PESs College of Engineering, Phaltan

Electronics & Telecommunication Department

Chapter wise Question Bank (2017-2018)

Subject : Digital Communication

DCO (17535)
Name of Faculty : Mr. A. A. Ranaware
Class : TYEJ

Chapter -1: Introduction to Digital Communication

(6 Marks) Dt: 19.06.2017
List advantages & disadvantages of Digital communication system (4each) {S-2015 4marks}

Draw the block diagram of digital communication system and explain its working {S-2015 4marks}

Draw the B/D of digital communication system. What is need of channel modeling? What is the need of

Channel modeling? Explain any one model in brief. {W-2014 4marks}

Discuss the characteristics of communication channels w.r.to. Bit rate, B/W, repeater distance, application. {W-
2014 4marks}

State advantages & disadvantages of the digital communication system. {S-2014 4marks}

6.
Explain why digital communication is suitable for long distance. {W-2013
4marks}
7
Draw basic digital communication system and explain each block {S-2013
4marks}
8.
Draw and explain basic digital communication system. {S-2012 4marks}
9. List advantages and disadvantages of digital communication. {S-2012 4marks}
10.
State advantages of digital communication over analog communication. {W-2012 4marks}
11.
Draw and explain block diagram of digital communication system. {W-2012 4marks}
12.
State two advantages and disadvantages of digital communication over analog communication
{W-2011 4marks}

13.
Describe basic digital communication system with the help of neat block diagram {W-2010 4marks}
14. Describe why digital communication system is more reliable and secured as compared to

analog communication system. {W-2012 4marks}

Chapter: 2 Digital Pulse Modulation Techniques
20 Marks

Define Aliasing and Write its two effects. (2 marks W-2011)

Draw block diagram of delta modulation and explain function of each block. (8 marks W-2011)

Draw the block diagram of transmitter and receiver of pulse code modulation and explain function of each block
with waveforms. (8 marks W-2011)

Explain slope overload and granular noise occurring in delta modulation. (4 marks W-2011)

Explain the difference between PCM and DPCM. (4 marks W-2011)

State types of quantization. (2 marks W-2011)

Define sampling and list its types .(2 marks W-2011)

State sampling theorem and what is Nyquist rate? (4 marks S-2012)

Draw and explain block diagram of Delta Modulation and explain slope overload and granular noise occurred in
Delta Modulation? (8 marks S-2012)

Draw the block diagram of PCM transmitter and explain it. (8 marks S-2012)

Draw the block diagram of DPCM. (4 marks S-2012)

What is aliasing? What causes it? How it can be reduced? (4 marks W-2012)

With sketches, explain the terms: 1.Slope over load 2. Granular Noise. (4 marks W-2012)
With suitable example, explain sampling theorem. What is Nyquist Rate?. (4 marks W-2012)

Draw Block diagram of PCM transmitter and receiver system and explain function of each block? (4 marks W-
2012)

(i) Explain the term quantization and quantization Noise (ii) State advantages and drawbacks of DM over DPCM.
(8 marks W-2012)

Differentiate DM and ADM. (4 marks S-2013)

Explain Sampling Theorem. (4 marks S-2013)

Explain the slope overload and granular Noise in Delta Modulation. (4 marks S-2013)

Explain Companding in PCM. (4 marks S-2013)

Draw the block diagram of DPCM. (4 marks S-2013)

What is aliasing? (2 marks W-2013)

What is the role of Predictor in DPCM transmitter? (4 marks W-2013)

What is Companding? Explain with block Schematic?. (4 marks W-2013)

Why PCM has better noise immunity as compared to PAM, PWM and PPM System? What is Quantization and
Quantization Error?. (4 marks W-2013)

State and Explain Sampling Theorem. (4 marks W-2013)

Draw and explain the block diagram of DM system. State the two limitations of DM system explain both with
waveforms. (8 marks W-2013)

27. With the help of block diagram and waveforms explain the PCM transmitter and Receiver.

(8 marks W-2013)

State Sampling Theorem. (2 marks S-2014)

Compare Pulse modulation with CW modulation. (4 marks S-2014)

Describe the noises present in delta modulation with waveforms. How to reduce them?.

(6 marks S-2014)

Explain DPCM with help of block diagram. (4 marks S-2014)

Draw block diagram of PCM with help of suitable diagram. (4 marks S-2014)

Explain Companding in PCM with the help of suitable diagram.(4 marks S-2014)

State Sampling theorem What is its implications. (4 marks W-2014)

Draw the block diagram of PCM Transmitter and Receiver. Explain the same with waveforms.

(4 marks W-2014)

With the help of relevant block diagram, explain the working principle of ADM transmitter.

