GSM,WCDMA,RF ,RF Optimization Interview Objective

Question

Level 2-3 NPO Questions

(RF Planning & Optimisation Engg)
In the following questions, please select one alternative which you think is the best answer for the
particular question.
Q1. SMS broadcast is done over which channel
1.

SDCCH

2.

BCCH

3.

TCH

4.

A&C

Q2. The parameter number of Slot Spread Trans (SLO)(BTS) is used to allocate a number of CCCH blocks for .
a) Paging Channel (PCH)
b) Random Access Channel (RACH)
c) Access Grant Channel (AGCH)
d) Traffic Channel
Q3. Which of the following comment is true?
a) MAIO step is used to avoid intra-cell interference where as HSN is used to avoid inter-cell interference
b) HSN is used to avoid intra-cell interference where as MAIO step is used to avoid inter-cell interference
c) Both MAIO step and HSN are used to avoid intra-cell interference.
d) Both MAIO step and HSN are used to avoid inter-cell interference

Q4. Timer T200 is related with which KPI

a) SDCCH Completion rate
b) Paging success rate
c) TCH assignment success rate
d) All of the above

Q5. Which parameter defines how often paging messages are sent to MS?
a) No of Multi-frames between Paging (MFR)
b) Max No of Retransmission (RET)

c) No of Slots Spread Transmission (SLO)

d) No of Blocks for Access Grant (AG)
Q6. Which parameter is used as a margin to prevent ping-pong location updates?
a) PLMN-Permitted (PLMN)
b) Rx Level Access Minimum (RXP)
c) Cell Reselect Hysteresys (HYS)
d) Handover Margin Level (LMRG)

Q7. Which Parameter describes the minimum received field strength required by an MS to get any service from
the network in that cell in Idle mode?
a) PLMN-Permitted (PLMN)
b) Rx Level Access Minimum (RXP)
c) Cell Reselect Hysteresis (HYS)
d) Direct Access Level (DAL)

Q8. When is location updates carried out?

a) Every time an MS changes its location area under one MSC.
b) Every time an MS changes between two different MSCs
c) On a periodic basis set by a timer
d) All of the above

Q9. Increasing Radio Link Time Out (RLT) from 16 to 24 will improve following KPI
a) SDCCH Completion rate
b) TCH Completion rate
c) Paging Success rate
d) All of the above

Q10. If a cell is having TCH congestion, which of the following is true?

a) It is having TCH blocking
b) It may have TCH blocking.
c) It is having TCH Drop.
d) All of the above

Q11. Which of the parameter is set to zero for cyclic hopping?

a) BTS Hopping (HOP)
b) Hopping sequence number (HSN)
c) MAIO Offset (MAIO)
d) All of the above

Q12. What is directed retry?

a) A feature that allows a recovery system to restore a BCCH to its original TRX after fault has been eliminated.
b) It is designed to control the traffic load of a frequency hopping radio network in which frequencies are reused
tightly.
c) It is used in call set up to assign a TCH to an MS from a cell outside the serving cell due to TCH congestion
d) None of the above

Q13. Which of the following is measured as BER?

a) Received Signal Quality (RX QUAL)
b) Speech Quality Index (SQI)
c) Voice Quality
d) All of above

Q14. Polarization is characterized by

1.

Direction of Magnetic Field

2.

Direction of Electric Field

3.

Direction of Electromagnetic Field

4.

None of Above.

Q15 Which one is correct for TMA, TMB and Repeater?

1.

Amplifies U/L, Amplifies D/L, and Amplifies both.

2.

Amplifies D/L, Amplifies U/L, and Amplifies both.

3.

Amplifies U/L, Amplifies D/L, and Amplifies U/L.

4.

Amplifies U/L, Amplifies D/L, and Amplifies D/L.

Q16 Define Beam width of Antenna?

1.
Angular distance between the points on two opposite sides of the peak direction where the
radiation intensity drops to the 1/2 of the peak intensity.
2.
Angular distance between the points on two opposite sides of the peak direction where the
radiation intensity drops to the 1/3 of the peak intensity.
3.
Angular distance between the points on two opposite sides of the peak direction where the
radiation intensity drops to the 1/4 of the peak intensity.
4.
Angular distance between the points on two opposite sides of the peak direction where the
radiation intensity drops to the 1/8 of the peak intensity.
Q17 From which technique we cancel the effect of Rayleigh Fading?
1.

Antenna Hoping.

2.

Frequency Hoping.

3.

Antenna Diversity.

4.

MAIO.

Q18 If HLR=5 Million subs, VLR/HLR=0.7,mErl/Sub=30.Then how much Capacity is required to cater the
subscriber in RF for 70% utilized Network.
1.

150 K Erl

2.

300 K Erl

3.

135 K Erl

4.

165 K Erl

Q19 Electrical Tilt antenna limits coverage through?

1.

Tilting of Dipoles.

2.

Inserting Phase Shift.

3.

Inserting attenuation.

4.

None of the above.

Q20 Which Antenna has the highest front to back Ratio?

1.

Loop

2.

Yagi

3.

Dipole

4.

Parabolic

Q21 Select relation between forward power and Reflected Power if load is not connected?
1.

VSWR=1

2.

VSWR=

3.

VSWR=0

4.

VSWR=1/2

Q22 What is the difference between splitter and coupler?

1.

Even Distribution of Power in coupler and uneven distribution in splitter.

2.

Uneven Distribution of Power in coupler and even distribution in splitter.

3.

Even Distribution of Power in both.

4.

Uneven Distribution of Power in both.

Q23. What are mobility management states in GPRS?

1.

Idle,Standby,Ready

2.

Dedicated,Standby,Ready

3.

Idle,Dedicated,Standby

4.

None of above

Q24. Which modulation is used for EDGE above MCS-4

1.

QPSK

2.

GMSK

3.

8PSK

4.

PSK

Q25. What does SGSN stands for?

1.

Serving Gateway Support node

2.

Serving GPRS Support node

3.

Serving GMSC Support node

4.

None of the above

Q26 In dedicated mode, SMS comes on which channel?

a) SDCCH.
b) SACCH.
c) FACCH.

d) None of the above.

Q27 In Dedicated Mode, MS receives which system info. Messages?

1.

System Info 1, 2, 3.

2.

System Info 1, 2, 3,4,13.

3.

System Info 5, 6.

4.

None of the above.

Q28 Freq used in Uplink of Satellite communication is higher while in GSM it is lower. Why?
1.

Loss freq.

2.

Loss 1/freq.

3.

Loss sqr(freq)

4.

None of the above.

Q29 AMR is used to improve?

1.

SQI

2.

Downlink quality.

3.

Uplink Quality

4.

None of the Above.

Q30 In Idle Mode, MS receives which system info. Messages?

a) System Info 1, 2,3.
b) System Info 1, 2, 3,4,13.
3.
System Info 5, 6.
d) None of the above

Q31 The Common Control channel multiframe consists of?

