ECE 514

Final Exam
Instruction: Read the questions carefully. Choose the appropriate answer from the given
four choices. Write the letter that corresponds to your answer on the answer sheet
provided.
1. GSM allows a reuse factor of _______.
a. 1
c. 5
b. 3
d. 7
2. The channels used for transmission from the base station to the mobiles are called ___.
a. Forward channel
c. Reverse channel
b. Control channel
d. Signaling channel
3. The uplink frequency of P-GSM system is
a. 1850 1910 MHz
c. 1710 1785 MHz
b. 890 915 MHz
d. none of the choices
4. Small cells inside a building that support indoor network such as wireless LANS.
a. Microcell
c. nanocell
b. Picocell
d. cluster cell
5. It refers to the infrastructure topology employing frequency reuse concept..
a. Cellular topology
c. Physical topology
b. Logical topology
d. Mobile topology
6. Bandwidth requirement for 3G is ___.
a. 5 20 MHz
c. 100 MHz
b. 200 KHz
d. 10 KHz
7. It refers to the activities a wireless network should perform in order to keep track of
where the mobile is.
a. Location management
c. Handoff management
b. Subscribers locator
d. none of the choices
8. It handles the messages required to make the changes in the fixed network to handle
the change in location during a ongoing communication
a. Location management
c. Handoff management
b. Subscribers locator
d. none of the choices
9. Right now, GSM is the accepted cellular standard in ___
a. Europe
c. Southeast Asia
b. South America
d. All of the choices
10. The location area is the area in which a ___ can be paged.
a. Subscriber
c. Tower
b. BTS
d. none of the choices
11. Bluetooth is the wireless technology for
a. Local area network
c. both a & b
b. personal area network
d. none of the choices
12. Unauthorized access of information from a wireless device through a bluetooth
connection is called
a. Bluemaking
c. bluestring
b. b. bluesnarfing
d. none of the choices
13. The combination of the mobile cell phone and the cell site radio equipment is called
the
a. BSC
c. RF interface
b. MTSO
d. air interface
14. Bluetooth transceiver devices operate in ______ band.
a. 2.4 GHz ISM
c. 2.6 GHz ISM
b. 2.5 GHz ISM
d. 2.7 GHz ISM
15. The blue tooth supports
a. Point-to-point connections
c. both a & b
b. Point-to-multipoint
d. none of the choices
16. The remote and sparsely populated areas will be covered by
a. Microcell
c. picocell
b. Macrocell
d. none of the choices
17. The cell having the same number in the adjacent cluster the same set of RF
a. Adjacent channel
c. macro cell
b. Co-channel
d. selective cell
18. Bluetooth is named after a (n) ___ king.
a. Danish
c. English
b. German
d. Swiss

