Reviewer PART 1 (Source: Lesson 4: Amplitude Modulation) 1.) An antenna transmits an AM signal having a total power content of 15kW. Determine the power being transmitted at each of the sidebands when the percent modulation is 85% a. 1101.9 W b. 1990 W c. 3981 W d. 1019 W 2.) In the designation of the bandwidth and emission, what letter in the first symbol represents an ISB signal? a. J b. B c. A d. C 3.) A modulator circuit performs what mathematical operation on its two inputs? a. Addition b. Multiplication c. Division d. subtraction 4.) An AM transmitter is modulated by two sine waves at 1kHz and 2.5kHz, with modulations of 25% and 50% respectively. What is the effective modulation index? a. 0.56 b. 0.65 c. 0.75 d. 0.25 5.) A 2000 Hz audio signal having amplitude of 15V amplitude modulates a 100kHz carrier, which has a peak value of 25V when not modulated. Calculate the modulation factor of the modulated wave. a. 0.4 b. 0.5 c. 0.6 d. 0.7 6.) In the previous problem, what frequencies would show up in a spectrum analysis of the AM wave? a. 98kHz, 100kHz, 102kHz b. 90.8kHz, 100kHz, 102.8kHz c. 98.8kHz, 100kHz, 102.2kHz d. 198kHz, 200kHz, 202kHz 7.) What is the required bandwidth to transmit the AM signal in the previous problem? a. 2kHz b. 4kHz c. 200kHz Reviewer d. None of the above 8.) A bandwidth of 12MHz becomes available for assignment. If assigned for TV broadcast service, only two channels could be accommodated. Determine the number of AM stations that could be broadcast simultaneously if the maximum frequency is limited to 5kHz a. 1000 b. 1200 c. 800 d. 1600 9.) Which is true about over modulation? a. A modulating voltage is less than a carrier voltage b. The modulating voltage is equal to the carrier voltage c. Overmodulation produces a distortion at the demodulated output d. None of the above 10.) The percentage of the modulation for a maximum amplitude of information transmission is ___% a. 0 b. 50 c. 75 d. 100 PART 2 (Source: Lesson 5: Single-Sideband Systems) 1.) For an AM DSBFC wave with a peak unmodulated voltage of 10V and a load resistance of 10Ω, the given modulation index is 0.5. Determine the following: a. The carrier and the sideband power b. The total power c. The percent power of the information d. The power spectrum 2.) Calculate the percentage power saving when the carrier and one of the sidebands is suppressed in an AM signal if the modulation index is a. 100% b. 25% 3.) For a 500-W carrier modulated to a depth of 80%, find the total power and the %P.S in each of the following forms of AM a. J3E b. H3E c. DSB 4.) An AM wave has a total transmitted power of 4kW when modulated at 85%. How much total power should an SSB wave contain in order to have the same power as that in the two sidebands? Reviewer 5.) If a transmitter power of 100W is sufficient for reliable communication over a certain path using SSB, approximately what power would be required using H3E? 6.) What is the maximum modulating signal frequency that can be used in a J3E system with a 50kHz bandwidth? 10.) The CB radio was developed using a full-carrier DSB AM. It operates using 40 channels, each 10kHz. When the SSBSC is used, the same carrier frequencies are used as with the conventional AM, but the transceivers are switchable to either a lower or an upper sideband. How many channels are available when SSB is used? 80 7.) A filter-type SSB generator uses an ideal bandpass filter with a center frequency of 5.000Mhz and a bandwidth of 2.7kHz. What frequency should be used for the carrier oscillator if the generator is to produce an LSB signal with a baseband frequency response having a lower limit of 280kHz? 11.) What is the power saving of a double sideband full carrier AM signal at 50% modulation, if the emission used is J3E? 12.) What is the maximum modulating signal frequency that can be used with a H3E system with a 50kHz bandwidth? 50kHz 8.) An SSBSC signal has a suppressed carrier frequency of 1500 and 2200Hz. The receiver is mistuned so that the BFO is at 1.9995Mhz. What will be the output frequencies of the demodulator if the signal is LSB? 13.) An AM transmission 1000W is fully modulated. Calculate the power transmitted if it is transmitted as a SSB signal 14.) A SSB transmission drives a 110Vpk into a 75Ω antenna. Calculate PEP. 9.) A J3E transmitter operating at 16MHz has a frequency stability of 1 part per million. If its transmission is reproduced by a receiver whose frequency stability is 8 parts per million, what is the maximum frequency error of the output of this receiver in reproducing this transmission? 15.) An SSB transmitter has a PEP 10kW, what is the average power? Reviewer 16.) An AM wave has a total transmitted power of 4kW when modulated at 85%. What is the total transmitted power if J3E was used instead? a. 1061.5W b. 530.76W c. 2123W d. 2938.5W 17.) CB radios were developed using the full-carrier DSB AM. It operated using 40 channels, each 10kHz wide. When SSBSC is used, the same carrier frequencies are used as with the conventional AM but transceivers are switchable to either lower and upper sideband. How many channels are available when the SSB is used? a. 40 b. 60 c. 80 d. 120 18.) The type of AM signal that is used in a TV broadcasting is called a. B8E b. CF3 c. R3E d. H3E 19.) Which of the following statements is not true about single sideband transmission? a. SSB transmission saves power b. It occupies less bandwidth c. Less complex d. None of the above 20.) If a transmitter power of 100W is sufficient for reliable communications over a certain path using the SSB, approximately what power level would be required using the DSB? a. 300W b. 600W c. 100W d. 200W 21.) If a transmitter power of 1000W is sufficient for reliable communications over a certain path using the SSB, approximately what power level would be required using the DSB? What is the power required for a full-carrier AM? a. 600W b. 100W c. 200W d. 800W 22.) Anticipating single sideband AM, what percentage of the total power is saved by