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1. HDemodulation of DSB-SC signal requires

a. An envelope detector
b. An integrator
c. A synchronous detector (Answer)
d. A discriminator
2. In communication system noise is most likely to affect the signal
a. Transmitter
b. In channel (Answer)
c. In information source
d. At destination
3. 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% (Answer)
4. If a signal band - limited fmHz is sampled at a rate less than 2fm the reconstructed signal will be
a. Smaller in magnitude
b. Higher in magnitude
c. Have higher frequency suppressed
d. Distorted (Answer)
5. In TV telecast the sound signal is modulated in
a. VSB
b. SSB
c. AM
d. FM (Answer)
6. The main advantage of PCM system is
a. Lower bandwidth
b. Lower power
c. Lower noise (Answer)
d. None of these
7. Practically the sampling frequency is greater than the Nyquist rate to
a. Avoid the possible overlapping of the adjacent spectrums
b. Avoid the need of an ideal low-pass filter for reconstruction (Answer)
c. Improve the quality of reconstructed signal
d. None of these
8. Companding is used
a. To overcome quantized noise in PCM (Answer)
b. To protect small signals in PCM from quantizing distortion
c. To overcome impulse noise
d. None of these
9. Modulation is done in
a. Receiver
b. Transmitter (Answer)
c. Channel
d. Both Receiver and Transmitter
10. Quantization noise occurs in
a. Time division multiplexing
b. Frequency division multiplexing
c. Pulse code modulation (Answer)

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d. Pulse frequency modulation

11. In DM granular noise occurs when the modulating signal
a. Increase rapidly (Answer)
b. Remain constant
c. Decrease rapidly
d. None of these
12. Adaptive delta modulation is preferred over delta modulation as
a. In gives better noise performance
b. It uses lesser bits for encoding the signal
c. It has simpler circuitry
d. it does not suffer from slope overload and threshold effects (Answer)
13. The modulation index of a wideband FM system
a. Greater than 1 (Answer)
b. Less than 1
c. Equal to 1
d. None of these
14. Vestigial sideband modulation is generally used for
a. Satellite system
b. Broadband system
c. TV transmission (Answer)
d. Point to point communications
15. A special AM broadcasting transmitter radiates 10 kW when the depth of modulation is 60%. The
carrier power required is
a. 9 KW
b. 7.8 KW
c. 8.47 KW (Answer)
d. 9.5 KW
16. Thermal noise is also called as
a. Johnson noise (Answer)
b. Avalanche noise
c. Shot noise
d. Flicker noise
17. The PAM, PWM and PPM are the types of
a. Analog pulse modulation (Answer)
b. Digital pulse modulation
c. Analog and Digital pulse modulation
d. None of these
18. If the deviation is 75 KHz and maximum modulating frequency is 5 kHz, what is the bandwidth of an
FM wave?
a. 80 KHz
b. 160 kHz (Answer)
c. 40 KHz
d. 320 KHz
19. The transmitted power in an FM system is
a. Dependent on the number of sidebands
b. Dependent on the carrier power and sidebands
c. Always constant (Answer)
d. None of these
20. Recovering information from modulated signal is known as

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a. Demultiplexing
b. Modulation
c. Detection (Answer)
d. Carrier recovery
21. Communication is the process of
a. Keeping in touch
b. Broadcasting
c. Exchanging information (Answer)
d. Entertainment by electronics
22. The primary communication resources are
a. Transmitter and Receiver (Answer)
b. Source and Antenna
c. Transmitted power and Channel bandwidth
d. Channel and Noise

