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Albertian Institute of Science and Technology (AISAT)

AISAT - Technical Campus, Archbishop Angel Mary Nagar,Cochin University P. O., Kochi - 682 022.

COMPREHENSIVE EXAM-ADC 1

Time : 0 Hrs 50 Mins Max Mark : 20.00

Time Span : 03:30 PM, 27-06-2022 -- 04:30 PM, 27-06-2022 Total no. of questions : 20

QUESTIONS

1. Why amplitude modulation is issued for broadcasting? [ Mark : 1 ]

a) It is more immune to noise ( Mark : 0 ) b) It has more fidelity ( Mark : 0 )

c) It avoids receiver complexity ( Mark : 1 )

2. For 100% modulation, power in each sideband is ________ of that of carrier. [ Mark : 1 ]

a) 50% ( Mark : 0 ) b) 25% ( Mark : 1 )

c) 70% TRACE KTU ( Mark : 0 )

3. Calculate power in each sideband, if power of carrier wave is 176W and there
is 60% modulation in amplitude modulated signal? [ Mark : 1 ]

a) 13.36W ( Mark : 0 ) b) 67W ( Mark : 0 )

c) 15.84W ( Mark : 1 )

4. The upper and lower sideband frequencies for 5KHz amplitude modulation
with a 30KHz carrier frequency will be? [ Mark : 1 ]

a) 35KHz and 25KHz ( Mark : 1 ) b) 34KHz and 24KHz ( Mark : 0 )

c) 0.35KHz and 0.25KHz ( Mark : 0 )

5. A 400W carrier wave is modulated to a depth of 65%. Find the total power of
modulated wave? [ Mark : 1 ]

a) a) 512.5W ( Mark : 0 ) b) 493W ( Mark : 0 )

c) 484.5W ( Mark : 1 )

6. If modulation index of an AM wave is increased from 1.5 to 2, then the

transitted power _______ [ Mark : 1 ]

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a) remains same ( Mark : 0 ) b) increases by 41% ( Mark : 1 )

c) increases by 50% ( Mark : 0 )

7.
Bandwidth required in SSB-SC signal is [ Mark : 1 ]

a) 2 fm ( Mark : 0 ) b) fm ( Mark : 1 )

c) > 2fm ( Mark : 0 )

8. What is the modulation index of a system with modulating frequency 75kHz

and maximum frequency deviation 15kHz? [ Mark : 1 ]

a) 5 ( Mark : 1 ) b) 7 ( Mark : 0 )

c) 3 ( Mark : 0 )

9. According to Carson’s rule, what is the bandwidth of the signal with a deviation
of 30kHz and a maximum modulating signal of frequency 5kHz? [ Mark : 1 ]

a) 70kHz ( Mark : 1 ) b) 90kHz ( Mark : 0 )

c) 100kHz ( Mark : 0 )

10. Companding is used [ Mark : 1 ]

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a) to overcome quantizing noise in PC
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b) in PCM transmitters, to allow amplitude
limiting in the receivers ( Mark : 0 )

c) to protect small signals in PCM from

quantizing distortion. ( Mark : 0 )

11. The signal-to quantization noise ratio in PCM system depends

upon [ Mark : 1 ]

a) sampling rate ( Mark : 0 ) b) number of quantization levels ( Mark : 1 )

c) message signal bandwidth ( Mark : 0 )

12. The main advantage of PCM system is [ Mark : 1 ]

a) lower bandwidth ( Mark : 0 ) b) lower power ( Mark : 0 )

c) lower noise ( Mark : 1 )

13. In a DM system, the granular (idling) noise occurs when the

modulating signal [ Mark : 1 ]

a) increase rapidly ( Mark : 0 ) b) remains constant ( Mark : 1 )

c) decreases rapidly ( Mark : 0 )

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14. The non-uniform quantization leads to [ Mark : 1 ]

a) reduction in transmission bandwidth b) increase in maximum SNR ( Mark : 0 )

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c) increase in SNR for low level signals

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15. In a PCM system, the number of quantization levels are 16 and

the maximum signal frequency is 4 kHz, the bit transmission rate
is [ Mark : 1 ]

a) 32 kpbs

b) 16 kbps ( Mark : 0 )
( Mark : 1 )

c) 64 bps ( Mark : 0 )

16. In a PCM system, the amplitude levels are transmitted in a 7 unit

code. The sampling is done at the rate of 10 kHz. The BW should
be [ Mark : 1 ]

a) 5 kHz ( Mark : 0 ) b) 35 kHz ( Mark : 1 )

c) 70 kHz

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17. The type of distortion which occurs in delta modulation is [ Mark : 1 ]

b) Granular noise

a) Slope overload distortion ( Mark : 0 )

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c) Slope overload distortion & Granular noise

( Mark : 1 )

18. Gaussian process is a [ Mark : 1 ]

a) Wide sense stationary process

b) Strict sense stationary process ( Mark : 0 )

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c) Both 1 and 2 ( Mark : 1 )

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19. Let X be a random variable with probability distribution function f (x)=0.2 for |x|
<1
= 0.1 for 1 < |x| < 4
= 0 otherwise
The probability P (0.5 < x < 5) is _____ [ Mark : 1 ]

a) 0.3 ( Mark : 0 ) b) 0.5 ( Mark : 0 )

c) 0.4 ( Mark : 1 )

20. If E denotes the expectation the variance of a random variable X is denoted

as? [ Mark : 1 ]

b) E(X2)-(E(X))2

a) E(X))2 ( Mark : 0 )
( Mark : 1 )

c) E(X2) ( Mark : 0 )

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