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Worksheetsreview answer pt.2
Total questions: 91
Worksheet time: 46mins
What is the bandwidth required to transmit at a rate of 10 Mbps in the presence of a 28-bd S/N ratio?
1.075 MHz
10 MHz
5 MHz
10.5 MHz
The slope of the analog signal is greater than the delta modulator can maintain
overload distortion
granular noise
slope overload
peak limiting
A carrier recovery is needed with
FSK
BPSK
DPSK
QAM
Pulse – amplitude modulation signals are multiplexed by using
Subcarrier
Bandpass filters
A/D converters
FET switches
The biggest disadvantage of PCM is
its inability to handle analog signals
the high error rate which is quantizing noise introduces
its incompatibility with TDM
the large bandwidths that are required for it
Mark and space refer respectively to
dot and dash
message and interval
binary 1 and binary 0
on and off
Pulse width modulation may be generated
by differentiating pulse position modulation
with a monostable multivibrator
by integrating the signal
with a free running multivibrator
A transmission of binary data which involves the transmission of two non – zero voltage level
Unipolar
Polar
Bipolar
Non – return to zero
Part of the PCM system that prevents aliasing or foldover distortion
Bandpass filter
Anti – foldover distortion
Anti – aliasing
Any of these
It is defined as the process of transforming messages or signals in accordance with a definite set of rules.
Quantizing
Sampling
Coding
Decoding
The PCM code for each channel occupies a fixed time slot called
Frame time
Baud
Transmission time
Epoch
The number of amplitude, frequency, or phase changes that take place per second is known as the
data rate in bits per second
frequency of operation
speed limit
baud rate
The basic modulator and demodulator circuits in PSK are
PLLs
Balanced modulators
Shift registers
Linear summers
Information capacity is convenient to express as
baud
bits
dot length
bits per second or bps
Sampling technique that when the tops of the sample pulses retain their natural shape during the sample interval
unnatural sampling
flat top sampling
natural sampling
free sampling
A form of digital modulation similar to PSK except the digital information is contained in both the amplitude and the phase of the transmitted carrier.
ASK
FSK
QAM
PSK
For the 16-PSK and a transmission system with a 10kHz bandwidth, determine the maximum bit rate
40,000 bps
80,000 bps
20,000 bps
16,000 bps
The type of modulation most often used with direct-sequence spread spectrum is
QAM
SSB
FSK
PSK
In order to reduce quantizing noise, one must
increase the number of standard amplitudes
send pulses whose sides are more nearly vertical
use an RF amplifier at the receiver
increase the number of samples per second
Companding is used
to overcome quantizing noise in PCM
in PCM transmitters, to allow amplitude limiting in the receiver
to protect small signals in PCM form quantizing distortion
in PCM receivers, to overcome impulse noise
Transmitting data as serial binary word is called _______.
digital communications
quantizing
PAM
PCM
Emphasizing low-level signals and compressing higher level signals is called
quantizing
companding
pre-emphasis
sampling
Sixteen different levels (symbols) are used to encode binary data. The channel bandwidth is 36 MHz. The maximum channel capacity is
18 Mbps
72 Mbps
288 Mbps
2.176 Gbps
What is the minimum bandwidth required to transmit a 56 kbps binary signal with no noise?
14 kHz
56 kHz
28 kHz
112 kHz
Type of PCM that uses single-bit PCM code to achieve digital transmission of analog signals
Adaptive delta modulation
Pulse code modulation
Differential modulation
Delta modulation
It is a delta modulation system where the step size of the digital-to-analog converter is automatically varied, depending on the analog input signal.
Adaptive Delta Modulation
PCM
Differential modulation
Delta modulation
It is a popular type of line encoding that produces a strong timing component for clock recovery and does not cause wandering.
Digital biphase
diphase
Manchester code
Any of these
In a PAM/TDM system, keeping the multiplexer and DEMUX channels step with one another is done by a
clock recovery circuit
sync pulse
sampling
sequencer
Which of the following is correct?
The bit rate may be greater than the baud rate
The baud rate may be greater than the bit rate
The bit and baud rate are always the same
The bit and baud rates are not related
The magnitude of a quantum in quantization of PCM codes.
