ECE122 FINAL EXAM c.

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d. 8
1. A delta modulator is essentially a/an
9. When a carrier is modulated by a square
a. 555 timer
wave, what maximum number of sideband
b. Differentiator
pairs will be generated?
c. Integrator
a. 1
d. Comparator
b. 3
2. The same pulse characteristic is varied in
c. 9
which of the following types of pulse
d. Infinite number
modulations?
10. Sampling theorem finds application in:
a. PAM and PDM
a. Amplitude modulation
b. PDM and PWM
b. Frequency modulation
c. PWM and PPM
c. PCM
d. PPM and PAM
d. Phase modulation
3. Compared to PPM, the PDM has the
11. Standard audio sampling rate in a CDs
disadvantage that requires:
a. 4 KHz
a. A more powerful transmitter
b. 8 KHz
b. Pulses of larger widths
c. 20 KHz
c. More samples per second
d. 44.1 KHz
d. None of the above
12. A PCM code word was obtained using a 30
4. This type of encoding uses two levels to
kHz sampling frequency. What is the
represent a symbol
maximum input frequency?
a. Unipolar
a. 15 KHz
b. Polar
b. 30 KHz
c. Bipolar
c. 60 KHz
d. Multipolar
d. 75 KHz
5. Which of the following has a serious
13. A signal of maximum frequency of 10 kHz is
problem on the presence of dc
sampled at Nyquist rate. The time interval
components?
between two successive samples is
a. NRZ-L
a. 50 microsecond
b. AMI
b. 100 microsecond
c. Pseudotemary
c. 1000 microsecond
d. Differential Manchester
d. 5 microsecond
6. In this encoding, a symbol is presented by
14. Distortion created by using too low
1.58 bits
sampling rate when encoding and analog
a. NRZ-L
signal for digital transmission.
b. NRZ-I
a. Aliasing
c. Manchester
b. Companding
d. AMI
c. Quantizing
7. Which of the following codes is an example
15. Highest theoretical frequency that can be
of differential encoding?
processed at a sampling rate (fs) without
a. NRZ-L
aliasing.
b. NRZ-I
a. Maximum usable frequency
c. Manchester
b. Folding frequency
d. AMI
c. Resonant frequency
8. The algorithm for HDB3 is applies for a least
d. Critical frequency
____ successive zeroes
a. 3
b. 4
16. In order to get back the original signal from a. Increase the number of standard
the sampled signal, it is necessary to use: amplitudes
a. Low pass filter b. Send pulses whose sides are more
b. High pass filter nearly vertical
c. Bandpass filter c. Use an RF amplifier in the receiver
d. Band reject filter d. Increase the number of samples per
17. The immediate result of sampling is second
a. A sample alias 25. The biggest disadvantage of PCM
b. PCM a. Its inability to handle analog signals
c. PAM b. The error rate which its quantizing
d. PDM noise introduces
18. Natural Sampling does not use c. Its incompatibility with TDM
a. A sample-and-hold circuit d. The large bandwidth that are required
b. A fixed sample rate for it
c. True binary numbers 26. For transmission of normal speech signal,
d. An analog-to-digital converter the PCM channel needs a bandwidth of
19. Process of emphasizing lower-level signals a. 64 kHz
and de-emphasizing higher level signals b. 16 kHz
a. Quantizing c. 8 kHz
b. Companding d. 32 kHz
c. Pre-emphasis 27. How much signal-to-noise ratio is obtained
d. Mixing for each bit added to the PCM word?
20. Quantization noise occurs in a. 4 dB
a. TDM b. 6 dB
b. FDM c. 9 dB
c. PCM d. 20 dB
d. PWM 28. Determine the dynamic range in dB for a
21. Indicate which of the following pulse 12-bit linear sign-magnitude PCM code
modulation systems is analog a. 42 dB
a. PCM b. 48 dB
b. Differential PCM c. 60 dB
c. PWM d. 66 dB
d. Delta 29. Minimum number of bits for a sign-
22. DPCM techniques was primarily proposed magnitude PCM code having a range of
by ____. 10,000
a. Ungerboeck a. 10
b. Cutler b. 12
c. Reeves c. 14
d. Chiariglione d. 16
23. How many levels can be represented in 30. For a resolution of 0.04V determine the
PCM transmission system if the binary voltage for a linear 7 bit sign-magnitude
numbers 00000000 to 11111111 are used PCM code as 0000011.
