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

A)Electromagnetic signals
B)Periodic signals
C)Aperiodic signals
D)Low-frequency sine waves

2 CORRECT When one of the components of a signal has a frequency of zero, the average amplitude of the signal ________.
A)Is less than zero
B)Is greater than zero
C)Is zero
D)(a) or (b)

3 CORRECT A periodic signal can always be decomposed into ________.

A)Exactly an odd number of sine waves

B)A set of sine waves, one of which must have a phase of 0°
C)A set of sine waves
D)None of the above

4 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

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

A)Frequency
B)Peak amplitude
C)Phase
D)Slope

6 CORRECT In a time-domain plot, the vertical axis is a measure of ________.

A)Frequency
B)Phase
C)Amplitude
D)Time

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

A)Signal amplitude
B)Time
C)Frequency
D)Phase

8 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

9 CORRECT What is the bandwidth of a signal that ranges from 40 KHz to 4 MHz?

A)3.96 MHz
B)36 MHz
C)360 KHz
D)396 KHz

10 CORRECT As frequency increases, the period ________.

A)Decreases
B)Increases
C)Remains the same
D)Doubles

11 CORRECT When propagation speed is multiplied by propagation time, we get the ________.
A)Throughput
B)Wavelength of the signal
C)Distance a signal or bit has traveled
D)Distortion factor
12 CORRECT Propagation time is ________ proportional to distance and ________ proportional to propagation speed.

A)Inversely; directly
B)Inversely; inversely
C)Directly; inversely
D)Directly; directly

13 CORRECT Wavelength is ________ proportional to propagation speed and ________ proportional to period.

A)Directly; directly
B)Inversely; directly
C)Directly; inversely
D)Inversely; inversely

14 CORRECT Which of the following can be determined from a frequency-domain graph of a signal?

A)Phase
B)Power
C)Frequency
D)All the above

15 CORRECT Which of the following can be determined from a frequency-domain graph of a signal?

A)Phase
B)Bandwidth
C)Power
D)All the above

16 CORRECT In a frequency-domain plot, the vertical axis measures the ________.

A)Frequency
B)Peak amplitude
C)Phase
D)Slope

17 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

18 CORRECT The wavelength of green light in air is ________ the wavelength of green light in fiber-optic cable.

A)Greater than
B)Less than
C)Equal to
D)None of the above

19 CORRECT Using the Shannon formula to calculate the data rate for a given channel, if C = B, then ________.
A)The signal is equal to the noise
B)The signal is less than the noise
C)The signal is greater than the noise
D)Not enough information is given to answer the question

20 CORRECT A sine wave is ________.

A)Aperiodic and continuous

B)Periodic and discrete
C)Aperiodic and discrete
D)Periodic and continuous

21 CORRECT 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

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
22 CORRECT
________.
A)P2 is zero
B)P2 equals P1
C)P2 is much larger than P1
D)P2 is much smaller than P1
 ________ is a type of transmission impairment in which the signal loses strength due to the resistance of the transmission
23 CORRECT
medium.
A)Distortion
B)Noise
C)Decibel
D)Attenuation

________ is a type of transmission impairment in which the signal loses strength due to the different propagation speeds of each
24 CORRECT
frequency that makes up the signal.
A)Attenuation
B)Noise
C)Distortion
D)Decibel

25 CORRECT ________ is a type of transmission impairment in which an outside source such as crosstalk corrupts a signal.

A)Attenuation
B)Noise
C)Distortion
D)Decibel

26 CORRECT The ________ has units of meters/second or kilometers/second.

A)Throughput
B)Propagation time
C)Propagation speed
D)(b) or (c)

27 CORRECT ________ has units of bits/second.

A)Throughput
B)Propagation speed
C)Propagation time
D)(b) or (c)

28 CORRECT The ________ has units of seconds.

A)Throughput
B)Propagation time
C)Propagation speed
D)(b) or (c)

29 CORRECT The wavelength of a signal depends on the ________.

A)Frequencies of the signal

B)Medium
C)Phase of the signal
D)(a) and (b)