Explore topic-wise MCQs in Electrical Engineering.

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1.

The time interval over which the received signal may be sampled without 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
2.

The format in which the positive half interval pulse is followed by a negative half interval pulse for transmission of 1 is

A. polar nrz format
B. bipolar nrz format
C. manchester format
D. none of the above
Answer» D. none of the above
3.

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
4.

The maximum synchronizing capability in coding techniques is present in

A. manchester format
B. polar nrz
C. polar rz
D. polar quaternary nrz
Answer» B. polar nrz
5.

The interference caused by the adjacent pulses in digital transmission is called

A. inter symbol interference
B. white noise
C. image frequency interference
D. transit time noise
Answer» B. white noise
6.

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

A. line coding
B. amplitude modulation
C. fsk
D. filtering
Answer» B. amplitude modulation
7.

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

A. /2
B.
C. 2
D. 0
Answer» C. 2
8.

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

A. higher
B. lower
C. same
D. not predictable
Answer» B. lower
9.

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
10.

BPSK system modulates at the rate of

A. 1 bit/ symbol
B. 2 bit/ symbol
C. 4 bit/ symbol
D. none of the above
Answer» B. 2 bit/ symbol
11.

Coherent detection of binary ASK signal requires

A. phase synchronization
B. timing synchronization
C. amplitude synchronization
D. both a and b
Answer» E.
12.

ASK modulated signal has the bandwidth

A. same as the bandwidth of baseband signal
B. half the bandwidth of baseband signal
C. double the bandwidth of baseband signal
D. none of the above
Answer» B. half the bandwidth of baseband signal
13.

Orthonormal set is a set of all vectors that are

A. mutually orthonormal and are of unit length
B. mutually orthonormal and of null length
C. both a & b
D. none of the above
Answer» B. mutually orthonormal and of null length
14.

For two vectors to be orthonormal, the vectors are also said to be orthogonal. The reverse of the same

A. is true
B. is not true
C. is not predictable
D. none of the above
Answer» C. is not predictable
15.

Zero forced equalizers are used for

A. reducing isi to zero
B. sampling
C. quantization
D. none of the abov
Answer» B. sampling
16.

Equalization in digital communication

A. reduces inter symbol interference
B. removes distortion caused due to channel
C. is done using linear filters
D. all of the above
Answer» E.
17.

The difficulty in achieving the Nyquist criterion for system design is

A. there are abrupt transitions obtained at edges of the bands
B. bandwidth criterion is not easily achieved
C. filters are not available
D. none of the above
Answer» B. bandwidth criterion is not easily achieved
18.

The Nyquist theorem is

A. relates the conditions in time domain and frequency domain
B. helps in quantization
C. limits the bandwidth requirement
D. both a and c
Answer» E.
19.

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.
20.

Nyquist criterion helps in

A. transmitting the signal without isi
B. reduction in transmission bandwidth
C. increase in transmission bandwidth
D. both a and b
Answer» E.
21.

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.
22.

Timing jitter is

A. change in amplitude
B. change in frequency
C. deviation in location of the pulses
D. all of the above
Answer» D. all of the above
23.

In polar RZ format for coding, symbol ‘0’ is represented by

A. zero voltage
B. negative voltage
C. pulse is transmitted for half the duration
D. both b and c are correct
Answer» E.
24.

Orthogonality of two codes means

A. the integrated product of two different code words is zero
B. the integrated product of two different code words is one
C. the integrated product of two same code words is zero
D. none of the above
Answer» B. the integrated product of two different code words is one
25.

Matched filter may be optimally used only for

A. gaussian noise
B. transit time noise
C. flicker
D. all of the above
Answer» B. transit time noise
26.

T1 carrier system is used

A. for pcm voice transmission
B. for delta modulation
C. for frequency modulated signals
D. none of the above
Answer» B. for delta modulation
27.

The maximum data transmission rate in T1 carrier system is

A. 2.6 megabits per second
B. 1000 megabits per second
C. 1.544 megabits per second
D. 5.6 megabits per second
Answer» D. 5.6 megabits per second
28.

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
29.

In Adaptive Delta Modulation, the slope error reduces and

A. quantization error decreases
B. quantization error increases
C. quantization error remains same
D. none of the above
Answer» C. quantization error remains same
30.

The digital modulation scheme in which the step size is not fixed is

A. delta modulation
B. adaptive delta modulation
C. dpcm
D. pcm
Answer» C. dpcm
31.

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
32.

The crest factor of a waveform is given as –

A. 2peak value/ rms value
B. rms value / peak value
C. peak value/ rms value
D. peak value/ 2rms value
Answer» D. peak value/ 2rms value
33.

Granular noise occurs when

A. step size is too small
B. step size is too large
C. there is interference from the adjacent channel
D. bandwidth is too large
Answer» C. there is interference from the adjacent channel
34.

The factors that cause quantizing error in delta modulation are

A. slope overload distortion
B. granular noise
C. white noise
D. both a and b are correct
Answer» E.
35.

The noise that affects PCM

A. transmission noise
B. quantizing noise
C. transit noise
D. both a and b are correct
Answer» E.
36.

DPCM suffers from

A. slope over load distortion
B. quantization noise
C. both a & b
D. none of the above
Answer» D. none of the above
37.

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

A. accumulator
B. sampler
C. pll
D. quantizer
Answer» B. sampler
38.

In digital transmission, the modulation technique that requires minimum bandwidth is

A. delta modulation
B. pcm
C. dpcm
D. pam
Answer» B. pcm
39.

In Delta modulation,

A. one bit per sample is transmitted
B. all the coded bits used for sampling are transmitted
C. the step size is fixed
D. both a and c are correct
Answer» E.
40.

In Delta Modulation, the bit rate is

A. n times the sampling frequency
B. n times the modulating frequency
C. n times the nyquist criteria
D. none of the above
Answer» B. n times the modulating frequency
41.

The error probability of a PCM is

A. calculated using noise and inter symbol interference
B. gaussian noise + error component due to inter symbol interference
C. calculated using power spectral density
D. all of the above
Answer» E.
42.

The expression for bandwidth BW of a PCM system, where v is the number of bits per sample and fm is the modulating frequency, is given by

A. bw ≥ vfm
B. bw ≤ vfm
C. bw ≥ 2 vfm
D. bw ≥ 1/2 vfm
Answer» B. bw ≤ vfm
43.

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
44.

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
45.

In PCM, the parameter varied in accordance with the amplitude of the modulating signal is

A. amplitude
B. frequency
C. phase
D. none of the above
Answer» E.
46.

The modulation techniques used to convert analog signal into digital signal are

A. pulse code modulation
B. delta modulation
C. adaptive delta modulation
D. all of the above
Answer» E.
47.

The characteristics of compressor in μ-law companding are

A. continuous in nature
B. logarithmic in nature
C. linear in nature
D. discrete in nature
Answer» B. logarithmic in nature
48.

The process of converting the analog sample into discrete form is called

A. modulation
B. multiplexing
C. quantization
D. sampling
Answer» D. sampling
49.

In uniform quantization process

A. the step size remains same
B. step size varies according to the values of the input signal
C. the quantizer has linear characteristics
D. both a and c are correct
Answer» E.