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The document contains a series of multiple-choice questions related to analog and digital communication systems, covering topics such as modulation types, noise, signal processing, and communication systems. It includes questions about the advantages of different modulation techniques, the characteristics of various communication systems, and the historical figures associated with significant developments in the field. The content is structured as a quiz format, likely intended for educational or interview preparation purposes.
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Communication MCQ

The document contains a series of multiple-choice questions related to analog and digital communication systems, covering topics such as modulation types, noise, signal processing, and communication systems. It includes questions about the advantages of different modulation techniques, the characteristics of various communication systems, and the historical figures associated with significant developments in the field. The content is structured as a quiz format, likely intended for educational or interview preparation purposes.
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1).

The square law modulator consists _______


h=λ/8
Adder
h=λ/4
Non-linear device
None of the above
Bandpass filter
8). The advantages of the modulation are _______
All of the above
High energy of carrier
2). The amplitude modulation is the process in
which amplitude of the carrier signal changes with Noise can be reduced
respect to _____________ signal Multiplexing is possible
Modulating signal All of the above
Carrier signal
9). The simplex system is a _________ system
Suppressed carrier modulating signal
Unidirectional communication
None of the above
Bidirectional communication
3). The full-duplex is a _________ system Multidirectional communication
Unidirectional communication None of the above
Bidirectional communication
10). How many types of electric communication
Multidirectional communication systems are there?
None of the above One

4). Why the carrier signal doesn’t carry any signal? Two

Frequency is constant Three

Phase and amplitude constant Four

Amplitude is Constant 11). Who invented first wireless radio wave over
1700 miles?
All of the above
Armstrong
5). The standard form of PAM is _________
Oliver Lodge
Pulse Amplitude Modulation
Goglielmo Marconi
Phase Amplitude Modulation
Samuel Morse
Positive Amplitude Modulation
12). _________ is the process in which amplitude of
None of the above the carrier signal changes with respect to message
6). The half-duplex is a _________ system or modulating signal
Unidirectional communication Pulse modulation
Bidirectional communication Angle modulation
Multidirectional communication Amplitude modulation
None of the above Frequency modulation
7). The antenna height is equal to ______ 13). The first wireless communication over short
h=λ/2 distance discovered by ________
Armstrong Pulse modulation
Oliver Lodge Phase modulation
Goglielmo Marconi Amplitude modulation
Samuel Morse Frequency modulation

14). The envelope detector is __________ 20). Who did PCM encoding of speech signal for
digital transmission?
Effective for detection of narrow band AM signal
Alec Reeves
Simple
Oliver Lodge
Both a and b
Goglielmo Marconi
None of the above
Samuel Morse
15). The number of bits conveyed or processed for
unit time is called ________ 21). _________ noise is a static kind of noise which
is generated due to electric disturbances
Baud rate
Atmospheric noise
Bit rate
Extraterrestrial noise
ISI
Industrial noise
None of the above
16). Who invented super heterodyne receiver? Shot noise
Armstrong 22). The industrial noise occurs in the range around
Oliver Lodge ________

Goglielmo Marconi 300MHz-600MHz

Samuel Morse 1MHz-600MHz


200MHz-600MHz
17). In ______ modulation the phase of the carrier
signal is modulated by the message signal None of the above
Pulse modulation 23). The area over which cosmic noise effects most
Phase modulation is around ______

Amplitude modulation 10MHz-100MHz

Frequency modulation 20MHz-120MHz


20MHz-150MHz
18). Who invented first frequency modulation
demodulation? 30MHz-120MHz
Armstrong 24). What are the external noise?
Oliver Lodge Atmospheric noise
Goglielmo Marconi Extraterrestrial noise
Samuel Morse Industrial noise
19). In ______ modulation the frequency of the All of the above
carrier signal is modulated by the message signal
25). The double side band suppressed carrier comes
under _____ modulation Simple

Frequency modulation
Analog Communication Important MCQ’s
Analog pulse modulation
31). In base band signal the frequency range of
Amplitude modulation amplitude modulation is around ________
Digital pulse modulation 550KHz-1650KHz
500KHz-1600KHz
26). In baseband signal the audio frequency signal
range is around ________ 520 KHz-1620KHz
0-20 KHz 400 KHz-1650KHz
10-20 KHz
32). In envelope detection the complexity is
5-10 KHz ____________
0-20 MHz High
Low
27). What are the noises comes under internal noise
_____ Medium
Atmospheric noise, extraterrestrial noise Simple
Resistor, shot, and transient noise
33). The side band cancellation in filter method is
Industrial, miscellaneous noise done by using ______
None of the above Filter
Phase shifter of 90 deg
28). In synchronous detector _______ errors are
generated Phase shifter of 180 deg
Phase type error None of the above
Frequency type error
34). The frequency range of modulating signal in
Both a and b narrow band frequency modulation is between
_________
None of the above
30 Hz - 15 KHz
29). ___________ type of errors are generated in
15 Hz - 30 KHz
envelope detector
30 Hz - 3 KHz
Phase type error -
3 Hz - 15 KHz
Negative clipping
35). When negative changes is happening to AF
Diagonal envelope voltage the junction capacitance will actually
_______ in varactor diode modulator
Both b and c
Reduces
30). The complexity is _________ in synchronous
Increases
detection
Remains same
High
None of the above
Low
Medium 36). How much is the frequency band in GSM?
500 MHz 43). In super heterodyne receiver, at high frequency
600 MHz the ______

