Noise 7.

Which causes a quantization noise in PCM

system?
1. What is the non-continuous noise of irregular
pulses or spikes of duration with high
 A. Serial transmission errors
amplitudes?
 B. The approximation of the quantized signal
 C. The synchronization between encoder and
 A. Wander decoder
 B. Jitter  D. Binary coding techniques
 C. Hits
 D. Singing
8. A particular circuit that rids FM of noise

2. What theorem sets a limit on the maximum

 A. Detector
capacity of a channel with a given noise level?
 B. Discriminator
 C. Phase Shifter
 A. Nyquist theorem  D. Limiter
 B. Hartley law
 C. Shannon-Hartley theorem
 D. Shannon theorem
9. What is the reference noise temperature in
degrees Celsius?

3. Quantizing noise occurs in

 A. 17
 B. 273
 A. PCM  C. 25
 B. PLM  D. 30
 C. PDM
 D. PAM
10. Unwanted radio signal on assigned frequency.

4. Noise always affects the signal in a

 A. Splatter
communications systems at the ________.
 B. RFI
 C. Noise
 A. transmitter  D. EMI
 B. channel
 C. information source
 D. destination
11. What is the reliable measurement for
comparing amplifier noise characteristics?

5. _________ is the random and unpredictable

 A. Thermal agitation noise
electric signals from natural causes, both internal
 B. Noise factor
and external to the system.
 C. Noise margin
 D. Signal-to-noise
 A. Interference
 B. Attenuation
 C. Distortion
12. _________ is measured on a circuit when it
 D. Noise
is correctly terminated but does not have any
traffic.

6. Noise from random acoustic or electric noise

 A. White noise
that has equal energy per cycle over a specified
 B. Galactic noise
total frequency band.
 C. Impulse noise
 D. Atmospheric noise
 A. Gaussian noise
 B. Whiter noise
 C. Thermal noise
 D. All of the above
13. Which standard recommends crosstalk limits?  C. Narrow intermediate frequency
 D. Noise interference figure
 A. CCIT G.152
 B. CCIT G.150
 C. CCIT G.151 20. Industrial noise frequency is between _____.
 D. CCIT G.161
 A. 0 to 10 KHz
 B. 160 MHz to 200 MHz
14. Which standard is utilized in intermodulation  C. 15 to 160 MHz
noise rates on PCM audio channels?  D. 200 to 3000 MHz

 A. CCIT Rec. G.151

 B. CCIT Rec. G.172 21. External noise fields are measured in terms
 C. CCIT Rec. G.190 of _______.
 D. CCIT Rec. G.190
 A. rms values
 B. dc values
15. What is the reference frequency of CCIT  C. average values
phosphomeric noise measurement?  D. peak values

 A. 800 Hz
 B. 1000 Hz 22. Form of interference caused by rain or dust
 C. 1500 Hz storms.
 D. 3400 Hz
 A. Precipitation static
 B. Shot-noise
16. Reference temperature use in noise analysis  C. Galactic noise
 D. Impulse noise
 A. 75 K
 B. 250 K
 C. 290 K 23. At 17˚ C, the noise voltage generated by 5kΩ
 D. 300 K resistor, operating over a bandwidth of 20KHz is

 A. 1.3 nV
17. Which noise is produced by lighting  B. 1.3 µV
discharges in thunderstorms?  C. 1.3 pV
 D. 1.3 mV
 A. White noise
 B. Extraterrestrial noise
 C. Industrial noise 24. ________ is an electric noise produced by
 D. Atmospheric noise thermal agitation of electrons in conductor and
semiconductor.

18. Man-made noise is usually from _______.  A. External noise

 B. Internal noise
 A. transmission over power lines and by  C. Thermal noise
ground wave  D. Flicker
 B. sky-wave
 C. space-wave
 D. troposphere

19. nif stands for

 A. Non-intrinsic figure
 B. Noise improvement factor
25. Three identical circuits having 10 dB signal 31. Atmospheric noise is known as
noise-to-noise ratio each are connected in _______noise.
tandem with each other, what is the overall S/N?
 A. static
 A. 5.23 dB  B. cosmic
 B. 14.77dB  C. solar
 C. 30 dB  D. lunar
 D. 40 dB

32. Standard design reference for environmental

26. The noise figure of the first circuit in tandem noise temperature.
connection is 10.5 dB while its power gain is 15,
what is the over all noise figure if the second  A. 300 K
circuit has a noise figure of 11 dB?  B. 290 K
 C. 32 ˚F
 A. 11.59 dB  D. 212˚F
 B. 11.23 dB
 C. 10.79 dB
 D. 10.5 dB 33. Absolute temperature in Kelvin.

 A. ˚C + 273
27. Is the interference coming from other  B. ˚C + 75
communications channels?  C. ˚C + 19
 D. ˚C + 290
 A. Jitter
 B. Crosstalk
 C. RFI 34. If bandwidth is doubled, the signal power is
 D. EMI _________.

 A. not changed
28. What is the reference noise level?  B. quadrupled
 C. tripled
 A. 10 pW  D. doubled
 B. 0 dBm
 C. 1mW
 D. -90 dBm 35. Name one or more sources of noise bearing
on electronic communications.

29. What is the unit of noise power of  A. Steam boiler

psophometer?  B. Galaxies
 C. Internal combustion engine
 A. pWp  D. Both B and C
 B. dBa
 C. dBm
 D. dBrn 36. The transmitter technique adopted to reduce
the noise effect of the preceding question is
called
30. A large emission of hydrogen from the sun
that affects communications.  A. noise masking
 B. anitnoise
 A. Solar flare  C. noise killing
 B. Cosmic disturbance  D. preemphasis
 C. Ballistic disturbance
 D. Solar noise
37. Deemphasis in the receiver in effect  C. dBmc
attenuates modulating signal components and  D. dB
noise in what frequency range?