1.
51 time slots.
2.

50 timeslots

3.

4 Time slots

4.

9 Time slots

Q32 Which of the following are true?

1.

Type 1 Paging: can address up to 2 mobiles using either IMSI or TMSI.

2.

Type 2 Paging: can address up to 3 mobiles, one by IMSI and the other 2 by TMSI.

3.

Type 3 Paging: can address up to 4 mobiles using the TMSI only.

4.

All of the above.

Q33 In GSM while performing handover

1.

The MS breaks connection from source cell and then tunes on the target cell.

2.
cell.

The MS continues connection from the source, tunes on the target and then releases the source

3.

MS gets paging message from the target and replies it on its RACH and gets TCH allocated.

4.

MS gets paging message from the target and replies it on its RACH and gets SDCCH allocated.

Q34 If E-RACH is used then which of the following is true?

1.

GSM range will increase beyond 35Km

2.

It will increase no of RACH channels and release congestion on RACH.

3.

SDCCH assignment will improve.

4.

All above are false.

Q35 In dedicated mode the BTS receives handover command on?

1.

TCH

2.

SDCCH

3.

SACCH

4.

FACCH

Q36 The duration of a single timeslot is?

1.

4.615 ms

2.

1250 ms

3.

0.577 ms

4.

156.25 ms

Q37 Modulation used in GSM radio interface is?

1.

Phase shift keying (PSK)

2.

Gaussian Minimum shift Keying (GMSK)

3.

Frequency modulation.

4.

8PSK.

Q38 TIE stands for?

1.

Terminal Equipment identifier

2.

Transcoder Input Erlang

3.

TRX identifier for Edge TRX

4.

None of the above

Q39 As per GSM Standard in case of frequency hopping the C/I value should be at least?
1.

3 dB

2.

6 dB

3.

9 dB

4.

12 dB

Q40 In inter BSC handover the handover is controlled by?

1.

GMSC

2.

MSC

3.

Source BSC

4.

Target BSC

Q41 The maximum no of neighbors that can be defined with a cell is?
1.

2.

16

3.

32

4.

64

Q42 The permissible value of VSWR for feeder cable is?

1.

< 1.3

2.

>1.3

3.

>1

4.

<2

Q43 The function of Transcoder is

1.
To convert 64 kbps speech channel on A interface to 16 kbps speech channel on A-ter Interface
and vice versa.
2.
To convert 16 kbps speech channel on A interface to 64 kbps speech channel on A-ter Interface
and vice versa.
3.

To convert analogue speech signal from MSC to Digital signal for use of BSC

4.

To convert analogue speech signal from BSC to Digital signal for use of MSC

Q44 TSC stands for

1.

Time Synchronized Channel

2.

Temporary subscriber code

3.

Transcoder Signaling Controller

4.

Training Sequence Code

Q45 If Cell bar is set to yes on a cell then

1.

It will reject new calls as well as handover calls

2.

It will reject new call assignment but will receive calls by Handover

3.

It will reject Handover but allow new call to come

4.

The BTS will go into locked state.

Q46 DAP stands for

1.

Dual Abis pool

2.

Dynamic Allocation protocol

3.

Dynamic Abis Pool

4.

None of the above

Q47 Who can initiate the GPRS detach

1.

The MS only

2.

The SGSN only

3.

Both the MS and the SGSN

4.

None of the above

Q48 The mapping of logical name/Host name to IP addresses in the GPRS network is done by
1.

Border Gateway

2.

SGSN

3.

GGSN

4.

DNS

Q49 Where is the mobility management context established in GPRS

1.

In the MSC

2.

In the SGSN

3.

In the GGSN

4.

All of the above

Q50 Which layer uses the functionality of Uplink State Flag (USF)?
1.

RLC Layer

2.

Physical Layer

3.

MAC Layer

4.

All of the above

Q51 How many TDMA frames are there in a PDCH multiframe?

1.

51

2.

52

3.

26

4.

Q52 Which coding scheme does not use Forward Error Correction (FEC)?

1.

CS-1

2.

CS-2

3.

CS-3

4.

CS-4

Q53 Which new area is defined in GPRS compared to GSM?

1.

Location Area

2.

Routing Area

3.

Both a and b

4.

None of the above

Q54 Which layer is responsible for segmentation and reassembly of LLC PDUs and backward error
correction (BEC) procedures?
1.

Physical Layer

2.

Application Layer

3.

RLC Layer

4.

MAC Layer

Q55 Which coding scheme has adopted the same coding as used for SDCCH?
1.

CS-1

2.

CS-2

3.

CS-3

4.

CS-4

Q56 What is the single timeslot data rate for coding scheme CS-2
1.

7.8 Kbit/s

2.

10.4 Kbit/s

3.

13.4 Kbit/s

4.

21.4 Kbit/s

Q57. Combiner works in

a) Downlink direction
b) Uplink direction
c) In both direction
d) As a Amplifier

Q58 Number of AMR codec modes used only in FR?

1.

2.

3.

4.

Q59 During conference call which channel is used to establish another call1.

SACCH

2.

SDCCH

3.

FACCH

4.

TCH

Q60 What is Duplex spacing.

1.

Difference between first frequency of Uplink and last frequency of Downlink.

2.

Difference between first frequency of Downlink and first frequency of Uplink.

3.

Difference between last frequency of Downlink and first frequency of Uplink.

4.

None of the above.

Q61 What does MSRN stands for .

1.

Mobile Station Registration Number

2.

Mobile System Registration Number

3.

Mobile Station Roaming Number

4.

Mobile Station Register Number.

Q62. If my MCC=404, MNC=05, LAC=100, CI = 14011, then what will be CGI for same??
1.

4040510014011

2.

404056436BB

3.

4040514433273

4.

4040510033273

Q63. Which information is there in Handover Access Command in Layer 3 Message?

1.

BCCH & BSIC of Source

2.

BCCH & BSIC of Target

3.

Handover Reference Value

4.

All of above.

Q64 What is the use of Immediate Assignment Extended Command?

1.

Allocate AGCH for 2 Mobiles

2.

Allocate SDCCH for 3 Mobiles

3.

Allocate SDCCH for Call and SMS simultaneously.

4.

None of Above.

Q65. What is the cause value for normal call release?

1.
16
2.

3.

14

4.

45

Q66. Location Update Request falls under which management system?

1.
RRM
2.

CM

3.

CRM

4.

MM

Q67. Which system information message contains NCC Permitted Values?

1.
SI 6
2.

SI 2

3.

All of Above.

4.

None of Above.

Q68. When timer T3212 expires which process is initiated?

1.
Cell Update
2.

RAC Update

3.

LAC Update

4.

Handover

Q69. If AMR FR & AMR HR is enabled in network, then what will be the formula for counting GSM FR
Traffic with help of EOSFLX KPI Reports ?
1.
Total Traffic AMR FR Traffic
2.

