Electronic Switching

Unit – I
( MCQ)

1. Circuit switching is _______ oriented switching technique, whereas in the case of

packet switching, it is ________.
(A) Connectionless, connection
(B) Connection, connectionless
(C) Connectionless, connectionless
(D) Connection, connection
Answer
Correct option is B

2. A local telephone network comes in, which of the following network?

(A) Bit switched
(B) Packet switched
(C) Circuit switched
(D) None of these
Answer
Correct option is C

3. Circuit switching is implemented in the _______ layer, whereas packet switching is

implemented in the _______ layer.
(A) Network, Network
(B) Network, Physical
(C) Physical, Network
(D) Physical, Physical
Answer
Correct option is C

4. ______ switching is used in the Internet.

(A) Circuit
(B) Packet
(C) None of these
Answer
Correct option is B
5. The required resources for communication between end systems are reserved for
the duration of the session between end systems in which of thr following method?
(A) Packet switching
(B) Circuit switching
(C) Frequency switching
(D) None of these
Answer
Correct option is B

6. Which of the following methods to move data through a network of links and
switches?
(A) Packet switching and Line switching
(B) Frequency switching and Circuit switching
(C) Packet switching and Circuit switching
(D) None of these
Answer
Correct option is C

7. Which of the following switching has been phase out in general communication?
(A) Packet
(B) Message
(C) Both
(D) None of the above
Answer
Correct option is B

8. Store and forward are terms used in which of the following switching?
(A) Packet
(B) Circuit
(C) Message
(D) All of the above
Answer
Correct option is C

9. Method of switching:-
(A) Circuit switching, packet switching, line switching
(B) Circuit switching, packet switching, message switching
(C) Node switching, packet switching, message switching
(D) Circuit switching, loop switching, message switching
Answer
Correct option is B
10. A circuit switched network is made of switches connected by physical link, in
which each link is divided into ___ channels
(A) n
(B) n + 1
(C) 2n
(D) 2n + 1
Answer
Correct option is A

11. A switched network consists of a series interlinked nodes known as ______.

(A) Switches
(B) Endpoints
(C) Links
(D) Packets
Answer
Correct option is A

12. A crossbar switch is which of the folllowing type of switch?

(A) Virtual-space
(B) Space-division
(C) Time-division
(D) Time-space
Answer
Correct option is B

13. A crossbar switch has x input and y output, then how much crosspoints require?
(A) x - y
(B) x + y
(C) xy
(D) 2(x + y)
Answer
Correct option is C

14. A crossbar switch has 100 input and 200 output, then how much crosspoints
require?
(A) 300
(B) 20000
(C) 100
(D) 600
Answer
Correct option is B
15. A single crossbar switch usually has ______ crosspoints than a corresponding
multistage switch.
(A) Less
(B) More
(C) Can not say
(D) None of the above
Answer
Correct option is B

16. For two stage network the switching elements for M'' inlets with 'r' blocks and 'N'
outlets with 's' blocks is given by ________.
(A) Ms - Nr
(B) Ms + Nr
(C) Ms × Nr
(D) 2(Ms + Nr)
Answer
Correct option is B

17. By Nyquist criterion the sampling rate is _____.

(A) 2fs
(B) 1/(2fs)
(C) 1 + 2fs
(D) 1 - 2fs
Answer
Correct option is A

18. The number of point to point links required in a fully connected network for 50
entities is ____
(A) 500
(B) 2500
(C) 125000
(D) None of these
Answer
Correct option is B

19. _____ transmission mode is used for data communication along telephone lines.
(A) Synchronous
(B) Serial
(C) Asynchronous
(D) Parallel
Answer
Correct option is B
 Electronic Switching
Unit – II
( MCQ)
1. In Electronic Switching Centre (ESC), the transmission rate of X.25 protocol is
____9.6 Kbps.
(A) Equal to
(B) Greater than
(C) Less than
(D) None of the above
Answer
Correct option is B

2. A crossbar switch is
(A) Time space switch
(B) Virtual space switch
(C) Space division switch
(D) None of these
Answer
Correct option is C

3. Crosspoints requires by a crossbar switch with x inputs and y outputs requires

(A) xy
(B) x^2
(C) y^2
(D) x/y
Answer
Correct option is A

4. In which switch, blocking is not a problem

(A) Single stage
(B) Two stage
(C) Three stage
(D) None of the above
Answer
Correct option is A

5. When there is no path available between input and output then _________ occurs.
(A) Multiplexing
(B) Conditioning
(C) Blocking
(D) Switching
Answer
Correct option is C