 A. dc 43. F1A weighting refers to ___________.

 B. low
 C. intermediate  A. -90 dBm
 D. high  B. dBrnc0
 C. dBrnc
 D. F1A handset
38. Atmospheric noise or static is not a great
problem
44. Reading a 58 dBrnC on your Western Electric
 A. at frequencies below 20 MHz 3A test set at a +7 test point is equal to ______
 B. at frequencies below 5 MHz dBrnc0.
 C. at frequencies above 30 MHz
 D. at frequencies above 1 MHz  A. 58
 B. 51
 C. 65
39. What is the proper procedure for suppressing  D. 27
electrical noise in a mobile station?

 A. Apply shielding and filtering where 45. Reading a 58 dBrn, at a +7 test point is equal
necessary to ________ dBa0.
 B. Insulate a all plain sheet metal surfaces
from each other  A. 26
 C. Apply anti-static spray liberally to all  B. 65
nonmetallic  C. 51
 D. Install filter capacitors in series with all dc  D. 46
wiring

46. A reading of -50 dBm on the disturbing pair,

40. Where is the noise generated that primarily and -80 on the disturbed pair equals _____ dB of
determines the signal-to-noise ratio in a VHF crosstalk coupling.
(150MHz) marine-band receiver?
 A. 20
 A. Man-made noise  B. 30
 B. In the atmosphere  C. 60
 C. In the receiver front end  D. 25
 D. In the ionosphere

47. Power is __________.

41. The difference between signal strength at a
given point and a reference level is________.
 A. actual amount of power reference to 1mW
 B. logarithmic ratio of two powers
 A. power  C. definite amount of energy per time period
 B. dBm  D. current flow per time period
 C. level
 D. ratio
48. 15 dBa F1A weighted, equals ___________.

42. Interfering effect of noise, C message

 A. -90 dBm
weighted, is _________.
 B. -82 dBm
 C. -85 dBm
 A. dBa  D. -70 dBm
 B. dBm
49. You are measuring noise in a voice channel  C. -90 dBm
with a Lenkurt 601A, F1A weighting network and  D. -90 dBm
a flat meter. Your meter reads -47dBm. What is
this reading in dBa?
55. Reference noise is ___________.
 A. 77 dBa
 B. 35 dBa  A. a 1000 Hz, -90 dBm tone
 C. 38 dBa  B. a noise that creates the same interfering
 D. 32 dBa effect as a 1000Hz, -90dBm tone
 C. a noise that creates zero dBrn in a voice
channel
50. You are measuring noise at a +3 dB level  D. B and C above
point, using the Lenkurt 601A, F1A weighting
network, and a flat meter. The meter reading is -
57dBm. This is ________dBa0. 56. A practical dBrn measurement will almost
always in a _______ number.
 A. 20
 B. 15  A. positive
 C. 25  B. negative
 D. 17  C. imaginary
 D. fractional
51. You are measuring noise at a -6 dB level
point, using the Lenkurt 601A, F1A weighting
network, and a flat meter. The meter reading is - 57. What is the reference level for noise
59 dBm. This is _________ dBa0. measurement, F1A weighted?

 A. 24  A. -90 dBm
 B. 12  B. -82 dBm
 C. 23  C. -67 dBm
 D. 32  D. -85 dBm

52. A measurement of -75 dBm, C-message 58. What is the reference tone level for dBrn?
weighted, would be _________ dBrnc.
 A. -90 dBm
 A. 8  B. -82 dBm
 B. 7  C. -67 dBm
 C. 9  D. -85 dBm
 D. 15

59. What is the reference tone level for dBa?

53. Your Western Electric 3A test set meter
reading is -23 dBm at at test point level of -8 dB.  A. -90 dBm
This is ______ dBrnc0.  B. -82 dBm
 C. -67 dBm
 A. 75  D. -85 dBm
 B. 29
 C. 30
 D. 31 60. Atmospheric noise becomes less severe at
frequencies

