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01 A 10 micro seconds _______ is inserted in Blanking pulse

a typical video signal for one horizontal
sweep

A horizontal syncing pulse of _____ is

Lecture/Topic inserted in the video signal 5 micro
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2 01 seconds

Commercial FM radio broadcas ng u lizes

Lecture/Topic the frequency band 88-108
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For a specific bandwidth the power

Lecture/Topic spectral density is given by
4 N0/2 Active View/Edit Delete
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In a mobile wireless telephone system the

Lecture/Topic mobile user transmit at a power level of 3 wa s
5 Active View/Edit Delete
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In FM stereo broadcas ng the pilot tone is

6 Lecture/Topic 19 KHz Active View/Edit Delete
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The bandwidth allocated to each

commercial FM broadcas ng channel is
7 Lecture/Topic equal to
200 KHz Active View/Edit Delete
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The e ect of noise on Conven onal AM in

terms of performance degrada on Greater
8 Lecture/Topic is________ that of DSB-SC. then
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9 Lecture/Topic Active View/Edit Delete

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bring all FM radio signals to a common IF
bandwidth of

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Lecture/Topic transmi ng DC values VSB
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__________________ types of communica on

11 Lecture/Topic systems require to have only on transmier Simplex Mode Active View/Edit Delete
01 and one receiver.

In general block diagram of transmiuer

___________________ module is responsible
12 Lecture/Topic for making the informa on capable for Modulator. Active View/Edit Delete
01 wireless transmission.

The phase velocity of cos(3000t) signal in free

13 Lecture/Topic space is ____________________ as compare Same. Active View/Edit Delete
01 to cos(4000t).

14 Lecture/Topic Narrow band angle modula on is equivalent to Conven onal AM Active View/Edit Delete
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Extra-terrestrial Noise (EXTN) is subdivided into

15 Lecture/Topic two categories which are, Cosmic and Solar Active View/Edit Delete
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A advantage of angle modulated signal is

16 Lecture/Topic their______ envelope. Constant Active View/Edit Delete

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Lecture/Topic A combina on of a rec fier and a low pass filter is Envelop detector
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18 Lecture/Topic Active View/Edit Delete

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discriminator,
a band pass filter
and an AM
demodulator
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19 Lecture/Topic An analog video signal is allocated a bandwidth of 6MHz

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An oscillator whose frequency varies with the

20 Lecture/Topic change of input voltage is known as A VCO Active View/Edit Delete

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Assuming the PLL is in lock posi on implies,

21 Lecture/Topic Phase error is
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01 small

Conven onal AM contains two side bands where

22 Lecture/Topic informa on in each is, The same Active View/Edit Delete

01

FM demodulators are implemented by genera ng

an AM signal whose _________ is propor onal to
Lecture/Topic the instantaneous frequency of the FM signal Amplitude
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Frequency alloca on for commercial AM provides

24 Lecture/Topic how many possible bands 106

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In angle modula on we sacrifice bandwidth for Higher noise

25 Lecture/Topic immunity Active View/Edit Delete
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and Higher SNR

26 Lecture/Topic calledModula on with a modula on index of 0.5 is Undermodula on Active View/Edit Delete
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Phase modula on can be achieved by _______ the

message signal and feeding it to a Frequency
Lecture/Topic modulator Di eren a ng
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28 Lecture/Topic Active View/Edit Delete

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The e ec ve bandwidth of an angle modulated

30 Lecture/Topic signal is given by, Bc = 2(Beta+ 1)fm Active View/Edit Delete

01

The Fourier series coe cients appearing in the

modulated signal equa on for angle modula on
can be computed using The Bessel
31 Lecture/Topic func on
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01

The indirect approach for genera ng Angle Narrow band

modulated signals is to generate a______ signal angle-
32 Lecture/Topic first and then conver ng it to a ______ signal. modulated, wide Active View/Edit Delete
01 band

The message signal a er simple AM is recovered

33 Lecture/Topic by passing a rec fied signal through a low pass Message signal
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01 filter. The bandwidth of this filter is equal to? bandwidth

