A Complete Chapter Quiz

Digital Transmission

Compilation of all the quizzes (MCQs) for each and every chapters in the book of Data
Communications and Networking 4th Edition by Behrouz A. Forouzan.

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1. Which of the following encoding A) the same as
methods does not provide for B) twice
synchronization? C) thrice
A) RZ D) none of the above
B) NRZ-L 7. The signal rate is sometimes called the
C) NRZ-I ____ rate.
D) Manchester A) bit
2. If the frequency spectrum of a signal B) baud
has a bandwidth of 500 Hz with the C) signal
highest frequency at 600 Hz, what should D) none of the above
be the sampling rate, according to the 8. Unipolar, bipolar, and polar encoding
Nyquist theorem? are types of _______ encoding.
A) 200 samples/s A) line
B) 500 samples/s B) block
C) 1000 samples/s C) NRZ
D) 1200 samples/s D) Manchester
3. In asynchronous transmission, the gap 9. ________ is normally referred to as
time between bytes is _______. mB/nB coding; it replaces each m-bit
A) variable group with an n-bit group.
B) fixed A) Line coding
C) zero B) Block coding
D) a function of the data rate C) Scrambling
4. ______ substitutes eight consecutive D) None of the above
zeros with 000VB0VB. 10. In ______ schemes, the voltages are
A) B4B8 on the both sides of the time axis. For
B) B8ZS example, the voltage level for 0 can be
C) HDB3 positive and the voltage level for 1 can be
D) none of the above negative.
5. The most common technique to A) unipolar
change an analog signal to digital data is B) bipolar
called __________. C) polar
A) sampling D) all of the above
B) PAL 11. The ________ rate defines the
C) PCM number of data elements sent in 1s; the
D) none of the above ______ rate is the number of signal
6. The minimum bandwidth of elements sent in 1s.
Manchester and differential Manchester A) signal; data
is ____ that of NRZ. B) data; signal

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C) baud; bit A) unipolar
D) none of the above B) polar
12. The idea of RZ and the idea of NRZ- C) bipolar
L are combined into the ________ D) none of the above
scheme. 18. Block coding can help in _______ at
A) Manchester the receiver.
B) differential Manchester A) Synchronization
C) both (a) and (b) B) Error detection
D) neither (a) nor (b) C) Attenuation
13. ________ provides synchronization D) (a) and (b)
without increasing the number of bits. 19. In Manchester and differential
A) Line coding Manchester encoding, the transition at
B) Block coding the middle of the bit is used for
C) Scrambling __________.
D) None of the above A) bit transfer
14. The Nyquist theorem specifies the B) synchronization
minimum sampling rate to be_______. C) baud transfer
A) equal to the lowest frequency of a D) none of the above
signal 20. _______ encoding has a transition at
B) equal to the highest frequency of a the beginning of each 0 bit.
signal A) Differential Manchester
C) twice the bandwidth of a signal B) Manchester
D) twice the highest frequency of a C) RZ
signal D) All the above
15. PCM is an example of _______ 21. In ______, the change or lack of
conversion. change in the level of the voltage
A) analog-to-analog determines the value of the bit.
B) analog-to-digital A) NRZ-L
C) digital-to-digital B) NRZ-I
D) digital-to-analog C) both (a) and (b)
16. There are three sampling methods: D) neither (a) nor (b)
__________. 22. In ___________ there is always a
A) ideal, natural, and flat-top transition at the middle of the bit, but the
B) ideal, sampled, and flat-top bit values are determined at the
C) quantized, sampled, and ideal beginning of the bit. If the next bit is 0,
D) none of the above there is a transition; if the next bit is 1,
17. In _______encoding, we use three there is none.
levels: positive, zero, and negative. A) Manchester

