78200X · Question #82
Which IP500 V2 base card supports both Analogue and Digital telephony?
The correct answer is D. Combination Card. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
Which IP500 V2 base card supports both Analogue and Digital telephony?
Options
- ABase Carrier Card
- BTCM8 Card
- CVCM Card
- DCombination Card
How the community answered
(35 responses)- A3% (1)
- B11% (4)
- C6% (2)
- D80% (28)
Community Discussion
7
Luis F.May 8, 2026The answer is D, the Combination Card, because it is specifically designed to support both Analogue and Digital (TCM) telephony interfaces on a single card, making it the only option here that handles both technologies at once. The other cards like TCM8 and VCM only cover one type each, so the Combination Card is what you want when you need that dual capability in the IP500 V2 system.
Njoroge O.May 4, 2026I kept circling back to B because the TCM8 handles digital extensions and I figured that was the most likely candidate, but the word "both" in the question is the tell: the Combination Card is the one module that bundles analogue and digital ports on a single base card, so D is the only option that satisfies the question as written.
Imani T.May 4, 2026The "both" framing is exactly right, and it is worth adding that on the real exam they will sometimes swap in "hybrid" as a synonym for that combined functionality, so if you see that word in a stem, your brain should jump straight to the Combination Card.
Imani T.Apr 16, 2026The Combination Card is the right pick here, no question. That card is specifically designed to handle both analogue trunks or stations and digital TCM endpoints on the same card, which is exactly what makes it unique among the IP500 V2 base cards.
Luis F.Apr 17, 2026Yep Imani is right that the Combination Card handles both analog and digital TCM on the same card, just worth noting it also supports IP endpoints through the V2 platform so it is really three worlds in one.
Yusuf A.Apr 22, 2026I am going with B, the TCM8 Card, because when my senior showed me the IP500 V2 chassis last month he pointed right at that card and said it handles both analogue lines and digital extensions off the same slot, which is exactly what this question is describing.
Imani T.Apr 24, 2026Yusuf, your senior was right that the TCM8 handles both analogue and digital, but the IP500 V2 uses a combined daughter card architecture where the correct answer here is D because the question is specifically asking about the card that supports that combined functionality in the context being tested. Double-check the official IP Office exam objectives on that one, it trips a lot of people up.