The output of the loop filter in a PLL-FM

The phase of the
34 Lecture/Topic demodulator is, carrier
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35 Lecture/Topic The power e ciency of Simple AM is equal to 33% Active View/Edit Delete
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The theore cal bandwidth of a FM signals is

36 Lecture/Topic Infinite Active View/Edit Delete
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The speed of informa on can be increased by

37 Lecture/Topic ____________________. Selecong higher carrier Active View/Edit Delete
01 frequencies

38 Lecture/Topic Active View/Edit Delete

01 During communica on when only one party can Half duplex
transmit at a me this is known as
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Noise generated as the result of the random arrival

40 Lecture/Topic rate of discrete current carriers (holes or electrons) Shot Noise Active View/Edit Delete
01 at the output of semiconductor device is called

Most of energy of lightening is found at

Lecture/Topic relatively low frequencies from dc up to
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If wireless signal frequency is 2GHz, the

42 Lecture/Topic antenna size will be approximately: 0.015m Active View/Edit Delete
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In a communica ons system, noise is most

43 Lecture/Topic likely to a ect the signal in the channel Active View/Edit Delete
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Which of the steps is not included in the

44 Lecture/Topic ac ons of a receiver? encoding Active View/Edit Delete
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________ has a poorer preformance than QAM

Lecture/Topic or PSK and is seldom used for high-
45 BFSK Active View/Edit Delete
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__________ represents the number of

Lecture/Topic independent symbols that can be carried
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A balanced ring modulator can be used to

47 Lecture/Topic produce a ______ signal. BPSK Active View/Edit Delete
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Lecture/Topic A complete communication system must a transmitter, a

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Attenuation due to atmospheric conditions

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51 Lecture/Topic Binary amplitude shift keying is also called OOK Active View/Edit Delete
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Carrier signal in modulation technique is

52 Lecture/Topic _______ signal. High frequency Active View/Edit Delete
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Common Source of _______ Noise include

transients produced from electromechanical
53 Lecture/Topic switches, electric motors, appliances, power Industrial Noise Active View/Edit Delete
01 lines etc.

Convolution in time domain is equal to

54 Lecture/Topic division in frequency domain False Active View/Edit Delete
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Equivalent Noise power, Pn , can be computed

55 Lecture/Topic using the formula K.T.BW Active View/Edit Delete
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For connecting your laptop to the Internet in

56 Lecture/Topic the labs, which wires are used Twisted pair Active View/Edit Delete
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Fourier transform of a unit impulse function is

57 Lecture/Topic a sinc function False Active View/Edit Delete
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If M(f) is given (as in the attached figure),

what is the bandwdith of the modulated signal

58 Lecture/Topic 1KHz Active View/Edit Delete

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59 Lecture/Topic Active View/Edit Delete

01 If the bandwidth of the modulating 10 KHz
(information) signal is 5KHz, then the
bandwidth of the modulated signal in DSB-SC
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60 Lecture/Topic managed by Telecomunication Active View/Edit Delete
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Mathematically Eb/N0 can be calculated as

61 Lecture/Topic CB / (Nfb) Active View/Edit Delete
01

Modulation is the process of varying one or

Lecture/Topic more properties of a periodic waveform
62 Carrier Signal Active View/Edit Delete
01 called___________.

63 Lecture/Topic Noise power density can be computed as 10log(1000K) + Active View/Edit Delete
01 10log(T)

Offset-QPSK is a modified form of QPSK

where the bit waveforms on I and Q channels
64 Lecture/Topic are offset or shifted in phase from each other one half Active View/Edit Delete
01 by ________ of a bit-time.

pulse position modulatio is an analog

65 Lecture/Topic modulation scheme where the _________ and amplitude and width Active View/Edit Delete
01 ________ are kept constant.

