Diana C.

Solar
Chapter 3: Modulation (pages 40-48)
1. _____ is the maximum sideband suppression value using a filter system
a. 50 dB
b. 60 dB
c. 40 dB
d. 30 dB
2. ____ determines the number of sideband components in FM
a. Carrier frequency
b. Modulation frequency
c. Modulation index
d. Deviation ratio
3. One of the following transmits only one sideband
a. H3E
b. R3E
c. A3E
d. B8E
4. What produces the sideband in FM
a. Signal Amplitude
b. Carrier harmonics
c. Baseband Frequency
d. Broadband frequency
5. Which test instrument displays the carrier and the sidebands amplitude with
frequency to frequency?
a. Oscilloscope
b. Spectrum Analyzer
c. Frequency Analyzer
d. Amplitude Analyzer
6. Mixer is also known as
a. modulator
b. suppressor
c. converter
d. beater
7. Which one of the following emissions transmit the lower sideband and half of the
upper sideband?
a. A5C
b. J3E
c. A3J
d. A3H
8. An FM receives signal ___
a. vary in amplitude with modulation
b. vary in frequency with modulation
 c. vary in frequency and amplitude with wideband modulation
d. us not immune to noise
9. The process of impressing intelligence on the carrier side is called
a. modulation
b. detection
c. mixing
d. impression
10. ____ is an electronic instrument used to show both the carrier and the sidebands
of a modulated signal in the frequency domain.
a. Spectrum analyzer
b. Oscilloscope
c. Digital Counter
d. Frequency Counter
11. Which part of the carrier is varied by the intelligence during modulation in AM
system?
a. Phase
b. Frequency
c. Amplitude
d. Phase and Amplitude
12. The difference between the RF carrier and the modulating signal frequencies is
called the
a. USB
b. LSB
c. sideband
d. carrier frequency
13. What stage in a radio transmitter isolates the oscillator from the load?
a. Oscillator
b. Buffer
c. Separator
d. Mixer
14. The frequency of the unmodulated carrier in FM system is
a. modulating frequency
b. center frequency
c. carrier frequency
d. deviation frequency
15. The ratio of maximum deviation to the maximum modulating frequency is called
a. carrier swing
b. deviation ratio
c. modulation factor
d. modulation index
16. A carrier signal has
a. constant amplitude
b. a frequency of 20 kHz and above
 c. a varying amplitude
d. the information content
17. The modulated peak value of a signal is 125V and the unmodulated carrier value
is 85V. What is the modulation index?
a. 0.47
b. 0.68
c. 0.32
d. 1.47
18. An 891 kHz carrier having an amplitude of 80V is modulated by a 4.5 kHz audio
signal having an amplitude of 45V. The modulation factor is
a. 0.56
b. 0.65
c. 1.78
d. 1.25
19. What is the modulation index of an FM signal having a carrier swing of 75 kHz
when the modulating signal has frequency of 3 kHz?
a. 25
b. 12.5
c. 0.04
d. 0.08
20. In a FM system, if modulation index is doubled by halving the modulating
frequency, what will be the effect on the maximum deviation?
