Important Questions

Subject Name: COMMUNICATION THEORY Department: ECE

Subject Code: EC 6402 Year: II
Part – A
1. Give the applications of SSB. (Nov / Dec – 2015)
2. What is the need for modulation? (May / June – 2014)
3. A carrier is frequency modulated by a sinusoidal modulating frequency 2kHz, resulting in a frequency
deviation of 5 kHz. What is the bandwidth occupied by the modulated waveform?(Nov / Dec – 2012)
4. Compare AM with DSB-SC and SSB-SC. (Nov / Dec – 2015)
5. Define Noise Figure.(Nov / Dec – 2015)
6. Define frequency modulation. (May / June – 2014)
7. Compare WBFM and NBFM. (April / May – 2015)
8. State Carson’s rule. (April / May – 2015, May / June – 2013)

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9. Differentiate PM and FM. (May / June – 2012)
10. The maximum frequency deviation in an FM is 10 KHz and signal frequency is 10KHz.Find
out the bandwidth using Carson’s rule and the modulation index. (Nov / Dec – 2012)

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11. Define random variable.(Nov / Dec – 2012, Nov / Dec – 2015)
12. Define Random process.(Nov / Dec – 2011)
13. What is Pre-Envelope and Complex Envelope? (May / June – 2016)
14. State Baye’s Rule. (Nov / Dec – 2015)
15. Define Ergodic process. (Expected)
16. Define noise and Mention the types of noise. (Expected)
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17. Compare the noise performance of an AM and FM system? (Expected)
18. What is capture effect?(April / May – 2015,May / June – 2012)
19. What is threshold effect? (Nov / Dec – 2011)
20. What is the Purpose of pre-emphasis and de-emphasis in FM? (Nov / Dec – 2012, May / June
– 2013, Nov / Dec – 2013, May / June – 2014)
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21. State Source Coding Theorem. (Nov / Dec – 2015)
22. List out the properties of entropy.(April / May – 2015,May / June – 2013, Nov / Dec – 2013
23. Define information rate.(Expected)
24. State channel capacity theorem. (Nov / Dec – 2015,May / June – 2014, Nov / Dec – 2014)
Part – B & Part C Important Questions
1. With a neat block diagram explain the function of Super Heterodyne receiver.
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2. With necessary diagrams and expressions explain the generation and demodulation of AM.
3. (i) With relevant diagram explain how the PLL is used as frequency demodulator. (ii)Draw the circuit
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diagram of Foster – Seeley discriminator and explainits working.

4. Explain with diagrams the direct and indirect methods of FM generation.
5. When is random process said to be SSS and WSS and Ergodic process.
6. (i) Define noise. Explain in detail about the various types of noises in detail. (ii) Derive the figure of
merit for AM system for non-coherent system with suitable assumptions.
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7. Explain the Huffman coding and Shannon fano coding algorithms with a flow chart and illustrate both
using an example.
Other Important Questions:
1. Draw the block diagram for the generation and demodulation of a VSB signal and explain the principle of
operation.
2. Explain the generation of SSB using balanced modulator.
3. (a).Explain the generation of AM signals using square law modulator. (b).Explain the detection of AM
signals using envelope detector.
4. Draw the frequency spectrum of FM and explain. Explain how Varactor diode can be used for frequency
modulation.
5. Draw the circuit diagram of Foster-Seelay discriminator and explain its working.
6. Derive the expression for the frequency modulated signal. Explain what is meant by narrowband FM and
wideband FM using the expression?
7. An event has six possible outcomes with probabilities 1/2.1/4,1/8,1/16,1/32,1/32. Find the entropy of the
system.
8. Construct binary optical code for the following probability symbols using Huffman procedure and
calculate entropy of the source, average code Length, efficiency, redundancy and variance? 0.2, 0.18,
0.12, 0.1, 0.1, 0.08, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.04.
9. Discuss Source coding theorem, give the advantage and disadvantage of channel coding in detail, and
discuss the data compaction.
10. Derive the effective noise temperature of a cascade amplifier and explain how various noises are
generated in the method of representing them.

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