MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS IN

AMPLITUDE
MODULATION
Electronics Systems and Technologies

By
Melvin C. Arceo

ENCODED BY:
SANTOLLO, Dan Alvin
1. The process of impressing a low frequency information signals onto a high-frequency carrier
signal is called _____.

a. demodulation
 b. oscillation

c. modulation

d. amplification

2. A silicon varactor diode exhibits a capacitance of 200pF at zero bias. If it is in parallel with a
60-pF capacitor and a 200-uH inductor, calculate the range of resonant frequency as the diode
varies through a reverse bias of 3 to 15V.

a. 679kHz to 2.13MHz

b. 966kHz to 1.15MHz

c. 355kHz to 3.12MHz

d. 143 kHz to 4.53MHz

3. A process where the received signal is transformed into its original form.

a. demodulation

b. damping

c. amplification

d. oscillation

4. It is the process of changing the amplitude of a relative high frequency carrier signal in
proportion with the instantaneous value of the modulating signal.

a. frequency modulation

b. digital modulation

c. phase modulation

d. analog modulation

5. Most of the power in an AM signal is in the

a. carrier

b. upper sideband

c. lower sideband

d. modulating signal
6. Amplitude modulation is the same as

a. linear mixing

b. analog multiplexing

c. signal summation

d. multiplexing

7. The shape of the amplitude-modulated wave is called ______.

a. sidebands

b. modulating signal

c. envelope

d. carrier signal

8. In a diode modulator, the negative half of the AM wave is supplied by

a. tuned circuit

b. transformer

c. capacitor

d. inductor

9. It is a term used to describe the amount of amplitude change present in an AM waveform.

a. coefficient of modulation

b. any of these

c. depth of modulation

d. modulation index

10. When the modulation index in an AM wave is greater than one it will cause _______.

a. any of these

b. splatter

c. overmodulation

d. buck-shot
11. The ideal value of modulation index in AM.

a. 1

b. 0

c. 100

d. infinity

12. When the amplitude of the information in an AM modulator is equal to zero, what is the
value of the modulation index?

a. 1

b. 0

c. 100

d. infinity

13. Amplitude modulation can be produced by

a. having the carrier vary a resistance

b. having the modulating signal vary a capacitance

c. varying the carrier frequency

d. varying the gain of the amplifier

14. When the modulation index is equal to zero, the total transmitted power is equal to
________.

a. one of the sidebands

b. carrier

c. double sidebands

d. an AM wave

15. When the modulation takes place prior to the output element of the final stage of the
transmitter, prior to the collector of the output transistor in a transistorized transmitter, this is
called ______.

a. high-level modulation

b. low-level modulation
 c. zero-modulation

d. constant modulation

16. A circuit that monitors the received signal level and sends a signal back to the RF and IF
amplifiers to adjust their gain automatically.

a. automatic phase control

b. automatic gain control

c. automatic frequency control

d. automatic volume control

17. When the modulation takes place in the final element of the final stage where the carrier
signal is at its maximum amplitude, it is called _____.

a. constant modulation

b. zero-modulation

c. low-level modulation

d. high-level modulation

18. If a superheterodyne receiver is tuned to a desired signal at 1000kHz and its conversion
(local) oscillator is operating at 1300kHz, what would be the frequency of an incoming signal
that would possibly cause image reception?

a. 1600 kHz

b. 2300 kHz

c. 1250 kHz

d. 3420 kHz

19. When modulation requires a much higher amplitude modulating signal to achieve a
reasonable percent modulation, this is called

a. high-level modulation

b. low-level modulation

c. zero-modulation

d. constant modulation
20. Amplitude modulators that vary the carrier amplitude with the modulating signal by passing
it through an attenuator work on principle of

a. rectification

b. resonance

c. variable resistance

d. absorption

21. A circuit which function is to raise the amplitude of the source signal to a usable level while
producing minimum nonlinear distortion adding as little thermal noise as possible.

a. power amplifier

b. non-linear amplifier

c. buffer amplifier

d. preamplifier

22. A circuit that has a low-gain, high-input impedance linear amplifier which is used to isolate
the oscillator from the high-power amplifiers.