6. The time slot interchange uses ________ multiplexing to achieve switching.

(A) Switch division
(B) Time division
(C) Frequency division
(D) None of the above
Answer
Correct option is B

7. The ________ of a TSI holds the incoming input data.

(A) RAM
(B) ROM
(C) Bus
(D) None of the above
Answer
Correct option is A

8. Processing delay is the disadvantage of

(A) Time division
(B) Space division
(C) Asynchronous division
(D) Both A and B
Answer
Correct option is A

9. The advantage of space division switching is that it

(A) Needs no flow control
(B) Is instantaneous
(C) Is error free
(D) None of the above
Answer
Correct option is B

10. A crossbar switch with 100 inputs and _________ outputs requires 20000
crosspoints.
(A) 100
(B) 200
(C) 1000
(D) None of the above
Answer
Correct option is B

11. Full form of DCS is

(A) Digital connected system
(B) Digital cross system
(C) Digital cross-connect system
(D) None of the above
Answer
Correct option is C

12. The Integrating type converters are used in

(A) Digital meter
(B) Panel meter
(C) Monitoring system
(D) All of the above
Answer
Correct option is D

13. A ______ switch usually has a higher efficiency than a _______ switch.
(A) Single stage, Multi stage
(B) Crossbar, Dual
(C) Multi stage, Single crossbar
(D) None of the above
Answer
Correct option is C

14.In multistage switch, there is usually ________ path between x and y is

(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) Multiple
(D) None of the above
Answer
Correct option is C

15. Which kind of switching technique indicates the transfer of coded values from
input to output during the same interval of time?
(A) Space switching
(B) Time switching
(C) Combination switching
(D) None of the above
Answer
Correct option is A
 Electronic Switching
Unit – III
( MCQ)
1. Traffic Capacity is calculated as
(A) Switching capacity / Theoretical maximum load
(B) Theoretical maximum load / switching capacity
(C) Theoretical maximum load × switching capacity
(D) Switching capacity × Theoretical maximum load
Answer
Correct option is D

2. Busy hour traffic is the _________.

(A) the duration of maximum calls
(B) maximum average simultaneous traffic
(C) traffic when all subscribers are engaged
(D) traffic during peak hour
Answer
Correct option is D

3. Telex is a __________.
(A) Telegraph Service between various subscribers
(B) Telephone Service between various subscribers
(C) Tele printer Service between various subscribers
(D) Television Service between various subscribers
Answer
Correct option is C

4. Telephone Traffic is measured in ______.

(A) Seconds
(B) Erlang
(C) Hours
(D) Pulses per minute
Answer
Correct option is B

5. Erlang is used to _______.

(A) measure average call rate
(B) indicate total call period
(C) give total busy period in minutes
(D) measure busy period
Answer
Correct option is D

6. Traffic Handling Capacity is calculated as

(A) Theoretical maximum load / Switching capacity
(B) Switching capacity × Theoretical maximum load
(C) Switching capacity / Theoretical maximum load
(D) Theoretical maximum load + Switching capacity
Answer
Correct option is C
7. Traffic Intensity can be measured in ______.
(A) CCS
(B) Erlangs
(C) CM
(D) All of the above
Answer
Correct option is D

8. Full form of CCR.

(A) Call Connected Rate
(B) Call Completion Rule
(C) Call Completion Rate
(D) Call Completion Rise
Answer
Correct option is C

9. CCR is defined as _____.

(A) the addition of the number of successful calls to the number of call attempts
(B) the ratio of the number of call attempts to the number of successful calls
(C) the ratio of the number of successful calls to the number of call attempts
(D) the difference of the number of successful calls to the number of call attempts
Answer
Correct option is C

10. Full form of BHCA.

(A) Busy Hour Call Auto
(B) Busy Hour Call Attempts
(C) Busy Hour Connected Attempts
(D) Busy Hand Call Attempts
Answer
Correct option is B

11. An exchange serves 2000 subscribers. If the average BHCA is 10,000 and the CCR is
40%, calculate the busy hour calling rate.
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
Answer
Correct option is B

12. In a group of 10 servers, each is occupied for 30 minutes in an observation interval of two
hours. Calculate the traffic carried by the group.
(A) 1.5 E
(B) 2.5 E
(C) 3.5 E
(D) 4.5 E
Answer
Correct option is B
13. CCS stands for
(A) Centum Call Secure
(B) Connected Call Second
(C) Center Call Second
(D) Centum Call Second
Answer
Correct option is D

