Volume 2 Flashcards
In hertz (Hz), what range of sound can the human ear detect?
20 to 20,000
The process of condensation occurs when air particles are
Pressurized causing them to move closer together
The loudness of a sound is closely related to what part of the sine wave?
Amplitude
Noise may be introduced into speech signals by thermal agitation and
Black body radiation
In hertz (Hz), what is the actual voice frequency band?
300 to 3,400
Which models of end offices in the digital multiplex system (DMS) family are commonly used at Air Force bases to provide base telephone services?
DMS-100 and Meridian System Logic (MSL)-100
Which model of Digital Multiplex System (DMS)-100 family switches is installed in compact modular cabinets?
Meridian System Logic (MSL)-100
What is the maximum number of ports that a Meridian system logic (MSL)-100 will support?
30,000
Which type link is normally used to interconnect two peripheral modules (PM) in the Digital Multiplex System (DMS)?
DS-30A
What major area is connected to the central side (C-side) of a network module (NM) in the Digital Multiplex System (DMS)?
Central control
What is the mounting bracket called on which transmission or switching equipment is mounted in a Digital Multiplex System (DMS)?
Bay
What contains bays of the same functional equipment?
Frame
Which Digital Multiplex System (DMS) component uses 16 bit Motorola 68000 or eight bit Intel micro processors?
A peripheral module’s (PM) peripheral processor (PP)
How many channels of data does each digital signal (DS) 30 speech link carry?
32
Up to how many duplicated digital signals (DS)-30 links are used to connect a line group controller (LGC) to the network module (NM)?
16
What type of digital signal (DS) links are used to connect the Digital Multiplex System (DMS)-Core and the DMS-Bus?
512
How many inter message switch links (IMSL) can be configured in a supernode?
2
Where are the system clocks located within the SuperNode?
Digital Multiplex System (DMS)-Bus
What type of digital signal (DS) protocol is used as a message carrier between the Digital Multiplex System (DMS)-Bus and the network modules (NM) and input/output controller (IOC)?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 30
D. 512
C. 30
Where are the DMS-Core and DMS-Bus housed?
Dual plane combined core (DPCC)
What is the first step in the pulse code modulation (PCM) process?
The analog signal is band-limited
In the pulse code modulation (PCM) process, changing the quantized samples into a binary word is called
Encoding
What is a method of putting many users on a single cable pair?
Time division multiplexing
In the time division multiplexing (TDM) process, the rate of sampling must be equal to
The highest frequency sampled multiplied by the sampling rate per cycle
Each 125 microsecond time period in the digital signal (DS) 30 signaling format (used within the voice network system) is called a
Frame
ISDN can combine voice and data services over the same wires because it uses
Standard telephone lines
What type of information is transmitted on a ISDN B channel?
User
What are the two major established ISDN transmission rates?
Bearer rate interface and primary rate interface
What is the ISDN R interface?
Connection point between a non-ISDN compatible device and a terminal adapter (TA)
The network layer of the OSI model provides the
Actual routing of the signal
What circuit board in the REDCOM switch provides two signaling channels and is only necessary when interfacing with an ISDN-capable switch?
Message transceiver interface
One of the main purposes of the ISDN handset telephone test set is to
Verify a dial tone
What is the frame rate in feet per second (FPS) for transmitting video teleconferencing data on the ISDN?
30 FPS
What component in the video teleconferencing (VTC) system converts analog signals to digital signals?
Coder/decoder (CODEC)
How many channels are used when a VoIP session is established between a private branch exchange (PBX) and another IP host?
2, one for each direction
What component of VoIP is an endpoint on the network that provides real-time, bidirectional communications between H.323 terminals and other switch circuit networks?
Gateway
What component of VoIP provides call management functions in a defined local area called a zone?
Gate keeper
How many milliseconds should the one way delay be from endpoint to endpoint in order to implement voice over Internet protocol (VoIP)?
Less than 150
What is the control system that generates a signal with a fixed relation to the phase of a reference signal and responds to both the frequency and the phase of the input signals?
Phase-locked loop (PLL)
What are frequencies from 30 to 300 MHz internationally designated as?
Very high