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1 | | In a frequency-domain plot, the horizontal axis measures the ________. |
| | A) | signal amplitude |
| | B) | frequency |
| | C) | phase |
| | D) | time |
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2 | | In a time-domain plot, the horizontal axis is a measure of ________. |
| | A) | signal amplitude |
| | B) | frequency |
| | C) | phase |
| | D) | time |
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3 | | _______ data are continuous and take continuous values. |
| | A) | analog |
| | B) | digital |
| | C) | analog or digital |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct. |
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4 | | _______ data have discrete states and take discrete values. |
| | A) | analog |
| | B) | digital |
| | C) | analog or digital |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct. |
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5 | | _____ signals have an infinite number of values in a time interval. |
| | A) | Analog |
| | B) | Digital |
| | C) | Either analog or digital |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct. |
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6 | | _______ signals can have only a limited number of values in a time interval. |
| | A) | Analog |
| | B) | Digital |
| | C) | Either analog or digital |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct. |
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7 | | Frequency and period are ______. |
| | A) | inverse of each other |
| | B) | proportional to each other |
| | C) | the same |
| | D) | are not related |
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8 | | ________ is the rate of change with respect to time. |
| | A) | Amplitude |
| | B) | Time |
| | C) | Frequency |
| | D) | Phase |
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9 | | _______ describes the position of the waveform relative to time 0. |
| | A) | Amplitude |
| | B) | Time |
| | C) | Frequency |
| | D) | Phase |
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10 | | A simple sine wave can be represented by one single spike in the _____ domain. |
| | A) | amplitude |
| | B) | time |
| | C) | frequency |
| | D) | phase |
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11 | | As frequency increases, the period ________. |
| | A) | decreases |
| | B) | increases |
| | C) | remains the same |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct. |
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12 | | ________ is a type of transmission impairment in which the signal loses strength due to the resistance of the transmission medium. |
| | A) | Attenuation |
| | B) | Distortion |
| | C) | Noise |
| | D) | Decibel |
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13 | | ________ is a type of transmission impairment in which the signal loses strength due to the different propagation speeds of each frequency that makes up the signal. |
| | A) | Attenuation |
| | B) | Distortion |
| | C) | Noise |
| | D) | Decibel |
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14 | | ________ is a type of transmission impairment in which an outside source such as crosstalk corrupts a signal. |
| | A) | Attenuation |
| | B) | Distortion |
| | C) | Noise |
| | D) | Decibel |
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15 | | When propagation speed is multiplied by propagation time, we get the ________. |
| | A) | throughput |
| | B) | wavelength of the signal |
| | C) | distortion factor |
| | D) | distance a signal or bit has traveled |
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16 | | Baseband transmission of a digital signal is possible only if we have a ____ channel. |
| | A) | low-pass |
| | B) | bandpass |
| | C) | low rate |
| | D) | high rate |
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17 | | If the available channel is a ____ channel, we cannot send a digital signal directly to the channel. |
| | A) | low-pass |
| | B) | bandpass |
| | C) | low rate |
| | D) | high rate |
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18 | | For a ______ channel, the Nyquist bit rate formula defines the theoretical maximum bit rate. |
| | A) | noisy |
| | B) | noiseless |
| | C) | bandpass |
| | D) | low-pass |
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19 | | For a ______ channel, we need to use the Shannon capacity to find the maximum bit rate. |
| | A) | noisy |
| | B) | noiseless |
| | C) | bandpass |
| | D) | low-pass |
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20 | | _________ can impair a signal. |
| | A) | Attenuation |
| | B) | Distortion |
| | C) | Noise |
| | D) | All of the choices are correct. |
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21 | | The _________ product defines the number of bits that can fill the link. |
| | A) | bandwidth-period |
| | B) | frequency-amplitude |
| | C) | bandwidth-delay |
| | D) | delay-amplitude |
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22 | | Polar and bipolar encoding are types of _______ coding. |
| | A) | line |
| | B) | block |
| | C) | scrambling |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct. |
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23 | | ___________ conversion involves three techniques: line coding, block coding, and scrambling. |
| | A) | Analog-to-digital |
| | B) | Digital-to-analog |
| | C) | Analog-to-analog |
| | D) | Digital-to-digital |
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24 | | In ______ schemes, the voltage level oscillates between a positive and a negative values although it may remain at zero level between the two values. |
| | A) | polar |
| | B) | bipolar |
| | C) | nonpolar |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct. |
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25 | | In _____, the level of the voltage determines the value of the bit. |
| | A) | NRZ-I |
| | B) | NRZ-L |
| | C) | NRZ-I or NRZ-L |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct. |
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26 | | In ______, the change or lack of change in the level of the voltage determines the value of the bit. |
| | A) | NRZ-I |
| | B) | NRZ-L |
| | C) | NRZ-I or NRZ-L |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct. |
