Wired Communications and Cellular 7.

How many unique tones are used for the

12-key dial-tone multi frequency keypad?
Telephony a. 2
b. 4
1. When was the first complete sentence ever
c. 7
transmitted by the telephone?
d. 12
a. 1860
b. 1876
8. In the telephone unit, what is produced
c. 1892
when the balancing network in a hybrid
d. 1905
circuit is intentionally unbalanced slightly so
that the small amount of transmitted signal
2. Who invented the first practical system for
is fed to the receiver of the talking phone?
the electrical switching of calls installed in
a. Dial tone
1892?
b. Side tone
a. Bell
c. Echo
b. Watson
d. Singing
c. Edison
d. Strowger
9. The type of dialing possible for telephone
set with rotary dial.
3. What part of the conventional telephone
a. Tone dialing
set the transmitter and receiver unit are
b. Pulse dialing
located?
c. Loop dialing
a. Dial
d. e&m dialing
b. Base
c. Keypad
10. DTMF stands for
d. Handset
a. Digital telephone multimode function
b. Dual tone multifrequency
4. The type of transmitter widely used in the
c. Dialing time made faster
conventional telephone set
d. Data transmission multiplex filter
a. Carbon
b. Ceramic
11. The signal heard on the telephone line that
c. Piezoelectric
indicates readiness of the central office in
d. Electromagnetic
receiving address or telephone number
a. Dial tone
5. Who invented the first carbon type
b. Ringing tone
transmitter?
c. Busy tone
a. Bell
d. Congestion tone
b. Watson
c. Gray
12. The signal heard on the telephone line
d. Edison
which indicates that the called subscriber
sets is in use
6. The type of receiver widely used in the
a. Dial tone
conventional telephone set
b. Ringing tone
a. Electromagnetic
c. Busy tone
b. Ceramic
d. Congestion tone
c. Carbon
d. Piezoelectric
13. Dial tone, busy tone and ring back tone are
examples of _____ signal.
 a. Supervision b. Coil inductance
b. Address c. Wire gauge
c. Musical d. Attenuation
d. Digital
20. The last two digit of the loaded cable
14. Request for service from the telephone is designation 22E66 indicates
detected at the Central Office as a. Spacing
a. Dial pulses b. Coil inductance
b. Ringing signal c. Wire gauge
c. Flow of loop current d. Attenuation
d. Battery reversal
21. The Strowger or step-by-step system falls
15. The maximum length for 1300-ohm under what type of switching control
signaling or loop resistance using AWG 26 system?
wire with 133.9 ohms per kilometer a. Manual
a. 5.2 km b. Progressive
b. 4.7 km c. Common
c. 7.5 km d. Automatic
d. 9.7 km
22. What type of control system Crossbar
16. With attenuation loss limits at 6 dB, what it switches are operating?
the length of cable using gauge 26 with a. Manual
attenuation loss of 1.61 dB per kilometer? b. Progressive
a. 1.3 km c. Common
b. 2.5 km d. Automatic
c. 3.7 km
d. 4.9 km 23. The kind of telephone system that require
the incoming analog signals to be converted
17. The attenuation loss limit of the subscriber to PCM words before being switched
loop is set at 6dB. What is the maximum a. Analog system
length if a 26H88 loading coil with an b. Digital system
attenuation of 0.80 dB per kilometer is c. Step-by-step
added? d. Crossbar system
a. 1.5 km
b. 3.5 km 24. A switching network capable of providing a
c. 5.5 km path from every inlet link to every outlet
d. 7.5 km link in the absence of traffic
a. Concentration
18. The first number of the loaded cable b. Blocking
designation 19H44 indicates c. Full availability switch
a. Spacing d. Crosspoint
b. Coil inductance
c. Wire gauge 25. The inability to interconnect two idle lines
d. Attenuation connected to a switching network due to all
possible paths are in use
19. The letter of the loaded cable designation a. Concentration
24B88 indicates b. Blocking
a. Spacing c. Full availability
 d. Crosspoint d. Country code

26. Line finder switches are found in what kind 32. The three digits following the area code
of telephone system? a. Zip code
a. Step-by-step b. Bar code
b. Crossbar c. Exchange code
c. Digital exchange d. Country code
d. Mobile telephone system
33. Generically refers to any switching system
27. In the telephone industry, BORSCHT owner or leased by a business or
functions are performed by organization to provide both internal
a. Subscriber line interface switching function and access to the PSTN
b. Crosspoint matrix a. Private branch exchange
c. Switching network b. Public telephone carrier
d. Connector switch c. Local exchange carrier
d. Inter-exchange carrier
28. BORSCHT stands for
a. Battery, over-voltage protection, 34. The point where signals are conveyed from
