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Question #: 60
Topic #: 6
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Which of the following methods of providing telecommunications continuity involves the use of an alternative media?

  • A. Alternative routing
  • B. Diverse routing
  • C. Long haul network diversity
  • D. Last mile circuit protection
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Suggested Answer: A 🗳️
Alternative routing is a method of routing information via an alternate medium such as copper cable or fiber optics. This involves use of different networks, circuits or end points should the normal network be unavailable. Diverse routing routes traffic through split cable facilities or duplicate cable facilities. This can be accomplished with different and/or duplicate cable sheaths. If different cable sheaths are used, the cable may be in the same conduit and therefore subject to the same interruptions as the cable it is backing up. The communication service subscriber can duplicate the facilities by having alternate routes, although the entrance to and from the customer premises may be in the same conduit. The subscriber can obtain diverse routing and alternate routing from the local carrier, including dual entrance facilities. This type of access is time-consuming and costly. Long haul network diversity is a diverse long-distance network utilizing T1 circuits among the major long-distance carriers. It ensures long-distance access should any one carrier experience a network failure. Last mile circuit protection is a redundant combination of local carrier T1s microwave and/or coaxial cable access to the local communications loop. This enables the facility to have access during a local carrier communication disaster. Alternate local carrier routing is also utilized.
Source: Information Systems Audit and Control Association, Certified Information Systems Auditor 2002 review manual, chapter 5: Disaster Recovery and
Business Continuity (page 259).

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CraigB83
3 months, 1 week ago
Selected Answer: D
Last mile circuit protection involves using alternative media to ensure continuity of telecommunications services. It typically refers to having redundant physical pathways or media (such as fiber optic and copper lines) to connect the last mile between the service provider and the customer premises. This redundancy helps ensure that if one pathway or medium is disrupted, the telecommunications service can continue to function using the alternative pathway or medium.
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newpylong
1 year, 7 months ago
This is not correct. Alternative routing does not specific physical media, only an alternative path.
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