MITRC REFRESHER COURSE ANSWER KEY dB Noise,

AM & FM

b. Distortion
1. A portion in a communications system, which processes c. Harmonics
the information so that it will become suitable to the d. Interference
characteristic of the transmission medium
a. Encoder 14. Which noise figure represents the lowest noise?
b. Modulation a. 1.5 dB
c. Transmitter b. 2.0 dB
d. Multiplexer c. 3.7 dB
d. 4.1 dB
2. Signal whose physical quantity varies continuously with
time 15. Denote the interference of noise in dB above an
a. Digital adjusted reference noise. The adjusted reference noise
b. Analog level was a 1 kHz tone, set at – 85 dBm
c. Discrete a. dBa
d. Information b. dBm
c. dBa0
3. Digital information is processed with a specified degree d. pWp
of
a. Fidelity 16. A more precise evaluation of the quality of a receiver
b. Accuracy as far as noise is concerned.
c. Sensitivity a. S/N
d. Correctness b. VSWR
c. Noise factor
4. Indicate the voltage level in dB with reference to one d. Noise margin
volt. This unit is used in video or TV measurement
a. dBW 17. Noise figure for an amplifier with noise is always
b. dBk a. 0 dB
c. dBm b. Infinite
d. dBV c. Less than 1
d. Greater than 1
5. When the power ratio of the output to input of a circuit
is 200. What is the gain in dB? 18. A passive circuit, usually consisting of capacitance
a. 23 and/or inductance, that is inserted in series with the a-c
b. 46 power cord of an electronic device which allow the 60-
c. – 23 Hz current to pass and suppressed high frequency
d. – 46 noise components.
a. Noise filter
6. What is the reference level for random noise b. Noise limiter
measurement, FIA weighted? c. Noise floor
a. – 82 dBm d. Noise quieting
b. – 90 dBm
c. – 85 dBm
19. A circuit often used in radio receivers that prevents
d. – 77 dBm
externally generated noise from exceeding certain
amplitude. They are also called noise clippers.
7. A 10 db pad has an output level of -3dBm. The level at
a. Noise floor
the input is:
b. Noise filter
a. 13 dBm
c. Noise limiter
b. – 7 dBm
d. Noise clamper
c. 1 dBm
d. 7 dBm
20. Extra-terrestrial noise is observable at frequencies from
a. 0 to 20 KHz
8. A power level of 50 μW could be expressed as: b. 8 Mhz to 1.43 GHz
a. 1.69 dBm c. 5 to 8 GHz
b. – 4.3 dBm d. 15 to 60 MHz
c. 1 dBm
d. – 13 dBm 21. Which of the following is not true about AM?
a. The carrier amplitude varies.
9. A system having an input power of 2 mW an output b. The carrier frequency remains constant.
power of 0.8 mW has a loss of: c. The carrier frequency changes.
a. 2.98 dBm d. The information signal amplitude changes the
b. 3.98 dB carrier amplitude.
c. 3.98 μW
d. 1.98 mW 22. Modulator circuit performs what mathematical
operation on its two inputs?
10. Is the reduction of signal amplitude as it passed over a. Addition
the transmission medium? b. Multiplication
a. Noise c. Division
b. Distortion d. Square root
c. Attenuation
d. Interface 23. If m is greater than 1, what happens?
a. Normal operation
11. Signal waveform perturbation or deviation caused by b. Carrier drops to zero
imperfect response of the system to the desired signal c. Carrier frequency shifts
a. Noise d. Information signal is distorted
b. Aliasing 24. The outline of the peaks of a carrier has the shape of
c. Distortion the modulating signal and is called the
d. Interference a. Trace
b. Waveshape
12. Signal attenuation can be corrected by c. Envelope
a. Filtering d. Carrier variation
b. Modulation
c. Equalization 25. The values of Vmax and Vmin as read from an AM wave on
d. Amplification an oscilloscope are 2.8 and 0.3. The percentage of the
modulation is
13. Signal contamination by extraneous or external a. 10.7 percent
sources, such as, other transmitters, power lines and b. 41.4 percent
machinery. c. 80.6 percent
a. Noise
 d. 93.3 percent c. 12.5
d. 20
26. A carrier of 880 kHz is modulated by a 3.5-kHz sine
wave. The LSB and USB are respectively, 39. The maximum deviation of an FM carrier is 2 kHz by a
a. 873 and 887kHz maximum modulating signal of 400 Hz. The deviation
b. 876.5 and 883.5 kHz ratio is
c. 883.5 and 876.5 kHz a. 0.2
d. 887 and 873 kHz b. 5
c. 8
27. For 100 percent modulation, what percentage of carrier d. 40
power is in each sideband?
a. 25 percent 40. The phenomenon of a strong FM signal dominating a
b. 33.3 percent weaker signal on a common frequency is referred to as
c. 50 percent the
d. 100 percent a. Capture effect
b. Blot out
28. An AM signal has a carrier power of 5W. The c. Quieting factor
percentage of modulation is 80 percent. The total d. Dominating syndrome
sideband power is 41. In a low-level AM system, amplifier following the
a. 0.8 W modulated stage must be
b. 1.6 W a. Linear devices
c. 2.5 W b. Harmonic devices
d. 4.0 W c. Class C amplifier
d. Nonlinear devices
29. An AM transmitter antenna current is measured with no
modulation and found to be 2.6 amperes. The 42. If the carrier of a 100 percent modulated AM wave is
percentage of modulation is suppressed, the percentage power saving will be
a. 35 percent a. 50
b. 70 percent b. 150
c. 42 percent c. 100
d. 89 percent d. 66.66

