NOISE SERIES

1. What is the non-continuous noise of irregular pulses or spikes of

duration with high amplitudes?

A. Wander

B. Jitter

C. Hits

D. Singing

A. Gaussian noise

B. Whiter noise

C. Thermal noise

D. All of the above

7. Which causes a quantization noise in PCM system?

2. What theorem sets a limit on the maximum capacity of a channel

with a given noise level?

A. Serial transmission errors

B. The approximation of the quantized signal

C. The synchronization between encoder and decoder

D. Binary coding techniques

A. Nyquist theorem

B. Hartley law

C. Shannon-Hartley theorem

A. Detector

D. Shannon theorem

B. Discriminator

C. Phase Shifter

D. Limiter

8. A particular circuit that rids FM of noise

3. Quantizing noise occurs in

A. PCM

B. PLM

C. PDM

A. 17

D. PAM

B. 273

C. 25

D. 30

9. What is the reference noise temperature in degrees Celsius?

4. Noise always affects the signal in a communications systems at

the ________.

A. transmitter

B. channel

C. information source

D. destination

10. Unwanted radio signal on assigned frequency.

5. _________ is the random and unpredictable electric signals from

natural causes, both internal and external to the system.

A. Interference

B. Attenuation

C. Distortion

D. Noise

A. Splatter

B. RFI

C. Noise

D. EMI

11. What is the reliable measurement for comparing amplifier noise

characteristics?

A. Thermal agitation noise

B. Noise factor

C. Noise margin

D. Signal-to-noise

12. _________ is measured on a circuit when it is correctly

terminated but does not have any traffic.
6. Noise from random acoustic or electric noise that has equal
energy per cycle over a specified total frequency band.

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A. White noise

B. Galactic noise

C. Impulse noise

D. Atmospheric noise

19. nif stands for

13. Which standard recommends crosstalk limits?

A. CCIT G.152

B. CCIT G.150

C. CCIT G.151

D. CCIT G.161

A. Non-intrinsic figure

B. Noise improvement factor

C. Narrow intermediate frequency

D. Noise interference figure

20. Industrial noise frequency is between _____.

14. Which standard is utilized in intermodulation noise rates on PCM

audio channels?

A. 0 to 10 KHz

B. 160 MHz to 200 MHz

C. 15 to 160 MHz

D. 200 to 3000 MHz

A. CCIT Rec. G.151

B. CCIT Rec. G.172

C. CCIT Rec. G.190

A. rms values

D. CCIT Rec. G.190

B. dc values

C. average values

D. peak values

21. External noise fields are measured in terms of _______.

15. What is the reference frequency of CCIT phosphomeric noise

measurement?

A. 800 Hz

B. 1000 Hz

C. 1500 Hz

D. 3400 Hz

16. Reference temperature use in noise analysis

22. Form of interference caused by rain or dust storms.

A. Precipitation static

B. Shot-noise

C. Galactic noise

D. Impulse noise

23. At 17 C, the noise voltage generated by 5k resistor, operating

over a bandwidth of 20KHz is

A. 75 K

B. 250 K

C. 290 K

A. 1.3 nV

D. 300 K

B. 1.3 V

C. 1.3 pV

D. 1.3 mV

17. Which noise is produced by lighting discharges in

thunderstorms?

A. White noise

B. Extraterrestrial noise

C. Industrial noise

D. Atmospheric noise

18. Man-made noise is usually from _______.

A. transmission over power lines and by ground wave

B. sky-wave

C. space-wave

D. troposphere

24. ________ is an electric noise produced by thermal agitation of

electrons in conductor and semiconductor.

A. External noise

B. Internal noise

C. Thermal noise

D. Flicker

25. Three identical circuits having 10 dB signal noise-to-noise ratio

each are connected in tandem with each other, what is the overall
S/N?

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A. 5.23 dB

B. 14.77dB

C. 30 dB

D. 40 dB

D. lunar

32. Standard design reference for environmental noise temperature.

26. The noise figure of the first circuit in tandem connection is 10.5
dB while its power gain is 15, what is the over all noise figure if the
second circuit has a noise figure of 11 dB?

A. 300 K

B. 290 K

C. 32 F

D. 212F

A. 11.59 dB

B. 11.23 dB

C. 10.79 dB

A. C + 273

D. 10.5 dB

B. C + 75

C. C + 19

D. C + 290

33. Absolute temperature in Kelvin.

27. Is the interference coming from other communications channels?

A. Jitter

B. Crosstalk

C. RFI

A. not changed

D. EMI

B. quadrupled

C. tripled

D. doubled

28. What is the reference noise level?

A. 10 pW

B. 0 dBm

C. 1mW

D. -90 dBm

29. What is the unit of noise power of psophometer?

A. pWp

B. dBa

C. dBm

D. dBrn

30. A large emission of hydrogen from the sun that affects

communications.

A. Solar flare

B. Cosmic disturbance

C. Ballistic disturbance

D. Solar noise

31. Atmospheric noise is known as _______noise.

A. static

B. cosmic

C. solar

34. If bandwidth is doubled, the signal power is _________.

35. Name one or more sources of noise bearing on electronic

communications.

A. Steam boiler

B. Galaxies

C. Internal combustion engine

D. Both B and C

36. The transmitter technique adopted to reduce the noise effect of

the preceding question is called

A. noise masking

B. anitnoise

C. noise killing

D. preemphasis

37. Deemphasis in the receiver in effect attenuates modulating

signal components and noise in what frequency range?