suppressing the carrier and one sideband while transmitting the other sideband only for m=0.75? a. 66.7% b. 89% c. 100% d. 45% 23.) If the carrier signal of a 100% modulated AM wave is suppressed, the percentage power saving will be a. 50 b. 150 c. 100 d. 66.66 24.) One of the following cannot be used to remove the unwanted sideband in SSB. This is the a. Filter system b. Phase-shift method c. Detector d. Weaver method 25.) To provide two or more voice circuits with the same carrier, it is necessary to use the a. ISB b. Carrier insertion c. SSB with a pilot carrier d. Lincompex Reviewer PART 3 (Source: MCQ Phase Modulation Question & Answers) 1. Phase modulation is a type of modulation used for the ______ of communicating signals. a. Reception b. Transmission c. Hybrid d. None of these 2. Phase modulation has ___ forms of modulation. e. 2 f. 3 g. 7 h. 9 3. Input signal in phase modulation changes according to ___ of a carrier wave. i. Amplitude j. Phase k. Frequency l. Time 4. h in phase modulation represents______? m. Modulation Index n. Frequency o. Amplitude p. Carrier Wave 5. Modulation index(h) formula=_______? q. Δf r. Δm s. Δθ t. Δg 6. If height of the signals are short, then Phase modulation behaves similar to _____? u. Frequency Modulation v. Amplitude Modulation w. Phase Modulation x. None of these 7. For a high sine wave, Phase modulation behaves the same as _______? y. Frequency Modulation z. Amplitude Modulation aa. Phase Modulation h. None of these 8. Δθ represents _______? a. High peak b. Peak Phase Deviation c. Sine Wave d. Swing 9. Phase modulation is extensively used in transmitting _____ waves. a. Infrared b. Ultra c. Radio d. X-ray 10. Carson rule formula represented by _______? a. 2(h+1)fm b. 2fm c. 2hfm d. None Of These 11. Message signal in phase modulation is represented by _____? a. w(t) b. m(t) c. p(t) d. q(t) 12. Phase modulation is used in technologies like ___? a. Wi-fi b. Edge c. Ethernet d. Wired 13. Phase modulation is also used in _____? a. Modulars b. Digital synthesizers c. Amplifiers d. Actuators 14. Carrier signal formula in modulation are ______? a. Acsin(ctc) b. Amsin(ct+c) c. Acsin(ct+c) d. Acsin(ct+c+1) 15. Message signal m(t) is represented by ______? a. cos(cthm(t)) b. cos(ct+hm(t)) c. cos(ct+hm(t)+1) d. cos(cthm(t)+1) 16. Phase modulation is also called ______ modulation? a. Di Amplitude b. Quadrature amplitude c. Double amp d. Hecta amplifier 17. Frequency modulation will change to phase modulation by Reviewer appending ____ network to the message signal. a. LR b. CR c. RCL d. LC 18. _____ phase modulation is most widely used. a. Analog b. Digital c. Hybrid d. None of these 19. Ac in the equation is defined as carrier signal ____? a. Amplitude b. Phase c. Frequency d. Time 20. c in the equation is defined as carrier signal ______? a. Wavelength b. Amplitude c. Frequency d. Angular frequency 21. Movement of complete negative and _____ phases form a complete sine wave. a. Positive b. Negative c. Null d. None of these 22. Phase is _____ proportional to time. a. Indirectly b. Directly c. Hybrid d. Continuous 23. For phase modulation _____ be placed in the middle of AM and FM. a. Wavelength b. Noise immunity c. Bandwidth d. Frequency variations 24. Noise exemption is less in phase modulation than _____? a. AM b. PWM c. FM d. DM 25. In PM, the Signal to Noise ratio is not _____ than FM. a. Worst b. Superior c. Least d. Quality 26. _____ services are mostly used in phase modulation? a. Frequency b. Phase c. Mobile Radio d. None Of These 27. Noise immunity is ____ in PM, than that of AM. a. Low b. Least c. More d. Null 28. Even if we increase the quality of frequency deviation, the noise immunity can’t increase in ___? a. AM b. PM c. PWM d. FM 29. The whole power will make use of ___ modulators? a. AM b. PM c. PWM d. FM 30. Bandwidth in PM depends on _______? a. Wavelength b. Time c. Modulation Index d. Frequency deviation 31. Bandwidth is high in ___ than AM and FM. a. FM b. PWM c. PM d. AM 32. Receivers and transmitters are ____ to design in PM? a. Easy b. Complex c. Trouble-Free d. Effortless 33. Expand PSK _______? a. Plant shift keying b. Phase shift keying c. Phase sine key d. None of these 34. Expand BPSK _____? a. Binary phase-shift keying b. Binary plane size keying c. Binary phase sine keying Reviewer d. None of these 35. Expand QPSK full form_______? a. Quadrature phase-shift keying b. Quartz plane sine keying c. Quad phase sine keying d. None of these 36. Phase modulation exists with _____ speed of communication? a. Low b. High c. Least d. Null 37. Exceeds phase range up to ____ due to uncertainty in PM? a. 270 b. 180 c. 90 d. 360 38. Modulation index enlarges by adding _____ component. a. Shift Registers b. Frequency Multipliers c. Amplifiers d. Oscillators 39. ______ exists between two points of a circle in PM. a. Frequency deviation b. Phase Angle c. Angular Frequency d. Modulators 40. Units of phase sensitivity ______? a. rad/amp b. amp/volts c. rad/volts d. 1/volts 41. Phase sensitivity is represented by _____? a. Kp x(t) b. Kv x(t) c. Kx x(t) d. None of these 42. Due to sound, combination ______ takes place in PM. a. Phase Distortion b. Phase Angle c. Bandwidth d. Noise immunity 43. Phase modulation has constant _____? a. Frequency b. Phase c. Amplitude d. Angle 44. Phase modulation has ___ quality receiving signals? a. High b. Low c. Medium d. Constant 45. In PM, phase is directly proportional to ______? a. Amplitude b. Bandwidth c. Frequency d. Phase 46. In PM, amplitude and ______ maintain the same properties. a. Amplitude b. Bandwidth c. Frequency d. Phase 47. Expand OPSK full form _____? a. Offset phase shift keying b. Onboard phase shift keying c. On phase switch keying d. None of these 48. Velocity is been identified based on unattached _____? a. Doppler Effect b. Bandwidth c. Angular Frequency d. Wireless 49. In phase modulation, the ___ signals are required with phase variations in them. a. One b. Two c. Three d. Four 50. ______ reaches if we increase the phase