ringing, supervision, coding, hybrid and one telecommunication network of a
testing telecom operator to another
b. Battery, on-hook, regulator, surge a. Point of interconnection
protect, circuit, hybrid and test b. Signal transfer point
c. Name of a leading manufacturer of c. Originating point
telephone system d. Point-to-point
d. Acronym for the developers of
computer 35. A private line communications channel of
the type provided by communication
29. The location where all subscriber lines are common carrier for linking two or more
terminated and switching equipment facility points together
is installed a. Party line
a. Central office b. Tie line
b. Toll office c. DID line
c. Gate way d. Trunk line
d. Tandem
36. The class of exchange with the primary
30. A series of numbers dialed from the function is to connect between central
telephone in order to use the telecom offices when a direct trunk is not available
service such as direct distance dialing a. Local
a. Zip code b. Gate way
b. Access code c. Toll
c. Address d. Tandem
d. Exchange code
37. That part of central office or local exchange
31. The three-digit code used in long distance which refers to all cables and wires
dialing that is assigned to toll center extending outward including supporting
a. Zip code structures and associated apparatus
b. Area code connected to the subscriber telephone
c. Exchange code a. Outside plant
 b. Power plant between telephone and central office or
c. Inside plant between central office
d. Tandem a. Signaling
b. Dialing
38. Trunk signaling within the operative voice- c. Switching
band spectrum d. Multiplexing
a. In band
b. Out of band 45. A common channel signaling system for use
c. Channel associated between stored program controlled
d. Common channel exchanges, designed for use in digital
environment
39. Type of channel signaling where signal a. Signaling system no. 4
travels with the voice channel b. Signaling system no. 5
a. In band c. Signaling system no. 6
b. Out of band d. Signaling system no. 7
c. Channel associated
d. Common channel 46. To interconnect system of different
characteristics by resolving their
40. Type of channel signaling where a incompatibilities
completely independent channel carry a. Boundary
signals of many traffic channels b. Interface
a. In band c. Converter
b. Out band d. End office
c. Channel associated
d. Common channel 47. Sampling theorem states that the rate of
sampling must at least be _____ the highest
41. Transmission term corresponding to E & M frequency component
signals a. Half
a. 2 wire b. Twice
b. 4 wire c. Equal
c. 8 wire d. Ten times
d. 16 wire
42. E & M stands for 48. Sampling theorem is also known as
a. Ear and mouth a. Shannon
b. Encode and match b. Nyquist
c. Electricity and magnetism c. Norton
d. Expander and multiplexer d. Thevenin

43. E & M is for interoffice trunk while _____ is 49. A process in which more than one signal at
for subscriber line a time is translated over a signal link, route
a. Loop or channel
b. 4 wire a. Synchronization
c. Tone b. Multiplexing
d. Data c. Concentration
d. Encoding
44. It is the means of transferring line or
network related control information 50. The modulation technique where signals
are sampled periodically and each sample is
 quantized and transmitted as a digital
binary code 57. The aggregate engagement time or
a. TDM occupancy time of one or more traffic paths
b. PCM a. Busy hour
c. PAM b. Traffic quantity
d. PPM c. Grade of service
d. Erlang
51. What multiplexing technique is used in
PCM? 58. A measure of the probability that a call
a. TDM offered to a group of trunks or circuits will
b. PCM fail to find idle circuit at the first attempt
c. PAM a. Busy hour
d. PPM b. Traffic quantity
c. Grade of service
52. Geographic area in which telephone d. Erlang
services, numbering assignments and rates
are the same 59. The consultative body with the primary
a. Exchange area purpose of promoting compatibility
b. City block between communications practices and
c. Regional area performance standards of various nations in
d. Country the field of telephony and telegraphy
a. CCITT
53. When a modulation signal is periodically b. CCIR
sampled, a _____ wave is produced c. FCC
a. TDM d. IEEE
b. PCM
c. PAM 60. Using a cellular phone outside your home
d. PPM service area
a. Long Distance Communications
54. What is the sampling rate used in PCM b. Roaming
a. 3.4 kHz c. Global Communications
b. 4.0 kHz d. Jamming
c. 8.0 kHz
d. 64 kHz 61. What is the meaning of AMPS which is the
standard for analog cellular telephones?
