Homework Answers for ELET 3402 Chapter 4

1. SSB transmitters are usually rated in terms of:

a. power gain.

b. voltage gain.

c. modulation index.

d. peak envelope power.

2. Which of the following is required for SSB transmission?

a. carrier elimination.

b. elimination of one sideband.

c. a and b

d. none of the above

3. Which of the following is NOT an advantage that the phase method of generating has over the filter
method?

a. requires high Q filters.

b. lower intelligence frequencies can be used.

c. greater ease in switching from one sideband to the other.

d. SSB generated directly at desired transmitting frequency.

4. The major disadvantage of the phase method of SSB generation is:

a. requires two balance modulators

b. does not use high Q filters

c. 90° phase-shifting network for intelligence signal

d. all of the above

5. Which of the following can be used as an SSB demodulator?

a. RF amplifier

b. audio amplifier

c. AGC circuitry

d. mixer
6. The PEP rating of an SSB transmitter is often misleading due to:

a. the fact that with normal voice signals, an SSB transmitter develops an average of only one-third to one-
fourth of its PEP rating.

b. the SSB transmitter's power supplies and components are not always designed for continuous duty PEP
power levels.

c. the PEP rating is the same rating no matter what type of waveform the transmitter is providing.

d. all of the above.

7. If the carrier and one of the sidebands are completely eliminated, the resulting signal is referred to as:

a. SSB.

b. SSBSC.

c. ACSSB.

d. vestigial sideband.

8. If the carrier is reduced in amplitude and one of the sidebands is completely eliminated, the resulting
signal is referred to as:

a. independent sideband.

b. SSBSC

c. ACSSB.

d. vestigial sideband.

9. The type of sideband that involves having the upper sideband contain different information than the
lower sideband is referred to as:

a. independent sideband.

b. SSBSC

c. ACSSB.

d. vestigial sideband.

10. The type of sideband that is used for television video transmission is called:

a. independent sideband.

b. SSBSC

c. ACSSB.

d. vestigial sideband.
11. A more recently developed system of sideband that involves compressing the amplitude of the
intelligence signal before modulation occurs is called:

a. independent sideband.

b. SSBSC

c. ACSSB.

d. vestigial sideband.

12. The most important advantage of SSB over AM is:

a. that it is a more effective utilization of the available frequency spectrum.

b. that it is less subject to the effects of selective fading.

c. the resulting savings in power.

d. simplicity in design.

13. Which is not an advantage of SSB over AM?

a. SSB provides a more effective utilization of the available frequency spectrum.

b. SSB is less subject to the effects of selective fading.

c. SSB has a resulting savings in power.

d. simplicity in design.

14. The output of a balanced modulator in an SSB transmitter being modulated with a voice intelligence
signal is:

a. conventional AM.

b. SSB.

c. DSB-SC.

d. a sinewave at the carrier frequency.

15. Which of the following will not work as a balanced modulator?

a. a dual-gate FET and a band-pass filter

b. a push-pull modulator

c. a ring-diode modulator

d. an LM1496 integrated circuit stage

16. In a push-pull 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.

17. Voice transmission requires an audio frequency range of:

a. 20 Hz to 20 kHz.

b. 30 Hz to 10 kHz.

c. 100 Hz to 3 kHz.

d 500 Hz to 1 kHz.

18. In an SSB transmitter having voice modulation using audio frequencies ranging from 100 Hz to 3
kHz, the upper and lower sidebands generated by the balanced modulator are separated by:

a. 500 Hz.

b. 200 Hz.

c. 6 kHz.

d. 40 Hz.

19. Crystal filters:

a. have Q values as high as 50,000.

b. employ phasing capacitors to produce a rejection notch of undesired resonant frequencies.

c. are quite delicate in construction.

d. all of the above.

20. Which is not an advantage of ceramic filters over crystal filters?

a. more rugged in construction.

b. smaller in size.

c. higher Q values.

d. less expensive.
21. The ratio of the 60 dB and 6 dB bandwidths for a ceramic filter is known as:

a. the shape factor.

b. the ripple amplitude.

c. the quality factor.

d. the roll-off rate of the skirt.

22. The variation in attenuation within the bandpass frequencies of a ceramic filter is called:

a. the shape factor.

b. the ripple amplitude.

c. the quality factor.

d. the roll-off rate of the skirt.

23. The first designed sharp filter used in SSB transmitters to produce SSB is the:

a. crystal filter.

b. ceramic filter.

c. mechanical filter.

d. tank circuit.

24. Which is the most popular method used to generate SSB in transmitter design?

a. filter method

b. lattice method

c. amplitude-compandoring method

d. phase method

25. ACSSB is:

a. a method of compressing the audio before modulation and to expand it following demodulation.

b. an acronym for amplitude compandored single-sideband.

c. a new method of allowing narrow band voice communications with the performance of FM systems for the
land-mobile communication industry.

d. all of the above.