Q1. GSM corresponds to which generation?

A) 1G

B) 1.5G

C) 2G

D) 3G

Answer(C)

2G

Q2. What is the type signalling between Mobile Station and Base Transceiver Station in a 2G technology?

A) Analog

B) Digital

C) Discrete

D) Dampened

Answer(B)

Digital

Q3. GSM stands for?

A) Global System for Mobile Communication

B) Global Service for Mobile Communication

C) Geo Synchronous Mobile Communication

D) None of the above

Answer(A)

Global System for Mobile Communication

Q4. GSM technology was a standard developed by ?

A) United Kingdom

B) United States
C) Europe

D) Australia

Answer(C)

Europe

Q5. Who developed standards for GSM technology?

A) ANSI - American National Standards Institute

B) ETSI - European Telecommunications Standards Institute

C) IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

D) None of the above

Answer(B)

ETSI - European Telecommunications Standards Institute

Q6. Data service started or offered by 2G GSM technology is?

A) GPRS

B) EDGE

C) H

D) A and B

Answer(D)

GPRS and EDGE

Q7. GPRS stands for ?

A) General Packet Radio Service

B) General Packet Radio Pilot

C) Generation Pilot Radio Service

D) None of the above

Answer(A)

General Packet Radio Service

A) Enhanced Data Rate for GSM Evolution

B) Enhanced Data for GSM

C) Enhanced Data for GSM Enhanced

D) None of the above

Answer(A)

Enhanced Data Rate for GSM Evolution

Q9. EDGE services are considered as _____ generation services.

A) 2G

B) 2.5G

C) 3G

D) None of the above

Answer(B)

2.5G

Q10. Which country deployed the first GSM network?

A) USA

B) UK

C) France

D) Finland

Answer(D)

Finland

Finland started GSM services in the year 1991.

Q11. The type of switching used in a GSM network is _____?

A) Circuit Switching

B) Packet Switching
C) A and B

D) None

Answer(C)

Circuit Switching, Packet Switching

Q12. Which is the non European country operator to deploy GSM services?

A) AT&T

B) NTT

C) Telecom Australia

D) Docomo

Answer(C)

Telecom Australia

Q13. The world's first GSM call was made on?

A) 1990 July 1st

B) 1991 July 1st

C) 1992 July 1st

D) 1993 July 1st

Answer(B)

1991 July 1st

Finnish PM, Harri Holkeri made the call using TeleNokia and Siemens network.

Q14. When did FAX, Data and SMS services in GSM network launch?

A) 1991

B) 1995

C) 1997

D) 2000

Answer(B)
1995

Q15. Commercial GPRS enabled handsets or mobiles were launched in ______ year for the first time.

A) 1995

B) 1997

C) 2000

D) 2003

Answer(C)

2000

Q16. Choose frequency band that was chosen to operate a GSM Network?

A) 900MHz

B) 1800MHz

C) 850, 1900MHz

D) All the above

Answer(D)

900MHz, 1800MHz, 850MHz, 1900MHz

Q17. Which is first operator to shutdown 2G or GSM services completely?

A) AT&T

B) TELSTRA, Australia

C) NTT, Japan

D) Vodafone, UK

Answer(B)

TELSTRA, Australia

In 1996.

Q18. Cryptographic algorithms used by GSM technology are ______?

A) A5/1
B) A5/2

C) A5/3

D) All the above

Answer(D)

A5/1, A5/2, A5/3

A5/1 and A5/2 algorithms can be broken easily.

Q19. GPRS Encryption algorithms are ______ ?

A) GEA/1

B) GEA/2

C) GEA/3

D) All the above

Answer(D)

GEA/1, GEA/2, GEA/3

GPRS Algorithms GEA/1 & GEA/2 are weak.

Q20. Which frequency band supports more coverage area in a GSM or 2G network?

A) 1900MHz

B) 1800MHz

C) 900MHz

D) None of the above

Answer(C)

900MHz

Less frequency travels more distance.

A) 935-960MHz

B) 890-915MHz

C) 940-956MHz

D) 810-826MHz

2) What is the Downlink frequency in a GSM system?

