1.

Anyone who uses a telephone or a data modem on a telephone circuit is part of a global
communications network called:
A. Personal Mobile Telephone Network
B. World Wide Web
C. Internet
D. Public Telephone Network

2.The simplest and most straightforward form of telephone service which involves subscribers accessing
the public telephone network through a pair of wires called the local subscriber loop.
A. Plain Old Telephone Service
B. Local Access Telephone Area
C. Public Switched Telephone Network
D. Digital Subscriber Line

3.The subscriber loop provides the means to connect a telephone set at a subscriber’s location to the
closest telephone office, which is commonly called a/n:
A. end office
B. local exchange office
C. central office
D. all of the above

4.The pair of wires connecting a subscriber to the closest telephone office is called the ________.
A. Subscriber line
B. local loop
C. drop line
D. twisted pair

5.Originally it as an electromagnetic bell that is placed directly across the tip and ring of the local loop.
A. Dialer
B. Transmitter
C. Ringer Circuit
D. on/off hook circuit

6.It is nothing more than a simple single-throw, double-pole(STDP) switch placed across the tip and ring.
A. Dialer
B. Transmitter
C. Ringer Circuit
D. on/off hook circuit

7.It converts electrical signals received from the local loop to acoustic signals (sound waves) that can be
heard and understood by human being.
A. Earphones
B. Speakers
C. Microphone
D. Headphone
8.It is the transmitter for the telephone.
A. Earphones
B. Speakers
C. Microphone
D. Headphone

9.Another function of the hybrid network is to allow a small portion of the transmit signal to be returned
to the receiver in form of:
A. echo
B. singing
C. feedback
D. sidetone

10.It enables the subscriber to output signals representing digits, and this enables the caller to enter the
destination telephone number.
A. pulse dialing circuit
B. dialing circuit
C. tone dialing circuit
D. modem

11.An audible signal comprised of two frequencies: 350Hz and 440Hz

A. Call progress tones
B. Ringing signal
C. Busy tone
D. Dial tone

12.A more efficient means than dial pulsing for transferring telephone numbers from a subscriber’s
location to the central office switching machine.
A. Dual-tone multifrequency
B. Pulse dialing
C. ESS
D. Voice dialing

13.A two-of-six code designed to be used only to convey information between two electronic switching
machines.
A. E and M signaling
B. multifrequency signaling
C. two-of-six signaling
D. dual tone signaling

14.Station busy is sometimes called:

A. fast busy
B. slow busy
C. short busy
D. long busy
15.In telephone terminology, a station is a:
A. SLIC
B. central office
C. telephone set
D. switch

16.Sometimes called a congestion tone or a no-circuit-available tone.

A. equipment busy signal
B. station busy signal
C. star signal
D. key pulse signal

17.It is sent from the switching machine back to the calling station whenever the system cannot
complete the call because the equipment is unavailable.
A. ringing signal
B. busy tone
C. congestion tone
D. station busy signal

18.An equipment busy is sometimes called:

A. fast busy
B. slow busy
C. short busy
D. long busy

19.It is sent from a central office to a subscriber whenever there is an incoming utm-
A. ringback signal
B. ringing signal
C. alert signal
D. dial tone

20.This is sent back to the calling party at the same time the ringing signal is sent to the called party.
A. ringback signal
B. ringing signal
C. alert signal
D. dial tone

21.A term used to describe a telephone instrument that is ready for use, with the handset removed
from its cradle.
A. On hook
B. Hand up
C. Off hook
D. Busy

22. It means the telephone is not being used, and

the circuit is in the idle state.
A. closed loop condition
B. open loop condition
C. off hook
D. on hook

23. The switching machine in the central office

detects the dc current and recognizes it.
A. closed loop condition
B. open loop condition
C. off hook
D. on hook

24. Enables the destination station of a telephone

call to display the name and telephone number
of the calling party before the telephone is
answered.
A. Call waiting
B. Caller lD
C. Answering machine
D. Voice mail

25. These are Simplex Wireless communications system designed to alert subscriber of waiting message.
A. SMS Systems
B. Cellular systems
C. Personal mobile systems
D. Paging systems

26.It is the only facility required by all voice-band

Circuits, as It is the means by which subscriber
locations are connected to the local telephone
company.
A. Subscriber line interface card
B. Hybrid circuit
C. local subscriber loop
D. 4-wire line

