DITAL AND DATA COMMUNICATION NETWORK PART

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301. A convenient technique for determining the

effects of the degradations introduced into the
pulses as they travel to the regenerator.
A. Standing wave ratio
B. Eye patterns
C. Reflection coefficient
D. Any of these
302. Spread spectrum stations sharing a band are
identified by and distinguished from one another
A. PSN code
B. Frequency of operation
C. Clock rate
D. Modulation type
303. The ASCII code has
A. 4 bits
B. 5 bits
C. 7 bits
D. 8 bits
304. The first file transfer protocol designed to
facilitate transferring data between two personal
computers over the public switched telephone
network
A. X modem protocol
B. Y modem protocol
C. Z modem protocol
D. BLAST
305. For a single-channel PCM system with a
sample rate of 6000 samples per second and a
seven-bit compressed PCM code, what is the line
speed?
A. 21,000 bps
B. 42,000 bps
C. 14,000 bps
D. 12,000 bps
306. It is often used to compare the performance of
one digital modulation technique to another
A. Bandwidth efficiency
B. Spectral efficiency
C. Information density
D. All of these
307. It is the process of extracting a phase-coherent
reference carrier from a receiver signal
A. Phase referencing
B. Trellis code
C. Squaring loop
D. any of these
308. It is the measure of how much information can
be propagated through a communication system and
is a function of a bandwidth of the transmission line
A. information theory

B. information capacity
C. information technology
D. digital communications
309. In delta modulation, the modulator is
sometimes called _____.
A. continuous ADC
B. tracking ADC
C. variable slope ADC
D. slope ADC
310. The code which provides for parity checks is
A. Baudot
B. ASCII
C. CCITT-2
D. EBCDIC
311. Form of multiplexing that constitutes
propagating signals from different cables that sre
contained within the same trench
A. Wavelength division multiplexing
B. Wave division multiplexing
C. Space division multiplexing
D. Frequency division multiplexing
312. For an 8-PSK system, operating with an
information bit rate of 24 kbps, determine the
bandwidth efficiency
A. 8 bits/cycle
B. 2 bits/cycle
C. 3 bits/cycle
D. 4 bits/cycle
313. Element of a PCM system that periodically
samples the analog input signal and converts those
samples to a multilevel PAM signal
A. Bandpass filter
B. Sample-and-hold circuit
C. Analog-to-digital converter
D. Digital-to-analog converter
314. It is the ratio of the average carrier power to
the thermal noise power
A. Signal-to-noise ratio
B. Noise figure
C. Noise factor
D. Carrier-to-noise ratio
315. A form of switching which is hold and forward
A. Packet switching
B. Message switching
C. Circuit switching
D. Digital switching
316. It can be used to categorize the type of
transmission
A. Duty cycle
B. Companding
C. Coding efficiency
D. Dynamic range

317. Type of multiplexing where multiple sources

that originally occupied the same frequency
spectrum are each converted to a different
frequency band and transmitted simultaneously over
a single transmission medium.
A. FDM
B. ATM
C. TDM
D. Spread spectrum
318. It is a solicitation sent from the primary to a
secondary to determine if the secondary has data to
transmit
A. Selection
B. Polling
C. Error control
D. Master control
319. Function of data link control that specifies the
means of detecting and correcting transmission
errors
A. Error control
B. Selection
C. Protocol
D. Synchronization
320. The Hartley law states that
A. the maximum rate of information
transmission depends on the channel
bandwidth
B. the maximum rate of information
depends on the depth of modulation
C. redundancy is essential
D. only binary codes may be used
321. It represents the number of independent
symbols that can be carried through a system in a
given unit of time.
A. information theory
B. information capacity
C. information technology
D. digital communications
322. The Shannon-Hartley law
A. refers to distortion
B. defines the bandwidth
C. describes signaling rates
D. refers to noise
323. The most basic digital symbol used to
represent information
A. bit
B. baud
C. bits per second
D. any of these
324. Function of data link protocol that coordinates
hop-to-hop data delivery where a hop maybe a

computer, a network controller or a networkconnecting device such as router.

