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Spectral Compatibility of Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Systems
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1. In order to provide high-bit digital services to end users via DSL technology, the cables that provided POTS must be replaced.
a. true
b. false
2. When compared to SNEXT, SFEXT is the best noise environment in terms of providing the least amount of interference.
a. true
b. false
3. In the loop plant, FEXT is generally far more damaging than NEXT because, unlike NEXT, FEXT directly disturbs the received signal.
a. true
b. false
4. NEXT and FEXT coupling are both greater at higher frequencies than at lower frequencies.
a. true
b. false
5. With ADSL, FDM systems provide a greater immunity to NEXT than echo-canceled (EC) systems.
a. true
b. false
6. The effect of crosstalk that one DSL system has upon another defines their ________.
a. spectral cooperation
b. spectral compatibility
c. spectral coercion
d. spectral collaboration
e. spectral concurrence
f. spectral communication
7. Assuming that all of the signals in a cable have the same transmit signal power levels, SNEXT is the worst-case disturber to all but which of the following?
a. ISDN
b. HDSL
c. SDSL
d. FDM–based DSL systems
e. EC DSL systems
8. Which of the following are not accurately paired according to spectrum use fortransmission of upstream and downstream data?
a. ISDN and ADSL
b. ADSL and CAP RADSL
c. HDSL and SDSL
d. ISDN and HDSL
e. SDSL and ISDN
9. The DSLs that target symmetric transmission applications include all but which of the following?
a. MSDSL
b. HDSL
c. ADSL
d. SDSL
e. ISDN
10. Which of the following is not true about the CSA design rules that defined the distribution of twisted wire pairs from DLC systems?
a. nonloaded cable only
b. multigauge cable restricted to three gauges
c. amount of 26 AWG cable may not exceed a total length of 9 kft
d. total bridged tap length may not exceed 2.5 feet

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