Exam 4: The Public Network

Match each statement below with the correct item -A heavy metal frame designed to hold and keep equipment stable.

An array of small metallic clips that accept wire terminations is referred to as:

The short cables often used to complete circuits between punch-down blocks, is referred to as:

A thick tube in which cables are housed to remain protected from environmental damage is referred to as:

Which of the following is a type of telecommunications carrier that leases links, or other facilities, in wholesale amounts from another carrier, and resells the service to consumers under its name?

Does the term local loop refer to the part of the outside plant that connects all the aggregated branch feeders to the central office?

Two digits transmitted with a phone number to identify the number to which the call should be billed is referred to as:

What term is used to describe the cable that runs from a subscriber's demarcation point to a telephone pole or underground conduit?

Station protector is the geographical boundary that includes all of a central office's subscribers. _________________________

A heavy metal frame designed to hold and keep equipment stable is referred to as a(n) ____________________.

____________________ is the determination of the path that a call's circuit will travel in order to be completed.

____________________ is the maintenance of the circuit between a caller and the called party.

The cabling and equipment located within a carrier's central office is known as:

____________________ is the establishment of a circuit between the caller and the party whose number she has dialed.

The cable that runs from a subscriber's demarcation point to a telephone pole, or underground conduit, is referred to as:

The distribution cable runs from a subscriber's demarcation point to a telephone pole or underground conduit. _________________________

The cable that runs from a subscriber's demarcation point to telephone pole or underground conduit is known as a jump wire.

The arrangement in which wires terminating at two sets of punch-down blocks are interconnected is referred to as:

Which of the following is an access point to underground tunnels that house branch feeders or main feeder conduits?

The geographical boundary that includes all of a central office's subscribers is known as a(n) ____________________