A. Flow control
B. Error control
C. Line discipline
D. Selection
325. Quadrature amplitude modulation is
A. Amplitude modulation only
B. QPSK only
C. AM plus QPSK
D. AM plus FSK
326. The most common modulation system used for
telegraphy is
A. frequency-shift keying
B. two-tone modulation
C. pulse-code modulation
D. single-tone modulation
327. It is used to encode the minimum amount of
speech information necessary to reproduce a
perceptible message with a fewer bits that those
needed by a conventional encoder/decoder
A. codec
B. muldem
C. vocoders
D. modem
328. It is the transmission of information in any
form from one source to one or more destination
A. Modulation
B. Multiplexing
C. Encoding
D. Decoding
329. A form of switching which is stored and
forward
A. Packet switching
B. Message switching
C. Circuit switching
D. Digital switching
330. In digital modulation, it is similar to standard
amplitude modulation except there is only two
amplitudes possible
A. frequency shift keying
B. quaternary amplitude modulation
C. amplitude shift keying
D. phase shift keying
331. The technique of using modulation and FDM
to transmit multiple data channels of a common
medium is known as
A. baseband
B. broadband
C. ring
D. bus

332. Which of the following is not a benefit of

companding
A. minimizes noise
B. minimizes number of bits
C. minimizes quantizing error
D. minimizes signal bandwidth
333. Transmissions from multiple sources occur in
the same facility but not at the same time
A. Time Division Multiplexing
B. Frequency Division Multiplexing
C. Wave Division Multiplexing
D. Space Division Multiplexing
334. A 9600-baud rate signal can pass over the
voice grade telephone line if which kind of
modulation is used?
A. BPSK
B. QPSK
C. DPSK
D. QAM
335. Indicate which of the following pulse
modulation systems is analog
A. PCM
B. PWM
C. Differential PCM
D. Delta
336. The modulation system inherently most noiseresistant is
A. SSB, suppressed carrier
B. frequency modulation
C. pulse-position modulation
D. pulse-code modulation
337. It is simply the number of bits transmitted
during one second and expressed in bits per second
A. baud
B. bits
C. bit rate
D. pulse repetition rate
338. It is the most prevalent encoding technique
used for TDM signals
A. PAM
B. PLM
C. PPM
D. PCM
339. The characters making up the message in a
synchronous transmission are collectively referred
to as the data
A. set
B. sequence
C. block
D. collection

340. A virtual circuit which is logically equivalent

to a two-point dedicated private-line circuit except
slower
A. Switched Virtual Circuit
B. Permanent Virtual Circuit
C. Switched Leased Circuit
D. Permanent Leased Circuit
341. To a conventional narrowband receiver, a
spread spectrum signal appears to be like
A. Noise
B. Fading
C. A jamming signal
D. An intermittent connection
342. It is a low-quality video transmission for use
between non-dedicated subscribers
A. Digital phone
B. Picturephone
C. Cameraphone
D. Cellphone with camera
343. Pulse code modulation is preferred to PAM
because of its
A. resistance to quantizing error
B. simplicity
C. lower cost
D. superior noise immunity
344. A CRC generator uses which component?
A. balanced modulator
B. shift register
C. binary adder
D. multiplexer
345. A signaling element is sometimes called
A. information
B. data
C. symbol
D. intelligence
346. Which of the following words has the correct
parity bit? Assume odd parity. The last bit is the
parity bit.
A. 1111111 1
B. 1100110 1
C. 0011010 1
D. 0000000 0
347. It is a digital interface that provides the
physical connection to the digital carrier network
A. Modem
B. Codec
C. Muldem
D. DSU/CSU
348. It is the only digitally encoded modulation
technique that is commonly used for digital
transmission
A. PAM

B. PCM
C. PLM
D. PPM
349. The most common circuit used for
demodulating binary FSK signals
A. phase locked loop
B. Foster-Seeley discriminator
C. varactor
D. phase shift method
350. A digital modulation technique also known as
on-off keying
A. PSK
B. FSK
C. QUAM
D. OOK
ANSWERS

301. Eye patterns

302. PSN code
303. 7 bits
304. X modem protocol
305. 42,000 bps
306. All of these
307. Phase referencing
308. information capacity
309. tracking ADC
310. ASCII
311. Space division multiplexing
312. 3 bits/cycle
313. Sample-and-hold circuit
314. Carrier-to-noise ratio
315. Packet switching
316. Duty cycle
317. FDM
318. Polling
319. Error control
320. the maximum rate of information transmission
depends on the channel bandwidth
321. information capacity
322. refers to noise
323. bit
324. Line discipline
325. AM plus QPSK
326. frequency-shift keying
327. vocoders
328. Multiplexing
329. Message switching
330. amplitude shift keying
331. broadband
332. minimizes signal bandwidth
333. Time Division Multiplexing
334. QAM

335. PWM
336. pulse-code modulation
337. bit rate
338. PCM
339. block
340. Permanent Virtual Circuit
341. Noise
342. Picturephone
343. superior noise immunity
344. shift register
345. symbol
346. 1100110 1
347. DSU/CSU
348. PCM
349. phase locked loop
350. OOK