ESAT: DIGITAL AND DATA COMMUNICATION

1. The speed at which bits are transmitted, in bps, refers to:

a. bit rate
b. pulse rate
c. baud rate
d. Nyquist rate

2. The maximum information transport rate (in bps) can be achieved with zero probability.
a. Information theory
b. Channel capacity
c. Bit error rate (BER)
d. Probability of error bit

3. A binary digital signal is to be transmitted at 10kbits/sec, what absolute minimum bandwidth is required to pass
the fastest information change undistorted?
a. 2.5kHz
b. 5kHz
c. 10kHz
d. 20kHz

4. Determine the required information capacity in order to transmit video to a standard voice grade channel.
a. 9,453 bps
b. 15,586 bps
c. 22,390 bps
d. 46,342 bps

5. Determine the amount of information bits required for a digital source that emits OV and 1V levels with a
probability of 0.2 each and 3V and 4V levels with a probability of 0.3 each.
a. 4.51 bits
b. 5.37 bits
c. 8.12 bits
d. 12.6 bits

6. Evaluate the average information of the source of the previous problem.

a. 1.972 b/symbol
b. 3.016 b/symbol
c. 5.972 b/symbol
d. 7.016 b/symbol

7. It is essentially an analog-to-digital conversion of a special type where the information contained in the
instantaneous samples of an analog signal is represented by digital words in a serial bit stream.
a. PWM
b. PPM
c. PAM
d. PCM

8. For a PCM system with a maximum audio input frequency of 4KHz, determine the minimum sample rate.
a. 4KHz
b. 8KHz
c. 16KHz
d. 32 KHz
9. In an 12-bit code PCM word with uniform quantizing, what is the S/N?
a. 27.5 dB
b. 43.9 dB
c. 50.9 dB
d. 73.8 dB

10. Refers to effective rate of data transfer. It is the measure of the effective quantity of information that is
transmitted over a communication circuit per unit time:
a. Throughput
b. transmission rate of information bits
c. coding efficiency
d. gain

11. Transmission at full-duplex at 4800 bps using ASCII code with even parity, 5 control characters per block and with
100 characters per block, if the probability of retransmission is 2%, find TRIB.
a. 2503.4 bps
b. 3910.2 bps
c. 5732.9 bps
d. 7533.7 bps

12. A type of analog companding technique used in U.S. and Japan?

a. A-Law
b. -Law
c. B-Law
d. -Law

13. A signal at the input to a mu-law compressor is positive, with its voltage one-half the maximum input voltage.
What proportion of the maximum output voltage is produced?
a. 1.251
b. 1.125
c. 0.876
d. 0.678

14. A PCM technique that codes the difference between two samples points to compress the digital data. The
differences are smaller number than the numerical value of each sample on the full scale and thereby reduce the
resulting bit stream.
a. Delta Modulation PCM
b. Adaptive Delta PCM
c. Differential PCM
d. more than one of the above

15. The most common circuit used for demodulating binary FSK is:
a. DPSK
b. S/H circuit
c. PLL
d. VCO

16. What is the most commonly used type of BPSK transmitter?

a. balanced modulator
b. balanced ring modulator
c. level converter
d. none of the above
17. The only difference between the 8-QAM transmitter and the 8-PSK transmitter is the omission of the _____
between the C-channel and the Q-product modulator.
a. I channel
b. inverter
c. channel splitter
d. level converter

18. NRZ-L in under what line encoding technique?

a. Unipolar
b. Polar
c. Bipolar
d. Biphase

19. A variation of bipolar AMI in which binary 0 alternates between positive and negative voltages.
a. B8ZS
b. HDB3
c. pseudoternary
d. differential AMI

20. Is the set of techniques that allows the (simultaneous) transmission of multiple signals across a single data link.
a. combiner
b. multiplexing
c. algorithm X
d. interleaving

22. Five channels, each with a 100-KHz bandwidth, are to be multiplexed together. What is the minimum bandwidth
of the link if there is a need for a guard band of 10 KHz between the channels to prevuilt interference?
a. 400kHz
b. 500kHz
c. 540kHz
d. 620kHz

23. The basic voice-band (VB) circuit is called a basic:

a. 3001 channel
b. voice channel
c. message channel
d. 3002 channel
24. A _____ provides a model for development that makes it possible for a product to work regardless of the
individual manufacturer.
a. Protocol
b. Performance
c. Standard
d. Network Criteria

25. An organization dedicated to worldwide agreement on international standards in a variety of fields refers to:
a. International Standards Organization (ISO)
b. International Telecommunications Union —Telecommunication Standards Sector (ITU-T)
c. Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)
d. Electronic Industries Association (EIA)
26. A type of Network Criteria which is measured by frequency of failure, or by recovery time of a network after a
failure, or worst, catastrophe?
a. Performance
b. Reliability
c. Security
d. Semantics

27. Defines the structure of the network of how all the components are interconnected to each other.
a. Security
b. Availability
c. Topology
d. Scalability

