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a. Information theory
b. Fourier analysis
c. FFT
d. Hartley's law
10 Aliasing can be defined as errors occurring when
a. Phase
b. Frequency
c. Time
d. Amplitude
2. Communication systems are most often categorized by what
characteristic?
a. Modulation frequency
b. Carrier frequency
c. Transmission distance
d. Information transmitted
3 Voltage gain in decibels is
a. 10 ln
b. 10 log
c. 20 ln
d. 20 log
4 Which expression indicates a measurement using a 1-W reference
a. dBm(1)
b. dB1
c. dBW
d. dB(W)
5 An amplifier operating over a 2-Mhz bandwidth has a 75 input
resistance. If it is operating at 22 C and
has a voltage gain of 300, the noise produced at the output of this
amplifier would be approximately
a.
b.
c.
d.
6 Which of the following is not an example of external noise
a. Fluorescent light
b. Solar emission
c. Resistor noise
d. Lightning
7 An amplifier's output signal has 25 mV p-p of desired signal mixed in
with 45 V rms of undesired noise. The load impedance is 50 . What
is the amplifier's output S/N level in dB?
a. 22.9 dB
b. 54.9 dB
c. 45.9 dB
d. 51.9 dB
8 Why does a 5-kHz square wave require a greater bandwidth than a 2kHz sinewave?
a. The square wave has a larger frequency than the sinewave.
b. The square wave has an infinite number of harmonics, whereas
the sinewave has
only one.
c. The square wave is much easier to cover by noise.
d. The square wave must also include an offset (dc) voltage, whereas
the sinewave
does not.
a. Hartley design
b. Clapp design
c. Colpitts design
d. Crystal design
13 The ability of a crystal to oscillate at its resonant frequency is due to
8. Low-level modulation is
2. The sensitivity of a receiver has to do with its ability to
a. The most economic approach for low-power transmitters.
b. Characterized by the use of "linear" power amplifiers to amplify
the AM
signal.
c. Characterized by having the carrier and the intelligence signals mix
at low
power levels
d. All the above.
9. The main advantage of a high-level modulation system compared to a
low-level system is that it
a. Allows more efficient amplification.
b. Allows use of low-powered intelligence signal.
c. Provides higher modulation percentage.
d. Is more economical.
10. What is the purpose of a buffer amplifier stage in a transmitter?
a. It prevents transmitters from producing spurious frequencies in
the output
signals.
b. It provides power amplification with high efficiency.
c. Its high input impedance prevents oscillators from drifting off
frequency.
d. It amplifies audio frequencies before modulation occurs.
11. The purpose of an antenna coupler is to
a. Match the output impedance of the transmitter with the antenna's
impedance to provide maximum
power transfer.
b. Allow the transmitter to be connected to several antennas at the
same time.
c. Filter out the carrier frequency from the transmitter's AM output
signal.
d. Cause the transmitter to operate at more than one carrier
frequency at the
same time.
a. Withstand shock
b. Receive one station versus another
c. Receive weak stations
d. All the above
3. When the input to an ideal nonlinear device is an AM waveform consisting
of a carrier and its
sidebands, the output of nonlinear mixing produces the original
intelligence because
a. The intelligence signal is one of its inputs.
b. A dc component is also produced.
c. The difference between the carrier and its sidebands is the original
intelligence frequency.
d. The intelligence frequencies are the upper and the lower sideband
frequencies.
4. An AM signal having a carrier frequency of 940 kHz is to be mixed with a
local oscillator output signal in
order to produce an intermediate frequency of 455 kHz. At what should
the L.O. frequency be set?
a. 455 kHz
b. 1395 kHz
c. 910 kHz
d. 1850 kHz
5. Diodes that have been specially fabricated to produce a capacitance that
varies inversely proportional to
the amount of reverse bias are called
a. Varactor diodes
b. Varicap diodes
c. VVC diodes
d. All the above
6. The image frequency for a standard broadcast receiver using a 455kHz IF and tuned to a station at 680
kHz would be
a. 1135 kHz
b. 225 kHz
c. 1590 kHz
d. 1815 kHz
1. An SSB signal with a maximum level of 200 V p-p into a 50 load results in a
PEP rating of
a. 200 W
b. 50 W
c. 100 W
d. 800 W
2. State the chief advantage(s) of a standard SSB system.
a. Maximum signal range with minimum transmitted power
b. Easy carrier reinsertion
c. Elimination of carrier interference
d. a and c
3. The noise advantage of SSB over AM is
a. 35 dB
b. 57 dB
c. 810 dB
d. 1012 dB
4. What is the difference between a balanced modulator and a regular
modulator?
a. There is no carrier produced in the output of a balanced modulator.
b. In a balanced modulator, there is 180 phase shift between the upper
and lower sidebands.
c. In a balanced modulator, only one sideband is produced.
d. In a balanced modulator, harmonics of the sidebands are suppressed.