19. Which of the following is NOT true about Bluetooth?

a. Bluetooth is considered to be low bandwidth wireless technology
b. Bluetooth has a range of about 30 ft
c. Bluetooth has a bandwidth of 720 Kbps
d. Bluetooth is considered to be a long-distance wireless technology
20. The access method in Bluetooth is ___.
a. FDMA
c. CDMA
b. TDD-TDMA
d. none of the choices
21. Which of the following is the main standard for Bluetooth?
a. IEEE 802.15
c. IEEE 802.11
b. IEEE 802.3
d. IEEE 802.16
22. The core concept used in cellular technology is
a. TDM
c. Code reuse
b. Frequency reuse
d. none of the choices
23. The uplink frequency of GSM 900 system is
a. 1850 1910 MHz
c. 1710 1785 MHz
b. 890 915 MHz
d. none of the choices
24. The number of channel of GSM 1800
a. 300
c. 125
b. 150
d. 375
25. Data transmission rate for D-AMPS (TDMA)
a. 48.6 kbps
c. 1.2288 Mbps
b. 280.833 kbps
d. 1.152 Mbps
26. The type of access used in GSM technology is
a. FDMA/TDMA
c. OFDMA
b. CDMA
d. None of the above
27. The technique adopted to increase the system capacity and reduce co-channel
interference is
a. High power BTS
c. Sectorisation
b. By installing the Omnidirectional antenna
d. None of the above
28. The process of channel coding, Encryption, Multiplexing and modulation for Trans
direction and reverse for reception are to be carried out by
a. BTS
c. MS
b. BCS
d. None of the above
29. The channel bandwidth requirement for GSM is
a. 30 KHz
c. 200 KHz
b. 1.23 MHz
d. 1.728 MHz
30. For a cluster with 25 cells, determine the co-channel reuse ratio
a. 7
c. 8.66
b. 10.63
d. 4
31. The bandwidth of GSM 1900
a. 60 MHz
c. 75 MHz
b. 25 MHz
d. 80 MHz
32. Larger cells are more useful in
a. Rural areas
c. densely populated urban areas
b. Mountainous area
d. lightly populated urban areas
33. Speed of 3G
a. 384 kbps to 2 Mbps
c. 20 to 100 Mbps in mobile
mode
b. 2 to 20 Mbps
d. 500 kbps to 1 Mbps
34. Serves as a bridge between all mobile users in the cell and connects the
simultaneous mobile calls via telephone lines or microwave links to the mobile switching
center
a. Base station
c. BSC
b. MSC
d. PSTN
35. In Bluetooth, the current data rate is ____Mbps
a. 2
c. 11
b. 5
d. none of the choices
36. In Bluetooth, the _____layer is roughly equivalent to the MAC sublayer in LANs.
a. Radio
c. L2CAP
b. Basedband
d. none of the choices
37. The access method in Bluetooth is ________.
a. FDMA
c. CDMA
b. TDD-TDMA
d. none of the choices
38. What is the maximum distance running the lowest data rate for 802.11b?

a. About 100 feet

c. about 300 ft
b. About 175 ft
d. about 350 ft
39. GSM is a digital system with an over-the-air bit rate of _________.
a. 9.6 kbps
c. 144 Kbps
b. 56 Kbps
d. 270 Kbps
40. The separation between adjacent carrier frequencies is called. In GSM, this is ___
a. 100 KHz
c. 225 KHz
b. 200 KHz
d. 250 KHz
41. The cluster size of the frequency reuse pattern of a hexagonal cellular system can
only take on a particular values. Namely
a. 1,3,5,7,9
c. 1,3,4,7,9,11
b. 1,4,9,16,25
d. 1,3,4,6,7,9,10
42. A Bluetooth network consists of _____ primary device(s) and up to ____ secondary
devices.
a. One; five
c. two; six
b. Five; three
d. one; seven
43. In Bluetooth, the _____layer is roughly equivalent to the MAC sublayer in LANs.
a. Radio
c. L2CAP
b. Baseband
d. none of the choices
44. Bluetooth uses ______method in the physical layer to avoid interference from
other devices or other networks.
a. DSSS
c. FDMA
b. FHSS
d. none of the choices
45. In Bluetooth, the _______ layer is roughly equivalent to the physical layer of the
Internet model.
a. Radio
c. L2CAP
b. Baseband
d. none of the choices
46. What is intersystem handoff?
a. During a course of a call
c. soft and hard handoff
b. Hard handoff
d. none of the choices
47. In ___ network, master determined channel and phase
a. Bluetooth
c. Wireless
b. LAN
d. none of the choices
48. Bluetooth is a _______ technology that connects devices (called gadgets) in a
small area.
a. Wired LAn
c. VLAN
b. Wireless LAN
d. none of the choices
49. In Bluetooth, multiple ________ form a network called a _________.
a. Scatternet; piconets
c. piconets; bluenet
b. Piconets; scatternet
d. none of the choices
50. What is the frequency range of the IEEE 802.11a standard?
a. 2.4 Gbps
c. 2.4 GHz
b. 5 Gbps
d. 5 GHz