a. power amplifier

b. bandpass filter

c. signal driver

d. buffer amplifier

23. With high-level transmitters, which of the following is not a primary function of the
modulator circuit?

a. it provides the capacity necessary for modulation to occur

b. it serves as a final amplifier

c. it serves as a frequency up-converter

d. it serves as a mixer

24. It is a form of amplitude distortion introduced when positive and negative alternations in the
AM modulated signal are not equal.

a. phase shift
 b. carrier shift

c. amplitude variations

d. frequency shift

25. A carrier is simultaneously modulated by two sine waves with modulation indices of 0.3 and
0.4, the total modulation index

a. is 1

b. cannot be calculated unless the phase relations are known

c. is 0.5

d. is 0.7

26. The component used to produce AM AT very high frequencies is a

a. varactor

b. thermistor

c. cavity resonator

d. PIN diode

27. It is also known as upward modulation

a. carrier shift

b. amplitude variations

c. frequency shift

d. phase shift

28. Also known as downward modulation

a. carrier shift

b. amplitude variations

c. frequency shift

d. phase shift

29. It is a form of amplitude modulation where signals from two separate information sources
modulate the same carrier frequency at the same time without interfering with each other.
 a. QPSK

b. QUAM

c. PSK

d. FSK

30. A receiver has a dynamic range of 81 dB. It has 0.55nW sensitivity. Determine the maximum
allowable input signal.

a. 59 mW

b. 69 mW

c. 79 mW

d. 88 mW

31. The information sources modulate the same carrier after it has been separated into two carrier
signals are at 90 degrees out of phase with each other.

a. QPSK

b. QUAM

c. PSK

d. FSK

32. Demodulating quadrature AM signal requires a carrier recovery circuit to reproduce the
original carrier frequency and phase and two balanced modulators to actually demodulate the
signals. This is called ________.

a. asynchronous detection

b. quadrature demodulation

c. synchronous detection

d. quadrature detection

33. Quadrature amplitude modulation is also known as ________.

a. phase division multiplexing

b. phase division modulation

c. phase amplitude multiplexing

 d. phase angle modulation

34. Amplitude modulation generated at a very low voltage or power amplitude is known as

a. high-level modulation

b. low-level modulation

c. collector modulation

d. minimum modulation

35. It is the first stage of the receiver and is therefore often called the receiver front end.

a. mixer

b. RF section

c. local oscillator

d. IF stage

36. In an SSB transmitter, one is most likely to find a

a. class C audio amplifier

b. tuned modulator

c. class B RF amplifier

d. class A RF output amplifier

37. The section of the receiver than down-converts the received RF frequencies to intermediate
frequencies.

a. RF section

b. local oscillator

c. power amplifier

d. mixer

38. The circuit that demodulates the AM wave and converts it to the original information signal.

a. power amplifier

b. local oscillator
 c. detector

d. IF section

39. A collector modulator has a supply voltage of 48V. The peak-to-peak amplitude of the
modulating signal for 100 percent modulation is

a. 24V

b. 48V

c. 96V

d. 120V

41. The noise reduction ratio achieved by reducing the bandwidth is called

a. dynamic range

b. noise figure

c. bandwidth efficiency

d. bandwidth improvement

42. It is the minimum RF signal level that can be detected at the input to the receiver and still
produce a usable demodulated information signal.

a. selectivity

b. sensitivity

c. Q-factor

d. bandwidth

43. For ideal AM, which of the following is true

a. m = 0

b. m = 1

c. m < 1

d. m > 1

46. It is defined as the difference in decibels between the minimum input level necessary to
discern the signal and the input level that will overdrive the receiver and produce distortion.
 a. dynamic range

b. noise figure

c. bandwidth efficiency

d. bandwidth improvement

47. It is the input power range over which the receiver is useful.

a. dynamic range

b. noise figure

c. bandwidth efficiency

d. bandwidth improvement

48. It is defined as the output power when the RF amplifier response is 1-dB less than the ideal
linear gain response.

a. 1-dB compression point

b. 1-dB threshold point

c. 1-dB shoot-off point

d. 1-dB pinch-off point

49. It is the measure of the ability of a communications system to produce, at the output of the
receiver, an exact replica of the original source information.

a. sensitivity

b. threshold

c. selectivity

d. fidelity

50. A SSB signal generated around a 200-kHz carrier. Before filtering, the upper and lower
sidebands are separated by 200 Hz. Calculate the filter Q required to obtain 40-dB suppression.