27. in a telephone circuit, this refers to an actual

loss of signal strength.
A. Absorption
B. Echo
C. Attenuation
D. Singing

28.Defined as the optimum level of a test tone on a channel at some point in a communications system.
A. Transmission level point
B. Data level point
C. Power level point
D. Test level point

29.A parameter used for voice circuits, whereas it is used as reference for data transmission.
A. Transmission level point
B. Data level point
C. Power level point
D. Test level point

30.When a two-wire circuit is connected to a four-wire circuit, such as in a long-distance telephone call,
an interference circuit called a _______ set is used to affect the interference.
A. loading coils
B. echo canceller
C. hybrid
D. echo suppressors

31. Defined as any disturbance created in a

communications channel by Signals in other
communications channels.
A. Crosstalk
B. Fading
C. Noise
D. Interference

32.In telephony, it identifies and connects the

subscriber to a suitable transmission path.
A. Linking function
B. Connecting function
C. Switching function
D. Signaling functions

33. In telephony, it supplies and interprets

supervisory signals needed to perform the
operation.
A. Linking function
B. Connecting function
C. Switching function
D. Signaling functions

34.The public telephone companies are sometimes called:

A. service providers
B. carriers
C. public switched telephone network
D. web

35. The dedicated cable facility used to connect an instrument at a subscriber's station to the closest
station to the closest telephone offices
A. toll
B. trunk circuits
C. local loop
D. exchange
36. Similar to a local loop except that it is used to interconnect two telephone offices.
A. toll
B. trunk circuits
C. local loop
D. exchange

37. Dial tone frequencies:

A. 350Hz and 44OHz
B. 480Hz and 620Hz
C. 440Hz and 480Hz
D. 90Vrms, 20Hz

38. Ringback tone frequencies:

A. 350Hz and 440Hz
B. 480Hz and 620Hz
C. 440Hz and 480Hz
D. 90Vrms, 20Hz

39. Busy tone frequencies:

A. 350Hz and 440Hz
B. 480Hz and 620Hz
C. 440Hz and 480Hz
D. 90Vrms, 20Hz

40 The ringing signal:

A. 350Hz and 440Hz
B. 480Hz and 620Hz
C. 440Hz and 480Hz
D. 90Vrms, 20Hz

41.A central location where subscribers are

Interconnected, either temporarily or on a
permanent basis.
A. toll
B. trunk circuits
C. local loop
D. exchange

42.Exchange connected directly to local loops are

often called:
A. PBX
B. party line
C. switchboards
D. dial switches

43.The first local telephone exchanges where

manual interconnects were accomplished using
patch-cords and jacks.
A. ESS
B. switchboards
C. Strowger switch
D. stepper switch

44. In the early days of telephone exchange, each

telephone line could have 10 or more
subscribers connected to the central office
exchange using the same local loop. This is
called:
A. Plain and old telephone access
B. telephone network
C. PBX
D. party line

45.A system where the operator would then ring the destination, and when someone answered the
destination,
and when someone answered the telephone, the operator would remove her plug from the jack and
connect the calling and
called parties together with a special patch-cord equipped with plugs on both ends.
A. Operator system
B. Electronic switching system
C. Ringdown system
D. Automated switching system

46.A system of sensors, switches, and other

electrical and electronic devices that allows
subscribers to give instructions directly to the
switch without having to go through an operator.
A. Operator system
B. Electronic switching system
C. Ringdown system
D. Automated switching system

47.In 1938, the Bell System began replacing the

steppers with another electromechanical
switching called:
A. crossbar (XBAR) switch
B. electronic switching system (ESS)
C. Strowger switches
D, stored program control

48. This uses software to control practically all the

switching functions.
A. step by step switch
B. Ringdown system
C. Stored Program Control (SPC)
D. Automated switching system
49.ln telephony, the path over which voice, data or
video signals propagate is called a.
A. circuit
B. line
C. loop
D. card

50. A programmable matrix that allows circuits to be

connected to one another and are capable of
interconnecting any circuit connected to it to any
other circuit connected to it.
A. circuit switch
B. packet switch
C. message switch
D. automatic switch

51. A telephone call completed within a single local exchange is called:

A. extra switch call
B. interofflce call
C. intraoffioe call
D. interswitch call

52. These are calls placed between two stations that are connected to different local exchanges.
A. extra switch call
B. interofflce call
C. intraoffioe call
D. interswitch call

53.Interoffice calls are sometimes called:

A. interswitch calls
B. local calls
C. long distance calls
D. trunk calls

54.Today telephone-switching machines in local exchanges are interconnected to other local

exchange Offices on special facilities called.
A. Fiber optic links
B. Trunks
C. Toll
D. Area code

55.An exchange without any local loops connected to it.

