DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS

1. Given a bandwidth of 5000 Hz for an ASK signal, what are the baud rate and bit
rate?

 A. 2500 baud,2500 bps

 B. 1000 baud, 1000 bps

 C. 10000 baud, 10000 bps

 D. 5000 baud, 5000 bps

2. Steps in producing PCM in correct order:

 A. Quantizing, Encoding, Sampling

 B. Quantizing, Sampling, Encoding

 C. Sampling, Encoding Quantizing

 D. Sampling, Quantizing, Encoding

3. 7-bit fixed length character set.

 A. EBCDIC  C. Gray

 B. baudot  D. ASCII

4. The bit rate of a signal is 3000. If each signal unit carries 6 bits, what is the baud
rate?

 A. 250 baud  C. 1000 baud

 B. 500 baud  D. 750 baud

5. What theorem states that the binary digital signals can be propagated through an
ideal noiseless transmission medium at a rate equal to two times the bandwidth of the
medium?

 A. Shannon_s Theorem  C. Nyquist_s Theorem

 B. Hartley_s Theorem  D. Shannon-Hartley_s Theorem

6. Determine the alias frequency for a 14kHz sample rate and an analog input
frequency of 8kHz.
  A. 12 kHz  C. 8 kHz

 B. 4 kHz  D. 6 kHz

7. Also known as?phase encoding, or?PE) is a?line code?in which the encoding of
each data?bit?has at least one transition and occupies the same time.

 A. NRZ  C. Manchester

 B. Unipolar  D. RZ

8. For a QPSK modulator with an input data tate (fb) equal to 20 Mbps and a carrier
frequency of 80MHz, determine the minimum double-sided Nyquist bandwidth (fN)
and the baud.

 A. 2.5 MHz  C. 5 MHz

 B. 20 MHz  D. 10 MHz

9. For a sample rate of 20kHz, determine the maximum analog input frequency.

 A. 10 kHz  C. 5 MHz

 B. 20 MHz  D. 2.5 MHz

10. If Vmax is 2.55V and DR=48.13dB, what is the resolution?

 A. 0.00001V  C. 0.01V

 B. 0.001V  D. 0.0001V

11. Who gave theoretical expression of how many bits of information per second can
be transmitted without error over a communication channel with a bandwidth of B,
and signal-to-noise ratio (S/N).

 A. C. Shannon  C. E. Baudot

 B. H. Hertz  D. R. Hartley

12. Given: analog sample voltage of +10.234V and resolution of 0.01V, What is the
quantization error?

 A. 0.001 V  C. 0.004 V

 B. 0.002 V  D. 0.003 V

13. ECE PBE. What is the bandwidth needed to support a capacity of 20,000 bps
(using Shannon?s theory), when the power to noise is 200?

 A. 1.62 kHz  C. 2.62 kHz

 B. 3.62 kHz  D. 4.62 kHz

14. For a compressor with u = 255, determine the compression in dB if the maximum
and minimum output voltage is 4V and 3V respectively, and the maximum and
minimum input voltage is 4V and 1V respectively.

 A. 6.5 dB  C. 8.5 dB

 B. 9.5 dB  D. 7.5 dB

15. In QPSK the baud rate is ____ to bandwidth.

 A. twice  C. equal

 B. less than  D. greater than

16. For a BPSK modulator with a carrier frequency of 80 MHz and an input bit rate of
20 Mbps, determine the maximum and minimum upper and lower side frequencies,
determine the minimum Nyquist bandwidth, and calculate the baud.

 A. 20MHz  C. 5MHz

 B. 10MHz  D. 40MHz

17. For a 16-QAM modulator with an input data rate (fb) equal to 20 Mbps and a
carrier frequency of 80 MHz, determine the minimum double-sided Nyquist
frequency (fN) and the baud.

 A. 20 MHz  C. 10 MHz

 B. 5 MHz  D. 2.5 MHz

18. An analog signal carries 4 bits in each signal unit. If 1000 signal units are sent per
second, find the baud rate and the bit rate.

 A. 2000 baud, 4000 bps

 B. 1000 baud, 4000 bps

  C. 1000 baud, 1000 bps

 D. 4000 baud, 4000 bps

19. _____ is a type of line code, where two nonzero values are used, so that the three
values are +,-, and zero.

 A. B8ZS

 B. AMI

 C. C6DZ

 D. HDB3

20. Given: analog sample voltage of +10.234V and resolution of 0.01V, What is the
compression error?

 A. 3.21%  C. 1.49%

 B. 2.22%  D. 100%

21. The process of transmitting analog information in digital form, which involves
sampling the analog signal and converting the sampled to a digital number.

 A. PCM  C. PAM

 B. PPM  D. PMM

22. The idea of RZ and the idea of NRZ-L are combined into the ________ scheme.

 A. differential Manchester  C. all

 B. Manchester  D. AMI

23. For a PCM system with a maximum audio input frequency of 4kHz, determine the
minimum sample rate and the alias frequency produced if a 5-kHz audio signal were
allowed to enter the sample-and-hold circuit.