a. No effect
b. Maximum deviation doubles
c. Decreases by 1/2
d. Increases by 1/4
21. Which of the following is considered ass indirect method of generating FM?
a. Reactance modulator
b. Balanced modulator
c. Varactor diode modulator
d. Armstrong system
22. To generate an SSB or DSB signal one must use a circuit known as
a. filter modulator
b. ring modulator
c. balanced modulator
d. reactance modulator
23. Which is the first radio receiver?
a. TRF receiver
b. Superheterodyne receiver
c. Crystal radio receiver
d. Heterodyne receiver
24. An interfering signal with frequency equal to the received signal plus twice the IF
is called
 a. image frequency
b. center frequency
c. rest frequency
d. interference frequency
25. Double sideband full carrier emission type
a. A3J
b. H3E
c. R3A
d. A3E
26. Single sideband reduced carrier emission type
a. H3E
b. R3E
c. J3E
d. B8E
27. A single sideband suppressed carrier emission type
a. H3E
b. R3E
c. J3E
d. B8E
28. Independent sideband emission type
a. H3E
b. R3E
c. J3E
d. B8E
29. Vestigial sideband emission type
a. C3F
b. J3E
c. R3E
d. B8E
30. Single side band full carrier emission type
a. R3E
b. H3E
c. J3E
d. B8E
31. Phase modulation emission type
a. F3E
b. F3C
c. F3F
d. G3E
32. Which one is not an advantage of SSB over AM?
a. Power saving
b. Requires half the bandwidth
 c. Wider area
d. Better fidelity
33. The advantage of high-level modulated AM transmitter is
a. less audio power required
b. better fidelity
c. higher value of operating power
d. less distortion
34. The advantage of low-level modulated AM transmitter is
a. less audio power required
b. better fidelity
c. higher value of operating power
d. less distortion
35. ____ is the bad effect caused by overmodulation in AM transmission
a. Increase in noise
b. Deviation in the operating frequency
c. Interference to other radio services
d. Decreases in the output power
36. Which characteristics of a radio receiver refers to its ability to reject an unwanted
signal?
a. Sensitivity
b. Selectivity
c. Fidelity
d. Quality
37. What type of emission is frequency modulation?
a. F3E
b. G3E
c. A3E
d. B3E
38. AM transmission power increases with ___
a. frequency
b. source
c. load
d. modulation
39. ____ locks the FM receiver to a stronger signal
a. Hall effect
b. Capture effect
c. Image frequency
d. Homing
40. What is the highest percentage of modulation for AM?
a. 50%
b. 75%
c. 100%
d. 80%
41. In FM, the Carson’s Rule states that the bandwidth is equal to twice the sum of
the modulating frequency and ____
a. carrier signal
b. modulating index
c. frequency deviation
d. image frequency
42. What is the carrier swing of an FM transmitter when modulated by 75%?
a. 53.2 kHz
b. 48 kHz
c. 56.25 kHz
d. 112.5 kHz
43. The modulation system inherently more resistant to noise
a. Single sideband suppressed carrier
b. frequency modulation
c. Pulse-position modulation
d. Amplitude shift keying
44. Subcarriers that are arranged so that the channels occupying adjacent frequency
bands with some frequency space between them is known as
a. guard bands
b. AM bands
c. band gap
d. void band
45. Modulation of an RF carrier results in
a. multiple channels
b. smaller antennas
c. directional propagation
d. all of the above
46. A process which occurs in the transmitter
a. Mixing
b. Modulation
c. Heterodyning
d. Demodulation
47. A process which occurs in the receiver
a. Beating
b. Modulation
c. Mixing
d. Demodulation
48. One part of the transmitter that protects the crystal oscillator form “pulling”
a. Buffer amplifier
b. Modulator
c. Power amplifier
d. Antenna
49. What aspect of the carrier is changed by modulation?
a. Frequency
b. Phase
c. Amplitude
d. Depends on the type of modulation
50. The amplitude of a sine wave which is modulated by a musical program will
a. be complex
b. contains fundamental frequencies
c. contains harmonic frequencies
d. All of the above
51. What will be the result of the gain level being too high for signals entering the
modulator?
a. Receiver noise
b. Excessive volume of receiver
c. Oscillator disturbance
d. Distortion and splatter
52. Amplitude modulation causes the amount of transmitter power to
a. increase
b. decrease
c. remain the same
d. double
53. When a carrier is modulated 100%, the total power increase by what percentage
over that carrier alone?
a. 25%
b. 50%
c. 75%
d. 100%
54. When the amplitude of the modulating voltage is increased for AM, the antenna
current will
a. increase
b. decrease
c. remain constant
d. decrease exponentially
55. An increase in transmitter power from 25W to 30W will cause the antenna current
to increase from 700mA to
a. 800 mA
b. 750 mA
c. 767 mA
d. 840 mA
56. A second modulating tone frequency the same amplitude but a different
frequency is added to the first at the input to the modulator. The modulation index
will be increased by a factor of
a. square root of 3
 b. square root of 2
c. 2
d. 3
57. A 1000 kHz carrier is modulated by a 2500 Hz tone. One frequency component
of the modulated signal
a. 1200 Hz
b. 5000 Hz
c. 1002.5 kHz
d. 2500 Hz
58. A 1200 kHz carrier is amplitude-modulated by two tones of 500 Hz and 700 Hz.
Which one is a frequency component of the modulated wave?
