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Radio Receiver And Noise

1.(Mar 1996) The signal in a 6.What does an FM detector 12.(Nov 1998) What is the
channel is measured to be 23 do? a) to convert phase major cause of atmospheric
dB while noise in the same changes to frequency or static noise?
channel is measured to be 9 changes a) airplanes
dB. The signal to noise ratio b) to extract amplitude b) thunderstorm
therefore is ____. variations c) meteor showers
a) 23/9 c) to convert frequency d) sunspot
b) 9/23 changes to amplitude
c) 14-dB changes 13.Most household radio
d) 32-dB d) to increase the frequency receiver uses ___ detector.
change a) asynchronous
2.What is the interference b) envelope
due to single tone or complex 7.Calculate the thermal noise c) phase
periodic waveforms? delivered to a system with a d) synchronous
a) Insertion bandwidth of 1 Hz operating
b) Harmonic Distortion at 170C. 14.What is the reason for
c) Tone interference a) 2.1 x 10-14 W using pre-emphasis?
d) Inter-modulation Distortion b) 4 x 10-21 W a) to increase noise figure
c) 1.2 x 10-14 W b) reduce noise reception
3.Which of the following FM d) 4 x 10-12 W c) increase selectivity
detectors is not used in d) reduce S/N ratio
mobile? a) Discriminator 8.A super heterodyne is
b) Ratio tuned to 2738 kHz. The IF is 15.If the second-harmonic
c) Quadrature 475 kHz. What is the image amplitude is 2V and the
d) Balanced Detector frequency? fundamental is 10V, then the
a) 4.5 kHz second-harmonic distortion is
4.When diode is used as a b) 4385 kHz ___.
detector in the simple AM c) 3688 kHz a) 20%
radio, what happens to the d) 3.09 MHz b) 40%
waveform of the carrier? c) 4
a) It is filtered. 9.Which of the following is d) 2
b) It is rectified. not commonly used in the
c) It is amplified. LO? 16.(Nov 1997) Background
d) It is modulated. a) Armstrong noise is the same as the
b) Colpitts following except
5.What might cause a 120- c) Hartley a) impulse noise
MHz aircraft transmission to d) Crystal b) gaussian noise
be received on an FM c) thermal noise
broadcast band receiver with 10.It is the ability of a radio d) white noise
a 10.7-MHz IF? receiver to receive weak
a) 97.2 MHz signal. a) sensitivity 17.Most of the
b) 96.3 MHz b) stability communications receiver is in
c) 99.3 MHz c) selectivity the form of ___type.
d) 98.6 MHz d) fidelity a) TRF
b) High-level
11.Which of the following is c) Super heterodyne
not a type of external noise? d) Single-ended
a) Pink Noise
b) Solar Noise 18.The power of thermal
c) Galactic Noise noise is ___ of resistance.
d) Atmospheric Noise a) independent
b) a function
c) dependent
d) equal