A) 935-960MHz

B) 890-915MHz

C) 940-956MHz

D) 810-826MHz

3) What is an Uplink in a Cellular network?

A) Sending of data from Base Station to Mobile.

B) Sending of data from Mobile to the Base Station

C) Sending of data from Base Station to Base Station Controller

D) None of the above

4) What is a Downlink in a GSM network?

A) Sending of data from Mobile to the Base Station.

B) Sending of data from Base station to the Mobile

C) Sending of data from Base Station Controller to the Mobile

D) None of the above

B
5) What is the frequency band of a DCS - Digital Cellular System?

A) 1800 Band (1710-1785, 1805-1880MHz)

B) 900 Band ( 890-915, 935-960MHz)

C) 850 Band (824-849, 869-894MHz)

D) None of the above

6) What is the frequency band of PCS (Personal Communication Service) system used in Canada and
USA?

A) 900 Band (890-915, 935-960MHz)

B) 1900 Band (1850-1910, 1930-1990MHz)

C) 1800 Band (1710-1785, 1805-1880MHz)

D) None of the above

7) What is True about any Frequency Band?

A) First range corresponds to UPLINK.

B) Second range corresponds to DOWNLINK

C) 20MHz gap between Uplink and Downlink

D) All the above

8) Most used GSM frequency bands in the U.S are ____?

A) 900, 1800MHz

B) 850, 900MHz

C) 850, 1900 MHz

D) 1800, 1900MHz

9) What are the Rural and Urban Frequency bands used for GSM in the US?
A) 850MHz - Rural Band

1900MHz - Urban band

B) 850MHz - Urban band

1900MHz - Rural band

C) 900MHz - Rural band

1800MHz - Urban band

D) None of the above

10) What are the frequency bands supported by the European Triband Phones?

A) 850, 900, 1800MHz

B) 900, 1800, 1900MHz

C) 850, 1800, 1900MHz

D) None of the above

11) The Quad band phone supporting all four major GSM frequency bands like 850MHz, 1900MHz,
900MHz and 1800MHz is also called ______ phone.

A) Real Phone

B) World Phone

C) Super Phone

D) Global Phone

12) The term "Cellular Communication" was introduced by which GSM frequency band?

A) 900MHz
B) 1800MHz

C) 850MHz

D) 1900MHz

Explanation:

850MHz band was also used for AMPS networks in the United States.

13) Multiple access technique employed in a GSM network is/are _____?

A) TDMA

B) FDMA

C) CDMA

D) Both TDMA and FDMA

14) Who developed protocols to implement GSM, GPRS and EDGE services?

A) ANSI

B) SOLARIS

C) 3GPP

D) None of the above

15) 3GPP stands for ____?

A) 3rd Generation Pulse Project

B) 3rd Generation Partnership Project

C) 3rd Generation Protocols Project

D) None

B
1) The area covered by one Transmitter in a GSM network is called _____?

A) Licensed area

B) Octagon

C) Cell

D) Yard
C

2) What is the maximum distance that a GSM Cell can radiate it's signal?

A) 10Km

B) 22Km

C) 35Km

D) 50Km

Explanation:

35Km or 22 Miles

3) In a GSM network, a Cell radius depends on ________?

A) Tower or Antenna height

B) Antenna gain

C) Weather conditions

D) All the above

4) What are the types of Cells in a GSM network?

A) Micro Cell, Macro Cell

B) Pico Cell, Femto Cell

C) Umbrella Cell

D) All the above

5) If an Antenna or Transmitter is mounted on top of a Tower or building, what is the Cell type formed?

A) Micro cell

B) Macro cell
C) Pico cell

D) Tento cell

6) If an Antenna or Transmitter is mounted at less height on the tower or building, what is the Cell type
formed?

A) Micro cell

B) Macro cell

C) Pico cell

D) Tento cell

7) What is the type of cell that covers only 10-20 meters?