5. In a balanced-ring modulator, the carrier suppression is accomplished by
a. A dual-gate FET having symmetry
b. Center-tapped transformers causing canceling magnetic fields
c. The nonlinearity of the diodes that are used
d. Symmetrical differential amplifier stages
6.Which cannot be used successfully to convert DSB-SC to SSB?
a. Crystal filter
b. Ceramic filter
c. Mechanical filter
d. Tank circuit
b. 5
c. 2
d. 20
5
a. Frequency deviation
b. Index of modulation
c. Deviation constant
d. Deviation ratio
6
c. 75 kHz
d. 15 kHz
7
c. Capture ratio
d. Modulation index
8
a. 250 W
b. 500 W
c. 1000 W
d. 2000 W
9
a. FM
c. Capture ratio
b. PM
d. Maximum deviation
c. AM
d. All the above
e. a and b
2
a. An FM signal
b. A PM signal
a. 10
b. Expander
c. Pump chain
d. All the above
a. Receiver's wiring
b. IF transformer
c. Antenna
d. All the above
a. 75 kHz
b. 120 kHz
c. 150 kHz
d. 240 kHz
15 Frequency multipliers
a. Are used to multiply the frequency of the carrier signal of an FM
signal
b. Consist of a class C amplifier followed by a tank circuit that
filters out a single harmonic
a. Limiter
b. Discriminator
c. Deemphasis network
d. All the above
2
11
12
a.
b.
c.
d.
4
13
a. VCO
b. Low-pass filter
c. Comparator
d. Phase detector
14
15
a.
b.
c. 1 mV rms
d. 100 mV rms
c. 79.2 dB
d. 81 dB
a. 41 dB
a. Synthesizing
b. 36.2 dB
b. Facsimile
c. 72.4 dB
c. Spread spectrum
d. 82 dB
d. Compression
a. Arbitrary AGC
b. Auxiliary AGC
c. Delayed AGC
14 A typical problem encountered when troubleshooting a frequency
synthesizer is
6 Up-conversion offers the following advantage(s):
a. A small frequency error
a. Less expensive filters
c. No output
d. .b and c
15 A transceiver is
7 The range over which the input to a receiver or amplifier provides a
usable output is called the
a. Level of acceptability
b. Dynamic range
c. Degree of usefulness
d.Specified input
a. ASCII
b. EBCDIC
c. Baudot code
d. Gray code
10 The quantizing error of PCM systems for weak signals can be made
less significant by
a. Companding
b. Using time-division multiplexing
c. Using frequency-division multiplexing
d. Filtering out the alias frequency
d. Dmin
3 Error signals associated with the sampling process are called
11 When the message and the BCC are transmitted as separate parts
within the same transmitted code, it is called a(n)
a. Foldover distortion
a. Systematic code
b. Aliasing
b. CRC
c. Nyquist rate
d. a and b
d. Interleaved code
12 The value left in the CRC dividing circuit after all data have been
shifted in is the
a. RZ-unipolar
b. RZ-bipolar
a. Quantile interval
c. RZ-M
b. Codec
d. RZ-AMI
c. BCC
d. Syndrome
a. Parity
c. The receiver derives its clock signal from the received data
stream.
c. Block-check character
b. Frequency-shift keying
d. Hamming code
14 Error-correcting techniques that allow for correction at the receiver
are called
a. Cyclic redundancy checks (CRC)
b. Block-check characters (BCC)
c. Forward error correcting (FEC)
d. Parity
d. 40 kHz
15 Codes producing random data that closely resemble digital noise are
7 With respect to converter circuits
a. DACs include an ADC
b. ADCs include a DAC
c. DACs and ADCs are virtually identical
a. Systematic codes
b. PN codes
c. Pseudonoise codes
d. b and c
c. Radio facsimile
a. It uses an automatic request for repetition.
