COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING PART 10 d.

Local exchange
CELLULAR PHONES
6. The Subscriber's Identity Module (SIM) Card for GSM
Multiple Choice. Encircle the letter that corresponds to your contains a/n __________ number that identifies the user to
answer. the network along with other user and security information.

1. A protected database that holds a copy of the secret key a. IMEI

stored in each subscribers SIM card. b. IMSI
c. ESN
a. HLR d. MIN
b. VLR
c. AuC 7. The analog cellular standard, which allows voice messages
d. EIR to travel through 30 KHz voice channels.

2. A service feature, which allows the subscriber to send and a. AMPS

receive short text messages from other mobile phone users. b. TACS
c. NAMPS
a. voice mail d. NMT
b. text mail
c. voice messaging 8. The following are the advantages of digital cellular over
d. short message system analog except:

3. In cellular telephony, the technique that allows frequency to a. enhanced privacy

be re- used after they have been vacated by a cellular user b. improved reception
leaving the particular cell is c. expanded access opportunities
d. cloning
a. frequency reuse
b. roaming 9. The service offered by some cellular service providers that
c. hand off allow subscribers to use their cellular phones while traveling
d. cell splitting outside their home service areas.

4. The time which a cellular subscriber uses a carriers service a. hand-off

charged per unit time of call b. frequency reuse
c. roaming
a. talk time d. text messaging
b. air time
c. stand-by time 10. The modulation technique in cellular communications
d. hand off time wherein each message is assigned with a frequency, which
is unique to a particular cell.
5. A radio telephone system that works full duplex and allows
connection to the Public Switched Telephone Network a. NBFM
b. NBDT
a. Paging system c. PCM
b. Cellular telephone system d. Modem
c. Trunked Radio
11. The transfer of a call from one cell site to another as a d. system interference
cellular phone moves thru the service coverage area.
17. A means of increasing the capacity of a cellular system by
a. hand-off subdividing cells into two or more smaller cells.
b. kick-off
c. call transfer a. spectrum allocation
d. roaming b. cell allocation
c. channel splitting
12. The digital channel access method that divides a sequence d. cell splitting
of conversation into packets of data according to time.
18. The channel responsible for the transmission of signals from
a. CDMA the cell site to the mobile phone.
b. TDMA
c. SSMA a. forward
d. GSM b. reverse
c. control
13. A channel used for the transmission of supervisory d. voice
information from a cell site to a mobile station or vice versa.
19. A database used for management of mobile subscribers.
a. speech
b. control a. HLR
c. common b. VLR
d. voice c. MSC
d. EIR
14. The database for good and known IMEIs
20. The following are the supervisory audio tones used in
a. white cellular phones except
b. black
c. grey a. 5970 Hz
d. red b. 6000 Hz
c. 6030 Hz
15. The following happen during cell splitting except: d. 3925 Hz

a. radio frequencies are re-assigned 21. A special signal tone that is transmitted to the cell site to free
b. transmission power is reduced the voice channel when the mobile terminates a call.
c. hand-off
d. none of the above a. 10 KHz
b. 20 KHz
16. The interference that is due to the common use of the same c. 30 KHz
channel and is a major concern in the concept of frequency d. 25 KHz
re-use in cellular mobile system.

a. co-channel interference
b. station interference
c. broadcast interference
22. The dimensions of the chip-sized SIM card. 27. In wireless communications, a radio channel consists of
_____ frequencies within the RF spectrum, which allow a
a. 10 x 20 mm cell site and a wireless phone to transmit and receive signals
b. 15 x 20 mm simultaneously.
c. 15 x 25 mm
d. 20 x 30 mm a. 2
b. 3
23. The following are the frequencies used for GSM except c. 4
d. 5
a. 800 MHz
b. 900 MHz 28. A GSM security measure which is designed to prevent
c. 1800 MHz eavesdropping of user data on the radio path.
d. 1900 MHz
a. IMSI
24. In the CDMA Cellular technology, the signal meant for a b. TMSI
given user is tagged with a distinctive _________ pattern c. IMEI
that only the users receiver can recognize. d. MSRN

a. PIN Code 29. The TMSI should not exceed

b. PN Code
c. SIM a. 15 digits
d. IMSI b. 2 octets
c. 32 bits
25. This is also known as the break-before-make handoff. d. 6 bits

a. hard handoff 30. The following are digital cellular standards except
b. soft handoff
c. medium handoff a. GSM
d. handover b. TDMA
c. CDMA
26. In a cellular network, if you split a cell originally containing a d. NAMPS
maximum of 20 channels into two cells, the new theoretical
total channel capacity is 31. The uplink frequency range for GSM900