A) Micro cell

B) Macro cell

C) Pico cell

D) Femto cell

8) What is the type Cell that connects to the Service provider network through a Broadband or Internet
connection at a remote village? (Transmission media is internet instead of OFC / Microwave)

A) Micro cell

B) Macro cell

C) Pico cell

D) Femto cell

9) A Cell that covers already existing small cells is called ____ cell.

A) Micro cell

B) Macro cell
C) Umbrella cell

D) Pico cell

10) What is main purpose of Umbrella Cells?

A) Vast coverage area

B) Easy handovers from fast moving vehicles

C) Good signal to noise ratio

D) Useful only inside tunnels

11) The power level of an Umbrella cell compared to inner cells is ______?

A) More

B) Less

C) Equal

D) Very high

Explanation:

A call is handed over to an Umbrella cell only if the vehicle or mobile is moving fast. So, less power
makes the phone to choose inner cells instead of Umbrella cell at first.

12) What do you call an Equipment that Receives and Transmits radio signals?

A) BTS

B) Transceiver

C) Transistor

D) Controller

13) Which type of GSM Cell provides indoor coverage in shopping malls, tunnels and airports?
A) Macro cell

B) Micro cell

C) Pico cell

D) Femto cell

Explanation:

The Cheap and best option is to install repeaters inside the shopping mall.

14) What is a repeater in cellular communication?

A) A repeater picks a weak signal and boosts it.

B) Repeaters are installed in indoor areas usually.

C) Each repeater has a band of frequencies.

D) All the above

15) A GSM technique Timing Advance used by BTS or Base station can _______ Cell radius.

A) Decrease

B) Increase

C) Both increase and decrease

D) None

Explanation:

Timing Advance allows a mobile a communicate from really longer distances with the Base station.

16) A group of Cells is also called ____ ?

A) BSC
B) BTS

C) Cluster

D) Atom

17) What is the number of Cells a Cluster contains?

A) 4

B) 7

C) 12 or 21

D) All

18) What is the reason for using Cluster in a GSM network?

A) Easy to to Operation and Maintenance

B) Frequency Reuse

C) Less delay in transmission

D) None

Explanation:

Clusters have a fixed number of frequencies. These frequencies are reused in other clusters. Care is
taken not to use the same frequencies in adjacent clusters.

19) When reusing a Frequency, what is the minimum distance (in terms of Diameter of cell) to be
followed?

A) 1.5D

B) 2D

C) 2.5D

D) None
C

Explanation:

Usually, 2.5D to 3D distance is necessary to avoid interference or crosstalk.

20) What is the need for Frequency Reuse in a GSM network?

A) Frequency or Spectrum is costly. It is allotted limitedly to each Operator. Say 5MHz to each.

B) Frequency Reuse increases the overall capacity of the operator.

C) Using TDMA, a single carrier frequency can serve up to 8 simultaneous customers in a 4.615ms time
frame. So, simply adding more frames improves call quality in densely populated areas.

D) All

1) 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

2) What are the main parts of a Mobile Station in a GSM Network?

B) SIM - Subscriber Identity Module

C) Both A and B

D) None

3) 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

4) 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

5) 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

6) A GPRS Core network is part of System in a GSM Network Structure?

A) Mobile Station

B) BSS
C) MSS

D) NSS

7) A BTS is also called _____ by general public?

A) Mobile tower

B) Exchange

C) Charging Point

D) None

8) Each Mobile Terminal is identified by a unique ______ number?

A) IMEI

B) SIM

C) IMSI

D) None

9) IMEI stands for?

A) Internal Mobile Equipment Identity

B) International Mobile Equipment Identity

C) Intra Mobile Enable Identity

D) None

10) Each SIM is identified by a unique _____ number?

A) IMSI

B) IMEI

C) MSDN
D) None

11) IMSI stands for?

A) Internal Mobile Subscriber Identity

B) International Mobile Subscriber Identity

C) Investigating Mobile Subscriber Identity

D) None

12) Your mobile number is actually called ______ number.

A) IMSI

B) SIM

C) MSISDN

D) None

Explanation:

MSISDN - Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory Number

13) IMSI number of a SIM is also called?

