EXCEL EST 1 COACHING 14.

A type of spherical aberration in which

1. An idle channel in the IMTS system is one
unused channel that:
ANS. ALL MOBILE UNITS MONITOR FOR
THEIR ADDRESS
2. The frame alignment format in the DS-1
signal contains ___ bit(s).
ANS. 1
light rays from a single point of an object do
not converge at the corresponding point in
the image.
ANS. ASTIGMATISM
15. A type of feedback determined by the
balancing network and permits the talker to
hear his/her own voice.
ANS. SIDETONE

3. Synchronization of digital switches in the 16. The equipment used by the telephone
North American telephone network is done network changes slowly to balance new
using a(an) ___ technique. technology against ___.
ANS. MASTER/SLAVE ANS. COST

4. The line coding scheme used for the DS-1 17. Which kinds of signal are transmitted on
signal is ___. the local loop?
ANS. BIPOLAR ANS. VOICE, TONES AND PULSES

5. Sampling the analog wave produces __ 18. Which office class is the local central
modulation. office?
ANS. PULSE AMPLITUDE ANS. 5

6. Quantization assigns __ to analog 19. Which exchange is used to connect

samples. between central offices when a direct trunk is
ANS. NUMBERS not available?
ANS. TANDEM
7. The simplest form of coding is ___.
ANS. LINEAR 20. In satellite TV, the modulation of an uplink
carrier with a triangular waveform is called
8. A coder for a 64 interval quantizer must ___.
produce how many bits? ANS. ENERGY DISPERSAL
ANS. 7
21. What component in the telephone set has
9. A circuit that transmits alternating the primary functions of compensating for the
currents whose frequencies are between local loop length?
given upper and lower cut-off values, while ANS VARISTOR
substantially attenuating all frequencies
outside this band. 22. What type of receiver is most commonly
ANS. BANDPASS FILTER used in a conventional telephone handset?
ANS. ELECTROMAGNETIC
10. Between two quantizers, the quality of
one with the lower SQR will be ___. 23. Which component in the telephone set has
ANS. LOWER the primary function of interfacing the
handset to the local loop?
11. DTMF dialing takes ___ … ANS. INDUCTION COIL
ANS. LESS
24. The microphone pre-amplifier’s balanced
12. Which of the following are important for differential input reduces the likelihood of __
proper interface of a DTMF generator to the from the receiver circuit.
telephone line? ANS. CROSSTALK
ANS. IMPEDANCE, TONE AMPLITUDE AND
LOOP CURRENT 25. Memory is added to the telephone set to
allow ___ of the last number dialed.
13. The anti-tinkle circuit prevents dial pulsing ANS. AUTOMATIC REDIALING
from ___.
ANS. RINGING THE BELL
26. The function of diode rectifier bridge in the
line circuit is to protect the set against ___ on
the line.
ANS. POLARITY REVERSALS
27. For videotape, segments are joined by
electronic erasing and recording to create a
single program. This is called ___.
ANS. EDITING
28. ___ has a value of 4.5 MHz which is equal
to the difference between the picture and
sound RF carrier frequencies in a 6 MHz TV
channel.
ANS. INTERCARRIER FREQUENCY
29. __ is 3.58 MHz subcarrier signal for color
in television
ANS: CHROMA SIGNAL
30. What bad electrical effect happens when
the switch hook is opened?
ANS: A HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSIENT IS
GENERATED
31. Pulse dialing occurs at a rate of ___
pulses per second
ANS: 10
32. Pulses dialers must ___ the receiver in the
set while dialing
ANS: MUTE
33. Integrated telephone and speakerphone
circuit performance is optimized with ___
ANS: RESISTORS AND CAPACITORS
34. Speakerphones operates in ___ mode
ANS: HALF-DUPLEX
35. The telephone network is being converted
to digital operation primarily to
ANS: REDUCE COSTS
36. Digital transmission and signaling are
useful because digital logic circuits are
cheaper than analog, signaling is easier and it
can provide a lower ___.
ANS: SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO
37. Digital transmission has disadvantages
that stem primarily from the necessity for
interfacing with the ___
ANS: EXISTING ANALOG NETWORK
38. The equation fs=2BW is called the ___
ANS: NYQUIST CRITERION
39. The area of the analog video waveform
between the end of horizontal sync and the
start of active video in NTSC and PAL video
signals, this part is largely occupied by the
color burst
ANS: BACK PORCH
40. If the code word is only 4 bits for a T1
system with a frame of 193 bits, how many
channels can be transmitted?
ANS: 48
41. The portion of the geosynchronous orbit
that provides optimum coverage of country
ANS: ARC OF GOOD LOCATION
42. The parameter describing the
degree of signal compression by the
companders in the US network is
ANS: µ
43. The parameter describing the degree of
compression by the companders in the US
network is ___ systems
ANS: HIGHER LEVEL
44. Synchronous multiplexed system have the
time placement of bits ___
ANS: DEDICATED
45. Asynchronous multiplexed systems are
used mostly for ___
ANS: DATA TRANSMISSION
46. High speed transmission systems for
carrying data over twisted copper pairs are
known as ___ systems
ANS: DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE (DSL)
47. The average level of the luminance within
an active picture. Usually expressed as a
percentage of reference white level
ANS: AVERAGE PICTURE LEVEL (APL)
48. The designer of central office equipment
should maintain the ___ between the
subscriber and central office
ANS: STANDARD INTERFACE
49. The difference between the lineside and
trunkside interfaces is that lineside refers to
the subscriber loop and trunkside refers to
___.
ANS: CONNECTION TO OTHER OFFICES
50. SLIC stands for
ANS: SUBSCRIBER LINE INERFACE CARD
 ANS: BAND SEPARATOR
51. The noise generated by TDm carrier
system is ___ that generated by analog 64. Both dot and line pattern on a TV screen
carrier systems are produced by ___
ANS: MUCH LESS THAN ANS: PULSE WAVEFORM