A. dc

B. low

C. intermediate

D. high

38. Atmospheric noise or static is not a great problem

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A. at frequencies below 20 MHz

B. at frequencies below 5 MHz

C. at frequencies above 30 MHz

D. at frequencies above 1 MHz

45. Reading a 58 dBrn, at a +7 test point is equal to ________ dBa0.

39. What is the proper procedure for suppressing electrical noise in a

mobile station?

A. Apply shielding and filtering where necessary

B. Insulate a all plain sheet metal surfaces from each other

C. Apply anti-static spray liberally to all nonmetallic

D. Install filter capacitors in series with all dc wiring

40. Where is the noise generated that primarily determines the

signal-to-noise ratio in a VHF (150MHz) marine-band receiver?

A. Man-made noise

B. In the atmosphere

C. In the receiver front end

D. In the ionosphere

A. power

B. dBm

C. level

D. ratio

A. 26

B. 65

C. 51

D. 46

46. A reading of -50 dBm on the disturbing pair, and -80 on the
disturbed pair equals _____ dB of crosstalk coupling.

A. 20

B. 30

C. 60

D. 25

47. Power is __________.

41. The difference between signal strength at a given point and a

reference level is________.

D. 27

A. actual amount of power reference to 1mW

B. logarithmic ratio of two powers

C. definite amount of energy per time period

D. current flow per time period

48. 15 dBa F1A weighted, equals ___________.

42. Interfering effect of noise, C message weighted, is _________.

A. -90 dBm

B. -82 dBm

A. dBa

C. -85 dBm

B. dBm

D. -70 dBm

C. dBmc

D. dB

49. You are measuring noise in a voice channel with a Lenkurt 601A,
F1A weighting network and a flat meter. Your meter reads -47dBm.
What is this reading in dBa?

43. F1A weighting refers to ___________.

A. 77 dBa

A. -90 dBm

B. 35 dBa

B. dBrnc0

C. 38 dBa

C. dBrnc

D. 32 dBa

D. F1A handset

44. Reading a 58 dBrnC on your Western Electric 3A test set at a +7

test point is equal to ______ dBrnc0.

50. You are measuring noise at a +3 dB level point, using the Lenkurt
601A, F1A weighting network, and a flat meter. The meter reading is
-57dBm. This is ________dBa0.

A. 58

B. 51

A. 20

C. 65

B. 15

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C. 25

C. imaginary

D. 17

D. fractional

51. You are measuring noise at a -6 dB level point, using the Lenkurt
601A, F1A weighting network, and a flat meter. The meter reading is
-59 dBm. This is _________ dBa0.

57. What is the reference level for noise measurement, F1A

weighted?

A. -90 dBm

A. 24

B. -82 dBm

B. 12

C. -67 dBm

C. 23

D. -85 dBm

D. 32
58. What is the reference tone level for dBrn?

52. A measurement of -75 dBm, C-message weighted, would be

_________ dBrnc.

A. 8

B. 7

C. 9

D. 15

A. -90 dBm

B. -82 dBm

C. -67 dBm

D. -85 dBm

59. What is the reference tone level for dBa?

53. Your Western Electric 3A test set meter reading is -23 dBm at at
test point level of -8 dB. This is ______ dBrnc0.

A. -90 dBm

B. -82 dBm

A. 75

C. -67 dBm

B. 29

D. -85 dBm

C. 30

D. 31

60. Atmospheric noise becomes less severe at frequencies

54. At what power level does a 1 KHz tone cause zero interference
(144 weighted)?

A. 90 dB

B. 90 dBm

C. -90 dBm

D. -90 dBm

A. above 30 MHz

B. below 30 MHz

C. above 3000 kHz

D. below 3000kHz

61. Indicate the noise whose sources are in category different from
that of the other three?

55. Reference noise is ___________.

A. Solar noise

B. Cosmic noise

C. Atmospheric noise

D. Galactic noise

A. a 1000 Hz, -90 dBm tone

B. a noise that creates the same interfering effect as a

1000Hz, -90dBm tone

C. a noise that creates zero dBrn in a voice channel

A. Industrial noise is usually of the impulse type

D. B and C above

B. Static is caused by lightning discharges in

thunderstorms and other natural electric disturbances
occurring in the atmosphere

C. Distant stars are another source of man-made noise

D. Flourescent lights are another source of man-made

noise

56. A practical dBrn measurement will almost always in a _______

number.

A. positive

B. negative

62. Indicate the false statement.

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63. Which of the following is not a source of industrial noise?

69. The noise output of a resistor is amplified by a noiseless amplifier

having a gain of 60 and a bandwidth of 20 kHz. A meter connected at
the output of the amplifier reads 1mV RMS. If the bandwidth of the
amplifier is reduced to 5kHz, its gain remaining constant, what does
the meter read now?

A. Automobile ignition

B. Sun

C. Electric Motors

A. 0.5 mV

D. Leakage from high voltage line

B. 0.5 V

C. 5.0 mV

D. 5.0 V

64. Indicate the false statement

A. The noise generated in a resistance or the resistive

component of any impedance is random.

B. Random noise power is proportional to the bandwidth

over which is measured

C. A random voltage across the resistor does not exist

D. All formula referring to random noise are applicable only

to the value of such noise.

