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Reviewer

Chapter 1. Introductory Topics

1. Which part of the sinewave expression cannot be varied in

accordance with the
low-frequency intelligence to create
a modulated signal?
a. Phase
b. Frequency
c. Time
d. Amplitude
2. Communication systems are most often categorized by
what characteristic?
a. Modulation frequency
b. Carrier frequency
c. Transmission distance
d. Information transmitted
3 Voltage gain in decibels is

a. 10 ln

b. 10 log

b. The square wave has an infinite number of harmonics,

whereas the sinewave has
only one.
c. The square wave is much easier to cover by noise.
d. The square wave must also include an offset (dc) voltage,
whereas the sinewave
does not.
9 The relationship between information and bandwidth is called
a. Information theory
b. Fourier analysis
c. FFT
d. Hartley's law
10 Aliasing can be defined as errors occurring when
a. The input frequency exceeds the sample rate.
b. The bandwidth is less than the input frequency.
c. The type of modulation has been incorrectly identified.
d. The sampling signal has been incorrectly identified.
11 Which of the following does not hold true for a parallel
resonant circuit?
a. At the resonant frequency the impedance of the circuit is a
minimum.
b. If Q>10, the resonant frequency is the same as it would be if
it were a series.
c. It is commonly referred to as a tank circuit.
d. At the resonant frequency, the circuit draws minimum current
from the constant-voltage source.

c. 20 ln

d. 20 log
4 Which expression indicates a measurement using a 1-W
reference
a. dBm(1)
b. dB1
c. dBW
d. dB(W)
5 An amplifier operating over a 2-Mhz bandwidth has a 75
input resistance. If it is operating at 22 C and
has a voltage gain of 300, the noise produced at the output
of this amplifier would be approximately
a.
b.
c.
d.
6 Which of the following is not an example of external noise
a. Fluorescent light
b. Solar emission
c. Resistor noise
d. Lightning
7 An amplifier's output signal has 25 mV p-p of desired
signal mixed in with 45 V rms of undesired noise. The load
impedance is 50 . What is the amplifier's output S/N level
in dB?
a. 22.9 dB
b. 54.9 dB
c. 45.9 dB
d. 51.9 dB
8 Why does a 5-kHz square wave require a greater
bandwidth than a 2-kHz sinewave?
a. The square wave has a larger frequency than the
sinewave.

12 The oscillator design that uses a third capacitor in the tank

circuit for swamping out the effect of the
transistor's internal capacitances is the
a. Hartley design
b. Clapp design
c. Colpitts design
d. Crystal design
13 The ability of a crystal to oscillate at its resonant frequency is
due to
a. The flywheel effect
b. Barkhausen criteria
c. The piezoelectric effect
d. Frequency synthesis

14 The Barkhausen criteria has to do with

a. Receiver noise
b. Fourier analysis
c. Oscillation
d. Troubleshooting
15 Which of the following can be called a troubleshooting plan?
a. Symptoms as clues to faulty stages
b. Signal tracing and signal injection
c. Voltage and resistance measure
d. Substitution
e. All the above
Chapter 2. Amplitude Modulation: Transmission

1. In a modulated system, the low-frequency intelligence signal is

not called the
a. Modulating signal
b. Information signal
c. Modulating wave
d. Carrier
2. A 7.0-Mhz carrier is modulated by a voice signal that has three
frequency
components of 100 Hz,
200 Hz, and 300 Hz. What three frequencies comprise the
lower sideband?

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a. 6.9997 Mhz, 6.9998 Mhz, and 6.9999 Mhz

b. 100 Hz, 200 Hz, and 300 Hz
c. 6.9999 Mhz, 7.0000 Mhz, and 7.0001 Mhz
d. 7.0001 Mhz, 7.0002 Mhz, and 7.0003 Mhz
3. The total output power of an AM transmitter is measured
to be 850 W. What is the total output sideband
power if it has a percent modulation of 100%?
a. 425 W
b. 850 W
c. 283.3 W
d. 141.65 W
4. A 100-kHz carrier is modulated by a 20-Hz 2kHz signal.
The upper sideband is

a. Match the output impedance of the transmitter with the

antenna's impedance to provide maximum
power transfer.
b. Allow the transmitter to be connected to several antennas at
the same time.
c. Filter out the carrier frequency from the transmitter's AM
output signal.
d. Cause the transmitter to operate at more than one carrier
frequency at the
same time.
12. The main reason for using a dummy antenna is to
a. Prevent damage to output circuits.
b. Minimize damage to the regular antenna.
c. Prevent overmodulation.
d. Prevent undesired transmissions.
13. A spectrum analyzer is

a. 102 kHz
b. 100.02 kHz to 102 kHz
c. 101 kHz
d. 100.002 kHz to 102 kHz
5. One full revolution of a phasor generates which
percentage of a full sinewave?
a. 25%
b. 50%
c. 100%
d. 200%
6. An AM waveform at maximum is 100 V p-p and at
minimum is 40 V p-p. The modulation percentage is
a. 250%
b. 40%
c. 25%
d. 37.5%

7. A transmitter having a 900-W carrier transmits 1188 W

when modulated with a single sinewave. If the carrier is
simultaneously modulated with another sinewave at 60%
modulation, calculate the total transmitted power.
a. 1084 W
b. 1170 W
c. 1350 W
d. 1224 W

a. An instrument that displays amplitude versus frequency on a

CRT.
b. Often used to determine if a transmitter's output signal is
free from any
spurious signals.
c. Can be thought of as a radio receiver with broad frequency
range.
d. All the above.
14.The strategy for repair of electronic equipment includes the
following.
a. Verify that a problem exists.
b. Isolate the defective stage.
c. Isolate the defective component.
d. Replace the defective component and hot check.
e. All the above.
15. A technique that helps you understand how a carrier and
sideband combine to form the AM waveform
is
a. The tangential method.
b. Phasor representation.
c. Keying.
d. None of the above.

