1.
WHAT IS THE CUMULATIVE LEAKAGE INDEX (CLI)
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B. 47-76
2.
WHAT IS THE SIGNAL LEAKAGE LIMITS
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A. 3 METERS ABOUT 10 FEET AT 5-54MHZ TO 216 MHZ
3.
UNWANTED SIGNAL ENTERING THE NETWORK CAN CREATE A NUMBER OF PATTERNS ON THE TV.
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C. BEATS
4.
APPEARS WHEN INGRESS ALLOWS A LOCALLY BROADCAST TV CHANNEL'S SIGNAL TO ENTER THE TV ALONG WITH THE CHANNEL SUPPLIED BY THE NETWORK.
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A. LEADING GHOST
5.
USUALLY CAUSED BY A REFLECTION ON THE CABLE SYSTEM CAUSED BY POOR RETURN LOSS AT THE REFLECTING DEVICE AND POOR DIRECTIVITY AT THE TAP OR DEVICE.
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A. FOLLOWING GHOST
6.
USUALLY CAUSED WHEN THE SAME CHANNEL FROM TWO (OR MORE) DIFFERENT TV STATIONS IS RECEIVED BY THE SAME ANTENNA.
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D. CO-CHANNEL INTERFERENCE.
7.
THE RETURN DIRECTION CAN SUFFER INGRESS FROM TRANSMITTERS OPERATING IN THE UPSTREAM FREQUENCY BANDWIDTH (SUCH AS VOCIE OF AMERICA, CB, AND RADIO TRANSMITTERS.
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A. RETURN PATH INTERFERENCE.
8.
A METHOD OF RECEPTION USING AN RF CURRENT OF PROPER MAGNITUDE AND PHASE RELATION SO THE RECEIVED VOLTAGE IS THE SAME NATURE AS THE ORIGINAL WAVE.
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A. ZERO BEATS
9.
THE TEMPERATURE OF THE DEVICE INCREASES OR DECREASES, THE ELECTRON ACTIVITY (VOLTAGE) ALSO INCREASES OR DECREASES, PRODUCING MORE OR LESS NOISE.
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A. THERMAL NOISE
10.
A 75-OHM COAXIAL CABLE INFINITELY LONG OR TERMINATED AT ITS OTHER END.
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A. CARRIER-TO-NOISE RATIO.
11.
UNDESIRED CHANGE IN THE WAVEFORM OF A SIGNAL
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A. DISTORTIONS
12.
LITERALLY FROM ONE CHANNEL TO ANTHER.
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D. CROSS MODULATION (XMOD)
13.
FREQUENCY ALLOCATION IS USED FOR RF CARRIERS IN THE FOWARD AND RETURN PATH.
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A. 5MHZ-42MHZ
14.
APPEARS AS A HORIZONTAL BAR MOVING FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP OF THE PICTURE.
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A. HUM MODULATION
15.
A CARRIER TO HUM RATIO
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D. 30 DB-3%
16.
WHERE THE CARRIER IS SHIFTED IN 90-DEGREE STEPS
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A. QPSK
17.
A DIGITAL MODULATION SCHEME THAT ALLOW 2 CHANNELS OF INFORMATION TO BE TRANSMITTED AT THE SAME TIME.
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A. QAM
18.
MEASURE THE SIGNAL STRENGTH RELATIVE TO BACK GROUND NOISE IN ANALOG AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS.
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A. SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO
19.
UNUSED PORTION OF A MULTI-CHANNEL SYSTEM WHEN THERE IS RANDOM ACTIVITY IN THE ACTIVE CHANNELS.
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A. NOISE POWER RATIO.
20.
MEASURES THE RATIO OF THE ERROR POWER TO THE AVERAGE POWER IN THE IDEAL QAM SIGNAL.
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C. MODULATION ERROR RATIO. (MER)
21.
MEASURES THE RATIO OF THE ERROR POWER TO THE AVERAGE POWER IN THE IDEAL QAM SIGNAL.
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A. MODULATION ERROR RATIO. (MER)
22.
A METHOD WHERE ADDITIONAL DATA DITS ARE ADDED TO THE DIGITAL VIDEO BIT STREAM TO HELP IDENTIFY AND CORRECT ANY ERROES.
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A. FEC
23.
MEASURES HOW OFTEN AN ERROR OCCURS IN A GIVEN AMOUNT OF DATA.
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A. BER
24.
INGRESS IS DEFINED AS A CONDITION WHERE INTERFERING SIGNALS LEAK INTO THE CABLE NETWORK.
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D. DROP INGRESS MITIGATION
25.
THE UNWANTED SPIKES OF ENERGY IN THE SPECTRUM.
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A. PEAK HOLD
26.