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B) differential Manchester 27. In _________ transmission, we send
C) both (a) and (b) bits one after another without start or stop
D) neither (a) nor (b) bits or gaps. It is the responsibility of the
23. In _______ encoding, the duration of receiver to group the bits.
the bit is divided into two halves. The A) synchronous
voltage remains at one level during the B) asynchronous
first half and moves to the other level in C) isochronous
the second half. The transition at the D) none of the above
middle of the bit provides 28. ______ finds the value of the signal
synchronization. amplitude for each sample; ____ finds
A) Manchester the change from the previous sample.
B) differential Manchester A) DM; CM
C) both (a) and (b) B) DM; PCM
D) neither (a) nor (b) C) PCM; DM
24. The ________ mode provides D) none of the above
synchronization for the entire stream of 29. ______ substitutes four consecutive
bits must. In other words, it guarantees zeros with 000V or B00V.
that the data arrive at a fixed rate. A) HDB3
A) isochronous B) B4B8
B) synchronous C) B8ZSf
C) asynchronous D) none of the above
D) none of the above 30. The ______ scheme uses three
25. The idea of RZ and the idea of NRZ- levels (+V, 0, and -V) and three transition
I are combined into the ________ rules to move between the levels.
scheme. A) 4B5B
A) Manchester B) MLT-3
B) differential Manchester C) 2B1Q
C) both (a) and (b) D) none of the above
D) neither (a) nor (b) 31. While there is (are) only _____
26. In decoding a digital signal, the way(s) to send parallel data, there is (are)
receiver calculates a running average of _____ subclass(es) of serial
the received signal power, called the transmission.
_______. A) one; two
A) base B) one; three
B) line C) two; three
C) baseline D) none of the above
D) none of the above 32. Which quantization level results in a
more faithful reproduction of the signal?

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A) 2 38. In _______ transmission, bits are
B) 8 transmitted simultaneously, each across
C) 16 its own wire.
D) 32 A) Asynchronous serial
33. A _________ digital signal includes B) Synchronous serial
timing information in the data being C) Parallel
transmitted. D) (a) and (b)
A) self-synchronizing 39. Which encoding method uses
B) self-transmitted alternating positive and negative values
C) self-modulated for 1s?
D) none of the above A) AMI
34. In _______ transmission, bits are B) RZ
transmitted over a single wire, one at a C) NRZ-I
time. D) Manchester
A) asynchronous serial 40. The data rate is sometimes called the
B) synchronous serial ___ rate.
C) parallel A) bit
D) (a) and (b) B) baud
35. The first step in PCM is ________. C) signal
A) quantization D) none of the above
B) sampling 41. _______ provides redundancy to
C) modulation ensure synchronization and inherent
D) none of the above error detection.
36. _______ encoding has a transition at A) Line coding
the middle of each bit. B) Block coding
A) Manchester C) Scrambling
B) Differential Manchester D) None of the above
C) RZ 42. In _______ transmission, a start bit
D) All the above and a stop bit frame a character byte.
37. In ______ transmission, we send 1 A) synchronous serial
start bit (0) at the beginning and 1 or B) asynchronous serial
more stop bits (1s) at the end of each C) parallel
byte. D) (a) and (b)
A) synchronous 43. Two common scrambling techniques
B) asynchronous are ________.
C) isochronous A) B8ZS and HDB3
D) none of the above B) AMI and NRZ
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D) Manchester and differential
Manchester
44. ___________ conversion involves
three techniques: line coding, block
coding, and scrambling.
A) Analog-to-analog
B) Analog-to-digital
C) Digital-to-analog
D) Digital-to-digital
45. The _____ scheme uses data
patterns of size 2 and encodes the 2-bit
patterns as one signal element belonging
to a four-level signal.
A) MLT-3
B) 4B5B
C) 2B1Q
D) none of the above
46. In _____, the level of the voltage
determines the value of the bit.
A) NRZ-I
B) NRZ-L
C) both (a) and (b)
D) neither (a) nor (b)
47. ________ is the process of
converting digital data to a digital signal.
A) Line coding
B) Block coding
C) Scrambling
D) None of the above
48. In a _____ scheme, all the signal
levels are on one side of the time axis,
either above or below.
A) unipolar
B) polar
C) bipolar
D) all of the above

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