23. Regenerative repeaters can be used in

a. Analog communication system only
b. Digital communication system only (Answer)
c. Analog and Digital communication systems
d. None of these
24. The bit rate of a digital communication system is 34 Mbps. The modulation scheme is QPSK, the bout
rate of the system is
a. 68 Mbps (Answer)
b. 34 Mbps
c. 17 Mbps
d. 85 Mbps
25. The anti-aliasing is basically a
a. Band pass filter used for band limiting
b. Low pass filter used as band limiting filter (Answer)
c. High pass filter used as band limiting filter
d. None of these
26. The signal to quantization noise ratio in n bit PCM system
a. Is independent of value n
b. Increase with increasing value of n (Answer)
c. Depends upon the sampling frequency employed
d. Decrease with the increasing value of n
27. Radio signals are made up of
a. Voltage and Current
b. Electrons and Protons
c. Electric and Magnetic field (Answer)
d. None of these
28. In commercial TV transmission in India picture and sound signals are modulated respectively as
a. VSB and FM (Answer)
b. VSB and VSB
c. FM and VSB
d. AM and FM
29. A special AM broadcasting transmitter radiates 10 kW when the depth of modulation is 60%. The
carrier power required is
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b. 7.8 kW
c. 8.47 kW (Answer)
d. 9.5 kW
30. In digital transmission, the modulation technique that requires minimum bandwidth is
a. DM (Answer)
b. PCM
c. DPCM
d. PAM
31. What do you understand by the term SSB?
Answer. Single Side Band (Answer)
32. The spectrum of a signal extends from 200 Hz to 3200 Hz. This signal is
a. A low pass signal
b. A high pass signal
c. a band pass signal
d. A band stop signal

33. The sampling process converts

a. Continuous time signal into continuous time signal
b. continuous time signal into a discrete time signal (Answer)
c. Discrete time signal into a continuous time signal
d. Discrete time signal into a discrete time signal

34. Which multiplexing technique transmits digital signal?

a. FDM
b. TDM (Answer)
c. WDM
d. FDM and TDM

35. If the deviation is 75 kHz and maximum modulating frequency is 5 kHz, what is the bandwidth of an
FM wave?
a. 80 kH
b. 160 kHz (Answer)
c. 40 kHz
d. 320 kHz

36. The process of transmitting two or more information signals simultaneously over the same channel is
called
a. ultiplexing (Answer)
b. Telemetry
c. Detection
d. Modulation

37. Which of the following is not a major communication medium?

a. Free space
b. Water
c. Wires (Answer)
d. Fiber optic cable
38. One of the serious disadvantages of FM transmission is its
a. High static noise
b. Limited line of sight range (Answer)
c. Expensive equipment
d. Adjacent channel interference

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39. The broadcasting frequency range used in frequency modulator is

a. 30 MHz to 300 MHz
b. 88 MHz to 108 MHz (Answer)
c. 3 MHz to 30 MHz
d. 1 MHz to 3 MHz

40. Capture effect is active in

a. AM
b. PAM
c. PCM
d. FM (Answer)

41. The length of the antenna to transmit a signal must be at least

a. 1/3 wavelength
b. 1/4 wavelength (Answer)
c. 2/3 wavelength
d. 2/4 wavelength

42. A pre-emphasis circuit provides extra noise immunity by

a. Boosting the base frequencies
b. Amplifying the higher audio frequencies (Answer)
c. Pre-amplifing the whole audio band
d. Converting the phase modulation to FM

43. Which of the following modulation is analog in nature

(a) PCM
(b) DPCM
(c) DM
(d) None of these (Answer)
44. Amplitude modulation is used for broadcasting because
a. It is more noise immune than other modulation system
b. It consumes less transmitting power
c. Its use avoids receiver complexity (Answer)
d. No other modulation system can provide the necessary bandwidth for high fidelity

45. Which of the following analog modulation scheme requires the minimum transmitted power and
minimum channel bandwidth?
a. VSB
b. DSB-SC
c. SSB (Answer)
d. AM

46. In frequency modulation

a. The frequency of the carrier remains constant
b. The amplitude of the carrier remains constant (Answer)
c. The amplitude of the carrier wave is varied
d. The frequency of the signal is made important to the carrier frequency

47. Armstrong F. M. transmitter performs frequency multiplication in stages

a. To increase the overall S/N ratio
b. To reduce bandwidth
c. To find the desired value of carrier frequency as well as frequency deviation (Answer)
d. For convenience

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48. Major advantage of Armstrong modulator is that

a. It is capable to producing WBFM signals (Answer)
b. The center frequency (carrier frequency when unmodulated) is extremely stable
c. A large depth of modulation can be achieved
d. None of these

