GROUP STUDY WIRE COMMUNICATIONS

1. A special service circuit connecting 2 PBXs.

a. Tie trunk
b. tandem trunk
c. phantom line
d.
private line
2. It is the out of band signaling between central offices (Bell standard).
a. 800 Hz
b. 2000 Hz
c. 3700 Hz
d. 3825 Hz
3. What S/N is required for satisfactory telephone service?
a. 20 dB
b. 30 dB
c. 40 dB
d. 50 dB
4. A telephone companys cable entering a building from telephone feeder to
the main cross connecting point within the building.
a. Telephone cable b. entrance cablec. connecting cable d. building cable
5. One erlang is equal to
a. 3.6 CCs
b. 36 CCs
c. 100CCs
d. 360 CCs
6. A local loop has a resistance of 1kohms and the telephone connected to it has
an off hook resistance of 200 ohms. Calculate the voltage across the
telephone when the phone is on hook.
a. 1.5 v
b. 0 v
c. 8 v
d. 110 v
7. This telephone service enables the subscriber to interrupt an ongoing call and
subsequently reestablish the call.
a. Call waiting
b. call barring
c. call hold
d. call
forwarding
8. One of the following central office switching equipment resistance limit refers
to the longest subscriber loop length.
a. 300 ohms
b. 800 ohms
c. 1500 ohms
d.
2000 ohms
9. What component of the telephone set has the primary function of interfacing
the handset to the local loop?
a. Resistor
b. varistor
c. capacitor
d. induction coil
10.This refers to a condition in a telephone network where the calling party
cannot get connected to the party being called.
a. Blocked call
b. lost call
c. disconnection
d. open
network
11.Telephone channel has a band pass characteristics occupying the frequency
range of
a. 300 400 Hz
b. 300 2700 Hz c. 300 3000 Hz d. 300 3400 Hz
12.This condition occurs when a new call is initiated in an area where all
available channels are in use.
a. Blocking
b. busy
c. splitting
d. hold
13.What do you call the telephone system connecting residence and business
establishments?
a. Touch tone network
c. Private Network System
b. Pay Telephone System
d. Public Telephone System
14.Refers to a continuous tone generated in a local exchange terminal through a
combination of 2 frequencies 350 Hz and 440 Hz.
a. Dial tone
b. Busy Tone
c. Standard Tone d. Call
Waiting Tone
15.Using DTMF, pressing 7 in the telephone set corresponds to what frequency?

a. 697 and 1336 Hz

and 1477 Hz

b. 852 and 1209 Hz

c. 770 and 1633 Hzd. 941

16.Tone dialing takes ____ time than pulse dialing.

a. More
b. the same
c. less
d. cannot be
determined
17.Nominal voice channel
a. 4 kHz
b. 3 Hz to 3kHz
c. 16 Hz to 16 kHz d. 20 Hz to
20 kHz
18.How many connections are needed to connect 100 subscribers directly?
a. 2500
b. 1225
c. 4950
d.
9900
19.Class 3 in the PSTN hierarchy, North American Standard
a. Regional Center b. Sectional Center c. Primary Center d. Toll Center
20.A state of signal that is indicated by an open circuit and no current flow.
a. On hook
b. dial pulse
c. status of interconnection
d. off
hook
21.Referred to as the cause of crosstalk
a. Improper Level Setting
c. nonlinear envelope delay
b. Electrical coupling between transmission media d. mechanical
coupling
22.This service gives the subscribers the ability to forward incoming calls to
another number if the called mobile unit is not reachable, if it is busy, if there
is no reply.
a. Call forwarding
b. call waiting
c. call barring
d. call hold
23.A type of switching system that connects pairs of telephone wires by
progressive step by step operation of several series switches operating in
tandem.
a. Strowger
b. crossbar
c. manual
d. automatic
24.In basic telephone set, the pair of wires used to transmit and receive a
varying direct current are called
a. Ringer and dial b. ringer and tip
c. tip and ring
d. ring
and dial
25.How many different tones may be produced by a 4-column DTMF keypad?
a. 16
b. 8
c. 4
d. 2
26.Most common VOIP service
a. ATA
b. IP Phones
c. PC to PC
d. all of these
27.In PC to PC VOIP, you need the following except
a. video card
b. internet connection
c. microphone
d. speaker
28.This protocol creates a general framework suitable for gateways, multipoint
control units and interactive voice response units.
a. H.323
b. MGCP
c. SIP
d. TCP IP
29.SIP was developed by
a. ANSI
b. ITU-T
c. Cisco
d. 3Com

