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				This section includes 33 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Digital Communications knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. | Channel’s phase response must be a linear function of | 
| A. | Time | 
| B. | Frequency | 
| C. | Time & Frequency | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» C. Time & Frequency | |
| 2. | If the filter’s tap weight remains fixed during transmission of data, then the equalization is called as | 
| A. | Preset equalization | 
| B. | Adaptive equalization | 
| C. | Fixed equalization | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» B. Adaptive equalization | |
| 3. | The detection method where carrier’s phase is given importance is called as | 
| A. | Coherent detection | 
| B. | Non coherent detection | 
| C. | Coherent detection & Non coherent detection | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» B. Non coherent detection | |
| 4. | The disadvantage of preset equalizer is that | 
| A. | It doesnot requires initial training pulse | 
| B. | Time varying channel degrades the performance of the system | 
| C. | All of the mentioned | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» C. All of the mentioned | |
| 5. | The sample from the demodulation process consists of sample which is _______ to energy of the received symbol and _____ to noise. | 
| A. | Directly and inversely proportional | 
| B. | Inversely and directly proportional | 
| C. | Both directly proportional | 
| D. | Both inversely proportional | 
| Answer» B. Inversely and directly proportional | |
| 6. | Range of time difference of the zero crossing gives the value of | 
| A. | Width | 
| B. | Distortion | 
| C. | Timing jitter | 
| D. | Noise margin | 
| Answer» D. Noise margin | |
| 7. | A Gaussian distribution into the non linear envelope detector yields | 
| A. | Rayleigh distribution | 
| B. | Normal distribution | 
| C. | Poisson distribution | 
| D. | Binary distribution | 
| Answer» B. Normal distribution | |
| 8. | The _______ of the opening of eye pattern indicates the time over which the sampling for detection might be performed. | 
| A. | Length | 
| B. | Width | 
| C. | X-axis value | 
| D. | Y-axis value | 
| Answer» C. X-axis value | |
| 9. | As the eye opens, ISI _______ | 
| A. | Increases | 
| B. | Decreases | 
| C. | Remains the same | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» C. Remains the same | |
| 10. | If the filter's tap weight remains fixed during transmission of data, then the equalization is called as | 
| A. | Preset equalization | 
| B. | Adaptive equalization | 
| C. | Fixed equalization | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» B. Adaptive equalization | |
| 11. | Examples of double side band signals are | 
| A. | ASK | 
| B. | PSK | 
| C. | ASK & PSK | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» D. None of the mentioned | |
| 12. | Pseudo noise signal has _______ and _______ SNR for the same peak transmitted power. | 
| A. | Larger, smaller | 
| B. | Smaller, larger | 
| C. | Larger, larger | 
| D. | Smaller, smaller | 
| Answer» D. Smaller, smaller | |
| 13. | Equalization method which is done by tracking a slowly time varying channel response is | 
| A. | Preset equalization | 
| B. | Adaptive equalization | 
| C. | Variable equalization | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» C. Variable equalization | |
| 14. | Which is the main system consideration? | 
| A. | Probability of error | 
| B. | System complexity | 
| C. | Random fading channel | 
| D. | All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. | Matched filter provides _____ signal to noise ratio. | 
| A. | Maximum | 
| B. | Minimum | 
| C. | Zero | 
| D. | Infinity | 
| Answer» B. Minimum | |
| 16. | The range of amplitude difference gives the value of | 
| A. | Width | 
| B. | Distortion | 
| C. | Timing jitter | 
| D. | Noise margin | 
| Answer» C. Timing jitter | |
| 17. | The index value n, in transversal filter can be used as. | 
| A. | Time offset | 
| B. | Filter coefficient identifier | 
| C. | Time offset & Filter coefficient identifier | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» D. None of the mentioned | |
| 18. | The non coherent FSK needs ________ Eb/N0 than coherent FSK. | 
| A. | 1db more | 
| B. | 1db less | 
| C. | 3db more | 
| D. | 3db less | 
| Answer» B. 1db less | |
| 19. | Channel's phase response must be a linear function of | 
| A. | Time | 
| B. | Frequency | 
| C. | Time & Frequency | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» C. Time & Frequency | |
| 20. | A pulse shaping filter should satisfy two requirements. They are | 
| A. | Should be realizable | 
| B. | Should have proper roll off factor | 
| C. | Should be realizable & have proper roll off factor | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» D. None of the mentioned | |
| 21. | The channel may be affected by | 
| A. | Thermal noise | 
| B. | Interference from other signals | 
| C. | Thermal noise & Interference from other signals | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» D. None of the mentioned | |
| 22. | The DPSK needs ________ Eb/N0 than BPSK. | 
| A. | 1db more | 
| B. | 1db less | 
| C. | 3db more | 
| D. | 3db less | 
| Answer» B. 1db less | |
| 23. | For AWGN, the noise variance is | 
| A. | N0 | 
| B. | N0/2 | 
| C. | 2N0 | 
| D. | N0/4 | 
| Answer» C. 2N0 | |
| 24. | Which is easier to implement and is preferred? | 
| A. | Coherent system | 
| B. | Non coherent system | 
| C. | Coherent & Non coherent system | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» C. Coherent & Non coherent system | |
| 25. | Coherent PSK and non coherent orthogonal FSK have a difference of ______ in PB. | 
| A. | 1db | 
| B. | 3db | 
| C. | 4db | 
| D. | 6db | 
| Answer» D. 6db | |
| 26. | Preamble is used for | 
| A. | Detect start of transmission | 
| B. | To set automatic gain control | 
| C. | To align internal clocks | 
| D. | All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. | The average noise power of white noise is | 
| A. | 0 | 
| B. | Infinity | 
| C. | 1 | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» C. 1 | |
| 28. | The impulse response of the filter is the ________ of the mirror image of the signal waveform. | 
| A. | Delayed version | 
| B. | Same version | 
| C. | Delayed & Same version | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» B. Same version | |
| 29. | Channels display multi-path due to | 
| A. | Scattering | 
| B. | Time delayed reflections | 
| C. | Diffraction | 
| D. | All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. | The over-determined set of equations can be solved using | 
| A. | Zero forcing | 
| B. | Minimum mean square error | 
| C. | Zero forcing & Minimum mean square error | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» D. None of the mentioned | |
| 31. | Performance of BFSK signal is ________ than BPSK. | 
| A. | 3db worse | 
| B. | 3db better | 
| C. | 6db worse | 
| D. | 6db better | 
| Answer» B. 3db better | |
| 32. | The likelihood ratio test is done between | 
| A. | Likelihood of s1 by likelihood of s2 | 
| B. | Likelihood of s2 by likelihood of s1 | 
| C. | Likelihood of s1 by likelihood of s1 | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» B. Likelihood of s2 by likelihood of s1 | |
| 33. | Example for antipodal bandpass signaling is | 
| A. | BPSK | 
| B. | ASK | 
| C. | FSK | 
| D. | MSK | 
| Answer» B. ASK | |