65. The value of the resistor creating thermal noise is doubled. The
noise power generated is therefore.

A. halved

B. quadrupled

C. doubled

D. unchanged

70. The front-end of a television receiver, having a bandwidth of

7Mhz, and operating at a temperature of 27C , consists of an
amplifier having a gain of 15 followed by a mixer whose gain is 20.
The amplifier has a 300 input resistor and a shot noise equivalent
resistance of 500; for the mixer, these values are 2.2k and
13.5k respectively, and the load resistance of the mixer is 470
k. Calculate the equivalent noise resistance for this television
receiver.

A. 8760

B. 875

C. 8.76

D. 0.876

71. One of the following is not a useful quantity for comparing the
noise performance receivers.

66. Indicate the false statement.

A. Input noise voltage

B. Equivalent noise resistance

A. HF mixer are generally noisier than HF amplifiers.

C. Noise temperature

B. Impulse noise voltage is dependent on bandwidth

D. Noise figure.

C. Thermal noise is independent of the frequency at which

is measured.

D. Industrial noise is usually of the impulse type.

67. An amplifier operating over the frequency range of 455 to 460

kHz has a 200 k input resistor. What is the RMS noise voltage at
the input to this amplifier if the ambient temperature is 17C ?

A. 40 V

B. 4.0 V

C. 400 V

D. 4.0 mV

68. The first stage of a two-stage amplifier has a voltage gain of 10,
a 600 input resistor, a 1600 equivalent noise resistance and
27k output resistor. For the second stage, these values are 25,
81k, 19k, and 1M, respectively. Calculate the equivalent inputnoise resistance of this two stage amplifier.

72. Indicate the false statement. Noise figure is defined as

A. the ratio of the S/N power supplied at the input terminal

of a receiver or amplifier to the S/N power supplied to the
output or load resistor

B. noise factor expressed in decibels

C. an unwanted form of energy tending to interfere with the

proper and easy reception and reproduction of wanted
signals

D. S/N of an ideal system divided by S/N at the output of

the receiver or amplifier under test, both working at the
same temperature over the same bandwidth and fed from
the same source

73. Calculated the noise figure of the amplifier whose R equals

2518 (R =600) if its driven by a generator whose output
impedance is 50.
eq

A. 39.4

A. 2,518 k

B. 3.94

B. 2,518

C. 394

C. 251.8

D. 0.394

D. 12,518

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74. Calculate the noise figure of the receiver whose RF amplifier has
an input resistance of 1000 and an equivalent shot-noise
resistance of 2000, a gain of 25 and load resistance of 125 k.
Given that the bandwidth is 1.0MHz and the temperature is 20C,
and that the receiver is connected to an antenna with an impedance
of 75.

A. 30.3

B. 3.03

C. 303

D. .303

A. 17.4 K

B. 174 K

C. 1.74 K

D. 17 K

76. Most internal noise comes from

A. Shot noise

B. Transit-time noise

C. Thermal agitation

D. Skin effect

77. Which of the following is not a source of external noise?

A. Thermal agitation

B. Auto ignition

C. The sun

D. Fluorescent lights

78. Noise can be reduced by

A. IF amplifier

B. Demodulator

C. AF amplifier

D. Mixer

81. Which noise figure represents the lowest noise in receiver?

75. A receiver connected to an antenna whose resistance is 50

has an equivalent noise resistance of 30. Calculate its equivalent
noise temperature if the noise figure is equal to 1.6.

80. Which circuit contributes most of the noise in a receiver?

A. 1.6 dB

B. 2.1 dB

C. 2.7 dB

D. 3.4 dB

82. The transistor with the lowest noise figure in the

microwave region is a

A. MOSFET

B. Dual-gate MOSFET

C. JFET

D. MESFET

83. What is the noise voltage across a 300 input resistance to a TV

set with a 6MHz bandwidth and temperature of 30C?

A. 2.3 V

B. 3.8 V

C. 5.5 V

D. 5.4 V

84. Which of the following types of noise becomes of great

importance at frequencies?

A. Shot noise

B. Random noise

A. widening the bandwidth

C. Impulse noise

B. narrowing the bandwidth

D. Transit-time noise

C. increasing temperature

D. increasing transistor current levels

79. Noise at the input to the receiver can be as high as several

A. microvolts

B. milivolts

C. volts

D. kilo volts

85. The solar cycle repeats the period of great electrical disturbance
approximately every

A. 11 years

B. 10 years

C. 9 years

D. 8 years

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86. The square of the thermal noise voltage generated by a resistor

is proportional to

A. its resistance

B. its temperature

C. the bandwidth over which it is measured

D. All of the above

87. Noise occurring in the presence of signal resulting from a

mismatch between the exact value of an analog signal and the closet
available quantizing step in a digital coder.

A. Quantizing noise

B. Thermal noise

C. Impulse noise

D. Crosstalk

92. ___________ is device that measures the internal open circuit

voltage of an equivalent noise generator having an impedance of
600 and delivering noise power to a 600 load.

