EC8395-Communication Engineering

Unit-I

1. FM stands for ________

a) Frequency Modulation
b) Frequency Modulator
c) Frequent Frequent Multiplier
d) Frequency Mixer
2. Why a sinusoidal signal is considered analog?
a) It moves in both positive and negative direction
b) It is positive for one half cycle
c) It is negative for one half cycle
d) It has an infinite number of amplitudes in the range of values of the independent variable
3. What is Demodulation?
a) Process of varying one or more properties of a periodic waveform
b) Recovering information from a modulated signal
c) Process of mixing a signal with a sinusoid to produce a new signal
d) Involvement of noise
4. Data transmitted for a given amount of time is called ________
a) Noise
b) Power
c) Frequency
d) Bandwidth
5. Amplitude Modulation suffers from ________
a) Side-band Suppression
b) IntraPulse Modulation
c) Cross Modulation
d) Carrier Suppression
6. Medium which sends information from source to receiver is called ________
a) Transmitter
b) Transducer
c) Loudspeaker
d) Channel
7. What do you understand by the term SSB?
a) Suppressed Side Band
b) Single Side Band
c) Suppressed Single Band
d) Selected Single Band
8. What is the full form of PPM?
a) pulse-position modulation
b) position-pulse modulation
c) pulse-pulse modulation
d) position-position modulation
9. Which of the following stage is present in FM receiver but not in AM receiver?
a) Amplitude limiter
b) Demodulator
 c) AM amplifier
d) Mixer
10. For which of the modulated system, the linear amplified modulated stage is used?
a) low level amplitude modulated system
b) high level amplitude modulated system
c) high level frequency modulated system
d) low level frequency modulated system
11. The upper and lower sideband frequencies for 5KHz amplitude modulation with a 30KHz carrier
frequency will be?
a) 35KHz and 25KHz
b) 34KHz and 24KHz
c) 25KHz and 35KHz
d) 0.35KHz and 0.25KHz

12. _______ determines the number of sideband components in FM.

A. carrier frequency
B. modulation frequency
C. modulation index
D. deviation ratio
13. What produces the sidebands on FM?
A. signal amplitude
B. carrier harmonics
C. baseband frequency
D. broadband frequency
14. Mixer is also known as a ________.
A. modulator
B. suppressor
C. converter
D. beater
15. What part of the carrier is varied by the intelligence during modulation in an AM system?
A. phase
B. frequency
C. amplitude
D. both a and c
16. The frequency of the unmodulated carrier in FM system is
A. modulating frequency
B. center frequency
C. carrier frequency
D. deviation frequency
17. The modulated peak value of a signal is 125 V and the unmodulated carrier value is 85 V. What is
the modulation index?
A. 0.47
B. 0.68
C. 0.32
D. 1.47
18. An 891 kHz carrier having an amplitude of 80 V is modulated by a 4.5 kHz audio signal having
an amplitude of 45 V. The modulation factor is
A. 0.56
 B. 0.65
C. 1.78
D. 1.25
19. What is the modulation index of an FM signal having a carrier swing of 75 kHz when the
modulating signal has frequency of 3 kHz?
A. 25
B. 12.5
C. 0.04
D. 0.08
20. In a FM system, if modulation index is doubled by having the modulating frequency, what will be
the effect on the maximum deviation?
A. No effect
B. Maximum deviation doubles
C. Decreases by ½
D. Increases by ¼
21. To generate an SSB or DSB signal one must use a circuit known as
A. filter modulator
B. ring modulator
C. balanced modulator
D. reactance modulator
22. Which is the first radio receiver?
A. TRF receiver
B. Superheterodyne receiver
C. Crystal radio receiver
D. Heterodyne receiver
23. The advantage of a high level modulated AM transmitter is
A. Less audio power required
B. Better fidelity
C. Higher value of operating power
D. Less distortion
24. Which characteristic of a radio receiver refers to its ability to reject an unwanted signal?
A. Sensitivity
B. Selectivity
C. Fidelity
D. Quality
25. What is the highest percentage of modulation for AM?
A. 50 %
B. 75 %
C. 100 %
D. 80 %
26. In FM, the Carson’s Rule states that the bandwidth is equal to twice the sum of the modulating
frequency and ______.
A. Carrier signal
B. Modulating signal
C. Frequency deviation
D. Image frequency
27. What is the carrier swing of an FM transmitter when modified by 75%?
 A. 53.2 kHz
B. 48 kHz
C. 56.25 kHz
D. 112.5 kHz
28. The modulation system inherently more resistant to noise
A. Single sideband suppressed carrier
B. Frequency modulation
C. Pulse-position modulation
D. Amplitude shift keying
29. A process which occurs in the transmitter
A. Mixing
B. Modulation
C. Heterodyning
D. Demodulation
30. A process which occurs in the receiver
A. Beating
B. Modulation
C. Mixing
D. Demodulation
31. What aspect of the carrier is changed by modulation?
A. Frequency
B. Phase
C. Amplitude
D. Depends on the type of modulation
32. An increase in transmitter power from 25 W to 30 W will cause the antenna current to increase
from 700mA to
A. 800 mA
B. 750 mA
C. 767 mA
D. 840 mA
33. A 1000 kHz carrier is modulated by a 2500 Hz tone. One frequency component of the modulated
signal is
A. 1200 Hz
B. 5000 Hz
C. 1002.5 kHz
D. 2500 Hz
34. Unwanted sidebands in SSB equipment can be suppressed by one or more of the following
methods.
A. Phasing method
B. Filter method
C. Decoder method
D. Both A and B
35. A particular 15 kHz modulation tone results in a peak frequency deviation of 75 kHz. What is the
modulation index?
A. 5
B. 15
C. 75
 D. 3
36. A 10% increase in the frequency of a constant-width pulse train should cause what change in its
average value?
A. –10 %
B. –1 %
C. +1 %
D. +10 %