a. 1500

b. 1900

c. 2500
 d. 2000

51. The predominant cause of phase distortion.

a. overmodulation

b. buffering

c. filtering

d. clipping

52. It is the total phase shift encountered by a signal and can generally be tolerated as long as all
frequencies undergo the same amount of phase delay.

a. differential phase shift

b. absolute phase shift

c. relative phase shift

d. integrated phase shift

53. ________ occurs when different frequencies undergo different phase shifts and may have a
detrimental effect on the complex waveform.

a. differential phase shift

b. absolute phase shift

c. relative phase shift

d. integrated phase shift

54. What is the minimum AM signal needed to transmit information

a. carrier plus sidebands

b. carrier only

c. one sideband

d. both sidebands

55. The circuit that recovers the original modulating information from an AM signal is known as
a

a. modulator
 b. demodulator

c. mixer

d. crystal set

56. __________ occurs when the amplitude-versus-frequency characteristics of a signal at the

output of a receiver cover from those in the original information signal.

a. frequency distortion

b. digital distortion

c. phase distortion

d. amplitude distortion

57. The circuit used to produced modulations called

a. modulator

b. demodulator

c. variable gain amplifier

d. multiplexer

58. It is the result pf non-uniform gain in amplifiers and filters.

a. harmonic distortion

b. amplitude distortion

c. frequency distortion

d. phase distortion

59. It is a result of harmonic and intermodulation distortion and is caused by non-linear

amplification.

a. amplitude distortion

b. phase distortion

c. harmonic distortion

d. frequency distortion

60. The most commonly used amplitude demodulator is the

 a. diode mixer

b. balanced modulator

c. envelope detector

d. crystal filter

61. It is a special case of intermodulation distortion and a predominant cause of frequency

distortion.

a. second-order intercept distortion

b. phase distortion

c. third-order intercept distortion

d. first-order intercept distortion

62. A display of signal amplitude versus frequency is called the

a. time domain

b. frequency spectrum

c. amplitude modulation

d. frequency domain

63. It is a parameter associated with frequencies that fall within the passband of the filter.

a. coupling loss

b. diffusion loss

c. insertion loss

d. filter loss

64. A circuit that generates the upper and lower sidebands but no carrier is called

a. amplitude modulator

b. diode detector

c. class C amplifier

d. balanced modulator
65. Vestigial sideband modulation (C3F) is normally used for

a. HF point-to-point communications

b. monaural broadcasting

c. TV broadcasting

d. stereo broadcasting

66. It is generally defined as the ratio of the power transferred to a load with a filter in the circuit
to the power transferred to a load without a filter.

a. distortion loss

b. insertion loss

c. filter loss

d. harmonic loss

67. The modulation index of an AM wave is changed from 0 to 1. The transmitted power is

a. unchanged

b. halved

c. doubled

d. increased by 50 percent

68. The inputs to a balanced modulator are 1MHz and a carrier of 1.5 MHz. The outputs are

a. 500kHz and 1.5MHz

b. 2.5MHz and 1.5MHz

c. 1.5MHz and 500kHz

d. 500kHz and 2.5MHz

69. It is an indication of the reduction the signal-to-noise ration as a signal propagates through
the receiver.

a. noise figure

b. equivalent noise temperature

c. noise factor
 d. signal-to-noise ratio

70. Types of receivers where the frequencies generated in the receiver and used for demodulation
are synchronized to oscillator frequencies generated in the transmitter.

a. coherent

b. asynchronous

c. non-coherent

d. none of these

71. Types of receiver where either no frequencies are generated in the receiver of the frequencies
used for demodulation are completely independent form the transmitter's carrier frequency.

a. synchronous

b. coherent

c. asynchronous

d. any of these

72. A widely used balanced modulator is called the ________.

a. diode bridge circuit

b. full-wave bridge rectifier

c. lattice modulator

d. balanced bridge modulator

73. Non-coherent detection is also known as ________.

a. frequency detection

b. noise detection

c. phase detection

d. envelope detection

74. It is one of the earliest type of AM receiver

a. TRF

b. transistorized
 c. superhet

d. Armstrong

75. Which of the following is not true about the disadvantages of tuned radio frequency receiver?

a. their bandwidth is inconsistent and varies with center frequency when tuned over a
wide range of input frequencies

b. it is unstable due to the large number of RF amplifiers all tuned to the same center
frequency

c. their gains are not uniform over a very wide frequency range

d. it is very complex to construct

76. In a diode ring modulator, the diode acts like

a. variable resistors

b. switches

c. rectifiers

d. variable capacitors

77. It means to mix two frequencies together in a non-linear device or to translate on frequency
to another using non-linear mixing.