A. Psophometer

B. Barometer

C. Reflectometer

D. Voltmeter

93. External noise originating outside the solar system

A. Cosmic noise

B. Solar noise

C. Thermal noise

D. Lunar noise

94. A noise whose source is within the solar system.

88. Noise consisting of irregular pulses of short duration and
relatively high amplitude,

A. Solar noise

A. Quantizing noise

B. Thermal noise

B. Tone interference

C. Cosmic noise

C. Impulse noise

D. Johnson Noise

D. Cross talk
95. The total noise power present in a 1-Hz bandwidth .

89. Noise that occurs via capacitive or inductive coupling in a cable.

A. Noise density

A. Crosstalk

B. Noise figure

B. Quantizing noise

C. Noise limit

C. Reference noise

D. Noise intensity

D. Tone interference
96. Which of the following is not a way of minimizing if not eliminating
noise?

90. Sources of impulse noise induced in communication channels.

A. Use redundancy

B. Increase transmitted power

B. Transients due to relay operation

C. Reduce signaling rate

C. Crosstalk from dc signaling systems

D. Increase channel bandwidth

D. All of these

A. Erroneous digital coding bit caused by an error on a

transmission facility

97. What is the primary cause of atmospheric noise?

91. Crosstalk due to incomplete suppression of sidebands or to

intermodulation of two or more frequency-multiplexed channels
which is unintelligible is classified as

A. Thunderstorm

B. Lightning

A. Impulse noise

C. Thunderstorm and lightning

B. Thermal noise

D. Weather condition

C. Quantizing noise

D. Miscellaneous noise

98. What do you call the noise coming from the sun and stars?

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A. Black-body noise

B. Space noise

b. Random noise

C. Galactic noise

c. Impulse noise

D. All of these

d. Transit-time noise

99. The major cause of atmospheric or static noise are

A. Thunderstorms

B. Airplanes

C. Meteor showers

D. All of these
105. Indicate the false statement

100. Which of the following low noise transistors is commonly used

at microwave frequencies?

A. MOSFET

B. GASFET

C. MESFET

D. JFET

a. 325.6 millivolts

b. 0.326 millivolts

c. 32.55 microvolts

d. d. 0.3255 microvolts

a. Lightning discharge

b. Solar eruptions

c. Distant stars

d. Arc discharges in electrical machines

b. Impulse noise voltage is independent of bandwidth

c. Thermal noise is independent of the frequency at which

it is measured

d. Industrial noise is usually of the impulse type

a. Halved

b. Quadrupled

c. Doubled

d. Unchanged

107. One of the following is not useful for comparing the noise
performance of receivers

102. Man-made noise is caused by

a. HF mixers are generally noisier than HF amplifiers

106. The value of a resistor creating noise is doubled. The noise

power generated is therefore

101. An amplifier operating over a 2 MHz bandwidth has a 80 ohms

input resistance. It is operating at 27 degree Celsius, has a voltage
gain of 200 and input signal of 6 microvolts rms. Calculate the output
rms noise.

a. Input noise voltage

b. Equivalent noise resistance

c. Noise temperature

d. Noise figure

108. Indicate the noise whose source is in a category different from

that

103. Cosmic noise is produced by

a. Solar noise

b. Cosmic noise

a. Lightning discharge

c. Atmospheric noise

b. Solar eruption

d. Galactic noise

c. Distant stars

d. Industrial electrical discharges

109. Considered as the main source of an internal noise

104. One of the following type of noise becomes of great importance

in high frequencies. It is the

a. Shot noise

a. Flicker

b. Thermal agitation

c. Device imperfection

d. Temperature change

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110. Convert noise factor of 4.02 to equivalent noise temperature.

Use 300 K for environmental temperature

a. 876 K

b. 900 K

c. 906 K

d. 875 K

a. 10 GHz

b. 30 MHz

c. 1 GHz

d. Audio level

a. NPR

b. dBrn

c. dBW

d. dBm

113. What is the major cause of atmospheric or static noise?

c. dBm

d. dBm0

a. 0 to 20 KHz

b. Above 2 GHz

c. 8 MHz to 1.43 GHz

d. 5 to 8 GHz

118. What signal-to-noise ratio is required for satisfactory telephone

services?

112. The most common unit of noise measurement in white noise

voltage testing

b. pWp

117. Extra-terrestrial noise is observable at frequencies from

111. Atmospheric noise is less severe at frequencies above

a. 50 dB

b. 30 dB

c. 40 dB

d. 20 dB

119. A diode generator is required to produce 12 micro V of noise in

a receiver with an input impedance of 75 ohms and a noise power
bandwidth of 200 KHz. Determine the current through the diode in
milliamperes.

a. 0.4 A

a. Meteor showers

b. 298 mA

b. Sunspots

c. 0.35 A

c. Airplanes

d. 300 mA

d. Thunderstorms
120. The equivalent noise temperature of the amplifier is 25 K. What
is the noise figure?

114. Background noise is the same as the following EXCEPT

a. Impulse noise

b. Thermal noise

c. White noise

d. Gaussian noise

115. Noise is caused by the thermal agitation of electrons in

resistance

a. 0.4 A

b. 298 mA

c. 0.35 A

d. 300 mA

121. The resistor R1 and R2 are connected in series at 300 K

and 400 K temperature respectively. If R1 is 200 ohms and R2 is 300
ohms, find the power produced at the load (RL = 500 ohms) over a
bandwidth of 100 KHz.

a. 0.05 nanowatts

a. White noise

b. 0.2 nanowatts

b. Thermal noise

c. 0.5 femtowatts

c. Johnsons noise

d. 2.0 femtowatts

d. All of these

116. The unit of noise power of psophometer

a. dBa

122. The random unpredictable electric signals from natural causes,

both internal and external to the system is known as

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a. Distortion

b. Noise

c. Distortion

d. Interference

129. A three-stage amplifier is to have an overall noise temperature

no greater than 70 K. The overall gain of the amplifier is to be at
least 45 dB. The amplifier is to be built by adding a low-noise first
stage with existing characteristics as follows: stage 2 has 20 dB
power gain and 3 dB noise figure. Stage 3 has 15 dB power gain and
6 dB noise figure. Calculate the maximum noise figure (in dB) that
the first stage can have.