55. The process of assigning discrete value to a a. Advanced Mobile Phone Service
PAM signals in PCM b. Automatic Mobile Phone System
a. Sampling c. Analog Mobile Passband System
b. Quantization d. Amplitude Mixing Phone Standard
c. Equalization
d. Multiplexing 62. The time spent on a cellular phone which is
usually billed to the subscriber on a per
56. Continuous one hour period which has the minute system.
maximum average traffic intensity a. Time division system
a. Busy hour b. Airtime
b. Traffic quantity c. Duration
c. Grade of service d. Interval
d. Erlang
63. Channel is known as the width of the
spectrum band taken up by a radio signal
which is measured in kilohertz (kHz). What
is the width of the channel used by most
analog cellular phones?
a. 50 kHz
b. 60 kHz
c. 40 kHz
d. 30 kHz
64. A digital technology that uses a low power
signal spread across a wide bandwidth.
With this technology, a phone call is
assigned a code instead of a certain
frequency. Using the identifying code and a
low power signal, a large number of callers
can use the same group of channels.
a. Time Division Multiple Access
b. Pulse Code Division Multiplexing
c. Pulse Multiple Access
d. Code Division Multiple Access
65. A central computer that connects a cellular
phone call to the public telephone network.
It controls the entire system’s operation,
including monitoring calls, billing and
handoffs.
a. Personal Communications Services
b. Wide Area Network Computer
c. Mobile Telephone Switching Office
d. International Standards Organization
66. What is the meaning of IS-54 which is the
dual mode (analog and digital cellular
standard in North America? In the analog
mode, this conforms to the Advanced
Mobile Phone Service.
a. Interim Standard Number 54
b. International Standard Number 54
c. Integrated Systems Number 54
d. Industry Standard Number 54
67. A phone that operates on both analog and
digital networks.
a. Dual system
b. Coupled system
c. Paired-mode system
d. Dual-mode system
68. The geographic area by a single low-power
transmitter/receiver. It categorizes a
cellular system’s service area.
a. Channel
b. Service area
c. Site
d. Cell
69. Radio frequencies assigned in one channel
in a cellular system are limited to
boundaries of a signal cell because of their
low power. The carrier is free to use the
frequencies again in other cells in the
system without causing interference. What
do you call this method?
a. Frequency assignment
b. Channel utilization
c. Frequency reuse
d. Optimum frequency assignment
70. A loosely defined future universal
telecommunications service that will allow
“anytime, anywhere” voice and data
communication with personal
communication devices.
a. Personal Communications System
b. Universal Telephone Service
c. Personal Handy Phone
d. Nationwide Communication Services
71. A special fee that local telephone
companies are allowed to charge all
telephone customers for the right to
connect with the local phone network.
a. Airtime fee
b. Access fee
c. Connection fee
d. Mandatory fee
72. A means of increasing the capacity of a
cellular system by subdividing or splitting
cells into two or more smaller cells.
a. Spectrum allocation
b. Cell allocation
c. Channel splitting
d. Cell splitting
 78. The periods of time during which the
73. A process that provides security for wireless carriers offer discounted airtime charges,
information. Information is encoded so that usually available after 10 p.m. and before 6
it can be ready by a device with a matching a.m., on weekends and holidays.
decoding procedure. a. Night time
a. Wireless decoder b. Lean time
b. Cellular decoder c. Off-peak
c. Encryption d. peak
d. Decoder
79. The standard cellular antenna for a car
74. An important safety feature that’s included which prefers to the spring-like section in
with most of today’s car phones. It permits the lower third of the antenna known as a
the driver to use his cellular car phone phasing coil.