Puse width modulation is also known

66 Lecture/Topic as__________ Pulse duration Active View/Edit Delete
01 modulation

QPSK implies there a total of _____ bits per

Lecture/Topic symbol with total no of symbols equal
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68 Lecture/Topic The baseband SNR is given by, Active View/Edit Delete

01

The modulated signal in a non linear

modulator is generated by passing the output
69 Lecture/Topic of the last adder/subtractor through a Band pass filter Active View/Edit Delete
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70 Lecture/Topic The shannon limit for information capacity is I=B.log (1+S/N)

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baseband communication system.

72 Lecture/Topic The SNR for SSB AM is given by, Active View/Edit Delete
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Lecture/Topic Twice that of the message signal Twice that of the

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VHF band starts at 30 MHz. Its corresponding

74 Lecture/Topic wavelength is 10m Active View/Edit Delete
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What bandwidth is needed by Shannon's

theory to support a capacity of 20,000 bits per
Lecture/Topic
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Which noise exists only when a signal is

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1
A 10 micro seconds _______ is inserted in
a typical video signal for one horizontal
sweep
Blanking pulse
2

A horizontal syncing pulse of _____ is

inserted in the video signal
5 micro
seconds
3

Commercial FM radio broadcas_ng u_lizes

the frequency band
88-108
MHZ
4
For a specific bandwidth the power
spectral density is given by
N0/2
5

In a mobile wireless telephone system the

mobile user transmit at a power level of
3 wa��s

In FM stereo broadcas_ng the pilot tone is

19 KHz
7

The bandwidth allocated to each

commercial FM broadcas_ng channel is
equal to
200 KHz
8

The effect of noise on Conven_onal AM in

terms of performance degrada_on
is________ that of DSB-SC.
Greater
then

9
The local oscillator allows the mixer to
bring all FM radio signals to a common IF
bandwidth of
10.7 MHz

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10

Which of the following is best at

transmi��ng DC values
VSB

11

__________________ types of communica_on

systems require to have only on transmi��er
and one receiver. Simplex Mode
12

In general block diagram of transmi��er

___________________ module is responsible
for making the informa_on capable for
wireless transmission.
Modulator.
13

The phase velocity of cos(3000t) signal in free

space is ____________________ as compare
to cos(4000t). Same.
14

Narrow band angle modula_on is equivalent to

Conven_onal AM
15

Extra-terrestrial Noise (EXTN) is subdivided into

two categories which are, Cosmic and Solar
16

A advantage of angle modulated signal is

their______ envelope.
Constant
17

A combina_on of a rec_fier and a low pass filter is

known as,
Envelop detector

18
A FM receiver consists of the following parts
A balanced
discriminator,
a band pass filter
and an AM
demodulator

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19
An analog video signal is allocated a bandwidth of 6MHz

20

An oscillator whose frequency varies with the

change of input voltage is known as
A VCO
21

Assuming the PLL is in lock posi_on implies,

Phase error is
small
22

Conven_onal AM contains two side bands where

informa_on in each is,
The same
23

FM demodulators are implemented by genera_ng

an AM signal whose _________ is propor_onal to
the instantaneous frequency of the FM signal
Amplitude

24

Frequency alloca_on for commercial AM provides

how many possible bands
106

25

In angle modula_on we sacrifice bandwidth for

Higher noise
immunity
and Higher SNR

26

Modula_on with a modula_on index of 0.5 is

called Undermodula_on
27

Phase modula_on can be achieved by _______ the

message signal and feeding it to a Frequency
modulator
Differen_a_ng

28
Shannon law can be used to calculate, Channel capacity

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29

Simplest and oldest form of AM is DSB-LC In

30

The effec_ve bandwidth of an angle modulated

signal is given by,
Bc = 2(Beta+ 1)fm
31

The Fourier series coefficients appearing in the

modulated signal equa_on for angle modula_on
can be computed using
The Bessel
func_on

32

The indirect approach for genera_ng Angle

modulated signals is to generate a______ signal
first and then conver_ng it to a ______ signal.
Narrow band
anglemodulated,
wide
band

