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200

What was Motorola's most popular cellular phone?

RAZR

200

True or False: Greg Brown believes the election will not impact MSI business.

True

200

GUI

Graphical User Interface

200

What is the largest MSI owned system in North America?

Starcom (State of IL)

200

Who developed OpenSky networks

M/A-COM

200

Which type of coverage test is easiest to pass?

DAQ

400

What station preceeded the QUANTAR?

MSF 5000

400

What year did Greg Brown assume the position of CEO?

2008

400

ISSI

Inter-Sub-System Interface

400

What prime integrator operates the majority of the province-wide systems in Canada?

Bell

400

What is the name and operator of the nationwide public safety LTE network?

FirstNet operated by AT&T

400

When do we do 30-day Burn In Tests?

When we have no choice.

600

What frequency band did IDEN system operate in?

800 MHz

600

What is Greg Brown's Alma Mater?

Rutgers

600

LTE

Long Term Evolution

600

How many province-wide networks are ASTRO systems? How many total are there?

8 of 10

600

What acquisition included multiple competitive P25 networks?

Vesta

600

How many stations are supported on a single antenna with the DBR M12 without coverage degradation?

10

800

What carrier launched a nationwide iDEN network?

Nextel

800

What sports does Greg Bown follow?

NFL, college football, and college basketball

800

RSUS

Remote Security Update Service

800

Name the last 4 Central RVPs

Frank Galvin
Chris Lonnett
John Zidar
Jack Molloy

800

Name the 3 competitive P25 networks, now maintained by MSI in Central

City of Ottawa, City of Montreal and Sedgewick Co KS

800

What product had a user interface that was commonly known as "Buttons and LEDs"?

CENTRACOM

1000

What was the name of the Motorola Satellite network

Irridium

1000

Which Rutgers campus did Greg attend?

Livingston College

1000

PMBOK

Project Management Body of Knowledge

1000

For our last in person Central PSKO, we stayed at Grand Geneva Resort and spa, which was originally operated by which Enterprise?

Playboy

1000

Our largest North America competitor currently goes by the name L3 Harris. Name the last 5 names they have had.

Harris
M/A-COM Wireless Systems
Comnet Ericson
Ericsson
GE

1000

Where did Bluetooth get its name?

10th century Danish king named Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson who unified Denmark and Norway and had a dead tooth that was bluish / grey. The iconic symbol was created by the merge of nordic symbols for letter H and B.

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