123. Given a factor of 10, what is the noise figure in dB?

a. 20 dB

b. 10 dB

c. 50 dB

d. 40 dB

124. The signal in a channel is measured to be 23 dBm while noise

in the same channel is measured to be 23 dBm while noise in the
same channel is measured to be 9 dBm. The signal to noise ratio
therefore is

a. 32 dB

b. 5 dB

c. -14 dB

d. 14 dB

d. 1000 Hz

a. 0.267 dB

b. 0.56 dB

c. 1.235 dB

d. 0.985 dB

130. A transistor has measured S/N power of 60 at its input and 19 at

its output. Determine the noise figure of the transistor.

125. If voltage is equal to twice its original value, what is its

corresponding change in dB?

a. 5 dB

b. 10 dB

c. 2.5 dB

d. 7.5 dB

a. 3 dB

b. 6 dB

c. 9 dB

a. None of these

d. 12 dB

b. Bandwidth

c. Temperature

d. Quantizing level

131. Which does not affect noise in a channel?

126. NIF stand for

a. Non-intrinsic noise figure

b. Narrow interference figure

c. Noise improvement factor

a. 70 deg F

d. Noise interference figure

b. 30 deg C

c. 290 Kelvin

d. 25 deg C

132. Reference noise temperature

127. Two resistors rated 5 ohms and 10 ohms are connected in

series and are at 27 degrees Celsius. Calculate their combined
thermal noise voltage for a 10 KHz bandwidth.

133. Industrial noise frequency is between

a. 0.05 millivolts

b. 0.5 millivolts

a. 200 to 3000 MHz

c. 0.05 microvolts

b. 15 to 160 MHz

d. 0.005 microvolts

c. 0 to 10 kHz

d. 20 GHz

128. What is the reference frequency of CCITT psophometric noise

measurement?

134. Noise from random acoustic or electric noise that has equal per
cycle over a specified total frequency band

a. 800 Hz

b. 1500 Hz

a. Thermal noise

c. 3400 Hz

b. White noise

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c. Gaussian noise

a. 96.6 fW

d. All of these

b. 55.2 fW

c. 41.4 fW

d. 88.36 fW

135. A transistor amplifier has a measured S/N power of 100 at its

input and 20 at its output. Determine the noise figure of the
transistor.

a. 14 dB

b. 7 dB

c. -6 dB

d. -3 dB

141. Determine the shot noise for a diode with a forward bias of 1.40
mA over an 80 kHz bandwidht. (q = 1.6x10 raised to minus 9 C)

136. What does the noise weighing curve show?

a. 6 nA

b. 3 mA

c. 12 nA

d. 15 nA

142. The total noise power present in a 1 Hz bandwidth

a. Noise signals measured with a 144 handsets

b. Power levels of noise found in carrier systems

c. The interfering effect of other frequencies in a voice

channel compared with a reference frequency of one
kilohertz

d. Interfering effects of signals compared with a 3-KHz

tone

137. The signal power of the input to an amplifier 100 microW and
the noise power is 1 microW. At the output, the signal power is 1 W
and the noise power is 40 mW. What is the amplifier noise figure?

a. Noise density

b. Noise figure

c. Noise limit

d. Noise intensity

143. An amplifier with an overall gain of 20 dB is impressed with a

signal whose power level is 1 watt. Calculate the output power in
dBm.

a. -6 dB

a. 50 dBm

b. 9 dB

b. 150 dB

c. 6 dB

c. 80 dBm

d. -3 dB

d. 100 dBm

138. In measuring noise in a voice channel at a -4 dB test point level,

the meter reads -70 dBm (F1A weighted), convert the reading into
pWp.

144. What is the effect on the signal to noise ratio of a system (in dB)
if the bandwidth is doubled considering all other parameters to
remain unchanged except the normal thermal noise only. The S/N
will be

a. 53

b. 93

c. 63

a. Increased by a factor of 2

d. 83

b. Decreased by its value

c. Increased by a factor of 4

d. Decreased to its value

139. An amplifier with 20 dB gain is connected to another with 10 dB

gain by means of a transmission line with a loss of 4 dB. If a signal
with a power level of -14 dBm were applied to the system, calculate
the power output.

a. 14 dBm

b. -12 dB

c. -20 dB

d. 12 dBm

145. Express the ratio in decibels of noise power ratio 50 is to 10

watts.

140. Two resistors, R1 and R2 have temperatures of 300 K and 400

K, respectively. What is the noise power if the two resistors are
connected in series at 10 MHz bandwidth?

a. 7 dB

b. 21 dB

c. 14 dB

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152. What does a power difference of 3 dB mean?

d. 3.5 dB

146. What do you call the noise coming from the sun and stars?

a. A loss of one third of the power

b. A loss of one-half of the power

a. Black-body noise

c. A loss of 3 watts of power

b. Space noise

d. No significant change

c. Galactic noise

d. All of these

153. A gain of 60 dB is the same as a gain of

147. A satellite has a noise figure of 1.6 dB. Find its equivalent noise
temperature.

a. 139 K

b. 192 K

c. 291 K

d. 129 K

a. 10 volts/volt

b. 100 volts/volt

c. 1000 volts/volt

d. 10,000 volts/volt

154. ______ is mathematically equal to the logarithm to the base ten

of the power ratio P1 over P2.