30. The typical audio modulating frequency range used in 43. A pre-emphasis circuit provides extra noise immunity
radio and telephone communications is by
a. 50 Hz to 5 kHz a. Boosting the bass frequencies
b. 50 Hz to 15 kHz b. Amplifying the higher audio frequencies
c. 100 Hz t 10 kHz c. Pre-amplifying the whole audio band
d. 300 Hz to 3 kHz d. Converting the phase modulation to FM

31. An AM signal with a maximum modulating signal 44. One of the following transmits only one sideband
frequency of 4.5 kHz as a total bandwidth of a. H3E
a. 4.5 kHz b. R3E
b. 6.75 kHz c. J3E
c. 9 kHz d. B8E
d. 18 kHz
45. _____ is an electronic instrument used to show both the
32. An input signal of 1.8 MHz mixed with a local oscillator carrier and the sidebands of a modulated signal in the
of 5 MHz. A filter selects the difference signal. The frequency domain
output is a. Spectrum analyzer
a. 1.8 MHz b. Oscilloscope
b. 3.2 MHz c. Digital counter
c. 5 MHz d. Frequency counter
d. 6.8 MHz
46. AM transmission power increases with _____
33. What is produced by over modulation in AM? a. Frequency
a. Sidebands b. Source
b. Splatter c. Load
c. Envelope d. Modulation
d. Deviation
47. What type of emission is frequency modulation?
34. The letter-number designation B8E is a form of a. F3E
modulation also known as b. G3E
a. Pilot-carrier system c. A3E
b. Independent sideband emission d. B3E
c. Lincompex
d. Vestigial sideband transmission 48. What is the carrier swing of an FM transmitter when
modulated by 75%?
35. The inputs to a balanced modulator are 1 MHz and a a. 53.2 kHz
carrier of 1.5 MHz. The outputs are b. 48 kHz
a. 500 kHz c. 56.25 kHz
b. 2.5 Mhz d. 112.5 kHz
c. 1.5 MHz
d. Both a and b 49. An increase in transmitter power from 25 W to 30 W
will cause the antenna current to increase from 700 mA
36. A widely used balanced modulator is called the to
a. Diode bridge circuit a. 800 mA
b. Full-wave bridge rectifier b. 750 mA
c. Lattice modulator c. 767 mA
d. Balanced bridge modulator d. 840 mA

37. What is the third character in the emission designation 50. _____ is the function which tends to maintain the sound
for telephony? volume level of a voice receiver nearly constant for a
a. F large signal strength range
b. B a. Squelch
c. D b. Muting
d. E c. AGC
d. AFC
38. A 100-MHz carrier is deviated 50 kHz by a 4-kHz signal
a. 5
b. 8
MITRC REFRESHER COURSE ANSWER KEY dB Noise,
AM & FM

