Description : Crosstalk due to incomplete suppression of sidebands or to intermodulation of two or more frequency-multiplexed channels which is unintelligible is classified as A. Impulse noise B. Thermal noise C. Quantizing noise D. Miscellaneous noise
Last Answer : D. Miscellaneous noise
Description : Noise that occurs via capacitive or inductive coupling in a cable. A. Crosstalk B. Quantizing noise C. Reference noise D. Tone interference
Last Answer : A. Crosstalk
Description : Noise consisting of irregular pulses of short duration and relatively high amplitude, A. Quantizing noise B. Tone interference C. Impulse noise D. Cross talk
Last Answer : C. Impulse noise
Last Answer : A. Quantizing noise
Description : Noise occurring in the presence of signal resulting from a mismatch between the exact value of an analog signal and the closet available quantizing step in a digital coder. A. Quantizing noise B. Thermal noise C. Impulse noise D. Crosstalk
Description : Quantizing noise occurs in A. PCM B. PLM C. PDM D. PAM
Last Answer : A. PCM
Description : The difference between the original and reconstructed signal gives rise to A. S factor B. Quantizing noise C. S/N D. Fade margin
Last Answer : B. Quantizing noise
Description : What is the reason why companding is employed in PCM systems? A. To overcome impulse noise in PCM receivers B. To allow amplitude limiting in the receivers C. To solve quantizing noise problem D. To protect small signals in PCM from quantizing distortion
Last Answer : D. To protect small signals in PCM from quantizing distortion
Description : Which of the following is not a way of minimizing if not eliminating noise? A. Use redundancy B. Increase transmitted power C. Reduce signaling rate D. Increase channel bandwidth
Last Answer : D. Increase channel bandwidth
Description : The ratio of the level of the modulated output of a transmitter under conditions of standard test modulation to the level of the demodulated output with no modulation applied both measured with the ... . Reference audio output B. None of these C. Audio frequency response D. Residual noise level
Last Answer : D. Residual noise level
Description : The square of the thermal noise voltage generated by a resistor is proportional to A. its resistance B. its temperature C. the bandwidth over which it is measured D. All of the above
Last Answer : D. All of the above
Description : What is the noise voltage across a 300Ω input resistance to a TV set with a 6MHz bandwidth and temperature of 30˚C? A. 2.3 µV B. 3.8µV C. 5.5µV D. 5.4µV
Last Answer : C. 5.5µV
Description : Noise can be reduced by A. widening the bandwidth B. narrowing the bandwidth C. increasing temperature D. increasing transistor current levels
Last Answer : B. narrowing the bandwidth
Description : Calculate the noise figure of the receiver whose RF amplifier has an input resistance of 1000Ω and an equivalent shot-noise resistance of 2000Ω, a gain of 25 and load resistance of 125 kΩ. Given that the bandwidth is 1. ... to an antenna with an impedance of 75Ω. A. 30.3 B. 3.03 C. 303 D. .303
Last Answer : A. 30.3
Description : Indicate the false statement. Noise figure is defined as A. the ratio of the S/N power supplied at the input terminal of a receiver or amplifier to the S/N power supplied to the output or ... under test, both working at the same temperature over the same bandwidth and fed from the same source
Last Answer : C. an unwanted form of energy tending to interfere with the proper and easy reception and reproduction of wanted signals
Description : The front-end of a television receiver, having a bandwidth of 7Mhz, and operating at a temperature of 27˚C , consists of an amplifier having a gain of 15 followed by a mixer whose gain is 20. The ... equivalent noise resistance for this television receiver. A. 8760 Ω B. 875Ω C. 8.76Ω D. 0.876Ω
Last Answer : B. 875Ω
Description : Two resistors, 20kΩ, and 50kΩ are at ambient temperature. Calculate for a bandwidth equal to 100kHz, the thermal noise voltage for the two resistors connected in parallel. A. 0.4782µV B. 4278 µV C. 4.78 µV D. 47.8 µV
Last Answer : C. 4.78 µV
Description : Reference noise is ___________. A. a 1000 Hz, -90 dBm tone B. a noise that creates the same interfering effect as a 1000Hz, -90dBm tone C. a noise that creates zero dBrn in a voice channel D. B and C above
Last Answer : D. B and C above
Description : What is the effect in over modulated amplitude modulated radio broadcasting transmission? A. Interference to adjacent channel B. Higher fidelity C. Increase noise D. Higher audio signal
Last Answer : A. Interference to adjacent channel
Description : What does the noise weighting curve shows? A. Noise signals measured with a 144 handset B. Power levels of noise found in carrier systems C. The interfering effect of other frequencies in a voice ... a reference frequency of one kilohertz D. Interfering effects of signals compared with a 3-kHz tone
Last Answer : C. The interfering effect of other frequencies in a voice channel compared with a reference frequency of one kilohertz
Description : What theorem sets a limit on the maximum capacity of a channel with a given noise level? A. Nyquist theorem B. Hartley law C. Shannon-Hartley theorem D. Shannon theorem
Last Answer : C. Shannon-Hartley theorem
Description : ______ sets the limit on the maximum capacity of a channel with a given noise level. A. Hartley theorem B. Shannon-hartley theorem C. Nyquist theorem D. Shannon theorem
Last Answer : B. Shannon-hartley theorem
Description : ________ sets a limit on the maximum capacity of a channel with a give noise level. A. Hartley theorem B. Shannon-Hartley theorem C. Nyquist theorem D. Shannon theorem
Last Answer : B. Shannon-Hartley theorem
Description : You are measuring noise in a voice channel at 7 dB test point level. The meter reads -56 dBm (FIA weighted). What is the reading in dBrnc? A. 20 B. 32 C. 35 D. 25
Last Answer : C. 35
Description : In measuring noise in a voice channel at a 4 dB test point level, the meter reads -70 dBm (F1A weighted), convert the reading to pWp. A. 53 B. 93 C. 63 D. 83
Last Answer : B. 93
Description : The total noise power present in a 1-Hz bandwidth . A. Noise density B. Noise figure C. Noise limit D. Noise intensity
Last Answer : A. Noise density
Description : The noise output of a resistor is amplified by a noiseless amplifier having a gain of 60 and a bandwidth of 20 kHz. A meter connected at the output of the amplifier reads 1mV RMS. If the bandwidth of the amplifier is reduced to ... does the meter read now? A. 0.5 mV B. 0.5 µV C. 5.0 mV D. 5.0 µV
Last Answer : A. 0.5 mV
Description : Indicate the false statement. A. HF mixer are generally noisier than HF amplifiers. B. Impulse noise voltage is dependent on bandwidth C. Thermal noise is independent of the frequency at which is measured. D. Industrial noise is usually of the impulse type.