radian of modulation? a. Phase Angle b. Phase Ambiguity c. Phase Distortion d. None of these PART 4: (Source: MCQ in Modulation Part 18) 1. Having an information signal change some characteristic of a carrier signal is called a. Multiplexing b. Modulation Reviewer 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. c. Duplexing d. Linear mixing Which of the following is not true about AM? a. The carrier amplitude varies. b. The carrier frequency remains constant. c. The carrier frequency changes. d. The information signal amplitude changes the carrier amplitude. he opposite of modulation is a. Reverse modulation b. Downward modulation c. Unmodulation d. Demodulation The circuit used to produce modulation is called a. Modulator b. Demodulator c. Variable gain amplifier d. Multiplexer A modulator circuit performs what mathematical operation on its two inputs? a. Addition b. Multiplication c. Division d. Square root The ratio of the peak modulating signal voltage to the peak carrier voltage is referred to as a. The voltage ratio b. Decibels c. The modulation index d. The mix factor If m is greater than 1, what happens? a. Normal operation b. Carrier drops to zero c. Carrier frequency shifts d. Information signal is distorted For ideal AM, which of the following is true? a. m = 0 b. m = 1 c. m < 1 d. m > 1 The outline of the peaks of a carrier has the shape of the modulating signal and is called the a. Trace b. Waveshape c. Envelope d. Carrier variation 10. Overmodulation occurs when a. Vm > Vc b. Vm < Vc c. Vm = Vc d. Vm = Vc = 0 11. The values of Vmax and Vmin as read from an AM wave on oscilloscope are 2.8 and 0.3. the percentage of modulation is a. 10.7% b. 41.4% c. c. 80.6% d. d. 93.3% 12. The new signals produced by modulation are called a. Spurious emissions b. Harmonics c. Intermodulation products d. Sidebands 13. A carrier of 880 kHz is modulated by a 3.5 kHz sine wave. The LSB and USB are, respectively, a. a. 873 and 887 kHz b. 876.5 and 883.5 kHz c. c. 883.5 and 876.5 kH d. d. 887 and 873 kHz 14. A display of signal amplitude versus frequency is called the a. Time domain b. Frequency Spectrum c. Amplitude Spectrum d. Frequency Domain 15. Most of the power in an AM signal is in the a. Carrier b. Upper sideband c. Lower sideband d. Modulating signal 16. An AM signal has a carrier power of 5 W. the percentage of modulation is 80% the total sideband power is a. 0.8 W b. 1.6 W c. 2.5 W d. 4.0 W 17. An AM signal has a carrier power of 5 W. the percentage of modulation is 80% the total sideband power is Reviewer a. b. c. d. 0.8 W 1.6 W 2.5 W 4.0 W 18. An AM transmitter has a percentage of modulation of 88. The carrier power is 440 W. The power is 440 W. The power in one sideband is a. 85 W b. 110 W c. 170 W d. 610 W 19. An AM transmitter antenna current is measured with no modulation and found to be 2.6 amperes. With modulation, the current rises to 2.9 amperes. The percentage of modulation is a. 35% b. 70% c. 42% d. 89% 20. What is the carrier power in the problem above if the antenna resistance is 75 ohms? a. 195 W b. 631 W c. 507 W d. 792 W 21. In an AM signal, the transmitted information is contained within the a. Carrier b. Modulating signal c. Sidebands d. Envelope 22. An AM signal without the carrier is called a(n) a. SSB b. Vestigial sideband c. FM signal d. DSB 23. What is the minimum AM signal needed to transmit information? a. Carrier plus sidebands b. Carrier only c. One sideband d. Both sideband 24. The main advantage of SSB over standard AM or DSB is a. Less spectrum space is used b. Simpler equipment is used c. Less power is consumed d. A higher modulation percentage 25. In SSB, which sideband is the best to use? a. Upper b. Lower c. Neither d. Depends upon the use 26. The typical audio modulating frequency range used in radio and telephone communication is a. 50 Hz to 5 kHz b. 50 Hz to 15 kHz c. 100 Hz to 10kHz d. 300 Hz to 3 kHz 27. An AM signal with a maximum modulating signal frequency of 4.5 kHz has a total bandwidth of a. 4.5 kHz b. 6.75 kHz c. 9 kHz d. 18 kHz 28. The modulation system used for telegraphy is a. Frequency-shift keying b. Two-tone modulation c. Pulse-code modulation d. Single-tone modulation 29. The process of translating a signal, with or without modulation, to a higher or lower frequency for processing is called a. Frequency multiplication b. Frequency division c. Frequency shift d. Frequency conversion 30. Frequency translation is carried out by a circuit called a a. Translator b. Convertor c. Balanced modulator d. Local oscillator 31. An input signal of 1.8 MHz is mixed with a local oscillator of 5 MHz. A filter selects the difference signal. The output is a. 1.8 MHz b. 3.2 MHz c. 5 MHz d. 6.8 MHz 32. One type of pulse communications system uses pulse that appear as a group, and which vary in number according to Reviewer the loudness of the voice. This type of pulse modulation is called a. Pulse duration modulation b. Pulse amplitude modulation c. Pulse code modulation d. Pulse position modulation 33. An SSB transmitter produces a 400-V peak to peak signal across a 52-Ω antenna load. The PEP output is a. 192.2 W b. 384.5 W c. 769.2 W d. 3077 W 34. The output power of an SSB transmitter is usually expressed in terms of a. Average power b. RMS power c. Peak-to-peak power d. Peak envelope power 35. The letter-number designation B8E is a form of modulation also known as a. Pilot-carrier system b. Independent sideband emission c. Lincomlex d. Vestigial sideband transmission 36. Amplitude modulation is the same as a. Linear mixing b. Analog multiplication c. Signal summation d. Inductor 37. In a diode modulator, the negative half of the AM wave is supplied by a(n) a. Tuned circuit b. Transformer c. Capacitor d. Inductor 38. Amplitude modulation can be produced by a. Having the carrier vary a resistance b. Having the modulating signal vary a capacitance c. Varying the carrier frequency d. Varying the gain of an amplifier 39. Amplitude modulators that vary the carrier amplitude with