DOD Telecommunicator 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

3 primary areas needed to be evaluated correct answer: access, construction, and protective features Circuit Switching correct answer: used for either analog or digital information Packet Switching correct answer: developed to ensure continuing communication, if the communication network were damaged by war or natural disaster Trunking correct answer: this uses multiple frequencies basic 911 correct answer: generally 2 types of service basic and enhanced. this can be as basic as dialing 911 and the phone ringing to at the designated public safety answering point. Enhanced 911 correct answer: selective routing, automatic number identification, automatic location information Party Hold correct answer: not hangin up or disconnecting it will seize the calling persons phone line Ring Back correct answer: allows communicators to ring back a caliing partys phonw after the person has hung up Computer Aided Dispatch Systems (CADS) correct answer: can bring up the anli/ali displays right in to thr call initiation screens aka computer assited dispatch American Disabilities Act ADA correct answer: made the use of tdd devices mandatory for all public safety communications centers Direct-connect Alarm correct answer: refers to a system connected directly to the local poilice or fire department Central Station Monitoring correct answer: Refers to an alarm company or similiar company in the local community receiving or monitoring the alarm Local Systems correct answer: Local alarms are those that only provide an alert on the protected premises Remote Station Systems correct answer: Nonlocal are systems that transmit alarm, supervisory, and trouble signals for one or more protected premises to a remote location Mapping correct answer: grid maps cover and show surface features of an area such as roads, water, and some building and jurisdictional boundaries