700 MHz Bandwidth is low

900 MHz Signal processing should be done


Signal transmission should be done
37). In base band signal the video frequency signal
range is around ________ Both b and c
0-50MHz 44). The maximum deviation in narrow band
0-55MHz frequency modulation is around _________

0-60MHz 5 MHz

10-55MHz 5 KHz
7 MHz
38). In pass band signal, the frequency range of
frequency modulation is around _________ 9 MHz
88 MHz-100MHz 45). When several signals are multiplexed in a
88 MHz-110MHz frequency domain then the modulation is called
________
88 MHz-200MHz
Frequency Division Multiplexing
88 MHz-101MHz
Time Division Multiplexing
39). The frequency band range of Code Division Code Division Multiplexing
Multiplexing Access in pass band signal is around
_______ Space Division Multiplexing
46). When figure of merit is less than one, the
1500MHz output of signal to noise ratio is _______ the input
1600MHz of signal to noise ratio

1700MHz Less than input SNR

1800MHz Greater than input SNR


Greater than or equal to input SNR
40). In medium modulating index the modulation
index is ________ Less than or equal to SNR input
47). The levels in differential pulse code modulation
Less than one are ______
One to ten More
Greater than ten Depends on number of bits
Between 1 to 10 Less
41). The side band cancellation in phase shift None of the above
method is done by using ______ 48). _______ quantizer minimizes the quantization
error
Selectivity
Uniform quantizer
Fidelity
Non-Uniform quantizer
Sensitivity
LLOYD-Max quantizer
All of the above
None of the above Greater than ten

49). The quantization error can be defined as None of the above


_______
55). When several signals are multiplexed in a time
q=Q(m)+m domain then the modulation is called ________
q=Q(m)-m Frequency Division Multiplexing
q=Q(m)/m Time Division Multiplexing
None of the above Code Division Multiplexing

50). What are the advantages of the angle Space Division Multiplexing
modulation over amplitude modulation? 56). Which noise comes under internal noise?

Noise reduction Resistor noise

Improved system fidelity Transient noise

Efficient use of power Shot noise

All of the above All of the above

51). What are the applications of Angle 57). The SNR in delta modulation is ______
modulation? Fair
Radio broadcasting Poor
TV sound transmission Good
Cellular radio None of the above
All of the above
58). The quantization is a many to one mapping, in
52). How many categories does the modulation which all sample values in a particular interval are
index have? mapped to a __________

One Quantization level

Two Uniform quantization

Three Non-uniform quantization

Four None of the above

53). In lower modulating index the modulation 59). In _________ modulation, frequency or phase
index is ________ of carrier signal changes with respect to modulating
signal
Less than one
Frequency Modulation
One to ten
Amplitude Modulation
Greater than ten
Delta Modulation
None of the above
Angle modulation
54). In a higher modulating index the modulation
index is ________ 60). The maximum deviation in wideband
frequency modulation is around _________
Less than one
75 MHz
One to ten
66)________ is a differential modulation
75 kHz
Frequency Modulation
70 MHz
Amplitude Modulation
90 MHz
Delta Modulation
Analog Communication MCQ’s for Interviews
None of the above
61). The frequency range of modulating signal in
wideband frequency modulation is between
67). The additive white Gaussian noise _______
_________
Requires infinite power
30 Hz - 15 kHz
Requires finite power
15 Hz - 30 kHz
Doesn’t require power
30 Hz - 10 kHz
None of the above
3 Hz - 15 kHz
68). The thermal noise _______
62). The SSB frequency range is __________ in
filter method Requires infinite power
Frequency is high Requires finite power
Frequency is low Doesn’t require power
Applicable for any frequency None of the above
None of the above
69). The number of bits in DPCM is _______
63). The bandwidth for transmission in pulse code Greater than PCM
modulation is __________
Less than PCM
Higher than the DPCM
Equal to PCM
Lower than the DPCM
None of the above
Equal to DPCM
70). The levels in PCM are ______
None of the above
More
64). The formula of amplifier is given by
___________ Depends on the number of bits

F+1/F Less

2F-1/F None of the above

F-1/F 71). In which case the step size is not fixed?