Total Traffic AMR FR Traffic - AMR HR Traffic

3.

Total Traffic GSM HR Traffic AMR FR Traffic AMR HR Traffic

4.

None of Above.

Q70. By reducing value of RET parameter it will help to improve which KPI?

1.

TCH Drop

2.

SDCCH Drop

3.

HO Success

4.

None of above.

Q71. What is the range of AMH TRHO PBGT Margin parameter?

1.
-6 to +6, 255
2.

-24 to +24, 255

3.

-6 to +24, 255

4.

+6 to +24, 255

Q72. What is the relation between HO Load Factor and HO Priority Level?
1.
Load Factor > Priority Level
2.

Load Factor >= Priority Level

3.

Load factor < Priority Level

4.

Load Factor <=Priority Level

Q73. Which are the basic features helps to distribute traffic in nearby cells?
1.
DR
2.

IDR

3.

AMH

4.

All of above

Q74. Using Multi BCF Common BCCH feature operator can expand how many numbers of TRX in one
segment without using another BCCH?
1.
16
2.

24

3.

30

4.

36

Q75. While Using Path loss Criterion C2 which parameter should be made 0 so that this particular cell
have higher C2 Value even though having poor C1?
1.
CRO
2.

TEO

3.

Penalty Time

4.

None of above.

Q76. Common BCCH feature is implemented in network, then which feature will help to access the
secondary freq. spectrum directly?
1.
DR
2.

DADB

3.

DADL

4.

All of above

Q77. Which types of GSM Reports are generated by Nemo Analyzer?

1.
GSM Performance Report
2.

GSM Benchmark Report

3.

All of above

4.

None of above

Q78. What is the range of parameter PMRG?

1.
-24to +63
2.

-24 to +24

3.

-63 to +63

4.

0 to +63

Q79. How many maximum uplink TBF can be there per RTSL?
1.
6
2.

3.

4.

Q80. What should be minimum value of CDED (%) to have 1 RTSL as dedicated GPRS Timeslot
considering 2 TRX as GPRS TRX?
1.
0
2.

3.

4.

10

Q81. What does TRP Value = 3 means?

1.
TCH allocation from BCCH TRX for non-amr user and from beyond BCCH TRX for amr USER

2.

TCH allocation from beyond BCCH TRX for non-amr user and from BCCH TRX for amr USER

3.

All of above

4.

None of Above

Q82. How many basic EGPRS MCS Families are there?

1.
1
2.

3.

4.

Q83. Which is / are the main factors affecting the Radio Accessibility for TBF in UL/ DL?
1.
Coverage
2.

Capacity

3.

Interference

4.

All of above.

Q84. Which parameter setting can help to increase the TBF Retainability?
1.
UL Power Control
2.

DL Power Control

3.

All of above.

4.

None of above.

Q85. What should be SDCCH GOS when compared to TCH GOS?

1.
SD GOS = TCH GOSDTX
2.

SD GOS = 1/2(TCH GOS)

3.

SD GOS = 1/4(TCH GOS)

4.

SD GOS = 2(TCH GOS)

Q86. Which feature/technique is not used to reduce blocking / congestion?

1.
Directed Retry
2.

Traffic Reason Handover

3.

Dynamic SDCCH

4.

Intra Cell Handover

Q87. Rx Quality = 3 means BER =?

1.
0.2 - 0.4
2.

6.4 - 12.8

3.

1.6 - 3.2

4.

0.8 - 1.6

Q88. Following is false when using Dynamic SDCCH.

1.
SDCCH Handover cannot be used.
2.

Free TCH is used when SDCCH is required.

3.

SDCCH carrying CBCH cannot be used.

4.

Every SDCCH request can be fulfilled by Dynamic SDCCH.

Q89. In Link Budget; what has the least importance?

1.
GSM Antenna Gain
2.

Path Loss

3.

Feeder Loss

4.

MS Antenna Gain

Q90. When 2 calls are made from different TRXs of same cell having 1*1 RF hopping; what plays
important role to neglect C/I?
1.
MAL ID
2.

HSN

3.

MAIO Step

4.

MAIO Offset

Q91. Frame loss can be reduced by:

1.
Speech Coding
2.

Channel Coding

3.

Interleaving

4.

Burst Formatting

Q92. What can be done to overcome combiner loss when cell is upgraded from 2 TRX to 3 TRX?
1.
Remove Combiner
2.

Air-Combining

3.

HOP = OFF

4.

TMA Implementation

Q93. What is the Basic feature amongst below:

1.
SAIC
2.

STIRC

3.

AMR Progressive Power Control

4.

Freq. Hopping

Q94. Out of following channels which one is common channel?

1.
AGCH
2.

SACCH

3.

TCH-FR

4.

FACCH

Q95. Out of following channels which one is the answer to RACH?

1.
SDCCH
2.

AGCH

3.

FACCH

4.

SACCH

Q96. In Air-interface TDMA time-slot means how many Seconds?

1.
576.9us
2.

4.615ms

3.

6.12sec

4.

480ms

Q97. Which type of antenna is used in MS?

1.
Dipole
2.

Omni

3.

Loop

4.

Cross-polar

Q98. Choose the correct Erlang Formula?

1.
x Erlang= (calls per hour) * (average call duration)/3600 Sec
2.

x Erlang= (no. of user)*(3600 sec)/ (calls per hour)

3.

x Erlang= (no. of calls)*(no. of user)/ (average call duration)

4.

x Erlang= (calls per hour)*(no. of users)/3600 sec

Q99. If GOS of an N/W is 3%, what does it mean?

1.
3 out of 100 calls may fails
2.

average call duration is 3min

3.

at a time 3% of total users can make a call

4.

3% blocking in the N/W is permitted

Q100. Which type of message is "Identity Request?

1.
Mobility Management
2.

Radio Resource Management

3.

Call Control

4.

Call related SS message

Q101. Paging message type 2 contains.

1.
Paging message for 3 mobiles
2.

Paging message for 2 mobiles

3.

Paging message for 4 mobiles

4.

Paging message for >4 mobiles

Q102. Out of following which one is not a part of NSS?

1.
Mobility Management
2.

Connection Management

3.

Radio Resource Management

4.

Charging

Q103. In L3 messages, out of following Info messages which one carries Dedicated Mode Information?
1.
System Info 2
2.

System Info 4

3.

System Info 5

4.

System Info 13

Q104. Which one out of following is not a part of AMR Codec Modes?
1.
4.6
2.

5.9

3.

7.4

4.

12.2

Q105. Frequency Hopping

1.
Eliminates the problem of fading dips
2.

Eliminates the problem of ISI

3.

is part of channel coding

4.

spreads the problem of fading dips to many mobile stations

Q106. ISI is caused by:

1.
fading dips
2.

the Viterbi equalizer

3.

reflection

4.

interleaving

Q107. Maximum data throughput / tsl possible incase of GPRS is: X`

1.
18.8kbps
2.

