Explore topic-wise MCQs in Digital Communications.

This section includes 152 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.

Due to transmission scheme bits are needed for overhead in FDMA systems.

A. continuous, few
B. discontinuous, few
C. continuous, many
D. discontinuous, many
Answer» B. discontinuous, few
2.

Performance of BFSK signal is than BPSK.

A. 3db worse
B. 3db better
C. 6db worse
D. 6db better
Answer» B. 3db better
3.

Power spectrum describes distribution of under frequency domain.

A. mean
B. variance
C. gaussian
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» C. gaussian
4.

symbols.

A. 2m
B. m
C. 2m
D. 2m-1
Answer» E.
5.

In Binary Phase Shift Keying system, the binary symbols 1 and 0 arerepresented by carrier with phase shift of

A. Π/2
B. Π
C.
Answer» C. 2Π
6.

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
7.

Autocorrelation is maximum at

A. unity
B. origin
C. infinite point
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» C. infinite point
8.

In Random Variable we have

A. sample space
B. sample points
C. sample space & sample points
D. none of above
Answer» D. none of above
9.

In On-Off keying, the carrier signal is transmitted with signal value‘1’ and ‘0’ indicates

A. no carrier
B. half the carrier amplitude
C. amplitude of modulating signal
D. none of the above
Answer» B. half the carrier amplitude
10.

The digital modulation technique in which the step size is varied according to the variation in the slope of the input is called

A. delta modulation
B. pcm
C. adaptive delta modulation
D. pam
Answer» D. pam
11.

The time interval over which the received signal may be sampledwithout error may be explained by

A. width of eye opening of eye pattern
B. rate of closure of eye of eye pattern
C. height of the eye opening of eye pattern
D. all of the above
Answer» B. rate of closure of eye of eye pattern
12.

In the frequency of the carrier signal is varied based on the information in an a digital signal

A. ask
B. psk
C. fsk
D. qam
Answer» D. qam
13.

Zero forced equalizers are used for

A. reducing isi to zero
B. sampling
C. quantization
D. none of the abov
Answer» B. sampling
14.

Nyquist Rate is given by

A. 2w
B. 2fmin
Answer» B. 2fmin
15.

In FH-SS which of the following Modulation Demodulation Technique has been used

A. bpsk
B. fsk
C. ask
D. qam
Answer» C. ask
16.

What is the set of possible carrier frequencies in FH-SS?

A. hopset
B. hop
C. chips
D. symbols
Answer» B. hop
17.

The number of bits of data transmitted per second is called

A. data signaling rate
B. modulation rate
C. coding
D. none of the above
Answer» B. modulation rate
18.

White noise has power spectral density.

A. constant
B. variable
C. constant & variable
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» B. variable
19.

The bandwidth of the channel used in the hopset is called

A. hopping bandwidth
B. total hopping bandwidth
C. instantaneous bandwidth
D. 3 db bandwidth
Answer» D. 3 db bandwidth
20.

The advantage of using Manchester format of coding is

A. power saving
B. polarity sense at the receiver
C. noise immunity
D. none of the above
Answer» B. polarity sense at the receiver
21.

In Differential Pulse Code Modulation techniques, the decoding is performed by

A. accumulator
B. sampler
C. pll
D. quantizer
Answer» B. sampler
22.

In modulation , the bit rate is 8 times the baud rate

A. 8-qam
B. 64-qam
C. 256-qam
D. none of above
Answer» D. none of above
23.

Eye pattern is

A. is used to study isi
B. may be seen on cro
C. resembles the shape of human eye
D. all of the above
Answer» E.
24.

One of the disadvantages of PCM is

A. it requires large bandwidth
B. very high noise
C. cannot be decoded easily
D. all of the above
Answer» B. very high noise
25.

Frequency division multiple access (FDMA) assigns channels to users.

