Digital Communications 1. Which of the following is rarely used in digital communication systems? a. ASK b. FSK c. PSK d.

QAM Answer: 2. Information capacity is directly proportional to a. Bit rate b. Baud rate c. C/N d. Bandwidth Answer: 3. Which of the following does not makes efficient use of available bandwidth? a. FSK b. PSK c. QAM d. ASK Answer: 4. Which of the following is used extensively in high-frequency radio teletype transmission? a. QAM b. FSK c. PSK d. ASK Answer: 5. QAM uses a. PSK b. ASK c. PCM d. MSK Answer: 6. Digital amplitude modulation is called a. ASK b. FSK c. MSK d. PSK Answer: 7. A system that provides high-speed internet access using regular telephone lines. a. ISDN b. DSL c. WAP d. Wi-Fi Answer: B

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range from a. 64 kbps to 1.5 Mbps b. 56 kbps to 8 Mbps c. 768 kbps to 9 Mbps d. 128 kbps to 2 Mbps Answer: Upstream speeds of ADSL typically range from a. 64 kbps to 1.5 Mbps b. 56 kbps to 8 Mbps c. 768 kbps to 9 Mbps d. 128 kbps to 2 Mbps Answer: In DSL technology, it is the proprietary technology trademarked by Rockwell International. ? a. IDSL b. CDSL c. RDSL d. ADSL Answer: Uses the advanced signal modulation techniques of DSL and combines them with the half-duplex "burst" packet nature of Ethernet. a. xDSL b. EthernetLoop c. ISDN d. WAP Answer: A type of DSL in which the upstream and downstream speeds are unequal or uneven. a. RDSL b. ADSL c. HDSL d. IDSL Answer: Which xDSL generally used as a substitute for T1/E1? a. HDSL b. SDSL c. IDSL d. RADSL Answer: A lower data rate version of Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) was been proposed as an extension to ANSI standard T1.413 by

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the UAWG (Universal ADSL Working Group) led by Microsoft, Intel, and Compaq. a. RDSL b. SDSL c. G.lite d. EthernetLoop Answer: A two-wire implementation of HDSL a. SDSL b. MDSL c. IDSL d. xDSL Answer: Uses 2B1Q line coding and typically supports data transfer rates of 128 kbps? a. RDSL b. IDSL c. HDSL d. SDSL Answer: A DSL technology which uses pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) on a 4wire loop? a. RADSL b. HDSL c. SDSL d. G.lite Answer: The name has become more generic over time to refer to symmetric service at a variety of rates over a single loop. a. RADSL b. SDSL c. MDSL d. All of the above Answer: It uses carrier-less amplitude and phase modulation (CAP). a. RADSL b. MDSL c. SDSL d. IDSL Answer: xDSL which has a data rate that exceeds 10 Mbps and proposed at a short local loops. a. VDSL b. MDSL

c. SDSL d. HDSL Answer: 21. What is the other name for a multiplier circuit? a. Balanced modulator b. Digital Subscriber Line c. Limiter d. Discriminator Answer: 22. MDSL stands for a. Main Digital Subscriber Line b. Multi-rate Digital Subscriber Line c. May Daga Sa Lungga d. None of the above Answer: 23. High Bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line 2 was designed to transport T1 signaling at 1.544 Mb/s over a single copper pair. HDSL2 uses a. CRC b. OPTIS c. MPEG-2 d. MPEG-4 Answer: 24. The bandwidth of one D channel is a. 16 kbps b. 64 kbps c. 56 kbps d. 128 kbps Answer: 25. The bandwidth of one bearer channel is a. 56 kbps b. 64 kbps c. 128 kbps d. 16 kbps Answer: 26. A DSL technology where the uplink rate depends on the downlink rate, which is a function of line conditions and signal to noise ratio (SNR). a. RADSL b. MDSL c. SDSL d. IDSL Answer: 27. The data transmission rate of a modem is measured in a. Bits per second b. Bytes per second

