Mobile and Wireless communication

Question Bank
Unit Ques Answer
Question Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4
No No Key
1 Which of following mobile radio standard FDD PSTN AMPS FM 3

2 The bandwidth of FDMA channel is ______ Wide Narrow Large Zero 2

Public Switched
Private Switched Primary Service Primary Service
3 PSTN stands for: Telephone 1
Telephone Network Telephone Network Telephone Numbers
Network
US cellular telephone system, AMPS stands Analog Mobile Analog Modulation Analog Machine Analog Mobile
4 1
for __________ Phone System Packet System Precision System Precision System
To increase the capacity of AMPS, Motorola
5 P-AMPS N-AMPS H-AMPS R-AMPS 2
developed ____________
IS-95 is specified for reverse link operation in
6 869-894 MHz 849-894 MHz 849-869 MHz 824-849 MHz 4
_________ band.
Integrated
Integrated Services Information Systems
7 ISDN stands for: Services Digital 1
Data Network Digital Network
Network
television
transponder-directed time-division transmit delay
8 TDMA stands for: distribution master 3
multiple antennas multiple access minimum aperture
antenna

Each IS-95 channel occupies ___________ of

9 1.25 MHz 12 kHz 200 kHz 2.5 kHz 1
spectrum on each one way link

10 Which of the following is used by IS-95 CDMA FHSS THSS FDMA 1

Which of the following is the drawback for Limited coverage
11 Wireless technology Mobile Security 2
cordless telephones? area
Cordless telephone system will not work
12 Within a home Within a building Within campus Within a city 4
under which of the following criteria

Which of the following is not a characteristic Accommodate a Large geographic Limited frequency Large frequency
13 4
of cellular telephone system large number of users area spectrum spectrum
1

What is the responsibility of MSC in cellular Connection of mobile Connection of Connection of base onnection of base
14 2
telephone system to base stations mobile to PSTN station to PSTN station to MSC
 Who has the responsibility of billing and
15 system maintenance function in cellular Base Station PSTN MSC Mobile system 3
system
Voice
Voice transmission
What is the function of FVC (Forward Voice transmission from Broadcast all traffic
16 from mobile to base Initiating mobile calls 1
Channel) base station to request for all mobile
station
mobiles
Which two channels are responsible for
17 FVC and FCC FVC and RVC FCC and RCC FCC and RVC 3
initiating mobile calls
Which of the following is not a standard used
18 POCSAG ERMES IS-95 FLEX 3
for paging system
Paging system uses which mode of
19 Full duplex Simplex Half Duplex Duplex 2
transmission
The information sent by paging system is
20 Note Line Message Page 4
known as a ___________
Which type of message cannot be sent with Alphanumeric
21 Video message oice message Numeric message 2
the help of paging system message
Which type of transmission technique is
22 Simulcasting Multicasting Unicasting Hybrid 1
employed by paging system
23 What is a pager in the paging system A transmitter A receiver A transceiver An equalizer 2
Wireless local
24 WLL stands for ____ Wired local loop Local loop With local loop 2
loop
25 Who sets the standards of GSM ITU AT & T ETSI USDC 3
IS-95 was not compatible with existing
26 TRUE FALSE 2
AMPS frequency band.

Subscriber’s Traffic request

27 What is MIN Paging message Mobile Internet 1
telephone number number

What is transmitted along with the call

MIN, ESN and
28 initiation request during the origin of call by a MIN ESN ESN and SCM 4
mobile
SCM
What is the shape of the cell present in the
29 Circular Square Hexagonal Triangular 3
cellular system

Why the size of the cell is kept small in Increased size of base Slow process of
30 increase capacity Decrease capacity 1
cellular network station electronics handoffs
 Switching
31 What is handoff Forward channel Roamer Guard channel 2
technique
Same spectrum may
Which one is not an advantage of using Limited spectrum is Number of base
32 Increased capacity be allocated to other 4
frequency reuse required stations is reduced
network
The process of transferring a mobile station
33 from one base station to another is MSC Roamer Handoff Forward channel 3
____________
Assigning Using transmitters
The interference between the neighbouring Using different Using different base
34 different group of with different power 1
base stations is avoided by ____________ antennas stations
channels level

ellular concept replaces many low power

35 TRUE FALSE 2
transmitters to a single high power transmitte

Why neighbouring stations are assigned To minimize To maximize To maximize capacity

36 To minimize area 1
different group of channels in cellular system interference throughput of each cell

A group of A small geographical A large group of

37 What is a cluster in cellular system A group of cells 1
subscribers area mobile systems
Process of
Process of selecting
selecting and Process of selection Process of selection
38 What is frequency reuse frequency of mobile 1
allocating of mobile users of number of cells
equipment
channels
Overlapping
39 Why the shape of cell is not circle Omni directionality Small area regions or gaps are Complex design 3
left
2 What is the main reason to adopt hexagon
40 Largest area Simple design Small area Single directional 1
shape in comparison to square and triangle