Chapter 3: Amplitude Modulation: Reception

8. Low-level modulation is
1. The main problem with the TRF design is
a. The most economic approach for low-power
transmitters.
b. Characterized by the use of "linear" power amplifiers to
amplify the AM
signal.
c. Characterized by having the carrier and the intelligence
signals mix at low
power levels
d. All the above.
9. The main advantage of a high-level modulation system
compared to a low-level system is that it
a. Allows more efficient amplification.
b. Allows use of low-powered intelligence signal.
c. Provides higher modulation percentage.
d. Is more economical.
10. What is the purpose of a buffer amplifier stage in a
transmitter?
a. It prevents transmitters from producing spurious
frequencies in the output
signals.
b. It provides power amplification with high efficiency.
c. Its high input impedance prevents oscillators from
drifting off frequency.
d. It amplifies audio frequencies before modulation occurs.
11. The purpose of an antenna coupler is to

a. Lack of selectivity in receiving all AM stations

b. Poor demodulation of an AM station
c. Frustration in tuning to receive more than one station
d. Lack of sensitivity in receiving all AM stations
2. The sensitivity of a receiver has to do with its ability to
a. Withstand shock
b. Receive one station versus another
c. Receive weak stations
d. All the above
3. When the input to an ideal nonlinear device is an AM waveform
consisting of a carrier and its
sidebands, the output of nonlinear mixing produces the original
intelligence because
a. The intelligence signal is one of its inputs.
b. A dc component is also produced.
c. The difference between the carrier and its sidebands is the
original
intelligence frequency.
d. The intelligence frequencies are the upper and the lower
sideband frequencies.
4. An AM signal having a carrier frequency of 940 kHz is to be
mixed with a local oscillator output signal in
order to produce an intermediate frequency of 455 kHz. At what
should the L.O. frequency be set?

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a. 455 kHz
b. 1395 kHz
c. 910 kHz
d. 1850 kHz
5. Diodes that have been specially fabricated to produce a
capacitance that varies inversely proportional to
the amount of reverse bias are called
a. Varactor diodes
b. Varicap diodes
c. VVC diodes
d. All the above

14. If no stations are picked up on the lower half of the AM band,

the likely problem is
a. Low RF gain
b. Poor AGC operation
c. IF selectivity
d. LO tracking
15. If no sound is heard from a receiver, the most likely problem
area is the
a. Power supply
b. RF section
c. Audio amplifier
d. AGC diode

6. The image frequency for a standard broadcast receiver

using a 455-kHz IF and tuned to a station at 680
kHz would be
Chapter 4: Single-Sideband Communications
a. 1135 kHz
b. 225 kHz
c. 1590 kHz
d. 1815 kHz

7. Double conversion is used to overcome the problem of

a. Image frequency
b. Tracking
c. Diagonal clipping
d. Poor sensitivity
8. An auxiliary AGC diode
a. Reduces selectivity
b. Increases sensitivity
c. Decreases sensitivity
d. All the above
9. Which of the following would occur in a receiver not having
AGC?
a. The speaker output level would drastically change while
tuning from a weak signal to a strong signal.
b. Local stations would easily produce distorted signals in
the speaker.
c. There would be a constant need to readjust the volume
control as the weather and ionosphere change.
d. All the above
10. The only roadblock to having a complete receiver
manufactured on an integrated circuit is
a. Tuned circuits and volume controls
b. Cost
c. Phase-locked loops
d. Ceramic filters
11. The decibel difference between the largest tolerable
receiver input signal and
its sensitivity is called
a. The decibel power gain of the receiver
b. Automatic gain control (AGC)
c. The dynamic range of the receiver
d. The IF amplifier gain
12. The simplest AM detector is the
a. Synchronous detector
b. Product detector
c. Heterodyne detector
d. Diode detector
13. Tracking in a superhet receiver is accomplished using a
a. Trimmer capacitor
b. Padder capacitor
c. Varicap diode
d. a and b
e. All the above

1. An SSB signal with a maximum level of 200 V p-p into a 50

load results in a PEP rating of
a. 200 W
b. 50 W
c. 100 W
d. 800 W
2. State the chief advantage(s) of a standard SSB system.
a. Maximum signal range with minimum transmitted power
b. Easy carrier reinsertion
c. Elimination of carrier interference
d. a and c
3. The noise advantage of SSB over AM is
a. 35 dB
b. 57 dB
c. 810 dB
d. 1012 dB
4. What is the difference between a balanced modulator and a
regular modulator?
a. There is no carrier produced in the output of a balanced
modulator.
b. In a balanced modulator, there is 180 phase shift between
the upper and lower sidebands.
c. In a balanced modulator, only one sideband is produced.
d. In a balanced modulator, harmonics of the sidebands are
suppressed.
5. In a balanced-ring modulator, the carrier suppression is
accomplished by
a. A dual-gate FET having symmetry
b. Center-tapped transformers causing canceling magnetic
fields
c. The nonlinearity of the diodes that are used
d. Symmetrical differential amplifier stages
6.Which cannot be used successfully to convert DSB-SC to SSB?
a. Crystal filter
b. Ceramic filter
c. Mechanical filter
d. Tank circuit

7. Another term for ripple amplitude for a ceramic filter is

a. The shape factor
b. The peak-to-valley ratio
c. The insertion loss
d. The quality factor
8. Which of the following is not an advantage of the phase method
over the filter method in producing SSB?

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a. The design of the 90 phase-shift network for the
intelligence frequencies is simple.
b. Lower intelligence frequencies can be economically
used, because a high-Q filter is not necessary.
c. Intermediate balanced modulators are not necessary,
because high-Q filters are not needed.
d. It is easier to switch from one sideband to the other.

a. Index of modulation
b. Frequency deviation
c. Phase deviation
d. Bandwidth of the FM signal

9. Once an SSB signal has been generated, it must be

amplified by
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a. A nonlinear amplifier to conserve bandwidth
b. A nonlinear amplifier to conserve energy
c. A linear amplifier to conserve bandwidth
d. A linear amplifier to avoid distortion

b. A PM signal
c. Both FM and PM signals
d. Neither FM nor PM signals
4

11. Provide the approximate "outside-of-passband"

attenuation of a Butterworth filter.

