NEC3203 ASSIGNMENT NO. 1: TELECOM TERMS AND ACRONYMS Always No.

Ans. _Electrical Termination is the practice of ending a

transmission line_
NAME: __Josef Geminiano__

Identification. Answer the following with the best of

TELECOM ACRONYMS
your knowledge. Write the exact term(s) on the space
provided after each item.
1. MMDS
1. Thinner an d less expensive than braided STP cable, these
Ans. _Multichannel Multipoint Service_
cables are also known as _____ cables or _____ cables.
Ans. _UTP/Unshielded Twisted Pair Cable_ 2. HFC
Ans. _Hybrid Fiber-Coaxial_
2. The basic telephone cable is also known as the _____
Ans. _Coaxial cable_ 3. USB
Ans. _Universal Serial Bus_
3. Categories 3, 4 and 5 UTP cables are what standard
compliant? 4. CMTS
Ans. _Ethernet_ Ans. _Cable Modem Termination System_

4. Another factor to consider when choosing a cabling 5. QAM/FEC

system relates to the recent adoption of the _____ Ans. _Quadrature Amplitude Modulation/Forward Error
directives. Correction_
Ans. _________________________________________
6. S-CDMA
5. What do you mean about the acronym FOIRL? Ans. _Synchronous Code-Division Multiple Access_
Ans. _Fiber Optic Inter Repeater Link_
7. MTA
6. A _____ in an optical fiber results in increased Ans. _Multimedia Terminal Adapter_
attenuation.
Ans. _Fiber Attenuation_ 8. PSTN
Ans. _Public Switched Telephone Network_
7. An unwanted signals that appears during the
transmission over networks and media. 9. IPCDN
Ans. _Noise_ Ans. _IP over Cable Data Network_

8. What is the so-called King of Network Cables? 10. DAVIC

Ans. _Fiber Optic Cables_ Ans. _Digital Audio Video Council_

9. _____ is a special cable that consists of two parallel wires

with a ground shield around them.
Ans. _Shielded Cable_

10. What is the main purpose of terminating a 50Ω resistor

at both ends of the coax cable?
PreparedBy:Engr.FrancisP.Gubangco,MIM
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