a. 10 a. 935 960 MHz

b. 20 b. 890 915 MHz
c. 30 c. 935 960 GHz
d. 40 d. 890 915 GHz
32. A database that contains a list of valid mobile station 37. A GSM security measure which is designed to prevent
equipment within the network, where each mobile station is eavesdropping of user data on the radio path.
identified by its IMEI.
a. IMSI
a. EIR b. TMSI
b. AuC c. IMEI
c. HLR d. MSRN
d. VLR
38. A computer controlled test system that measures microwave
33. The following are GSM systems except devices in terms of their small signal S-parameters. The use
of this instrument by both engineering and production
a. GSM900 permits quick and accurate characterization of the input and
b. DCS1800 output impedance, gain reverse isolation of individual units
c. PCS900 and the degree of match between units.
d. PCS800
a. Built-in Test Equipment
34. A system that connects subscribers to the public switched b. Automatic Network Analyzer
telephone network using radio signals as a substitute for c. Computer Aided Equipment
copper for all or part of the connection between the d. Data Analyzer
subscriber and the switch.
39. A switched network providing end-to-end digital connectivity
a. WLL for simultaneous transmission of voice and data over
b. RITL multiplexed communications channels.
c. FRA
d. all of these a. Digital Cellular System
b. Time Data Multiplexing
35. The maximum number of characters in a PCS message c. Integrated Services Digital Network
d. Total Communications Network
a. 64
b. 256 40. Using a cellular phone outside your home service area.
c. 1021
d. 239 a. long distance communications
b. roaming
36. Two digital signals whose transmission occur at almost the c. global communications
same rate are d. jamming

a. asynchronous 41. A cordless telephone system in which a subscriber can

b. synchronous make but not receive phone calls in public areas, which have
c. plesiochronous been equipped with telepoint base stations.
d. mesochronous
a. personal cellular phone
b. telepoint
c. roaming
d. personal handy phone
42. What is the meaning of AMPS which is the standard for 47. A digital cordless telecommunications system which
analog cellular telephones? supports voice and data communications intended for
Wireless Private Branch Exchange.
a. Advanced Mobile Phone Service
b. Automatic Mobile Phone System a. Wireless Local Area Network
c. Analog Mobile Passband System b. Digital European Cordless Telecommunications
d. Amplitude Mixing Phone Standard c. Digital Cordless Telephone
d. Personal Communications Services
43. The time spent on a cellular phone, which is usually billed to
the subscriber on a per minute basis. 48. A central computer that connects a cellular phone call to the
public telephone network. It controls the entire systems
a. Time division system operation, including monitoring calls, billing and handoffs.
b. Airtime
c. Duration a. Personal Communications Services
d. Interval b. Wide Area Network Computer
c. Mobile Telephone Switching Office
44. The nonwire cellular company that operates in radio d. International Standards Organization
frequencies from 824 to 349 MHz.
49. What is the meaning of IS-54 which is the dual mode (analog
a. Digital Microwave and digital) cellular standard in North America? In the
b. A carrier analog mode, this conforms to the Advanced Mobile Phone
c. B carrier Service.
d. Global Mobile Communications
a. Interim Standard Number 54
45. A digital technology that uses a low power signal spread b. International Standard Number 54
across a wide bandwidth. With this technology, a phone call c. Integrated Systems Number 54
is assigned a code instead of a certain frequency. Using the d. Industry Standard Number 54
identifying code and a low power signal, a large number of
callers can use the same group of channels. 50. A method of transmitting a human voice using the
computers binary code, 0s and 1s. This method is used by
a. Time Division Multiple Access cellular systems in several locations.
b. Pulse Code Division Multiplexing
c. Pulse Multiple Access a. Digital Modulation
d. Code Division Multiple Access b. Pulse Code Modulation
c. Frequency Modulation
46. What is the meaning of GSM, which is the digital cellular d. Amplitude Modulation
standard for Europe?
51. What is the meaning of DCS1800 which is an extension of
a. Global Signal Modulation the global system for mobile communications?
b. Group Signal for Mobile Services
c. Global System Memory a. Digital Communication System No. 1800
d. Global System for Mobile Communications b. Data Communication Standard at 1800 MHz
c. Digital Communications Service at 1800 MHz
d. Digital Channel System No. 1800
52. A phone that operates on both analog and digital networks. 57. Cellular systems are designed so that a phone call can be
initiated while driving in one cell and continued no matter
a. dual system how many cells are driven through. During a cellular
b. coupled system conversation, when the user reaches the edge of the service
c. paired-mode phone area of a cell, computers in the network assign another
d. dual-mode phone tower in the next cell to provide the phone with continuing
service. What is the method of transferring to a new cell,
53. A private business service using mobile radiotelephones and which is designed to be transparent to the cellular phone
base stations communicating via the public phone network. user?

