DIGITAL COMMUNICATION c. 800 b.

Synchronous serial
NETWORKS d. 1600 c. Parallel
Pinoybix.com 9. Determine the channel capacity d. A and B
of a 4 kHz channel with S/N = 10 dB. 17. Data are sent over pin ________
1. ASK, PSK, FSK, and QAM are a. 8.02 kbps of the EIA-RS-232 interface.
examples of _________ encoding. b. 4.17 kbps a. 2
a. Digital-to-digital c. 13.74 kbps b. 3
b. Digital-to-analog d. 26.58 kbps c. 4
c. Analog-to –analog 10. If the bit rate for an ASK signal is d. All of the above
d. Analog-to-digital 1200 bps, the baud rate is 18. In the EIA-RS-232 standard what
2. Unipolar, bipolar, and polar a. 300 does -12V on a data pin represent?
encoding are types of ___________ b. 400 a. 1
encoding. c. 600 b. 0
a. Digital-to-digital d. 1200 c. Undefined
b. Digital-to-analog 11. Which encoding method uses d. Either 1 or 0 depending on the
c. Analog-to-analog alternating positive and negative coding scheme
d. Analog-to-digital values for 1’s? 19. The majority of the pins f the
3. PCM is an example of a. NRZ-I EIA-RS-232 interface are used for
__________ encoding. b. RZ _____ purpose.
a. Digital-to-digital c. Manchester a. Control
b. Digital-to-analog d. AMI b. Timing
c. Analog-to –analog 12. If the maximum value of a PCM c. Data
d. Analog-to-digital signal is 31 and the minimum value d. Testing
4. AM and FM are examples of is -31, how many bits were used for 20. X-21 uses a _____ connector.
________ encoding. coding? a. DB-15
a. Digital-to-digital a. 4 b. DB-25
b. Digital-to-analog b. 5 c. DB37
c. Analog-to –analog c. 6 d. DB-9
d. Analog-to-digital d. 7 21. If you have two close,
5. In QAM, both phase and 13. Deliberate violations of compatible DTEs that can
________ of a carrier frequency are alternate mark inversion are used in communicate data that do not need
varied. which type of digital-to-digital to be modulated. A good interface
a. Amplitude encoding? would be ________.
b. Frequency a. AMI a. A null modem
c. Bit rate b. B8ZS b. An EIA-RS-232 modem
d. Baud rate c. RZ c. A DB-45 connector
6. Which of the following is most d. Manchester d. A transceiver
affected by noise? 14. RZ encoding involves _______ 22. What is the object of trellis
a. PSK levels of signal amplitude. coding?? a. To narrow bandwidth
b. ASK a. 1 b. To simplify encoding
c. FSK b. 3 c. To increase data rate
d. QAM c. 4 d. To reduce the error rate
7. If the frequency spectrum of a d. 5 23. In trellis coding. The number of
signal has a bandwidth of 500 Hz 15. If the transmission rate of a the data bits is _____ the number of
with the highest frequency at 600 digital communication system of 10 transmitted bits. a. Equal to
Hz, what should be the sampling Mbps modulation scheme used in b. Less than
rate according to the Nyquist 16-QAM, determined the c. More than
theorem? bandwidth efficiency. d. Double that of
a. 200 samples/sec a. 16 bits/cycle 24. Which ITU-T modem uses trellis
b. 500 samples/sec b. 4 bits/cycle coding?
c. 1000 samples/sec c. 8 bits/cycle a. V.33
d. 1200 samples/sec d. 2 bits/cycle b. V.34
8. If the baud rate is 400 for a 4-PSK, 16. In _________ transmission, bits c. V.39
the bit rate is ______ bps. are transmitted simultaneously, d. V.37
a. 100 each across its own channel.
b. 400 a. Asynchronous serial
25. The signal between two 32. Which of the following modems 39. An asynchronous
modems is always a. Digital uses FSK modulation? communications system uses ASCII
b. Analog a. Bell 103 at 9600 bps with eight bits, one
c. PSK b. Bell 201 start bit, one stop bit and no parity
d. QAM c. Bell 212 bit. Express the data rate in words
26. For digital communications, d. All of the above per minute. (Assume a word has five
determine the signal to noise ratio 33. A maximum length of 50 feet is characters and one space).
in dB which would be required for specified in standard __________. a. 9600 wpm
an ideal channel with a. EIA-RS-449 b. 57600 wpm
a bandwidth of 2500 Hz. a. 5 b. EIA-RS-232 c. 160 wpm
b. 9.54 dB c. EIA-RS-423 d. 11520 wpm
c. 4.77 dB d. RS-422 40. A telephone line has a
d. 3.4 34. A cable range of 40 to _____ bandwidth of 3.2 kHz and a signal-
27. For a PCM system with a feet is possible according to the EIA- to-noise ratio of 34 dB. A signal is
maximum decoded voltage at the RS-449 standard. transmitted down this line using a
receiver of ±2.55 V and minimum a. 50 four-level code. What is the
dynamic range of 46 dB, determine b. 400 maximum theoretical data rate?
the maximum quantization error. c. 500 a. 12.8 kbps
a. 5.0 V d. 4000 b. 6.4 kbps
b. 0.5 V 35. What is the bandwidth required c. 36.144 kbps
c. 0.005 V to transmit at a rate of 10Mbits/sec d. 18.072 kbps
d. 0.05 V in the presence of a 28 dB S/N 41. For a binary phase shift keying
28. Determine the bandwidth ratio? (BPSK) modulation with a carrier
efficiency for QPSK modulation a. 107.5 kHz frequency of 80 MHz and an input
scheme at a transmission rate of 10 b. 3.57 MHz bit rate of 10 Mbps. Determine the
Mbps. c. 357.14 kHz minimum Nyquist bandwidth.
a. 2 bits/cycle d. 1.075 MHz a. 40 MHz
b. 4 bits/cycle 36. The maximum data rate for RS- b. 10 MHz
c. 8 bits/cycle 442 is ________ times that of the c. 20 MHz
d. 16 bits/cycle maximum RS-423 data rate. d. 50 MHz
29. A modulator converts a (an) a. 0.1 42. The EIA standard specified in the
______ signal to a (an) __________ b. 10 EIA-232 standard is ______ volts.
signal. c. 100 a. Greater than -15
a. Digital, analog d. 500 b. Less than -15
b. Analog, digital 37. For an Ethernet bus that is 500 c. Between -3 and -15
c. PSK, FSK meters in length using a cable with a d. Between 3 and 15
d. FSK, PSK velocity factor of 0.66, and a 43. For a quaternary phase shift
30. Which of the following communication rate of 10 Mb/s, keying (QPSK) modulation, data
modulation techniques are used by calculate the total number of bits with a carrier frequency of 70 MHz,
modems? that would be sent by each station and input bit rate of 10 Mbps,
a. 16-QAM before it detects a collision, if both determine the minimum Nyquist
b. FSK stations begin to transmit at the bandwidth.
