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AM & FM

b. Distortion
1. A portion in a communications system, which processes c. Harmonics
the information so that it will become suitable to the d. Interference
characteristic of the transmission medium
a. Encoder 14. Which noise figure represents the lowest noise?
b. Modulation a. 1.5 dB
c. Transmitter b. 2.0 dB
d. Multiplexer c. 3.7 dB
d. 4.1 dB
2. Signal whose physical quantity varies continuously with
time 15. Denote the interference of noise in dB above an
a. Digital adjusted reference noise. The adjusted reference noise
b. Analog level was a 1 kHz tone, set at – 85 dBm
c. Discrete a. dBa
d. Information b. dBm
c. dBa0
3. Digital information is processed with a specified degree d. pWp
of
a. Fidelity 16. A more precise evaluation of the quality of a receiver as
b. Accuracy far as noise is concerned.
c. Sensitivity a. S/N
d. Correctness b. VSWR
c. Noise factor
4. Indicate the voltage level in dB with reference to one d. Noise margin
volt. This unit is used in video or TV measurement
a. dBW 17. Noise figure for an amplifier with noise is always
b. dBk a. 0 dB
c. dBm b. Infinite

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d. Greater than 1
5. When the power ratio of the output to input of a circuit

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is 200. What is the gain in dB? 18. A passive circuit, usually consisting of capacitance
a. 23
b. 46
c. – 23
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power cord of an electronic device which allow the 60-
Hz current to pass and suppressed high frequency

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d. – 46 noise components.
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a. Noise filter
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6. What is the reference level for random noise b. Noise limiter

measurement, FIA weighted? c. Noise floor
a. – 82 dBm d. Noise quieting
b. – 90 dBm
c. – 85 dBm 19. A circuit often used in radio receivers that prevents
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d. – 77 dBm externally generated noise from exceeding certain

amplitude. They are also called noise clippers.
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7. A 10 db pad has an output level of -3dBm. The level at a. Noise floor

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the input is: b. Noise filter

a. 13 dBm c. Noise limiter
b. – 7 dBm d. Noise clamper
c. 1 dBm
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d. 7 dBm 20. Extra-terrestrial noise is observable at frequencies from

a. 0 to 20 KHz
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8. A power level of 50 μW could be expressed as: b. 8 Mhz to 1.43 GHz

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a. 1.69 dBm c. 5 to 8 GHz

b. – 4.3 dBm d. 15 to 60 MHz
c. 1 dBm
d. – 13 dBm 21. Which of the following is not true about AM?
a. The carrier amplitude varies.
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9. A system having an input power of 2 mW an output b. The carrier frequency remains constant.
power of 0.8 mW has a loss of: c. The carrier frequency changes.
a. 2.98 dBm d. The information signal amplitude changes the
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b. 3.98 dB carrier amplitude.

c. 3.98 μW
d. 1.98 mW 22. Modulator circuit performs what mathematical
operation on its two inputs?
10. Is the reduction of signal amplitude as it passed over a. Addition
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the transmission medium? b. Multiplication

a. Noise c. Division
b. Distortion d. Square root
c. Attenuation
d. Interface 23. If m is greater than 1, what happens?
a. Normal operation
11. Signal waveform perturbation or deviation caused by b. Carrier drops to zero
imperfect response of the system to the desired signal c. Carrier frequency shifts
a. Noise d. Information signal is distorted
b. Aliasing 24. The outline of the peaks of a carrier has the shape of
c. Distortion the modulating signal and is called the
d. Interference a. Trace
b. Waveshape
12. Signal attenuation can be corrected by c. Envelope
a. Filtering d. Carrier variation
b. Modulation
c. Equalization 25. The values of Vmax and Vmin as read from an AM wave on
d. Amplification an oscilloscope are 2.8 and 0.3. The percentage of the
modulation is
13. Signal contamination by extraneous or external a. 10.7 percent
sources, such as, other transmitters, power lines and b. 41.4 percent
machinery. c. 80.6 percent
a. Noise d. 93.3 percent
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wave. The LSB and USB are respectively, maximum modulating signal of 400 Hz. The deviation
a. 873 and 887kHz ratio is
b. 876.5 and 883.5 kHz a. 0.2
c. 883.5 and 876.5 kHz b. 5
d. 887 and 873 kHz c. 8
d. 40
27. For 100 percent modulation, what percentage of carrier
power is in each sideband? 40. The phenomenon of a strong FM signal dominating a
a. 25 percent weaker signal on a common frequency is referred to as
b. 33.3 percent the
c. 50 percent a. Capture effect
d. 100 percent b. Blot out
c. Quieting factor
28. An AM signal has a carrier power of 5W. The percentage d. Dominating syndrome
of modulation is 80 percent. The total sideband power 41. In a low-level AM system, amplifier following the
is modulated stage must be
a. 0.8 W a. Linear devices
b. 1.6 W b. Harmonic devices
c. 2.5 W c. Class C amplifier
d. 4.0 W d. Nonlinear devices