Maximum decodable voltage
Dynamic range
Resolution
Coding level
Higher order TDM levels are obtained by
dividing pulse widths
using the a-law
using u-law
forming supermastergroups
Results when the sample exceeds the highest quantization interval
Overload distortion
Quantization error
Quantization noise
Granular noise
The carrier used with a BPSK demodulator is
Generated by an oscillator
The BPSK signal itself
Twice the frequency of the transmitted carrier
Recovered from the BPSK signal
In digital modulation, if the information signal is digital and the amplitude of the carrier is varied proportional to the information signal.
Quaternary Shift Keying (QAM)
Phase Shift Keying (PSK)
Frequency Shift Keying (FSK)
Amplitude Shift Keying (ASK)
Slow speed modems
FSK
BPSK
QPSK
QAM
What is the relationship of bit rate and baud in QPSK and 8-PSK?
bit rate is greater than baud
bit rate is always less than the baud
bit rate is never greater than the baud
bit rate is slightly less than the baud
A common method of achieving carrier recovery for BPSK
Trellis code
Bandwidth efficiency
Squaring loop
Carrier recovery
What is the relationship of bit rate and baud in FSK and PSK?
greater than
slightly greater than
less than
equal
For a single-channel PCM system with a sample rate of 6000 samples per second and a seven-bit compressed PCM code, what is the line speed?
21,000 bps
42,000 bps
14,000 bps
12,000 bps
In delta modulation, the modulator is sometimes called _____.
continuous ADC
tracking ADC
variable slope ADC
slope ADC
For an 8-PSK system, operating with an information bit rate of 24 kbps, determine the bandwidth efficiency
8 bits/cycle
2 bits/cycle
3 bits/cycle
4 bits/cycle
Element of a PCM system that periodically samples the analog input signal and converts those samples to a multilevel PAM signal
Bandpass filter
Sample-and-hold circuit
Analog-to-digital converter
Digital-to-analog converter
Quadrature amplitude modulation is
Amplitude modulation only
QPSK only
AM plus QPSK
AM plus FSK
The most common modulation system used for telegraphy is
frequency-shift keying
two-tone modulation
pulse-code modulation
single-tone modulation
In digital modulation, it is similar to standard amplitude modulation except there is only two amplitudes possible
frequency shift keying
quaternary amplitude modulation
amplitude shift keying
phase shift keying
A 9600-baud rate signal can pass over the voice grade telephone line if which kind of modulation is used?
BPSK
QPSK
DPSK
QAM
The modulation system inherently most noise-resistant is
SSB, suppressed carrier
frequency modulation
pulse-position modulation
pulse-code modulation
It is the most prevalent encoding technique used for TDM signals
PAM
PLM
PPM
PCM
The process of converting the analog sample into discrete form is called
modulation
multiplexing
quantization
sampling
The expression for bandwidth BW of a PCM system, where v is the number of bits per sample and FM is the modulating frequency, is given by
bw ≥ vfm
bw ≤ vfm
bw ≥ 2 vfm
bw ≥ 1/2 vfm
In digital transmission, the modulation technique that requires minimum bandwidth is
delta modulation
pcm
dpcm
pam
In Delta Modulation, the bit rate is
n times the sampling frequency
n times the modulating frequency
n times the Nyquist criteria
none of the above
In Differential Pulse Code Modulation techniques, the decoding is performed by
accumulator
sampler
PLL
quantizer
Granular noise occurs when
step size is too small
step size is too large
there is interference from the adjacent channel
bandwidth is too large
The digital modulation technique in which the step size is varied according to the variation in the slope of the input is called
delta modulation
PCM
adaptive delta modulation
pam
The digital modulation scheme in which the step size is not fixed is
delta modulation
adaptive delta modulation
dpcm
pcm
In Adaptive Delta Modulation, the slope error reduces and
quantization error decreases
quantization error increases
quantization error remains same
none of the above
Polar coding is a technique in which
1 is transmitted by a positive pulse and 0 is transmitted by negative pulse
1 is transmitted by a positive pulse and 0 is transmitted by zero volts
both a & b
none of the above