54. At what power level does a 1 KHz tone cause  A. above 30 MHz
zero interference (144 weighted)?  B. below 30 MHz
 C. above 3000 kHz
 A. 90 dB  D. below 3000kHz
 B. 90 dBm
61. Indicate the noise whose sources are in
category different from that of the other three?
 A. Solar noise
 B. Cosmic noise
 C. Atmospheric noise
 D. Galactic noise
62. Indicate the false statement.
 A. Industrial noise is usually of the impulse
type
 B. Static is caused by lightning discharges in
thunderstorms and other natural electric
disturbances occurring in the atmosphere
 C. Distant stars are another source of man-
made noise
 D. Flourescent lights are another source of
man-made noise
63. Which of the following is not a source of
industrial noise?
 A. Automobile ignition
 B. Sun
 C. Electric Motors
 D. Leakage from high voltage line
64. Indicate the false statement
 A. The noise generated in a resistance or the
resistive component of any impedance is
random.
 B. Random noise power is proportional to the
bandwidth over which is measured
 C. A random voltage across the resistor does
not exist
 D. All formula referring to random noise are
applicable only to the value of such noise.
65. The value of the resistor creating thermal
noise is doubled. The noise power generated is
therefore.
 A. halved
 B. quadrupled
 C. doubled
 D. unchanged
66. Indicate the false statement.
 A. HF mixer are generally noisier than HF
amplifiers.
 B. Impulse noise voltage is dependent on
bandwidth
 C. Thermal noise is independent of the
frequency at which is measured.
 D. Industrial noise is usually of the impulse
type.
67. An amplifier operating over the frequency
range of 455 to 460 kHz has a 200 kΩ input
resistor. What is the RMS noise voltage at the
input to this amplifier if the ambient temperature
is 17˚C ?
 A. 40 µV
 B. 4.0 µV
 C. 400 µV
 D. 4.0 mV
68. The first stage of a two-stage amplifier has a
voltage gain of 10, a 600 Ω input resistor, a
1600Ω equivalent noise resistance and 27kΩ
output resistor. For the second stage, these
values are 25, 81kΩ, 19kΩ, and 1MΩ,
respectively. Calculate the equivalent input-noise
resistance of this two stage amplifier.
 A. 2,518 kΩ
 B. 2,518 Ω
 C. 251.8 Ω
 D. 12,518 Ω
69. The noise output of a resistor is amplified by
a noiseless amplifier having a gain of 60 and a
bandwidth of 20 kHz. A meter connected at the
output of the amplifier reads 1mV RMS. If the
bandwidth of the amplifier is reduced to 5kHz, its
gain remaining constant, what does the meter
read now?
 A. 0.5 mV
 B. 0.5 µV
 C. 5.0 mV
 D. 5.0 µV
70. The front-end of a television receiver, having 2000Ω, a gain of 25 and load resistance of 125
a bandwidth of 7Mhz, and operating at a kΩ. Given that the bandwidth is 1.0MHz and the
temperature of 27˚C , consists of an amplifier temperature is 20˚C, and that the receiver is
having a gain of 15 followed by a mixer whose connected to an antenna with an impedance of
gain is 20. The amplifier has a 300 Ω input 75Ω.
resistor and a shot noise equivalent resistance of
500Ω; for the mixer, these values are 2.2kΩ and  A. 30.3
13.5kΩ respectively, and the load resistance of  B. 3.03
the mixer is 470 kΩ. Calculate the equivalent  C. 303
noise resistance for this television receiver.  D. .303

 A. 8760 Ω
 B. 875 Ω 75. A receiver connected to an antenna whose
 C. 8.76 Ω resistance is 50 Ω has an equivalent noise
 D. 0.876 Ω resistance of 30Ω. Calculate its equivalent noise
temperature if the noise figure is equal to 1.6.

71. One of the following is not a useful quantity  A. 17.4 K

for comparing the noise performance receivers.  B. 174 K
 C. 1.74 K
 A. Input noise voltage  D. 17 K
 B. Equivalent noise resistance
 C. Noise temperature
 D. Noise figure. 76. Most internal noise comes from

 A. Shot noise
72. Indicate the false statement. Noise figure is  B. Transit-time noise
defined as  C. Thermal agitation
 D. Skin effect
 A. the ratio of the S/N power supplied at the
input terminal of a receiver or amplifier to
the S/N power supplied to the output or load 77. Which of the following is not a source of
resistor external noise?
 B. noise factor expressed in decibels
 C. an unwanted form of energy tending to
 A. Thermal agitation
interfere with the proper and easy reception
 B. Auto ignition
and reproduction of wanted signals
 C. The sun
 D. S/N of an ideal system divided by S/N at
 D. Fluorescent lights
the output of the receiver or amplifier under
test, both working at the same temperature
over the same bandwidth and fed from the
same source 78. Noise can be reduced by

 A. widening the bandwidth

73. Calculated the noise figure of the amplifier  B. narrowing the bandwidth
whose Req equals 2518Ω (RT=600Ω) if its driven  C. increasing temperature
by a generator whose output impedance is 50Ω.  D. increasing transistor current levels

 A. 39.4
 B. 3.94 79. Noise at the input to the receiver can be as
 C. 394 high as several
 D. 0.394
 A. microvolts
 B. milivolts
74. Calculate the noise figure of the receiver  C. volts
whose RF amplifier has an input resistance of  D. kilo volts
1000Ω and an equivalent shot-noise resistance of
80. Which circuit contributes most of the noise in 86. The square of the thermal noise voltage
a receiver? generated by a resistor is proportional to

 A. IF amplifier  A. its resistance

 B. Demodulator  B. its temperature
 C. AF amplifier  C. the bandwidth over which it is measured
 D. Mixer  D. All of the above

81. Which noise figure represents the lowest 87. Noise occurring in the presence of signal
noise in receiver? resulting from a mismatch between the exact
value of an analog signal and the closet available
 A. 1.6 dB quantizing step in a digital coder.
 B. 2.1 dB
 C. 2.7 dB  A. Quantizing noise
 D. 3.4 dB  B. Thermal noise
 C. Impulse noise
 D. Crosstalk
82. The transistor with the lowest noise figure in
the microwave region is a
88. Noise consisting of irregular pulses of short
 A. MOSFET duration and relatively high amplitude,
 B. Dual-gate MOSFET
 C. JFET  A. Quantizing noise
 D. MESFET  B. Tone interference
 C. Impulse noise
 D. Cross talk
83. What is the noise voltage across a 300Ω
input resistance to a TV set with a 6MHz
bandwidth and temperature of 30˚C? 89. Noise that occurs via capacitive or inductive
coupling in a cable.
 A. 2.3 µV
 B. 3.8 µV  A. Crosstalk
 C. 5.5 µV  B. Quantizing noise
 D. 5.4 µV  C. Reference noise
 D. Tone interference

84. Which of the following types of noise

becomes of great importance at frequencies? 90. Sources of impulse noise induced in
communication channels.
 A. Shot noise
 B. Random noise  A. Erroneous digital coding bit caused by an
 C. Impulse noise error on a transmission facility
 D. Transit-time noise  B. Transients due to relay operation
 C. Crosstalk from dc signaling systems
 D. All of these
85. The solar cycle repeats the period of great
electrical disturbance approximately every
91. Crosstalk due to incomplete suppression of
 A. 11 years sidebands or to intermodulation of two or more
 B. 10 years frequency-multiplexed channels which is
 C. 9 years unintelligible is classified as
 D. 8 years
 A. Impulse noise
 B. Thermal noise
 C. Quantizing noise
 D. Miscellaneous noise  D. Weather condition

