CORE 2

Saturday, 10 September 2022 12:58 AM

1. Equation relating x and y that cannot readily be solved 9. It is the measure of the tendency of a force to cause
explicitly for y as a function of x or for x as a rotation about a line or axis.
function of y. Such equation may nonetheless determine
y as a function of x or vice versa. Such a function is A. moment
called ______. B. momentum
C. impulse
A. implicit function D. torsion
B. logarithmic function
C. explicit function
D. continuous function
2. A _______ is a region bounded by a chord of a circle 10. The equation xy=0 implies that
and the intercepted arc of the circle.
A. x = 0 and y = 0
A. Circle B. x = 0 or y = 0
B. Segment C. x = 0 and y is not equal to zero
C. Sector D. x = 0 or y is not equal to zero
D. radius
3. An annulus is a plane figure, which is composed of two 11. The moment of a force about a point P is equal to the
concentric circles. The area of the annulus can be sum of the moments of its components about P.
calculated by getting the difference between the area
of the larger circle and the area of the smaller A. Cavalieri’s Theorem
circle. Also, it can be calculated by removing the B. Pascal’s Theorem
hole. The method is called: C. Varignon’s Theorem
D. Torricelli’s Theorem
A. Law of Extremities
B. Law of Reduction
C. Law of deduction
D. Sharp Theorem
4. Oblique angled parallelogram with four equal sides 12. If the discriminant is greater than zero, this means
that the quadratic equation has
A. Rectangle
B. Rhombus A. real and equal
C. Kite B. real and distinct
D. Square C. not real
D. none of these
5. In the expression an, the n is called the: 13. If P(A|B) = P(A), then events A and B are

A. Base Ans: independent

B. Constant
C. Exponent
D. Variable
6. A couple is composed of two forces that are 14. The probability of impossible event is

A. equal A. 0
B. equal and opposite B. 1
C. equal and different lines of action C. 1/2
D. equal, opposite and different lines of action D. 1/4

7. It is a method of applying mechanics that assumes all 15. It is simply a vector whose magnitude is 1
objects are continuous.
A. moment vector
A. Discrete Mechanics B. tensor
B. Finite Element Method C. unit vector
C. Continuum Mechanics D. vector unity
D. Contact Mechanics
8. _________ travels essentially in a straight line 17. It is sometimes called the scalar product.
between the transmit and the receive antennas
A. dot product
a. Direct waves B. vector product
b. Sky waves C. cross product
c. Space waves D. unit scalar
d. Surface waves

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17. Which is the middle value in a set of grades 25. Which type of variable resistor should you use for
representing the point of distribution where one-half controlling large amount of current?
of the score falls below that point and one half falls
above it? A. Potentiometer
B. Adjustable wirewound
a. Mean C. Variac
b. Median D. Rheostat
c. Mode
d. Measure

18. P( A and B)= P(A)P(B) 26. What happens to the resistance of a conductor wire when
Ans. Independent its temperature is lowered?

A. Decreased
B. Steady
C. Zero
D. Increased
19. What is the probability of a sure event? 27. Term used in electronic measuring device when a metal
increases resistance due to heat produced by current
A. 0 flowing through them.
B. 1
C. 1/2 A. positive resistance coefficient
D. 1/4 B. positive temperature coefficient
C. negative temperature coefficient
D. negative resistance coefficient
21. The amount of attenuation present in a waveguide is 28. Ohm’s law refers to __________.
due to _________.
A. power is directly proportional to both voltage
a. The air dielectric filling the guide squared and the resistance
b. The fine coating of silver inside
c. Losses the conducting walls of the guide B. power is directly proportional to the resistance and
d. I2R loss inversely as the current squared

C. current varies directly as the voltage and inversely

as the resistance

D. current is directly proportional to both voltage and

resistance
21. The rate of passage of radiant energy evaluated by 29. What mechanical property of a material refers to the
reference to the luminous sensation produced by it is resistance to plastic deformation?
called a. Rigidity
b. Plasticity
A. luminous flux c. Ductility
B. luminous radiation d. Hardness
C. luminous plane
D. luminosity
22. The motion of charged particles especially colloidal 30. What is affected when a lead battery is
particles through a relative stationary liquid under overcharged?
the influence of an applied electric provided.
A. Carbon
A. hysteresis B. Grid
B. electrolysis C. Plates
C. electrophoresis D. Electrolytes
D. electro analysis
23. What will happen to an atom if an electron is either 31. Electrical appliances are not connected in series
taken out or taken into the same atom? because __________