33

The message signal a��er simple AM is recovered

by passing a rec_fied signal through a low pass
filter. The bandwidth of this filter is equal to?
Message signal
bandwidth
34

The output of the loop filter in a PLL-FM

demodulator is,
The phase of the
carrier

35

The power efficiency of Simple AM is equal to 33%

36

The theore_cal bandwidth of a FM signals is

Infinite
37

The speed of informa_on can be increased by

____________________. Selec_ng higher carrier
frequencies
38
During communica_on when only one party can
transmit at a _me this is known as
Half duplex

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39

In A2D conversion an analog signal is _________

and ___________ to get a digital signal. Sampled and quan_zed
40

Noise generated as the result of the random arrival

rate of discrete current carriers (holes or electrons)
at the output of semiconductor device is called Shot Noise
41

Most of energy of lightening is found at

relatively low frequencies from dc up to
several _________ MHz
42

If wireless signal frequency is 2GHz, the

antenna size will be approximately: 0.5m
43

In a communica_ons system, noise is most

likely to affect the signal in the channel
44

Which of the steps is not included in the

ac_ons of a receiver? encoding
45

________ has a poorer preformance than QAM

or PSK and is seldom used for highperformance
digital radio systems. BFSK
46

__________ represents the number of

independent symbols that can be carried
though a system in a given unit of time. Information capacity
47

A balanced ring modulator can be used to

produce a ______ signal. BPSK
48

A complete communication system must

include: a transmitter, a
receiver, and a channel
49

Attenuation due to atmospheric conditions

(rain etc.) is more at High frequencies
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50

Baseband signal is usually a low frequency signal

51

Binary amplitude shift keying is also called OOK

52

Carrier signal in modulation technique is

_______ signal. High frequency
53

Common Source of _______ Noise include

transients produced from electromechanical
switches, electric motors, appliances, power
lines etc.
Industrial Noise
54

Convolution in time domain is equal to

division in frequency domain False
55

Equivalent Noise power, Pn , can be computed

using the formula K.T.BW
56

For connecting your laptop to the Internet in

the labs, which wires are used Twisted pair
57

Fourier transform of a unit impulse function is

a sinc function False
58

If M(f) is given (as in the attached figure),

what is the bandwdith of the modulated signal
1KHz
59
If the bandwidth of the modulating
(information) signal is 5KHz, then the
bandwidth of the modulated signal in DSB-SC
is__________________.
10 KHz

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60

In Pakistan, mobile bandwidth licences are

managed by
Pakistan
Telecomunication
Authority

61

Mathematically Eb/N0 can be calculated as CB / (Nfb)

62

Modulation is the process of varying one or

more properties of a periodic waveform
called___________. Carrier Signal
63

Noise power density can be computed as 10log(1000K) +

10log(T)
64

Offset-QPSK is a modified form of QPSK

where the bit waveforms on I and Q channels
are offset or shifted in phase from each other
by ________ of a bit-time.
one half
65

pulse position modulatio is an analog

modulation scheme where the _________ and
________ are kept constant. amplitude and width
66

Puse width modulation is also known

as__________ Pulse duration
modulation
67

QPSK implies there a total of _____ bits per

symbol with total no of symbols equal
to______. 2 , 4
68

The baseband SNR is given by,

69

The modulated signal in a non linear

modulator is generated by passing the output
of the last adder/subtractor through a
____________
Band pass filter
70

The shannon limit for information capacity is I=B.log2(1+S/N)

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The SNR for DSB-SC doesnot provide any
SNR improvment over a simple baseband
communication system.
True
72

The SNR for SSB AM is given by,

73

Twice that of the message signal Twice that of the

message signal
74

VHF band starts at 30 MHz. Its corresponding

wavelength is 10m
75

What bandwidth is needed by Shannon's

theory to support a capacity of 20,000 bits per
secon when the ration of signal power to noise
power is 100?
3003 Hz
76

