Switching Networks - Electronic Engineering (MCQ) questions & answers

1)   Which among the following exhibit/s the necessity of trunks during the signaling mechanism?

a. Inchannel Signaling
b. Common Channel Signaling
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Inchannel Signaling

Explanation:
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2)   Which signals are regarded as call-progress signals as they are sent back to inform the caller about the progress of the call?

a. Address Signals
b. Status Signals
c. Call request Signals
d. Answer Signals
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Status Signals

Explanation:
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3)   By how many times does the time division exchange exhibit connection and disconnection with respect to every millisecond, due to its ability of using rearrangeable networks?

a. 2
b. 4
c. 8
d. 16
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 8

Explanation:
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4)   Which kind of switching system does not comprise any subscriber, concentrator or expander?

a. Crossbar
b. Director Exchange
c. Strowger
d. Tandem
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Tandem

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


5)   In two-stage network, which phenomenon/situation occurs due to impossible connectivity of given incoming trunk to selected outgoing trunk specifically because of link utilization for other connection between primary and secondary switches?

a. Bursting
b. Blinking
c. Blocking
d. Burning
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Blocking

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


6)   For the two-group grading consisting of 14 trunks, availability = 5, Ak = 1.4E and the required grade of service of about 0.01, what would be its traffic capacity?

a. 4.98 E
b. 6.72 E
c. 8.3 E
d. 10 E
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 4.98 E

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


7)   Which form/s of grading design has/have the tendency to share every trunk between equal number of groups?

a. Homogeneous Grading
b. Heterogeneous Grading
c. Skipped Grading
d. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Homogeneous Grading

Explanation:
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8)   In graded groups, switches with inaccessibility to the outgoing route gets ____  into the number of separate groups.

a. added
b. subtracted
c. multiplied
d. divided
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: multiplied

Explanation:
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9)   Which shape of switches are not adopted normally due to non-usability of both way trunks?

a. Circular
b. Triangular
c. Hexagonal
d. Square
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Triangular

Explanation:
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10)   Which among the following provides TRG access to outgoing junctions through the two stage network?

a. Expander
b. Distributor
c. Concentrator
d. Router
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Router

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!