MODULATION PART 2 OF 10

51. What will be the result of the gain level being

too high for signals entering the modulator?
A. Receiver noise
B. Excessive volume of receiver output
C. Oscillator disturbances
D. Distortion and splatter
52. Amplitude modulation causes the amount of
transmitter power to
A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. Remain the same
D. Double
53. When a carrier is modulated 100%, the total
power increases by what percentage over that of the
carrier alone?
A. 25 %
B. 50 %
C. 75 %
D. 100 %
54. When the amplitude of the modulating voltage
is increased for AM, the antenna current will
A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. Remain constant
D. Decrease exponentially
55. An increase in transmitter power from 25W to
30W will cause the antenna current to increase from
700mA to
A. 800 mA
B. 750 mA
C. 767 mA
D. 840 mA
56. A second modulating tone having the same
amplitude but a different frequency is added to the
first at the input to the modulator. The modulation
index will be increased by a factor of
A. sq. root of 3
B. sq. root of 2
C. 2
D. 3
57. A 1000 kHz carrier is modulated by a 2500Hz
tone. One frequency component of the modulated
signal is
A. 1200 Hz
B. 5000 Hz
C. 1002.5 kHz
D. 2500 Hz
58. A 1200 kHz carrier is amplitude-modulated by
two tones of 500 Hz and 700 Hz. Which one is a
frequency component of the modulated wave?
A. 1195 kHz

B. 1199.3 kHz
C. 1199.7 kHz
D. 1205 kHz
59. Identify a modulation method, or methods in use
for a common-emitter configuration
A. Base modulation
B. Emitter modulation
C. Collector modulation
D. Both A and C
60. The RF signal injected into a balanced
modulator is 10MHz and the modulating frequency
is 1 kHz. Which frequency, or frequencies, will not
appear in the output?
A. 9.999 MHz
B. 10 MHz
C. 10.0001 MHz
D. Both A and B
61. Unwanted sidebands in SSB equipment can be
suppressed by one or more of the following
methods.
A. Phasing method
B. Filter method
C. Decoder method
D. Both A and B
62. Envelope detection is concerned with the
process of
A. Mixing
B. Heterodyning
C. Modulation
D. Rectification
63. Diagonal clipping in envelope detection will
result in
A. Distortion
B. Phase reversal
C. Reduced sensitivity
D. Amplitude damage
64. Product detection requires the process of
A. Rectification
B. Heterodyning
C. Decoding
D. Phase shifting
65. A sine wave which is coherent with carrier has
identical
A. Amplitude
B. Frequency
C. Phase angle
D. Both B and C
66. Frequency modulation and phase modulation
are collectively referred to as
A. Stereo
B. Angle modulation
C. High fidelity modulation

D. FCC modulation
67. In FM, the change in carrier frequency is
proportional to what attribute of the modulating
signal?
A. Angle
B. Frequency
C. Amplitude
D. Tone
68. A louder sound, when generating the
modulating waveform for FM, will cause a greater
A. Carrier amplitude
B. Angle amplitude
C. Distortion at the receiver
D. Frequency deviation
69. If a positive change in modulation signal level
of 200 mW will cause a positive frequency
deviation of 10 kHz, what will be the frequency
deviation for a negative change of 10 mV in the
level of the modulating signals?
A. 0
B. -5 kHz
C. +5 kHz
D. +0 kHz
70. A particular 15 kHz modulation tone results in a
peak frequency deviation of 75 kHz. What is the
modulation index?
A. 5
B. 15
C. 75
D. 3
71. A 15 kHz sine wave frequency modulates an 88
MHz carrier. A sideband frequency will be found at
A. 87.970 MHz
B. 87.985 MHz
C. 88.015 MHz
D. All of these
72. A device whose capacitance is deliberately
made to be a function of the applied voltage
A. Varactor diode
B. UJT
C. SAW
D. Variable capacitor
73. A reactance modulator is one method of
obtaining
A. Indirect FM
B. Direct FM
C. Demodulation
D. Low frequency filtering
74. A device, now available in IC form, is useful for
direct FM and as one element in the phse-locked
loop.
A. AFC