The polarities in NRZ format use
complete pulse duration
half duration
both positive as well as negative value
each pulse is used for twice the duration
The format in which the positive half interval pulse is followed by a negative half interval pulse for transmission of ‘1’ is
polar nrz format
bipolar nrz format
manchester format
none of the above
The maximum synchronizing capability in coding techniques is present in
manchester format
polar nrz
polar rz
polar quaternary nrz
The advantage of using Manchester format of coding is
power saving
polarity sense at the receiver
noise immunity
none of the above
Alternate Mark Inversion (AMI) is also known as
pseudo ternary coding
manchester coding
polar nrz format
none of the above
In DPSK technique, the technique used to encode bits is
ami
differential code
uni polar rz format
manchester format
In Alternate Mark Inversion (AMI) is
0 is encoded as positive pulse and 1 is encoded as negative pulse
0 is encoded as no pulse and 1 is encoded as negative pulse
0 is encoded as negative pulse and 1 is encoded as positive pulse
0 is encoded as no pulse and 1 is encoded as positive or negative pulse
The number of bits of data transmitted per second is called
data signaling rate
modulation rate
coding
none of the above
The difficulty in achieving the Nyquist criterion for system design is
there are abrupt transitions obtained at edges of the bands
bandwidth criterion is not easily achieved
filters are not available
none of the above
ASK modulated signal has the bandwidth
same as the bandwidth of baseband signal
half the bandwidth of baseband signal
double the bandwidth of baseband signal
none of the above
In Binary Phase Shift Keying system, the binary symbols 1 and 0 are represented by carrier with phase shift of
Π/2
Π
2Π
None of these
BPSK system modulates at the rate of
1 bit/ symbol
2 bit/ symbol
4 bit/ symbol
none of the above
The binary waveform used to generate BPSK signal is encoded in
bipolar nrz format
manchester coding
differential coding
none of the above
The bandwidth of BFSK is _________ than BPSK.
lower
same
higher
not predictable
The frequency shifts in the BFSK usually lies in the range
50 to 1000 Hz
100 to 2000 Hz
200 to 500 Hz
500 to 10 Hz
The spectrum of BFSK may be viewed as the sum of
two ask spectra
two psk spectra
two fsk spectra
none of the above
The maximum bandwidth is occupied by
ask
bpsk
fsk
none of the above
QPSK is a modulation scheme where each symbol consists of
4 bits
2 bits
1 bits
m number of bits, depending upon the requirements
A QAM modulator does not use ____.
XNOR
Bit Splitter
Balanced modulator
2-to-4 level converter
It is a form of phase-division multiplexing where two data channels modulate the same carrier frequency that is shifted 90 degrees in phase.
PSK
FSK
QAM
ASK
One eight-bit PCM code is called
FDM frame
TDM time slot
TDM frame
FDM time slot
A transmission of binary data which involves the transmission of only a single non-zero voltage level.
Unipolar
Bipolar
Polar
Non-return to zero
If the active time of the binary pulse is less than 100% of the bit time
Non return to zero
Bipolar
Unipolar
Return to zero
The data rate of QPSK is _______ of BPSK.
thrice
four times
twice
same
QPSK system uses a phase shift of
Π
Π/2
Π/4
2Π
Which modulation scheme is also called as onoff keying method?
ask
fsk
psk
gmsk
In differential PSK the date is
encoded differentially
decoded differentially
encoded & decoded differentially
none of the mentioned
M-ary signaling produces error performance with orthogonal signaling and error performance with multiple phase signaling.
degraded, improved
improved, degraded
improved, improved
degraded, degraded
In which system, bit stream is portioned into even and odd stream?
bpsk
msk
qpsk
fsk
The error performance of MPSK as M or k increases.
increases
decreases
stays constant
none of the mentioned
In MPSK adding new signals make it vulnerable to noise and in MFSK ______ make it vulnerable.
does, does not
does not, does
does, does
does not, does not
The relation between the probability of bit error and probability of symbol error in M-ary orthogonal signalling is
m/m-1
2m/m-1
(m/2)/m-1
m/m+1
Performance of BFSK signal is than BPSK.
3 dB worse
3 dB better
6 dB worse
6 dB better