52. One section in a D1 channel band handles 65. White-dot and cross-hatch generators are
___ voice channels chiefly used for ___
ANS: 24 ANS: CONVERGENCE

53. Functions performed by D-tye channel 66. Dynamic convergence controls are
banks are: adjusted to obtain correct convergence at the
ANS: DIALED NUMBER... __ of the screen
ANS: EDGES
54. Data sent by D1 channel bank are at __
Mbps 67. Which of the following is a midband
ANS: 1.544 cable TV channel?
ANS: A OR 14
55. Multiplexer systems used in the punlic
network are of the ___ types 68. Coaxial cable for distribution systems has
ANS: SYNCHRONOUS an impedance of
ANS: 75 OHMS
56. An area of great brightness on a TV
display or a very bright portion of a picture 69. The cable converter output for the tv
ANS: HIGHLIGHT receiver is usually on channel
ANS: 3
57. Pulse stuffing in used in TDM to ___ the
transmission rate between input channels 70. A tap for the subscriber drop line has a
ANS: EQUALIZE ANS: HIGH TAP LOSS

58. What kind of modulation is used to 71. The most popular plug for RG59U coaxial
modems? cable is the
ANS: FM, AM, PM ANS: F CONNECTOR

59. Asynchronous data transmission requires 72. The difference between asynchronous and
a clock at ___ synchronous transmission is the way the
ANS: BOTH ENDS synchronization is provided, the way the
beginning of a block of data is detected and
60. An added performance feature of modern the way the beginning of ___ is determined
modems is the provision of data rates of up to ANS: A CHARACTER
___ bps
ANS: 56000 73. The ability to collect light is directly
proportional to the
61. The most common US standard for ANS: SIZE OF THE ACCEPTANCE CONE
interfacing between digital terminal
equipment and modems is ____ 74. A typical light beam launched onto a fiber
ANS: EIA RS-232C optic will find a great number of modes of
propagation open to it. This is called ___
62. Modem of modern design using low cost dispersion
electronics to perform more advanced ANS: INTERMODAL
modulation techniques now
ANS: TDMA 75. Asynchronous transmission has low-speed
transmission of less than ___ kbps
63. An accessory that separates incoming ANS: 2.4
UHF, VHF and AM antenna signals so that
they can be directed to their respective
terminals
76. Mobile telephone users originate and 88. A switch invented by Strowger, that
receive calls automatically provided they are generates much noise and cannot operate
in ___ directly from DTMF tones
ANS: HOME AREA AND CHANNELS ARE ANS: STEP-BY-STEP
AVAILABLE
89. Time division multiplexing is ___
77. The regulator in an integrated telephone transmission
circuit controls ___ and ___ ANS: DIGITAL
ANS: CURRENT AND VOLTAGE
90. Conventional transmission used for media
78. Transient protection for integrated include twisted pair cable, microwave
telephone circuits is typically provided by ___ waveguide & ___
ANS: ZENER DIODES ANS: FIBER

79. The principal difference loop start and
ground start is that loop start is ___ signaling
which may involve a slight delay
ANS: ONE ....
80. Ground start is ___ signaling that is
instantaneous
ANS: EITHER-WAY
91. The nominal value of the dial pulse break
interval in milliseconds in the United States is
ANS:
92. What type of transmitter has been
replaced by the use of microphones in many
modern telephones?
ANS: CARBON

81. Fold over distortion or aliasing is the
presence of spurious frequencies caused by
having frequencies that are __ in the sampled
signals
ANS: TOO HIGH
82. Electronic crosspoint arrays require a ___
to stay latched
ANS: MINIMUM HOLDING CURRENT
93. How many unique tones are used for the
12-key dual-tone multifrequency keypad?
ANS: 7
94. An erroneous lower frequency obtained
when a periodic signal is sampled at a rate
equal or less than twice the signal’s
frequency.
ANS: ALIASING

