Name: ............................................................

Ngy sinh

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Class: ............................................................. M sinh vin ..............................

Test: English For telecommunications
Test 1 (Time: 90 minutes - Do not use dictionary)
I. Answer the questions, basing on the passage.
Telephones: Wires and Cables
A modern telephone often includes a bell so it can ring and a keypad and
frequency generator. There is an electronic microphone, amplifier and circuit. The
mechanical bell is often replaced by a speaker and a circuit to generate a pleasant
ringing tone. But a regular telephone remains one of the simplest devices ever.
The telephone network starts in your house. A pair of copper wires runs from a
box at the road to a box at your house. From there, the pair of wires is connected to
each phone jack in your house (usually using red and green wires). If your house has
two phone lines, then two separate pairs of copper wires run from the road to your
house. The second pair is usually colored yellow and black inside your house.
Along the road runs a thick cable packed with 100 or more copper pairs.
Depending on where you are located, this thick cable will run directly to the phone
company's switch in your area or it will run to a box about the size of a refrigerator that
acts as a digital concentrator.
Questions:
1. What does a modern telephone often contain?
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2. Where does the telephone network start?
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3. What happens if your house has two phone lines?
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4. What is the usual colour of the pair of wires connected to the phone jack in your
house?
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5. How large is a digital concentrator?
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II. Translate the passage into Vietnamese. (A modern telephone red and green
wires).
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III. Write complete sentences using the suggested words or phrases.
1. There / three major entities / provision / Internet service.
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2. basic purpose / provide / means / synchronous data transmission.
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3. Telecommunication / be / transmission / signals over / distance for / purpose/
communication.
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4. Where line networks / set up / can be / classified / indoor and outdoor.
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5. Bell / make / lot / inventions / but / telephone / most important.

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IV. Translate the following sentences into English.
1.

Trong thng tin quang, cc tn hiu in c bin i thnh cc xung nh

sng.
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2.

Cp kim loi c th s dng cho c hai loi knh thoi - tng t v s.

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3.

Cc trm lp u cui c th c t trong trm mt t hay cc tng i

chuyn tip.
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4.

Trc y lu lng truyn trn mng Internet ch yu l thng tin trn c s

vn bn.
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5.

Mng LAN c bit hu dng trong cc cng ty, trng i hc

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V. Write about the importance and usefulness of Internet services. (about 100 words).
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Name: ............................................................ Ngy sinh

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Class: ............................................................. M sinh vin ..............................

Test: English For telecommunications
Test 2 (Time: 90 minutes - Do not use dictionary)
I. Answer the questions, basing on the passage.
What is a Satellite?
A satellite is basically any object that revolves around a planet. The moon is
Earth's original, natural satellite, and there are many artificial satellites, usually closer
to Earth.

The path a satellite follows is an orbit. In the orbit, the farthest point from Earth
is the apogee, and the nearest point is the perigee.

Artificial satellites generally are not produced a lot. Most satellites are custom
built. Yet, the GPS satellites (with over 20 copies in orbit) and the Iridium
satellites (with over 60 copies in orbit).

Approximately 23,000 items of space junk which are floating above Earth. The
actual number varies depending on which agency is counting. This online
catalog of satellites has almost 26,000 entries!

Although anything that is in orbit around Earth is technically a satellite, the term
"satellite" is typically used to describe a useful object placed in orbit to perform some
specific task. We often hear about weather satellites, communication satellites and
scientific satellites.
New words: - perigee: cn im, im gn tri t nht
- artificial: nhn to

