VASIREDDY VENKATADRI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY : : NAMBURU
Department of ECE
GATE – 2011: Communications
One mark questions:
1. What effect, if any, does a nonlinear device have on a sine wave?
a. It amplifies without distortion
b. It attenuates without distortion
c. It generates harmonic frequencies
d. None of the above
2. Which of the following combinations of frequency multiplier stages will produce a
total multiplication factor of 72?
a. 36, 36
b. 4, 3, 3, 2
c. 4, 4, 3, 2
d. 18, 18, 18, 18
. 3. In an AM wave, where is the audio intelligence located?
a. In the carrier frequency
b. In the spacing between the sideband frequencies
c. In the spacing between the carrier and sideband frequencies
d. In the sideband frequencies
4. In an AM signal that is 100 percent modulated, what maximum voltage value is
present in each sideband?
a. 1/4 the carrier voltage
b. 1/2 the carrier voltage
c. 3/4 the carrier voltage
d. Same as the carrier voltage
5. Frequency-shift keying is generated using which of the following methods?
a. By shifting the frequency of an oscillator at an AF rate
b. By shifting the frequency of an oscillator at an RF rate
c. By keying an AF oscillator at an RF rate
d. By keying an AF oscillator at an AF rate
6. If an FSK transmitter has a MARK frequency of 49.575 kHz and a SPACE frequency
of 50.425 kHz, what is the assigned channel frequency?
b. 49 kHz
c. 49.575 kHz
d. 50 kHz
e. 50.425 kHz
7. An FM transmitter has a 50-watt carrier with no modulation. What
maximum amount of output power will it have when it is 50-percent modulated?
e. 25 watts
f. 50 watts
g. 75 watts
h. 100 watts
8. To ensure the frequency stability of an FM transmitter, which, if any, of the following
actions could be taken?
a. Modulate a crystal-controlled oscillator at the desired frequency
b. Modulate a low-frequency oscillator, and use frequency multipliers to
achieve the operating frequency
c. Modulate a low-frequency oscillator, and heterodyne it with a higher
frequency oscillator to achieve the desired frequency
d. None of the above
9. In phase modulation, (a) the AMPLITUDE of the modulating signal determines what
characteristic of the phase shift, and (b) the FREQUENCY of the modulating signal determines what
characteristic of the phase shift?
a. (a) Rate (b) rate
b. (a) Rate (b) amount
c. (a) Amount (b) amount
d. (a) Amount (b) rate
10. Which, if any, of the following is the primary disadvantage of pulse-position modulation?
a. It depends on transmitter-receiver synchronization
b. It is susceptible to noise interference
c. Transmitter power varies
d. None of the above
Two mark questions:
. 1. If an 860-kHz AM signal is modulated by frequencies of 5 and 10 kHz, what is the
bandwidth?
a. 5 kHz
b. 10 kHz
c. 15 kHz
d. 20 kHz
2) A 50-MHz FM carrier varies between 49.925 MHz and 50.075 MHz 10,000 times per second. What is
its modulation index?
a. 5
b. 10
c. 15
d. 20
IN ANSWERING QUESTIONS 03 AND 04,
REFER TO FIGURE A.
3) An FM-modulated carrier varies between 925 kHz and 1,075 kHz 15,000 times per second. What is the
bandwidth, in kHz, of the transmitted signal? (HINT: You will need to figure MI to be able to find the
sidebands.)
a. 340
b. 420
c. 480
d. 560
4) The spectrum of a 500 kHz FM-modulated carrier has a 60-kHz bandwidth and contains 12 significant
sidebands. How much, in kHz, is the carrier deviated?
a. 5
b. 7.5
c. 10
d. 15
Figure A.—Modulation index table.
5) A 10 kHz, 10-volt square wave is applied as the phase-modulating signal to a transmitter with a carrier
frequency of 60 MHz. What is the output frequency during the constant-amplitude portions of the
modulating signal?
a. 10 kHz
b. 59,990 kHz
c. 60,000 kHz
d. 60,010 kHz
6) Phase-shift keying is most useful under which of the following code element conditions?
a. When mark elements are longer than space elements
b. When mark elements are shorter than space elements
c. When mark and space elements are the same length
d. When mark and space elements are longer than synchronizing elements
7) In pulse modulation, what term is used to indicate the ratio of time the system is actually producing
RF?
a. Rest cycle
b. Duty cycle
c. Average cycle
d. Transmit cycle
8) A PCM system is capable of transmitting 32 standard levels that are sampled 2.5 times per cycle of a
3-kHz modulating signal. What maximum number of bits per second are transmitted?
a. 18,750
b. 37,500
c. 75,000
d. 240,000
9) Which of the following is a characteristic of a PCM system that makes it advantageous for use in
multiple-relay link systems?
a. Average power is constant
b. Average power decreases with each relay
c. Noise is not cumulative at relay stations
d. Quantization noise decreases with each relay
10) Four bits of information is also called
a. Quadbit
b. Nibble
c. Half byte
d. All of the above