27.2kbps

3.

29.2kbps

4.

21.4kbps

Q108. Out of following which element/s in the GSM N/W can not initiate HO?
1.
BSC
2.

BTS

3.

MSC

4.

None of Above

Q109. Out of following, which type of antenna has highest directivity?

1.
Dipole
2.

Helical

3.

Log-Periodic

4.

Yaagi-Uda

Q110. When we say the output power of a Transmitter is 30dBm, how many watts does it mean?
1.
3W
2.

1W

3.

1mW

4.

30mW

Q111. Out of following which one is a passive device?

1.
Repeater
2.

Cross Polar Antenna

3.

TMA (Tower Mount Amplifier)

4.

TRX

Q112. Out of following which can not be observed during Drive-test?

1.
Rx Quality
2.

Location Update

3.

Paging Load

4.

GPRS Attach

Q113. If a cell is EDGE capable, how much Downlink Throughput can we guarantee to customer?
1.
59.2kbps
2.

473.6kbps

3.

236.8kbps

4.

can't guarantee

Q114. How many blocks of AGCH are reserved in non combined mode?
1.

1-7

2.

0-2

3.

0-7

4.

None of Above.

Q115. What are the contents of authentication triplets?

1.

A3,A5,A8

2.

SRES,RAND,Kc

3.

RAND,A3,A8

4.

SRES,Kc,A8

Q116 Frequency hopping in a network:

1.

May or may not be implemented

2.

Does not provide optimal gain if the hopping frequencies are less than 4

3.

Both above are correct.

4.

None of the above.

Q117 .Which of the following functions is not done by SDCCH CHANNEL:

1.

Authentication

2.

Transmission of short messages

3.

Adaptive power control information from BTS to MS only

4.

Assignment of traffic channel to MS.

Q118 How many TS can be used at the most with HSCSD?

1.

2.

3.

4.

Q119 What should be the value of C/I when you are in hopping mode?

1.

Above 9

2.

Above 12

3.

Less than 9

4.

All of the above are correct

Q120 Which value of level and quality should be considered for analysis in a DT log
1.

Full

2.

Sub

3.

Both

4.

None of the above is correct.

Q121 What are the coding schemes observerd in UL/ DL after implementing EDGE in your Network:
1.

CS1-CS4

2.

MCS1-MCS6

3.

MCS5-MCS9

4.

MCS1-MCS9

Q122 What does DAP stand for?

1.

Dynamic Abis Pool

2.

Dynamic Access Pool

3.

Dynamic Access Protocol

4.

None of the above

Q123 How many codecs can be defined for AMR HR

1.

2.

3.

4.

Q124 How many TRXs can be accommodated max on a single E1 where DAP pool is assigned for 4 TS
in a Ultra site
1.

12

2.

16

3.

18

4.

24

Q125 How much traffic will be offered by a sector having 4 TRX with GOS of 2%
1.

24Erlangs

2.

21.03Erlangs

3.

23.56Erlangs

4.

22.12 Erlangs

Q126 Which ND report would you refer in order to find the discrepancy for Handovers?
1.

Report 163

2.

Report 166

3.

Report 153

4.

Report 208

Q127 On what basis would an optimizer decide whether the site serving is overshooting:
1.

On the basis of TA

2.

From ND report 232

3.

Physically verifying whether the cell is having up tilt

4.

All of the above

Q128 BBH is generally implemented where:

1.

For dense network

2.

For small capacity network

3.

For cells where tight frequency reuse is required

4.

None of the above

Q129 In case of Directed retry HO:

1.

HO is performed from TCH of serving to TCH of Adjacent cell

2.

HO is performed from SDCCH of serving to TCH of adjacent cell

3.

HO is performed from TCH of Serving to SDCCH of adjacent cell

4.

HO is performed from SDCCH of serving to SDCCH of adjacent cell

Q130 Which alarm indicates the TRX faulty operation in the system:
1.

7601

2.

7602

3.

7725

4.

7745

Q131 C/I estimation during a DT can be done in:

1.

U/L

2.

D/L

3.

Both A&B

4.

Cannot be estimated.

Q132 Which is the unique feature in TEMS for analsing speech quality:
1.

Rx qual Full

2.

Rx Qual Sub

3.

SQI

4.

Rx Qual.

Q133 Drop calls due to Handovers can be caused basically due to:
1.

Neighbors with Co-BSIC

2.

Neighbor with Co-BCCH

3.

Neighbors with Co-BCCH and Co-BSIC

4.

All of the above.

Q134 Consider a cell where the no calls are happening, the probable causes would be
1.

Wrong definition of LAC,CI

2.

DMAX=0

3.

Only A is correct

4.

Both A&B are correct.

Q135 What should be the value of Rxlev Access min set:

1.

-47dbm

2.

-110dm

3.

-65dbm

4.

-85dbm

Q136 What would be the output of a cell with parameter setting as MstxPwrmax=0db,BsTxPWrMax
=30db
1.

Cell will carry max.no of calls

2.

Cell will carry very few calls

3.

Cell will not be latched

4.

Cell with a correct parameter setting.

Q137 What would be the power loss after using a combiner in a sector:
1.

-2db

2.

-1db

3.

-3db

4.

-4db

Q138 What will happen in case where GTRX=Y(Non Edge TRX),EDGE=Y:

1.

TRX will be unlocked

2.

System will not allow the TRX to be unlock

3.

TRX will go in Block state

4.

Both B&C are correct.

Q139 Which report would give you the total payload for GPRS:
1.

232

2.

208

3.

228

4.

226.

Q140 In a Flexi BTS 1 physical TRX would logically represent how many Trx:

1.

2.

3.

4.

None of the above.

Q141 Booster becomes a solution in case of :

1.

Capacity

2.

Coverage

3.

A & B Both

4.

None of the above

Q142 Recommended value of ITCF is :

1.

2.

3.

4.

Q143. Which ND report gives the data for RACH rejection on cell level?
5.
134
6.

132

7.

188

8.

111.

Q144. Which ND report would you refer in order to find the discrepancy for Handovers?
5.

Report 163

6.

Report 166

7.

Report 153

8.

Report 208

Q145.On what basis would an optimizer decide whether the site serving is overshooting:
5.

On the basis of TA

6.

From ND report 232

7.

Drive test logs

8.

All of the above

Q146.Which ND report would give you the total payload for GPRS:
5.

232

6.

208

7.

228

8.

226.

Q147 What is a Command to check active alarms on bts:

1.

ZERO

2.

ZEQO

3.

ZEOL

4.

ZELO

Q148 Value of BSC Timers can be checked by command:

1.

ZEFO

2.

ZEDO

3.

ZEHO

4.

