U5 L5 Telecommunication Careers

Question 1

What are installers and repairers also called?

Answer 1

telecom technicians

Question 2

What are telecom technicians responsible for?

Answer 2

set up/maintain devices that carry comm signals

Question 3

Wired telecomm carriers are driving market growth primarily due to what?

Answer 3

• fiber

- coaxial cabling to homes

Question 4

What is broad band?

Answer 4

bandwidth wide enough to transmit multiple data streams simultaneously

Question 5

What are fiber optics?

Answer 5

transmission of info as light sent through optical glass fibers

Question 6

Why do line installers need background checks?

Answer 6

access to secure euipment

Question 7

Is the job of a line installer relatively dangerous?

Answer 7

yes

Question 8

What are network administrators responsible for?

Answer 8

• daily operations of networks

- organizing, installing, supporting networks

Question 9

Any administrator position requires skills in both which sides of the network?

Answer 9

technical and people

Question 10

Why are the salaries for administrators high?

Answer 10

• responsibility
• long hours
• present professionally

Question 11

Who does the security teams work with?

Answer 11

• broader executive team

- local network administrative team

Question 12

Is the position of electrical/electronic engineering technician position an up-and-coming one?

Answer 12

yes

Question 13

What is the hottest job trends in IT?

Answer 13

cyber security

Question 14

Electrical engineers help design and develop what?

Answer 14

• communications equip
• navigational equip
• computers

Question 15

Who are the largest employers of risk analysts?

Answer 15

third party companies providing services to prevent security breach

Question 16

What is social psychology?

Answer 16

• study of how people interact

- affected by relationships

Question 17

What job may require knowledge in social psychology?

Answer 17

risk analyst