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1. A telephone from 1930 could not work on today\'s public switched telephone network.
: F
2. The public switched telephone network is changing from an all analog to a mostly digital
system.
: T
: T
4. A feature of the public switched telephone system is that calls cannot be \"blocked\".
: F
: F
: T
: T
: F
: F
: T
12. Local loops can carry voice signals in only one direction at a time.
: F
: T
15. Loading coils allow high-speed data loads to be carried on a local loop.
: F
16. Typically, when a phone is on hook, a voltage of 48 volts appears across it.
: T
17. When a telephone is off hook, the DC voltage across it can drop substantially from its on-
hook value.
19. When a telephone is on hook, the DC current through it is in the range of 20 to 80 mA.
: F
: T
: T
22. DTMF uses sets of 3 tones.
: F
: T
24. A crosspoint switch allows any incoming line to be connected to any outgoing line.
: T
25. The central office uses 24 volts AC at 20 hertz to cause a telephone to ring.
: F
: T
: T
: T
29. The signal levels in analog telephone systems have increased substantially over the past 100
years.
: F
30. The signal levels in modern analog telephone systems are still based on 19th-century
technology.
: T
: T
32. The net gain of a telephone system must be greater than 0 dB for an acceptable signal level.
: F
: T
: T
: T
36. C-message weighting increases the bandwidth of a local loop.
: F
37. The reference level for measuring noise in a telephone system is 1012 Watts.
: T
38. In a telephone system, signal strength is given relative to the zero transmission loss point.
: T
39. TDM is being replaced by the newer FDM technology in telephone systems.
: F
40. DS-1 can be used to carry digital data that did not originate as a voice signal.
: T
41. When using DS-1 to carry data, it is common to use each channel to carry 64 kbps.
: F
: F
44. A DS-1C signal uses twice the bit rate of a DS-1 signal.
: F
45. \"Stuff\" bits are used to compensate for differences in clock rates.
: T
: F
: F
: T
: T
MULTIPLE CHOICE
: C
2. PSTN stands for: a. Public Switched Telephone Network c. Primary Service Telephone
Network b. Private Switched Telephone Network d. Primary Service Telephone Numbers
: A
3. POTS stands for: a. Private Office Telephone System c. Primary Operational Test System
b. Primary Office Telephone Service d. Plain Old Telephone Service
: D
4. LATA stands for: a. Local Access and Transport Area c. Local Area Telephone Access b.
Local Access Telephone Area d. Local Area Transport Access
: A
: A
6. Central offices are connected by: a. local loops c. both a and b b.trunk lines d. none of
the above
: B
7. Local loops terminate at: a. a tandem office c. a central office b. a toll station d.an
interexchange office
: C
8. Call blocking: a. cannot occur in the public telephone network b. occurs on the local loop
when there is an electrical power failure c. occurs only on long-distance cables d. occurs when
the central office capacity is exceeded
: D
9. In telephony, POP stands for: a. Post Office Protocol c. Power-On Protocol b. Point
Of Presence d. none of the above
: B
10. The cable used for local loops is mainly: a. twisted-pair copper wire c. coaxial cable b.
shielded twisted-pair copper wire d. fiber-optic
: A
11. FITL stands for: a. Framing Information for Toll Loops c. Framing In The Loop b.
Fiber In the Toll Loop d. Fiber-In-The-Loop
: D
12. Loading coils were used to: a. increase the speed of the local loop for digital data b. reduce
the attenuation of voice signals c. reduce crosstalk d. provide C-type conditioning to a local loop
: B
: B
: D
15. The separation of control functions from signal switching is known as: a. step-by-step
switching control c. common control b. crossbar control d. ESS
: C
16. The typical voltage across a telephone when on-hook is: a. 48 volts DC c. 90 volts DC
b. 48 volts, 20 hertz AC d. 90 volts, 20 hertz AC
: A
17. The typical voltage needed to \"ring\" a telephone is: a. 48 volts DC c. 90 volts DC b.
48 volts, 20 hertz AC d. 90 volts, 20 hertz AC
: D
18. The bandwidth of voice-grade signals on a telephone system is restricted in order to: a.
allow lines to be \"conditioned\" c. allow signals to be multiplexed b.
