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Review Quiz: Introduction to Electronics Communications

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

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Class
Date
1.

In a communications system, noise is most likely to affect the signal

a)

at the transmitter

b)

in the channel

c)

in the information source

d)

at the destination

2.

Indicate the FALSE statement. Fourier analysis shows that a sawtooth wave consist of

a)

fundamental and subharmonic sine waves

b)

a fundamental sine wave and an infinite number of harmonics

c)

fundamental and harmonic sine waves whose amplitude decreases with the harmonic number

d)

sinusoidal voltages, some of which are small enough to ignore in practice

3.

Indicate the true statement. The process of sending and receiving started as early as

a)

the middle 1930s

b)

1850

c)

the beginning of the twentieth century

d)

the 1840s

4.

Communication is the process of


a)

Keeping in touch.

b)

Broadcasting.

c)

Exchanging information.

d)

Entertainment by electronics.

5.

Two (2) key barriers to human communication are (check that applies)

a)

Language

b)

Distance

c)

Cost

d)

Standards

6.

Electronic communications was discovered in which century?




a)

16th

b)

18th

c)

19th

d)

20th

7.

Random interference to transmitted signals is called

a)

Adjacent channel overlap.

b)

Cross talk.

c)

Garbage-in-garbage out.

d)

Noise.

8.

The communication medium causes the signal to be




a)

Amplified.

b)

Modulated.

c)

Attenuated.

d)

Interfered with.

9.

One-way communication is called






a)

Half duplex

b)

Full duplex

c)

Bicomm

d)

Simplex

10.

Simultaneous two-way communication is called




a)

Half duplex

b)

Full duplex

c)

Bicomm

d)

Simplex

11.

The process of transmitting two or more information signals simultaneously over the same channel is called



a)

Multiplexing

b)

Telemetry

c)

Mixing

d)

Modulation

12.

Continuous voice or video signals are referred to as being




a)

Baseband

b)

Analog

c)

Digital

d)

Continuous waves

13.

Transmission of graphical information over the telephone network is accomplished by



a)

Television

b)

CATV

c)

Videotext

d)

Facsimile

14.

Measuring physical conditions at some remote location and transmitting this data for analysis is the process of




a)

Telemetry

b)

Modulation

c)

Instrumentation

d)

Multiplexing

15.

A frequency of 27 MHz has a wavelength of approximately




a)

11 m

b)

27 m

c)

30 m

d)

81 m

16.

The voice frequency range is




a)

30 to 300 Hz

b)

300 to 3000 Hz

c)

20 Hz to 20 kHz

d)

0 Hz to 15 kHz

17.

Another name for signals in the HF range is




a)

Microwaves

b)

RF waves

c)

Shortwaves

d)

Millimeter waves

18.

Television broadcasting occurs in which ranges?




a)

HF

b)

EHF

c)

VHF

d)

UHF

19.

Electromagnetic waves produced primarily by heat are called




a)

Infrared rays

b)

Microwaves

c)

Shortwaves

d)

X-rays

20.

A micron is




a)

One-millionth of a foot

b)

One-millionth of a meter

c)

One-thousandth of a meter

d)

One ten-thousandth of an inch

21.

A signal occupies the spectrum space from 1.115 GHz to 1.122 GHz. The bandwidth is?

a)

0.007 MHz.

b)

7MHz.

c)

237 MHz

d)

70MHz

22.

In the United States, the electromagnetic spectrum is regulated and managed by

a)

NTC

b)

ITU

c)

FCC

d)

The United Nations

23.

If this oscilloscope's Volts/div setting is 10, what is the amplitude of the wave shown in the image below?

a)

10

b)

2

c)

20

d)

5

24.

If this oscilloscope's time base is set to 1ms/div, what is the wave frequency shown in the image below?

a)

100 Hz

b)

250 Hz

c)

500 Hz

d)

1000 Hz

25.

A sine wave whose frequency is some integer multiple of a fundamental sine wave is called?

a)

Harmonics

b)

Square Wave

c)

Complex Wave

d)

Digital Pulses