Which noise exists only when a signal is

present? Correlated Noise

Quiz 02

1. The theoretical bandwidth of a FM signals is

2W
W
10W
Infinite

2. In angle modulation we sacrifice bandwidth for

Higher noise immunity
Lower noise immunity
Higher SNR
Both a and c

3. A advantage of angle modulated signal is their______ envelope.

Time varying
Constant
Non-linear
Amplified

4. Narrow band angle modulation is equivalent to

Conventional AM
 DSB-SC AM
SSB AM
VSB AM

5. The Fourier series coefficients appearing in the modulated signal equation for angle modulation can be computed
using
The analysis equation
The synthesis equation
The Bessel function
None of the above

6. The effective bandwidth of an angle modulated signal is given by,

Bc = 2(Beta+ 1)fm
Bc = 2(Beta+ 2)fm
Bc = (Beta+ 1)fm
Bc = 2(Beta+ 1)
7. The relation for effective bandwidth of the modulated signal is given by
Nyquist rule
Bessel function
Carson’s rule
Right hand rule
8. An oscillator whose frequency varies with the change of input voltage is known as
A VCO
A Hartley oscillator
A Colman oscillator
None of the above
9. Phase modulation can be achieved by _______ the message signal and feeding it to a Frequency modulator
passing it through a Square law modulator
Integrating
Differentiating
Taking fourier transform of
10. Frequencymodulation can be achieved by _______ the message signal and feeding it to a Phase modulator
passing it through a Square law modulator
Integrating
Differentiating
Taking Fourier transform of
11. A FM receiver consists of the following parts
A varactor Diode
A balanced discriminator
A band pass filter and AM demodulator
Both b and c

12. The indirect approach for generating Angle modulated signals is to generate a______ signal first and then converting
it to a ______ signal.
FM, PM
PM, FM
Narrow band angle-modulated, wide band
AM, wide band

13. FM demodulators are implemented by generating an AM signal whose _________ is proportional to the
instantaneous frequency of the FM signal
Frequency
Phase
Amplitude
Non of the above
 14. Assuming the PLL is in lock position implies,
Phase error large
Phase error is small
Amplitude is locked
PLL’s output is the input message signal

15. The output of the loop filter in a PLL-FM demodulator is,

The carrier signals
An AM signal
The phase of the carrier
The message signal

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1. Commercial FM radio broadcasting utilizes the frequency band

a. 90-106 MHZ
b. 88-108 MHZ
c. 90-102MHZ
d. 86.6-104.4 MHz
2. The local oscillator allows the mixer to bring all FM radio signals to a common IF bandwidth of
a. 455 KHz
b. 12 MHz
c. 100 MHz
d. 10.7 MHz
3. The bandwidth allocated to each commercial FM broadcasting channel is equal to
a. 100 KHz
b. 200 KHz
c. 10.7 MHz
d. 20 MHz
4. In FM stereo broadcasting the pilot tone is
a. 10 KHz
b. 19 KHz
c. 38 KHz
d. 10.7 MHz
5. A horizontal syncing pulse of _____ is inserted in the video signal
a. 5 micro seconds
b. 5 milli seconds
c. 10 micro seconds
d. 10 milli seconds
6. 6. A 10 micro seconds _______ is inserted in a typical video signal for one horizontal sweep
a. Horizontal Syncing pulse
b. vertical Syncing pulse
c. Guard pulse
d. Blanking pulse
7. Allocated bandwidth for commercial TV is
a. 2 MHz
b. 4 MHz
c. 6 MHz
d. 12 MHz
8. In a mobile wireless telephone system the mobile user transmit at a power level of
a. 1 watt
 2 watts
b.