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19.An amplifier with NF= 6
dB has (S/N), of 25 dB. What
is the output S/N?
a) 31 dB
b) 19 dB
c) 25 dB
d) 6 dB
20.What is the noise figure of
an ideal amplifier?
a) zero
b) unity
c) 100
d) infinity
21.What is the signal, usually
of random character, which is
always present in a
communications system?
a) spur
b) interference
c) sideband
d) noise
22.A diode detector:
a) Allows current to flow in
one direction only.
b) Detects the modulating
signal.
c) Converts AC into pulsating
DC.
d) Does all of the above.
23.(Apr 1998) Considered as
the main source of an internal
noise. a) Temperature
change
b) Flicker
c) Thermal agitation
d) Device imperfection
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24.A suppressed-carrier 28.A receiver has a dynamic
synchronous detector range of 81 dB. It has 0.55
requires: a) The presence of nW sensitivity. What is the
a reinserted carrier of maximum allowable input
exactly the same frequency signal?
and phase as the original. a) 0.0692 W
b) A BFO that is at the exact b) 15 uW
frequency difference between c) 5.01 W
the original carrier and d) 5.01 uW
modulating frequency.
c) The presence of a 29.The pre-emphasis
reinserted carrier that has a network in Europe has a time
frequency close to the constant of ___.
original carrier. a) 300 us
d) A BFO that is near the b) 100 us
frequency difference between c) 75 us
the original carrier and d) 150 us
modulating frequency.
30.What is the noise current
25.(Nov 1998) What for a diode with a forward
connects the front-end circuit bias of 1 mA over a 1 MHz
of a VHF TV super bandwidth?
heterodyne receiver? a) 17.9 nA
a) Local oscillator, mixer b) 9.15 nA
and RF amplifier c) 91.5 uA
b) RF amplifier, Band pass d) 179 nA
filter and mixer
c) Mixer, RF amplifier and 31.(Apr 1997) Reference
AFC noise temperature.
d) Local oscillator, AGC and a) 300C
antenna b) 700F
c) 290 K
26.A mixer is tuned to 2000 d) 250C
kHz and the local oscillator is
on 1300 kHz. What frequency 32.What is the function of an
would cause an image? FM limiter?
a) 3300 kHz a) to remove amplitude
b) 700 kHz variation
c) 1100 kHz b) to eliminate interference
d) 600 kHz c) to increase stability
d) to provide image rejection
27.It is the ___ that tunes the
receiver to different stations. 33.What determines the
a) Local Oscillator selectivity of a receiver?
b) Detector a) the bandwidth of the
c) IF Amplifier tuned circuits
d) RF Amplifier b) the frequency stability
c) the power handling
capability
d) the gain of the amplifier
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34.A type of device noise 40.A double conversion 45.When the loop in a PLL is
whose intensity decreases receiver uses a first IF of 10.7 locked, what is the difference
with frequency. MHz and a second of 455 in frequency detected by the
a) flicker kHz, both with high tracking. phase detector?
b) shot noise If a signal is received at 50 a) 00
c) popcorn noise MHz, what signal/s will go b) 900
d) thermal noise into the second mixer? c) 1800
a) 10.7 MHz d) 450
35.What is the advantage of b) All of the above
using a high IF? c) 110.7 MHz 46.What is the lowest number
a) better quality of music d) 39.3 MHz of sections required by
b) improve S/N ratio communications receiver?
c) better image rejection 41.Which of the following is a) 3
d) high gain not associated with b) 4
transistors? c) 2
36.(Apr 1997) What is the a) shot noise d) 1
reference frequency of b) transit-time
CCITT psophometric noise c) flicker noise 47.Which is better, an NF of
measurement? d) jitter 20 or 10 dB?
a) 3400 Hz a) Either
b) 1000 Hz b) 10 dB
c) 1500 Hz 42.(Mar1996) The equivalent c) 20 dB
d) 800 Hz noise temperature of the d) Neither
amplifier is 25 K. What is the
37.Determine the noise noise figure? 48.What is the purpose of
power delivered to a receiver a) 1.086 AFC in an FM receiver?
input at 300 K and noise b) 0.1086 a) to provide good selectivity
bandwidth of 20 kHz. c) 10.86 b) to help maintain a steady
a) -25 dBm d) 1.86 local oscillator frequency
b) 131dBm c) to increase the sensitivity
c) -130.8 dBm 43.(Mar 1996) After the IF d) to stabilize the gain
d) -120 dBm stages have been aligned,
the next state to align in FM
38.Noise is most problematic receiver is
at the___. a) local oscillator
a) receiver b) limiter stage 49.Determine the open-circuit
b) transmitter c) Mixer stage noise voltage in 1Hz of
c) communication channel d) RF Amplifier bandwidth at 290 K for a
d) source diode biased at 1 mA.
44.The noise power a) 65 pV
39.(April 1997) Industrial generated by a resistor b) 56 pV
noise frequency is between depends upon c) 465 pV
___. a) its resistance value d) 654 pV
a) 20 GH b) none of the above
b) 0 to 10 kHz c) both a and b 50.What circuit accompanies
c) 15 to 160 MHz d) its operating a mixer?
d) 200 to 3000 MHz temperature a) IF Amplifier
b) LO
c) Detector
d) RF Amplifier

