Mixed Quiz

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Out of 29 questions, you answered 8 correctly, for a final grade of
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21 incorrect (72%)
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Your Results:
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Before data can be transmitted, they must be

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transformed to ________.

A)Electromagnetic signals

B)Periodic signals

C)Aperiodic signals

D)Low-frequency sine waves

When one of the components of a signal has

2 INCORRECT a frequency of zero, the average amplitude of
the signal ________.

A)Is less than zero

B)Is greater than zero

C)Is zero

D)(a) or (b)

A periodic signal can always be decomposed

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into ________.

A)Exactly an odd number of sine

waves
 B)A set of sine waves, one of which
must have a phase of 0°

C)A set of sine waves

D)None of the above

A periodic signal completes one cycle in 0.001

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s. What is the frequency?

A)1 Hz

B)100 Hz

C)1 KHz

D)1 MHz

In a frequency-domain plot, the horizontal

5 CORRECT
axis measures the ________.

A)Frequency

B)Peak amplitude

C)Phase

D)Slope

In a time-domain plot, the vertical axis is a

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measure of ________.

A)Frequency

B)Phase

C)Amplitude

D)Time

In a time-domain plot, the horizontal axis is a

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measure of ________.

A)Signal amplitude
 B)Time

C)Frequency

D)Phase

If the bandwidth of a signal is 5 KHz and the

8 INCORRECT lowest frequency is 52 KHz, what is the
highest frequency?

A)5 KHz

B)10 KHz

C)47 KHz

D)57 KHz

What is the bandwidth of a signal that ranges

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from 40 KHz to 4 MHz?

A)3.96 MHz

B)36 MHz

C)360 KHz

D)396 KHz

10 INCORRECT As frequency increases, the period ________.

A)Decreases

B)Increases

C)Remains the same

D)Doubles

When propagation speed is multiplied by

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propagation time, we get the ________.

A)Throughput
 B)Wavelength of the signal

C)Distance a signal or bit has

traveled

D)Distortion factor

Propagation time is ________ proportional to

12 INCORRECT distance and ________ proportional to
propagation speed.

A)Inversely; directly

B)Inversely; inversely

C)Directly; inversely

D)Directly; directly

Wavelength is ________ proportional to

13 CORRECT propagation speed and ________
proportional to period.

A)Directly; directly

B)Inversely; directly

C)Directly; inversely

D)Inversely; inversely

Which of the following can be determined

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from a frequency-domain graph of a signal?

A)Phase

B)Power

C)Frequency

D)All the above

Which of the following can be determined

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from a frequency-domain graph of a signal?
 A)Phase

B)Bandwidth

C)Power

D)All the above

In a frequency-domain plot, the vertical axis

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measures the ________.

A)Frequency

B)Peak amplitude

C)Phase

D)Slope

Given two sine waves A and B, if the

17 CORRECT frequency of A is twice that of B, then the
period of B is ________ that of A.

A)One-half

B)Twice

C)The same as

D)Indeterminate from

The wavelength of green light in air is

18 CORRECT ________ the wavelength of green light in
fiber-optic cable.

A)Greater than

B)Less than

C)Equal to

D)None of the above

 Using the Shannon formula to calculate the
19 INCORRECT data rate for a given channel, if C = B, then
________.

A)The signal is equal to the noise

B)The signal is less than the noise

C)The signal is greater than the

noise

D)Not enough information is given to

answer the question

A sine wave is ________.

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A)Aperiodic and continuous

B)Periodic and discrete

C)Aperiodic and discrete

D)Periodic and continuous

If the maximum amplitude of a sine wave is 2

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V, the minimum amplitude is ________ V.

A)2

B)1

C)-2

D)Between -2 and 2

A signal is measured at two different points.

The power is P1 at the first point and P2 at
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the second point. The dB is 0. This means
________.

A)P2 is zero

B)P2 equals P1

C)P2 is much larger than P1

D)P2 is much smaller than P1

 ________ is a type of transmission
impairment in which the signal loses strength
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due to the resistance of the transmission
medium.

A)Distortion

B)Noise

C)Decibel

D)Attenuation

________ is a type of transmission

impairment in which the signal loses strength
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due to the different propagation speeds of
each frequency that makes up the signal.

A)Attenuation

B)Noise

C)Distortion

D)Decibel

________ is a type of transmission

25 CORRECT impairment in which an outside source such
as crosstalk corrupts a signal.

A)Attenuation

B)Noise

C)Distortion

D)Decibel

The ________ has units of meters/second or

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kilometers/second.

A)Throughput

B)Propagation time
 C)Propagation speed

D)(b) or (c)

________ has units of bits/second.

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A)Throughput

B)Propagation speed

C)Propagation time

D)(b) or (c)

28 CORRECT The ________ has units of seconds.

A)Throughput

B)Propagation time

C)Propagation speed

D)(b) or (c)

The wavelength of a signal depends on the

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________.

A)Frequencies of the signal

B)Medium

C)Phase of the signal

D)(a) and (b)