Deck 3: Connecting the Dots - Transporting Information Across the Superhighway

Question 1

Explain the three ways in which a long distance call can reach its destination.

Answer 1

Not Answered

Question 2

The Modified Final Judgment in 1982 determined that every area within the United States resides within a specific:

A) LATA
B) SS-7 network
C) ILEC
D) POP

Answer 2

LATA

Question 3

The organization responsible for defining the Feature Groups that are used to connect the many long distance carriers with the local telephone companies is the National Exchange Carrier Association of the:

A) ITU
B) FTC
C) FAA
D) FCC

Answer 3

FCC

Question 4

The most common type of trunk used to connect a long distance company switch to a local switch, tandem, or end office is the:

A) Feature Group M trunk
B) Feature Group D trunk
C) Feature Group A trunk
D)Feature Group C trunk

Question 5

The most complicated means of completing connections for a call between Portland and Philadelphia occurs when:

A) the long distance company does not have a switch in either Philadelphia or Portland
B) the call travels onto ABC's long distance network, then onto a wholesale long distance carrier's network that ABC has leased, and then into the ABC's long distance telephone switch in Philadelphia
C) the call leaves the ABC long distance POP in Portland on a trunk that connects directly into ABC's Philadelphia long distance switch
D) all methods of connections are equally complicated

Question 6

Which of the following codes is not essential when placing a call to someone in another country?

A) 011
B) area code
C) country code
D) subscriber number

Question 7

What kind of circuits are more commonly used for telephone networks in the United States?

A) T1
B) T2
C) T3
D) all of the above are used equally

Question 8

A dedicated data circuit is one that is:

A) open most of the time except in rare circumstances
B) permanently closed
C) permanently open
D) sporadically open and closed

Question 9

The corner ATM machine is a good example of a system that uses a:

A) dial-up data circuit
B) packet circuit network
C) modem
D) dedicated data circuit

Question 10

The acronym, ISP, stands for:

A) Internet Service Provider
B) International Service Potential
C) Instantaneous Switch Packet
D) none of the above

Question 11

The channel connection between two central office switches is called a(n) ________.

Question 12

A call that travels between two different local telephone companies, or service providers, is an Intercompany/Intra ________ call.

Question 13

A(n) ________ switch is a switch that has the ability to switch long distance calls

Question 14

The acronym ________ refers to the fact that a long distance provider must have a presence in an area in order to route calls onto their network.

Question 15

A POP must have ________ connecting it to the local telephone company in order to pass the traffic to the local network.

Question 16

A(n) ________ switch is a telephone switch capable of switching international calls and converting the SS-7 signaling protocol into protocols used elsewhere in the world.

Question 17

An agreement established between a country and a carrier allowing the carrier to legally terminate international calls from its network into the country's network is known as a(n) ________ agreement.

Question 18

The Internet is the largest ________ network deployed today.

Question 19

________ is the acronym for local telephone companies that served an area after the 1996 Telecom Act.

Question 20

________ circuits are considered to be the backbone of the network used to carry voice and data traffic.

Question 21

A trunk must remain in use for the duration of a call.

Question 22

A line/trunk/line call occurs when a call is switched onto a trunk connecting two central offices.

Question 23

Calls traveling within a LATA are charged the same as calls traveling across LATAs.

Question 24

Many smaller long distance carriers do not have end-to-end networks across the country and therefore must use third-party networks to complete connections.

Question 25

The greater the distance when placing a call, the longer it takes for the telephone to ring at the other end.

Question 26

It is doubtful that any Third World countries will ever open up their telephone networks to competition and thereby allow long distance companies to directly interconnect.

Question 27

The information traveling on the medium behaves the same, looks the same, and sounds the same whether it moves on fiber, copper, or air.

Question 28

A DLEC is similar to a CLEC except that the DLEC offers only data services in the local telephone network.