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1. Before data can be transmitted, they must be transformed to ________.

A. periodic signals
B. electromagnetic signals
C. aperiodic signals
D. low-frequency sine waves

B. electromagnetic signals

2. 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

C. 1 KHz

3. In a frequency-domain plot, the horizontal axis measures the ________.

A. peak amplitude
B. frequency
C. phase
D. slope

B. frequency

4. In a time-domain plot, the horizontal axis is a measure of ________.

A. signal amplitude
B. frequency
C. phase
D. time

D. time

5. 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

D. 57 KHz

6. 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

C. 3 MHz

7. As frequency increases, the period ________.

A. decreases
B. increases
C. remains the same
D. doubles

A. decreases

8. 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

B. twice

9. A sine wave is ________.

A. periodic and continuous


B. aperiodic and continuous
C. periodic and discrete
D. aperiodic and discrete

A. periodic and continuous


10. If the maximum amplitude of a sine wave is 2 V, the minimum amplitude is

________ V.

A. 2
B. 1
C. -2
D. between -2 and 2

C. -2

11. 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

B. P2 equals P1

12. ________ 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

A. Attenuation

13. ________ 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

B. Distortion
14. ________ 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

C. Noise

15. 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

D. distance a signal or bit has traveled

16. Data can be ________.

A. analog
B. digital
C. (a) or (b)
D. none of the above

C. (a) or (b)

17. _______ data are continuous and take continuous values.

A. analog
B. digital
C. (a) or (b)
D. none of the above

A. analog

18. _______ data have discrete states and take discrete values.

A. Analog
B. Digital
C. (a) or (b)
D. None of the above

B. Digital

19. Signals can be ________

A. analog
B. digital
C. either (a) or (b)
D. neither (a) nor (b)

C. either (a) or (b)

20. _____ signals can have an infinite number of values in a range.

A. Analog
B. Digital
C. (a) or (b)
D. None of the above

A. Analog

21. _______ signals can have only a limited number of values.

A. Analog
B. Digital
C. (a) or (b)
D. None of the above

B. Digital

22. Frequency and period are ______

A. inverse of each other


B. proportional to each other
C. the same
D. none of the above

A. inverse of each other

23. _______is the rate of change with respect to time.


A. Amplitude
B. Time
C. Frequency
D. Voltage

C. Frequency

24. _______ describes the position of the waveform relative to time 0.

A. Frequency
B. Phase
C. Amplitude
D. Voltage

B. Phase

25. 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

A. time; frequency

26. 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

B. single-frequency; composite

27. 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

C. bandwidth

28. 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)

A. digital

29. 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

A. low-pass

30. 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

B. bandpass

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