BSNL TTA (JE) COMMUNICATION 200 EXPECTED QUESTIONS

(WWW.ALLEXAMREVIEW.COM) PART TWO

ANSWER KEY-Correct answer is indicated by symbol (V) in options.
HINTS-In some questions options E-HINTS is indicating the hints of answer.
1) Radiation resistance of an antenna is a
A [ ]) dc resistance
B [v]) ac resistance
C [ ]) either (a) or (b)
D [ ]) none of the above

2) The input to a coherent detector is DSB - SC signal plus noise. The noise at the detector
output is
A [v]) in phase component
B [ ]) quadrature component
C [ ]) zero
D [ ]) the envelope

3) All of the output pulses are at full transmitter power for a strong signal in all of the
following except
A [ ]) PWM
B [v]) PAM
C [ ]) PFM
D [ ]) PCM

4) In a telephone system, the grade of service means

A [ ]) the quality of sound reception at the receiver telephone
B [v]) the probability that a called for connection is established
C [ ]) the type of wires cables used for the system
D [ ]) none of the above

5) AGC(Automatic gain control) voltage is applied to the stages which are

A [v]) before the detector stage
B [ ]) after the detector stage
C [ ]) either before or after the detector stage

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 D [ ]) none of the above

6) Which of the following stage is not present in AM receiver as compared to FM receiver?

A [ ]) AM amplifier
B [ ]) Demodulator
C [v]) Amplitude limiter
D [ ]) AF amplitude

7) The function of duplexer in a RADAR is

A [v]) to permit the use of same antenna for transmission and reception
B [ ]) to provide gain to the transmitted power
C [ ]) to amplify the received signal
D [ ]) both (b) and (c)

8) In FM, as the modulating frequency decreases and the modulating voltage amplitude
A [ ]) increases, the modulation index increases
B [ ]) decrease, the modulation index increases
C [v]) remains constant, the modulation index increases
D [ ]) remains constant, the modulation index decreases
E [ ]) HINTS-modulation index=frequency deviation /modulating frequency

9) Modulation system used for video-modulation in television broadcast is

A [ ]) SSB AM with carrier
B [ ]) SSB with carrier suppressed
C [ ]) DSB AM with carrier
D [v]) a modified form of SSB with carrier called vestigial sideband

10) The highest modulation frequencies typically used in FM broadcast is

A [ ]) 5 kHz
B [v]) 15 kHz
C [ ]) 25 kHz
D [ ]) 10 kHz

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11) For a short dipole having an effective length less than half the wavelength the radiation
resistance is
A [v]) proportional to length
B [ ]) proportional to square root of length
C [ ]) proportional to square of length
D [ ]) none of the above

12) A narrow band noise show

A [ ]) AM only
B [v]) AM and FM
C [ ]) FM
D [ ]) PCM

13) The modulation index of a narrowband FM signal is

A [v]) nearly equal to 0.3
B [ ]) much less than unity
C [ ]) nearly 0.5
D [ ]) much more than unity

14) Which is a digital coding technique?

A [ ]) PCM
B [ ]) DM
C [ ]) DPCM
D [v]) All

15) For the transmission of normal speech, the PCM channel needs a bandwidth of
__________ kHz.
A [ ]) 2
B [v]) 4
C [ ]) 16
D [ ]) 32

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16) Neper is
A [v]) larger than a decibel
B [ ]) smaller than decibel
C [ ]) equal to 1 decibel
D [ ]) none of the above

17) Which of following digital modulation technique?

A [ ]) ASK
B [ ]) FSK
C [ ]) PSK
D [v]) All

18) The standard intermediate frequency for FM ratio is

A [v]) 10.7 MHz
B [ ]) 4.5 MHz
C [ ]) 75 kHz
D [ ]) 455 kHz

19) In an end fire array, the radiation pattern

A [v]) is in the plane of array
B [ ]) is at right angles to array
C [ ]) is at an angle to the plane of array
D [ ]) either (b) or (c)

20) Armstrong FM transmitter uses

A [ ]) LC oscillator
B [v]) crystal oscillator
C [ ]) RC oscillator
D [ ]) either (a) or (c)