- apogee: im xa tri t nht

- custom built: sn xut theo n t hng

- orbit: qu o

- space junk: nhng vt th bay trong v tr

Questions:
1. What is a satellite basically?
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2. What do apogee and perigee mean?
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3. How many copies of Iridium satellites are there in orbit?
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4. What is the term "satellite" typically used to describe ?
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II. Translate the passage into Vietnamese. (A satellite is basically 60 copies in
orbit).
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III. Write complete sentences using the suggested words or phrases.
1. quality / speech transmitted /by satellite / good.
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2. technique used / exchange / be / space division switching.
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3. data network / consist / number / components /which / interconnected.
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4. Today/ telecommunication devices / such as / television / radio / telephone / be /
common / many parts / world.
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5. Voice communications / seldom / carried by / geosynchronous satellites.
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IV. Translate the following sentences into English.
1. Cc nh cung cp dch v cung cp truy cp Internet.
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2. Nhim v ca h thng chuyn mch l thit lp mt knh tm thi gia
ngi gi v thu bao c gi.
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3. Vin thng ng mt vai tr quan trng trong nn kinh t th gii.
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4. Ngun sng c th l i t pht quang hay laser.
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5. Mt trong nhng cch phn lai cp thng tin l theo cht liu.
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V. Write about the history of telephone exchanges. (about 100 words)
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Name: ............................................................ Ngy sinh

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Class: ............................................................. M sinh vin ..............................

Test: English For telecommunications
Test 3 (Time: 90 minutes - Do not use dictionary)
I. Answer the questions, basing on the passage.
Perhaps the telephone you have in your house is one of the most amazing devices
ever created. If you want to talk to someone, all you have to do is pick up the phone
and dial a few digits. You are instantly connected to that person, and you can have a
two-way conversation. The telephone network extends worldwide, so you can reach
nearly anyone on the planet. When you compare that to the state of the world just 100
years ago, when it might take several weeks to get a one-way written message to
someone, you realize just how amazing the telephone is!
Surprisingly, a telephone is one of the simplest devices you have in your house. It
is so simple because the telephone connection to your house has not changed in nearly
a century. If you have an antique phone from the 1920s, you could connect it to the
wall jack in your house and it would work fine!
The very simplest working telephone could only contain three parts and they are
all simple:

A switch to connect and disconnect the phone from the network - This switch is
generally called the hook switch. It connects when you lift the handset.

A speaker - This is generally a little speaker.

A microphone - In the past, telephone microphones were so simple: carbon

granules compressed between two thin metal plates.
New words: - granules: nhng ht nh
Questions:
1. What do you do with the telephone if you want to talk to someone?
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2. In what way can you realize how amazing the telephone is?
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3. How many parts could the very simplest working telephone contain?
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4. What does a switch do?
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5. Were telephone microphones in the past complicated:
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II. Translate the passage into Vietnamese.( Perhaps the telephone the telephone is!)
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III. Write complete sentences using the suggested words or phrases.
1. Cellular communications service / systems / be design / serve mobile users.
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2. Stored Program Control / application / data processing and computer techniques /
exchange.
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3. concentrator / be / to collect traffic / a number / individual subscriber circuits.
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4. Computer communication / across / Internet / be one / many examples /
telecommunication.
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5. Electronic systems / installed / 1870s.
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IV. Translate the following sentences into English.
1. Ni chung cc h thng vin thng do cc k s vin thng thit k.
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2. Trong thng tin quang, c hai loi b tch quang: i t quang pin v i t quang
thc.
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3. Cc linh kin c gn trn bn mch in v nu c li, bn mch in c th c
tho ra v thay bng mt bn khc trong vng vi giy.
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4. Cp quang c nhiu u im so vi cp ng thng thng.
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5. iu xung m l qu trnh trong tn hiu in thai tng t c bin i
thnh tn hiu s.
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V. Write about some advantages of optical fibers. (about 100 words)
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Name: ............................................................ Ngy sinh

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Class: ............................................................. M sinh vin ..............................

