DSDN MCQ 123

1) Calling subscriber:
in telephone conversation one who initiates the call is referred to as calling subscriber.
2) Called subscriber:
the one for whom the call is destined is called subscriber.
3) Fully connected network:
network with point to point links among all the entities are known as fully connected network.
4) In Electronic Switching Centre (ESC), the transmission rate of X.25 protocol is
____9.6 Kbps.
1) Less than
2) Equal to
3) Greater than
4) None of the above
Answer-3
5) In cellular telephone network, which component controls the switching between

public wireline telephone network and the base station of cells for supporting the
different calls between landline to mobile, mobile to landline and mobile to mobile
calls?
A. Electronic Switching Center (ESC)
B. A Cell Controller
C. Radio Transmitter & Receiver
D. A common communication protocol
Answer-A
6) Which among the following represents the flawless hand-off with no perceivable
interruption of service?
A. Hard hand-off
B. Soft hand-off
C. Intracell hand-off
D. Intercell hand-off
Answer-B
7) Which hand-off stage deals with the relinquishment of unnecessary frequency
channels by keeping the availability for other mobile users?
A. Initialization
B. Resource Reservation
C. Call Execution
D. Call Completion
Answer-D
8) If more number of cells are necessary in the frequency reuse distance, then the
segmentation & dualization techniques get ________
A. united
B. divided
C. restricted
D. filtered
answer-A
9) Which type of framing technique/s reduce/s the problem of synchronization of the

