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1. Which of the following is not a characteristic of

cellular telephone system?
a) Accommodate a large number of users
b) Large geographic area
c) Limited frequency spectrum
d) Large frequency spectrum.
2. What is the responsibility of MSC in
cellular telephone system?
a) Connection of mobile to base stations
b) Connection of mobile to PSTN.
c) Connection of base station to PSTN
d) Connection of base station to MSC
3. Who has the responsibility of billing and
system maintenance function in cellular system?
a) Base Station
b) PSTN
c) MSC.
d) Mobile system
4. What is the function of FVC (Forward Voice Channel)?
a) Voice transmission from base station to mobiles.
b) Voice transmission from mobile to base station
c) Initiating mobile calls
d) Broadcast all traffic request for all mobile
5. Which two channels are responsible
for initiating mobile calls?
a) FVC and FCC
b) FVC and RVC
c) FCC and RCC.
d) FCC and RVC
6. Of the total channels present in the cellular system,
what is the percentage of voice and control channels?
a) 95% voice channels, 5% control channels.
b) 5% voice channels, 95% control channels
c) 50% voice channels, 50% control channels
d) 25% voice channels, 75% control channels

7. What is MIN?
a) Subscriber’s telephone number.
b) Paging message
c) Traffic request number
d) Mobile Internet
8. What is transmitted along with the call initiation request
during the origin of call by a mobile?
a) MIN
b) ESN
c) ESN and SCM
d) MIN, ESN and SCM.
9. What does SCM indicates?
a) Maximum receiver power level for a particular user
b) Maximum transmitter power level for a particular
user.
c) Minimum receiver power level for a particular user
d) Minimum transmitter power level for a particular user
10. What is the shape of the cell present
in the cellular system?
a) Circular
b) Square
c) Hexagonal.
d) Triangular
11. Why the size of the cell is kept small in cellular network?
a) Increase capacity.
b) Decrease capacity
c) Increased size of base station electronics
d) Slow process of handoffs
12. What is handoff?
a) Forward channel
b) Switching technique.
c) Roamer
d) Guard channel

13. Which one is not an advantage of using frequency

reuse?
a) Increased capacity
b) Limited spectrum is required
c) Same spectrum may be allocated to other network
d) Number of base stations is reduced.
14. The process of transferring a mobile station from
one base station to another is ____________
a) MSC
b) Roamer
c) Handoff.
d) Forward channel
15. The interference between the neighbouring
base stations is avoided by ____________
a) Assigning different group of channels.
b) Using transmitters with different power level
c) Using different antennas
d) Using different base stations
16. Cellular concept replaces many low power
transmitters to a single high power transmitter.
a) True
b) False.
17. Why neighbouring stations are assigned different
group of channels in cellular system?
a) To minimize interference.
b) To minimize area
c) To maximize throughput
d) To maximize capacity of each cells
18. What is a cell in cellular system?
a) A group of cells
b) A group of subscribers
c) A small geographical area.
d) A large group of mobile systems

19. What is frequency reuse?

a) Process of selecting and allocating channels.
b) Process of selection of mobile users
c) Process of selecting frequency of mobile equipment
d) Process of selection of number of cells
20. Which of the following is a universally
adopted shape of cell?
a) Square
b) Circle
c) Triangle
d) Hexagon.
21. Actual radio coverage of a cell is called __________
a) Fingerprint
b) Footprint.
c) Imprint
d) Matrix
22. Why the shape of cell is not circle?
a) Omni directionality
b) Small area
c) Overlapping regions or gaps are left.
d) Complex design
23. What is the main reason to adopt hexagon shape
in comparison to square
and triangle?
a) Largest area.
b) Simple design
c) Small area
d) Single directional
24. Which type of antenna is used for center excited cells?
a) Dipole antenna
b) Grid antenna
c) Sectored antenna
d) Omnidirectional antenna.
25. Which type of antenna is used for edge excited cells?
a) Omnidirectional antenna
b) Grid antenna
c) Sectored directional antenna.
d) Dipole antenna