A. becomes a negative ion A. series circuit is complicated

B. becomes an ion B. appliances have different current rating
C. becomes a positive ion C. power loss is more
D. nothing will happen D. none of the above
24. The term describes a material whose resistance remains 32. Electrical appliances are connected in parallel because
relatively constant with changes in temperature it _________

A. positive temperature coefficient A. is a simple circuit

B. negative temperature coefficient B. draws less current
C. neutral temperature coefficient C. results in reduce in power loss
D. zero temperature coefficient D. makes the operation of appliances independent of
each other

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33. When batteries have cells connected in series the 41. Kirchhoff’s voltage law is concerned with
effect is
A. IR drops
A. Reduced output voltage B. battery e.m.f.s.
B. Increased current supply C. junction voltages
C. Increased voltage supply D. both A and B
D. Reduced internal resistance
34. In Kirchhoff’s current law, which terminal of a 42. While Thevenizing a circuit between two terminals, Vth
resistance element is assumed to be at a higher equals
potential (more positive) than the other?
A. short-circuit terminal voltage
A. The terminal where the current exits the B. open circuit terminal voltage
resistance elements C. EMF of the battery nearest to the terminal
B. The terminal where the current enters the D. net voltage available in the circuit
resistance elements
C. Either A or B can be arbitrarily selected
D. The terminal closest to the node being analyzed
35. An active element in a circuit is one which _________. 43. Thevenin resistance Rth is found

A. receives energy A. between any two “open” terminals

B. supplies energy B. by short-circuiting the given two terminals
C. both receives and supplies energy C. by removing voltage sources along with their
D. none of these internal resistance
D. between same open terminals as for Vth
36. An passive element in a circuit is one which 44. While calculating Rth, constant -current sources in the
__________. circuit are

A. supplies energy A. replaced by “opens”

B. receives energy
C. both receives and supplies energy
D. none of these
37. An electric circuit contains __________.
A. active elements only
B. passive element only
C. both active and passive elements
D. none of these
38. A linear circuit is one whose parameters (e.g.
resistances etc.) ___________.
A. change with change in current
B. change with change in voltage
C. do not change with change in voltage and current
D. none of these
B. replaced by “shorts”
C. treated in parallel with other voltage sources
D. converted into equivalent voltage sources
45. The Superposition theorem is essentially based on the
concept of
A. duality
B. linearity
C. reciprocity
D. non-linearity
46. For a linear network containing generators and
impedance, the ratio of the voltage to the current
produced in other loop is the same as the ratio of
voltage and current obtained when the positions of the
voltage source and the ammeter measuring the current
are interchanged. This network theorem is known as
_________ theorem.

A. Millman’s
B. Norton’s
C. Tellegen’s
D. Reciprocity
39. The total resistance of a two similar wire conductors 47. Superposition theorem is can be applied only to
connected in parallel is ______ circuits having _________ elements.

A. same resistance of one wire A. non-linear

B. double the resistance of one wire B. passive
C. one half the resistance of one wire C. linear bilateral
D. resistance of one wire multiplied by 4 D. resistive
40. Kepler's third law 48. A condition in which the heat in of around the circuit
Ans: the squares of the orbital periods of the planets increases beyond or to a higher than normal level.
are directly proportional to the cubes of the semi-
major axes of their orbits A. Excessive heat condition
B. Open condition
C. Direct short
D. Grounded

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49. The superposition theorem is used when the circuit 57. In the equation I = ktB, I is measured in:
contains
A. Amperes
A. a single voltage source B. amperes per second
B. a number of passive source C. Bits
C. passive elements only D. bits per second
D. none of these
50. To apply Superposition theorem, all components 58. What is another term for kinetic friction?
must be
A. Dynamic friction
A. the active type B. Starting friction
B. both linear and bilateral C. Sliding friction
C. grounded D. All of these
D. both nonlinear and unidirectional
51. When converting from a Norton-equivalent circuit to a 59. The energy stored in a starched elastic material such
Thevenin equivalent circuit or vice versa as spring is

A. RN and RTH have the same value A. Mechanical energy

B. RN will always be larger than RTH B. Elastic potential energy
C. IN is shorted-circuit to find VTH C. Internal energy
D. VTH is short-circuited to find IN D. Kinetic energy
52. Light bends/curve only due to 60. Steady state rl, inductor:

ans. gravity ans. short

53. When solving for the Thevenin equivalent 61. A highly concentrated pressure wave caused by an object
resistance, RTH, flying faster than speed of sound.

