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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Data and Signals - MCQs

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  1. 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
  2. _________ can impair a signal.
    • A)   Noise
    • B)   Attenuation
    • C)   Distortion
    • D)   All of the above
  3. ________is the rate of change with respect to time.
    • A)   Time
    • B)   Frequency
    • C)   Amplitude
    • D)   Voltage
  4. 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 equals P1
    • B)   P2 is zero
    • C)   P2 is much larger than P1
    • D)   P2 is much smaller than P1
  5. Baseband transmission of a digital signal is possible only if we have a ____ channel.
    • A)   bandpass
    • B)   low-pass
    • C)   high rate
    • D)   low rate
  6. ________ is a type of transmission impairment in which the signal loses strength due to the resistance of the transmission medium.
    • A)   Distortion
    • B)   Attenuation
    • C)   Noise
    • D)   Decibel
  7. A sine wave in the ______ domain can be represented by one single spike in the _____ domain.
    • A)   time; phase
    • B)   frequency; time
    • C)   time; frequency
    • D)   phase; time
  8. 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)   47 KHz
    • C)   57 KHz
    • D)   10 KHz
  9. In a time-domain plot, the horizontal axis is a measure of ________.
    • A)   phase
    • B)   signal amplitude
    • C)   frequency
    • D)   time
  10. _______ data are continuous and take continuous values.
    • A)   digital
    • B)   analog
    • C)   (a) or (b)
    • D)   none of the above
  11. Frequency and period are ______.
    • A)   proportional to each other
    • B)   inverse of each other
    • C)   the same
    • D)   none of the above
  12. When propagation speed is multiplied by propagation time, we get the ________.
    • A)   wavelength of the signal
    • B)   throughput
    • C)   distance a signal or bit has traveled
    • D)   distortion factor
  13. A _________ sine wave is not useful in data communications; we need to send a _______ signal.
    • A)   single-frequency; composite
    • B)   composite; single-frequency This is the correct answer.
    • C)   single-frequency; double-frequency
    • D)   none of the above
  14. The _________ product defines the number of bits that can fill the link.
    • A)   delay-amplitude
    • B)   frequency-amplitude
    • C)   bandwidth-period
    • D)   bandwidth-delay
  15. _______ signals can have only a limited number of values.
    • A)   Digital
    • B)   Analog
    • C)   (a) or (b)
    • D)   None of the above
  16. Before data can be transmitted, they must be transformed to ________.
    • A)   periodic signals
    • B)   electromagnetic signals
    • C)   aperiodic signals
    • D)   low-frequency sine waves
  17. Data can be ________.
    • A)   digital
    • B)   analog
    • C)   (a) or (b)
    • D)   none of the above
  18. ________ 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)   Noise
    • B)   Distortion
    • C)   Attenuation
    • D)   Decibel
  19. Signals can be ________.
    • A)   digital
    • B)   analog
    • C)   either (a) or (b)
    • D)   neither (a) nor (b)
  20. A sine wave is ________.
    • A)   periodic and discrete
    • B)   aperiodic and discrete
    • C)   periodic and continuous
    • D)   aperiodic and continuous
  21. _______ data have discrete states and take discrete values.
    • A)   Analog
    • B)   Digital
    • C)   (a) or (b)
    • D)   None of the above
  22. For a ______ channel, we need to use the Shannon capacity to find the maximum bit rate.
    • A)   noiseless
    • B)   noisy
    • C)   low-pass
    • D)   bandpass
  23. What is the bandwidth of a signal that ranges from 1 MHz to 4 MHz?
    • A)   1 KHz
    • B)   3 MHz
    • C)   4 MHz
    • D)   none of the above
  24. _____ signals can have an infinite number of values in a range.
    • A)   Analog
    • B)   Digital
    • C)   (a) or (b)
    • D)   None of the above
  25. 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)
  26. 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
  27. The _____ of a composite signal is the difference between the highest and the lowest frequencies contained in that signal.
    • A)   period
    • B)   bandwidth
    • C)   frequency
    • D)   amplitude
  28. ________ is a type of transmission impairment in which an outside source such as crosstalk corrupts a signal.
    • A)   Noise
    • B)   Distortion
    • C)   Attenuation
    • D)   Decibel
  29. _______ describes the position of the waveform relative to time 0.
    • A)   Amplitude
    • B)   Phase
    • C)   Frequency
    • D)   Voltage
  30. 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
  31. As frequency increases, the period ________.
    • A)   increases
    • B)   decreases
    • C)   doubles
    • D)   remains the same
  32. If the available channel is a ____ channel, we cannot send a digital signal directly to the channel.
    • A)   low-pass
    • B)   low rate
    • C)   bandpass
    • D)   high rate
  33. For a ______ channel, the Nyquist bit rate formula defines the theoretical maximum bit rate.
    • A)   low-pass
    • B)   bandpass
    • C)   noisy
    • D)   noiseless
  34. In a frequency-domain plot, the horizontal axis measures the ________.
    • A)   phase
    • B)   frequency
    • C)   slope
    • D)   peak amplitude

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