ZEGO

Q149 ND Report 71 Tells:

1.

Adjacencies having highest success rate

2.

Adjacencies having highest failure rate

3.

All adjacencies

4.

None of the above

Q150.Which report gives value of dedicated data time slots:

1.

051

2.

053

3.

061

4.

063.

Q151. Which is ND Report number for AMR Parameters?

1.
051
2.

111

3.

216

4.

053

Q152. Which report shows percentage of HO attempts happening due to GPRS?

1.
150
2.

151

3.

153

4.

154

Q153 Which ND report gives detailed analysis of a cell?

1.
204
2.

216

3.

186

4.

226

Q154 In which ND report we can see hourly Traffic Profile for a cell?
1.
180
2.

181

3.

182

4.

186

Q155. In which ND report we can see hourly call drops due to TCH_RF_NEW_HO counter?
1.
216
2.

213

3.

163

4.

166

Q156. In which ND report we can see adjacency discrepancy between neighbor definitions?
1.
061
2.

060

3.

067

4.

073

Q157. Which are the Coverage Enhancement Features of NSN System?

1.
ICE
2.

Reverse ICE

3.

Smart Radio Concept(SRC)

4.

All of Above

Q158. Which ND Report shows Paging Success Rate per LA?

1.
213
2.

216

3.

186

4.

222

Q159. Which ND report shows EGPRS KPI?

1.
230
2.

226

3.

229

4.

228

Q160 Which counter shows DL multislot assignment in percentage?

1.
msl_13
2.

msl_14

3.

msl_15a

4.

msl_16a

Q161. How many 64 Kbps DAP TSLs are required if MS is using MCS 9 (consider: dedicated data
timeslot = 4, single data user attached)?
1.
2
2.

3.

4.

Q162. How many maximum Abis timeslots can be handle by PCU ?

1.
64
2.

128

3.

256

4.

264

Q163. What is the Maximum output power of Metrosite BTS in terms of Watt?
1.
5
2.

10

3.

20

4.

40

Q164. What is the maximum number of TRXs can created per BCSU in BSC 3i with version S12?

1.

110

2.

200

3.

100

4.

220

Q165. Which interface is required to implement combine paging (Voice + Data)

1.
Gs
2.

DPM ( Dual Paging Mode)

3.

Gn

4.

DPT ( Dual Paging Transmission)

Q166. In which ND report we can see TRHO Handovers attempt and success?
1.
153
2.

154

3.

155

4.

156

Q167. How many TRXs can be handled by 1 BB2F Card in Ultra Site BTS?
1.
2
2.

3.

4.

Q168. Which of the following BTS Type do not have combiner in-built in them?
1.
Ultra Site
2.

Metro Site

3.

Flexi BTS

4.

None of above

Q169. Which report will help to see EDAP Congestion?

1.
280
2.

281

3.

128

4.

082

Q170. In which ND report we can see paging deletion counts for cell level?
1.
180
2.

181

3.

182

4.

186

Q171 Out of following, which is true as per NSN Specification?

1.
CDED<=CDEF
2.

CDED>CDEF

3.

CDED=CDEF+CMAX

4.

CDEF=CDED+CMAX

Q172. What should be minimum value of CDED(%) to have 1 RTSL as dedicated GPRS Timeslot
considering 2 TRX as GPRS TRX?
1.
0
2.

3.

4.

10

Q173 Which report shows Intra Cell Handover Statistics?

1.
150
2.

153

3.

154

4.

158

Q174 What is the maximum data throughput/timeslot can be achieved in case of MCS 9?
1.
64 Kbps
2.

59.2 Kbps

3.

118 Kbps

4.

230.4 Kbps

Q175 Which BTS Type does not support Rx Diversity (RDIV) parameter?
1.
Flexi Edge BTS
2.

Ultra BTS

3.

Metro BTS

4.

Talk Family BTS

Q176 In case of EDGE which of the following CS offers highest coverage?

1.
MCS 1

2.

MCS 9

3.

MCS 5

4.

CS 1

Q177 Which ND Report shows Trx vise quality distribution?

1.
180
2.

269

3.

196

4.

169

Q178 ND Report gives radio timeslot configuration?

1.
111
2.

222

3.

121

4.

051

Q179 Noise separation feature can be implemented in?

1.
TCSM
2.

BSC 3i

3.

Flexi BTS

4.

TRX

Q180 Which of the following is not a feature of GSM network alone, but also feature of analog mobile
communication network?
1.
Digital transmission of user data in air interface
2.

Possibility of full international roaming in any country

3.

Better speech quality

4.

Fully digitized switching exchange

Q181 which of the following is parameter affecting cell sites while planning the network
1.
Antenna height
2.

MS power

3.

BTS Power

4.

None Of Above

Q182 What is E interface?

1.
MSC-MSC
2.

MSC-VLR

3.

MSC-HLR

4.

HLR-VLR

Q183 In GSM which type of handover occurs?

1.
Hard
2.

Soft

3.

Both of the above

4.

Make before break

Q184 Choose the correct bit pattern of a flag in LAP-D format ?

1.
01111110
2.

11111111

3.

10101010.

4.

01010101.

Q185 Mobile identity is a part of?

1.

Physical layer Info

2.

Lap-D Info

3.

BSSMAP Info

4.

GSM L3 Info

Q186 Maximum PLMN Permitted can be ?

a) 7
b) 8
c) 1
d) 2

Q187 how many BSIC possible if NCC=4, no of BCCH ARFCN =8 ?

a) 32
b) 64
c) 256
d) 1024
Q188 DTX helps in
a) Reducing TCH congestion
b) Reducing SDCCH congestion

c) Reducing interference
d) Improving paging success

Q189. BSSAP needs the services of SCCP to

a) Analyze A subscriber data
b) To perform Connectionless signaling with the MSC
c) Send MAP messages to HLR via the MSC
d) To make a virtual connection between the MS and the MSC
Q190. Which of the following is true?
a) MAP stands for Mobile Access Part
b) LAP-D protocol is used to communicate between MSC and BSC
c) MAP is used for communication between MSC and HLR
d) BSSAP is used for communicating between BSC and MS

Q191. If an inter MSC handover occurs during a call, the decision to make
a handover is done by
a) BSC controlling the target cell
b) MSC controlling the target cell
c) BSC controlling the current cell
d) MSC controlling the current cell
Q192. Which of the following is not an advantage of the GSM network
Compared to other networks which use the same frequency band?
a) Lower Carrier to Interference Ratio for signal reception
b) Use of MAP signaling
c) Frequency reuse is more efficient than in other networks
d) Lower bit rate for voice coding
Q193. The basic principle of speech coding in a GSM Mobile Station is
a) A-Law PCM with 8 bits per sample
b) -Law PCM at 104Kbits/s
c) A-Law PCM with special filtering at 13Kbits/s
d) None of the above
Q194. Authentication verification is carried out in
a) HLR
b) MSC

c) VLR
d) Authentication Centre

Q195. No calls initiating in a cell, handover traffic is present

1.

wrong neighbor defined

2.

