CTE Regulatory Compliance & Industry Standards 3

Question 1

A CLEC seeking to interconnect with an ILEC and disputes the negotiated terms may petition which body for arbitration under the Telecommunications Act of 1996?

Accepted Answer

State Public Utility Commission

Answer

State Public Utility Commissions have authority to arbitrate interconnection disputes between CLECs and ILECs under Section 252 of the Telecommunications Act.

Question 2

The ITU-T G.711 standard defines which codec used extensively in traditional PSTN and VoIP communications?

Accepted Answer

Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) at 64 kbps

Answer

G.711 defines PCM encoding at 64 kbps using either A-law (international) or μ-law (North America/Japan) companding.

Question 3

Under FCC Part 68 rules, what must all terminal equipment connected to the PSTN have?

Accepted Answer

An approved REN (Ringer Equivalence Number) label

Answer

Part 68 requires terminal equipment to display a Ringer Equivalence Number (REN) label along with FCC registration marking to protect the telephone network.

Question 4

Which FCC proceeding established the framework for IP-to-IP interconnection and addressed the transition from TDM to IP networks?

Accepted Answer

GN Docket 12-353 (IP Transition)

Answer

GN Docket 12-353 addressed the IP transition and established rules for testing and managing the shift from TDM to IP-based networks.

Question 5

The North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) and ATIS develop standards primarily relevant to which aspect of telecommunications?

Accepted Answer

Billing and settlement between carriers

Answer

ATIS develops telecom industry standards including billing, ordering, and settlement (BOSS) standards used between carriers for inter-carrier compensation.

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CTE Regulatory Compliance & Industry Standards 3