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MCQs in Fiber Optics Communications Part III

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This is the Multiples Choice Questions Part 3 of the Series in Fiber Optics Communications as one of
the Communications Engineering topic. In Preparation for the ECE Board Exam make sure to expose
yourself and familiarize in each and every questions compiled here taken from various sources
including but not limited to past Board Examination Questions in Electronic System and Technologies,
Communications Books, Journals and other Communications References.

Online Questions and Answers Topic Outline

MCQs in Principles of Light Transmission

MCQs in Types of Light Sources, Laser, LED

MCQs in Light Detectors

MCQs in Modulation and Waveform

MCQs in System Design

MCQs in General application

MCQs in System Bandwidth

MCQs in Splicing Techniques

MCQs in Fiber Optics Communications Series

Following is the list of multiple choice questions in this brand new series:

Optical Fiber Communications MCQs

PART 1: MCQs from Number 1 50 Answer key: PART I

PART 2: MCQs from Number 51 100 Answer key: PART II
PART 3: MCQs from Number 101 150 Answer key: PART III
PART 4: MCQs from Number 151 200 Answer key: PART IV
PART 5: MCQs from Number 201 250 Answer key: PART V
PART 6: MCQs from Number 251 300 Answer key: PART VI

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101. SONET stands for

a. System Optical Network

b. Synchronous Optical Network

c. Silica Optic Network

d. System Optical Fiber Net

102. Band loss is

a. A reduction in transmitter power caused by earths surface curvature

b. A reduction in strength of the signal caused by folded dipole bends

c. An attenuation increase caused by bends radiating from the side of the ber

d. All of these

103. Infrared range for ber optics

a. 400 700 nm

b. 700 1200 nm

c. 300 2000 nm

d. 400 7000 nm

104. Which of the following is a disadvantage for plastic ber optics?

a. Noise immunity

b. Electric hazards

c. Higher losses

d. All of these

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105. OTDR stands for

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a. Optical Time Domain Reectometer

b. Optical Transmit Direction Return

c. Optical Time Domain Time Regeneration

d. Overtime Direct Reference

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106. Which of the following is determined by an OTDR?

a. Distance to trouble

b. Length of ber

c. Refractive index

d. All of these

107. Under normal condition, a single ber should not be used for a two-way communication mainly
because of

a. Loss

b. Fading

c. Noise

d. Attenuation

108. A single mode optical ber has a core diameter of _____ nm.

a. 0.1

b. 0.01

c. 0.2

d. 0.05

109. A step-index multimode optical ber has a core diameter of _____ nm.

a. 0.02

b. 0.2

c. 2

d. 0.002

110. The graded-index multimode optical ber has a core diameter of _____ nm.

a. 0.5

b. 0.05

c. 0.0005

d. 5

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a. Impurities

b. Glass attenuation

c. Stepped index operation

d. Microbending

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112. The ratio of the speed of light in a vacuum and the speed of light in the material used.

a. S/N ratio

b. Refractive index

c. Intermodal dispersion

d. Monomode ratio

113. Splicing bers means

a. Fusion

b. Butt

c. Glue

d. Both fusion and butt

114. An IC that represents a short distance one-way optical communications

a. Optoisolator

b. Insulator

c. Multivibrator

d. Optical IC

115. When light strikes a at polished end of a ber, it produces a loss of

a. 14 %

b. 4 %

c. 10 %

d. 1 %

116. When light strikes a at polished end of a ber, the ber loss produced can be reduced by

a. Splicing

b. Antireection coating

c. Insulation jacket

d. All of these

117. In ber optics, higher-order mode refers to

a. Cladding boundary at high angle

b. Backscattering electromagnetic signals

c. Diffracting signals

d. All of these

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118. The following are the cause of light attenuation in ber optics except

a. Backscattering

b. Absorption

c. Refraction

d. Microbends

119. Why are visible-light LEDs not used for ber optics?

a. It has high losses

b. It has short wave

c. It has low attenuation

d. It has weak signal

120. Optical cable testers are used for

a. Checking refractive index

b. Light power out of a ber

c. Non-calibrated light into a ber

d. Checking maximum distance covered

121. A function of an optic isolator

a. Cancels reective waves

b. Amplies signal transmitted

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c. Filters unnecessary signals