26. For a cellular system, if there are N cells and each cell
is allocated k
channel. What is the total number of available radio
channels, S?
a) S=k*N.
b) S=k/N
c) S=N/k
d) S=k
27. What is a cluster in a cellular system?
a) Group of frequencies
b) Group of cells.
c) Group of subscribers
d) Group of mobile systems
28. What is a frequency reuse factor for N number of cells
in a system?
a) N
b) N^2
c) 2*N
d) 1/N.
29. Capacity of a cellular system is directly proportional to
__________
a) Number of cells
b) Number of times a cluster is replicated.
c) Number of Base stations

d) Number of users
30. A spectrum of 30 MHz is allocated to a cellular system
which uses two 25 KHz simplex channels to
provide full duplex voice channels. What is the number of
channels available per cell for 4 cell reuse
factor?
a) 150 channels.
b) 600 channels
c) 50 channels
d) 85 channels
31. Which of the following is not an objective for channel
assignment
strategies?
a) Efficient utilization of spectrum
b) Increase of capacity
c) Minimize the interference
d) Maximize the interference.
32. The choice of channel assignment strategy does not
impact the performance of the system.
a) True
b) False.

33. In fixed channel assignment strategy, each cell is

allocated a
predetermined set of _______
a) Voice channels.
b) Control channels
c) Frequency
d) base stations
34. What happen to a call in fixed channel strategy, if all the
channels in a cell are occupied?
a) Queued
b) Cross talk
c) Blocked.
d) Delayed
35. What is a borrowing strategy in fixed channel
assignments?
a) Borrowing channels from neighbouring cell.
b) Borrowing channels from neighbouring cluster
c) Borrowing channels from same cell
d) Borrowing channels from other base station in same cell
36. In dynamic channel assignment strategy, voice
channels are allocated to
different cells permanently.
a) True
b) False.
37. In dynamic channel assignment strategy, base station
requests channel from ____________
a) MSC.
b) Neighbouring cell
c) Neighbouring cluster
d) Neighbouring base station
38. Dynamic channel assignment reduces the likelihood of
blocking in comparison to fixed channel
assignment.
a) True.
b) False
39. RSSI stands for ________
a) Received Signal Strength Indicator.
b) Restricted Signal Strength Indicator
c) Radio Signal Strength Indication
d) Restricted System Software Indicator
40. What is the drawback of dynamic channel assignment?

a) Decrease channel utilization

b) Increase probability of blocked call
c) Cross talk
d) Increase storage and computational load on system.
41. What is the condition for handoff?
a) A mobile moves into a different cell while in
conversation.
b) A mobile remains in the same cell while in conversation
c) A mobile moves to different cell when idle
d) A mobile remains in the same cell and is idle
42. Handoff does not require voice and control channel to
be allocated to
channels associated with the new base station.
a) True
b) False.
43. The time over which a call can be maintained within a
cell without handoff is called _________
a) Run time
b) Peak time
c) Dwell time.
d) Cell time