c. 8-PSK same time. a. 10 MHz
d. All of the above a. 25 bits b. 5 MHz
31. A broadcast TV channel has a b. 30 bits c. 20 MHz
bandwidth of 6 MHz. Ignoring noise, c. 19 bits d. 40 MHz
calculate the maximum data rate d. 41 bits 44. 12 voice channels are sampled
that could be carried in a TV channel 38. A ______ is a device that is a at 8000 sampling rate and encoded
using a 16-level code and determine source of or a destination for binary into 8-bit PCM word. Determine the
the minimum possible signal-to- digital data. rate of the data stream.
noise ratio in dB for the calculated a. Data terminal equipment a. 768 kbps
data rate. b. Data transmission equipment b. 12 kbps
a. 24 Mbps, 48 dB c. Digital terminal encoder c. 12.8 kbps
b. 48 Mbps, 24 dB d. Data-circuit terminating d. 46.08 kbps
c. 24 Mbps, 24 dB equipment
d. 48 Mbps, 48 dB
45. The encoding method specified
in the EIA-232 standard is
_________.
a. NRZ-I
b. NRZ-L
c. Manchester
d. Differential Manchester
46. A binary digital signal is to be
transmitted at 10 Kbits/s , what
absolute minimum bandwidth is
required to pass the fastest
information change undistorted?
a. 5 kHz
b. 10 kHz
c. 20 kHz
d. 2.5 kHz
497. A coherent binary phase shift
keyed (BPSK) transmitter operates
at a bit rate of Mbps with a carrier
to noise ratio C/N of 8.8 dB. Find
Eb/No.
a. 8.8 dB
b. 16.16 dB
c. 21.81 dB
d. 18.8 dB
48. The EIA-RS-232 interface has
_______ pins.
a. 20
b. 36
c. 25
d. 19
49. The EIA-RS-232 standard defines
_________ characteristics of the
DTE-DCE interface.
a. Mechanical
b. Electrical
c. Function
d. All of the above
50. For sample rate of 30 kHz in a
PCM system, determine the
maximum analog input frequency.
a. 30 kHz
b. 15 kHz
c. 60 kHz
d. 45 kHz.
51. Two-state (binary)
communications systems are better
because
a. They can interface directly with
the analog telephone network
b. The components are simpler,
less costly, and more reliable
c. People think better in binary
d. Interstate calls are less costly
52. Codes are always
a. Eight bits per character
b. Either seven or eight bits per
character
c. Agreed upon in advance between
sender receiver
d. The same in all modern
computers
53. DCE and DTE
a. Means “digital communications
equipment” and “digital termination
equipment”
b. Are connected by either two or
four wires
c. Refer to the modem and the
computer or terminal, respectively
d. Any one of the above
54. The correctness and the
accuracy of the transmitted
message content is
a. Verified by the modem
b. Determined by the sender and
receiver, not by the
communications system
c. Ensured by use of digital
techniques
d. None of the above
55. Serial printers
a. Are used to transmit grain prices
b. Are faster than CRT terminals,
and offer more flexibility
c. Print one character at a time
d. Usually use serial interfaces
56. Ergonomics
a. Involves the interface between
people and machines, such as
terminals
b. Is the application of ergo-
economics to communications
c. Utilizes three-level ergo-coding
for transmission over certain
channels
d. All of the above
57. Serial and parallel transmission
a. Differ in how many bits are
transferred per character
b. Are used in synchronous and
asynchronous systems, respectively
c. Both a and b
d. Differ in whether the bits are on
separate wires or on one
58. Asynchronous transmission
a. Is less efficient than
synchronous, but simpler
b. Is much faster than synchronous
transmission
c. Is another name for isochronous
transmission
59. The amount of uncertainty in a
system of symbols is also called
a. Bandwidth
b. Loss
c. Entropy
d. Quantum
60. Redundancy measures
a. Transmission rate of a system
b. How likely symbols are to be
repeated
c. Time between failures
d. System cost
61. Loading refers to the addition of
a. Resistors
b. Capacitors
c. Bullets
d. Inductance
62. Transmission of binary signals
requires
a. Less bandwidth than analog
b. More bandwidth than analog
c. The same bandwidth as analog
d. Cannot be compared with the
transmission of analog signals
63. RS-232, RS-449, RS-530, V.24,
and X.21 are examples of
a. Standard for various types of
transmission channels
b. Standard for interfaces between
terminal and modems
c. Standards for between modems
and transmission facilities
d. Standards for end-to-end
performance of data
communications system
64. What is one principal difference
between synchronous and
asynchronous transmission?
a. The bandwidth required is
different
b. The pulse heights are different
c. The clocking is mixed with the
data in asynchronous
d. The clocking is derived from the
data in synchronous transmission
65. Synchronous modems cost more
than asynchronous modems
because
a. They are larger
b. They must contain clock
recovery circuits
c. The production volume is larger
d. They must operate on a larger
bandwidth
66. The scrambler in a synchronous
modem is in the
a. Control section Message Protocol (DDCMP) and 82. Which of the following data
b. Receiver section Synchronous Data Link Control communications functions is
c. Transmitter section (SDLC) is generally provided for in a LAN?
d. Terminal section a. DDCMP does not have a a. Data link control
67. Binary codes are sometimes transparent mode b. Applications processing
transformed in modems into b. SDLC does not use a CRC c. Flow control
a. Hexadecimal c. DDCMP has a message header d. Routing
b. Huffman codes d. DDCMP does not require special 83. The purpose of a preamble in an
c. Gray code hardware to find the beginning of a Ethernet is
d. Complementary codes message a. Clock synchronization
68. The digital-to-analog converter 76. Which of the following b. Error checking
in a synchronous modem sends transmission systems provides the c. Collision avoidance
signals to the highest data rate to an individual d. Broadcast
a. Modulator device? 84. Which of the following is
b. Transmission line a. Voiceband modem possible in a token-passing bus
c. Terminal b. Local area network network?
d. Equalizer c. Computer bus a. Unlimited number of stations
69. The transmission signal coding d. Digital PBX b. Unlimited distances
method for T1 carrier is called 77. Which of the following systems c. Multiple time division channels
a. Binary provides the longest digital d. In-service expansion
b. NRZ transmission distances? 85. Which of the following is not
c. Bipolar a. Voiceband modem possible in a token-passing loop
d. Manchester b. Local area network network?