148. What is the primary cause of atmospheric noise?

a. bel

b. dB

a. Thunderstorm

c. bel/10

b. Lightning

d. dB/2

c. Thunderstorm and lightning

d. Weather condition

155. Noise that is produced by the active components within

the receiver.

149. In a microwave communications system, determine the noise

power in dBm for an equivalent noise bandwidth of 10 MHz.

a. -104 dBm

b. -114 dBm

c. -94 dBm

d. -174 dBm

a. 11 years

b. 10 years

c. 9 years

d. 8 years

a. 3 dB

b. 9 dB

c. 10 dB

d. 6 dB

b. External

c. Internal

d. White

a. Shot

b. Impulse

c. Thermal

d. Dynamic

157. A network has a loss of 20 dB. What power ratio corresponds to

this loss

151. A current change that is equal to twice its original value will
correspond to a change of

a. Thermal

156. Noise due to random variation in the arrival of charge carriers at

the output electrode of an active device

150. The solar cycle repeats the period if great electrical disturbance
approximately every

a. 0.01

b. 0.1

c. 10

d. 100

158. A receiver connected to an antenna whose resistance is 60

ohms has an equivalent noise resistance of 40 ohms. Calculate the
receivers noise figure in decibels and its equivalent noise
temperature.

a. 1.67 & 194K

b. 2.23 & 194K

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c. 1.67 & 174K

d. 2.23 & 194K

159. _____ Noise is the most prevalent noise found in urban areas
and is normally caused by the arc discharge from automobile or
aircraft ignition systems, induction motors, switching gears, high
voltage lines and the like.

d. Transmit time

165. The input current of a network is 190 A and the output is 1.3
A. The loss in decibels is

a. 20.2

b. 21.6

a. Industrial

c. 28.6

b. Johnson

d. 43.3

c. Flicker

d. Mixer

166. If a network connected in series have a gain of -0.5 dB, -0.3dB,

-2dB and 6.8dB, the overall gain is

160. The noise figure of a totally noiseless device is

a. Unity

b. Infinity

c. Zero

d. 100

a. Solar

b. Cosmic

c. Atmospheric

d. Galactic

a. 2 dB

b. 2 dB

c. 4 dB

d. 4 dB

167. What is the gain, in dB, if the output to input ratio is 1000.

161. Indicate the noise whose source is in a category different from

that of the other three.

a. 20

b. 30

c. 40

d. 10

168. The following characteristics of noise except

162. The ratio(in dB) of the power of a signal at point to the power of
the same signal at the reference point.

a. Unwanted energy

a. Transmission Level Point

b. Predictable in character

b. Noise Figure

c. Present in the channel

c. S/N Ratio

d. Due to any cause

d. Neper

169. The equivalent noise temperature of the amplifier is 25 K what

is the noise figure?

163. A network has a power gain of 3 dB. If the input power is 100
watts, the output power is

a. 10.86

b. 1.086

a. 50 watts

c. 0.1086

b. 55 watts

d. 1.86

c. 60 watts

d. 62 watts

164. Which of the following types of noise becomes of great

importance at high frequencies?

a. Shot

b. Random

c. Impulse

170. A receiver connected to an antenna whose resistance is 50

ohms has an equivalent noise resistance of 30 ohms. What is
the receivers noise temperature?

a. 464K

b. 754K

c. 400K

d. 174K

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171. A theoretical antenna has a gain of 1dB. Its gain in nepers is

a. 8.686

b. 0.1151

c. 6.868

d. 0.5111

a. Noise

b. Spectrum

c. Radiation

d. Absorption

177. The correct symbol for decibel is

172. What is the equivalent output of a circuit in dBm, if it has an

output of 10 watts?

a. DB

b. dB

a. 10 dBm

c. Db

b. 30 dBm

d. db

c. 20 dBm

d. 40 dBm

178. _____ is the noise created outside the receiver.

173. An amplifier with an input resistance of 1000 ohms is operating

over a 4 MHz bandwidth. Calculate the rms voltage if the amplifier is
operating at 27 C.

a. 8.14 nV

b. 8.14 uV

c. 6.6 nV

d. 6.6 uV

a. Internal

b. External

c. Shot

d. Industrial

179. _____ is the noise created by man.

a. Solar

b. Industrial

c. Extraterrestrial

d. Galactic

180. A voltage change that is equal to twice its original value

correspond to a change of

174. The value of a resistor creating thermal noise is doubled. The

noise power generated is therefore

a. Halved

b. Quadrupled

c. Doubled

d. Unchanged

a. Input noise voltage

b. Equivalent noise resistance

c. Noise temperature

d. Noise figure

a. 3 dB

b. 6 dB

c. 9 dB

d. 10 dB

181. Indicate the voltage level in dB with reference to one volt. This
unit is used in video or TV measurement

175. One of the following is not a useful quantity for comparing the
noise performance of receivers.

a. dBW

b. dBk

c. dBm

d. dBV

182. which of the following is not an actual amount of power?