(4 marks W-2014)

Describe the slope overload distortion in DM System. Draw neat waveform. How it can be avoided.

(4 marks W-2014)

Explain Companding. Sketch input output characteristics of a compressor and an expander

(4 marks W-2014)

State any two advantages and two disadvantages of PCM system. (4 marks W-2014)

Draw the block diagram of PCM transmitter and state function of each block. (4 marks S-2015)

What is slope overload distortion? Explain granular noise for delta modulation. (4 marks S-2015)

Explain working principle of DPCM. (4 marks S-2015)

Describe block diagram of ADM transmitter. (4 marks S-2015)

State sampling theorem and explain Nyquist Criteria. (4 marks S-2015)

State the need of ADM and What is ADM? (4 marks S-2015)

Describe quantization process with the help of neat sketch. What is Quantization noise?

(4 marks S-2015)

Chapter: 3 Coding Methods and Error Control

---------16 Marks
List types of redundancy checks used in data communication. (4 marks W-2011)

What is error detection? Why it is necessary? (4 marks W-2011)

What are steps involved in creating a checksum. (4 marks W-2011)

Explain cyclic Redundancy check in detail with suitable diagram. Explain CRC for the data 100100 to be
transmitted and the divisor to be 1101. (8 marks W-2011)

Explain with example, Hamming code. How many errors can be detected and corrected by hamming code. (4
marks W-2011)

Generate the CRC code for data word 10011101 and divisor is 1001. (4 marks W-2011)

Define (i) bit rate (ii) baud rate? (4 marks S-2012)

State Shannon Hartley theorem for channel capacity? (4 marks S-2012)

List error detection methods in digital communication and explain any one method in detail with example. (8
marks S-2012)

Explain Hamming code with suitable example. (8 marks S-2012)

Explain the following terms: Channel Capacity, Entropy? (4 marks W-2012)

What are line codes? List popular line codes along with their waveforms for digital code word 0110. (4 marks W-
2012)

State the need of Source Coding? What are the two basic requirements to be met by any source encoder? (4
marks W-2012)

List types of error correcting codes. Explain any one in detail.(4 marks W-2012)

State two features of baudot code. (4 marks W-2012)

Explain terms bit rate and baud rate . Why bit and baud rate are same for transmission of binary signal? (4 marks
W-2012)

How error detection and correction is done? (4 marks S-2013)

Explain the unipolar, bipolar NRZ and RZ with waveforms. (4 marks S-2013)

Write hamming code for data bits 1010. (4 marks S-2013)

List the steps involved in creating a checksum. (4 marks S-2013)

Explain the term hamming weight and hamming distance. (4 marks S-2013)

Define Entropy and state its unit?. (2 marks W-2013)

State Shannon Hartley Theorem. (2 marks W-2013)

Explain Hamming distance. How many errors can be detected for the given minimum distance? Explain
Hamming code with suitable example. (8 marks W-2013)

What is error detection? State its types. Explain any one with example. (8 marks W-2013)

Sketch the signal waveforms when data 10110101 is transmitted in following signal codes:

NRZ-L, NRZ-M NRZ-S, Manchester code, Biphase-M. (8 marks W-2013)

Define Bit Rate and Baud Rate. Also give baud rates of Manchester and RZ line codes.

(4 marks S-2014)

Draw NRZ, RZ and Manchester line code waveforms for given data 1011001110. (4 marks S-2014)

Find Entropy and data rate for a signals having probabilities- ,1/4,1/8,1/8 (4 marks S-2014)

Explain with example how parity helps in detecting any number of errors in data. (4 marks S-2014)

Explain hamming code with one example. (4 marks S-2014)

Calculate channel capacity of Gaussian channel having bandwidth of 100MHz and S/N = 20dB.

(4 marks S-2014)

Generate CRC code for data word 1101101001 by using divisor as 1101.State 2 advantages of
 CRC method (4 marks W-2014)

Draw NRZ-I, Manchester, differential Manchester and AMI waveforms of line codes for data

stream 1101001. (4 marks W-2014)

A discrete memory less source has the letters A, B, C, D, E, F and G with corresponding probabilities 0.08, 0.2,
0.12, 0.15, 0.03, 0.02, 0.4. (i) Derive Huffman code for the above source and determine the average length of the
code word. (ii) Determine the coding efficiency of Huffman code assigned. (6 marks W-2014)

With example explain how hamming code is used for single bit error correction.(4 marks W-2014)

State Shannon Heartley theorem with channel capacity equation. (4 marks S-2015)

Define and explain Bit Rate & Baud Rate. (4 marks S-2015)

Explain method of error detection using parity bit. (4 marks S-2015)