prevent \"singing\" d. all of the above
: C
19. VNL stands for: a. voltage net loss c. via net loss b. volume net loss d. voice
noise level
: C
20. Signal loss is designed into a telephone system to: a. eliminate reflections c. improve
signal-to-noise ratio b. prevent oscillation d. reduce power consumption
: B
21. The reference noise level for telephony is: a. 1 mW c. 1 pW b. 0 dBm d. 0 dBr
: C
: B
: D
24. In telephone system FDM, voice is put on a carrier using: a.SSB c. PDM b. DSBSC d.
PCM
: A
25. PABX stands for: a.Power Amplification Before Transmission b. Private Automatic Branch
Exchange c. Public Automated Branch Exchange d. Public Access Branch Exchange
: B
26. SLIC stands for: a. Single-Line Interface Circuit c. Subscriber Line Interface Card b.
Standard Line Interface Card d. Standard Local Interface Circuit
: C
27. In DS-1, bits are \"robbed\" in order to: a. provide synchronization c. cancel echoes b.
carry signalingd. check for errors
: B
: C
29. ISDN stands for: a. Integrated Services Digital Network c. Integrated Services Data
Network b. Information Services Digital Network d. Information Systems Digital Network
: A
30. Basic ISDN has not been widely adopted because: a. it took to long to develop b. it is too
slow c. it has been surpassed by newer technologies d. all of the above
: D
31. ADSL stands for: a.All-Digital Subscriber Line c. Allocated Digital Service Line b.
Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line d. Access to Data Services Line
: B
32. Compared to ISDN, internet access using ADSL is typically: a. much faster c. much more
expensive b. about the same speed d. none of the above
: A
: LATA
: trunk
: tandem
: ten
: blocking
6. New ____________________ switching equipment uses TDM to combine signals.
: digital
: twisted-pair
: flat
: Loading
: ring
: tip
12. Of the red and green \'phone wires, the ____________________ wire is positive with respect
to the other.
: green
13. A telephone is said to have ____________________ the line when the central office sends it
dial tone.
: seized
: BORSCHT
15. A ____________________ coil prevents loss of signal energy within a telephone while
allowing full-duplex operation over a single pair of wires.
: hybrid
16. In a crosspoint switch, not all ____________________ can be in use at the same time.
: lines
17. The old carbon transmitters generated a relatively ____________________ signal voltage.
: large
: DTMF
: conditioned
20. In the telephone system, amplifiers are called ____________________.
: repeaters
: suppressor
22. ____________________ weighting is an attempt to adjust the noise or signal level to the
response of a typical telephone receiver.
: C-message
: SSB SSBSC
: guard
25. Because of \"bit robbing\", a channel in a DS-1 frame allows only ____________________
kbps when used to send digital data.
: 56
27. In DS-1C, ____________________ bits are used to compensate for differences between
clock rates.
: stuff
28. Busy and dial tone are referred to as ____________________ signals because they use the
same pair of wires as the voice signal.
: in-channel
: common-channel
: packet
: D
32. In ISDN, the ____________________ channels are used for voice or data.
: B
: asymmetrical
35. In ADSL, the speed from the network to the subscriber is ____________________ than the
speed in the opposite direction.
: greater faster
SHORT
WER 1. For a certain telephone, the DC loop voltage is 48 V on hook and 8 V off hook. If the
loop current is 40 mA, what is the DC resistance of the local loop?
2. For a certain telephone, the DC loop voltage is 48 V on hook and 8 V off hook. If the loop
current is 40 mA, what is the DC resistance of the telephone?
: 200 ohms
3. Which two DTMF tones correspond to the digit \"1\"? (Use the table in the text.)
: 1 dB
5. If a telephone voice signal has a level of 0 dBm, what is its level in dBrn?
: 90 dBrn
6. A telephone test-tone has a level of 80 dBrn at a point where the level is +5dB TLP. If C-
weighting produces a 10-dB loss, what would the signal level be in dBrnc0?
: 65 dBrnc TLP