21) An antenna having a length of λ⁄4 and grounded at one end is called
A [v]) Marconi antenna

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 B [ ]) Yagi antenna
C [ ]) Turnstile antenna
D [ ]) None of the above

22) Pre-emphasis circuit is used

A [ ]) after modulation
B [v]) before modulation
C [ ]) before detection
D [ ]) after detection

23) In which frequency range is the noise figure in a transistor minimum

A [v]) intermediate frequencies
B [ ]) low frequencies
C [ ]) high frequencies
D [ ]) very high frequencies

24) In commercial FM Broadcasting, A radio station transmitting the signal at 98.3 MHz, it is
A [v]) carrier frequency
B [ ]) modulation frequency
C [ ]) message frequency
D [ ]) channel frequency

25) The message carrying efficiency is best in

A [ ]) AM
B [ ]) FM
C [v]) AM-SC
D [ ]) Phase modulation

26) An SSB-AM signal cannot be demodulated by

A [v]) Balanced modulator
B [ ]) Complete phase shift generator
C [ ]) Diode balanced modulator

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 D [ ]) Product detector

27) The modulation index of wideband FM signal is

A [ ]) less than unity
B [ ]) unity
C [v]) greater than unity
D [ ]) nearly 0.67

28) The IF frequencies in a TV receiver

A [v]) 38.9 MHz for video and 33.4 MHz for audio
B [ ]) 38.9 MHz for both video and audio
C [ ]) 33.4 MHz for both video and audio
D [ ]) 33.4 MHz for video and 38.9 MHz for audio

29) The most noise resistant modulation system is

A [v]) PCM
B [ ]) SSB suppressed carrier
C [ ]) FM
D [ ]) pulse position modulation

30) Which of the following is the digital system?

A [ ]) PWM
B [ ]) PAM
C [ ]) PPM
D [v]) PCM

31) In FDM systems used for telephone, which modulation scheme is adopted?
A [ ]) AM
B [ ]) DSB-SC
C [ ]) SSB-SC
D [v]) FM

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32) A pre-emphasis circuit
A [ ]) boosts base frequencies
B [ ]) pre amplifies the complete audio band
C [v]) amplifies higher audio frequencies
D [ ]) converts FM into phase modulation

33) In orthogonal BFSK, the energy of information bearing term is

A [ ]) the same as total transmitted energy
B [v]) one-half of total transmitted energy
C [ ]) one-fourth of total transmitted energy
D [ ]) none of the above

34) Which of the following is a false statement about Armstrong modulation system?
A [ ]) The system is basically phase, not frequency, modulation
B [ ]) AFC is not needed, as a crystal oscillator is used
C [v]) Equalization is unnecessary
D [ ]) Frequency multiplication must be used

35) In telephone, the dial tone has a frequency of

A [ ]) 5 Hz
B [ ]) 15 Hz
C [v]) 33 Hz
D [ ]) 233 Hz

36) Companding is used

A [ ]) to overcome quantising noise in PCM
B [ ]) in PWM receivers to reduce impulse noise
C [v]) to protect small signals in PCM from quantising noise
D [ ]) none of the above

37) An ungrounded antenna near the ground

A [ ]) is horizontally polarized

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 B [ ]) acts as an antenna array
C [v]) acts as a single antenna of twice the height
D [ ]) is not likely to need an earth mat

38) Which of the following circuits cannot be demodulate SSB?

A [ ]) Product detector
B [ ]) Balanced modulator
C [v]) Phase discriminator
D [ ]) BFO

39) PWM can be generated

A [ ]) by a free running multivibrator
B [ ]) by integrating the signal
C [v]) by a monostable multivibrator
D [ ]) by differentiating pulse position modulation

40) Which of the following analog modulation scheme requires the minimum transmitted
power and minimum channel bandwidth?
A [ ]) VSB
B [v]) DSB-SC
C [ ]) SSB
D [ ]) AM

41) Which of the following cannot be used to demodulate SSB?

