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Chapter 16 Telephone Instruments and Signals Tomasi Review

This document provides a summary of key terms and concepts from Chapter 16 of the book "Electronic Communications System" by Wayne Tomasi. It defines 33 terms related to telephone instruments and signals. These include definitions for basic telephone concepts like the subscriber loop, plain old telephone service, and dialing circuits. It also covers signaling methods like multifrequency tones, alerting signals, and supervising signals. The summary is intended to help readers understand and review the important topics covered in Chapter 16.

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Chapter 16 Telephone Instruments and Signals Tomasi Review

This document provides a summary of key terms and concepts from Chapter 16 of the book "Electronic Communications System" by Wayne Tomasi. It defines 33 terms related to telephone instruments and signals. These include definitions for basic telephone concepts like the subscriber loop, plain old telephone service, and dialing circuits. It also covers signaling methods like multifrequency tones, alerting signals, and supervising signals. The summary is intended to help readers understand and review the important topics covered in Chapter 16.

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Chapter 16: Telephone Instruments and Signals –

Tomasi Review
pinoybix.org/2014/10/reviewer-in-chapter-16-telephone-instruments-and-signals.html

October 11, 2014

(Last Updated On: March 17, 2020)

This
is
the

summary notes of the important terms and concepts in Chapter 16 of the book
"Electronic Communications System" by Wayne Tomasi. The notes are properly
synchronized and concise for much better understanding of the book. Make sure to
familiarize this review notes to increase the chance of passing the ECE Board Exam.

CHAPTER 16 TELEPHONE INSTRUMENTS


AND SIGNALS

Items Definitions Terms

1 Process of conveying information from one Communications


place to another.

2 Is a long-distance communications Telecommunications

3 One of the most remarkable devices ever Telephone


invented.

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4 Anyone who uses a telephone or a data Public Telephone Network
modem on a telephone
circuit is part of a global communications
network.

5 The PTN is comprised of several very large Telco


corporations and
hundreds of smaller independent companies
jointly.

6 The telephone system as we know it today Alexander Graham Bell


began as an unlikely and Thomas A. Watson
collaboration of two men with widely
disparate personalities:

7 The simplest and most straightforward form Plain Old Telephone


of telephone Service
service.

8 Most fundamental component of a telephone Subscriber Loop or Local


circuit. Loop

9 An unshielded twisted-pair transmission line Local Loop


consisting of two
insulated conductors twisted together

10 Comes from the Greek word "tele" meaning Telephone


from afar
and phone, meaning sound, voice, or voiced
sound.

11 The first telephone set that combined a Butterstamp Telephone


transmitter and
receiver into a single handheld unit was
introduced in 1878

12 Helps prevent the speaker from talking too Sidetone or Talkback


loudly

13 The pair of wores connecting. Local Loop

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14 A series of telephone connection interfaces RJ or Registered Jacks
that are
registered with the U.S. Federal
Communications Commission.

15 The most common telephone jack in use RJ-11


today and can have up to
six conductors.

16 An apparatus that creates an exact likeness Telephone Set


of sound waves
with an electric current.

17 Is originally an electromagnetic bell, placed Ringer Circuit


directly across
the tip of the ring of the local loop.

18 Purpose of a Ringer. Alert the destination party


of incoming
calls

19 Sometimes called a Switch Hook. On/Off Hook Circuit

20 Helps solve an important transmission Equalizers


problem in telephone set
design.

21 It is the transmitter of the telephone. Microphone

22 Converts acoustical signals in the form of Microphone


sound pressure
waves from the caller to electrical signals that
are transmitted into the
telephone network.

23 Enables the subscriber to output signals Dialing Circuit


representing digits.

24 Signaling messages can be subdivided Alerting, Supervising,


further into one or four Controlling, and
categories: Addressing

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25 Indicate a request for service. Alerting Signals

26 Provide call status information. Supervising Signals

27 Provide information in the form of Controlling Signals


announcements.

28 Provide the routing information. Addressing Signals

29 Is strictly for signaling between a subscriber’s DTMF


location and
the nearest telephone office or message
switching center.

30 Are used to transfer digits and control signals Multifrequency Tones


between
switching machines.

31 Are combinations of two frequencies that fall MF Tones


within the
normal speech bandwidth so they can be
propagated over the same circuits as
voice.

32 Equipment Busy Signal is sometimes. Congestion Tone or No-


Circuit-Available

33 Occurs whenever the system is overloaded Blocking


and more calls are
being placed than can be completed.

34 Is sent from a central office to a subscriber Ringing signal


whenever there
is an incoming call.

35 Telephones that operate without the cords Cordless Telephones


attached to the
handset.

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36 Relay radio signals and messages from wire Paging Transmitters
line and cellular
telephones to subscribers carrying portable
receivers.

Complete List of Reviewers in Electronic Communications System per


Chapter
Reviewer in Electronic Communications System by Wayne Tomasi

Important List of Communications Engineering Materials


Communications Engineering Coaching Materials
Series of Communications Engineering Exams: ECE Pre-Board
Series of Questions and Answers in Communications Engineering
Multiple Choice Questions in Data Communications and Networking

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