92. ___________ is device that measures the 98. What do you call the noise coming from the
internal open circuit voltage of an equivalent sun and stars?
noise generator having an impedance of 600Ω
and delivering noise power to a 600 Ω load.  A. Black-body noise
 B. Space noise
 A. Psophometer  C. Galactic noise
 B. Barometer  D. All of these
 C. Reflectometer
 D. Voltmeter
99. The major cause of atmospheric or static
noise are
93. External noise originating outside the solar
system  A. Thunderstorms
 B. Airplanes
 A. Cosmic noise  C. Meteor showers
 B. Solar noise  D. All of these
 C. Thermal noise
 D. Lunar noise
100. Which of the following low noise transistors
is commonly used at microwave frequencies?
94. A noise whose source is within the solar
system.  A. MOSFET
 B. GASFET
 A. Solar noise  C. MESFET
 B. Thermal noise  D. JFET
 C. Cosmic noise
 D. Johnson Noise
101. An amplifier operating over a 2 MHz
bandwidth has a 80 ohms input resistance. It is
operating at 27 degree Celsius, has a voltage
95. The total noise power present in a 1-Hz
gain of 200 and input signal of 6 microvolts rms.
bandwidth .
Calculate the output rms noise.

 A. Noise density
 a. 325.6 millivolts
 B. Noise figure
 b. 0.326 millivolts
 C. Noise limit
 c. 32.55 microvolts
 D. Noise intensity
 d. d. 0.3255 microvolts

96. Which of the following is not a way of

102. Man-made noise is caused by
minimizing if not eliminating noise?

 a. Lightning discharge
 A. Use redundancy
 b. Solar eruptions
 B. Increase transmitted power
 c. Distant stars
 C. Reduce signaling rate
 d. Arc discharges in electrical machines
 D. Increase channel bandwidth

103. Cosmic noise is produced by

97. What is the primary cause of atmospheric
noise?
 a. Lightning discharge
 b. Solar eruption
 A. Thunderstorm
 c. Distant stars
 B. Lightning
 d. Industrial electrical discharges
 C. Thunderstorm and lightning
104. One of the following type of noise becomes 110. Convert noise factor of 4.02 to equivalent
of great importance in high frequencies. It is the noise temperature. Use 300 K for environmental
temperature
 a. Shot noise
 b. Random noise  a. 876 K
 c. Impulse noise  b. 900 K
 d. Transit-time noise  c. 906 K
 d. 875 K

105. Indicate the false statement

111. Atmospheric noise is less severe at
 a. HF mixers are generally noisier than HF frequencies above
amplifiers
 b. Impulse noise voltage is independent of  a. 10 GHz
bandwidth  b. 30 MHz
 c. Thermal noise is independent of the  c. 1 GHz
frequency at which it is measured  d. Audio level
 d. Industrial noise is usually of the impulse
type
112. The most common unit of noise
measurement in white noise voltage testing
106. The value of a resistor creating noise is
doubled. The noise power generated is therefore  a. NPR
 b. dBrn
 a. Halved  c. dBW
 b. Quadrupled  d. dBm
 c. Doubled
 d. Unchanged
113. What is the major cause of atmospheric or
static noise?
107. One of the following is not useful for
comparing the noise performance of receivers  a. Meteor showers
 b. Sunspots
 a. Input noise voltage  c. Airplanes
 b. Equivalent noise resistance  d. Thunderstorms
 c. Noise temperature
 d. Noise figure
114. Background noise is the same as the
following EXCEPT
108. Indicate the noise whose source is in a
category different from that  a. Impulse noise
 b. Thermal noise
 a. Solar noise  c. White noise
 b. Cosmic noise  d. Gaussian noise
 c. Atmospheric noise
 d. Galactic noise
115. Noise is caused by the thermal agitation of
electrons in resistance
109. Considered as the main source of an
internal noise  a. White noise
 b. Thermal noise
 a. Flicker  c. Johnson’s noise
 b. Thermal agitation  d. All of these
 c. Device imperfection
 d. Temperature change
116. The unit of noise power of psophometer  d. 2.0 femtowatts
122. The random unpredictable electric signals
 a. dBa from natural causes, both internal and external to
 b. pWp the system is known as
 c. dBm
 d. dBm0  a. Distortion
 b. Noise
 c. Distortion
117. Extra-terrestrial noise is observable at  d. Interference
frequencies from

 a. 0 to 20 KHz 123. Given a factor of 10, what is the noise figure

 b. Above 2 GHz in dB?
 c. 8 MHz to 1.43 GHz
 d. 5 to 8 GHz  a. 20 dB
 b. 10 dB
 c. 50 dB
118. What signal-to-noise ratio is required for  d. 40 dB
satisfactory telephone services?

 a. 50 dB 124. The signal in a channel is measured to be 23

 b. 30 dB dBm while noise in the same channel is measured
 c. 40 dB to be 23 dBm while noise in the same channel is
 d. 20 dB measured to be 9 dBm. The signal to noise ratio
therefore is

119. A diode generator is required to produce 12  a. 32 dB

micro V of noise in a receiver with an input  b. 5 dB
impedance of 75 ohms and a noise power  c. -14 dB
bandwidth of 200 KHz. Determine the current  d. 14 dB
through the diode in milliamperes.