70. The receiver equalizer in a c. Computer bus a. Unlimited number of stations
synchronous modem is called d. Digital PBX b. Unlimited distances
a. A compromise equalizer 78. Which of the following is a c. Multiple time division channels
b. A statistical equalizer characteristic of a LAN? d. In-service expansion
c. An adaptive equalizer a. Parallel transmission 86. Which of the following LAN
d. An impairment equalizer b. Unlimited expansion architectures can be expanded to
71. Communications protocols c. Low cost access for low the greatest total system
always have a bandwidth channels bandwidth?
a. Set of symbols d. Application independent a. Digital PBX
b. Start of header interfaces b. CSMA/CD baseband system
c. Special flag symbol 79. Which of the following c. Token-passing network
d. BCC transmission media is not readily d. Broadband cable system
72. The Baudot code uses how suitable to CSMA operation? 87. Which of the following systems
many bits per symbol? a. Radio is the most capable of servicing a
a. 9 b. Optical fibers wide range of applications?
b. 7 c. Coaxial cable a. Digital PBX
c. 5 d. Twisted pair b. CSMA/CD baseband system
d. 8 80. Which of the following functions c. Token-passing network
73. How many messages may be is not provided as part of the basic d. Broadband cable system
acknowledged on a BiSync link? Ethernet design? 88. Which of the following cannot
a. 1 a. Access control be provided in a broadband LAN?
b. 2 b. Addressing a. Frequency agile modems
c. 4 c. Automatic retransmission of a b. Closed-circuit TV
d. 8 message c. Voice circuits
74. Which code set is used to BiSync d. Multiple virtual networks d. Fiber optics transmission
when using VRC/LRC but not 81. Which of the following is not a 89. Which of the following is not
operating in transparency mode useful property of a Manchester line possible in a digital PBX using
a. EBCDIC code for an Ethernet? twisted pair transmission?
b. ASCII a. Continuous energy a. Computer port concentration
c. SBT b. Continuous clock transmissions b. 64-kbps data circuits
d. Fieldata c. No dc component c. High-speed file transfers
75. One primary difference between d. No signal change at a 1 to 0 d. Transmission up to several
Digital Data Communications transition thousand feet
90. Which of the following is not a
motivation in digitizing a voice
signal in the telephones of a digital
PBX?
a. Simplified control signaling
b. Lower cost telephones
c. Fewer wire pairs
d. Multiplexed voice and data
channels
91. The electrical state of the
control leads in a serial interface is a
concern of
a. The physical layer protocol
b. The data link-layer protocol
c. The network-layer protocol
d. None of the above
92. The X.25 standard specifies a
a. Technique for dial access
b. Technique for start-stop data
c. Data bit rate
d. DTE/DCE interface
93. The X.25 standard is
a. Required for all packet switching
networks
b. A recommendation of the CCITT
c. A complete description of a public
data network
d. Used by all packet terminals
94. A protocol is a set of rules
governing a time sequence of
events that must take place
a. Between peers
b. Between nonpeers
c. Across an interface
d. None of the above
95. The X.25 standard for packet
networks is analogous to
a. PBX standards for a telephone
network
b. Handset standards for a
telephone
c. Local loop standards for a
telephone network
d. Switching standards for a
telephone network
96. The OSI reference model defines
the functions for seven layers of
protocols
a. Including the user and
communications medium
b. Not including the user or
communications medium
c. Including the communications
medium but not the user
d. Including the user but not the
communications medium
97. The X.25 standard covers how c. Telephone
many OSI layers? d. Secure communications
a. Three 106. A LAN device that is used to
b. Four interconnect two networks that use
c. Seven different protocols and formats.
d. None a. Gateways
98. A data packet is a packet header b. Routers
together with c. Bridges
a. A network layer d. Hubs
b. An administrative layer 107. A pulse modulation technique
c. User data as the width of a constant
d. A packet switch amplitude pulse is varied
99. The X.25 standard specifies how proportional to the amplitude of the
many separate protocol layers at analog signal at the time the signal
the serial interface gateway? is sampled.
a. 8 a. Pulse Width Modulation
b. 2 b. Pulse Length Modulation
c. 4 c. Pulse Duration Modulation
d. 3 d. All of these
100. In X.25 network layer protocol, 108. The FDM telephone systems
the data packets normally contain accommodate many channels by
a. One octet of header plus data a. Increasing the multiplexer size
b. Two octets of header plus data b. Using many final carriers
c. Three octets of header plus data c. Narrowing the bandwidth of each
d. Four octets of header plus data d. Using multiple levels of
101. It is defined as knowledge or multiplexing
intelligence that is communicated 109. It is the transmittal of digitally
between two or more points. modulated analog signals (carrier)
a. Carrier between two or more points in a
b. Sideband communications system.
c. Information a. Digital modulation
d. Broadband b. Digital transmission
102. What is the category of data c. Data communications
transmission if the binary pulse is d. Pulse modulation
maintained for the entire bit time? 110. Indicate which of the following
a. Return to zero systems is digital.
b. Bipolar a. Pulse-position modulation
c. Unipolar b. Pulse-code modulation
d. Non – return to zero c. Pulse–width modulation
103. Which medium is the most d. Pulse-frequency modulation
widely used in LANs? 111. Classification of protocol that
a. Twin Lead interprets a frame of data as a
b. Fiber – optic cable group of successive bits combined
c. Twisted Pair into predetermined pattern of fixed
d. Coax length, usually 8 bits each.
104. These are used for a. Character-oriented protocols
transmission of PCM encoded time b. Byte-oriented protocols
– division multiplexed digital signal. c. Bit-oriented protocols
a. I carriers d. Character and Byte-oriented
b. E carriers protocols
c. A carriers 112. Dividing the data block by a
d. T carriers constant produces a remainder that
105. Which of the following is not a is used for error detection. It is
typical FDM application? called the
a. Telemetry a. Vertical redundancy check
b. Stereo broadcasting b. Horizontal redundancy check
c. Block check character
d. Cyclic redundancy check
113. Which of the following is not a
benefit of spread spectrum?
a. Jam – proof
b. Security
c. Immunity of fading
d. Noise proof
114. Converting analog signals to
digital is done by sampling and
___________.
a. Quantizing
b. Companding
c. Pre – emphasis
d. Mixing
115. It is a process of converting an
infinite number of possibilities to a
finite number of conditions.
a. Sampling
b. Coding
c. Quantization
d. Aliasing
116. In T1, it is equal to the
reciprocal of the sample rate
a. Slot Time
b. Transmission time
c. Frame time
d. Bit rate
117. What is the final output of a
multiplexer?
a. Baseband
b. Composite baseband
c. Information
d. Composite carrier
118. The baud rate
a. is always equal to the bit transfer
rate
b. is equal to twice the bandwidth
of an ideal channel
c. is not equal to the signaling rate
d. is equal to one – half the
bandwidth of an ideal channel
119. Bit errors in data transmission
are usually caused by
a. equipment failures
b. typing mistakes
c. noise
d. poor S/N ratio at receiver
120. A digital modulation technique
which is a form of constant –
amplitude angle modulation similar
to standard frequency modulation
except the modulating signal is
binary signal that varies between
two discreet voltage levels.
a. QAM
b. ASK
c. PSK
d. FSK
121. Start and stop bits,
respectively, are
a. Mark, space
b. Space, mark
c. Space, space
d. Mark, mark
122. It is the processing of analog
signals using digital methods and
includes band limiting and signals
with filters, amplitude equalization,
and phase shifting
a. Digital communications
b. Digital Signal Processing
c. Data communications
d. Carrier recovery method
123. It is a network access method
used primarily with LANs configured
in a ring topology using either
baseband or broadband
transmission formats
a. Ethernet
b. Token passing
c. Token ring
d. Token bus
124. A small telephone switching
system that can be used as a LAN is
called
a. Ring
b. WAN
c. UART
d. PBX
125. The most common method
used for sampling voice signals in
PCM systems
a. unnatural sampling
b. flat top sampling
c. natural sampling
d. free sampling
126. In PCM, it converts the PAM
sampled to parallel PCM codes
a. Analog-to-Digital converter
b. Digital-to-analog converter
c. Pre-emphasis circuit
d. Compander
127. The OSI layer that provides the
control functions necessary to
establish, manage and terminated
the connections as required to
satisfy the user request. a.
