CET3116 Assignment 1 Spring 2016 1

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Question 1 (1 point)

Which of the following was the first type of switch used within computers?

a) Transistor
b) Vacuum Tube
c) Integrated circuit
d) None of the above

Question 2 (1 point)

_____Moores____ law states that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit doubles
every 18 months.
Question 2 options:
Moores

Question 3 (1 point)

Which of the following is the alternative name for an integrated circuit?

a) Vacuum Tube
b) Chip
c) Binary device
d) Transistor
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Question 4 (1 point)

The power of a modern computer is essentially governed by the number of ____.

Question 4 options:

a) Vacuum tubes
b) Keyboards

c) Interconnections

d) Transistors

Question 5 (1 point)

Who was the co-founder of Intel?

a) Michael Dell
b) John Fleming
c) Bill Gates

d) Gordon Moore

Question 6 (1 point)

Which type of signal varies smoothly and continuously over time?

a) Digital signal

b) Analog signal

c) All of the above

d) None of the above

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Question 7 (1 point)

There are a(n) _______Infinite____ number of signal values within an analog signal.

Infinite

Question 8 (1 point)

Which of the following is a term that refers to a countable number of measurements?

a) Analog

b) Discrete

c) All of the above

d) None of the above

Question 9 (1 point)

Which of the following are examples of analog devices?

a) Mercury thermometer

b) Traditional photograph camera (film camera)

c) Videocassette (VHS or Betamax)

d) All of the above

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Question 10 (1 point)

Which of the following are examples of digital devices?

a) Mercury thermometer

b) Traditional photograph camera

c) Computer

d) Both b and c

Question 11 (1 point)

The duration of pulses within a signal is also called the _______bit period_____ and is
measured in terms of seconds.

bit period

Question 12 (1 point)

Bit period and ____data rate____ are inversely related to each other.
:
data rate

Question 13 (1 point)

A 6.5MB digital file stored on a hard disk contains ______54,525,952____ bits.

Please give a numeric answer including comas and no decimals.

6.5 MB * 220 bytes/MB * 8 bits/byte = 54,525,952 bits

Question 14 (1 point)

A 2.5 KB digital file stored on a CD contains _____20,480____ bits.

2.5 KB * 210 bytes/KB * 8 bits/byte =20,480 bits

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Question 15 (1 point)

In digital systems, __noise_________ can be effectively filtered out if its level is not too great.

Question 16 (1 point)
Digital information, especially digital images and movies, is highly amenable to
_____Compression____ because it contains an abundant amount of repetition.

Question 17 (1 point)

Which form of energy may be used to transport bits efficiently over a wireless communication
system?

Radio frequency
Light

Electricity
All of the above

Question 18 (1 point)

Which of the following are examples of transmission media?

Copper wire

Fiber optic cable

Air

All of the above

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Question 19 (1 point)

Which of the following are examples of transmission media used to transport electrical
signals?

Copper wire

Fiber optic cable

None of the above

All of the above

Question 20 (1 point)

Which of the following is a measure of electricity?

Degrees Celcius

Volts

Seconds
All of the above

Question 21 (1 point)

Calculate the data rate if the bit period of a signal is 0.4 s (microseconds)

25 Kbps
400 Kbps
2.5 Mbps
4 Mbps

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Question 22 (1 point)

Calculate the data rate if the bit period of a signal is 0.0000005 s.

a) 20 Kbps

b) 2 Mbps

c) 2 Kbps

d) 20 Mbps

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Question 23 (1 point)

Calculate the bit period of a signal if the data rate is 2.5 Kbps.

a) 0.0004 s

b) 0.00004 s

c) 0.04 s

d) 0.4 s

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Question 24 (1 point)

Which of the following multipliers has a value of 1,000,000 within the context of transmission?

Kilo

Giga

Tera

Mega
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Question 25 (1 point)

Which of the following multiplier has a value of 1,048,576 within the context of storage?
Question 25 options:

Kilo

Mega ( 220)

Giga

None of the above

Question 26 (1 point)

Calculate how many bits there are stored in a 8 KB digital audio file.

32,768 bits

4,096 bits

65,536 bits
4,000 bits

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Question 27 (1 point)

Calculate how many Megabytes there are in 41,943,040 bits.

a) 3 MB

b) 4 MB

c) 5 MB

d) 25 MB

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= =



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Question 28 (3 points)

A digital video system uses a display format of 1024 by 768 pixels. Each pixel is coded using 32
bits. The system uses the AC current line (60 Hz) for synchronization so the refresh rate is 60
screens /sec. What is the minimum size of the video memory, given in Gigabytes (GB), required
to store one second of video? Assume that no compression is used.

Give the result using two decimals (approximating to the closest hundredth decimal).

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Question 29 (1 point)

Which of the following are classified as optical storage media?

a) Hard disk

b) CD

c) DVD

d) Both b and c
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Question 30 (1 point)

Which of the following are classified as magnetic storage media?

a) Hard disk

b) Floppy disk

c) DVD

d) Both a and b

Question 31 (1 point)

Which of the following are advantages of the digital domain?

a) Ability for noise removal

b) Vulnerability to the addition of noise
c) Ability for compression
d) Both a) and c)
e) None of the above

Question 32 (1 point)

Which of the following is a technique that may be used to manage errors within digital
communication systems?

a) Compression algorithms
b) Encryption algorithms
c) Error control schemes
d) Both b and c
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Question 33 (2 points)

When music is recorded on a CD, a digital recording device samples the sound 44,100
times per second. Each sample is 2 bytes (16 bits) long, and a separate sample is
taken for each of the two speakers in a stereo system. Therefore each second of sound
on the CD requires _________________bytes of memory

a) 1,411,200

b) 1,378.125

c) 176,400

d) none of the above

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Question 34 (1 point)

Using last question figures, determine how many bytes of memory are needed to store
a 3-minute song

a) 31,752,000
b) 15,876,000
c) 12,000,000
d) none of the above

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Question 35 (3 points)

As we have seen in class, to convert analog information to digital form, we first take samples of
the given signal at discrete interval of time. In order for each sample to be meaningful, the
original signal must be sampled at a rate at least as twice the highest frequency component of the
analog signal. This principle is known as Nyquist Law. If an analog signal has frequency
components up to 25,000 Hz, what would be the minimum sampling rate to satisfy Nyquist Law?
Give the result in Samples per second.

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