1. When was the first complete sentence ever transmitted c. Echo a. 1.

3 km
by the telephone? d. Singing b. 2.5 km
a. 1860 9. The type of dialing possible for telephone set with c. 3.7 km
b. 1876 rotary dial. d. 4.9 km
c. 1892 a. Tone dialing 17. The attenuation loss limit of the subscriber loop is set at
d. 1905 b. Pulse dialing 6dB. What is the maximum length if a 26H88 loading
2. Who invented the first practical system for the electrical c. Loop dialing coil with an attenuation of 0.80 dB per kilometer is
switching of calls installed in 1892? d. E&M dialing added?
a. Bell 10. DTMF stands for a. 1.5 km
b. Watson a. Digital telephone multimode function b. 3.5 km
c. Edison b. Dual tone multifrequency c. 5.5 km
d. Strowger c. Dialing time made faster d. 7.5 km
3. What part of the conventional telephone set the d. Data transmission multiplex filter 18. The first number of the loaded cable designation 19H44
transmitter and receiver unit are located? 11. The signal heard on the telephone line that indicates indicates
a. Dial readiness of the central office in receiving address or a. Spacing
b. Base telephone number b. Coil inductance
c. Keypad a. Dial tone c. Wire gauge
d. Handset b. Ringing tone d. Attenuation
4. The type of transmitter widely used in the conventional c. Busy tone 19. The letter of the loaded cable designation 24B88
telephone set d. Congestion tone indicates
a. Carbon 12. The signal heard on the telephone line which indicates a. Spacing
b. Ceramic that the called subscriber sets is in use b. Coil inductance
c. Piezoelectric a. Dial tone c. Wire gauge
d. Electromagnetic b. Ringing tone d. Attenuation
5. Who invented the first carbon type transmitter? c. Busy tone 20. The last two digit of the loaded cable designation
a. Bell d. Congestion tone 22E66 indicates
b. Watson 13. Dial tone, busy tone and ring back tone are examples a. Spacing
c. Gray of _____ signal. b. Coil inductance
d. Edison a. Supervision c. Wire gauge
6. The type of receiver widely used in the conventional b. Address d. Attenuation
telephone set c. Musical 21. The Strowger or step-by-step system falls under what
a. Electromagnetic d. Digital type of switching control system?
b. Ceramic 14. Request for service from the telephone is detected at a. Manual
c. Carbon the Central Office as b. Progressive
d. Piezoelectric a. Dial pulses c. Common
7. How many unique tones are used for the 12-key dial- b. Ringing signal d. Automatic
tone multi frequency keypad? c. Flow of loop current 22. What type of control system Crossbar switches are
a. 2 d. Battery reversal operating?
b. 4 15. The maximum length for 1300-ohm signaling or loop a. Manual
c. 7 resistance using AWG 26 wire with 133.9 ohms per b. Progressive
d. 12 kilometer c. Common
8. In the telephone unit, what is produced when the a. 5.2 km d. Automatic
balancing network in a hybrid circuit is intentionally b. 4.7 km 23. The kind of telephone system that require the incoming
unbalanced slightly so that the small amount of c. 7.5 km analog signals to be converted to PCM words before
transmitted signal is fed to the receiver of the talking d. 9.7 km being switched
phone? 16. With attenuation loss limits at 6 dB, what it the length of a. Analog system
a. Dial tone cable using gauge 26 with attenuation loss of 1.61 dB b. Digital system
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d. Crossbar system 31. The three-digit code used in long distance dialing that is 38. Trunk signaling within the operative voice-band
24. A switching network capable of providing a path from assigned to toll center spectrum
every inlet link to every outlet link in the absence of a. Zip code a. In band
traffic b. Area code b. Out of band
a. Concentration c. Exchange code c. Channel associated
b. Blocking d. Country code d. Common channel
c. Full availability switch 32. The three digits following the area code 39. Type of channel signaling where signal travels with the
d. Crosspoint a. Zip code voice channel
25. The inability to interconnect two idle lines connected to b. Bar code a. In band
a switching network due to all possible paths are in use c. Exchange code b. Out of band
a. Concentration d. Country code c. Channel associated
b. Blocking 33. Generically refers to any switching system owner or d. Common channel
c. Full availability leased by a business or organization to provide both 40. Type of channel signaling where a completely
