Dire Dawa University Institute

of of Technology
Department of Information
Technology
Final examination(50%)
Academic Year: 2014 E.C
Target Group: IT 3rd year sem-I

Student Name: ___________________

[First Name] [Last Name]
Student ID: _______________
Course Title: Telecom Technologies Course Code: ITec3101
Name of instructor : Emuye B.
Test Date: 07/o6/2014 E.C
Duration of Test: 1:30 hr.
Number of exam pages: (4 including Answersheet)
Exam type: Closed book
Materials allowed: No Additional Materials are allowed
General Direction:

 Please read each question carefully and write your answers legibly in the space provided
or on the attached paper [Answer Sheet].
 The use of electronic devices such as mobile phones, iPods and mp3 players is prohibited
during the exam.
 The use of written material not officially permitted into the exam hall in any form such as
on paper, on clothing, on body parts and etc is prohibited.
 The exchanging information in the exam hall through oral, symbolic, written, and
electronic devices any other means are forbidden.
 Any form of cheating or attempt to cheating is forbidden.
Marking Schema
Type of Type 1 Type 2 Type ¾ Total
Questions [12 %] [24%%] [14%] [ 50%]

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Good work !!!

Part I: write true if the statement is true else write false [ 1 pts each except Q7-10].

1. ADSL enables users to get high speed uplink connection than downlink connections.
2. Both FDM and WDM are the two analog multiplexing techniques.
3. ISDN is a Packet and Circuit-switched telephone network system
4. TE2 is one type of ISDN devices which are compatible with the ISDN network
5. ISDN is an end to end digital network for both voice and data transmission
6. A VPI have 16 bits long in ATM cell structure .
7. I-series protocols are used to define Telephone network standards for ISDN. ( 1.5 pts)
8. ATM Physical layer is responsible for changing the input information into streams of 48-
octet segments. ( 1.5 pts)
9. ATM network devices have very expense than Ethernet network devices .(1.5 pts)
10. a Public land mobile network (PLMN) indicates all mobile wireless networks that use earth-
based stations . (1.5 pt)

Part II: choose the best answer to the following questions [2 pts each].

1. Which one of the following is the way of performing digital access in PSTN

A. Voice-band modem B. Using ISDN switch C. Using digital switch D. All

2. Which one of the following is used for combining several low-rate channels into one high-
rate channel

A. Wavelength-division multiplexing C. Frequency-division multiplexing

B. Time Division Multiplexing D . none

3. Which one of the following is an equipment which allows non-ISDN devices to operate
on an ISDN network.

A. Terminal Equipment Type 1 C. Terminal Equipment Type 2

B. Terminal Adapter D. Network termination type 1

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4. Which one of the following is used for high speed data, video ,Teleconferencing and
other real- time applications
A. B channel B. D channel C. H channel D. none
5. A two wire cable that connects the customer’s equipment to the telecommunications
provider
A. U B. R C. S D. T

6. Which one of the following is responsible for Carring control signallings

A. Bearer channel B. Data Channel C. Hybrid Channel D. none
7. Which one of the following is not true about Primary Rate Interface
A. Its data rate is 23B+1D with 8 kbps overhead
B. Its data rate is 30B+1D Mbps with 64 kbps overhead
C. Its data rate is 1.544 Mbps
D. Its data rate is 2B+1D Mbps with 48kbps overhead E. none

8. Which One of the following is used to specifiy the path the VC follows through the
network.
A. Virtual path identifier C. Virtual Channel Identifier
B. Permanent Virtual Circuit D. Switched Virtual Circuit.
9. Which one of the following is true about ATM Layer

A. Routing and multiplexing of cells C. Remove the headers

B. Generates headers D. All

10. Which one of the following is responsible for mobile registration and authentication

A. BTS B. BSC C. MSC D. ME

11. Which one of the following is used to identify location of user in cellular network.
A. Angle of arrival C. Network assisted GPS
B. Time taken D. Cell-id E. All F. none
12. Which one of the following is third generation cellular system
A. GSM B. GPRS C. CDMA D. B&C E. B&D

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Part III: fill the blank space for the follwing questions

13. ---------------- Is a cross talk appears between X and Y cables near-end (1.5 pt)
14. -----------------Is a database which maintains information about subscribers currently
physically in the region(1.5 pt)

Part V: Write the appropriate answer for the follwing questions

1. What is SIM? (1pts)

2. List at least Three challenges of ADSL (2pts)
3. State some advantages of International Gateway (2pts)
4. Assume the bandwidth of the link is 24Khz, from 20 to 44 kHz. To this channel we need
to combine three voice channels in which each have occupies a bandwidth of 8 kHz .
Show the configuration, using the frequency division multiplexing technique with out
considering guard bands. (3 pt5)
5. Draw cellular system architecture which clearly shows the interaction between each
subsystem ( 3 pts)
 Bonus : What do you understand from Telecom Technology Course? (1.5 pts)

ANSWER SHEET
St_Name:___________________________ IDNO_______________
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