1. Modulation causes the information
An AM radio station operating at
signal to be _____ to a higher
frequency for more efficient
transmission.
2. During modulation, the information
signal _____ the amplitude of a high
frequency signal called the _____.
3. The circuit used to produce
modulation is called a _____. Its two
inputs are _____.
4. In AM, the instantaneous _____ of
the carrier varies in accordance with
the information signal.
5. True or false. The carrier
frequency is usually lower than the
modulating frequency.
6. The outline of the peaks of the
carrier signal is called the _____,
and it has the same shape as the
_____.
7. Voltages varying over time are
said to be _____ signals.
8. The trigonometric expression for
the carrier is Vc = _____.
9. True or false. The carrier
frequency remains constant during
AM.
10. An amplitude modulator performs
the mathematical operation of
a. Addition
b. Subtraction
c. Multiplication
d. Division
11. Which of the following is the
most correct?
a. Vm should be greater than Vc.
b. Vc should be greater than Vm
c. Vm should be equal to or less than
Vc.
d. Vc must always equal Vm
12. Which of the following is not
another name for modulation index?
a. Modulation reciprocal
b. Modulation factor
c. Degree of modulation
d. Modulation coefficient
13. The degree or depth of
modulation occurring expressed as a
percentage, is computed using the
expression
a. 2 Vm
b. 100 / m
c. m / 100
d. 100% x m
14. The modulation index is the ratio
of the _____ peak voltage of the to
the _____.
15. An AM wave displayed on an
oscilloscope has values of Vmax=
3.8 and Vmin= 1.5 as read from the
graticule. The percentage of
modulation is _____ percent.
16. The ideal percentage of
modulation for maximum amplitude
of Information transmission is _____
percent.
17. To achieve 85 percent
modulation of a carrier of Ve = 40
volts (V), a modulating signal of Vm
= _____ is needed.
18. The peak-to-peak value of an AM
signal is 30 V. The peak-to-peak
value of the modulating signal is 12
V. The percentage of modulation is
_____ percent.
19. New signals generated by the
modulation process that appear
directly above and below the carrier
frequency are called _____.
20.
630 kHz is permitted to broadcast
audio frequencies up to 5 kHz. The
upper and lower side frequencies are
fUSB = _____ kHz
fLSB = _____ kHz
21. The total bandwidth of the signal
in the above example is _____ kHz.
22. A signal whose amplitude is
displayed with respect to time is
called a _____ domain display. The
test instrument used to present such
a display is the _____.
23. A signal whose amplitude is
displayed with respect to frequency
is called a _____ domain display.
The test instrument used to present
such a display is the _____.
24. Complex modulating signals
containing many frequencies
produce multiple_____ thus
occupying more spectrum space.
25. The AM signal that occupies the
greatest bandwidth is the one
modulated by a
a. 1-kHz sine wave
b. 5-kHz sine wave
c. 1-kHz square wave
d. 5-kHz square wave
26. The composite AM signal can be
recreated by algebraically adding
which three signals?
27. The total sideband power is what
percentage of the carrier power for
100 percent modulation?
a. 25 percent
b. 50 percent
c. 100 percent
d. 150 percent
28. Information in an AM signal is
conveyed in the
a. Carrier.
b. Sidebands.
c. Both together.
29. The load into which the AM
signal Power is dissipated is a(n)
_____.
30. The total transmitted power is the
sum of the _____ and _____
powers.
31. A 5-kW carrier with 60 percent
modulation produces _____ kW in
each sideband.
32. In an AM signal with a carrier of
18W and a modulation percentage of
75 percent, the total power in the
sidebands is _____ W.
33. An AM signal with a carrier of 1
kW has 100W in each sideband. The
percentage of modulation is _____
percent.
34. An AM transmitter has a carrier
power of 200 W. The percentage of
modulation is 60 percent. The total
signal power is _____ W.
35. The total AM signal power is
2800W. The carrier power is 2000
W. The power in one sideband is
_____ W. The percentage of
modulation is_____.
36. The unmodulated carrier current
in an antenna is 1.5 A. When the
carrier is modulated by 95 percent,
the total antenna current is _____ A.
37. An AM signal without a carrier is
called a(n) _____ signal.
38. True or false. Two sidebands
must be transmitted to retain all the
information.
39. The acronym SSB means 48. The average output power of an
SSB transmitter rated at 12W PEP is
in the _____ to _____ range.
a. Single sideband with carrier
49. The process of translating a
b. Single sideband with suppressed signal to a higher or lower frequency
carrier for more convenient processing is
called _____.
c. Double sideband with no carrier
50. The circuit used for translating
d. Double sideband with carrier the frequency of a signal is referred
to as a(n) _____ or _____.
40. A major benefit of DSB and SSB
is 51. The input signals to a frequency
translation circuit are fs = 3.7 MHz
and fo = 4.155 MHz. The output
a. Higher power can be put into the signals are _____.
sideband(s).
52. In the example given in the text,
b. Greater power consumption. what other local oscillator frequency
could be used to produce the 10.7-
MHz output with a 107.1 = MHz
c. More carrier power.
input?
d. Double the sideband power.
53. Unwanted mixer output signals
are eliminated by a _____.
41. List four benefits of SSB over AM
and DSB.
54. True or false. The local oscillator
is modulated.
42. List two common uses of SSB.
55. True or false. Any modulation on
43. A common use of DSB is the input signal to be translated is
retained.
a. Two-way communication.
56. The operation carried out by a
mixer is known as _____.
b. Telephone systems.
c. FM/TV stereo.
d. Satellite communications.
44. True or false. In SSB, no signal
is transmitted unless the information
signal is present.
45. The type of AM signal that is
used in TV broadcasting is called
_____ transmission.
46. An SSB signal produces a peak-
to-peak voltage of 720V on voice
peaks across a 75- antenna. The
PEP output is _____ W.
47. An SSB transmitter has a 15O-V
supply. Voice peaks produce a
current of 2.3 A. The PEP input is
_____ W.
1. translated 22. time, oscilloscope greater efficiency, less
noise, little or no fading
2. varies, carrier 23. frequency, spectrum
analyzer 42. telephone systems,
3. modulator, carrier, two-way radio
modulating signal 24. sidebands
43. c
4. amplitude 25. d
44. true
5. false 26. Carrier, upper
sideband, lower 45. vestigial sideband
6. envelope, modulating sideband
signal 46. 863.7
27. b
7. time-domain 47. 345
28. b
8. Vc = sin 2 fct 48. 3-, 4-W
29. antenna
9. true 49. frequency
30. carrier, sideband conversion
10. c
31. 0.45 50. mixer, converter
11. c
32. 5.06 51. 4.155 MHz, 7.855
12. a MHz, 455 kHz, 3.7 MHz
33. 63.25
13. d 52. 117.8 MHz
34. 236 W
14. modulating signal, 53. filter or tuned circuit
carrier 35. 400 W, 89.44
percent 54. false
15. 43.4
36. 1.8 amperes 55. true
16. 100
37. DSB 56. heterodyning
17. 17.34 V
38. false
18. 66.67
39. b
19. sidebands
40. a
20. 635, 625
41. less spectrum
21. 10 space, more power in
the sidebands with