30.A device that acts as a bridge between VOIP and the PSTN network.
a. Endpoint
b. Gateway
c. Proxy Server
d. none of
these
31.In a SIP system, it provides call routing, registration and access.
a. Endpoint
b. Gateway
c. Proxy Server
d. none of
these
32.A device typically installed in a telephone exchange which connects
customers telephone lines to the core network to provide telephones, ISDN,
and broadband, such as DSL all from a single platform.
a. MSAN
b. MSAG
c. a or b
d. a and b
33.This IP aware MSAN can interpret and respond to Internet Group Management
Protocol requests by locally replicating a multicast stream and forwarding the
stream to any subscriber requesting it.
a. Layer 2
b. Layer 3 Aware c. Layer 3
d. Layer 1
34.
The general idea behind the NGN is that one network transports all
information and services by encapsulating these into ____, similar to those
used on the internet.
a. Cells
b. frames
c. packets
d. any of these
35.An NGN translation device or service that converts digital media streams
between disparate telecommunications networks.
a. Call Server
b. Application Server
c. SCE
d. Media
Gateway
36.One of the following is not an NGN component.
a. Media Gateway b. Call Server
c. Application Server
d.
Database Server
37.Is the network handling converged services based on IP
a. Access Layer
b. Core Layer
c. Control Layer
d.
Service Layer
38.One of the following is not an NGN protocol
a. H.323
b. H.248
c. SIP
d. H.323
39.An NGN service which provide callers with anywhere, anytime access to
information like news, weather, stock quotes, and account balances using
simple voice commands and any telephone.
a. E-commerce
b. Electronic banking
c. Voice Portal
d.
Presence
40.Involves advertising, finding and providing information to match consumers
with providers.
a. E-commerce
b. Information Brokering
c. Yellow Pages
d. EStore
41.Refers to technologically generated representations of real world events,
people, places, experiences, etc., in which the participants and providers of
the virtual experience are physically distributed.
a. VPN
b. Cyber World
c. Distributed Virtual Reality
d. UC
42.Could monitor and control home security systems, energy systems, home
entertainment systems and other home appliances.

a. Smart Home
b. Home Manager
c. a and b
d. a or b
43.A device that converts telephony traffic into IP for transmission over a data
network.
a. VOIP gateway b. PSTN Gateway c. a or b
d. a and b
44.Is a signaling communications protocol, widely used for controlling
multimedia connumication sessions such as voice and video calls over IP
networks.
a. H.323
b. Megaco
c. SIP
d. all of these
45.An IP PBX process that assigns bandwidth channels on demand.
a. Bandwidth Management
c. Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation
b. Dynamic Channel Allocation
d. b or c
46.Is the integration of real time communication services with non-real time
communication services.
a. IP PBX
b. Hybrid Communication c. UC
d. Unified
Messaging
47.Is the cornerstone of Unified Communications solution.
a. IP PBX
b. Presence
c. Unified Messaging
d. BPI
48.Provides the plumbing needed for a UC solution.
a. IP PBX
b. Presence
c. Unified Messaging
d. BPI
49.Integration of voice, fax and email messages and message notifications.
a. Instant Messaging
b. Presence
c. Unified Messaging d. BPI
50.An important element of a UC solutions that eliminates human latency.
a. Mobility
b. Personal Assistant
c. BPId. Conferencing and
Collaboration
51.FDDI is a set of _____ and _____ standards for data transmission on fiber optica
lines ina a local area network.
a. ISO, ANSI
b. ISO, EIA
c. ISO, TIA
d. ISO, ITU-T
52.An FDDI network contains ____ token ring/s.
a. One
b. two
c. three
d.
four
53.The FDDIs primary ring can offer up to _____ capacity.
a. 100 Mbps
b. 200 Mbps
c. 100 MBps
d. 200 MBps
54.____ of the FDDI specifies encoding and decoding, clock speed and clocking
scheme, data framing, and the control symbols used in the network.
a. PMD
b. PHY
c. MAC
d.
SMT
55.The following are topologies used for FDDI except
a. Bus
b. Ring
c. Tree
d.
none of these
56.An FDDI network which consists of each node having only one cable
connecting it to a concentrator.
a. DAS
b. SAS
c. UAS
d. RAS
57.The maximum distance covered by CDDI.
a. 100 meters
b. 200 meters
c. 100 miles
d. 200
miles
58.CDDI is officially called
a. TD-PMD
b. TP-PMD
c. TP-DMP
d. TD-PMP