44. Dwell time does not depend on which of the following

factor?
a) Propagation
b) Interference
c) Distance between subscriber and base station
d) Mobile station.
45. Which of the following is associated with the handoff in
first generation analog cellular systems?
a) Locator receiver.
b) MAHO
c) Cell dragging
d) Breathing cell
46. MAHO stands for ______
a) MSC assisted handoff
b) Mobile assisted handoff.
c) Machine assisted handoff
d) Man assisted handoff
47:- A handoff is initiated when the power received from the
base station of a neighbouring cell falls
behind the power received from the current base
station by certain level.
a) True
b) False.
48. What is the condition for intersystem interference?
a) Mobile moves from one cell to another cell
b) Mobile remains in the same cell
c) Mobile moves from one cellular system to another
cellular system.
d) Mobile remains in the same cluster
49. What is the disadvantage of guard channel?
a) Efficient utilization of spectrum
b) Cross talk
c) Near far effect
d) Reduce total carried traffic.
50. Which of the following priority handoff method decrease
the probability of
forced termination of a call due to lack of available
channels?
a) Queuing.
b) Guard channel
c) Cell dragging
d) Near far effect
51. Umbrella cell approach is possible by using _________
a) Antenna of same heights
b) Antenna of different heights.
c) Different voice channels
d) Different control channels
52. Cell dragging is a problem occur due to __________
a) Pedestrian users.
b) Stationary users
c) High speed mobile systems
d) Base stations having same frequency
53. What was the typical handoff time in first generation
analog cellular systems?
a) 1 second
b) 10 seconds.
c) 1 minute
d) 10 milliseconds
54. How much time it takes for handoff in digital cellular
systems like GSM?
a) 1 second.
b) 10 seconds
c) 1 minute
d) 10 milliseconds
55. Soft handoff is also known as _________
a) MAHO
b) Hand over
c) Break before make
d) Make before break.
56. Which of the following is not a source of interference?
a) Base station in a different cluster.
b) Another mobile in same cell
c) A call in progress in neighbouring cell
d) Any BS operating on same frequency
57. Interference on voice channels causes _______
a) Blocked calls
b) Cross talk.
c) Queuing
d) Missed calls
58. Interference in control channel leads to ________
a) Cross talk
b) Queuing
c) Blocked calls.
d) Voice traffic
59. Interference is more severe in rural areas.
a) True.
b) False
60. What are co-channel cells?
a) Cells having different base stations
b) Cells using different frequency
c) Cells using adjacent frequency
d) Cells using same frequency.
61. Co-channel interference is a function of _________
a) Radius of cell.
b) Transmitted power

c) Received power
d) Frequency of mobile user
62. Co-channel reuse ratio is define by _________
a) Q=D*R
b) Q=D/R.
c) Q=D^R
d) Q=1/R
63. Co-channel ratio in terms of cluster size is defined as
_________
a)√ (3N).
b) N
c) 3N
d) √N
64. What is the cluster size for CDMA?
a) N=10
b) N=100
c) N=1.
d) N=50
65. What is breathing cell effect?

a) Fixed coverage region

b) Dynamic and time varying coverage region.
c) Large coverage region
d) Very small coverage region
66. Adjacent channel interference occurs due to _______
a) Power transmitted by Base station
b) MSCs
c) Same frequency of mobile users
d) Imperfect receiver filters.
67. Which of the following problem occur due to adjacent
channel
interference?
a) Blocked calls
b) Cross talk
c) Near-far effect.
d) Missed calls
68. In near-far effect, a nearby transmitter captures the
__________
a) Receiver of the subscriber.
b) Transmitter of the subscriber
c) Nearby MSC
d) Neighbouring base station