receiver?
A. Character Count
B. Character Stuffing
C. Bit Stuffing
D. All of the above
Answer-B
10) In Protocol Data Units (PDUs), where do/does the data get/s interchanged?
A. Between peer entities
B. Between entities of neighbouring layers
C. Between 'N' & 'N+1' layers
D. All of the above
Answer-A
11) Consider the statements given below. Which among them represents the
operational step executed in datagram Packet Switched Network?
A. Fixed Path is assigned between nodes from source to destination
B. First Come First Serviced basis is applicable
C. Necessity of an identifier for a connection between source host & destination host
D. Transmission of short messages of one or two packet lengths
Answer-D
The transfer of user messages from node to another by means of store and forward
switching network is known as _______
A. jitter
B. scaling
C. hop
D. entity
answrer-C
Which among the following can be adopted as a dedicated path between the source and
destination in circuit switching?
A. Physical Wire
B. Radio Link
C. Co-axial Cable
D. All of the above
Answer-D
In network management, managing the rate at which the traffic enters a network is known
as _____
A. Flow control
B. Routing control
C. Data control
D. All of the above
Answer-a
If the desired connection has a low completion probability, which type of flow control
technique is used for eliminating the capture of common resources?
A. Trunk Directionalization
B. Cancellation of Alternate Routing
C. Code Blocking
D. Centralized Connection Control
Answer-D
In digital network synchronization, which approach indicates the cost burden carrying of
highly accurate and redundant timing sources by means of smaller switching nodes?
A. Packetization
B. Master Slave Clocking
C. Network Wide Pulse Stuffing
D. Plesiochronous Network
Answer-D
What is /are the purpose/s of pulse stuffing in an asynchronous multiplexing?
A. Removal of slips & the need for clock synchronization
B. Usability of output channel with higher rate than input
C. Creation of timing adjustments
D. All of the above
Answer-D
Phase jitter is generated by an additive noise on a __________sinusoidal wave.
A. continuous
B. sampled
C. discrete
D. distorted
answer-A
Which among the following exhibit/s the necessity of trunks during the signaling
mechanism?
A. Inchannel Signaling
B. Common Channel Signaling
C. Both a and b
D. None of the above
Answer-A
Which signals are regarded as call-progress signals as they are sent back to inform the
caller about the progress of the call?
A. Address Signals
B. Status Signals
C. Call request Signals
D. Answer Signals
Answer-B
By how many times does the time division exchange exhibit connection and disconnection
with respect to every millisecond, due to its ability of using rearrangeable networks?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 8
D. 16
Answer-C
Which kind of switching system does not comprise any subscriber, concentrator or
expander?
A. Crossbar
B. Director Exchange
C. Strowger
D. Tandem
Answer-D
In two-stage network, which phenomenon/situation occurs due to impossible connectivity
of given incoming trunk to selected outgoing trunk specifically because of link utilization
for other connection between primary and secondary switches?
A. Bursting
B. Blinking
C. Blocking
D. Burning
Answer-C
Which model of loss system allows the usage of Poisson distribution model for traffic
analysis especially by assuming infinite number of users?
A. Lost Calls Cleared (LCC)
B. Lost Calls Returned (LCR)
C. Lost Calls Held (LCH)
Answer-A
Which type of holding time distribution is assumed for the voice conversation on
telephone?
A. Constant
B. Exponential
C. Both a and b
Answer-B
If the queuing systems are connected in tandem configuration, what would be the nature
of delay?
A. Commutative
B. Distributive
C. Cumulative
D. Deductive
Answer-C
In analyzing the traffic performance, how is the number of trunk decided with the
provision of the Grade of Service (GoS) especially for larger group?
A. By normal load condition
B. By overload condition
C. By underload condition
Answer-B
If a group of trunk is offered 1200 calls during the busy hour & 20 calls are lost along
with the average call duration of about 7 min, then what would be the total duration of
congestion period?
A. 21.6 sec
B. 42.2 sec
C. 57.6 sec
D. 98.2 sec
Answer-C
In manual switching, which kind of battery exchange has the provision of subscribers set
along with magneto generator?
A. Local battery exchange
B. Central battery exchange
C. Both a and b
Answer-A
In packet switching, what does the header of each short size of packet consist of?
A. Source address
B. Destination address
C. Intermediate nodes
D. All of the above
Answer-D
Which type of switching network involves the establishment of a dedicated path between
two stations?
A. Message Switching
B. Packet Switching
C. Circuit Switching
D. Manual Switching
Answer-C
In message switching system, an incoming message gets ____ especially if the required
route is busy.
A. lost
B. stored in a queue & retransmitted
C. sampled
D. recovered
Answer-B
Which type of connection takes place between an incoming trunk and an outgoing trunk?
A. Local call
B. Outgoing call
C. Incoming call
D. Transit call
Answer-D
Which method of cellular network assists in minimizing the co-channel interference
associated with the angle of degree?
A. Cell Splitting
B. Cell Sectoring
C. Cell Segmentation & Dualization
Answer-B
Which effect is widespread in adjacent-channel interference especially after the reception
of a weak signal by a mobile user from the base-station?
A. Near-far effect
B. Doppler's effect
C. Capture effect
D. Kendall effect
Answer-A
In a cellular telephone system, which type of interference results from imperfect design of
filters in receivers by allowing nearby frequencies to enter the receiver?
A. Co-channel Interference
B. Adjacent-channel Interference
C. Both a and b
Answer-B
Which antennas are used at the center of the cells for the system with hexagonal-shaped
cells?
A. Omni-directional antennas
B. Sectored directional antennas
C. Both a and b
Answer-A
If the system is designed with the usage of hexagonal-shaped cells, how are the base-
stations located?
A. At the centre of cell
B. At the edge of cell
C. At the corner of the cell
D. All of the above
Answer-D
Which among the following utilizes the transmission line upto 85 - 95 %?
A. Voice Traffic
B. Data Traffic
C. Both a and b
Answer-A
In Phase Shift Keying, how many bit/s is/are allowed to be transmitted per shift?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 4
D. 8
Answer-B
If the voice channel is free in PSTN, then what would be the maximum data rate
supported by 3.1 kHz bandwidth of voice channel?
A. 2000 bps
B. 4000 bps
C. 6000 bps
D. 8000 bps
Answer-C
Which among the following is/are supported by LAN?
A. PABX
B. PSTN
C. SBDN
D. All of the above
Answer-A
Which type of data network supports the interconnection of computers within highly
populated area?
A. LAN
B. WAN
C. MAN
Answer-C
Which theorem in random jitter specifies the composite effect of various uncorrelated
noise sources despite the distribution approaches to Gaussian distribution?
A. Initial Value Theorem
B. Final Value Theorem
C. Central Limit Theorem
Answer-C
If the voltage controlled by VCO exhibits variation at faster and rapid rate, then the
instability of clock is known as _______
A. Clock wander
B. Clock jitter
C. Clock frequency
D. Clock period
Answer-B
What is an acceptable value of dividing point between the wander and jitter?
A. 10 Hz
B. 20 Hz
C. 50 Hz
D. 200 Hz
Answer-A
After the application of line frequency in Phase Locked Loop (PLL), at which stage do/
does the VCO frequency start to exhibit variation?
A. Free running
B. Capture
C. Phase Lock
D. All of the above
Answer-B
Which among the following controls the dynamic characteristics of Phase Locked Loop
(PLL)?
A. Low Pass Filter
B. High Pass Filter
C. Band Pass Filter
D. Band Stop Filter
Answer-A
Which form/s of grading design has/have the tendency to share every trunk between equal
number of groups?
A. Homogeneous Grading
B. Heterogeneous Grading
C. Skipped Grading
D. All of the above
Answer-A
In graded groups, switches with inaccessibility to the outgoing route gets ____ into the
number of separate groups.
A. added
B. subtracted
C. multiplied
D. divided
Answer-C
Which shape of switches are not adopted normally due to non-usability of both way
trunks?
A. Circular
B. Triangular
C. Hexagonal
D. Square
Answer-B
Which among the following provides TRG access to outgoing junctions through the two
stage network?
A. Expander
B. Distributor
C. Concentrator
D. Router
Answer-D
By which name/s is the Grade of Service (GOS) well-known?
A. Call congestion
B. Time congestion
C. Both a and b
Answer-A
Percentage of occupancy can be defined as the percentage of _____ for which the server
seems to be busy.
A. speed
B. distance
C. time
D. volume
Answer-C
How is the relation between Erlang and CCS specified?
A. 1 Erlang = 36 CCS
B. 1 Erlang = 56 CCS
C. 1 Erlang = 76 CCS
D. 1 Erlang = 96 CCS
Answer-A
If a telephone exchange serves 1500 users with the average BHCA of about 9000 and CCR
is about 50%, what would be the busy hour calling rate?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4.5
D. 5
Answer-B
The ratio of number of successful calls to the number of call attempts is known as ______
A. Call Completion Rate (CCR)
B. Call Block Rate (CBR)
C. Busy Hour Call Rate (BHCR)
Answer-A
In folded type of network, ____
A. input lines are folded back to output lines
B. output lines are folded back to input lines
C. input lines are folded back to themselves (input lines)
D. output lines are folded back to themselves (output lines)
Answer-B
What is the hardware, used to establish connection as an electrical path between inlet and
outlet pair in switching system, known as?
A. Switching Matrix
B. Switching Network
C. Both a and b
Answer-C
Which kind of switching technique indicates the transfer of coded values from input to
output during the same interval of time?
A. Space Switching
B. Time Switching
C. Combination Switching
Answer-A
Which among the following is/are adopted by cross bar systems with hard wired control
subsystem?
A. Relays
B. Latches
C. Both a and b
Answer-C
If 'n' number of users are present in a network with point-to-point links, then how many
links will be required in the network?
A. n (n – 1)
B. n (n – 1) / 2
C. n (n – 1) / 4
D. n (n – 1) / 8
Answer-B
Multiple Choice Questions and Answers On Telecommunication and Switching Systems
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS BY SASMITA JULY 23, 2017
1) If ‘n’ number of users are present in a network with point-to-point links, then how
many links will be required in the network?
a. n (n – 1)
b. n (n – 1) / 2
c. n (n – 1) / 4
d. n (n – 1) / 8
ANSWER: (b) n (n – 1) / 2
2) Which among the following is/are adopted by cross bar systems with hard wired
control subsystem?
a. Relays
b. Latches
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (c) Both a and b
3) Which kind of switching technique indicates the transfer of coded values from input to
a. Space Switching
b. Time Switching
c. Combination Switching
ANSWER: (a) Space Switching
4) What is the hardware, used to establish connection as an electrical path between inlet
and outlet pair in switching system, known as?
a. Switching Matrix
b. Switching Network
c. Both a and b
5) In folded type of network, ____
a. input lines are folded back to output lines
b. output lines are folded back to input lines
c. input lines are folded back to themselves (input lines)
d. output lines are folded back to themselves (output lines)
ANSWER: (b) output lines are folded back to input lines
6) The ratio of number of successful calls to the number of call attempts is known as
______
a. Call Completion Rate (CCR)
b. Call Block Rate (CBR)
c. Busy Hour Call Rate (BHCR)
ANSWER: (a) Call Completion Rate (CCR)
7) If a telephone exchange serves 1500 users with the average BHCA of about 9000 and
CCR is about 50%, what would be the busy hour calling rate?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4.5
d. 5
ANSWER: (b) 3
8) How is the relation between Erlang and CCS specified?
a. 1 Erlang = 36 CCS
b. 1 Erlang = 56 CCS
c. 1 Erlang = 76 CCS
d. 1 Erlang = 96 CCS
ANSWER: (a) 1 Erlang = 36 CCS
9) Percentage of occupancy can be defined as the percentage of _____ for which the
server seems to be busy.
a. speed
b. distance
c. time
d. volume
ANSWER: (c) time
10) By which name/s is the Grade of Service (GOS) well-known?
a. Call congestion
b. Time congestion
c. Both a and b
ANSWER: (a) Call congestion
11) Which among the following provides TRG access to outgoing junctions through the
two stage network?
a. Expander
b. Distributor
c. Concentrator
d. Router
ANSWER: (d) Router
12) Which shape of switches are not adopted normally due to non-usability of both way
trunks?
a. Circular
b. Triangular
c. Hexagonal
d. Square
ANSWER: (b) Triangular
13) In graded groups, switches with inaccessibility to the outgoing route gets ____ into the
a. added
b. subtracted
c. multiplied
d. divided
ANSWER: (c) multiplied
14) Which form/s of grading design has/have the tendency to share every trunk between
equal number of groups?
a. Homogeneous Grading
b. Heterogeneous Grading
c. Skipped Grading
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (a) Homogeneous Grading
15) For the two-group grading consisting of 14 trunks, availability = 5, Ak = 1.4E and the
required grade of service of about 0.01, what would be its traffic capacity?
a. 4.98 E
b. 6.72 E
c. 8.3 E
d. 10 E
ANSWER: (a) 4.98 E
16) Which among the following controls the dynamic characteristics of Phase Locked
Loop (PLL)?
a. Low Pass Filter
b. High Pass Filter
c. Band Pass Filter
d. Band Stop Filter
ANSWER: (a) Low Pass Filter
17) After the application of line frequency in Phase Locked Loop (PLL), at which stage
do/ does the VCO frequency start to exhibit variation?
a. Free running
b. Capture
c. Phase Lock
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (b) Capture
18) What is an acceptable value of dividing point between the wander and jitter?
a. 10 Hz
b. 20 Hz
c. 50 Hz
d. 200 Hz
ANSWER:(a) 10 Hz
19) If the voltage controlled by VCO exhibits variation at faster and rapid rate, then the
a. Clock wander
b. Clock jitter
c. Clock frequency
d. Clock period
ANSWER: (b) Clock jitter
20) Which theorem in random jitter specifies the composite effect of various uncorrelated
a. Initial Value Theorem
b. Final Value Theorem
c. Central Limit Theorem
ANSWER: (c) Central Limit Theorem
21) Which type of data network supports the interconnection of computers within highly
populated area?
a. LAN
b. WAN
c. MAN
ANSWER: (c) MAN
22) Which among the following is/are supported by LAN?
a. PABX
b. PSTN
c. SBDN
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (a) PABX
23) If the voice channel is free in PSTN, then what would be the maximum data rate
a. 2000 bps
b. 4000 bps
c. 6000 bps
d. 8000 bps
ANSWER: (c) 6000 bps
24) In Phase Shift Keying, how many bit/s is/are allowed to be transmitted per shift?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 4
d. 8
ANSWER: (b) 2
25) Which among the following utilizes the transmission line upto 85 – 95 %?
a. Voice Traffic
b. Data Traffic
c. Both a and b
ANSWER: (a) Voice Traffic
26) If the system is designed with the usage of hexagonal-shaped cells, how are the base-
stations located?
a. At the centre of cell
b. At the edge of cell
c. At the corner of the cell
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (d) All of the above
27) Which antennas are used at the center of the cells for the system with hexagonal-
shaped cells?
a. Omni-directional antennas
b. Sectored directional antennas
c. Both a and b
ANSWER: (a) Omni-directional antennas
28) In a cellular telephone system, which type of interference results from imperfect
design of filters in receivers by allowing nearby frequencies to enter the receiver?
a. Co-channel Interference
b. Adjacent-channel Interference
c. Both a and b
ANSWER: (b) Adjacent-channel Interference
29) Which effect is widespread in adjacent-channel interference especially after the
reception of a weak signal by a mobile user from the base-station?
a. Near-far effect
b. Doppler’s effect
c. Capture effect
d. Kendall effect
ANSWER: (a) Near-far effect
30) Which method of cellular network assists in minimizing the co-channel interference
a. Cell Splitting
b. Cell Sectoring
c. Cell Segmentation & Dualization
ANSWER: (b) Cell Sectoring
31) Which type of connection takes place between an incoming trunk and an outgoing
trunk?
a. Local call
b. Outgoing call
c. Incoming call
d. Transit call
ANSWER: (d) Transit call
32) In message switching system, an incoming message gets ____ especially if the required
route is busy.
a. lost
b. stored in a queue & retransmitted
c. sampled
d. recovered
ANSWER: (b) stored in a queue & retransmitted
33) Which type of switching network involves the establishment of a dedicated path
between two stations?
a. Message Switching
b. Packet Switching
c. Circuit Switching
d. Manual Switching
ANSWER: (c) Circuit Switching
In packet switching, what does the header of each short size of packet consist of?
a. Source address
b. Destination address
c. Intermediate nodes
d. All of the above
35) In manual switching, which kind of battery exchange has the provision of subscribers
set along with magneto generator?
a. Local battery exchange
b. Central battery exchange
c. Both a and b
ANSWER: (a) Local battery exchange
36) If a group of trunk is offered 1200 calls during the busy hour & 20 calls are lost along
congestion period?
a. 21.6 sec
b. 42.2 sec
c. 57.6 sec
d. 98.2 sec
ANSWER: (c) 57.6 sec
37) In analyzing the traffic performance, how is the number of trunk decided with the
a. By normal load condition
b. By overload condition
c. By underload condition
ANSWER: (b) By overload condition
38) If the queuing systems are connected in tandem configuration, what would be the
nature of delay?
a. Commutative
b. Distributive
c. Cumulative
d. Deductive
ANSWER: (c) Cumulative
39) Which type of holding time distribution is assumed for the voice conversation on
telephone?
a. Constant
b. Exponential
c. Both a and b
ANSWER: (b) Exponential
40) Which model of loss system allows the usage of Poisson distribution model for traffic
a. Lost Calls Cleared (LCC)
b. Lost Calls Returned (LCR)
c. Lost Calls Held (LCH)
ANSWER: (a) Lost Calls Cleared (LCC)
41) In two-stage network, which phenomenon/situation occurs due to impossible
connectivity of given incoming trunk to selected outgoing trunk specifically because of link
utilization for other connection between primary and secondary switches?
a. Bursting
b. Blinking
c. Blocking
d. Burning
ANSWER: (c) Blocking
42) Which kind of switching system does not comprise any subscriber, concentrator or
expander?
a. Crossbar
b. Director Exchange
c. Strowger
d. Tandem
ANSWER: (d) Tandem
43) By how many times does the time division exchange exhibit connection and
disconnection with respect to every millisecond, due to its ability of using rearrangeable
networks?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 8
d. 16
ANSWER: (c) 8
44) Which signals are regarded as call-progress signals as they are sent back to inform
the caller about the progress of the call?
a. Address Signals
b. Status Signals
c. Call request Signals
d. Answer Signals
ANSWER: (b) Status Signals
45) Which among the following exhibit/s the necessity of trunks during the signaling
mechanism?
a. Inchannel Signaling
b. Common Channel Signaling
c. Both a and b
ANSWER: (a) Inchannel Signaling
46) Phase jitter is generated by an additive noise on a __________sinusoidal wave.
a. continuous
b. sampled
c. discrete
d. distorted
ANSWER: (a) continuous
47) What is /are the purpose/s of pulse stuffing in an asynchronous multiplexing?
a. Removal of slips & the need for clock synchronization
b. Usability of output channel with higher rate than input
c. Creation of timing adjustments
d. All of the above
48) In digital network synchronization, which approach indicates the cost burden
carrying of highly accurate and redundant timing sources by means of smaller switching
nodes?
a. Packetization
b. Master Slave Clocking
c. Network Wide Pulse Stuffing
d. Plesiochronous Network
ANSWER: (d) Plesiochronous Network
49) If the desired connection has a low completion probability, which type of flow control
a. Trunk Directionalization
b. Cancellation of Alternate Routing
c. Code Blocking
d. Centralized Connection Control
ANSWER: (d) Centralized Connection Control
50) In network management, managing the rate at which the traffic enters a network is
known as _____
a. Flow control
b. Routing control
c. Data control
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (a) Flow control
51) Which among the following can be adopted as a dedicated path between the source
and destination in circuit switching?
a. Physical Wire
b. Radio Link
c. Co-axial Cable
d. All of the above
52) The transfer of user messages from node to another by means of store and forward
a. jitter
b. scaling
c. hop
d. entity
ANSWER: (c) hop
53) Consider the statements given below. Which among them represents the operational
step executed in datagram Packet Switched Network?
a. Fixed Path is assigned between nodes from source to destination
b. First Come First Serviced basis is applicable
c. Necessity of an identifier for a connection between source host & destination host
d. Transmission of short messages of one or two packet length
ANSWER: (d) Transmission of short messages of one or two packet lengths
a. Between peer entities
b. Between entities of neighboring layers
c. Between ‘N’ & ‘N+1’ layers
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (a) Between peer entities
receiver?
a. Character Count
b. Character Stuffing
c. Bit Stuffing
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (b) Character Stuffing
a. united
b. divided
c. restricted
d. filtered
ANSWER: (a) united
57) Which hand-off stage deals with the relinquishment of unnecessary frequency
channels by keeping the availability for other mobile users?
a. Initialization
b. Resource Reservation
c. Call Execution
d. Call Completion
ANSWER: (d) Call Completion
a. Hard hand-off
b. Soft hand-off
c. Intracell hand-off
d. Intercell hand-off
ANSWER: (b) Soft hand-off
59) In cellular telephone network, which component controls the switching between
public wireline telephone network and the base station of cells for supporting the different
calls between landline to mobile, mobile to landline and mobile to mobile calls?
a. Electronic Switching Center (ESC)
b. A Cell Controller
c. Radio Transmitter & Receiver
d. A common communication protocol
ANSWER: (a) Electronic Switching Center (ESC)
____9.6 Kbps.
a. Less than
b. Equal to
c. Greater than
ANSWER: (c) Greater than