a. oscillation

b. heterodyne

c. modulation

d. amplification

78. An AM transmitter antenna current is measured with no modulation and found to be 2.6
amperes. With modulation, the current rises to 2.9 amperes. The percentage modulation is

a. 35%

b. 70%

c. 42%

d. 89%

79. Its primary purpose is to provide enough initial bandlimiting to prevent a specific unwanted
radio frequency from entering the receiver.

a. detector

b. predetector

c. preselector

d. mixer

80. It function is to reduce the noise bandwidth of the receiver and provides initial step

toward reducing the overall receiver bandwidth to the minimum bandwidth required to pass the
information signals.

a. preselector

b. detector

c. mixer

d. predetector

81. The output of a balanced modulator is

a. AM

b. FM

c. SSB

d. DSB

82. What is the first active device encountered by the received signal in the receiver?

a. mixer

b. RF amplifier

c. local oscillator

d. detector

83. The IF section is also known as

a. bandpass filters

b. IF strip
 c. IF filter

d. intermediate filters

84. The detector in an AM receiver is known as

a. audio detector

b. power detector

c. first detector

d. amplitude limiter

85. A carrier of 880kHz is modulated by a 3.5 kHz sine wave. The LSB and USB are,
respectively

a. 873 and 887kHz

b. 876.5 and 883.5kHz

c. 883.5 and 876.5kHz

d. 887 and 873kHz

86. The most commonly used filter in SSB generators uses

a. LC networks

b. mechanical resonators

c. crystals

d. RC networks and op-amps

87. Its purpose of the detector section is to convert the IF signals back to the original source
information.

a. mixer

b. audio amplifier

c. converter

d. detector

88. It means that the two adjustments are mechanically tied together so that a single adjustment
will change the center frequency of the preselector, at the same time, change the oscillator
frequency.
 a. high-side injecting

b. low-side injecting

c. gang tuning

d. local oscillator tracking

89. In a low-level AM system, amplifiers following the modulated stage must be

a. linear devices

b. harmonic devices

c. class C amplifiers

d. nonlinear devices

90. When the local oscillator is tuned above the radio frequency, it is called

a. local oscillator tracking

b. low-side injection

c. gang tuning

d. high-side injection

91. The equivalent circuit of a quartz us a

a. series resonant circuit

b. parallel resonant circuit

c. none of these

d. series and parallel resonant circuit

92. It is the ability of the local oscillator in a receiver to oscillate either above or below the
selected radio frequency carrier by an amount equal to the intermediate frequency throughout the
entire radio frequency brand.

a. tracking

b. mixing

c. heterodyning

d. tuning
93. The difference between the actual local oscillator frequency and the desired frequency is
called ________.

a. mixing error

b. gang error

c. tracking error

d. quantizing error

94. What technique is used to prevent tracking error?

a. using RLC circuit

b. using tuned circuit

c. using three-point tracking

d. using ganged capacitors

95. a crystal lattice filter has a crystal frequencies pf 27.5 and 27.502MHz. The bandwidth is
approximately

a. 2kHz

b. 3kHz

c. 27.501MHz

d. 55.502MHz

96. ___________ is any frequency other than selected radio frequency carrier that, if allowed to
enter a receiver and mix it with local oscillator, will produce a cross-product frequency that is
equal to the intermediate frequency

a. image frequency

b. intermediate frequency

c. aliasing frequency

d. ghost

97. It is a equivalent to a second radio frequency that will produce an IF that will interfere with
the IF from the desired radio frequency.

a. aliasing frequency
 b. image frequency

c. interference

d. intermediate frequency

98. An SSB generator has a sideband filter centered at 3.0MHz. The modulating signal is 3kHz.
To produce both upper and lower sidebands, the following carrier frequencies must be produced:

a. 2.7 and 3.3MHz

b. 3.3 and 3.6MHz

c. 2997 and 3003kHz

d. 3000 and 3003kHz

99. It is a numerical measure of the ability of the preselector to reject the image frequency.

a. image frequency rejection ratio

b. noise figure

c. numerical aperture

d. signal-to-noise ratio

100. _________ occurs when a receiver picks up the same station at two nearby points on the
receiver tuning dial.