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27 | | The idea of RZ and the idea of NRZ-L are combined into the ________ scheme. |
| | A) | Manchester |
| | B) | differential Manchester |
| | C) | Manchester or differential Manchester |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct. |
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28 | | The idea of RZ and the idea of NRZ-I are combined into the ________ scheme. |
| | A) | Manchester |
| | B) | differential Manchester |
| | C) | Manchester or differential Manchester |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct. |
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29 | | In Manchester and differential Manchester encoding, the transition at the middle of the bit is used for __________. |
| | A) | bit transfer |
| | B) | baud transfer |
| | C) | synchronization |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct. |
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30 | | In _______ encoding, we use three levels: positive, zero, and negative. |
| | A) | polar |
| | B) | bipolar |
| | C) | nonpolar |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct. |
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31 | | The _____ scheme uses data patterns of size 2 and encodes the 2-bit patterns as one signal element belonging to a four-level signal. |
| | A) | 4B5B |
| | B) | 2B1Q |
| | C) | B8ZS |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct. |
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32 | | _______ encoding has a transition at the middle of each bit. |
| | A) | RZ |
| | B) | Manchester |
| | C) | Differential Manchester |
| | D) | All the choices are correct. |
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33 | | _______ encoding has a transition at the beginning of each 0 bit. |
| | A) | RZ |
| | B) | Manchester |
| | C) | Differential Manchester |
| | D) | All the choices are correct. |
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34 | | Which of the following encoding methods does not provide for synchronization? |
| | A) | NRZ-L |
| | B) | RZ |
| | C) | NRZ-I |
| | D) | Manchester |
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35 | | Which encoding method uses alternating positive and negative values for 1s? |
| | A) | NRZ-I |
| | B) | RZ |
| | C) | Manchester |
| | D) | AMI |
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36 | | Block coding can help in _______ and _________ at the receiver. |
| | A) | synchronization and error detection |
| | B) | synchronization and attenuation |
| | C) | error detection and attenuation |
| | D) | error detection and distortion |
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37 | | ________ is the process of converting digital data to a digital signal. |
| | A) | Block coding |
| | B) | Line coding |
| | C) | Scrambling |
| | D) | All of the choices are correct. |
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38 | | _______ provides redundancy to ensure synchronization and inherent error detection. |
| | A) | Block coding |
| | B) | Line coding |
| | C) | Line coding or block coding |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct |
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39 | | ________ is normally referred to as mB/nB coding; it replaces each m-bit group with an n-bit group. |
| | A) | Block coding |
| | B) | Line coding |
| | C) | Scrambling |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct. |
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40 | | ________ provides synchronization without increasing the number of bits. |
| | A) | Scrambling |
| | B) | Line coding |
| | C) | Block coding |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct. |
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41 | | Two common scrambling techniques are ________. |
| | A) | NRZ and RZ |
| | B) | AMI and NRZ |
| | C) | B8ZS and HDB3 |
| | D) | Manchester and differential Manchester |
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42 | | PCM is an example of _______ conversion. |
| | A) | digital-to-digital |
| | B) | digital-to-analog |
| | C) | analog-to-analog |
| | D) | analog-to-digital |
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43 | | The most common technique to change an analog signal to digital data is called __________. |
| | A) | PAL |
| | B) | PCM |
| | C) | sampling |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct. |
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44 | | The first step in PCM is ________. |
| | A) | quantization |
| | B) | modulation |
| | C) | sampling |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct. |
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45 | | ______ finds the value of the signal amplitude for each sample; ____ finds the change from the previous sample. |
| | A) | DM; PCM |
| | B) | PCM; DM |
| | C) | DM; CM |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct. |
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46 | | The ________ rate defines the number of data elements sent in one second; the ______ rate is the number of signal elements sent in one second. |
| | A) | data; signal |
| | B) | signal; data |
| | C) | baud; bit |
| | D) | none of the choices are correct |
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47 | | ASK, PSK, FSK, and QAM are examples of ________ conversion. |
| | A) | digital-to-digital |
| | B) | digital-to-analog |
| | C) | analog-to-analog |
| | D) | analog-to-digital |
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48 | | AM, FM, and PM are examples of ________ conversion. |
| | A) | digital-to-digital |
| | B) | digital-to-analog |
| | C) | analog-to-analog |
| | D) | analog-to-digital |
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49 | | In QAM, both ________ of a carrier frequency are varied. |
| | A) | frequency and amplitude |
| | B) | phase and frequency |
| | C) | amplitude and phase |
| | D) | none of the choices are correct |
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50 | | In ________, the amplitude of the carrier signal is varied to create signal elements. Both frequency and phase remain constant. |
| | A) | ASK |
| | B) | PSK |
| | C) | FSK |
| | D) | QAM |