____9.6 Kbps.
a. Less than
b. Equal to
c. Greater than
ANSWER: Greater than
2) In cellular telephone network, which component controls the switching between public
wireline telephone network and the base station of cells for supporting the different calls
between landline to mobile, mobile to landline and mobile to mobile calls?
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ANSWER: Electronic Switching Center (ESC)
a. Hard hand-off
b. Soft hand-off
ANSWER: Soft hand-off
4) Which hand-off stage deals with the relinquishment of unnecessary frequency channels
by keeping the availability for other mobile users?
a. Initialization
c. Call Execution
d. Call Completion
ANSWER: Call Completion
a. united
b. divided
c. restricted
d. filtered
ANSWER: united
receiver?
a. Character Count
c. Bit Stuffing
d. All of the above
ANSWER: Character Stuffing

c. Between 'N' & 'N+1' layers
d. All of the above
ANSWER: Between peer entities
8) Consider the statements given below. Which among them represents the operational
step executed in datagram Packet Switched Network?

d. Transmission of short messages of one or two packet lengths
ANSWER: Transmission of short messages of one or two packet lengths
a. jitter
b. scaling
c. hop
d. entity
ANSWER: hop
10) Which among the following can be adopted as a dedicated path between the source
and destination in circuit switching?
a. Physical Wire
b. Radio Link
c. Co-axial Cable
d. All of the above
ANSWER: All of the above
known as _____
a. Flow control
b. Routing control
c. Data control
d. All of the above
ANSWER: Flow control
c. Code Blocking
ANSWER: Centralized Connection Control
13) In digital network synchronization, which approach indicates the cost burden
carrying of highly accurate and redundant timing sources by means of smaller switching
nodes?
a. Packetization
ANSWER: Plesiochronous Network


d. All of the above

5) Phase jitter is generated by an additive noise on a __________sinusoidal wave.
a. continuous
b. sampled
c. discrete
d. distorted
ANSWER: continuous
mechanism?
c. Both a and b
ANSWER: Inchannel Signaling
17) Which signals are regarded as call-progress signals as they are sent back to inform
the caller about the progress of the call?
a. Address Signals
b. Status Signals
d. Answer Signals
ANSWER: Status Signals
networks?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 8
d. 16
ANSWER: 8
expander?
a. Crossbar
c. Strowger
d. Tandem
ANSWER: Tandem
a. Bursting
b. Blinking
c. Blocking
d. Burning
ANSWER: Blocking

ANSWER: Lost Calls Cleared (LCC)
telephone?
a. Constant
b. Exponential
c. Both a and b
ANSWER: Exponential
23) If the queuing systems are connected in tandem configuration, what would be the
nature of delay?
a. Commutative
b. Distributive
c. Cumulative
d. Deductive
ANSWER: Cumulative