Which type of antenna is used for center Omnidirectional

41 Dipole antenna Grid antenna Sectored antenna 4
excited cells? antenna
For a cellular system, if there are N cells and
42 each cell is allocated k channel. What is the S=k*N S=k/N S=N/k S=kN 1
total number of available radio channels, S
 A spectrum of 30 MHz is allocated to a
cellular system which uses two 25 KHz
43 simplex channels to provide full duplex voice 150 channels 600 channels 50 channels 85 channels 1
channels. What is the number of channels
available per cell for 4 cell reuse factor

In dynamic channel assignment strategy,

44 voice channels are allocated to different cells TRUE FALSE 2
permanently

In dynamic channel assignment strategy, base Neighbouring base

45 MSC Neighbouring cell Neighbouring cluster 1
station requests channel from ___________ station

Increase storage
What is the drawback of dynamic channel Decrease channel Increase probability
46 Cross talk and computational 4
assignment utilization of blocked call
load on system
he time over which a call can be maintained
47 within a cell without handoff is called Run time Peak time Dwell time Cell time 3
_________
MSC assisted Mobile assisted Machine assisted
48 MAHO stands for ______ Man assisted handoff 2
handoff handoff handoff
Umbrella cell approach is possible by using Antenna of same Antenna of Different voice Different control
49 2
_________ heights different heights channels channels
Make before
50 Soft handoff is also known as _________ MAHO Hand over Break before make 4
break
Interference on voice channels causes
51 Blocked calls Cross talk Queuing Missed calls 2
_______

Cells having different Cells using different Cells using adjacent Cells using same
52 What are co-channel cells? 4
base stations frequency frequency frequency
Which of the following multiple access
FDMA/FDD and TDMA/FDD and FDMA/FDD and
53 techniques are used by second generation FDMA/FDD only 2
TDMA/FDD CDMA/FDD CDMA/FDD
cellular systems?
Of the total channels present in the cellular 95% voice 5% voice channels,
50% voice channels, 25% voice channels,
54 system, what is the percentage of voice and channels, 5% 95% control 1
50% control channels 75% control channels
control channels? control channels channels
 Mobile
55 MIN stands for Identification Mobile Internet Mobility In Network None of the above 1
Number
What are the main parts of a GSM
56 MS BSS NSS All of the above 4
Architecture or Structure?
What are the main parts of a Mobile Station in ME - Mobile SIM - Subscriber
57 Both A and B None 3
a GSM Network? Equipment Identity Module
What are the main parts of a NSS (Network
MSC - Mobile
58 and Switching Subsystem) of a GSM HLR & AuC BSC Both A and B 4
Switching Center
Architecture?
A BTS is also called _____ by general
59 Mobile tower Exchange Charging Point Satellite 1
public?
Each Mobile Equipment is identified by a
60 SIM IMEI IMSI UPT 2
unique ______ number?
International
Internal Mobile Mobile Intra Mobile Enable Indian Mobile
61 IMEI stands for? 2
Equipment Identity Equipment Identity Equipment Identity
Identity
Each SIM is identified by a unique _____
62 IMSI IMEI MSDN None of the above 1
number?
Your mobile number is actually called
63 IMSI IMEI MSISDN SIM 3
______ number.
What controller a group of BTS or Cell
64 MS BSC MSC HLR 2
Towers?
How many digits of PIN (Personal
65 Identification Number) is allowed to protect a 2 4 6 8 2
SIM card?

Establishing
Providing eligible Providing parameters
communication
66 What is the main function of NSS? services to the for Authentication All of the above 4
between mobile and
subscriber and Encryption
landline numbers.

What is the name of the database that stores

3 67 subscriber information under an MSC and his MSC HLR EIR AuC 2
eligible services?
3

Usually, VLR contains a copy of data of

68 HLR EIR AUC MSC 1
______ ?

In a GSM architecture, which system provides

69 HLR VLR EIR AUC 4
Authentication and Encryption services?

70 Who sets the standards of GSM? ITU AT & T ETSI USDC 3

Cipher Keys (Kc) for
An Authentication Center (AUC) generates Authentication Keys
71 encryption and Security parameters All of the above 4
________. (Ki)
Decryption
US digital cellular system based on CDMA
72 IS-54 IS-136 IS-95 IS-76 3
was standardized as ________
73 Which of the following is used by IS-95? DSSS FHSS THSS Hybrid 1

Each IS-95 channel occupies ___________ of

74 1.25 kHz 125 kHz 200 kHz 1.25 MHz 4
spectrum on each one way link.