A FILTER THAT PASSES HIGH FREQUENCIES WELL, BUT ATTENUATES (OR REDUCES) FREQUENCIES LOWER THAN THE CUT-OFF FREQUENCIES, ALSO USED IN AUDIO APPLICATIONS.
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A. HIGH PASS FILTER
27.
FOWARD SIGNALS THAT ARE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE NETWORK, PROBLEMS IN THE RETURN PATH ARE ADDITIVE.
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A. FUNNELING EFFECT
28.
TO ENSURE THAT THE CABLE SYSTEMS FORWARD SIGNALS MEET FCC STANDARDS AS OUTLINED IN CFR 47, PART 76
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A. PROOF OF PERFORMANCE
29.
TO TROUBLESHOT A CONTINUOUS SIGNAL OUTPUT AT A FREQUENCY IN THE REVERSE PATH.
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A. SIGNAL GENERATOR.
30.
PREVENTS THE RF SIGNALS FROM ENTERING THE CATV SYSTEM.
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B. HOUSING
31.
SEPARATES AND RECOMBINES THE FORWARD AND REVERSE SIGNAL FROM THE CABLE SO THEY CAN BE ROUTED TO AND FROM THE AMPLIFIER STATION.
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A. DIPLEX FILTER
32.
SEPARATES OR COMBINES THE AC CURRENTS TWO PARTS THE AC POWER AND THE RF BROADBAND SIGNAL.
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A. POWER DIPLEX
33.
THE SIGNAL IN ORDER TO BRING IT TO WITHIN THE ACCEPTABLE INPUT RANGE OF THE AMPLIFIER.
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D. PAD (ATTENUATOR)
34.
COMPENSATES FOR THE UNEQUAL ATTENUATION PROPERTIES OF THE COAXIAL CABLE AT DIFFERENT FREQUENCIES.
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A. EQUALIZER
35.
USALLY SELECTED FOR LOW NOISE FIGURE.
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A. FORWARD AMPLIFIER MODULE (TRUNK)
36.
SOMETIMES CALLED A MOP-UP, THIS DEVICE IS USED TO TRY AND CORRECT FOR ANY UNDESIRED PEAKS OR VALLEYS WITHIN THE PASSBAND OF THE AMPLIFIER.
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A. RESPONSE EQUALIZER
37.
USED TO COMPENSATE FOR FLUCTUATIONS OF THE INPUT SIGNAL.
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A. AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL
38.
SIMILAR TO AN AGC, MAINTAINS THE PROPER TILT(CAUSE BY TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN A SPECIFIED AMOUNT OF COAXIAL CABLE) AND OUTPUT LEVEL DESPITE CHANGES IN THE SIGNALS.
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A. AUTOMATIC LEVEL AND SLOPE CONTROL
39.
USED IN TREE AND BRANCH ARCHITECTURE AS PART OF TRUCK/BRIDGER STATION.
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C. BRIDGER AMPLIFIER
40.
USED TO BOOST THE RETURN SIGNALS.
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A. RETURN AMPLIFIER
41.
USED AT OUTPUT OF BRIDGER MODULE.
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A. FEEDERMAKER
42.
PROVIDE A MEANS OF MONITORING THE VARIOUS INPUTS AND OUTPUTS WITHOUT INTERRUPTING SERVICE.
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A. TEST POINTS
43.
SUBSTANTIAL ISOLATION BETWEEN THE OUTPUT AND TAP PORTS IF ALL SEE A GOOD 75-OHM MATCH.
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A. DIRECTIONAL COUPLER
44.
THE RF FORWARD SIGNAL FLOWS FROM THE INPUT TO BOTH OUTPUTS WITH EQUAL ATTENUATION FOR BOTH OUTPUTS.
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A. SPLITTER
45.
USED TO DIVERT A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF SIGNAL FROM THE FEEDER SYSTEM AND DISTRIBUTE IT TO 2, 4, OR 8 OUTPUTS PORTS FOR CONNECTION OF CUSTOMER DROPS
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D. TAP
46.
THIS DEVICE IS SOMETIMES INSTALLED IN THE DISTRIBUTION CABLE WHERE LOW VALUE TAPS ARE USED.
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A. IN-LINE CONDITIONER
47.
USED TO INTRODUCE AC POWER INTO THE NETWORK FOR USE BY THE ACTIVE DEVICES.
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A. POWER INSERTER
48.
IN AN OPTICAL SYSTEM THE RF SIGNALS ARE MULTIPLEXED (COMBINED) AND LINKED TO A SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DIODE.
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A. TRANSMITTERS
49.
FIBER CABLE.
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A. COATING, CLADDING, CORE
50.
CONVERTS THE LIGHT TO RF SIGNAL.
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A. OPTICAL RECEIVER