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51.A decibel notation relative 58.The value of a resistor 64.To make the headset
to a reference noise level. creating thermal noise is reproduce the original
a) dBf halved. The noise power modulating signal, the metal
b) dBrn generated is disk mask:
c) dBa a) quadrupled a) Move in step with the
d) dBpwp b) halved changes in amplitude of
c) doubled the received carrier.
52.The local FM stereo rock d) unchanged b) Move in step with the
station is at 96.5 MHz. What frequency of the received
must be the local oscillator 59.What electrical device carrier.
frequency? inside a communication c) Vibrate fast enough to
a) 112.5 MHz receiver selects one station keep up with the high
b) 93.9 MHz and rejects all others? frequency radio wave.
c) 105.9 MHz a) AGC d) Have a source of energy
d) 107.2 MHz b) Detector from a battery.
c) Tuner
53.(Mar 1996) Cross d) Local Oscillator 65.(Nov 1997) Two resistor,
modulation on a receiver is 20 kohms and 50 kohms are
eliminated at the a) Detector 60.The type of device noise, at ambient temperature.
stage which is important at high Calculate for a bandwidth
b) Mixer stage frequencies, is ___ noise. equal to 100 kHz, the thermal
c) RF stage a) Johnson noise voltage for the two
d) IF stage b) shot resistors connected in
c) Transit-time parallel.
54.What source of noise is d) flicker a) 4278 uV
related to system b) 4.78 uV
temperature? a) shot noise 61.A microwave antenna at c) 0.4782 uV
b) pink noise an earth station has Tant=25 d) 47.8 uV
c) burst noise K. If the receiver has Tr=290
d) thermal noise K (3 dB NF), then the 66.Determine the equivalent
resultant equivalent system noise bandwidth for a single
55.Another name for burst noise temperature is ___. RC low-pass filter if R=20
noise a) flicker a) 25 K kohms and C= 0.1 uF
b) popcorn noise b) 290 K a) 125 Hz
c) pink noise c) 315 K b) 250 Hz
d) shot noise d) 300 K c) 200 Hz
d) 500 Hz
56.Determine the open-circuit 62.(Apr 1997) The most
noise voltage in 1 Hz of common unit of noise 67.What stage in a super
bandwidth at 290 K for a 26 measurement in white noise heterodyne is aligned first?
ohms resistor. testing. a) RF Amplifier
a) 45 pV a) dBk b) Second Detector
b) 65 pV b) dBw c) Mixer
c) 145 pV c) NPR d) IF Amplifier
d) 645 pV d) dBm
57.What type of second
detector is used for AM? 63.(Mar 1996) In an FM
a) PLL receiver, which circuit
b) Lattice removes amplitude
c) Ratio variations?
d) Diode a) Mixer
b) Discriminator
c) Limiter
d) Exciter