Application layer
b. Network layer
c. Session layer
d. Physical layer
128. In PAM demultiplexing, the
receiver clock is derived from
a. standard radio station WWV
b. a highly accurate internal
oscillator
c. the PAM signal itself
d. the 60 Hertz power line
129. It is also known as digital
modulation
a. Digital transmission
b. Digital sampling
c. Digital radio
d. Data transmission
130. Time – division multiplex
a. can be used with PCM only
b. combines five groups into
supergroup
c. stacks 24 channels in adjacent
frequency slots
d. interleaves pulses belonging to
different transmissions
131. It is a numerical indication of
how efficiently a PCM code is
utilized
a. Coding efficiency
b. Companding
c. Pre-emphasis
d. Dynamic Range
132. Type of PCM which is designed
to take advantage of the sample-to-
sample redundancies in the typical
speech waveform
a. Single – bit PCM code
b. Pulse Code Modulation
c. Differential PCM
d. Delta modulation
133. The Basic Rate Interface (BRI)
of ISDN has a total bit rate of _____.
a. 192 kbps
b. 148 kbps
c. 64 kbps
d. 1.544 Mbps
134. A form of angle – modulated,
constant amplitude digital
modulation similar to conventional
phase modulation except its input is
binary digital signal and there are
limited numbers of output phase
possible.
a. ASK
b. PSK
c. FSK
d. QAM
135. The main circuit in a PSN
generator is ____.
a. XOR
b. Multiplexer d. Any of these 151. What property distinguishes
c. Shift register 144. It is a set of rules implementing digital radio systems from
d. Mixer and governing an orderly exchange conventional analog
136. The circuit that performs of data between layers of two communications system?
demultiplexing in an FDM system is devices, such as line control units a. the type of carrier used in the
_____. and front – end processors. transmission of data
a. Op - Amp a. Data Link Protocol b. the nature of the modulating
b. Bandpass filter b. Network Protocol signal
c. Discriminator c. Point to Point Protocol c. the type of modulation of data to
d. Subcarrier oscillator d. File Transfer Protocol be used
137. __________ defines how a 145. A signaling system in which d. the nature of the transmitter and
user gets control of the channel so each letter of the alphabet is receiver to be used
as to allow transmission. represented by a different symbol is 152. The circuit switch is a _______
a. channel access not used because switch.
b. collision detection a. it would be too difficult for an a. See – through
c. collision avoidance operator to memorize b. Transparent
d. carrier sense b. it is redundant c. Vague
138. The fastest LAN topology is the c. noise would introduce too many d. Opaque
a. ring errors 153. A carrier recovery is needed
b. bus d. too many pulses per letter are with
c. star required a. FSK
d. square 146. A modulation process that b. BPSK
139. It is the symmetrical involves conversion of a waveform c. DPSK
expectation of the bit error rate in from analog to digital form by d. QAM
the system means of coding. 154. The Hartley – Shannon
a. probability of errors a. PDM theorem sets a limit on the
b. error detection b. PCM a. highest frequency that may be
c. error control c. PLM sent over a given channel
d. bit error rate d. PAM b. maximum capacity of a channel
140. It is simply the data rate at 147. What is the bandwidth with a given noise level
which serial PCM bits are clocked required to transmit at a rate of 10 c. maximum number of coding
out of the PCM encoder onto the Mbps in the presence of a 28-bd levels in a channel with a given
transmission line. S/N ratio? a. 1.075 MHz noise level
a. line speed b. 10 MHz d. maximum number of quantizing
b. baud rate c. 5 MHz levels in a channel of a given
c. output rate d. 10.5 MHz bandwidth
d. bit rate 148. The slope of the analog signal 155. The phase relationship
141. A quantizing is _______. is greater than the delta modulator between signaling elements for
a. Multiplexer can maintain BPSK is the optimum signaling
b. Demultiplexer a. overload distortion format and occurs only when two
c. A/D converter b. granular noise binary signal levels are allowed and
d. D/A converter c. slope overload when one signal is the exact
142. Refers to the rate of change of d. peak limiting negative of the other.
a signal on a transmission medium 149. A scheme in which several a. Antipodal signaling
after encoding and modulation have channels are interleaved and then b. Carrier recovery
occurred transmitted together is known as c. Squaring loop
a. baud rate a. Frequency division multiplex d. Phase referencing
b. phase shift b. Time division multiplex 156. Pulse – amplitude modulation
c. bit rate c. a group signals are multiplexed by using
d. frequency deviation d. a supergroup a. Subcarrier
143. The magnitude difference 150. The best frequency b. Bandpass filters
between adjacent steps in demodulator is the c. A/D converters
quantization is called __________. a. PLL discriminator d. FET switches
a. Quantum b. Pulse-averaging discriminator 157. It is the ratio of the
b. Step size c. Foster-Seeley discriminator transmission bit rate to the
c. Resolution d. Radio detector
minimum bandwidth required for a
particular modulation scheme.
a. Bandwidth efficiency
b. Spectral efficiency
c. Information density
d. All of these
158. Ethernet is baseband
transmission system designed by
_____.
a. Thomas Murray and Robert
Metcalfe
b. David Boggs and Thomas Murray
c. Thomas Murray and Emile Baudot
d. Robert Metcalfe and David
Boggs
159. It is a system where the digital
signals are placed directly on the
coaxial cable.
a. Broadband
b. Baseband
c. CSMA/CD
d. Token ring
160. A basic group B
a. Occupies the frequency range
from 60 to 108 kHz
b. Consists of erect channels only
c. Is formed at the group translating
equipment
d. Consists of 5 supergroups
161. Which of the following is not
primarily type of data
communications?
a. a telephone
b. teletype
c. telegraph
d. CW
162. Packets which is self –
contained and travels through the
network independent of other
packets of the same message by
whatever means available.
a. Packet
b. Frame
c. Datagram
d. Data
163. Transmitting the data signal
directly over the medium is referred
to as
a. baseband
b. broadband
c. ring
d. bus
164. The main reason that serial
transmission is preferred to parallel
transmission is that?
a. serial is faster
b. serial requires only a single
channel
c. serial requires multiple channels
d. parallel is too expensive
165. Which of the following is not a
LAN?
a. PBX system
b. Hospital system
c. Office building system
d. Cable TV system
166. A modulation technique where
data rates in excess of 56 kbps can
be achieved over telephone circuits
a. ASK
b. Trellis Code Modulation
c. GSK
d. Any of these
167. It is how the primary
designates the secondary as the
designation of recipient of data.
a. Line turnaround
b. Selection
c. Line control
d. Control Protocol
168. It is the process of compressing
and expanding and is a means of
improving the dynamic range of
communications system.
