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#101
A sine wave which is coherent with carrier has identical
Aamplitude
Bfrequency
Cphase angle
Dboth frequency and phase angle
#102
In FM the change in carrier frequency is proportional to what attribute of the modulating signal?
Aangle
Bfrequency
Camplitude
Dtone
#103
A louder sound, when generating the modulating waveform for FM, will cause a greater
Acarrier amplitude
Bangle amplitude
Cdistortion at the receiver
Dfrequency deviation
#104
A reactance modulator is one method of obtaining
Aindirect FM
Bdirect FM
Cdemodulation
Dlow frequency filtering
#105
A device, now available in IC form, is useful for direct FM and as one element in the phase-locked loop.
#106
________ is a frequency change process, whereby the phase deviation and frequency deviation are multiplied by some fixed constant.
ATranslation
BMultiplication
CDivision
DAddition
#107
The ratio detector is superior to the slope detector because
Ait is less sensitive to phase modulation
Bit is less sensitive to noise spikes
Cit is less sensitive to interference causing AM
Dit is less sensitive to both noise spikes and interference causing AM
#108
One implementation of a pulse-averaging discriminator is
Aa free-running multivibrator
Ba crystal-controlled oscillator
Ca quartz crystal filter
Da triggered multivibrator
#109
A 10% increase in the frequency of a constant-width pulse train should cause what change in its average value?
#110
Two different signals can be coherent if they
Ahave the same amplitude
Bare both sine waves of different frequencies
Coriginate in the same physical equipment simultaneously
Dhave the same frequency
#111
A quadrature detector requires that
Afour gates be provided
Bthe inputs are coherent
Cthe inputs are incoherent
Dthe inputs are identical
#112
Identify an advantage , or advantages, of a properly designed FM system.
ARelative immunity to atmospheric noise (lightning)
BReduced bandwidth required
CNo noise of any kind
DThe noise figure is inversely proportional to the modulation index.
#113
If the unmodulated level peak carrier amplitude is doubled in an AM signal, the percent modulation is ___________.
#114
A single-tone amplitude modulated wave has _________.
A2 components
B3 components
C4 components
D2n + 1 components
#115
It is the width of frequencies within the spectrum occupied by a signal and used by the signal for conveying information.
ABand
BBandwidth
CElectronic spectrum
DFrequency band
#116
__________ is a kind of modulation in which the modulated wave is always present.
ACarrier modulation
BContinuous modulation
CLog-periodic modulation
DSquare-wave modulation
#117
A type of modulation in which no signal is present between pulses.
APulse modulation
BFSK
CQAM
DPAM
#118
What describes the amount of amplitude change present in an AM waveform?
APercent modulation
BModulation constant
CEnvelope of modulation
DCoefficient of modulation
#119
__________ is a form of amplitude distortion introduced when the positive and negative alternations in the AM modulated signals are not equal.
AEnvelope distortion
BSpurious emission
CCarrier shift
DJohnson noise
#120
What is the advantage of phase modulation over direct FM frequency modulation?
AMultipliers can be used
BThe deviation is smaller
CSimplicity and practicality
DThe oscillator is crystal-controlled
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