the modulating signal by passing it through an attenuator work on the principle of a. Rectification b. Resonance c. Variable resistance d. Absorption 40. The component used to produce AM at very high frequencies is a a. Varactor b. Thermistor c. Cavity resonator d. PIN diode 41. Amplitude modulation generated at a very low voltage or power amplitude is known as a. High-level modulation b. Low-level modulation c. Collector modulation d. Minimum modulation 42. A collector modulator has a supply voltage of 48 V. The peakto-peak amplitude of the modulating signal for 100 percent modulation is a. 24 V b. 48 V c. 96 V d. 120 V 43. A collector modulated transmitter has a supply voltage of 24 V and collector current of 0.5 A. The modulator power for 100 percent modulation is a. 6 W b. 12 W c. 18 W d. 24 W 44. The circuit that recovers the original modulating information from an AM signal is known as a a. Modulator b. Demodulator c. Mixer d. Crystal set 45. The most commonly used amplitude demodulator is the a. Diode mixer b. Balanced modulator c. Envelope detector d. Crystal filter Reviewer 46. A circuit that generates the upper and lower sidebands but no carrier is called a(n) a. Amplitude modulator b. Diode detector c. Class C amplifier d. Balanced modulator 47. The inputs to a balance modulator are 1 MHz and a carrier of 1.5 MHz. The outputs are a. 500 kHz b. 2.5 MHz c. 1.5 MHz d. Both a and b 48. A widely used balanced modulator is called the a. Diode bridge circuit b. Full-wave bridge rectifier c. Lattice Modulator d. Balanced bridge modulator 49. In a diode ring modulator, the diodes act like a. Variable resistors b. Switches c. Rectifiers d. Variable capacitors 50. The output of a balanced modulator is a. AM b. FM c. SSB d. DSB e. PART 5 (Source: Radio Receivers MCQ Test) 1. The first radio receivers invented by a. Marconi b. Oliver Lodge c. Alexander Popov d. All of the above 2. We should use ______ to prevent overloading of the IF amplifier in a receiver. a. Squelch b. Variable selectivity c. Variable sensitivity d. Double conversion 3. Which of the following circuits can not demodulate SSB? a. Product modulator b. Balance modulator 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. c. Phase discriminator d. None of the above ________ is not a useful quantity for comparing the noise performance of receivers. a. Noise figure b. Noise temperature c. Input noise voltage d. Equivalent noise resistance Why A notch filter is sometimes used in communication receivers? a. Spread the bandwidth b. Made selectivity more precise c. Reduce receiver gain at some specific frequency d. Increase receiver gain at some specific frequency For which purpose EM 84 tube is used in radio receivers? a. Magic eye b. RF amplifier c. Audio amplifier d. Full wave rectifier What is the selectivity of a radio receiver? a. Its ability to suppress noise b. Its ability to amplify weak signals c. Its ability to reject adjacent unwanted signals d. None of the above ............. does not happen in transistors? a. Shot noise b. Flicker noise c. Partition noise d. Resistance noise What happens, if the intermediate frequency is too low in a radio receiver? a. Selectivity will be too sharp b. Image-frequency rejection will improve c. The frequency selectivity of the local oscillator will have to be lowered d. All of the above Reviewer 10. The local oscillator is tuned to a frequency ............... In a radio receiver. a. Equal to incoming frequency b. Lower than the incoming frequency c. Higher than the incoming frequency d. None of the above 11. The selectivity of most receivers is determined largely by ....... a. Sensitivity b. Antenna direction c. Characteristics of IF section d. All of the above 12. What does a transmitter serial current contain? a. Audio frequencies b. carrier frequencies c. Radio frequencies d. All of the above 13. What happens, if the intermediate frequency is too high in a radio receiver? a. Selectivity will be poor b. Tracking difficulties will be least c. Adjacent channel rejection will improve d. None of the above 14. Which of the following device has IF input but RF output in a receiver? a. Loudspeaker b. Demodulator c. Audio amplifier d. Frequency changer 15. For which purpose, the neutralization is used in RF amplifiers? a. Stop oscillation b. Improve selectivity c. Increase bandwidth d. None of the above 16. A duplexer is a device used to ................. a. Connect two transmitters to the same antenna b. Feed more than one receiver from a single antenna c. Connect a receiver and a transmitter to the same antenna d. None of the above 17. RF amplifiers are used in radio receivers for which purpose? a. Improved image frequency rejection b. Improved rejection of adjacent unwanted signals c. Prevention of re-radiation of the local oscillator through the antenna of the receiver d. All of the above 18. .............. should be used in order to prevent overloading or the last IF amplifier in a receiver. a. Squelch b. Double conversion c. Variable sensitivity d. Variable selectivity 19. Which of the following oscillator is used as a local oscillator in a radio receiver? a. Crystal b. Hartley c. Phase Shift d. Wien-bridge 20. Which of the following is the function of radio receiver? a. Produce radio waves b. Modulate a message signal c. Convert one form of energy into other d. Detect and amplify information signal from the carrier PART 6 (Source: Radio Receiver Theorem Question & Answers) Part 1 out of 4 1. Which one of the following receivers receives the broadcast of music or speech from amplitude modulation transmitters that operates on short, medium, or long wave bands? Reviewer 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. a. Frequency b. Amplitude c. Pulse d. None of the above The insufficient selectivity in tuned radio frequency receiver is due to _______________ ? a. Oscillatory nature of radio frequency amplifiers b. Variation in Q c. Increased bandwidth d. All of the above The poor adjacent channel rejection results