A. all voltage sources must be opened A. sonic-boom

B. all voltage sources must be short-circuited B. Ultrasonic
C. all voltage sources must be converted to C. Supersonic
current sources D. resonance
D. none of these
54. Thevenin’s Theorem states that an entire network 62. Transient disturbance is produced in a circuit whenever
connected to a pair of terminals can be
replaced with A. it is suddenly connected or disconnected from the
supply
A. a single current source in parallel with a single B. it is shorted
resistance C. its applied voltage is changed suddenly
B. a single voltage source in parallel with a single D. all of the above.
resistance
C. a single voltage source in series with a
single resistance
D. a single current source in series with a
single resistance
55. Norton’s Theorem states that an entire network 63. The transient current in a loss-free L-C circuit when
connected to a pair of terminals can be excited from an ac source is _________ a/an sine wave .
replaced with
A. overdamped
A. a single current source in parallel with a single B. undamped
resistance C. underdamped
B. a single voltage source in parallel with a single D. critically damped
resistance
C. a single voltage source in series with a
single resistance
D. a single current source in series with a
single resistance
56. A European unit of the traffic intensity equal to 1/30 64. VLF waves are for some types of services because
of an Erlang.
a. Of low powers required
a. Call second b. They are very reliable
b. EBHC c. The transmitting antennas are of convenient size
c. Erlang d. They penetrate the ionosphere easily
d. Call minute

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65. VGS(on) is always 75. The RDS(on) of a power FET

a. Less than VGS(th) A. Is always large

b. Equal to VDS(on) B. Has a negative temperature coefficient
c. Greater than VGS(th) C. Has a positive temperature coefficient
d. Negative D. Is an active load
66. When the internal temperature increases in a power 76. Events are ______when the occurrence of one event has
FET, the no effect on the probability that another event will
occur.
A. Threshold voltage increases
B. Gate current decreases A. mutually exclusive
C. Drain current decreases B. independent
D. Saturation current increases C. mutually inclusive
D. dependent

67. The VGS(on) of an n-channel E-MOSFET is 77. The minimum input current that can turn on a thyristor
is called the
A. Less than the threshold voltage
B. Equal to the gate-source cutoff voltage A. Holding current
C. Greater than VDS(on) B. Trigger current
D. Greater than VGS(th) C. Breakover current
D. Low-current drop out
68. An E-MOSFET with its gate connected to its drain is an 78. The only way to stop a four-layer diode that is
example of conducting is by

A. A three-terminal device A. A positive trigger

B. An active load B. Low-current drop out
C. A passive load C. Breakover
D. A switching device D. Reverse-bias triggering
69. CMOS stands for 79. A silicon controlled rectifier has
a. Common MOS
b. Active-load switching A. Two external leads
c. p-channel and n-channel devices B. Three external leads
d. Complementary MOS C. Four external leads
D. Three doped regions
70. Which of these may appear on the data sheet of an 80. A SCR is usually turned on by
enhancement-mode MOSFET?
A. Breakover
a. VGS(th) B. A gate trigger
b. ID(on) C. Breakdown
c. VGS(on) D. Holding current
d. All of the above
71. Events are ________ when the occurrence of one event 81. CMOS devices use
changes the probability that another event will occur.
a. Bipolar transistors
A. mutually inclusive b. Complementary E-MOSFETs
B. independent c. Class A operation
C. exhaustive d. DMOS devices
D. dependent
72. The main advantage of CMOS is its 82. You swing a stone tied into a string in a horizontal
circular motion increase the length of the string to
A. High power rating two times its original length. Assuming the same speed,
B. Small-signal operation what will happen to the force of the string?
C. Switching capability
D. Low power consumption A. The force will increase four times
B. The force will increase two times
C. The force will reduce by one-fourth
D. The force will be reduce by one half
73. A thyristor can be used as 83. A property of fluids which is the force generated by a
fluid in response to a velocity gradient.
A. A resistor
B. An amplifier A. compressibility
C. A switch B. plasticity
D. A power source C. elasticity
D. viscosity
74. A latch always uses 84. What can cause error in the measured position in the
earth-based GPS receiver
A. Transistors A. Time dilation
B. Feedback
C. Current
D. Positive feedback

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85. Vibrator which decay/die out with time due to the 94. The integrated and accredited national organization of
effect of internal and external frictional forces: Professional Electronics Engineers, Electronics
Answer: Damped Vibration Engineers and Electronics Technician.