Last Answer : B. Impulse noise voltage is dependent on bandwidth
Description : Indicate the false statement A. The noise generated in a resistance or the resistive component of any impedance is random. B. Random noise power is proportional to the bandwidth over which is measured ... exist D. All formula referring to random noise are applicable only to the value of such noise.
Last Answer : C. A random voltage across the resistor does not exist
Description : At 17˚ C, the noise voltage generated by 5kΩ resistor, operating over a bandwidth of 20KHz is A. 1.3 nV B. 1.3 µV C. 1.3 pV D. 1.3 mV
Last Answer : B. 1.3 µV
Description : What bandwidth is needed to support a capacity of 128 kbps when the signal power to noise power ratio in decibels is 100? A. 19224 Hz B. 3853 Hz C. 19244 Hz D. 3583 Hz
Last Answer : B. 3853 Hz
Description : Emission on a frequency or frequencies immediately outside the necessary bandwidth which result from the modulation process except spurious emission. A. Radiation B. Noise C. Out of the band D. Interference
Last Answer : C. Out of the band
Description : Steps to follow to produce PCM signal. A. Quantizing, sampling, and coding B. Sampling, quantizing, and coding C. Sampling, coding and quantizing D. Coding, quantizing and coding
Last Answer : B. Sampling, quantizing, and coding
Description : The process of assigning PCM codes to absolute magnitudes A. Overloading B. All of these C. Quantizing D. Multiplexing
Last Answer : C. Quantizing
Description : A method of multiple accessing where a given RF channel bandwidth is divided inot smaller frequency band. A. CDMA B. ANIK-D C. TDMA D. FDMA
Last Answer : D. FDMA
Description : What is the channel bandwidth of a standard analogue telephone system? A. 300-500 Hz B. 1200 kHz C. 100-300 Hz D. 300-3400 Hz
Last Answer : D. 300-3400 Hz
Last Answer : In order to reduce quantizing noise, one must Increase the number of standard amplitudes.
Description : You are measuring noise in a voice channel with a Lenkurt 601A, F1A weighting network and a flat meter. Your meter reads -47dBm. What is this reading in dBa? A. 77 dBa B. 35 dBa C. 38 dBa D. 32 dBa
Last Answer : C. 38 dBa
Description : Noise always affects the signal in a communications systems at the ________. A. transmitter B. channel C. information source D. destination
Last Answer : B. channel
Description : An interfering current in a telegraph or signaling channel due to telegraph or signaling current by another channel. A. Crosstalk B. Noise current C. Crossfire D. Intermodulation
Last Answer : C. Crossfire
Description : The signal in a channel is measured to be 23 dB while noise in the same channel is measured to be 9 dB. The signal to noise ratio therefore is __________. A. 9/23 B. 23/9 C. 32 dB D. 14 dB
Last Answer : D. 14 dB
Description : Most internal noise comes from A. Shot noise B. Transit-time noise C. Thermal agitation D. Skin effect
Last Answer : C. Thermal agitation
Description : Interfering effect of noise, C message weighted, is _________. A. dBa B. dBm C. dBmc D. dB
Last Answer : C. dBmc
Description : Deemphasis in the receiver in effect attenuates modulating signal components and noise in what frequency range? A. dc B. low C. intermediate D. high
Last Answer : D. high
Description : The transmitter technique adopted to reduce the noise effect of the preceding question is called A. noise masking B. anitnoise C. noise killing D. preemphasis
Last Answer : D. preemphasis
Description : State the Shannon Hartley’s theorem for channel capacity. Explain the effect of S/N ratio and bandwidth on channel capacity.
Last Answer : In information theory, the Shannon-Hartley theorem tells the maximum rate at which information can be transmitted over a communications channel of a specified bandwidth in the presence of noise. According to Shannon, ... value of S/N with increase in B,assuming the signal power S to be constant.
Description : What is the reference level for noise measurement, F1A weighted? A. -90 dBm B. -82 dBm C. -67 dBm D. -85 dBm
Last Answer : D. -85 dBm
Description : You are measuring noise at a -6 dB level point, using the Lenkurt 601A, F1A weighting network, and a flat meter. The meter reading is -59 dBm. This is _________ dBa0. A. 24 B. 12 C. 23 D. 32
Last Answer : D. 32
Description : You are measuring noise at a +3 dB level point, using the Lenkurt 601A, F1A weighting network, and a flat meter. The meter reading is -57dBm. This is ________dBa0. A. 20 B. 15 C. 25 D. 17
Last Answer : C. 25
Description : What is the reference noise level? A. 10 pW B. 0 dBm C. 1mW D. -90 dBm
Last Answer : D. -90 dBm