None of the above Pulse Code Modulation

65). When the figure of merit is greater than one, Delta Modulation
the output of a signal to noise ratio is _______ the Differential Pulse Code Modulation
input of a signal to noise ratio
Adaptive Delta Modulation
Less than input SNR
Greater than input SNR 72). The bandwidth for transmission in differential
pulse code modulation is __________
Greater than or equal to input SNR
Higher than the PCM
Less than or equal to SNR input
Lower than the PCM
Equal to PCM Quantization is not present
None of the above Quantization is present but less than PCM

73). When positive changes are happening to AF None of the above


voltage the junction capacitance will actually
_______ in varactor diode modulator 79). Analog communication uses _______ types of
signals.
Reduces
Continuous
Increases
Discontinuous
Remains the same
Both a and b
None of the above
None of the above
74). The quantization error in PCM is ________
80). In which technique data is transmitted using
Depends upon the levels continuous signals?
Doesn’t depend upon the levels Analog communication
Depends upon the step size Digital communication
None of the above Both a and b

75). The SNR in PCM is ______ None of the above

Fair 81). An analog signal is _______ signal continuous


in both time and amplitude.
Poor
Variable signal
Good
Invariable signal
None of the above
Both a and b
76). In a uniform quantizer with an even number of
quantization levels, the quantizer characteristics None of the above
arise from __________
82). In which technique physical transfer of data
–Δ to +Δ over a point to point or point to multi-point
transmission medium is done?
–Δ/2 to +Δ/2
Analog communication
–Δ/4 to +Δ/4
Digital communication
None of the above
Both a and b
77). The SNR in adaptive delta modulation is
______ None of the above

Fair 83). Which of the following are the examples of


analog communication technology?
Poor
Photocopiers
Good
Audio tapes
Better than DM
Emails
78). The quantization error in DPCM is ________
Both a and b
Quantization is present
84). Which of the following are the examples of
digital communication technology? 3

Photocopiers 90). What is the function of an information source?


Audio tapes Information is generated
Emails Information is sent
Both a and b Information is received

85). Digital communication is represented in ______ Information is read


form.
0’s Analog Communication Important MCQ’s with Hints
91). Messages generated in an input source block of
1’s
analog communication can be in which form?
Both a and b
Words, group of words
Option an alone
Symbols
86). An analog signal is represented in ______ form. Signals
Time domain All the above
Frequency domain
92). What is the function of a transducer?
Both a and b
Converts energy from one form to another
None of the above
Converts signals
87). What is the serious issue in analog Converts signals
communication compared to digital
communication? Converts domains

Has noise 93). Radio broadcasting converts ______ into


______ using transducer.
Free from noise
Nonelectrical, electrical
Has maximum amplitude
Electrical, nonelectrical
Has the maximum frequency
Electrical, electrical
88). In analog communication electronic noise and
disturbance is introduced into transmission channel Nonelectrical, nonelectrical
results in _______.
94). What is the function of the transmitter?
Reduces signal to noise ratio
Transmits signal to the receiver
Increases signal to noise ratio
Accepts signal from the transducer
Improves signals amplitude
Accepts input from information source
None of the above
Transmits signal over a channel.
89). Analog communication contains _______
number of components. 95). Which technique is used in the transmitter?

4 Modulation

5 Demodulation

6 Both a and b
None of the above It produces an electric message from the received
signal in a distorted form
96). What is the functionality of a channel?
It receives the input from the channel
It transmits a message from the transmitter to the
receiver Both a and b

It listens to message None of the above

It holds a message 102). Which technique is performed in the receiver?


All the above Modulation

97). How many types of channels are used in analog Demodulation


communication components? Both a and b
Two None of the above
One
103). What is the functionality of the destination?
Three
Converts electrical signal into the original input
Four
Converts original input to electrical form
98). Which of the following channels are used in Receives input from the receiver
analog communication?
It is the final stage of analog communication
Point to point
Option a, b ,d are considered
Broadcast channel
Narrowband channel 104). A periodic signal is of _______ pattern with
respect to time.
Wideband channel
Repetitive
Both a and b
Nonrepetitive
99). Which of the following are examples of point to Alternative
point channel?
None of the above
Wire lines
Microwave links 105). An aperiodic signal is of _______ pattern with
to time.
Optical fibers
Repetitive
All the above
Nonrepetitive
100). What is the functionality of the broadcast Alternative
channel?
None of the above
It handles several incoming messages from a
transmitter 106). What happens to the message if the message
It holds single information signal characteristic is changed?