a. Pre-emphasis
b. Filtering
c. De-emphasis
d. Companding
169. The supergroup pilot is
a. applied to each multiplexing bay
b. used to regulate the gain of
individual repeaters
c. applied at each adjustable
equalizer
d. fed in at a GTE
170. The time it takes to transmit
one TDM frame is called _________.
a. Slot time
b. Frame time
c. Transmission time
d. Any of these
171. It is the thermal noise power
normalized to 1-Hz bandwidth
a. power density ratio
b. thermal noise
c. noise power density
d. ambient temperature noise
172. It is the procedure used to
decide which device has the
permission to transmit at any given
time
a. Flow control
b. Sequence control
c. Line control
d. Framing
173. Any rounded – off errors in the
transmitted signal are reproduced
when the code is converted back to
analog in the receiver.
a. Aperture error
b. Quantization error
c. Aperture distortion
d. Slope overload
174. The biggest disadvantage of
PCM is
a. its inability to handle analog
signals
b. the high error rate which is
quantizing noise introduces
c. its incompatibility with TDM
d. the large bandwidths that are
required for it
175. T1 stands for
a. Transmission one
b. Telecommunication one
c. Telex one
d. Transmission line one
176. Involves compression in the
transmitter after the input sample
has been converted to a linear PCM
code and then expansion in the
receiver prior to PCM coding.
a. analog companding
b. A – law companding
c. Digital companding
d. U – law companding
177. Mark and space refer
respectively to
a. dot and dash
b. message and interval
c. binary 1 and binary 0
d. on and off
178. Variation of biphase that is
used for encoding SMPTE time code
data and for recording on video
tapes
a. Biphase - M
b. B8Z
c. Manchester
d. UPNRZ
179. Pulse width modulation may be
generated
a. by differentiating pulse position
modulation
b. with a monostable multivibrator
c. by integrating the signal
d. with a free running multivibrator
180. The ISDN channel D designates
_____ which contains control
information.
a. Data
b. Flow
c. Control
d. Bearer
181. A transmission of binary data
which involves the transmission of
two non – zero voltage level
a. Unipolar
b. Polar
c. Bipolar
d. Non – return to zero
182. Switching systems
a. improve the efficiency of data
transfer
b. are not used in data systems
c. require additional lines
d. are limited to small data
networks
183. It involves converting standard
logic levels to a form more suitable
to telephone transmission lines
a. Transmission line encoding
b. Physical line encoding
c. Digital line encoding
d. Multiplexing
184. The primary advantage of
digital transmission
a. economical
b. reliability
c. noise immunity
d. efficiency
185. Part of the PCM system that
prevents aliasing or foldover
distortion
a. Bandpass filter
b. Anti – foldover distortion
c. Anti – aliasing
d. Any of these
186. It is defined as the process of
transforming messages or signals in
accordance with a definite set of
rules.
a. Quantizing
b. Sampling
c. Coding
d. Decoding
187. The PCM code for each channel
occupies a fixed time slot called
a. Frame time
b. Baud
c. Transmission time
d. Epoch
188. The building block of a parity or
BCC generator is _________.
a. Shift register
b. XOR
c. 2 – to – 4 level converter
d. UART
189. An IC that contains A/D and
D/A converters, companders, and
parallel-to-serial converters is called
a c. Control
a. Codec
b. Data converter
c. Multiplexer
d. Modem
190. Data communications refers to
the transmission of
a. voice
b. video
c. computer data
d. all of the above
191. The number of amplitude,
frequency, or phase changes that
take place per second is known as
the
a. data rate in bits per second
b. frequency of operation
c. speed limit
d. baud rate
192. The basic modulator and
demodulator circuits in PSK are
a. PLLs
b. Balanced modulators
c. Shift registers
d. Linear summers
193. What is the result if the input
of ADC is changing while performing
conversion?
a. Aperture error
b. Overload distortion
c. Aliasing
d. Aperture distortion
194. Information capacity is
convenient to express as
a. baud
b. bits
c. dot length
d. bits per second or bps
195. Which medium is the least
susceptible to noise?
a. twin lead
b. fiber – optic cable
c. twisted pair
d. coax
196. The RS – 232 interface
a. interconnects data sets and the
transmission circuits
b. uses several different connectors
c. permits custom wiring of signal
lines to the connector pins as
desired
d. all of the above
197. The ISDN channel B designates
_________.
a. Bearer
b. Data
d. Flow
198. Data transmission of the
character at a time with start and
stop bits is known as what type of
transmission?
a. asynchronous
b. serial
c. synchronous
d. parallel
199. Sampling technique that when
the tops of the sample pulses retain
their natural shape during the
sample interval
a. unnatural sampling
b. flat top sampling
c. natural sampling
d. free sampling
200. A modem converts
a. Analog signals to digital
b. Digital signals to analog
c. Digital signals to analog and vice-
versa
d. None of these
201. It is a large scale integration
chip designed for use in
telecommunication industry for
private branch exchanges, central
office switches, digital handsets and
digital echo suppressors.
a. Vocoder
b. Modem
c. Codec
d. Muldem
202. What is the type of
mastergroup used for low – capacity
microwave systems?
a. A600
b. U600
c. L600
d. L400
203. An FDM hierarchy which is
formed by frequency – division
multiplexing five groups containing
12 channels each for a combined
bandwidth of 240 kHz.
a. Supergroup
b. Group b. can transfer data in both
c. Mastergroup directions at once
d. Jumbogroup c. requires modems at both ends of
204. The result whenever the the circuit
sampling rate is less than twice the d. all of these
highest audio frequency 211. The most widely used data
a. peak limiting communications code is
b. overload distortion a. Morse code
c. alias b. ASCII
d. quantizing noise c. Baudot
205. The most critical and difficult d. EBCDIC
part of receiving a direct – sequence 212. Ten bit error occurs in two
spread spectrum signal is million transmitted. The bit error
a. Frequency synthesis rate is
b. Synchronism a. 2 x 10^-5
c. PSN code generation b. 5 x 10^-5
d. Carrier recovery c. 5 x 10^-6
206. An FDM hierarchy which is d. 2 x 10^-6
formed by frequency – division 213. It is a type of FSK where the
multiplexing 10 super groups mark and space frequencies are
together for a combined capacity of synchronized with the input binary
600 voice band message channels rate
a. Supergroup a. QFSK
b. Group b. GFSK
c. Mastergroup c. CPFSK
d. Jumbogroup d. GSK
207. It is the transmittal of digital 214. A form of digital modulation
signals between to or more points similar to PSK except the digital
in a communication system. information is contained in both the
a. Digital transmittal amplitude and the phase of the
b. Digital communications transmitted carrier.
c. Digital radio a. ASK
d. Data communications b. FSK
208. It is logically equivalent to c. QAM
making telephone call through the d. PSK
DDD network except no direct end- 215. For the 16-PSK and a
to-end connection is made transmission system with a 10kHz
a. Normal call bandwidth, determine the
b. Completed call maximum bit rate
c. Logical call a. 40,000 bps
d. Virtual call b. 80,000 bps
209. It is proposed network c. 20,000 bps
designed by major telephone d. 16,000 bps
companies in conjunction with the 216. It is an empirical record of a
ITU-T with the intent of providing system’s actual bit error
worldwide telecommunications performance.
