Explore topic-wise MCQs in Analog Communications.

This section includes 77 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Analog Communications knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Square Law modulators ________

A. used for amplitude modulation
B. have non linear current-voltage characteristics
C. have non linear current-voltage characteristics as well as used for Amplitude Modulation
D. used for frequency modulation
Answer» D. used for frequency modulation
2.

Amplitude Modulated wave is ________

A. Sum of carrier and modulating wave
B. Product of carrier and modulating wave
C. Difference of carrier and modulating wave
D. Sum of carrier and its product with modulating wave
Answer» B. Product of carrier and modulating wave
3.

Find the total power of amplitude modulated wave?

A. 453W
B. 675W
C. 789W
D. 451W
Answer» E.
4.

Carrier power of the wave is?

A. 555W
B. 675W
C. 450W
D. 310W
Answer» D. 310W
5.

What is its sideband power?

A. 4W
B. 1W
C. 3W
D. 2W
Answer» C. 3W
6.

Commercial frequency deviation is ________

A. 75 KHz
B. 80 KHz
C. 85 KHz
D. 65 KHz
Answer» B. 80 KHz
7.

Modem is considered as high speed if data rate is ________

A. 10000
B. 20000
C. 5000
D. 30000
Answer» D. 30000
8.

Scanning always takes place from ________

A. right to left
B. left to right
C. left to right for odd fields and right to left for even fields
D. left to right for even fields and right to left for odd fields
Answer» C. left to right for odd fields and right to left for even fields
9.

What do you understand by the term 'carrier'?

A. waveform with constant frequency, phase and amplitude
B. waveform for which frequency, amplitude or phase is varied
C. waveform with high amplitude, low frequency and constant phase
D. waveform to be transmitted
Answer» C. waveform with high amplitude, low frequency and constant phase
10.

Inductance and capacitance of a line is 0.8 µH⁄m and 32 pF⁄m. Find Z0 )?

A. 158
B. 166
C. 143
D. 127
Answer» B. 166
11.

If the modulating frequency of a carrier wave varies between 700Hz and 7KHz, find it's bandwidth?

A. 10 KHz
B. 23 KHz
C. 17.3 KHz
D. 12.6 KHz
Answer» E.
12.

FSK system involves ________

A. frequency modulation
B. pulse modulation
C. amplitude modulation
D. phase modulation
Answer» B. pulse modulation
13.

Diameter of antenna is doubled. The maximum range will ________

A. be doubled
B. be halved
C. become four times
D. decrease to one fourth
Answer» B. be halved
14.

If modulation index of an AM wave is increased from 1.5 to 2, then the transitted power ________

A. remains same
B. increases by 20%
C. increases by 41%
D. increases by 50%
Answer» D. increases by 50%
15.

The voltage and electric current of a line are respectively 5kV and 1000µA. Find its power?

A. 12W
B. 13W
C. 5W
D. 10W
Answer» D. 10W
16.

To get constant time delay, we should use ________

A. FDM technique
B. WDM technique
C. Synchronous TDM
D. Non synchronous TDM
Answer» D. Non synchronous TDM
17.

Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) is based on orthogonality.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
18.

Which modulation technique uses minimum bandwidth?

A. DSB-SC
B. SSB-SC
C. FM
D. VSB
Answer» C. FM
19.

AM waves is represented by Et cos ??c t. What does Et denotes?

A. envelope
B. carrier signal
C. modulating signal
D. amplitude
Answer» B. carrier signal
20.

Wireless communication takes place through ________

A. EM waves
B. X-Rays
C. Optical Fibres
D. Infrared Waves
Answer» B. X-Rays
21.

Noise gets mixed with signal at ________

A. receiver
B. transmitter
C. transducer
D. channel
Answer» E.
22.

In a receiver, distortion can occur in ________

A. Mixer
B. Detector
C. IF amplifiers
D. Either mixer or detector or IF amplifiers
Answer» E.
23.

TV remote control used ultra violet light.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
24.

What we use for impedance matching in RF amplifiers?

A. RC coupling
B. Transformer coupling
C. Direct coupling
D. RF coupling
Answer» C. Direct coupling
25.

How capacitance is related with thickness?

A. it is inversely proportional to thickness
B. it is directly proportional to thickness
C. it is inversely proportional to twice of thickness
D. it is directly proportional to twice of thickness
Answer» B. it is directly proportional to thickness
26.

If the transmitted power is 100KW then the field at a distance 'R' is 60mV/m. Suppose if the transmitted power is reduced to 50KW then the field at same distance 'R' will be equal to ________

A. 50mV/m
B. 42mV/m
C. 45mV/m
D. 55mV/m
Answer» C. 45mV/m
27.

EM waves are attenuated as they travel.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
28.