An FM signal has an intelligence frequency of 2 kHz and

a maximum deviation of 10 kHz. If its carrier frequency is
set at 162.4 Mhz, what is its index of modulation?
a. 10
b. 5

a. 3-dB slope per octave

b. 3-dB slope per decade
c. 6-dB slope per octave
d. 6-dB slope per decade

c. 2
d. 20
5

12. An SSB receiver recreates the original intelligence signal

by
a. Mixing the USB with LSB signals and filtering out the
resulting different frequencies
b. Filtering out the difference between either sideband and
the internally generated carrier signal
c. Filtering out the harmonics of the received sideband
signal frequencies
d. Amplifying the dc term produced by mixing action

The amount of frequency deviation is dependent on the

intelligence frequency in
a. An FM signal

10. The advantages provided by carrier elimination in SSB

do not apply to transmission of
a. Code
b. Music
c. Noise
d. All the above

The amount of frequency increase and decrease around

the center frequency in an FM signal is called the

The amount an FM carrier frequency deviates for a given

modulating input voltage level is called the
a. Frequency deviation
b. Index of modulation
c. Deviation constant
d. Deviation ratio

Standard FM broadcast stations use a maximum

bandwidth of

13. Common types of balanced modulators include

a. 150 kHz

a. Ring modulator
b. Phase modulator
c. Lattice modulator
d. All the above
14. Describe the oscilloscope waveform of an SSB
transmitter's balanced modulator if it exhibits carrier
leakthrough.

b. 200 kHz
c. 75 kHz
d. 15 kHz
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a. Frequency deviation
b. Bandwidth

a. Trapezoidal wave
b. Sinewave
c. FM wave
d. AM wave
15. The two-tone test is used to

Carson's rule is used to approximate the necessary

c. Capture ratio
d. Modulation index
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a. Test carrier suppression

b. Test filter ripple
c. Test amplifier linearity
d. None of the above

An FM transmitter has an output power of 500 W when it

is not modulated. When intelligence is added, its
modulation index is 2.0. What is its output power with a
modulation index of 2.0?
a. 250 W
b. 500 W
c. 1000 W

Chapter 5: Frequency Modulation Transmission

d. 2000 W
1

Angle modulation includes the following types of

modulation:
a. FM

Another way to describe the modulation index is using

the

b. PM

a. Deviation ratio

c. AM

b. Deviation constant

d. All the above

c. Capture ratio

e. a and b

d. Maximum deviation

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10 The inherent ability of FM to minimize the effect of

undesired signals operating at the same or nearly the
same frequency as the desired station is known as the

c. Deemphasis network
d. All the above
2

a. Capture effect

a. FM receivers typically work with smaller input

signal levels due to thei noise
characteristics
b. FM receivers have a narrower bandwidth.
c. FM receivers do not have very much gain in
their IF amplifier stages.
d. FM receivers need RF amplifier stages to be
able to decode stereo signals.

b. Signal-to-noise ratio
c. Noise figure
d. Bessel function
11 In a Crosby FM transmitter, an FM signal having a center
frequency of 2.04 Mhz and a deviation of 69 Hz is
passed through four cascaded frequency multiplier
stages: two triplers, one doubler, and one quadrupler.
What type of signal appears at the output of the last
multiplier stage?

An FM receiver rarely works satisfactorily without

an RF amplifier because

A certain FM receiver provides a voltage gain of

113 dB prior to its limiter. The limiter's quieting
voltage is 400 mV. Its sensitivity is approximately
a.

a. Center frequency of 2.04 Mhz and deviation of 4.96

kHz

b.

b. Center frequency of 146.88 Mhz and deviation of 4.96

kHz

c.

c. Center frequency of 2.04 Mhz and deviation of 69 Hz

d.

d. Center frequency of 146.88 Mhz and deviation of 69

Hz

a. Offers increased dynamic range over those of

JFETs
b. Produces higher-frequency responses than do
JFETs
c. Produces higher values of voltage gain than do
JFETs
d. Is not compatible with AGC

12 The circuitry used to increase the operating frequency of

a transmitter up to a specified value is called the
a. Multiplier
b. Expander
c. Pump chain
d. All the above

13 The purpose of the matrix network in a stereo FM

broadcast transmitter is to

b. Convert the L and R channels to L + R and L R

channels
d. Modulate the L + R and L R signals with the carrier
signal

Local oscillator reradiation refers to radiation

through the
a. Receiver's wiring
b. IF transformer
c. Antenna
d. All the above

14 An FM signal has an intelligence frequency of 5 kHz and

a maximum deviation of 25 kHz. Its index of modulation
is
a. 125

The Foster-Seely detector design is superior to

the ratio detector in that it
a. Does not respond to any undesired amplitude
variations
b. Also provides an output AGC signal
c. Offers superior linear response to wideband FM
deviations
d. Does not need a limiter stage

a. Mix the 38-kHz pilot carrier with the L R audio

c. Separate the left channel from the right channel

The use of dual-gate MOSFETs in RF amplifier

stages

Which is not one of the three stages in which a

PLL can be operated?

b. 0.2
a. Free-running
b. Capture
c. Locked/tracking
d. Searching

c. 5
d. 6
15 Frequency multipliers
8
a. Are used to multiply the frequency of the carrier signal
of an FM signal
b. Consist of a class C amplifier followed by a tank circuit
that filters out a single harmonic
c. Are used to multiply the frequency deviation of an FM
signal

a. 75 kHz
b. 120 kHz
c. 150 kHz
d. 240 kHz

d. All the above

Chapter 6: Frequency Modulation Reception
1

A difference between AM and FM receiver block

diagrams is that the FM version includes a
a. Limiter
b. Discriminator

A PLL is set up so that its VCO free-runs at 8.9

Mhz. The VCO does not change frequency unless
its input is within 75 kHz of 8.9 Mhz. After it
does lock, the input frequency can be adjusted
within 120 kHz of 8.9 Mhz without having the
PLL start to free-run again. The capture range of
the PLL is

Slope detection is seldom used due to

a. Nonlinearity
b. Attenuation

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c. Complexity
d. All the above
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In an FM stereo receiver, what is the purpose of

the 2353-kHz filter?
a. To filter out the SCA signal at the output of the
discriminator
b. To filter out the L R signal at the output of the
discriminator
c. To filter out the L + R signal at the output of the
discriminator
d. To produce separate L and R signals from the L
+ R and L signals

