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The Need to Automate and Integrate Delivery and Assurance across Today's Networks and Services

Self-Test
1. From the service provider perspective, DSL is transparent.
a. true
b. false
2. Which of the following is not involved in the DSL supply chain?
a. NAPs
b. LSRs
c. NSPs
d. LECs
3. Before packets can even proceed to the NSP, packet concentration occurs in all of the following except ___________.
a. aggregators
b. DSLAMs
c. management layers
d. ATM networks
4. Initial deployments of DSL were in the late 1980s.
a. true
b. false
5. To implement service assurance throughout the entire DSL supply chain, it is important first to speed the order activation process.
a. true
b. false
6. Which of the following is not true about the LEC regarding DSL?
a. moves data over a dedicated DSL infrastructure
b. provides the twisted copper pair
c. acts as a wholesaler of copper or spectrum to other carriers or providers
d. has the closest physical proximity to DSL subscribers
7. The current POTS test system will not support DSL’s wideband testing requirements.
a. true
b. false
8. From a business perspective, the _____ is the LEC’s primary DSL consumer.
a. NSP
b. small business
c. MDU
d. NAP
9. Which of the following is another name for the NSP?
a. PSTN
b. LEC
c. ISP
d. VP
10. For the carrier-scale ability to deliver DSL services, service providers must link and automate their service activation and assurance processes.
a. true
b. false

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