a. Personal Handyphone System a. Call transferring

b. Specialized Mobile Radio b. Call monitoring
c. Personal Communications Network c. Call forwarding
d. Personal Digital Assistant d. Handoff

54. The geographic area served by a single low-power 58. A digital identification associated with a cellular system.
transmitter/receiver. It categorizes a cellular systems
service area. a. MIN
b. ESN
a. channel c. SAT
b. service area d. SIM
c. site
d. cell 59. What is the transmission rate of GSM cellular system?

55. The frequency at which unilateral gain equals unity. a. 128 kbps
b. 240 kbps
a. frequency accuracy c. 64 kbps
b. phase frequency d. 270 kbps
c. maximum frequency of oscillation
d. frequency range ratio 60. Station in the mobile service not intended to be used while in
motion.
56. Radio frequencies assigned in one channel in a cellular
system are limited to a boundaries of a signal cell because a. base station
of their low power. The carrier is free to use the frequencies b. fixed station
again in other cells in the system without causing c. coast station
interference. What do you call this method? d. land station

a. frequency assignment 61. Radio communication operation service between mobile and
b. channel utilization land stations or between mobile stations.
c. frequency reuse
d. optimum frequency assignment a. land mobile
b. land mobile satellite service
c. mobile service
d. maritime mobile service
62. A multiple access technique used in GSM cellular system. 68. Japans standard for digital cordless telephones.

a. FDMA a. Personal Communications System

b. CDMA b. Universal Telephone
c. TDMA c. Personal Handy Phone
d. TACS d. Nationwide Telephone Services

63. How wide is the spectrum bandwidth of a single GSM 69. A process that provides security for wireless information.
carrier? Information is encoded so that it can be read by a device
with a matching decoding procedure.
a. 16 kHz
b. 200 kHz a. wireless decoder
c. 100 kHz b. cellular decoder
d. 50 kHz c. encryption
d. decoder
64. The modulation technique used by GSM cellular system.
70. A cellular phone feature that automatically blows the cars
a. QAM horn if a call comes in, alerting the recipient standing nearby.
b. Phase Shift Keying
c. Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying a. alert mode
d. Frequency Shift Keying b. warning horn
c. call horn
65. Best described as an amplifier used in radio telephony. d. alert horn

a. Class A 71. A sophisticated service provided by a cellular carrier that

b. Class B automatically transfers an incoming cellular call to another
c. Class C phone number if the cellular subscriber is unable to answer.
d. Magnifier
a. call forwarding
66. This is the Nordic analog mobile radio telephone system b. call transfer
originally used in Scandinavia. c. call waiting
d. no answer transfer
a. NMT
b. GSM 72. The electronic memory in the cellular phone that stores the
c. PCN telephone number and electronic serial number.
d. PCS
a. Random Access Memory
67. What is the meaning of CDPD? b. Read Only Memory
c. ESN Memory
a. Cellular Digital Packet Data d. Number Assignment Module
b. Cordless Digital Phone Device
c. Committee of Digital Phone Services
d. Committee for Dynamic Phone Devices
73. The periods of time during which the carriers offer 77. A radio system that uses digital multiplexing technology to
discounted airtime charges, usually available after 10 p.m. increase the capacity of the special mobile radio channels.
and before 6 a.m., on weekends and holidays.
a. Electronic Data System
a. night time b. Enhanced Radio Technology
b. lean time c. Enhanced Special Mobile Radio
c. off-peak d. Electronic Mobile System
d. peak
78. A loosely defined future universal telecommunications
74. A feature that permits a subscriber to dial a number by service that will allow anytime, anywhere voice and data
calling the number out to the cellular phone, instead of communication with personal communication devices.
punching the numbers in the phone. This technology has
been offered to several models of mobile phones which a. Personal Communications System
contributes to convenience as well as driving safety. b. Universal Telephone Service
c. Personal Handy Phone
a. automatic dialing system d. Nationwide Communication Services
b. voice-activated dialing
c. automatic call system 79. What is the meaning of TDMA?
d. voice-controlled system
a. Time Data Multiplex Access
75. This automatically transmitted to the base station every time b. Telephone Data Multiple Access
a cellular call is placed so that the Mobile telephone c. Time Division Multiple Access
switching office can check the validity of the call, that the d. Telecommunications Digital Data Access
phone has not been reported stolen, that the users monthly
bill has been paid before permitting the call to go through. 80. Any variety of North American, European, and Japanese
Each cellular phone is assigned with this number. analog cordless phone.