without lifting or holding the handset to his a. Pigtail antenna
ear. b. Omnidirectional antenna
a. Hands-free c. Whip antenna
b. Hands-off d. Flexible antenna
c. Handy phone
d. Safety phone 80. The type of cellular phone which is installed
in a car or truck. This unit is attached to the
75. A cellular phone feature that automatically vehicle, draws its power from the vehicle’s
blows the car’s horn if a call comes in, battery and has an external antenna.
alerting the recipient standing nearby. a. Mobile or car phone
a. Alert mode b. Portable
b. Warning horn c. Electronic phone
c. Call horn d. Enhanced cellular phone
d. Alert mode
81. A protected database that holds a copy of
76. An important feature of a cellular phone the secret key stored in each subscriber’s
subscribing of a voice mail which indicates a SIM card
light or other indicator announcing that a a. HLR
phone call came in. b. VLR
a. Alert mode c. AuC
b. Call alert d. EIR
c. Message alert 82. The time which a cellular subscriber uses a
d. Voice mail alert carrier’s service charged per unit time of
call
77. A sophisticated service provided by a a. Talk time
cellular carrier that automatically transfers b. Air time
an incoming cellular call to another phone c. Stand-by time
number if the cellular subscriber is unable d. Hand off time
to answer.
a. Call forwarding 83. The Subscriber’s Identity Module (SIM) Card
b. Call transfer for GSM contains a/n _____ number that
c. Call waiting identifies the user to the network along
d. No-answer transfer with other user and security information.
a. IMEI
b. IMSI
 c. ESN a. 10 KHz
d. MIN b. 20 KHz
c. 30 KHz
84. The modulation technique in cellular d. 25 KHz
communications wherein each message is 91. In the CDMA Cellular technology, the signal
assigned with a frequency, which is unique meant for a given user is tagged with a
to a particular cell. distinctive _____ pattern that only the
a. NBFM user’s receiver can recognize.
b. NBDT a. PIN Code
c. PCM b. PN Code
d. Modem c. SIM
d. IMSI
85. A channel used for the transmission of 92. In a Cellular network, if you split a cell
supervisory information from a cell site to a originally containing a maximum of 20
mobile station or vice versa. channels into two cells, the theoretical total
a. Speech channel capacity is
b. Control a. 10
c. Common b. 20
d. Voice c. 30
d. 40
86. The database for good and known IMEI’s 93. In wireless communications, a radio channel
a. White consists of _____ frequencies within the RF
b. Black spectrum, which allow a cell site and a
c. Grey wireless phone to transmit and receive
d. red signals simultaneously.
a. 2
87. A means of increasing the capacity of a b. 3
cellular system by subdividing cells into two c. 4
or more smaller cells. d. 5
a. Spectrum allocation 94. A GSM security measure which is designed
b. Cell allocation to prevent eavesdropping of user data on
c. Channel splitting the radio path
d. Cell splitting a. IMSI
88. A database used for management of mobile b. TMSI
subscriber. c. IMEI
a. HLR d. MSRN
b. VLR 95. The uplink frequency range for GSM900
c. MSC a. 935 – 960 MHZ
d. EIR b. 890 – 915 MHz
89. The following are the supervisory audio c. 935 – 960 MHz
tones used in cellular phones except d. 890 – 915 MHz
a. 5970 Hz 96. The geographic area served a single-power
b. 6000 Hz transmitter/receiver. It categorizes a
c. 6030 Hz cellular system’s service area.
d. 3925 Hz a. Channel
90. A special signal tone that is transmitted to b. Service area
the cell site to free the voice channel when c. Site
the mobile terminates a cell. d. cell
97. Best described as an amplifier used in radio
telephony.
a. Class A
b. Class B
c. Class C
d. Magnifier
98. This is the Nordic analog mobile radio
telephone system originally used in
Scandinavia.
a. NMT
b. GSM
c. PCN
d. PCS
99. It is a one-way wireless messaging which
allows continuous accessibility to someone
away from the wired communications
network.
a. Paging
b. Trunked Radio
c. Cellular Telephony
d. Text Messaging
100. The following are parts of the Trunked
Radio System except
a. Channels
b. Central controller
c. Antenna and tower
d. 48 volts power supply