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Objective Question Bank

Chapter-1:

1. Frequencies allotted for Tetra based communication systems are ___________________

380 - 400 MHz & 410 - 430 MHz bands (c)
a) 260 - 300 MHz & 380 - 400 MHz bands
b) 260 - 300 MHz & 410 - 430 MHz bands
c) 380 - 400 MHz & 410 - 430 MHz bands
d) None

2. The TETRA system does not support railway-signalling applications. (b)

a) The statement is false
b) The statement is true
c) It can be decided subject to other conditions
d) None

3. Mobile Train Radio system installed in Nagpur - Itarsi Section works on __ frequency (d)
a) 260 – 300 MHz c) 380 - 400 MHz
b) 410 - 430 MHz d) 314 - 322 MHz

4. UNIVERSAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION (UEC) Operates on _____ frequency (d)

a) 146.2 - 151.45 MHz c) 159.6 - 162.45 MHz
b) 260.2 - 300.45 MHz d) both a and c

5. Full form of TETRA is ___________ (a)

a) Terrestrial Trunk Radio c) Telecom terrestrial Radio
b) Train emergency trunk Radio d) None

CHAPTER-2:

1. The frequency band of VHF Communication is 30 to 300 MHz. The Statement is (a)
a) True b) False

2. The frequency allotted by WPC (Wireless Planning and Coordination wing of ministry of
communication) in VHF for Indian Railways are_____________. (b)
a) 130MHz - 140MHz c) It is not fixed& randomly allotted
b) 146 - 174 MHz d) both a & b.

3. HF Communication on IR are operates on __________ modes (d)

a) Simplex c) Full Duplex
b) Half-duplex d) all of the above
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4. The average range of a Walkie - Talkie (Hand Held set) is (c)

a) 5 to 6 Km c) 1 to 2 Km
b) 8 to 10 Km d) none of the above

CHAPTER-3:

1. In Cellular Communications the Cells are to be _________ separated to avoid Co-channel

Interference. (b)
a) Time c) Both time and space
b) Space d) None

2. There should be a minimum overlap in order to provide – (a)

a) Seamless Handoff for a Roaming Subscriber
b) Co-channel Interference.
c) Both a & b
d) None

3. Providing Hexagonal shaped cells ensures _______________ (d)

a) Maximum coverage area
b) Minimum transmitting sites
c) reduced Installation and Maintenance Costs
d) All the above

4. In Cellular geometry co channel reuse ratio can be expressed as _________ (a)

a) D/R = √ 3N c) D/R = 3N/2
b) D/R = 3N d) None

5. Frequency can be reused after _______ no of cells (b)

a) N=6 c) N=5
b) N=7 d) None

6. In a Cluster of Cells, the Main Transmitter, Receiver and Antenna System(BTS) is located
at _____________________ (b)
a) At the Centre of the Cell c) It depends on site condition
b) At the vertex of the cell d) None

7. A mobile handset with higher S/N Ratio is assigned a Channel with ___________ (b)
a) Higher Reuse Factor c) Cannot be decided with given data
b) Lower Reuse Factor d) None of the above

8. Typically Handsets nearer to the Cell-centre are allocated Channels from a _______ (b)
a) Low Frequency Reuse factor c) Cannot be decided with given data
b) High Frequency Reuse factor e) None
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9. Reasons for using sectored antennas in cellular Communication (b)

a) Sector Antennas increase Co-channel Interference and improve the mean S/N ratio
b) Sector Antennas reduce Co-channel Interference and improve the mean S/N ratio
c) Sector Antennas reduce Co-channel Interference and reduce the mean S/N ratio
d) Sector Antennas increase Co-channel Interference and reduce the mean S/N ratio

10 No two adjacent Cells in a Cluster have the same – (c)

a) Radio Channels
b) Channel frequency
c) Both a & b
d) None

CHAPTER-4:

1. Which agency is primarily responsible for development of GSM (b)

a) ANSI b) ETSI
c) ITU(T) d) None.

2. Mobile station (MS) basically consists of (a)

a) Mobile Equipment (ME) & Subscriber Identity Module (SIM)
b) IMEI + SIM c) BTS & BSC d) None of the above

3. BTS in general consists of (d)

a) TRX (Transeiver) b) Power Amplifier
c) Combiner & duplexer d) All of the above

4. The function of SIM card is Storage of subscriber related information. (a)

a) TRUE b) FALSE

5. The mobile station performs the Radio transmission/reception. (a)

a) TRUE b) FALSE

6. BTS is a part of the Base Station Subsystem (BSS) for system management. (a)
a) TRUE b) FALSE

7. Duplexer is used for separating sending and receiving signals to/from antenna. (a)
a) TRUE b) FALSE

8. Encryption of transmission Data Streams are being done at BTS. (a)

a) TRUE b) FALSE

9. Base Station Controller reserves the Radio Channel Frequencies. (a)

a) TRUE b) FALSE

10. The Switching part, is controlled by the Mobile Service Switching Centre (MSC) in GSM.
a) TRUE b) FALSE (a)
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11. Subscriber relevant data are kept in a Database called Home Location Register (HLR).
a) TRUE b) FALSE (a)

12. Authentication Centre (AUC), which protects User Identity and allows a Secured (a)
Transmission.
a) TRUE b) FALSE

13. GSM-900 band, 935-960MHz for Up-link (MS to BTS) and 890-915 MHz for Down link (a)
a. TRUE b. FALSE

14. The channel spacing in GSM is of 200 KHz. (a)

a. TRUE b. FALSE

15. The Duplex spacing in GSM will be 45MHz (between TX and RX). (a)
a. TRUE b. FALSE

16. The Air Interface is the interface between the BTS and the MS. (a)
a) TRUE b) FALSE

17. The Physical Layer is a 2 Mb/s Digital Connection. (a)

a) TRUE b) FALSE

18. One or more logical channels can be transmitted on a physical channel. (a)
a) TRUE b) FALSE

19. SCH is used to time synchronize the mobile station. (a)

a) TRUE b) FALSE

20. BCCH is used for transmission of system configuration information in a cell. (a)
a) TRUE b) FALSE

21. Full form of ETSI is ______________ (a)

a) Europian Telecommunications Standards Institute
b) Europian Technical Standards Institute
c) Europian Telecommunications Standards Institute
d) Engineering & Technology Standards Institute

22. Full form of CDMA is ________________ (c)

a) Carrier Division Multiple Access c) Code Division Multiple Access
b) Carrier Detection Multiple Access d) Code Detection Multiple Access
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CHAPTER-8:

1. GPRS is ___________________ network. (a)

a) a data network that overlays a second generation GSM network
b) a voice network that overlays a second generation GSM network
c) It comes under 3G category of evolution
d) None

2. In order to integrate GPRS into the existing GSM architecture, a new class of network
nodes called _________ are to be introduced (a & c)
a) packet control unit (PCU) in GSM network
b) GPRS support nodes (GSN)
c) gateway GPRS support node (GGSN).
d) Both a & c

3. The internal backbone of GPRS network is ________________ . (a)

a) An IP based network c) Circuit switched network
b) PSTN Network d) Both

4. Class A mobile station in GPRS Network (b)

a) it can only use one of the two services at a given time
b) it supports simultaneous operation of GPRS and conventional GSM services.
c) Simultaneous registration of GPRS & GSM (and usage) is not possible
d) None

5. Class B mobile station in GPRS Network (a)

a) it can only use one of the two services at a given time
b) it supports simultaneous operation of GPRS and conventional GSM services.
c) Simultaneous registration of GPRS & GSM (and usage) is not possible
d) None

6. Class C mobile station in GPRS Network (c)

a) it can only use one of the two services at a given time
b) it supports simultaneous operation of GPRS and conventional GSM services.
c) Simultaneous registration of GPRS & GSM (and usage) is not possible
d) None

7. Signalling from a GSN to a MSC is done through (c)

a) GGSN network c) SS7 network
b) SGSN network d) None

8. The Range of Data Rates provided by GPRS Network (c)

a) from 16 to 64kbps c) from 9.6 to 171 kbps
b) from 64 to 2048kbps d) None
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9. In order to upgrade from GSM to GPRS the new hardware to be provided in BSC is _____
a) PDP unit c) Both a & b (b)
b) PCU d) None

10. The PCU( Packet control unit) provides ________ to the base station subsystem (c)
a) Signalling required for voice c) a physical and logical data interface
b) control channels d) None

CHAPTER-9:

1. WLL is also called as (c)

a) Radio in the loop (RITL) c) Both a & b
b) Fixed-radio access (FRA) d) None

2. _____________is an interface between subscriber's wired devices and WLL network. (a)
a) The fixed subscriber unit (FSU)
b) The radio subscriber unit (RSU)
c) The fixed wireless network interface unit (FWNIU).
d) None of the above

3. To ensure better trade off to fulfill the requirements of high capacity with low service fee, the
data rate of channel is fixed at ____________ (a)
a) Up to 16Kbps c) Up to 64 Kbps
b) Up to 32 Kbps d) None

4. WLL is a system that connects subscribers to the public switched telephone network
(PSTN) (b)
a. False b. True

5. WLL System includes __________ (d)

a) cordless access systems, c) fixed cellular systems
b) proprietary fixed radio access, d) All the above

6. The main challenge involved in implementation of WLL ______________ (a)

a) expansion of landscape in service types
b) Complicated cabling
c) costly equipment
d) None of these
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Objective Question Bank

Chapter-1:

1. The _______ is the physical path over which a message travels. (b)
a) Protocol
b) Medium
c) Signal
d) All the above

2. Frequency of failure and network recovery time after a failure are measured as (b)
a) Performance
b) Reliability
c) Security
d) Feasibility

3. Which topology uses a multipoint connection? (b)

a) Mesh
b) Star
c) Bus
d) Ring

4. _______ refers to the structure or format of the data, meaning the order in which they are
presented. (b)
a) Semantics
b) Syntax
c) Timing
d) All of the above

5. Data flow between two devices can occur in a _______ way. (d)
a) simplex
b) half-duplex
c) full-duplex
d) all of above

6. _____ refers to the physical or logical arrangement of a network. (c)

a) Data flow
b) Mode of operation
c) Topology
d) None of the above

7. ________ is a collection of many separate networks. (b)

a) WAN
b) An internet
c) a LAN
d) None of the above
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8. The process-to-process delivery of the entire message is the responsibility of the _______
layer. (b)
Network
a) Transport
b) Application
c) Physical

9. Mail services are available to network users through the _______ layer. (d)
a) Data link
b) Physical
c) Transport
d) Application

10. As the data packet moves from the upper to the lower layers, headers are _______. (a)
a) Added
b) Removed
c) Rearranged
d) Modified

11. When a host on network A, sends a message to a host on network B, which address does
the router look at?
(b)
a) Port
b) Logical
c) Physical
d) None of the above

12. The ______ layer is responsible for moving frames from one hop (node) to the next. (b)
a) Physical
b) Data link
c) Transport
d) None of the above

Chapter-2:

1. ______ is a type of transmission impairment in which the signal loses strength due to the
different propagation speeds of each frequency that makes up the signal. (b)
a) Attenuation
b) Distortion
c) Noise
d) Decibel

2. A _________ signal is a composite analog signal with an infinite bandwidth. (a)

a) Digital
b) Analog
c) either (a) or (b)
d) neither (a) nor (b)
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3. Which encoding method uses alternating positive and negative values for 1s? (d)
a) NRZ-I
b) RZ
c) Manchester
d) AMI

4. In a _____ scheme, all the signal levels are on one side of the time axis, either above or
below. (c)
a) Polar
b) Bipolar
c) Unipolar
d) All of the above

5. In ______ schemes, the voltages are on the both sides of the time axis. For example, the
voltage level for 0 can be positive and the voltage level for 1 can be negative. (a)
a) Polar
b) Bipolar
c) Unipolar
d) All of the above

6. In _____ the level of the voltage determines the value of the bit. (b)
a) NRZ-I
b) NRZ-L
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) Neither (a) nor (b)

7. In Manchester and differential Manchester encoding, the transition at the middle of the bit is
used for __________. (c)
a) Bit transfer
b) Baud transfer
c) Synchronization
d) None of the above

8. In _______encoding, we use three levels: positive, zero, and negative. (b)

a) Unipolar
b) Bipolar
c) Polar
d) None of the above

9. ______ substitutes eight consecutive zeros with 000VB0VB. (c)

a) B4B8
b) HDB3
c) B8ZS
d) None of the above
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Chapter-3:

1. HDLC is an acronym for _______. (c)

a) High-duplex line communication
b) Half-duplex digital link combination
c) High-level data link control
d) Host double-level circuit

2. Flow control is needed to prevent ________. (b)

a) Overflow of the sender buffer
b) Overflow of the receiver buffer
c) Bit errors
d) Collision between sender and receiver

3. When data and acknowledgment are sent on the same frame, this is called _______. (c)
a) Back packing
b) Piggy packing
c) Piggy backing
d) A good idea

4. The shortest frame in HDLC protocol is usually the _______ frame. (c)
a) Information
b) Management
c) Supervisory
d) None of the above

5. Which error detection method uses ones complement arithmetic? (b)

a) Simple parity check
b) Checksum
c) Two-dimensional parity check
d) CRC

6. Which error detection method consists of just one redundant bit per data unit? (c)
a) Two-dimensional parity check
b) CRC
c) Simple parity check
d) Checksum

7. Which error detection method involves polynomials? (a)

a) CRC
b) Simple parity check
c) Two-dimensional parity check
d) Checksum

8. The Hamming code is a method of _______. (d)

a) Error detection
b) Error correction
c) Error encapsulation
d) (A)and (B)
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9. What is the efficiency of 4B/5B block encoding? (b)

a) 60 percent
b) 80 percent
c) 20 percent
d) 40 percent

10. What is the hexadecimal equivalent of the Ethernet address 01011010 00010001
01010101 00011000 10101010 00001111 (a)
a. 5A-11-55-18-AA-0F
b. 5A-88-AA-18-55-F0
c. 5A-81-BA-81-AA-0F
d. 5A-18-5A-18-55-0F

Chapter-4:

1. Identify the class of IP address 191.1.2.3. (b)

a) Class A
b) Class B
c) Class C
d) Class D

2. A subnet mask in class B has nineteen 1s. How many subnets does it define? (b)
a) 128
b) 8
c) 32
d) 64

3. Given the IP address 18.250.31.14 and the subnet mask 255.255.0.0, what is the subnet
(network) address? (d)
a. 18.9.0.14
b. 18.0.0.14
c. 18.31.0.14
d. 18.250.0.0

4. _______ is a client-server program that provides an IP address, subnet mask, IP address of

a router, and IP address of a name server to a computer. (b)
a) NAT
b) DHCP
c) CIDR
d) ISP

5. In _______, each packet of a message need not follow the same path from sender to
receiver. (b)
a. The virtual approach to packet switching
b. The datagram approach to packet switching
c. Message switching
d. None of the above
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6. In _______ routing, the mask and destination addresses are both 0.0.0.0 in the routing
table. (a)
a) Default
b) Next-hop
c) Network-specific
d) Host-specific

7. In which type of switching do all the packets of a message follow the same channels of a
path? (a)
a) Virtual circuit packet switching
b) Message switching
c) Datagram packet switching
d) None of the above

8. A routing table contains _______. (d)

a) The destination network ID
b) The hop count to reach the network
c) The router ID of the next hop
d) All the above

9. An area border router can be connected to _______ (d)

a) Only another router
b) Only another network
c) Only another area border router
d) Another router or another network

10. Which type of network using the OSPF protocol can have five routers attached to it? (a)
a) Transient
b) Stub
c) Point-to-point
d) All the above

11. Which layer produces the OSPF message? (d)

a) Data link
b) Transport
c) Application
d) Network

12. OSPF is based on _______. (c)

a) Distance vector routing
b) Path vector routing
c) Link state routing
d) (A) and (B)
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13. ________ is a multicasting application. (d)

a) Teleconferencing
b) Distance learning
c) Information dissemination
d) All the above

14. Dijkstra's algorithm is used to _______. (d)

a) Create LSAs
b) Flood an internet with information
c) Create a link state database
d) Calculate the routing tables

15. RIP is based on _______. (d)

a) Link state routing
b) Dijkstra's algorithm
c) Path vector routing
d) Distance vector routing

Chapter-5:

1. Dial-up modems are (c)

a) Synchronous
b) Simplex
c) Asynchronous
d) None of the above

2. Modem pair required for WAN connectivity over leased lines are (b)
a) Asynchronous V.35 + G.703
b) Synchronous V.35 + G.703
c) Synchronous V.35 + V.35
d) None of the above

3. ADSL modem uses modulation method (a)

a) QAM + FDM
b) TDM+FSK
c) FDM+FSK
d) All above

4. HDSL modem uses line coding technique (d)

a) HDB3
b) 2B1Q
c) Manchester
d) AMI

5. DSLAM stands for _________________________ (c)

a) Digital Synchronous Line Multiplexer
b) Digital line access multiplexer
c) Digital subscriber line access multiplexer
d) None of the above
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Chapter-6:

1. IEEE standard for WLAN is (a)

a) 802.11
b) 802.2
c) 802.3
d) 802.10

2. Access Protocol for WLAN is (c)

a) CSMA
b) CSMA / CD
c) CSMA / CA
d) None of the above

3. BSSID of access point is (c)

a) 48 bit IP address
b) 32 bit MAC address
c) 48 bit MAC address
d) None of the above

4. RF band used for WLAN is (b)

a) 0.4 GHz
b) 2.4 GHz
c) 1.2 GHz
d) None of the above

5. The bandwidth available in 802.11a WLAN is (b)

a) 2 Mbps
b) 54 Mbps
c) 11 Mbps
d) 108 Mbps
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Objective Question Bank

1. Ethernet provides access to the network using (d)

a. CSMA/CA
b. CSMA
c. OFDM
d. CSMA/CD

2. Ethernet networks typically will be found in (c)

a. Ring Topology
b. Mesh topology
c. Star Topology
d. Bus Topology

3. 100 BASE-T type of Ethernet uses (d)

a. Coaxial cable
b. Optical Fiber cable
c. Switch board cable
d. UTP/STP cable

4. The maximum length of UTP/STP cable (b)

a. 100 MM
b. 100 Meters
c. 500 Meters
d. 2 KM

5. Ethernet Technology usually suffers from (d)

a. Noise
b. Attenuation
c. High resistance
d. Broadcast/Collisions

6. 10 Base-2 uses (a)

a. Coaxial cable
b. Optical Fiber cable
c. FS cable
d. UTP/STP cable

7. In 10BASE-2 the maximum cable run (b)

a. 100 Meter
b. 185 Meter
c. 500 Meter
d. 5 KM

8. In 10BASE-5the maximum cable run (c)

a. 100 Meter
b. 185 Meter
c. 500 Meter
d. 2 KM
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9. 10Gigabit Ethernettype of Ethernet supplies (c)

a. 1000 Billion bits per second
b. 100 billion bits per second
c. 10 billion bits per second
d. 1 Billion bits per second

10. The length of the MAC address (d)

a. 32 bit
b. 128 bit
c. 16 bit
d. 48 bit

11. Traditional Network Switch operate at (a)

a. Layer-2
b. Layer-3
c. Layer-1
d. Layer-4

12. The Terminal Server allows (a)

a. RS232 to 10/100 Base-T Ethernet
b. RS232 to rs232
c. Ethernet to Ethernet
d. RS232 to Parallel

13. NeTS (Network Terminal Server) is a (b)

a. Switch
b. Router
c. Terminal Server
d. All above

14. The hardware (or) MAC address is burnt on which part of NIC (b)
a. RAM
b. ROM
c. Flash
d. NVRAM

15. A switch controls flow of data using (c)

a. IP address
b. Port address
c. MAC address
d. None of above

16. Routers are used to connect (c)

a. Similar LANs
b. Dissimilar LANs
c. Different networks
d. None of the above
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17. 100BASE-FXtype of Fast Ethernet runs over (c)

a. UTP/STP
b. Coaxial cable
c. Fiber optical cable
d. Radio waves

18. In coaxial Ethernets, the transmission is (b)

a. Full duplex
b. Half duplex
c. Simplex
d. All

19. The standard complaint & cost effective solution for connecting dumb terminal and thin
clients at remote site for PRS – UTS integration is (d)
a. Statmux
b. Terminal Server
c. DCM
d. NeTS

20. Frequency Band of VSAT (d)

a. C – Band
b. KU – Band
c. Extended C – Band
d. All

21. Wired Ethernet standardized under IEEE (c)

a. 802.11
b. 802.16
c. 802.3
d. 802.4

22. 1000BASE-T (Gigabit Ethernet) standardized under IEEE (b)

a. 802.3u
b. 802.3ab
c. 802.3z
d. None

23. All 4 pairs are used in Ethernet transmission (b)

a. 10 Mbps
b. >1000Mbps
c. 100 Mbps
d. All

24. CRC checks are done at Layer (a)

a. Layer-2
b. Layer-3
c. Layer-1
d. Layer-4
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25. Collisions are totally controlled in a LAN using device (b)

a. HUB
b. SWITCH
c. ROUTER
d. FIREWALL

26. The difference between traditional router and L-3 switch (b)
a. Router has all Ethernet ports only
b. L-3 switch has all Ethernet ports only
c. Functional difference
d. None

27. VSAT Topology (d)

a. Star
b. Mesh
c. Ring
d. Star and Mesh

28. Railnet is a (c)

a. Extranet
b. Internet
c. Intranet
d. Piconet

29. IP Addressing scheme for Railnet is (b)

a. Public
b. Private
c. Automatic private
d. None

30. IP Address is used in Railnet (a)

a. 10 series
b. 192 series
c. 172 series
d. 1 series

31. IP nos. allotted to Web server on Railnet as a uniform measure are (b)
a. 192.X.2.19
b. 10.x.x.19
c. 10.x.2.19
d. 172.168.x.19

32. IP nos. allotted to Router on Railnet as a uniform measure are (c)

a. 192.X.2.1
b. 10.x.x.1
c. 10.x.2.1
d. 172.16.x.1
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33. Subnet mask used for Railnet is (a)

a. 255.0.0.0
b. 255.255.0.0
c. 255.255.255.0
d. 255.255.255.128

34. The Railnet domain is (c)

a. railnet.com
b. railnet.in
c. railnet.gov.on
d. railnet.org

35. Internet gateways of Railnet (RTEL) (d)

a. Delhi/Mumbai
b. Kolkata
c. Madras
d. All

36. Railnet uses (d)

a. Dedicated leased lines
b. Dialup lines
c. BSNL/VSNL isdn lines
d. RTEL MPLS

37. FOIS stand for (a)

a. FREIGHT OPERATIONS INFORMATION SYSTEM
b. FLIGHT OPERATIONS INFORMATION SYSTEM
c. FREIGHT OPERATIONS INTERNET SYSTEM
d. None

38. FOIS network is for (d)

a. Rack management system
b. Terminal management system
c. RR generation
d. All

39. Architecture of FOIS network is based on (b)

a. Star topology
b. Mesh topology
c. Mixed (Star + Mesh)
d. None

40. Applications on FOIS network on (c)

a. Master – Slave mode
b. Main frame mode
c. Client – Server mode
d. All of the above
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41. Back bone connectivity of FOIS network is on (c)

a. VSAT links
b. 64 Kbps data lines
c. 2 Mbps data lines
d. All

42. Application Servers of FOIS are located at (d)

a. Divisional Hq.
b. Zonal Hq
c. Rly Board
d. CRIS / NDLS

43. The additional services provided through PRS network are (d)
a. IVRS
b. POET
c. Rapid display
d. All the above

44. The PRS network is operated through nos. of regional centers. (b)
a. 4
b. 5
c. 3
d. 1

45. The main objective of PRS in Indian Railway is to provide (a)

a. reserved tickets
b. un reserved tickets
c. Freight booking
d. flight booking

46. CONCERT is developed by (b)

a. Rly Board
b. CRIS
c. Individual Railways
d. IRISET

47. The main objective of UTS in Indian Railway is to provide (b)

a. reserved tickets
b. un reserved tickets
c. Freight booking
d. flight booking

48. UTS will provide the facility to purchase Unreserved Ticket (c)
a. 4 Months advance
b. 3 Months advance
c. 3 days’ advance
d. 1 day advance
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49. The Passengers can cancel their UTS tickets from any station atleast (a)
a. 1 day advance
b.3 days advance
c. Any day
d. 3 Months advance

50. On the day of journey, the UTS ticket can be cancelled from station from which the journey
was to commence. (b)
a. from any station
b. the journey starting station
c. the journey ending station
d. Station where ticket purchased

51. The backend architecture of UTS is (b)

a. 3 tiered
b. 4 tiered
c. 2 tiered
d. 1 tiered

52. UTS can provide computerized unreserved tickets through (d)

a. hand held terminals
b. smart card
c. automatic vending machines
d. All above

53. Application is dividing into modules (d)

a. ticketing subsystem
b. fare
c. UDM/TDM
d. All

54. UTS developed using (d)

a. Sybase
b. C++
c. UNIX.
d. All

55. The Dynamic protocol used for unification of PRS & UTS is (b)
a. RIP
b OSPF
c. IGRP
d. None of the above

56. The round trip time for smooth working between client terminal and server is (d)
a. 20 - 40m sec
b. 60 - 80 m sec
c. 100 - 110 m sec
d. 130 - 150 m sec
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57. Tier 2 location in an area shall be limited to ______ % of total area (a)
a. 4-5%
b. 100 %
c. 50 %
d. 90 %

58. Number of locations per area shall not exceed (c)

a. 30
b. 50
c. 70
d. 60

59. Topology used for PRS & UTS unification is (d)

a. Inverted Tree
b. Partial Mesh
c. Mesh
d. Combination of a & b

60. UTS means (d)

a. Unit Ticketing system
b. Unique Ticketing system
c. Unified Ticketing system
d. Unreserved Ticketing system
 TB3: Digital Electronics

Objective Question Bank

Chapter-1:

1. Some examples of devices or quantities which are digital in their behavior are
______________ (c & d)
a. Atmospheric pressure.
b. Day & night temperature.
c. Toggle switch.
d. Relay.