176. Any unwanted form of energy that tends to interfere with the
wanted signal is called

a. dB

b. dBm

c. dBw

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189. In a communication system, noise is likely to affect the signal

d. dBk

183. In noise analysis, the reference temperature is

a. At the transmitter

b. In the channel

a. 75 K

c. In the information source

b. 250 K

d. At the destination

c. 290 K

d. 300 K

190. The noise power generated by a resistor is proportional to

184. Noise from distant panels, stars, galaxies and other celestial
objects are called

a. Cosmic

b. Extraterrestrial

c. Galactic

d. Black body

a. Shot noise

b. Flicker noise

c. Partition noise

d. Resistance noise

a. Temperature

b. Bandwidth

c. a and b

d. NOTA

191. Thermal noise is also known as

185. Indicate which one of the following types of noise does not
occur in transistors

a. Gaussian Noise

b. White Noise

c. Johnson noise

d. All of the above

192. This type of noise has a power spectrum which decreases with
increasing frequency. It is most important at low frequencies from 0
to about 100 Hz).

186. Which of the following is not a source of space noise

a. Shot noise

b. Flicker noise

a. Sun

c. Diode noise

b. Star

d. BJT noise

c. Lightning

d. Black body

193. Industrial noise extends up to what frequency?

187. Noise that is due to the random and rapid motion of the charge
carriers inside a resistive component.

a. Johnson

b. Thermal Agitation

c. White

d. All of the above

a. Its resistance

b. Its temperature

c. Boltzmanns Constant

d. The bandwidth over which it is measured

a. 500 MHz

b. 500 GHz

c. 500 THz

d. 500 KHz

194. Impulse Noise is

188. Indicate the false statement. The square of the thermal noise
voltage generated by a resistor is proportional to

a. A function of current

b. A shot duration pulse

c. Dependent of frequency

d. Dependent of temperature

195. When the power ratio of the output to input of a circuit is 200.
What is the gain in dB?

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a. 23

b. 46

c. 1 dBm

c. 23

d. -13 dBm

d. 46

196. What is the reference level for random noise measurement, FIA
weighted?

202. If a power of 0.25 mW is launched into a fiber system with an

overall loss of 15 dB the output power would be:

a. 250 /W

a. 82 dBm

b. 31.6 W

b. 90 dBm

c. 7.9 W

c. 85 dBm

d. 15 dBm

d. 77 dBm

197. A 10 dB pad has an output level of -3 dBm. The level at the

input is:

203. A system having an input power of 2 mW an output power of

0.8mW has a loss of:

a. 2.98 dBm

a. 13 dBm

b. 3.98 dB

b. -7 dBm

c. 3.98 W

c. 1 dBm

d. 1.98 mW

d. 7 dBm
204. An output of -10 dB means that the power has been

198. The sum of three signals of 45dBm each is ______ dBm.

a. Halved in value

a. 45

b. Increased by a factor of 10

b. 135

c. Reduced by a factor of 10

c. 20

d. Doubled

d. 50

199. It is characterized by high amplitude peaks of short duration in

the total noise spectrum

205. Any unwanted form of energy interfering the reception of

wanted signal is called

a. Noise

a. Intermodulation voice

b. Sideband

b. Impulse noise

c. Harmonics

c. Dropout

d. Modulation

d. Phase hits

206. Is the reduction of signal amplitude as it passed over the

transmission medium.

200. Originally was determined by measuring the interfering effect of

noise in a Type 144 handset. A tone of 1 kHz, having a power level of
90 dBm was selected as the reference level.

a. Noise figure

b. S/N ratio

c. Signal Figure

d. Figure of Merit

201. A power level of 50 W could be expressed as:

a. 1.39 dBm

b. -4.3 dBm

a. Noise

b. Distortion

c. Attenuation

d. Interference

207. Signal waveform perturbation or deviation caused by imperfect

response of the system to the desired signal

a. Noise

b. Aliasing

c. Distortion

d. Interference

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208. Signal attenuation can be corrected by

a. Filtering

b. Modulation

c. Equalization

d. Amplification

a. Filtering

b. Modulation

c. Equalization

d. Amplification

a. Noise

b. Distortion

c. Harmonics

d. Interference

a. Noise

b. Distortion

c. Interference

d. Thermal Noise

a. Noise figure

b. S/N ratio

c. Signal figure

d. Figure of merit

a. Static noise

b. Space noise

c. Atmospheric noise

d. A or C

c. Between 300 KHz and 30 MHz

d. Above 30 MHz

a. Solar noise

b. Cosmic noise

c. Black-body noise

d. All of the above

a. Industrial noise is usually of impulse type

b. Distant stars produce atmospheric noise

c. Active switches are sources of man-made noise

d. Static noise is due to lightning discharges and other

natural electric disturbances occurring in the atmosphere.

a. Noise voltage, V = 4KTBR

b. Noise power, P = KTB

c. Noise temperature, Te = (F 1)290

d. Noise figure, F = (S/N) / (S/N)

a. RF amplifier

b. Mixer

c. Detector

d. Local Oscillator

219. Which noise figure represents the lowest noise?

213. Noise that is caused by natural disturbances such as lightning

discharge.