49. In the generation of modulated signal, a varactor diode can be used

a. FM generation only (Answer)
b. AM generation only
c. PM generation only
d. Both AM and PM generation

50. In phase modulation, the frequency deviation is

a. Independent of the modulating signal frequency
b. Increasing proportional to the modulating signal frequency
c. Directly proportional to the modulating signal frequency (Answer)
d. Inversely proportional to the square root of the modulating frequency

51. The positive RF peaks of an AM voltage rise to a maximum value of 12 volt and drop to a minimum
value of 4v. The modulation index assuming single tone modulation is
a. 3
b. 1/3
c. 1/4
d. 1/2 (Answer)

52. For which of the following system the signal to noise ratio is the highest?
a. PAM
b. PWM
c. PPM (Answer)
d. PAM and PWM

53. Which are the 3 steps in generating PCM in the correct sequence?
a. Sampling, Quantizing and Encoding (Answer)
b. Encoding, Sampling and Quantizing
c. Sampling, Encoding and Quantizing
d. Quantizing, Sampling and Encoding

54. One disadvantage of adapting Delta modulation over linear data modulation is that it
a. Requires more bandwidth
b. Is more vulnerable to channel errors
c. Requires a large number of comparators in the encoder (Answer)
d. Is not suitable for signals with periodic component

55. In a certain system, the signal power is 13 dB and noise power is -1 dB. The SNR will be
a. 14 dB (Answer)
b. -13 dB
c. 12 dB
d. 13 dB

56. If large amount of information is to be transmitted in a small amount of time, we require

a. Low Frequency Signals

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b. Narrow Band Signals

c. Wide Band Signals (Answer)
d. High Frequencies Signals

57. A narrow band noise shows

a. Amplitude modulation only
b. Frequency modulation only
c. Both AM and FM (Answer)
d. None of these

58. Johnson noise is

a. Always white
b. White for small practical purposes (Answer).
c. Never white
d. Depends on temperature

59. The most commonly used transmissions channels are

a. Cables
b. Radio links
c. Pneumatic
d. Both Cables and Radio links (Answer)

60. Which of the following is not the modulation time for modem specifications
a. VSB (Answer)
b. PSK
c. FSK
d. ASK

61. Maximum efficiency in AM is

a. 25%
b. 50%
c. 33
d. 83

62. If FM is the modulation frequency of an AM wave, the sideband frequencys of the wave
are
a. Greater than FM
b. Equal to FM
c. Less than FM
d. None of these (Answer)

65. On modulating a carrier of frequency FC by an audio signal FS the following components have
resulted FC, FC+FS and FC-FS. What is this type of modulation likely to be
a. Amplitude modulation DSB
b. Single sideband modulation
c. Frequency modulation only
d. Amplitude or Frequency modulation (Answer)

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66. In an AM signal when the modulation index is 1, the maximum power Pt(why Pc is the carrier
power) is equal to
a. Pc
b. 1.5 Pc (Answer)
c. 2 Pc
d. 2.5 Pc

67. Thermal noise is independent of

a. Bandwidth
b. Temperature
c. Center frequency (Answer)
d. Boltzmann constant

68. Which of the following modulated signals can be detected by an envelope detector?
a. DSB-SC
b. DSB-FC (Answer)
c. FM
d. SSB-SC

69. A carrier is simultaneously modulated by to sine waves with modulation indices of 0.3 and
0.4; the total modulation index is
a. 0.707
b. 0.5 (Answer)
c. 1
d. None of these

70. One of the drawbacks of FM signal is

a. High noise
b. Limited range (Answer)
c. Low signal strength
d. None of these

71. FM signal can be converted into AM signal using

a. Frequency discriminator (Answer)
b. Square law detector
c. Slope detector
d. None of these

72. The most common modulation system used for telegraphy is

a. Frequency-shift key (Answer)
b. To-tone modulation
c. Pulse-code modulation
d. Single-tone modulation

73. Companding is used

a. To overcome quantizing noise in PCM (Answer)
b. In PCM transmitters, to allow amplitude limited in the receiver
c. To protect small signals in PCM from quantizing distortion

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d. In PCM receivers, to overcome impulse noise

