CAD you believe it? (free points)
Sick Pelican Moment
Rae's Least Favorite
I can't keep giving these clever names, help me
Snake? Snake?! SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!
100
CAD is often considered THIS of the public saftey operations
What is "The Heart"?
100
A feature corresponding to automatic number identification by which the number provided by the automatic number identification feature is matched with the address or location of the telephone from which the call is made and is presented to the public safety answering point along with the number in a computerized 9-1-1 system.
What is "ALI"?
100
The abbreviation TTY
What is "Teletypewriter"?
100
A representation usually on a flat surface of the whole or a part of an area
What are "Printed Maps"?
100
This is the most basic radio communications system
What is "Conventional System"?
200
Viewing and receiving calls for service, location history, sending and retrieving messages, and report writing are all basic functions of this
What is "MDT"?
200
The abbreviation COG
What is "Council of Governments"?
200
Most TTY devices transmit the information typed through electronic code called _______
What is "Baudot"?
200
A means for determining the geographic location of a vehicle and transmitting this information to a point where it can be used
What is "Automatic Vehicle Locators"?
200
A low-cost mid-power control station system for a wireless dispatch solution. It is used as an emergency backup station when infrastructure is off-line or for wireless access to different system types for increased interoperability between agencies
What is "Consolette Radio"?
300
Name 8 of the 12 basic CAD functions
300
The first city in Texas to have 9-1-1 installed
What is "Odessa"?
300
Response time, response quality, hours of operation and all other features offered fall under this
What is "Equal Access"?
300
These include maps of malls, apartments, schools, and businesses
What are "Building Blueprints"?
300
Contains a transmitter and a receiver. The radio is powered by an external electrical system (typically 110 volt ac) and is connected to an antenna located tens to hundreds of feet away
What is "Base/Fixed Station Radios"?
400
The benefits of mobile computing technology may include these:
What is "Reduced radio congestion/dispatch workload, Easier resource management/allocation/supervision, lower costs for changes of a report/training, and increased officer confidence & improved professional image for the department"?
400
In order to be a PSAP, it must have these four things
What are "Is operated continuously; is assigned the responsibility to receive 9-1-1 calls and, as appropriate, to dispatch emergency response services directly or to transfer or relay emergency 9-1-1 calls to the other public safety agencies; is the first point of reception by a public safety agency of a 9-1-1 call; and serves the jurisdiction in which it is located or other participating jurisdictions"?
400
The two types of test calls
What are "Calls with TTY tones and Silent, open line calls"?
400
The abbreviation of USNG
What is "United States National Grid"?
400
Most public safety communications radios (portable, mobile, base station, and repeaters) transmit frequencies between _________
What is "30 MHz and 900 MHz"?
500
The first word spoken on a 9-1-1 line
What is "Hello"?
500
A technology that allows text to be sent immediately as it is created through wireless handsets that use IP-based technology on networks
What is "Real-time Text/RTT"?
500
In the past, PSAPS would make callers do this to be recognized. This is now not allowed
What is "Press the space bar/keys"?
500
A device that records, stores and is capable of playing back all communication media within the domain to which it is assigned
What is "Logging Recorder"?
500
Cell phones and systems, such as global positioning receivers, call boxes, electronic signs, irrigation systems, and mobile command units, that transmit information from remote locations, transmit in the microwave band between _______
What is "1 GHz and 20 GHz"?