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1.

The principle behind Sigma-Delta ADC is oversampling.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
2.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of DAC?

A. Linearity
B. Level conversion
C. Grounding
D. Sample and hold circuit
Answer» E.
3.

In Nyquist sampling, the ____ frequency is ______to the duration of the observation interval.

A. maximum recoverable, proportional
B. minimum resolvable, inversely proportional
C. maximum recoverable, inversely proportional
D. minimum resolvable, proportional
Answer» C. maximum recoverable, inversely proportional
4.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of IC implementation of quadrature sampling ADC?

A. Thermal difference is less than lumped components
B. Matching of passive component on IC substrate is easy
C. Matching of passive component on IC substrate is difficult
D. Thermal difference among filters is not large
Answer» D. Thermal difference among filters is not large
5.

____, ____ and ____ must be properly matched for effective representation of input signal in quadrature sampling.

A. Modulators, signal paths, correlator
B. Signal paths, modulators, zero crossing detector
C. Low pass filters, zero crossing detector, correlator
D. Low pass filters, modulators, signal paths
Answer» E.
6.

Quadrature sampling uses ____ to ____ the bandwidth available for a particular sampling rate.

A. integration, quadruple
B. complex numbers, quadruple
C. complex numbers, double
D. integration, double
Answer» D. integration, double
7.

Which of the following is untrue about Sigma-Delta ADC?

A. f<sub>s</sub>&gt;2f<sub>max</sub>
B. Zero crossing detector consists of a sample and hold circuit
C. Aperture jitter is minimized due to integration
D. The integrating filter is preceded by a zero crossing detector
Answer» C. Aperture jitter is minimized due to integration
8.

In non-monotonic filters, attenuation increases with frequency.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
9.

Which of the following expressions give the SNR at the output of ADC?

A. SNR=6.02*B+1.76+10log(f<sub>s</sub>/2f<sub>max</sub>)
B. SNR=6.02*B+1.76+10log(2f<sub>max</sub>/fs)
C. SNR=12.04*B+1.76+10log(2f<sub>max</sub>/fs)
D. SNR=6.02*B+1.76
Answer» B. SNR=6.02*B+1.76+10log(2f<sub>max</sub>/fs)
10.

Which of the following expressions give the relation between power and quantization step size (q)?

A. p=q<sup>2</sup>/2R
B. p=q/2R
C. p=q<sup>2</sup>/R
D. p=q<sup>2</sup>*2R
Answer» B. p=q/2R
11.

Which among the following filters has the slowest roll-off?

A. Cauer
B. Chebychev
C. Butterworth
D. Bessel
Answer» E.
12.

The shape factor of an anti-aliasing filter is given by the ratio of the frequency at ___ dB attenuation point to the frequency at ___ dB point.

A. 80, 3
B. 3, 80
C. -80, -3
D. -3, -80
Answer» D. -3, -80
13.

To avoid aliasing, the wideband ADC is ____ by anti-aliasing filters to suitably alter the _____ waveform.

A. succeeded, digital
B. preceded, digital
C. succeeded, analog
D. preceded, analog
Answer» E.
14.

Noise must be less than _____ of the ADC.

A. half of the LSB
B. LSB
C. half of the MSB
D. MSB
Answer» B. LSB
15.

Which of the following is the first step in establishing acceptable aliasing power?

A. Establish the relation between CIR and BER
B. Fix BER threshold
C. Convert BER threshold to CIR threshold
D. Apply the instantaneous dynamic range requirement of ADC
Answer» C. Convert BER threshold to CIR threshold