In Pulse Code Modulation system
A. Large bandwidth is required
B. Quantising noise can be overcome by companding
C. Quantising noise can be reduced by decreasing the number of standard levels
D. Suffers from the disadvantage of its incompatibly with TDM
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An audio signal (say from 50 Hz to 10000 Hz) is frequency translated by a carrier having a frequency of 106 Hz. The values of initial (without frequency translation) and final (after frequency translation) fractional change in frequency from one band edge to the other are
A. 200 and 1.01
B. 200 and 10.01
C. 200 and 100.1
D. 200 and 200
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DVD uses
A. Laser beam for both recording and playback
B. Laser beam for recording and video head for playback
C. Video head for recording and laser beam for playback
D. None of the above
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If output power of a radio receiver is doubled, its volume is increased by __________ dB.
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For attenuation of high frequencies we should use
A. Shunt capacitance
B. Series capacitance
C. Inductance
D. Resistance
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The disadvantage of FM over AM is that
A. High output power is needed
B. High modulating power is needed
C. Noise is very high for high frequency
D. Large bandwidth is required
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VSB modulation is preferred in TV because
A. It reduces the bandwidth requirement to half
B. It avoids phase distortion at low frequencies
C. It results in better reception
D. None of the above
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Which one of the following is analog?
A. PCM
B. PWM
C. Delta modulation
D. Differential PCM
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As per Shannon-Hartley theorem, a noise less Gaussian channel has
A. Zero capacity
B. Infinite capacity
C. Small capacity
D. None of the above
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In a TV receiver antenna the length of reflector rod
A. Is the same as that of dipole
B. Is less than that of dipole
C. Is more than that of dipole
D. May be equal, more or less than that of dipole
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To eliminate ghosts in the picture
A. Use a longer transmission line
B. Connect a booster
C. Change the antenna orientation of location
D. Twist the transmission line
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Circular polarization
A. Is useful in reducing depolarization effect on received wave
B. Involves critical alignment of transmitting and receiving antenna
C. Is useful in discrimination between reception of adjacent beams
D. None of the above
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If in a broadcasting studio, a 1000 kHz carrier is modulated by an audio signal of frequency range 100-5000 kHz, the width of channel is __________ kHz.
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In Modulation, “carrier” is
A. Resultant wave
B. Speech voltage to be transmitted
C. Voltage with constant frequency, phase or amplitude
D. Voltage for which frequency, phase or amplitude is varied
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For a plate-modulated class C amplifier the plate supply voltage is E. The maximum plate cathode voltage could be almost high as
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A cordless telephone using separate frequencies for transmission in base and portable units is known as
A. Duplex arrangement
B. Half duplex arrangement
C. Either A or B
D. Neither A nor B
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In TV systems, equalising pulses are sent during
A. Horizontal blanking
B. Vertical blanking
C. Serrations
D. Horizontal retrace
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For a given carrier wave, maximum undistorted power is transmitted when value of modulation is
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The modulation index of an FM is changed from 0 to 1. How does the transmitted power change?
A. Gets halved
B. Gets doubled
C. Gets increased by 50 percent
D. Remains unchanged
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The maximum power output of a standard A earth station over the total band allocated to satellite communication is about
A. 0.5 kW
B. 8 kW
C. 20 kW
D. 50 kW
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