A [ ]) Complete phase shift generator
B [ ]) Product detector
C [ ]) Diode balanced modulator
D [v]) Bipolar transistor balanced modulator

42) Noise figure is defined as

A [ ]) (S/N) RATIO AT OUT PUT/(S/N)RATIO AT INPUT
B [ ]) NOISE VOLTAGE AT OUPUT/NOISE VOLTAGE AT INPUT
C [v]) (S/N)RATIO AT INPUT/(S/N) RATIO AT OUT PUT

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 D [ ]) NOISE VOLTAGE AT INPUT/NOISE VOLTAGE AT OUPUT

43) For F2 layer the critical frequency is about

A [ ]) 500 MHz
B [ ]) 100 MHz
C [ ]) 25 MHz
D [v]) 10 MHz

44) Probability density function of thermal noise is

A [v]) Poisson
B [ ]) Binomial
C [ ]) Gaussian
D [ ]) None of the above

45) The main advantage of TDM over FDM is that it

A [ ]) needs less power
B [ ]) needs less bandwidth
C [v]) needs simple circuitry
D [ ]) gives better S/N ratio

46) Which of the following is very useful as multiband HF receiving antenna?

A [ ]) Square loop
B [ ]) Conical horn
C [ ]) Folded dipole
D [v]) Log-periodic

47) If Vs is signal voltage, Vn is noise voltage, signal to noise ratio S/N is defined as
A [ ]) S/N=Vs/Vn
B [v]) S/N=(Vs/Vn)²
C [ ]) S/N=√Vs/Vn
D [ ]) none of the above

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48) In shot noise
A [ ]) the current rises around mean value
B [ ]) the current rises to peak value, decreases to zero and then again rises
C [ ]) the current may become negative
D [v]) the current is always less than the mean value

49) The output VR of the ratio detector is related with the output VF of similar Foster-Seeley
discriminator as follows.
A [ ]) VR = VF
B [ ]) VR < VF
C [v]) VR = 2VF
D [ ]) VF = 2VR

50) In grid bias modulation system the power required for modulating amplifier
A [ ]) is negligibly low since grid is negative
B [ ]) is large as compared to that for plate modulation
C [ ]) is almost the same as compared with plate modulation
D [v]) is small as compared to that for plate modulation

51) In spread spectrum technique

A [ ]) a modulated signal is modulated again
B [ ]) a modulated signal is modulated twice again
C [ ]) the power of a modulated signal is increased
D [v]) the noise component of a modulated signal is decreased

52) QAM stands for

A [ ]) Quasi-Amplitude Modulation
B [ ]) Quadrature Angle Modulation
C [v]) Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
D [ ]) None of the above

53) The bandwidth required for amplitude modulation is

A [ ]) half the frequency of modulating signal

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 B [ ]) equal to the frequency of modulating signal
C [v]) twice the frequency of modulating signal
D [ ]) four times the frequency of modulating signal

54) BPSK stands for

A [v]) Binary Phase Shifting Key
B [ ]) Broad Phase Shifting Key
C [ ]) Bit Phase Shifting Key
D [ ]) Binary Pulse Shifting Key

55) Top loading in an antenna increases

A [v]) effective height
B [ ]) beam width
C [ ]) input capacitance
D [ ]) bandwidth

56) In the stabilized reactance modulators AFC system

A [ ]) the discriminator must have a fast time constant to prevent demodulation
B [ ]) the higher discriminator frequency the better the oscillator frequency stability
C [ ]) the discriminator frequency must not be too low, or the system will fail
D [v]) phase modulation is converted into FM by the equalizer circuit

57) In a system using QASK and 4 bits to form a symbol, the required bandwidth is
A [ ]) same as BPSK
B [ ]) half of that in BPSK
C [v]) one-fourth of that in BPSK
D [ ]) none of the above

58) Which of the following terms is not applicable to Yagi-Uda array?