Test: English For telecommunications
Test 4 (Time: 90 minutes - Do not use dictionary)
I. Answer the questions, basing on the passage.
The basic elements of a telecommunication system are:
a transmitter that takes information and converts it to a signal for transmission
a transmission medium over which the signal is transmitted
a receiver that receives and converts the signal back into usable information
For example, consider a radio broadcast. In this case the broadcast tower is the
transmitter, the radio is the receiver and the transmission medium is free space. Often
telecommunication systems are two-way and devices act as both a transmitter and
receiver or transceiver. For example, a mobile phone is a transceiver.
Telecommunication over a phone line is called point-to-point communication because it
is between one transmitter and one receiver, telecommunication through radio
broadcasts is called broadcast communication because it is between one powerful
transmitter and numerous receivers.
Signals can either be analogue or digital. In an analogue signal, the signal is
varied continuously with respect to the information. In a digital signal, the information
is encoded as a set of discrete values (e.g. 1's and 0's).
Telecommunications devices convert different types of information, such as
sound and video, into electrical or optical signals. Electrical signals typically travel
along a medium such as copper wire or are carried over the air as radio waves. Optical
signals typically travel along a medium such as glass fibers. When a signal reaches its
destination, the device on the receiving end converts the signal back into an
understandable message, such as sound over a telephone, moving images on a
television, or words and pictures on a computer screen.
Questions:
1. What are the basic elements of a telecommunication system
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2. Why is telecommunication
communication?

over

phone

line

called

point-to-point

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3. How is the information encoded in a digital signal?
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4. How do electrical signals typically travel?
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5. What does the device on the receiving end do to the signal?
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II. Translate the passage into Vietnamese. (Telecommunications devices ... on a
computer screen.)
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III. Write complete sentences using the suggested words or phrases.
1. a number / technologies / been introduced / provide faster data speeds.
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2. shaping / signal / convey information / known / modulation.
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3. data terminal equipment / provide / subscribers / data reception facilities.
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4. Bluetooth / use / phase-shift keying / for exchanges / between devices.
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5. most important type / satellite / telecommunications / geostationary satellite.
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IV. Translate the following sentences into English.
1. Mng s c th cung cp cho ngi s dng cht lng dch v cao hn nhiu so
vi trc y.
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2. Cc thit b quang thc thng nhy hn nhng chng cng t hn so vi it
quang pin.
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3. ng thi, iu ch cn c s dng khuych i tn s ca tn hiu tng
t.
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4. Hin nay, cc dch v vin thng hu tuyn bao gm vic truyn ton b cc th
loi ...ch yu l qua mng Internet.
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5. Cp quang em li dung lng truyn ln hn, tc nhanh hn so vi cp
ng.
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V. Write about the usefulness of computers. (about100 words)
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Class: ............................................................. M sinh vin ..............................

Test: English For telecommunications
Test 5 (Time: 90 minutes - Do not use dictionary)
I. Answer the questions, basing on the passage.
A collection of transmitters, receivers or transceivers that communicate with
each other is known as a network. Digital networks may consist of one or more routers
that route data to the correct user. An analogue network may consist of one or more
switches that establish a connection between two or more users.
For both types of network, a repeater may be necessary to amplify or recreate the
signal when it is being transmitted over long distances. This is to combat attenuation
that can render the signal indistinguishable from noise.
A channel is a division in a transmission medium so that it can be used to send
multiple independent streams of data. For example, a radio station may broadcast at 96
MHz while another radio station may broadcast at 94.5 MHz. In this case the medium
has been divided by frequency and each channel received a separate frequency to
broadcast on.
Questions:
1. What is a network?
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2. What does a repeater do?
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3. Why does it do so?
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4. Give the definition of a channel?
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5. What is the medium that radio stations broadcast divided by?
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II. Translate the passage into Vietnamese. (A collection from noise)
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III. Write complete sentences using the suggested words or phrases.
1. Internet service provider / view / access / connection / from its customer /
network.
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2. data switching exchange / control / set-up / clear-down / data calls.
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3. Many / the world's telecommunications administration / explored / digital
solutions.
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4. Modulation / key concept / telecommunications.
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5. A raw signal / often not suitable / transmission / long distances / free space.
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IV. Translate the following sentences into English.
1. Tng i analog lp t v bo dng th tn km v c nhng li nh xuyn
m, can nhiu v sai s.
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2. Mt trong nhng u im ca si quang l cht liu nh v linh hot.
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3. gim s cp, mng ni ht thng c phn chia thnh ba phn.
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4. Vic truyn dn s dng cc tuyn ni v tinh c cht lng rt cao v t c
trc trc.
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5. Cc dch v in thoi di ng c a vo s dng nm no?
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V. Write about your learning technical English (about 100 words)
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Class: ............................................................. M sinh vin ..............................