A) MSISDN

B) IMEI

C) ICCID

D) None

Explanation:

ICCID - Integrated Circuit Card Identifier

A) BSC

B) MSC

C) HLR

D) VLR

Explanation:

First, a group of BTS are attached to a BSC and then to MSC.

15) How many digits of PIN (Personal Identification Number) is allowed to protect a SIM card?

A) 4

B) 8

C) 10

D) None

16) 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

17) The only element that personalises a Mobile Station is _______?

A) Back cover

B) SIM
C) Screen guard

D) None

18) What is the maximum number of Transceivers a BTS can handle is ?

A) 8

B) 12

C) 16

D) 22

19) 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

20) 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

D
1) What is the name of the database that stores subscriber information under an MSC and his eligible
services?

A) MSC

B) HLR

C) EIR

D) AuC

Explanation:

HLR also stores the location of a customer.

2) What is the name of a database used mainly that stores information of a subscriber along with eligible
services under roaming or another MSC area?
A) HLR

B) VLR

C) EIR

D) AuC

3) Covering area of an MSC is also called ____ ?

A) VLR

B) HLR

C) EIR

D) AUC

4) Usually, VLR contains a copy of data of ______ ?

A) HLR

B) EIR

C) AUC

D) none

5) Between VLR and HLR, which one is used mostly allow or bar services to the user?

A) VLR

B) HLR

C) Both are used equally

D) None

6) State true or false.

A) True

B) False

C) -

D) -

7) Usually, VLR is part of _____ ?

A) HLR

B) EIR

C) AUC

D) MSC

8) As VLR is fast to access, VLR avoids frequent accessing of ________ ?

A) EIR

B) AUC

C) HLR

D) None

9) In a GSM architecture, which system provides Authentication and Encryption services?

A) HLR

B) VLR

C) EIR

D) AUC

Explanation:
AUC - Authentication Center

10) In a GSM architecture, which system stores the IMEI numbers of all working mobile phones under
the network?

A) HLR

B) VLR

C) EIR

D) AUC

Explanation:

EIR - Equipment Identity Register

11) What are the types of lists maintained by EIR (Equipment Identification Register)?

A) Whitelist

B) Grey List

C) Black List

D) All

12) Choose a correct statement about EIR list of IMEIs.

A) Whitelist - List of allowed IMEIs or Mobile Devices

B) Grey List - List of IMEIs with limited allowed services

C) Blacklist - List of forbidden IMEIs or mobiles

D) All

13) Mobile calls to or from Fixed Networks (Landlines) are handled by ________ ?

A) MSC
B) GMSC (Gateway MSC)

C) HLR

D) VLR

14) Each cell in a GSM network has ?

A) Cell number

B) Cell Global number

C) Cell Global Identity number

D) None

Explanation:

CGI number.

15) A group of cells in a GSM network has a _________ number.

A) Location number

B) Location Area number

C) Location Area Identity number

D) None

16) A single MSC or VLR can have many ______ ?

A) HLR

B) Location Areas (LA)

C) CGI - Cell Global Index

D) None

B
17) Total area served by one network operator is called ______ ?

A) PSTN

B) PLMN

C) LA

D) CGI

Explanation:

PLMN - Public Land Mobile Network

18) What is DTX or Discontinuous Transmission in a GSM network?

A) DTC stops transmitter when the person is not talking. So less number of voice signals reach BTS with
less noise.

B) With the help of VAD (Voice Activity Detection), mobile identifies conversation and noise to turn off
transmission.

C) On the opposite end, the receiver produces a noise called Comfort Noise. With out this, DTX makes
the opposite person think that the line or call is cut.

D) All

19) Which technique of GSM Architecture tells the mobile to advance it's transmission bursts (data) so
that overlap with other bursts may be avoided at channel?

A) DTX

B) TA - Timing Advance

C) Power Control

D) None

20) Timing Advance (TA) deals with?

A) The distance between the BTS and Mobile

C) Time advance of bursts from mobile

D) All

1) What is OSS in a GSM architecture?