a. 1195 kHz
b. 1199.3 kHz
c. 1199.7 kHz
d. 1205 kHz
59. Identify a modulation method or methods in use for a common-emitter
configuration.
a. Base modulation
b. Emitter modulation
c. Collector modulation
d. Both A and C
60. The RF signal injected into balanced modulator is 10 MHz and the modulating
frequency is 1kHz. Which frequency or frequencies will not appear in the output?
a. 9.999 MHz
b. 10 MHz
c. 10.0001 MHz
d. both A and B
61. Unwanted sidebands in SSB equipment can be suppressed by one or more of
the of the following methods.
a. Phasing method
b. Filter method
c. Decoder method
d. Both A and B
62. Envelope detection is connected with the process of
a. Mixing
b. Heterodyning
c. Modulation
d. Rectification
63. Diagonal clipping in envelope detection will result in
a. distortion
b. phase reversal
c. reduced sensitivity
d. amplitude damage
64. Product detection requires the process of
a. rectification
b. heterodyning
c. decoding
d. phase shifting
65. A sine wave which id coherent with carrier has identical
a. amplitude
b. frequency
c. phase angle
d. both B and C
66. Frequency modulation and phase modulation are collectively referred to as
a. stereo
b. angle modulation
c. high fidelity modulation
d. FCC modulation
67. In FM the change in carrier frequency is proportional to what attribute of the
modulating signal?
a. angle
b. frequency
c. amplitude
d. tone
68. A louder sound when generating the modulating waveform for FM, will cause a
greater
a. carrier amplitude
b. angle amplitude
c. distortion at the receiver
d. frequency deviation
69. If a positive change in modulation signal level of 200 mV will cause a positive
frequency deviation of 10 kHz what will be the frequency deviation for a negative
change of 100 mV in the level of the modulating signals?
a. 0
b. -5 kHz
c. +5 kHz
d. +0 kHz
70. A particular 15kHz modulation tone results in a peak frequency deviation of 75
kHz. What is the modulation index?
a. 5
b. 15
c. 75
d. 3
71. A 15 kHz sine wave frequency modulates an 88MHz carrier. A sideband
frequency will be found at
a. 87.970 MHz
 b. 87.985 MHz
c. 88.015 MHz
d. All of these
72. A device whose capacitance is deliberately made to be a function of the applied
voltage
a. Varactor
b. UJT
c. SAW
d. Variable capacitor
73. A reactance modulator is one method of obtaining
a. indirect FM
b. direct FM
c. demodulation
d. low frequency filtering
74. A device, now available in IC form, is useful for direct FM and as one element in
the phase-locked loop.
a. AFC
b. AGC
c. VCO
d. LPF
75. ____ is frequency change process, whereby the phase deviation and frequency
deviation are multiplied by some fixed constant.
a. Translation
b. Multiplication
c. Division
d. Addition
76. A circuit that has the function of demodulating the frequency-modulated signal
a, AFC
b. Envelope detector
c. Decoder
d. Foster-Seeley discriminator
77. The ratio detector is superior to the slope detector because
a. it is less sensitive to phase modulation
b. it is less sensitive to noise spikes
c. it is less sensitive to interference causing AM
d. both b and c
78. One implementation of a pulse-averaging discriminator is
a. a free running multivibrator
b. a crystal-controlled oscillator
c. a quartz crystal filter
d. a triggered multivibrator
79. A 10% increase in the frequency of a constant-width pulse train should cause
what change in its average value?