when the intermediate frequency is __________________ ? a. High b. Very High c. Moderate d. Poor The image frequency rejection becomes poor when the intermediate frequency is __________________ ? a. High b. Very High c. Moderate d. Low Which one of the following intermediate frequencies makes the selectivity too sharp? a. High IF b. Low IF c. Very low IF d. None of the above Which one of the following antennae is a wire type of antenna? a. Dipoles b. Biconical c. Reflector d. Both a and b The variation in bandwidth over tuning range in tuned radio frequency receiver is due to _______________ ? a. Oscillatory nature of radio frequency amplifiers b. Variation in Q c. Increased bandwidth d. All of the above Which one of the following is a type of highly directional antenna? a. Dipole, Collinear b. Panel, yagi c. Phased array d. Parabolic dish 9. The horizontal beamwidth is 30 to 180 degrees in _______________ antenna? a. Parabolic dish b. Omnidirectional c. Patch/panel d. Both a and b 10. The figure shown below is a block diagram of ____________________ receiver? a. Block Diagram of a Superheterodyne Receiver b. Superheterodyne c. Tuned radio frequency d. Simple radio receiver e. None of the above 11. Which one of the following components converts the audio signals into sound waves? a. Loudspeakers b. Detector c. Tuned circuit d. AF amplifier 12. Which one of the following components acts as an oscillator as well as a mixer? a. Amplifiers b. Generators c. Self-excited mixer d. All of the above 13. What is the standard form of AGC? a. Automatic Gain Control b. Alternate Gain Control c. Automatic Gain Code d. None of the above 14. In which one of the following automatic gain control the shifting operating point is towards the cutoff? a. Reverse b. Forward Reviewer c. Both a and b d. None of the above 15. The frequency range of amplitude modulation radio receiver is between ________________ ? a. 100KHz to 1600KHz b. 5 kHz to 1600KHz c. 540 kHz to 1600KHz d. None of the above Part 2 out of 4 16. What is the standard form of VLC? a. Visible Light Communication b. Variable Light Communication c. Visible Light Control d. None of the above 17. What are the functions of the radio receiver? a. Amplify’s the RF signal b. Demodulates the selected signal c. Selects the desired signals and rejects the unwanted signal d. All of the above 18. The horizontal beamwidth is 360 degrees in _______________ antenna? a. Parabolic dish b. Omnidirectional c. Patch/panel d. Both a and b 19. Which one of the following antennae is a linearly polarised type of antenna? a. Dipoles b. Biconical c. Reflector d. Both a and b 20. The figure shown below is a block diagram of ________receiver? a. Superheterodyne b. Tuned radio frequency c. Simple radio receiver d. None of the above 21. Which one of the following components amplifies the audio signals? a. Loudspeakers b. Detector c. Tuned circuit d. AF amplifier 22. Which one of the following components is used to adjust the local oscillator frequency? a. Amplifiers b. Antenna c. Self-excited mixer d. Automatic gain control 23. Which one of the following receivers receives the broadcast from frequency modulation transmitters that operates in ultrahigh or very high-frequency bands? a. Frequency b. Amplitude c. Pulse d. None of the above 24. The tuning range of microwave and radar receivers is from 1GHz to ________________ GHz? a. 10KHz b. 30GHz c. 10GHz d. 160GHz 25. When the modulation index increases in frequency modulation signal the power remain _________________ ? a. Increases b. Decreases c. Constant d. None of the above 26. Which one of the following components in the FM receiver is used to increase the radio signal power? a. Antenna b. Electronic filters c. Amplifier d. All of the above 27. Which one of the receivers is a double frequency conversion? a. Superheterodyne b. Tuned radio frequency Reviewer c. Communication d. All of the above 28. The instability in tuned radio frequency receiver is due to _______________ ? a. Oscillatory nature of radio frequency amplifiers b. Variation in Q c. Increased bandwidth d. All of the above 29. In which year the first radio receiver was invented? a. 1986 b. 1970 c. 1999 d. 2001 30. The figure shown below is a block diagram of ____________________ receiver? a. b. c. d. Superheterodyne Tuned radio frequency Simple radio receiver None of the above Part 3 out of 4 31. Which one of the following components consists of capacitor and inductor coil? a. Loudspeakers b. Detector c. Tuned circuit d. AF amplifier 32. In which one of the following automatic gain control the shifting operating point is towards the saturation? a. Reverse b. Forward c. oth a and b d. None of the above 33. The automatic gain controls are categorized into ____________________ types? a. One b. Two c. Three d. Four 34. The frequency range of frequency modulation radio receiver is between _____________ ? a. 100K Hz to 1600 kHz b. 88 kHz to 108 MHz c. 540 kHz to 1600 kHz d. None of the above 35. Which one of the following receivers is used for the reception of short wave telephone signals and telegraph? a. Communication b. Amplitude c. Radar d. Television 36. The process of converting all incoming RF signals to a lower frequency is called ________________? a. Heterodyne b. Intermediate frequency c. Communication d. None of the above 37. Which one of the following parts of the TRF receiver is used to detect the signal? a. RF section b. AM detector c. Audio section d. All of the above 38. Which one of the following parts of the TRF receiver is used to demodulate the amplitude modulation wave? a. RF section b. AM detector c. Audio section d. All of the above 39. The figure shown below is a block diagram of ____________________ receiver? a. Superheterodyne b. Tuned radio frequency c. Communication receiver Reviewer d. None of the above 40. Which one of the following receivers used to receive television broadcast in ultra-high or very high-frequency bands? a. Communication b. Amplitude c. Radar d. Television 