Test: English For telecommunications
Test 6 (Time: 90 minutes - Do not use dictionary)
I. Answer the questions, basing on the passage.
The first telephone exchange opened in New Haven, Connecticut in 1878. Later
exchanges consisted of one to several hundred plug boards staffed by operators. A
calling party (known as the subscriber), would lift the receiver, a light near the plug
would light, and the operator would switch into the circuit to ask, "number please?"
Depending upon the answer, the operator might plug the plug into a local jack and start
the ringing cycle, or plug into an other circuit to start what might be a long distance call
handled by subsequent operators in another building miles away.
In 1918 the average time to complete a long-distance call was 15 minutes. In the
ringdown method, the originating operator called another intermediate operator who
would call the called subscriber, or passed it on to another intermediate operator. This
chain of intermediate operators could complete the call only if all of the intermediate
trunk lines were available at the same time. In 1943 when military calls had priority, a
cross-country US call might take as long as 2 hours to request and schedule.
New words: - staff: b tr, sp xp

- jack: jc cm

1. When and where did the first telephone exchange open?

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2. What would happen when a calling party lifted the receiver?
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3. What might happen after the operator asked, "number please?"
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4. What was the average time to complete a long-distance call in 1918?
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5. What did the originating operator do in the ringdown method?
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II. Translate the passage into Vietnamese. (The first telephone exchange miles
away)
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III. Write complete sentences using the suggested words or phrases.
1. Why / Strowger / invent / automatic telephone exchange?
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2. In 1948 / transistor / invention Bell Telephone Laboratories .
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3. Transmission characteristics / satellite links / excellent / and problems / few.
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4. There / two secondary centre/ connected / DSC / in Sisley / radio link.
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5. Radar systems / also enable / air-traffic controllers / follow / guide / flight paths /
planes / take-off / land.
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IV. Translate the following sentences into English.
1. Loi v tinh quan trng nht cho vin thng l v tinh v tinh a tnh.
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2. Rt nhiu cng ty, tp on v c nhn s dng Internet trong thng tin lin
lc.
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3. Gi ca v tinh bt u gim, v kt qu l v tinh bt u cnh tranh vi cp
ngm di bin.
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4. Thit b thu tn hiu, khuych i, i tn s v sau pht li c gi l thit
b pht p.
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5. Trong gii php ny, ng dy ni gia cc b tp trung knh v t cp s dng
k thut s.
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V. Write about the importance of English in your life and work. (about 100 words).
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Test: English For telecommunications
Test 7 (Time: 90 minutes - Do not use dictionary)
I. Answer the questions, basing on the passage.
Advantages of Fiber Optics
Why are fiber-optic systems revolutionizing telecommunications? Here are some
advantages of optical fibers in comparison to conventional metal wire (copper wire):
Less expensive - Several miles of optical cable can be made cheaper than
equivalent lengths of copper wire. This saves your provider (cable TV, Internet)
and you money.
Thinner - Optical fibers can be drawn to smaller diameters than copper wire.
Higher carrying capacity - Because optical fibers are thinner than copper wires,
more fibers can be bundled into a given-diameter cable than copper wires.
Less signal fading - The loss of signal in optical fiber is less than in copper wire.
Light signals - Unlike electrical signals in copper wires, light signals from one
fiber do not interfere with those of other fibers in the same cable. This means
clearer phone conversations or TV reception.
Low power - lower-power transmitters can be used instead of the high-voltage
electrical transmitters needed for copper wires.
Digital signals - Optical fibers are ideally suited for carrying digital information,
which is especially useful in computer networks.
Non-flammable - Because no electricity is passed through optical fibers, there is
no fire hazard.
Lightweight - An optical cable weighs less than a comparable copper wire cable.
Fiber-optic cables take up less space in the ground.
Flexible - Fiber optics are so flexible and can transmit and receive light.
Questions:
1. Why are fiber-optic systems revolutionizing telecommunications?
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2. Which can be drawn to smaller diameters?
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3. Why can more fibers be bundled into a given-diameter cable?
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4. Why are they non-flammable?
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5. Why do optical fibers offer clearer phone conversations or TV reception?
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II. Translate the passage into Vietnamese. (Why are fiber-optic systems givendiameter cable than copper wires.)
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III. Write complete sentences using the suggested words or phrases.
1. Several factors/ will influence / future developments / VoIP / products /
services.
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2. Call charge / mean / cost / telephone call.
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3. 109 nation/ member/ of INTELSAT.
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4. In analogue line / sound / amplified / regular intervals.
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5. What / remote data processing mean?
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IV. Translate the following sentences into English.
1. Vic pht trin, sn xut v phng mt v tinh rt tn km.
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2. Sai s c ngha l cuc gi c th c nh tuyn sai.
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3. Trong chng trnh kim tra li chnh t, nu cc li hay t mi c pht
hin, chng s c lm ni bt trn mn hnh.
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4. V tinh nhn, khuych i v ti nh hng thng tin ta gi ln cho n.
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Class: ............................................................. M sinh vin ..............................