CGI creation problem

3.

Same BCCH Allocated in neighbor

4.

None of above

Q196. Which of the following facility is not supported by Net monitor?

1.

Neighbor Cell Id

2.

DTX Status

3.

Ciphering status

4.

HSN

Q 197. In a cell configured with phase diversity, with air combining, what should be ideal distance
between two antennas of same sector?
1.

At least /4 separated

2.

At least /10 separated

3.

0 distance

4.

None of above

Q198. Which of the following is supported by remote tune combiner?

1.

BB Hopping

2.

RF Hopping

3.

Cyclic Hopping

4.

All of above

Q199. Which of the following is affecting SDCCH capacity on Abis Interface?

1.

TRX Signaling Size

2.

No of TCH in sector

3.

EDAP Pool

4.

OMU Signaling

Q200. Alarm no. 2993 indicates

1.
TCH Drop on Abis Interface

2.

TCH Drop on Ater Interface

3.

TCH Drop on Air Interface

4.

TCH Drop on A Interface

GSM Interview Question -Answer

1.

What is the function of SDCCH & SACCH?

Ans. (a) SDCCH---- Slow Dedicated Control Channel.

Function---a)

Location updates

b)

SMS

c)

Ciphering Initiation

d)

Equipment Validation

e)

Subscriber authentation

f)

Call set up signaling

(b)

SACCH---Slow Associated Control Channel.

Function:

(a)

Timing advance data

(b)

Transmit power control

(c)

transmission of signaling data

(d)

radio link supervision measurements

2. What are the reasons for Hand Overs?

(Ans) . (a) Signal Strength (RX LEVEL)
(b) Signal Quality (RX Qual)
(c) Power Budget
(d)Timing Advance.
(e) Interference
2.

a)

What are the shortcomings in handovers?

Call Dropping.

b)

Ping- Pong handover

c)

Far- Away cell effect

4. What is intelligent hand over?

Ans)Fuzzy logic
a)

Neutral networks

5. What are internal & external hand over?

Ans
(1)INTERNAL HANDOVER
a)
b)

( INTER BTS) ---- Transfer between two

channels (time slot) in same cell.

( INTRA BSC ( BTS BTS)-----1 . transfer between BTS under control of same Bsc

Measuring the quality of radio connection

Power levels

2. EXTERNAL HANDOVER.

( a) INTER BSC (BSC_ BSC)---- 1. Transfer between BTS under

the control of diff
BSC
2.

BSC TO BSC

3 . NSS to attends the hand over

4. MSC controls.

( b) INTER MSC ( MSC- MSC) ----1. transfer between cell under the control of diff
MSC

.What is the frequency Hopping its imp?

(Ans)

It is defined as sequential change of carrier frequency on the radio link between

mobile & base station.

Two types of freq hopping----- 1. Base band freq hopping.

2. synthesized frequency hopping.

7. Explain the major diff between BBH & SFH?

Ans

In BBH the no of hopping freq is same as no of TRX.

In SFH the no of Hoping freq can be in the range of 1to 63.

8. what are the advantages of Frequency Hopping?

1.

Frequency Diversity

2.

Interference Averaging

3.

capacity

9. How in frequency hopping there is enhancement of network capacity?

Freq hopping implement will enable more aggressive freq reuse pattern, that leads to

better spectrum efficiency.

It can add more transceiver in the existing sites , while maintaing the net work quality/

Freq hopping compressing the available spectrum to make room for extra capacity

.
10. Define the freq. hopping parameters?

Frequency Hopping Parameters

GSM defines the following set of parameters:

Mobile Allocation (MA): Set of frequencies the mobile is allowed to hop over. Maximum of 63
frequencies can be defined in the MA list.

Hopping Sequence Number (HSN): Determines the hopping order used in the cell. It is possible to
assign 64 different HSNs. Setting HSN = 0 provides cyclic hopping sequence and HSN = 1 to 63 provide
various pseudo-random hopping sequences.

Mobile Allocation Index Offset (MAIO): Determines inside the hopping sequence, which frequency
the mobile starts do transmit on. The value of MAIO ranges between 0 to (N-1) where N is the number of
frequencies defined in the MA list. Presently MAIO is set on per carrier basis.

Motorola has defined an additional parameter, FHI.

Hopping Indicator (FHI): Defines a hopping system, made up by an associated set of frequencies
(MA) to hop over and sequence of hopping (HSN). The value of FHI varies between 0 to 3. It is possible to
define all 4 FHIs in a single cell.

Motorola system allows to define the hopping system on a per timeslot basis. So different hopping
configurations are allowed for different timeslots. This is very useful for interference averaging and to
randomize the distribution of errors.

11. What are the effects of freq hopping?

(Ans)

1 Handovers:

2 Call setup:

3 Frame Erasure Rate (FER):

12 .Explain in brief what is FER.

Ans

It is the right measure of voice quality.

FER is performed on speech& signaling frames

FER------- 0 to 4%,

FER= Number of erased blocks\ total no of blocks *100

GOOD.

to 15% , slightly degraded

Greater than 15%, useless

13. What happens when speech frames discarded in FER?

System will interpolate.

14. What happens when signaling frames discarded in FER?

MS is instructed to resend.

15. What is TCH_ TCH Interference? How it is measured.

When TCH carries are reused that leads to co-channel interference.

When TCH carrier have call activity.

This is measured by delta measurement. --- 1. BCCH carries are diff

2. TCH carriers in both cell 1& cell2 are same AFRCN TCH

16. Define the terms?

 BER--- The number of erroneous bits received

Total no of bits received.
RBER---1 Residual bit error rate
2

It is performed on demodulated speech frames that are not mark corrupt

.BFI -- Bad frame indication.

17. Explain the parameters in TEMS POCKET mobile.

L
BS

BC

L
TS

TC

RXLEV
1.

TX
C/I

RQ

Llcell BCCH

ARFCN

FE

TA
DSC

2.

CHM

3.

4.

5.

RH

CiMd

L1. Logical channel.----- BCCH

MCC
MNC

LAC

RA

CI

L2. Logical channel ----- TCH

BC-- serving cell BCCH AFRCN.

BS-- base station identity code.

RXLEV- recieved signal strength

 TC--

TS -

traffic channel

time slot number.

TX - transmit power

C/I -- Carrier to interference ratio in db

RQ -- Receive bit error rate

FE frame erasure rate.

TA -- Timing advance

CHM --C hannel Mode

RH -- cell reselction Hystresis

CiMdCiphering mode

RAC Routing area code.

LACLocation area code.

18. Explain the analysis behind RX Qual.?

time(0.5s)

RX Qual is the basic measure. It reflects the average BER over the certain period of

RX QUAL done over 104 TDMA frames.

