In an asynchronous data system What is the length of a quarter-wavelength

a. Both sender and receiver are exactly section of RG-8A/U coaxial cable at a frequency
synchronized to the same clock of 144.2 Mhz if its velocity factor is 0.69.
frequency. a. 52.1 cm
b. Each computer word is preceded by a b. 35.9 cm
start bit and followed by a stop bit to c. 143.6 cm
frame the word. d. 2.08 m
c. The receiver derives its clock signal from
they received data stream. A non-lossy transmission line terminated with
d. All the above. a short circuit has an
a. In-phase reflected voltage that is equal in
A CD audio laser-disk system has a magnitude to the incident voltage
frequency bandwidth of 20 Hz to 20 kHz. The b. Opposite-phase reflected voltage that
minimum sample rate to satisfy the Nyquist is equal in magnitude to the incident
criteria is voltage
a. 20 Hz c. In-phase reflected voltage that is smaller
b. 20 kHz in magnitude than the incident voltage
c. 40 Hz d. Opposite-phase reflected voltage that is
d. 40 kHz smaller in magnitude than the incident
voltage
In local area networks, the following
topology or topologies are seldom used. A cable has an inductance of 1 nH/ft and
a. Star capacitance of 1 nF/ft. The delay introduced by
b. Ring a 1-ft section is
c. Bus a. Not able to be calculated with the given
d. a and b information
b. 1 × 10-9
In a balanced line, the same current flows in c. 1 × 10-18
each line but is d. 2 × 10-9
a. 45º out of phase may garneng tinatanong ang delay pero 75ft ang length
b. 90º out of phase
c. 180º out of phase
d. 270º out of phase
The angular separation between the half- A pre-emphasis circuit provides extra noise
power points on an antenna's radiation pattern immunity by
is the a. boosting the bass frequencies
a. Bandwidth b. amplifying the higher audio
b. Front-to-back ratio frequencies
c. Lobe distribution c. pre amplifying the whole audio band
d. Beamwidth d. converting the phase modulation to FM

A loading coil is often used with a Marconi Short-circuited stubs are preferred to open-
antenna in order to circuited stubs because the latter are
a. Tune out the capacitive reactance a. more difficult to make an connect
portion of the input impedance of the b. made of a transmission line with a
antenna different characteristic impedance
b. Tune out the inductive reactance portion c. liable to radiate
of the input impedance of the antenna d. incapable of giving a full range of
c. Raise the input impedance of the reactance’s
antenna
d. Decrease the losses of the antenna For transmission-line load matching over a
range of frequencies, it is best to use a
In the telecommunications industry, the a. balun
most commonly used fiber(s) are b. broadband directional coupler
a. 50 micron c. double stub
b. 62.5 micron d. single stub of adjustable position
c. 50 and 62.5 micron
d. 125 micron A forward error-correcting code corrects
errors by
Which is not an important characteristic of a a. requiring partial retransmission of the
light detector? signal
a. Responsitivity b. requiring retransmission of the entire
b. Dark current signal
c. Power consumption c. requiring no part of the signal to be
d. Response speed retransmitted
e. Spectral response d. using parity to correct the errors in all
cases TCP/IC model has ____ Layers
a. 4
Microwave link repeaters are typically 50 km b. 5
apart c. 6
a. because of atmospheric attenuation d. 7
b. because of output tube power limitations
c. because of the Earth’s curvature The phenomenon of a strong FM signal dominating a
weaker signal on a common frequency is referred to
d. to ensure that the applied dc voltage is
as the
not excessive
a. Capture effect
b. Blot out
The Hartley states that
c. Quieting factor
a. the maximum rate of information
d. Domination syndrome
transmission depends on the channel
bandwidth
The AM signals generated at a low level may only be
b. the maximum rate of information amplified by what type of amplifier?

transmission depends on the depth of a. Op amp

modulation b. Linear

c. redundancy is essential c. Class C

d. only binary codes may be used d. Push-pull

The input signal into a PLL is at the Pre-emphasis circuits boost what modulating
frequencies before modulation?
a. VCO
a. High frequencies
b. Low-pass filter
b. Mid-range frequencies
c. Comparator
c. Low frequencies
d. Phase detector
d. All the above

Which of the following is not a major benefit of FM

over AM? A pre-emphasis circuit is a

a. Greater efficiency a. Low-pass filter

b. Noise immunity b. High-pass filter

c. Capture effect c. Phase shifter

d. Lower complexity and cost d. Bandpass filter

Pre-emphasis is compensated for at the receiver by a The small frequency change produced by a phase
modulator can be increased by using a(n)
a. Phase inverter
a. Amplifier.
b. Bandpass filter
b. Mixer.
c. High-pass filter
c. Frequency multiplier.
d. Low-pass filter
d. Frequency divider.

The cutoff frequency of pre-emphasis and de-

emphasis circuits is A crystal oscillator whose frequency can be changed
by an input voltage is called a(n)
a. 1 kHz
a. VCO.
b. 2.122 kHz
b. VXO.
c. 5 kHz
c. VFO.
d. 75 kHz
d. VHF.