28. Transmission in which information character is individually synchronized usually by the used of START and STOP
bit. a. Synchronous
b. Asynchronous
c. Isochronous
d. none of them

28. What OSI layer acknowledge the flow of data including re-transmission when required?
a. Application Layer
b. Session Layer
c. Data Link Layer
d. Transport Layer

29. Network layer provides what type of address?

a. physical
b. logical
c. service port
d. segment

30. Ethernet uses a ___ physical address that is imprinted on the network interface card (NIC).
a. 32-bit
b. 6-byte
c. 64-bit
d. 16-bit

31. Which of the following describe a User Datagram Protocol (UDP)?

a. Connection-oriented
b. Reliable
c. Connectionless
d. Host-to-host message delivery

32. What layer/s of TCP/IP govern communication across an Internet composed of two or more single networks?
a. Transport Layer
b. Data Link Layer
c. Internet Layer
d. more than one of the above
33. Which of the following internetworking device operates at network layer?
a. Hub
b. Bridge
c. Router
d. Gateway

34. A group of networks connected by routers so that any application on any host on any network can communicate
with any application on any other host on any other network.
a. internet
b. Internet
c. Network
d. WAN

35. Consider the following statements:

Statement A
An extranet is a network based on TCP/IP protocols that is contained within, and belongs to a company/organization
and which is accessible only by authorized company/organization members, employees, and/or other internal
agents.
Statement B
An intranet is a network based on TCP/IP protocols that facilitates the secure sharing of corporate/organizational
information and/or resources with external agents such as product/service suppliers, customers,
corporate/organizational partners, and/or other businesses.
Which of the following combinations is correct?
a. Statement A is True and Statement B is True
b. Statement A is True and Statement B is False
c. Statement A is False and Statement B is False
d. Statement A is False and Statement B is True

36. Creates a direct physical connection between two devices such as phones or computers refers to what type of
switching techniques?
a. Packet Switching
b. Circuit Switching
c. Message Switching
d. Frame Relay

37. A network of computers and other components located relatively close together in a limited area?
a. Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)
b. Local Area Network (LAN)
c. Wide Area Network (WAN)
d. Personal Area Network (PAN)

38. The smallest-scale network is a personal area network (PAN) which allows devices to communicate with each
other over short distances using:
a. WiFi
b. WiMAX
c. Bluetooth
d. LTE
39. ____ bridges the networks which translates between the 802.11 wireless frame and the Ethernet 802.3 frame
used within the LAN.
a. Access Point
b. Hub
c. Hot Spot
d. Ethernet Switch

40. A standard-based wireless technology that provides MAN broadband connectivity.

a. WiFi
b. WiMAX
c. Bluetooth
d. LTE

DIGITAL AND DATA COMMUNICATION

1. What is the maximum spectrum required, using 1st harmonic, for a terminal device generating 010101, 110001,
010111, 111010, etc.?

2. Determine the required information capacity in order to transmit data to a standard voice grade channel.

3. Supposed that equal numbers of the letter grade A,B,C,D and F are given in a certain course. How much
information bits have you received when the instructor tells that your grade is not F?

4. Defined as the amount of the frequency spectrum from the maximum magnitude to where the frequency
spectrum first goes to a magnitude of 0?
a. minimum Nyquist bandwidth
b. transmission bandwidth
c. null-bandwidth
d. coherent bandwidth

5. The basic operations of PCM in the receiver section are:

a. Sampling, Quantizing and Encoding
b. Regeneration of impaired signals, Decoding, and Reconstruction
c. Reconstruction, Decoding, and Regeneration of impaired signals
d. Encoding, Quantizing and Sampling

6. HDB3 in under what line encoding technique

a. Unipolar
b. Polar
c. Biphase
d. Bipolar

7. The pulse duration and symbol bit duration are equal in ___ type, while the pulse duration is half of the symbol bit
duration in ____ type, respectively.
a. RZ, NRZ
b. NRZ, RZ
c. Manchester, AMI
d. Unipolar, AMI
8. The simplest and most common form of ASK operates as a switch, using the presence of a carrier wave to indicate
a binary one and its absence to indicate a binary zero, which refers to:
a. OFDM
b. DPCM
c. OOK
d. QAM

9. An ISDN service (ITU-T 1.431) which offers 23 B-channels and 1 D-channel.

a. Primary Rate Interface
b. Basic Rate Interface
c. Extended Rate Interface
d. Maximum Rate Interface

10. Which of the following servk as a source or sink in "universal seven data part circuit"?
a. DTE at point A
b. DTE-DCE Interface at point B
c. DTE at point A and B
d. DCE at point B

11. How many Hamming bits would have to be added to a data block containing 128 bits?
a. 7
b. 8
c. 9
d. 10

12. How many data bits and parity bits are there for transmitting 011010111 bit stream employing a 3x3 rectangular
code?

13. A type of Network Criteria which is measured by frequenpy of failure, or by recovery time of a network after a
failure, or worst, catastrophe?
a. Performance
b. Reliability
c. Security
d. Semantics