11

A dual audio amplifier is rated to provide 65 dB of

channel separation. If the right channel has 4 W of
output power, how much of this power could be
due to the left channel intelligence?
a. 4 W
b. 79 nW
c. 1.26 W
d. 2.25 mW

12

The hold-in range for a PLL concerns the

a. Range of frequencies in which it will remain
locked
b. Allowable range of dc voltage
c. Allowable range of ac input voltage
d. Satisfactory range of operating temperatures

13

The square-law relationship of the FETs input

versus output
a. Allows for greater sensitivity in an FM receiver
b. Provides improved noise performance
c. Reduces shot noise
d. Minimizes cross-modulation

15

3 The signal-strength meter that shows the relative signalstrength level is called the ________ .
a. S meter
b. Signal meter
c. Strength meter
d. All the above
4 An AM broadcast receiver has two identical tuned circuits
with a Q of 50 prior to the IF stage. The IF frequency is
460 kHz and the receiver is tuned to a station on 550
kHz. The image-frequency rejection is
a. 41 dB
b. 36.2 dB
c. 72.4 dB
d. 82 dB
5 An AGC that causes a step reduction in receiver gain at
some arbitrarily high value of received signal in order to
prevent overloading the receiver is known as
a. Arbitrary AGC
b. Auxiliary AGC
c. Delayed AGC

The input signal into a PLL is at the

a. VCO
b. Low-pass filter
c. Comparator
d. Phase detector

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d. All the above

When troubleshooting a stereo demodulator, the

input signal should be abouto

6 Up-conversion offers the following advantage(s):

a. Less expensive filters
b. Good image-frequency rejection
c. Minimized tuning range for the LO
d. .b and c
7 The range over which the input to a receiver or amplifier
provides a usable output is called the
a. Level of acceptability
b. Dynamic range
c. Degree of usefulness
d.Specified input

a.
b.
c. 1 mV rms
d. 100 mV rms

8 A receiver has a 30-dB noise figure, a 1.5 Mhz

bandwidth, a 6-dBm third intercept point, and a 3-dB
signal-to-noise ratio. Its sensitivity is
a. 94 dB

Chapter 7 Communication Technique

b. 82.2 dB
c. 79.2 dB
d. 81 dB

1 Why are image frequencies somewhat less of a problem

in FM receivers than they are in SSB or AM receivers?
a. SSB uses less bandwidth than does FM.
b. FM signals have a capture effect characteristic.

9 Two-modulus dividers are used in the synthesis of

frequencies into the VHF band due to
a. Its ability to work at practical power consumptions

c. FM mixer stages are square-law devices.

b. Its ability to work at practical speeds

d. FM receivers do not use the superheterodyne design.

c. The insufficient speed and power of the basic

programmable divider designs

2 The tuned circuits prior to the mixer in a superheterodyne

receiver are called the
a. Front end

d. All the above

10 The disadvantage of direct digital synthesizers (DDS)
over analog frequency synthesizers is

b. Tuner
c. Preselector

a. Its complexity and cost

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b. Its limited maximum output frequency
c. Its higher phase noise
d. All the above

a. Foldover distortion
b. Aliasing
c. Nyquist rate

11 The G.E. Phoenix radio is an example of

a. An HF amateur transceiver using AM and SSB
modulation modes
b. A VHF commercial transceiver using the FM
modulation mode and a channel guard function
c. A military transceiver using all modes on HF
frequencies
d. A cellular telephone transceiver
12 The type of radio transmission that uses pseudorandomly
switched frequency or time transmissions is known as
a. Synthesizing
b. Facsimile
c. Spread spectrum
d. Compression

d. a and b
4 Which of the following is not a common RZ code?
a. RZ-unipolar
b. RZ-bipolar
c. RZ-M
d. RZ-AMI
5 In an asynchronous data system
a. Both sender and receiver are exactly synchronized to
the same clock frequency.
b. Each computer word is preceded by a start bit and
followed by a stop bit to frame the word.
c. The receiver derives its clock signal from the received
data stream.
d. All the above.

13 The acronym CDMA refers to ________.

a. Carrier-division multiple-access systems
b. Capture-division multiple-access systems

6 A CD audio laser-disk system has a frequency bandwidth

of 20 Hz to 20 kHz. The minimum sample rate to satisfy
the Nyquist criteria is

c. Code-division multiple-access systems

d. Channel-division multiple-access systems

a. 20 Hz
b. 20 kHz

14 A typical problem encountered when troubleshooting a

frequency synthesizer is
a. A small frequency error

c. 40 Hz
d. 40 kHz
7 With respect to converter circuits

b. A large frequency error

c. No output

a. DACs include an ADC

d. All the above

b. ADCs include a DAC

c. DACs and ADCs are virtually identical

15 A transceiver is
a. A transmitter that can be tuned to several bands of
frequencies
b. A transmitter that transmits digital data

d. All the above.

8 The type of modulation that uses sampling on one of the
parameters of the transmitted and received signal is
known as

c. A receiver that receives digital data

d. A transmitter and receiver in a single package

a. Phase modulation
b. Pulse modulation

Chapter 8 Digital Communication : Coding Technique

c. Amplitude modulation
d. Frequency modulation

1 The advantage(s) of digital and/or data communications

over analog include
a. Noise performance

9 An alphanumeric code for representing the decimal

values from 0 to 9 that is based on the relationship that
only one bit in a binary word changes for each binary step
is known as

b. Regeneration
c. Digital signal processing

a. ASCII

d. All the above

b. EBCDIC
c. Baudot code

2 In a S/H circuit, the time that it must hold the sampled

voltage is
a. Aperture time

d. Gray code
10 The quantizing error of PCM systems for weak signals
can be made less significant by

b. Acquisition time
c. Flat-top time

a. Companding

d. Dmin

b. Using time-division multiplexing

c. Using frequency-division multiplexing

3 Error signals associated with the sampling process are

called

d. Filtering out the alias frequency

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11 When the message and the BCC are transmitted as

separate parts within the same transmitted code, it is
called a(n)
a. Systematic code

a. Delta modulation
b. Pulse-coded modulation (PCM)
c. Quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM)
d. Pulse amplitude modulation (PAM)

b. CRC
c. (n,k) cyclic code
d. Interleaved code

4 FSK systems are much superior to two-tone amplitudemodulation systems with respect to
a. Noise performance

12 The value left in the CRC dividing circuit after all data
have been shifted in is the
a. Quantile interval

b. Bandwidth requirements of the channel

c. Ionospheric fading characteristics
d. Power consumption

b. Codec
c. BCC
d. Syndrome
13 Which of the following is not an example of code error
detection and correction in a data communication
channel?
a. Parity