ANSWER: By overload condition
congestion period?
a. 21.6 sec
b. 42.2 sec
c. 57.6 sec
d. 98.2 sec
ANSWER: 57.6 sec

c. Both a and b
ANSWER: Local battery exchange
27) In packet switching, what does the header of each short size of packet consist of?
a. Source address
d. All of the above
b. Packet Switching
d. Manual Switching
ANSWER: Circuit Switching

29) In message switching system, an incoming message gets ____ especially if the required
route is busy.
a. lost
c. sampled
d. recovered
ANSWER: stored in a queue & retransmitted

trunk?
a. Local call
b. Outgoing call
c. Incoming call
d. Transit call
ANSWER: Transit call
a. Cell Splitting
b. Cell Sectoring
ANSWER: Cell Sectoring

a. Near-far effect
b. Doppler's effect
c. Capture effect
d. Kendall effect
ANSWER: Near-far effect
33) In a cellular telephone system, which type of interference results from imperfect
design of filters in receivers by allowing nearby frequencies to enter the receiver?
c. Both a and b
ANSWER: Adjacent-channel Interference
34) Which antennas are used at the center of the cells for the system with hexagonal-
shaped cells?
c. Both a and b
ANSWER: Omni-directional antennas
stations located?
d. All of the above
36) Which among the following utilizes the transmission line upto 85 - 95 %?
a. Voice Traffic
b. Data Traffic
c. Both a and b
ANSWER: Voice Traffic
a. 1
b. 2
c. 4
d. 8
ANSWER: 2
a. 2000 bps
b. 4000 bps
c. 6000 bps
d. 8000 bps
ANSWER: 6000 bps

a. PABX
b. PSTN
c. SBDN
d. All of the above
ANSWER: PABX
populated area?
a. LAN
b. WAN
c. MAN
ANSWER: MAN

ANSWER: Central Limit Theorem
a. Clock wander
b. Clock jitter
c. Clock frequency
d. Clock period
ANSWER: Clock jitter
a. 10 Hz
b. 20 Hz
c. 50 Hz
d. 200 Hz
ANSWER: 10 Hz
9) After the application of line frequency in Phase Locked Loop (PLL), at which stage do/
a. Free running
b. Capture
c. Phase Lock
d. All of the above
ANSWER: Capture
10) Which among the following controls the dynamic characteristics of Phase Locked
Loop (PLL)?
a. Low Pass Filter

b. High Pass Filter
c. Band Pass Filter
d. Band Stop Filter
ANSWER: Low Pass Filter
a. 4.98 E
b. 6.72 E
c. 8.3 E
d. 10 E
ANSWER: 4.98 E
c. Skipped Grading
d. All of the above
ANSWER: Homogeneous Grading
48) In graded groups, switches with inaccessibility to the outgoing route gets ____ into
the number of separate groups.
a. added
b. subtracted
c. multiplied
d. divided
ANSWER: multiplied
trunks?
a. Circular
b. Triangular
c. Hexagonal
d. Square
ANSWER: Triangular
50) Which among the following provides TRG access to outgoing junctions through the
two stage network?
a. Expander
b. Distributor
c. Concentrator
d. Router
ANSWER: Router

a. Call congestion
b. Time congestion
c. Both a and b
ANSWER: Call congestion
52) Percentage of occupancy can be defined as the percentage of _____ for which the
server seems to be busy.
a. speed
b. distance
c. time
d. volume
ANSWER: time

ANSWER: 1 Erlang = 36 CCS
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4.5
d. 5
ANSWER: 3
______

ANSWER: Call Completion Rate (CCR)
56) In folded type of network, ____


ANSWER: output lines are folded back to input lines
a. Switching Matrix
c. Both a and b
ANSWER: Both a and b
58) Which kind of switching technique indicates the transfer of coded values from input
to output during the same interval of time?
a. Space Switching
b. Time Switching
ANSWER: Space Switching
59) Which among the following is/are adopted by cross bar systems with hard wired
control subsystem?
a. Relays
b. Latches
c. Both a and b
1. The number of point to point links required in a fully connected network for 50entities is
(A)1250
(B)1225
(C) 2500
(D) 50
Answer-c
1) If ‘n’ number of users are present in a network with point-to-point links, then how many
a. n (n – 1)
b. n (n – 1) / 2
c. n (n – 1) / 4
d. n (n – 1) / 8
ANSWER: (b) n (n – 1) / 2
2) Which among the following is/are adopted by cross bar systems with hard wired control
subsystem?
a. Relays
b. Latches
c. Both a and b
a. Space Switching
b. Time Switching
ANSWER: (a) Space Switching
4) What is the hardware, used to establish connection as an electrical path between inlet and
outlet pair in switching system, known as?
a. Switching Matrix
c. Both a and b
5) In folded type of network,

ANSWER: (b) output lines are folded back to input lines


ANSWER: (a) Call Completion Rate (CCR)
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4.5
d. 5
ANSWER: (b) 3
ANSWER: (a) 1 Erlang = 36 CCS
9) Percentage of occupancy can be defined as the percentage of for which the server
seems to be busy.
a. speed
b. distance
c. time
d. volume
ANSWER: (c) time
a. Call congestion
b. Time congestion
c. Both a and b
ANSWER: (a) Call congestion
11) Which among the following provides TRG access to outgoing junctions through the two
stage network?
a. Expander
b. Distributor
c. Concentrator
d. Router
ANSWER: (d) Router
trunks?
a. Circular
b. Triangular
c. Hexagonal
d. Square
ANSWER: (b) Triangular
13) In graded groups, switches with inaccessibility to the outgoing route gets into the
a. added
b. subtracted
c. multiplied
d. divided
ANSWER: (c) multiplied
c. Skipped Grading
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (a) Homogeneous Grading
a. 4.98 E
b. 6.72 E
c. 8.3 E
d. 10 E
ANSWER: (a) 4.98 E
16) Which among the following controls the dynamic characteristics of Phase Locked Loop
(PLL)?
a. Low Pass Filter
b. High Pass Filter
c. Band Pass Filter
d. Band Stop Filter
ANSWER: (a) Low Pass Filter
a. Free running
b. Capture
c. Phase Lock
d. All of the above
ANSWER:(b)Capture
a. 10 Hz
b. 20 Hz
c. 50 Hz
d. 200 Hz
ANSWER:(a) 10Hz
instability of clock is known as
a. Clock wander
b. Clock jitter
c. Clock frequency
d. Clock period
ANSWER: (b) Clockjitter

ANSWER: (c) Central Limit Theorem
populated area?
a. LAN
b. WAN
c. MAN
ANSWER: (c) MAN
a. PABX
b. PSTN
c. SBDN
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (a) PABX
a. 2000 bps
b. 4000 bps
c. 6000 bps
d. 8000 bps
ANSWER: (c) 6000 bps
a. 1
b. 2
c. 4
d. 8
ANSWER: (b) 2
25) Which among the following utilizes the transmission line upto 85 – 95 %?
a. Voice Traffic
b. Data Traffic
c. Both a and b
ANSWER: (a) Voice Traffic
stations located?

d. All of the above
27) Which antennas are used at the center of the cells for the system with hexagonal-shaped
cells?
c. Both a and b
ANSWER: (a) Omni-directional antennas
28) In a cellular telephone system, which type of interference results from imperfect design
of filters in receivers by allowing nearby frequencies to enter the receiver?
c. Both a and b
ANSWER: (b) Adjacent-channel Interference

a. Near-far effect
b. Doppler’s effect
c. Capture effect
d. Kendall effect
ANSWER: (a) Near-far effect
a. Cell Splitting
b. Cell Sectoring
ANSWER: (b) Cell Sectoring
trunk?
a. Local call
b. Outgoing call
c. Incoming call
d. Transit call
ANSWER: (d) Transit call
32) In message switching system, an incoming message gets especially if the required
route is busy.
a. lost
c. sampled
d. recovered
ANSWER: (b) stored in a queue & retransmitted
b. Packet Switching
d. Manual Switching
ANSWER: (c) Circuit Switching
a. Source address
d. All of the above

c. Both a and b
ANSWER: (a) Local battery exchange
congestion period?
a. 21.6 sec
b. 42.2 sec
c. 57.6 sec
d. 98.2 sec
ANSWER: (c) 57.6 sec

ANSWER: (b) By overload condition
38) If the queuing systems are connected in tandem configuration, what would be the nature
of delay?
a. Commutative
b. Distributive
c. Cumulative
d. Deductive
ANSWER: (c) Cumulative
telephone?
a. Constant
b. Exponential
c. Both a and b
ANSWER: (b) Exponential