14. A group of 20 servers carry a traffic of 10 erlangs. If the average duration of a call is three
minutes, calculate the number of calls put through by a single server and the group as a whole
in a one-hour period.
(A) 150
(B) 100
(C) 300
(D) 200
Answer
Correct option is D

15. 1 E = ____ CCS

(A) 360
(B) 3600
(C) 3
(D) 36
Answer
Correct option is D

16. 1 E = ____ CS
(A) 360
(B) 3600
(C) 3
(D) 36
Answer
Correct option is B

17. 1 E = ____ CM
(A) 360
(B) 3600
(C) 3
(D) 60
Answer
Correct option is D

18. The traffic models used for studying loss systems are known as ________.
(A) blocking models
(B) congestion models
(C) both
(D) none of the above
Answer
Correct option is D
19. The traffic models used for studying delay systems are called ________.
(A) blocking models
(B) congestion models
(C) queuing models
(D) none of the above
Answer
Correct option is C

20. Grade of service (GOS) is defined as__________.

(A) the ratio of offered traffic to lost traffic
(B) the ratio of lost traffic to offered traffic
(C) the addition of lost traffic to offered traffic
(D) the difference of lost traffic to offered traffic
Answer
Correct option is B

21. GOS is called _________.

(A) Call congestion
(B) Time congestion
(C) Lost probability
(D) Both (A) and (C)
Answer
Correct option is D

22. The blocking probability is called ________.

(A) Call congestion
(B) Time congestion
(C) Lost probability
(D) Both (A) and (C)
Answer
Correct option is B

23. A ___________ is one in which one or more quantities vary with time in such a way that
the instantaneous values of the quantities are not determinable precisely but are predictable
with certain probability.
(A) Stochastic process
(B) Random process
(C) Both
(D) None of the above
Answer
Correct option is C
 Electronic Switching
Unit – IV
( MCQ)

1. Earlier electronic switching system was based on the _________ system in which
temporary memory was used for storing different information.
(A) stores process control (SPC)
(B) stores program control (SPC)
(C) supply program control (SPC)
(D) None of the above
Answer
Correct option is B

2. Full form of SPC.

(A) Stores Process Control
(B) Stores Program Control
(C) Supply Program Control
(D) None of the above
Answer
Correct option is B

3. Functions of call processing system are

(A) Call identification
(B) Call status
(C) Call routing
(D) All of the above
Answer
Correct option is D

4. Generally call processing takes place _______ of switching network.

(A) dependent
(B) independent
(C) can not say
(D) None of these
Answer
Correct option is B

5. __________ is mostly used for controlling in the digital switching system to reduce the
cost of call processing.
(A) Temporary memory
(B) Microprocessor
(C) Stored program control
(D) None of the above
Answer
Correct option is B
6. In case of common control system the exchange depend on a _______ number of
equipments.
(A) small
(B) large
(C) may be small or large
(D) None of the above
Answer
Correct option is A

7. Full form of MTBF.

(A) Mode Time Between Failures
(B) Mean Time Between Failures
(C) Mean Target Between Failures
(D) Median Time Between Failures
Answer
Correct option is B

8. The availability is defined as:

(A) A = (MTBF)/(MTBF + MTTR)
(B) A = (MTBF)/(MTBF - MTTR)
(C) A = (MTBF)/(2 × MTTR)
(D) None of the above
Answer
Correct option is A

9. Category of signaling message that indicates a request of service, such as going off-hook
or ringing in the destination telephone is called as ______.
(A) Signaling
(B) Supervising
(C) Dial tone
(D) Alerting
Answer
Correct option is D

10. Basic functional elements of an SPC switching system:

(A) Call store (memory)
(B) Program store (memory)
(C) Switching matrix
(D) All of the above
Answer
Correct option is D

11. The earlier switching matrices consisted of electromechanical cross-points, such as a

__________.
(A) crossbar matrix
(B) reed
(C) correed
(D) All of the above
Answer
Correct option is D
12. The design of signaling systems is directly influenced by
(A) switching requirements
(B) transmission requirements
(C) both
(D) none of the above
Answer
Correct option is C

13. Exchanges send signal over the same circuits in the network as the connections which
they control. This is called as _________.
(A) compelled signalling
(B) channel-associated signalling
(C) both
(D) none of the above
Answer
Correct option is B

14. When continuous signalling is used, a signal is sent until the acknowledgment is received
and the signal persists until the original signal has been removed. This is known as ______.
(A) compelled signalling
(B) channel-associated signalling
(C) both
(D) none of the above
Answer
Correct option is A

15. If pulse signalling is used, a signal may be repeated until it is _________.

(A) unacknowledged
(B) acknowledged
(C) can not say
(D) both (A) and (B)
Answer
Correct option is B

