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UNIT 1 SWITCHED COMMUNICATOIN SYSTEM PART A (2 MARKS) 1. What is Communication? 2. Why do we go for Modulation? 3. What are the components of communication system? 4. Define Modulation. 5. What are the classification of communication system? 6. What is meant by analog communication? 7. What is meant by Hybrid communication? 8. What is meant by Digital communication? 9. What are the advantage of cross bar system? 10. What is meant by Telephony? 11. What are the advantages of Double current working over single current working in Telegraphs? 12. What is telegraph Distortion? 13. Explain briefly the following terms used in Telephony (i) Dial Tone (ii) Busy Tone (iii) Ring Tone 14. What is Read relay switch? 15. What are the main components of strowger exchanger? 16. What is Morse Code? 17. What is meant by communication channel? 18. What are the classification of communication channel? Part B 1 a) With a neat block diagram Explain the principle of operation of a basic communication system (10)

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b) Explain Switched communication system (06) 2 a) Describe the construction and working of Telephone Receiver (08) b) Explain the principles of operation of a DTMF (08) 3. Explain the Principles of operation of a Automatic Telephone Exchanges (16) 4. Explain construction and working of Telephone Transmitter (16) 5. Describe the construction and working of Telegraphy system (16) 6. Explain the various Types of communication channel (16)

UNIT 2 ANALOG COMMUNICATION PART A (2 MARKS) 1. Define Amplitude Modulation 2. Define phase Modulation 3. Define Frequency Modulation 4. Define Angle Modulation 5. Define Modulation index for AM 6. Define Modulation index for FM 7. Define Modulation index for PM 8. Explain Bessel function for F.M 9. Find the bandwidth of a commercial F.M Transmission if frequency Deviation f = 75 KHz and Modulating frequency fm = 15 KHz 10. The Percent Modulation of an AM wave changes from 40% to 60% originally the power content at the carrier frequency was 800W. Determine the Power content at the carrier frequency and with in each of the side bands after the percent modulation has risen to 60% 11. An antenna transmits an A.M signal having a total power content of 15 KW.

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Determine the power being transmitted at the carrier frequency and at each of the sidebands when the percent of modulation is 85%. 12.The carrier frequency of a bread cast signal is 100 MHz. The maximum frequency deviation is 75KHz if the highest audio frequency Modulating the carrier is limited to 15 KHz. What is the approximate band width? 13. Mention the advantages of Indirect Method of F.M generation. 14. What are the advantages of FM? 15. Compare Narrow band FM and wide band F.M 16. What are the different methods of generating FM waves? 17. How F.M wave can be converted to PM wave? 18. Draw the phase Diagram of Narrow band F.M 19. What is meant by multi tone Modulation? 20. What are the disadvantages of FM SYSTEM? 21. Draw the phasor Representation of an A.M Wave 22. What are the advantages of SSB? 23. What is meant by vestigial side and Transmission? 24. What are the applications of SSB SC AM? 25. Compare linear and non linear Modulators. Part B 1. Write Down the AM wave equation and Explain each term with the help of frequency spectrum and also an expression for its power saving and efficiency(16) 2. Explain the working principle of linear Modulators for generating A.M (16) 3. a) Explain the Principle of operation of square law Modulators (10) b) Explain the Envelope Detection of VSB (06) 4. a) With a block Diagram Explain the Principles of obtaining DSB SC A.M (10) b) Explain the comparison of AM FM and P.M (06)

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5. a) Explain the generation of wide Band F.M (10) b) With a neat Diagram Explain the operation of Balanced slope Detector (06) 6. a) With a neat Diagram Explain the working principles of Reactance tube Modulator (10) b) Explain the Transmission Bandwidth of F.M (06) 7. a) Explain the phase Discriminations method for SSB Modulation (08) b) Explain the Armstrong Method for F.M wave generation (08) 8. a) Explain the costas PLL Detection scheme for DSB SC AM (08) b) With a block Diagram Explain the principles of obtaining VSB A.M (08) 9. a) Explain the principles of operation of Balanced Modulator (10) b) Explain the coherent SSB Demodulation (06) 10. a) Explain the working principles of phase Demodulation (10) b) Explain the principles of operation of varactor Diode Modulator (06) 11. With a neat Diagram Explain the principles of Foster seely Discriminator (16)