29. An AM transmitter antenna current is measured with no 42. If the carrier of a 100 percent modulated AM wave is
modulation and found to be 2.6 amperes. The suppressed, the percentage power saving will be
percentage of modulation is a. 50
a. 35 percent b. 150
b. 70 percent c. 100
c. 42 percent d. 66.66
d. 89 percent
43. A pre-emphasis circuit provides extra noise immunity

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30. The typical audio modulating frequency range used in by

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radio and telephone communications is a. Boosting the bass frequencies
a. 50 Hz to 5 kHz b. Amplifying the higher audio frequencies

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c. 100 Hz t 10 kHz d. Converting the phase modulation to FM
d. 300 Hz to 3 kHz

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44. One of the following transmits only one sideband
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31. An AM signal with a maximum modulating signal a. H3E
frequency of 4.5 kHz as a total bandwidth of b. R3E
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a. 4.5 kHz c. J3E

b. 6.75 kHz d. B8E
c. 9 kHz
d. 18 kHz 45. _____ is an electronic instrument used to show both the
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carrier and the sidebands of a modulated signal in the

32. An input signal of 1.8 MHz mixed with a local oscillator frequency domain
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of 5 MHz. A filter selects the difference signal. The a. Spectrum analyzer

output is
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b. Oscilloscope
a. 1.8 MHz c. Digital counter
b. 3.2 MHz d. Frequency counter
c. 5 MHz
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d. 6.8 MHz 46. AM transmission power increases with _____

a. Frequency
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33. What is produced by over modulation in AM? b. Source

a. Sidebands c. Load
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b. Splatter d. Modulation
c. Envelope
d. Deviation 47. What type of emission is frequency modulation?
a. F3E
34. The letter-number designation B8E is a form of b. G3E
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modulation also known as c. A3E

a. Pilot-carrier system d. B3E
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b. Independent sideband emission

c. Lincompex 48. What is the carrier swing of an FM transmitter when
d. Vestigial sideband transmission modulated by 75%?
a. 53.2 kHz
35. The inputs to a balanced modulator are 1 MHz and a b. 48 kHz
carrier of 1.5 MHz. The outputs are
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c. 56.25 kHz
a. 500 kHz d. 112.5 kHz
b. 2.5 Mhz
c. 1.5 MHz 49. An increase in transmitter power from 25 W to 30 W
d. Both a and b will cause the antenna current to increase from 700 mA
to
36. A widely used balanced modulator is called the a. 800 mA
a. Diode bridge circuit b. 750 mA
b. Full-wave bridge rectifier c. 767 mA
c. Lattice modulator d. 840 mA
d. Balanced bridge modulator
50. _____ is the function which tends to maintain the sound
37. What is the third character in the emission designation volume level of a voice receiver nearly constant for a
for telephony? large signal strength range
a. F a. Squelch
b. B b. Muting
c. D c. AGC
d. E d. AFC

38. A 100-MHz carrier is deviated 50 kHz by a 4-kHz signal 51. An FM receiver with an I-F of 10.7 MHz is tuned to 98.7
a. 5 MHz. What is the numerical value of the image
b. 8 frequency?
c. 12.5 a. 77.3 MHz
d. 20
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AM & FM

b. 88.0 MHz 63. What is the noise voltage across a 300 Ω input
c. 109.4 MHz resistance to a TV set with a 6 MHz bandwidth and
d. 120.1 MHz temperature of 30°C?
a. 2.3 μV
52. The function which tends to silence the receiver in the b. 3.8 μV
absence of transmitted carrier c. 5.5 μV
a. Squelch d. 6.4 μV
b. Muting
c. AGC 64. If bandwidth is doubled, the signal power is _____
d. AFC a. Not changed
b. Quadrupled
53. The term used to refer to the condition where the c. Tripled
signals from a very strong station are superimposed on d. Doubled
other signals being received
a. Cross-modulation interference 65. In an FM transmitter, what is the result of over
b. Intermodulation interference modulation?
c. Receiver quieting a. Lower frequency
d. Capture effect b. Distortion
c. Higher power
54. Stages that are common to both AM and FM receivers d. Excessive bandwidth
a. Tuner, local oscillator, detector, AF amplifier
b. RF amplifier, mixer, IF amplifier, AF amplifier 66. What are the basic elements of communications
c. Local oscillator, RF amplifier, frequency system?
discriminator, detector a. Source, transmission channel, transmitter
d. Tuner, IF amplifier, detector, AF amplifier b. Transmitter, receiver, transmission channel
c. Information, transmission channel, receiver
55. In a narrow-band FM system, the deviation ratio is d. Sender and receiver
commonly one and the highest audio frequency is

