SCTE BPI UPDATED ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET
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Certifying the reliability of the customers drop system involves - ✔✔Replacing any
defective drop components
✔✔What is one step in verifying that the digital set-top terminal is operating normally? -
✔✔Calling dispatch or the person designated with access to the billing system software
to have the set-top terminal authorized
✔✔When installing the NIU, you would use - ✔✔A dial-pulse telephone test set to check
dial tone on inbound and outbound call capability
✔✔In twisted pair cable network powering, - ✔✔Always wire the twisted pair power
cables first to the NIU power terminals and then to the power terminal of the power
distributing tap
✔✔Telephony inside wiring - ✔✔Is routed from the NID or distribution device through
the appropriate compression fitting
✔✔When testing and verifying NIU operation - ✔✔Call the provisioning center from the
test phone or butt set to verify the ability to place an outbound call
✔✔Items to check in order to certify the reliability of the customer drop system include -
✔✔Installing high pass filters and directional couples, if needed///monitoring, detecting,
and eliminating signal leakage
✔✔The customer access are of an NIU - ✔✔Provides access to the broadband cable
output port, RJ-11 testjacks, and telephone tip and ring wiring connectors
✔✔Which of the following are tests/measurements than can be made on a VOM? -
✔✔Voltage DC&AC///Opens and shorts
, ✔✔The federal government mandates the amount of _________________ that is
acceptable for cable networks - ✔✔egress
✔✔Certifying the reliability of the customers drop system requires - ✔✔eliminate signal
leakage////check condition and integrity of the drop system
✔✔What is the main purpose for the MAC address on a EMTA? - ✔✔provides that
authorization to ensure only the customers account in the billing system is assigned to
that address
✔✔The NID - ✔✔is the demarcation point between CPE network to the local telephone
companies network
✔✔The process of keeping your telephone number from one provider to another is? -
✔✔Porting
✔✔To ensure proper telephone operation, wiring color codes for both types of cables
for standardized for: - ✔✔Tip and ring wiring of NID's
✔✔IN twisted pair cable network powering - ✔✔is disconnected from the incumbent
telephone provider
✔✔In local powering of an EMTA - ✔✔optional internal battery is installed to prevent
interruption to service in the event of a power outage
✔✔Before connections are made on the back of the EMTA, - ✔✔make sure the cable
shield is properly grounded and bonded to NEC standards
✔✔Telephony inside wiring (quad station) is no longer adequate because of - ✔✔(ALL)
data over telephone lines//fax machines//digital voice communication
✔✔Quad station wiring is more prone to crosstalk that Cat 5e, due to - ✔✔twisted pairs
✔✔The NIU at a customers premises - ✔✔Converts RF signals received via the coaxial
cable system to the telephony series required by the customer
✔✔A private switching system, usually located at the customers premises, which serves
a business, or a government agency - ✔✔PBX
✔✔A cell based transport mechanism for the transport of a brand range of user
information - ✔✔WAN
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Certifying the reliability of the customers drop system involves - ✔✔Replacing any
defective drop components
✔✔What is one step in verifying that the digital set-top terminal is operating normally? -
✔✔Calling dispatch or the person designated with access to the billing system software
to have the set-top terminal authorized
✔✔When installing the NIU, you would use - ✔✔A dial-pulse telephone test set to check
dial tone on inbound and outbound call capability
✔✔In twisted pair cable network powering, - ✔✔Always wire the twisted pair power
cables first to the NIU power terminals and then to the power terminal of the power
distributing tap
✔✔Telephony inside wiring - ✔✔Is routed from the NID or distribution device through
the appropriate compression fitting
✔✔When testing and verifying NIU operation - ✔✔Call the provisioning center from the
test phone or butt set to verify the ability to place an outbound call
✔✔Items to check in order to certify the reliability of the customer drop system include -
✔✔Installing high pass filters and directional couples, if needed///monitoring, detecting,
and eliminating signal leakage
✔✔The customer access are of an NIU - ✔✔Provides access to the broadband cable
output port, RJ-11 testjacks, and telephone tip and ring wiring connectors
✔✔Which of the following are tests/measurements than can be made on a VOM? -
✔✔Voltage DC&AC///Opens and shorts
, ✔✔The federal government mandates the amount of _________________ that is
acceptable for cable networks - ✔✔egress
✔✔Certifying the reliability of the customers drop system requires - ✔✔eliminate signal
leakage////check condition and integrity of the drop system
✔✔What is the main purpose for the MAC address on a EMTA? - ✔✔provides that
authorization to ensure only the customers account in the billing system is assigned to
that address
✔✔The NID - ✔✔is the demarcation point between CPE network to the local telephone
companies network
✔✔The process of keeping your telephone number from one provider to another is? -
✔✔Porting
✔✔To ensure proper telephone operation, wiring color codes for both types of cables
for standardized for: - ✔✔Tip and ring wiring of NID's
✔✔IN twisted pair cable network powering - ✔✔is disconnected from the incumbent
telephone provider
✔✔In local powering of an EMTA - ✔✔optional internal battery is installed to prevent
interruption to service in the event of a power outage
✔✔Before connections are made on the back of the EMTA, - ✔✔make sure the cable
shield is properly grounded and bonded to NEC standards
✔✔Telephony inside wiring (quad station) is no longer adequate because of - ✔✔(ALL)
data over telephone lines//fax machines//digital voice communication
✔✔Quad station wiring is more prone to crosstalk that Cat 5e, due to - ✔✔twisted pairs
✔✔The NIU at a customers premises - ✔✔Converts RF signals received via the coaxial
cable system to the telephony series required by the customer
✔✔A private switching system, usually located at the customers premises, which serves
a business, or a government agency - ✔✔PBX
✔✔A cell based transport mechanism for the transport of a brand range of user
information - ✔✔WAN
