E8 Signals and Emissions Flashcards
E8A01 (A)
What is the name of the process that shows that a square wave is made up of a sine wave plus all of its odd harmonics?
A. Fourier analysis
E8A02 (C)
What type of wave has a rise time significantly faster than its fall time (or vice versa)?
C. A sawtooth wave
E8A03 (A)
What type of wave does a Fourier analysis show to be made up of sine waves of a given fundamental frequency plus all of its harmonics?
A. A sawtooth wave
E8A04 (B)
What is “dither” with respect to analog to digital converters?
B. A small amount of noise added to the input signal to allow more precise representation of a signal over time
E8A05 (D)
What would be the most accurate way of measuring the RMS voltage of a complex waveform?
D. By measuring the heating effect in a known resistor
E8A06 (A)
What is the approximate ratio of PEP-to-average power in a typical single-sideband phone signal?
A. 2.5 to 1
E8A07 (B)
What determines the PEP-to-average power ratio of a single-sideband phone signal?
B. The characteristics of the modulating signal
E8A08 (C)
Why would a direct or flash conversion analog-to-digital converter be useful for a software defined radio?
C. Very high speed allows digitizing high frequencies
E8A09 (D)
How many levels can an analog-to-digital converter with 8 bit resolution encode?
D. 256
E8A10 (C)
What is the purpose of a low pass filter used in conjunction with a digital-to-analog converter?
C. Remove harmonics from the output caused by the discrete analog levels generated
E8A11 (D)
What type of information can be conveyed using digital waveforms?
A. Human speech
B. Video signals
C. Data
D. All of these choices are correct
E8A12 (C)
What is an advantage of using digital signals instead of analog signals to convey the same information?
C. Digital signals can be regenerated multiple times without error
E8A13 (A)
Which of these methods is commonly used to convert analog signals to digital signals?
A. Sequential sampling
E8B01 (D)
What is the term for the ratio between the frequency deviation of an RF carrier wave and the modulating frequency of its corresponding FM-phone signal?
D. Modulation index
E8B02 (D)
How does the modulation index of a phase-modulated emission vary with RF carrier frequency (the modulated frequency)?
D. It does not depend on the RF carrier frequency
E8B03 (A)
What is the modulation index of an FM-phone signal having a maximum frequency deviation of 3000 Hz either side of the carrier frequency when the modulating frequency is 1000 Hz?
A. 3
E8B04 (B)
What is the modulation index of an FM-phone signal having a maximum carrier deviation of plus or minus 6 kHz when modulated with a 2 kHz modulating frequency?
B. 3
E8B05 (D)
What is the deviation ratio of an FM-phone signal having a maximum frequency swing of plus-or-minus 5 kHz when the maximum modulation frequency is 3 kHz?
D. 1.67