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Noise and dB Calculations

1. An amplifier operating over a 2 MHz bandwidth 10. Convert noise factor of 4.02 to equivalent B. 0.2 nanowatts D. 2.0 femtowatts
has a 80 ohms input resistance. It is operating at noise temperature. Use 300 k for environmental
27 degree Celsius, has a voltage gain of 200 and temperature 22. The random unpredictable electric signals
an input signal of 6 microvolts rms. Calculate the A. 876 K B. 900 K C. 906 K D. 875 K from natural causes, both internal and external to
output rms noise. the system is known as
A. 325.6 millivolts C. 32.55 microvolts 11. Atmospheric noise is lees severe at A. distortion C. distortion
B. 0.326 millivolts D. 0.3255 microvolts frequencies above B. noise D. interference
A. 10 GHz C. 1 GHz
2. Man-made noise is caused by B. 30 MHz D. audio level 23. Given a noise factor of 10, what is the noise
A. lightning discharge figure in dB?
B. solar eruptions 12. The most common unit of noise measurement A. 20 dB. B. 10 dB. C. 50 dB D. 40 dB
C. distant stars in white noise voltage testing
D. arc discharges in electrical machines A. NPR B. dBrn C. dBW D. dBm 24. The signal in a channel is measured to be 23
dBm while noise in the same channel is measured
3. Cosmic noise is produced by 13. What is the major cause of atmospheric or to be 9 dBm. The signal-to-noise ratio therefore is
A. lightning discharge static noise? A. 32 dB. B. 5 dB. C. -14 dB D. 14 dB
B. solar eruptions A. meteor showers C. airplanes
C. distant stars B. sunspots D. thunderstorms 25. If voltage is equal to twice its original value,
D. industrial electrical discharges what is its corresponding change in dB?
14. Background noise is the same as the following A. 3 dB. B. 6 dB. C. 9 dB D. 12 dB
4. One of the following types of noise becomes of except
great importance at high frequencies. It is the A. impulse noise C. white noise 26. NIF stands for
A. shot noise C. impulse noise B. thermal noise D. Gaussian noise A. non-intrinsic figure
B. random noise D. transit-time noise B. narrow interference figure
15. Noise is caused by the thermal agitation of C. noise improvement factor
5. Indicate the false statement. electrons in resistance D. noise interference figure
A. HF mixers are generally noisier than HF A. all of these C. Johnson’s noise
amplifiers. B. Thermal noise D. white noise 27. Two resistors rated 5 ohms and 10 ohms are
B. Impulse noise voltage is independent of connected in series and are at 27 degrees
bandwidth 16. The unit of noise power of psophometer Celsius. Calculate their combined thermal noise
C. Thermal noise is independent of the frequency A. dBa B. pWp C. dBm D. dbm0 voltage for a 10 kHz bandwidth.
at which it is measured A. 0.05 millivolts C. 0.05 microvolts
D. Industrial noise is usually of the impulse type. 17. Extra-terrestrial noise is observable at B. 0.5 millivolts D. 0.005 microvolts
frequencies from
6. The value of a resistor creating noise is A. 0 to 20 kHz C. 8 MHz to 1.43 GHz 28. What is the reference frequency of CCITT
doubled. The noise power generated is therefore B. above 2 GHz D. 5 to 8 GHz psophometric noise measurement?
A. halved. C. doubled A. 800 Hz C. 3400 Hz
B. quadrupled. D. unchanged 18. What signal to noise ratio is required for B. 1500 Hz D. 1000 Hz
satisfactory telephone services?
7. One of the following is not useful for comparing A. 50 dB. B. 30 dB. C. 40 dB D. 20 dB 29. A three stage amplifier is to have an overall
the noise performance of receivers noise temperature no greater than 70 K. The
A. input noise voltage 19. A diode generator is required to produce 12 overall gain of the amplifier is to be at least 45 dB.
B. equivalent noise resistance microV of noise in a receiver with an input The amplifier is to be built by adding a low-noise
C. noise temperature impedance of 75 ohms and a noise power first stage with existing characteristics as follows:
D. noise figure bandwidth of 200 kHz. Determine the current stage 2 has 20 dB power gain and 3 dB noise
through the diode in milliamperes. figure. Stage 3 has 15 dB power gain and 6 dB
8. Indicate the noise whose source is in a A. 0.4 A B. 298 mA C. 0.35 A D. 300 mA noise figure. Calculate the maximum noise figure
category different from that (in dB) that the first stage can have.
A. solar noise C. atmospheric noise 20. The equivalent noise temperature of the A. 0.267 dB C. 1.235 dB
B. cosmic noise D. galactic noise amplifier is 25 K. What is the noise figure? B. 0.56 dB. D. 0.958 dB
A. 0.4 dB. B. 0.8 dB. C. 11 dB D. 0.9 dB
9. Considered as the main source of an internal 30. A transistor has a measured S/N power of 60
noise 21. The resistor R1 and R2 are connected in at its input and 19 at its output. Determine the
A. flicker C. device imperfection series at 300 K and 400 K temperature noise figure of the transistor.
B. thermal agitation D. temperature change respectively. If R1 is 200 ohms and R2 is 300 A. 5 dB C. 2.5 dB
ohms, find the power produced at the load (RL= B. 10 dB. D. 7.5 dB
500 ohms) over a bandwidth of 100 kHz.
A. 0.05 nanowatts C. 0.5 femtowatts 31. Which does not affect noise in a channel?
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A. none of these C. temperature 41. Determine the shot noise for a diode with a
B. bandwidth D. quantizing level forward bias of 1.40 mA over an 80 kHz
bandwidth. (q=1.6 x 10 raised to minus 19 C)
32. Reference noise temperature A. 6 nA C. 12 nA
A. 70 deg F C. 290 kelvin B. 3 mA D. 15 mA
B. 30 deg C. D. 25 deg C
42. The total noise power present in a 1-Hz
33. Industrial noise frequency is between bandwidth
A. 200 to 3000 MHz C. 0 to 10 kHz A. noise density C. noise limit
B. 15 to 160 MHz D. 20 GHz B. noise figure D. noise intensity