a. Electronic Serial Number a. Cordless telephone (CT)

b. Enhanced Series Number b. Cordless telephone first generation (CT-1)
c. Electronic Support Number c. Cordless telephone second generation (CT-2)
d. Electronic System Number d. Cordless telephone third generation (CT-3)

76. The type of cellular phone which is installed in a car or truck. 81. A digital cordless telephone standard generally used in
This unit is attached to the vehicle, draws its power from the residential cordless phone, a telepoint application, or a small
vehicle, draws its power from the vehicles battery and has office WPBX system.
an external antenna.
a. Cordless telephone (CT)
a. mobile or car phone b. Cordless telephone first generation (CT-1)
b. portable c. Cordless telephone second generation (CT-2)
c. electronic phone d. Cordless telephone third generation (CT-3)
d. enhanced cellular phone
82. What is the meaning of PCN? 87. POCSAG stands for

a. Personal Communications Network a. Post Office Character Standardization Advisory Group

b. Printed Circuit Network b. Post Office Code Specialized Action Group
c. Packet Communications Network c. Post Office Code Standardization Advisory Group
d. Pulse Code Network d. Post Office Character Specialized Action Group

83. An important feature of a cellular phone subscribing a voice 88. The paging service that allows a single message to be sent
mail which indicates a light or other indicator announcing to a number of pagers.
that a phone call came in.
a. roster message handling
a. alert mode b. group message handling
b. call alert c. direct access message handling
c. message alert d. scheduled messaging
d. voice mail alert
89. The following are parts of the Trunked Radio System except
84. Radio or cellular network that transmits information in small
packets. a. channels
b. central controller
a. Digital Packet Data System c. antenna and tower
b. Mobile Packet Data Networks d. 48 volts power supply
c. Cellular Data System
d. Radio Packet System 90. AMSS stands for

85. A computerized answering system that automatically a. Automatic Multiple Site Select
answers the call, plays a greeting in your own voice and b. Asynchronous Multiple Site Selector
records a message. Depending on the sophistication of the c. Automated Message System Simulcast
service; this feature allows notification of call via a pager d. Automatic Simulcast System Management
indicating that the subscriber received a call.
91. A Trunked Radio feature which enables lost or stolen radios
a. answering machine to be cut off from the system.
b. recall
c. voice mail a. Talk Prohibit Tones
d. text messaging b. Selective Radio Inhibit
c. Failsoft
86. It is a one-way wireless messaging which allows continuous d. AMSS
accessibility to someone away from the wired
communications network. 92. The maximum number of characters in a GSM message

a. Paging a. 160
b. Trunked Radio b. 256
c. Cellular Telephony c. 1021
d. Text Messaging d. 239
93. The TIA specification which is the basis of TDMA which is 98. A cellular call handling system that uses digital signaling
designed to operate in both the 800 MHz and the 1900 MHz techniques to split the existing 30 kHz wideband voice
frequency bands, thus providing seamless operation on channels into 3 10 kHz narrowband voice channels.
cellular and PCS systems.
a. AMPS
a. ISO-1900 b. NAMPS
b. IEEE 802.3 c. NADC
c. IS-136 d. TACS
d. IS-140
99. WAP means
94. In cellular telephony, a call from a mobile telephone to
another mobile telephone within the same cellular network is a. Wireless Access Protocol
called: b. Wireless Application Protocol
c. Wide Area Protocol
a. mobile reverting call d. Wired Area Protocol
b. mobile originating call
c. mobile terminating call 100. The downlink frequency range for GSM 1900
d. none of the above
a. 1710 1785 MHz
95. The following are parts of the GSM network except b. 1805 1880 MHz
c. 1850 1900 MHz
a. Mobile Station d. 1930 1990 MHz
b. Base Station Subsystem
c. Network Subsystem
d. ISDN

96. PN code in CDMA means

a. personal number code

b. pin number code
c. pseudo random noise code
d. none of the above

97. The Base Station in a GSM network is also known as

a. cell phone
b. cell site
c. MTSO
d. PSTN