A. IECEP
B. Accredited Professional Organization
C. PIECEP
D. Organization of PECE
86. Vibrator which decay/die out with time due to the 95. Radio programs not suitable for children must be aired
effect of internal and external frictional forces: after what time?
Answer: Damped Vibration
A. 7 PM
B. 8 PM
C. 9 PM
D. 10 PM
87. It is a measure of the resistance that a body’s mass 96. Under R. A. 9292, the Professional Electronic Engineer
and distribution of its mass about the axis of shall the electronics plan designed by a Registered
rotation. This property is known as ______. Electronic Engineer?

A. Moment of inertia A. review

B. Friction B. sign
C. Torsion C. seal
D. Angular acceleration D. all of the choices
88. What is the ratio of the transverse strain to the 97. Under R. A. 9292, who are authorized to take charge of
corresponding axial strain in a body subjected to or supervise electronics construction and installation?
uniaxial stress?
A. Professional Electronic Engineers
A. Poisson’s ratio B. Registered Electronic Engineers
B. Euler’s ratio C. Professional Electronic Engineers and Registered
C. Refractive index Electronic Engineers
D. Dielectric index D. Only those engineers who have more than 5 years
professional practice experience
89. What refers to the stress in the material at the 98. What refers to a terminal where riser cable pairs are
elastic limit? terminated to serve a portion or an entire floor of a
building?
A. Working stress A. Floor terminal distribution area
B. Yield stress B. Raceway terminal
C. Ultimate stress C. Floor distribution terminal
D. Maximum stress D. Riser terminal

90. Within elastic limit, the shear stress is proportional 99. Which part of the housing system in ECE code is a
to shear strain. What is the constant of circular opening through the floor structure to allow
proportionality of this statement called? the passage of a cable and wire?

A. Modulus of rigidity A. Insert

B. Modulus of elasticity B. Sleeve
C. Young’s modulus C. Raceway
D. Bulk modulus D. Slot
91. Within elastic limit, the volumetric strain is 100. In cable facilities for a building communications
proportional to the hydrostatic stress. What is the service, is referred to as a physical cable within a
constant that relates these two quantities called? building or series of buildings which may include both
main cable pairs and house cable pairs but not wiring
A. Modulus of rigidity cable.
B. Modulus of elasticity
C. Young’s modulus A. entrance cable
D. Bulk modulus B. floor distribution cable
C. house cable
D. building cable
92. For a rigid body to be in equilibrium, the net force 101. A telephone company’s cable entering a building from
as well as the net moment about any arbitrary point O telephone cable feeder to the main cross-connecting a
must be equal to zero point within the building is called .

2nd Law of equilibrium *note: torque = zero A. Telephone cable

B. Entrance cable
C. Connecting cable
D. Building cable
93. For a rigid body to be in equilibrium, the net force 102. To be qualified as a Member of the Board, he/she must
as well as the net moment about any arbitrary point O be a citizen and a resident of the Philippines for at
must be equal to zero least __________ consecutive years prior to his/her
appointment.
Ans. 2nd Law of equilibrium *note: torque = zero
A. 7 years
B. 10 years
C. 5 years
D. 3 years

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103. What physical property of a material that refers to 112. Modulation is used to ________.
the temperature at which ferromagnetic materials can
no longer be magnetized by outside forces? a. Increase the carrier power
b. Reduce bandwidth used
A. Melting point c. Allow the use of practical antennas
B. Curie Point d. Shorten the transmission channel
C. Refractive index
D. Specific heat
104. What physical property of a material refers to the 113. Refers to the specific of how these various waves
amount of weight gain (%) experienced in a polymer travel under different circumstances.
after immersion in water for a specified length of
time under a controlled environment? a. Scatter
b. Propagation
A. Dielectric strength c. Waveguide propagation
B. Electric Resistivity d. radiation
C. Water Absorption
D. Thermal conductivity
105. What physical property of material refers to the rate 114. Transmission of binary signals requires ________.
of heat flow per unit time in a homogeneous material
under steady state conditions per unit area, unit a. Less bandwidth than analog
temperature gradient in a direction perpendicular to b. More bandwidth than analog
the area? c. The same bandwidth as analog
d. A license from the FAA
A. Thermal expansion
B. Thermal conductivity
C. Heat distortion temperature
D. Water absorption
106. What physical property of a material refers to the 115. One shall be allowed to take one removal examination
highest potential difference that an insulating on the subject/s where he/she has failed to obtain the
material of a given thickness can withstand for a passing rating. Provided, however, that a candidate
specified time without occurrence of electrical who obtains a passing rating in the majority of the
breakdown through its bulk? subjects but obtains a rating in the other subject/s.