5 Which is not a type of pulse modulation?

a. Pulse-amplitude modulation (PAM)
b. Pulse-width modulation (PWM)
c. Pulse-frequency modulation (PFM)
d. Pulse-position modulation (PPM)
6 PPM and PWM are superior to PAM systems in

b. Frequency-shift keying
c. Block-check character

a. Noise characteristics

d. Hamming code

b. Bandwidth characteristics
c. Simplicity in design

14 Error-correcting techniques that allow for correction at the

receiver are called
a. Cyclic redundancy checks (CRC)

d. Frequency response of the intelligence signal

7 Half-duplex operation involves communication

b. Block-check characters (BCC)

a. In one direction only

c. Forward error correcting (FEC)

b. In both directions, but only one can talk at a time

d. Parity

c. Where both parties can talk at the same time

d. All the above

15 Codes producing random data that closely resemble

digital noise are
a. Systematic codes

8 A procedure that decides which device has permission to

transmit at a given time is called

b. PN codes

a. Line control

c. Pseudonoise codes
d. b and c

b. Protocol
c. Flow control
d. Sequence control

Chapter 9 Digital Communications Transmission

1 Using an oscilloscope to display overlayed received data

bits that provide information on noise, jitter, and linearity
is called a(n)
a. Constellation pattern
b. Loopback
c. Statistical Concentration
d. Eye pattern
2 Why isn't Morse code well suited to today's telegraphic
equipment?

9 The technique that uses the BPSK vector relationship to

generate an output with logical 0s and 1s determined by
comparing the phase of two successive data bits is
a. CSU/DSU
b. TDM
c. CVSD
d. DPSK
10 Using radio to transmit gathered data on some particular
phenomenon without the presence of human monitors is
known as
a. Radio teletype

a. It uses an automatic request for repetition.

b. Radio multiplexing

b. It has excessive redundancy built into the code.

c. Radio facsimile

c. The parity bit is difficult to detect.

d. Radio telemetry

d. Differing between various widths of the pulses is an

extremely complicated process.
3 A special digital modulation technique that achieves high
data rates in limited-bandwidth channels is called

11 The bit error rate is

a. The number of bit errors that occur for a given number
of bits transmitted

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b. The most common method of referring to the quality of
a digital communication system
c. Virtually the same as the error probability
d. All the above
12 The major difficulty faced by delta modulators is

a. The use of shorter transmission lines

b. The use of computers in finding unused portions of
multiplex systems to maximize use
c. The application of digital switching theory to increase
channel capacity
d. Sharing of communication links by voice and data
signals

a. Excessive noise producing errors

b. Slope overload
c. Insufficient frequency response of the intelligence
signal
d. Complexity of design
13 The capacity of a telephone channel that has an S/N of
2047 if its bandwidth is 3.5 kHz is
a. 30,000 bits per second

4 The advanced mobile phone services (AMPS) is an

example of
a. A cellular telephone system
b. A telephone system that uses frequency reuse
c. A cell-splitting telephone system
d. All the above
5 Which is not a major function of a protocol?

b. 33,000 bits per second

c. 38,500 bits per second

a. Framing

d. 35,000 bits per second

b. Line control
c. Flow control

14 The AT&T T1 lines

d. Topology
e. Sequence control

a. Use 16-bit PCM code and include 24 voice channels

b. Use delta modulation and include 48 voice channels
c. Use 8-bit PCM code and include 24 voice channels
d. Use delta modulation and include 24 voice channels
15

6 The LAN that was developed by Xerox, Digital Equipment

Corporation, and Intel in 1980 is called
a. IEEE-488
b. Ethernet

A digital transmission has an error probability of

c. OSI

and is

d. CSMA/CD

long. Its expected number of error bits is

a.
b.
c.
d.

Chapter 10 Network Communications

1 An interconnection of users that allows communication

with one another is known as a
a. Modem
b. UART

7 A device interconnecting two networks that use different

protocols and formats is called a
a. Bridge
b. Gateway
c. Router
d. Node
8 A device interconnecting LANs together that usually have
identical protocols at the physical and data link layers is
called a
a. Bridge
b. Gateway
c. Router
d. Node

c. Network
d. Protocol
2 A complex LC filter that removes delay distortion from
signals that are traveling down long transmission lines is
called a(n)

9 In telephony, traffic is defined in

a. Hundred-call seconds
b. Average number of calls in a specific period of time
c. Erlang
d. All the above

a.. Delay equalizer

b. UART

10 The Internet and the WWW are

c. Attenuation distortion filter

d. Trunk switcher

a. The same thing

b. Completely different

3 Which of the following is not a way that designers of

telephone equipment are adapting to the increasing use
of computers and digital coding in telephone
communication links?

c. Related
d. Local area networks
11 In a telephone system, the grade of service is

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a. The ratio of calls lost to calls offered
b. The ratio of traffic lost to traffic offered
c. The ratio of calls offered to calls lost
d. The ratio of traffic offered to traffic lost
e. a and b
12 The following term is not a major concept in cellular
phone systems.
a. Frequency reuse
b. Cell reuse

4 In a balanced line, the same current flows in each line but

is
a. 45 out of phase
b. 90 out of phase
c. 180 out of phase
d. 270 out of phase
5 What is the length of a quarter-wavelength section of RG8A/U coaxial cable at a frequency of 144.2 Mhz if its
velocity factor is 0.69.