 a. 0.4 A 125. If voltage is equal to twice its original value,

 b. 298 mA what is its corresponding change in dB?
 c. 0.35 A
 d. 300 mA  a. 3 dB
 b. 6 dB
 c. 9 dB
120. The equivalent noise temperature of the  d. 12 dB
amplifier is 25 K. What is the noise figure?

 a. 0.4 A 126. NIF stand for

 b. 298 mA
 c. 0.35 A  a. Non-intrinsic noise figure
 d. 300 mA  b. Narrow interference figure
 c. Noise improvement factor
 d. Noise interference figure
121. The resistor R1 and R2 are connected in
series at 300 K and 400 K temperature
respectively. If R1 is 200 ohms and R2 is 300 127. Two resistors rated 5 ohms and 10 ohms
ohms, find the power produced at the load (RL = are connected in series and are at 27 degrees
500 ohms) over a bandwidth of 100 KHz. Celsius. Calculate their combined thermal noise
voltage for a 10 KHz bandwidth.
 a. 0.05 nanowatts
 b. 0.2 nanowatts  a. 0.05 millivolts
 c. 0.5 femtowatts  b. 0.5 millivolts
 c. 0.05 microvolts 133. Industrial noise frequency is between
 d. 0.005 microvolts
 a. 200 to 3000 MHz
 b. 15 to 160 MHz
128. What is the reference frequency of CCITT  c. 0 to 10 kHz
psophometric noise measurement?  d. 20 GHz

 a. 800 Hz
 b. 1500 Hz 134. Noise from random acoustic or electric noise
 c. 3400 Hz that has equal per cycle over a specified total
 d. 1000 Hz frequency band

 a. Thermal noise
129. A three-stage amplifier is to have an overall  b. White noise
noise temperature no greater than 70 K. The  c. Gaussian noise
overall gain of the amplifier is to be at least 45  d. All of these
dB. The amplifier is to be built by adding a low-
noise first stage with existing characteristics as
follows: stage 2 has 20 dB power gain and 3 dB 135. A transistor amplifier has a measured S/N
noise figure. Stage 3 has 15 dB power gain and 6 power of 100 at its input and 20 at its output.
dB noise figure. Calculate the maximum noise Determine the noise figure of the transistor.
figure (in dB) that the first stage can have.
 a. 14 dB
 a. 0.267 dB  b. 7 dB
 b. 0.56 dB  c. -6 dB
 c. 1.235 dB  d. -3 dB
 d. 0.985 dB

136. What does the noise weighing curve show?

130. A transistor has measured S/N power of 60
at its input and 19 at its output. Determine the
 a. Noise signals measured with a 144
noise figure of the transistor.
handsets
 b. Power levels of noise found in carrier
 a. 5 dB systems
 b. 10 dB  c. The interfering effect of other frequencies
 c. 2.5 dB in a voice channel compared with a reference
 d. 7.5 dB frequency of one kilohertz
 d. Interfering effects of signals compared
with a 3-KHz tone
131. Which does not affect noise in a channel?

 a. None of these 137. The signal power of the input to an amplifier

 b. Bandwidth 100 microW and the noise power is 1 microW. At
 c. Temperature the output, the signal power is 1 W and the noise
 d. Quantizing level power is 40 mW. What is the amplifier noise
figure?

132. Reference noise temperature  a. -6 dB

 b. 9 dB
 a. 70 deg F  c. 6 dB
 b. 30 deg C  d. -3 dB
 c. 290 Kelvin
 d. 25 deg C
138. In measuring noise in a voice channel at a -  a. 50 dBm
4 dB test point level, the meter reads -70 dBm  b. 150 dB
(F1A weighted), convert the reading into pWp.  c. 80 dBm
 d. 100 dBm
 a. 53
 b. 93
 c. 63 144. What is the effect on the signal to noise
 d. 83 ratio of a system (in dB) if the bandwidth is
doubled considering all other parameters to
remain unchanged except the normal thermal
139. An amplifier with 20 dB gain is connected to noise only. The S/N will be
another with 10 dB gain by means of a
transmission line with a loss of 4 dB. If a signal  a. Increased by a factor of 2
with a power level of -14 dBm were applied to  b. Decreased by ½ its value
the system, calculate the power output.  c. Increased by a factor of 4
 d. Decreased to ¼ its value
 a. 14 dBm
 b. -12 dB
 c. -20 dB 145. Express the ratio in decibels of noise power
 d. 12 dBm ratio 50 is to 10 watts.

 a. 7 dB
140. Two resistors, R1 and R2 have temperatures  b. 21 dB
of 300 K and 400 K, respectively. What is the  c. 14 dB
noise power if the two resistors are connected in  d. 3.5 dB
series at 10 MHz bandwidth?

 a. 96.6 fW 146. What do you call the noise coming from the
 b. 55.2 fW sun and stars?
 c. 41.4 fW
 d. 88.36 fW  a. Black-body noise
 b. Space noise
 c. Galactic noise
141. Determine the shot noise for a diode with a  d. All of these
forward bias of 1.40 mA over an 80 kHz
bandwidht. (q = 1.6×10 raised to minus 9 C)
147. A satellite has a noise figure of 1.6 dB. Find
 a. 6 nA its equivalent noise temperature.
 b. 3 mA
 c. 12 nA  a. 139 K
 d. 15 nA  b. 192 K
 c. 291 K
 d. 129 K
142. The total noise power present in a 1 – Hz
bandwidth
148. What is the primary cause of atmospheric
 a. Noise density noise?
 b. Noise figure
 c. Noise limit  a. Thunderstorm
 d. Noise intensity  b. Lightning
 c. Thunderstorm and lightning
 d. Weather condition
143. An amplifier with an overall gain of 20 dB is
impressed with a signal whose power level is 1
watt. Calculate the output power in dBm.
149. In a microwave communications system, 155. Noise that is produced by the active
determine the noise power in dBm for an components within the receiver.
equivalent noise bandwidth of 10 MHz.
 a. Thermal
 a. -104 dBm  b. External
 b. -114 dBm  c. Internal
 c. -94 dBm  d. White
 d. -174 dBm