2. The Octal system has a base of _________________

(c)
a. 2
b. 4
c. 8
d. 16

3. Which number system has a base of 16

(c)
a. Decimal
b. Octal
c. Hexadecimal
d. None

4. How many bits are required to store one BCD digit? (d)
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

5. A group of bits that can be accessed at a time in parallel by a central processing unit is
called ___________. (c)
a. nibble.
b. byte.
c. word.

6. A group of 8 bits is called as a ___________. (b)

a. nibble.
b. byte.
c. word.
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Chapter-2:

1. A logic gate can have ______________________________ (d)

a. only one input and many outputs.
b. many inputs and only one output.
c. many inputs and many outputs.
d. one or many inputs and only one output.

2. OR gate is one of the _______________ gates. (c)

a. universal gate
b. combinational gate
c. basic gate

3. NOR gate is OR gate followed by ____________________ (c)

a. AND gate.
b. NAND gate.
c. NOT gate.
d. None of the above

4. Logic of EX-OR gate is of ________________ parity. (a)

a. odd parity
b. even parity
c. no parity
d. none of the above

5. The logic gate which inverts its input is ________________gate (d)

a. NOR gate
b. NAND gate
c. AND gate
d. NOT gate.

6. NAND is equivalent to a __________ gate (c)

a. AND gate plus OR gate
b. AND gate plus NOR gate
c. AND gate plus NOT gate

7. The complement of the sum is equal to the ____________________________. (b)

a. sum of the complements.
b. product of the complements.
c. complement of the products.
d. none of the above.

8. The complement of the product is equal to the _________________________ (b)

a. complement of the sum.
b. sum of the complements.
c. product of the complements.
d. none of the above .
 TB3: Digital Electronics

Chapter-3:

1. Application of Decoder is in__________________________. (a, b & c)

a. Microprocessors.
b. memory chips.
c. multiplexers for selecting logic.
d. none of the above.

2. A Full Adder adds ______________ bits at a time. (a)

a. 3 bits at a time.
b. 2 bits at a time.
c. 4 bits at a time.
d. None of the above

3. Multiplexer is a ___________________________________________digital device (a)

a. Many input to one output
b. One output to many output
c. One input to one output
d. Many input to many output

4. The selection logic in multiplexer is provided by a ________________. (b)

a. Clock.
b. Decoder.
c. Register.
d. None of the above.

Chapter-4:

1 A Flip Flop works on the principle of _______________ (c)

a. Astabale multivibrator.
b. Monostable multivibrator.
c. Bistable multivibrator.
d. None of the above.

2. The prohibited state in SR flip flop which needs to be avoided is (d)

a. S=R=0
b. S=0, R=1
c. S=1, R=0
d. S=1, R=1

3. T flip flop finds its application in frequency division since it divides the clock frequency
by_________ (a)
a. 2
b. 4
c. 2n-1
d. 4n-1
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4. In a Delay (D) flip flop,___________________after the propagation delay (c)

a. Input follows input
b. Input follows output
c. Output follows input
d. Output follows output

5. T flip flop is mainly used for constructing ________________________________. (a)

a. Frequency dividers.
b. Registers
c. Counters.
d. Nnone of the above

6. Which one of the flip flops can be called as a Universal flip flop? (d)
a. D Flip flop
b. T Flip flop
c. SR Flip flop
d. JK Flip flop

Chapter-5:

1. A counter is made up of _____________________ flip flops. (d)

a. SR Flip flop
b. D Flip flop
c. T Flip flop
d. T Flip flops or JK Flip flops

2. Generally, for constructing down counters ________________ triggered flip flops are
used. (a)
a. +ve edged
b. -ve edged
c. Both +ve edged & -ve edged
d. None of the above

3. Among the following sequential logic circuits, which circuits are adopted for the designing
of a sequence generator? (c)
a. Shift registers
b. Counters
c. Both a & b
d. None of the above

4. Registers are constructed using _____________________ only. (a)

a. D Flip-flops
b. T Flip-flops
c. JK Flip Flops
d. SR Flip-flops
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5. A digital Demultiplexer has ________________________________________ (b)

a. Many inputs and a single output selectively.
b. A single input and many output.
c. Many inputs and many outputs.
d. None of the above.

Chapter-6:

1. One of the common type of RAM is (c)

a. EEPROM
b. Mask ROM
c. DRAM

2. Actually RAM should be called as _____________________________ memory. (c)

a. Read/Write
b. Volatile memory
c. Read/Write & Volatile
d. Nonvolatile memory

3. Main disadvantage of EEPROM is __________________________________________. (a)

a. It takes longer time for programming.
b. It can be erased electrically.
c. Requires ultraviolet light for erasing.

4. Among all types of memory devices which one you think as the best?
_________________________. (a)
a. Flash RAM.
b.ROM.
c. PROM.
d .EPROM.

Chapter-7:

1. Application of Codes in digital systems is to ______________________________. (d)

a. To represent numerals & characters.
b. To represent alphabets of languages.
c. To represent numbers & text characters.
d. To represent all the above a, b &c.

2. BCD is mainly used for __________________________________________. (c)

a. representing the 10 numerals in decimal number system .
b. representing the numerals using 4-bit binary codes.
c. representing the 10 numerals in decimal number system using 4-bit binary code.

3. Conversion from Binary to Gray code involves _____________________________ (d)

a. Keeping the first Gray digit as same as the first binary digit.
b. Add each pair of adjacent bits in binary to get the next Gray digit.
c. Disregard any carries.
d. Involves all the above a, b, & c procedure.
TB3: Digital Electronics

4. Unicode is a _____________ bit code. (c)

a. 4-bit code
b. 8-bit code
c. 16-bit code
d. 32-bit code

5. ASCII is a ___________bit code (b)

a. 4-bit code
b. 7-bit code
c. 8-bit code
d. 16-bit code

Chapter-8:

1. The mostly used and popular logic families are_______________________ (d)

a. Diode logic.
b. High threshold logic.
c. Metal oxide semiconductor logic.
d. TTL & CMOS.

2. ___________________logic families consume very low current (c)

a. Transistor-Transistor logic
b. Diode Transistor logic
b. Resistor Transistor logic
c. Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor Logic

3. Max. Sink current of TTL devices is ______________ (b)

a .2mA. Max.
b .16mA. Max.
C. 5mA
d. 10Ma

4. Fan-in of digital gate means (a)

a. Number of inputs a gate can have
b. Number of outputs a gate can have
c. Number of input and outputs a gate can have
d. Number of gates that each gate can drive

5. Sourcing current is ___________________________ (a)

a. current supplied by the logic device.
b. current accepted by the logic device.
c current supplied and accepted by the logic device.
d. none of the above.
 TB5: Radio Propagation

Objective Question Bank

Chapter-1:

1. An electromagnetic wave consists of ___________. (a)

a. Both electric and magnetic fields.
b. an electric field only
c. A magnetic field only
d. Non-magnetic field only

2. What is the lowest layer of the ionosphere? (d)

a. F1
b. F2
c. E
d. D

3. Frequencies in the UHF range propagate by means of (d)

a. Ground waves
b. Sky waves
c. Surface waves
d. Space waves

4. Fading due to interference between direct and reflected rays. (c)

a. atmospheric-multipath
b. Fresnel zone
c. reflection-multipath
d. Rayleigh fading

5. What layer is used for high-frequency day time propagation? (a)

a. D Layer
b. E Layer
c. F1 Layer
d. F2 Layer

6. By which name/s is an ionosphere propagation, also known as? (c)

a. Sea wave propagation
b. Ground wave propagation
c. Sky wave propagation
d. All of the above

7. Velocity of a radio wave in free space. (d)

a.186, 000 miles per sec
b. 300x106 meters per sec
c.162, 000 nautical miles per sec
d. All of the above
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8. Diffraction of electromagnetic waves (d)

a. is caused by reflections from the ground
b. arises only with spherical wave fronts
c. will occur when the waves pass through a large slot
d. may occur around the edge of a sharp object

9. Microwave signals propagate by way of the (a)

a. Line of sight propagation
b. Sky wave
c. Surface wave
d. Standing wave

10. The ionosphere causes radio signals to be (c)

a. Diffused
b. Absorbed
c. Refracted
d. Reflected

11. Ground wave communications is most effective in what frequency range? (a)
a. 300 KHz to 3 MHz
b. 3 to 30 MHz
c. 30 to 300 MHz
d. Above 300 MHz

12. The ionosphere has its greatest effect on signals in what frequency range? (b)
a. 300 KHz to 3 MHz
b. 3 to 30 MHz
c. 30 to 300 MHz
d .Above 300 MHz

13. Electromagnetic Waves are refracted when they ___________. (a)

a. pass into a medium of different dielectric constants
b. are polarized at right angles to the direction of propagation
c. encounter a perfectly conducting surface
d. pass through a small slot in a conducting plan

14. Fluctuation in the signal strength at the receiver. (b)

a. Interference b. Fading
c. Tracking d. Variable frequency

15. Two or more antennas are used separated by several wavelengths (a)
a. Space diversity
b. Frequency diversity
c. Hybrid diversity
d. Polarization diversity
 TB5: Radio Propagation

16. Two or more receivers are used using a single antenna. (b)
a. Space diversity
b. Frequency diversity
c. Hybrid diversity
d. Polarization diversity

17. What is the relation in degrees of the electric and magnetic fields in an electromagnetic
wave? (b)
a. 1800. b. 900
c. 2700 d. 450

18. A diversity scheme wherein the receiver receives two fading signals from two different
directions. (c)
a. Frequency diversity
b. Time diversity
c. Angle diversity
d. Space diversity

19. The range of frequency band termed as super high frequency (SHF) is within
__________________. (c)
a. 30 GHz – 300 GHz
b. 30 MHz – 300 MHz
c. 3 GHz – 30 GHz
d. 300 MHz – 3 GHz

20. The range of frequency band termed as high frequency (HF) is within _________. (b)
a. 300KHz – 300 KHz
b. 3 MHz – 30 MHz
c. 30MHz – 300MHz
d. 300 MHz – 3 GHz

21. What is selective fading? (b)

a. A fading effect caused by small changes in beam heading at the receiving station
b. A fading caused by phase difference between radio wave components of the same
transmission as experienced at the receiving station
c. A fading caused by large changes in the height of the ionosphere as experienced at the
receiving station
d. A fading effect caused by the time difference between the receiving and transmitting
stations

22. What are electromagnetic waves? (c)

a. Alternating currents in the core of an electromagnet
b. A wave consisting of two electric fields at right angles to each other
c. A wave consisting of an electric field and a magnetic field at right angles to each other
d. A wave consisting of two magnetic fields at right angles to each other
TB5: Radio Propagation

23. To increase the transmission distance of a UHF signal, which of the following should be
done? (b)
a. Increase antenna gain
b. Increase antenna height
c. Increase transmitter power
d. Increase receiver sensitivity

24. Electromagnetic waves transport (d)

a. Wavelength
b. Charge
c. Frequency
d. Energy

25. Line of sight communications is not a factor in which frequency range? (c)
a. VHF
b. UHF
c. HF
d. Microwave

26. Way(s) of propagating electromagnetic waves: (d)

a. Ground-wave propagation
b. Space wave propagation
c. Sky-wave propagation
d. All of these

Chapter-2 ANTENNA

1. The process of inter changeability of receiving and transmitting operations of antennas is

known as (b)
a. Polarization
b. Reciprocity
c. Efficiency
d. Counterpoise

2. The antenna gain relative to the isotropic radiator is (a)

a. dB
b. dBd
c. dBi
d. All the above

3. The antenna gain relative to a dipole antenna is (b)

a. dB
b. dBd
c. dBi
d. All the above
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4. The angular separation between the half-power points on an antenna's radiation pattern is
the (d)
a. Bandwidth
b. Front-to-back ratio
c. Lobe distribution
d. Beam width

5. At which angles does the front to back ratio specify an antenna gain? (a)
a. 0° & 180°
b. 90° & 180°
c.180° & 270°
d.180° & 360°

6. What is the nature of radiation pattern of an isotropic antenna? (a)

a. Spherical
b. Dough-nut
c. Elliptical
d. Hyperbolic

7. Which conversion mechanism is performed by parabolic reflector antenna? (b)

a. Plane to spherical wave
b. Spherical to plane wave
c. Both a & b
d. none of the above

8. Which kind of polarization is provided by Ground plane antennas? (d)

a. Plane
b. Elliptical
c. Circular
d. vertical

9. Which property/ies of antenna is/are likely to be evidenced in accordance to Reciprocity

theorem? (d)
a. Equality of impedances
b. Equality of directional patterns
c. Equality of effective lengths
d. All of the above

10. Smart antennas can be categorized as (d)

a. Single input, multiple out (SIMO)
b. Multiple input, single output (MISO)
c. Multiple input, multiple output (MIMO)
d. All of the above
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11. The beam width in directive antennas is _____ in the sectorial antenna (a)
a. Narrower than b. Same as
c. Broader than d. None of the above

12. The Smart antennas can be classified as (c)

a. Switched beam antennas
b. Adaptive Array antennas
c. Both a & b
d. None of them

13. The features of Smart antenna is/are (d)

a. Signal gain
b. Inference rejection
c. Power efficiency
d. All of the above

14. Omni directional antennas always have _________ polarization (b)

a. Horizontal
b. Vertical
c. Both a & b
d. None of them

15. An Antenna is classified based on (d)

a. Frequency
b. Size
c. Directivity
d. All of the above

16. The magnetic field of an antenna is perpendicular to the earth. The antenna’s polarization
(b)
a. is vertical
b. is horizontal
c. is circular
d. Cannot be determined from the information given

17. Yagi antennas have again from (b)

a. 5 to 10 dBi
b. 10 to 20 dBi
c. 20 to 30 dBi
d. None of the above

18 Which mode of propagation is adopted in HF antennas? (a)

a) Ionospheric
b) Ground wave
c) Tropospheric
d) all of the above
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19. Which type of wire antennas are also known as dipoles? (a)
a. Linear b. Loop
c. Helical d. All of the above

20. Linear polarization can be obtained only if the wave consists of ________ (c)
a. Ex
b. Ey
c. Both Ex & Ey & in phase
d. Both Ex & Ey & out of phase

21. Radiation pattern is ______ dimensional quantity (b)

a. Two b. Three
c. Single d. None

22. An antenna made up of a driven element and one or more parasitic elements is generally
referred to as a (d)
a. Hertz antenna
b. Marconi antenna
c. Collinear antenna
d. Yagi antenna

23. What is an antenna? (d)

a. Impedance matching device
b. Sensor of electromagnetic waves
c. Transducer between guided wave & free space wave
d. Metallic device for radiating or receiving radio waves

24. The shape of the electromagnetic energy radiated from or received by an antenna is called
the (c)
a. signal shape b. electromagnetic pattern
c. radiation pattern d. antenna pattern

25. Types of polarization are (b)

a. Two types
b. Thee types
c. Four types
d. None of the above

26. The frequency range in which the Yagi-Uda antennas operate is around 30 MHz to 3GHz
(a)
a. TRUE b. FALSE

27. Front to back ratio is defined as the ratio of the power radiated in desired direction to the
power radiated in the opposite direction. (a)
a. TRUE b. FALSE
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28. Antenna is a device which transforms an RF signal travelling in a conductor into

electromagnetic wave in a free space (a)
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

29. A ground plane antenna transmits a horizontally polarized signal (b)

a. TRUE
b. FALSE

30. An Isotropic antenna is an imaginary antenna that radiates power equally in all the
directions (a)
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

31. A Smart Antenna reduces the multipath effects (a)

a. TRUE
b. FALSE
 TB6: Measuring Instruments

Objective Question Bank

Chapter-1:

1. In a measurement system the transducer is the (a)

a. Input element
b. Processing device
c. Signal conditioning device
d. Output element

2. The basic principle of a D’Arsonal instrument is the same as that of a (d)

a. Moving Iron instrument
b. Induction instrument
c. PMMC instrument
d. Moving coil instrument

3. The internal resistance of an ammeter must be very low for (d)

a. High sensitivity
b. High resolution
c. Maximum voltage drop across the meter
d. Minimum effect on the current in the circuit

4. Which of the following meter has a linear scale (d)

A. Thermocouple meters
B. Moving Iron meters
C. Hot wire meter
D. PMMC meter

5. A measure of the reproducibility of the measurement is known as (c)

A. Accuracy
B. Fidelity
C. Precision
D. Resolution
ANS. C

6. A digital volt meter has 4 and ½ digit display, the one volt range can be read upto (c)
A. 9999
B. 9.99
C. 1.9999
D. 0.19999
ANS. C

8. If the voltmeter resistance is increased the error in the reading given by the voltmeter will
A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. Increase or decrease depending upon the value of measurement
D. Be independent of voltmeter resistance
ANS. B

9. An instrument has a sensitivity of 1000 ohms per volt. On 100 volt scale the instrument will
have internal resistance of
A. 10 ohms
B. 10,000 ohms
TB6: Measuring Instruments

C. 1 Mega ohms
D. 1000 ohms
ANS. C

10. A voltmeter using a 50 micro ampere meter has a sensitivity of

A. 20 Kilo ohms per volt
B. 50 Kilo ohms per volt
C. 20 00 ohms per volt
D. 20 Mega ohms per volt
ANS. A

11. The basic A to D converter used in a digital volt meter is

A . Phase converter
B. Current converter
C. voltage to time converter
D. Frequency converter
ANS. C

12. The error of an instrument is normally given as a percentage of

A . Measured value
B. Mean value
C. Full scale value
D. RMS value
ANS. C

13. Decibal measurement of power is a purely absolute value and dBm measurement is a
relative value.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. B (False)

14. 0 dBm signal produces .775 volts RMS across a 600 ohm resistance
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. A (True)

Q.12 . 33 dBm is equal to

A. 4 watts
B. 6 watts
C. 8 watts
D. 2 watts
Ans. D

Q.13 . The resolution of a DVM with four digits is 1 % .

A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. B (False)

Q.14 . A shunt in a current meter is a resistance connected across the meter to decrease the
range
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. B (False)
Q.14 . Transducer is a device that converts one form of power to another.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. B (False)
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Q.15 Moving coil instruments can be used for both AC and DC applications
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. B (False)

Q.16 . Dual slope integration meters are capable of rejecting noise and their accuracy is
independent of clock and time constant
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. A (True)

Q.17 . Integrated circuit no. 7106 belongs to the family of A / D converters

A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. A (True)

Q.18 . Measurement cycle performed by A / D converters

A. Auto Zero
B. Integrate
C. Read
D. All of the above
Ans. D

Q.19 . Calibration of the work standard instruments are done with instruments having
Primary reference standard
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. B (False)

CHAPTER -2

Q.1 . A Megger is usually

A. A moving iron type instrument
B. Electrostatic type instrument
C. hot wire tyre instrument
D. Moving coil tyre instrument
Ans. D

Q.2 . Murray and Varley loop tests are for short circuit and ground faults in the cables
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. A (True)

Q.3 . The instrument used normally to check insulation is

A. Multimeter
B. AVO meter
C. Tong Tester
D. Megger
Ans. D

Q.4 . Megger is a true OHM meter

A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. A (True)
Q.5 . Badly insulated circuits in a cable can create leakage currents between lines and earth
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. A (True)
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Q.6 . Pulse Echo and Time Domain Reflectometry are the basic principles used for tracing
cable faults
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. B (False)

Q.7 . Receiver in the sensor block of a cable route tracer should be

A. Sensitive
B. Highly Sensitive
C. Selective
D. Both highly Sensitive and highly Selective
Ans. D

Q.7 . Transmission measuring sets are used for measuring

A. Signal levels and transmission loss
B. Insertion loss
C. Return loss
D. All of the above
Ans. D

Q.8 . Return loss is the measure of reflection due to mismatch of impedance at line side
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. B (False)

Q.9 . For a measurement on transmission line the insertion loss should be minimum and return
loss should be maximum .
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. B (False)

Q.10 . Loading effect can be reduced by using low sensitivity meters / instrument.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. B (False)

CHAPTER -3

Q.1 . Selective level meters work on the principle of Super Heterodyne Receivers
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. A (True)

Q.2 . Selective level meters can be used for both selective and wide band measurements.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. A (True)

Q.3 . Thermistor sensors are semiconductors with positive temperature coefficients.

A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. B (False)
Q.4 .Thermocouple sensors is a chip with two identical thermocouples connected in series
with a DC voltmeter.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
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Ans. A (True)

Q.5 . Frequency counters user for Microwave applications are of

A. Reciprocal method type
B. Direct method type
C. Heterodyne method type
D. All of the above
Ans. C

Q.6 . Latches used in counters are simple memory circuits that hold the first count and
improves the readability .
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. B (False)

Q.7 . Frequency counters use Schmitt Trigger circuits for frequency counting because it works
between defined hysteresis limits .
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. A (True)

CHAPTER -4

Q.1 .Optical Visual fault locators allow users to detect fiber faults upto five kilometers
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. A (True)

Q.2 .LED Transmitters on Visual Fault Locators for multimode fibers support short bandwidths
and short distances
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. A (True)

Q.3 .The sensors of optical Power Meter covers a wave length range of 800-1700 nano Meters
and power range between - 60 dBm to +30 dBm
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. A (True)

Q.4. Magnitude of Rayleigh’s back scatters is greater than the Freznel reflection when observed
on an OTDR
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. B (False)

Q.5 . Rayleigh’s back scatters is useful in tracing the continuity of the OFC when observed on
an OTDR
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. A (True)

Q.6 . Digital Signal Processor and Analog to Digital converter are the integral parts of a OTDR
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. A (True)
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Q.7 . The trace shown on X axis of an OTDR screen denotes the function of time .
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. A (True)

Q.8 . Splice is indicated by a reflection event on OTDR trace .

A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. B (False)

CHAPTER -5

Q.1 . Spectrum analyzer examines the Spectral composition of EM waves consisting of the
following wave forms
A. Electrical
B. Optical
C. Power
D. All of the above
Ans. D

Q.2 . Spectrum analyzer is a Time domain device

A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. B (False)

Q.3 . A Data Network analyzer is basically a protocol analyzer.