A) Operation and Support Service

B) Operation and Support Subsystem

C) Operation and System support

D) None

2) Choose a correct statement about OSS system in GSM architecture?

A) OSS helps to access and configure MSC parameters

B) OSS helps to configure BSC parameters

C) OSS helps to add new BTS into the system

D) All

3) Radio interface between Mobile Station and BTS is also called _____ ?

A) Gorilla interface
B) Air interface

C) Voice interface

D) Spectrum interface

4) Power control feature in a GSM network works on the _______ side?

A) Mobile side

B) BTS side

C) Both Mobile side and BTS side

D) None

5) Power control feature aims at receiving all bursts of transmission at _______ power level.

A) Different

B) Variable

C) Same

D) None

Explanation:

If different transmissions arrive at different power level, it causes interference.

6) Discontinuous Reception in a GSM network is aimed at saving __________ power.

A) BTS

B) BSC

C) Mobile Station

D) None

C
7) Discontinuous Reception is implemented with _______ in a GSM network.

A) Sideband channel

B) Pilot channel

C) Paging channel Sub channels

D) None

8) What is the problem with Multipath traversal of radio signal between a Mobile and a BTS?

A) A copy the first signal arrives at the destination with a different phase

B) Arrived signal with two or more variants confuse receiver and cause noise.

C) Original signal may be lost or deteriorated

D) All

9) What is the solution to Multipath traversal of radio signal? Use a ______.

A) Low pass filter

B) High pass filter

C) Equalizer or Inverse filter

D) None

10) The functions of a MSC (Mobile Services Switching Center) are _______?

A) Call handling and paging

B) Inter BSS and Inter MSC handovers

C) Acting as a gateway to HLR

D) All

11) The functions of an MSC are ______?

A) Charging the call or billing

C) Logical radio link control

D) All

12) A HLR database contains ________ ?

A) IMSI and ISDN numbers

B) Location info for call routing

C) Information about Bearer services and Supplementary services

D) All

13) A VLR Database contains _____ data.

A) ISDN number and Subscriber identity

B) Location information to route calls

C) Part of HLR data

D) All

14) An Equipment Identity Register (EIR) contains _____ lists.

A) White list or Valid list

B) Grey or Monitored list

C) Black or Prohibited list

D) All

15) An Authentication Center (AUC) generates ________.

A) Authentication Keys (Ki)

B) Cipher Keys (Kc) for encryption and Decryption

D) All

16) For BSS Types 1, 4 and 5, Speech Transcoding unit presents ______ BSC.

A) Inside

B) Outside

C) -

D) -

17) In BSS Types 2, 6 and 7, Speech Transcoding unit is present ______ BSS.

A) Internally

B) Externally (Co-located with MSC)

C) --

D) --

18) In BSS Type 3, TRAU (Transcoder Unit) or Rate Adapter Unit is present in _____.

A) BSC

B) BTS

C) MSC

D) None

19) Transmission bitrate between BSC and MSC is ____ ?

A) 8 kbps

B) 16kbps

C) 32kpbs
D) 64kbps

20) What is the transmission bitrate between BTS and BSC?

A) 8kbps

B) 16kbps

C) 32kbps

D) 64kbps

Explanation:

TRAU multiplexes 16kbps bursts up to 64kbps before sending to MSC.

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1) What is the interface between a Mobile Station and a BTS?

A) M interface

B) A interface

C) Abis interface

D) U interface

2) What is the interface between BTS and BSC?

A) U interface

B) Um interface

C) Abis interface

D) A interface

C
3) What is the interface between BSC and TRAU?

A) M interface

B) A interface

C) Abis interface

D) C interface

4) What is the interface between BSC and MSC?

A) A interface

B) Abis interface

C) B interface

D) C interface

5) What is the interface between MSC and VLR?

A) A interface

B) B interface

C) C interface

D) D interface

6) What is the interface between MSC and HLR?

A) Abis interface

B) A interface

C) C interface

D) D interface

7) What is the interface between VLR and HLR?

B) C interface

C) D interface

D) E interface

8) What is the interface between two MSCs?