a. Thermal expansion A. Below 70% but not lower than 60%

b. Conductivity B. Below 70% but not lower than 50%
c. Dielectric Strength C. Below 60% but not lower than 50%
d. Electric Resistivity D. Below 75% but not lower than 60%
107. What physical property of a material refers to the 116. DTMF stands for:
ratio of the amount of heat required to raise the
temperature of a unit mass of a substance 1 degree to A. Digital Telephony Multiple Frequency
the heat required to raise the same mass of water to B. Dial Tone Master Frequency
1 degree? C. Dual-Tone Multifrequency
D. Digital Trunk Master Frequency
a. Specific Heat
b. Latent Heat
c. Heat of Fusion
d. Heat of Fission
108. What mechanical property of a material refers to the 117. The members of the board shall hold office for a term
nominal stress at fracture in a tension test at of __________ years from date of appointment or until
constant load and constant temperature? their successors shall have been appointed and
qualified and may be re-appointed once for another
A. Creep strength term.
B. Stress rapture strength
C. Compressive yield strength A. 7
D. Hardness B. 10
C. 5
D. 3
109. ________ is the distance between two wave fronts 118. PSK stands for:
having the same phase at any given instant.
A. Pulse-Signal Keying
a. Wavefront B. Pulse-Shift Keying
b. Wavelength C. Phase-Signal Keying
c. Wave distance D. Phase-Shift Keying
d. Field intensity
110. Ducting is also called____. 119. FSK stands for:

a. Super ducting A. Full-Shift Keying

b. Superrefraction B. Frequency-Shift Keying
c. Superdiffraction C. Full-Signal Keying
d. refraction D. none of the above
111. The minimum voltage value that is considered 120. The minimum voltage value that is considered hazardous
hazardous is: is:

A. 150V DC A. 45V RMS AC

B. 45V DC B. 12V RMS AC
C. 135V DC C. 24V RMS AC
D. 160V DC D. 50V RMS A

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121. PSTN stands for: 132. Noise that is caused by natural disturbances such as
lightning discharge.
A. Public Switched Telephone Network
B. Private Switched Telephone Network A. Static noise
C. Primary Service Telephone Network B. Space noise
D. Primary Service Telephone Numbers C. Atmospheric noise
D. A or C
122. LATA stands for: 133. Atmospheric or static noise becomes less severe at
frequencies
A. Local Access and Transport Area
B. Local Access Telephone Area A. Below 30 KHz
C. Local Area Telephone Access B. Between 30 KHz and 300 KHz
D. Local Area Transport Access C. Between 300 KHz and 30 MHz
D. Above 30 MHz
123. A LATA is a: 134. Considered as space noise or extraterrestrial noise

A. a local calling area A. Solar noise

B. a type of digital local network B. Cosmic noise
C. a way of accessing a tandem office C. Black-body noise
D. a way of accessing a central office D. All of the above
124. Any unwanted form of energy interfering the reception of 135. Is an electronically steerable antenna.
wanted signal is called
A. Yagi-Uda
A. Noise B. Log Periodic
B. Sideband C. Phased Array
C. Harmonics D. None of these
D. Modulation
125. Is the reduction of signal amplitude as it passed over 136. The ratio of the focal length to the mouth diameter of the
the transmission medium. parabola is called _______.

A. Noise A. Aperture Number

B. Distortion B. Aperture diameter
C. Attenuation C. Effective area
D. Interference D. Aperture
126. Signal waveform perturbation or deviation caused by 137. Is an array antenna which has its maximum main beam
imperfect response of the system to the desired signal directed along the axis of the array.

A. Noise A. Antenna array

B. Aliasing B. End-fire array
C. Distortion C. Broadside array
D. Interference D. None of these
127. Signal attenuation can be corrected by 138. It uses a hyperboloid secondary reflector.