A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. A (True)

Q.4 . Sweep Spectrum analyzer is a digital instrument working on Super heterodyne principle
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. B (False)

Q.5. Fast Fourier Transfer Spectrum analyzer converts signals to digital form for digital analysis.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. A (True)

Q.6 . Sweep Spectrum analyzer is a Scalar instrument that can only measure phase details
and not amplitude of the given frequencies signals under test.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. B (False)

Q.7 . Fast Fourier Transfer Spectrum analyzer can capture transient events effectively.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. A (True)

Q.8 . Scalar Network Analyzer can make measurements and analysis of signals under test on
both amplitude and phase.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. B (False)
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Q.9 . Vector Network Analyzer measures both amplitude and phase properties of signals.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. A (True)

Q.10. Spectrum analyzer are used to examines the following characteristics of unknown signals
A. Carrier levels
B. Side bands and Harmonics
C. Phase Noise
D. All of the above
Ans. D

Q.11. Network Analyzer always looks for known frequency signals because it is a stimulus
response system.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. A (True)

Q.12 . Data Network Analyzer is basically a

A. Packet Analyzer
B. Protocol Analyzer
C. Sniffer
D. All of the above
Ans. D

Q.13 . SDH / PDH Transmission Analyzer supports only out of service mode .
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. B (False)

Q.14 . SDH Analyzer can perform analysis of BER , Jitter& Wander as well as quality of Clock
signals .
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. A (True)

Q.15 . CATS the automation software used in SDH analyzer makes it an Virtual Instrument.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. A (True)

Q.16 . Signal Structure in a SDH / PDH Transmission Analyzer defines the activity physical
layer.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. A (True)

Q.17 . Performance statistics collected by an SDH analyzer are EB, BBE, ES,SES , UAS as
per G.826 recommendations .
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Ans. A (True)
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Objective Question Bank

Chapter-1:

1. What is the purpose of loading in an underground Telecom Cable (a)

a. To reduce transmission loss
b. To decrease cross talk
c. To reduce noise
d. To increase attenuation

2. What is the length of loading section for a 6quad cable (a)

a. 2000 mtrs
b. 1830 mtrs
c .2500 mtrs
d. 1900 mtrs

3. What is the maximum capacitance unbalance permitted in a loading section (c)

a. 30 pf
b. 20 pf
c. 40 pf
d. 10 pf

4. The unbalance in capacitive couplings of quad cable causes (c)

a. Noise
b. Attenuation
c. Cross talk
d. Distortion

5. Unbalance of Earth couplings in VF circuits causes (a)

a. Noise
b. Cross talk
c. Attenuation
d. Doistortion

6. The capacitance unbalance between side circuit 2 of quad no1 with respect to side circuit 1
of quad no.1 is (c)
a. K9
b.K10
c.K11
d.K12

7. Over Head lines are not fit for Tele communication circuits in RE area because of (b)
a. conductors do not have insulation
b. interference of Induced voltage by 25kv
c. conductors are thick
d. High cross talk
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8. The purpose of twisted pair cables in telecom cables is (a)

a. To reduce cross talk
b. To give strength
c. Ease in manufacturing
d. To avoid signal loss

9. At what distance condenser joint is done in a loading section of 6 quad cable (b)
a. 915 mtrs
b. 1000mtrs
c. 1200mtrs
d. 1220 mtrs

Chapter-2:

1. Telecom switch board cables are used for (b)

a. Outdoor telecom wiring
b. Indoor telecom wiring
c. Electrical switch board wiring
d. Underground telecom wiring

2. The characteristic impedance of a switch board cable is (b)

a. 500 Ω b.600Ω
c.470Ω d.1120Ω

3. Purpose of rip cord in a switch board cable is (a)

a. To facilitate the removal of PVC sheath.
b. To remove the insulation of the conductor
c. To route the cable through pipes
d. To uncoil the cable

4. Expand UTP cable (d)

a.Unscreened twisted pair
b. Unused twisted pair
c. Unusual twisted pair
d. Unshielded twisted pair

5. In general, CAT cables are connected with______ type of connecters (b)

a. RJ 15 b. RJ 45
c. RJ11 d. RJ9

6. In STP cables _______________ is used as screen (a)

a. Aluminium foil
b. Aluminium wires
c. Aluminium sheath
d. Copper sheath
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7. The co-axial cable’s usual impedance shall be _______ or ______ Ohms (c)
a. 40-60 or 70-90
b. 40-60 or 70-100
c. 40-50 or 70-80
d. 20-40 or 30-40

8. RG 8 cable can be used upto the length of _____________. (d)

a. 600 mtrs
b. 800mtrs
c. 400 mtrs
d. 500mtrs

9. The material used for conductor in telecom cables is high conductivity_________. (b)
a. Insulated copper
b. Annealed copper
c. Silver coated copper
d. Aluminium coated copper

10. What is the colour code of 37th pair in a 50 pair switch board cable___________. (a)
a. Orange & red
b. Blue & red
c. Green & red
d. Slate & white

11. Specification of Switch Board cable is_________ (d)

a. IS 434-Part-1/1964
b. RDSO Spec. No:IRS:TC 41/97 (Amd. 2)
c. IS-694-Part /1964 )
d. TEC Spec.No: GR/WIR/06/03 of March 2002

12. UTP cable that transmits up to 16Mbps is ______ (d)

a. Cat 1
b. Cat 2
c. Cat 3
d. Cat 4

13. UTP cable that transmits at up to 10 Mbps is ______ (a)

a. cat 3
b..Cat 2
c. Cat 4
d. Cat 1
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Chapter-3:

1. Expand PIJF ______ (a)

a. Polyethylene insulated jelly filled
b. Polyester insulated jelly filled cable
c. Polymer insulated jelly filled
d. Polyvinyl insulated jelly filled

2. RDSO spec. for PIJF telephone Cable is______ (a)

a. IRS-TC: 41/97
b. TEC Spec.No: GR/WIR/06/03 of March 2002
c. IS 434-Part-1/1964
d. IS-694-Part /1964 )

3. The colour code of pair number 16 in a 20 pair PIJF cable _________________ (d)
a. Black & slate
b. Balck & yellow
c. Blue & black
d. Blue & yellow

4. In 20 pair PIJF cable, conductor insulation main colours are ________ and mate colours
are _________ (c)
a. 4 & 5
b. 3 &5
c. 5 & 4
d. 6 & 4

5. The number of units in 20 pair cable are _________________ (b)

a. 5
b. 4
c. 6
d. 3

6. The number of units in 50 pair cable are ______________________ (c)

a. 2
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6

7. The number of units in 100 pair cable are ______________________________ (a)

a. 5
b. 4
c. 6
d. 7
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8. How many binding tapes are used for identifying each unit in PIJF pair cable are
______________. (b)
a. 4
b. 5
c. 3
d. 6

9. Entry of moisture / water is prevented by _________in PIJF cable (c)

a. Alunimium sheath
b. GI armour
c. Jelly
d. All of the above

10. Amour in UG cable gives____________________________ (a)

a. Mechanical strength
b. Prevents the entry of water
c. Provides screening
d. Prevents the entry of moisture

11. Loop resistance of 0.51 mm conductor dia pijf cable is____ (a)
a. 184 Ω
b. 180 Ω
c. 192 Ω
d. 194 Ω

Chapter-4:

1. The induction by A.C traction system in Telecom circuits is due to________ couplings (d)
a. Electrostatic and galvanic
b. Electromagnetic and transformer
c. Electric and magnetic
d. Electrostatic and electromagnetic

2. Cumulative build up of induced voltage in U/G telecom cable is prevented by _______ (b)
a. Matching transformers
b. Isolation transformers
c. Current transformers
d. Step down transformers

3. Psophometric voltage in the telecommunication circuits should not exceed _____ mV (b)
a. 3mv
b. 2mv
c. 4mv
d. 5mv
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4. The screening factor of Aluminium sheath/screen is always ______than unity (c)

a. More
b. Equal to
c. Less
d. Higher

5. Isolation transformers are used to ________________________ (a)

a. To reduce Induced voltage due to catenary
b. For impedance matching
c. For balancing of circuits
d. For reducing noise

6. Under normal conditions of traction power system the longitudinally induced voltage in the
telecommunication cable should not exceed __________V (a)
a. 60 v
b. 70 v
c. 80 v
d. 90 v

7. Maximum permissible induced voltage in an U/G telecom cable is_________ (a)

a. 150 V
b. 160 V
c. 140 V
d. 170 V

8. Isolation transformers are introduced at a regular intervals of approximately ____ Kms (d)
a. 19 kms
b. 20kms
c. 10 kms
d. 17 kms

9. The induced voltage in an U/G telecom cable due catenary per km is______ (b)
a. 6.75 V
b. 8.75 V
c. 7.75 V
d. 5.50 V

10. Isolation transformers are provided at ___________ (d)

a. Repeaters
b. Test room
c. At EC sockets
d. Cable huts
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Chapter- 5: Telecom quad cables

1. The Transmission loss in 0.9 mm conductor dia quad cable is_____db/km (a)
a. 0.63
b. 0.25
c. 0.38
d. 0.69

2. 4 Wire system is used in U/G cable is because of _______________________ (b)

a. To have two wires as stand by
b. Amplifiers are used
c. Using cable huts in between
d. For future usage

3. RDSO specification of 4/6 PIJF quad cable of 0.9 mm dia conductor is __________ (a)
a. IRS:TC: 30/2005 ver.2
b. IRS:TC: 40/2005ver.2
c. IRS:TC 50/2005 ver.2
d. IRS:TC: 30/2015 ver.2

4. RDSO specification of 4/6 PIJF quad cable of 1.4 mm dia conductor is _________ (b)
a. IRS:TC: 30/2005 ver.2
b. RDSO/SPN/TC/72-07
c. IRS:TC 50/2005 ver.2
d. RDSO/SPN/TC/82-07

5. 1.4 mm dia conductor 4/6 quad cable is used when the distance between the block stations
is_________________ (d)
a. More than 30 kms
b. More than 10 kms
c. More than 15kms
d. More than 25kms

6. The insulation resistance between each conductor in a quad shall not be less than
_________ ohms per kilometer (b)
a. 200MΩ/km
b. 100MΩ/km
c. 400MΩ/km
d. 500MΩ/km

7. Purpose of Poly Aluminium sheath in a quad cable is_____________________ (a)

a. To prevent the entry of moisture
b. To provide screening
c. To protect the conductors from damage
d. To reduce induced voltages
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8. The colours of conductors of quad no 5 in 6 quad cable is___________________ (c)

a. Black, white, red, slate
b. Blue, white, red, slate
c. Yellow, white, red, slate
d. Green, white, red, slate

9. The resistance of conductor in a quad cable is_________ (a)

a. 28Ω/km c. 58Ω/km
b. 56Ω/km d. 26Ω/km

10. The characteristic impedance of a 6 quad cable is_______ (d)

a. 600Ω
b. 1120Ω
c. 56Ω
d. 470Ω

Chapter-6: Cable Laying Practices

1. What is the minimum distance should be maintained between the OHE masts and the
cable________ (b)
a. 5.00 mtrs
b. 5.75 mtrs
c. 6.00mtrs
d. 6.75mtrs

2. All new Telecom cables shall be laid close to __________________________. (c)

a. Near way station
b. Near the track
c. Near the railway boundary
d. Near the telecom equipment room

3. The normal depth of the trench for Telecom Cable is _______________________ (a)
a. One metre
b. 1.5 metre
c. 1.8 metre
d. 2 metres

4. The standard drum length of 4/6 quad cable is_________________________. (a)

a. One km
b. Two kms
c. 500 mtrs
d. 460 mtrs

5. Tapping diagram consists of ________________________________ (b)

a. Reasons for each tapping
b. Location of each tapping
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c. Distance between the tappings

d. No. of tappings

6. The derivation cable used in 4/6 quad cable system is _________________ (c)
a. 6 quad cable
b. 4 quad cable
c. PIJF cable
d. SWBD cable

7. Telecom cable shall be laid in _______pipes for a length of _____on either side of TSS (a)
a. Rcc pipes & 300mtrs
b. Gi pipes & 200 metres
c. Troughs & 200 mtrs
d. HDPE & 200 mtrs

8. The cable route indicators are to be placed at every__________ meters on normal path (a)
a. 50 mtrs
b. 100 mtrs
c. 70 mtrs
d. 60 mtrs
ANS: a

9. On each side of major girder bridge a cable reserve of ____ meters to be provided (b)
a. 20 mtrs
b. 10 mtrs
c. 15 mtrs
d. 5 mtrs
ANS: b

10. On each side of minor bridge a cable reserve of ____ meters to be provided (c)
a. 7 mtrs
b. 6mtrs
c. 5mtrs
d. 4mtrs
ANS: c

11. A cable reserve of ____ meters to be provided at every joint loop (a)
a. 3 mtrs
b. 4mtrs
c. 5mtrs
d. 2mtrs
ANS: a

12. The widly used cable laying method for U/G cables is (d)
a. Laying solid
b. Drawing through ducts
c. Laying in PVC pipes
d. Laying direct in the ground
ANS: d
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CHAPTER-7: Jointing of Under Ground Cables

1. The impedance ratio of matching transformer used for VF circuits in unloaded quad cable
is ____________ (b)
a. 470: 600 Ω c. 470 :470 Ω
b. 470:1120 Ω d. 1120 :1120 Ω

2. “Branch off clip” is used for __________________________ joint only. (c)

a. normal joint
b. loading coil joint
c. derivation joint
d. condenser joint

3. RDSO specification for RTSF jointing kit is ________ (a)

a. IRS-TC: 77/2012 c. IRS-TC: 77/2011
b. IRS-TC: 79/2012 d. IRS-TC: 77/2014

4. The purpose of tinned copper braid in RTSF jointing kit is (c)

a. To provide continuity between the GI armours of both the cables
b. To provide continuity between the poly al sheaths of both the cables
c. To provide continuity between the Al. screening of both the cables
d. For providing continuity between the conductors

5. The purpose of jelly in RTSF jointing kit (a)

a. To prevent entry of water
b. To provide good conductivity
c. To avoid short circuit
d. For providing mechanical support

6. Induced voltages in 6 quad cable is eliminated by earthing (c)

a. GI armour
b. Poly. Al. sheath.
c. Al.screenig wires
d. Aluminium foil

7. The impedance ratio of matching transformer used for block circuits in unloaded quad
cable is _________ (c)
a. 470:600 Ω
b. 1:2 Ω
c. 470:1120 Ω
d. 1120: 600 Ω

8. The value of loading coil connected in each limb of a 6 quad cable is____ (d)

a. 118mH c. 44mH
b. 88mH d. 59mh
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9. The rdso spec for jointing kit used for PIJF telephone cables is _____ (b)
a. IRS/TC/41/97
b. IRS-TC-57/2006
c. IRS.TC.77-2012
d. IRS.TC.77-2013

10. Purpose of sealant tape in the RTSF kit is_____ (a)

a. To cover the metallic projections
b. To wrap the conductors
c. To seal the joint
d. To prevent entry of water

Chapter-8: Testing of Cables

1. Insulation resistance of quad cable shall be tested with _______ Megger after completion
of jointing of cables. (a)
a. 100 V
b. 250 V
c. 500 V
d. 1000 V

2. Transmission loss test shall be carried out with a tone frequency of _________ (b)
a. 1000 c/s
b. 800 c/s
c. 600 c/s
d. 400 c/s

3. Cross Talk has to be measured with _______________ frequency for VF Circuits (b)
a. 800 c/s
b. 1000 c/s
c. 1200 c/s
d. 1500 c/s

4. Periodicity of conduction test carried out on a quad cable is_______ (b)

a. Weekly
b. Monthly
c. Quarterly
d. Yearly

5. Periodicity of insulation resistance test carried out on a quad cable is______ (d)
a. Monthly
b. Quarterly
c. Half yearly
d. Yearly
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6. Periodicity of transmission loss test carried out on a quad cable is______ (b)
a. Fortnightly
b. Monthly
c. Quarterly
d. Half yearly

7. Periodicity of cross talk test carried out on a quad cable is_______ (d)
a. Fortnightly
b. Monthly
c. Weekly
d. Quarterly

8. Periodicity of psophometric noise test carried out on a quad cable is____ (c)
a. Fortnightly
b. Monthly
c. Quartely
d. Yearly

9. What is the tone frequency applied for cross talk test on BPAC circuits_____ (d)
a. 1000 c/s c. 150 k c/s
b. 5000 c/s d. 155 k c/s

10. Low insulation fault can be localized with the help of _______ (d)
a. Multi meter
b. Megger
c. Earth tester
d. Digital cable fault locator

11. In digital cable fault locator, which mode is used to find out open/ short circuit fault
_________________ (c)
a. Low insulation
b. Insulation resistance
c. Pulse echo reflection
d. Foreign potential

Chapter-9: Quad Cable Maintenance

1. Before disconnecting Block, BPAC and IB circuits for testing of Quad cable ___________
has to obtained from Station Master (a)
a. Disconnection memo
b. Disconnection note
c. Disconnection order
d. Disconnection booklet
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2. The purpose of Integrated Cable path diagram is _______________________ (d)

a. To locate the path
b. To carry out tests
c. For maintenance
d. To protect the cables

3. BPAC circuit in quad cable shall be tested from ___________ to ____________ (b)
a. station to station
b. location to location
c. section to section
d. division to division

4. Quad cable has to be tested periodically by JE/T on _______basis (b)

a. Weekly
b. Monthly
c. Quarterly
d. Yearly

5. Quad cable has to be tested periodically by SSE/T____________ (c)

a. Weekly & monthly
b. Monthly & quarterly
c. Quarterly & yearly
d. Half yearly & yearly

6. Quad cable has to inspected by Officers once in________________________ (c)

a. Quarterly
b. Half yearly
c. Yearly
d. Monthly

7. The insulation resistance of the 6 quad cable should be greater than ____ MΩ (b)
a. 5
b. 10
c. 20
d. 50
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Objective Question Bank

CHAPTER-1:

1. Sound intensity is expressed in watts/cm2. (a)

a) True
b) False

2. The lowest acoustic pressure that gives rise to a sensation of hearing is called threshold of
audibility. (a)
a) True
b) False

3. The highest pressure to which the ear can respond without experiencing pain is called
threshold of pain. (a)
a) True
b) False

4. Sound pressure and sound pressure level are analogous to voltage and voltage level in the
field of electricity. (a)
a) True
b) False

5. Acoustic impedance of a sound medium is the complex quotient of the sound pressure and
the particle velocity multiplied by the unit of the area. (a)
a) True
b) False

6. Threshold of pain is 140 db. (a)

a) True
b) False

7. Threshold of hearing is 20 db. (a)

a) True
b) False

CHAPTER-2:

1. Pressure operated microphones employ a diaphragm with only one surface exposed to the
sound source. (a)
a) True
b) False

2. A velocity microphone is one in which the electrical output substantially corresponds to the
instantaneous particle velocity in the addressed sound wave. (a)
a) True
b) False
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3. Ribbon microphones are velocity-operated microphones. (a)

a) True
b) False

4. The carbon, crystal, dynamic and capacitor microphones are pressure-operated

microphones. (a)
a) True
b) False

5. Dynamic microphones do not employ output transformers. (a)

a) True
b) False

6. The output impedance of a dynamic microphone is approximately 20 Ohms. (a)

a) True
b) False

7. Capacitive microphones are high impedance microphones. (a)

a) True
b) False

8. Condenser microphones require polarizing voltage. (a)

a) True
b) False

9. Sensitivity is the amount of voltage developed or generated by the microphone for an

applied sound pressure at a test frequency of 1000 Hz. (a)
a) True
b) False

10. Frequency Response is the ability of a microphone to produce a proportionate output to the
sound pressure applied for the specified range of frequencies. (a)
a) True
b) False

CHAPTER-3:

1. The function of the loudspeaker is to convert electrical energy into acoustic energy. (a)
a) True
b) False

2. Cone type of loud speaker is a direct radiator. (a)

a) True
b) False
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3. Horn-type loud speaker is an indirect radiator. (a)

a) True
b) False

4. High fidelity (hi-fi) speakersare used to reproduce the frequency range of 50 Hz to 12 KHz.
(a)
a) True
b) False

5. Limited frequency use can be prevented through a multiple speaker system comprising
separate speakers. (a)
a) True
b) False

6. Woofer reproduces low frequency notes. (b)

a) True
b) False

7. Tweeter reproduces high frequency notes. (b)

a) True
b) False

8. The minimum distance between column speakers in a row should be _______. (c)
A. 2m
B. 4m
C. 8m
D. 10m

CHAPTER-4:

1. An amplifier in a PA system is a device, which takes low level input signal and amplifies to a
high level output signal to the desired output power. (a)
a) True
b) False

2. Bass is a low frequency control. (a)

a) True
b) False

3. Treble is a high frequency control. (a)

a) True
b) False

4. No battery current is consumed when the amplifier is working on AC mains. (a)

a) True
b) False
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5. For the connection of loudspeakers in impedance matching method, three terminal strips
are provided viz, com., 100V and 70V. (b)
a) True
b) False

6. For the connection of loudspeakers in impedance matching method, four terminal strips are
provided viz., com., 4Ω, 8 Ω and 16Ω. (a)
a) True
b) False

7. Amplifiers are rated at some specified output in watts with a declared harmonic content, of
about 5%. (a)
a) True
b) False

8. PAN control routes the channel to either left or right output. (a)
a) True
b) False

CHAPTER-5:

1. The mean level of sound pressure shall be 5 to 15dB above the noise level. (a)
a) True
b) False

2. The frequency response for the entire system should be within + 3 dB from 100 Hz to 10
KHz. (a)
a) True
b) False

3. The total harmonic distortion of the entire system shall not exceed 5% at the rated power
output of the amplifier. (a)
a) True
b) False

4. The signal to noise ratio under normal operating conditions of the amplifying systems shall
not be worse than 50 dB. (a)
a) True
b) False

5. In the normal operating conditions sound pressure level is 70 to 80 dB. (a)

a) True
b) False

6. The sound reflection reaching a listener ear at least 1/15th of a second after the original
sound is termed as echo. (a)
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a) True
b) False

7. Reverberation is an accumulation of echoes. (a)

a) True
b) False

8. “Paging” is a one way communication in which one can call or summon the individuals or
the general public. (a)
a) True
b) False

9. The system, which facilitates to talk back to the caller by the individual, is called, paging
and talk back system. (a)
a) True
b) False

CHAPTER-6:

1. The effective impedance of the load should be matched with the output impedance of the
amplifier. (a)
a) True
b) False

2. Line matching transformers (LMT) are being used in voltage matching method. (a)
a) True
b) False

3. The power transfer is maximum in impedance matching. (a)

a) True
b) False
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Objective Question Bank

Chapter-1:

1. Touch screen systems are also called as ____________________________ (c)

a. interactive information systems.
b. Non interactive information systems
c. Passenger operated enquiry terminal (POET)
d. None of the above

2. LED based electronic Display boards are ________________________ (a)

a. non interactive information systems
b. interactive information systems
c. none of the above

3. Call centre is the system providing train related information to the passengers ____ (b)
a. at Railway station
b. at passenger end
c. both at Railway station and passenger end

4. One of the System that provide information at Passenger end is ______________ (a)
a. Internet
b. Alpha numeric display
c. POET
d. CCTVs

5. One of the systems that provide information at station is_____________________ (d)

a. Call centre
b. PSTN.
c. IVRS
d. CCTVs.

6. Passenger Amenities to be provided at stations are decided by _______________ (c)

a. GM of Zonal Railways
b. DRM of Divisions.
c. Railway Board.

Chapter-2:

1. Touch screens are used as ______________________________ (a)

a. input devices
b. output devices
c. both input & output devices
d. none of the above
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2. In the Surface acoustic touch screen system, the location of the touch is determined by
____________ (a)
a. Absorption of acoustic waves.
b. voltage changes
c. frequency changes

3. Digital video recorder can accommodate _____________numbers of cameras. (c)

a. 8
b. 16
c. 32
d. 64

4. Network video recorders are used in __________________________________ (a)

a. IP based CCTV surveillance system
b. Analog based CCTV surveillance system
c. both Analog and IP based CCTV surveillance system

6. In the Resistive touch screen location of the touch is determined by ___________ (a)
a. Voltage change.
b. Frequency change.
c. Absorption of acoustic waves.

7. Redundant Array of independent disks used in IP based CCTV Surveillance system has
the storage capacity in __________________________ (d)
a. Kilo bits
b. Mega bits
c. Gega bits
d. Tera bits

8. Digital video recorder (DVR) is used in ______________________________ (b)

a. IP based CCTV surveillance system.
b. Analog based CCTV surveillance system.
c. both in Analog based CCTV surveillance system & IP based CCTV surveillance system.
d. None of the above.

Chapter-3:

1. The IVRS is integrated with __________________________ (a)

a. PRS & NTES data base through servers
b. BSNL/RLY exchange and PRS
c. PRS & BSNL/RLY exchange

2. The Call centre fetches the dynamic data such as train arrival/departure information
form_________ (b)
a. PRS server
b. NTES server;
c. both from PRS & NTES server
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3. PBX Switch in Call centre based IVRS is equipped with __________________ (d)
a. 8 E1 trunks
b. 72 analog extensions
c. 24 digital extensions
d. All the above’

4. In Call center based IVRS, connectivity between BSNL exchange and Call center is
through _____________________________________ (b)
a. Analog circuits
b. Digital circuits
c. Both analog and digital circuits
d. None of the above’

5. Features such as increased availability of services, E-mail access, Fax on demand,

Automatic announcing unit, Call back facility on reservation confirmation, Accident related
queries and Registration of complaints are available in (b)
a. IVRS
b. Call center based IVRS
c. In both IVRS & Call center based IVRS
d. None of the above

Chapter-4:

1. In IPIS switching is done by ___________________________________ (c)

a. Control console unit.
b. Eight port LAN switch.
c. Main data communication hub.
d. Platform data communication hub.

2. Platform display boards and Coach Guidance display boards in the platforms have the
below said addresses. (c)
a. Unique or Device address.
b. Multicast address
c. Both Multicast and Device address.
d. IP address

3. MDCH routes the incoming signals from CCU to ______________________ (c)

a. Close circuit Televisions.
b. PA systems.
c. LED based electronic display boards.
d. to all the above said devices

4. The numbers of LED based display boards, can be connected to one O/P port of PDCH
are __________ (d)
a. Two boards
b. Four boards
c. Six boards
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d. Eight boards

5. The interface cable used for connecting PDCH output ports to display boards is
_________ (a)
a. RS485.
b. Coaxial cable.
c. RS232.
d. OFC.