The gain of antenna (G) is the ratio of power radiated in a particular direction to the power radiated from an isotropic antenna.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
29.

If the power density at a given distance 'R' is one microwatt per square meter and the effective area of antenna is one square meter then the power captured by antenna is one microwatt.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
30.

If a FM signal having modulation index m_f is passed through a frequency tripler, then the modulation index of output of frequency tripler is ________

A. mf
B. 3mf
C. 1⁄3 mf
D. 1⁄9 mf
Answer» C. 1⁄3 mf
31.

What is the capacitive reactance for DC signals?

A. zero
B. very low
C. equal to one
D. infinite
Answer» E.
32.

If the spectrum of a narrow band noise is symmetrical and it has a power density spectrum 4×10-6. Power density of quadrature component is ________

A. 2 x 10-6
B. 5 x 10-6
C. 3 x 10-6
D. 4 x 10-6
Answer» B. 5 x 10-6
33.

What are the two major drawbacks of delta modulation?

A. Slope Overload and Granular noise
B. Slope Overload and Serration noise
C. Serration noise and Granular noise
D. Slope Overload and Channel Noise
Answer» B. Slope Overload and Serration noise
34.

Approximate how many times odd and even fields of television system are scanned?

A. 25 times each
B. 50 times each
C. 50 times each but alternately
D. 25 times each but alternately
Answer» E.
35.

Consider a wave, v = 15 sin (3pt + 5sin1300t), what is the carrier and signal frequency?

A. 2.5Hz and 200Hz
B. 1.5Hz and 100Hz
C. 1.5Hz and 207Hz
D. 5.5Hz and 500Hz
Answer» D. 5.5Hz and 500Hz
36.

Beam width of antenna is expressed in ________

A. metres
B. degrees
C. radian
D. volt
Answer» C. radian
37.

A system has a voltage of 15V and it produces a total current of 1300µA. Find the power of system?

A. 0.025W
B. 0.035W
C. 0.0195W
D. 0.045W
Answer» D. 0.045W
38.

The approximate aspect ratio for television is ________

A. 2 : 1
B. 3 : 2
C. 4 : 3
D. 3 : 4
Answer» D. 3 : 4
39.

Find the step size of a signal with peak to peak amplitude of 4V and is quantized into 64 levels?

A. 32.3 x 10-3
B. 30.23 x 10-3
C. 62.5 x 10-3
D. 53.3 x 10-3
Answer» D. 53.3 x 10-3
40.

If the step size of a system is 0.0625, find its quantization power?

A. 3.25 x 10-3
B. 3.25 x 10-4
C. 3.25 x 10-2
D. 3.25 x 10-1
Answer» C. 3.25 x 10-2
41.

Signal to Noise ratio for a hi-fi system is equal to ________

A. 50 dB
B. 100 dB
C. 75 dB
D. 10 dB
Answer» B. 100 dB
42.

If a wave is modulated by two waves. One of them has modulation index equal to 0.75 and other has 0.2, the total modulation index will be ________

A. 0.67
B. 0.58
C. 0.77
D. 0.35
Answer» D. 0.35
43.

Find the power saving for DSB-SC wave with 100% modulation?

A. 0.66
B. 0.86
C. 0.5
D. 0.33
Answer» B. 0.86
44.

Power of carrier wave is 300W and modulation index is 0.75. Find its total power?

A. 465W
B. 384W
C. 323W
D. 502W
Answer» C. 323W
45.

On which factor the bandwidth required for a modulated carrier depends?

A. baseband frequency range
B. signal to noise ratio
C. carrier frequency
D. amplitude of carrier frequency
Answer» B. signal to noise ratio
46.

When two or more signals share a common channel, it is called ________

A. sub-channeling
B. channeling
C. switching
D. multiplexing
Answer» E.
47.

Mixing is used in communication to ________

A. raise the carrier frequency
B. lower the carrier frequency
C. to altered the deviation
D. to change the carrier frequency to any required value
Answer» E.
48.

Sensitivity measures ________

A. weakest signal that is received at the receiver
B. strongest signal that is received at the receiver
C. weakest frequency signal that is received at the receiver
D. strongest frequency signal that is received at the receiver
Answer» B. strongest signal that is received at the receiver
49.

What is the full form of LATA?

A. Local Access Telephone Area
B. Local Area Telephone Access
C. Local Access and Transport Area
D. Local Area Transport Access
Answer» D. Local Area Transport Access
50.

Selectivity measures ________

A. the range of frequencies that receiver can select
B. with two signals close in frequency, the ability to select one and reject other
C. how well adjacent frequencies are separated by the demodulator
D. how well adjacent frequencies are separated in the mixer
Answer» B. with two signals close in frequency, the ability to select one and reject other