47. The figure shown below is a block diagram of ____________________ receiver? Part 4 out of 4 41. The tuning range of the MW broadcast amplitude modulation receiver is from 540KHz to __________________ ? a. 1040KHz b. 1140KHz c. 1340KHz d. 1640KHz 42. In a radio receiver the ________________ oscillator is used as a local oscillator? a. Hartley b. Crystal c. Wein bridge d. None of the above 43. Which one of the following receivers is used to receive ranging signals and radio detection? a. Television b. Radar c. FM receivers d. Communication 44. Which is the advantage of a tuned radio frequency receiver? a. High sensitivity b. Poor audio quality c. Both a and b d. None of the above 45. Which one of the following receivers converts all incoming RF signals to a lower frequency? a. Television b. Radar c. Superheterodyne d. Communication 46. How many batteries do crystal radio receivers require? a. One b. Two c. Three d. Batteries are not required a. FM receiver b. Tuned radio frequency c. Communication receiver d. None of the above 48. Which one of the receivers is a Single frequency conversion? a. Superheterodyne b. Tuned radio frequency c. Communication d. All of the above 49. Which one of the following components in the FM receiver is used to detect the frequency waves? a. Antenna b. Electronic filters c. Amplifier d. All of the above 50. The range of radio frequency transmitter and receiver is up to _________________ meters? a. 150 meters b. 250 meters c. 450 meters d. 100 meters PART 7 (Source:) 1. The image channel selectivity of super heterodyne receiver depends upona. IF amplifiers only b. RF and IF amplifiers only c. Pre-selector, RF and IF amplifiers d. Pre-selector and RF amplifiers only 2. A receiver has poor IF selectisity. It will therefore also have poor? Reviewer 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. a. Blocking b. Double-spotting c. Diversity-reception d. Sensitivity What is the correct sequence of the blocks in an AM receiver from receiving the signal to output? a. RF amplifier - Mixer - IF amplifier - Demodulator Audio amplifier b. RF amplifier - Mixer - IF amplifier - Audio amplifier Demodulator c. IF amplifier - Demodulator - RF amplifier - Mixer Audio Amplifier d. Audio Amplifier - Mixer Demodulator - IF amplifier - RF amplifier Which of the followings are the reasons for use of narrow-band FM rather than wide-band FM? I. It improves signal to noise ratio. II. It reduces inter-channel interference. III. Efficient use of power for better coverage. a. I, II and III b. II and III only c. I and II only d. III only Which of the following contains a limiter stage, a discriminator and a de-emphasis circuit? a. Direct FM transmitter b. Indirect FM transmitter c. Double Side Band AM receiver d. FM receiver A Pre-emphasis circuit provides extra noise immunity by a. Boosting the base frequencies b. Amplifying the higher audio frequencies c. Pre-amplifying the whole audio band d. Converting the phase modulation to FM A radio receiver is tuned to 750 kHz and its oscillator frequency is 925 kHz. The image frequency would be a. 1000 kHz b. 1100 kHz c. 1170 kHz d. 1125 kHz 8. The frequency to which the incoming signal is changed in super heterodyne reception is called a. amplitude frequency b. radio frequency c. intermediate frequency d. modulated frequency 9. If a radio receiver amplifies all the signal frequency equally well, it is said to have high a. Fidelity b. Sensitivity c. Selectivity d. Distortion 10. The standard IF value for AM SHD receivers is a. 550 kHz b. 455 kHz c. 660 kHz d. 720 kHz 11. The range of super-heterodyne receive tuning when f_L0>f_c with broadcast frequency ranges 540 to 1600 KHz a. 85-1145 kHz b. 540-1600 kHz c. 995-2055 kHz d. 1450-2510 kHz 12. A noise figure of an amplifier does not depend on a. bandwidth b. Output power c. Power input d. None of the above 13. In a standard AM superheterodyne receiver, if the IF is 455kHz and the high-side tuning is used, the local oscillator frequency must vary between a. 885kHz - 1585kHz b. 85kHz - 1145kHz c. 1005kHz - 2105kHz d. 88kHz - 108kHz 14. The use of TRF receivers is limited because of their a. Poor fidelity b. Poor SNR Reviewer c. Poor sensitivity d. All of the above 15. Which of the following statements are correct with reference to superheterodyne receivers? i.The main advantage of the superheterodyne receiver is its better tracking ii. The main advantage of the superheterodyne receiver is an improvement in sensitivity Iii. The image channel rejection in the superheterodyne receiver comes from the IF stage only Iv. The image channel rejection in the superheterodyne receiver comes from the RF stage only a. (i) and (ii) are correct b. (ii) and (iii) are correct c. (ii) and (iv) are correct d. (i) and (iv) are correct 16. The intermediate frequency of a superheterodyne receiver is 450kHz. If it is tuned to 1200kHz, the image frequency will be a. 1600 kHz b. 2100 kHz c. 900 kHz d. 750 kHz 17. In an AM system receiver. the mixer translates the carrier frequency f_c to a fixed intermediate frequency of 450 kHz. Given a broadcast signal of frequency 900 kHz. What is the corresponding image frequency when a superhetrodyne receiver is employed with local oscillator frequency greater than the broadcast signal frequency? a. 900 kHz b. 1800 kHz c. 800 kHz d. 1350 kHz 18. The RF receiver's ability to reject unwanted signal is called A. Selective B. Sensitivity C. SNR D. Efficiency 19. Boosting of higher frequency at the transmitter is done by using a. De-emphasis b. AGC circuit c. Pre-emphasis d. Armstrong method 20. A communication receiver has an intermediate frequency of 9MHz. What is the frequency of the oscillator when it is tuned to 15MHz? a. 24 MHz b. 12MHz c. 9 MHz d. 15 MHz 21. In a superheterodyne receiver, if the intermediate frequency is 450kHz and the signal frequency is 100kHz, then the local oscillator frequency and image frequency respectively are a. 1450 kHz and 100 kHz b. 550 kHz and 1900 kHz c. 1450 kHz and 1990 kHz d. 550 kHz and 1450 kHz 22. If a radio receiver, which of the following stages does not need alignment a. TRF stage b. IF stage c. Antenna input stage d. Audio stage 23.The boosting of higher modulating frequencies in accordance with a prearranged curve is called: a. Pre-emphasis b. curve fitting c. De-emphasis d. Reconstruction 24.In a broadcast superheterodyne receiver, having no RF amplifier, the IF = 455 kHz. What is the image frequency if the receiver is tuned to 1000 kHz? a. 1455 kHz b. 1910 kHz c. 545 kHz d. 2455 kHz Reviewer 25. A Superheterodyne receiver with an intermediate frequency of 450 kHz is tuned to a signal of 1600 kHz. The image frequency is a. 2500 kHz b. 2050 kHz c. 1600 kHz d. 450 kHz PART 8 (Source: Courseworks) Coursework A 4. If a transmitter supplies 8kW to the antenna when it is unmodulated, what is the total radiated power when it is modulated at 60%? 