d. All of these

122. An increase in light intensity produces fast optic switching due to

a. Increase in index of glass

b. Amplication of optical signal

c. High gain

d. Photoconductivity

123. Light traveling in optical ber follows which of the following principles.

a. Huygens principle

b. Reection theory

c. Light theory

d. Snells law

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124. Optical bers for telecommunications are typically about
_____ mils thick and consists of a glass
core, a glass cladding of lower index of refraction, and a protective coating

a. 5

b. 6

c. 7

d. 8

125. Material dispersion is caused by the

a. Wavelength dependence of the index of refraction

b. Wavelength independence of the index of refraction

c. Dependence of the propagation constant on the mode number

d. Independence of the propagation constant on the mode number

126. Modal dispersion is caused by the

a. Dependence of wavelength on index of refraction

b. Dependence of propagation constant on index of refraction

c. Dependence of the propagation constant on the wavelength

d. Dependence of the propagation constant on the mode number

127. The dominant loss mechanisms in silica ber are

a. Absorption and radiation losses

b. Absorption and Rayleigh scattering

c. Coupling and radiation losses

d. Radiation and modal dispersion

128. The bandwidth of a ber is limited by

a. Mode

b. Wavelength

c. Dispersion

d. Frequency

129. Fiber bandwidth is generally specied as the

a. Product of the bandwidth and distance

b. Sum of the bandwidth and distance

c. Difference of the bandwidth and distance

d. Quotient of bandwidth and distance

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130. The _____ of a detector is the fraction of incident photons that produce a photoelectron or
electron-hole pair
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a. Responsitivity

b. Photon efciency

c. Aperture

d. Quantum efciency

131. In solid-state optical detectors, the excited charge is transported in the solid by

a. Holes and protons

b. Holes and electrons

c. Anion and cation

d. Protons and photons

132. One of the following is not a solid-state optical detector

a. APD

b. PIN

c. PMT

d. Phototransistors

133. Optical detectors are square-law devices because they respond to _____ rather than amplitude

a. Intensity

b. Light

c. Density

d. Photon

134. The _____ is equal to the number of electrons emitted per second times the electron charge

a. Intensity

b. Optical power

c. Photocurrent

d. Responsitivity

135. Which optical detector is used when high sensitivity and bandwidth are required?

a. PMT

b. APD

c. PIN

d. Phototransistor

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136. What is the average loss in ber splice?

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a. 0.10 dB

b. 0.15 dB

c. 0.20 dB

d. 0.25 dB

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137. Which of the following colors is not found in the visible light wave spectrum?

a. Red

b. White

c. Orange

d. Yellow

138. What is the frequency limit of an optical ber?

a. 20 GHz

b. 30 GHz

c. 40 GHz

d. 50 GHz

139. The mechanical splice attenuation loss is _____ dB or less

a. 0.1

b. 0.01

c. 0.001

d. 1

140. _____ is applied to protect core and cladding of the ber

a. Insulation

b. Fiber insulation

c. Silica

d. Polymer jacket

141. The energy of the photon is

a. Directly proportional to its bandwidth

b. Directly proportional to the Plancks constant

c. Directly proportional to Boltzmanns constant

d. Inversely proportional to the Plancks constant

142. Refractive index of glass

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b. 1.2

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c. 1.4

d. 1.5

143. Refractive index of diamond

a. 1.0

b. 1.4

c. 1.8

d. 2.0

144. What is the unit of light wavelength?

a. Micrometer

b. Angstroms

c. Mils

d. Fathom

145. How much is the power loss of the fusion splice?

a. 0.1 dB or less

b. 0.01 dB or less

c. 1 dB or less

d. 10 dB or less

146. Used to test a ber optics splice

a. Spectrum analyzer

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b. Oscilloscope

c. Optical power meter

d. Field strength meter

147. A coupler which consists of a series of lenses and a partly reective surface

a. Beam-splitting coupler

b. Reective star coupler

c. Fused coupler

d. None of these

148. Reections in many directions

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a. Diffuse reection

b. Diffraction

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d. Dispersion

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149. Commonly used electro-optic crystal for polarization modulation

a. Lithium Niobate

b. Tourmaline

c. Sodium Chlorate

d. Sphalerite

150. Which modulation methods are the most widely used in optical systems?

a. Phase and frequency modulations

b. Polarization modulation and phase modulation

c. Intensity modulation and phase modulation

d. Intensity modulation and polarization modulation

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