B. AGC
C. VCO
D. LPF
75. _____ is a frequency change process, whereby
the phase deviation and frequency deviation are
multiplied by some fixed constant.
A. Translation
B. Multiplication
C. Division
D. Addition
76. A circuit that has the function of demodulating
the frequency-modulated signal.
A. AFC
B. Envelope detector
C. Decoder
D. Foster-Seeley discriminator
77. The ratio detector is superior to the slope
detector because
A. It is less sensitive to phase modulation
B. It is less sensitive to noise spikes
C. It is less sensitive to interference causing
AM
D. Both B and C
78. One implementation of a pulse averaging
discriminator is
A. A free-running multivibrator
B. A crystal-controlled oscillator
C. A quartz crystal filter
D. A triggered multivibrator
79. A 10% increase in the frequency of a constantwidth pulse train should cause what change in its
average value?
A. 10 %
B. 1 %
C. +1 %
D. +10 %
80. Two different signals can be coherent if they
A. Have the same amplitude
B. Are both sine waves of different
frequencies
C. Originate in the same physical equipment
simultaneously
D. Have the same frequency
81. A quadrature detector requires that
A. Four gates bee provided
B. The inputs are coherent
C. The inputs are incoherent
D. The inputs are identical
82. In a phase-locked loop, the VCO is the
abbreviation for
A. Variable coherent output
B. VHF communication oscillator

C. Voltage-controlled oscillator
D. Vien-count oscillator (neutralized)
83. Identify an advantage, or advantages of a
properly designed FM system.
A. Relative immunity to atmospheric noise
(lightning)
B. Reduced bandwidth required
C. No noise of any kind
D. The noise figure is inversely proportional
to the modulation index
84. The output of a balanced modulator
A. LSB and USB
B. LSB
C. USB
D. Carrier
85. If the modulation index of an AM wave is
changed from 0 to 1, the transmitted power is
A. Unchanged
B. Halved
C. Doubled
D. Increased by 50%
86. Which of the following is not a baseband signal
of modulation?
A. Audio signal
B. Video signal
C. RF carrier
D. Binary coded pulses
87. If the unmodulated level peak carrier amplitude
is doubled in an AM signal, the perfect modulation
is ________.
A. 20
B. 50
C. 100
D. 200
88. Balanced modulator circuit when inserted in the
equivalent suppresses the ___________
A. Carrier
B. Upper sideband
C. Lower sideband
D. Baseband signal
89. The carrier of a 100% modulated AM wave is
suppressed, the percentage power saving is __.
A. 100 %
B. 50 %
C. 83 %
D. 66.66 %
90. If the modulation index if an AM wave is
doubled, the antenna current is also doubled, the
AM system being used is
A. H3E
B. J3E
C. C3F

D. A3E
91. 100% modulation in AM means a corresponding
increase in total power by _______.
A. 100 %
B. 50 %
C. 75 %
D. 25 %
92. A single-tone amplitude modulated wave has
_______.
A. 2 components
B. 3 components
C. 4 components
D. 2n + 1 components
93. A carrier signal has ________.
A. Constant peak amplitude
B. Frequency range of 20 20,000 Hz
C. A varying amplitude
D. The information
94. The modulating system is _________ if the
modulating frequency is doubled, the modulation
index is halved, and the modulating voltage remains
constant.
A. Amplitude modulation
B. Phase modulation
C. Frequency modulation
D. Pulse modulation
95. What is the modulation index of an FM signal if
its modulating frequency is doubled?
A. No effect
B. Twice the original index
C. Four times the original index
D. One-half the original index
96. An AM transmitter is rated 1000 W at 100%
modulation. How much power required for the
carrier?
A. 1000 W
B. 666.6 W
C. 333.3 W
D. 866.6 W
97. Standard way of designating AM
A. A3E
B. B3E
C. AHE
D. C3F
98. _____ is the circuit used to detect frequency
modulated signal.
A. Discriminator
B. Modulator
C. Modem
D. Detector
99. _____ is an information signal that is sent
directly without modulating any carrier.

A. C-band
B. Q-band
C. Baseband
D. Broadband
100. Both frequency and phase modulation utilize
______ modulation.
A. Digital
B. Phase
C. Amplitude
D. Angle
ANSWERS
51. Distortion and splatter
52. Increase
53. 50 %
54. Increase
55. 767 mA
56. sq. root of 2
57. 1002.5 kHz
58. 1199.3 kHz
59. Both A and C
60. 10 MHz
61. Both A and B
62. Rectification
63. Distortion
64. Heterodyning
65. Both B and C
66. Angle modulation
67. Amplitude
68. Frequency deviation
69. -5 kHz
70. 5
71. All of these
72. Varactor diode
73. Direct FM
74. VCO
75. Multiplication
76. Foster-Seeley discriminator
77. Both B and C
78. A triggered multivibrator
79. +10 %
80. Have the same frequency
81. The inputs are coherent
82. Voltage-controlled oscillator
83. Relative immunity to atmospheric noise
(lightning)
84. LSB and USB
85. Increased by 50%
86. RF carrier
87. 100
88. Carrier
89. 66.66 %

90. J3E
91. 50 %
92. 3 components
93. Constant peak amplitude
94. Frequency modulation
95. One-half the original index
96. 666.6 W
97. A3E
98. Discriminator
99. Baseband
100. Angle