7th Week Exam Fall 2013 AAST Comm. Dept.

EC526

Arab Academy for Science & Technology

and Maritime Transport Cairo Branch
College of Engineering & Technology

Electronics & Communication Engineering Department

Mobile Communications, EC526, Senior - Fall 2013

Choose the correct Answer ( ONLY ONE Choice)
1. In cellular systems, increasing the BTS output power will change in_________.
a. the distance between areas b. the co-channel interference
c. the ratio of the distribution of to the transmitter heights d. the gain of the antennas
2. Radio Resource Management process is done via .
a. MS b. BSC c. MS d. BTS
3. The most widely used access technique for cellular communications is
a. FDMA b. TDMA c. OFDMA d. CDMA
4. What is the Roaming?
a. Operation of an MS in other MSC area of the same operator
b. Operation of an MS in other MSC area of a different operator
c. Operation of an MS in other BSC area
d. Operation between the MSC and the International Gateway
5. Which of the following is a limitation of wireless communication systems?
a. System capacity b. poor security c. spectrum efficiency d. wide coverage area
6. What is the main function of (MSC) ?
a. Exchanging between the mobile system and different connections
b. Interconnection of multiple BTS's
c. Server for software connection between different mobile subsystems
d. Connects between the MSC and the user handset.
7. TDM is used in:
a. Transmission on full duplex mode in the connection between MS and BSC
b. Transmission on full duplex mode in the connection between BTS and BSC
c. Transmission on full duplex mode in the connection between MS and BSC
d. Transmission on full duplex mode in the connection between BTS and MSC
8. In real life, Mobile base stations hasnt the same radius due to different:
a. weather b. terrain c. boundary d. customer demand
e. a&b f. b&c g. a&b&d h. a&b&c
9. Cell size is maximized by increasing the...
a. MS Power b. MS frequency c. BTS Antenna gain d. BTS frequency
10. Terrestrial wireless communication has its own BTS's located on ___________
a. Sky Based b. Land Based c. Public switches d. same area
11- Macro-BTS may not be rolled out as . Sites.
a. rooftops b. Green field towers c. indoor d. Poles
12- Which type of physical media can propagate signals to a minimum distance without
using repeaters?
a. Fiber cable b. Wireless systems . Co-axial cable d. Copper cables
13- The main advantages of the wireless systems are:
a. Poor site coverage b. channel unstable characteristics, and less of security
c. Mobility, and network flexibility d. Line of site communication transmitting power

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14-In a certain Wireless Networks there is a problem in the call setup when the customer is
being called from another customer or network. But he cant find the signal in his mobile.
What do you expect as a reason of this error?
a. MSC/VLR b. HLR c. Air interface d. BSC
15-The main difference between the wired and wireless networks is:
a. Switching System b. Billing System c. Access Methodology d. all of the above
16- TDMA is using:
a. Amplitude Modulation & Phase System b. Frequency carriers and timing system
c. Time slots on different frequency carriers d. Adaptive Frequency Modulation
17- CDMA is using :
a. Orthogonal coding b. Frequency division c. Block coding d. Convolution Encoding
18- 3G wireless networks can support:
a. Voice b. Data c. Video d. all of them
19- Which type of mobile access technologies that may be suitable for video transmission?
a. FDMA b. TDM/FDMA c. CDMA d. FDM/TDMA
20- Satellite communication has its own BTS's located on
a. Sky Based b. Land Based c. Public switches d. same area
21-PSTN can't contain:
a. Wired local loop b. Wireless local loop c. Home Location Register d. none of them
22- What is the main function of (BTS) ?
a. Exchanging the mobile system connections
b. Connects between the BSC and the user handset.
c. Server for software connection between different mobile subsystems
d. Interconnection of multiple BTS's
23- If the BTS can't be integrated to the BSC, so there will be a network problem in:
a. Signal strength b. Microwave links c. call setup and origination d. MSC/VLR
24-What is the function of (BSC) ?
a. Exchanging the mobile system connections
b. Server for software connection between different mobile subsystems
c. Interconnection of multiple BTS's
d. Connects between the MSC and the user handset.
25- PLMN must contain:
a. Wired local loop b. Wireless local loop c. Home Location Register d. none of them
26-What is not one of the Radio resources for a certain operator?
a. Frequency slots b. Time slots c. Orthogonal codes d. antenna gain
27-A mobile operator has decided to decrease all of its BTS output power so it will have:
a. less coverage area and more system capacity b. less coverage area and less capacity
c. less coverage area and low interference d. less coverage area and more interference
e. a,b,d f. a,b g. a,c h. b,d
28-What is the mandatory functions of MS?
a. packet switched voice b. circuit switched Voice c. Short Message System
d. circuit switched data e. packet switched data f. packet switched video
g. a&b&c h. b&c only i. a&d only j.a&c only
29-What are the main components of the BSS?
a. BTS,BSC,&AUC b. BSC, BTS,&MSC c. MSC,HLR,BTS,&AUC d. BSC, Multiple BTSs
30- A mobile operator has decided to increase its coverage area, so it has to:
a. Using of large capacity MSC b. Increase of each BTS power
c. Increase of each BSS link capacity d. a,b,c e. a,b, f. b,c

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EC526
Model Answer
Q Answer Q Answer Q Answer
1 B 11 C 21 C
2 B 12 B 22 B
3 B 13 C 23 B
4 B 14 B 24 C
5 A 15 C 25 A
6 A 16 C 26 D
7 B 17 A 27 G
8 C 18 D 28 C
9 C 19 B 29 D
10 A 20 A 30 B

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