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Al-Azhar University
Faculty of Engineering and Information
Technology
Telecommunication Engineering ITCE 5360
Midterm Exam
March 2017

Question 1 (8 Marks)

Choose True or False

1) In a telephone number, the last four digits identify the subscriber exchange. ( )

2) The PSTN is always a very efficient network. ( )

3) The SNR is constant during a single telephone call. ( )

4) The bandwidth of a CAT-5 twisted pair cable is 10 MHz ( )

5) In a 1000 Base-T link, 5 pairs of twisted pairs are used to carry data in both directions. ( )

6) In 1000 Base-T link, PAM-5 is used. 4 voltage levels are needed to generate 2 bits/symbol
and a fifth level can be used for control. ( )

7) An eye diagram is a common indicator of the quality of signals in high-speed digital

transmissions. ( )

8)BER of QPSK is better than BER of 16 QAM at the same SNR ( )

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 Question 2 (5 marks)

Define the following 10 communication terms ( 0.5 mark each, do not write more than
2 lines).

1) BH 2) Convolutional coding 3) Baseband 4) hamming codes 5) jitter

6) DBPSK 7) raised root cosine filter 8) Shannon limit 9) USB-3 10) 1024 QAM

Question 3 (3 marks)

Describe 3 types of noise that affect communication systems and suggest methods to
reduce their harmful effects.

Question 4 (3 marks)

Describe 3 types of transmission media used in communication systems and mention

advtaages and disadvantages of them?

Question 5 (6 marks)
Khalaf wants to send the hexadecimal byte data ( 7A ) using QPSK modulation

Answer the following

1) After using (7,4 ) hamming codes, what will be the data ?

2) Draw a constellation diagaram for the data after hamming coding?
3) Draw the modulated waves of the symbols if carrier frequency is 900MHz
4) What will be the received data byte if SNR is 40 dB.