156. Noise due to random variation in the arrival

150. The solar cycle repeats the period if great of charge carriers at the output electrode of an
electrical disturbance approximately every active device

 a. 11 years  a. Shot
 b. 10 years  b. Impulse
 c. 9 years  c. Thermal
 d. 8 years  d. Dynamic

151. A current change that is equal to twice its

157. A network has a loss of 20 dB. What power
original value will correspond to a change of
ratio corresponds to this loss

 a. 3 dB
 a. 0.01
 b. 9 dB
 b. 0.1
 c. 10 dB
 c. 10
 d. 6 dB
 d. 100

152. What does a power difference of –3 dB

158. A receiver connected to an antenna whose
mean?
resistance is 60 ohms has an equivalent noise
resistance of 40 ohms. Calculate the receiver’s
 a. A loss of one third of the power noise figure in decibels and its equivalent noise
 b. A loss of one-half of the power temperature.
 c. A loss of 3 watts of power
 d. No significant change
 a. 1.67 & 194°K
 b. 2.23 & 194°K
 c. 1.67 & 174°K
153. A gain of 60 dB is the same as a gain of  d. 2.23 & 194°K

 a. 10 volts/volt
 b. 100 volts/volt 159. _____ Noise is the most prevalent noise
 c. 1000 volts/volt found in urban areas and is normally caused by
 d. 10,000 volts/volt the arc discharge from automobile or aircraft
ignition systems, induction motors, switching
gears, high voltage lines and the like.
154. ______ is mathematically equal to the
logarithm to the base ten of the power ratio P1  a. Industrial
over P2.  b. Johnson
 c. Flicker
 a. bel  d. Mixer
 b. dB
 c. bel/10
 d. dB/2
160. The noise figure of a totally noiseless device 166. If a network connected in series have a gain
is of -0.5 dB, -0.3dB, -2dB and 6.8dB, the overall
gain is
 a. Unity
 b. Infinity  a. 2 dB
 c. Zero  b. –2 dB
 d. 100  c. 4 dB
 d. –4 dB

161. Indicate the noise whose source is in a

category different from that of the other three. 167. What is the gain, in dB, if the output to
input ratio is 1000.
 a. Solar
 b. Cosmic  a. 20
 c. Atmospheric  b. 30
 d. Galactic  c. 40
 d. 10

162. The ratio(in dB) of the power of a signal at

point to the power of the same signal at the 168. The following characteristics of noise except
reference point.
 a. Unwanted energy
 a. Transmission Level Point  b. Predictable in character
 b. Noise Figure  c. Present in the channel
 c. S/N Ratio  d. Due to any cause
 d. Neper

169. The equivalent noise temperature of the

163. A network has a power gain of –3 dB. If the amplifier is 25 °K what is the noise figure?
input power is 100 watts, the output power is
 a. 10.86
 a. 50 watts  b. 1.086
 b. 55 watts  c. 0.1086
 c. 60 watts  d. 1.86
 d. 62 watts

170. A receiver connected to an antenna whose

164. Which of the following types of noise resistance is 50 ohms has an equivalent noise
becomes of great importance at high resistance of 30 ohms. What is the receiver’s
frequencies? noise temperature?

 a. Shot  a. 464°K
 b. Random  b. 754°K
 c. Impulse  c. 400°K
 d. Transmit time  d. 174°K

165. The input current of a network is 190 µA 171. A theoretical antenna has a gain of 1dB. Its
and the output is 1.3 µA. The loss in decibels is gain in nepers is

 a. 20.2  a. 8.686
 b. 21.6  b. 0.1151
 c. 28.6  c. 6.868
 d. 43.3  d. 0.5111
172. What is the equivalent output of a circuit in 178. _____ is the noise created outside the
dBm, if it has an output of 10 watts? receiver.

 a. 10 dBm  a. Internal
 b. 30 dBm  b. External
 c. 20 dBm  c. Shot
 d. 40 dBm  d. Industrial

173. An amplifier with an input resistance of 179. _____ is the noise created by man.
1000 ohms is operating over a 4 MHz bandwidth.
Calculate the rms voltage if the amplifier is  a. Solar
operating at 27 °C.  b. Industrial
 c. Extraterrestrial
 a. 8.14 nV  d. Galactic
 b. 8.14 uV
 c. 6.6 nV
 d. 6.6 uV 180. A voltage change that is equal to twice its
original value correspond to a change of

174. The value of a resistor creating thermal  a. 3 dB

noise is doubled. The noise power generated is  b. 6 dB
therefore  c. 9 dB
 d. 10 dB
 a. Halved
 b. Quadrupled
 c. Doubled 181. Indicate the voltage level in dB with
 d. Unchanged reference to one volt. This unit is used in video or
TV measurement

175. One of the following is not a useful quantity  a. dBW

for comparing the noise performance of  b. dBk
receivers.  c. dBm
 d. dBV
 a. Input noise voltage
 b. Equivalent noise resistance
 c. Noise temperature 182. which of the following is not an actual
 d. Noise figure amount of power?

 a. dB
176. Any unwanted form of energy that tends to  b. dBm
interfere with the wanted signal is called  c. dBw
 d. dBk
 a. Noise
 b. Spectrum
 c. Radiation 183. In noise analysis, the reference temperature
 d. Absorption is

 a. 75 K
177. The correct symbol for decibel is  b. 250 K
 c. 290 K
 a. DB  d. 300 K
 b. dB
 c. Db
 d. db
184. Noise from distant panels, stars, galaxies 190. The noise power generated by a resistor is
and other celestial objects are called proportional to

 a. Cosmic  a. Temperature
 b. Extraterrestrial  b. Bandwidth
 c. Galactic  c. a and b
 d. Black body  d. NOTA