support for voice, data, video and a. probability of error
facsimile information within the b. error detection
same network c. error control
a. ISDN d. bit error rate
b. Broadband communications 217. It is a function of the carrier-to-
c. ATM noise power ratio and the number
d. Ethernet of possible encoding conditions
210. Full duplex operation used
a. requires two pair of cables a. probability of error
b. error detection
c. error control
d. bit error rate
218. It is used to compare two or
more digital modulation systems
that use different transmission
rates, modulation scheme or
encoding techniques
a. Energy per b it-to-noise power
density ratio
b. Noise power density
c. Power density ratio
d. Carrier-to-noise ratio
219. Indicate which of the following
is not a binary code
a. Morse
b. Baudot
c. CCITT-2
d. ARQ
220. To permit the selection of 1 out
of 16 equiprobable events, the
number of bits required is
a. 2
b. log 16 base 10
c. 8
d. 4
221. The type of modulation most
often used with direct-sequence
spread spectrum is
a. QAM
b. SSB
c. FSK
d. PSK
222. Indicate the false statement. In
order to combat noise,
a. the channel bandwidth may be
increased
b. redundancy may be used
c. the transmitted power may be
increased
d. the signaling rate may be reduced
223. Which of the following is not
commonly used method of error
detection?
a. Parity
b. BCC
c. CRC
d. redundancy
224. Quantizing noise occurs in
a. time-division multiplex
b. frequency-division multiplex
c. pulse-code modulation
d. pulse-width modulation
225. In order to reduce quantizing
noise, one must
a. increase the number of standard
amplitudes
b. send pulses whose sides are more a. N. S. Kapany b. Companding
nearly vertical b. A. H. Reeves c. Pre-emphasis
c. use an RF amplifier at the receiver c. E. H. Alpine d. Dynamic range
d. increase the number of samples d. A. C. S. Van Heel 241. Devices used for digitizing
per second 233. Data communications uses speech signals only
226. Companding is used a. Analog methods a. codec
a. to overcome quantizing noise in b. Digital methods b. muldem
PCM c. All of these c. vocoders
b. in PCM transmitters, to allow d. None of these d. modem
amplitude limiting in the receiver 234. An integrated circuit that 242. What is the minimum
c. to protect small signals in PCM performs the PCM encoding and bandwidth required to transmit a 56
form quantizing distortion decoding functions kbps binary signal with no noise?
d. in PCM receivers, to overcome a. Codec a. 14 kHz
impulse noise b. Modem b. 56 kHz
227. Transmitting data as serial c. Muldem c. 28 kHz
binary word is called _______. d. Digital-to-analog converter d. 112 kHz
a. digital communications 235. A synchronous transmission 243. Type of PCM that uses single-
b. quantizing usually begins with which bit PCM code to achieve digital
c. PAM character? transmission of analog signals
d. PCM a. SYN a. Adaptive delta modulation
228. Emphasizing low-level signals b. STX b. Pulse code modulation
and compressing higher level signals c. SOH c. Differential modulation
is called d. ETB d. Delta modulation
a. quantizing 236. A theory that establishes the 244. It is a delta modulation system
b. companding minimum sampling rate that can be where the step size of the digital-to-
c. pre-emphasis used for a given PCM systems analog converter is automatically
d. sampling a. Nyquist sampling theorem varied, depending on the analog
229. Which circuit is most common b. Nyquist minimum bandwidth input signal.
to both frequency-hopping and c. Nyquist minimum bandwidth a. Adaptive Delta Modulation
direct-sequence spread spectrum d. Any of these b. PCM
transmitters? 237. Sixteen different levels c. Differential modulation
a. correlator (symbols) are used to encode binary d. Delta modulation
b. frequency synthesizer data. The channel bandwidth is 36 245. A QAM modulator does not use
c. PSN code generator MHz. The maximum channel ____.
d. Sweep generator capacity is a. XNOR
230. One of the most important a. 18 Mbps b. Bit Splitter
aspect of any communication b. 72 Mbps c. Balanced modulator
system because it is costly and c. 288 Mbps d. 2-to-4 level converter
limited d. 2.176 Gbps 246. It is a form of phase-division
a. bandwidth 238. Assigning PCM codes to multiplexing where two data
b. equipments absolute magnitudes channels modulate the same carrier
c. time a. Coding frequency that is shifted 90 degrees
d. personnel b. Quantizing in phase.
231. It consist essentially of c. Sampling a. PSK
sampling analog information signals d. Any of these b. FSK
and then converting those samples 239. A popular PC protocol is c. QAM
into discreet pulses of transporting a. Parity d. ASK
the pulses from the source to b. Xmodem 247. One eight-bit PCM code is
destination over a physical c. CRC called ______.
transmission medium d. LRC a. FDM frame
a. Pulse modulation 240. It is the ratio of the largest b. TDM time slot
b. Amplitude modulation possible magnitude to the smallest c. TDM frame
c. Frequency modulation possible magnitude that can be d. FDM time slot
d. Digital modulation decoded by the digital-to-analog 248. It is communications system
232. He is credited with inventing converter in the receiver that uses digital pulse rather than
PCM in 1937 a. Coding efficiency
analog signals to encode message channel and consequently A. twin lead
information is the first multiplexing step for B. twisted pair
a. Digital carrier system combining message channels C. fiber-optic cable
b. Digital baseband system A. Supergroup D. coax
c. Digital service system B. Group 265. A mainframe computer
d. Digital broadband system C. Mastergroup connected to multiple terminals and
249. A special device that upgrades D. Jumbogroup PCs usually uses which
signals from one level to a higher 257. It is the modulating signal in a configuration?
level of the hierarchy in multiplexing communications system A. bus
a. Muldem A. Broadband B. ring
b. Vocoder B. Baseband C. star
c. Modem C. Carrier D. tree
d. Codec D. Any of these 266. How many voice channels are
250. A transmission of binary data 258. What type of mastergroup that there in supermaster group?
which involves the transmission of can be further multiplexed and used A. 300
only a single non-zero voltage level. for higher-capacity microwave radio B. 900
a. Unipolar systems? C. 3600
b. Bipolar A. A600 D. 10800
c. Polar B. U600 267. In a PAM/TDM system, keeping
d. Non-return to zero C. L600 the multiplexer and DEMUX
251. If the active time of the binary D. L400 channels step with one another is
pulse is less than 100% of the bit 259. It is essentially the same with done by a
time FDM, where several signals are A. clock recovery circuit
A. Non return to zero transmitted using different carriers, B. sync pulse
B. Bipolar occupying non-overlapping bands of C. sampling
C. Unipolar frequency and wavelengths. D. sequencer
D. Return to zero A. Time division multiplexing 268. It is the process of volume
252. It is a popular type of line B. Wave division multiplexing compression before transmission
encoding that produces a strong C. Space division multiplexing and expansion after detection. A.