ANSWER: (a) Lost Calls Cleared (LCC)

a. Bursting
b. Blinking
c. Blocking
d. Burning
ANSWER: (c) Blocking
expander?
a. Crossbar
c. Strowger
d. Tandem
ANSWER: (d) Tandem
networks?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 8
d. 16
ANSWER: (c) 8
44) Which signals are regarded as call-progress signals as they are sent back to inform the
a. Address Signals
b. Status Signals
d. Answer Signals
ANSWER: (b) Status Signals
mechanism?
c. Both a and b
ANSWER: (a) Inchannel Signaling
46) Phase jitter is generated by an additive noise on a sinusoidal wave.

a. continuous
b. sampled
c. discrete
d. distorted
ANSWER: (a) continuous

d. All of the above
48) In digital network synchronization, which approach indicates the cost burden carrying of
a. Packetization
ANSWER: (d) Plesiochronous Network
c. Code Blocking
ANSWER: (d) Centralized Connection Control
known as
a. Flow control
b. Routing control
c. Data control
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (a) Flow control
51) Which among the following can be adopted as a dedicated path between the source and
a. Physical Wire
b. Radio Link
c. Co-axial Cable
d. All of the above
switching network is known as
a. jitter
b. scaling
c. hop
d. entity
ANSWER: (c) hop
53) Consider the statements given below. Which among them represents the operational step
executed in datagram Packet Switched Network?

d. Transmission of short messages of one or two packet length
ANSWER: (d) Transmission of short messages of one or two packet lengths

c. Between ‘N’ & ‘N+1’ layers
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (a) Between peer entities
receiver?
a. Character Count
c. Bit Stuffing
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (b) Character Stuffing
segmentation & dualization techniques get
a. united
b. divided
c. restricted
d. filtered
ANSWER: (a) united
a. Initialization
c. Call Execution
d. Call Completion
ANSWER: (d) Call Completion
a. Hard hand-off
b. Soft hand-off
ANSWER: (b) Soft hand-off

ANSWER: (a) Electronic Switching Center (ESC)
60) In Electronic Switching Centre (ESC), the transmission rate of X.25 protocol is 9.6
Kbps.
a. Less than
b. Equal to
c. Greater than
ANSWER: (c) Greater than
1) In Electronic Switching Centre (ESC), the transmission rate of X.25 protocol is 9.6
Kbps.
a. Less than
b. Equal to
c. Greater than
Answer Explanation Related Ques
ANSWER: Greater than
Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

ANSWER: Electronic Switching Center (ESC)
Explanation:
a. Hard hand-off
b. Soft hand-off
ANSWER: Soft hand-off
Explanation:
a. Initialization
c. Call Execution
d. Call Completion
ANSWER: Call Completion
Explanation:
segmentation & dualization techniques get
a. united
b. divided
c. restricted
d. filtered
ANSWER: united
Explanation:

receiver?
a. Character Count
c. Bit Stuffing
d. All of the above
ANSWER: Character Stuffing
Explanation:

c. Between 'N' & 'N+1' layers
d. All of the above
ANSWER: Between peer entities
Explanation:
8) Consider the statements given below. Which among them represents the operational step
executed in datagram Packet Switched Network?

d. Transmission of short messages of one or two packet lengths
ANSWER: Transmission of short messages of one or two packet lengths
Explanation:
switching network is known as
a. jitter
b. scaling
c. hop
d. entity
ANSWER: hop
Explanation:
10) Which among the following can be adopted as a dedicated path between the source and
a. Physical Wire
b. Radio Link
c. Co-axial Cable
d. All of the above
Explanation:
known as
a. Flow control
b. Routing control
c. Data control
d. All of the above
ANSWER: Flow control
Explanation:
c. Code Blocking
ANSWER: Centralized Connection Control
Explanation:
13) In digital network synchronization, which approach indicates the cost burden carrying of
a. Packetization
ANSWER: Plesiochronous Network
Explanation:


d. All of the above
Explanation:
15) Phase jitter is generated by an additive noise on a sinusoidal wave.

a. continuous
b. sampled
c. discrete
d. distorted
ANSWER: continuous
Explanation:
mechanism?
c. Both a and b
ANSWER: Inchannel Signaling
Explanation:
17) Which signals are regarded as call-progress signals as they are sent back to inform the
a. Address Signals
b. Status Signals
d. Answer Signals
ANSWER: Status Signals
Explanation:
networks?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 8
d. 16
ANSWER: 8
Explanation:
expander?
a. Crossbar
c. Strowger
d. Tandem
ANSWER: Tandem
Explanation:

a. Bursting
b. Blinking
c. Blocking
d. Burning
ANSWER: Blocking
Explanation:

ANSWER: Lost Calls Cleared (LCC)
Explanation:
telephone?
a. Constant
b. Exponential
c. Both a and b
ANSWER: Exponential
Explanation:
23) If the queuing systems are connected in tandem configuration, what would be the nature
of delay?
a. Commutative
b. Distributive
c. Cumulative
d. Deductive
ANSWER: Cumulative
Explanation:

ANSWER: By overload condition
Explanation:
congestion period?
a. 21.6 sec
b. 42.2 sec
c. 57.6 sec
d. 98.2 sec
ANSWER: 57.6 sec
Explanation:

c. Both a and b
ANSWER: Local battery exchange
Explanation:
a. Source address
d. All of the above
Explanation:
b. Packet Switching
d. Manual Switching
ANSWER: Circuit Switching
Explanation:
29) In message switching system, an incoming message gets especially if the required
route is busy.
a. lost
c. sampled
d. recovered
ANSWER: stored in a queue & retransmitted
Explanation:
trunk?
a. Local call
b. Outgoing call
c. Incoming call
d. Transit call
ANSWER: Transit call
Explanation:
a. Cell Splitting
b. Cell Sectoring
ANSWER: Cell Sectoring
Explanation:

a. Near-far effect
b. Doppler's effect
c. Capture effect
d. Kendall effect
ANSWER: Near-far effect
Explanation:
33) In a cellular telephone system, which type of interference results from imperfect design
of filters in receivers by allowing nearby frequencies to enter the receiver?
c. Both a and b
ANSWER: Adjacent-channel Interference
Explanation:
34) Which antennas are used at the center of the cells for the system with hexagonal-shaped
cells?
c. Both a and b
ANSWER: Omni-directional antennas
Explanation:
stations located?

d. All of the above
Explanation:
36) Which among the following utilizes the transmission line upto 85 - 95 %?
a. Voice Traffic
b. Data Traffic
c. Both a and b
ANSWER: Voice Traffic
Explanation:
a. 1
b. 2
c. 4
d. 8
ANSWER: 2
Explanation:
a. 2000 bps
b. 4000 bps
c. 6000 bps
d. 8000 bps
ANSWER: 6000 bps
Explanation:

a. PABX
b. PSTN
c. SBDN
d. All of the above
ANSWER: PABX
Explanation:
populated area?
a. LAN
b. WAN
c. MAN
ANSWER: MAN
Explanation:

ANSWER: Central Limit Theorem
Explanation:
instability of clock is known as
a. Clock wander
b. Clock jitter
c. Clock frequency
d. Clock period
ANSWER: Clock jitter
Explanation:
a. 10 Hz
b. 20 Hz
c. 50 Hz
d. 200 Hz
ANSWER: 10 Hz
Explanation:
a. Free running
b. Capture
c. Phase Lock
d. All of the above
ANSWER: Capture
Explanation:
45) Which among the following controls the dynamic characteristics of Phase Locked Loop
(PLL)?
a. Low Pass Filter

b. High Pass Filter
c. Band Pass Filter
d. Band Stop Filter
ANSWER: Low Pass Filter
Explanation:
a. 4.98 E
b. 6.72 E
c. 8.3 E
d. 10 E
ANSWER: 4.98 E
Explanation:
c. Skipped Grading
d. All of the above
ANSWER: Homogeneous Grading
Explanation:
48) In graded groups, switches with inaccessibility to the outgoing route gets into the
a. added
b. subtracted
c. multiplied
d. divided
ANSWER: multiplied
Explanation:
trunks?
a. Circular
b. Triangular
c. Hexagonal
d. Square
ANSWER: Triangular
Explanation:
50) Which among the following provides TRG access to outgoing junctions through the two
stage network?
a. Expander
b. Distributor
c. Concentrator
d. Router
ANSWER: Router
Explanation:

a. Call congestion
b. Time congestion
c. Both a and b
ANSWER: Call congestion
Explanation:
52) Percentage of occupancy can be defined as the percentage of for which the server
seems to be busy.
a. speed
b. distance
c. time
d. volume
ANSWER: time
Explanation:

ANSWER: 1 Erlang = 36 CCS
Explanation:
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4.5
d. 5
ANSWER: 3
Explanation:

ANSWER: Call Completion Rate (CCR)
Explanation:
56) In folded type of network,


ANSWER: output lines are folded back to input lines
Explanation:
a. Switching Matrix
c. Both a and b
Explanation:
a. Space Switching
b. Time Switching
ANSWER: Space Switching
Explanation:
59) Which among the following is/are adopted by cross bar systems with hard wired control
subsystem?
a. Relays
b. Latches
c. Both a and b
Explanation:
60) If 'n' number of users are present in a network with point-to-point links, then how many
a. n (n – 1)
b. n (n – 1) / 2
c. n (n – 1) / 4
d. n (n – 1) / 8
ANSWER: n (n – 1) / 2
Explanation:
DE20 ELECTRONIC SWITCHING SYSTEM
TYPICAL QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
PART-I
OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS
Q.1. The number of point to point links required in a fully connected network
for 50 entities is
(A) 1250 (B) 1225
(C) 2500 (D) 50
Ans: (C)
Q.2. For a non blocking cross bar configuration, taking N as the number of
subscribers, there will be number of cross
points and _ number of switches for establishing connections when all
the subscribers are engaged.
(A) N/2, N2 (B) N2 , N/2
(C) 2N, N2 (D) N/2, N3
Ans: (B)
Q.3. Echo suppressor is detrimental to full duplex operation because

(A) It disables one of the two pairs in a four-wire trunk line
when asignal is detected on the other pair.
(B) It enables one of the two pairs in a four-wire trunk line
when a signal is detected on the other pair.
(C) It activates both the pairs of a four-wire trunk line.
(D) It is independent of line conditions.
Ans: (A)
Q.4. Telephone companies normally provide a voltage of to

powertelephones.
(A) +24 volts DC (B) -24 volts DC
(C) +48 volts DC (D) -48 volts DC.
Ans: (D)
Q.5. The situation when both transmitter and receiver have to work in tandem is
referred to as
(A) parallel (B) serial
(C) synchronous (D) asynchronous
Ans: (C)
Q.6. Commonchannel signalling

(A) Uses the speech or data path for signaling.
(B) Does not use the speech or data path for signaling.
(C) Needs no additional transmission facilities.
(D) Finds it difficult to handle signaling during speech.
Ans: (C)
Q.7. A large numbers of computers in a wide geographical area can be

efficiently connected using
(A) twisted pair lines
(B) coaxial cables
(C) Communication satellites
(D) all of the above
Ans: (D)
Q.8. Which transmission mode is used for data communication along telephone
lines?
(A) Parallel (B) Serial
(C) Synchronous (D) Asynchronous
Ans: (B)
Q.9. A sample rate of _is required for a good quality representation of

telephone conversation.
(A) 4500 times per second.
(B) 700 integer sample points per minute.
(C) 50 times per second per mile of distance travelled.
(D) 8000 times per second.
Ans: (C)
Q.10. The is a circuit-switched network, while the is a packet-

switched network.
(A) Telephone, ATM (B) SONET and FDDI
(C) Satellite, Telephone (D) FDDI and SONET
Ans: (A)
Q.11. A Master group consists of

(A) 12 voice channels. (B) 24 voice channels
(C) 60 voice channels. (D) 300 voice channels
Ans: (D)
Q.12. Direct inward dialling is used as a feature in
(A) PSTN. (B) PBX.
(C) EPABX. (D) VPN.
Ans: (C)
Q.13. Trunks are the lines that run between

(A) Subscribers and exchange
(B) switching system and power plant
(C) Local area network.
(D) Switching station
Ans: (D)
Q.14. Traffic Capacity is given by
(A) Switching capacity ´ Theoretical maximum load
(B) Switching capacity / Theoretical maximum load
(C) Theoretical maximum load / switching capacity
(D) Theoretical maximum load ´ Switching capacity
Ans: (A)
Q.15. In a time multiplexed space switching system, one speech sample appears every
(A) 125 micro sec (B) 20 msec
(C) 125 msec (D) 1 sec
Ans: (A)
Q.16. ISDN handles data pertaining to

(A) All digital services (B) Speech and Video
(C) Computer data only (D) Speech only
Ans: (A)
Q.17. A star connected intermediate exchange is known as a

(A) Repeater exchange
(B) Hub exchange
(C) Private branch exchange
(D) Tandem exchange
Ans: (B)
Q.18. Time synchronization is necessary in

(A) FDM. (B) TDM.
(C) WDM. (D) Quadrature multiplexing
Ans: (B)
Q.19. In a frame transmission, CRC stands for

(A) Code Renewable Check
(B) Cyclic Redundancy Check
(C) Control and Refresh Code
(D) Cyclic Refreshing of CPU
Ans: (B)
Q.20. In a LAN network every system is identified by
(A) Name (B) MAC address
(C) IP Address (D) Serial number given by manufacturer
Ans: (C)
Q.21. An off-hook signal will repeat for a/an duration.
3
(A) finite
(B) infinite
(C) duration of 40 seconds
(D) duration of 80 seconds
Ans: (A)
Q 22. Typical human voice is centered around Hz.

(A) 200-400 (B) 280-3000
(C) 400-600 (D) 1400-1800
Ans: (B)
Q 23. Using each connected device is assigned a time slot whether or

not the device has any thing to send.
(A) WDM (B) FDM
(C) TDM (D) STDM
Ans: (C)
Q.24. When a switch capacity is full, calls coming into that switch are said to be .
(A) open (B) shorted
(C) blocked (D) shunted
Ans: (C )
Q.25. Using ARQ, a sending modem must wait for a return ACK for
each sent block before sending the next block.
(A) discrete (B) efficient
(C) continuous (D) delivered
Ans: (A )
Q.26. A/An network is typically a company network that connects

multiple company locations into a single network.
(A) local area (B) enterprise
(C) campus wide (D) protocol.
Ans: (B)
Q.27. Ethernet 10 Base 2 is an example of network topology.

(A) Bus (B) Ring
(C) Star (D) Mesh
Ans: (A )
Q.28. The electro mechanical switch (developed in 1938) had fewer

moving parts than earlier switches.
(A) No. 1ESS (B) Strowger
(C) Step-by-step (D) Crossbar
4
Ans: (D )
Q.29. Side tone is the speech heard by

(A) the receiving subscriber
(B) both the receiving and calling subscriber
(C) by on looker
(D) by calling subscriber
Ans: (D)
Q.30. Busy hour traffic is the

(A) maximum average simultaneous traffic.
(B) traffic during peak hour.
(C) traffic when all subscribers are engaged.
(D) the duration of maximum calls.
Ans: (B)
Q.31. The final selector is connected to the

(A) calling subscriber. (B) switching network.
(C) called subscriber. (D) line finder.
Ans: (C)
Q.32. In a DTMF phone a dialling of 8 generates

(A) 1336 Hz- 770 Hz (B) 1209 Hz - 1477 Hz
(C) 1209 Hz- 941 Hz (D) 1336 Hz-852 Hz
Ans: (D)
Q.33. SPC stands

(A) Standard Protocol Control
(B) Stored Program Control
(C) Signaling and switching Centre
(D) Signaling Process Center
Ans: (B)
Q.34. For two stage network the switching elements for M inlets with r blocks
and N outlets with s blocks is given by
(A) Ms + Nr (B) Mr + Ns
(C) (M + N) (r + s) (D) (M + N)rs
Ans: (A)
Q.35. As per Nyquist criterion the sampling rate is

(A) 2fs (B) (1/2)fs
(C) (1/2fs) (D) (2/fs)
Where fs is the signal frequency
Ans: (A)
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Q.36. Common channel signalling in SS7 is

(A) out band control channel.
(B) in band control channel.
(C) speech control channel.
(D) none of the above.
Ans: (B)
Q.37. Broad Band ISDN handles data rate of about

(A) 64 kbps (B) 100 mbps
(C) 5.4 mbps (D) 2.048 mbps
Ans: (A)
Q.38. MAC address helps in

(A) multimedia access control.
(B) media access control.
(C) mobile access control.
(D) master access point control
Ans: (B)
Q.39. Telex is a
(A) Telephone Service between various subscribers
(B) Tele printer Service between various subscribers
(C) Television Service between various subscribers
(D) Telegraph Service between various subscribers
Ans: (B)
Q.40. The bandwidth requirement of a telephone channel is

(A) 3 KHz (B) 15 KHz
(C) 5 KHz (D) 25 KHz
Ans: (A)
Q.41. Distortion caused on telephone line by an adjacent one is called

(A) Cross Fire (B) Inductive Disturbance
(C) Cross Talk (D) None of these
Ans: (C)
Q.42. Erlang is used to

(A) Measure busy period (B) Give total busy period in minutes
(C) Measure averagecall rate (D) Indicate total call period
Ans: (A)
Q.43. The grade of service is measured in

(A) Percentage (B) Number
(C) Fractional Number (D) Logarithmic Number
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Ans: (C)
Q.44. Network with point-to-point link is known as