a. spurious pointing

b. under coupling

c. double spotting

d. optimal coupling

101. In the phasing method of SSB generation, one sideband is cancelled due out to

a. phase shift

b. sharp selectivity

c. carrier suppression

d. phase inversion

102. It is caused by poor front-end selectivity or inadequate image frequency rejection.

 a. optimal coupling

b. double spotting

c. spurious pointing

d. under coupling

103. It is a high-gain, low noise, tuned amplifier that, when used is the first active encountered
by the receiver signal.

a. mixer

b. local oscillator

c. RF amplifier

d. detector

104. It is a high performance microwave receiver at the input stage. In the RF section of optimize
their noise figure.

a. high-power amplifier

b. low noise amplifier

c. buffer amplifier

d. local oscillator

105. A balanced modulator used to demodulates a SSB signal is called

a. transponder

b. product detector

c. converter

d. modulator

106. Which of the following is not the other name of a balanced modulator?

a. balanced mixer

b. product detector

c. product modulator

d. none of these
107. ________ amplifiers are relatively high gain tuned amplifiers that are very similar to RF
amplifiers, except that it operates over a relatively narrow, fixed frequency band.

a. IF amplifiers

b. low-noise amplifiers

c. buffer amplifiers

d. high-power amplifier

108. Type of tuned circuit where both the primary and secondary sides of the transformer are
tuned tank circuits

a. RLC tuned circuit

b. double-tuned circuit

c. single-tuned circuit

d. LC tuned circuit

109. Frequency translation is done with a circuit called _______.

a. summer

b. multiplier

c. filter

d. mixer

110. Low noise RF amplifiers use what type biasing?

a. class A

b. class B

c. class AB

d. class C

111. Its purpose is to down-convert the incoming radio frequencies to intermediated frequencies.

a. local oscillator

b. RF amplifier

c. detector
 d. mixer

112. It is a non-linear amplifier similar to modulator, except that the output is turned to different
between the RF and local oscillator frequencies.

a. RF amplifier

b. local oscillator

c. mixer

d. detector

113. Mixing for frequency conversion is the same as

a. rectification

b. AM

c. linear summing

d. filtering

114. The most common technique used for coupling IF amplifiers

a. resistive coupling

b. inductive coupling

c. capacitive coupling

d. direct coupling

115. When the modulation index of an AM wave doubled, the antenna current is also doubled.
The AM system being used is

a. single-sideband, full carrier (H3E)

b. vestigial sideband (C3F)

c. single sideband, suppressed carrier (J3E)

d. double sideband, full carrier (A3E)

116. The ability of a coil to induce a voltage within its own windings is called

a. mutual inductance

b. coefficient coupling
 c. self- inductance

d. inductance

117. If the carrier of a 100 percent modulated AM wave is suppressed the precentage power
saving will be

a. 50

b. 150

c. 100

d. 66.66

118. The ability of one coil to induce a voltage in another coil is called _________.

a. coefficient coupling

b. mutual inductance

c. inductance

d. self-inductance

119. Which of the following cam be used as a mixer?

a. balanced modulator

b. FET

c. diode modulator

d. all of the above

120. It is the ratio of the secondary flux to primary flux

a. Q factor

b. coefficient coupling

c. self-inductance

d. coefficient of modulation

121. Type of coupling where the secondary voltage is relatively low and the bandwidth is
narrow.

a. tight coupling
 b. optimum coupling

c. loose coupling

d. critical coupling

122. An AM signal, transmitted information is contained within the

a. carrier

b. modulating signal

c. sidebands

d. envelope

123. Typer of coupling which has high gain and a broad bandwidth

a. optimum coupling

b. tight coupling

c. double coupling

d. loose coupling

124. It is the point where the reflected resistance is equal to primary resistance and the Q of the
primary tank circuit is halved and the bandwidth doubled.

