Development of Telecommunication Switching Systems - Electronic Engineering (MCQ) questions & answers

1)   In manual switching, which kind of battery exchange has the provision of subscribers set along with magneto generator?

a. Local battery exchange
b. Central battery exchange
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Local battery exchange

Explanation:
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2)   In packet switching, what does the header of each short size of packet consist of?

a. Source address
b. Destination address
c. Intermediate nodes
d. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of the above

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3)   Which type of switching network involves the establishment of a dedicated path between two stations?

a. Message Switching
b. Packet Switching
c. Circuit Switching
d. Manual Switching
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Circuit Switching

Explanation:
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4)   In message switching system, an incoming message gets ____ especially if the required route is busy.

a. lost
b. stored in a queue & retransmitted
c. sampled
d. recovered
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: stored in a queue & retransmitted

Explanation:
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5)   Which type of connection takes place between an incoming trunk and an outgoing trunk?

a. Local call
b. Outgoing call
c. Incoming call
d. Transit call
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Transit call

Explanation:
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6)   In folded type of network, ____

a. input lines are folded back to output lines
b. output lines are folded back to input lines
c. input lines are folded back to themselves (input lines)
d. output lines are folded back to themselves (output lines)
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: output lines are folded back to input lines

Explanation:
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7)   What is the hardware, used to establish connection as an electrical path between inlet and outlet pair in switching system, known as?

a. Switching Matrix
b. Switching Network
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both a and b

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8)   Which kind of switching technique indicates the transfer of coded values from input to output during the same interval of time?

a. Space Switching
b. Time Switching
c. Combination Switching
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Space Switching

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9)   Which among the following is/are adopted by cross bar systems with hard wired control subsystem?

a. Relays
b. Latches
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both a and b

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10)   If 'n' number of users are present in a network with point-to-point links, then how many links will be required in the network?

a. n (n – 1)
b. n (n – 1) / 2
c. n (n – 1) / 4
d. n (n – 1) / 8
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: n (n – 1) / 2

Explanation:
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