A. Filtering A. Double reflector

B. Modulation B. Waveguide feed horn
C. Equalization C. Feed horn
D. Amplification D. Cassegrain feed
128. Distortion in a waveform can be corrected by 139. When a waveguide is terminated by a horn, it is called
______.
A. Filtering
B. Modulation A. Feed antennas
C. Equalization B. Horn antennas
D. Amplification C. Feed horn
D. None of these
129. Signal contamination by extraneous or external sources, 140. Transmitting data as serial binary word is called _______.
such as, other transmitters, power lines, and machinery.
A. digital communications
A. Noise B. quantizing
B. Distortion C. PAM
C. Harmonics D. PCM
D. Interference
130. Man-made or industrial noise is also known as 141. Local loops terminate at:

A. Noise A. a tandem office

B. Distortion B. a toll station
C. Interference C. a central office
D. Thermal Noise D. an interexchange office
131. The noise performance of a receiver or circuit. It is 142. What type of impact is when the motion of one or both of
expressed as ratio of the S/N power at the output. the colliding bodies is not directed along the line
impact?
A. Noise figure
B. S/N ratio A. Central impact
C. Signal figure B. Eccentric impact
D. Figure of merit C. Direct impact
D. Oblique impact

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143. Which theorem provides a shortcut for finding the 154. A DC voltage source is connected across a series RLC
common voltage across any number of parallel circuit, under steady state conditions, the applied DC
branches with different sources? voltage drops entirely across the

A. The Superposition Theorem A. R only

B. Thevenin’s Theorem B. L only
C. Norton’s Theorem C. C only
D. Millman’s Theorem D. R & L combinations
144. Call blocking: 155. A _______ is a selection of all or part of a set of
objects, without regard to the order in which they were
A. cannot occur in the public telephone network selected.
B. occurs on the local loop when there is an A. Permutation
electrical power failure B. Function
C. occurs only on long-distance cables C. Combination
D. occurs when the central office capacity is exceeded D. Factorial
145. POTS stands for: 156. Probability of A or B.

A. Private Office Telephone System A. P(A U B)

B. Primary Office Telephone Service B. P(A ∩ B)
C. Primary Operational Test System
D. Plain Old Telephone Service
146. QAM stands for: 157. Central offices are connected by:

A. Quadrature Amplitude Modulation A. local loops

B. Quadrature Amplitude Masking B. trunk lines
C. Quadrature Amplitude Marking C. both a and b
D. none of the above D. none of the above
147. For QAM, the two dimensions of its symbol space are: 158. ITU is an abbreviation for:

A. amplitude and frequency A. International Telephony Unit

B. amplitude and phase angle B. International Telephony Union
C. frequency and phase angle C. International Telecommunications Union
D. I-bits and Q-bits D. International Telecommunications Units
148. An “eye pattern” shows a good channel when: 159. The cable used for local loops is mainly:

A. the eye is maximally open A. twisted-pair copper wire

B. the eye is maximally closed B. shielded twisted-pair copper wire
C. the eye is half open C. coaxial cable
D. the eye alternately opens and closes D. fiber-optic
149. Instead of a single bit, a QPSK symbol contains: 160. Which circuit is most common to both frequency-hopping and
direct-sequence spread spectrum transmitters?
A. a byte
B. 4 bits A. correlator
C. a dibit B. frequency synthesizer
D. a Q-bit C. PSN code generator
D. Sweep generator
150. For QAM, a “constellation diagram” shows: 161. It consist essentially of sampling analog information
signals and then converting those samples into discreet
A. location of symbols in “symbol space” pulses of transporting the pulses from the source to
B. separation of symbols in “symbol space” destination over a physical transmission medium
C. effects of noise on symbols
D. all of the above A. Pulse modulation
B. Amplitude modulation
C. Frequency modulation
D. Digital modulation
151. High-speed modems equalize the line to compensate for: 163. A synchronous transmission usually begins with which
character?
A. noise and interference
B. uneven phase and frequency response A. SYN
C. low SNR B. STX
D. inconsistent bit rates at either end of channel C. SOH
D. ETB
152. The bits sent to allow equalization are called: 163. Assigning PCM codes to absolute magnitudes

A. Gaussian bits A. Coding

B. random bits B. Quantizing
C. a training sequence C. Sampling
D. a random sequence D. Any of these
153. In telephony, POP stands for: 164. A theory that establishes the minimum sampling rate that
can be used for a given PCM systems
A. Post Office Protocol
B. Point Of Presence A. Nyquist sampling theorem
C. Power-On Protocol B. Nyquist minimum bandwidth
D. none of the above C. Nyquist minimum bandwidth
D. Any of these

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