a. critical coupling

b. tight coupling

c. loose coupling

d. optimum coupling

125. The desired output from a mixer is usually selected with a

a. phase-shift circuit

b. crystal filter

c. resonant circuit

d. transformer

126. It is caused by the reactive element of the reflected impedance being significant enough to
change the resonant frequency of the primary tuned circuit.
 a. optimum coupling

b. critical coupling

c. double peaking

d. flux linkage

127. IF transformers come as specially designed tuned circuits in groundable metal packages
called _______.

a. IF cans

b. IF container

c. IF strip

d. IF tetrapack

128. The AM detector is sometimes called _______.

a. first detector

b. third detector

c. second detector

d. fourth detector

129. The mixer is sometimes called _________.

a. first detector

b. third detector

c. second detector

d. fourth detector

130. The two inputs to a mixer are the signal to be translated and a signal from

a. modulator

b. filter

c. antenna

d. local oscillator
131. AM demodulator is commonly called _________.

a. phase detector

b. peak detector

c. frequency detector

d. transistor detector

132. A type of detector that detects the shape of the input envelope

a. peak detector

b. phase detector

c. diode detector

d. shape detector

133. The ratio of the peak modulating signal voltage to the peak carrier voltage is referred to as

a. voltage ratio

b. decibels

c. modulation index

d. mix factor

134. A circuit that automatically increases the receiver gain for weak RF input levels and
automatically decreases the receiver gain when a strong RF signal is received.

a. automatic volume control

b. automatic frequency control

c. automatic gain control

d. automatic phase control

135. Which is not a type of AGC?

a. simple AGC

b. forward AGC

c. delayed AGC
 d. complex AGC

136. The value Vmax and Vmin as read from AM wave on an oscilloscope are 3.0 and 2.8. The
percentage of modulation is

a. 10 percent

b. 41.4 percent

c. 80.6 percent

d. 93.3 percent

137. Amplitude modulation is used for broadcasting because

a. it is more noise immune than other modulation systems

b. compared to other systems it requires less transmitting power

c. its use avoids receiver complexity

d. no other modulation system can provide the necessary bandwidth for high fidelity

138. Type of AGC that prevents the AGC feedback voltage from reaching the RF or IF
amplifiers until the RF level exceeds a predetermined magnitude.

a. forward AGC

b. delayed AGC

c. complex AGC

d. simple AGC

139. A circuit with a purpose to quiet a receiver in the absence of a received signal.

a. automatic gain control

b. automatic frequency control

c. squelch circuit

d. automatic volume control

140. A section of a audio stage of a receiver that removes sporadic, high amplitude noise
transients of short duration, such as impulse noise.

a. squelch circuit
 b. clampers

c. clippers

d. peak detector

141. A circuit that detects the occurrence of a high-amplitude, short duration noise spike then
mutes the receiver by shutting off a portion of the receiver of the duration of the pulse.

a. squelch circuit

b. limiter

c. clamper

d. blanking circuit

142. The opposite modulation is

a. reverse modulation

b. downward modulation

c. unmodulation

d. demodulation

143. For good imag-frequency rejection, what is the desired value of the intermediate frequency?

a. relatively low IF

b. very low IF

c. relatively high IF

d. very high IF

144. With high-gain selective amplifiers that are stable and easily neutralized. what is the desired
value of intermediate frequency?

a. low IF

b. medium IF

c. high IF

d. very high IF

145. It is defined as the ratio of the demodulated signal level at the output receiver to the RF
signal level at the input to the receiver.

a. received signal level

b. figure of merit

c. effective radiated power

d. net receiver gain

146. It is the process of modifying the characteristic of one signal in accordance with some
characteristic of another signal.

a. multiplexing

b. mixing

c. modulation

d. summing

147. The imaginary line on the carrier waveform of the amplitude modulated signal is called
__________.

a. sidebands

b. envelope

c. spurious emission

d. information

148. Indicate the false statement regarding the advantages of the phase cancellation method of
obtaining SSB over the filter method is false:

a. more channel space available

b. transmitter circuits must be stable, giving better spectrum

c. the signal is more noise resistant

d. much less power is required for the same signal strength

149. Indicate which one of the following advantages of the phase cancellation method of
obtaining SSB over the filter method is false:

a. switching from one sideband to the other simpler

b. it is possible to generated SSB at any frequency

 c. SSB with lower audio frequencies present can be generated.

d. There are more balanced modulators, therefore the carrier is suppressed better

