Subject Code: Subject Name: Semester: Faculty In-charge:

ITC304 Principle of 03 Stella J

Communication

Question Bank : Internal Assessment Test -1 Date: 21/7/2023

Question CO BL Module Question

No.
Q1 ITC304.1 BL1 01 Define Modulation and Discuss the need for Modulation.

Q2 ITC304.1 BL1 01 Explain the types of wired and wireless communication

channels.
Q3 ITC304.1 BL2 01 Compare Analog and Digital Communication system

Q4 ITC304.1 BL1 01 State the Advantages of Digital Communication over Analog

Communication system.
Q5. ITC304.1 BL1 01 Draw and Explain the Block Diagram of Analog Communication
system
Q6 ITC304.1 BL1 01 Elaborate Optical Fiber Communication Technology

Q7 ITC304.1 BL1 01 Enumerate Satellite Communication with near diagram

Q8 ITC304.1 BL3 01 Calculate the Antenna Height for the Frequency ranges 2Hz and
9MHz. Compare and contrast interms of Need for Modulation
Q9 ITC304.1 BL1 01 Define the term Bandiwidth, Frequency and Wavelength

Q10 ITC304.1 BL3 01 Calculate the Bandwidth of the radio signal ranges 20Hz to
35KHz
Q11 ITC304.1 BL3 01 Explain the term Frequency, Wavelength and Bandwidth with
neat diagram
Q12 ITC304.2 BL3 02 Find the Fourier Transform of unit step, Gate and Delta signal.

Q13 ITC304.2 BL3 02 Explain the term Thermal Noise. Prove that the Noise Voltage is
√4KTBRor electronic device operating at a temperature of 17℃
with a bandwidth of 10KHz,
Determine,
Thermal noise power in dbm
RMS Noise voltage for a 100Ω load resistance.
Q14 ITC304.2 BL2 02 Explain the types of Internal and External Noise
Q15 ITC304.2 BL2 02 Explain the term,
1. Signal-to-noise ratio
2. Noise Factor
3. Noise figure
4. Noise Bandwidth
Q16 ITC304.2 BL2 02 Define Noise Figure and Calculate the Noise output power
interms of F.
Q17 ITC304.2 BL2 02 Define SNR and State the importance of SNR in radio receiver

Q18 ITC304.2 BL2 02 Derive Noise Equivalent Temperature

Q19 ITC304.2 BL2 02 Classify and Elaborate on Internal Noise

Q20 ITC304.2 BL2 02 State and Prove Linearity Property of Fourier Transform

Q21 ITC304.2 BL2 02 Sate and Prove Frequency Shifting Property of Fourier
Transform
Q22 ITC304.2 BL2 02 Obtain the Fourier Transform of a cosine wave have a frequency
f0 and peak amplitude of unity and plot its spectrum
Q23 ITC304.2 BL3 02 Calculate the noise voltage at the input of a receivers RF
Amplifier using a device that has a 100Ω equivalent noise
resistance and a 200 input resistor. The Bandwidth of an
amplifier is 1MHz and the temperature is 250 C. Boltzman
Constant = 1.38 x 10-23 J/K
Q24 ITC304.2 BL3 02 The SNR at the input of an amplifier is 40dB. If the noise figure
of an amplifier is 20dB. Calculate the SNR at the amplifier
output.
Q25 ITC304.2 BL3 02 The signal power and noise power means used at the input of an
amplifier are 150μW, 1.5μW respectively. If the signal power at
the output 1.5W and noise power is 40mW. Calculate the
amplifier noise factor and noise figure
Q26 ITC304.2 BL3 02 In a radio receiver an RF ampifier and a mixer are connected in
cascade as shown in figure. The amplifier has a noise figure of
10dB and the power gain is 15dB. The noise Figure of a mixer
stage is 20dB. Calculate the overall noise figure referred to the
input.

Amplifier Mixer

Gain =15dB F2 = 20dB

F1 = 10dB

Q27 ITC304.2 BL2 02 Discuss about Noise Bandwidth

Q28 ITC304.2 BL2 02 Write a Short notes on White Gaussian Noise

Q29 ITC304.2 BL2 02 Define Thermal noise and Explain why it is called as Brownian
Noise also Derive Thermal Noise Power and Voltage.
Q30 ITC304.2 BL3 02 State the Significance of the Time Scaling Property

Q31 ITC304.2 BL3 02 State and Prove Time Shifting and Time scaling Property of
Fourier Transform
Q32 ITC304.3 BL2 03 Derive the power calculations in AM-DSBFC.

Q33 ITC304.3 BL3 03 The carrier wave is represented by equation ec(t) = 10sinwt.
Draw the waveform of an AM wave for m=0.5.
Q34 ITC304.3 BL2 03 What are the advantages and Limitations of SSB over DSB-FC.
Q35 ITC304.3 BL2 03 Explain the Ratio detector with neat diagram.