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51 | | In _________, the frequency of the carrier signal is varied to represent data. Both peak amplitude and phase remain constant. |
| | A) | ASK |
| | B) | PSK |
| | C) | FSK |
| | D) | QAM |
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52 | | In ________, the phase of the carrier is varied to represent two or more different signal elements. Both peak amplitude and frequency remain constant. |
| | A) | ASK |
| | B) | PSK |
| | C) | FSK |
| | D) | QAM |
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53 | | Quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) is a combination of ___________. |
| | A) | ASK and FSK |
| | B) | ASK and PSK |
| | C) | PSK and FSK |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct. |
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54 | | ________ uses two carriers, one in-phase and the other quadrature. |
| | A) | ASK |
| | B) | PSK |
| | C) | FSK |
| | D) | QAM |
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55 | | How many carrier frequencies are used in BASK? |
| | A) | 1 |
| | B) | 2 |
| | C) | 3 |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct. |
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56 | | How many carrier frequencies are used in BFSK? |
| | A) | 1 |
| | B) | 2 |
| | C) | 3 |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct. |
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57 | | How many carrier frequencies are used in BPSK? |
| | A) | 1 |
| | B) | 2 |
| | C) | 3 |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct. |
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58 | | Which of the following is not an analog-to-analog conversion? |
| | A) | AM |
| | B) | PM |
| | C) | FM |
| | D) | QAM |
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59 | | In _____ transmission, the carrier signal is modulated so that its amplitude varies with the changing amplitudes of the modulating signal. |
| | A) | AM |
| | B) | PM |
| | C) | FM |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct. |
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60 | | Which multiplexing technique is used for analog signals? |
| | A) | FDM |
| | B) | TDM |
| | C) | WDM |
| | D) | PDM |
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61 | | Which multiplexing technique is used for digital signals? |
| | A) | FDM |
| | B) | TDM |
| | C) | WDM |
| | D) | PDM |
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62 | | Which multiplexing technique shifts each signal to a different carrier frequency? |
| | A) | FDM |
| | B) | TDM |
| | C) | WDM |
| | D) | PDM |
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63 | | Which multiplexing technique involves signals composed of light beams? |
| | A) | FDM |
| | B) | TDM |
| | C) | WDM |
| | D) | PDM |
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64 | | ________ is the set of techniques that allows the simultaneous transmission of multiple signals across a single data link. |
| | A) | Demodulating |
| | B) | Multiplexing |
| | C) | Compressing |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct |
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65 | | ____ is designed to use the high bandwidth capability of fiber-optic cable. |
| | A) | FDM |
| | B) | TDM |
| | C) | WDM |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct. |
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66 | | ______ is an analog multiplexing technique to combine optical signals. |
| | A) | FDM |
| | B) | TDM |
| | C) | WDM |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct. |
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67 | | _____ is a digital process that allows several connections to share the high bandwidth of a link. |
| | A) | FDM |
| | B) | TDM |
| | C) | WDM |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct. |
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68 | | We can divide ____ into two different schemes: synchronous or statistical. |
| | A) | FDM |
| | B) | TDM |
| | C) | WDM |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct. |
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69 | | In ________ TDM, each input connection has an allotment in the output even if it is not sending data. |
| | A) | synchronous |
| | B) | statistical |
| | C) | isochronous |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct. |
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70 | | In ________ TDM, slots are dynamically allocated to improve bandwidth efficiency. |
| | A) | synchronous |
| | B) | statistical |
| | C) | isochronous |
| | D) | None of the choices are correct. |
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71 | | The _______ technique uses M different carrier frequencies that are modulated by the source signal. At one moment, the sign modulates one carrier frequency; at the next moment, the signal modulates another carrier frequency. |
| | A) | FDM |
| | B) | DSSS |
| | C) | FHSS |
| | D) | TDM |
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72 | | The ______ technique expands the bandwidth of a signal by replacing each data bit with n bits using a spreading code. |
| | A) | FDM |
| | B) | DSSS |
| | C) | FHSS |
| | D) | TDM |
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73 | | Transmission media are usually categorized as _______. |
| | A) | fixed or unfixed |
| | B) | guided or unguided |
| | C) | determinate or indeterminate |
| | D) | metallic or nonmetallic |
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74 | | Transmission media lie below the _______ layer. |
| | A) | physical |
| | B) | network |
| | C) | transport |
| | D) | application |
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75 | | _______ cable consists of an inner copper core and a second conducting outer sheath. |
| | A) | Twisted-pair |
| | B) | Coaxial |
| | C) | Fiber-optic |
| | D) | Shielded twisted-pair |
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76 | | In fiber optics, the signal is _______ waves. |
| | A) | light |
| | B) | radio |
| | C) | infrared |
| | D) | very low-frequency |
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77 | | Which of the following is not a guided medium? |
| | A) | twisted-pair cable |
| | B) | coaxial cable |
| | C) | fiber-optic cable |
| | D) | atmosphere |
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