REM B LVL 1 Flashcards
A sine wave in the ___ domain can be
represented by one single spike in the ___ domain.
A. time; phase
B. phase; time
C. time; frequency
D. frequency; time
C. time; frequency
Data from a computer are ___ : the
local loop handles ____ signals.
A. Analog; analog
B. Digital; analog
C. Analog; digital
D. Digital; digital
B. Digital; analog
In a digital system, the ___
is controlled by the computer
A. power supply
B. antenna
C. input/output
D. transceiver
C. input/output
The Digital Station block diagram: Input/Output, Computer, MODEM, Transceiver, Antenna.
A modulated signal is formed by
A. Quantization of the source data
B. Sampling at the Nyquist frequency
C. Changing the carrier wave by the
modulating signal
D. Changing the modulating signal by the
carrier wave
C. Changing the carrier wave by the
modulating signal
The bandwidth of an FM signal requires
10 times the bandwidth of the ___ signal.
A. Modulating
B. Bipolar
C. Sampling
D. Carrier
A. Modulating
A signal not modulated onto an RF carrier. In video, refers to the visual signal as it is handled before being modulated onto an RF carrier.
A. Cross Modulation
B. Broadband
C. Composite Second Order
D. Baseband
D. Baseband
If the available channel is a ___
channel, we cannot send a digital signal
directly to the channel.
A. low rate
B. low-pass
C. high rate
D. bandpass
D. bandpass
The most widely used data
communication code is the 7-bit binary
code known as the
A. Morse code
B. Extended Binary Coded Decimal
Interchange Code (EBCDIC)
C. Baudot Code
D. American Standard Code for
Information Interchange (ASCII)
D. American Standard Code for
Information Interchange (ASCII)
What do you call the result when the
input to the ADC is changing while it is
performing the conversion?
A. Aperture Distortion
B. Quantization
C. None of these choices
D. Insertion Loss
A. Aperture Distortion
If the input to the ADC
PCM is an example of ___ conversion.
A. Digital-to-digital
B. Analog-to-Digital
C. Digital-to-analog
D. Analog-to-analog
B. Analog-to-Digital
Commonly called the Manchester Code and specified in lEEE standard 802.3 for Ethernet local area networks
A. Biphase M
B. Digital Biphase
C. Biphase L
D. Biphase
C. Biphase L
Biphase L - commonly called the
Manchester Code and specified in lEEE standard 802.3 for Ethernet local area networks
Biphase M - used for encoding
SMPTE(Society of Motion Picture and
Television Engineers) time-code data for
recording on videotapes
Biphase - it uses one cycle of a square wave at 0° phase to represent logic 1 and one cycle of a square wave at 180°phase to represent logic 0
Digital Biphase - a popular type of line encoding that produces a strong timing component for clock recovery and does not cause dc wandering
Uses one cycle of a square wave at 0°
phase to represent logic 1 and one cycle
of a square wave at 180° phase to
represent a logic 0
A. Biphase M
B. Biphase L
C. Digital Biphase
D. Biphase
D. Biphase
Biphase L - commonly called the
Manchester Code and specified in lEEE standard 802.3 for Ethernet local area networks
Biphase M - used for encoding
SMPTE(Society of Motion Picture and
Television Engineers) time-code data for
recording on videotapes
Biphase - it uses one cycle of a square wave at 0° phase to represent logic 1 and one cycle of a square wave at 180°phase to represent logic 0
Digital Biphase - a popular type of line encoding that produces a strong timing component for clock recovery and does not cause dc wandering
What do you call a circuit that
periodically samples the analog input
signal and converts those samples to a
multilevel PAM signal?
A. None of these choices
B. Sample-and-Hold Circuit
C. Sampling Circuit
D. MCU
B. Sample-and-Hold Circuit
Sample-and-hold circuit is a circuit that
periodically samples the analog input
signal and converts those samples to a
multilevel PAM signal.
Which is used to protect privacy of the
information?
A. Source coding
B. Cipher coding
C. None of these Choices
D. Compression coding
B. Cipher coding
Cipher coding is used to provide privacy
for the information.
In a digital system, the transceiver is
connected to the ___
A. input/output
B. computer
C. scanner
D. modem
D. modem
The Digital Station block diagram: Input/Output, Computer, MODEM, Transceiver, Antenna.
Another term used to express the data
speed in digital communication
systems is ___
A. Baud rate
B. Sampling rate
C. Flow rate
D. Bit rate
A. Baud rate
Which modulation technique involves tribits, eight different phase shifts, and one amplitude?
A. ASK
B. 8-PSK
C. FSK
D. 4-PSK
B. 8-PSK
What refers to the accuracy and speed
with which information, whether it is
voice or video, analog or digital, is sent
and received over communication
media?