IS-95 is specified for reverse link operation in

75 869-894 MHz 849-894 MHz 849-869 MHz 824-849 MHz 1
_________ band.
IS-95 is specified for Forward link operation
76 869-894 MHz 849-894 MHz 849-869 MHz 824-849 MHz 4
in _________ band.
Channel 1 to 7 of IS-95, forward transmission
77 pilot paging traffic channel Synchronous 2
are used for
78 IS-95 uses CDMA TDMA DSSS FHSS 1
Which of the following is not a service Alternate billing
79 Touchstar 800 services 400 services 4
offered by SS7? services
Which of the following service is called Alternate billing
80 Touchstar 800 services 400 services 1
CLASS? services
Which of the following service of SS7 Alternate billing
81 Touchstar 800 services 400 services 1
provides call return, call forwarding? services
82 SS7 was first developed by _______ ITU Ericsson CCITT Motorola 3
Which of the layer of OSI is associated with
83 All layers Upper three Lowest three Middle two 3
NSP of SS7?
Signalling data functions are provided by
84 TCAP MTP level 1 MTP level 2 MTP level 3 2
__________

_________ provide procedures that transfer

85 TCAP MTP level 1 MTP level 2 MTP level 3 4
messages between signalling nodes.
 in GSM each band is divided into 124
86 150kHZ 200kHz 250kHz 300kHz 2
channels of
As of December 15th 2011 Verizon Wireless
87 has brought 4G LTE to over ______ million 250 100 200 150 3
people?
What are the average upload speeds of our 4G
88 2-5 Mgps 2-5 Mbps 1-3 Mbps 1-3 Mgps 2
LTE network?
Which of these are not part of the Fully Converged Multirate Ubiquitous Mobile
89 Diverse User Devices 2
characteristics of 4G? Services management Access
90 4G LTE is ____ times faster than 3G? 5 10 15 20 2
Which of the following is not a characteristic Communication over Unparalleled Multi-megabit LTE based
91 4
of 3G network? VoIP network capacity Internet access network
What is the term used by ITU for a set of
92 IMT 2000 GSM CDMA EDGE 1
global standards of 3G systems?
Which of the following leads to evolution of
93 Cdma2000 IS-95 IS-95B CdmaOne 1
3G networks in CDMA systems?

Which of the following leads to the 3G

94 GPRS EDGE W-CDMA HSCSD 3
evolution of GSM, IS-136 and PDC systems?

Which of the following is not a standard of

95 LTE Cdma2000 TD-SCDMA UMTS 1
3G?
Which of the following 3G standard is used in
96 Cdma2000 UMTS TD-SCDMA UTRA 2
Japan?
What does the number 2000 in IMT-2000 Number of
97 Year Frequency Band both b and c 4
signifies? subscribers per cell
Which of the following is not an application Global Positioning Downloading rate
98 Video conferencing Mobile TV 3
of third generation network? System (GPS) upto 1 Gbps
Universal Mobile Ubiquitous Mobile Ubiquitous Mobile Universal Machine
99 What is the full form of UMTS? 1
Telephone System Telephone System Telemetry System Telemedicine System

100 UMTS use which multiple access technique? FDMA TDMA CDMA SDMA 3

UMTS does not has backward compatibility

101 GSM IS-95 IS-136 GPRS 2
with ____________
102 UMTS is also known as _____________ IS-95 W-CDMA GPRS CdmaOne 2
 Both FDD and
103 W-CDMA works in FDD mode TDD mode None of the above 3
TDD
How much packet data rate per user is
104 supported by W-CDMA if the user is 2.048 Kbps 100 Mbps 2.048 Mbps 1 Gbps 3
stationary?
What is the minimum spectrum allocation
105 5 MHz 20MHz 1.25 MHz 200 KHz 1
required by W-CDMA?
Which of the following has no backward
106 IS-95 IS-95A IS-95B GPRS 4
compatibility with 3G Cdma2000?
4 Both FDD and
107 Cdma2000 works in___________________ FDD mode TDD mode None of the above 3
TDD
Which of the following is not a characteristic Adaptable baseband Adaptable baseband Multicarrier
108 OFDMA 4
of Cdma2000? signalling rates chipping rates technologies

Cdma2000 1xEV was developed by

109 Qualcomm/3gpp2 Motorola AT&T Laboratories NTT 1
________
International
indian mobile Mobile internal mobile
110 What is the Full form of IMT None of the above 2
telephone Telecommunicati telephone
ons
Concatenated
What location management feature is Concurrent Location Concatenated Collated Location
111 Location 1
supported by 4G? Register Management Registration
Registration
In 2007 ____________ announced its plan to
112 transmit its network to 4G standard LTE with AirTouch Netflix Verizon Wireless V Cast 3
joint efforts of Vodafone group.