d. Radio telemetry
a. The number of bit errors that occur for a given number of bits
transmitted
b. The most common method of referring to the quality of a digital
communication system
a. Noise performance
b. Bandwidth requirements of the channel
c. Ionospheric fading characteristics
d. Power consumption
a. 30,000 bits per second
b. 33,000 bits per second
b. Bandwidth characteristics
c. Simplicity in design
d. Frequency response of the intelligence signal
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and is
b.
c.
b. Protocol
c. Flow control
d. Sequence control
9 The technique that uses the BPSK vector relationship to generate an
output with logical 0s and 1s determined by comparing the phase of
two successive data bits is
a. CSU/DSU
b. TDM
c. CVSD
d. DPSK
a.. Delay equalizer
10 Using radio to transmit gathered data on some particular
phenomenon without the presence of human monitors is known as
a. Radio teletype
b. Radio multiplexing
b. UART
c. Attenuation distortion filter
d. Trunk switcher
3 Which of the following is not a way that designers of telephone
c. Cell splitting
d. Handoff
b. Line control
c. Flow control
d. Topology
e. Sequence control
14 The following numeric describing data rates for copper coax and
twisted pair is rarely used
a. 10 Base 2
b. 10 Base 5
c. 10 Base T
d. 100 Base FX
e. a and b
b. Ethernet
c. OSI
d. CSMA/CD
7 A device interconnecting two networks that use different protocols
and formats is called a
a. Bridge
e. ADSL
b. Gateway
c. Router
d. Node
1 The chief advantage of coaxial cable over open-wire line is
8 A device interconnecting LANs together that usually have identical
protocols at the physical and data link layers is called a
a. Bridge
b. Gateway
c. Router
d. Node
9 In telephony, traffic is defined in
a. Hundred-call seconds
b. Average number of calls in a specific period of time
c. Erlang
d. All the above
10 The Internet and the WWW are
c. Velocity of propagation
d. Delay time
c. Related
d. Local area networks
11 In a telephone system, the grade of service is
b. Balun
c. Shorted-stub section
d. Slotted line
b. 35.9 cm
a. 6
c. 143.6 cm
b. 0.166
d. 2.08 m
c. 0.714
d. 1.4
6 A nonlossy transmission line that is terminated with a resistive load
that is equal to the characteristic impedance of the line
a. Has the same impedance at all points along the line
b. Has a VSWR of 1:1
b.
c.
d.
15 A transmission line can be used as a(n)
a. No reflection
b. VSWR = 1
c. No physical imperfections
a. Inductor
d. a and b
b. Capacitor
c. Filter
d. Matching section
e. All the above
b. CAS
c. CAA
a. Isotropic
d. AAC
b. Transverse
c. Polarized
has a
d. Refractive
3 Which is not an effect of our environment on wave propagation?
a. 6:1
b. 1:6
c. 0.666:1
a. Radiation
b. Reflection
d. 1.5:1
c. Refraction
11 The input impedance of a quarter-wavelength section of a 50transmission line that is terminated with a short is
a. 50
b. 0
d. Diffraction
(a short)
a. Transverse
c. Infinite (open)
d. 100
c. Omnisphere
d. Shadow zone
a. Radiation
a. EMI
b. Reflection
b. Fading
c. Refraction
c. Reflections
d. Diffraction
6 Which is not one of the basic modes of getting a radio wave from
the transmitting to receiving antenna?