timing component for clock D. Frequency division multiplexing pre-emphasis
recovery and does not cause 260. In order to separate channels B. de-emphasis
wandering in the TDM receiver, it is necessary C. coding
A. Digital biphase to use D. companding
B. diphase A. AND gates 269. Which of the following is
C. Manchester code B. bandpass filters correct?
D. Any of these C. differentiation A. The bit rate may be greater than
253. Statistical TDMs are also called D. integration the baud rate
A. Intelligent TDMs 261. To separate channels in an B. The baud rate may be greater
B. Asynchronous TDM FDM receiver, it is necessary to use than the bit rate
C. Stat mux A. AND gates C. The bit and baud rate are always
D. Any of these B. bandpass filters the same
254. A chip that combines the codec C. differentiation D. The bit and baud rates are not
and filter functions in the same LSI D. integration related
chip 262. In FDM, multiple signals 270. Function of data link protocol
A. Monolithic A. transmit at different times that coordinates the rate at which
B. Combo chip B. share a common bandwidth data are transported over a link and
C. Film IC C. use multiple channels generally provides an
D. Hybrid chip D. modulate one another acknowledgement mechanism that
255. It is the basic building block of 263. Frequency modulation in FDM ensures that data are received in
FDM hierarchy usually accomplished with a the destination.
A. Character channel A. reactance modulator A. Flow control
B. Broadband channel B. varactor B. Line discipline
C. Message channel C. VCO C. Polling
D. Information capacity D. PLL D. Selection
256. It is the next higher level in the 264. Which of the following is not a 271. A classification of protocol,
FDM hierarchy above the basic common LAN medium? which is a discipline for a serial-by-
bit information transfer over data
communications channel.
A. Message oriented
B. Bit-oriented protocol
C. Clock oriented protocol
D. Asynchronous protocol
272. A LAN device that
interconnects two or more device
running identical internetwork
protocols.
A. Bridges
B. Gateways
C. Switches
D. Routers
273. The magnitude of a quantum in
quantization of PCM codes.
A. Maximum decodable voltage
B. Dynamic range
C. Resolution
D. Coding level
274. It comprises of either a single
L600 mastergroup or up to three
U600 mastergroups
A. Message channel
B. Radio channel
C. Baseband channel
D. Wide channel
275. It is a multiplexing system
similar to conventional time-division
multiplexing except that it was
developed to be used with optical
fibers
A. SONET
B. Frame relay
C. ATM
D. X.25
276. Higher order TDM levels are
obtained by
A. dividing pulse widths
B. using the a-law
C. using u-law
D. forming supermastergroups
277. Results when the sample
exceeds the highest quantization
interval
A. Overload distortion
B. Quantization error
C. Quantization noise
D. Granular noise
278. The event which marked the
start of the modern computer age
was
A. design of the ENIAC computer
B. development of Hollerith code
C. development of the transistor
D. development of disk drives for
data storage
279. A forward error correcting
code corrects errors by
A. requiring partial transmission of
the entire signal
B. requiring retransmission of the
entire signal
C. requiring no part of the signal to
be transmitted
D. using parity to correct the errors
in all cases
280. The carrier used with a BPSK
demodulator is
A. Generated by an oscillator
B. The BPSK signal itself
C. Twice the frequency of the
transmitted carrier
D. Recovered from the BPSK signal
281. Digital signals
A. do not provide a continuous set
of values
B. represent values as discrete steps
C. can utilize decimal or binary
systems
D. all of these
282. Each signal in an FDM signal
A. modulates the main carrier
B. modulates the final carrier
C. is mixed with all the others
before modulation
D. serves as a subcarrier
283. In digital modulation, if the
information signal is digital and the
amplitude of the carrier is varied
proportional to the information
signal.
A. Quaternary Shift Keying (QAM)
B. Phase Shift Keying (PSK)
C. Frequency Shift Keying (FSK)
D. Amplitude Shift Keying (ASK)
284. Slow speed modems
A. FSK
B. BPSK
C. QPSK
D. QAM
285. The data rate for IEEE 802.11b
is _____. A. 10 Mbps
B. 1.544 Mbps
C. 2.048 Mbps
D. 11 Mbps
286. Type of analog companding
used in the United States and Japan
A. log-PCM companding
B. A-law companding
C. u-law companding
D. any of these
287. A rule of procedure that
defines how data is to be
transmitted is called
A. handshake
B. error-detection
C. data specifications
D. protocol
288. A longitudinal redundancy
check produces
A. block check character
B. parity bit
C. CRC
D. error correction
289. Multiplexing is the process of
A. Several signal sources
transmitting simultaneously to a
receiver on common frequency
B. Sending the same signal over
multiple channels to multiple
destinations
C. Transmitting multiple signals over
multiple channels
D. Sending multiple signals
simultaneously over a single
channel
290. What is the relationship of bit
rate and baud in QPSK and 8-PSK?
A. bit rate is greater than baud
B. bit rate is always less than the
baud
C. bit rate is never greater than the
baud
D. bit rate is slightly less than the
baud
291. A common method of
achieving carrier recovery for BPSK
A. Trellis code
B. Bandwidth efficiency
C. Squaring loop
D. Carrier recovery
292. What is the relationship of bit
rate and baud in FSK and PSK?
A. greater than
B. slightly greater than
C. less than
D. equal
293. The modulation used in FDM
telephone system is
A. AM
B. FM
C. SSB
D. PSK
294. In digital modulation, a
diagram which is similar to phasor
diagram except that the entire
phasor is not drawn and only the
peaks of the phasor are shown
A. constellation diagram
B. Venn diagram
C. phasor diagram
D. schematic diagram
295. Digital signals may be
transmitted over the telephone
network if
A. their speed is low enough
B. they are converted to analog
first
C. they are ac instead of dc
D. they are digital only
296. Most FDM telemetry system
use
A. AM
B. FM
C. SSB
D. PSK
297. In TDM, multiple signals
A. share a common bandwidth
B. modulate subcarriers
C. are sampled at high speeds
D. take turns transmitting
298. It is highly theoretical study of
efficient use of bandwidth to
propagate information through
electronic communications system
A. information capacity
B. data communications
C. information theory
D. information technology
299. Another name for parity is
A. Vertical redundancy check
B. Block check character
C. Longitudinal redundancy check
D. Cyclic redundancy check
300. It is the process of gathering
data on some particular
phenomenon without the presence
of human monitors
A. Telemetry
B. Telecommand
C. Telecommunications
D. Remote control
301. A convenient technique for
determining the effects of the
degradations introduced into the
pulses as they travel to the
regenerator.
A. Standing wave ratio
B. Eye patterns
C. Reflection coefficient
D. Any of these
302. Spread spectrum stations
sharing a band are identified by and
distinguished from one another
A. PSN code
B. Frequency of operation
C. Clock rate
D. Modulation type
303. The ASCII code has
A. 4 bits
B. 5 bits
C. 7 bits
D. 8 bits
304. The first file transfer protocol
designed to facilitate transferring
data between two personal
computers over the public switched
telephone network
A. X modem protocol
B. Y modem protocol
C. Z modem protocol
D. BLAST
305. 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?
