Description : What noise is a transient short-duration disturbance distributed essentially uniformly over the useful passband of a transmission system? A. Flicker noise B. Transit-time noise C. Shot noise D. Impulse noise
Last Answer : D. Impulse noise
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 : Form of interference caused by rain or dust storms. A. Precipitation static B. Shot-noise C. Galactic noise D. Impulse noise
Last Answer : A. Precipitation static
Description : What noise is observable at frequencies in the range from about 8 MHz to somewhat 1.5 GHz? A. Industrial noise B. Atmospheric noise C. Space noise D. Shot noise
Last Answer : C. Space noise
Description : What do you call the random noise seen on radar display screen? A. Impulse noise B. Atmospheric noise C. Grass D. Johnson noise
Last Answer : C. Grass
Description : Atmospheric noise becomes less severe at frequencies A. above 30 MHz B. below 30 MHz C. above 3000 kHz D. below 3000kHz
Last Answer : A. above 30 MHz
Description : Atmospheric noise or static is not a great problem A. at frequencies below 20 MHz B. at frequencies below 5 MHz C. at frequencies above 30 MHz D. at frequencies above 1 MHz
Last Answer : C. at frequencies above 30 MHz
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 : Sources of impulse noise induced in communication channels. A. Erroneous digital coding bit caused by an error on a transmission facility B. Transients due to relay operation C. Crosstalk from dc signaling systems D. All of these
Last Answer : D. All of these
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 : 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. Industrial noise is usually of the impulse type B. Static is caused by lightning discharges in thunderstorms and other natural electric disturbances occurring in the ... another source of man-made noise D. Flourescent lights are another source of man-made noise
Last Answer : C. Distant stars are another source of man-made noise
Description : _________ is measured on a circuit when it is correctly terminated but does not have any traffic. A. White noise B. Galactic noise C. Impulse noise D. Atmospheric noise
Last Answer : A. White 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 : One of the reasons why FDM is being replaced by TDM is A. noise is amplified with voice when an FDM system is used B. it is difficult to place channels side by side C. there is more time than frequency D. Most available frequencies has been used
Last Answer : A. noise is amplified with voice when an FDM system is used
Description : Which of the following low noise transistors is commonly used at microwave frequencies? A. MOSFET B. GASFET C. MESFET D. JFET
Last Answer : C. MESFET
Description : When no signal is being received, the loudspeaker is not entirely silent as a result of the presence of A. parasitic oscillations in some of the receiver stages. B. negative feedback in each stage. C. spurious frequencies as a result of improper neutralization. D. internal receiver noise.
Last Answer : D. internal receiver noise.
Description : The band of frequencies least susceptible to atmospheric noise and interference is: A. 30 – 300 kHz B. 300 – 3000 kHz C. 3 – 30 MHz D. 300 – 3000 MHz
Last Answer : D. 300 – 3000 MHz
Description : What is the mixing process? A. Distortion caused by auroral propagation B. The combination of two signals to produce sum and difference frequencies. C. The elimination of noise in wideband receiver by phase differentiation D. The elimination of noise in a wideband receiver by phase comparison
Last Answer : B. The combination of two signals to produce sum and difference frequencies.
Description : Atmospheric noise is less at severe frequencies above A. Audio level B. 30 MHz C. 10 GHz D. 1 GHz
Last Answer : B. 30 MHz
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 : Extra-terrestrial noise is observable at frequencies from A. 0 to 20 KHz B. Above 2 GHz C. 8 to 1.43 GHz D. 5 to 8 GHz
Last Answer : C. 8 to 1.43 GHz
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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Noise from random acoustic or electric noise that has equal energy per cycle over a specified total frequency band. A. Gaussian noise B. Whiter noise C. Thermal noise D. All of the above
Last Answer : D. All of the above
Description : _________ is the random and unpredictable electric signals from natural causes, both internal and external to the system. A. Interference B. Attenuation C. Distortion D. Noise
Last Answer : D. Noise
Description : The random and unpredictable electric signal from natural causes, both internal and external to the system is know as ________. A. Distortion B. Noise C. Attenuation D. Interference
Last Answer : B. Noise
Description : Noise from random acoustic or electric noise that has equal per cycle over a specified total frequency band. A. Thermal noise B. White noise C. Gaussian noise D. All of these
Description : What effect does transit time have on a conventional triode operated at uhf frequencies?