As compared to plain AM, SSB AM

In a superheterodyne receiver the bulk of
a. Is more efficient
the receiver’s sensitivity and selectivity is due to
b. Requires a more complex demodulator circuit
the:
c. Requires less bandwidth
A. RF amplifier stages
d. All of the above
B. converter stages
C. IF amplifier stages.
Pre-emphasis is used to:
D. local oscillator
a. increase the signal to noise ratio for higher audio
frequencies
b. increase the signal to noise ratio for lower audio Double conversion is:
frequencies
A. a receiver design that uses two heterodyne
c. increase the signal to noise ratio for all audio
receivers to receive a weak signal.
frequencies
B. a technique used to reduce image
d. allow stereo audio to be carried by FM stations
frequency problems in a superheterodyne receiver.
C. a technique used to solve the TRF tuning
To couple a coaxial line to a parallel-wire line, it is
best to use a problems.
a. slotted line D. a method that ensures that a
b. balun superheterodyne receiver does not break into
c. directional coupler oscillations due to stray positive feedback.
d. quarter-wave transformer
The AGC control voltage Indicate the false statement. Modulation is used to
A. varies as the signal strength of the received a. reduce the bandwidth used
signal varies. b. separate differing transmissions
B. is a negative feedback voltage c. ensure that intelligence may be transmit- ted over long
distances
C. is produced by an RC circuit having a much
d. allow the use of practicable antennas
larger time constant than that of the detector.
D. all answers are correct.
Amplitude modulation is used for broad- casting
because
Why does a 5-kHz square wave require a greater
a. It is more noise immune than other modulation
bandwidth than a 2-kHz sinewave?
systems.
a. The square wave has a larger frequency than the
b. compared with other systems it requires less
sinewave.
transmitting power
b. The square wave has an infinite number of harmonics,
c. its use avoids receiver complexity.
whereas the sinewave has only one.
d. no other modulation system can provide the necessary
c. The square wave is much easier to cover by noise.
bandwidth for high fidelity.
d. The square wave must also include an offset (dc)
voltage, whereas the sinewave does not.
When the modulation index of an AM wave is
doubled, the antenna current is also dou- bled. The
Aliasing can be defined as errors occurring when AM system being used is

a. The input frequency exceeds the sample rate. a. Single-sideband, full carrier (H3E)

b. The bandwidth is less than the input frequency. b. Vestigial sideband (C3F)

c. The type of modulation has been incorrectly c. Single-sideband, suppressed carrier (J3E).
identified.
d. Double sideband, full carrier (A3E)
d. The sampling signal has been incorrectly identified.

A nonlossy transmission line terminated with a short

When the input to an ideal nonlinear device is an AM circuit has an
waveform consisting of a carrier and its sidebands,
a. In-phase reflected voltage that is equal in magnitude to
the output of nonlinear mixing produces the original
the incident voltage
intelligence because
b. Opposite-phase reflected voltage that is equal in
a. The intelligence signal is one of its inputs.
magnitude to the incident voltage
b. A dc component is also produced.
c. In-phase reflected voltage that is smaller in magnitude
c. The difference between the carrier and its sidebands is than the incident voltage
the original intelligence frequency.
d. Opposite-phase reflected voltage that is smaller in
d. The intelligence frequencies are the upper and the magnitude than the incident voltage
lower sideband frequencies.
 When troubleshooting antennas, the level of VSWR C. Block-check character
that indicates a problem is
D. Hamming code
a. Greater than 1
b. Less than 1
Error-correcting techniques that allow for
c. Greater than 1.5
correction at the receiver are called
d. Less than 0.5
A. Cyclic redundancy checks (CRC)
B. Block-check characters (BCC)
Which is not a major function of a protocol?
C. Forward error correcting (FEC) *
A. Framing
D. Parity
B. Line control
C. Flow control
Frequency modulation transmitters are
D. Topology *
more efficient because their power is increased by
E. Sequence control
what type of amplifier
A. Class A
A device interconnecting two networks that
B. Class B
use different protocols and formats is called a
C. Class C*
A. Bridge
D. All of the above
B. Gateway *
C. Router
The Hartley-Shannon theorem sets a limit
D. Node
on the
A. highest frequency that may be sent over a
A device interconnecting LANs together that
given channel
usually have identical protocols at the physical and
B. maximum capacity of a channel with a given
data link layers is called a
noise level
A. Bridge *
C. maximum number of coding levels in a
B. Gateway
channel with a given noise level
C. Router
D. maximum number of quantizing levels in a
D. Node
channel of a given bandwidth

Which of the following is not an example of

Which fiber-optic cable is widely used at
code error detection and correction in a data
short to medium distances, is easiest to make, and
communication channel?
is the least expensive?
A. Parity
A. step index
B. Frequency-shift keying *
B. graded index The difference between phase and frequency
modulation
C. multimode graded index
a. is purely theoretical because they are the same in
D. multimode step index *
practice
b. is too great to make the two systems. compatible
Circuits used to recover the original
c. lies in the poorer audio response of phase modulation
modulating signal from an FM transmission are
d. lies in the different definitions of the modulation index
called
A. modulators
A simple half-wavelength antenna radiates
B. synthesizers
the strongest signal
C. discriminators *
A. At 45 degrees to its axis
D. deflectors
B. Parallel to its axis
C. At right angles to its axis *
Double conversion is used to overcome the
D. at 60 degrees to its axis
problem of
A. Image frequency *
Which class IP addresses were designed for large
B. Tracking networks?

C. Diagonal clipping a. A

D. Poor sensitivity b. B
c. C

Varactor and step-recovery diodes are d. D

widely used in what type of circuit

A. Amplifier C. Frequency multiplier*
B. Oscillator D. Mixer

In the spectrum of a frequency-modulated wave

a. the carrier frequency, disappears when the modulation
index is large-
b. the amplitude of any sideband depends on the
modulation index
c. the total number of sidebands depends on the
modulation index
d. the carrier frequency cannot disappear