83. TDM carrier systems are growing int 95. The telephone set can change as long as
number because they can use __ integrated the ___ remains the same.
circuits ANS:
ANS: LOW-COST, LARGE ...
96. What determines the minimum operating
84. The parameter that most affects current in the local loop?
ANS:
transmission of high speed modem data is
____
97. On-hook current must be kept low so that
ANS: PHASE DISTORTION
the line relays in the central office will not
___.
85. A type of dc signaling
ANS: MISTAKE IT FROM …
ANS: LOOP CURRENT, REVERSE ...
98. Power to operate the telephone and the
86. The voice frequency channel passband is subscriber loop is usually provided by the
___ Hz central office and is called __ because
ANS: 0 - 4000 batteries are sometimes used.
ANS:
87. Telephone switching is accomplished by
the use of ___ switches 99. A booth in a TV studio for observers, such
ANS: DIGITAL SWITCHES, STEP-BY- as sponsors and VIPs.
STEP, AND CROSSBARS ANS:
100. What is needed because of ANS: 16
transients from lightning, induction or short
circuits? 113. A device in a TV camera tube to
ANS: OVERLOAD PROTECTION reduce or eliminate streaks, called comets.
ANS: ANTI-COMET TAIL GUN
101. A special rectifier bridge is used in
electronic telephones because the voltage 114. Used in 3D-image TV camera
drop across conventional bridges leaves __ to systems to form a depth video signal.
operate the set. ANS: ANTI-LOGARITHMIC AMPLIFIER
ANS:
115. What is an advantage of electronic
102. The difference between the sound ringers?
carrier frequencies in two adjacent TV channel ANS: SMALLER SIZE
is ___.
ANS: 6 MHz 116. What functions are provided in a
multitone ringing generator?
103. Line-of-transmission is a ANS: ANTI-TINKLE CIRCUITRY, TONE
characteristic of propagation for the GENERATION AND OUTPUT AMPLIFIER
ANS: VHF BAND AND UHF BAND
117. The DTMF generator in an
104. In TV channel 14 (470 to 476 electronic phone produces tones using a(n)
MHz), the 3.58 MHz color signal is transmitted ___ circuit.
at ___. ANS: DIGITAL DIVIDER
ANS: 474.83 MHz
118. A piezoelectric transducer is a
105. The difference between the sound ceramic disc used to __.
carrier and the color subcarrier frequencies is ANS:
ANS: 0.92 MHz
119. The capability of an improved or
106. The maximum deviation of the FM enhanced piece of hardware to accept
sound signal, in kilohertz, is software designed for an earlier model.
ANS: 25 ANS: BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY

107. In negative transmission, what is 120. What function is not requires in an

the relative amplitude of the modulated integrated telephone circuit?
picture carrier wave for maximum white? ANS: VISUAL DISPLAY
ANS: 12.5 %
121. What does a microprocessor
108. In negative transmission, what is require in order to work with a telephone
the relative amplitude of the modulated circuit?
picture carrier wave for the tip of sync? ANS: ROM AND RAM
ANS: 100 %
122. Codes usually encode the signal by
109. In negative transmission, what is sampling it and using ___ to encode.
the relative amplitude of the modulated ANS: SUCCESSIVE BINARY
picture carrier wave for the blanking level? APPROXIMATION
ANS: 75 %
123. DTMF receivers are required to tell
110. In negative transmission, what is the difference between __ and ___.
the relative amplitude of the modulated ANS: RANDOM SPEECH FREQUENCIES, …
picture carrier wave for black in the picture?
ANS: 67.5 % 124. Semiconductor crosspoint
switching arrays use __ devices that will
111. The MC34114 is primarily designed remain latched in the conducting state.
to work with a __ microphone. ANS: PNPN
ANS: HIGH-IMPEDANCE ELECTRET
125. ___ is done by retransmission,
112. How many different tones may be adding redundancy, parity and cyclic
produced by a four-column DTMF keypad? redundancy checks.
ANS: ERROR CONTROL OF DATA …

126. Protocols may be ___ oriented.

ANS: BIT ORIENTED, BYTE ORIENTED
AND CHARACTER ORIENTED

127. Fiber optics communications are

advantageous because of no EMI, low weight,
small size and ___.
ANS: LOW LOSS

128. Refraction is the ___ of a light ray

as it passes across a boundary surface
between two media of differing optical
densities.
ANS: CHANGE …

129. ___ service is the concept of

dividing a city into may cells, each serviced
by a low-power transceiver base station.
ANS: CELLULAR MOBILE

130. A cordless telephone is a portable

extension telephone using __ between the
handset and the base unit.
ANS:

131. A 35-mm frame of film that

measures 36 x 24 mm has an aspect ration of
___.
ANS: 3:2

132. In a low-level AM system,

amplifiers following the modulated stage must
be __ devices.
ANS: LINEAR DEVICES
133. The carrier is simultaneously
modulated by two sine waves with the
modulation indices of 0.3 and 0.4. the total
modulation index is ___.
ANS: 0.5

134. TV receiver equipment, “rabbit

ears” refers to ___.
ANS: RECEIVING ANTENNA