6. Data synchronization between two control consoles is through______________ (c)

a. LAN switch
b .by cross connecting the PCs
c. by cross connecting the PCs or by using a LAN switch

7. The serial port connection to the Coach Guidance display boards along a line will be
______________ (c)
a. serially connected
b. parallel connected
c. daisy chained

8. The maximum length of the RS485 cable used in IPIS should be ___________ (b)
a. 15m
b. 1200m
c. 1000m
d. 500m

9. In IPIS Data speed in RS232 cable should be ______________________ (a)

a. 57.6 kbps
b. 4.8 kbps
c. 100kbps

10. In version-4 of the IPIS, the following changes have been made (d)
a. IP addresses to be assigned to the devices.
b. SMD LEDs to be used in the display boards.
c. WI-FI connectivity between the system and the display boards.
d. All the above are correct

11. In IPIS, from version-3 onwards colour of the LEDs used in PDBs and CGDBs should be
_________ (c)
a. blue.
b. yellow.
c. white.
d. None of the above
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12. The maximum length of RS232 cable used in IPIS is______________ (a)
a. 15m.
b. 1200m.
c. 1000m.
d. None of the above

13. In IPIS the data speed in RS485 cable is _______________________ (b)

a. 57.6 kblps.
b. 4.8 kbps.
c. 35mbps

14. For one output port of MDCH, the numbers of display boards can be connected on point
to multipoint basis are ___________________ (b)
a. 2 boards.
b. 4 boards.
c. 6 boards.
d. 8 boards.

Chapter-5:

1. Slave clocks which cannot function without the master clock are called ________ (a)
a. Impulse clocks.
b. Real time clocks.
c. Stand alone clocks.

2. The master-slave digital clocks obtain common reference time from the ________ (a)
a. GPS orbiting the earth.
b. Master clock only.
c. Real time clock only.

3. The backup for GPS clock is from ______________________________ (b)

a. Common reference time from GPS.
b. Real time clock.
c. Slave clock.

4. The oscillator in digital clocks is crystal controlled because of ____________ (c)

a. The less space it occupies.
b. High frequency stability of crystal oscillator.
c. Less space and high frequency stability.

5. Communication between master and slave clocks can be_________________ (a & b)

a. Wired
b. Wireless.
c. None of the above
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Chapter-6:

1. Rail Radar is an application introduced by CRIS that enable commuters to know

_________ (d)
a. Location of the train.
b. Running status of the train.
c. Train route & stoppages.
d. All the above

2. The blue arrows in the Google map indicate the___________________. (d)

a. Super fast trains.
b. Mail/Express trains.
c. Passenger trains.
d. On time train.

3. The red arrows in the Google map indicates the_______________________ (d)

a. Super fast trains.
b. Mail/Express trains.
c. Passenger trains.
d. Delayed trains.

Chapter-7:

1. Electronic Reservation Chart is displayed through _____________________ (b)

a. LED monitors.
b. LCD monitors.
c. CRT monitors.

2. Electronic Reservation Chart in the platform displays__________________ (a, b & c)

a. Confirmation status.
b. RAC status.
c. Waitlisted status.
d. None of the above.

3. Charting server receives Chart data from _______________via railway network. (a)
a. PRS server.
b. NTES server.
c. none of the above.

4. All the Electronic Reservation Chart displays are connected to the server via LAN with
its _____________________________ (a)
a. Unique IP address.
b. Multicast address.
c. Hard ware address.
d. None of the above. .
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5. _____________________enables to extend the distance of the LAN without any loss of

data in Electronic Reservation Chart system. (a)
a. LAN Extender
b. Modem.
c. Router
d. None of the above
Ans: a
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Chapter-1: Secondary Cells

1. Function of separators in Lead acid cell is to prevent _____________. (b)

a. over charging
b. short-circuit
c. deep discharge
d. plate damage

2. Capacity of any Lead Acid cell is given in_________________. (a)

a. Ampere Hours
b. Ampers
c. Hours
d. Voltage hours

3. While charging LA cell, the condition of gasing indicates that the cell is
______________. (d)
a. partially discharged
b. fully discharged
c. partially charged
d.fully charged

4. Active material on positive plates of a fully charged Lead Acid cell is_____. (a)
a. Lead peroxide
b. Lead dioxide
c. Lead sulphate
d. Lead

5. _______is an instrument used to measure the Specific gravity of electrolyte. (d)

a. Thermometer
b. Sp. gravity meter
c. Mass flow meter
d. Hydrometer

6. The material used for grids in maintenance free Lead Acid battery is_______.(a)
a. Lead Calcium alloy.
b. Lead Peroxide alloy
c. Lead Sulphate alloy
d. Lead Zinc alloy

7. High rate of charging or discharging leads to problem of ____in LA acid cell. (d)
a. Sulphation
b. Loss of Capacity
c. High density of electrolyte
d. Buckiling
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8. AGM, in VRLA batteries, means ______________________________. (c)

a. Absorbed Gas Mat
b. Associated Glass Mat
c. Absorbed Glass Mat
d. Associated Gas Mat

9. The VRLA / SMF-LA batteries shall be charged with _____________voltage. (b)

a. Constant Voltage with voltage un-regulated
b. Constant Voltage with voltage regulation
c. Constant Voltage
d. Regulated Voltage

10. To avoid lead corrosion on battery connectors and terminals _________ has to be
applied. (a)
a. Petroleum jelly
b. Leaded greese
c. Diesel
d. SAE-2T oil

11. Internal short circuit in a cell is indicated by __________. (c)

a. Gassing from cell
b. High specific gravity of lectrolyte
c. Warm when touched
d. Sulphation

12. Lead Acid cell can be discharged up to voltage of ______________. (b)

a. 1.70
b. 1.80
c. 1.85
d. 1.9

13. In VRLA cell/battery the compensation of distilled water is by___________. (a)

a. Recombination principle.
b. Adding distilled water
c. Adding very low amount of acid
d. Keep the cell in boost charge

14. Leaving the LA battery in a discharged condition causes______________. (b)

a. Internal short circuit
b. Sulfation
c. Loss of electrolyte
d. Shedding
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15. Voltage of a fully charged rechargeable Alkaline cell is _________ (d)

a. 2.1
b. 1.5
c. 1.0
d. 1.2

16. The electrolyte used in case of Alkaline cell is _____________. (a)

a. KOH.
b. H2SO4
c. MnO2
d. Zn

17. The flot charging voltage of a VRLA cell is_______________ (c)

a. 2.10
b. 2.15
c. 2.25
d. 2.30

18. The operating temparature of a battery increases then the capacity of battery
_______________. (a)
a. Increases
b. Decrases
c. Remains same
d. Both (a) & (b) are correct

19. K-factor in LA cells indicates__________. (c)

a. Availabilty of cell capacity at different loads.
b. Availabilty of cell capacity at different Temparatures
c. Availability of cell capacity at different discharge rates and end cell voltages.
d. Availability of cell capacity at different charge rates and fullu charged cell
voltages.

20. Temparature correction in LA batteries is not reuired when the battery is in

operation at ________°C. (d)
a. 0
b. 15
c. 20
d. 27

21. EPV of an Alkaline cell is_____________. (a)

a. 1.0
b. 1.2
c. 1.8
d. 2.0
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22. Recommended type of charging for Alkaline cells is ___________________. (c)

a. Constant current & regulated voltage
b. Regulated Voltage & Regulated Current
c. Constant current & constant voltage
d. Regulated current & constant voltage

23. Gravimetric Energy density is high in _________ rechargeable batteries. (b)

a. Li-ion
b. Li-poly
c. Ni-MH
d. VRLA

24. Maximum allowable depth of discharge of battery, as defined by manufacturer,

is_____________. (d)
a. 50%
b. 60%
c. 70%
d. 80%

Chapter-2: Battery Charging

1. Rate of Trickle charging is ____________________ (a)

a. 1 mA/Ah.
b. 10 mA/Ah
c. 100 mA/Ah
d. 1 A/Ah

2. The codal life of re-chargeable batteries used in S&T department is_______ (c)
a. 24 months
b. 36 months
c. 48 months
d. 60 months

3. The maximum temperature allowed during charging of LA battery shall not exceed
_____ °C. (d)
a. 27
b.30
c. 40
d. 50
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4. Converter unit is for conversion of ___________________ (a)

a. AC to DC or DC to DC
b. AC to DC only
c. DC to AC only
d. DC to AC and DC to DC

5. Boost Charging Voltage of conventional LA battery is________. (c)

a. 2.2
b. 2.3
c. 2.4
d. 2.5

6. The approximate ratio of acid to distilled water for conventional LA battery is (c)
a. 1:2
b. 1;3
c. 1:4
d. 1:5

7. As defined by manufacturer, charging current is limited to ____% of nominal

capacity of battery in constant potential with current limited charging, (b)
a. 10
b. 20
c. 30
d. 40

8. Charging voltage of VRLA or SMF battery is______________________. (c)

a. 2.1
b. 2.2
c. 2.3
d. 2.5

9. During initial charging of convential LA cells, the voltage of cell shall be set
to_______. (d)
a. 2.3
b. 2.4
c. 2.6
d. 2.7
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10. While charging initially the LA batteries, _______ amount of the constant current
may be supplied to the batteries, when manufacturer has not defined the charging
current. (c)
a. Ah capicity / 5
b. Ah capacity / 10
c. Ah capacity / 15
d. Ah capacity / 20

11. Unit of Capacity of a cell_______________ (a)

a. Ah
b. A
c. h
d. Ha

12. In C /10 discharge rate, 10 indicates_____________________ (c)

a. Volts
b. Amps
c. Hours
d. Constant

Chapter-3: Battery Chargers

1. In Automatic Battery charger the output controlling device is___________. (d)

a. BJT
b. IGBT
c. UJT
d. SCR

2. In Automatic battery charger the gate pulses for SCR’s is generated by ___ (b)
a. Transformer
b. control circuit
c. SCR
d. UJT

3. The efficiency of Linear type battery charger is ____________ a SMPS battery

charger (c)
a. same as of
b. higher than
c. less than
d. almost equal to
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4. In SMPS battery charger, isolation from AC mains is_________________ (a)

a. very high
b. very low
c. equal
d. partial

5. Out put side of a charger ________ is introduced to reduce the change in the
charging current (b)
a. Load
b. Ballast
c. Battery
d. Capicitor

6. MOV is a ____________ (d)

a. Capicitor
b. Reverse Voltage protection
c. Fuse
d. Surge suppressor

7. Specification of 48V DC auto/manual battery charger for S&T equipment

is____________ (c)
a. IRS.TC.72/97
b. IRS.TC.86/2000
c. IRS.S.86/2000
d. RDSO/SPN/TL/23/99

8. In a 48V DC auto/manual battery charger, float voltage range is ___________

V/Cell. (a)
a. 2.0 to 2.3
b. 1.8 to 2.3
c. 2.0 to 2.5
d. 1.8 to 2.5

9. In a 48V DC auto/manual battery charger, N+1 indicates__________. (b)

a. Number of SMRs
b. Number of cells
c. Number of battery banks
d. Number of Loads
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10. In a automatic battery charger, automatic change over from float to boost mode and
vice versa will be carriedout by sensing __________ (d)
a. load voltage
b. load current
c. battery voltage
d. battery current

11. Power plants which have the scope for modular expansion are__________ (d)
a. Thyristor controlled
b. Ferro-resonant
c. Linear
d. SMPS
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Chapter-1:

1. The devices prone to transient surge voltage and currents are (d)
a. IC’s
b. Microprocessors
c. Microcontrollers
d. All the above

2. Surges are caused by (d)

a. Lightning discharges
b. Switching on/off of inductive loads
c. Ignition and interruption of electric arcs
d. All the above

3. The percentage of loss (cost of damage) due to surges alone is (b)

a. 30.3%
b. 27.4%
c. 15.6%
d. 22.8%

4. During the Lightning the magnitude of current rises to (d)

a. 10 Amps
b. 100 Amps
c. 1000 Amps
d. 10 kA- 200kA

5. During the Lightning the heating of air up to (d)

a. 1000k
b. 100000k
c. 30000k
d. 300000k

6. Surges involve voltages and currents which are much higher than the working voltages and
currents. (a)
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

7. Ice crystals are negatively charged whereas water droplets are positively charged. (b)
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

8. In lightning the air gets heated up to 30,000 degrees Kelvin. (a)

a. TRUE
b. FALSE

9. The magnitudes of electric currents resulting due to lightning are between 10 to 200 K Amp
(a)
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
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10. Lightening results in building up of potentials of the order of 1 to 100 million Volts. (b)
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

11. Meaning of 200 KA 10/350 surge is Surge current with 10 micro sec peak value rise time/
350 micro sec drop time to half peak value. (a)
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

12. Lightning protection zone LPZ-0A means no direct strikes. (b)

a. TRUE
b. FALSE

13. Lightning protection zone LPZ1 means no direct strikes with partial lightning and damped
magnetic field. (a)
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

14. LPZ -0 A protection zone comes under direct strike. (a)

a. TRUE
b. FALSE

15. Positive charge center lies in lower part of atmosphere and negative charge center lies in
Upper part of atmosphere. (b)
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

Chapter 2: Fundamentals of Earthing

1. Even though the earth is a bad conductor, the reason for choosing earth as a protective
means is that it provides ideal equipotential surface. (a)
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

2. Resistivity of dry soil is 10 ohms and of wet soil is 1 ohms. (b)

a. TRUE
b. FALSE

3. The parameter which depends on shape and size of an electrode is Electrode resistance.
(a)
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

4. To keep the electrode to earth resistance value low, the length of electrode has to be
Reduced. (b)
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
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5. By using two electrodes the earth resistance becomes half only if the distance between the
two electrodes is two times the length. (a)
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

6. When a strip or plate electrode is used the length parameter has major influence on earth
Resistance. (a)
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

Chapter-3: Surge protection devices

1. Surge protection devices are divided into three classes. (b)

a. TRUE
b. FALSE

2. Response time of an SPD means its CLOSURE time. (a)

a. TRUE
b. FALSE

3. The class A protection is offered by transferring 50% of the lightening energy to ground.
(a)
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

4. If an elliptical waveguide is used between antenna and communication equipment that is to

be earthed at 10 meters intervals. (a)
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

5. Class B protection is the SECOND stage protection provided at mains (power) distribution
panel. (b)
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

6. Class B SPDs operate on CHOPPING OF ARC principle. (a)

a. TRUE
b. FALSE

7. Class B SPDs are to be provided between (d)

a. Neutral and earth.
b.R,Y,B phases
c. R,Y,B phase and Neutral
d. Neutral & earth and R/Y/B phase & Neutral

8. Neutral to Earth protection should have lower ratings than Neutral to Phase protection. (b)
a. TRUE
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b. FALSE

9. Surge rating is taken care by class C protection at 50 KA,8/20 micro second pulses. (a)
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

10. The data and power supply lines to electronic equipment need to be provided with
class C SPDs at both ends of the conductor. (b)
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

11. The total length of the conductors used on either side of class B or class C protection SPD
should be less than 50 cm. (a)
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

12. Size of conductor connecting class B SPD shall be 6 sq.mm & for class C SPD shall be
16 sq.mm. (b)
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

Chapter 4: RDSO Specifications for Earthing System for Telecom Installations

1. The main purpose of earthing is to provide nearly zero or absolute earth potential. (a)
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

2. Surge arrestors and lightning dischargers offers protection against build up of unduly low
voltages (b)
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

3. System earthing is associated with non-current carrying conductor and safety of human life,
animals and property. (b)
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

4. Equipment earthing is associated with current carrying conductor and is essential to the
security of the system. (b)
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

5. Step voltage means potential difference between two points on earth surface.separated by
a distance of one meter. (a)
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
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6. The potential difference between grounded metallic structure and a point on the earthing
surface is known as TOUCH voltage. (a)
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

7. Factors affecting soil resistivity are (d)

a. Chemical composition
b. Salts dissolved
c. Moisture content
d. All of the above

8. Best soil used for locating an earth electrode is damp and wet sand peat and the last choice
is wet marshy ground. (b)
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

9. Fall of potential method with 3rd terminals (P-2), gives a constant earth electrode resistance
at 62% of distance between C-1 and C-2. (a)
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

Chapter 5: Code of Practise for Earthing and Bonding system for S & T Equipments
1. Characteristics of a good earthing system are (d)
a. Excellent electrical conductivity
b. High corrosion resistance
c. Mechanically robust and reliable
d. All of the above

2. Acceptable earth resistance value at busbar is (d)

a. Greater than one ohm
b. Less than 10 ohms
c. between one and ten ohms
d. Not more than one ohm.

3. Earth electrode shall be made of high tensible low carbon steel rods molecularly bonded
with minimum copper bonding thickness of 250 microns on outer surface. (a)
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

4. Earth enhancement material should have the following properties (d)

a. Highly conductive
b. Non corrosive
c. Humidity retention capability
d. All of the above

5. The depth of an earth pit shall be about 2.8 meters. (a)

a. TRUE b. FALSE
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6. Loop earth with connection of multiple earthed pits is opted when the achived earth
resistance is (c)
a. Greater than 10 ohms
b. Less than 5 ohms
c. Equal to or less than 1 ohm is not attainable
d. All of the above

Chapter 6: Surge protection devices for Telecom Equipments

1. Insertion of surge protection device in telecommunication installation should not affect the
following parametric values (d)
a. Insulation resistance and series resistance
b. capacitance and near end cross talk
c. Insertion loss ,Return loss and current response time
d. All of the above

2. Surge protection devices are desired to be pluggable in the module as per IEC61643-21
standard. A. (a)
a.TRUE
b. FALSE

3. Band width parameter of a surge protection device should be minimum of 2.3 MHz for
telephone applications . (a)
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

4. GD Tube is a voltage switching and limiting device. (a)

a. TRUE
b. FALSE

5. PTC is self restoring voltage limiting device. (b)

a. TRUE
b. FALSE

6. GD Tube is a voltage switching and limiting device where as PTC is self restoring
current limiting device. (a)
a. TRUE b. FALSE

7. Total nominal discharge current for (8/20 micro sec pulse) Surge Protection device is rated
at 10 Kilo Amp., where as its nominal current is 120 mili Amp. (a)
a. TRUE b. FALSE

8. Protection against lightning electromagnetic impulses are discussed in IEC 61312

STANDARDS under section (1 to 4). (a)
a. TRUE b. FALSE
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Objective Question Bank

Chapter-1:

1. In RE area Emergency Control HQ equipment is provided with __________________. (c)

a) Section Controller c) Traction Power Controller
b) Deputy Chief Controller d) Traction Loco Controller

2. Remote control works on __________________ principle. (b)

a) WPA c) PTCC
b) SACFA d) DTMF

3. Role of S&T in Control working is to __________________. (a)

a) To provide communication
b) To provide efficient train control
c) To provide cooperation between departments
d) All the above

4. The function of proper utilization of rolling stock comes under _____________control. (b)
a) TPC c) RC
b) TLC d) All the above

5. Efficient utilization of Engine power falls under _________________ control. (a)

a) TLC c) TPC
b) Dy. CTO d) All the above

6. Power Controller in electrified sections is called as __________________Controller. (c)

a) Section c) TPC
b) TLC d) All the above

7. Trains movements information of a particular day can be had from ____________. (b)
a) Test room c) Reservation chart
b) Control Chart d) All the above

Chapter-2:

1. Railway control communication circuits are of ______________________ type circuits. (c)

a) Point to point c) Omnibus
b) Party to line d) All the above

2. Type of signaling system suitable for control circuits is ________________________. (d)

a) E & M c) Loop
b) RD d) DTMF

3. Emergency control sockets are provided on rail posts at _____________km intervals. (a)
a) 1 c) 3
b) 2 d) 4

4. Name any one control circuit used only in RE sections. _______________________. (c)
a) Section Control c) Traction Power Control
b) Emergency Control d) Deputy Control
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5. No. of tones used in DTMF system. ______________________________. (b)

a) 4 c) 12
b) 8 d) 16

6. Maximum no. of way station codes available in DTMF system. (c)

a) 97 c) 99
b) 98 d) 100

Chapter-3:

1. Presently, there are _______ control communication systems working on UG cable media.
a) Equalizer type c) CCEO (a)
b) Conventional type d) All the above

2. _____________of quad cable is eliminated in Equalizer amplifier system. (c)

a) Loading c) Both A & B
b) Balancing d) None of the above

3. _____________________is an additional facility in Equalizer amplifier system. (d)

a) Remote Monitoring c) Automatic by-passing
b) 8 way Intercom d) All the above

4. The dual power supply unit in Equalizer Amplifier system is used for ____________. (b)
a) Working of the equipment c) Ringing of way station telephone
b) Charging the batteries d) None of the above

5. SOS code is sent by a ______________ to test room equipment in case of fault. (c)
a) Test room equipment c) Way station equipment
b) Controller’s equipment d) All the above

6. In addition to speech unit a DTMF _____________ is also needed at control office. (b)
a) Decoder c) Multiplexer
b) Encoder d) All the above

7. In addition to Control telephone a DTMF __________ is also needed at way stations. (a)
a) Decoder c) Multiplexer
b) Encoder d) All the above

8. A speech conversion unit is used for _______________________________. (c)

a) Level matching c) 4 wire to 2 wire conversion
b) Impedance matching d) All of the above

9. DTMF signal normal output level in Control office equipment is ______________. (d)
a) 0 dBm c) 20 to 0 dBm
b) 0 to 20 dBm d) 0 to -7 dBm

Chapter-4:

1. Equipment used in Railtel’s OFC control communication system are _______________ In

CCEO system. (c)
a) STM 1 c) Both A & B
b) PD Mux d) None of the above

2. LTE can use ________________________ no. of 2-wire telephones. (d)

a) 40 c) 99
b) 80 d) 20
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3. Maximum ____ no. of control telephones can be connected to one MTWE. (b)
a) 2 c) 6
b) 4 d) 8

4. Operating voltage required for CCEO system is ______. (d)

a) 12V c) 36V
b) 24V d) 48V

5. Dialling facility is not available in telephones connected to __________ equipment of

CCEO. (c)
a) CRE c) LTE
b) TRE d) MTWE

6. Telephones having dialling facility are known as __________________________. (d)

a) Control Telephones c) Auto Telephones
b) Magneto Telephones d) TDCT

7. 2-wire telephone lines connected to LTE can be extended up to a distance of ________.(a)

a) 1 Km c) 4 Km
b) 2 Km d) 8 Km

8. 2-wire telephone lines connected to MTWE can be extended up to a distance of ______.(b)

a) 1 Km c) 4 Km
b) 2 Km d) 8 Km

9. TWA is used where ___________________________________. (c)

a) More than 4 control telephones are to be provided
b) RPE is provided
c) Both A & B
d) None of the above

10. Radio patching in CCEO system can be done remotely from ______________. (a)
a) TRE c) LTE
b) CRE d) TWA

Chapter-5:

1. Input and output impedance of equalizer type VF repeater is ____________. (b)

a) 600 Ohm c) 1120 Ohm
b) 470 Ohm d) 150 Ohm

2. Main advantages of Equalizer Amplifier system are _______________________. (d)

a) Automatic bypassing.
b) Reversal of amplifier direction while patching is not required.
c) Loading and condenser joints in cable are eliminated.
d) All of the above.