c. Cell splitting

a. 52.1 cm

d. Handoff

b. 35.9 cm
c. 143.6 cm

13 In local area networks, the following topology or

topologies are seldom used.
a. Star
b. Ring

d. 2.08 m
6 A nonlossy transmission line that is terminated with a
resistive load that is equal to the characteristic
impedance of the line

c. Bus
d.a and b

a. Has the same impedance at all points along the line

b. Has a VSWR of 1:1

14 The following numeric describing data rates for copper

coax and twisted pair is rarely used
a. 10 Base 2
b. 10 Base 5
c. 10 Base T

c. Has the same voltage at points along the line

d. Has a reflection coefficient at the load equal to zero
e. All the above
7 A flat line indicates

d. 100 Base FX

a. No reflection

e. a and b

b. VSWR = 1
c. No physical imperfections

15 The xDSL service with the highest projected data rate is

a. VDSL
b. SDSL

d. a and b
8 A nonlossy transmission line terminated with a short
circuit has an

c. HDSL
d. IDSL
e. ADSL
Chapter 11 Transmission Lines

a. In-phase reflected voltage that is equal in magnitude to

the incident voltage
b. Opposite-phase reflected voltage that is equal in
magnitude to the incident voltage
c. In-phase reflected voltage that is smaller in magnitude
than the incident voltage

1 The chief advantage of coaxial cable over open-wire line

is
a. Minimized radiation losses
b. Low cost

d. Opposite-phase reflected voltage that is smaller in

magnitude than the incident voltage
9 A manufacturer's specification dealing with crosstalk and
attenuation is

c. Low noise pick up

d. Low resistive losses

a. ACR
b. CAS

2 Unshielded twisted-pair cable is

c. CAA
d. AAC

a. Seldom used due to noise problems

b. Increasingly used in computer networking
c. More costly than coaxial cable

10 A 50transmission line that has a load impedance of

300
has a VSWR of

d. All the above

a. 6:1
3 The ratio of actual velocity to free-space velocity is called

b. 1:6
c. 0.666:1

a. Velocity factor

d. 1.5:1

b. Relative dielectric constant

c. Velocity of propagation
d. Delay time

11 The input impedance of a quarter-wavelength section of a

50transmission line that is terminated with a short is

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d. Diffraction

a. 50
b. 0

(a short)
4 A point in space that radiates electromagnetic energy
equally in all directions is called

c. Infinite (open)
d. 100

a. Transverse
12 A device that is used to match an unbalanced
transmission line to a balanced transmission line is called
a

b. Isotropic point source

c. Omnisphere
d. Shadow zone

a. Quarter-wavelength matching transformer

5 The process of waves, which traveling in straight paths,
bending around an obstacle is

b. Balun
c. Shorted-stub section
d. Slotted line

a. Radiation
b. Reflection

13 A 50transmission line with a 300has a reflection coefficient of

load impedance

a. 6
b. 0.166

c. Refraction
d. Diffraction
6 Which is not one of the basic modes of getting a radio
wave from the transmitting to receiving antenna?

c. 0.714
d. 1.4

a. Ground wave
b. Shadow wave

14 A cable has an inductance of 1 nH/ft and capacitance of 1

nF/ft. The delay introduced by a 1-ft section is
a. Not able to be calculated with the given information
b.

c. Space wave
d. Satellite link
e. Sky wave
7 The type of wave that is most affected by the D, E, and F
layers of the ionosphere is:

c.
d.
15 A transmission line can be used as a(n)

a. Ground wave
b. Space wave
c. Sky wave
d. Satellite

a. Inductor
b. Capacitor
c. Filter

8 The largest frequency that will be returned to earth when

transmitted vertically under given ionospheric conditions
is called the

d. Matching section
e. All the above

a. Critical frequency
b. Maximum usable frequency (MUF)

Chapter 12 Wave Propagation

c. Optimum working frequency (OWF)

d. Skip zone

1 An antenna can be thought of as a(n)

9 The characteristic impedance of free space is

a. Oscillator

a. Not known

b. Capacitor

b. Infinite

c. Transducer
d. Frequency multiplexer
2 A wave that is characterized by having its direction of
propagation perpendicular to its oscillation is known as
a. Isotropic
b. Transverse
c. Polarized
d. Refractive
3 Which is not an effect of our environment on wave
propagation?
a. Radiation
b. Reflection
c. Refraction

c. 50
d. 377
10 The area between the point where the ground wave ends
and first sky wave returns is called the
a. Quiet zone
b. Skip zone
c. Null Zone
d. All the above
e. a and b
11 The refraction and reflection action of a skywave between
the ionosphere and ground is known as
a. Space diversity

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b. Skip

a. Bandwidth

c. Tropospheric scattering

b. Front-to-back ratio

d. Fading

c. Lobe distribution
d. Beamwidth

12 A satellite communication system used by companies

such as K-Mart to quickly verify credit cards and check
inventory data is called
a. VSAT
b. MSAT
c. SATCOM
d. WESTAR

5 The input impedance at the center of a dipole antenna is

approximately
a. 36.6
b. 50
c. 73
d. 300

13 A common type of radio wave interference is

a. EMI

6 As the height of a half-wavelength antenna is reduced

below a quarter-wavelength, the radiation resistance

b. Fading
c. Reflections

a. Increases

d. All the above

b. Decreases
c. Remains the same

14 Diversity reception does not include:

a. Space diversity
b. Time diversity
c. Frequency diversity
d. Angle diversity
15 When installing a receiving antenna, you can often
overcome diffraction problems by finding a

d. All the above

7 A dipole antenna is being fed with a 300
transmission
line. If a quarter-wave matching transformer is to be used
as the non-resonant matching section, what must be the
characteristic impedance of the cable used in the
matching transformer?
a. 186.5
b. 103.9

a. Null zone

c. 122.5

b. Downlink

d. 147.9

c. Hot spot
d. Skip zone

8 An impedance-matching device that spreads the

transmission line as it approaches the antenna is called a

Chapter 13 Antennas

a. Delta match

1 The process of interchangeability of receiving and

transmitting operations of antennas is known as

c. Director

b. Quarter-wave matching device

a. Polarization
b. Reciprocity

d. Counterpoise
9 A loading coil is often used with a Marconi antenna in
order to