Q36 ITC304.3 BL2 03 Explain the Generation and degeneration of DSBSC AM.

Q37 ITC304.3 BL3 03 An AM signal appears across a 50Ω load and has the following
equation
v(t) =12(1+ sin 12.566 x 103t) sin18.85 x 106t volts.
Sketch the envelope of this signal in time domain.
Calculate the modulation index, sideband frequencies, total
power and Bandwidth.
Q38 ITC304.3 BL2 03 What are the limitations of TRF receiver? Explain how these
limitations are avoided using super heterodyne receiver.
Q39 ITC304.3 BL2 03 Explain in brief Pre-emphasis and De-emphasis.

Q40 ITC304.3 BL2 03 Derive the mathematical expression for FM.

Q41 ITC304.3 BL2 03 Explain Foster seeley discriminator with neat block diagram and
compare the performance with ratio detector.
Q42 ITC304.3 BL2 03 Explain the generation of SSBSC AM using Phase Shift Method.

Q43 ITC304.3 BL3 03 An amplitude modulated waveform has a form

x(t) = [10(1+0.6 cos 2000πt + 0.4 cos 4000πt) cos 2000πt)]
(i) Sketch the amplitude spectrum of X(t)
(ii) Find the power spectral of each spectral component including
carrier
(iii) Find the total power and sideband power.
(iv) What is the modulation index?
Q44 ITC304.3 BL3 03 The AM transmitter develops an un-modulated power O/P of
400 Watts across a 50Ω resistive load. The carrier is modulated
by a sinusoidal signal with a modulation index of 0.8. Assuming
fm = 5 KHz and fc =1 MHz.
Obtain the value of carrier amplitude Vc and hence write the
expression for AM signal.
Find the total sideband power.
Draw the AM wave for the given modulation index.
Q45 ITC304.3 BL2 03 Explain the Generation of FM by Armstrong method?

Q46 ITC304.3 BL3 03 Compare AM and FM

Q47 ITC304.3 BL3 03 Compare AM-DSBFC, AM-DSBSC, SSB-SC

Q48 ITC304.3 BL2 03 How the Selectivity and sensitivity will be improved in super
heterodyne receiver as compare to TRF receiver.
Q49 ITC304.3 BL3 03 A 10KW carrier wave is amplitude modulates at 80% depth of
modulation by a sinusoidal modulating signal. Calculate the
sideband power, total power and the transmission efficiency of
the AM wave.
Q50 ITC304.3 BL3 03 A carrier wave ec = 4 sin (2ℼ x 500 x 103t) is amplitude
modulated by an audio wave.
Vm = 0.2 sin 3(2ℼ x 500t) + 0.1 sin 5(2ℼ x 500t). Determine the
upper and lower sidebands and sketch the complete spectrum of
the modulated wave. Estimate the total power in sidebands
Q51 ITC304.3 BL2 03 Derive the Mathametical Expression of AM - DSBSC

Q52 ITC304.3 BL2 03 Describe Foster seeley Discriminator with neat Block Diagram
Q53 ITC304.3 BL3 03 A transmitter transmit 10KW of power without modulation and
12KW after amplitude modulation. What is the modulation
index?
Q54 ITC304.3 BL2 03 Define Selectivity, Sensitivity and Fidelity

Q55 ITC304.3 BL2 03 Express the Mathametical Expression of AM - DSBFC

Q56 ITC304.3 BL3 03 Define the term percent modulation and determine the percent
modulation for an FM wave with a frequency deviation of
10KHz if the maximum deviation allowed is 25KHz
Q57 ITC304.3 BL3 03 A FM wave is represented by the following equation,
V = 10 sin [ 5 x 108t + 4 sin 1250t]
Find, (i ) Carrier and modulating frequencies
(ii ) Modulation index and maximum deviation
(iii ) The power dissipation by this FM wave in resistor 5Ω
Q58 ITC304.3 BL3 03 In an FM system, the audio frequency is 1KHz and audio voltage
is 2 volts. The deviation is 4KHz. If the AF voltage is now
increased to 8 volts and its frequency dropped to 500Hz. Find
the modulation index in ease case corresponding bandwidth
using carsons rule
Q59 ITC304.3 BL3 03 A carrier Ec coswct modulated by a signal
F(t) = 2 cos 2ℼt + 6 cos 103 2ℼt + 7 cos 103 4ℼt.
Find the Bandwidth of FM using carson’s rule.
Assume K = 10x 103 Hz per volt. Also find the deviation ratio.
Q60 ITC304.3 BL2 03 Describe the TRF Receiver in Detail

Subject In-charge: Prof. Stella J