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68.The super heterodyne
circuit uses local oscillator to
___ with the RF signal of the
station and convert the
carrier to the intermediate
frequency.
a) beat
b) all of the above
c) heterodyne
d) mix
69.(Nov 1997) Noise caused
by the thermal agitation of
electrons in resistance.
a) ALL of these
b) Thermal Noise
c) White Noise
d) Johnson’s Noise
70.Which of the following is
not an application of PLL?
a) FM demodulators
b) Frequency Synthesizers
c) AM Discriminator
d) FSK decoder
71.Basically, what would be
added to a TRF to produce a
super heterodyne?
a) Mixer stage
b) Local Oscillator
c) IF stage
d) All of the above
72.(Apr 1997) The random
and unpredictable electric
signal from natural causes,
both internal and external to
the system is known as ___.
a) distortion
b) noise
c) interference
d) attenuation
73.(Apr 1998) The signal to
noise ratio that is required for
a satisfactory television
reception. a) 20 dB
b) 30 dB
c) 40 dB
d) 10 dB
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74.(Nov 1997) Extra- 81.What is the S/N at the
terrestrial noise is observable output of an amplifier whose
at frequencies from NF=10 dB and the input
a) 5 to 8 GHz S/N=25 dB?
b) 8 to 1.43 GHz a) 25 dB
c) Above 2 GHz b) 35 dB
d) 0 to 20 kHz c) 15 dB
d) 10 dB
75.Receiver ___ is a gauge
of the receiver’s capacity to 82.Quantization noise is
receive weak signals. produced in
a) Dynamic Range a) PCM
b) Sensitivity b) FSK
c) Selectivity c) All pulse modulation
d) Gain Factor system
d) All modulation system
76.How many mixers are in
an SSB receiver? 83.What is the BFO in SSB
a) 4 receiver called?
b) 3 a) Backward Oscillator
c) 1 b) Carrier Oscillator
d) 2 c) Local Oscillator
d) Frequency Oscillator
77.In an FM receiver, the
circuit that keeps the receiver 84.A radio receiver is called
tuned exactly to the desired ___ if the local oscillator
station is ___. frequency is made equal to
a) AFC the wanted RF signal
b) Limiter frequency.
c) AGC a) homodyne
d) Discriminator b) TRF
c) Up-conversion
78.Compute the noise figure d) Single-conversion
of a receiving system with a
noise temperature of 2000C. 85.What is the major
a) 42 dB advantage of a super
b) 2.4 dB heterodyne receiver? a) high
c) 24 dB amplification factor
d) 4.2 dB b) excellent selectivity and
sensitivity
79.It is the interference of a c) good image rejection
signal from one channel into d) inexpensive
another channel.
a) Inter-modulation distortion 86.What happens to noise
b) Sideband splatter when you increase the
c) Spur bandwidth of an amplifier?
d) Crosstalk a) it increases
b) fluctuates
80.What is the disadvantage c) Remain constant
slope detection of FM? d) it decreases
a) complexity
b) high level of noise
c) low noise reduction
d) no noise discrimination
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87.For an IF frequency of 455 93.This noise increases with 99.Connecting a headset

kHz, what must be the LO bias current level and is directly across the tuner in a
frequency when receiving a inversely proportional to the simple AM radio receiver:
580 kHz transmission? square of frequency. a) Produces sound in the
a) 3.51 MHz a) shot noise headset.
b) 1035 MHz b) flicker b) Will not work until a battery
c) 351 kHz c) burst noise is added.
d) 1.035 MHz d) thermal noise c) Will burn out the tuner.
d) Will not produce sound
88.(Apr 1997) What is the 94.(Nov 1996) Noise from in the headset.
local oscillator frequency random acoustic or electric
range in commercial AM noise that has equal per
broadcast if IF is equal to 455 cycle over a specified total
kHz? frequency band. a) Gaussian
a) 0 to 1600kHz noise
b) 540 to 1600 kHz b) All of these
c) 0 to 455 kHz c) Thermal noise
d) 955 to 2055 kHz d) White noise

89.The three kind of 95.What part of a super

demodulators for AM are: heterodyne is responsible for
a) frequency, phase and the band pass of the
amplitude receiver?
b) simple, suppressed a) Detector
carrier, and single b) LO
sideband c) IF Amplifier
c) a and c but not b d) RF Amplifier
d) simple, medium, and
complex 96.(Apr 1997) What particular
circuit gets rids of FM noise?
90.Which of the following a) LPF
must not be included? b) HPF
a) atmospheric noise c) Phase Shifter
b) solar noise d) Limiter
c) galactic noise
d) cosmic noise 97.(Nov 1997) Atmospheric
noise is less severe at
91.Find the noise voltage for frequencies above
a 1-kohms resistor at 170C a) audio level
“tuned” by an LC circuit with b) 30 MHz
a BW of 1 MHz. c) 10 GHz
a) 15.01 uV d) 1 GHz
b) 5.01 uV
c) 15 uV 98.The term wolfe number
d) 50 uV refers to the front-end circuit
of a VHF TV super
92.(Apr 1997) Unit of noise heterodyne receiver?
power of psophometer a) Ultraviolet Radiation
a) dBmo b) X-rays
b) dBm c) 11-year sunspot cycle
c) dBa d) 27-year solar cycle
d) pWp

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