A) A interface

B) C interface

C) D interface

D) E interface

9) What is the interface between MSC and EIR?

A) M interface

B) Abis interface

C) F interface

D) U interface

10) What is the interface between one VLR to other MSC VLRs?

A) Abis interface

B) E interface

C) F interface

D) G interface

11) What is the interface between HLR and AUC?

A) E interface
B) F interface

C) H interface

D) M interface

12) What is the interface between MSC and GMSC?

A) Na

B) Nb

C) Nc

D) Nd

13) What is the interface between MSC Server and MGW which are part of MSC?

A) Nc

B) Mc

C) Um

D) U

14) What is the interface between BSC and SGSN (Serving GPRS Serving Node)?

A) Ga

B) Gb

C) Gc

D) Gd

15) What is the interface between SGSN and Internet Server?

A) Ga

B) Gb
C) Gc

D) Gi

16) What is the interface between SGSN and GGSN(Gateway GPRS Serving Node)?

A) Ga

B) Gb

C) Gn

D) Gi

17) What is the interface between GGSN and Internet Server?

A) Ga

B) Gn

C) Gi

D) Gp

18) What is the interface between GGSN and HLR?

A) Ga

B) Gb

C) Gc

D) Gi

19) What is the interface between SGSN and SMS-GMSC?

A) Ga

B) Gb

C) Gc
D) Gd

20) The interfaces Gf and Sv are between SGSN and _____ ?

A) Auc

B) MSC

C) EIR

D) VLR

1) What is the total number of Carrier Frequencies that can be formed in a 25MHz band width of either
Uplink or Downlink of GSM?

A) 128

B) 126

C) 124

D) None

2) What is the spacing between each carrier frequency to avoid interference and crosstalk?

A) 100KHz

B) 200KHz
C) 128KHz

D) 256KHz

Explanation:

200 KHz x 125 = 25MHz

3) In GSM-1800 band, the total number of Carrier Frequencies are ?

A) 124

B) 248

C) 374

D) 448

Explanation:

375 x 200KHz = 75 MHz

4) Each Carrier frequency is divided or shared among _______ number of channels.

A) 4

B) 6

C) 8

D) 10

5) In a GSM-900 Band, what is the duplex spacing between uplink and downlink channels?

A) 25MHz

B) 35MHz

C) 45MHz
D) None

Explanation:

25+20

6) In a GSM-1800 Band, what is the duplex spacing between downlink and uplink channels?

A) 75MHz

B) 85MHz

C) 95MHz

D) None

Explanation:

75 +20

7) What is the name of a single transmission burst that lasts for only 0.577ms in a GSM TDMA frame?

A) Frame

B) Channel (or Physical channel)

C) Link

D) None of the above

Explanation:

15/22 = 0.577 ms for one channel

8) What is the duration of a GSM TDMA Frame?

A) 4.614ms
B) 5.614ms

C) 6.614ms

D) None

9) What are the types of Logical channels in a GSM Structure or Architecture?

A) Traffic channels

B) Broadcasting channels

C) Common control channels, Dedicated control channels

D) All

10) Broadcasting is a concept of transferring information from _______ to _______?

A) One to one

B) Many to one

C) One to many

D) Many to many

Explanation:

A BTS broadcasts a BCCH to all eligible mobiles for further negotiation.

11) BCCH (Broadcast Control Channel) frequency is also called _________?

A) Engine

B) Driver

C) Pilot

D) None

C
12) Majority of the GSM Channels work on ______ interface?

A) Abis interface

B) A interface

C) Um interface

D) M interface

Explanation:

Um interface is also called Air interface. It works in between Mobile and BTS.

13) The type of information transferred in Traffic Channel (TCH) is ____ ?

A) Voice

B) Data

C) Both Voice and Data

D) Signalling

14) Choose a Channel that carries Signalling information?

A) Broadcast Control channel

B) Common control channel

C) Dedicated control channel

D) All

15) What is the other type of information that a TCH channel contain or carry?

A) Signalling to forward a call

B) Short Message Service signalling

C) Both A and B
D) None

16) What is TRUE about a Full Rate TCH channel?