74. What is the ratio of modulating power to total power at 100% modulation
a. 1:3 (Answer)
b. 1:2
c. 2:3
d. None of these

75. In ring modulator is generally used for

a. Generating SSB-SC signal
b. Generating DSB-FC signal
c. Generating DSB-SC signal(answer)
d. None of these

76. When the modulating frequency is doubled, the modulation index is half and the modulating
voltage remains constant the modulation system is
a. Amplitude modulation
b. Phase modulation
c. Frequency modulation (Answer)
d. Any of 3

77. Vestigial sideband modulation is normally used for

a. HF point-to-point communications
b. Monoaural broadcasting
c. TV broadcasting (Answer)
d. Stereo broadcasting

78. Thermal noise power is proportional to

a. B (Answer)
b. √B
c. 1/B^2
d. B^2

79. Quantizing noise occurs

a. Time-division multiplex
b. Frequency division multiplex
c. Pulse code modulation (Answer)
d. Pulse-width modulation

80. The biggest disadvantage of PCM is

a. It's inability to handle analog signals
b. The high error rate which it's quantizing noise introduces
c. It's incompatibility with TDM
d. The large bandwidths that are required for it (Answer)

81. Number of sidebands in FM signal

a. 2 (Answer)
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c. Zero
d. None of these

82. Which of the following is considered as an AM signal

a. BPSK
b. DPSK
c. Differential encoded PSK
d. QPSK (Answer)

83. In the VSB system

a. Picture and Sound carrier are transmitted (Answer)
b. Only sound carrier is transmitted
c. Only picture carrier is transmitted
d. None of these

84. A carrier of 100 W is amplitude modulated to the depth of 40% the total transmitted power is
a. 116 W
b. 112 W
c. 108 W (Answer)
d. 118 W

85. One of the following system is analog

a. PCM
b. DM
c. DPCM
d. PAM (Answer)

86. Shot noise is produced by

a. Electrons
b. Protons
c. Electrons and Protons (Answer)
d. None of these

87. The DSB-SC signal consist of

a. 2 sidebands and carrier
b. 1 sideband and carrier
c. 2 sidebands (Answer)
d. 1 sideband

88. The minimum height of antenna required for transmission in terms of lamda is
a. 3λ/2
b. λ/4 (Answer)
c. 2λ
d. λ
.
89. Data transmitted for a given amount of time is called
a. Noise
b. Power
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d. Bandwidth (Answer)

90. Why a Sinusoidal signal is considered analog

a. It moves in both positive and negative direction
b. It is positive for one half cycle
c. It is negative for one half cycle
d. It has infinite number of amplitudes in the range of values of the independent variable
(Answer)

91. What do you understand by the term analog communication

a. A method in which one of the properties of a carrier signal varies in proportion to an
instantaneous value of modulation signal (Answer)
b. A way for data and computer communication
c. A numerical coded communication
d. A suitable method for long distance communication

92. What is De-modulation?

a. Process of varying 1 or more properties of a periodic waveform
b. Recovering information from modulated signal (Answer)
c. Process of mixing a signal with a sinusoid to produce a new signal
d. Involvement of noise

93. Amplitude modulation suffers from

a. Sideband suppression
b. Intra-pulse modulation
c. Cross modulation (Answer)
d. Carrier suppression

94. Medium which sents information from source to receiver is called

a. Transmitter
b. Transducer
c. Loudspeaker
d. Channel (Answer)