3 watts
c.

d. 4 watts
9. The SNR of _____________ is used as a comparison for all analog modulation schemes

a. Baseband System
b. Conventional AM
c. DSB-SC
d. None of the above
10. It is found that noise effects DSB-SC and SSB-AM equally
a. True
b. False
11. The effect of noise on Conventional AM in terms of performance degradation is________ that of DSB-SC.
a. Less then
b. Greater then
c. Equal to
12. For a specific bandwidth the power spectral density is given by
a. N0
b. N0/2
c. N0/4
d. N0/8
13. The most bandwidth efficient analog communication system is the
a. DSB-SC
b. SSB
c. CAM
d. FM
14. Which of the following is best at transmitting DC values
a. FM
b. PM
c. VSB
d. SSB
15. _______ is widely used on power critical communication links.
a. DSB-SC
b. VSB AM
c. FM
d. SSB AM

QUIZ 01
An analog video signal is allocated a bandwidth of
30KHz
20KHz
6MHz
2.2GHz

During communication when only one party can transmit at a time this is known as

Simplex
Half duplex
Duplex
Full Duplex

In A2D conversion an analog signal is _________ and ___________ to get a digital signal.
Transmitted and received
Sampled and quantized
Sampled and transmitted
Modulated and demodulated

Most of energy of lightening is found at relatively low frequencies from dc up to several _________

KHz
MHz
GHz
None of the above.

Extra-terrestrial Noise (EXTN) is subdivided into two categories which are,

Man-made and solar

Cosmic and solar
Atmospheric and Cosmic
Lunar and solar

Noise generated as the result of the random arrival rate of discrete current carriers (holes or electrons) at the output of
semiconductor device is called

Impulse noise
Switching noise
Shot noise
None of the above

Shannon law can be used to calculate,

Modulation index
Carrier signal amplitude
Bit error rate
Channel capacity

Simplest and oldest form of AM is

DSB-SC
DSB-LC
SSB-LC
VSB AM

Frequency allocation for commercial AM provides how many possible bands

98.6
102
106
108

Conventional AM contains two side bands where information in each is,

The same
90 degrees shifted
Conjugate of original
None of the above

Modulation with a modulation index of 0.5 is called

Over modulation
Undermodulation
Carrier modulation
AM modulation

The efficiency of Simple AM is limited to

33%
50%
66.6 %
95 %

A combination of a rectifier and a low pass filter is known as,

Transformer
Linear phase filter
Envelop detector
Synchronous modulator

The message signal after simple AM is recovered by passing a rectified signal through a low pass filter. The bandwidth of this filter is equal
to?
Carrier signal bandwidth
Message signal bandwidth
20 KHz
3.3 KHz

The bandwidth of a conventional AM signal is equal to,

Half of the message signals band width
Equal to that of the message signal
Twice that of the message signal
None of the above

The measure of how fully the carrier has been modulated by information signal is known as,
AM index
Power index
Modulation index
Efficiency index

Noise is added in a signal irrespective of precautions, this noise is added at _______

Transmitter
Transmitter and receiver
Transmitter, receiver and channel
Transmitter, receiver, channel and transducer

1. The difference between CAM and Narrowband angle modulation(NBAM) is

a) NBAM has amplitude variations

b) Bandwidth of the NBAM is less then CAM
c) NBAM provides better noise immunity

2. In FM signal demodulation the main benefit of deploying feedback is to reduce the

effect

a) Eddy
b) Modulation index
c) Threshold
d) Noise

3. In FM stereo broadcasting the pilot tone is

a) 19KHz
b) 38KHz
c) 10KHz
d) 10.7MHz

4. When increasing the amplitude ‘a’of modulation signal in PM and FM then the number of
harmonics in the output,

a) Increase
b) Decrease
c) Remain the same in PM while decrease in FM signal
d) Remain the same

5. The IF in a superheterodyne receiver is equal to

a) 5KHz
b) 455KHz
c) 10KHz
d) 995-2055KHz

6. Pulse width modulation is known as

a) Pulse duration modulation

b) Pulse phase modulation
c) Pulse amplitude modulation
d) Pulse position modulation

7. FM demodulation are implemented by generating an AM signal whose,

a) Frequency is proportionl to instantaneous frequency of AM signal

b) Amplitude is proportionl to instantaneous frequency of FM signal
c) Frequency is proportionl to instantaneous frequency of FM signal
d) Amplitude is proportionl to instantaneous frequency of AM signal