A) It carries a speech of 13kbps before encoding

B) It carries a total of 22.8kbs information after channel coding

C) Data rates supported are 3.6, 6 and 12 kbps respectively.

D) All

17) What are the data rates of services available in ISDN and other services that can be transmitted in a
TCH channel?

A) 2.4kbps

B) 4.8kbps

C) 9.6kbps

D) All

18) What is the total bitrate after channel coding in a Half Rate TCH channel?

A) 11.4kbps

B) 22.8kbps

C) 34.2kbps

D) None

19) What is the speech rate before coding in a Half Rate TCH channel?

A) 11.4kbps

B) 22.8kbps

C) 5.6kbps

D) 11.2kbps
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20) Possible data rates in a Half Rate TCH channel are _____ ?

A) 3.6kbps

B) 6kbps

C) 3.6, 6kbps

D) None

1) Choose a Broadcast channel in GSM Architecture?

A) BCCH (Broadcast Control Channel)

B) FCCH (Frequency Correction Channel)

C) SCH (Synchronization Channel), CBCH (Cell Broadcast Channel)

D) All

2) What ia TRUE about BCCH channel in a GSM structure?

A) It is like a BEACON that guides a mobile to attach to a Cell

B) It contains Configuration parameters like LAC (Location Area Code), CID (Cell Identity) and Neighbor
cell info

C) It is the first frequency to be sampled by a Mobile station. If parameters are ok, MT attaches to the
Cell.

D) All
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3) Which is the Broadcast channel that tells the MT (Mobile Station) which frequency to use in order to
communicate with a BTS?

A) BCCH

B) FCCH

C) SCH

D) None

4) What is TRUE about a SCH channel of GSM Architecture?

A) It carries Time Synchronization data

B) It contains BSIC (Base Station Identity Code)

C) It contains TDMA Frame number

D) All

5) Which is TRUE about a CBCH channel of a GSM structure?

A) It carries Short Messages

B) It carries Service Messages

C) It carries both Short Message and Service Messages

D) None

6) Choose a Common Control Channel below.

A) PCH (paging Channel)

B) AGCH (Access Grant Channel)

C) RACH (Random Access Channel)

D) None

D
7) What is TRUE about a PCH (paging Channel) in a GSM Network?

A) Paging works in a Downlink (BTS to Mobile)

B) Paging alerts the MT (Mobile Terminal) about an incoming Call or SMS.

C) Paging is a One to One communication initiated by NSS (Network Subsystem)

D) All

8) What is the Uplink channel used by a Mobile to request for a Channel?

A) PCH

B) BCCH

C) RACH

D) SDCCH

9) Which is the downlink channel allotted to a Mobile after requesting with a RACH channel?

A) AGH

B) PCH

C) SDCCH

D) None

10) Which is a Full Duplex (both Downlink and Uplink), Point to Point Dedicated Control Channel below?

A) SACCH (Slow Associated Control Channel)

B) FACCH (Fast Associated Control Channel)

C) SDCCH (Stand-alone Dedicated Control Channel)

D) All

11) Which is the Dedicated Control channel that is used to transmit Power Control data, Timing Advance
(TA) data and other Radio link supervision signalling data?
A) TCH

B) SDCCH

C) FACCH

D) SACCH

12) State True or False. SACCH is used to transmit Urgent signalling data like Call setup.

A) TRUE

B) False

C) -

D) -

13) What are the functions of a FACCH channel?

A) Call Setup

B) Call Termination

C) Call Handovers

D) All

14) If FACCH signalling data is transmitted over TCH instead of Traffic data by setting a Stealing Flag, the
process is called?

A) Overloading

B) Burdening

C) Preemption

D) None

15) What are the functions of the dedicated control channel SDCCH?

A) Location updates, Equipment validation

C) SMS delivery, Assigning a TCH for call or data

D) All the above

16) What is the bitrate of SDCCH channel?

A) 0.5kbps

B) 0.8kbps

C) 1kbps

D) 1.2kbps

17) CCCH (Common Control Channel) channel contains all ________ channels.