A. tandem office
B. local office
C. end office
D. all of the above
56. Interstate long-distance telephone calls require a special telephone office called:
A. tandem office
B. PBX
C. earth stations
D. toll office

57. North America is now divided into numbering

plan areas (NPAs) with each NPA assigned a
unique three-digit number called:
A. area code
B. local code
C. exchange code
D. country code

58. Each NPA is further subdivided into smaller

service areas with its own three-digit number
called:
A. area code
B. exchange code
C. local code
D. country code

59. ln telephony, a path between two

subscribers and is comprised of one or more switches , two local loops, and possibly one or more trunk
circuits.
A. line
8. link
C. route
D. road

60. If a call cannot be completed because the

necessary trunk circuits or switching paths are
not available, the calling party receives an
equipment (fast) busy signal, known as:
A. signaling
B. notice
C. warning
D. blocking

61. Subscriber receiving unlimited local call service in return for payment of a fixed charge each month is
usually referred to as:
A. flat rate
B. Prepaid rate
C. value added rate
D. basic rate

62. These are toll trunks in tandem, excluding the two terminating links at the ends of the connection.
A. Subscriber Iinks
B. Direct links
C. intermediate links
D. Long distance links

63.Refers to the exchange of information between

call components required to provide and
maintain servrce.
A. Signaling
B. Polling
C. Handshaking
D. Tracing

64.A separate digital channel for exchanging

signaling information in out-of-band signaling.
A. Band channel
B. Dummy channel
C. Signaling link
D. Virtual channel

65. The message propagates from one network to

another in small bundles of data called:
A. bytes
B. packets
C. block
D. frame

66. This allows customers to change to a different

service and still keep the same telephone
number.
A. Porting
B. Signaling points
C. Point of presence
D. Common Channel signaling

67.If there are identical telephone numbers in

different parts of a country, these can be
distinguished by what code?
A. language digits
B. country codes
C. area codes
D. central office codes

68. Telephone traffic is measured

A. with echo cancellers
B. by the relative congestion
C. by Doppler radar
D. in erlangs
69. Failure to connect a telephone call because of lack of system capacity.
A. Handoff
B. Call blocking
C. Call termination
D. Busy call

70. Switch in a telephone system that connects to local subscriber lines.

A. Central office
B. Tandem office
C. PBX
D. Local loop

71. Communication system in which a dedicated channel is set up between parties for the duration of
the communication.
A Message-switched network
B. Packet-switched network
C. Circuit-switched network
D. Hold and forward network

72.Interference between two signals multiplexed into the same channel.

A.Crossover
B.Crosstalk
C.Interchannel interference
D.Radio magnetic interference

73.Signaling using combinations of two audio tones transmitted on the vorce-channel.

A. Pulse dialing
B. Rotary dialing
C. Dual-tone multifrequency dialing
D. Press dialing

74. Use of optical fiber for telephone connections to individual customers.

A. Fiber-in-the-building
B. Fiber-in-the-curb
C. Fiber-in-the-loop
D. Fiber-in-the-street

75. A type of communication system that allows communication in both directions simultaneously.
A. Full duplex
B. Half duplex
C. Simplex
D. Full-full duplex

76.A specialized transformer (or electronic

equivalent) that allows telephone voice signals
to travel in both directions simultaneously on a
single twisted-pair loop.
A. SLIC
B. Two wire line configuration
C. Hybrid coil
D. Twisted Pair Cables

77.Control signals sent in a voice channel at voice frequencies.

A. Out-band signals
B. Forward signals
C. Reverse signals
D. In-band signals

78.Control signals using the same channel as a

voice signal.
A. Out-channel signals
B. Co-channel signals
C. ln-channel signals
D. Counter-channel signals

79. Telephone system using digital local loops for

both voice and data with the codec in the
telephone equipment.
A. ATM
B. x.25
C. WAN
D. Integrated services digital network

80. Inductance added to a twisted-pair telephone

line to reduce its losses for voice frequencies.
A. Top hat loading
B. Loading coil
C. Capacitor loading
D. Loading gun

81. An area consisting of several central offices and handled by a local carn‘er.
A. Topology
B. Cell
C. Service area
D. Local access and transport area

82. Small data network covering one or several

buildings.
A. PBX
B. Wide area network
C. Personal area network
D. Local area network