A [v]) High gain
B [ ]) Folded dipole
C [ ]) Parasitic elements

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 D [ ]) Good bandwidth

59) If transmission path, in PCM, is very long then

A [v]) repeater stations are used
B [ ]) pulse width may be increased
C [ ]) pulse amplitude is increased
D [ ]) pulse spacing is reduced

60) Bandwidth for practical PCM system is (where n is no. of channels, N length of PCM
codes)
A [v]) 2n N fm Hz
B [ ]) 4n fm Hz
C [ ]) 2n fm
D [ ]) (N + 1)fm

61) Circuit switching, Message switching and Packet Switching Network belong to which of
the following systems?
A [v]) Computer communication system
B [ ]) Electromechanical communication system
C [ ]) PBX system
D [ ]) EPBX system

62) The Shannon-Hartley law

A [v]) refers to noise
B [ ]) defines bandwidth
C [ ]) describes signalling rate
D [ ]) refers to distortion

63) Maximum undistorted power output of a transmitter is obtained when its modulation is
__________ percent.
A [ ]) more than 100
B [v]) 100
C [ ]) less than 100

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 D [ ]) 50

64) Pulse modulation is used in

A [ ]) radio navigation
B [ ]) automatic landing equipment
C [ ]) data communications
D [v]) all of the above

65) In an amplitude modulated waveform, the amplitude of the sideband is

A [ ]) independent of the carrier amplitude
B [ ]) independent of the modulation index
C [ ]) carrier amplitude x modulation index
D [v]) 1/2 carrier amplitude x modulation index

66) In communication systems the frequency range used for voice is

A [ ]) 15 Hz to 150 Hz
B [ ]) 30 Hz to 1000 Hz
C [ ]) 100 Hz to 1500 Hz
D [v]) 300 Hz to 3800 Hz

67) A receiver has poor selectivity. It will also have poor

A [ ]) sensitivity
B [ ]) double spotting
C [v]) blocking
D [ ]) diversity reception

68) Ground wave can be used for communication upto

A [ ]) 5 kHz
B [ ]) 12 kHz
C [v]) 16 kHz
D [ ]) 25 kHz

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69) A Marconi antenna
A [v]) is a grounded antenna with a length equal to λ/4
B [ ]) is an ungrounded antenna with a length equal to λ/4
C [ ]) has a length equal to 1
D [ ]) has a length equal to λ/2

70) The autocorrelation function of the white noise is

A [ ]) impulse function
B [ ]) step function
C [v]) constant
D [ ]) none of the above

71) If fs be the signal frequency and fi be the intermediate frequency then image frequency
is given by
A [ ]) fs + fi
B [ ]) fs ± fi
C [ ]) fs ± 2fi
D [v]) fs + 2fi

72) If k denotes Boltzmann's constant, the rms value of thermal noise voltage is
proportional to
A [ ]) k²
B [ ]) k
C [v]) √k
D [ ]) (k)⅓

73) Vestigial sideband is most commonly used in

A [ ]) radio transmission
B [v]) television transmission
C [ ]) telephony
D [ ]) all of the above

74) A helical antenna is used for satellite tracking due to its

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 A [ ]) good front to back ratio
B [ ]) broad bandwidth
C [v]) circular polarization
D [ ]) both (a) and (b)

75) Costa's receiver is used for

A [v]) coherent detection of AM-SC signal
B [ ]) asynchronous detection of AM-SC signal
C [ ]) amplitude modulation of signal
D [ ]) frequency modulation of signal

76) What is typical bandwidths of a 2-wire telephone line?

A [v]) 300 Hz to 3.4 kHz
B [ ]) 20 Hz to 4 kHz
C [ ]) dc to 4 kHz
D [ ]) 20 Hz to 20 kHz

77) In a FM signal, the modulation index increases, then the power

A [ ]) increases
B [ ]) decreases
C [v]) remains constant
D [ ]) none of the above

78) Higher order TDM levels are obtained by

A [ ]) forming super master groups
B [ ]) using A law
C [ ]) using µ law
D [v]) dividing pulse width

79) Limiter is not essential in the following detector

A [ ]) foster-Seeley
B [v]) ratio detector

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 C [ ]) balanced
D [ ]) none of the above

80) Which of the following is Doppler effect not used?