c. Efficiency
d. Counterpoise
2 A half-wave dipole antenna is also known as
a. Marconi antenna
b. Hertz antenna
c. Vertical antenna
d. Phased array
3 An antenna that is a quarter-wavelength long connected
such that the ground acts as a reflecting quarterwavelength section is called a
a. Hertz antenna

a. Tune out the capacitive reactance portion of the input

impedance of the antenna
b. Tune out the inductive reactance portion of the input
impedance of the antenna
c. Raise the input impedance of the antenna
d. Decrease the losses of the antenna
10 Standard AM broadcast stations usually use what type of
transmitting antennas?
a. Driven collinear array
b. Marconi array
c. Yagi-Uda
d. Log-periodic

b. Dipole antenna
c. Marconi antenna
d. All the above

11 The type of antenna often found in small AM broadcast

receivers is a
a. Ferrite loop antenna

4 The angular separation between the half-power points on

an antenna's radiation pattern is the

b. Folded dipole antenna

c. Slot antenna

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d. Log-periodic antenna

a. larger
b. smaller

12 The folded dipole antenna has

c. the same velocity

d. either b or c

a. Greater bandwidth than a half-wave dipole

b. A 288-

input impedance

c. Less bandwidth than a half-wave dipole

d.. a and b
e. b and c
13 The Yagi-Uda antenna consists of

5 Ridged waveguides are advantageous over rectangular

waveguides in their
a. cost
b. attenuation
c. ability to work at lower frequency
d. ease of construction

a. A driven director and parasitic reflector

b. A driven reflector and parasitic director
c. A parasitic director and reflector
d. All the above
14 A grid-dip meter measures the resonant frequency of
tuned circuits
a. By connection in series with the inductance

6 A circular waveguide is used for

a. Efficiency reasons
b. Ease of manufacture
c. Rotating section applications
d. Greater bandwidth
7 Variable attenuators are used in waveguides to

b. By connection in parallel with the inductance

c. Without power being applied to the tuned circuit
d. By connection in series with the capacitance
15 When troubleshooting antennas, the level of VSWR that
indicates a problem is
a. Greater than 1
b. Less than 1
c. Greater than 1.5
d. Less than 0.5

a. Isolate a source from reflections at its load so as to

preclude frequency pulling.
b. Adjust the signal levels.
c. Measure signal levels.
d. All the above.
8 The coupling in dB of a directional coupler that has 85
mW into the main guide and 0.45 mW out the secondary
guide is
a. 22.8
b. 18.9
c. 188.9

Chapter 14 Waveguides & RADAR

1 At a frequency of 1 Ghz and transmitter-receiver distance

of 30 mi, which is the most efficient device for energy
transfer?

d. 45.6
9 The resonant frequency of a cavity may be varied by
changing the cavity's
a. Volume

a. Transmission lines

b. Inductance

b. Waveguides

c. Capacitance

c. Antennas

d. All the above

d. None of the above

10 The guide wavelength is
2 The most efficient means of transmitting a 1-Ghz signal
1500 ft would typically be

a. Greater than free-space wavelength

b. Equal to free-space wavelength

a. Transmission lines

c. Less than free-space wavelength

b. Waveguides

d. All the above

c. Antennas
d. None of the above

11 The process of employing radio waves to detect and

locate physical objects is known as

3 The dominant mode for waveguide operation is

a. The Doppler effect
a. TE10

b. Radar

b. TE01

c. Directional coupling

c. TM10

d. Cavity tuning

d. TM01
4 The propagation velocity of the signal in a waveguide,
when compared to the speed of light is

12 The use of two grounded conductors that sandwich a

smaller conductive strip with constant separation by a
dielectric material on a printed circuit board for use at
frequencies above 500 Mhz is known as

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a. Artwork traces

characteristics, and wide bandwidth?

b. Dielectric waveguide
c. Microstrip/stripline

a. Traveling wave tube oscillator

d. MICs or MMICs

b. Gunn Oscillator
c.Klystron oscillator

13 Second return echoes are

a. Echoes produced when the reflected beam makes a
second trip
b. Echoes that arrive after the transmission of the next
pulse

d. Magnetron oscillator
6 Which is not an advantage of the Gunn gallium arsenide
oscillator?
a. Ease of removing heat from the chip

c. Echoes caused by the PRT being too long

b. Small size

d. All the above

c. Ruggedness
d. Lack of filaments

14 The characteristic wave impedance for waveguides is

a. 75

e. Low cost of manufacture

7 The i in P-I-N diode refers to

b. 377
c. Dependent on frequency
d. Dependent on waveguide shape
e. c and d

a. Indium
b. Impact
c. Integrated
d. Intrinsic

15 A dielectric waveguide is
a. Enclosed by a conducting material
b. A waveguide with just a dielectric
c. Dependent on the principle that two dissimilar
dielectrics can guide waves
d. b and c

8 Which is not a typical application of a ferrite in a

microwave system?
a. attenuator
b. amplifier
c. isolator
d. circulator

Chapter 15 Microwaves & Lasers

1 Which is not a type of horn antenna design for microwave

frequencies?
a. Parabolic horn
b. Circular horn
c. Pyramidal horn
d. Sectoral horn
2 Cassegrain feed to a paraboloid antenna involves a
a. Dipole antenna
b. Point-source antenna
c. Secondary reflector
d. Any of the above
3 Calculate the beamwidth of a microwave dish antenna
with a 6-m mouth diameter when used at 5 Ghz.

9 A low noise microwave amplifier that provides

amplification via the variation of a reactance is known as
a
a. Maser
b. Laser
c. Yig
d. Parametric amplifier
10 The major difference between a laser and a maser is the
a. Frequency of the signal being amplified
b. Amplitude of the signal being amplified
c. Bandwidth of the signal being amplified
d. Phase of the signal being amplified
11 Lasers are useful in
a. Industrial welding
b. Surgical procedures

a. 0.49

c. Distance measuring

b. 4.9

d. Compact disc players

c. 7

e. All the above

d. 0.7
4 Zoning refers to
a. A method of producing a radome
b. Changing a spherical wavefront into a plane wave
c. Creating a polar radiation pattern
d. Fading into nonreality
5 Which microwave oscillator has high gain, low-noise

12 The following semiconductor is not used as a microwave

device:
a. PIN diode
b. Baritt diode
c. Zener diode
d. Tunnel diode
13 Which of the following represent typical failure mode(s)

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for a TWT amplifier?
a. 204.5 Mhz
a. Low gain
b. Spurious modulation
c. Poor frequency response

b. 205.25 Mhz
c. 211.25 Mhz
d. 211.75 Mhz

d. Low RF output
e. All the above
14 Which of the following is not used as a microwave
antenna?