3. 4-way amplifier is available in _______________________________ system. (b)

a) Conventional repeaters c) CCEO
b) Equalizer type repeaters d) Overhead line

4. Mention an extra facility available in Equalizer amplifier system. _____________. (d)

a) Remote monitoring c) 8 way intercom
b) In built Oscillator d) All of the above

5. Maximum Tx and Rx amplifier gain that can be set in Equalizer amplifier is _____. (d)
a) 12 dBm c) 5 dBm
b) 24 dBm d) 20 dBm
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6. Minimum gain selectable for Equalizer amplifier is _________________. (a)

a) 1 dBm c) 4 dBm
b) 2 dB d) 8 dBm

Chapter-6:

1. Interconnection between section control and Dy. Control is called __________. (b)
a) Transposition c) Crossing
b) Patching d) None of the above

2. Separate equipment for radio patching is not needed in ____________ system. (b)
a) Impulse system c) Both A & B
b) DTMF d) None of the above

3. The Radio patch connection is taken from Buffer ____ in Indisco equipment. (a)
a) 2 c) Both A & B
b) 1 d) None of the above

Chapter-7:

1. There is no ___________ facility in a Control Telephones provided at way stations. (c)

a) Patching c) Dialling
b) Speech d) None of the above

2. A universal control telephone has a _________ in addition to control phone. (b)

a) DTMF Encoder c) Both A & B
b) DTMF Decoder d) None of the above

3. A portable EC telephone is used by _________________________. (c)

a) Guard c) Both A & B
b) Loco Pilot d) None of the above

4. A 2-wire 12-way telephone consists of one master and ________slave phones. (b)
a) 5 c) 12
b) 10 d) 15

5. Electronic LC gate phone has one master and __________ slave phones. (c)
a) 2 c) 6
b) 4 d) 8

6. Master phone of Electronic LC gate system operates on ________ DC supply. (b)

a) 3 V c) 24V
b) 12V d) 48V

7. IWCCE can replace all ____________________ used at a way station. (a)

a) Control Telephones c) LC gate telephones
b) Auto telephones d) All of the above

8. ______ number of control circuits can be connected to IWCCE. (d)

a) 2 c) 6
b) 4 d) 8

9. _____ number of control telephones can be connected to IWCCE. (c)

a) 6 c) 30
b) 24 d) 12
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10. In Indian Railway, Voice data logger is provided in ________. (b)

a) Control Office c) Way stations
b) Testroom d) All the above

11. Minimum no. of speech channels recorded by one voice logger unit is _____. (c)
a) 2 c) 4
b) 3 d) 6

12. SCADA system is operating through _____________ control circuit. (d)

a) Section c) Traction Loco
b) Traction Power d) Remote

13. Auto dialing system is used in emergencies for providing _______________ facility at track
side. (d)
a) Control c) BSNL phone
b) Auto Phone d) All of the above

Chapter-8:

1. ________________ sound is the result of an earth fault on overhead circuits. (c)

a) Whistling c) Crackling
b) Hauling d) Noise

2. On UG cable circuit transmission loss test periodicity is _________________. (b)

a) Weekly c) Bi Monthly
b) Monthly d) Half yearly

3. Value of psophometric noise level should be below ______________________. (c)

a) 5mV c) 2mV
b) 10mV d) 8mV

Chapter-9:

1. If there is no Trans from controller one of the likely cause can be _____________. (d)
a) Amplifier failure c) Input from Mic not available
b) Power supply failure d) Any one of the above

2. If there no ringing at a way station one of the likely cause can be _____________. (d)
a) Faulty DTMF decoder c) Rx amplifier failure
b) Wrong code setting d) Any one of the above

3. ________________can result in both way communication loss with the controller. (d)
a) Equipment failure c) Cable failure
b) DC power supply failure d) Any one of the above

4. There is no communication beyond an intermediate VF repeater. The cause may be

_________. (d)
a) Repeater amplifier failure c) Cable failure
b) Repeater power supply failure d) Any one of the above

Chapter-10:

1. Computer connectivity to the Voice logger is through Ethernet port. (a)

a) True b) False
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2. The DC power supply required for the operation of Voice logger is _______. (a)
a) 12V c) 36V
b) 24V d) 48V

3. POH (Phone off hook) mode is used for recording voice over telephone and VOX mode is
used for recording voice over control circuits. (a)
a) True b) False

4. The Voice logger used in control communication has a built in hard disc of _______
capacity. (c)
a) 2 GB c) 40 GB
b) 16 GB d) 80 GB

5. Recordings are saved automatically in HDD of logger as well as in the HDD of PC

simultaneously. (a)
a) True b) False

6. RJ 11 connectors are used to connect control voice channels to the Voice logger. (a)
a) True b) False

Chapter- 11:

1. The Train management system provides ‘On Line’ information of train movements to the
various railway agencies. (a)
a) True b) False

2. ____________ have been installed in TMS control room for viewing of live train
movements, track lay out, status of points, signal aspects and status of level crossing
gates. (a)
a) Display Boards c) Control Chart
b) NMS d) None of the above

3. On line Video display unit enables the master in optimum planning of train movements in
his jurisdiction. (a)
a) True b) False

4. Train indication boards, Video display units and Audio announcement systems work on
________________ basis to avoid wrong display and announcements. (b)
a) Off line c) Real time
b) On line d) None of the above

5. The Tx and Rx frequency used for Mobile train communication between trains and
Control centre is ___________. (c)
a) 2.4 GHz c) 338-355 MHz
b) 165.5 MHz d) 1 KHz

6. Mobile communication in TMS guides the driving crew as well as to inform the travelling
public during traffic dislocations. (a)
a) True b) False

Chapter-12:

1. Significant impedance mismatch degrades voice quality due to the connecting of way
station equipments to the same point. (c)
a) True b) False
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2. Gateways shall be used for connecting TCCS with Railway Telephone exchanges,
emergency communication circuit and Analog control telephones. (a)
a) True b) False

3. In VOIP based TCCS, IP phones shall be provided to way side station masters and other
users of control circuits. (a)
a) True b) False

4. Remote configuration and real time performance monitoring of TCCS shall be done by
centralized _______. (b)
a) Control c) Server
b) NMS d) None of the above

5. The communication server shall deny any intruder to access TCCS using _________. (a)
a) False Identity c) Wrong User name
b) Wrong password d) None of the above

6. Since VOIP is internationally accepted technology, future improvement in the system shall
also benefit the TCCS. (a)
a) True b) False
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Objective Question Bank

Chapter-1:

1. Telephone singals are needed to (a)

a. establish and release the call
b. listen the others call
c. select language of display board
d. setting date and time
ANS: a

2. Signalling in telephony is (a)

a. set of rules to establish a call
b. matter of choice to choose some set of rules
c. both a and b
d. dont know
ANS: a and b

3. Call request signal means (a)

a. loop signal from subscriber to exchange
b. loop signal from exchangeto subscriber
c. on hook signal to exchange
d. none of the above
ANS: a

4. Call release signal means (a)

a. time bound call release
b. forced release the call
c. normal release of call
d. all the above
ANS: d

5. Selection information means (a)

a. information of the called subscriber
b. information about calling subscriber
c. both a and b
d. information about originating exchange
ANS: a

6. address information can be send to exchnage in the form of (a)

a. pulse or tone dialling
b. tapping the phone
c. voice recognition at exchange
d. a and c
ANS: a

7. in off hook signal, (a)

a. dial tone is fed to the subscriber
b. confirmation tone is sent to the subscriber
c. acceptance tone is sent to the subscriber
d. non of the above
ANS: a

8. in magneto telephone, only (a)

a. dial tone is sent to the subscriber
b. ringing current is sent on line to the called subscriber
c. ring back tone is sent to called subscriber
d. none of the above
ANS: b
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9. in any SPC exchange, (a)

a. more complex signals can be exchnaged
b. only few signals can be sent
c. choice of signalling can be selected
d. a and c
ANS: d

10. -48 volt is fed to the subscriber line when (a)

a. it is off hook mode
b. it is onhook mode
c.it is i talk mode
d. in all the three above mode
ANS: d

11. pulse dialling is achieved by (a)

a. makes and breaks in subscriber loop line
b. generating a tone for a corresponding interrupt
c. number of breaks in subscriber loop line
d.only number of makes in subscriber loop line
ANS: a

12. inter digit pause is required to differentiate between consecutive digits (a)
a. True
b. False
ANS: a

13. DTMF dialling uses two sets of voice frequencies (a)

a. True
b. False
ANS: a

14. pulse dialling is faster than DTMF dialing (a)

a. True
b. False
ANS: b

15. answer back signal is (a)

a. off hook signal from called subscriber
b. when speech starts between two subscriber
c. when call is about to release
d. none of the above
ANS: a

16. permanent line signal means (a)

a. busy tone signal
b. signal recieved after call gets disconnected
c. signal ahead of off hook signal
d. none of the above
ANS: a

17. register recall signal is a (a)

a. optional signal
b. compulsary signal before speech start
c. compulsary signal after speech start
d. both b and c
ANS: a
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18. register recall signal can be used (a)

a. before the speech start
b. during the speech
c. both a and b
d. none of the above
ANS: c

19. trunk signalling is (a)

a. inter-exchange signalling
b. signalling between subscribers pair
c. signalling between subscriber and exchange
d. both b and c
ANS: a

20. trunk signalling can be (a)

a. in-band signalling
b. out-of-band signalling
c. both a and b
d. none of the above
ANS: c

21. compelled signalling is reliable and enables transmission of complex signals (a)
a. True
b. False
ANS: a

22. metallic loop signalling is use both in subscriber lines and trunk lines (a)
a. True
b. False
ANS: a

23. metallic loop signalling can not support long distance trunk line. (a)
a. True
b. False
ANS: a

24. for long distance support, the metallic loop signalling is converted into single frequency
tone. (a)
a. True
b. False
ANS: a

25. in E &M signaling (a)

a. M lead is forwar signal
b. M lead is backward signal
c. E lead is forward lead
d. none of the above
ANS: a

26. CSMF stands for (a)

a. complete sequence multi-frequency
b. compelled sequence multi-frequency
c. compelled sequence multiplexed frequecy
d. none of the above
ANS: b
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27. R2 signalling uses six forward and six backward group frequencies. (a)
a. True
b. False
ANS: a

28. R2 signalling uses total 10 combinations of frequencies (a)

a. True
b. False
ANS: a

29. R2 signalling often refered as self checking system (a)

a. True
b. false

30. digital signalling systems are (a)

a. channel associate signalling system
b. common channel signalling system
c. integrated channel signalling system
d. none of the above
ANS: b

31. when signalling information is sent along with the speech channel it is know as channel
associated signalling system. (a)
a. True
b. False
ANS: a

32. uniform numbering plans are suitable to route the call in local area networks (a)
a. True
b. False
ANS: a

33. non-uniform numbering plans on international network will function properly only if guiding
digits are assigned properly. (a)
a. True
b. False
ANS: a

34. Qsig is an ISDN protocol (a)

a. True
b. False
ANS: a

35. all PBX's connected on Qsig can use features and services from a centralised location (a)
a. True
b. False
ANS: a

36. supplementry services between PBX's are provided by (a)

a. H323 protocol
b. Qsig protocol
c. H251 protocol
d.none of the above
ANS: b
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37. if the dialled number is found busy, we can opt for (a)
a. call transfer
b.call back or camp on
c. call reminder
d. call forward
ANS: b

38. if the dialled number is free but not responding, we can opt for (a)
a. camp on no response c. call park
b. try another number d. call divert
ANS: a

39. if three person connected in one call, it is a (a)

a. group call
b. hunt group call
c. 3-way conf
d. none of the above
ANS: c

40. one of the following is not a service provided by intelligent networks (a)
a. tele voting
b. toll free numbers
c. call transfer on busy condition
d. number portability
ANS: c

Chapter -2 Signalling system -7 (SS7)

1. SS7 signalling systems are also refered as

a. Common channel signalling
b. Control channel signalling
c. Channel associated signalling
d. None of the above
ANS: a

2. Almost all type of communication system around the globe use SS7 system
a. True b. False
ANS: T

3. Tele-marketing numbers are toll free and can be dialled from any phone in the network
a. True b. False
ANS: a

4. Cetrallised Directory is one of the service in

a. Common channel signalling system
b. Associtaed channel signalling
c. Special service channels
d. All the above
ANS: a

5. Services for the users are defined in

a. Subscriber data base
b. Exchange data base
c. Class of service in data base
d. None of the above
ANS: c
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6. Number portability means using the same number any were in the network.
a. True
b. False
ANS: a

7. Signalling information is pocessed fast in

a. Channel associated signalling
b. Special signalling channels
c. Common channel signalling
d. A and c
ANS: c

8. Common channel signalling system carries the messages in the form of

a. Signalling packets
b. Jacket of packets
c. Physical signals
d. Tone signals
ANS: A

9. “overlaid network” means packet switched network overlaid on Circuit switched network.
a. True
b. False
ANS: a

10. SS7 signalling supports sending text messages from analog phone to GSM phones.
a. True
b. False
ANS: a

Chapter -3 SS7 Architecture

1. SS7 control messages are handled by

a. Signal switching points
b. Signal reciever points
c. Signal control points
d. None of the above
ANS: a

2. Routing the signalling packets to other STP and SSP is done by

a. Signal transfer point
b. Signal control point
c. Signal reciever point
d. None of the above
ANS: a

3. Signal control points are responsible for

a. Providing information messages from data base
b. Providing information messages from other STP
c. Providing information messages from other SCP
d. None of the above
ANS: a

4. Access Links provide connection between all SCP to the main STP backbone
a. True
b. False
ANS: a
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5. Cross links or C links are connecting mated pair of STP’s

a. True
b. False
ANS: a

6. Cross links and bridge links are almost same in behaviour

a. True
b. False
ANS: a

7. Diagonal links or D links are connecting

a. Mated pair of STP’s in the same network
b. Mated pair of STP’s in different network
c. Mated pair of SCP’s in the same network
d. None of the above
ANS: b

8. Extended links or E links are responsible for connecting different mated pair of STP’s with
a. SCP and SSP
b. STP and SCP
c. SP and SSP
d. None of the above
ANS: a

9. Fully associated links or F links are connecting all SSP and SCP directly without using STP
a. True
b. False
ANS: a

10. SSP is the end point of control messages

a. True
b. False
ANS: a

Chapter -4 SS7 protocol suite

1. Exchanging signalling information between network elements is done by

a. Massege transfer point
b. Data link layer
c. Network layer
d. None of the above
ANS: a

2. Which one of the following is not the layer in MTP

a. Physical layer
b. Data link control layer
c. Network layer
d. Transport layer
Ans: d

3. Physical layer in MTP provides full duplex data connection in SS7 traffic
a. True
b. False
ANS: a
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4. Data rate which can be transmitted on physical layer

a. 64kbps only
b. 64 kbps and 2048 kbps
c. Only 2048 kbps
d. Low data below 64kbps also can be sent
ANS: b and d

5. Data link layer in MTP is responsible for Transmitting signalling messages

a. True
b. False
ANS: a

6. If you observe a link loss indication on PRI card it means the message is from
a. Physical layer
b. Data layer
c. Network layer
d. All the three
ANS: b

7. Handling signalling messages is one of the function of network layer

a. True
b. False
ANS: a

8. Link management and route management functions are done by

a. Physical layer
b. Data layer
c. Network layer
d. None of the above
ANS: c

9. Functionality provided by layer 2 of MTP are taken care by

a. Network layer
b. Physical layer
c. Control layer
d. Layer 2 itself
ANS: a

10. With the help of MTP, we ale able to achieve

a. Alternate routing function
b. Unified dial plan
c. Faster communication
d. All the above
ANS: d

Chapter -5 Functions of higher layers of SS7

1. SCCP stands for siganlling connection control part

a. True
b. False
ANS: a

2. SCCP performs the majority of functions which are limited in

a. MTP layers
b. SCP and STP
c. SSP’s
d. None of the above
ANS: a
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3. GTT or global title translation function is performed by higher layer called

a. MTP
b. SCCP
c. SSP’s
d. None of the above
ANS: b

4. Transaction capabilities application part is used for providing value added services
a. True
b. False
ANS: a

5. Operation Maintenance and Administration Part assist in

a. Administring the network
b. Validating routing tables in the network
c. Diagnosing the link faults
d. All the above
ANS : d

6. MSC (mobile switching center) is the element of GSM network

a. True
b. False
ANS: A

7. Mobile switching centers are responsible for call control

a. True
b. False
ANS: a

8. In GSM network,location update is done by

a. Mobile phone
b. Visitors locator register
c. Home locator register
d. Any other element
ANS: b

9. BSSAP stands for base station subsystem application part

a. True
b. False
ANS: a

10. BSSAP layer is used when

a. MSC communicate with BSC
b. BSC communicates with MSC
c. Mobile set communicate with BSC
d. Both a and b
ANS: a and b

11. Mobile aaplication part is used for communication between network subsystems.
a. True
b. False
ANS: a
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Objective Question Bank

Chapter-1:

1. In telephony,transmission of speech current on copper cable is termed as (a)

a. line telephony c. impedance matched telephony
b. wired telephony d. non of the above

2. To connect a telephone instrument a single pair of copper wires is required (a)

a. True b. false

3. Copper wires are used in telephony due to (b)

a. low cost c. easily available
b. less attenuation and distortion d. good resale value
.
4. A good transmission line has (a)
a. low insulation resistance c. less amount of current carrying capacity
b. small conductor diameter d. none of the above

5. Main distribution frame is (d)

a. connecting exchange output to field cable
b. a testing place for physical line parameters
c. used for providing protective devices
d. all the above

6. Card frame is meant for (a)

a. housing the cards c. protection devices
b. connecting only control cards d. none of the above

7. Power supply panel is responsible for (d)

a. power supply to peripheral cards
b. power supply to control cards
c. ringing power supply to subscribers
d. both a and b

8. Two subscriber connected in the same exchange is called as (b)

a. trunk switching c. group switching
b. local switching d. none of the above

9. SPC stands for (a)

a. stored program control c. strong program control
b. storage program control d. simple program control

10. Loop signalling is extended from (b)

a. subscriber to subscriber c. exchange to subscriber
b. subscriber to exchange d. exchange to exchange
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Chapter-2:

1. Push button telephone means (a)

a. dial pad for dialling digits. c. a push button to disconnect the line
b. a button provided to start the phone d. a phone with special previlages

2. A phone type connected between boss an secretary is a (a)

a. main and extension type c. only one phone shared between them
b. ordinary pair of two phones d. none of the above

3. CLIP stands for (b)

a. caller line identity permission c. call incoming line permitted
b. caller line identity presentation d. caller inbound line promise

4. Cordless phone works on (a)

a. radio trnsmission c. both a and b
b. wired transmission d. none of the above

5. In on hook condition, (a)

a. line is connected to ringer circuit c. line is totally disconnected from exchange
b. line is connected to dialler circuit d. none of the above

6. In off hook condition, (a)

a. line is connected to the dialler circuit c. line is connected to the amplifier circuit
b. line is connected to the ringer circuit d. none of the above

7. DTMF stands for (b)

a. Double tone multiplexed frequency c. dual tone multiple frequencies
b. dual tone multy frequency d. dual tone mixed frequencies

8. Dial lock means (b)

a. no dialling allowed c. only incoming call allowed
b. digits can not be dialled d. no incoming and outgoing from the phone

9. IP phones are connected on (a)

a. internet LAN switch b. directly to the exchange subscriber interface
c. copper pair to the exchange d. none of the above

10. IP phones are often called as (a)

a. SIP phones c. digital phone
b. plus feature phone d. caller id phone
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Objective Question Bank

Chapter-1:

1. In ISDN what does the word 'N' stands for (a)

a. Network c. networking
b. near d. net

2. ISDN means -integrated service digital network (a)

a. TRUE b. FALSE

3. What type of Signalling is used in ISDN Exchanges (b)

a. CAS c. MFC
b. CCS- 7 d. R2-MFC

4. What is the D-channel data rate in ISDN Bri Interface (b)

a. 64 Kbps c. 48 Kbps
b. 16 Kbps d. 16KBps

5. What is the D-channel data rate in ISDN PRI Interface (c)

a. 64 KBps c. 64 Kbps
b. 72 Kbps d. 16 Kbps

6. In ISDN ,BRI Transmission rate are (d)

a. 128 Kbps c. 2048 Kbps
b. 144 Kbps d. 192 Kbps

7. In ISDN PRI Transmission rate are (a)

a. 2048 Kbps c. 2.048 Kbps
b. 2000 Kbps d. 2048 Mbps

8. How many channels at present in European PRI interface rate (b)

a. 32 Channels c. 23 Channels
b. 30 Channels d. 64 channels

9. How many Time slots at present in European PRI interface rate (a)
a. 32 Time slots c. 23 Time slots
b. 30 Time slots d. 64 Time slots

10. What is the H0-channel date in ISDN (d)

a. 512 Kbps c. 192 Kbps
b. 1024 Kbps d. 384 Kbps

11. What is the reference point between ISDN local exchange to Network termination 1 at
Customer premises (d)
a. R- Interface c. S/T- Interface
b. T- Interface d. U- Interface
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12. What is the reference point between Terminal Adapter and terminal equipment 2 at
Customer premises (c)
a. U- Interface c. R- Interface
b. T- Interface d. S/T- Interface

13. What type of encoding is used in customer premises to ISDN Switch – (d)
a. 2B/2Q c. 1B/2Q
b. 1B/1Q d. 2B/1Q

14. HLDC means High-level Data link control. (a)

a. TRUE b. FALSE

Chapter-2:

1. CLIP- Calling line identification presentation (a)

a. TRUE b. FALSE

2. COLP- Connected line identification presentation (a)

a. TRUE b. FALSE

3. CUG –Closed user group (a)

a. TRUE b. FALSE

4. CTI- Computer telephony integration (a)

a. TRUE b. FALSE

5. ACD-automatic call distribution (a)

a. TRUE b. FALSE

6. DECT-Digital enhanced cordless telephone (a)

a. TRUE b. FALSE

7. CAP- Computerized Attendant Position (a)

a. TRUE b. FALSE

8. Main processor MEX card of coral flexicom 5000 contains ______ processor – (a)
a. 80386 c. 8086
b. 80286 d. 80186

Chapter-3:

1. Which is the control card in coral flexicom 6000 ? (d)

a. UGW c. DTR
b. iDSP d. MCP

2. Which is the switching card in coral flexicom 6000 ? (d)

a. DTR c. MCP
b. IDSP d. GC
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3. Which is the peripheral card in coral flexicom 6000 ? (d)

a. MCP c. DTR
b. CNF d. SFT

4. Which is the service card in coral flexicom 6000 ? (d)

a. TEM c. SA
b. SFT d. DTR

5. Which is the analog subscriber card in coral flexicom 6000 ? (d)

a. TBR c. SFT
b. TWL d. SA

6. Which is the digital subscriber card in coral flexicom 6000 ? (d)

a. TBR c. SA
b. TEM d. SFT

7. Which is the analog trunk card in coral flexicom 6000 ? (d)

a. SFT c. TBR
b. PRI d. TEM

8. Which is the digital trunk card in coral flexicom 6000 ? (d)

a. TC c. TEM
b. TWL d. PRI

9. Which is the BRI card in coral flexicom 6000 ? (d)

a. TWL c. TEM
b. TC d. TBR

10. Which is the VoIP card in coral flexicom 6000 ? (d)

a. MCP c. IDSP
b. SFT d. UGW

11. Which is the DTMF tone dialing support card in coral flexicom 6000 ? (d)
a. GC c. IDSP
b. MCP d. DTR

12. Which is the caller ID card in coral flexicom 6000 ? (d)

a. GC c. DTR
b. MCP d. IDSP

13. Which is the multifunction resource card in coral flexicom 6000 ? (d)
a. DTR c. MCP
b. IDSP d. DRCF

14. Which card contains serial ports in coral flexicom 6000 ? (d)
a. MCP c. IDSP
b. UGW d. DRCF
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15. Which card contains internal modem in coral flexicom 6000 ? (d)
a. UGW c. MCP
b. GC d. DRCF

16. What is the ringing voltage for analog phones in ISDN exchanges ? (d)
a. 75V@40 Hz c. 75V@30 Hz
b. 75V@35 Hz d. 75V@25 Hz

17. Which card contains COM2 port in coral flexicom 6000 ? (d)
a. UGW c. MCP
b. GC d. DRCF

18. Which card contains SAU in coral flexicom 6000? (d)

a. IDSP c. MCP
b. UGW d. GC

19. How many peripheral shelves are supported in coral flexicom 6000? (c)
a. 12 c. 16
b. 14 d. 18

20. How many slots are there in a peripheral shelf in coral flexicom 6000? (c)
a. 14 c. 18
b. 16 d. 20

21. In which slot PB-ATS card is available in coral flexicom 6000? (c)
a. 1 c. 1 and 2
b. 2 d. 3

22. At Maximum how many shelves are controlled by one PB card in coral flexicom 6000? (b)
a. 1 c. 3
b. 2 d. 4

23. How many time slots are allotted for one peripheral shelf in coral flexicom 6000 ? (b)
a. 128 c. 512
b. 256 d. 1024

24. How many time slots are allotted for each PB card in coral flexicom 6000 ? (c)
a. 128 c. 512
b. 256 d. 1024

25. What is the time slot switching capacity of 32GC card in coral flexicom 6000 ? (c)
a. 1024 c. 4096
b. 2048 d. 8192

26. How many connectors in MPG-ATS for each 32GC card in coral flexicom 6000 ? (c)
a. 4 c. 8
b. 6 d. 10
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27. How many IP ports are supported by a UGW card in coral flexicom 6000 ? (d)
a. 254 c. 250
b. 252 d. 248

28. How many pairs are required to connect a digital telephone in coral flexicom 6000 ? (d)
a. 4 c. 2
b. 3 d. 1

29. What is the nominal working voltage for isdn exchanges ? (d)
a. 54v dc c. 50v dc
b. -52v dc d. - 48v dc

30. How many pairs are required to connect PRI trunk ? (b)
a. 1 c. 3
b. 2 d. 4

31. Up to what length a digital telephone works on 0.5mm dia copper pair ? (a)
a. 1 km c. 3 km
b. 2 km d. 4 km

32. FXS means Foreign Exchange Subscriber (a)

a. TRUE b. FALSE

33. Hyper terminal default bit rate for accessing coral flexicom 6000 is (b)
a. 9600 Kbps c. 9.6 bits
b. 9600 bits d. 9600 Bytes