a. Ground wave
b. Time diversity
b. Shadow wave
c. Frequency diversity
c. Space wave
d. Angle diversity
d. Satellite link
e. Sky wave
7 The type of wave that is most affected by the D, E, and F layers of
the ionosphere is:
a. Ground wave
c. Hot spot
b. Space wave
d. Skip zone
c. Sky wave
d. Satellite
Chapter 13 Antennas
8 The largest frequency that will be returned to earth when
transmitted vertically under given ionospheric conditions is called
the
a. Critical frequency
b. Maximum usable frequency (MUF)
c. Optimum working frequency (OWF)
d. Skip zone
9 The characteristic impedance of free space is
a. Not known
b. Infinite
c. 50
c. Vertical antenna
d. 377
d. Phased array
10 The area between the point where the ground wave ends and first
sky wave returns is called the
a. Quiet zone
a. Hertz antenna
b. Skip zone
b. Dipole antenna
c. Null Zone
c. Marconi antenna
e. a and b
11 The refraction and reflection action of a skywave between the
ionosphere and ground is known as
a. Space diversity
b. Front-to-back ratio
b. Skip
c. Lobe distribution
c. Tropospheric scattering
d. Beamwidth
d. Fading
12 A satellite communication system used by companies such as K-Mart
to quickly verify credit cards and check inventory data is called
a. VSAT
b. MSAT
c. SATCOM
d. WESTAR
13 A common type of radio wave interference is
b. 50
c. 73
d. 300
6 As the height of a half-wavelength antenna is reduced below a
quarter-wavelength, the radiation resistance
a. Increases
b. Decreases
a. 186.5
b. 103.9
c. 122.5
Chapter 14 Waveguides & RADAR
d. 147.9
8 An impedance-matching device that spreads the transmission line as
it approaches the antenna is called a
a. Delta match
a. Transmission lines
b. Waveguides
c. Director
c. Antennas
d. Counterpoise
b. TE01
b. Marconi array
c. TM10
c. Yagi-Uda
d. TM01
d. Log-periodic
11 The type of antenna often found in small AM broadcast receivers is a
a. Ferrite loop antenna
b. Folded dipole antenna
c. Slot antenna
d. Log-periodic antenna
12 The folded dipole antenna has
a. cost
b. A 288-
b. attenuation
input impedance
d.. a and b
d. ease of construction
e. b and c
6 A circular waveguide is used for
13 The Yagi-Uda antenna consists of
a. Efficiency reasons
a. A driven director and parasitic reflector
b. Ease of manufacture
d. Greater bandwidth
guide waves
d. b and c
b. 18.9
c. 188.9
a. Parabolic horn
d. 45.6
b. Circular horn
c. Pyramidal horn
d. Sectoral horn
2 Cassegrain feed to a paraboloid antenna involves a
a. Volume
b. Inductance
a. Dipole antenna
c. Capacitance
b. Point-source antenna
c. Secondary reflector
d. Any of the above
a. 0.49
b. 4.9
c. 7
d. 0.7
4 Zoning refers to
c. Directional coupling
d. Cavity tuning
a. Indium
b. 377
b. Impact
c. Dependent on frequency
c. Integrated
d. Intrinsic
e. c and d
8 Which is not a typical application of a ferrite in a microwave system?
15 A dielectric waveguide is
a. attenuator
a. Enclosed by a conducting material
b. amplifier
c. isolator
d. circulator
a. Maser
b. Laser
c. Yig
b. Vidicon
c. Image orthicon
d. Iconoscope
d. Parametric amplifier
10 The major difference between a laser and a maser is the
b. Surgical procedures
c. Distance measuring
d. Compact disc players
e. All the above
b. Baritt diode
c. Zener diode
a. 204.5 Mhz
d. Tunnel diode
b. 205.25 Mhz
c. 211.25 Mhz
d. 211.75 Mhz
6 The length of time an image stays on the screen after the signal
is removed is termed
b. Spurious modulation
c. Poor frequency response
a. Retention
d. Low RF output
b. Flicker
c. Persistence
d. Back porch
c. Lens antenna
d. Horn antenna
b. More efficient
c. Simpler
a. Video detector
d. Heavier
b. Video IF amplifier
c. Sync separator
Chapter 16 Television
d. Sound detector
9 The winding around the CRT yoke that deflects the electron
beam with its magnetic field is called the
a. Coil
c. Deflector
d. Magneto
b. Yoke
a. Alignment
a. Alignment
b. Convergence
b. Convergence
c. Interleaving
c. Interleaving
d. Interlacing
d. Interlacing
12 Raster refers to
12 Raster refers to
b. CRT resolution
b. CRT resolution
13 The high voltage for the anode of the CRT is obtained from the
low-voltage power supply using
13 The high voltage for the anode of the CRT is obtained from the
low-voltage power supply using
c. Customer rejection
c. Customer rejection
b. Called a pixelate
b. Called a pixelate
c. Due to noise
c. Due to noise
d. b and c
d. b and c
a. Small size
a. Small size
d. Lower cost
d. Lower cost
a. Infra-red
a. Infra-red
b. Red
b. Red
c. Violet
c. Violet
d. Ultraviolet
e. a and b above
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