d. Crosspoint internal switching function and access to the PSTN independent channel carry signals of many traffic
26. Line finder switches are found in what kind of telephone a. Private branch exchange channels
system? b. Public telephone carrier a. In band
a. Step-by-step c. Local exchange carrier b. Out band
b. Crossbar d. Inter-exchange carrier c. Channel associated
c. Digital exchange 34. The point where signals are conveyed from one d. Common channel
d. Mobile telephone system telecommunication network of a telecom operator to 41. Transmission term corresponding to E & M signals
27. In the telephone industry, BORSCHT functions are another a. 2 wire
performed by a. Point of interconnection b. 4 wire
a. Subscriber line interface b. Signal transfer point c. 8 wire
b. Crosspoint matrix c. Originating point d. 16 wire
c. Switching network d. Point-to-point 42. E & M stands for
d. Connector switch 35. A private line communications channel of the type a. Ear and mouth
28. BORSCHT stands for provided by communication common carrier for linking b. Encode and match
a. Battery, over-voltage protection, ringing, two or more points together c. Electricity and magnetism
supervision, coding, hybrid and testing a. Party line d. Expander and multiplexer
b. Battery, on-hook, regulator, surge protect, circuit, b. Tie line 43. E & M is for interoffice trunk while _____ is for
hybrid and test c. DID line subscriber line
c. Name of a leading manufacturer of telephone d. Trunk line a. Loop
system 36. The class of exchange with the primary function is to b. 4 wire
d. Acronym for the developers of computer connect between central offices when a direct trunk is c. Tone
29. The location where all subscriber lines are terminated not available d. Data
and switching equipment facility is installed a. Local 44. It is the means of transferring line or network related
a. Central office b. Gate way control information between telephone and central
b. Toll office c. Toll office or between central office
c. Gate way d. Tandem a. Signaling
d. Tandem 37. That part of central office or local exchange which b. Dialing
30. A series of numbers dialed from the telephone in order refers to all cables and wires extending outward c. Switching
to use the telecom service such as direct distance including supporting structures and associated d. Multiplexing
dialing apparatus connected to the subscriber telephone 45. A common channel signaling system for use between
a. Zip code a. Outside plant stored program controlled exchanges, designed for use
b. Access code b. Power plant in digital environment
c. Address c. Inside plant a. Signaling system no. 4
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d. Signaling system no. 7 54. What is the sampling rate used in PCM d. Amplitude Mixing Phone Standard
46. To interconnect system of different characteristics by a. 3.4 kHz 62. The time spent on a cellular phone which is usually
resolving their incompatibilities b. 4.0 kHz billed to the subscriber on a per minute system.
a. Boundary c. 8.0 kHz a. Time division system
b. Interface d. 64 kHz b. Airtime
c. Converter 55. The process of assigning discrete value to a PAM c. Duration
d. End office signals in PCM d. Interval
47. Sampling theorem states that the rate of sampling must a. Sampling 63. Channel is known as the width of the spectrum band
at least be _____ the highest frequency component b. Quantization taken up by a radio signal which is measured in
a. Half c. Equalization kilohertz (kHz). What is the width of the channel used
b. Twice d. Multiplexing by most analog cellular phones?
c. Equal 56. Continuous one hour period which has the maximum a. 50 kHz
d. Ten times average traffic intensity b. 60 kHz
48. Sampling theorem is also known as a. Busy hour c. 40 kHz
a. Shannon b. Traffic quantity d. 30 kHz
b. Nyquist c. Grade of service 64. A digital technology that uses a low power signal
c. Norton d. Erlang spread across a wide bandwidth. With this technology,
d. Thevenin 57. The aggregate engagement time or occupancy time of a phone call is assigned a code instead of a certain
49. A process in which more than one signal at a time is one or more traffic paths frequency. Using the identifying code and a low power
translated over a signal link, route or channel a. Busy hour signal, a large number of callers can use the same
a. Synchronization b. Traffic quantity group of channels.