34. Clocking and synchronization of exchange was done by which card- (a)
a. 32 GC c. DRCF
b. MCP-ATS d. DTR

35. Which card is Digital tone generators in coral flexicom 6000 - 32GC (a)
a. 32 GC c. DRCF
b. MCP-ATS d. DTR

36. Which card is used for computer-telephony integration in Coral flexicom-6000 (c)
a. 32 GC c. CLA-ATS
b. MCP-ATS d. DTR

37. In a particular copy the diagnostic indicator present in 32 GC card "S- Green "– light is
constant then that copy is in which mode in Coral flexicom-6000 (a)
a. Standby mode c. Active mode
b. maintenance mode d. Faulty Mode
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38. What is child card present at the back side of Mother board of PB-ATS card- in even
peripheral shelf in Coral flexicom-6000 (a)
a. PBD-ATS c. CLA-ATS
b. MGP-ATS d. PBD-24S

39. What type of cable is used to connect between MPG-ATS to PBD-ATS of coral flexicom
6000 (a)
a. FC-19 c. H.43
b. FC-18 d. H.41

40. What is the number of peripheral shelf unit, if it is connected to Port P5 of right copy or port
P13 of left copy of MPG-ATS in control self through FC-19 cable in Coral flexicom-6000 (a)
a. Unit 4 c. Unit 8
b. Unit 5 d. Unit 9

41. What is numbering of even and odd shelf of Peripheral shelf unit 6 (d)
a. shelf-13, shelf 14 c. shelf-11, shelf 12
b. shelf-2, shelf 3 d. shelf-12, shelf 13

42. What additional facility does SA card compared to SLS card in coral flexicom 6000 (c)
a. Inbuilt ringer circuit c. both a and b
b. High loop resistance d. None of the none

Chapter-4:

1. How many slots are there in siemens hipath 3800 exchange ? (c)
a. 14 c. 10
b. 8 d. 12

2. Which slot contains main control card in siemens hipath 3800 exchange ? (b)
a. 5 c. 7
b. 6 d. 8

3. How many pairs are wired for each slot to MDF in siemens hipath 3800 exchange ? (b)
a. 22 c. 26
b. 24 d. 28

4. How many DECT cards are supported in siemens hipath 3800 exchange ? (d)
a. 1 c. 3
b. 2 d. 4

5. How many ports are there in a DECT card in siemens hipath 3800 exchange ? (b)
a. 14 c. 18
b. 16 d. 20

6. How many radio base stations are supported in siemens hipath 3800 exchange ? (b)
a. 32 c. 256
b. 64 d. 128
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7. How many pairs are required to connect a base station in hipath 3800 exchange? (a)
a. 1 c. 3
b. 2 d. 4

8. How many simultaneous calls are supported by one base station in hipath 3800? (c)
a. 5 c. 16
b. 10 d. 20

9. How many DECT handsets are supported in siemens hipath 3800 exchange? (b)
a. 250 c. 254
b. 256 d. 252

10. What is the radius of operation of a base station in siemens hipath 3800 exchange? (c)
a. 100 mts c. 300 mts
b. 200 mts d. 400 mts

11. How many power supply unit does siemens hipath 3800 can accommodate (c)
a. 1 c. 3
b. 2 d. 4

12. Battery power supply connected to which pin on mother board of Siemens Hi-path 3800 (a)
a. X210 c. X110
b. X211 d. X 100

13. What is the name of Digital BRI card in Siemens Hi-path Exchange? (a)
a. SMTD c. SMTO
b. SLMO d. SLCN

14. Which card of Siemens Hipath 3800 Supports Cordless Telephone? (a)
a. SLCN c. DUIN
b. SMTD d. DUIT
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Objective Question Bank

1. Which of the following is NOT considered a VoIP protocol? (b)

a. SIP c. H.323
b. SS7 d. MGCP
2. What is the bandwidth minimum that most experts recommend for good VoIP call signal
quality? (c)
a. 16 kbps c. 90 kbps
b. 56 kbps d. 256 kbps
3. What kind of circuitry is used in VoIP to convert analog voice to digital signals for
transmission, and digital signals to analog voice for playback? (b)
a. Audio codec c. Digital-to Analog Converter (DAC)
b. Digital signal processor (DSP) d. Analog-to-Digital Converter(ADC)
4. H.323 uses G.711 or G.723.1 for Voice (a)
a. Compression c. Controlling
b. Communication d. Conference
5. Session Initiation Protocol(SIP),is very (b)
a. Independent c. Important
b. Flexible d. Layered
6. Establishing a session in Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), requires a three-way (d)
a. Protocol c. Ports
b. System d. Handshake
7. Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), has a mechanism that finds the (c)
a. Domain c. IP Address
b. Way d. Terminal
8. In Voice Over IP, Term SIP stands for (a)
a. Session initiation Protocol c. Session initiatin path
b. Session initiation port d. Session initiation packet

9. What Internet Transport protocol is most commonly used with SIP IP-PBX systems and IP
phones? (a)
a. UDP c. TLS
b. H.245 d. SIP

10. Which Codec's are compatible with SIP Encrypt? (a)

a. G729 a/b Only c. G722 Only
b. G711 u Law and G711 a Law only d. All of the above

11. In H.323 protocol standard what protocol is used for Gatekeeper authentication? (b)
a. H.245 c. H.248
b. H.225 (RAS) d. H.320

12. SDP in SIP Protocol means (b)

a. Session development point c. Session description port
b. Session description protocol d. Session description packet

13. In SIP for transport what protocol is used (a)

a. RTP c. RMP
b. RTCP d. cRTP
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14. RTP stands for (a)

a. Real transmission Protocol c. Real Time Process
b. Real time protocol d. None of the above

15. An RTP packet is encapsulated in a(n) _______. (c)

a. IP Datagram c. UDP User Datagram
b. RTCp Packet d. TCP segment

16. _______ is a control protocol that adds functionalities to the streaming process (b)
a. TCP/IP c. HTTP
b. RTSP d. SIP

17. ________ is a SIP Message type (d)

a. INVITE c. OPTIONS
b. CANCEL d. All of the above

18. What is the size of the RTP header after RTP header compression is applied. (a)
a. 2 Bytes to 4 Bytes c. 12 Bytes
b. 40 Bytes d. 2 Bytes

19. SIP response messages 180 indicates (d)

a. Engage c. Busy
b. Timeout d. Ringing

20. In Linux debian –os all application are installed in which directory (c)
a. apt c. etc
b. bin d. dev

21. In Linux what is meant by GRUB (b)

a. Grand united Boot Loader c. Grand universal Boot Loader
b. Grand unified Boot Loader d. General unified Basic Loader

22. What is meant by GPL (a)

a. General Public License c. Global Public License
b. General Private License d. Global Private License

23. What command in linux is used to change from one directory to another. (a)
a. cd c. cdr
b. cdir d. dir

24. what command is used to edit a file in linux (b)

a. nono c. edit
b. nano d. ed

25. In asterisk the dial plan are assigned in which file (c)
a. Dialplan.conf c. extensions.conf
b. Sip.conf d. extension.conf

26. In the statement exten =>,1001, 1, dial (SIP/phoneB,10,t) the timeout is defined is which
time unit. (a)
a. Seconds c. Minutes
b. Hours d. Nano seconds

27. Connector provided on a IP phone to connect with the switch is (b)

a. RJ11 c. RJ12
b. RJ45 d. RS232
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28. A sip account is created in one of the following file. (a)

a. sip.conf file c. Asterisk.conf
b. Meet me conf d. None of the above.

29. Connection between a IP phone and server is done by a (a)

a. LAN cable c. 4 wire copper pair
b. 2 wire copper pair d. Both a and b

30. To get updates for Linux following command is used (a)

a. apt-get update c. update-linux
b. update-get linux d. get linux_update

31. User id of a IP phone is its (a)

a. dial number c. caller id
b. name d. login id

32. User account of a IP phone can be (d)

a. dial number c. MAC address
b. name d. all

33. In sip.conf file type=firend, line signifies the subscriber can (c)
a. receive calls c. initiate as well as receive a call
b. initiate calls d. none of the above

34. in sip.conf file qualify=yes, signifies that the IP asterisk server is checking the phones (a)
a. periodically c. never to check
b. occasionally d. check when call is initiated

35. In this line " exten =>1001, 1, dial(SIP/phoneB)" of extensions.conf file, digit 1 signifies the
following (a)
a. priority c. dial number
b. sequence number d. line number

36. What is the command to see the sip accounts in CLI mode? (c)
a. Sip show pears c. Sip show peers
b. Sip show accounts d. Sip show extensions

37. In Debian Linux, which directory holds the configuration for asterisk (c)
a. /etc/apt/asterisk c. /etc/asterisk
b. /usr/bin/asterisk d. /dev/asterisk

38. In asterisk, which command is used to check the sip accounts in CLI mode? (c)
a. sip show phones c. sip show peers
b. sip show accounts d. sip show extensions

39. If EXTEN=123456, what will be the value of ${EXTEN:4} ? (d)

a. 1234 c. 12
b. 3456 d. 56

40. In the dialplan snippet, exten=> 100, 1,Dial(SIP/phoneA,10,t)

exten =>100, 2,Dial(SIP/phoneB,10,t) phoneB will ring when (b)
a. phoneA is disconnected after answering
b. phoneA is not answered for a fixed duration
c. Both phoneA and phoneB rings together
d. None of the above
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41. In the sip.conf configuration file of asterisk software, the telephones (SIP based) as well as
the SIP trunks are defined. (a)
a. True b. False

42. For making communication happen between two asterisk servers, we need a PRI gateway.
a. True b. False (b)

43. To make ordinary analog PBT phones work with asterisk, FXO gateways are required. (b)
a. True b. False

44. Connectivity with existing TDM exchange cannot be done with Asterisk. (b)
a. True b. False

45. When two asterisk servers are connected to each other using SIP trunks, only one call can
be made simultaneously on that trunk. (b)
a. True b. False

46. In a LAN, segregating the voice and data traffic in separate VLANs will lead to crackling of
sound. (b)
a. True b. False

47. In an FXS gateway, each FXS port has a corresponding asterisk SIP account. (a)
a. True b. False

48. For using a PRI gateway to connect a TDM exchange with Asterisk, a PRI trunk is made
between the PRI gateway and asterisk. (b)
a. True b. False

49. The configuration of exchanges for Centralized trunking is simpler as compared to the full
mesh trunking arrangement. (b)
a. True b. False

50. It is easy to add an exchange with a new STD code in the full mesh trunking configuration
as compared to a centralized trunking configuration. (b)
a. True b. False

NGN ARCHITECTURE

1. In NGN service-related functions are ___________from underlying transport-related

technologies. (b)
a. Dependent c. Mutual shared
b. Independent d. Important

2. Which layer in NGN uses gateways to communicate with other layers (b)
a. Core/Transport layer c. Control layer
b. Access layer d. Application layer

3. Soft witch is present in which layer (c)

a. Core/Transport layer c. Control layer
b. Access layer d. Application layer

4. Intelligent Network Service Creation Environment is present in which layer (d)

a. Core/Transport layer b. Access layer
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c. Control layer d. Application layer

5. For converting TDM signalling to Voip Signalling what type of gateways are used (b)
a. Media gateways c. Sawtooh gateways
b. Signalling gateways d. Reciprocal gateways

6. Which layer is to provide routing and transport of IP packets (a)

a. Core/Transport layer c. Control layer
b. Access layer d. Application layer
 TCT1: Digital Radio Equipment

Objective Question Bank

Chapter-1:

1. In digital Radio transmission system circuit quality is ______________ of link path. (b)
a) Independent c) not defined
b) dependent d) None

2. C/N required for a BER objective of 10-6 is about _______ in QPSK system. (c)
a) 28 dB c) 18 dB
b) 08 dB d) 38 dB

3. Small C/N ratio requirement in digital transmission systems results in saving in

___________ power. (b)
a) Receiver c) Both (a) and (b)
b) Transmitter d) None

4. The quality of digital signals is measured by ____________ instead of S/N ratio as in

analog microwave systems. (b)
a) C/N ratio c) both C/N ratio and BER
b) BER d) none

5. The performance of digital radio link remains almost constant up to a particular receive level
called Digital threshold. (a)
a) True b) False

6. The complexity of the digital radio systems lies in its modulation scheme. (a)
a) True b) False

Chapter-2:

1. In FSK modulation technique ___________ frequency components are transmitted to

represent the binary signals. (b)
a) One c) Three
b) Two d) Four

2. Synchronous detection is prevalent in case of _______ systems. (c)

a) ASK c) PSK
b) FSK d) Both ASK and FSK

3. The receiver complexity of digital radio transmission systems increases when ___________
modulation techniques are employed. (a)
a) PSK c) FSK
b) ASK d) None

4. Non-synchronous detection is used in conjunction with _____________ systems. (a)

a) ASK and FSK c) ASK and PSK
b) FSK and PSK d) None
TCT1: Digital Radio Equipment

5. In PSK modulation technique the carrier phase is shifted between two values to represent
binary 0 and 1. (a)
a) True b) False

6. Carrier recovery in the demodulator is usually implemented using a non-linear process such
as frequency multiplication followed by a PLL. (a)
a) True b) False

Chapter-3:

1. NEC Digital Radio equipment is designed to work in the frequency band ________ (a)
a) 7125 MHz to 7725 MHz c) 7125 GHz to 7725 GHz
b) 7125 KHz to 7725 KHz d) 7125 Hz to 7725 Hz

2. The AUX unit of NEC digital radio equipment comprises of _________ Modules (a)
a) SWO and SWO CONT c) WS SWO and WS INTF
b) TX DPU and RX DPU d) PH DEM and BIT COMB

4. The data selector switch in the RX section of the SWO module of NEC digital radio
equipment selects one the two ________ signals coming from the REG and PROT
equipments on receiving the control signal. (b)
a) 2 Mbps c) DSC
b) 34 Mbps d) ASC

5. The __________________ module of NEC digital radio equipment consists of alarm &
control circuits. (a)
a) SWO CONT c) WS SWO
b) SWO d) WS INTF

6. The SWO module of NEC digital radio equipment consists of a transmitting section and
receiving section. (a)
a) True b) False

7. The ASC signal to the REG and PROT equipments of NEC digital radio equipment is
supplied by SWO CONT module. (b)
a) True b) False

8. A 432 bit Random pattern generator produces scramble patterns and sub-frame pulses. (a)
a) True b) False

9. A frame pattern signal, called ID Code, is selected by a switch on the front module of TX
DPU unit of NEC digital radio equipment. (a)
a) True b) False

10. The TX alarm indicator on the front face of the TX module of NEC digital radio equipment
lights red when the alarm output is about – 8 V. (a)
a) True b) False
 TCT1: Digital Radio Equipment

11. The Analog Service Channels frequency modulates the RF signal in the TX RF module of
NEC digital radio equipment. (a)
a) True b) False

12. The isolators employed at the input and output of the Pre-RF amplifier circuit of NEC digital
radio equipment improves the VSWR. (a)
a) True b) False

13. The amplitude equalizer employed in IF amplifier section of NEC digital radio equipment
equalizes amplitude to frequency response, (a)
a) True b) False

14. The delay equalizer employed in NEC digital radio equipment is used for equalization of
reflected delay developed in the branching circuit of the Transmitter-Receiver. (a)
a) True b) False

15. Transversal equalizer module in NEC digital radio equipment compensates both amplitude
and delay distortion which are caused by selective fading. (a)
a) True b) False

16. BIT COMB module of NEC digital radio equipment monitors the circuit quality and channel
identification by the frame synchronization. (a)
a) True b) False

17. The RF signal coming from the antenna is applied to the REG and PROT equipments of
NEC digital radio equipment through an RF hybrid in the branching circuit. (a)
a) True b) False

18. The number of Analog service channels provided in of NEC digital radio equipment is three.
a) True b) False (a)

19. The number of Digital service channels optionally provided in of NEC digital radio
equipment is four. (a)
a) True b) False

20. The input power supply variation to NEC digital radio equipment can be form – 36 to –75 V
DC. (a)
a) True b) False

21. Power consumption for a 1+1 hot standby system of NEC digital radio equipment is 144
Watts. (a)
a) True b) False

22. The TX frequency stability of NEC digital radio equipment is ± 20 ppm. (a)
a) True b) False
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23. Analog service channel having frequency band 4.3 to 7.4 KHz is used for remote
supervisory circuit in NEC digital radio equipment. (a)
a) True b) False

24. The line bit rate of DSC channel in NEC digital radio equipment is 89.5 Kbps. (a)
a) True b) False

25. Selective and voice calling facility on EOW is available in NEC digital radio equipment. (a)
a) True b) False

26. A master station display unit of NEC digital radio equipment is capable of monitoring and
controlling 32 stations in the link including the master station. (a)
a) True b) False

27. A sub-master station display unit of NEC digital radio equipment is capable of monitoring
and controlling 8 stations in the link including the sub-master station. (a)
a) True b) False

28. An RS display unit of NEC digital radio equipment is capable of monitoring the station itself
only. (a)
a) True b) False

Chapter-4:

1. In 18 GHz digital radio system MUX equipments used at all stations are all Drop/Insert type.
a) True b) False (a)

2. The path length in 18 GHz digital radio system is about 10 Km. (a)
a) True b) False

3. Since the radio repeaters are of re-generative type in 18 GHz digital radio systems there is
no accumulation of noise from hop to hop. (a)
a) True b) False

4. Even if the digital receiver in 18 GHz system operates at an input level marginally above the
threshold level, a satisfactory BER is obtained. (a)
a) True b) False

5. The main drawback in 18 GHz digital radio systems is the attenuation caused by rain. (a)
a) True b) False

6. The frequency range of 18 GHz Harris make is 18.58 to 19.16 GHz. (b)
a) True b) False

7. Channel transmission capacity of Harris 18 GHz digital radio equipment is ______ (b)
a) 120 c) 24
b) 30 d) 480
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8. RF channel bandwidth of Harris 18 GHz digital radio equipment is _________ (a)

a) 100 MHz c) 1 MHz
b) 200 MHz d) 10 MHz

9. RF output power at antenna port of Harris 18 GHZ digital radio equipment is ________ for
Non-protected assemblies. (a)
a) + 23 dBm c) + 33 dBm
b) + 18 dBm d) + 43 dBm

10. RF output power at antenna port of Harris 18 GHZ digital radio equipment is _________ for
MHS assemblies. (b)
a) + 23 dBm c) + 33 dBm
b) + 18 dBm d) + 43 dBm

11. The type of modulation used in HARRIS 18 GHz digital radio equipment is _________ (b)
a) 4-FSK c) 8-FSK
b) 4-PSK d) 8-PSK

12. The frequency stability of transmitter of Harris 18 GHz digital radio equipment is (a)
a) ±30 ppm c) ±10 ppm
b) ±20 ppm d) ±40 ppm
 TCT2: PDH Principles

Objective Question Bank

Chapter-1:

1. TDM uses _________ sharing of the transmission media. (a)

a. Time c. Phase
b. Frequency d. Amplitude

2. Filtering is used to limit the speech signal to the frequency band____________ (a)
a. 300 to 3.4 KHz c. 300-400 KHz
b.0-300 KHz d. 0-400 KHz

3. Sampling is the process of ____________ the analog signals at regular interval (a)
a. sample c. Filter
b. Quantize d. Encode

4. Sampling Theorem states that sampling rate should be greater than _________ the
highest signal frequency. (b)
a. Thrice c. Once
b. Twice d. Quadruple

5. For a band limited signal of 4 KHz the sampling frequency is ______ KHz (d)
a. 10 c. 4
b. 20 d. 8

6. The Time Period of Sampling in PCM is _____ micro seconds (b)

a. 250 c. 500
b. 125 d. 350

7. Time duration available per channel in a frame is _____ micro seconds (b)
a. 3.9 c. 5.9
b. 4.9 d. 2.9

8. The interval between two consecutive samples is ____________ µ sec (c)

a. 3.9 c. 125
b. 4.9 d. 2.9

9. PAM signals are converted into digital form by the process called ____________ (a)
a. Quantization c. Sampling
b. Filtering d. Encoding

10. Quantization levels are given Binary values in a process called _____________ (a)
a. quantizing intervals c. Sampling intervals
b. Binary intervals d. Encoding intervals

11. To reduce the quantization error________________ is adopted (a)

a. Non linear Quantization c. Differential Quantization
b. linear Quantization d. Phase Quantization
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12. The process of converting the analog sample into discrete form is called (c)
a. Modulation c. Quantization
b. Multiplexing d. Sampling

13. Encoding is the conversion of quantized analog samples to ___ signal (a)
a. Binary c. Hexagonal
b. Decimal d. Fractional

14. The signaling information is transmitted in timeslot ______________ (a)

a. 16 c. 31
b. 0 d. 32
15. The duration of multi frame is ___________ second (a)
a. 2 milli c. 125 micro
b. 125 milli d. 3.9 micro

16. PCM system uses _____________ as line coding technique (a)

a. HDB3 c. NRZ-M
b. NRZ d. CMI

Chapter-2:

1. PCM mux equipments confirms to ITU(T) recommendation (a)

a) G703, b) G711,
c) G712 d) G713

2. Skip mux incorporate _________ E1 channels in Input side (a)

a) 16 c) 12
b) 18 d) 34

Chapter-3:

1. The channel capacity of E2 is__________ (a)

a) 120 c) 140
b) 130 d) 160

2. The channel capacity of E3 is___________ (d)

a) 120 c) 140
b) 130 d) 480

3. The channel capacity of E4 is_________ (c)

a) 120 c) 1920
b) 480 d) 7680

4. A digital multiplexer can be considered as __________ converter (a)

a) parallel to serial c) Serial to serial
b) Serial to parallel d) parallel to parallel
 TCT2: PDH Principles

Chapter-4:

1. Jitter is defined as the ___________ term variations of the significant instant of a digital
signal from their ideal position in time (b)
a) long c) medium
b) short d) very long

2. Wander is defined as the ________ term variations of the significant instant of a digital
signal from their ideal position in time (a)
a) long c) medium
b) short d) very long

3. The unit of Jitter is _______________ (a)

a) UI c) Byte
b) Bit d) Baud
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Chapter-1: V MUX

1. V mux – 30A is equipped with the interfaces for (c)

a. Voice only c. Both voice & Data
b. Data only d. None of the above

2. In V mux – 30A Slot 13 is allotted to _____________ (d)

a. Auxiliary (AUX) card
b. PCM interface (PCM I/F) card
c. Signalling Multiplexing (SMX) card
d. General maintenance alarm processor (GMAP) card
.
3. In V mux – 30A Slot 12 is allotted to _____________ (a)
a. PCM interface (PCM I/F) card c. Conference card
b. Signalling Multiplexing (SMX) card d. Power Supply card

4. In V mux – 30A Slot 9 is allotted to ______________ (c)

a. PCM interface (PCM I/F) card c. Conference card
b. Signalling Multiplexing (SMX) card d. Auxiliary (AUX) card

5. V mux – 30A has ______________ numbers of routing tables (c)

a. Two c. Four
b. Three d. Six

6. In V mux – 30A, a conference card can provide up to _____________ simultaneous four

party conferences (b)
a.12 c.8
b.15 d.10

7. In V mux – 30A, each interface card provides _______ number of channels (d)
a. One c. Three
b. Two d. Four

8. In V mux – 30A Frame sync loss is a Trunk alarm (a)

a. TRUE b. FALSE

9. In V mux – 30A remote alarm is a System alarm (b)

a. TRUE b. FALSE

10. V mux – 30A is a Multiprocessor system (a)

a. TRUE b. FALSE

Chapter-2 Webfil’s FlexiMUX

1. The sub-rack of WEBFIL Mux has altogether ______________ slots for housing the various
modules. (c)
a.10 c.13
b.12 d. 14
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2. In WEBFIL mux, Slot-12 and slot-13 have equal and parallel access to time slots ___. (c)
a. 1 & 16 c. 30 & 31
b. 15 & 16 d. None of the above

3. In WEBFIL mux, the no of cross connect tables to be down loaded to take care of various
conditions of the network are (d)
a. 4 c. 5
b. 2 d. 6

4. In WEBFIL mux , Slot 3 is allotted to _____________ (b)

a. Power Supply card c. Tributary card
b. Network Interface Module d. Voice module

5. In WEBFIL mux , Slot 10 is allotted to _____________ (d)

a. Power supply card c. High Speed Data Module
b. Voice Module d. Both b & c

6. In WEBFIL mux, the NMS can access the equipment through (b)
a. 9pin D- shell connector only
b. Both RJ11 connector & 9pin D- shell connector
c. RJ 11 connector only
d. RJ 45 connector only

7. WEBFIL Mux uses ______________ cross-connect table when tributary A is having a

major alarm. (a)
a. Faulty A c. Digital bypass
b. Modified Remote A d. None of the above

8. In WEBFIL mux, the station ID is set in/on (c)

a. Tributary module c. NIM card
b. Mother board d. None of the above

9. In WEBFIL mux, internal/extracted clock setting is done in/on (a)

a. Tributary module c. NIM card
b. Mother board d. None of the above

10. In WEBFIL mux, the master /slave setting is done in/on (a)
a. NIM card c. Voice module
b. Tributary module d. Data module