185. Indicate which one of the following types of 191. Thermal noise is also known as
noise does not occur in transistors
 a. Gaussian Noise
 a. Shot noise  b. White Noise
 b. Flicker noise  c. Johnson noise
 c. Partition noise  d. All of the above
 d. Resistance noise

192. This type of noise has a power spectrum

186. Which of the following is not a source of which decreases with increasing frequency. It is
space noise most important at low frequencies from 0 to
about 100 Hz).
 a. Sun
 b. Star  a. Shot noise
 c. Lightning  b. Flicker noise
 d. Black body  c. Diode noise
 d. BJT noise

187. Noise that is due to the random and rapid

motion of the charge carriers inside a resistive 193. Industrial noise extends up to what
component. frequency?

 a. Johnson  a. 500 MHz

 b. Thermal Agitation  b. 500 GHz
 c. White  c. 500 THz
 d. All of the above  d. 500 KHz

188. Indicate the false statement. The square of 194. Impulse Noise is
the thermal noise voltage generated by a resistor
is proportional to  a. A function of current
 b. A shot duration pulse
 a. Its resistance  c. Dependent of frequency
 b. Its temperature  d. Dependent of temperature
 c. Boltzmann’s Constant
 d. The bandwidth over which it is measured
195. When the power ratio of the output to input
of a circuit is 200. What is the gain in dB?
189. In a communication system, noise is likely
to affect the signal  a. 23
 b. 46
 a. At the transmitter  c. –23
 b. In the channel  d. –46
 c. In the information source
 d. At the destination
196. What is the reference level for random noise 202. If a power of 0.25 mW is launched into a
measurement, FIA weighted? fiber system with an overall loss of 15 dB the
output power would be:
 a. –82 dBm
 b. –90 dBm  a. 250 µ/W
 c. –85 dBm  b. 31.6 µW
 d. – 77 dBm  c. 7.9 µW
 d. 15 dBm

197. A 10 dB pad has an output level of -3 dBm.

The level at the input is: 203. A system having an input power of 2 mW an
output power of 0.8mW has a loss of:
 a. 13 dBm
 b. -7 dBm  a. 2.98 dBm
 c. 1 dBm  b. 3.98 dB
 d. 7 dBm  c. 3.98 µW
 d. 1.98 mW

198. The sum of three signals of 45dBm each is

______ dBm. 204. An output of -10 dB means that the power
has been
 a. 45
 b. 135  a. Halved in value
 c. 20  b. Increased by a factor of 10
 d. 50  c. Reduced by a factor of 10
 d. Doubled

199. It is characterized by high amplitude peaks

of short duration in the total noise spectrum 205. Any unwanted form of energy interfering the
reception of wanted signal is called
 a. Intermodulation voice
 b. Impulse noise  a. Noise
 c. Dropout  b. Sideband
 d. Phase hits  c. Harmonics
 d. Modulation

200. Originally was determined by measuring the

interfering effect of noise in a Type 144 handset. 206. Is the reduction of signal amplitude as it
A tone of 1 kHz, having a power level of 90 dBm passed over the transmission medium.
was selected as the reference level.
 a. Noise
 a. Noise figure  b. Distortion
 b. S/N ratio  c. Attenuation
 c. Signal Figure  d. Interference
 d. Figure of Merit

207. Signal waveform perturbation or deviation

201. A power level of 50 µW could be expressed
caused by imperfect response of the system to
as:
the desired signal

 a. 1.39 dBm
 a. Noise
 b. -4.3 dBm
 b. Aliasing
 c. 1 dBm
 c. Distortion
 d. -13 dBm
 d. Interference
208. Signal attenuation can be corrected by 214. Atmospheric or static noise becomes less
severe at frequencies
 a. Filtering
 b. Modulation  a. Below 30 KHz
 c. Equalization  b. Between 30 KHz and 300 KHz
 d. Amplification  c. Between 300 KHz and 30 MHz
 d. Above 30 MHz

209. Distortion in a waveform can be corrected

by 215. Considered as space noise or extraterrestrial
noise
 a. Filtering
 b. Modulation  a. Solar noise
 c. Equalization  b. Cosmic noise
 d. Amplification  c. Black-body noise
 d. All of the above

210. Signal contamination by extraneous or

external sources, such as, other transmitters, 216. Which statement is true
power lines, and machinery.
 a. Industrial noise is usually of impulse type
 a. Noise  b. Distant stars produce atmospheric noise
 b. Distortion  c. Active switches are sources of man-made
 c. Harmonics noise
 d. Interference  d. Static noise is due to lightning discharges
and other natural electric disturbances
occurring in the atmosphere.
211. Man-made or industrial noise is also known
as
217. Noise performance of microwave system is
 a. Noise usually expressed in terms of
 b. Distortion
 c. Interference  a. Noise voltage, Vn = √4KTBR
 d. Thermal Noise  b. Noise power, Pn = KTB
 c. Noise temperature, Te = (F – 1)290
 d. Noise figure, F = (S/N)I / (S/N)o
212. The noise performance of a receiver or
circuit. It is expressed as ratio of the S/N power
at the output. 218. Which circuit contributes most to the noise
at the receiver?
 a. Noise figure
 b. S/N ratio  a. RF amplifier
 c. Signal figure  b. Mixer
 d. Figure of merit  c. Detector
 d. Local Oscillator