(A) Fully Connected Network (B) Half Connected Network
(C) Duplex Connected Network (D) None of these
Ans: (A)
Q.45. SPC is used for

(A) Carrying Exchange Control Functions
(B) Carrying Subscriber Control Functions
(C) Exchange Hardware
(D) Signalling Purpose
Ans: (A)

(A) subscribers and exchange (B) switching system and power plant
(C) Local Area Network (D) switching systems
Ans: (B)
Q.47. Example of circuit switching and S&F (Stored and Forward) switching is
(A) Telephone and Post of Telegraph
(B) Video Signal Post or Telegraph
(C) Digital Signal Post or Telegraph
(D) None of above
Ans: (A)
Q.48. Network Layer is used for

(A) Breaking up the data in frames for transmission
(B) Deal with Error correction
(C) Automatic Recovery of Procedure
(D) Physical Architecture
Ans: (D)
Q.49. Call request signal is:

(A) Seize signal
(B) Idle state signal
(C) Line identification signal
(D) Called subscriber alert signal
Ans: (A)
Q.50. Telephone Traffic is measured in

(A) Seconds. (B) Hours.
(C) Erlang (D) Pulses per minute.
Ans: (C)
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Q.51. In step by step switching line finders are connected to the

(A) Calling subscriber. (B) Switching network.
(C) Called subscriber. (D) Between exchanges.
Ans: (A)
Q.52. In a DTMF phone, digits are represented by:

(A) Orthogonal frequencies.
(B) Orthogonal Phases.
(C) Orthogonal codes.
(D) Orthogonal pulses.
Ans: (A)
Q.53. Companding helps in reducing with respect to signal:

(A) Interference (B) Signal overloading
(C) Non linearity (D) Quantization noise
Ans: (D)
Q.54. SS7 Protocol uses:

(A) Out of band signalling.
(B) Associated signalling.
(C) Speech control signalling.
(D) No signalling.
Ans: (A)
Q.55. MAC is the abbreviation for:

(A) Multimedia access control
(B) Media access control
(C) Mobile access control
(D) Master access point control
Ans: (B)
Q.56. The CCITT standard bandwidth for speech is:
(A) 20000 Hz (B) 15000 Hz
(C) 7000 Hz (D) 3400 Hz
Ans: (D)
Q.57. Maximum channel utilization in a LAN is defined by frame time

(tf) and propagation time (tp). It is defined by
(A) t p t f (B) t f t p
(C) 1 + (t f t p ) (D) t f (t p + t f )
Ans: (D)
Q.58. The function of ARQ in a network protocol is to:
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(A) Auto request (B) Acknowledge

(C) Address request (D) Abort
Ans: (A)
Q.59. Engaged tone is generated in the:

(A) Telephone instrument of calling subscriber
(B) Telephone instrument of called subscriber
(C) Exchange
(D) Repeater
Ans: (C)
Q.60. One Erlang is equal to

(A) 3600 CCS
(B) 36 CCS
(C) 60 CCS
(D) 24 CCS
Ans: (A)
Q.61. The analog signal needs to be sampled at a minimum sampling rate of:
(A) 2fs (B) 1/(2fs)
(C) fs/2 (D) 2/fs
Ans: (A)
Q.62. In a time division space switch the size of the control memory is N and its
Width:
(A) Log10M (B) LogeM
(C) LogNM (D) Log2M
Where N are the outlets and M the number of data samples
Ans: (It should be 2 log2[N]
Q.63. In a single stage network:

(A) There is no redundancy
(B) There is redundancy
(C) Alternative cross points are available
(D) Alternative paths are available
Ans: (B)
Q.64. Signalling transfer point (STP) exist in

(A) Strowger exchange (B) SS7
(C) Local area network (D) PABX
Ans: (B)
Q.65. ARQ is transmitted in the event of:
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(A) Loss of signal (B) Error in received data

(C) Improve reliability (D) During time out
Ans: (B)
Q.66. Computer to computer communication is:

(A) Simplex (B) Duplex
(C) Half Duplex (D) Both Duplex and Half Duplex
Ans: (B)
Q.67. A distributed network configuration in which all data/information pass

through a central computer is
(A) Bus network (B) Star network
(C) Ring network (D) Point to point network
Ans: (B)
Q.68. An important terminal that is required between DTE and PSTN is

(A) Server (B) MODEM
(C) Relay (D) Network card
Ans: (B)
Q.69. Traffic Handling Capacity is given by

(A) Switching capacity ´ Theoretical maximum load
(B) Switching capacity / Theoretical maximum load
(C) Theoretical maximum load / Switching capacity
(D) Theoretical maximum load + Switching capacity
Ans: (B)
Q.70. Traffic Intensity can be measured in

(A) Erlangs (B) CCS
(C) CM (D) All of the above
Ans: (D)
(A) Subscribers and exchange
(B) Switching system and power plant
(C) Local area network
(D) Switching stations
Ans: (D)
Q.72. Packet switching is used

for
(A) Credit card verification
(B) Automated Teller Machine
(C) The internet and the World Wide Web
(D) All of the above
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Ans: (D)
Q.73. Analog signals can be _ by combining them with a carrier frequency

(A) Carried (B) Transported
(C) Multiplexed (D) Mixed
Ans: (C)
Q.74. The Signalling connection control part (SCCP) and message transfer part
(MTP) together are referred to as
(A) Signal Switching Points (SSPs)
(B) Signal Transfer Points (STPs)
(C) Signal Control Points (SCPs)
(D) Network service part (NSP)
Ans: (D)
State True or False

Q.75. A two stage non-blocking network requires twice the number of switching
elements as the single stage non-blocking network.
(A) TRUE (B) FALSE
Ans: (A)
Q.76. The larger the Grade Of Service, the worse is the service given
(A) TRUE (B) FALSE
Ans: (A)
Q.77. A certain amount of side tone is essential in telephone communication

(A) TRUE (B) FALSE
Ans: (A)
Q.78. Sky wave Communication is prone to fading

(A) TRUE (B) FALSE
Ans: (A)
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If a telephone exchange serves 1500 users with the average BHCA of about9000 and
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4.5
D. 5
Answer: B
Explanation:
If the voice channel is free in PSTN, then what would be the maximum datarate
A. 2000 bps
B. 4000 bps
C. 6000 bps
D. 8000 bps
Answer: C
Explanation:
If a group of trunk is offered 1200 calls during the busy hour & 20 calls are lost along
with the average call duration of about 7 min, then what would bethe total duration of
congestion period?
A. 21.6 sec
B. 42.2 sec
C. 57.6 sec
D. 98.2 sec
Answer: C
MCQ: By how many times does the time division exchange exhibit connection and
disconnection with respect to every millisecond, due to itsability of using rearrangeable
networks?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 8
D. 16
Answer: C
1. For two stage network the switching elements for M inlets with r blocks and N outlets with
s blocks is given by
(A) Ms + Nr
(B) Mr + Ns
(C) (M + N) (r + s)
(D) (M + N)rs
Ans: (A)
2. As per Nyquist criterion the sampling rate is
(A) 2fs
(B) (1/2)fs
(C) (1/2fs)
(D) (2/fs) Where fs is the signal frequency
Ans: (A)
3. Common channel signalling in SS7 is
(A) out band control channel.

(B) in band controlchannel.
(C) speech control channel.
(D) none of the above.
Ans: (B)
4. Broad Band ISDN handles data rate of about
(A) 64 kbps
(B) 100 mbps
(C) 5.4 mbps
(D) 2.048 mbps
Ans: (A)
5. MAC address helps in

(A) multimedia access control.
(B) media access control.
(C) mobile access control.
(D) masteraccess point control
Ans: (B)
6. Telex is a
(A) Telephone Service between various subscribers
(B) Tele printer Service between various subscribers
(C) Television Service between various subscribers
(D) TelegraphService between various subscribers
Ans: (B)
7. The bandwidth requirement of a telephone channel is

(A) 3 KHz
(B) 15 KHz
(C) 5 KHz
(D) 25 KHz
Ans: (A)
8. Distortion caused on telephone line by an adjacent one is called
(A) Cross Fire
(B) Inductive Disturbance
(C) Cross Talk
(D) None of these
Ans: (C)
9. Erlang is used to
(A) Measure busy period

(B) Give total busy period in minutes
(C) Measure average call rate
(D) Indicate total call period
Ans: (A)
10. The grade of service is measured in

(A) Percentage
(B) Number
(C) Fractional Number
(D) Logarithmic Number
Ans: (C)
11. Network with point-to-point link is known as
(A) Fully Connected Network