to represent levels? a. +0.04 V
a. 64 b. -0.04 V
b. 128 c. +0.12 V
c. 256 d. -0.12 V
d. 512
24. In order to reduce quantizing noise, one
must
31. Most common compression value for µ-law c. 2.048 Mbps
a. 87.6 d. 6.312 Mbps
b. 100 38. How many voice channels are supported in
c. 255 an E-1 line?
d. 300 a. 24
32. IC used to perform parallel-to-serial and b. 30
serial-to-parallel conversions and other c. 60
operations in a modem d. 300
a. UART 39. Which of the following uses modulo-11 in
b. Codec implementation?
c. 555 timer a. CRC
d. D Flip-flop b. LRC
33. The number of levels of required in a PCM c. ISBN-10
system whose SNR is 40 dB d. ISBN-13
a. 32 40. Statistical TDM is also known as
b. 64 a. Asynchronous TDM
c. 128 b. Synchronous TDM
d. 256 c. Isochronous TDM
34. The DC component is a serious problem for d. Multilayer TDM
_____ encoding. 41. Bandwidth efficiency for 16 QAM with a
a. Unipolar rate of 10 Mbps
b. Polar a. 1 bits/cycle
c. Bipolar b. 2 bits/cycle
d. Multipolar c. 3 bits/cycle
35. The DC component problem is handled in d. 4 bits/cycle
AMI through ______. 42. Determine the minimum bandwidth
a. Transitions at the beginning of each bit required to achieve a 𝐸𝑏 /𝑁𝑜 of 14 dB for an
interval 8-PSK system operating at 20 Mbps with a
b. Transitions at the middle of each bit C/N of 11 dB.
interval a. 40 MHz
c. Alternate positive and negative b. 45 MHz
amplitudes for the 1 bits c. 50.25 MHz
d. Alternate positive and negative d. 60 MHz
amplitudes for the 0 bits 43. Determine the minimum bandwidth for a
36. A bipolar violation 16-QAM modulator with an input bit rate of
a. Represents a zero bit followed by one 20 Mbps
bit a. 5 MHz
b. Occurs when two successive pulses b. 10 MHz
have the same polarity and are c. 15 MHz
separated by a zero level d. 20 MHz
c. Occurs when two successive pulses 44. Minimum bandwidth for an BPSK
have the same polarity and are modulated signal with a baud rate of 5000
separated by one level. is ______ Hz.
d. Represents as one bit followed by a a. 1000
zero bit b. 2500
37. A T-1 line is used to implement a DS-1 c. 5000
service with a data rate of d. 10000
a. 64 kbps
b. 1.544 Mbps
45. The generating polynomial 𝑥 7 + 𝑥 5 + 𝑥 4 +
𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 1 is equivalent to
a. 010010001
b. 101101110
c. 101101111
d. 10110111
46. Which of the following is an application of
FDM?
a. SONET
b. AM Broadcasting
c. GSM
d. PDH
47. This standard recommends the use of A-law
and u-law as coding for voice signals
a. ITU V.21
b. ITU X.200
c. ITU G.711
d. ITU G.721
48. Generally referred to as character parity
where a parity bit is added at the end of
each character.
a. Vertical Redundancy Checking (VRC)
b. Longitudinal Redundancy Checking
(LRC)
c. Checksum
d. Cyclic Redundancy Check
49. Form of redundancy error checking where
each character has a numerical value
assigned to it.
a. Error detection
b. Checksum
c. Bit rate error
d. VRC
50. In CRC, an error occurs when the remainder
at the receiver is ___.
a. Equal to the remainder at the sender
b. Zero
c. Non-zero
d. The quotient at the sender
ANSWER KEY 29. C
30. D
1. D
31. C
2. B/C
32. A
3. A
33. C
4. B
34. A
5. A
35. C
6. D
36. C
7. B
37. B
8. B
38. B
9. D
39. C
10. C
40. A
11. D
41. D
12. A
42. A
13. A
43. A
14. A
44. C
15. B
45. D
16. A
46. B
17. C
47. C
18. A
48. A
19. B
49. B
20. C
50. C
21. C
22. B
23. C
24. A
25. D
26. A
27. B
28. D