34. Noise from random acoustic or electric noise 43. An amplifier with an overall gain of 20 dB is
that has equal per cycle over a specified total impressed with a signal whose power level is 1
frequency band watt. Calculate the power output in dBm.
A. thermal noise C. Gaussian noise A. 50 dBm C. 80 dBm
B. white noise D. all of these B. 150 dB. D. 100 dBm

35. A transistor amplifier has a measured S/N 44. What is the effect on the signal to noise ratio
power of 100 at its input and 20 at its output. of a system (in dB) if the bandwidth is doubled
Determine the noise figure of the transistor. considering all other parameters to remain
A. 14 dB C. -6 dB unchanged except the normal thermal noise only.
B. 7 dB. D. -3 dB The S/N will be
A. increased by a factor of 2
36. What does the noise weighting curve show? B. decreased to 1/2 its value
A. Noise signals measured with a 144 handsets C. increased by a factor of 4
B. power levels of noise found in carrier systems D. decreased to 1/4 its value
C. the interfering effect of other frequencies in a
voice channel compared with a reference 45. Express the ratio in decibels of noise power
frequency of one kilohertz ratio 50 is to 10 watts.
D. interfering effects of signals compared with a 3- A. 7 dB C. 14 dB
kHz tone B. 21 dB. D. 3.5 dB

37. The signal power of the input to an amplifier is 46. What do you call the noise coming from the
100 microW and the noise power is 1 microW. At sun and stars?
the output, the signal power is 1 W and the noise A. black-body noise C. galactic noise
power is 40 mW. What is the amplifier noise B. space noise D. all of these
figure?
A. -6 dB C. 6 dB 47. A satellite has a noise figure of 1.6 dB. Find its
B. 9 dB. D. -3 dB equivalent noise temperature.
A. 139 K C. 291K
38. In measuring noise in a voice channel at a -4 B. 192 K D. 129 K
db test point level, the meter reads -70 dBm (F1A
weighted), convert the reading into pWp. 48. What is the primary cause of atmospheric
A. 53 C. 63 noise?
B. 93 D. 83 A. thunderstorm
B. lightning
39. An amplifier with 20 dB gain is connected to C. thunderstorm and lightning
another with 10 dB gain by means of a D. weather condition
transmission line with a loss of 4 dB. If a signal
with a power level of -14 dBm were applied to the 49. In a microwave communications system,
system, calculate the power output. determine the noise power in dBm for an
A. 14 dBm C. -20 dB equivalent noise bandwidth of 10 MHz.
B. -12 dB. D. 12 dBm A. -104 dBm C. -94 dBm
B. -114 dBm D. -174 dBm
40. Two resistors, R1 and R2 have temperatures
of 300 K and 400 K, respectively. What is the 50. The solar cycle repeats the period of great
noise power if the two resistors are connected in electrical disturbance approximately every
series at 10 MHz bandwidth? A. 11 years C. 9 years
A. 96.6 fW C. 41.4 fW B. 10 years D. 8 years
B. 55.2 fW D. 88.36 fW