TEST 1 (1)

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GSM SYSTEM SURVEY

1. What does the abbreviation GSM stand for? 7. Which of the following statements is true?
a) General Standard for Mobile cellular a) One LA can belong to several BSCs
b) Global System for Mobile communications b) One LA can belong to several MSC/VLRs
c) Global Standard for Mobile cellular c) One LA is always handled by only one BSC

2. Identify the two primary systems defined in the 8. What is the name of the node calculating the
GSM system model. encryption parameters?

a) SS & OSS a) Encryption Center

b) OSS & BSS b) Authentication center
c) SS & BSS c) Ciphering Center

9. What is the area called where a mobile station

is paged?
3. Which of the following is not part of the
Switching System? a) Paging area
b) Location area
a) EIR c) Service area
b) BSC
c) HLR
10. How many time slots per carrier are there in
GSM 1900?
4. What information is checked by the EIR?
a) 8
a) The subscription b) 3
b) The telephone c) 32
c) The subscriber category

11. What is the term used for the fading caused by

5. Which information about the position of the obstacles between the mobile station and the
mobile is stored in the VLR? base station?
a) Location area a) Path loss
b) The cell b) Shadowing
c) MSC/VLR service area c) Rayleigh fading

6. Which node registers whether the mobile is 12. If the frequency is increased, what happens to
switched on or off? the distance between Rayleigh fading dips?
a) VLR a) The distance will increase
b) MSC b) The distance will decrease
c) HLR c) It depends on the output power from the
mobile station

13. Which of the following radio problems exists

only in digital radio?
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a) Multipath fading a) Probability of successful connection on first

b) Shadowing call attempt
c) Time dispersion b) Probability of call failure due to congestion
on first attempt
c) Number of channels available per 100
subscribers
14. Why is the GSM cell radius limited to 35 km
with one time slot per traffic channel?
20. Which of the following statements is true?
a) Problems with time alignment
a) All cells in a PLMN must have the same size
b) The frequency re-use pattern sets the limit
b) A cell may be omnidirectional or sectorized
c) The output power may not exceed 40 W
c) Different cellpatterns can’t be used in the
same PLMN

15. What is the net bit rate over the air interface in
GSM 1800? 21. What is the purpose of the ILR?
a) 64 kbits/s a) To enable subscribers to roam between
b) 13 kbits/s NMT and GSM.
c) 270 kbits/s b) To enable subscribers to roam between
TACS and GSM.
c) To enable subscribers to roam between
AMPS/TDMA and GSM.
16. Why might two receiver antennas be mounted
on a base station? 22. The three steps involved in analog to digital
a) To improve the received signal strength conversion are?
b) One spare if the other one fails a) Coding, quantization and interleaving
c) One for each direction to/from the mobile b) Sampling, quantization and coding
c) Sampling, coding and ciphering

23. Which unit is used when measuring traffic

17. What is the channel separation in GSM 900? intensity?
a) 45 MHz a) Erlang
b) 25 kHz b) Bits per second
c) 200 kHz c) Hertz

18. Which logical channel does the mobile use to 24. What is the term for interference from the
contact the system? same frequency used in another nearby cell?

a) Paging CHannel (PCH) a) Co-channel interference

b) Broadcast Control CHannel (BCCH) b) Same channel interference
c) Random Access CHannel (RACH) c) Reflection interference

19. The definition of GOS is: 25. Why can a smaller cell cluster be used in GSM
compared to an analog system (e.g. TACS,
AMPS)?
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a) The cells are smaller in GSM b) Triplet

b) GSM can tolerate a higher grade of c) Triple group
interference
c) There are more frequencies available in
GSM 33. Which timing information is used for ciphering?
a) Call duration
26. Which of the following is a product identity for b) TDMA frame number
an Ericsson basestation? c) The time of the day when the call is made
a) RBS 2102
b) BTS 2202 34. What is the name of the node with interrogation
c) TRC 2301 possibilities of the HLR for the location of the
mobile station?
27. What is the name of the first cell plan? a) Gateway MSC
a) Proposed cell plan b) Locating MSC
b) Manual cell plan c) Interrogating MSC
c) Nominal cell plan

35. Which of the following is handled by the BSC?

28. Which of the following makes up Ericsson’s a) Measurements on the radio connection
BSS? b) Allocation of radio channels
a) MSC/VLR, TRC and BSC c) Local switching
b) TRC, BSC and RBS
c) BSC, RBS and MS
36. After the TRC, in the direction towards the
BSC, which is the bitrate per traffic channel?
29. Which of the following is performed in the a) 22.8 kbits/s
MSC/VLR? b) 64 kbits/s
a) Number analysis c) 16 kbits/s
b) Locating and handover
c) Ciphering
37. Where is speech coding performed in
Ericsson’s GSM systems?
30. Which node outputs charging records?
a) The MS and the MSC
a) MSC/VLR b) In the MS and the TRC
b) Billing center c) In the BSC and the TRC
c) BSC

38. What is the “valid area” in OSS?

31. Which of the following is a hierarchical level in
AXE? a) The valid area is where the RBS is located
b) An area where an MS has radio coverage
a) Microcell layer c) It is a reflection of the actual network
b) Subsystem
c) Physical layer
32. What is the common name for RAND, Kc and 39. What is ‘locating’?
SRES?
a) Mobile number group
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a) The decision-making process for handover a) Yes, immediately.

using measurements from the MS and BTS b) No, location updating type normal takes
and controlled by the BSC. place after the call has finished if MS also has
b) The process of finding out the location of the changed Location area
MS c) Yes, if cell belongs to a different MSC/VLR
c) The process in which all MSs in a specific
LA are searched for.
46. Is the network informed if an MS changes cells
in idle mode?
40. Which unit enables several transmitters
connected to the same antenna? a) Yes, always
b) Yes, if it also changes location area
a) Combiner
c) No, never
b) Transceiver unit
c) Antenna diversity
47. Why is Periodic Registration performed?
41. Which of the following identity numbers is a) To inform the network where the MS is
dialed when making a call to an MS? b) To inform the network that the MS is
attached
a) MSISDN
c) To page the MS
b) IMEI
c) IMSI
48. What is OSS?
42. When is IMEI used? a) Ericsson’s system for centralized network
supervision
a) When the subscription belongs to a rental
b) GSM-standardized operation and support
phone
system
b) When it is necessary to identify the MS
c) Operational Supervision of Signaling
equipment
c) As a temporary personal code to be able to
use the MS equipment

43. Which identity is used to denote a specific cell?

a) CGI
b) BSIC
c) LAI

44. What is a change of cells during conversation

called in GSM?
a) Handover
b) Roaming
c) Active

45. Is HLR informed when MSs in active mode

change cells?
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TEST ANSWER FORM

Name:____________________________

Date:______________________

You are not expected to score highly if you are taking the test prior to taking the
course. If you do not know an answer, leave the square blank.

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POST-COURSE TEST ANSWER FORM

Name:____________________________

Date:______________________

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