b. Multiplexing c. Grade of service a. Time Division Multiple Access
c. Concentration d. Erlang b. Pulse Code Division Multiplexing
d. Encoding 58. A measure of the probability that a call offered to a c. Pulse Multiple Access
50. The modulation technique where signals are sampled group of trunks or circuits will fail to find idle circuit at d. Code Division Multiple Access
periodically and each sample is quantized and the first attempt 65. A central computer that connects a cellular phone call
transmitted as a digital binary code a. Busy hour to the public telephone network. It controls the entire
a. TDM b. Traffic quantity system’s operation, including monitoring calls, billing
b. PCM c. Grade of service and handoffs.
c. PAM d. Erlang a. Personal Communications Services
d. PPM 59. The consultative body with the primary purpose of b. Wide Area Network Computer
51. What multiplexing technique is used in PCM? promoting compatibility between communications c. Mobile Telephone Switching Office
a. TDM practices and performance standards of various nations d. International Standards Organization
b. PCM in the field of telephony and telegraphy 66. What is the meaning of IS-54 which is the dual mode
c. PAM a. CCITT (analog and digital cellular standard in North America?
d. PPM b. CCIR In the analog mode, this conforms to the Advanced
52. Geographic area in which telephone services, c. FCC Mobile Phone Service.
numbering assignments and rates are the same d. IEEE a. Interim Standard Number 54
a. Exchange area 60. Using a cellular phone outside your home service area b. International Standard Number 54
b. City block a. Long Distance Communications c. Integrated Systems Number 54
c. Regional area b. Roaming d. Industry Standard Number 54
d. Country c. Global Communications 67. A phone that operates on both analog and digital
53. When a modulation signal is periodically sampled, a d. Jamming networks.
_____ wave is produced 61. What is the meaning of AMPS which is the standard for a. Dual system
a. TDM analog cellular telephones? b. Coupled system
b. PCM a. Advanced Mobile Phone Service c. Paired-mode system
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68. The geographic area by a single low-power 74. An important safety feature that’s included with most of power from the vehicle’s battery and has an external
transmitter/receiver. It categorizes a cellular system’s today’s car phones. It permits the driver to use his antenna.
service area. cellular car phone without lifting or holding the handset a. Mobile or car phone
a. Channel to his ear. b. Portable
b. Service area a. Hands-free c. Electronic phone
c. Site b. Hands-off d. Enhanced cellular phone
d. Cell c. Handy phone 81. A protected database that holds a copy of the secret
69. Radio frequencies assigned in one channel in a cellular d. Safety phone key stored in each subscriber’s SIM card
system are limited to boundaries of a signal cell 75. A cellular phone feature that automatically blows the a. HLR
because of their low power. The carrier is free to use car’s horn if a call comes in, alerting the recipient b. VLR
the frequencies again in other cells in the system standing nearby. c. AuC
without causing interference. What do you call this a. Alert mode d. EIR
method? b. Warning horn 82. The time which a cellular subscriber uses a carrier’s
a. Frequency assignment c. Call horn service charged per unit time of call
b. Channel utilization d. Alert mode a. Talk time
c. Frequency reuse 76. An important feature of a cellular phone subscribing of b. Air time
d. Optimum frequency assignment a voice mail which indicates a light or other indicator c. Stand-by time
70. A loosely defined future universal telecommunications announcing that a phone call came in. d. Hand off time
service that will allow “anytime, anywhere” voice and a. Alert mode 83. The Subscriber’s Identity Module (SIM) Card for GSM
data communication with personal communication b. Call alert contains a/n _____ number that identifies the user to
devices. c. Message alert the network along with other user and security
a. Personal Communications System d. Voice mail alert information.