Limitation of RXQUAL---- 1. The distributions of bit error over time.

2. Frame erasure
3. Hand over.
19. What are type of interference occur?
1.

Co- channel interference.

2.

Adj-channel interference.

3.

Near end- Far end interference.

20.

What is ERLANG?

Unit of telephone traffic intensity is called Erlang.

One ERLANG is one channel occupied continuously for one hour.

1E = 64Kbps.

21. what do you mean by GOS?

It is the probabity of having a call blocked during busiest hour.

Ex GOS=0.05 means one call in 20 will be blocked call during busiest hour because of

insufficient capacity.

22. What are the technique GSM offers which combat Multipath fading?

Equalization
Diversity

 Freq Hopping
Interleaving
Channel coding

23. What are control &traffic channels?

CONTROL CHANNEL.----1 BCH

2. CCCH
3. DCCH.

TRAFFIC CHANNEL-- Half rate

Full rate

EFR == Enhanced full rate.

24. What are BCH, CCH, DCCH channels?

BCH-- 1. BCCH
2 .FCCH
3. SCH

CCCH. --- 1.PCH

2. AGCH
3. RACH

DCCH----

1.SDCCH.
2. SACCH
3. FACCH

25. What are types of bursts?

Normal Burst

Frequency Correction Burst

Synchronization Burst.

Dummy Burst

Access Burst.

26. What is adjacent channel separation in GSM?

Urban Environment-------- 200khz

Sub Urban Environment ---- 400khz

Open environment ----- 800khz

27. What is the watt to dBm conversions?

Power in dBm = 10 log( watts *100)

0 dBm= 1mili watt

1watt = 30dbm

28. What are the optimizations you have done during Drive Test?

What are samples in gsm?

Which modulation take place in GSM

In one TRU how many frames are there?

What is the value RXLEV of neighboring cell?

What do you mean by VAD?

What is BFI, where it is use?

2929. Define the hopping parameters in detail?

The MA is a list of hopping frequencies transmitted to a mobile every time it is assigned to a hopping
physical channel. The MA-list is a subset of the CA list. The MA-list is automatically generated if the
baseband hopping is used. If the network utilises the RF hopping, the MA-lists have to be generated for each
cell by the network planner. The MA-list is able to point to 64 of the frequencies defined in the CA list.
However, the BCCH frequency is also included in the CA list, so the practical maximum number of
frequencies in the MA-list is 63. The frequencies in the MA-list are required to be in increasing order because
of the type of signaling used to transfer the MA-list.
1.1

Hopping Sequence Number

The Hopping Sequence Number (HSN) indicates which hopping sequence of the 64 available is
selected. The hopping sequence determines the order in which the frequencies in the MA-list are to be used.
The HSNs 1 - 63 are pseudo random sequences used in the random hopping while the HSN 0 is reserved for
a sequential sequence used in the cyclic hopping. The hopping sequence algorithm takes HSN and FN as an
input and the output of the hopping sequence generation is a Mobile Allocation Index (MAI) which is a
number ranging from 0 to the number of frequencies in the MA-list subtracted by one. The HSN is a cell
specific parameter. For the baseband hopping two HSNs exists. The zero time slots in a BB hopping cell use
the HSN1 and the rest of the time slots follow the HSN2 as presented in Error! Reference source not found..
All the time slots in RF hopping cell follow the HSN1 as presented in Error! Reference source not found..
1.2

Mobile Allocation Index Offset

When there is more than one TRX in the BTS using the same MA-list the Mobile Allocation Index
Offset (MAIO) is used to ensure that each TRX uses always an unique frequency. Each hopping TRX is
allocated a different MAIO. MAIO is added to MAI when the frequency to be used is determined from the MAlist. Example of the hopping sequence generation is presented in Error! Reference source not found.. MAIO
and HSN are transmitted to a mobile together with the MA-list. In Nokia solution the MAIO offset is a cell specific
parameter defining the MAIOTRX for the first hopping TRX in a cell. The MAIOs for the other hopping TRXs are
automatically allocated according to the MAIOstep -parameter introduced in the following section.
30. What is the effect of frequency hopping in RXQual?
Frequency hopping causes some changes in the RXQUAL distribution. Also, there are some
differences in a way the RXQUAL distribution should be interpreted.

The Frame Erasure Ratio (FER) is a ratio of discarded speech frames compared to all the received
speech frames. A speech frame is generally discarded if after the decoding and error correction process any
of the category 1a bits is found to be changed based on the three parity bits following them in a speech
frame.
FER is a measure of how successfully the speech frame was received after the error correction
process and it is thus a better indication of the subjective speech quality compared to the RXQUAL which
gives an estimate of the link quality in terms of BER. The RXQUAL doesnt indicate how the bit errors were
distributed in a speech frame. The bit error distribution affects the ability of the channel decoding to correct
the errors.

The following table gives an idea of the correlation between RXQUAL and FER and between
subjective speech quality and different FER classes.

31. What is the relation link between RXQUAL& FER?

Table 1. RXQUAL vs. FER comparison according to the laboratory tests.

The relation of downlink FER and RXQUAL was measured during a FH trial. The relation is clearly
different in the hopping case compared to the non-hopping case. The distributions of FER in each RXQUAL
class are presented in Error! Reference source not found. and Error! Reference source not found.. One clear
observation can be made; in the non-hopping case there are significant amount of samples indicating
deteriorated quality (FER>10%) in RXQUAL class 5 while in the hopping case the significant quality
deterioration (FER>10%) happens in RXQUAL class 6. Thus, it may be concluded that in the frequency
hopping networks significant quality deterioration starts at RXQUAL class 6 while in non-hopping network
this happens at RXQUAL class 5.

This improvement of FER means that the higher RXQUAL values may be allowed in a frequency
hopping network. RXQUAL thresholds are used in the handover and power control decisions. Because of the
improvement in the relative reception performance on the RXQUAL classes 4-6, the RXQUAL thresholds
affecting handover and power control decisions should be set higher in a network using frequency hopping
network. In a frequency hopping network RXQUAL classes 0-5 are indicating good quality.

Typically, the share of the RXQUAL classes 6 and 7 may increase after FH is switched on, even if no
other changes have been made. This may seem to be surprising since it is expected that frequency hopping
improves the network quality. However, in most cases the quality is actually improved, but the improvement
is more visible in the call success ratio. The improved tolerance against interference and low field strength in
FH network means that it is less likely that the decoding of SACCH frames fails causing increment in the
radio link timeout counter. Thus, it is less likely that a call is dropped because of the radio link timeout.
Instead, the calls generating high RXQUAL samples tend to stay on. This may lead to increase in the share of
RXQUAL 6-7. However, at the same time the call success rate is significantly improved.

