A Complete Chapter Quiz

Analog 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. In ________, the amplitude of the C) either (a) or (b)
carrier signal is varied to create signal D) neither (a) nor (b)
elements. Both frequency and phase 7. In _____ transmission, the frequency
remain constant of the carrier signal is modulated to follow
A) PSK the changing voltage level (amplitude) of
B) ASK the modulating signal. The peak
C) FSK amplitude and phase of the carrier signal
D) QAM remain constant, but as the amplitude of
2. How many carrier frequencies are the information signal changes, the
used in BPSK? frequency of the carrier changes
A) 0 correspondingly.
B) 1 A) AM
C) 2 B) FM
D) none of the above C) PM
3. The constellation diagram of 16-QAM D) none of the above
has ______ dots. 8. How many carrier frequencies are
A) 4 used in QPSK?
B) 8 A) 0
C) 16 B) 2
D) none of the above C) 1
4. AM and FM are examples of ________ D) none of the above
conversion. 9. Which of the following is not a digital-
A) analog-to-analog to-analog conversion?
B) digital-to-digital A) FSK
C) analog-to-digital B) ASK
D) digital-to-analog C) AM
5. The Federal Communications D) PSK
Commission (FCC) allows ______ kHz 10. _______ conversion is the process of
for each FM station. changing one of the characteristics of an
A) 20 analog signal based on the information in
B) 100 the digital data.
C) 200 A) Analog-to-analog
D) none of the above B) Digital-to-digital
6. Analog-to-analog conversion is C) Digital-to-analog
needed if the available bandwidth is D) Analog-to-digital
_______. 11. If the baud rate is 400 for a QPSK
A) band-pass signal, the bit rate is ________ bps.
B) low-pass A) 100

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B) 400 17. If the bit rate for an ASK signal is
C) 800 1200 bps, the baud rate is ________.
D) 1600 A) 1200
12. In ________, the phase of the carrier B) 600
is varied to represent two or more C) 400
different signal elements. Both peak D) 300
amplitude and frequency remain 18. The constellation diagram of BPSK
constant. has ______ dots.
A) PSK A) 0
B) FSK B) 1
C) ASK C) 2
D) QAM D) none of the above
13. Which of the following is not an 19. The constellation diagram of QPSK
analog-to-analog conversion? has ______ dots.
A) QAM A) 4
B) AM B) 2
C) PM C) 1
D) FM D) none of the above
14. How many carrier frequencies are 20. In _______, the peak amplitude of
used in BASK? one signal level is 0; the other is the same
A) 0 as the amplitude of the carrier frequency.
B) 1 A) OOK
C) 2 B) PSK
D) none of the above C) FSK
15. Quadrature amplitude modulation D) none of the above
(QAM) is a combination of ___________. 21. If the bit rate for a 16-QAM signal is
A) PSK and FSK 4000 bps, what is the baud rate?
B) ASK and FSK A) 1200
C) ASK and PSK B) 1000
D) none of the above C) 400
16. In _________, the frequency of the D) 300
carrier signal is varied to represent data. 22. ASK, PSK, FSK, and QAM are
Both peak amplitude and phase remain examples of ________ conversion.
constant. A) analog-to-analog
A) ASK B) digital-to-digital
B) FSK C) analog-to-digital
C) PSK D) digital-to-analog
D) QAM

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23. If the bit rate for an FSK signal is 1200 C) Analog-to-digital
bps, the baud rate is ________. D) Digital-to-analog
A) 1200 29. In _____ transmission, the carrier
B) 600 signal is modulated so that its amplitude
C) 400 varies with the changing amplitudes of
D) 300 the modulating signal.
24. The constellation diagram of BASK A) PM
has ______ dots. B) FM
A) 0 C) AM
B) 1 D) none of the above
C) 2 30. In QAM, both ________ of a carrier
D) none of the above frequency are varied.
25. The Federal Communications A) phase and frequency
Commission (FCC) allows ______kHz B) amplitude and phase
for each AM station. C) frequency and amplitude
A) 20 D) none of the above
B) 10 31. ________ uses two carriers, one in-
C) 5 phase and the other quadrature.
D) none of the above A) QAM
26. How many carrier frequencies are B) ASK
used in BFSK? C) FSK
A) 2 D) PSK
B) 1 32. Given an AM radio signal with a
C) 0 bandwidth of 10 KHz and the highest-
D) none of the above frequency component at 705 KHz, what
27. In _____ transmission, the phase of is the frequency of the carrier signal?
the carrier signal is modulated to follow A) 710 KHz
the changing voltage level (amplitude) of B) 705 KHz
the modulating signal. C) 700 KHz
A) AM D) Cannot be determined from given
B) FM information
C) PM 33. A constellation diagram shows us the
D) none of the above __________ of a signal element,
28. _________ conversion is the particularly when we are using two
representation of analog information by carriers (one in-phase and one
an analog signal. quadrature).
A) Analog-to-analog A) amplitude and frequency
B) Digital-to-digital B) amplitude and phase

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C) frequency and phase
D) none of the above
34. If the baud rate for a 64-QAM signal
is 2000, what is the bit rate?
A) 12000
B) 1000
C) 400
D) 300

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