UNIT 3 TRANSMITTERS AND RECEIVERS PART A (2 MARKS) 1. What is meant by frequency scintillation? 2. What is meant by SSB Transmission? 3. Mention the advantages of using crystal oscillators as master oscillators 4. State the effect of image frequency 5. Define super heterodyne principle. 6. What are the advantages of super heterodyne Receivers? 7. In super heterodyne Receivers, the IF stage has better selectivity than RF stage why? 8. What is a mixer? 9. Define sensitivity of a receiver

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10.What is the use of RF and IF Amplifier? 11.What is the use of AM and FM Receiver? 12.What is meant by Frequency Multipliers? 13. What is the use of Driver amplifier? 14. Differentiate between mark and space signal 15. What is meant by local oscillator? 16.What is meant by Diversity Reception? 17. What is meant by AGC ? Part B 1. Describe with the help of block Diagram the working of a Dual channel SSB Receiver. (16) 2. With help of block Diagram Explain the principle of space diversity and frequency Diversity Reception. (16) 3. With a neat block Diagram, explain the operation of AM transmitter. (16) 4. With the aid of a block Diagram explain the principle of working of SSB Transmitter.(16) 5. Explain the principle of operation of FM super heterodyne Receiver with a neat block Diagram. (16) 6. Explain the principle of operation of FM Receivers. (16) 7. With neat block Diagram, explain the principles of operation of AM Broadcast Receivers. (16) 8. Explain the Principles of operation of Radio telegraphy Transmitter with neat Diagram. (16)

UNIT 4 DIGITAL COMMUNICATION PART A (2 MARKS) 1. What are the advantages of Digital Communication? 2. Define bit rate. 3. What are the components of FSK Receiver?

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4. What are the advantages of BPSK? 5. What is meant by quantization? 6. Define quantization Noise Ratio? 7. Define signal to Noise Ratio? 8. What is aliasing and how it is reduced? 9. Define sampling Theorem. 10. Define Nyquist Rate 11. Compare PAM, PPM and PDM 12. What is companding? 13. What is the need of encoder in PCM? 14. Define Delta Modulation 15. Compare PCM and DPCM 16. What are the limitation of Delta Modulation? 17. What is the main Difference between DPCM and DM? 18. What is meant by linear prediction? Part B 1. Explain the principle of PCM Describe a PCM link with help of Block Diagram (16) 2. Draw the block Diagram of Differential PCM Transmitter, Receiver and explain the function of each (16) 3. Explain Adaptive Delta Modulation system. With a neat black Diagram and Discuss its merits (16) 4. Explain the principle of operation of Delta Modulation scheme (16) 5. With a neat Diagram Explain pulse Amplitude Modulation (16) 6. Explain the scheme to generate PDM and PPM (16) 7. Explain the generator and Detector of ASK (16) 8. Draw the block Diagram and Explain the operation of BFSK Transmitter and

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Receiver (16) 9. Explain in Detail about phase shift keying (16) 10. Compare BFSK , BPSK and ASK (16) UNIT 5 BROAD BAND COMMUNICATION PART A (2 MARKS) 1. Define Multiplexing 2. Differentiate between TDM and FDM 3. What is CDMA? 4. What are the use of optical fiber? 5. What are the basic elements of fiber optical communication system? 6. Define optical Detectors? 7. What are the various losses in optical fiber? 8. What are the advantages of optical cable? 9. State Keplers first law? 10. Define Apogee? 11. Define perigee? 12. What are the advantages of LEO? 13. Define power Loss? 14. What is ISDN? 15. What are the advantages of DCMA? Part B 1. Explain the various Types of Multiples access techniques (16) 2. Describe the principles of TDM Transmitter and Receiver system with help of four channel system. Show the different components of the system with relevant waveforms. (16) 3. Explain the principle of operation of FDM Transmitter and Receiver system. (16)

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4. Explain the principles of operation of ISDN Architecture (16) 5. Explain the principle of Satellite communication (16) 6. Explain the principle of optical communication (16)

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