(B) Half Connected Network
(C) Duplex Connected Network
(D) None of these
Ans: (A)
1. Mobile phone commercially available in year.
A. 1983
B. 1975
C. 2001
D. 1988
E. None of these
Answer - A
2. In populated area network used interconnectioncomputer.
A. MAN
B. LAN
C. Both A and B
D. None of these
Answer - A
3. First smartphone is .
A. IBM Simon
B. Nokia 1110
C. samsung
D. None of these
Answer - A
4. Managing the rate at which the traffic in a network is

control.
A. Routing
B. Flow
C. Data
D. None of these
Answer -B
5.Name of International Telecommunication Union was .
A. International Telegraph Union

B. international Telecommunication organization
C. International Telegraph Bussiness
D. None of these
Answer - A
6. internet service available on mobile phone in year
A. 1999
B. 1982
C. 1991
D. 1978
E. None of these
Answer - A
7. switching has used the transfer of coded values frominput to output.
A. Combination
B. Time
C. Space
D. None of these
Answer - C
8.Bada is the OS of smartphone company.
A. Samsung
B. Nokia
C. Blackberry
D. None of these
Answer - D
9. In iPhone was introduced.
A. 2007
B. 1999
C. 2006
D. None of these
Answer - A
10. Which among the following is/are supported by LAN?
A. HTTP
B. PABX
C. SNDP
D. None of these
Answer - B
1. In Electronic Switching Centre (ESC), the transmission rate of X.25 protocol is
9.6 Kbps.
(A) Equal to
(B) Greater than
(C) Less than
(D) None of the above
Answer-B
2. A crossbar switch is
(A) Time space switch
(B) Virtual space switch
(C) Space division switch
(D) None of these
Answer-C
3. Crosspoints requires by a crossbar switch with x inputs and y outputs requires

(A) xy
(B) x^2
(C) y^2
(D) x/y
Answer -A
4. In which switch, blocking is not a problem
(A) Single stage
(B) Two stage
(C) Three stage
Answer-A
5. When there is no path available between input and output then occurs.
(A) Multiplexing
(B) Conditioning
(C) Blocking
(D) Switching
Answer-C
6. The time slot interchange uses _ _ multiplexing to achieve switching.

(A) Switch division
(B) Time division
(C) Frequency division
Answer-B
7. The of a TSI holds the incoming input data.

(A) RAM
(B) ROM
(C) Bus
Answer- A
8. Processing delay is the disadvantage of

(A) Time division
(B) Space division
(C) Asynchronous division
(D) Both A and B
Answer- A
9. The advantage of space division switching is that it

(A) Needs no flow control
(B) Is instantaneous
(C) Is error free
Answer-B
10. A crossbar switch with 100 inputs and outputs requires 20000
crosspoints.
(A) 100
(B) 200
(C) 1000
Answer- B
11. Full form of DCS is

(A) Digital connected system
(B) Digital cross system
(C) Digital cross-connect system
Answer- C
12. The Integrating type converters are used in

(A) Digital meter
(B) Panel meter
(C) Monitoring system
Answer-D
13. A switch usually has a higher efficiency than a switch.

(A) Single stage, Multi stage
(B) Crossbar, Dual
(C) Multi stage, Single crossbar
Answer-C
14.In multistage switch, there is usually _ path between x and y is

(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) Multiple
Answer- C
15. Which kind of switching technique indicates the transfer of coded values frominput
to output during the same interval of time?
(A) Space switching
(B) Time switching
(C) Combination switching
Answer- A
1. Circuit switching is oriented switching technique, whereas in the case of
packet switching, it is .
(A) Connectionless, connection
(B) Connection, connectionless
(C) Connectionless, connectionless
(D) Connection, connection
Answer- B
2. A local telephone network comes in, which of the following network?

(A) Bit switched
(B) Packet switched
(C) Circuit switched
(D) None of these
Answer- C
3. Circuit switching is implemented in the layer, whereas packet switching is

implemented in the layer.
(A) Network, Network
(B) Network, Physical
(C) Physical, Network
(D) Physical, Physical
Answer- C
4. switching is used in the Internet.
(A) Circuit
(B) Packet
(C) None of these
Answer-B
5. The required resources for communication between end systems are reserved forthe
duration of the session between end systems in which of thr following method?
(A) Packet switching
(B) Circuit switching
(C) Frequency switching
(D) None of these
Answer- B
6. Which of the following methods to move data through a network of links and
switches?
(A) Packet switching and Line switching
(B) Frequency switching and Circuit switching
(C) Packet switching and Circuit switching
(D) None of these
Answer- C
7. Which of the following switching has been phase out in general communication?
(A) Packet
(B) Message
(C) Both
Answer B
8. Store and forward are terms used in which of the following switching?
(A) Packet
(B) Circuit
(C) Message
Answer C
9. Method of switching:-
(A) Circuit switching, packet switching, line switching
(B) Circuit switching, packet switching, message switching
(C) Node switching, packet switching, message switching
(D) Circuit switching, loop switching, message switching
Answer B
10. A circuit switched network is made of switches connected by physical link, inwhich
each link is divided into channels
(A) n
(B) n + 1
(C) 2n
(D) 2n + 1
Answer-A
11. A switched network consists of a series interlinked nodes known as .

(A) Switches
(B) Endpoints
(C) Links
(D) Packets
Answer A
12. A crossbar switch is which of the folllowing type of switch?

(A) Virtual-space
(B) Space-division
(C) Time-division
(D) Time-space
Answer B
13. A crossbar switch has x input and y output, then how much crosspoints require?
(A) x - y
(B) x + y
(C) xy
(D) 2(x + y)
Answer C
14. A crossbar switch has 100 input and 200 output, then how much crosspoints
require?
(A) 300
(B) 20000
(C) 100
(D) 600
Answer B
15.A single crossbar switch usually has crosspoints than a correspondingmultistage switch.
(A) Less
(B) More
(C) Can not say
Answer B
16) For two stage network the switching elements for M'' inlets with 'r' blocks and 'N'outlets
with 's' blocks is given by .
(A) Ms - Nr
(B) Ms + Nr
(C) Ms × Nr
(D) 2(Ms + Nr)
Answer -B
15)By Nyquist criterion the sampling rate is _ .

(A) 2fs
(B) 1/(2fs)
(C) 1 + 2fs
(D) 1 - 2fs
Answer A
16)The number of point to point links required in a fully connected network for 50entities is
(A) 500
(B)2500
(C)
125000
(D) None of these
Answer
Correct option is B

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1) Calling subscriber:

5) In cellular telephone network, which component controls the switching between

9) Which type of framing technique/s reduce/s the problem of synchronization of the

1) In Electronic Switching Centre (ESC), the transmission rate of X.25 protocol is

ANSWER: Greater than

a. Electronic Switching Center (ESC)

a. Between peer entities

a. Fixed Path is assigned between nodes from source to destination

ANSWER: Centralized Connection Control

ANSWER: Plesiochronous Network

14) What is /are the purpose/s of pulse stuffing in an asynchronous multiplexing?

a. Removal of slips & the need for clock synchronization

ANSWER: All of the above

ANSWER: Inchannel Signaling

ANSWER: Status Signals

a. Lost Calls Cleared (LCC)

a. By normal load condition

ANSWER: By overload condition

ANSWER: 57.6 sec

a. Local battery exchange

ANSWER: Local battery exchange

ANSWER: All of the above

ANSWER: Circuit Switching

ANSWER: stored in a queue & retransmitted

ANSWER: Transit call

ANSWER: Cell Sectoring

32) Which effect is widespread in adjacent-channel interference especially after the

ANSWER: Near-far effect

ANSWER: Adjacent-channel Interference

ANSWER: Omni-directional antennas

ANSWER: All of the above

ANSWER: Voice Traffic

ANSWER: 6000 bps

39) Which among the following is/are supported by LAN?

a. Initial Value Theorem

ANSWER: Central Limit Theorem

a. Low Pass Filter

ANSWER: Low Pass Filter

51) By which name/s is the Grade of Service (GOS) well-known?

ANSWER: Call congestion

53) How is the relation between Erlang and CCS specified?

ANSWER: 1 Erlang = 36 CCS

a. Call Completion Rate (CCR)

ANSWER: Call Completion Rate (CCR)

56) In folded type of network, ____

a. input lines are folded back to output lines

ANSWER: output lines are folded back to input lines

ANSWER: Both a and b

ANSWER: Space Switching

ANSWER: (c) Both a and b

ANSWER: (a) Space Switching

ANSWER: (c) Both a and b

5) In folded type of network,

a. input lines are folded back to output lines

ANSWER: (b) output lines are folded back to input lines

a. Call Completion Rate (CCR)

ANSWER: (a) Call Completion Rate (CCR)

8) How is the relation between Erlang and CCS specified?

ANSWER: (a) 1 Erlang = 36 CCS