Test: English For telecommunications
Test 8 (Time: 90 minutes - Do not use dictionary)
I. Answer the questions, basing on the passage.
What are Fiber Optics?
Fiber optics (optical fibers) are long, thin strands of very pure glass about the
diameter of a human hair. They are arranged in bundles called optical cables and used
to transmit light signals over long distances.
If you look closely at a single optical fiber, you will see that it has the following
parts:
Core Thin glass center of the fiber where the light travels
Cladding Outer optical material surrounding the core that reflects the light back
into the core
Buffer coating Plastic coating that protects the fiber from damage and moisture
Hundreds or thousands of these optical fibers are arranged in bundles in optical
cables. The bundles are protected by the cables outer covering, called a jacket.
Optical fibers come in two types:
Single-mode fibers
Multi-mode fibers
Single-mode fibers have small cores and transmit infrared laser light. Multimode fibers have larger cores and transmit infrared light from light-emitting diodes
(LEDs).
Some optical fibers can be made from plastic. These fibers have a large core and
transmit visible red light. from LEDs.
Because fiber optics have many advantages, you see fiber optics in many
industries, most notably telecommunications and computer networks. For example, if
you telephone Europe from the United States (or vice versa) and the signal is via a
communications satellite, you often hear an echo on the line. But with transatlantic
fiber-optic cables, you have a direct connection with no echoes.
New words: - strand: si dy
- bundle: b
- infrared: hng ngoi

- transatlantic: qua i ty dng

Questions:
1. What are optical fibers?
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2. How many main parts are there in a single optical fiber? What are they?
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3. What is the differences between single-mode fibers and multi-mode fibers?
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4. What are special about optical fibers that are made from plastic?
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5. Why are fiber optics usec in many industries?
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II. Translate the passage into Vietnamese. (Fiber optics (optical fibers) ......... called a
jacket.)
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1. DGPT / planned /
following demands.

build / national communication infrastructure / meet/

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2. What / manual system / require /from operators?
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3. digit / telephone exchanges / called / SPC (stored program control), exchanges.
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4. What / speech / carried / digital switch / converted into?
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5. In / solution, analogue transmission / only used / lines / concentrators / in /
cabinets.
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IV. Translate the following sentences into English.
1. Ngy nay, cc tng i SPC c cc c im nh d iu khin thit b v cu
trc linh hot.
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2. Anh ta chu trch nhim v d n hin i ha thit b ca h.
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3. Thit b ny c th gip khch hng tit kim chi ph nhin liu v p ng nhu
cu ca h.
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4. Mt v tinh c th x l mt lng thng tin ln m n c th gi i mt vng
rng ln trn tri t.
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often usein your work . (about 100 words).
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Name: ............................................................ Ngy sinh

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Class: ............................................................. M sinh vin ..............................

