AC 1M QUESTIONS

1. Bandwidth required for baseband signals in telephony is

a)0.3 to 3.4Khz b)3.5 to 7.7Khz
c) upto 15Khz d)upto 20Khz

2. The image channel rejection in a super heterodyne receiver comes from
a) IF stage only b) RFstage only
c)detector and RFstages only d) detector,RF and IF stages

3. The purpose of peak clipper circuits in radio transmitters is to
a) reduce bandwidth b)increase bandwidth
c)prevent over modulation d)regulate oscillator input voltage

4.In super heterodyne receiver,the frequency of the local oscillator is
a)equal to that of incoming signal b)higher than that of incoming signal
c) slightly less than that of incoming signal d) half that of incoming signal

5.A carrier is simultaneously amplitude modulated by two sine waves with modulation indices of 0.3
and 0.4.If the modulated power is 10kw.What is the total modulated power?
a)12.5kW b)10Kw
c)10.125kW d)10.5Kw

6.Which of the following demodulators can be used for demodulating the signal
X(t)=5(1+2 cos2000t) cos2000t
a)envelope detector b)square-law demodulator
c)synchronous demodulator d)all the above

7. A super heterodyne radio receiver with an intermediate frequency of 455khz is tuned to a station
operating at 1200khz.The associated image frequency is_____
a)2000khz b)2100khz
c)2200khz d)2110khz

8.A 10MHZ carrier is frequency modulated by a sinusoidal signal of 500HZ,the maximum frequency
deviation being 50KHZ.The bandwidth required, as given by the Carsons rule is
a)100KHZ b)110KHZ
c)111KHZ d)101KHZ

9.V(t)=5*cos(106t)-sin(103t) sin(106t)+ represents
a)DSB-SC signal b)AM signal
c) SSB upper side band signal d) Narrow band FM signal

10. Inreased pulse width in the flat-top sampling leads to
a)attenuation of high frequencies in reproduction b) attenuation of low frequencies in reproduction
c) greater aliasing errors in reproduction d)no harmful effects in reproduction

11.A 1KHZ signal is flat-top sampled at the rate of 1800 samples per second and the samples are applied
to an ideal rectangular LPF with cut-off frequency of 1100HZ,then the output of the filter contains
a)only 800HZ component b) 800HZ and 900HZ components
c) 800HZ and 1000Hz components d) 800HZ, 900HZ and 1000Hzc omponents

12.Flat-top sampling of low pass signals
a)gives rise to aperture effect b)implies oversampling
c)leads to aliasing d)introduces delay distortion

13.A DSB-SC signal is generated using the carrier cos(w
c
t+) and modulating signal x(t).The envelope of
the DSB-SC signal is
a) x(t) b) Ix(t)I
c)only positive portion of x(t). d) x(t) cos
14.A modulated signal is given by s(t)=m
1
(t) cos (2f
c
t)+m
2
(t) sin(2f
c
t) where the baseband signal s
m
1
(t) and m
2
(t) have bandwidths of 10khz and 15 khz respectively. The bandwidth of the amplitude
modulated signal, in khz is
a)10 b)15
c)25 d)30

15. A modulated signal is given by s(t)=e
-at
cos[(w
c
+w)t+ u(t), where a,w
c
and w are positive constants
and w
c
>>w.The complex envelope of s(t) is given by
a)e
-at
exp(j(w
c
+w)t) u(t) b) e
-at
exp(jwt) u(t)
c) exp(jwt) u(t) d)exp(j(w
c
+w)t)

16.A band limited signal is sampled at the Nyquist rate.The signal can be recovered by passing the
samples through
a)an RC filter b)an envelope detector
c)a PLL d)an ideal low pass filter with the appropriate bandwidth.

17.A 1MHZ sinusoidal carrier is amplitude modulated by a symmetrical square wave of period
100sec.Which of the following frequencies will not be present in the modulated signal
a)990khz b)1010khz
c)1020khz d)1030khz

18.The input to a coherent detector is DSB-SC signal plus noise.The noise at the detector output is
a)in-phase component b)quadrature component
c)zero d)the envelope

19.An AM signal is detected using an envelope detector .The carrier and modulating signal frequencies
are 1MHz and 2kHz respectively. An appropriate value for the time constant of the envelope detector is
a)500sec b)20sec
c)0.2sec d)1sec

20.An AM signal and a narrow band FM signal with identical carriers ,modulating signals and modulation
indices of 0.1 are added together .The resultant signal can be closely approximated by
a)broadband FM b)SSB with carrier
c)DSB-SC d) SSB without carrier

21.Which of the following analog modulation scheme requires the minimum transmitted power nad
minimum channel width?
a)VSB b)DSB-SC
c)SSB d)AM

22.The power in the signal s(t)=8 cos(20t-/2)+4 sin (15t) is
a)40w b)41w
c)42w d)82w

23.For a message signal m(t)=cos(2f
m
t) and carrier of frequency f
c
, which of the following represents a
single side-band signal?
a) cos(2f
m
t) cos(2f
c
t) b) cos(2f
c
t)
c) cos(2(f
c+
f
m
)t) d)(1+cos(2f
m
t)) cos(2f
c
t)

24.A band-limited signal with a maximum frequency of 5 kHz is to be sampled.
According to the sampling theorem, the sampling frequency which is not valid is
a)5 kHz b) 12 kHz
c) 15 kHz d) 20 kHz

25. Consider the amplitude modulated (AM) signal A
c
cosw
c
t 2cosw
c
t coswt. For
demodulating the signal using envelope detector, the minimum value of Ac should
be
a)2 b) 1
c) 0.5 d) 0
ANSWERS
1.a 2.c 3.c 4.b 5.a 6.d 7.d 8.d 9.d 10.a
11.b 12.a 13.b 14.c 15.c 16.d 17.c 18.c 19.b 20.b
21.c 22.a 23.c 24.c 25.a