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Question 1

4 main responsibilities of Tributary Station acting as a part time terminal?

Answer 1

OPEN-Remaining open each day until traffic to the node suggests other wise

NAME+NUMBER-Provide the node the name and telephone number of who will be available to open the tributary or make the decision to hold traffic at the node

RECEIPTS-Establishing procedures for receipt of high precedence traffic

OPEN/CLOSE-Opening and closing procedures and transmitting opening and closing notices

Question 2

What are the hourly schedules of a Node?

Answer 2

24 hours a day

Question 3

What are the procedures when no alternate station is specified or available to receive traffic?

Answer 3

open for operation when traffic is received that meets time criteria specified by the national communications command

Question 4

4 Opening Procedures/Notice examples

Answer 4

The tributary will be made ready to pass traffic at the scheduled time

Tributary equipment will be checked

Circuit will be activated and tested

Equipment will be started at the direction of the node

Question 5

(Closing Procedure/ Notice)
Verify the Channel Sequence Number CSN of the last good message received against what?

Answer 5

The number of the returning closing notice

Question 6

If the CSN of the closing notice is in sequence with the last good message received what will happen?

Answer 6

the terminal will close

Question 7

If a disparity exists regarding the CSN how will the terminal respond?

Answer 7

immediately take service action in accordance with paragraph 433 and then close

Question 8

Fifteen minutes before closing terminal stations not employing CSNs
will send what?

Answer 8

A closing notice of Priority precedence to the node service position without waiting for a reply

Question 9

The node is programmed to automatically generate a format line 1 pilot for all message formats in what 2 instances?

Answer 9

• A suspected duplicate transmission is generated
• A collectively routed message is alternatively routed to another station
• A combination of these

Question 10

The appropriate content indicator code/communication action identifier from
Annex B will be inserted, as required, in which positions?

Answer 10

5 through 8 of the line1 pilot

Question 11

The routing indicator of the node generating the pilot is inserted between what?

Answer 11

Filing time and security redundancy warning sentinel of the line 1 pilot