1. Which statement is true about index modulation? - Vmin is positive in undermodulation 2. The antenna current of an AM transmitter is 10A when only the carrier is sent but it increases to 10.95A when the carrier is modulated by a single sine wave. If 85% modulation is desired, what should be the modulation index of the second wave? 5. Which statement is not true about Am? - An increase in the frequency of the modulating signal increases the amplitude of the AM signal 6. A 1000-W carrier is to be modulated to a 90% level. Determine the total transmitted power ANS: 0.5679 3. An AM transmitter radiates 400W at 100% modulation. How much power is in the sidebands? 7. With no modulating signal, what is the output signal of an Amplitude Modulator? - Carrier signal 8. Which of the following frequency cannot be found in an Am signal? - FM 9. An AM DSBFC transmitter with an unmodulated carrier power, Pc=600W Reviewer that is modulated simultaneously by four tones, m1=0.1, m2=0.2, m3=0.4, m5=0.5, determine the total sideband power 12. What is not an advantage of SSB AM over DSBAM? - It is more simple to generate and demodulate suppressed carrier AM than full carrier AM 10. An AM broadcast station operates at its maximum allowed total output of 50kW and at 85% modulation. How much is the % power of the carrier? 13. What type of modulation is used to send the picture portion of a TV signal - CF3 14. In the FCC Emission Designation the first symbol indicates - The type of modulation of the main carrier 15. CB radios were developed using the full-carrier DSB AM. It operates using 40 channels, each 10KHz wide. When the SSBSC is used, the same carrier frequencies are used as with the conventional AM but the transceivers are switchable to either lower or upper sideband. How many channels are available when the SSB is used? 80 Coursework B 11. Anticipating single sideband AM, what percentage of the total power is saved by suppressing the carrier and one sideband while transmitting the other sideband only for m=0.75? 16. An AM wave has a total transmitted power of 4kW when modulated 85%. What is the total transmitted power if J3E was used instead? Reviewer 18. If a transmitter power of 100W is sufficient for reliable communication over a certain path using the SSB, What is the power required for a double sideband full-carrier AM? 17. How much is the % power saving if R3E was used at m=0.8 19. To provide two or more voice circuits with the same carrier, it is necessary to use the - B8E 20. What is the circuit used to produce DSBSC AM? - Diode ring modulator Coursework c: 21. Which receiver component limits the image frequency from entering the mixer a. Pre selector b. Low pass audio filter c. IF filter strips d. demodulator 22. For an AM receiver turned to a station at 590kHz with IF=455 kHz, calculate the image frequency rejection in dB. Assume that the input filter consists of one tuned circuit with a Q of 40. Reviewer 38.6867 23. A superheterodyne receiver is tuned to a frequency of 5MHz when the oscillator frequency is 6.85MHz. What is the Intermediate Frequency in MHz? b. Baseband frequency c. Carrier frequency d. Intermediate frequency 29. A receiver for a signal at 150 MHz uses a 10.7-MHz IF and low tracking. Calculate the LO frequency in MHz. Do not include the unit in the final answer. 139.30 30. A superheterodyne is tuned to 2738 kHz. The IF is 475 kHz. What is the image frequency in KHz. Do not include the unit in the final answer. 3688 24. Which of the following is true about image frequency when it is allowed to enter at the receiver a. When mixed together with the local oscillator will produce a desired IF b. Will produce a usable demodulated signal at the receiver c. Will produce an undesired intermediate frequency that contains no information d. Is always higher than the desired RF signal 25. For an IF frequency of 455 kHz, what must be the LO frequency (in KHz) when receiving a 580 kHz transmission? Assume high side injection. Do not include unit in the final answer 1035 26. The higher the quality factor a. The higher the image frequency b. The higher the intermediate frequency c. The higher the IFRR d. Has no effect in IFRR 27. Which of the following is an advantage of TRF receivers? a. Sufficient image frequency rejection b. Good sensitivity c. Superior fidelity d. Good selectivity 28. The output of a Mixer is called a. Image frequency 31. An amplifier is used in receivers to improve a. Shape factor b. Fidelity c. Sensitivity d. selectivity 32. Heterodyning means a. Mixing of 2 signals to get the difference frequency b. Multiplication between 2 signals c. Doubling the signal frequency d. Filtering the unwanted signals 33. Which part of the Superheterodyne receiver provides the initial sensitivity a. RF amplifier b. Audio amplifier c. Antenna d. preselector 34. The ability of a receiver to produce a faithful output with reference to the original information is called a. Sensitivity b. Fidelity c. Bass quality d. selectivity 35. Which is not an example of a receiver a. Microphone b. Cellular phone car stereo c. TV Coursework d: 36. An FM broadcast station produces a carrier swing of 90kHz. Calculate the percentage modulation. Use max frequency deviation as per FCC rule of 75kHz. Reviewer 120 37. Indicate which one of the following is not an advantage of FM over AM. - Lower sideband is required 38. An FM transmitter has an output power of 500W when it is not modulated. When intelligence is added, its modulation index is 2.0. What is its output power (in Watts) with a modulation index of 2.0? 