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Out of 34 questions, you answered 21 correctly, for a final grade of 62%.
21 correct (62%)
12 incorrect (35%)
1 unanswered (3%)
0 ungraded (0%)
Please answer all questions.
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1
CORRECT
Before data can be transmitted, they must be transformed to ________.
A)periodic signals
B)electromagnetic signals
C)aperiodic signals
D)low-frequency sine waves
2
CORRECT
A periodic signal completes one cycle in 0.001 s. What is the frequency?
A)1 Hz
B)100 Hz
C)1 KHz
D)1 MHz
3
CORRECT
In a frequency-domain plot, the horizontal axis measures the ________.
A)peak amplitude
B)frequency
C)phase
D)slope
4
CORRECT
In a time-domain plot, the horizontal axis is a measure of ________.
A)signal amplitude
B)frequency
C)phase
D)time
5
CORRECT
If the bandwidth of a signal is 5 KHz and the lowest frequency is 52 KHz, what is the highest frequency?
A)5 KHz
B)10 KHz
C)47 KHz
D)57 KHz
6
CORRECT
What is the bandwidth of a signal that ranges from 1 MHz to 4 MHz?
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A)4 MHz
B)1 KHz
C)3 MHz
D)none of the above
7
CORRECT
As frequency increases, the period ________.
A)decreases
B)increases
C)remains the same
D)doubles
8
INCORRECT
Given two sine waves A and B, if the frequency of A is twice that of B, then the period of B is ________ that of A.
A)one-half
B)twice
C)the same as
D)indeterminate from
9
CORRECT
A sine wave is ________.
A)periodic and continuous
B)aperiodic and continuous
C)periodic and discrete
D)aperiodic and discrete
10
CORRECT
If the maximum amplitude of a sine wave is 2 V, the minimum amplitude is ________ V.
A)2
B)1
C)-2
D)between -2 and 2
11
CORRECT
A signal is measured at two different points. The power is P
1
at the first point and P
2
at the second point. The dB is 0. This means ________.
A)P
2
is zero
B)P
2
equals P
1
C)P
2
is much larger than P
1
D)P
2
is much smaller than P
1
12
CORRECT
________ is a type of transmission impairment in which the signal loses strength due to the resistance of the transmission medium.
A)Attenuation
B)Distortion
C)Noise
D)Decibel
13
INCORRECT
________ is a type of transmission impairment in which the signal loses strength due to the different propagation speeds of each frequency that makes up
the signal.
A)Attenuation
B)Distortion
C)Noise
D)Decibel
14
INCORRECT
________ is a type of transmission impairment in which an outside source such as crosstalk corrupts a signal.
A)Attenuation
B)Distortion
C)Noise
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D)Decibel
15
CORRECT
When propagation speed is multiplied by propagation time, we get the ________.
A)throughput
B)wavelength of the signal
C)distortion factor
D)distance a signal or bit has traveled
16
CORRECT
Data can be ________.
A)analog
B)digital
C)(a) or (b)
D)none of the above
17
CORRECT
_______ data are continuous and take continuous values.
A)analog
B)digital
C)(a) or (b)
D)none of the above
18
CORRECT
_______ data have discrete states and take discrete values.
A)Analog
B)Digital
C)(a) or (b)
D)None of the above
19
CORRECT
Signals can be ________.
A)analog
B)digital
C)either (a) or (b)
D)neither (a) nor (b)
20
UNANSWERED
_____ signals can have an infinite number of values in a range.
A)Analog
B)Digital
C)(a) or (b)
D)None of the above
21
CORRECT
_______ signals can have only a limited number of values.
A)Analog
B)Digital
C)(a) or (b)
D)None of the above
22
CORRECT
Frequency and period are ______.
A)inverse of each other
B)proportional to each other
C)the same
D)none of the above
23
INCORRECT
________is the rate of change with respect to time.
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A)Amplitude
B)Time
C)Frequency
D)Voltage
24
CORRECT
_______ describes the position of the waveform relative to time 0.
A)Frequency
B)Phase
C)Amplitude
D)Voltage
25
CORRECT
A sine wave in the ______ domain can be represented by one single spike in the _____ domain.
A)time; frequency
B)frequency; time
C)time; phase
D)phase; time
26
INCORRECT
A _________ sine wave is not useful in data communications; we need to send a _______ signal.
A)composite; single-frequency
B)single-frequency; composite
C)single-frequency; double-frequency
D)none of the above
27
INCORRECT
The _____ of a composite signal is the difference between the highest and the lowest frequencies contained in that signal.
A)frequency
B)period
C)bandwidth
D)amplitude
28
INCORRECT
A(n)_________ signal is a composite analog signal with an infinite bandwidth.
A)digital
B)analog
C)either (a) or (b)
D)neither (a) nor (b)
29
INCORRECT
Baseband transmission of a digital signal is possible only if we have a ____ channel.
A)low-pass
B)bandpass
C)low rate
D)high rate
30
INCORRECT
If the available channel is a ____ channel, we cannot send a digital signal directly to the channel.
A)low-pass
B)bandpass
C)low rate
D)high rate
31
INCORRECT
For a ______ channel, the Nyquist bit rate formula defines the theoretical maximum bit rate.
A)noisy
B)noiseless
C)bandpass
D)low-pass
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32 INCORRECT
For a ______ channel, we need to use the Shannon capacity to find the maximum bit rate.
A)noisy
B)noiseless
C)bandpass
D)low-pass
33
CORRECT
_________ can impair a signal.
A)Attenuation
B)Distortion
C)Noise
D)All of the above
34
INCORRECT
The _________ product defines the number of bits that can fill the link.
A)bandwidth-period
B)frequency-amplitude
C)bandwidth-delay
D)delay-amplitude
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