ALVA’S INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

A Unit of Alva’s Education Foundation (R)

(Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi.
Approved by AICTE, New Delhi)
Shobhavana Campus, Mijar, Moodbidri
(Accredited by NAAC with A+Grade)

Subject Code & Name: 21EC44 & Communication Theory

Year/Semester: II / IV ECE
QUIZ Questions

1. In __________ communication, the media of transmission is a pair of conductors called

transmission line

A. Line B. Radio C. Transmitter D. None of these

2. In _________ communication transmission media is open space or free space.

A. Line B. Radio C. Transmitter D. None of these

3. _________ is the equipment which converts physical message, such as sound, words, pictures etc.,
into corresponding electrical signal.

A. Transmitter B. Receiver C. Channel D. None of these

4. __________ is equipment which converts electrical signal back to the physical message.

A. Transmitter B. Receiver C. Channel D. None of these

5. _________ is defined as the process by which some characteristics (i.e. amplitude, frequency, and
phase) of a carrier are varied in accordance with a modulating wave

A. Modulation B. Demodulation C. De-multiplexing D. none of these

6. _________is the reverse process of modulation, which is used to get back the original message
signal.

A. Modulation B. Demodulation C. De-multiplexing D. none of these

7. Modulation is needed in a communication system to achieve the following basic needs

A. Multiplexing B. Practicability of antennas C. Narrow banding D. All the above

8. Which of the following are the types of amplitude modulation

A. Double Sideband-Suppressed Carrier (DSB-SC) modulation

B. Single Sideband (SSB) modulation Vestigial Sideband (SSB) modulation

D. All the above

9. __________ & ___________ are two methods to generate DSB-SC waves

A. Balanced modulator & Ring modulator B. switching modulator & square law modulator
C. envelope detector & square law detector D. None of the above

10. Which of the following are the methods for generation of SSB Waves

A. Filter method B. Phase shift method C. Weaver's method D. All the above

11. ___________ is a technique whereby a number of independent signals can be Combined into a
composite signal suitable for transmission over a common channel

A. Multiplexing B. De "“ Multiplexing C. Modulation D. De - Modulation

12. Which of the following are the types of multiplexing techniques

A. FDM B. TDM C. Wavelength Division Multiplexing D. All the above

13. Which of the following are one forms of tuned “circuit frequency discriminators

A. Slope detector B. Balanced Slope detector C. Ratio detector D. All the above

14. Which of the following are the disadvantages of Slope detector

A. Poor linearity B. Difficulty in tuning C. Lack of provisions for limiting D. All the above

15. ___________ is simply two single ended slope detectors connected in parallel and fed 180o out of
phase

A. Slope detector B. Balanced Slope detector C. Ratio detector D. All the above

16. Which of the following are the types of FM Detectors

A. Quadrature Detector B. Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) detector C. Foster-Seely Discriminator

D. All the above

17. In _______ the sample values of the analog waveform are used to determine the width of the
pulse signal

A. PPM B. PWM C. PTM D. All the above

18. In _________ the analog sample values determine the position of a narrow pulse Relative to the
clocking time

A. PPM B. PWM C. PTM D. All the above

19. It is possible to obtain PPM from PWM by using a ________multivibrator circuit

A. Astable B. Bistable C. Monostable D. None of these

20. The Modulation index of an AM Wave is changed from 0 to 1. The transmitted power is
_________

A. Unchanged B. Decreased by 50 % C. Doubled D. Increased by 50 %

21. The Modulation index of an AM Wave is changed from 0 to 1. The transmitted power is
_________

A. Unchanged B. Decreased by 50 % C. Doubled D. Increased by 50 %

22. In Amplitude modulation, the modulation envelope has a peak value which is double the
unmodulated carrier value. What is the value of modulation index?

A. 25% B. 50% C. 75% D. 100%

23. Time division multiplexing is used in _______

A. Analog circuit B. Digital circuit C. Modulation circuit D. Multiplier circuit

24. The modulator stage in a radio transmitter is normally

A. Class A B. Class B C. Class AB D. Class C

25. Power in an FM signal is dependent on __________

A. The amplitude of the carrier B. The frequency of the carrier C. Both amplitude & frequency

of a carrier D. None of these

26. Voltage to frequency converter performs ________

A. Amplitude modulation B. Frequency modulation C. Phase modulation

D. Angle modulation

27. The use of Pre-emphasis & de-emphasis in an FM system improves the noise performance over

A. The entire frequency range B. Lower frequency range C. Higher frequency range

D. Medium frequency range

28. In communication system, Noise is most likely to affect the signal at

A. At the transmitter B. In the channel C. In the information source D. At the destination

29. Noise figure of merit is unity for ______

A. AM B. FM C. PCM D. SSB-SC

30. Entropy gives __________

A. Amount of information B. Rate of information C. Measure of uncertainity

D. Probability of message

31. The information rate is defined to be_________

A. Average num of bits of information/sec B. Average information per message interval C. Total
num of bits/sec D. None of the above
32. The local oscillator of a broadcast receiver is tuned to a frequency higher than the incoming
frequency

A. To help the image frequency rejection B. To permit easier tracking

C. Because otherwise an intermediate frequency could not be produced

D. To all adequate frequency coverage without switching

33. In a Commercial FM Broadcasting, the maximum frequency deviation is _______

A. 75 KHz B. 200 KHz C. 5 KHz D. 15 KHz

34. Time division multiplexing is superior to Frequency division multiplexing because

A. Interchannel cross talk is avoided B. Circuitary required is digital

C. Noise is absent D. Bandwidth requirement is reduced

35. In a Wide band FM system, the output signal to noise ratio increases

A. Linearly as the bandwidth B. As the square root of the bandwidth

C. As the square of the bandwidth D. As the cube of the bandwidth

36. Who proposed the idea of transmission of light via dielectric waveguide structure?

A. Christian Huygens B. Karpon and Bockham C. Hondros and Debye

D. Albert Einstein

37. Who proposed the use of clad waveguide structure?

A. Edward Appleton B. Schriever C. Kao and Hockham D. James Maxwell

38. Which law gives the relationship between a refractive index of the dielectric?

A. Law of reflection B. Law of refraction (Snell's Law) C. Millman's Law

D. Huygen's Law

39. _____ is an artificial body that is projected from earth to orbit either earth (or) another body of
solar systems.
A. Satellite B. moon C. sun D. none of the above
40. _____ is defined as the use of orbiting satellites to receive, amplify and retransmit data to earth
stations.
A. Optical communication B. Digital communication
C. Analog communication D. Satellite communication