500W 39. The amount of frequency deviation is dependent on the intelligence frequency in. - PM signal 40. Determine modulation index for a frequency modulator with a deviation sensitivity of 20kHz/V and a modulating signal of 5cos2pi(2500)t. 5 45. A frequency modulated signal which is modulated by a 3 kHz sine wave reaches a maximum frequency of 100.02 MHz and minimum frequency of 99.98. Determine the peak frequency deviation in kHz. No unit in the final answer. 40 PART 9 (Source: Lesson 7) PART 1 1. Determine the peak frequency deviation and modulation index for a frequency modulator with a deviation sensitivity of 10 kHz/V and a modulating signal of 5cos(2(2500)t). answer. 40 41. The phenomenon of a strong FM signal dominating a weaker signal on a common frequency is referred to as the. - Capture effect 42. Carson’s rule is used to approximate the necessary - Bandwidth 43. An FM signal has an intelligence frequency of 5 kHz and a maximum deviation of 20 kHz. How many sidebands are produces with significant amplitudes? 44. An FM signal has an intelligence frequency of 2 kHz and a maximum deviation of 10 kHz. If its carrier frequency is set at 162.4 MHz, what is its index of modulation? 2. An FM signal is defined by the equation e 50 sin95 10 t 10 sin 5000t 6 FM V. a. Find the carrier frequency. b. Find the modulation frequency. c. Find the modulation index. d.Calculate the frequency deviation answer. Reviewer S 3. What is the modulation index of an FM transmitter whose frequency deviation is 50 kHz while its audio frequency is 10 kHz? answer. 4. Determine the practical bandwidth of an FM signal modulated by a 15-kHz tone whose frequency deviation is 45 kHz. What is the approximate bandwidth for this system using Carson’s formula? answer. 5. When the modulating frequency in an FM system is 500 Hz and the modulating voltage is 2.6 V, the modulation index is 40. Find the maximum deviation. What is the modulation index when the modulating frequency is raised to 800 Hz and the modulating voltage is simultaneously reduced to 1.3 V? answer. 6. What is the approximate frequency of the modulating signal having a bandwidth of 15 kHz and a frequency deviation of 6 kHz? answer. 7. What is the deviation ratio of an FM signal if the maximum allowable deviation is 12 kHz and the maximum intelligence frequency is 4 kHz? answer. 8. The audio section of a TV transmission employs frequency modulation with a maximum allowable deviation of 25 kHz. Find the deviation ratio if the highest intelligence frequency it can handle is 15 kHz. answer. Reviewer 9. An FM broadcast station operates with a peak-to-peak deviation of 120 kHz. Calculate the percentage modulation. answer. 10. )What is the amount of carrier swing necessary to produce an 80% modulation for FM broadcasting? answer. 13. For a modulation index of 1.5, find the power at the sidebands if the total power dissipated is 20 kW. answer. 14. In an FM system, when the audio frequency is 500 Hz and the AF voltage is 2.4 V, the deviation is 4.8 kHz. If the AF voltage is now increased to 7.2 V, what is the new deviation? If the AF is dropped to 200 Hz and AF voltage is raised to 10 V what is the new deviation? Find the modulation index in each case. answer. 11. A modulating frequency range from 30 Hz to 15 kHz is permitted in an FM system together with a maximum deviation of 50 kHz. What will be the minimum and maximum possible values of the modulation index? answer. 12. What is the BW required for an FM signal in which the modulating frequency is 2 kHz and the maximum deviation is 10 kHz? 8 pairs of sidebands are included. answer. 15. A frequency modulated signal which is modulated by a 3-kHz sine wave reaches a maximum frequency of 100.02 MHz and minimum frequency of 99.98MHz. (a) Determine the carrier swing, (b) Find the carrier frequency, (c) Calculate the frequency deviation of the signal, (d) What is the modulation index of the signal. answer. Reviewer d. Band-pass filter 6) The FM produced by PM is called a. direct FM b. indirect FM c. direct PM d. indirect AM PART 2 1) On an FM signal, maximum deviation occurs at what point on the modulating signal? a. positive peak amplitude b. negative peak amplitude c. both positive and negative peak amplitude d. none of the above 2) In PM, a frequency shift occurs while what characteristic of the modulating signal is changing? a. Amplitude b. Frequency c. Phase angle d. Angle 3) Maximum frequency deviation of a PM signal occurs at a. positive peak points b. negative peak points c. Zero crossing points d. none of the above 4) In PM, carrier frequency deviation is not proportional to: a. carrier amplitude b. carrier frequency c. carrier amplitude and frequency d. intelligence amplitude 5) To compensate for increases in carrier frequency deviation with an increase in modulating signal frequency, what circuit is used between the modulating signal and the phase modulator? a. Low-pass filter b. High-pass filter c. Band-stop filter 7) If the amplitude of the modulating signal applied to a phase modulator is constant, the output signal will be a. the modulating frequency b. the carrier frequency c. the intelligence amplitude d. the carrier amplitude 8) c index is a. 250 b. 0.08 c. 2 d. 12.5 9) The maximum deviation of an FM carrier is 2 kHz by a maximum modulating signal of 400 Hz. The deviation ratio is a. 5 b. 0.2 c. 800 d. none of the above 10) A 70 kHz carrier has a frequency deviation of 4kHz with a 1000Hz signal. How many significant sideband pairs are produced? a. 17.5 b. 0.25 c. 7 d. None of the above