69. Adjacent channel interference can be minimized

through _______
a) Changing frequency of base stations
b) Careful filtering and channel assignments.
c) Increasing number of base stations
d) Increasing number of control channels
70. In dynamic channel assignment, any channel which is
being used in one cell can be reassigned
simultaneously to another cell in the system at a reasonable
distance.
a) True.
b) False
71. What is the concept for accommodating a large number
of users in a
limited radio spectrum?
a) Grade of service
b) Trunking.
c) Multiplexing
d) Multitasking
72. On termination of call, the occupied channel is not
returned to the pool of available channels in
trunking.
a) True
b) False.
73. In trunking system, when the channel is already in use,
the call is blocked or queued.
a) True.
b) False
74. Who developed the fundamental of trunking theory?
a) Newton
b) Ohm
c) Erlang.
d) Einstein
75. What is the unit for the measure of traffic intensity?
a) Meters
b) Henry
c) Ohm
d) Erlang.
76. One Erlang represents _________
a) One call- hour per hour.
b) One call-minute per hour
c) One call- hour per minute
d) Many calls- hour per hour
77. What is the measure of the ability of
user to access a trunked system during the busiest hour?
a) Trunking
b) Grade of Service (GOS).
c) Multiplexing
d) Sectoring
78. GOS is typically given as a likelihood that a ________
a) Call is in progress
b) Channels are busy
c) Call is blocked.
d) Channel are free
79. The time requires to allocate a trunked radio
channel to a requesting user is called _______
a) Dwell time
b) Holding time
c) Run time
d) Set up Time.
80. Average duration of a typical call is called ________
a) Holding time.
b) Dwell time
c) Set up time
d) Run time
81. The average number of call requests per unit time is
also known as ________
a) Request rate.
b) Load
c) Grade o Service
d) Traffic intensity
82. Traffic intensity offered by each user is the product of
__________
a) Set up time and holding time
b) Call request rate and holding time.
c) Load and holding time
d) Call request rate and set up time
83. AMPS cellular system is designed for a GOS of _____
blocking.
a) 10%
b) 50 %
c) 2%.
d) 1%
84. Blocked calls cleared formula is also known as _______
formula.
a) Erlang C
b) Erlang A
c) Erlang D
d) Erlang B.
85. Blocked calls delayed formula is also known as
_______
a) Erlang A
b) Erlang B
c) Erlang C.
d) Erlang D
86.Which Multiple access technique is used for 5G
A.OFDMA
B.CDMA.
C.TDMA
D.CDMA & TDMA
87.How much is data rate for 4G technique
A.100Kbps
B.100Mbps.
C.171Kbps
D.171Mbps
88.In 2.5 for voice which switching technique is used
A.Packet Switching
B.Message Switching
C.Circuit Switching .
D.Circuit & Packet Switching
89.Frame duration for GSM is
A.4.615ms.
B.4.615sec
C.10ms
D.10sec
90.What type of handovers is supported by ?
A.Hard Handover.
B.Soft handover
C.Hard & Soft Handover

D.Hard ,Soft & Softest Handover

91.Which organization is responsible for developing LTE
Standards?
A.UMTS
B.3GPP.
C.3GPP2
D.ISO
92.Which of these are not part of the characteristics of 4G?
A.Software Dependency
B.Fully converged services
C.Diverse user Devices
D.Multirate Management.
93.What is the average uploading speed of 4G LTE network
?
A.1-3 Gbps
B.2-5 Gbps
C.1-3 Mbps
D.2-5 Mbps.
94.What is the term used by ITU for a set of global
standards of 3G systems ?
A.IMT 2000.
B.GSM
C.CDMA
D.EDGE
95.Which of the following is not a standard of 3G
A.UMTS
B.CDMA 2000
C.TD-SCDMA
D.LTE.
96.As per standards LTE comes under which generation?
A.2G
B.4G.
C.5G
D.IMS advanced
97.Which multiple access technique used in 1G?
A.FDMA.
B.TDMA
C.CDMA
D.WDMA
98.Which modulation technique used in IS-95 2G?
A.QPSK
B.GMSK
C.BPSK with quadrature spreading.
D.All of above
99.Uplink Frequency for CDMA is
A.824-849 MHz.
B.890-915 MHz
C.935-960 MHz
D.869-894 MHz
100.Which technology used for video call ?
A.GSM
B.GPRS
C.UMTS.
D.Both A & B

101.Data rate for GPRS is

A.14.4 kbps
B.57.6 kbps.
C.2 Mbps
D.75 Mbps
102.Which country developed 1st cell phone ?
A.America
B.Europe
C.Japan.
D.Germany
103.In 0G which modulation used
A.AM
B.PM
C.FM.
D.PAM
104.IS stands for
A.International Standards
B.Interim Standards.
C.International Subsystem
D.Interim Subsystem