A) PCH on downlink

B) AGCH on downlink

C) RACH on uplink

D) All

18) The channel BCCH is always defined in which time slot?

A) Timeslot 0

B) Timeslot 1

C) Timeslot 4

D) Timeslot 8

19) If there are two TRX in a given Sector or Cell, BCCH is defined on the _______ TRX or frequency.

A) First

B) Second
C) First or second

D) First and second

Explanation:

Only first frequency is chosen for BCCH.

20) One Burst Period is also called _____.

A) Timeslot

B) Group

C) Byte

D) None

21) How many timeslots are present in a GSM TDMA frame whose time duration is 4.615ms?

A) 4

B) 8

C) 16

D) 32

Explanation:

8 x 0.577ms = 4.615ms

22) What are the TDMA Multi frames used for TCH/H and TCH/F ?

A) 26 TDMA frames

B) 51 TDMA frames

C) 26 or 51 TDMA frames
D) None

23) A super frame contains _______ TDMA frames with all possible combinations of channels.

A) 51 x 26 TDMA

B) 51 x 51 TDMA

C) 1024 x 26TDMA

D) None

24) A Hyper Frame contains ______ TDMA frames, which can be used for Frequency Hopping and
Ciphering.

A) 1024 x 26 TDMA

B) 1024 x 51 TDMA

C) 2048 x 26 TDMA

D) 2048 x 51 x 26 TDMA

25) What is the duration of a Super Frame?

A) 5.12s

B) 6.12s

C) 7.12s

D) 8.12s

26) What is the duration of a HYPERFRAME?

A) 3H 28M 2.2S

B) 3H 28M 50S

C) 3H 28M 53.76s

D) 3.5H
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27) Choose a method of selecting a Cell (sector) by a Mobile Station in a Multicellular environment.

A) MS maintains a list of BCCH signal levels in descending order

B) A good BCCH is chosen and the mobile tunes to that frequency to communicate with the BTS.

C) After successful authentication, Mobile attachea to the cell and will be in IDLE mode without using
TCH channel.

D) All

28) During a phone call, an SMS (Short Message Service) is sent on which GSM Channel?

A) SDCCH

B) TCH

C) SACCH

D) BCCH

29) When NO call is in progress (IDLE mode), what is the channel used to send an SMS?

A) TCH

B) BCCH

C) SACCH

D) SDCCH

30) What is the problem with sending a huge number of SMS?

A) SDCCH channels will be busy.

B) So call handling capacity will be reduced.

C) Free SDCCH will be less. So TCH allocation for new calls will be slow.

D) All

D
31) What is the length of a single SMS in GSM architecture?

A) 140

B) 150

C) 160

D) 256

32) Which is TRUE about maximum length of an SMS in a GSM network?

A) 160 7-bit characters

B) 140 8-bit characters

C) 70 16-bit characters

D) All

Explanation:

User can configure Support for Characters in SMS settings. Most of the phones display "Limited
Character Set" or "Full Character Set" options or "Use Simple Characters" etc.

33) What is the maximum number of SMS that can be sent to a Mobile in one minute time?

A) 1-5

B) 6-10

C) 11-15

D) 15-20

34) What are the SMS categories?

A) Point to Point

B) Point to Multipoint

C) Both P2P and P2M

35) All SMS are stored in which system in a GSM Architecture before forwarding to the recipient?

A) SC (SMS Center)

B) SMS-GMSC

C) MSC

D) VLR

36) To deliver an SMS to a Mobile Station, HLR enquiry is done through which system in GSM network?

A) SMS-GMSC

B) SC (SMS Center)

C) MSC

D) VLR

37) To deliver an SMS to a Mobile Station, VLR enquiry is done via which system in a GSM Network?

A) SC (SMS Center)

B) SMS-GMSC

C) MSC

D) HLR

38) Choose a correct flow of SMS from one system to the other in a GSM network.

A) SC to SMS-GMSC

B) SMS-GMSC to MSC

C) MSC to MS ( via BSC and BTS)

D) ALL
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