11. In WEBFIL Mux, setting of D/I or End Terminal mode is done in/on (a)
a. Tributary module c. Mother board
b. NIM card d. None of the above

12. In WEBFIL mux, the output voltages of power supply card are (c)
a. +5V, +/- 12V, +/- 80V c. +5V, +/-10V, + 80V
b. +/-5V, +/-10V, + 80V d. None of the above
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13. In WEBFIL Mux, AIS (Alarm indication signal) is a system related alarm (b)
a. TRUE b. FALSE

14. In WEBFIL Mux, during the normal operation of the network the NMS is kept under scan
mode (a)
a. TRUE b. FALSE

15. In WEBFIL mux, configuration error is a system related alarm (a)

a. TRUE b. FALSE

Chapter-3: NOKIA MUX

1. Nokia system is available for _________ data rates (b)

a. 2Mb & 8Mb c.2 Mb, 8Mb, 34Mb & 140Mb
b. 2Mb, 8Mb & 34Mb d. 2Mb only

2. The Nokia system Rack consists of (c)

a. Multiplexer
b. Optical Line Terminal Equipment
c. Both Multiplexer & Optical Line Terminal Equipment
d. None of the above

3. In Nokia system Drop/Insert Mux is configured as (b)

a. DM2 c. DF2
b. DB2 d. None of the above

4. In Nokia system 2 Mb branching can be realized using ___________ card. (b)

a. DM2 c. DF2
b. DB 2B d. None of the above

5. In Nokia system, the following can be configured in DM2 with Service Terminal (d)
a. Branching of channels c. Impedance settings
b. Time slot selections d. All of the above

6. In Nokia system, the data interface card supports__________ channels (d)

a. 4 c. 8
b. 6 d.10

7. In Nokia system, the E&M/VF card supports __________ channels (c)

a. 4 c. 8
b. 6 d. 10

8. In common channel signalling, messages are sent in time slot no. ZERO (TS0) instead of
channel-associated signalling. (b)
a. TRUE b. FALSE
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9. The Multiplexing system of NOKIA is configured into two types of configurations DM2 and
DB2. (a)
a. TRUE b. FALSE

10. In Nokia system there are two types of loop backs in DM2. (a)
a. TRUE b. FALSE

11. In Nokia system DM-2 configuration is used at intermediate stations. (b)

a. TRUE b. FALSE

Chapter-4: 2/34 MB SKIP MUX

1. 2/34 Mb/s Digital MUX equipment is also known as ________ equipment. (c)
a. Trans Mux c. Skip Mux
b. Primary Mux d. Drop/insert Mux

2. 2/34 Mb Mux multiplexes ______ numbers of Plesiochronous 2 Mb/s bit stream into one
34 Mb/s bit stream (d)
a.4 c.12
b.8 d.16

3. In 2/34 MUX , the multiplexing principle used is (a)

a. cyclic bit interleaving c. both a & b
b. Byte interleaving d. None of the above

4. In 2/34 MUX, ___________ justification is employed (c)

a. Negative c. Positive
b. Zero d. None of the above

5. In 2/34 MUX, TRF Alarm pertains to Absence of ____________ (c)

a. 2Mbps tributary receive clock c. 2 Mbps input
b. 34 Mbps input d. 34Mbps tributary receive clock

6. In 2/34 MUX, HTF Alarm pertains to Absence of ____________ (d)

a. 2Mbps tributary receive clock c. 2 Mbps input
b. 34 Mbps input d. 34Mbps tributary receive clock

7. In 2/34 MUX, the output voltages of power supply card are (d)
a. +5V,-5V c. +5V, -5V and +15 V
b. +15V, +5V d. +5V,-5V, +15V and -15 V

Chapter-5: PUNCOM VMX – 0100

1. VMUX-0100 provides _____________________ Voice/Data ports in the 19” sub-rack. (b)

a. 30 c. 50
b. 40 d. 60
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2. In VMUX-0100 a maximum of ____________ conferences can be configured as 4-party. (d)

a) 18 c) 12
b) 30 d) 08
3. VMX -0100 shelf has ______________ slots (b)
a) 13 c) 12
b) 14 d) 15

4. TME card of VMMX-0100 can be located in the slot no. ____________ (c)
a) 1 c) 3
b) 2 d) Any slot

5. User Interface cards of VMUX-100 can be installed in _______________ (c)

a) Slot 1 to Slot4 c) Slot 5 to Slot 14
b) Slot 5 to Slot 10 d) Any slot

6. Redundant power supply card can be installed in slot no.________ of VMUX-0100. (c)
a) 1 c) 2
b) 1 and 2 d) 3

7. In case of any major failure in the network of VMUX-100, ______________ card is used to
protect the P1 and P2 streams carrying the traffic (d)
a. TME c. FXS
b. DAC d. LPC

8. To set the ID of VMUX-0100, an eight position DIP switch has been provided on (d)
a) TME card c) FXO card
b) DAC card d) Motherboard

9. The ID of the equipment is required for the _________ operation and forms the address of
the basic frame of VMUX-0100. (a)
a) NMS c) E1
b) NMT d) Both a & b

10. NMS Ethernet and RS-232 connectors are located on ____________ (c)
a) LPC c) TME
b) Mother board d) DAC

11. In VMUX-0100, P1 LCL (ON) alarm indicates (c)

a. PCM-1 receives all 1s (AIS) c. PCM-1 loss of signal
b. PCM-1 frame loss d. PCM-1 multi frame loss

12. In VMUX-0100, P1 RMT (ON) alarm indicates (a)

a. PCM-1 receives all 1s (AIS) c. PCM-1 loss of signal
b. PCM-1 frame sync loss d. PCM-1 multi frame sync loss
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13. In VMUX-0100, P1 LCL (Fast blinking) alarm indicates (b)

a. PCM-1 receives all 1s (AIS) c. PCM-1 loss of signal
b. PCM-1 frame sync loss d. PCM-1 error rate >E 10-3

14. In VMUX-0100, the output voltages of power supply card are (c)
a. +5V,-5V c. +5V, +12V and -12 V
b. +12V, +5V d. +5V,-5V, +12V and -12V

15. In VMUX-0100, FXO card is__________interface (a)

a. Exchange c. Hotline
b. Subscriber d. Data

16. In VMUX-0100 the data acquisition card (DAC) is required for 64Kbps Co-directional data
interface (b)
a. TRUE b. FALSE
17. In VMUX-0100 FXS card is required for Subscriber, Loop out going and Hot line interfaces
a. TRUE b. FALSE (a)

Chapter-6: Control Circuit Protection Scheme in PD-MUX

1. In PD- Mux, a control circuit is configured in (c)

a. Semi conference mode c. Conference mode
b. Point to point mode d. None of them

2. In Railways the PD-Muxes are in (d)

a. Mesh topology c. Star topology
b. Ring topology d. Linear topology

3. Use of LPC card and 2 E1s at every station for all time slot protection scheme is used in (c)
a. Webfil Mux c. Puncom V-0100 mux
b .Nokia Mux d. Puncom V-Mux 30-A

4. Ring protection (using spare time slots in working E1) scheme is implemented in (d)
a. Puncom VMUX-0100 c. Nokia Mux
b. Webfil Mux d. Both b & c
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Objective Question Bank

Chapter-1: Need for OFC & Light wave propagation Mechanism

1. Optical fibers accept _____________ signals only. (b)

a) Bipolar c) any polarity
b) unipolar d) None of a, b, & c

2. The main drawback of optical fiber as a communication medium is that ________ . (a)
a) tapping is difficult c) high cost
b) low attenuation d) High EMI/EMC

3. Transmission loss of optical fiber at a wavelength of 1550 nm is about ____ dB/Km. (b)
a) 2.5 c) 0.025
b) 0.25 d) 25

4. Transmission loss of optical fiber at a wavelength of 1310 nm is about ____ dB/Km. (d)
a) 0.35 c) 2.5
b) 3.5 d) 0.25

5. In step index fiber ___________ . (d)

a) refractive index remains constant throughout the core
b) decreases to some value at the core cladding interface
c) remains constant throughout the cladding
d) all of the above (a,b, & c)

6. In graded index fiber the refractive index of the core varies following the parabolic rule upto
the core cladding interface and then remains constant throughout the cladding. (a)
a) The statement is True
b) The statement is False
c) Insufficient data to conclude True or False

7. The number of modes that can propagate in fiber is a function of numerical aperture, core
diameter and wavelength of light. (a)
a) The statement is True
b) The statement is False
c) Insufficient data to conclude True or False

8. Mode-Field Diameter (MFD) defines _______________ (b)

a) the diameter of the core c) the diameter of the cladding
b) the size of the power distribution d) the size of the buffer thickness

Chapter-2: Propagation Modes & OFC Classifications

1. Mode is an available distribution of electromagnetic field in ____________ to the direction

of light propagation. (a)
a) a plane transverse
b) a plane longitudinal
c) Both transverse and longitudinal planes
d) none of a, b, & c

2. A mode for which the field components in the direction of propagation are small compared
to components perpendicular to that direction is called __________________ . (b)
a) Circularly polarized mode c) TEM mode
b) linearly polarized mode d) TM mode
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3. Multimode fiber is best designed for ____________ transmission distances. (b)

a) Longer c) medium
b) shorter d) very Long

4. The disparity between the arrival times of different light rays at the output of a fiber while
traveling through the fiber is known as _____________ . (a)
a) Dispersion c) Scattering
b) Attenuation d) Mixing

5. In graded index fiber dispersion is reduced due to variation of refractive index in the
__________ of the fiber. (b)
a) Cladding c) Buffer
b) Core d) Tube

6. Cut-off wavelength of a SM fiber is greater than ________ nm. (b)

a) 1310 c) 1450
b) 1260 d) 1550

7. Mode field diameter of SM fibre is __________ micrometers. (b)

a) 9.3 c) 125
b) 12 d) 6

8. The Numerical aperture is ____________ . (a)

a) Light gathering capacity c) Light rejecting capacity
b) Light emitting capacity d) Light amplification capacity

9. The numerical aperture of a SM fiber is about (a)

a) 0.10 to 0.17. c) 2.0 to 3.1
b) 1.1 to 2.1 d) 0.95 to 1.2

Chapter-3: Attenuation in OFC

1. Scattering and absorption of light signal cause ___________. (b)

a) Total internal reflection c) gain to the signal
b) attenuation d) Dispersion

2. Impurities and irregularities in the physical construction of optical fiber causes

______________. (a)
a) Scattering c) total internal reflection
b) absorption d) Four wave mixing

3. Rayleigh’s scattering is due to __________ present in the silica matrix. (b)

a) Water vapors c) OH- ions
b) metal ions d) H+ ions

4. Scattering limits the use of wavelengths below ________ nm in optical fiber. (c)
a) 1310 c) 800
b) 1550 d) 650

5. The hydroxyl ions and impurities present in the silica are the reasons for ____________
of light signals. (c)
a) Bending c) absorption
b) scattering d) Dispersion

6. An attenuation of 3dB corresponds to ____ % reduction in original power. (c)

a) 10 c) 50
b) 30 d) 3
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7. Inter modal dispersion present in (b)

a) only in SM fibers c) Both SM & MM fibers
b) only in MM fibers d) cannot be said

8. Polarization mode dispersion (PMD) is significant (a)

a) data rates above 1Gbps
b) data rates below 1Gbps
c) data rates above 2Mbps but less than 1Gbps
d) data rates below30Mbps

CHAPTER-4: Fiber Standards & Constructional Features

1. ITU-T recommendation G.652 describes the properties of ____________ (b)

a) dispersion-shifted fiber c) Non-zero dispersion-shifted fiber
b) Non dispersion-shifted fiber d) None of the above a,b & c

2. ITU-T recommendation G.653 describes the properties of ____________ (a)

a) dispersion-shifted fiber c) Non-zero dispersion-shifted fiber
b) Non dispersion-shifted fiber d) ) None of the above a,b & c

3. ITU-T recommendation G.655 describes the properties of ____________ (c)

a) dispersion-shifted fiber c) Non-zero dispersion-shifted fiber
b) Non dispersion-shifted fiber d) ) None of the above a,b & c

4. ___________ fibers have high dispersion at 1550 nm. (a)

a) G.652 c) G.655
b) G.653 d) None

5. _______ fiber the zero-dispersion point is shifted to the wavelength region 1550nm. (b)
a) G.652 c) G.655
b) G.653 d) None

6. The __________________ fiber is very much suitable for single wavelength 1550 nm but is
unsuitable for DWDM systems. (a)
a) DSF Dispersion-shifted fiber G.653
b) Non dispersion-shifted fiber (NDSF) G.652
c) Non zero-dispersion-shifted fibers (NZ-DSF) G.655
d) All of the above a, b & c

7. LSZH cables are preferred for indoor applications because (c)

a) Less toxic and slower to ignite c) Both a & b
b) They are halozen free d) None of a & b

8. The Tensile strength is of the order of ______________________ (b)

a) 4400 to 6000 kg per sq.cm c) 440000 to 600000 kg per sq.cm
b)44000 to 60000 kg per sq.cm. d) 440000 to 600000 kg per sq.mm

Chapter-5: OFC Cable Laying Practices

1. The normal optic fiber cable drum length is ________. (b)

a) 2 Km c) 1 Km
b) 3 Km d) 4 Km

2. 12-fiber armoured optic fiber cable can be used for ___________ laying. (b)
a) Underground as well as for aerial c) Only aerial
b) Only Underground
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3. The 24-fiber armoured optic fiber cable contains ______________. (d)

a) 2 loose tubes c) 24 single loose tubes
b) 3 loose tubes d) 6 loose tubes

4. Cable markers are normally provided at every ____ meters on the cable route. (d)
a) 5 c) 150
b) 10 d) 50

5. After laying the optic fiber cable at least ________ mm from the surface of the cable should
be covered with riddle earth. (c)
a) 1200 c) 120
b) 12000 d) 1120

6. Pulling tension/force on the cable during OFC laying should not exceed (c)
a) 2670 N c) 267Kg
b) 267 N d) 2670Kg

7. During OFC cable laying maximum speed of cable laying must be (b)
a) 100mtrs/minute c) 20mtrs/minute
b) 10mtrs/minute d) 200 mtrs/minute

8. In order prevent theft of OFC steel troughs with optic fiber cable should be filled up by
________________ (c)
a) Petrolium Jelly c) bitumen compound
b) cadmium compond d) graphite grease

9. The bitumen compound should be filled up to a height of approximate _____ mm. (c)
a) 20 c) 60
b) 30 d)10

10. Brick protection to be provided in OFC trench at (c)

a) Culverts c) Station/yards
b) Track crossings d) Bridges

Chapter-6: Jointing and Termination of OFC

1. The loss offered by a mechanical splicing of optic fibers is less than ______ dB. (c)
a) 0.005 c) 0.5
b) 0.05 d) 1.5

2. The loss offered by a fusion splice of optic fibers shall not exceed_____ (c)
a) 0.005 c) 0.2
b) 0.05 d) 1.5

3. During installation a minimum of _____ meter of optic fiber cable on each end is coiled in
the jointing pit. (a)
a) 10 c) 5
b) 15 d) 20

4. Ferules of optic fiber connectors are made of _________ materials. (a)

a) metal or ceramic or plastic c) only ceramic
b) only metal d) only plastic

5. Biconic connectors are generally used in _____________ applications in optic fiber

communication. (a)
a) LAN c) SAN
b)WAN d) MAN
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6. Cleaving of the fibre is performed to obtain _______ on end face of the fiber (a)
a) 90o c) 40o
o
b) 60 d) 30o

Chapter-7: Measurements and System Testing

1. Generally Light sources are provided to emit light at ______ wave lengths (b)
a)850, 1200, 1460nm c) 850, 1410, 1350nm
b) 850, 1310, 1550nm d) 800, 1200, 1460nm

2. Generally Light sources are provided to emit light at ______ power levels (c)
a) 0dBM or -3dBm c) 0dBM or -7dBm
b) 0dBM or -6dBm d) 3dBM or -7dBm

3. LSPM(Light source Power meter) method is superior to OTDR for Measuring (b)
a) Power and distance c) Distance only
b) Power only d) Optical return Loss only

4. The Dead zone in OTDR is caused by____________________ (a)

a) Fresnel reflection and the amplifier recovery time
b) Fresnel reflection only
c) Amplifier recovery time
d) RBS

5. On OTDR trace horizontal axis represents______________ (b)

a) Launch Power c) Return Power
b) Distance d) Time

6. On OTDR trace Vertical axis represents______________ (c)

a) Launch Power c) Return Power
b) Distance d) Time

7. Excessive pulse width in OTDR causes______________ (b)

a) Decrease in Dead zone length c) Dead zone length is un effected
b) Increase in Dead zone length d) Ghost refection occurs

8. Reduction in acquisition time in OTDR causes _____________ (b)

a) Smooth trace is obtained c) Dead zone length is extended
b) Noisy trace is obtained d) Ghost refection occurs

9. For best results of measurements with OTDR_______________ (d)

a) Knowledge of Cable plant is required
b) LSA averaging method to be used
c) Auto- mode of settings should not be used
d) All of the above a, b & c

10. OTDR trace to be obtained and analysed in OFC installation. Identify the correct statement
a) Before laying at 1310nm, and after laying at 1550nm
b) Before laying at 1550nm, and after laying at 1310nm
c) At both wave lengths before as well as after laying
d) At both wave lengths Before laying only (c)

Chapter-8: Optical Sources and Detectors

1. Light emission can occur through (c)

a) Spontaneous emission b) Stimulated emission
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c) Both of a & b d) None of a & b

2. The main Requirements of Optical sources include (d)

a) Spectral width & Directivity c) Linearity and Reliability
b) Output Power & Output wave length d) All of the above a, b, & c

3. The quantum efficiency of an optical source is defined as (a)

a) It is the ratio of number of photons generated & no of carriers crossing the junction
b) It is the ratio of number of carriers crossing the junction & number of photons generated
c) It is the ratio of number of carriers generated & number of photons crossing the junction
d) It is the product of number of photons generated & no of carriers crossing the junction

4. Identify the correct statement (a)

a) The external quantum efficiency is always less than the internal quantum efficiency
b) The internal quantum efficiency always less than the external quantum efficiency
c) Cannot be concluded & depends on other factors
d) None of the above a,b &

5. Optical sources include (d)

a) LEDs only c) LASERs, LEDs and APDs
b) LASER only d) Both of a & b

7. Principle involved in optical detector operation (b)

a) Seabeck effect
b) Photo electric effect
c) Faraday effect
d) Scotky effect

8. Quantum efficiency ( ) w.r.tOptical detectors is defined as (d)

a) It can be defined as fraction of electrons which contribute to the external photocurrent
b) It can be defined as fraction of photons which contribute to the external photocurrent
c) It is the ratio of electron generation rate and photon incidence rate
d) Both of b & c

9. Dark current ( Id ) of an optical detector is defined as______________ (a)

a) Dark current is the current generated in a photo detector in the absence of any
optical signal.
b) It is the ratio of electron generation rate and photon incidence rate
c) It is the ratio of photon generation rate and electron incidence rate
d) Both of b & c

10. Photo detectors include (a)

a) PIN diode and APDs c) APDs, PIN diodes, & MSMs
b) APDss and MSMs d) None of the above a,b & c

11. Responsivity of a Photo detector defined as (c)

a) A measure of how much output light is obtained for each watt of input light,
b) A measure of how much output current is obtained for each Amp of input current,
c) A measure of how much output current is obtained for each watt of input light,
d) A measure of how much output light is obtained for each amp of input current,

Chapter-9: Basic Optical Network Components and Interfaces

1. The bandwidth is limited in optical transmitter with internal modulator due to relaxation
frequency of laser diode. (a)
a) True b) False
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2. The feedback loop using photo diode in optical transmitter using external modulator
provides a very stable level of power radiated by the laser diode. (a)
a) True b) False

3. The optical amplifiers employed in optic fiber communication have made it possible to
amplify all the wavelengths at once without optical-electrical-optical conversion. (a)
a) True b) False

4. The regenerators employed in optical fiber links are specific to bit rate and modulation
format. (b)
a) True b) False

5. The optical amplifiers employed in optic fiber communication are independent of bit rate
and modulation format. (a)
a) True b) False

6. The system up gradation in optical fiber links does not require change in amplifiers. (a)
a) True b) False

7. The system up gradation requires replacement of regenerators in optical fiber links. (a)
a) True b) False

8. EDFAs are typically capable of providing a gain of about 30 dB to the input optical signals.
a) True b) False (a)

Chapter-10: Optical Link Engineering

1. Link power budget analysis is to be performed to ensure______________ (d)

a) Sufficient system operation margin
b) Link operational feasibility
c) Minimum power available at the receiver
d) All of the above a,b & c

2. The reasons for keeping system margin is/are_________________ (d)

a) Future cable cuts and subsequent losses
b) Aging effects
c) Environmental degradations
d) All of the above a,b & c

3. Basic scenarios to be considered in PBA(Power budget analysis) (d)

a) The receiver and Optic fiber system is decided, then what transmitter
Minimum power would be needed?
b) Maximum receiver power under minimum loss conditions.
c) In existing system, how much we could lengthen the fiber without changing the
transmitter, receiver and still meet the minimum power requirement of receiver
d. All of the above a,b & c

4. An optical Tx is emitting power at 0dBm which is equivalent to_____________ (a)

a) 1mW c) 1W
b) 1 micro watt d) 0watt

5. A Loss of 10 dB implies____________ (b)

a) 10% of power has been lost c) 10 watts power lost
b) 90% of power has been lost d) None of the above a, b &c

6. A Loss of 3 dB implies____________ (a)

a) 50% of power has been lost b) 90% of power has been lost
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c) 10% watts power lost d) 3% of power has been lost

7. Total rise time of the system is defined as ____________ (a)

a) ( tr )SYSTEM = [ {tr (Tx)}2 + {tr (fiber )} 2+ {tr (Rx )}2 ]0.5
b) ( tr )SYSTEM = [ {tr (Tx)}0.5 + {tr (fiber )} 0.5+ {tr (Rx )}0.5 ]2
c) ( tr )SYSTEM = [ {tr (Tx)}1.2 + {tr (fiber )} 1.2+ {tr (Rx )}1.2 ]0.5
d) ( tr )SYSTEM = [ {tr (Tx)}2 + {tr (fiber )} 2+ {tr (Rx )}2 ]2

8. In Rise time budget analysis factors to be considered are (d)

a) Rise time of the fiber only c) Rise time of the receiver only
b) Rise time of the source only d) All of the above a, b, & c

9. In Rise time budget analysis Rise time of Source and detector can be found using (b)
a) Suitable measurement technique c) Can be assumed reasonably
b) DATA Sheet of OEM d) All of the above a, b, & c

10. In Rise time budget analysis Rise time of fiber can be found using_________ (d)
a) Suitable measurement technique
b) DATA Sheet of OEM
c) Can be assumed reasonably
d) From Dispersion coefficient and Bandwidth
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Chapter-1:

1. In SDH system the multiplexing is done by _________ process (b)

a) Bit interleaving b) Byte interleaving

2. A single synchronous multiplexer can performs the function to _____ (b)

a) Add All PDH data rates b) Drop all PDH data rates
c) Add/Drop all PDH data rates

3. Synchronous digital transmission equipments can be inter operable from different venders
a) True b) False (a)

Chapter-2:

1. The container and path overhead of SDH frame together formed as __________ (a)
a) virtual container(VC-n) c) Tributary unit (TU)
b) Pointer d) Administrator Unit (AU)

2. The standardized E1 rate of ITUT is mapped into __________ (a)

a) C12 c) C3
b) C11 d) C4

3. J1 byte of POH in STM1 is used for ____________ (a)

a) Path trace c) Management
b) BER d) EOW

4. In one TUG-3 how many No. of TU-12 will exists? (c)

a) 7 c) 21
b) 3 d) 63

5. The data rate of STM-4 is ___________ (a)

a. 622.080 Mbits/s c. 155.52 bits/s
b. 2.488 Mbits/s d. 2.048 Mbps

6. The Administrative unit is the combination of __________ (d)

a) Pointer+ POH c) POH+C-4
b) VC-4 + POH d) VC-4+POINTER

Chapter-3:

1. In an STM-1 frame, the size of payload area will be of __________ bytes (b)
a) 2430 c) 2043
b) 2340 d) 2240

2. An STM -1 frame is arranged as __________ rows and columns (c)

a. 9 X 260 c. 9 X 270
b. 9 X 261 d. 9 X 269
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3. Performance analysis and error monitoring will be done by __________ bytes (a)
a. B1, B2, B3 c. C1, C2, C3
b. A1, A2, A3 d. D1,D2,D3

4. When VC-4 is slower than STM-1 payload, the process required is ____________ (a)
a. Positive justification c. Offset
b. Negative justification

5. ___________ bytes are used as Data communication channel for maintenance purpose
between multiplexers. (c)
a. K1,K2 c. D4-D12
b. F1,F2 d. A1-A3

6. __________ bytes are used for Automatic Protective Switching (APS) command & remote
alarm command (a)
a. K1,K2 c. D4-D12
b. F1,F2 d. A1-A3

7. Section Over Head is the combination of ____________ (a)

a. RSOH+MSOH c. MSOH+AU-4
b. RSOH+AU-4

8. __________ defines the locations of the TU3s with in the VC4 (a)
a. TUG-3 c. TU12
b. TUG-2 d. TU-11

Chapter-4:

1. A row of VC4 in an STM –1 frame generates-_____________ (a)

a) 87 addresses b) 86 addresses

2. The number of bytes to generate an address in VC4 frames __________ (a)

a) 3 bytes b) 4bytes

3. To generate a pointer address for negative justification are _____________ (a)

a) H1 and H2 bytes. b) H3 &H4

4. In positive justification, the AU4 pointer value is _________________ (a)

a) Incremented b) Decremented

5. The V3 byte of TU12 of 500μs is used for ________________ (a)

a) Negative justification b) Positive justification

Chapter-5:

1. The end nodes of bus topology are called ____________ (a)

a) Terminal nodes b) Add /drop nodes
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2. A ring network consists of ________________ (a)

a) ADM nodes b) Terminal nodes
3. In star network if the HUB fails ______________ (a)
a) No traffic can flow in the links b) Traffic can flows through the alternative link

4. The nodes of meshed network contain __________________ (a)

a) Cross-connected equipments b) No need of cross-connected equipment

Chapter-6:

1. If one of the inter node links of a APS network fails ____________ (b)
a) The traffic is interrupted b) The traffic is not interrupted

2. The multiplexing section of a SDH network is protected by _________ (a)

a) 16 bits of MSOH b) 8bits of MSOH

3. In case of 1+1 configuration of a SDH network ______________ (b)

a) The stand by route is idle when main is working condition.
b) The stand by route and main route are in working condition.