218. Which circuit contributes most to the noise at the receiver?

212. The noise performance of a receiver or circuit. It is expressed

as ratio of the S/N power at the output.

b. Between 30 KHz and 300 KHz

217. Noise performance of microwave system is usually expressed

in terms of

211. Man-made or industrial noise is also known as

216. Which statement is true

210. Signal contamination by extraneous or external sources, such

as, other transmitters, power lines, and machinery.

a. Below 30 KHz

215. Considered as space noise or extraterrestrial noise

209. Distortion in a waveform can be corrected by

a. 1.5 dB

b. 2.0 dB

c. 3.7 dB

d. 4.1 dB

220. Denote the interference of noise in dB above an adjusted

reference noise. The adjusted reference noise level was a 1 kHz
tone, set at -85 dBm

a. dBa

b. dBm

214. Atmospheric or static noise becomes less severe at frequencies

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c. dBa0

d. pWp

227. The amount of noise power is measured using a psophometric

weighting network. This unit of measurement is generally used in
Europe where the standard reference tone is 800 hertz, 1 picowatt.

221. The extent of noise referred to a test tone level of zero dBm.

a. dBa

b. dBm

c. dBa0

d. pWp

a. 1.656 x 10 Watts

b. 1656 nW

c. 1.656 pW

d. 1.656 uW

-14

b. dBm

c. dBaO

d. dBmC

a. dBaO

b. dBmCo

c. dBa

d. dBmC

b. dBm

c. dBaO

d. pWp

a. line resistance

b. line inductance

c. line capacitance

d. all of the above

a. Galactic noise

b. Man-made noise

c. Atmospheric noise

d. All of the above

b. Industrial noise

c. Atmospheric noise

d. Extraterrestrial noise

a. Transmission over power lines and by ground wave

b. Space wave

c. Sky wave

d. None of these

a. S/N

b. VSWR

c. Noise factor

d. Noise margin

a. Non-intrinsic figure

b. Noise interference figure

c. Noise improvement factor

d. Narrow intermediate frequency

232. External noise fields are measured in terms of

226. There are a number of different sources of radio noise, the most
important being

a. White noise

231. NIF stands for

225. Which of the following is not an important cause of distortion in

DC signaling

230. A more precise evaluation of the quality of a receiver as far as

noise is concerned

224. The measurement of noise was made with a C-message filter,

and the reading is taken at a test point where the level is zero dBm.

229. Propagation of man made noise is chiefly by

223. Generally used when noise readings are measured using the Cmessage weighting network. The reference level was 1 kHz tone, set
at -90 dBm
a. dBa

a. dBa

228. Noise produced mostly by lightning discharges in

thunderstorms.

222. An amplifier operating over a 4 MHz bandwidth has a 100

input resistance and is operating at 300K. Determine the noise
power generated.

a. Dc values

b. Rms values

c. Peak values

d. Average values

233. Form of interference caused by rain, hail, snow or dust storms

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a. Shot noise

c. Background noise

b. Galactic noise

d. Static noise

c. Impulse noise

d. Precipitation static

240. A wideband form of impulse noise generated by the electric arc

in the spark plugs of an internal combustion engine. This noise is a
common problem in mobile radio system.

234. Extra-terrestrial noise is observable at frequencies from

a. Thermal noise

b. Shot noise

a. 0 to 20 KHz

c. Amplification noise

b. 8 MHz to 1.43 GHz

d. Ignition noise

c. 5 to 8 GHz

d. 15 to 160 MHz

241. The amount of power in dB referred to one Kilowatt

235. Industrial noise is observable from

a. dBW

b. dBk

a. 15 to 160 MHz

c. dBm

b. 200 to 3000 MHz

d. Dbv

c. 0 to 10 kHz

d. 8 Mhz to 1.43 GHz

242. Noise in any form of electromagnetic interference that can be

traced to non-natural causes.

236. Noise that becomes significant at VHF range and above

a. Man-made noise

a. Atmospheric

b. Distortion

b. Transit-time

c. External noise

c. Galactic

d. Internal noise

d. White

243. The frequency range wherein noise is said to be intense.

237. Noise figure for an amplifier with noise is always

a. Noise equivalent bandwidth

a. 0 dB

b. Spectral response

b. Infinite

c. Cut-off frequency

c. Less than 1

d. Noise cut-off frequency

d. Greater than 1

244. Refers to the temperature that corresponds to the spectral

energy distribution of a noise.

238. The noise generated by the tube, transistor or integrated circuit

in an amplifier.

a. Absolute temperature

a. White noise

b. Temperature band

b. Amplification noise

c. Noise-equivalent temperature

c. Active noise

d. Critical temperature

d. Dynamic Noise

239. Electrical noise inherent to a particular device, circuit or system

that remains when no other signal is present.

a. Shot noise

b. Thermal noise

245. A passive circuit, usually consisting of capacitance and/or

inductance, that I inserted in series with the a-c power cord of an
electronic device which will allow the 60-Hz current to pass and
suppressed high frequency noise components.

a. Noise filter

b. Noise limiter

c. Noise floor

d. Noise quieting

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246. What do you call the level of background noise, relative to some
reference signal.

a. Noise figure

b. Minimum noise

c. Reference noise

d. Noise floor

c. Spike

d. Noise floor

249. The reduction of internal noise level in a frequency-modulated

(FM) receiver as a result of an incoming signal.

247. A circuit often used in radio receivers that prevents externally

generated noise from exceeding amplitude. They are also called
noise clippers

a. Noise quieting

b. Noise limiting

c. Noise suppression

d. Noise degradation

250. Noise generated within electronic equipment by either passive

or active components.

a. Noise floor

b. Noise filter

c. Noise limiter

a. Shot noise

d. Noise clamper

b. Thermal noise

c. Circuit noise

d. External noise

248. It is referred to as a short burst of electromagnetic energy.

a. Pulse

b. Noise pulse

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