59.CDDI allows for a dual ring capacity of

a. 100 Mbps
b. 200 Mbps

c. 100 MBps

d. 200 MBps

60.The first passive optical network used primarily for business applications.
a. APON
b. BPON
c. EPON
d. GPON
61.Service provider endpoint of a PON and is placed at the central office or head
end.
a. OLT
b. ONU
c. ODN
d. ONT
62.It provides the separate native service interfaces directly to the user.
a. NTE
b. ONU
c. ODN
d.
ONT
63.FTTK is similar to ____ but the street cabinet or pole is closer to the users
premises.
a. FTTC
b. FTTN
c. FTTP
d. any
of these
64.SONET is a standard for ______ telecommunications transport.
a. Electrical
b. optical
c. electronic
d. digital
65.ECSA stands for
a. European Carriers Standards Association c. Exchange Carriers
Standards Association
b. European Carriers Standards Alliance
d. Exchange Carriers Standards
Alliance
66.The frame format used by SONET is the
a. STM
b. OC
c. STS
d. DS
67.The base rate of SONET.
a. 64 kbps
b. 51.84 Mbps
c. 155.52 Mbps
d.
none of these
68.Transitions that occur at almost the same rate
a. Synchronous
b. Asynchronous
c. Plesiochronous
d.
Isochronous
69.A ____ is a single fiber run that can be terminated by a network element or an
optical generator.
a. Section
b. Path
c. Line
d. all
of these
70.____ can originate, access, modify or terminate the section header overhead.
a. LTE
b. PTE
c. STE
d. SCE
71.A standard STS-1 frame is ___ rows by ____ bytes.
a. 9, 90
b. 90,9
c. 8, 80
d.
80,8
72.In an STS-1 frame, the first ___ of each row comprise the Section and Line
header overhead.
a. 2 bytes
b. 3 bytes
c. 4 bytes
d. 5 bytes
73._____ does the synchronization and multiplexing of information on SONET
frames.
a. LTE
b. PTE
c. STE
d. SCE
74.At this layer, the payload is mapped and demapped into the SONET frame.

a. Section
b. Path
c. Line
d. all
of these
75.SDH was defined by ____ for Europe but now used everywhere outside of
North America and Japan.
a. ITU
b. ANSI
c. ETSI
d. ECSA
76.The frame format used by SDH is the
b. STM
b. OC
c. STS
d. DS
77.The base rate of SDH.
b. 64 kbps
b. 51.84 Mbps
c. 155.52 Mbps
d.
none of these
78.Transitions that occur at exactly the same rate
b. Synchronous b. Asynchronous
c. Plesiochronous d. Isochronous
79.Both SONET and SDH frames last for ___ usec.
a. 60
b. 120
c. 125
d. 130
80.It takes place when a pointer is included in a tributary unit or an
administrative unit to allow the first byte of the virtual container to be
located.
a. Mapping
b. Aligning
c. Multiplexing
d. Stuffing
81.One of the following is not an ITU Standard covering SONET
a. G.707
b. G.708
c. G.783
d. G.803
82.It terminates aggregate signals
a. Regenerator
b. Terminal Multiplexer
c. ADM
d.
DXC
83.It allows mapping of PDH tributary signals into virtual containers.
a. Regenerator
b. Terminal Multiplexer
c. ADM
d.
DXC
84.This component has the job of regenerating the clock and the amplitude of
incoming signals.
b. Regenerator b. Terminal Multiplexer
c. ADM
d.
DXC
85.Air blown fiber is a method of installing fiber optic cables that relies on the
flow of ____ easing the fiber all the way to its destination.
a. Compressed air b. condensed air c. compressed gas d. a or b
86.____ are aerodynamically designed with a foamd polyethylene jacket to
enable the fiber to blow easily through tube cable.
a. TDUs
b. Push fit connectors
c. fiber bundles
d.
Blowing Equipment
87.____ are wall mounted enclosures used at tube cable transitions or branching
locations.
a. TDUs
b. Push fit connectors
c. fiber bundles
d.
Blowing Equipment
88.One of the following is not part of designing a blown fiber system.
a. Tube Cable Design
c. tube distribution hardware
design
b. Fiber termination hardware design
d. fiber distribution
hardware design

89.The process of blowing a cable through a duct while simultaneously pushing

the cable into the duct.
a. Cable pulling
b. cable blowing
c. fiber blowing
d. cable
jetting
90.One of the following is not a benefit of Air Blown Fiber
a. Much less splicing
c. eliminates dead fiber
b. Easy quick upgrades in the future
d. reduced short term costs
91.One of the following is not a subsidiary of PLDT.
a. Smart Communications
b. Talk and Text c. ePLDT
d. Sun
Cellular
92.4G pertains to
a. GSM
b. HSPA
c. Wimax
d. LTE
93.
The following are Application Modules of PLDT Cloud Contact Center
except
a. ACD
b. IVR
c. Professional Services d. UCaaS
94.SMS is more popularly known as
a. Text Messaging
b. Unified Messaging
c. MMS
d.
data service
95.A mobile phone is also known as
a. Cellular phone b. cell phone
c. hand phone
d. any of these
96.Formerly known as Mobiline and Phone Pal
a. Touch Mobile
b. Red Mobile
c. Talk and Text
d.
Umobile
97.One of the following is not a service of ePLDT.
a. BPO
b. CIS
c. CRM
d. MMS
98.Bayan Telecommunications Inc . is formerly known as
a. RCPI
b. ICC
c. DTI
d. NDTN
99.Was formed out of a partnership between Ayala Corporation and Singapore
Telecom.
a. Smart Communications
b. Digitel
c. Bayantel
d. Globe
Telecom
100.
One of the following is not a subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation
Telecom Company
a. Vega Telecom b. Bell Tel
c. ETPI
d. Wi-tribe