A. individual, individual
B. many, individual
C. individual, many
D. many, many
Answer» B. many, individual
26.

The maximum bandwidth is occupied by

A. ask
B. bpsk
C. fsk
D. none of the above
Answer» D. none of the above
27.

Random process is a function of

A. random event and time
B. random event and frequency
C. random event and real number
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» B. random event and frequency
28.

The process of coding multiplexer output into electrical pulses orwaveforms for transmission is called

A. line coding
B. amplitude modulation
C. fsk
D. filtering
Answer» B. amplitude modulation
29.

The modulation techniques used to convert analog signal into digitalsignal are

A. pulse code modulation
B. delta modulation
C. adaptive delta modulation
D. all of the above
Answer» E.
30.

The probability of error of DPSK is ______________ than that ofBPSK.

A. higher
B. lower
C. same
D. not predictable
Answer» B. lower
31.

Pseudorandom signal predicted.

A. can be
B. cannot be
C. maybe
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» B. cannot be
32.

ISI may be removed by using

A. differential coding
B. manchester coding
C. polar nrz
D. none of the above
Answer» B. manchester coding
33.

QPSK system uses a phase shift of

A. Π
B. Π/2
C. Π/4
D.
Answer» C. Π/4
34.

For a noise to be white Gaussian noise, the optimum filter is known as

A. low pass filter
B. base band filter
C. matched filter
D. bessel filter
Answer» D. bessel filter
35.

Advantages of using AMI

A. needs least power as due to opposite polarity
B. prevents build-up of dc
C. may be used for longer distance
D. all of the above
Answer» E.
36.

In DS-SS which of the following Modulation Demodulation Technique has been used

A. bpsk
B. fsk
C. ask
D. qam
Answer» B. fsk
37.

Impulse noise is caused due to

A. switching transients
B. lightening strikes
C. power line load switching
D. all of the above
Answer» E.
38.

The BPSK signal has +V volts and -V volts respectively to represent

A. 1 and 0 logic levels
B. 11 and 00 logic levels
C. 10 and 01 logic levels
D. 00 and 11 logic levels
Answer» B. 11 and 00 logic levels
39.

The noise that affects PCM

A. transmission noise
B. quantizing noise
C. transit noise
D. both a and b are correct
Answer» E.
40.

Which of the following technique used in CDMA

A. qam
B. gmsk
C. ds-ss bpsk
D. fh-ss fsk
Answer» D. fh-ss fsk
41.

The digital modulation technique in which the step size is variedaccording to the variation in the slope of the input is called

A. delta modulation
B. pcm
C. adaptive delta modulation
D. pam
Answer» D. pam
42.

The sequence of operations in which PCM is done is

A. sampling, quantizing, encoding
B. quantizing, encoding, sampling
C. quantizing, sampling, encoding
D. none of the above
Answer» B. quantizing, encoding, sampling
43.

The FDMA channel carries phone circuit at a time.

A. ten
B. two
C. one
D. several
Answer» D. several
44.

PN sequence can be generated using .

A. sequential logic circuits
B. op-amp
C. timer ic
D. mosfet
Answer» B. op-amp
45.

Minimum shift keying is similar to

A. continuous phase frequency shift keying
B. binary phase shift keying
C. binary frequency shift keying
D. qpsk
Answer» B. binary phase shift keying
46.

The binary waveform used to generate BPSK signal is encoded in

A. bipolar nrz format
B. manchester coding
C. differential coding
D. none of the above
Answer» B. manchester coding
47.

Impulse sampling is also called as

A. delta sampling
B. ideal sampling
C. natural sampling
D. both a & b
Answer» E.
48.

The number of voice channels that can be accommodated for transmission in T1 carrier system is

A. 24
B. 32
C. 56
D. 64
Answer» B. 32
49.

In the amplitude of the carrier signal is varied based on the information in an a digital signal

A. ask
B. psk
C. fsk
D. qam
Answer» B. psk
50.

Because of transmissions in TDMA, the handoff process in

A. continuous, complex
B. continuous, simple
C. discontinuous, complex
D. discontinuous, simple
Answer» E.