 a. -10%
b. -1%
c. +1%
d. +10%
80. Two different signals can be coherent if they
a. have the same amplitude
b. are both sine waves of different frequencies
c. originate in the same physical equipment simultaneously
d. have the same frequency
81. A quadrature detector requires that
a. four gates be provided
b. the inputs are coherent
c. the inputs are incoherent
d. the inputs are identical
82. In a phase locked loop, the VCO is the abbreviation for
a. Variable coherent output
b. VHF communication oscillator
c. Voltage-controlled oscillator
d. Vien-count oscillator (neutralized)
83. Identify an advantage or advantages of a properly designed FM system
a. Relative immunity to atmospheric noise (lightning)
b. Reduce bandwidth required
c. No noise of any kind
d. The noise figure is inversely proportional to the modulation index
84. The output of a balanced modulator
a. LSB and USB
b. LSB
c. USB
d. Carrier
85. If the modulation index of an AM wave is changed from 0 to 1, the transmitted
power is
a. unchanged
b. halved
c. doubled
d. increased by 50%
86. Which of the following is not a baseband signal of modulation?
a. Audio signal
b. Video signal
c. RF carrier
d. Binary coded pulses
87. If the unmodulated level peak carrier amplitude is doubled in and AM signal the
percent modulation is____
a. 20
 b. 50
c. 100
d. 200
88. Balanced modulator circuit when inserted in the equipment suppresses the ____.
a. carrier
b. upper sideband
c. lower sideband
d. baseband signal
89. The carrier of a 100% modulated AM wave is suppressed, the percentage power
saving is ____.
a. 100%
b. 50%
c. 83%
d. 66.66%
90. If the modulation index of an AM wave is doubled, the antenna current is also
doubled, the AM system being used is
a. H3E
b. J3E
c. C3F
d. A3E
91. 100% modulation in AM means a corresponding increase in total power by ____.
a. 100%
b. 50%
c. 75%
d. 25%
92. A single tone amplitude modulated wave has ____.
a. 2 components
b. 3 components
c. 4 components
d. 2n+1 components
93. A carrier signal has ____.
a. constant peak amplitude
b. frequency range of 20-20,000 Hz
c. a varying amplitude
d. the information
94. The modulating system is ____ if the modulation frequency is doubled, the
modulation index is halved, and the modulating voltage remains constant.
a. amplitude modulation
b. phase modulation
c. frequency modulation
d. pulse modulation
95. What is the modulation index of an FM signal if its modulating frequency is
doubled?
 a. No effect
b. Twice the original index
c. Four times the original index
d. One half the original index
96. An AM transmitter is rated 1000W at 100% modulation. How much power
required for the carrier?
a. 1000W
b. 666.6W
c. 333.3W
d. 866.6W
97. Standard way designating AM.
a. A3E
b. B3E
c. AHE
d. C3F
98. ____ is the circuit used to detect frequency modulated signal.
a. Discriminator
b. Modulator
c. Modem
d. Detector
99. ____ is an information signal that is sent directly without modulating any carrier.
a. C-band
b. Q-band
c. Baseband
d. Broadband
100. Both frequency and phase modulation utilize ____ modulation.
a. digital
b. phase
c. amplitude
d. angle
Answer Key 52. A
53. B
1. A
54. A
2. C
55. C
3. A
56. B
4. C
57. C
5. B
58. B
6. C
59. D
7. D
60. B
8. B
61. D
9. A
62. D
10. A
63. A
11. C
64. B
12. B
65. D
13. B
66. B
14. B
67. C
15. B
68. D
16. B
69. B
17. D
70. A
18. A
71. D
19. B
72. A
20. A
73. B
21. D
74. C
22. C
75. B
23. C
76. D
24. A
77. D
25. D
78. D
26. B
79. D
27. C
80. D
28. D
81. B
29. A
82. C
30. B
83. A
31. D
84. A
32. D
85. D
33. C
86. C
34. A
87. C
35. C
88. A
36. B
89. D
37. A
90. B
38. D
91. B
39. B
92. B
40. C
93. A
41. C
94. C
42. D
95. D
43. B
96. B
44. A
97. A
45. D
98. A
46. B
99. C
47. D
100. D
48. A
49. D
50. D
51. D