213. Noise that is caused by natural disturbances

such as lightning discharge. 219. Which noise figure represents the lowest
noise?
 a. Static noise
 b. Space noise  a. 1.5 dB
 c. Atmospheric noise  b. 2.0 dB
 d. A or C  c. 3.7 dB
 d. 4.1 dB
220. Denote the interference of noise in dB above  b. line inductance
an adjusted reference noise. The adjusted  c. line capacitance
reference noise level was a 1 kHz tone, set at -85  d. all of the above
dBm

 a. dBa 226. There are a number of different sources of

 b. dBm radio noise, the most important being
 c. dBa0
 d. pWp  a. Galactic noise
 b. Man-made noise
 c. Atmospheric noise
221. The extent of noise referred to a test tone  d. All of the above
level of zero dBm.

 a. dBa 227. The amount of noise power is measured

 b. dBm using a psophometric weighting network. This
 c. dBa0 unit of measurement is generally used in Europe
 d. pWp where the standard reference tone is 800 hertz, 1
picowatt.

222. An amplifier operating over a 4 MHz  a. dBa

bandwidth has a 100 Ω input resistance and is  b. dBm
operating at 300°K. Determine the noise power  c. dBaO
generated.  d. pWp

 a. 1.656 x 10-14 Watts

 b. 1656 nW 228. Noise produced mostly by lightning
 c. 1.656 pW discharges in thunderstorms.
 d. 1.656 uW
 a. White noise
 b. Industrial noise
223. Generally used when noise readings are  c. Atmospheric noise
measured using the C-message weighting  d. Extraterrestrial noise
network. The reference level was 1 kHz tone, set
at -90 dBm
229. Propagation of man made noise is chiefly by
 a. dBa
 b. dBm  a. Transmission over power lines and by
 c. dBaO ground wave
 d. dBmC  b. Space wave
 c. Sky wave
 d. None of these
224. The measurement of noise was made with a
C-message filter, and the reading is taken at a
test point where the level is zero dBm. 230. A more precise evaluation of the quality of a
receiver as far as noise is concerned
 a. dBaO
 b. dBmCo  a. S/N
 c. dBa  b. VSWR
 d. dBmC  c. Noise factor
 d. Noise margin

225. Which of the following is not an important

cause of distortion in DC signaling

 a. line resistance
231. NIF stands for  b. Infinite
 c. Less than 1
 a. Non-intrinsic figure  d. Greater than 1
 b. Noise interference figure
 c. Noise improvement factor
 d. Narrow intermediate frequency 238. The noise generated by the tube, transistor
or integrated circuit in an amplifier.

232. External noise fields are measured in terms  a. White noise

of  b. Amplification noise
 c. Active noise
 a. Dc values  d. Dynamic Noise
 b. Rms values
 c. Peak values
 d. Average values 239. Electrical noise inherent to a particular
device, circuit or system that remains when no
other signal is present.
233. Form of interference caused by rain, hail,
snow or dust storms  a. Shot noise
 b. Thermal noise
 a. Shot noise  c. Background noise
 b. Galactic noise  d. Static noise
 c. Impulse noise
 d. Precipitation static
240. A wideband form of impulse noise generated
by the electric arc in the spark plugs of an
234. Extra-terrestrial noise is observable at internal combustion engine. This noise is a
frequencies from common problem in mobile radio system.

 a. 0 to 20 KHz  a. Thermal noise

 b. 8 MHz to 1.43 GHz  b. Shot noise
 c. 5 to 8 GHz  c. Amplification noise
 d. 15 to 160 MHz  d. Ignition noise

235. Industrial noise is observable from 241. The amount of power in dB referred to one
Kilowatt
 a. 15 to 160 MHz
 b. 200 to 3000 MHz  a. dBW
 c. 0 to 10 kHz  b. dBk
 d. 8 Mhz to 1.43 GHz  c. dBm
 d. Dbv

236. Noise that becomes significant at VHF range

and above 242. Noise in any form of electromagnetic
interference that can be traced to non-natural
causes.
 a. Atmospheric
 b. Transit-time
 c. Galactic  a. Man-made noise
 d. White  b. Distortion
 c. External noise
 d. Internal noise
237. Noise figure for an amplifier with noise is
always

 a. 0 dB
243. The frequency range wherein noise is said to  c. Spike
be intense.  d. Noise floor

 a. Noise equivalent bandwidth

 b. Spectral response 249. The reduction of internal noise level in a
 c. Cut-off frequency frequency-modulated (FM) receiver as a result of
 d. Noise cut-off frequency an incoming signal.

 a. Noise quieting
244. Refers to the temperature that corresponds  b. Noise limiting
to the spectral energy distribution of a noise.  c. Noise suppression
 d. Noise degradation
 a. Absolute temperature
 b. Temperature band
 c. Noise-equivalent temperature 250. Noise generated within electronic equipment
 d. Critical temperature by either passive or active components.

 a. Shot noise
245. A passive circuit, usually consisting of  b. Thermal noise
capacitance and/or inductance, that I inserted in  c. Circuit noise
series with the a-c power cord of an electronic  d. External noise
device which will allow the 60-Hz current to pass
and suppressed high frequency noise
components.

 a. Noise filter
 b. Noise limiter
 c. Noise floor
 d. Noise quieting

246. What do you call the level of background

noise, relative to some reference signal.

 a. Noise figure
 b. Minimum noise
 c. Reference noise
 d. Noise floor

247. A circuit often used in radio receivers that

prevents externally generated noise from
exceeding amplitude. They are also called noise
clippers

 a. Noise floor
 b. Noise filter
 c. Noise limiter
 d. Noise clamper

248. It is referred to as a short burst of

electromagnetic energy.

 a. Pulse
 b. Noise pulse