NOISE PART 2 OF 5

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.
A. 24
B. 12
C. 23
D. 32
52. A measurement of -75 dBm, C-message
weighted, would be _________ dBrnc.
A. 8
B. 7
C. 9
D. 15
53. Your Western Electric 3A test set meter reading
is -23 dBm at at test point level of -8 dB. This is
______ dBrnc0.
A. 75
B. 29
C. 30
D. 31
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
55. Reference noise is ___________.
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
D. B and C above
56. A practical dBrn measurement will almost
always in a _______ number.
A. positive
B. negative
C. imaginary
D. fractional
57. What is the reference level for noise
measurement, F1A weighted?
A. -90 dBm
B. -82 dBm
C. -67 dBm
D. -85 dBm
58. What is the reference tone level for dBrn?
A. -90 dBm
B. -82 dBm
C. -67 dBm
D. -85 dBm

59. What is the reference tone level for dBa?

A. -90 dBm
B. -82 dBm
C. -67 dBm
D. -85 dBm
60. Atmospheric noise becomes less severe at
frequencies
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?
A. Solar noise
B. Cosmic noise
C. Atmospheric noise
D. Galactic noise
62. Indicate the false statement.
A. Industrial noise is usually of the impulse
type
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 manmade noise
D. Flourescent lights are another source of
man-made noise
63. Which of the following is not a source of
industrial noise?
A. Automobile ignition
B. Sun
C. Electric Motors
D. Leakage from high voltage line
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
66. Indicate the false statement.
A. HF mixer are generally noisier than HF
amplifiers.

B. Impulse noise voltage is dependent on

bandwidth
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 input-noise resistance of this two stage
amplifier.
A. 2,518 k
B. 2,518
C. 251.8
D. 12,518
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. 0.5 mV
B. 0.5 V
C. 5.0 mV
D. 5.0 V
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.

A. Input noise voltage

B. Equivalent noise resistance
C. Noise temperature
D. Noise figure.
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 Req equals 2518 (RT=600) if its driven by
a generator whose output impedance is 50.
A. 39.4
B. 3.94
C. 394
D. 0.394
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
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.
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. widening the bandwidth
B. narrowing the bandwidth
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
80. Which circuit contributes most of the noise in a
receiver?
A. IF amplifier
B. Demodulator
C. AF amplifier
D. Mixer
81. Which noise figure represents the lowest noise
in 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
C. Impulse noise
D. Transit-time noise
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

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
88. Noise consisting of irregular pulses of short
duration and relatively high amplitude,
A. Quantizing noise
B. Tone interference
C. Impulse noise
D. Cross talk
89. Noise that occurs via capacitive or inductive
coupling in a cable.
A. Crosstalk
B. Quantizing noise
C. Reference noise
D. Tone interference
90. Sources of impulse noise induced in
communication channels.
A. Erroneous digital coding bit caused by an
error on a transmission facility
B. Transients due to relay operation
C. Crosstalk from dc signaling systems
D. All of these
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. Impulse noise
B. Thermal noise
C. Quantizing noise
D. Miscellaneous noise
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.
A. Solar noise
B. Thermal noise
C. Cosmic noise
D. Johnson Noise
95. The total noise power present in a 1-Hz
bandwidth .
A. Noise density
B. Noise figure
C. Noise limit
D. Noise intensity
96. Which of the following is not a way of
minimizing if not eliminating noise?
A. Use redundancy
B. Increase transmitted power
C. Reduce signaling rate
D. Increase channel bandwidth
97. What is the primary cause of atmospheric noise?
A. Thunderstorm
B. Lightning
C. Thunderstorm and lightning
D. Weather condition
98. What do you call the noise coming from the sun
and stars?
A. Black-body noise
B. Space noise
C. Galactic noise
D. All of these
99. The major cause of atmospheric or static noise
are
A. Thunderstorms
B. Airplanes
C. Meteor showers
D. All of these
100. Which of the following low noise transistors is
commonly used at microwave frequencies?
A. MOSFET
B. GASFET
C. MESFET
D. JFET
ANSWERS
51. 32
52. 15
53. 75
54. -90 dBm
55. B and C above
56. positive
57. -85 dBm

58. -90 dBm

59. -85 dBm
60. above 30 MHz
61. Atmospheric noise
62. Distant stars are another source of man-made
noise
63. Sun
64. A random voltage across the resistor does not
exist
65. unchanged
66. Impulse noise voltage is dependent on
bandwidth
67. 4.0 V
68. 2,518
69. 0.5 mV
70. 875
71. Input noise voltage
72. an unwanted form of energy tending to interfere
with the proper and easy reception and reproduction
of wanted signals
73. 39.4
74. 30.3
75. 174 K
76. Thermal agitation
77. Thermal agitation
78. narrowing the bandwidth
79. microvolts
80. Mixer
81. 1.6 dB
82. MESFET
83. 5.5 V
84. Transit-time noise
85. 11 years
86. All of the above
87. Quantizing noise
88. Impulse noise
89. Crosstalk
90. All of these
91. Miscellaneous noise
92. Psophometer
93. Cosmic noise
94. Solar noise
95. Noise density
96. Increase channel bandwidth
97. Lightning
98. Space noise
99. Thunderstorms
100. MESFET