Chapter 8 Digital Communication : Coding Technique

c. DACs and ADCs are virtually identical d. All the above.

1 The advantage(s) of digital and/or data communications over analog include a. Noise performance b. Regeneration c. Digital signal processing d. All the above 2 In a S/H circuit, the time that it must hold the sampled voltage is a. Aperture time b. Acquisition time c. Flat-top time d. Dmin 3 Error signals associated with the sampling process are called a. Foldover distortion b. Aliasing c. Nyquist rate d. a and b 4 Which of the following is not a common RZ code? a. RZ-unipolar b. RZ-bipolar c. RZ-M d. RZ-AMI 5 In an asynchronous data system a. Both sender and receiver are exactly synchronized to the same clock frequency. b. Each computer word is preceded by a start bit and followed by a stop bit to frame the word. c. The receiver derives its clock signal from the received data stream. d. All the above.

8 The type of modulation that uses sampling on one of the parameters of the transmitted and received signal is known as a. Phase modulation b. Pulse modulation c. Amplitude modulation d. Frequency modulation 9 An alphanumeric code for representing the decimal values from 0 to 9 that is based on the relationship that only one bit in a binary word changes for each binary step is known as a. ASCII b. EBCDIC c. Baudot code d. Gray code 10 The quantizing error of PCM systems for weak signals can be made less significant by a. Companding b. Using time-division multiplexing c. Using frequency-division multiplexing d. Filtering out the alias frequency

11 When the message and the BCC are transmitted as separate parts within the same transmitted code, it is called a(n) a. Systematic code b. CRC c. (n,k) cyclic code d. Interleaved code 12 The value left in the CRC dividing circuit after all data have been shifted in is the a. Quantile interval

6 A CD audio laser-disk system has a frequency bandwidth of 20 Hz to 20 kHz. The minimum sample rate to satisfy the Nyquist criteria is a. 20 Hz b. 20 kHz c. 40 Hz d. 40 kHz

b. Codec c. BCC d. Syndrome 13 Which of the following is not an example of code error detection and correction in a data communication channel? a. Parity

7 With respect to converter circuits a. DACs include an ADC b. ADCs include a DAC

b. Frequency-shift keying c. Block-check character d. Hamming code

14 Error-correcting techniques that allow for correction at the receiver are called a. Cyclic redundancy checks (CRC) b. Block-check characters (BCC) c. Forward error correcting (FEC) d. Parity 15 Codes producing random data that closely resemble digital noise are a. Systematic codes b. PN codes c. Pseudonoise codes d. b and c Chapter 9 Digital Communications Transmission

c. Pulse-frequency modulation (PFM) d. Pulse-position modulation (PPM) 6 PPM and PWM are superior to PAM systems in a. Noise characteristics b. Bandwidth characteristics c. Simplicity in design d. Frequency response of the intelligence signal 7 Half-duplex operation involves communication a. In one direction only b. In both directions, but only one can talk at a time c. Where both parties can talk at the same time d. All the above 8 A procedure that decides which device has permission to transmit at a given time is called a. Line control b. Protocol c. Flow control d. Sequence control 9 The technique that uses the BPSK vector relationship to generate an output with logical 0s and 1s determined by comparing the phase of two successive data bits is a. CSU/DSU b. TDM c. CVSD d. DPSK 10 Using radio to transmit gathered data on some particular phenomenon without the presence of human monitors is known as a. Radio teletype b. Radio multiplexing c. Radio facsimile d. Radio telemetry 11 The bit error rate is a. The number of bit errors that occur for a given number of bits transmitted b. The most common method of referring to the quality of a digital communication system c. Virtually the same as the error probability d. All the above 12 The major difficulty faced by delta modulators is

1 Using an oscilloscope to display overlayed received data bits that provide information on noise, jitter, and linearity is called a(n) a. Constellation pattern b. Loopback c. Statistical Concentration d. Eye pattern 2 Why isn't Morse code well suited to today's telegraphic equipment? a. It uses an automatic request for repetition. b. It has excessive redundancy built into the code. c. The parity bit is difficult to detect. d. Differing between various widths of the pulses is an extremely complicated process. 3 A special digital modulation technique that achieves high data rates in limited-bandwidth channels is called a. Delta modulation b. Pulse-coded modulation (PCM) c. Quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) d. Pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) 4 FSK systems are much superior to two-tone amplitudemodulation systems with respect to a. Noise performance b. Bandwidth requirements of the channel c. Ionospheric fading characteristics d. Power consumption 5 Which is not a type of pulse modulation?

a. Excessive noise producing errors a. Pulse-amplitude modulation (PAM) b. Pulse-width modulation (PWM) b. Slope overload

c. Insufficient frequency response of the intelligence signal d. Complexity of design 13 The capacity of a telephone channel that has an S/N of 2047 if its bandwidth is 3.5 kHz is a. 30,000 bits per second b. 33,000 bits per second c. 38,500 bits per second d. 35,000 bits per second 14 The AT&T T1 lines a. Use 16-bit PCM code and include 24 voice channels b. Use delta modulation and include 48 voice channels c. Use 8-bit PCM code and include 24 voice channels d. Use delta modulation and include 24 voice channels 15

A digital transmission has an error probability of and is a. b. c. d. long. Its expected number of error bits is