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generally limited to 67. A network that has an input of 75 dB and an output of

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a. 300 Hz 35dB. The loss of the network is _____
b. 10,000 Hz a. -40 dB

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c. 3,000 Hz b. 40 dB
d. 7,500 Hz eH w
56. Which of the following contains de-emphasis circuit?
c. -40 dBm
d. 40 dBm

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a. FM transmitter 68. If an amplifier has equal input and output impedances,
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b. FM receiver what voltage ratio does the gain of 50 dB represent?
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c. VHF transmitter a. 316.2

d. VHF receiver b. 325.2
c. 320.1
57. The term used to refer to the reduction of receiver gain d. 315.0
caused by the signal of a nearby station transmitter in
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the same frequency band? 69. An interfering signal with a frequency equal to the
a. Quieting received signal plus twice the IF is called
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b. Cross-modulation interference a. Image frequency

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d. Desensitizing c. Rest frequency
d. Interference frequency
58. What is the approximate bandwidth of an FM with a
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modulation factor of 12.5 and a modulating frequency 70. Subcarriers that are arranged so that the channels
of 10 kHz? occupying adjacent frequency band with some
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b. 270 kHz a. Guard bands

c. 250 kHz b. AM bands
d. 45 kHz c. Band gap
d. Void band
59. An amplifier operating over the frequency range of 455
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to 460 kHz has a 200 kΩ input resistor. What is the RMS 71. What is the lowest number of sections required by
noise voltage at the input to this amplifier if the communications receiver?
ambient temperature is 17°C? a. 1
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a. 40 μV b. 2
b. 4.0 μV c. 3
c. 400 μV d. 4
d. 4.0 mV
72. What determines the selectivity of a receiver?
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60. Calculate the noise figure of the amplifier whose Req a. The bandwidth of the tuned circuits
equals 2518 Ω (RT = 600 Ω) if it’s driven by a generator b. The gain of the amplifier
whose output impedance is 50Ω c. The power handling capability
a. 39.4 d. The frequency stability
b. 3.94
c. 394 73. For an IF frequency of 455 kHz, what must be the LO
d. 0.394 frequency when receiving a 580 kHz transmission?
a. 1035 MHz
61. A receiver connected to an antenna whose resistance is b. 1.035 MHz
50 Ω has an equivalent noise resistance of 30 Ω. c. 3.51 MHz
Calculate its equivalent noise temperature if the noise d. 351 kHz
figure is equal to 1.6
a. 17.4 K 74. What circuit accompanies a mixer?
b. 174 K a. RF Amplifier
c. 1.74 K b. LO
d. 17 K c. IF Amplifier
d. Detector
62. Which of the following is not a source of external noise?
a. Thermal agitation 75. The superheterodyne circuit uses a local oscillator to
b. Auto ignition _____ with the RF signal of the station and converts the
c. The sun carrier to the intermediate frequency
d. Fluorescent lights a. Beat
b. Mix
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d. All of the above

76. The local FM stereo rock station is at 96.5 MHz. What

must be the local oscillator frequency?
a. 93.9 MHz
b. 107.2 MHz
c. 112.5 MHz
d. 105.9 MHz

77. A superheterodyne is tuned to 2738 kHz. The IF is 475

kHz. What is the image frequency?
a. 3.09 MHz
b. 4.5 kHz
c. 4385 kHz
d. 3688 kHz

78. In an FM receiver, which circuit removes amplitude

variations?
a. Exciter
b. Mixer
c. Discriminator
d. Limiter

79. In an FM receiver, the circuit that keeps the receiver

tuned exactly to the desired station is _____
a. AFC
b. AGC
c. Limiter
d. Discriminator

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superheterodyne receiver?
a. Mixer, RF amplifier and AFC

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c. Local oscillator, mixer and RF amplifier
d. Local oscillator, AGC and antenna

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