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3D153 V2 - U4 SS
Other Radio Frequency Transmission Systems
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Communication
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03/12/2012

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Term
233-1. What factors should you consider when planning the installation of IDS?
Definition
Equipment capabilities and limitations, mission criticality, and threat to the resources that are to be protected.
Term
233-2. How does IDS assist SF capabilities?
Definition
By alerting security personnel to an approach, intrusion, or attempted intrusion
Term
233-3. What type of system should the installed IDS be?
Definition
A “closed” system, not allowing access from external source
Term
233-4. What is the main purpose of a boundary fence?
Definition
To present a physical and psychological deterrent to unauthorized entry
Term
233-5. What does a clear zone consists of?
Definition
A 30 foot area inside and outside the site perimeter fence.
Term
233-6. For what purpose does the area lighting need to illuminate the interior of the restricted area?
Definition
To help personnel detect and track intruders
Term
233-7. What must a line of detection detect?
Definition
A person walking, running, rolling, crawling across, or jumping through the line of detection
Term
233-8. Match the IDS equipment subsystem in column B with the characteristic it is associated with in column A. Items in column B may be used once.
Column A
Column B
_____ (1) Central operation control and monitoring of IDS.
_____ (2) Detects intruder movement.
_____ (3) Automatic startup of emergency backup power.
_____ (4) Links sensors with control and monitoring consoles.
a. Sensor.
b. Annunciator, control, and display.
c. Communication.
d. Power Sources.
Definition
(1) b.
(2) a.
(3) d.
(4) c.
Term
233-9. Match the IDS interior sensors in column B with the characteristic it is associated with in column A. Items in column B may be used once.
Column A
Column B
____ (1) Measures thermal energy.
____ (2) Uses an “AND” or an “OR” gating scheme.
____ (3) Operates on magnetic field principles.
____ (4) Transmits a field of energy into an area.
a. Balanced magnetic switch.
b. Passive infrared.
c. Microwave.
d. Dual phenomenology.
Definition
(1) b.
(2) d.
(3) a.
(4) c.
Term
233-10. Match the IDS exterior sensors in column B with the characteristic it is associated with in column A. Items in column B may be used once.
Column A
Column B
_____ (1) Used in areas such as taxiway gaps.
_____ (2) Tensioning devices attached to outriggers.
_____ (3) Opto-electronic device used to detect vehicles.
_____ (4) Detect transmit signal power changes in receiver.
_____ (5) Uses “leaky” coaxial cable technology.
_____ (6) Transducer cable attached to fence fabric.
_____ (7) Pair of coaxial cable with sheath open.
_____ (8) Hair-like strands of glass or plastic.
a. Strain-sensitive cable.
b. Taut wire.
c. Ported coaxial cable.
d. Microwave fence system.
e. Active infrared.
f. Fiber optic.
g. Perimitrax.
h. Infrared pulsed IDS
Definition
(1) d.
(2) b.
(3) h.
(4) e.
(5) g.
(6) a.
(7) c.
(8) f.
Term
233-11. Where are CCTVs typically located?
Definition
CCTVs are typically located along exterior site perimeter clear zones, at controlled access points to sites or buildings, within a restricted area that overlooks selected security areas outside, and at selected locations within the protected areas indoor.
Term
233-12. What is the purpose of an entry control facility?
Definition
To assist SFs in controlling entry in to and exit from restricted areas.
Term
234-1. What components make up a simple portal?
Definition
Single door, a turnstile, or a pedestrian or vehicle gate.
Term
234-2. What personnel identification device can be used at portals to read the encoded magnetic stripe on badges?
Definition
The card reader PIN pad/prompt.
Term
234-3. List the four card reader Pin/pad/prompt configurations used with the AECS.
Definition
(1) Card reader with prompt display.
(2) PIN pad with prompt display.
(3) Prompt display only.
(4) Card reader with PIN pad and prompt display.
Term
234-4. Which panel configuration locks and unlocks portals based on inspection of personnel credentials such as magnetic stripe-encoded badges, PIN entries, or biometric measurements?
Definition
The portal control panel (PCP).
Term
234-5. What workstation functions as a central file server and communicates directly to the CSC workstation?
Definition
The enrollment master station (EMS).
Term
234-6. Which workstation displays events and assists the operator in responding to these events?
Definition
Security workstation.
Term
234-7. What audio subsystem component is typically located at access portals enabling persons attempting entrance to a controlled area?
Definition
Intercom substation.
Term
234-8. What allows the camera inputs to the video switches located at the CSC, MSCF, and ECP workstations to be forwarded to another station?
Definition
Loop-through connections.
Term
234-9. What devices are used to accommodate large geographical separations between workstations and panels?
Definition
Modems and fiber optic transceivers.
Term
234-10. What backup power voltage do the primary and backup power supplies provide in the event that station power is lost?
Definition
12–VDC.
Term
235-1. What are some of the advantages of a conventional LMR system?
Definition
They are cost effective, they are easy to maintain, and their limited infrastructure ensures that communication is possible in the event of a catastrophic failure.
Term
235-2. When you key and speak into a radio, who can hear you?
Definition
Everyone on that particular channel can hear you.
Term
235-3. When would you use a simplex radio system?
Definition
Simplex radio system works well when there are only a few users who are closely located.
Term
235-4. In a half-duplex operation, what are the two frequencies used for?
Definition
Transmissions take place on one frequency and receive on another.
Term
235-5. Why do repeaters use duplexer?
Definition
With a duplexer, it isolates the receiver from “hearing” the transmitter and prevents damage to the receiver.
Term
235-6. Match the IDS equipment subsystem in column B with the characteristic it is associated with in column A. Items in column B may be used once, more than once, or not at all.