6 The length of time an image stays on the screen

after the signal is removed is termed
a. Retention
b. Flicker

a. Patch antenna
b. Marconi antenna

c. Persistence
d. Back porch

c. Lens antenna
d. Horn antenna
15 Compared to linear power supplies, switching power
supplies are

7 Which is not part of the tuner section of a TV

receiver?
a. The rf amplifier stage
b. The mixer stage

a. Less efficient
b. More efficient

c. The local oscillator stage

d. The video-detector stage

c. Simpler
d. Heavier
Chapter 16 Television

1 A television transmitter actually transmits two signals

at once. They are

8 The stage in a TV receiver that filters out the vertical

and horizontal retrace pulses from the video signal is
the
a. Video detector
b. Video IF amplifier
c. Sync separator

a. An amplitude-modulated video signal and

frequency-modulated audio signal
b. Two amplitude-modulated signals: video and
audio
c. An amplitude-modulated audio signal and
frequency-modulated video signal
d. Two frequency-modulated signals: video and
audio

d. Sound detector
9 The winding around the CRT yoke that deflects the
electron beam with its magnetic field is called the
a. Coil
b. Yoke
c. Deflector

2 The most widely used type of TV camera is the

a. Charge couple device
b. Vidicon
c. Image orthicon
d. Iconoscope
3 Synchronizing pulses that consist of equalizing
pulses, followed by serrations, followed by more
equalizing pulses at a rate of 60 times per second
are called

d. Magneto
10 A cumbersome series of adjustments to a color TV
receiver in order to make sure that the three electron
beams of the picture tube are positioned exactly on
their respective color dots on the face of the picture
tube is called
a. Alignment
b. Convergence
c. Interleaving
d. Interlacing

a. Color synchronizing pulses

b. Horizontal retrace pulses
c. Vertical retrace pulses
d. Eight-cycle back-porch pulses
4 The frame frequency for U.S. television broadcasts is
approximately

11 A faulty TV receiver having symptoms of normal

sound and raster but no picture must have a problem
in the
a. Horizontal or vertical oscillator or high-voltage
power supply
b. Main power supply

a. 30 frames per second

c. Video amplifiers following the sound takeoff

b. 40 frames per second

d. RF, IF, or video amplifiers prior to the sound

takeoff

c. 60 frames per second

d. 100 frames per second

12 Raster refers to
5 Channel 12 on U.S. television extends from 204 to
210 Mhz. The channel 12 carrier frequency is
Approximately

a. CRT illumination by scan lines when no signal is

being received

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b. CRT resolution
c. CRT aspect ratio

a. Total internal reflection

d. All the above

b. Numerical aperture
c. Dispersion

13 The high voltage for the anode of the CRT is

obtained from the low-voltage power supply using
a. Its power-line transformer
b. The yoke coil

d. Step index

6 A technique that is used to minimize the pulse

dispersion effect is to

c. The vertical oscillator

d. The flyback transformer

a. Use a higher frequency light source

b. Use plastic cladding

14 The introduction of digital television in the United

States has been hampered by
a. Delays in chip designs
b. Shortages of appropriate chips

c. Minimize the core diameter

d. All the above
7 The loss (attenuation) of signal in optical fiber is due
to

c. Customer rejection
d. Less than ideal regulatory climate

a. Scattering
b. Absorption

15 When a digital picture freezes even when there is

motion in the video, it is

c. Macrobending
d. Microbending
e. All the above

a. due to bandwidth problems

b. Called a pixelate
c. Due to noise
d. b and c
Chapter 17 Fiber Optics

8 Calculate the optical power 100 km from a 0.5 mW

source on a single mode fiber that has 0.10 dB per
km loss.
a. 50 nW
b. 500 nW
c. 5 uW

1 Which is an advantage of optical communication

links over using transmission lines or waveguides?
a. Small size
b. Extremely wide bandwidths
c. Immunity to electromagnetic interference (EMI)
d. Lower cost
e. All the above

d. 50 uW
9 Which is not an important characteristic of a light
detector?
a. Responsitivity
b. Dark current
c. Power consumption
d. Response speed

2 The most common light used in fiber-optic links is

e. Spectral respons

a. Infra-red
b. Red
c. Violet
d. Ultraviolet

10 The dispersion in fiber optics is termed

a. Modal
b. Chromatic
c. Polarization mode

3 The optical band designation(s) include

a. S

d. All the above

e. a and b above

b. C
c. L

11 Fiber optic connections suffer high loss due to

d. a and b above
e. All the above

a. Air gaps
b. Rough surfaces

4 In the telecommunications industry, the most

commonly used fiber(s) are
a. 50 micron
b. 62.5 micron
c. 50 and 62.5 micron
d. 125 micron

c. Axial misalignment
d. Angular misalignment
e. All the above
12 Fiber optic technology is used in applications of
a. Local area networks (LANs)
b. Cable TV (CATV) systems

5 The abrupt change in refractive index from core to

cladding of fiber-optic cable is called the

c. Telephone networks

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d. All the above
13 The dispersion of light in fiber-optic cable caused by
a portion of the light energy traveling in the cladding
is called
a. Modal dispersion
b. Material dispersion
c. Waveguide dispersion
d. Cable dispersion
14 Recent laser developments for fiber optic
communication include
a. Distributed feedback (DFB)
b. Heterojunction
c. Vertical cavity surface emitting (VCSEL)
d. a and b above
e. a and c above
15 The following consideration is important when
deciding between using a diode laser or an LED
a. Response time
b. Power levels
c. Temperature sensitivity
d. Failure characteristics
e. All the above

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