51. An FM receiver with an I-F of 10.7 MHz is tuned to 98.7 a. Thermal agitation
MHz. What is the numerical value of the image b. Auto ignition
frequency? c. The sun
a. 77.3 MHz d. Fluorescent lights
b. 88.0 MHz
c. 109.4 MHz 63. What is the noise voltage across a 300 Ω input
d. 120.1 MHz resistance to a TV set with a 6 MHz bandwidth and
temperature of 30°C?
52. The function which tends to silence the receiver in the a. 2.3 μV
absence of transmitted carrier b. 3.8 μV
a. Squelch c. 5.5 μV
b. Muting d. 6.4 μV
c. AGC
d. AFC 64. If bandwidth is doubled, the signal power is _____
a. Not changed
53. The term used to refer to the condition where the b. Quadrupled
signals from a very strong station are superimposed on c. Tripled
other signals being received d. Doubled
a. Cross-modulation interference
b. Intermodulation interference 65. In an FM transmitter, what is the result of over
c. Receiver quieting modulation?
d. Capture effect a. Lower frequency
b. Distortion
54. Stages that are common to both AM and FM receivers c. Higher power
a. Tuner, local oscillator, detector, AF amplifier d. Excessive bandwidth
b. RF amplifier, mixer, IF amplifier, AF amplifier
c. Local oscillator, RF amplifier, frequency 66. What are the basic elements of communications
discriminator, detector system?
d. Tuner, IF amplifier, detector, AF amplifier a. Source, transmission channel, transmitter
b. Transmitter, receiver, transmission channel
55. In a narrow-band FM system, the deviation ratio is c. Information, transmission channel, receiver
commonly one and the highest audio frequency is d. Sender and receiver
generally limited to
a. 300 Hz 67. A network that has an input of 75 dB and an output of
b. 10,000 Hz 35dB. The loss of the network is _____
c. 3,000 Hz
a. -40 dB
d. 7,500 Hz
b. 40 dB

56. Which of the following contains de-emphasis circuit?

c. -40 dBm
d. 40 dBm
a. FM transmitter
b. FM receiver
c. VHF transmitter 68. If an amplifier has equal input and output impedances,
d. VHF receiver what voltage ratio does the gain of 50 dB represent?
a. 316.2
57. The term used to refer to the reduction of receiver gain b. 325.2
caused by the signal of a nearby station transmitter in c. 320.1
the same frequency band? d. 315.0
a. Quieting
b. Cross-modulation interference 69. An interfering signal with a frequency equal to the
c. Squelch gain rollback received signal plus twice the IF is called
d. Desensitizing a. Image frequency
b. Center frequency
58. What is the approximate bandwidth of an FM with a c. Rest frequency
modulation factor of 12.5 and a modulating frequency d. Interference frequency
of 10 kHz?
a. 20 kHz 70. Subcarriers that are arranged so that the channels
b. 270 kHz occupying adjacent frequency band with some
c. 250 kHz frequency space between them is known as
d. 45 kHz a. Guard bands
b. AM bands
c. Band gap
59. An amplifier operating over the frequency range of 455
d. Void band
to 460 kHz has a 200 kΩ input resistor. What is the RMS
noise voltage at the input to this amplifier if the
71. What is the lowest number of sections required by
ambient temperature is 17°C?
communications receiver?
a. 40 μV
a. 1
b. 4.0 μV
b. 2
c. 400 μV
c. 3
d. 4.0 mV
d. 4

60. Calculate the noise figure of the amplifier whose Req 72. What determines the selectivity of a receiver?
equals 2518 Ω (RT = 600 Ω) if it’s driven by a generator a. The bandwidth of the tuned circuits
whose output impedance is 50Ω b. The gain of the amplifier
a. 39.4 c. The power handling capability
b. 3.94 d. The frequency stability
c. 394
d. 0.394 73. For an IF frequency of 455 kHz, what must be the LO
frequency when receiving a 580 kHz transmission?
61. A receiver connected to an antenna whose resistance is a. 1035 MHz
50 Ω has an equivalent noise resistance of 30 Ω. b. 1.035 MHz
Calculate its equivalent noise temperature if the noise c. 3.51 MHz
figure is equal to 1.6 d. 351 kHz
a. 17.4 K
b. 174 K 74. What circuit accompanies a mixer?
c. 1.74 K a. RF Amplifier
d. 17 K b. LO
c. IF Amplifier
62. Which of the following is not a source of external noise? d. Detector
75. The superheterodyne circuit uses a local oscillator to
_____ with the RF signal of the station and converts the
carrier to the intermediate frequency
a. Beat
b. Mix
c. Heterodyne
d. All of the above

76. The local FM stereo rock station is at 96.5 MHz. What

must be the local oscillator frequency?
a. 93.9 MHz
b. 107.2 MHz
c. 112.5 MHz
d. 105.9 MHz

77. A superheterodyne is tuned to 2738 kHz. The IF is 475

kHz. What is the image frequency?
a. 3.09 MHz
b. 4.5 kHz
c. 4385 kHz
d. 3688 kHz

78. In an FM receiver, which circuit removes amplitude

variations?
a. Exciter
b. Mixer
c. Discriminator
d. Limiter

79. In an FM receiver, the circuit that keeps the receiver

tuned exactly to the desired station is _____
a. AFC
b. AGC
c. Limiter
d. Discriminator

80. What connects the front-end circuit of a VHF TV

superheterodyne receiver?
a. Mixer, RF amplifier and AFC
b. RF amplifier, Band pass filter and mixer
c. Local oscillator, mixer and RF amplifier
d. Local oscillator, AGC and antenna