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1. Before data can be transmitted, it must be transformed into electromagnetic signals. 2. Frequency and period are inverse of each other. 3. Signals can be either analog or digital. Analog signals can have an infinite number of values in a range while digital signals can have only a limited number of values.

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1. Before data can be transmitted, it must be transformed into electromagnetic signals. 2. Frequency and period are inverse of each other. 3. Signals can be either analog or digital. Analog signals can have an infinite number of values in a range while digital signals can have only a limited number of values.

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The correct answer for each question is indicated by a .

1 CORRECT Before data can


be transmitted, they must be transformed to ________.
A)periodic signals

B electromagnetic signals
)
C)aperiodic signals
D)low-frequency sine waves
2 CORRECT A periodic signal completes one cycle in 0.001 s. What is the frequency?
A)1 Hz
B 100 Hz
)

C)1 KHz
D)1 MHz
3 CORRECT In a frequency-domain plot, the horizontal axis measures the ________.
A)peak amplitude

B frequency
)
C)phase
D)slope
4 CORRECT In a time-domain plot, the horizontal axis is a measure of ________.
A)signal amplitude
B frequency
)
C)phase

D)time
5 CORRECT If the bandwidth of a signal is 5 KHz and the lowest frequency is 52
KHz, what is the highest frequency?
A)5 KHz
B 10 KHz
)
C)47 KHz

D)57 KHz
6 CORRECT What is the bandwidth of a signal that ranges from 1 MHz to 4 MHz?
A)4 MHz
B 1 KHz
)

C)3 MHz
D)none of the above
7 CORRECT As frequency increases, the period ________.
A)decreases
B increases
)
C)remains the same
D)doubles
8 CORRECT Given two sine waves A and B, if the frequency of A is twice that of B,
then the period of B is ________ that of A.
A)one-half

B twice
)
C)the same as
D)indeterminate
from
9 CORRECT A sine wave is ________.
A)periodic and continuous
B aperiodic and continuous
)
C)periodic and discrete
D)aperiodic and discrete
10 CORRECT If the maximum amplitude of a sine wave is 2 V, the minimum
amplitude is ________ V.
A)2
B1
)

C)-
2
D)between -2 and 2
11 CORRECT A signal is measured at two different points. The power is P1 at the first
point and P2 at the second point. The dB is 0. This means ________.
A)P2 is zero

B P2 equals P1
)
C)P2 is much larger than P1
D)P2 is much smaller than P1
12 INCORRECT ________ 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
13 INCORRECT ________ 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
14 CORRECT ________ 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
15 CORRECT 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


16 INCORRECT Data can be ________.
A)analog
B digital
)

C)(a) or (b)
D)none of the above
17 INCORRECT _______ data are continuous and take continuous values.
A)analog
B digital
)
C)(a) or (b)
D)none of the above
18 INCORRECT _______ data have discrete states and take discrete values.
A)Analog

B Digital
)
C)(a) or (b)
D)None of the above
19 CORRECT Signals can be ________.
A)analog
B digital
)

C)either (a) or (b)


D)neither (a) nor (b)
20 CORRECT _____ signals can have an infinite number of values in a range.
A)Analog
B Digital
)
C)(a) or (b)
D)None of the above
21 CORRECT _______ signals can have only a limited number of values.
A)Analog

B Digital
)
C)(a) or (b)
D)None of the above
22 CORRECT Frequency and period are ______.
A)inverse of each other
B proportional to each other
)
C)the same
D)none of the above
23 INCORRECT ________is the rate of change with respect to time.
A)Amplitude
B Time
)

C)Frequenc
y
D)Voltage
24 CORRECT _______ describes the position of the waveform relative to time 0.
A)Frequenc
y

B Phase
)
C)Amplitude
D)Voltage
25 CORRECT A sine wave in the ______ domain can be represented by one single
spike in the _____ domain.
A)time; frequency
B frequency; time
)
C)time; phase
D)phase; time
26 CORRECT A _________ sine wave is not useful in data communications; we need
to send a _______ signal.
A)composite; single-frequency

B single-frequency; composite
)
C)single-frequency; double-
frequency
D)none of the above
27 CORRECT The _____ of a composite signal is the difference between the highest
and the lowest frequencies contained in that signal.
A)frequency
B period
)

C)bandwidth
D)amplitude
28 INCORRECT A(n)_________ signal is a composite analog signal with an infinite
bandwidth.
A)digital
B analog
)
C)either (a) or (b)
D)neither (a) nor (b)
29 INCORRECT 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
30 CORRECT 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
31 INCORRECT For a ______ channel, the Nyquist bit rate formula defines the
theoretical maximum bit rate.
A)noisy

B noiseless
)
C)bandpass
D)low-pass
32 CORRECT 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
33 CORRECT _________ can impair a signal.
A)Attenuation
B Distortion
)
C)Noise

D)All of the above


34 INCORRECT 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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