Hard handover Hard and soft

113 What type of handovers is supported by LTE? Soft handover only Delayed Handover 2
only handover

What is the minimum amount of RF spectrum

114 1.4 MHz 2.8 MHz 5 MHz 20 MHz 2
needed for an FDD LTE radio channel?

Which organization is responsible for

115 3GPP 3GPP2 UMTS ISO 1
developing LTE standards?
What is the largest channel bandwidth a UE is
116 1.4 MHz 5 MHz 10 MHz 20 MHz 4
required to support in LTE?
117 IMT-2000 / 3G systems operate at 1GHz 2GHz 3GHz 4GHz 2
GPS is an acronym for Global __________
118 Positioning Political Policing Portability 1
System.
International
International International
119 The international body "ITU" Stands for Telecommunicatio None of the above 1
Telegram Union Telegraph Union
n Union
120 ITU was established in 1890 1855 1865 1840 3

What is the minimum data speed offered by

121 9.6 kbps 128kbps 384 kbps 2 mbps 4
3G mobile technology for a Stationary user?

What is the minimum data speed offered by

122 3G mobile technology to a Slow Moving 9.6 kbps 128kbps 384 kbps 2 mbps 3
user?
Wide band
123 WCDMA stands for? Wide array CDMA Wireless CDMA Wifi CDMA 2
CDMA
What are the parts of a 3G network User Equipment RNS (Radio network
124 Core Network All of the above 4
architecture? (UE) subsystem)
Orthogonal
Frequency hoping Time division
125 Bluetooth uses? frequency division None of them 2
spread spectrum multiplexing
multiplexing
Unauthorised access of information from a
126 wireless device through a bluetooth Bluestring All of them Bluesnarfing Bluemaking 3
connection is called?
Point-to-point Point-to-multipoint None of the
127 The bluetooth supports? Both (a) and (b) 3
connections connection mentioned
Personal area None of the
128 Bluetooth is the wireless technology for? Local area network Both (a) and (b) 2
network mentioned
Bluetooth transceiver devices operate in
129 2.4 GHz 2.5 GHz 2.6 GHz 2.7 GHz 1
______ band.

both device that

device that allows
allows wireless
What is the access point (AP) in a wireless wireless devices to wireless devices all the nodes in the
130 devices to connect to 1
LAN? connect to a wired itself network
a wired network and
network wireless devices itself
 access point is not all nodes are access
131 In wireless ad-hoc network _________ access point is must nodes are not required 1
required points

Which multiple access technique is used by

132 CDMA CSMA/CA ALOHA CSMA/CD 2
IEEE 802.11 standard for wireless LAN?

orthogonal
time division space division channel division
133 Mostly ________ is used in wireless LAN. frequency division 2
multiplexing multiplexing multiplexing
multiplexing

worldwide worldwide
wireless internet
wireless maximum international interoperability
134 WiMAX stands for ___________ maximum 4
communication standard for for microwave
communication
microwave access access
simplex half duplex full duplex
135 WiMAX provides ________ no communication 3
communication communication communication
orthogonal
space division channel division time division
136 WiMAX uses the _________ frequency division 1
multiplexing multiplexing multiplexing
5 multiplexing
Which of the following modulation schemes
137 BPSK QPSK QAM All of the above 1
is supported by WiMAX?
Both VoIP and
138 WiMAX provides _______ VoIP services IPTV services no IPTV services 3
IPTV services
Which of the following frequencies is not
139 2.4 GHz 2.5 GHz 2.6 GHz 2.7 GHz 1
used in WiMAX for communication?

synchronous synchronous stream optical shell operational

140 SONET stands for ___________ 1
optical network operational network network network

both point-to-point
141 A linear SONET network can be ________ point-to-point multi-point single point 4
and multi-point
Following are the types of routing on HyperActive
142 Proactive Routing Reactive Routing Hybrid Routing 2
MANET, except: Routing
143 Here are the types of AdHoc networks except: VANET WANET MANET WARNET 4
 Multiple ad hoc Main ad hoc network Mobile ad hoc
144 What is MANET? Multiple and network 4
network evaluation network
Military vehicles on a battlefield with no
145 existing infrastructure will deploy ............... MANET LAN Cell Network Wi-Fi 1
network.

The processes that keep track of all mobile

146 Home agent Mobile agent Foreign agent User agent 3
hosts visiting the area is .................

Radio-Frequency Radio-Frequency Radio-Frequency

147 RFID stands for ___________________. None of the above 2
Indication Identification Interconnection

Ultra-Low Ultra-High
148 Which of the following is not RFID type? Low frequency High frequency 1
frequency frequency
_____________ occurs when many tags are
present in a small area; but since the read time
RFID standard
149 is very fast, it is easier for vendors to develop RFID reader collision RFID Tag collision None of the above 3
collision
systems that ensure that tags respond one at a
time.
There are __________ basic types of chips
150 1 2 3 4 2
available on RFID tags.