A. 21,000 bps
B. 42,000 bps
C. 14,000 bps
D. 12,000 bps
306. It is often used to compare the
performance of one digital
modulation technique to another
A. Bandwidth efficiency
B. Spectral efficiency
C. Information density
D. All of these
307. It is the process of extracting a
phase-coherent reference carrier
from a receiver signal
A. Phase referencing
B. Trellis code
C. Squaring loop
D. any of these
308. It is the measure of how much
information can be propagated
through a communication system
and is a function of a bandwidth of
the transmission line
A. information theory
B. information capacity
C. information technology
D. digital communications
309. In delta modulation, the
modulator is sometimes called
_____.
A. continuous ADC
B. tracking ADC
C. variable slope ADC
D. slope ADC
310. The code which provides for
parity checks is
A. Baudot
B. ASCII
C. CCITT-2
D. EBCDIC
311. Form of multiplexing that
constitutes propagating signals from
different cables that sre contained
within the same trench
A. Wavelength division multiplexing
B. Wave division multiplexing
C. Space division multiplexing
D. Frequency division multiplexing
312. For an 8-PSK system, operating
with an information bit rate of 24
kbps, determine the bandwidth
efficiency
A. 8 bits/cycle
B. 2 bits/cycle
C. 3 bits/cycle
D. 4 bits/cycle
313. Element of a PCM system that
periodically samples the analog
input signal and converts those
samples to a multilevel PAM signal
A. Bandpass filter
B. Sample-and-hold circuit
C. Analog-to-digital converter
D. Digital-to-analog converter
314. It is the ratio of the average
carrier power to the thermal noise
power
A. Signal-to-noise ratio
B. Noise figure
C. Noise factor
D. Carrier-to-noise ratio
315. A form of switching which is
hold and forward
A. Packet switching
B. Message switching
C. Circuit switching
D. Digital switching
316. It can be used to categorize the
type of transmission
A. Duty cycle
B. Companding
C. Coding efficiency
D. Dynamic range
317. Type of multiplexing where
multiple sources that originally
occupied the same frequency
spectrum are each converted to a
different frequency band and
transmitted simultaneously over a
single transmission medium. A. FDM
B. ATM
C. TDM
D. Spread spectrum
318. It is a solicitation sent from the
primary to a secondary to
determine if the secondary has data
to transmit
A. Selection
B. Polling
C. Error control
D. Master control
319. Function of data link control
that specifies the means of
detecting and correcting
transmission errors
A. Error control
B. Selection
C. Protocol
D. Synchronization
320. The Hartley law states that
A. the maximum rate of
information transmission depends
on the channel bandwidth
B. the maximum rate of information
depends on the depth of
modulation
C. redundancy is essential
D. only binary codes may be used
321. It represents the number of
independent symbols that can be
carried through a system in a given
unit of time.
A. information theory
B. information capacity
C. information technology
D. digital communications
322. The Shannon-Hartley law
A. refers to distortion
B. defines the bandwidth
C. describes signaling rates
D. refers to noise
323. The most basic digital symbol
used to represent information
A. bit
B. baud
C. bits per second
D. any of these
324. Function of data link protocol
that coordinates hop-to-hop data
delivery where a hop maybe a
computer, a network controller or a
network-connecting device such as
router.
A. Flow control
B. Error control
C. Line discipline
D. Selection
325. Quadrature amplitude
modulation is
A. Amplitude modulation only
B. QPSK only
C. AM plus QPSK
D. AM plus FSK
326. The most common modulation
system used for telegraphy is
A. frequency-shift keying
B. two-tone modulation
C. pulse-code modulation
D. single-tone modulation
327. It is used to encode the
minimum amount of speech
information necessary to reproduce
a perceptible message with a fewer
bits that those needed by a
conventional encoder/decoder
A. codec
B. muldem
C. vocoders
D. modem
328. It is the transmission of
information in any form from one
source to one or more destination
A. Modulation
B. Multiplexing
C. Encoding
D. Decoding
329. A form of switching which is
stored and forward
A. Packet switching
B. Message switching
C. Circuit switching
D. Digital switching
330. In digital modulation, it is
similar to standard amplitude
modulation except there is only two
amplitudes possible
A. frequency shift keying
B. quaternary amplitude modulation
C. amplitude shift keying
D. phase shift keying
331. The technique of using
modulation and FDM to transmit
multiple data channels of a common
medium is known as
A. baseband
B. broadband
C. ring
D. bus
332. Which of the following is not a
benefit of companding
A. minimizes noise
B. minimizes number of bits
C. minimizes quantizing error
D. minimizes signal bandwidth
333. Transmissions from multiple
sources occur in the same facility
but not at the same time
A. Time Division Multiplexing
B. Frequency Division Multiplexing
C. Wave Division Multiplexing
D. Space Division Multiplexing
334. A 9600-baud rate signal can
pass over the voice grade telephone
line if which kind of modulation is
used?
A. BPSK
B. QPSK
C. DPSK
D. QAM
335. Indicate which of the following
pulse modulation systems is analog
A. PCM
B. PWM
C. Differential PCM
D. Delta
336. The modulation system
inherently most noise-resistant is
A. SSB, suppressed carrier
B. frequency modulation
C. pulse-position modulation
D. pulse-code modulation
337. It is simply the number of bits
transmitted during one second and
expressed in bits per second
A. baud
B. bits
C. bit rate
D. pulse repetition rate
338. It is the most prevalent
encoding technique used for TDM
signals
A. PAM
B. PLM
C. PPM
D. PCM
339. The characters making up the
message in a synchronous
transmission are collectively
referred to as the data
A. set
B. sequence
C. block
D. collection
340. A virtual circuit which is 348. It is the only digitally encoded
logically equivalent to a two-point modulation technique that is
dedicated private-line circuit except commonly used for digital
slower transmission
A. Switched Virtual Circuit A. PAM
B. Permanent Virtual Circuit B. PCM
C. Switched Leased Circuit C. PLM
D. Permanent Leased Circuit D. PPM
341. To a conventional narrowband 349. The most common circuit used
receiver, a spread spectrum signal for demodulating binary FSK signals
appears to be like A. phase locked loop
A. Noise B. Foster-Seeley discriminator
B. Fading C. varactor
C. A jamming signal D. phase shift method
D. An intermittent connection 350. A digital modulation technique
342. It is a low-quality video also known as “on-off” keying
transmission for use between non- A. PSK
dedicated subscribers B. FSK
A. Digital phone C. QUAM
B. Picturephone D. OOK
C. Cameraphone
D. Cellphone with camera
343. Pulse code modulation is
preferred to PAM because of its
A. resistance to quantizing error
B. simplicity
C. lower cost
D. superior noise immunity
344. A CRC generator uses which
component?
A. balanced modulator
B. shift register
C. binary adder
D. multiplexer
345. A signaling element is
sometimes called
A. information
B. data
C. symbol
D. intelligence
346. Which of the following words
has the correct parity bit? Assume
odd parity. The last bit is the parity
bit.
A. 1111111 1
B. 1100110 1
C. 0011010 1
D. 0000000 0
347. It is a digital interface that
provides the physical connection to
the digital carrier network
A. Modem
B. Codec
C. Muldem
D. DSU/CSU