b. Universal Telephone Service 77. A sophisticated service provided by a cellular carrier a. IMEI
c. Personal Handy Phone that automatically transfers an incoming cellular call to b. IMSI
d. Nationwide Communication Services another phone number if the cellular subscriber is c. ESN
71. A special fee that local telephone companies are unable to answer. d. MIN
allowed to charge all telephone customers for the right a. Call forwarding 84. The modulation technique in cellular communications
to connect with the local phone network. b. Call transfer wherein each message is assigned with a frequency,
a. Airtime fee c. Call waiting which is unique to a particular cell.
b. Access fee d. No-answer transfer a. NBFM
c. Connection fee 78. The periods of time during which the carriers offer b. NBDT
d. Mandatory fee discounted airtime charges, usually available after 10 c. PCM
72. A means of increasing the capacity of a cellular system p.m. and before 6 a.m., on weekends and holidays. d. Modem
by subdividing or splitting cells into two or more smaller a. Night time 85. A channel used for the transmission of supervisory
cells. b. Lean time information from a cell site to a mobile station or vice
a. Spectrum allocation c. Off-peak versa.
b. Cell allocation d. peak a. Speech
c. Channel splitting 79. The standard cellular antenna for a car which prefers to b. Control
d. Cell splitting the spring-like section in the lower third of the antenna c. Common
73. A process that provides security for wireless known as a phasing coil. d. Voice
information. Information is encoded so that it can be a. Pigtail antenna 86. The database for good and known IMEI’s
ready by a device with a matching decoding procedure. b. Omnidirectional antenna a. White
a. Wireless decoder c. Whip antenna b. Black
b. Cellular decoder d. Flexible antenna c. Grey
c. Encryption 80. The type of cellular phone which is installed in a car or d. red
d. Decoder truck. This unit is attached to the vehicle, draws its 87. A means of increasing the capacity of a cellular system
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b. Cell allocation d. MSRN
c. Channel splitting 95. The uplink frequency range for GSM900
d. Cell splitting a. 935 – 960 MHZ
88. A database used for management of mobile subscriber. b. 890 – 915 MHz
a. HLR c. 935 – 960 MHz
b. VLR d. 890 – 915 MHz
c. MSC 96. The geographic area served a single-power
d. EIR transmitter/receiver. It categorizes a cellular system’s
89. The following are the supervisory audio tones used in service area.
cellular phones except a. Channel
a. 5970 Hz b. Service area
b. 6000 Hz c. Site
c. 6030 Hz d. cell
d. 3925 Hz 97. Best described as an amplifier used in radio telephony.
90. A special signal tone that is transmitted to the cell site a. Class A
to free the voice channel when the mobile terminates a b. Class B
cell. c. Class C
a. 10 KHz d. Magnifier
b. 20 KHz 98. This is the Nordic analog mobile radio telephone
c. 30 KHz system originally used in Scandinavia.
d. 25 KHz a. NMT
91. In the CDMA Cellular technology, the signal meant for a b. GSM
given user is tagged with a distinctive _____ pattern c. PCN
that only the user’s receiver can recognize. d. PCS
a. PIN Code 99. It is a one-way wireless messaging which allows
b. PN Code continuous accessibility to someone away from the
c. SIM wired communications network.
d. IMSI a. Paging
92. In a Cellular network, if you split a cell originally b. Trunked Radio
containing a maximum of 20 channels into two cells, c. Cellular Telephony
the theoretical total channel capacity is d. Text Messaging
a. 10 100. The following are parts of the Trunked Radio System
b. 20 except
c. 30 a. Channels
d. 40 b. Central controller
93. In wireless communications, a radio channel consists of c. Antenna and tower
_____ frequencies within the RF spectrum, which allow d. 48 volts power supply
a cell site and a wireless phone to transmit and receive
signals simultaneously.
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
94. A GSM security measure which is designed to prevent
eavesdropping of user data on the radio path
a. IMSI
b. TMSI