105.2.5 G supports which protocol

A.WAP.
B.MAP
C.LAP
D.GAP
106.Which is the implementation year of 3G
A.1999
B.2001
C.2002.
D.2004
107.Which modulation technique used in EDGE
A.4-Ary PSK
B.8-Ary PSK
C.16-Ary PSK.
D.32-Ary PSK
108.IS-95 is based standard
A.TDMA
B.CDMA.
C.FDAM
D.All of above
109.Includes in TDMA.......based Standard
A.IS-136
B.PDC
C.IS-95
D.Both A & B.
110.Which speech coding used in CDMA
A.RELPC
B.QCELP.
C.Both A & B
D.None of Above
111. What is the full form of UMTS?
a) Universal Mobile Telephone/Telecommunication
System.
b) Ubiquitous Mobile Telephone System
c) Ubiquitous Mobile Telemetry System
d) Universal Machine Telemedicine System
112. UMTS use which multiple access technique?
a) CDMA.
b) TDMA
c) FDMA
d) SDMA
113. UMTS does not has backward
compatibility with ____________
a) GSM
b) IS-136
c) IS-95.
d) GPRS
114. UMTS is also known as _____________
a) IS-95
b) GPRS
c) CdmaOne
d) W-CDMA.
115. What is the chip rate of W-CDMA?
a) 1.2288 Mcps
b) 3.84 Mcps.
c) 270.833 Ksps
d) 100 Mcps
116. W-CDMA works in FDD mode only.
a) True
b) False.
117. How much packet data rate per user is supported
by W-CDMA if the user is stationary?
a) 2.048 Kbps
b) 100 Mbps
c) 2.048 Mbps.
d) 1 Gbps
118. What is the minimum spectrum allocation
required by W-CDMA?
a) 5 MHz.
b) 20MHz
c) 1.25 MHz
d) 200 KHz
119. W-CDMA requires a complete change of RF
equipment at each base station.
a) True.
b) False
120. How much increase in spectral efficiency is provided
by W-CDMA in comparison to GSM?
a) Two times
b) Three times
c) No increase
d) Six times.
121. What are the main parts of an MSC (Mobile
Switching Center) system in a GSM structure?
A) MGW - Media Gateway
B) MSC Server
C) Both A and B.
D) None
122. A GPRS Core network is part of System
in a GSM Network Structure?
A) Mobile Station
B) BSS
C) MSS
D) NSS.
123.A BTS is also called _____ by general public?
A) Mobile tower.
B) Exchange
C) Charging Point
D) None
124.Each Mobile Terminal is identified by
a unique ______ number?
A) IMEI.
B) SIM
C) IMSI
D) None
125.IMEI stands for?
A) Internal Mobile Equipment Identity
B) International Mobile Equipment Identity.
C) Intra Mobile Enable Identity
D) None
126.Each SIM is identified by a unique
_____ number?
A) IMSI.
B) IMEI
C) MSDN
D) None
127. IMSI stands for?
A) Internal Mobile Subscriber Identity
B) International Mobile Subscriber Identity.
C) Investigating Mobile Subscriber Identity
D) None
128. Your mobile number is actually called
______ number.
A) IMSI
B) SIM
C) MSISDN.
D) None
129. IMSI number of a SIM is also called?
A) MSISDN
B) IMEI
C) ICCID.
D) None
130.What controller a group of BTS or Cell Towers?
A) BSC.
B) MSC
C) HLR
D) VLR
131.How many digits of PIN (Personal Identification
Number) is allowed to protect a SIM card?
A) 4.
B) 8
C) 10
D) None

132.What is PUK code of a SIM?