Test: English For telecommunications
Test 9 (Time: 90 minutes - Do not use dictionary)
I. Answer the questions, basing on the passage.
Remote access
The Internet allows computer users to connect to other computers and
information stores easily, wherever they may be across the world. They may do this
with or without the use of security technologies, depending on the requirements.
This is encouraging new ways of working from home, collaboration and
information sharing in many industries. An accountant sitting at home can audit the
books of a company based in another country. Some of these examples were possible
before the widespread use of the Internet, but the cost of private, leased lines would
have been very high.
An office worker away from his desk, perhaps the other side of the world on a
business trip or a holiday, can open his normal office PC using a secure Virtual
Private Network (VPN) connection via the Internet. This gives him complete access to
all his normal files and data, including e-mail and other applications, while he is away.
New words: - collaboration: s cng tc
- audit: kim tra s sch

- accountant: nhn vin k ton

- leased lines: knh thu ring

Questions:
1. What does the Internet allow computer users to do?
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2. What is being encouraged by using Internet?
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3. What was the disadvantage of private, leased lines?
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4. Can an officer away from his desk open his normal office PC?
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5. How can he do it?
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II. Translate the passage into Vietnamese. (This is encouraging ... while he is away.)
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1. BASIC / developed / help students.
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2. New / electronic exchange / just / be installed.
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3. Strowger exchange / not / noisy as/ crossbar central office.
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4. processor / central component / computer system.
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5. Computers / can deal / different kinds / problems.
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IV. Translate the following sentences into English.
1. Nhng tng i in thoi ny ha hn tc chuyn mch nhanh hn.
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2. Chng ta s dng sng v tuyn cho nhiu mc tiu khc nhau.
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3. Khi no cc ng s lp t h thng tng i mi.
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4. Ngy nay c nhiu lnh vc s dng my tnh lm cng c dy hc.
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5. Chic v tinh c nh v trn ng xch o ti cao 35.800 km.
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V. What do you know about telecommunications services in Vietnam and how do you
think to improve them. (about 100 words).
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Name: ............................................................ Ngy sinh

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Class: ............................................................. M sinh vin ..............................

Test: English For telecommunications
Test 10 (Time: 90 minutes - Do not use dictionary)
I. Answer the questions, basing on the passage.
Telecommunication is the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose
of communication. In modern times, this process almost always involves the sending of
electromagnetic waves by electronic transmitters but in earlier years it may have used
smoke signals, drums...
Today, telecommunication is widespread and devices that assist the process, such
as the television, radio and telephone, are common in many parts of the world. There is
also vast networks that connect these devices, including computer networks, public
telephone networks, radio networks and television networks. Computer communication
across the Internet, such as e-mail and instant messaging, is just one of many examples
of telecommunication.
Telecommunication systems are generally designed by telecommunication
engineers. Some of them are Alexander Bell who invented the telephone (as we know
it), John Logie Baird who invented the mechanical television and Guglielmo Marconi
who first demonstrated transatlantic radio communication.
In recent times, optical fibre has improved the bandwidth available for
intercontinental communication, helping to bring faster Internet services.
Telecommunications is an important part of the world economy.
New words: - drums: trng

- transatlantic: qua i ty dng

- intercontinental: lin lc a

- vast: rng ln - mechanical

Questions:
1. What is telecommunication?
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2. What were used to communicate over a long distance in earlier years?
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4. Mention some telecommunication engineers and their inventions.
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II. Translate the passage into Vietnamese. (Telecommunication
transmission........many examples of telecommunication.)

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the

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1. Over / last few years /electromechanical exchanges / begin / disappear.
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2. 1891, Almon Strowger / undertaker / Kansas / patented / Strowger switch.
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3. What / capability / of / DSE?
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4. subscriber / informed / cost / of / call / on / completion.
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5. Optical fiber /signal fades less / so that / repeaters / can / more widely spaced.
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IV. Translate the following sentences into English.
1. V tinh qu o tm thp c t tc dng trong vin thng.
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2. DCE cung cp giao din chun gia DTE v mng.
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3. Thit b u cui d liu bao gm nhng g?
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4. in thoi l pht minh quan trng nht ca Graham Bell.
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5. C c th ni my cho ti ti ng Barker c khng?
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V. A foreign investor want to know about your company / post office. You introduce
it to him/ her.. (about 100 words).
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