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Im a Directv installer and want to switch over to verizon. Im applying for a job but before they accept you they make you pass a test(field operations assessment) and Im having problems with some questions since i know little of telecom Im a satellite installer so i need help on these questions. By the way this is just to get into the trainment phase any help is appreciated, THANK YOU!

1. The green lead on a sidekick test set is connected to the:
1.ground
2.ring
3.battery
4.tip
2.A grounding wrist strap must be used when working with which of the following items
1.NID
2.electronic circuit packs
3.SAL point
4.Terminal
3.What type of ground wire is typically used to ground a wood pole?
1.No. 6 insulated
2.No. 12. insulated
3.No. 6 bare
4.No 12 bare
4. Which of the following types of customer inside wire would not meet minimum telecom industry POTS line standards to qualify for a maintenance agreement?
1.Unshielded CAT 5
2.Shielded Cat 5
3.Braided Cat 2
4.Unshielded Cat 3
5.What is the purpose of grounding a Telco protector or the cable service?
1.To extend circuit length
2.There is no need to ground a Telco protector or the cable service
3.To increase bandwidth
4.Surge protection
6.Drop wires should initially be placed at heights higher than minimum clearances because
1. Electronic companies require telephone companies to comply with this policy
2.cable tv companies may place their service wires lower than the telephone company does
3.drop wires will sag from exposure to heat and precipitation
4.of the need to provide enough slack for easy repairs
7.which of the following is not an advantage of plowing cable over trenching?
1.lower cost of equipment
2.smaller size of equipment
3.causes less ground disturbance than trenching
4.can be used with greater depth and size of cable
8.what type of terminal should be installed in a new community of 2 family houses fed by underground copper cable.
1.six pair cable from each house to a pedestal
2.twenty-cable direct feed to an underground terminal
3.single pair cable from each house to a block terminal
4.six pair cable and protector from each house to the central office
9.drop wire runs should
1.be placed wherever it is most convenient
2.not cross neighboring property lines
3.be run off a neighbors house to obtain proper clearances over driveways.
4.be run in a straight line, directly from the serving terminal to the customers premises
10.the condition of no dial tone in a standard telephone circuit is more than likely caused by which of the following conditions?
1.ground on the ring side of the cable pair
2.short circuit
3.high resistance open
4.cross to a working pair
11.a customer line is testing as an open on both sides in the loop. what type of trouble does the customer have?
1.can only receive calls
2.busy signal
3.static
4.no dial tone
12.upon arrival for a service call you check the NID and realize there is no dial tone. you should
1.use your tone sender to locate the open on the line
2.disconnect the inside wires and then test the outside line
3.use your multimeter to check for static
4.run new outside wire (loop) to terminal
13.AC induction (power influence) creates______ on a circuit.
1.an open
2.a no dial tone situation
3.a short
4.a hum
14.when doing a buried drop installation, which is the proper cable to use
1.bridle wire
2.CAT 5
3.gel filled
4.plenum

Some of the questions are written wrong. One has a wrong word. Several miss the real answer.

With that said, some of the questions could probably only be answered by a person with experience. In all fairness, you should not be expected to know these answers unless you already know the answers, so to speak.

Question 3: The telco rarely grounds a pole. Poles are generally grounded by the electric company (not the "electronic" company, as stated in Question 6 -- unless you made that mistake in transcribing the questions?) and the wire is sometimes insulated and sometimes bare. I have never grounded a pole, as an employee of a telco.

Etc.

Right? These are the exact questions word by word, don't know how someone can get these questions right.

Sometimes tests like these are used to reject people rather the accept them

Uh, are you asking us all to help you cheat on a test? Why don't you study and find the answers yourself? You are really only cheating yourself by asking someone else to give you the answers to the exam.

God bless you.

Actually, most of the answers are pretty logical. Sure, you might get confused about using #6 bare copper wire, but the rest of these fall under troubleshooting 101. Why I was just thinking that Cat-5e cable underground would work well for about 3 months or until the weather turned cold

Carl

From my experience with Verizon techs, if you pass that test you would be over qualified.

-Hal

Maybe it is not cheating.......maybe he is just resourceful?

If you have any experience in giving tests, you will see the obvious "no answer given" questions. Testing agencies generally put questions in the mix that will weed out a memorized answer sheet. Some are designed to allow the test subject to "reason an answer."

Admittedly, these questions are pretty sad. If this is what Verizon's entry qualification test really is, then it explains a lot about the techs they are hiring. Lowest common denominator does not a world class telecommunications company make.

Rcaman

It's a cable installer job. we work 12 hours a day. do u really expect someone to go to school and learn all of this? people like that don't make good techs. being that said it would've helpful if you could answer someone these questions instead of preaching.