A) PIN Unlock Key
B) 4 digit code
C) It is like a password to enter after inserting
SIM in a mobile for the first time. It prevents misuse.
D) All
133.The only element that personalises
a Mobile Station is _______?
A) Back cover
B) SIM.
C) Screen guard
D) None
134. What is the maximum number of Transceivers
a BTS can handle is ?
A) 8
B) 12
C) 16.
D) 2
135.What are the functions of a BSC?
A) Handovers, exchange functions
B) Frequency hopping
C) Control of radio frequency power level of BTS
D) All.
136.What is the main function of NSS?
A) Establishing communication between mobile and
landline
numbers.
B) Providing eligible services to the subscriber
C) Providing parameters for Authentication and Encryption
D) All.
137.Which of the following is the world’s first cellular
system to specify digital modulation and network level
architecture?
a) GSM.
b) AMPS
c) CDMA
d) IS-54
138.Previously in 1980s, GSM stands for ____________
a) Global system for mobile
b) Group special mobile.
c) Global special mobile
d) Group system mobile
139.Who sets the standards of GSM?
a) ITU
b) AT & T
c) ETSI.
d) USDC
140.Which of the following does not come under the
teleservices of GSM?
a) Standard mobile telephony
b) Mobile originated traffic
c) Base originated traffic
d) Packet switched traffic.
141.Which of the following comes under supplementary
ISDN services?
a) Emergency calling
b) Packet switched protocols
c) Call diversion.
d) Standard mobile telephony
142.Which of the following memory device stores
information such as subscriber’s
identification number in GSM?
a) Register
b) Flip flop
c) SIM.
d) SMS
.
143.Which of the following feature makes impossible to
eavesdrop on GSM radio
transmission?
a) SIM
b) On the air privacy.
c) SMS
d) Packet switched traffic
144.Which of the following does not come under subsystem
of GSM architecture?
a) BSS
b) NSS
c) OSS
d) Channel.
145.Which of the following subsystem provides radio
transmission between mobile station and
MSC?
a) BSS.
b) NSS
c) OSS
d) BSC
146.___________ manages the switching function in GSM.
a) BSS
b) NSS.
c) OSS
d) MSC
.
147.__________ supports the operation and maintenance
of GSM.
a) BSS
b) NSS
c) OSS.
d) MSC
.
147.What are the three main parts of a GSM Architecture or
Structure?
A) Mobile Station
B) BSS - Base Station Subsystem
C) NSS - Network and Switching Subsystem
D) All the above.
148.What are the main parts of a Mobile Station in a GSM
Network?
A) MT - Mobile Terminal
B) SIM - Subscriber Identity Module
C) Both A and B.
D) None
149.What are the main parts of a BSS (Base Station
Subsystem) in a GSM network?
A) BTS - Base Transceiver Station
B) BSC - Base Station Controller
C) A and B.
D) None
150.What are the main parts of a NSS (Network and
Switching Subsystem) of a GSM
Architecture?
A) MSC - Mobile Switching Center
B) HLR & AuC
C) VLR, EIR
D) All the above.
151.The coverage area of base station is called....
A) Station
B) Cell.
C) Both
D) None of these
152. IEEE 802.3 standard is....
A) Bluetooth
B) Wi Fi
C) WLAN
D) Ethernet.
153. IEEE 802.11 standard is...
A) WiFi.
B) Ethernet
C) Bluetooth
D) Token Bus
154.What is full form of FTP ?
A) File Transfer Protocol.
B) File Transfer Products
C) File Transmission Products
D) None of these
155. FTP is introduced in...
A) 1971.
B) 1995
C) 1988
D) 1980
156.How many layers in OSI Model....
A) 4 layer
B) 5 layer
C) 6 layer
D) 7 layer.
157.What is full form of GPS ?
A) General Positioning System
B) Global Positioning System.
C) Global Positioning Service
D) None of these
158.What is full form of SIM ?
A) Subscriber Identity Module
B) Subscriber identification Module
C) Both.
D) None of these
159- VoLTE Voice quality is better than LTE ?
A) True.
B) False
160. What is full form of GPRS ??
A) General Packet Radio Service.
B) General Packet Register Service
C) General Packet Register System
D) None of these