95. Telephones sent information through wires in form of

Answer. Electrical Signals

96. Cell phones sent information in form of

Answer: Radio waves

97. Which device is used for tuning the receiver according to incoming signal (specifically in T. V.)
a. Low pass filter
b. High pass filter
c. Zener diode
d. Varacter diode (Answer)
98. In T. V. transmission, picture signal is _________________ modulated.
a. DSB-SC
b. VSB (Answer)
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d. Pulse
99. Square law modulators are
a. Used for frequency modulation
b. Used for pulse width modulation
c. Used for amplitude modulation (Answer)
d. Used for phase modulation
100. The threshold effect is more dominant in
a. AM
b. FM (Answer)
c. PM
d. PWM
101. What is the role of transmitter in communication system
a. To decode a signal to be transmitted
b. To convert one form of energy into other
c. To detect and amplify information signal from the carrier
d. To produce radio waves to transmitt data (Answer)
102. The method for detecting modulated signal (12.5+5cosWmt) cosWct is
a. Envelope detector
b. Synchronous detector
c. Ratio detector
d. Both Envelope and Synchronous detector (Answer)
103. An AM wave is EAM(t) equal to (1+0.12cos1014+0.05cos103t) cos106t. The
resultant modulation index is
a. 0.4
b. 0.3
c. 0.13 (Answer)
d. 0.14
104. The envelope detector is a
a. Synchronous detector
b. Asynchronous detector (Answer)
c. Product demodulator
d. Coherent modulator
105. A narrowband FM has
a. 2 sidebands
b. Equal amplitude sidebands
c. Both sidebands with same phase difference with the carrier
d. Does not so amplitude variations (Answer)
106. Which one is non linear modulation I. AM II. FM III. PM IV. DSB-SC
a. I and II
b. II and III (Answer)
c. III and IV
d. All of these
107. For phase modulated wave, how is modulation index related to baseband frequency
a. Linear
b. Inverse
c. Independent (Answer)
d. Linear square
108. Two carrier signals 40MHz are frequency modulated by 4KHz signal such that the
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a. 1:4
b. 1:2
c. 1:1 (Answer)
d. 2:1
109. The nyquist frequency (fs) and baseband signal frequency (fm) as per sampling
theorem are related by
a. FS=FM
b. FS=2FM (Answer)
c. FS>2FM
d. FS<2FM
110. In a PCM system each quantization level is encoded into 8 bits. The signal-to-
quantization noise ratio is equal to
a. 48 dB (Answer)
b. 64 dB
c. 128 dB
d. 256 dB
111. Which of the following is a pulse time modulation scheme
a. PAM
b. PWM (Answer)
c. PCM
d. DM
112. Demodulation of PAM signal is done with
a. LPF (Answer)
b. HPF
c. BPF
d. Schmitt trigger

113. Pulse Width Modulation and Pulse Position Modulation are 2 types of
a. Pulse Amplitude Modulation
b. Pulse Time Modulation (Answer)
c. Pulse Code Modulation
d. All of these

114. The BW of PCM system having 2 quantization level is B. If the quantization level is
enhanced to 8, the resultant BW will be
a. B
b. 2B
c. 3B (Answer)
d. 4B
115. Unlike AM, the biggest advantages of PCM is
a. Larger noise
b. Larger bandwidth (Answer)
c. Incompatibility with TDM system
d. Inability to handle analog signals
116. The signal to quantization noise ratio in PCM depends upon;
a. Message signal bandwidth
b. Sampling rate
c. Number of quantization levels (Answer)
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117. In a PCM system, if the number of quantization levels are 16 and maximum signal
frequency is 4 KHz, the transmission bit rate is
a. 10 kbps
b. 12 kbps
c. 15 kbps
d. 16 kbps) Answer)
118. A DSB-SC signal can be demodulated using;
a. An envelope detector (Answer)
b. A discriminator
c. A low pass filter
d. A PLL
119. Delta modulation uses ______________ bits per sample
a. One (Answer)
b. Two
c. Four
d. Eight
120. Adaptive DPCM is use to
a. Increase bandwidth
b. Decrease bandwidth (Answer)
c. Increase SNR
d. None of these
121. To coherent demodulation of FSK signal can be performed using;
a. Matched filter (Answer)
b. BPF and envelope detectors
c. Discriminator
d. None of these
122. The process of converting the analog sample into discrete form is called
a. Modulation
b. Multiplexing
c. Quantization (Answer)
d. Sampling
123. A PAM signal can be detected using
a. Low pass filter (Answer)
b. High pass filter
c. Band pass filter
d. Band stop filter
124. The use of non uniform quantization leats to
a. Reduction in transmission bandwidth
b. Increase in maximum SNR
c. Increase in SNR for low level signals (Answer)
d. Simplification of quantization process
125. In FDM systems used for telephone, which modulation scheme is adopted
a. AM
b. DSB-SC
c. SSB-SC
d. FM (Answer)
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