Chapter 8: Central Alarm Stations & Dispatch Operations

Magnetic contact switches, motion sensors and glass break sensors are examples of what kind of sensors.

• Access control

• Building automation

• Closed circuit television

• Intrusion

Magnetic stripe, wiegand, proximity and bio-metric are examples of access control readers.

• True

• False

An advanced radio dispatch system may consist of the following:

• Touch screen interface

• Voice recording

• Remote paging

• All of the above

A main component of a medium to large access control system is the following:

• Access control

• Distributed processor

• Card data

• Field

Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Storage Area Networks (SAN) are examples of Large capacity storage devices used with video surveillance systems.

• True

• False

The 10-codes are used to assist with rapid transmission of radio communications.

• True

• False

Access control sensors may be used to detect unauthorized access to a facility, and to generate security alarms in response. Which of the following is not one of those access control sensors:

• Magnetic contact switch

• Network attached storage device

• Keypad locks

• REX or request to exit device

A transmission medium is simply the method by which an electronic message is carried. Signals may be transmitted in a variety of ways. Which of the following is not one of those mediums used to transmit electronic messages:

• Copper wire

• Fiber Optics

• Cellular Transmission

• None of the above

A smoke detector is a device to manually initiate a fi re alarm

• True

• False

Gas, temperature and power failure are examples of which of the following sensors:

• Access control

• Building automation

• Closed circuit television

• Fire Alarm