Watchtower 16

Question 1

What does a blue flag indicate?

Answer 1

HSD trouble call

Question 2

What does a lightning bolt indicate?

Answer 2

commercial power outage

Question 3

what color do modems in show when using battery backup?

Answer 3

yellow

Question 4

What does the hammer and wrench blue balloon indicate?

Answer 4

Plant fault

Question 5

What does P stand for in balloon?

Answer 5

PRI customer

Question 6

What does V stand for in balloon?

Answer 6

BVE customer

Question 7

What does M stand for in balloon?

Answer 7

EoHFC Customers

Question 8

What does B stand for in balloon?

Answer 8

SMB customers

Question 9

What does yellow flag stand for?

Answer 9

Video trouble call

Question 10

What does aqua flag stand for?

Answer 10

CDV trouble call

Question 11

What does violet flag stand for?

Answer 11

VOD trouble call

Question 12

What does red flag stand for?

Answer 12

Repeat (30 Days)

Question 13

configuration that can be set for any section of the hierarchy. By turning it on, Watchtower will behave differently to help the field and XOC teams better manage storm events.

Answer 13

Storm Mode

Question 14

the bouncing back and forth of a signal between two interfaces that have an impedance mismatch

Answer 14

Micro reflection

Question 15

a non-flat frequency response in which the amplitude versus frequency characteristic of the channel or operating spectrum is sloped or tilted across a specified frequency range

Answer 15

Amplitude tilt

Question 16

when all portions of the channel do not arrive at the receiver at the same time.

Answer 16

Group delay

Question 17

signal correction process that the CMTS and the modems use to improve cable modem performance

Answer 17

Adaptive equalization

Question 18

a window of amplitude between the vestigial sideband and the aural carrier.

Answer 18

In-channel frequency response

Question 19

Measurement of signal amplitude (in ICFR chart) deviating up or down in .75 dB increments, It is merely another method to determine the cavity distance (the footage between two reflectors).

Answer 19

Ripple

Question 20

a signal correction process that the CMTS and the modems use to improve cable modem performance

Answer 20

Adaptive Equalization