4. Bi-directional SDH ring supports (b)

a) Only section protection b) Both the path and section

Chapter-7:

1. F – interface on ADM of SDH is a ____________ (a)

a) Serial inter face b) Parallel inter face

2. QECB port of SDH element controls_____________ (a)

a) Power supply module b) ADM module of SDH

3. The Ethernet port of a network element of SDH is _________ (a)

a) QB3 b) Qb2
c) QECC

Chapter-8:

1. Frequent adjustment of pointer produces___________ (a)

a) Low frequency jitter b) High frequency jitter.

2. The SSU should be provided __________ (a)

a) After 20 or less than 20 consecutive network elements.
b) More than 20 consecutive network elements.

3. As per the ITU-T’s standard G 803 the number of SSUs _______ (a)
a) Should not be more than 10 in a trail to PRC.
b) Should be more than 10 in a trail to PRC.
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4. To a PRC in a trail- ____________ (a)

a) Maximum 60 NEs can be connected b) More than 60 NEs can be connected

5. In hold over mode the system synchronization of SDH ring can work for_________ (a)
a) 24 hours. b) Less than 24 hours

5. The T0 clock is kept locked to the selected reference __________ (a)

a) In Locked mode b) In Holdover mode

6. T1 clock is a reference clock of ____________ (a)

a) STM-N. b) Any 2Mbps

7. For traffic performance, the maximum slip rate allowed___________ (a)

a) Are 5 slips per day in 24 hours for greater than 98.9%.
b) Are 4 slips per day in 24 hours for greater than 98.9%.

Chapter-9:

1. ITUT’s recommendation for SDH mux is __________ (a)

a) G709 b) G708

2. ITUT’s recommendation for SDH optical interfaces is ______________

a) G.957 b) G.958.

Chapter-10:

1. Jitter is the ______________ (a)

a) Short-term variation b) Long-term variation

2. For testing of transport capability tests- ___________ (a)

a) The BER and mapping /de-mapping tests are conducted.
b) The timing offset and tributary output jitter tests are conducted.

3. Clock synchronization test is conducted by __________ (c)

a) Verifying the line frequency b) Pointer activity
b) Sync status byte.
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Objective Question Bank

Chapter-1:

1. Adaptation of FIBCOM STM system to varying traffic needs is possible due to ______
management. (a)
a) Dynamic network capacity
b) Static network capacity
c) Limited network capacity
d) None of the above

2. _______numbers of AUGs can be multiplexed into an STM-4 (a)

a) four
b) Two
c) eight
d) six

3. In an STM network the NE can be controlled and monitored via its ___ interfaces. (d)
a) PC c) Q
b) ECC d) PC, ECC and Q

4. _____________ information is added within each layer when a 2 Mbps signal is multiplexed
into an STM-N signal. (a)
a) Parity
b) error control
c) Jitter
d) All three

5. The FIBCOM FOCUS AC1 is a product family where ___________ Add/Drop Multiplexer
and Terminal Multiplexer are implemented. (a)
a) STM-1 and STM-4
b) STM-1
c) STM-4
d) STM-4 and STM-16

6. The possible protection schemes in the STM network of FIBCOM AC1 family with SNCP(d)
a) VC-4 only
b) VC-3 only
c) VC-12 only
d) VC-4, VC-3 and VC-12

7. Management of FIBCOM FOCUS AC1 family can be performed from (d)

a) Local craft terminal only
b) Network element manager only
c) Network management system only
d) All the three
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8. The STM –1 (HO) module in FIBCOM AC-1 family carries a ___ which is not terminated.(a)
a) VC-4 b) VC-3
c) VC-2 d) VC-12

9. In FIBCOM AC-1 family an STM-1 (LO) module carries _______________ or a combination

thereof. (b)
a) 3 X VC-3 or 3 X 21 X VC-12
b) 1 X VC-4 or 3 X 21 X VC-12
c) 3 X VC-3 and 6 X 21 X VC-12
d) 3 X VC-3 and 3 X 21 X VC-12

Chapter-2:

1. The type of optical connector used in ADM/TM modules in FIBCOM AC-1 family is
_______________ (c)
a) LC/PC
b) ST/PC
c) FC/PC
d) BNC

2. The type of source used for S-1.1 and L-1.1 is _______ in FIBCOM AC-1 family. (b)
a) SLM
b) MLM
c) Both SLM and MLM
d) None

3. Maximum mean launched power for S-1.1 application is ___ in FIBCOM AC-1 family. (d)
a) –18 dBm c) –38 dBm
b) –28 dBm d) – 8 dBm

4. Minimum mean launched power for S-1.1 is _______ in FIBCOM AC-1 family. (a)
a) –15 dBm b) –25 dBm
c) –35 dBm d) –5 dBm

5. Maximum mean launched power for L-1.1 application is ---------in FIBCOM AC-1 family.(b)
a) –1 dBm
b) –2 dBm
c) –3 dBm
d) 0 dBm

6. Minimum mean launched power for L-1.1 is _________ in FIBCOM AC-1 family. (c)
a) –1 dBm
b) –2 dBm
c) –5 dBm
d) 0 dBm
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7. The _______ Modules of the network element hold the embedded application software for
the whole network element in a permanent storage medium in FIBCOM AC1 family (d)
a) TEX-1
b) RI-1
c) LI-1
d) ADM/TM

8. Operating wavelength for S-1.1 and L-1.1 application is __________nm in FIBCOM AC-1
family. (b)
a) 1280 – 1335
b) 1300 – 1310
c) 1500 – 1550
d) None

9. Receiver maximum overload for L-1.1 is ________ in FIBCOM AC-1 family. (b)
a) –20 dBb
b) –8 dBm
c) –1 dBm
d) None

10. Receiver minimum sensitivity at BER 10-10 for L-1.2 is ___________ in FIBCOM AC-1
family. (a)
a) –37 dBm
b) –27 dBm
c) –17 dBm
d) –7 dBm

Chapter-3:

1. Fibcom 6325 Node is containing _____ number of slots for its modules. (c)
a) 18 c) 9
b) 15 d) 8

2. In Fibcom 6325 Node the number of slots made available for traffic modules is _____(a)
a) Four
b) Five
c) Three
d) Nine

3. PIM1 Module of Fibcom 6325 Node contains ______number of STM1/4 Optical ports.(d)
a) Two
b) Four
c) Two
d) Nil
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4. In Fibcom 6325 node the optical connectors used are of the type ________ (c)
a) FC
b) SC
c) LC
d) ALL the three

5. In Fibcom 6325 node CMCC module is responsible for ______________ (a)

a) Management of the system
b) Interfacing the STM ports
c) Transporting the Fast Ethernet data of the user
d) All the above

6. SIMX-4 Module of Fibcom 6325 node provides _______number of optical ports. (a)
a) Four STM1/4
b) Four STM-1only
c) Four STM-4 only
d) Four STM-16

7. PIM1module can be installed in slot No. ____________ of Fibcom 6325 node. (d)
a) 6
b) 9
c) 8
d) 4

8. CMCC module can be installed in slot No. _______________ of Fibcom 6325 node. (a)
a) 7
b) 9
c) 8
d) 2

9. When the power/Alarm LED on CMCC module of Fibcom 6325 node is red and slow
flashing, it indicates (a)
a) Module self-test failed
b) Module synchronizing
c) Initializing application software
d) None

10. When the Active/standby LED on CMCC module of Fibcom 6325 node is green and slow
flashing, it indicates (d)
a) Module is active
b) Module is in standby mode
c) Module not powered
d) Initializing application software
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11. The power consumption of of 6325 is _____________ Watt. (d)

a) 65
b) 75
c) 150
d) 120

12. In SPIMX module of Fibcom 6325 a combination of STM-1 and STM-4 capacity can be
used. (a)
a) True
b) False

Part – II Chapter-1:

1. The power dissipation of fully loaded configuration of TJ100MC-1 system is around 120
watts. (a)
a) True b) False

2. The TJ100MC-1 has redundant power supplies. (a)

a) True b) False

3. The input power supply tolerance for TJ100MC-1 system is – 40 V to – 60 V DC (a)

a) True
b) False

Chapter-2:

1. The active LED on the PS module of TJ100MC-1 turns green when the outputs of the
supply are working and within range. (a)
a) True b) False

2. An EEPROM is used in PS module of TJ100MC-1 system to store the part number, serial
number and the manufacturing/testing data. (a)
a) True b) False

3. The output circuits of the PS module in TJ100MC-1 system have blocking diodes for
protection when two PS modules are connected in parallel via the back plane. (a)
a) True b) False

4. True current sharing is not possible in the PS modules of TJ100MC-1 system. (b)
a) True
b) False

Chapter-3:

1. Lite Tributary Card (LTC) is the heart of the TJ100MC-1 system. (a)
a) True b) False

2. LTC card of TJ100MC-1 system plugs into the slot No. 3 (a)
a) True b) False
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3. LTC card of the TJ100MC-1 system provides the aggregate interfaces, clocks, processing
and monitoring capability to the system. (a)
a) True b) False

4. LTC card of TJ100MC-1 provides the interface RS232C port for local craft terminal.
a) True b) False

5. Two STM-1 optical interface in LTC card of TJ100MC-1 system have SC type connectors.
a) True b) False (a)

6. The power consumption of TJ100MC-1 system is nearly 120 W (a)

a) True b) False

7. Minimum typical output power of LTC card of TJ100MC-1 for S1.1 type is –15 dBm. (a)
a) True b) False

8. Minimum typical output power of LTC card of TJ100MC-1 for L1.1 type is –5 dBm. (a)
a) True b) False

9. Maximum typical output power of LTC card of TJ100MC-1 for L1.2 type is 0 dBm. (a)
a) True b) False

10. Receiver sensitivity of LTC card of TJ100MC-1 system is –28 dBm for S1.1 type
application. (a)
a) True b) False

11. LTC card of TJ100MC-1 is made available for two STM-1 optical interfaces. (a)
a) True b) False

12. The NMS interface is available as an RJ45 connector on the LTC card of the TJ100MC-1
system. (a)
a) True b) False

13. The Ethernet address of the network element is available in the non-volatile memory on the
LTC card of the TJ100MC-1 system. (a)
a) True b) False

14. The default baud rate setting for the craft interface on the LTC card of TJ100MC-1 is 9600
bauds. (a)
a) True b) False

15. When the telephone of the order-wire circuit is on the hook, Green OW LED is ON in the
LTC card of the TJ100MC-1 system. (a)
a) True b) False

16. Green OW LED blinks when ringing takes place on the order-wire circuit of LTC card of
TJ100MC-1 system. (a)
a) True b) False
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Chapter-4:

1. TE31 card is a generic tributary card that can be used across all the Tejas STM-1/4
products. (a)
a) True b) False

2. TE31 is a ____________ port card which provides line interface to an E3/DS3 rates in both
add and drop directions of all Tejas STM-1/4 systems. (a)
a) One port b) Two port
c) Three port d) Four port

3. TE31 card can be plugged into any of the slots from ____ of the TJ100MC-1 chassis.(b)
a) 1 to 4 c) 10 to 14
b) 4 to 6 d) 1 to 14

4. The status of the Active LED of TE31 card of TJ100MC-1 system will be ________ if the
card is in use. (d)
a) Amber
b) Blue
c) White
d) Green

5. The status of the Active LED of TE31 card of TJ100MC-1 system will be red if the card
isdefective. (b)
a) Amber
b) Red
c) Green
d) No indication

Chapter-5:

1. E1 tributary interface cards of Tejas STM-1/4 system are classified as TET16, TET21 and
TET28. (a)
a) True b) False

2. E1 tributary interface cards can be plugged into any of the slots from 10 to 14 of the
TJ100MC-1 chassis. (b)
a) True b) False
3. The power consumed by an E1 tributary card of TJ100MC-1 system is 8 W. (a)
a) True b) False

4. TET 28 card of TJ100MC-1 system provides line interface to 28 E1 channels in both add
and drop directions. (a)
a) True b) False

5. The impedance of the E1 interface on TET 28 of TJ100MC-1 system is 120 Ohms. (a)
a) True b) False
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Chapter-6:

1. The STM-1 aggregate card A011 of TJ100MC-1 system is designated to function as _____
port STM-1 tributary card. (b)
a) Three port b) Two port
c) One port d) Four port

2. The maximum power consumed by an STM-1 tributary card A011 of TJ100MC-1 is

___________ (d)
a) 2 W b) 12 W
c) 22 W d) 32 W

3. The STM-1 aggregate card A012 of TJ100MC-1 system is designated to function as 2 ports
STM-1 tributary card. (a)
a) True b) False

4. When the LASER is ON the green TX indicator of A011 of TJ100MC-1 system will glow.(a)
a) True b) False

5. When the LASER is off, the red TX indicator of A011 of TJ100MC-1 system will glow. (a)
a) True b) False

Chapter-7:

1. The A1E4 card is designed to support STM-1e/E4 interfaces and can be used across all the
Tejas STM-1/4 systems. (a)
a) True b) False

2. The A1E4 card can be plugged into any of the slots from 10 to 14 of the TJ100MC-1
chassis. (a)
a) True b) False

Chapter-8:

1. The TP01 tributary interface card of TJ100MC-1 system provides line interfaces to _____
10/100 Mbps signals. (c)
a) Four c) Eight
b) Six d) Ten

2. The TP01 card of TJ100MC-1 system maps the Ethernet data into the virtual containers of
different granularity of the SDH frame. (d)
a) VC-12 only c) VC-4 only
b) VC-3 only d) All the above granularity

3. The RJ 45 green LED indicator on TP01 card of TJ100MC-1 system is ON if link (10 or 100
Mbps) pulses are detected. (a)
a) True b) False
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4. The RJ 45 green LED indicator on TP01 card of TJ100MC-1 system is blinking if there is an
activity on the link. (a)
a) True b) False

Chapter-9:

1. The TP01FT tributary interface cards of TJ100MC-1 provide four 10-BaseT/100-Base T

Ethernet ports and four 100-Base-FX Ethernet ports. (a)
a) True b) False

2. The maximum power consumed by a TP01FT card of TJ100MC-1 system is 10 W. (a)

a) True b) False

3. If the RJ45 Amber LED on the TP01FT card of TJ100MC-1 system is off, it indicates 10
Mbps mode is enabled. (a)
a) True b) False

4. If the RJ45 Amber LED on the TP01FT card of TJ100MC-1 system is ON, it indicates 100
Mbps mode is enabled. (a)
a) True b) False

Part – III Chapter-1:

1. TJ 100 MC-16X system comes with two different processor cards options as XCC128L and
XCC64L. (a)
a) True b) False

2. In TJ 100MC-16X system the tributary cards can be inserted in Slot 1 to 6 and Slot 9 to 14
only. (a)
a) True b) False

3. The Cross-connect card of TJ 100MC-16X systems can be inserted in slots 7 and 8 only
a) True b) False (a)

4. The Multifunction card of TJ 100MC-16X systems can be inserted in Slot 15 only. (b)
a) True b) False

Chapter-2:

1. The TJ 100MC-16X system has redundant power supply filter units to supply power.
a) True b) False (a)

2. The Power supply filter units of TJ 100MC-16X system are provided with a mechanical
circuit breaker to cut off supply in the event the card draws more current than the stated
limit. (a)
a) True b) False
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3. Reverse polarity protection is provided in the Power filter unit of TJ 100MC-16X system to
protect the system from damage in the event the input is given with reversed polarity. (a)
a) True b) False

Chapter-3:

1. The Multifunction Interface Card (MFC1) in TJ100MC-16X system is used to implement

miscellaneous interfaces. (a)
a) True b) False

2. 10/100 Mbps NMS interface is provided in the MCC1 card of TJ 100MC-16X system. (a)
a) True b) False

3. Order-wire interface of TJ100MC-16X system is provided in MFC1 card. (a)

a) True b) False

4. Two serial interfaces for craft interface of TJ 100MC-16X system are provided in the MFC1
card. (a)
a) True b) False

5. The power consumption of MFC1 of TJ 100MC-16X system is 8 W. (a)

a) True b) False

Chapter-4:

1. The XCC128L card of TJ 100MC-16X system is a cross-connect controller card designed to

implement 20G VC-12 granularity cross-connect for TJ 100MC-16X system. (a)
a) True b) False

2. The XCC128L card of TJ 100MC-16X system has 40G space switching capabilities and
thus provides 20G strict sense non-blocking switch capacity. (a)
a) True b) False

3. The XCC128L card of TJ 100MC-16X system supplies system timings/system frame

signals to all Line cards in the system. (a)
a) True b) False

4. When the Active LED of XCC128 L of TJ 100MC-16X system turns to green it indicates that
the card is active. (a)
a) True b) False

5. When the Status LED of XCC128L of TJ 100MC-16X system turns to amber it indicates that
the card is in booting process. (a)
a) True b) False

6. When the Status LED of XCC128L of TJ 100MC-16X system turns to green it indicates that
booting process is completed. (a)
a) True b) False
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Chapter-5:

1. The XCC64L card of TJ 100MC-16X system is a cross-connect controller card designed to

implement 10G VC-12 granularity cross-connect for TJ 100MC-16X system. (a)
a) True b) False

2. The XCC64L card of TJ 100MC-16X system has 20G space switching capabilities and thus
provides 10G strict sense non-blocking switch capacity. (a)
a) True b) False

3. The XCC64L card of TJ 100MC-16X system supplies system timings/system frame signals
to all Line cards in the system. (a)
a) True b) False

4. A management processor subsystem in XCC64L card of TJ 100MC-16X system will be

handling APS and node management functions. (a)
a) True b) False

5. The power consumption of XCC64L card of TJ 100MC-16X system is 48 W. (a)

a) True b) False

Chapter-6:

1. Adaptor card ADP1 provides an interface for using MC-4L line cards into the TJ100MC-16X
systems. (a)
a) True b) False

2. The ADP1 card occupies 2 slots in the TJ100MC-16X chassis. (a)

a) True b) False

3. The ADP1 card can be plugged into any of the slots from 1 to 8 and 10 to 14 of TJ100MC-
16X system. (a)
a) True b) False

4. The ADP1 card of TJ100MC-16X system consumes a maximum power of 40 W. (a)

a) True b) False

5. The ADP1 card of TJ100MC-16X system has a small back plane into which any TJ100MC-
4L card can be jacked in. (a)
a) True b) False

6. No traffic interfaces are provided on ADP1 card of TJ100MC-16X system. (a)

a) True b) False
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Chapter-7:

1. TE33 card (3 port E3) is a generic tributary card that can be used across all the Teja’s
STM-1/4/16 systems. (a)
a) True b) False

2. The TE33 card of TJ100MC-16X system maps E3 tributaries into a VC-3/AU-4 of STM-1
frame. (a)
a) True b) False

3. The TE33 card of TJ100MC-16X system consumes a maximum power of 8 W (a)

a) True b) False

Chapters- 8 to 10:

1. The LQ02 card maps the incoming Ethernet packets into VC3 with LAPS/GFP framing. (a)
a) True b) False

2. The LQ02 card can be inserted into any of the line slots of the TJ100MC-16X system. (a)
a) True b) False

3. The LQ02 card of TJ100MC-16X system consumes a maximum power of 30 W. (a)

a) True b) False

4. There are two 1000Base LX optical ports on the front panel of LQ02 card of TJ100MC-16X
system. (a)
a) True b) False

5. The optical interfaces of LQ02 card of TJ100MC-16X system are provided with LC type
connectors. (a)
a) True b) False

6. The framing protocol used in LQ02 card of TJ100MC-16X system is LAPS or GFP, which is
configurable. (a)
a) True b) False

CHAPTER 11

1. The 84 Port E1 interface (LB84) CARD OF TJ100MC-16X system provides 84 E1 channels,

which are mapped into SDH frame. (a)
a) True b) False

2. The LB84 card of TJ100MC-16X system can be inserted into line Slots 1 to 5 and 10 to 14.
a) True b) False (a)

3. The LB84 card of TJ100MC-16X system consumes a maximum power of 30 W. (a)

a) True b) False
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4. A local power supply unit is incorporated in the LB84 card of TJ100MC-16X system to
generate 3.3 V. (a)
a) True b) False

5. The LB84 card of TJ100MC-16X system can communicate to the controller card through
inter card communication channel. (a)
a) True b) False

Chapter-12:

1. 8-Port E4/STM-1E interface card (PC1L8SA) provides E4/STM-1e interface to the

TJ100MC-16X system. (a)
a) True b) False

2. PC1L8SA card of TJ100MC-16X system is port configurable for E4 and STM-1e operation.
(a)
a) True b) False

3. The PC1L8SA card of TJ100MC-X system consumes a maximum power of 35 W. (a)

a) True b) False

4. The PC1L8SA card of TJ100MC-16X system provides eight E4/STM-1e electrical ports on
the front panel. (a)
a) True b) False

5. The PC1L8SA card of TJ100MC-16X system is provided with SMB type connectors for
E4/STM-1e electrical port connections. (a)
a) True b) False

Chapter-13:

1. The LC1L12 card provides E4/STM-1e and STM-1o interface to the TJ100MC-16X system.
a) True b) False (a)

2. There are four E4/STM-1e electrical ports in LC1L12 card of TJ100MC-16X system.
a) True b) False (a)

3. There are eight STM-1 optical ports in LC1L12 card of TJ100MC-16X system. (a)
a) True b) False

4. The type of connector used for optical ports on LC1L12 card of TJ100MC-16X system is LC
connector. (a)
a) True b) False

Chapter-14:

1. The LC1L16FP card provides STM-1o interface to the TJ100MC-16X system. (a)
a) True b) False
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2. Sixteen optical interfaces can be mounted on LC1L16FP card of TJ100MC-16X system. (a)
a) True b) False

3. The LC1L16FP card can be inserted in any of the line slots of TJ100MC-16X system. (a)
a) True b) False

4. The LC1L16FP card of TJ100MC-16X system consumes a maximum power of 45 W. (a)

a) True b) False

5. The LC1L16FP card of TJ100MC-16X system can be configured to offer lesser number of
optical ports depending on the requirement. (a)
a) True b) False

Chapter-15:

1. The LC4L4FF card provides the STM-4 optical interface to the TJ100MC-16X system. (a)
a) True b) False

2. The LC4L4FF card of TJ100MC-16X system consumes a maximum power of 40W. (a)
a) True b) False

3. The LC4L4FF card of TJ100MC-16X system has four STM-4 optical ports. (a)
a) True b) False

Chapter-16:

1. The LC16L1Ncard provides the STM-16 optical interface to the TJ100MC-16X system. (a)
a) True b) False

2. The LC16L1N card of TJ100MC-16X system consumes a maximum power of 40 W. (a)

a) True b) False

3. Only one single STM-16 optical port is provided on the LC16L1N card of TJ100MC-16X
system. (a)
a) True b) False

Chapter-17:

1. The LC16L1FF module consumes a maximum power of __________ (d)

a) 40 mW b) 40 μW
c) 40 nW d) 40W

2. The number of STM-16 optical ports available on the front panel of LC16L1FF module is
___________ (d)
a) four b) three
c) two d) one