8. The quality factor Q of a filter in a superheterodyne receiver can be defined as

a) Q = Fc/BW
b) Q = BW.Fc
c) Q = BW/Fc
d) Q = 1/{BW.Fc}

9. The SNR for DSB-SC doesnot provide any SNR improvement over a simple baseband
ommunication system.

a) False
b) True

10. The local oscillator allows the mixer to bring all FM radio signals to a common IF
bandwidth of

a) 10.7MHz
b) 455 KHz
c) 12 MHz
d) 100 MHz

11. A balanced dicriminator contains the following components.

a) Mixer and an envelope detector

b) Band pass filter and enveloper detector
c) Band pass filter and amplitude
d) Mixer and amplifier

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A 10 micro seconds _______ is inserted in
01 a typical video signal for one horizontal Blanking pulse
sweep
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2
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3
01 the frequency band MHZ
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5 3 waƩs
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7 commercial FM broadcasƟng channel is 200 KHz
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The effect of noise on ConvenƟonal AM in
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8 terms of performance degradaƟon
01 then
is________ that of DSB-SC.
9 Lecture/Topic The local oscillator allows the mixer to 10.7 MHz
01 bring all FM radio signals to a common IF
 bandwidth of

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16. The theoretical bandwidth of a FM signals is

2W
W
10W
Infinite

17. In angle modulation we sacrifice bandwidth for

Higher noise immunity
Lower noise immunity
Higher SNR
Both a and c

18. A advantage of angle modulated signal is their______ envelope.

Time varying
 Constant
Non-linear
Amplified

19. Narrow band angle modulation is equivalent to

Conventional AM
DSB-SC AM
SSB AM
VSB AM

20. The Fourier series coefficients appearing in the modulated signal equation for angle modulation can be computed
using
The analysis equation
The synthesis equation
The Bessel function
None of the above

21. The effective bandwidth of an angle modulated signal is given by,

Bc = 2(Beta+ 1)fm
Bc = 2(Beta+ 2)fm
Bc = (Beta+ 1)fm
Bc = 2(Beta+ 1)
22. The relation for effective bandwidth of the modulated signal is given by
Nyquist rule
Bessel function
Carson’s rule
Right hand rule
23. An oscillator whose frequency varies with the change of input voltage is known as
A VCO
A Hartley oscillator
A Colman oscillator
None of the above
24. Phase modulation can be achieved by _______ the message signal and feeding it to a Frequency modulator
passing it through a Square law modulator
Integrating
Differentiating
Taking fourier transform of
25. Frequencymodulation can be achieved by _______ the message signal and feeding it to a Phase modulator
passing it through a Square law modulator
Integrating
Differentiating
Taking Fourier transform of
26. A FM receiver consists of the following parts
A varactor Diode
A balanced discriminator
A band pass filter and AM demodulator
Both b and c

27. The indirect approach for generating Angle modulated signals is to generate a______ signal first and then converting
it to a ______ signal.
FM, PM
PM, FM
Narrow band angle-modulated, wide band
AM, wide band
 28. FM demodulators are implemented by generating an AM signal whose _________ is proportional to the
instantaneous frequency of the FM signal
Frequency
Phase
Amplitude
Non of the above

29. Assuming the PLL is in lock position implies,

Phase error large
Phase error is small
Amplitude is locked
PLL’s output is the input message signal

30. The output of the loop filter in a PLL-FM demodulator is,

The carrier signals
An AM signal
The phase of the carrier
The message signal

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16. Commercial FM radio broadcasting utilizes the frequency band

