ECE 502 – Digital Communications

1. The digital information is contained in both the amplitude and c. Front/back keying
phase of the modulated carrier. d. I/O keying
a. PSK
b. FSK 12. PCM system require_________.
c. QAM a. Analog signal
d. ASK b. Large bandwidth
c. Digital signals
2. The input signal is a binary digital signal and a limited number of d. Fiber optics cable
out put phases are possible.
a. PSK 13. Which theorem sets the limit on the maximum capacity of a
b. FSK channel with a given noise level?
c. QAM a. Nyquist theorem
d. ASK b. Hartley theorem
c. Shannon-Hartley theorem
3. A seven digit character can represent one of______ possibilities. d. Shannon theorem
a. 7
b. 14 14. _______is the difference between the original and reconstructed
c. 64 signal.
d. 128 a. Quantizing noise
b. Fade margin
4. ______ is defined to be the maximum rate at which information c. Noise margin
can be transmitted through a channel. d. Noise figure
a. Bit rate
b. Baud rate 15. What are the steps to follow to produce a PCM signal?
c. Coding a. Sampling,coding and quantizing
d. Channel capacity b. Sampling,quantizing and coding
c. Quantizing,sampling and coding
5. Inventor of pulse-code modulation for the digital encoding of d. Coding, quantizing and sampling
speech signals.
a. R.V.L. Hartley 16. A transmission where data are inputted directly on the cable.
b. J.R. carson a. Broadband
c. H. Nyquist b. Base band
d. Alex Reeves c. Digital
d. Analog
6. What is multiplexing?
a. The process of increasing bandwidth on a channel 17. Rules governing the transmission of digital information.
b. A technique that enables more than one data source to a. Data communications standard
share the use of a common line b. Line protocol
c. Mailing letter at the post office c. Isochronous
d. The ability to share frequency by time d. Digital communications

7. In ____ modulation the carrier is a periodic train pulses. 18. Digital to analog converter in synchronous modems send
a. Amplitude signals to the
b. Analog a. Modulator
c. Digital b. Transmission lines
d. Pulse c. Terminal
d. equalizer
8. Which of the following pulse modulation techniques is a digital
transmission system? 19. How many bits are there to present 8 combinations?
a. Pulse duration modulation a. 3
b. Pulse position modulation b. 4
c. Pulse width modulation c. 2
d. Pulse code modulation d. 5
20. How many number of equiprobable events are there for 8-bits of
9. A process where the higher amplitude analog signals are information?
compressed prior to transmission then expanded at the receiver. a. 256
a. Compressing b. 132
b. Expanding c. 2400
c. Encoding d. 512
d. Companding
21. The percentage of bit errors relative to a specific number of bits
10. _______uses a single bit PCM code to achieve a digital received; usually expressed as a number referenced to a power
transmission of analog signal of ten.
a. Quadrature Amplitude Modulation a. Bit error rate
b. Frequency Shift Keying(FSK) b. Transmission rate
c. Delta Modulation(DM) c. Distortion
d. Phase Modulation(PM) d. Parity check

11. Amplitude shift keying is also known as ______. 22. A digital modulation technique that results in two different
a. Up/down keying frequencies representing binary 1 and 0.
b. On/off keying a. FSK
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b. QPSK
c. ASK
d. DPSK Sketch the line code for: (a) UPNRZ; (b) BPNRZ; (c) UPRZ;
(d) BPRZ; (e) BPRZ-AMI
23. One dit is equal to _____ bits.
a. 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1
b. 3.5
c. 3.32
d. 4

24. A quadratic signaling has _____ possible states.

a. 16
b. 4
c. 8
d. 32

25. What is the smallest unit of information in binary transmission

system?
a. Byte
b. Digit
c. Bit
d. Nibble

26. What is the Nyquist sample rate for a voice input of 10 kHz?
a. 10 kHz
b. 20 kHz
c. 30 kHz
d. 40 kHz

27. What is the minimum number of bits required in PCM code for a
range of 10,000?
a. 12
b. 9
c. 14
d. 8

28. How many levels can be represented in PCM transmission

system if the binary numbers 00000000 to11111111 are used to
represent signal levels?
a. 256
b. 64
c. 128
d. 512

29. Mark and space refer respectively to

a. 1 and 0
b. Dot and dash
c. Message and interval
d. On and off
e. All of them

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