Last Answer : It causes the control grid to short to the cathode
Description : How does transit time affect the relationship of the grid voltage and the plate current at high frequencies?
Last Answer : Transit time causes the grid voltage and plate current to be out of phase
Description : What is transit time (time delay) of a 50-ft length transmission line of the above problem? A. 50 ns B. 100 ns C. 75 ns D. 65 ns
Last Answer : C. 75 ns
Description : ECE Board Exam March 1996 Passive crossover components cause some frequencies to be delayed with respect to the other frequencies at the crossover point. A. Phase shift B. Phase correction C. Phase-error correction D. Time alignment
Last Answer : A. Phase shift
Description : A dielectric waveguide for the propagation of electromagnetic energy at light frequencies a. Stripline b. Microstrip c. Laser beam d. Fiber optics
Last Answer : d. Fiber optics
Description : Fiber optic cables operate at frequencies near a. 20MHz b. 200MHz c. 2GHz d. 800THz
Last Answer : d. 800THz
Description : A disadvantage of using a trap antenna. A. It will radiate harmonics B. It can only be used for single-bad operation C. It is too sharply directional at lower frequencies D. It must be neutralized
Last Answer : A. It will radiate harmonics
Description : In what range of frequencies are most omnidirectional horizontally polarized antennas used? A. VHF, UHF B. VLF, LF C. SH, EHF D. MF, HF
Last Answer : A. VHF, UHF
Description : How can multiple earth stations share a satellite on the same frequencies? A. Frequency reuse B. Multiplexing C. Mixing D. Frequency hopping
Last Answer : A. Frequency reuse
Description : Which of the following frequencies is normally used for distress and safety communications? A. 4209.5 kHz B. 490 kHz C. 518 kHz D. 2174.5 kHz
Last Answer : D. 2174.5 kHz
Description : What is the channel spacing for SITOR frequencies? A. 500 Hz B. 170 Hz C. 300 Hz D. 3 kHz
Last Answer : A. 500 Hz
Description : What is the channel spacing for MF-HF voice frequencies? A. 2.8 kHz B. 500 Hz C. 3.5 kHz D. 3 kHz
Last Answer : D. 3 kHz
Description : The American concert pitch A is equivalent to which if the following frequencies? A. 440 Hz B. 435 Hz C. 260 Hz D. 255 Hz
Last Answer : A. 440 Hz
Description : A porous material is far more efficient at high than low frequency absorption. How to improve sound absorption at lower frequencies using this absorber? A. Increase the thickness B. Decrease the thickness C. Mount with and airspace behind D. Both A and C above
Last Answer : D. Both A and C above
Description : In cellular system, _____ defines the geographic distance that is required between cells using identical frequencies in order to avoid interference between the radio transmissions at these cells. A. frequency-reuse ratio B. distance-to-reuse ratio (D/R) C. reuse format plan ratio D. reuse factor
Last Answer : B. distance-to-reuse ratio (D/R)
Description : What device measures the angle between two radio frequencies and also the direction of propagation of a wave? A. Densimeter B. Absorption wavemeter C. Goniometer D. Ergometer
Last Answer : C. Goniometer
Description : A 1 Mhz carrier is amplitude modulated by a pure 200-Hz audio test tone. Which of the following combinations of frequencies represent the total content of the AM signal? A. 1 MHz and 200 Hz B. 1 MHz and 1000.2 kHz C. 999.8 kHz, 1000 kHz, and 1000.2 kHz D. 999.8 kHz and 1000.2 kHz
Last Answer : C. 999.8 kHz, 1000 kHz, and 1000.2 kHz
Description : The ratio of frequencies is termed. A. interval B. octave C. harmonics D. factor
Last Answer : A. interval