MASSACHUSETTS Vocational Technical TEACHER TESTING Program

SCOPE OF TEST CODE # 45 – TELECOMMUNICATIONS & FIBER OPTICS

WRITTEN EXAM -100 QUESTIONS

TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS

PERCENT OF TEST:

10 % Digital Electronics

15% Fundamentals of Electronics

10 % Fundamentals of Telephone Systems

10% Telecommunications Related Mathematics

10 % Network Topologies and Cable Installation

15% Principles of Electronic Communications

10% Principles of Fiber Optics

10% Telecommunications Fundamentals Skills

5% Health and Safety

5% Fundamentals of Wireless Communications

THE WRITTEN EXAMINATION IS ALIGNED WITH THE MATCHING MASSACHUSETTS VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL EDUCATOR FRAMEWORKS. SOME QUESTIONS REQUIRE A SYNTHESIS OF KNOWLEDGE BASED ON VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL WORK EXPERIENCE AND MAY NOT BE FOUND IN ANY BOOK. HOWEVER, CANDIDATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO STUDY FOR THEIR EXAMS BY REVIEWING CURRENT TEXTBOOKS AND REFERENCE MATERIAL WHICH CAN USUALLY BE FOUND IN THE LIBRARIES OF MOST VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLS WHICH OFFER CHAPTER 74 PROGRAMS.

*You may refer to http://www.doe.mass.edu/cte/frameworks for the Massachusetts Vocational Technical Educator Frameworks.

THE FOLLOWING LIST OF REFERENCE MATERIALS WAS DEVELOPED AS A GUIDE FOR WRITTEN EXAM CANDIDATES:

Networking Topologies & Copper Cabling by Heathkit Educational Systems

Healthkit Company, 2002

Principles of Electronic Communication by Heathkit Educational Systems

Healthkit Company, 1999

Telephone Systems by Heathkit Educational Systems

Healthkit Company, 2001

Wireless Communications Fundamentals & Systems by Heathkit Educational Systems

Healthkit Company, 2001

Digital Electronics, 4^th Edition by James Bignell & Robert Donovan

Delmar, 2000

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Digital Electronics – Principles & Applications, 6^th Edition by Roger L. Tokheim

Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 2003

Telecommunications Trainer Lab Manual, 2^nd Edition by R.S.R. Electronics

R.S.R. Electronics, Inc., 2003

Electronic Fundamentals, 2^nd Edition by Philip Wheeler

Healthkit Company, 1998

Technician’s Guide to Fiber Optics, 2^nd Edition by Donald J. Sterling, Jr.

Delmar Publishers Inc., 1997

The Fiber Optics & Laser Handbook, 2^nd Edition by Edward L. Safford

TAB Books Inc., 1994

Get a Grip on Network Cabling, 1^st Edition by Frank Derfler and Les Freed

Ziff-Davis Press, 1993

Understanding Fiber Optics, 3^rd Edition by Jeff Hecht

Prentice Hall, 1999

Fiber Optic Cabling, 2^nd Edition by Heathkit Educational Systems

Healthkit Company, 2001

Fiber Optic Theory, 2^nd Edition by Heathkit Educational Systems

Healthkit Company, 2001

YOU MAY WANT TO CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY FOR OBTAINING THESE RESOURCES THROUGH THE INTERLIBRARY LOAN PROGRAM.

The written exam consists of 100 multiple choice questions. Each question consists of one incomplete sentence or a questions followed by four choices. Listed below are several sample items:

The copper cabling form the customer’s premises to the Central Office is commonly known as the:

a. Demarc Line

b. Short Haul Line

* c. Local Loop

d. POTS

Bluetooth wireless communications operates in the frequency range of:

* a. 2.402 GHz to 2.480 GHz

b 2.502 GHz to 2.580 GHz

c. 2.502 GHz to 2.680 GHz

d. 2.402 GHz to 2.580 GHz

* indicates correct answer

THE TEACHER TESTING PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE NON-PROGRAMMABLE CALCULATORS FOR USE IN COMPLETING THE WRITTEN EXAM. DOCUMENTATION REGARDING THESE CALCULATORS WILL BE INCLUDED IN YOUR ADMISSION PACKAGE.

UPDATED: 7/2009

Please be advised that a Telecommunications & Fiber Optics performance exam and outline are being developed. This exam will be aligned with the latest Massachusetts Vocational Technical Education Framework in this licensure area.

UPDATED: 7/2008