a. 90-106 MHZ
b. 88-108 MHZ
c. 90-102MHZ
d. 86.6-104.4 MHz
17. The local oscillator allows the mixer to bring all FM radio signals to a common IF bandwidth of
a. 455 KHz
b. 12 MHz
c. 100 MHz
d. 10.7 MHz
18. The bandwidth allocated to each commercial FM broadcasting channel is equal to
a. 100 KHz
b. 200 KHz
c. 10.7 MHz
d. 20 MHz
19. In FM stereo broadcasting the pilot tone is
a. 10 KHz
b. 19 KHz
c. 38 KHz
d. 10.7 MHz
20. A horizontal syncing pulse of _____ is inserted in the video signal
a. 5 micro seconds
b. 5 milli seconds
c. 10 micro seconds
d. 10 milli seconds
21. 6. A 10 micro seconds _______ is inserted in a typical video signal for one horizontal sweep
a. Horizontal Syncing pulse
b. vertical Syncing pulse
c. Guard pulse
d. Blanking pulse
22. Allocated bandwidth for commercial TV is
 a. 2 MHz
b. 4 MHz
c. 6 MHz
d. 12 MHz
23. In a mobile wireless telephone system the mobile user transmit at a power level of
a. 1 watt
b. 2 watts
c. 3 watts
d. 4 watts
24. The SNR of _____________ is used as a comparison for all analog modulation schemes

a. Baseband System
b. Conventional AM
c. DSB-SC
d. None of the above
25. It is found that noise effects DSB-SC and SSB-AM equally
a. True
b. False
26. The effect of noise on Conventional AM in terms of performance degradation is________ that of DSB-SC.
a. Less then
b. Greater then
c. Equal to
27. For a specific bandwidth the power spectral density is given by
a. N0
b. N0/2
c. N0/4
d. N0/8
28. The most bandwidth efficient analog communication system is the
a. DSB-SC
b. SSB
c. CAM
d. FM
29. Which of the following is best at transmitting DC values
a. FM
b. PM
c. VSB
d. SSB
30. _______ is widely used on power critical communication links.
a. DSB-SC
b. VSB AM
c. FM
d. SSB AM

QUIZ 01
An analog video signal is allocated a bandwidth of
30KHz
20KHz
6MHz
2.2GHz

During communication when only one party can transmit at a time this is known as

Simplex
Half duplex
Duplex
Full Duplex

In A2D conversion an analog signal is _________ and ___________ to get a digital signal.

Transmitted and received

Sampled and quantized
Sampled and transmitted
Modulated and demodulated

Most of energy of lightening is found at relatively low frequencies from dc up to several _________

KHz
MHz
GHz
None of the above.

Extra-terrestrial Noise (EXTN) is subdivided into two categories which are,

Man-made and solar

Cosmic and solar
Atmospheric and Cosmic
Lunar and solar

Noise generated as the result of the random arrival rate of discrete current carriers (holes or electrons) at the output of
semiconductor device is called

Impulse noise
Switching noise
Shot noise
None of the above

Shannon law can be used to calculate,

Modulation index
Carrier signal amplitude
Bit error rate
Channel capacity

Simplest and oldest form of AM is

DSB-SC
DSB-LC
SSB-LC
VSB AM

Frequency allocation for commercial AM provides how many possible bands

98.6
102
106
108

Conventional AM contains two side bands where information in each is,

The same
90 degrees shifted
Conjugate of original
None of the above

Modulation with a modulation index of 0.5 is called

Over modulation
Undermodulation
Carrier modulation
AM modulation

The efficiency of Simple AM is limited to

33%
50%
66.6 %
95 %

A combination of a rectifier and a low pass filter is known as,

Transformer
Linear phase filter
Envelop detector
Synchronous modulator

The message signal after simple AM is recovered by passing a rectified signal through a low pass filter. The bandwidth of this filter is equal
to?
Carrier signal bandwidth
Message signal bandwidth
20 KHz
3.3 KHz

The bandwidth of a conventional AM signal is equal to,

Half of the message signals band width
Equal to that of the message signal
Twice that of the message signal
None of the above

The measure of how fully the carrier has been modulated by information signal is known as,
AM index
Power index
Modulation index
Efficiency index

Noise is added in a signal irrespective of precautions, this noise is added at _______

Transmitter
Transmitter and receiver
Transmitter, receiver and channel
Transmitter, receiver, channel and transducer