Communications

Quiz Number 1
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Multiple Choice: Encircle the letter of your choice. Stricly No Erasures by any means.
1. An amplifier operating over a 2 MHz bandwidth has a 80 ohms input resistance. It is operating at 27 degree Celsius, has a voltage gain of 200 and
input signal of 6 microvolts rms. Calculate the output noise in rms.
a. 0.3255 microvolts b. 0.326 millivolts c. 325.6 millivolts d. 32.55 microvolts
2. Man-made noise is caused by
a. Arc discharges in electrical machines
b. Solar eruptions
c. Lightning discharge
d. Distant stars
3. Cosmic noise is produced by
a. Industrial electrical discharges
b. Lightning discharge
c. Solar eruption
d. Distant stars
4. One of the following type of noise becomes of great importance in high frequencies. It is the
a. Shot noise
b. Random noise
c. Impulse noise
d. Transit-time noise
5. Indicate the false statement
a. Thermal noise is independent of the frequency at which it is measured
b. Impulse noise voltage is independent of bandwidth
c. HF mixers are generally noisier than HF amplifiers
d. Industrial noise is usually of the impulse type
6. Atmospheric noise is less severe at frequencies above
a. 10 GHz
b. 30 MHz
c. 1 GHz
d. Audio level
7. The most common unit of noise measurement in white noise voltage testing
a. dBm b. NPR c. dBW d. dBrn
8. What is the major cause of atmospheric or static noise?
a. Meteor showers
b. Thunderstorms
c. Airplanes
d. Sunspots
9. Background noise is the same as the following EXCEPT
a. Gaussian noise
b. Thermal noise
c. Impulse noise
d. White noise
10. Noise is caused by the thermal agitation of electrons in resistance
a. Thermal noise
b. Johnson’s noise
c. White noise
d. All of these
11. The resistor R1 and R2 are connected in series at 300 K and 400 K temperature respectively. If R1 is 200 ohms and R2 is 300 ohms, find the power
produced at the load (RL = 500 ohms) over a bandwidth of 100 KHz.
a. 2.0 femtowatts
b. 0.2 nanowatts
c. 0.5 femtowatts
d. 0.05 nanowatts
12. The random unpredictable electric signals from natural causes, both internal and external to the system is known as
a. Noise
b. Distortion
c. EMF distortion
d. Interference
13. Given a factor of 10, what is the noise figure in dB?
a. 10 dB
b. 20 dB
 c. 40 dB
d. 50 dB
14. The signal in a channel is measured to be 23 dBm while noise in the same channel is measured to be 9dBm. The signal to noise ratio therefore is
a. 32 dB
b. -14 dB
c. 5 dB
d. 14 dB
15. If voltage is equal to twice its original value, what is its corresponding change in dB?
a. 3 dB
b. 6 dB
c. 9 dB
d. 12 dB
16. Which does not affect noise in a channel?
a. Bandwidth
b. Temperature
c. Quantizing level
d. None of these
17. Reference noise temperature
a. 25 deg C
b. 30 deg C
c. 70 deg F
d. 290 Kelvin
18. Industrial noise frequency is between
a. 0 to 10 kHz
b. 200 to 3000 MHz
c. 15 to 160 MHz
d. 20 GHz
19. Noise from random acoustic or electric noise that has equal per cycle over a specified total frequency band
a. White noise
b. Thermal noise
c. Gaussian noise
d. All of these
20. A transistor amplifier has a measured S/N power of 100 at its input and 20 at its output. Determine the noise figure of the transistor.
a. 7 dB
b. -6 dB
c. -3 dB
d. 14 dB
21. Determine the shot noise for a diode with a forward bias of 1.40 mA over an 80 kHz bandwidth.
a. 6 nA
b. 12 nA
c. 3 mA
d. 15 nA
22. The total noise power present in a 1 – Hz bandwidth
a. Noise intensity
b. Noise density
c. Noise figure
d. Noise limit
23. An amplifier with an overall gain of 20 dB is impressed with a signal whose power level is 1 watt. Calculate the output power in dBm.
a. 50 dBm
b. 80 dBm
c. 100 dBm
d. 150 dB
24. What is the effect on the signal to noise ratio of a system (in dB) if the bandwidth is doubled considering all other parameters to remain
unchanged except the normal thermal noise only. The S/N will be
a. Increased by a factor of 2
b. Increased by a factor of 4
c. Decreased by ½ its value
d. Decreased to ¼ its value
25. Express the ratio in decibels of noise power ratio 50 is to 10 watts.
a. 3.5 dB
b. 7 dB
c. 21 dB
d. 14 dB