c. Bit rate d. Baud rate Answer: 28. To permit the correct selection of 1 out of 2048 equal-probability events, how many bits are required? a. 5 b. 9 c. 11 d. 16 Answer: 29. Which of the following is a feature of a smart modem? a. Auto dial b. Accepts command c. Auto fallback d. All of the above Answer: 30. Two bits of information is called a. Dual-bit b. Dibit c. Twin-bit d. Sa-bit Answer 31. Four bits of information is also called a. Quadbit b. Nibble c. Half byte d. All of the above Answer: 32. 16-PSK uses how many phases? a. 4 b. 16 c. 2 d. 8 Answer: 33. DPSK means _____ PSK. a. Differential b. Delta c. Dual d. Double Answer: 34. How many points will be on the constellation diagram of a QAM system using 16 phases and 2 amplitude levels? a. 2 b. 8 c. 16 d. 32 Answer:

35. GMSK means a. Greatest Maximum Shift Keying b. Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying c. Graded-Multimode Step Keying d. None of the above Answer: 36. What is a special case of FSK that achieves the minimum bandwidth possible for a two-frequency system at a given data rate? a. DFSK b. GMSK c. DPSK d. FLASK Answer: 37. The _____ is equal to twice the highest frequency component of the analog signal. a. Nyquist rate b. Hall rate c. Bit rate d. Dollar rate Answer: 38. A type of digital modulation which has only one bit transmitted per cycle. a. Bit b. PPM c. PDM d. Delta Answer: 39. Broadband ISDN data rate for H21 channel. a. 32.768 Mbps b. 43 Mbps c. 138.24 Mbps d. 132 Mbps Answer: 40. Broadband ISDN data rate for H22 channel. a. 32.768 Mbps b. 43 to 45 Mbps c. 138.24 Mbps d. 132 Mbps Answer: 41. Broadband ISDN data rate for H4 channel. a. 32.768 Mbps b. 43 to 45 Mbps c. 132 to 138.24 Mbps d. None of the above Answer:

42. A means by which data can enter and exit the B-ISDN network in an asynchronous fashion. a. TCP/IP b. ATM c. DSL d. ADM Answer: 43. B-ISDN is outlined in a. I.119 b. I.120 c. I.121 d. I.122 Answer: 44. ATM breaks data into small chunks of fixed size cells of how many bytes? a. 48 bytes b. 5 bytes c. 64 bytes d. 128 bytes Answer: 45. In PCM, what follows the input bandpass filter? a. ADC b. Sample-and-hold c. Low-pass filter d. DAC Answer: 46. During times when there is no analog input signal, the only input to the PAM is random, thermal noise called a. Overload distortion b. Idle channel noise c. Slope overload d. Quantization error Answer: 47. Results if the magnitude of the sample exceeds the highest quantization interval. a. Overload distortion b. Idle channel noise c. Slope overload d. Quantization error Answer: 48. An error which results from the rounding the magnitude of the sample to the nearest valid code. a. Overload distortion b. Idle channel noise c. Slope overload d. Quantization error

Answer: 49. Results when the input signal frequency is higher than the DAC can handle. a. Overload distortion b. Idle channel noise c. Slope overload d. Quantization error Answer: 50. A problem associated with delta modulation. a. Granular noise b. Overload distortion c. Quantization noise d. None of the above Answer:

51. A type of sampling where the sample voltage is held at a constant amplitude during the A/D conversion time; this is done by sampling the analog signal for a short period of time.
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52. A type of sampling, the sample time is made longer and the analog-todigital conversion takes place with changing analog signal. This introduces more aperture distortion and requires a faster A/D converter?
a. Natural sampling b. Constant sampling c. ADC sampling d. Flat-top sampling Answer: 53. If the sampling frequency is less than twice the maximum analog input frequency, which of the following will occur. a. Aliasing b. Foldover distortion c. Crossover distortion d. A and B above Answer: 54. Magnitude of the minimum step size. a. Quantization b. Resolution c. Pixel

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