16. Signals generated by the central processor in one exchange and sent to the processor over
a separate data channel is called as ________.
(A) channel-associated signalling.
(B) common channel signalling
(C) compelled signalling
(D) none of the above
Answer
Correct option is B

17. Full form of FDM.

(A) Frequency Diode Multiplexing
(B) Frequency Division Multiline
(C) Frequency Division Multisystem
(D) Frequency Division Multiplexing
Answer
Correct option is D
18. In FDM systems the carriers are spaced at intervals of ________.
(A) 4KHz
(B) 400KHz
(C) 1KHz
(D) 100KHz
Answer
Correct option is A

19. FDM is an analog multiplexing technique used to combines ______ signals.

(A) analog
(B) digital
(C) both
(D) none of the above
Answer
Correct option is A

20. The 8 bits of channel 16 are shared between the 30 channels by a process of _________.
(A) framing
(B) mutlisystem
(C) mutliprocess
(D) mutliframing
Answer
Correct option is D

21. By which of the followings mode by which the CCS implementation is done
(A) Channel associated mode
(B) Channel non-associated mode
(C) Quasi associated mode
(D) All of the above
Answer
Correct option is D

22. Which of the following is/are correct for features of SS7:-

(A) Performance is high
(B) High reliability for message transfer
(C) The mechanism of transmission is application independent
(D) All of the above
Answer
Correct option is D

23. Full form of CCITT.

(A) Consultative Committee for International Telephony and Telegraphy
(B) Connected Committee for International Telephony and Telegraphy
(C) Consultative Code for International Telephony and Telegraphy
(D) Consultative Committee for Internal Telephony and Telegraphy
Answer
Correct option is A
 Electronic Switching
Unit – V
( MCQ)
1. Packet-switched networks can be divided into
(A) virtual-circuit networks
(B) datagram networks
(C) both
(D) None of the above
Answer
Correct option is C

2. A transmission path may have _______ path/paths.

(A) One
(B) Several
(C) Zero
(D) None of the above
AnswerCorrect option is B

3. Which of the following is/are used to identify virtual connection?

(A) TPI and a VCI
(B) TPI and a VPI
(C) VCI and a VPI
(D) All of the above
Answer
Correct option is C

4. Which of the following is the simplest ATM switch

(A) banyan
(B) crossbar
(C) knockout
(D) None of these
Answer
Correct option is B

5. A banyan switch with 36 inputs and 36 outputs has _____ microswitches at each stage.
(A) 4
(B) 9
(C) 18
(D) None of the above
AnswerCorrect option is C

6. A banyan switch with 32 inputs and 32 outputs has _____ stages.

(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 18
(D) None of the above
Answer
Correct option is B
7. Which of the following is/are correct for ATM
(A) It has moved software functions to hardware
(B) It is connection oriented
(C) It can interface with existings systems
(D) All of the above
Answer
Correct option is D

8. The ______ layer adds a 5-byte header to a 48-byte segment.

(A) ATM
(B) Physical
(C) AAL
(D) None of the above
Answer
Correct option is A

9. An ATM cell consists of ______ bytes.

(A) 32
(B) 8
(C) 100
(D) 53
Answer
Correct option is D

10. ATM stands for

(A) Asynchronous Transmission Mode
(B) Asynchronous Transfer Mode
(C) Asynchronous Transfer Method
(D) None of the above
Answer
Correct option is B

11. The ATM cell consists of a _____ byte header and a _____ byte information field,
sometimes referred to as payload.
(A) 5, 48
(B) 1, 12
(C) 2, 16
(D) 4, 32
AnswerCorrect option is A

12. If route from router I to router J is computed on line based on the current statistics, then it
is known as ________.
(A) Session routing
(B) Static routing
(C) Dynamic routing
(D) None of the above
Answer
Correct option is C
13. A _______ routing table is updated periodically using one of the dynamic routing
protocols.
(A) Hierarchical
(B) Static
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) Dynamic
Answer
Correct option is D

14. A technique that allocates time slots dynamically is _________.

(A) Statistical TDM
(B) Dynamic TDM
(C) Both
(D) None of the above
Correct option is A

15. X.25 is a ____ protocol.

(A) LAN
(B) WAN
(C) MAN
(D) None of the above
Answer
Correct option is B

16. X.25 has ____ layers.

(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
Answer
Correct option is C

17. X.25 protocol uses

(A) The physical layer of Ethernet
(B) The physical layer of Token ring
(C) It's own physical layer
(D) None of the above
Answer
Correct option is C