Digital Communications Questions and Answers Part-20

1. Different cases of sampling include
a) Ideal impulse sampling
b) Flat-topped sampling
c) Sampling with rectangular pulses
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d
Explanation: The three cases of sampling are ideal impulse sampling, sampling with rectangular pulses and flat topped sampling

2. Transmitted pulse becomes distorted due to
a) Ideal transmission characteristic
b) Non ideal transmission characteristic
c) All of the mentioned
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: A transmitted pulse gradually becomes distorted due to non ideal transmission characteristic of the channel.

3. The term heterodyning refers to
a) Frequency conversion
b) Frequency mixing
c) Frequency conversion & mixing
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: The method heterodyning means frequency conversion and mixing and this results in a spectral shift.

4. The causes for error performance degradation in communication systems are
a) Interference
b) Electrical noise
c) Effect of filtering
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d
Explanation: The main causes of error performance degradation are interference electrical noise effect of filtering and also due to the surrounding

5.Thermal noise in the communication system due to thermal electrons
a) Can be eliminated
b) Cannot be eliminated
c) Can be avoided upto some extent
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: Thermal noise which cannot be eliminated is caused by the motion of thermal electrons causes degradation in system

6. White noise has _______ power spectral density.
a) Constant
b) Variable
c) Constant & Variable
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: The AWGN has constant power spectral density.

7. Which are called as hard decisions?
a) Estimates of message symbol with error correcting codes
b) Estimates of message symbol without error correcting codes
c) All of the mentioned
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: If error correcting codes are not present, the detector output consists of estimates of the message symbol which is also called as hard decisions

8. The composite equalizing filter is the combination of
a) Receiving and equalizing filter
b) Transmitting and equalizing filter
c) Amplifier and equalizing filter
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: The functions of both receiving and equalizing filter can be performed by only the equalizing filter alone. Thus equalizing filter is the combination of equalizing and receiving filter

9. The sample from the demodulation process consists of sample which is _______ to energy of the received symbol and _____ to noise.
a) Directly and inversely proportional
b) Inversely and directly proportional
c) Both directly proportional
d) Both inversely proportional

Answer: a
Explanation: The output symbol of the sampler consists of sample which is directly proportional to the energy of the received signal and inversely proportional to the noise.

10. The channel may be affected by
a) Thermal noise
b) Interference from other signals
c) Thermal noise & Interference from other signals
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: A channel can be modelled as a linear filter with additional noise. The noise comes from thermal noise source and also from interference from other signals