150. The most commonly used filters is SSB generation are

a. mechanical

b. RC

c. LC

d. low-pass

152.One of the following cannot be used to remove the unwanted sideband in SSB. This is the

a. filter system

b. phase-shift method

c. third method

d. balanced modulator

153. R3E modulation is sometimes used to

a. allow the receiver to have a frequency synthesizer

b. simplify the frequency stability problem in reception

c. reduce the power that must be transmitted

d. reduce the bandwidth required for transmission

154. To provide two or more voice circuits with the same carrier, it is necessary to use

a. ISB

b. carrier reinsertion

c. SSB with pilot carrier

d. Lincomplex

155. A type of AGC is similar to conventional AGC except that the receive signal is monitored
closer to the front end of the receiver and the correction voltage is fed forward to the IF
amplifiers

a. ISB
 b. delayed AGC

c. complex AGC

d. simple AGC

156. Having an information signal change some characteristics of a carrier signal is called

a. multiplexing

b. modulation

c. duplexing

d. linear mixing

157. A circuit that compensates for minor variations in the received RF signal level

a. automatic volume control

b. automatic frequency control

c. automatic gain control

d. automatic phase control

158. Which of the following is not true about AM?

a. the carrier amplitude varies

b. the carrier frequency remains constant

c. the carrier frequency changes

d. the information signal amplitude changes the carrier amplitude

159. A modulator circuit performs what mathematical operation on its two inputs?

a. addition

b. multiplication

c. division

d. square root

160. If m is greater than 1, what happens?

a. normal operation
 b. carrier drops to 0

c. information signal is distorted

161. The outline of the peaks of a carrier has the shape of modulating signal and is called
_______.

a. trace

b. wave shape

c. envelope

d. carrier variation

162. Overmodulation occurs when

a. Vm > Vc

b. Vm < Vc

c. Vm = Vc

d. Vm = Vc = 0

163. The new signal produced by modulation are called __________.

a. spurious emission

b. harmonics

c. intermodulation products

d. sidebands

164. An AM signal has a carrier power of 5W, the percentage of modulation is 80 pecent. The
total power sideband is _________.

a. 0.8 W

b. 1.6 W

c. 2.5 W

d. 4.0 W

165. For 100 percent modulation, what percentage of power is in each sideband

a. 25 percent
 b. 33.3 percent

c. 50 percent

` d. 100 percent

166. An AM transmitter has a percentage of modulation of 88, the carrier power is 440 W. The
power in one sideband is

a. 85 W

b. 110 W

c. 170 W

d. 610 W

167. An AM signal without the carrier is called ______.

a. SSB

b. vestigial sidebands

c. FM signal

d. DSB

168. It is a form of amplitude modulation in which the carrier is transmitted at full power, but
only one of the sidebands is transmitted.

a. SSBFC

b. SSBSC

c. SSBRC

d. ISB

169. With single-sideband full carrier, 100% modulation would mean a carrier power of how
many percent of the total transmitted power?

a. 80%

b. 20%

c. 50%

d. 40%
170. It is a form of amplitude modulation in which the carrier is suppressed and one of the
sidebands removed

a. SSBFC

b. ISB

c. vestigial sideband

d. SSBSC

171. It is a form of amplitude modulation in which one sideband is totally removed and the
carrier voltage is reduced to approximately 10% of its unmodulated amplitude

a. inderpendent sideband

b. SSBFC

c. SSBRC

d. SSBSC

172. It is a form of amplitude modulation in which a single carrier frequency is independently

modulated by two different modulating signal.

a. vestigial sideband

b. DSBFC

c. independent sideband

d. SSBFC

173. It is a form of amplitude modulation in which the carrier and one complete sideband are
transmitted, but only part of the second sideband is transmitted.

a. independent sideband

b. vestigial sideband

c. DSBFC

d. SSBSC

174. It is the rms power developed at the crest of the modulation envelope of SSBSC.

a. carrier power

b. total transmitted power

 c. sideband power

d. peak envelope power

175. Which of the following is not true about single-sideband transmission?

a. power is conserved

b. selective fading is eliminated

c. bandwidth is conserved

d. tuning is easy

176.A circuit that produces a double sideband suppressed carrier signal is called ____________.