 A. 2 kHz  C. 1 kHz

 B. 6 kHz  D. 3 kHz

24. Given: analog sample voltage of +10.234V and resolution of 0.01V, What is the
12-bit linear code?
  A. 101000000000

 B. 101000000000

 C. 101000000000

 D. 101000000000

25. Europe uses ___-law companding

 A. beta  C. mu

 B. alpha  D. A

26. A certain system which uses ASCII codes, transmits 10 symbols per second.
Determine the baud rate and bit rate.

 A. 10 baud, 70 bps  C. 70 baud, 70 bps

 B. 10 baud, 35 bps  D. 10 baud, 100 bps

27. ECE PBE. What is the capacity for a signal power of 200W, noise power of 10W
and a bandwidth of 2kHz of a digital system?

 A. 9.78 kbps

 B. 7.78 kbps

 C. 6.78 kbps

 D. 8.78 kbps

28. Find the minimum bandwidth for an ASK signal transmitting at 2000 bps.

 A. 2 kHz

 B. 4 kHz

 C. 1 kHz

 D. 8 kHz

29. What is the bandwidth efficiency of 8-QAM?

 A. 3

 B. 4
  C. 1

 D. 2

30. It is a measure of how much information can be transmitted/propagated through a

communications system.

 A. Baud

 B. BW

 C. Bit rate

 D. Information capacity

31. For a PCM system with the following parameters: Maximum analogue frequency
= 4 kHz ; Maximum decoded voltage at the receiver = (plus/minus)2.55V ; Maximum
dynamic range = 46 dB. Find the resolution and Qe.

 A. 0.01V, 0.0001V

 B. 0.05V, 0.0001V

 C. 0.01V, 0.005V

 D. 0.05V, 0.005V

32. A digital modulation technique in PCM, that instead of transmitting a coded

representation of the sample, only a single bit is transmitted, which simply indicates
whether that sample is larger or smaller than the previous sample.

 A. Delta Modulation  C. PWM

 B. QAM  D. Pulse Code Modulation

33. The process of assigning discrete level to time-varying quantity in multiples of

some fixed unit, at a specified instant or specified repetition rate.

 A. Sampling  C. Quantizing

 B. Encoding  D. Band limiting

34. Determine minimum bandwidth for a binary FSK signal with a mark frequency of
45 kHz, a space frequency of 50 kHz, and an input bit rate of 3 kbps.
  A. 12 kHz

 B. 11 kHz

 C. 10 kHz

 D. 15 kHz

35. For an 8-PSK modulator with an input data rate (fb) equal to 20 Mbps and a
carrier frequency of 80MHz, determine the minimum double-sided Nyquist bandwidth
(fN) and the baud.

 A. 3.33 MHz

 B. 6.66 MHz

 C. 12.33 MHz

 D. 20 MHz

36. Sometimes called quadrature loop.

 A. all

 B. Squaring loop

 C. Remodulator

 D. Costas Loop

37. Group of three bits is called:

 A. Tribit  C. Tirbit

 B. Threebit  D. Triobit

38. Sometimes called signal state diagram; is similar to a phasor diagram except that
the entire phasor is not drawn.

 A. Phasor Diagram  C. Signal Diagram

 B. Polar Diagram  D. Constellation diagram

39. Determine minimum number of bits in a PCM code (excluding the sign-bit) if the
minimum dynamic range is 46dB.

 A. 7  C. 5

 B. 8  D. 6
40. What is the bandwidth needed to support a capacity of 128kbps when the signal
power to noise power ratio in decibels is 100?

 A. 3.56 kHz  C. 3.66 kHz

 B. 3.86 kHz  D. 3.76 kHz

41. For a PCM system with the following parameters: Maximum analogue frequency
= 4 kHz ; Maximum decoded voltage at the receiver = (plus/minus)2.55V ; Maximum
dynamic range = 46 dB. Find the minimum sample rate.

 A. 9 kHz  C. 8 kHz

 B. 7 kHz  D. 10 kHz

42. Combined ASK and PSK

 A. APSK  C. QAM

 B. DAM  D. QUM

43. 8-bit fixed length character set developed in 1962 by IBM.

 A. baudot  C. EBCDIC

 B. Gray  D. ASCII

44. Given: analog sample voltage of +10.234V and resolution of 0.01V, What is the 8-
bit compressed code?

 A. 11001111

 B. 11101111

 C. 11101100

 D. 1101111

45. It is the transmission of digitally modulated signals between transmitter and

receivers and requires free space (air) transmission medium

 A. Duplex transmission  C. Full duplex transmission

 B. Digital transmission  D. Digital radio

46. The process of converting the quantized discrete-signal (PAM samples) to parallel
PCM codes.
  A. Sampling  C. Quantizing

 B. Companding  D. Encoding

47. Given: analog sample voltage of +10.234V and resolution of 0.01V, What is the
compression error?

 A. 0.35 V  C. 0.25 V

 B. 0.45 V  D. 0.15 V

48. Given: analog sample voltage of +10.234V and resolution of 0.01V, What is the
12-bit recovered code?

 A. 101000000000

 B. 101000000000

 C. 101000000000

 D. 101000000000

49. For a PCM system with the following parameters: Maximum analogue frequency
= 4 kHz ; Maximum decoded voltage at the receiver = (plus/minus)2.55V ; Maximum
dynamic range = 46 dB. Find the coding efficiency.

 A. 97.89%  C. 95.89%

 B. 94.89%  D. 96.89%

50. _____ is the process of extracting a phase-coherent carrier from a receiver signal.

 A. Aliasing  C. Carrier recovery

 B. Companding  D. Quantizing