SET B

ECE 121 – Com munications 1

Quiz 4 – Frequency Modulation

1. The FM produced by PM is called 14. Frequency modulation is superior to 26. A 4 kHz audio signal modulates a 125 37. What is the amount of carrier swing
a. direct FM the amplitude modulation because it MHz carrier, causing a f requency necessary to produce an 80%
b. indirect FM eliminates noise. dev iation of 5 kHz. The bandwidth of modulation f or FM broadcasting?
a. true the narrow band FM signal is
c. direct PM a. 60 kHz
b. f alse _____kHz.
d. indirect AM b. 90 kHz
c. either true or f alse a. 10
2. Both FM and PM are ty pes of kind of d. cannot tell b. 8 c. 120 kHz
modulation? 15. Noise is primarily c. 9 d. 150 kHz
a. Frequency d. 20 38. A modulating f requency range f rom
a. high frequency spikes
b. Phase angle 27. A 200 kHz carrier is modulated by a 30 Hz to 15 kHz is permitted in an FM
b. low f requency spikes
c. Angle 2.5 kHz signal. The f ourth pair of sy stem together with a maximum
c. either a or b
d. Amplitude sidebands are spaced f rom the carrier dev iation of 50 kHz. What will be the
d. neither a nor b
3. The amount of f requency dev iation by maximum possible v alue of the
16. The receiv er circuit that rids FM of
f rom the carrier center f requency in an a. 5 kHz modulation index?
noise is the
FM transmitter is proportional to what b. 10 kHz a. 3.33
a. dc restorer
characteristic of the modulating c. 15 kHz b. 45
b. limiter
signal? d. 20 kHz c. 600
c. low-pass f ilter
a. Frequency 28. An FM transmitter has a maximum d. 1667
d. high-pass f ilter
b. Phase angle dev iation of 12 kHz and a maximum 39. A f requency modulated signal which
17. The phenomenon of a strong FM
c. Angle modulating f requency of 12 kHz. The is modulated by a 3-kHz sine wav e
signal dominating a weaker signal on
d. Amplitude bandwidth by Carson’s rule is reaches a maximum f requency of
a common f requency is ref erred to as
4. In FM, if the amplitude of the a. 12 kHz 100.02 MHz and minimum f requency
the
modulating signal decreases the b. 24 kHz of 99.98MHz. Determine the
a. Doppler ef f ect
modulated carrier f requency dev iation c. 36 kHz f requency dev iation.
b. Capture effect
a. increases d. 48 kHz a. 400 kHz
c. Faraday ’s ef f ect
b. decreases 29. If the actual dev iation of an FM TV b. 200 kHz
d. none of the abov e
c. remains the same sound is 18 kHz, the percent c. 40 kHz
18. Frequency modulation transmitters
d. answers a and b modulation is d. 20 kHz
are more ef f icient because their
5. On an FM signal, maximum dev iation a. 24% 40. A f requency modulated signal which
power is increased by what ty pe of
occurs at what point on the b. 48% is modulated by a 3-kHz sine wav e
amplif ier?
modulating signal? c. 72% reaches a maximum f requency of
a. class A
a. positiv e peak amplitude d. 96% 100.02 MHz and minimum f requency
b. class B
b. negativ e peak amplitude 30. Determine modulation index f or a of 99.98MHz. What is the modulation
c. class AB
c. both positive and negative peak f requency modulator with a dev iation index of the signal?
d. class C
amplitude sensitiv ity of 10 kHz/V and a a. 133
19. Noise interf eres mainly with
d. none of the abov e modulating signal of 5cos 2(2500)t. b. 67
modulating signals that are
6. In FM a. 5 c. 13.33
a. low f requencies
a. the frequency of the carrier b. 10 d. 6.67
b. high frequencies
varies according to the c. 15
amplitude of the modulating c. either low or high f requencies
d. neither low nor high f requencies d. 20
signal 31. An FM signal is def ined by the
b. the f requency of the carrier v aries 20. Pre-emphasis circuits boost what
according to the f requency of the equation
modulating f requencies bef ore
modulating signal modulation? e FM  50 sin 95  10 6 t  10 sin 5000 t 
c. the amplitude of the carrier v aries . Find the f requency dev iation.
a. low f requencies
according the f requency of the a. 6.79 kHz
modulating signal b. high frequencies
c. either low or high f requencies b. 7.69 kHz
7. In PM, a f requency shif t occurs while
c. 7.69 kHz
what characteristic of the modulating d. neither low nor high f requencies
21. A 100 MHz carrier is dev iated 50 kHz d. 7.96 kHz
signal is changing?
by a 4 kHz signal. The modulation 32. Determine the practical bandwidth of
a. Amplitude an FM signal modulated by a 15-kHz
b. Frequency index is
a. 250 tone whose f requency dev iation is 45
c. Phase angle
b. 0.08 kHz.
d. Angle
a. 90 kHz
8. Maximum f requency dev iation of a PM c. 2
d. 12.5 b. 180 kHz
signal occurs at
c. 270 kHz
a. positiv e peak points 22. The maximum dev iation of an FM
d. inf inite
b. negativ e peak points carrier is 2 kHz by a maximum
modulating signal of 400 Hz. The 33. When the modulating f requency in an
c. Zero crossing points FM sy stem is 500 Hz and the
d. none of the abov e dev iation ratio is
modulating v oltage is 2.6 V, the
9. In PM, carrier f requency dev iation is a. 5
b. 0.2 modulation index is 40. Find the
not proportional to:
maximum dev iation.
a. carrier amplitude c. 800
d. none of the abov e a. 20 kHz
b. carrier f requency
23. A 70 kHz carrier has a f requency b. 15 kHz
c. carrier amplitude and frequency c. 10 kHz
d. intelligence amplitude dev iation of 4 kHz with a 1000 Hz
d. 5 kHz
10. If the amplitude of the modulating signal. How many signif icant sideband
pairs are produced? 34. What is the approximate f requency of
signal applied to a phase modulator is
the modulating signal hav ing a
constant, the output signal will be a. 17.5
bandwidth (using Carson’s rule) of 15
a. the modulating f requency b. 0.25
kHz and a f requency dev iation of 6
b. the carrier frequency c. 7
kHz?
c. the intelligence amplitude d. none of the abov e
24. What is the bandwidth of the FM a. 1.5 kHz
d. the carrier amplitude
signal described in question 23 b. 3 kHz
11. In an FM signal, the power _____as
c. 4.5 kHz
the modulation index increase. abov e?
d. 6 kHz
a. increases a. 8 kHz
b. 10 kHz 35. What is the dev iation ratio of an FM
b. reduces
signal if the maximum allowable
c. remains constant c. 12 kHz
dev iation is 12 kHz and the maximum
d. none of the abov e d. 14 kHz
25. What is the relativ e amplitude of the intelligence f requency is 4 kHz?
12. Which of the f ollowing is not a major
a. 0.33
benef it of FM ov er AM? third pair of sidebands of an FM signal
with m = 6 b. 3
a. Capture ef f ect
a. 0 c. 48
b. Noise immunity
d. None of the choices
c. Lower complexity and cost b. 0.11
36. An FM broadcast station operates
d. All of the abov e c. 0.50
d. 1 with a peak-to-peak dev iation of 120
13. The primary disadv antage of FM is its
kHz. Calculate the percentage
a. noise immunity
modulation.
b. simple transmitter
a. 62.5%
c. excessive use of spectrum
b. 80%
space
c. 82.5%
d. none of the abov e
d. 100%