A [ ]) CW radar
B [ ]) FM radar
C [ ]) MTI system
D [v]) Moving target plotting on PPI

81) In pulse code modulation when the maximum frequency in the signal is fmax the
bandwidth required will be
A [ ]) ≤ p.fmax
B [v]) ≥ p.fmax
C [ ]) ≤ (p.fmax)²
D [ ]) ≥ (p.fmax)²

82) The main advantage of DM over PCM is

A [ ]) less bandwidth
B [ ]) less power
C [v]) simple circuit
D [ ]) better S/N ratio

83) Among the various modulation systems, the most favoured from the point of linearity
of modulation and efficiency is
A [v]) anode or collector modulation
B [ ]) central grid modulation
C [ ]) screen grid modulation
D [ ]) modulated oscillators

84) Multiplex techniques are used for

A [ ]) low density communications
B [ ]) low density point-to-point communications
C [v]) high-density point-to-point communications

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 D [ ]) all of the above

85) In delta modulation, the output signal to quantization noise ratio S0/Nq is (N is the
number of bits)
A [ ]) (3/π²)N²
B [v]) (3/π²)N³
C [ ]) (3/π)N³
D [ ]) NONE OF THESE

86) ISDN stands for

A [v]) Integrated Services Digital Network
B [ ]) Inter Services Digital Network
C [ ]) Inter Subscriber Digital Network
D [ ]) integrated Subscriber Digital Network

87) The relation between bandwidth B, modulating frequency fm and frequency deviation
∆f for a sinusoidally modulated FM signal is
A [ ]) B = ∆f + fm
B [v]) B = 2(∆f + fm)
C [ ]) B = fm - ∆f/
D [ ]) B = 2(fm - ∆f)

88) In amplitude modulation, the magnitude of side bands is

A [v]) ma/2 times the carrier amplitude, Ec
B [ ]) ma times the carrier amplitude, Ec
C [ ]) 2ma times the carrier amplitude, Ec
D [ ]) 4ma times the carrier amplitude, Ec

89) If ω is the frequency of modulating voltage in FM, the modulation index is proportional
to
A [ ]) ω
B [v]) 1/ω
C [ ]) √ω

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 D [ ]) 1/√ω

90) The baud rate is

A [ ]) not equal to signalling rate
B [ ]) always equal to bit transfer rate
C [v]) equal to twice the bandwidth of an ideal channel
D [ ]) equal to half the bandwidth of ideal channel

91) A better SNR can be obtained in a PCM by

A [ ]) increasing sampling rate above Nyquist rate
B [ ]) decreasing the code bits
C [ ]) reducing channel bandwidth
D [v]) increasing Quantization levels

92) Industrial noise has the frequency range of

A [ ]) 1 to 100 Hz
B [ ]) 200 to 5000 Hz
C [ ]) above 200 MHz
D [v]) 1 to 600 MHz

93) Line of sight transmission is used in

A [ ]) radio frequencies below 1 MHz
B [ ]) VHF only
C [ ]) audio signals only
D [v]) VHF and UHF

94) In phase modulation, the phase deviation is

A [ ]) proportional to the amplitude of the signal and varies with frequency
B [ ]) remains constant while amplitude and frequency of signal varies
C [v]) proportional to the amplitude of the signal and independent of the frequency
D [ ]) none of the above

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95) The different channels in a TDM receiver are separated by
A [ ]) integration
B [ ]) differentiation
C [v]) AND gate
D [ ]) OR gate

96) An antenna operates effectively when its dimensions are

A [v]) of the order of magnitude of wavelength to be transmitted
B [ ]) very small than the magnitude of wavelength to be transmitted
C [ ]) very large than the magnitude of wavelength to be transmitted
D [ ]) either (a) or (b)

97) In FM and AM the ratio of signal to noise ratio at the detector output least depends
upon
A [ ]) bandwidth
B [ ]) transmission
C [v]) carrier frequency
D [ ]) modulating frequency

98) Which of the following can provide two or more voice circuits with the same carrier?
A [ ]) SSB
B [v]) Carrier reinsertion
C [ ]) Lincompex
D [ ]) independent side band system

99) The FM broadcast band is from

A [ ]) 550 to 1600 kHz
B [ ]) 88 to 108 kHz
C [v]) 88 to 108 MHz
D [ ]) 1600 kHz to 59.75 MHz

100) The purpose of source coding is to

A [ ]) increase the information transmission rate

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 B [ ]) decrease S/N ratio
C [ ]) decrease the information transmission rate
D [v]) decrease probability of error

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