Explore topic-wise MCQs in Digital Communications.

This section includes 61 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.

The bandwidth efficiency of QFSK is _______ that of BFSK.

A. Greater than
B. Less than
C. Equal to
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» D. None of the mentioned
2.

The mixing and filtering of DSB removes

A. LSB
B. USB
C. LSB & USB
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. LSB & USB
3.

Which modulation requires more bandwidth?

A. QPSK
B. OQPSK
C. BPSK
D. BFSK
Answer» D. BFSK
4.

Which modulation spectrum has narrow main lobe?

A. QPSK
B. OQPSK
C. BPSK
D. MSK
Answer» B. OQPSK
5.

The system will be more bandwidth efficient as WTb decreases.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
6.

The bandwidth efficiency of MFSK is

A. M/log2M
B. log2M/M
C. M/log10M
D. log10M/M
Answer» C. M/log10M
7.

Which provides more secure communication?

A. CDMA
B. FDMA
C. TDMA
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. FDMA
8.

In channel encoding procedure

A. Redundancy bits are added
B. Errors are corrected
C. Redundancy bits are added & Errors are corrected
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» D. None of the mentioned
9.

Simulation is used to determine

A. Bit error rate
B. Symbol error rate
C. Bit error
D. Symbol error
Answer» B. Symbol error rate
10.

Free space in idealization which consists

A. Transmitter
B. Receiver
C. Transmitter & Receiver
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» D. None of the mentioned
11.

Entropy calculation returns

A. Random variable
B. Deterministic number
C. Random number
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. Random number
12.

Channelization characterized by orthogonal spectra is called as

A. Time division multiplexing
B. Frequency division multiplexing
C. Time division & Frequency division multiplexing
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. Time division & Frequency division multiplexing
13.

QPSK amplitude modulates

A. Sine function
B. Cosine function
C. Sine & Cosine function
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» D. None of the mentioned
14.

Switching exists in

A. Point to point communication
B. Broadcast communication
C. Point to point & Broadcast communication
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. Broadcast communication
15.

Coherent demodulation of FSK signal can be performed using

A. Matched filter
B. BPF and envelope detectors
C. Discriminator
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. BPF and envelope detectors
16.

Which technique can be used for bandwidth reduction?

A. BPSK
B. QPSK
C. MPSK
D. MFSK
Answer» D. MFSK
17.

The primary communication resource is

A. Transmitted power
B. Received power
C. Efficiency
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. Received power
18.

Properties used to determine stream's fidelity

A. Sampling rate
B. Bit depth
C. Sampling rate & Bit depth
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» D. None of the mentioned
19.

Which refers to the presence of error correction coding scheme?

A. Coded
B. Uncoded
C. Coded & Uncoded
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. Uncoded
20.

Which of the following requires a synchronizing signal?

A. Single channel PPM system
B. PAM
C. DM
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» C. DM
21.

Matched filter is a _____ technique.

A. Modulation
B. Demodulation
C. Modulation & Demodulation
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. Modulation & Demodulation
22.

QAM uses ______ as the dimensions.

A. In phase
B. Quadrature
C. In phase & Quadrature
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» D. None of the mentioned
23.

In time division system, the actual switch is called as

A. Speech memory
B. Cross point
C. Connecting point
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. Cross point
24.

Which is called as on-off keying?

A. Amplitude shift keying
B. Uni-polar PAM
C. Amplitude shift keying & Uni-polar PAM
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» D. None of the mentioned
25.

QAM is a combination of

A. ASK and FSK
B. ASK and PSK
C. PSK and FSK
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. PSK and FSK
26.

A PWM signal can be generated by

A. An astable multi vibrator
B. A monostable multi vibrator
C. Integrating a PPM signal
D. Differentiating a PPM signal
Answer» C. Integrating a PPM signal
27.

Which modulation is the most efficient one?

A. BPSK
B. BFSK
C. QPSK
D. QAM
Answer» E.
28.

Code's redundancy is given as

A. n/k
B. k/n
C. nk
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. k/n
29.

Greater the redundancy lesser is the bandwidth expansion.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
30.

A PAM signal can be detected using

A. Low pass filter
B. High pass filter
C. Band pass filter
D. All pass filter
Answer» B. High pass filter
31.

How can the throughput of the system be increased?

A. Increasing EIRP
B. Increasing channel bandwidth
C. Decreasing system losses
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
32.

QPSK is a composite of

A. Two BPSK
B. Three BPSK
C. Two FSK
D. Two M-ary PSK
Answer» B. Three BPSK
33.

In MFSK, R/W

A. Increases with increase in M
B. Increases with decrease in M
C. Decreases with increase in M
D. Is not dependent on M
Answer» D. Is not dependent on M
34.

The transmission rate is given as

A. R/log2M
B. log2M/R
C. R/log10M
D. log10M/R
Answer» B. log2M/R
35.

The bandwidth efficiency increases as M increases.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
36.

TDM requires

A. Constant data transmission
B. Transmission of data samples
C. Transmission of data at random
D. Transmission of data of only one measured
Answer» C. Transmission of data at random
37.

The super group is made up of

A. Five groups
B. Sixty channels
C. Five groups & Sixty channels
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» D. None of the mentioned
38.

In an ideal TDM system, the cross correlation between two users of the system is

A. 1
B. 0
C. Infinity
D. -1
Answer» C. Infinity
39.

The use of non uniform quantization leads to

A. Reduction in transmission bandwidth
B. Increase in maximum SNR
C. Increase in SNR for low level signals
D. Simplification of quantization process
Answer» D. Simplification of quantization process
40.

The TCM decoder uses

A. Minimum likelihood detector
B. Maximum likelihood detector
C. Does not use redundant bits
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. Does not use redundant bits
41.

Transmission bandwidth depends on

A. Rate of signalling
B. Density of signal points
C. Reduced distance
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. Density of signal points
42.

Which determines the error performance in TCM?

A. Reduced distance
B. Free distance
C. Bandwidth
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. Bandwidth
43.

Which modulation is selected for power limited system?

A. MPSK
B. MFSK
C. MPSK & MFSK
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. MPSK & MFSK
44.

In a delta modulation system, granular noise occurs when the

A. Modulating signal increases rapidly
B. Pulse rate decreases
C. Pulse amplitude decreases
D. Modulating signal remains constant
Answer» E.
45.

For more than two quantization level, _______ is used.

A. Hard decision
B. Soft decision
C. Hard & Soft decision
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. Hard & Soft decision
46.

Space division has dedicated

A. Paths
B. Time slots
C. Paths & Time slots
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. Time slots
47.

Which has the maximum power efficiency?

A. Class A
B. Class B
C. Class C
D. Class AB
Answer» D. Class AB
48.

The IF transmission bandwidth of MFSK is

A. M/T
B. T/M
C. 2M/T
D. M/2
Answer» B. T/M
49.

In which technique spot beam antennas are used to point the radio signals in different directions?

A. Code division
B. Space division
C. Frequency division
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. Frequency division
50.

Which modulation is spectrally more efficient?

A. BPSK
B. MSK
C. QPSK
D. OQPSK
Answer» C. QPSK