Column A
Column B
_____ (1) Permits users to make/receive telephone calls.
_____ (2) Designed to retransmit radio signal.
_____ (3) Transceiver installed in buildings.
_____ (4) Vehicular mounted transceiver.
_____ (5) Designed for personal use.
_____ (6) Serves as a hub.
_____ (7) Mounted high above the terrain.
_____ (8) Antenna mounted on roof or trunk of vehicle.
a. Portable.
b. Mobile.
c. Base Stations.
d. Repeaters.
e. Telephone Interconnect Equipment.
Definition
(1) e.
(2) d.
(3) c.
(4) b.
(5) a.
(6) c.
(7) d.
(8) b.
Term
235-7. What are the limitations of a single-site configuration?
Definition
The user radio must be within the range of coverage of the repeater, base station, or other radio asset.
Term
235-8. What system is employed to increase area coverage and to improve radios talkback capability?
Definition
To extend the coverage of an area and improve its talkback capability, a receiver voting system is employed to the existing LMR architecture.
Term
235-9. Describe the primary difference between a simulcast and multicast system?
Definition
While a simulcast system transmits on the same RF channels simultaneously from each base station/repeater, multicast systems use different RF channels at each site.
Term
236-1. What does a typical trunking system consist of?
Definition
Some type of access control (whether in each mobile unit or centralized at a base station site), switching equipment, system management computer, control and voice channel repeaters, modems, and telephone interconnect.
Term
236-2. When you set up a trunking network, how are different user groups defined?
Definition
User groups are defined as “talkgroups.”
Term
236-3. What is trunking?
Definition
Electronically controlled sharing of a relatively small number of communications channels among a relatively large number of users.
Term
236-4. How does trunking result in a more balanced load sharing?
Definition
Trunked systems use access control schemes to share channel capacity among many users. The electronic control enables users to take advantage of some transmitted channels that are idle at a particular time while others are busy.
Term
236-5. What part of the trunking system sends a data message over the control channel to automatically switch all radios in a particular talk group to the available voice channel?
Definition
If a voice channel is available, the system controller sends a data message over the control channel switching all units in User A’s talk group to the available voice channel.
Term
236-6. Besides spectrum conservation, what are the other inherent benefits of a trunking system?
Definition
Other inherent benefits include faster system access, better channel efficiency, more user privacy, flexibility to expand, and selective radio inhibit.
Term
236-7. On the radio, what does the scan function do?
Definition
Cycles through the talkgroups programmed in the scan function but again they are only monitoring one talkgroup at a time.
Term
236-8. Which trunking user equipment provides users the capability to monitor more than one talkgroup at a time?
Definition
Dispatch consoles provide the capability to monitor more than one talkgroup at a time.
Term
236-9. How are LMR radios rekeyed without having to physically recall the radios from the field?
Definition
LMR radios can support over-the-air rekeying of encryption keys without having to physically recall the radios from the field.
Term
237-1. What does giant voice provide?
Definition
The base with crucial safety and security information.
Term
237-2. What AFI requires communication squadrons to maintain “installation warning systems”?
Definition
AFI 10–2501, Full Spectrum Threat Response Planning and Operations.
Term
237-3. Besides maintaining “installation warning systems,” what else must a communications squadron do?
Definition
To originate, verify, and maintain an audibility footprint map showing area of coverage and low audible/hazard areas.
Term
237-4. What is one of the common problems with mass alert systems in a deployed environment?
Definition
Cleanliness.
Term
238-1. What are the three basic components of a Whelen system?
Definition
Siren stacks, siren cabinet, the encoder.
Term
238-2. Match the Whelen system components in column B with the characteristic it is associated with in column A. Items in column B may be used once, more than once, or not at all.
Column A
Column B
_____ (1) Provides current readings from the battery charger.
_____ (2) Allows remote access to cabinet.
_____ (3) Shows DC voltages across batteries.
_____ (4) Supplies 28 VDC.
_____ (5) Controls key functions such as status reporting.
_____ (6) Control signal distribution and power distribution.
a. Motherboard.
b. Control Board.
c. Radio or Landline Board.
d. Ammeter.
e. Voltmeter.
f. Batteries.
g. Battery Disconnect.
Definition
(1) d.
(2) c.
(3) e.
(4) f.
(5) b.
(6) a.
Term
238-3. Differentiate the operation between the remote and local position of the WPS–2800 system?
Definition
There are two ways to operate the WPS–2800 system, remote or local position. Remote position operation involves transmitting signals from the encoder to the desired station via a landline connection or through FM transceivers. Local position operation is accomplished through the control panel on the front of the siren cabinet.
Term
238-4. How long does the E–969 encoder maintain current time when power is lost?
Definition
Up to three months.
Term
238-5. Name the two ways you can program the E–969 encoder.
Definition
Through a personal computer or through the encoder’s keypad.
Term
238-6. How many call keys does the E–2010 have?
Definition
62
Term
238-7. Match the tabs on the Whelen configuration software menu in column B with the characteristic it is associated with in column A. Items in column B may be used once.
Column A
Column B
_____ (1) Displays trunking or non-trunking arrangement.
_____ (2) Choose type of Whelen system.
_____ (3) Views codes that are sent from and to the cabinet.
_____ (4) Current configuration of cabinet is displayed.
_____ (5) Displays type of decoding that the cabinet uses.
_____ (6) Show recent updates to the system.
_____ (7) Activates all messages and sirens of the system.
a. Model.
b. Siren.
c. Radio.
d. Status.
e. Act.
f. DTMF.
g. MFD.
Definition
(1) c.
(2) a.
(3) f.
(4) b.
(5) g.
(6) d.
(7) e.
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