switch was __________.

A. #4YB

B. 5#YB

C. #5XB

D. #5ZB

451. Class 3
452. volume unit meter
453. interoffice link
454. all of these
455. alerting
456. phase intercept distortion
457. local loops
458. any of these
459. Class 4P
460. as a spare or for special purpose
applications
461. the transmitter IOC is greater
than the receiver IOC
462. hybrid network
463. dial pulsing
464. envelope delay
465. impulse noise
466. any of these
467. transmission functions
468. No. 1 ESS
469. tandem office
470. progressive switching
471. 250 and 500 Hz
472. step-by-step
473. QAM
474. controlling

475.
476.
477.
478.
479.
480.
481.
482.
483.
484.
485.
486.
487.
488.
489.
490.
491.
492.
493.
494.
495.
496.
497.
498.
499.
500.

20 mA to 80 mA
bridge tap
propagation time
dropouts
trunk lines
any of these
dial pulsing
index of cooperation
Registered Jack
serving area interface
line conditioning
switching functions
switching hierarchy
signaling points
line
resolution
station signaling
FSK and PSK
45 msec
interoffice toll trunk
10 1000 W
400 lpi
CCITT
ringer
1800 Hz
#5XB