A. Information efficiency
B. Transmission efficiency
C. System efficiency
D. Coding efficiency
B. Transmission efficiency
When an ASK signal is decomposed, the
result is ___
A. Always one sine wave
B. An infinite number of sine waves
C. None of these choices
D. Always two sine waves
B. An infinite number of sine waves
What is the oldest and simplest form of
modulation used in modems?
A. Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
(OFDM)
B. Frequency-shift keying (FSK)
C. Phase-shift keying (PSK)
D. Quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM)
B. Frequency-shift keying (FSK)
The bit rate always equal the baud rate
in which type of signal?
A. FSK
B. 4-PSK
C. QAM
D. All of these choices
A. FSK
For a given bit rate, the minimum
bandwidth for ASK is ___ the
minimum bandwidth for FSK.
A. Greater than
B. Equivalent to
C. Twice
D. Less than
D. Less than
In a binary laser transmitter, the ratio between the maximum light output in one binary state, to the minimum light output on the other binary state.
A. Fabry-Perot ratio
B. Failure rate
C. Extinction ratio
D Bit error rate
C. Extinction ratio
Which of the following is most
affected by noise?
A. FSK
B. QAM
C. PSK
D. ASK
D. ASK
The QPSK modulator consists of a 2-bit
shift register implemented with flip
flops, commonly known as a ___
A. chip code generator
B. latch
C. diplexer
D. bit splitter
D. bit splitter
At the CRC checker ___ means that
the data unit is damaged.
A. A string of 1s
B. A nonzero remainder
C. A string of alternating 1s and 0s
D. A string of 0s
B. A nonzero remainder
CRC uses
A. Multiplication & Binary division
B. Multiplication
C. None of these Choices
D. Binary division
A. Multiplication & Binary division
CRC uses both multiplication and binary
division.
A measurement of the quality of a
digital modulated signal, which defines
the average error between the proper
location of all points in the constellation
and their actual location.
A. Optical modulation index (OMI)
B. Modulation error ratio (MER)
C. Modal dispersion
D. Peak-to-average ratio
B. Modulation error ratio (MER)
How error detection and correction is
done?
A. By passing it through equalizer
B. By adding redundancy bits
C. By amplifying it
D. By passing it through filter
B. By adding redundancy bits
Error can be detected and corrected by adding additional information that is by adding redundancy bits.
The Hamming code is a method of
A. Error detection
B. Error correction
C. Error and Error correction
D. Error encapsulation
C. Error and Error correction
In the ___ random-access
method there is no collision.
A. Token-passing
B. CSMA/CD
C. ALOHA
D. CSMA/CA
D. CSMA/CA
A technique for putting more signals on a return optical path by converting some incoming signals to alternate frequency bands.
A. Bit stuffing
B. Direct pick-up
C. Block conversion
D. Digital return
C. Block conversion
In either coaxial FDM or optical WDM
systems, a situation in which
information on one carrier is present in the demodulated signal from another carrier.
A. Composite second order (CSO)
B. Crosstalk
C. Composite triple beat (CTB)
D. Chroma-luma delay
B. Crosstalk
What do you call a signaling bit in frame
18?
A. A bit
B. C bit
C. D bit
D. B bit
B. C bit
A bit - signaling bit in frame 6
B bit - signaling bit in frame 12
C bit - signaling bit in frame 18
D bit - signaling bit in frame 24
What do you call a signaling bit in frame
6?
A. B bit
B. D bit
C. C bit
D. A bit
D. A bit
A bit - signaling bit in frame 6
B bit - signaling bit in frame 12
C bit - signaling bit in frame 18
D bit - signaling bit in frame 24
Guard bands increase the bandwidth for
A. FDM
B. FDM and TDM
C. None of these choices
D. TDM
A. FDM
What do you call a signaling bit in frame
12?
A. B bit
B. C bit
C. D bit
D. A bit
A. B bit
A bit - signaling bit in frame 6
B bit - signaling bit in frame 12
C bit - signaling bit in frame 18
D bit - signaling bit in frame 24
Multicarrier modulation (MCM) is also
known as_
A. QPSK
B. FSK
C. OFDM
D. QAM
C. OFDM
In asynchronous transmission, one or
more bits to indicate the end of
transmission
A. stop bit
B. escape byte
C. flag
D. trailer
A. stop bit
What is another name for discrete
multitone (DMT)?
A. Frequency-shift keying (FSK)
B. Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM)
C. Orthogonal frequency division
multiplexing (OFDM)
D. Carrierless Amplitude and Phase (CAP)
C. Orthogonal frequency division
multiplexing (OFDM)