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EC3491/COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS QUIZ

Name of the Student:


Department:
Year/Semester:
Date: 4/25/2024

1. In DSBSC modulation, the carrier is:


a) Transmitted along with the sidebands
b) Completely suppressed
c) Partially transmitted
d) Phase modulated
Answer: b) Completely suppressed

2. The bandwidth of a Double Sideband Full Carrier (DSBFC) AM signal is:


a) Equal to the carrier frequency
b) Twice the bandwidth of the modulating signal
c) Half the bandwidth of the modulating signal
d) The same as the bandwidth of the modulating signal
Answer: b) Twice the bandwidth of the modulating signal

3. The primary advantage of Single Sideband (SSB) over Double Sideband (DSB) is:
a) Lower noise
b) Higher bandwidth requirement
c) Lower power requirement
d) Easier demodulation
Answer: c) Lower power requirement

4. In Superheterodyne receivers, the purpose of the intermediate frequency (IF) stage is to:
a) Increase carrier frequency
b) Improve selectivity and sensitivity
c) Reduce noise
d) Perform modulation
Answer: b) Improve selectivity and sensitivity

5. The function of a Hilbert transform in AM systems is to:


a) Demodulate the AM signal
b) Generate the analytic signal
c) Suppress the carrier
d) Generate noise
Answer: b) Generate the analytic signal

6. White noise has:


a) Constant power density over all frequencies
b) A specific bandwidth
c) Lowfrequency components only
d) Highfrequency components only
Answer: a) Constant power density over all frequencies

7. The threshold effect in angle modulation occurs when:


a) The carrier frequency is too high
b) The signaltonoise ratio (SNR) is below a certain level
c) The modulating signal is a square wave
d) The sampling rate exceeds the Nyquist rate
Answer: b) The signaltonoise ratio (SNR) is below a certain level

8. Aliasing occurs when:


a) The sampling rate is below the Nyquist rate
b) The signal is bandlimited
c) Quantization noise is too high
d) The signal is too weak
Answer: a) The sampling rate is below the Nyquist rate

9. Quantization noise is caused by:


a) Insufficient bandwidth
b) Errors in amplitude sampling
c) Nonlinear frequency modulation
d) Low pass filtering
Answer: b) Errors in amplitude sampling

10. In Pulse Code Modulation (PCM), the number of quantization levels is determined by:
a) The carrier frequency
b) The number of bits per sample
c) The modulation index
d) The noise level
Answer: b) The number of bits per sample

11. In Differential Pulse Code Modulation (DPCM), the signal is encoded by:
a) The difference between consecutive samples
b) The sum of previous samples
c) The phase of the carrier
d) A modulated pulse train
Answer: a) The difference between consecutive samples

12. In Delta Modulation (DM), slope overload distortion occurs when:


a) The input signal changes too slowly
b) The modulator step size is too small
c) The sampling rate is too high
d) The bandwidth is too large
Answer: b) The modulator step size is too small

13. Hamming codes can detect and correct:


a) Singlebit errors only
b) Singlebit errors and detect doublebit errors
c) Doublebit errors only
d) No errors
Answer: b) Singlebit errors and detect doublebit errors

14. The channel coding theorem defines the:


a) Maximum error correction capability of a code
b) Maximum transmission rate over a noisy channel
c) Minimum bandwidth requirement for a digital signal
d) Minimum SNR required for reliable communication
Answer: b) Maximum transmission rate over a noisy channel

15. The Viterbi algorithm is used to:


a) Encode convolutional codes
b) Decode convolutional codes
c) Generate cyclic codes
d) Encode linear block codes
Answer: b) Decode convolutional codes
16. In Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK), the phase of the carrier is shifted by:
a) 180 degree
b) 90 degree
c) 45 degree
d) 60 degree
Answer: a) 180 degree

17. In Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM), the information is conveyed through:


a) Amplitude only
b) Phase only
c) Both amplitude and phase
d) Frequency only
Answer: c) Both amplitude and phase

18. The occupied bandwidth of a BPSK signal is approximately:


a) Twice the bit rate
b) Equal to the bit rate
c) Half the bit rate
d) Four times the bit rate
Answer: a) Twice the bit rate

19. The Probability of Bit Error (BER) for a BPSK system in an Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN)
channel is given by:

Answer: a)

20. In DPSK (Differential Phase Shift Keying), information is conveyed by:


a) The difference in amplitude between symbols
b) The phase difference between consecutive symbols
c) The frequency difference between symbols
d) The sum of phases of consecutive symbols

Answer: b) The phase difference between consecutive symbols


21. In a coherent receiver, the received signal is:
a) Compared with a reference signal that has the same phase and frequency as the carrier
b) Compared with a random noise signal
c) Demodulated without phase synchronization
d) Demodulated using a highpass filter
Answer: a) Compared with a reference signal that has the same phase and frequency as the carrier

22. Optimum detection of signals in noise is based on:


a) Maximizing signal bandwidth
b) Minimizing transmission power
c) Maximizing signaltonoise ratio (SNR)
d) Minimizing bit error rate (BER)
Answer: c) Maximizing signaltonoise ratio (SNR)

23. Intersymbol interference (ISI) occurs when:


a) The signal bandwidth is too large
b) Successive symbols overlap in time
c) The noise level is too high
d) The signal is undersampled
Answer: b) Successive symbols overlap in time

24. The probability of error in baseband pulse transmission is minimized when:


a) The receiver uses a lowpass filter
b) The matched filter is used at the receiver
c) The signal bandwidth is increased
d) The pulse width is decreased
Answer: b) The matched filter is used at the receiver

25. In digital communication systems, demodulation of bandlimited signals over noisy channels is achieved by:
a) Zeroforcing equalization
b) Maximum likelihood detection
c) Lowpass filtering
d) Highpass filtering
Answer: b) Maximum likelihood detection

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