a. filter

b. mixer

c. demodulator

d. balanced modulator

177. A balanced modulator is sometimes called _________.

a. balanced ring modulator

b. balanced resistor modulator

c. balanced lattice modulator

d. any of these

178. A type of filter that receives electrical energy, converts it to mechanical vibrations and then
converts the vibrations back to electrical energy at its output.

a. crystal filter

b. mechanical filter

c. LC filter

d. SAW filter

179. A type of filter that uses acoustic energy rather than electromechanical energy to provide
excellent performance for precise bandpass filtering.

a. SAW filter
 b. RC filter

c. mechanical filter

d. crystal filter

180. The difference between the IF and the BFO frequencies is called _________.

a. information signal

b. beat frequency

c. carrier signal

d. heterodyned signal

181. It is a circuit which is a narrowband PLL that tracks the pilot carrier in the composite
SSBRC receiver signal and uses the recovered carrier to regenerate coherent local oscillator
frequencies in the synthesizer.

a. beat frequency oscillator

b. mechanical filter

c. local oscillator

d. carrier recovery circuit

182. A system that provides narrowband voice communications for land mobile services with
nearly the quality achieved with FM systems and do it using less than one-third the bandwidth.

a. SSBSC

b. DSBFC

c. ACSSB

d. SSBAC

183. It is a process of combining transmissions from more than one source and transmitting them
over a common facility such as metallic or optical fiber cable or a radio-frequency channel.

a. buffering

b. modulation

c. multiplexing

d. demultiplexing
184. It is an analog method of combining two or more analog sources that originally occupied
the same frequency band in such a manner that the channels do not interfere with each other.

a. ATM

b. FDM

c. TDM

d. WDM

185. It is a multiplexing method that uses double-sideband suppressed-carrier transmission to

combine two information sources into a single composite waveform.

a. QM

b. WDM

c. TDM

d. FDM

186. Single-sideband transmitters are rated in _________.

a. rms power

b. dc power

c. average power

d. peak envelope power

187. In an SSB transmitter, one is most likely to find a __________.

a. class C audio amplifier

b. tuned modulator

c. class B RF amplifier

d. class A RF output amplifier

188. Indicate in which one of the following only one sideband is transmitted:

a. H3E

b. A3E

c. B8E
 d. C3F

189. One of the following cannot be used to remove the unwanted sideband in SSB. This is the

a. filter system

b. phase-shift method

c. third method

d. balanced modulator

190. R3E modulation is sometimes used to

a. allow the receiver to have a frequency synthesizer

b. simplify the frequency stability problem in reception

c. reduce the power that must be transmitted

d. reduce the bandwidth required for transmission

191. To provide two or more voice circuits with the same carrier, it is necessary to use

a. ISB

b. carrier reinsertion

c. SSB with pilot carrier

d. Lincomplex

192. The main advantage of SSB over standard AM or DSB is

a. less spectrum is used

b. simpler equipment is used

c. less power is consumed

d. a higher modulation percentage

193. In SSB, which sideband is the best to use?

a. upper

b. lower

c. neither
 d. depends upon the use

194. The output of an SSB transmitter with a 3.85 MHz carrier and a 1.5 kHz sine wave
modulating tone is

a. a 3.8485 MHz sine wave

b. a 3.85 MHz sine wave

c. 3.85, 3.8485 and 3.8515 MHz sine waves

d. 3848.5 and 3851.5 MHz sine waves

195. An SSB transmitter produces a 400 V peak to peak signal across a 52 ohm antenna load.
The PEP output is

a. 192.2 W

b. 384.5 W

c. 769.2 W

d. 3077 W

196. The output power of SSB transmitter is usually expressed is terms of

a. average power

b. RMS power

c. peak to peak power

d. peak envelope power

197. An SSB transmitter has a PEP rating of 1 kilowatts. The average output power is in the
range of

a. 150 to 450 W

b. 100 to 300 W

c. 250 to 333 W

d. 3 to 4 kW

198. In amplitude modulation technique, the unmodulated carrier is referred to as having___..

a. 100% modulation
 b. 0% modulation

c. 50% modulation

d. overmodulated

199. What is the process in radio communication where the information or intelligent signal is at
lower frequency is put unto higher radio frequency for transmission to receiving station?

a. detection

b. mixing

c. modulation

d. demodulation

200. Which of the following signals is suppressed by balanced modulator circuit?

a. 1st IF signal

b. carrier signal

c. harmonics

d. 2nd IF signal