It listens to channel Message gets altered

None of the above Message remains same


Message is not transmitted
101). What is the functionality of the receiver?
None of the above
107). A _______ frequency signal can carry a Both a and b
message over a long distance.
113). Which of the following is angle modulation?
Short frequency
Pulse amplitude modulation
High frequency
Pulse width modulation
Low frequency
Phase modulation
Big frequency
Frequency modulation
108). A high frequency signal is also called as Both c and d
______ signal.
Carrier signal 114). Which of the following is pulse modulation?

UV signal Analog modulation

Radio signal Frequency modulation

None of the above Digital modulation


Both a and c
109). In digital communication does antenna size
reduces in modulation technique? 115). Which of the following is an analog
Yes modulation?

No Pulse type amplitude modulation PAM

Maybe Pulse type width modulation PWM


Pulse type position modulation PPM
110). What are the types of signals used in the
modulation? All the above

Carrier signal 116). Which of the following is a digital


Modulated signal modulation?

Modulating or message signal Pulse code modulation

All the above Delta modulation


Frequency modulation
111). Which of the following modulation technique
is used for analog modulation? Both a and b

Continuous wave modulation 117). How many types of modulators are present in
Pulse modulation double side band suppressed carrier?

Both a and b One

None of the above Two


Three
112). Which of the following comes under
continuous wave modulation? Four

Amplitude modulation 118). What are the components in a balanced


Angle modulation modulator?

Analog modulation AM type modulator two in number

Digital modulation A Local oscillator


Summer The pulse duration is varied with respect to
instantaneous values of baseband modulating signal
All the above
124). Which of the following statement is true for
119). A ring modulator contains how many diodes? pulse position modulation?
2 The pulse amplitude is varied with respect to
3 instantaneous values of baseband modulating signal

4 The pulse width is varied with respect to


instantaneous values of baseband modulating signal
5
The pulse position is varied with respect to
120). DSBSC modulators are also called as instantaneous values of baseband modulating signal
________. The pulse duration is varied with respect to
Product type modulators instantaneous values of baseband modulating signal

Adder modulator 125). Message signal in the time domain is


Summer modulator represented as ________.
m(t)= Amcos(2πfmt)
None of the above
M (t) = A cos (2π fm t)
121). Pulse modulation is _______ sequence pf
rectangular pulse. M(t) = A cos (2π f t)

Periodic sequence m (t) = Am cos (2π f t)

Aperiodic sequence 126). Carrier signal in time domain is represented


Nonrepetitive sequence as ________.
c (t) = Ac cos ( 2π fc t)
Both b and c
c (t) = Ac cos ( 2π t)
122). Which of the following statement is true for
pulse amplitude modulation PAM? c (t) = Ac cos ( π fc t)

The pulse amplitude is varied with respect to C (t) = Ac cos ( 2π fc t)


instantaneous values of baseband modulating signal
127). What is the formula for modulation index “µ”
The pulse width is varied with respect to when amplitudes of modulating signal “Am” and
instantaneous values of baseband modulating signal carrier signal “Ac” is known?
The pulse position is varied with respect to µ = Am / Ac
instantaneous values of baseband modulating signal
µ = Ac / Am
The pulse duration is varied with respect to
instantaneous values of baseband modulating signal µ = Am
µ = Ac
123). Which of the following statement is true for
pulse width modulation? 128). What is the condition for perfect modulation?
The pulse amplitude is varied with respect to µ=1
instantaneous values of baseband modulating signal
µ=0
The pulse width is varied with respect to
instantaneous values of baseband modulating signal µ<1
The pulse position is varied with respect to µ>1
instantaneous values of baseband modulating signal
129). How many types of demodulators are present
in a DSBSC wave? 135). The process of extracting the original message
from the signal is called _______.
One
Modulation
Two
Demodulation
Three
Encryption
Four
Decryption
130). If the maximum frequency is subtracted from
lower frequency it is called ________. 136). Demodulation is done at ______ side.
Amplitude Transmitter
Bandwidth Receiver
Frequency Channel
Time period Both a and b

131). What is the bandwidth of AM wave? 137). What is the functionality of the envelope
detector?
BW = 2fm
It detects AM wave with high frequency
BW = fm
It detects FM wave high frequency
BW = 2
It detects PM wave high frequency
BW = 3
None of the above
132). Which type of modulators are used in AM
wave generation?
Square law modulator
Switching modulator
Triangular modulator
Both a and b

133). Which of the following are the components of


square law modulator?
Summer
Square law device
Bandpass filter
All the above

134). Which of the following are the components of


the switching modulator?
Summer
Switching diode
Bandpass filter
All the above

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