In the Error! Reference source not found., there are presented some trial results of a DL RXQUAL
distribution with different frequency allocation reuse patterns. As can be seen from the figures, the tighter
the reuse becomes, the less samples fall in quality class 0 and more samples fall in quality classes 1-6.
Theres bigger difference in downlink than in uplink direction.

This difference is a consequence of interference and frequency diversities that affect the frequency
hopping network. Because of these effects, the interference or low signal strength tend to occur randomly,
while in a non-hopping network it is probable that interference or low field strength will affect several
consecutive bursts making it harder for the error correction to actually correct errors. The successful error
correction leads to less erased frames and thus improves the FER.
32. What do you understand by idle channel measurement?

When a new call is established or a handover is performed, the BSC selects the TRX

and the time slot for the traffic channel based on the idle channel interference measurements. The frequency
hopping has a significant effect on the idle channel interference measurement results.

When the frequency hopping is used, the frequency of a hopping logical channel is changed about
217 times in a second. The frequency of the idle time slots changes according to the same sequence.

In a case of the random hopping, this means that the measured idle channel interference is likely to
be the same for all the TRXs that use the same MA-list. If the interference is averaged over more than one

SACCH frame, the averaging effect is even stronger. However, normally the interferers are mobiles located in
interfering cells. In this case, there are probably differences in the measured idle channel interferences
between different time slots in the cell. This happens, because the interfering mobiles are only transmitting
during the time slot that has been allocated to them. This is illustrated in Figure Error! No text of specified
style in document.-1.

If the cyclic hopping sequence is used, there might occur differences on the measured idle channel
interference levels between the TRXs on the same time slot as explained in the following section.

Figure Error! No text of specified style in document.-1. Idle channel interference in a case of the
random RF hopping

33 .what are types of handover?

There are four different types of handover in the GSM system, which involve transferring a call
between:

Channels (time slots) in the same cell

Cells (Base Transceiver Stations) under the control of the same Base Station Controller

Cells under the control of different BSCs, but belonging to the same Mobile services

(BSC),

Switching Center (MSC), and

Cells under the control of different MSCs.

34. what are important parameter of power saving in GSM

Discontinuous transmission
Minimizing co-channel interference is a goal in any cellular system, since it allows better service for
a given cell size, or the use of smaller cells, thus increasing the overall capacity of the system.
Discontinuous transmission (DTX) is a method that takes advantage of the fact that a person speaks less
that 40 percent of the time in normal conversation [22], by turning the transmitter off during silence periods.
An added benefit of DTX is that power is conserved at the mobile unit.
The most important component of DTX is, of course, Voice Activity Detection. It must distinguish
between voice and noise inputs, a task that is not as trivial as it appears, considering background noise. If a
voice signal is misinterpreted as noise, the transmitter is turned off and a very annoying effect called
clipping is heard at the receiving end. If, on the other hand, noise is misinterpreted as a voice signal too
often, the efficiency of DTX is dramatically decreased. Another factor to consider is that when the transmitter
is turned off, there is total silence heard at the receiving end, due to the digital nature of GSM. To assure the
receiver that the connection is not dead, comfort noise is created at the receiving end by trying to match the
characteristics of the transmitting end's background noise.

Discontinuous reception
Another method used to conserve power at the mobile station is discontinuous reception. The
paging channel, used by the base station to signal an incoming call, is structured into sub-channels. Each
mobile station needs to listen only to its own sub-channel. In the time between successive paging subchannels, the mobile can go into sleep mode, when almost no power is used.
All of this increases battery life considerably when compared to analog
: What is Tri-band and Dual-band?

A: A tri-band phone operates at three supported frequencies, such as 900/1800/1900 MHz

or 850/1800/1900 MHz. A dual-band phone operates at two frequencies, such as 850/1900
MHz or 900/1800

Telecom Basic Questions

1.

The OSI model was developed by ISO in the

year___________

a.

1985

b.

1988

c.

1965

d.

1984

2.

The other name of directional antenna is..

a.

Omni-directional antenna

b.

Sectored antenna

c.

Isotropic antenna

d.

Yagi-Uda antenna

3.

The main purpose of multi plexer is..

a.

Combine voice and data traffic

b.

Perform error detection and correction

c.

Reduce network costs

d.

Perform analog to digital conversion

4.

Walkie Talkie is the best example for..

a.

Simplex

b.

Half-Duplex

c.

Full Duplex

d.

None

5.

ATM Packet Size is

a.

50 octets

b.

53 octets

c.

56 octets

d.

64 octets

6.

In phase modulation the signal has________

phase and___________ phase.

a.

180,180

b.

90, 90

c.

0,180

d.

0, 0

7.

What is Buffering?

a. The process of temporarily storing the data to allow

for small variation in device speeds
b. A method to reduce cross talks
c. A method to reduce routing overhead
d. Storage of data within transmitting medium until the
receiver is ready to receive
8.
a.

Line of sight is...

Straight Line

b. Parabolic
c.

Tx and Rx should be visible to each other

d. None of the above

9.

The layers of the OSI model, from the top -down,

are

a.

Application, Presentation, Session, Transport,

Network, Data link, Physical

b.

Session, Presentation, Data transport, MAC,

Network, Physical

c.

Presentation, Application, Session, Network,

Transport, Data link, Physical

d.

Application, Encryption, Network, Transport,

Logical link control, Physical

10. Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) is a

combination of ___________.
a.

ASK & FSK

b.

FSK & PSK

c.

PSK & ASK

d.

None

11. Transmission media are usually categorized as

_______.
a. Fixed or Unfixed
b. Guided or Unguided
c. Determinate or Indeterminate
d. Metallic or Nonmetallic
12. When a beam of light travels through media of two
different densities, if the angle of incidence is greater
than the critical angle, _______ occurs.
a.

Reflection

b.

Refraction

c.

Incidence

d.

Criticism

13. Which of the following is a type of fiber connector:

a.

SC

b.

ST

c.

MTRJ

d.

All of the above

14. GSM allows a reuse factor of _______.

a.

b.

c.

d.

7
15) What is the modulation method used in GSM at
Air interface ?
a)Pulse Code Modulation
b)Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
c) GMSK Modulation
d )PSK Modulation
16) Multipath Fading is also called as
a) Lognormal Fading
b) Shadow fading
c ) Rayleigh Fading

d ) Rician Fading
17) GSM is the digital standard for Europe; what
do the letters GSM currently mean?
a) Global Special Mobile
b)Greater System's Mobile
c) Global Systems for Mobile Communications
d) None of the above!
18) Full Rate Speech Coding is at
a) 9.6 Kbps
b) 13 Kbps
c) 6.5 Kbps
d) 4.8 Kbps
19) _______ is a first-generation cellular phone
system.
a) AMPS
b) D-AMPS
c) GSM
d) None
20) MEO satellites are located at altitudes between
km.
a) 3000 and 5000
b) 5000 and 10,000

c) 5000 and 15,000

d) None