What is source coding? Give 2 examples of this. (4 marks S-2015)

Explain with example Hamming Code. (4 marks S-2015)

Chapter: 4 Digital Modulation Techniques
-----16 Marks

State Bandwidth requirement for DPSK and QPSK. (2 marks W-2011)

Differentiate between QPSK and QASK. (any Two points) (2 marks W-2011)

Draw and explain block diagram of QAM with suitable diagram. (4 marks W-2011)

Draw and explain the block diagram of FSK with suitable waveforms. (4 marks W-2011)

Draw and explain the power spectral density of QPSK signal. (4 marks W-2011)

Write the bandwidth requirement for DPSK, QAM, QPSK, BPSK. (4 marks W-2011)

Compare: ASK with FSK.(4 points) (4 marks S-2012)

Draw and explain block diagram of PSK transmitter. (4 marks S-2012)

Draw the B.D. of QAM receiver and explain in detail. (8 marks S-2012)

Draw and explain DPSK receiver. (8 marks S-2012)

List different types of digital modulation Techniques. Draw waveforms for ASK, FSK and PSK techniques
for binary digits 10110010.(4 marks W-2012)

Draw block diagram for generation Binary ASK signal and Binary FSK

(Continuous Phase) signal. (4 marks W-2012)

State principle of DPSK. Draw block diagram of DPSK transmitter.(4 marks W-2012)

Explain the principle of QAM with block diagram.(4 marks W-2012)

Explain the principle of M-ary encoding.. (4 marks W-2012)

Compare FSK and DPSK by four points. (4 marks W-2012)

Draw and explain ASK and FSK receiver block diagram. (4 marks W-2012)

With the block diagram, explain working of QPSK transmitter. (4 marks W-2012)

Explain Quadrature Amplitude Modulation with block diagram. (4 marks S-2013)

Draw and explain the DPSK Receiver. (4 marks S-2013)

Draw and labeled block diagram of M-ary FSK transmitter and Receiver. (4 marks S-2013)

Draw and explain ASK and FSK Transmitter and receiver block diagram. (8 marks S-2013)

Draw and explain Power Spectral density of BPSK. (4 marks S-2013)

Draw Signal Space diagram for 8-QAM. (2 marks W-2013)

Why QPSK is better than BPSK?. (2 marks W-2013)

Draw the QPSK signal for the following data 11010001. (2 marks W-2013)

State advantages and two disadvantages of M-ary PSK system. (4 marks W-2013)

Compare ASK and FSK digital modulation systems. (4 Points)(4 marks W-2013)

What is DPSK? Explain the working principle of DPSK Receiver. (4 marks W-2013)

Explain with block diagram detection of FSK system. (4 marks W-2013)

Explain BPSK signal generation with block diagram and waveforms. (4 marks W-2013)

Draw the block diagram of QASK transmitter and explain its working. (4 marks W-2013)

Draw waveforms for 10101100 in ASK and FSK modulation. (4 marks S-2014)

Draw block diagram of M-ary FSK transmitter and receiver and explain its working. (4 marks S-2014)
Draw block diagram of FSK modulator. Explain its working with the help of Waveforms.(4 marks S-2014)

Draw block diagram of DPSK transmitter and explain. (4 marks S-2014)

Draw block diagram of BPSK transmitter and receiver. Explain its working. (4 marks S-2014)

State bandwidth required for BPSK, QPSK, FSK and DPSK.(4 marks S-2014)

Draw and explain QPSK modulator. .(4 marks S-2014)

Draw the block diagram of QPSK transmitter and receiver. Explain its working principle. Draw its
constellation diagram. (4 marks W-2014)

Draw the DPSK transmitter and outline its working principle.(4 marks W-2014)

Write bandwidth requirement for BASK , BFSK, BPSK, QPSK.(4 marks W-2014)

With the help of block diagram explain the working principle of QAM system.(8 marks W-2014)

Describe M-ary encoding. State Any two advantages and one disadvantage of it. .(4 marks W-2014)

Compare QAM and QPSK (any four points).(4 marks W-2014)

Draw block diagram of ASK transmitter and explain it. (4 marks S-2015)

Describe Coherent FSK Demodulator with waveform and state advantages and disadvantages of FSK. (4
marks S-2015)

Draw and explain DPSK Receiver with Bandwidth requirement. (4 marks S-2015)

State M-ary encoding. Give the types of M-ary modulation.. (4 marks S-2015)

Differentiate between FSK and PSK (any four points). (4 marks S-2015)

State the different types of QAM and draw the diagram for 4- QAM system. (4 marks S-2015)

What is PSK? Explain SK signal generation with the help of neat diagram. (4 marks S-2015)