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REVISION QUESTION 2 BMIS 32153 - DCTS

BMIS 32153
DATA COMMUNICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
REVISION QUESTION 2(1 HOUR)
CAHPTER 3 and 4
NAME: _____________________________ ID: __________

DATE: _______________

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

Chapter 3 Chapter 4

1. In a frequency-domain plot, the horizontal axis measures 1. Polar and bipolar encoding are types of _______ coding.
the ________. A. line
A. signal amplitude B. block
B. frequency C. scrambling
C. phase D. None of the choices are correct
D. time

2. In a time-domain plot, the horizontal axis is a measure of 2. ___________ conversion involves three techniques: line
________. coding, block coding, and scrambling.
A. signal amplitude A. Analog-to-digital
B. frequency B. Digital-to-analog
C. phase C. Analog-to-analog
D. time D. Digital-to-digital

3. _______ data are continuous and take continuous values. 3. In ______ schemes, the voltage level oscillates between a
A. Analog positive and a negative value although it may remain at
B. Digital zero level between the two values.
C. Analog or digital A. polar
D. None of the choices are correct B. bipolar
C. nonpolar
D. None of the choices are correct

4. _______ data have discrete states and take discrete 4. In _____, the level of the voltage determines the value of
values. the bit.
A. Analog A. NRZ-I
B. Digital B. NRZ-L
C. Analog or digital C. NRZ-I or NRZ-L
D. None of the choices are correct D. None of the choices are correct

5. _____ signals have an infinite number of values in a time 5. In ______, the change or lack of change in the level of the
interval. voltage determines the value of the bit.
A. Analog A. NRZ-I
B. Digital B. NRZ-L
C. Either analog or digital C. NRZ-I or NRZ-L
D. None of the choices are correct D. None of the choices are correct

6. _______ signals can have only a limited number of values 6. The idea of RZ and the idea of NRZ-L are combined into
in a time interval. the ________ scheme.
A. Analog A. Manchester
B. Digital B. differential Manchester
C. Either analog or digital C. Manchester or differential Manchester
D. None of the choices are correct D. None of the choices are correct

7. Frequency and period are ______. 7. The idea of RZ and the idea of NRZ-I are combined into
A. inverse of each other the ________ scheme.
B. proportional to each other A. Manchester
C. the same B. differential Manchester
D. are not related C. Manchester or differential Manchester
D. None of the choices are correct

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8. ________is the rate of change with respect to time. 8. In Manchester and differential Manchester encoding, the
A. Amplitude transition at the middle of the bit is used for __________.
B. Time A. bit transfer
C. Frequency B. baud transfer
D. Phase C. synchronization
D. None of the choices are correct

9. _______ describes the position of the waveform relative 9. In _______encoding, we use three levels: positive, zero,
to time 0. and negative.
A. Amplitude A. polar
B. Time B. bipolar
C. Frequency C. nonpolar
D. Phase D. None of the choices are correct

10. A simple sine wave can be represented by one single 10. The _____ scheme uses data patterns of size 2 and
spike in the _____ domain. encodes the 2-bit patterns as one signal element belonging
A. amplitude to a four-level signal.
B. time A. 4B5B
C. frequency B. 2B1Q
D. phase C. B8ZS
D. None of the choices are correct

11. As frequency increases, the period ________. 11. _______ encoding has a transition at the middle of each
A. decreases bit.
B. increases A. RZ
C. remains the same B. Manchester
D. None of the choices are correct C. Differential Manchester
D. All the choices are correct

12. ________ is a type of transmission impairment in which 12. _______ encoding has a transition at the beginning of
the signal loses strength due to the resistance of the each 0 bit.
transmission medium. A. RZ
A. Attenuation B. Manchester
B. Distortion C. Differential Manchester
C. Noise D. All the choices are correct
D. Decibel

13. ________ is a type of transmission impairment in which 13. Which of the following encoding methods does not
the signal loses strength due to the different propagation provide for synchronization?
speeds of each frequency that makes up the signal. A. NRZ-L
A. Attenuation B. RZ
B. Distortion C. NRZ-I
C. Noise D. Manchester
D. Decibel

14. ________ is a type of transmission impairment in which 14. Which encoding method uses alternating positive and
an outside source such as crosstalk corrupts a signal. negative values for 1s?
A. Attenuation A. NRZ-I
B. Distortion B. RZ
C. Noise C. Manchester
D. Decibel D. AMI

15. When propagation speed is multiplied by propagation 15. Block coding can help in _______ and _________ at the
time, we get the ________. receiver.
A. throughput A. synchronization and error detection
B. wavelength of the signal B. synchronization and attenuation
C. distortion factor C. error detection and attenuation
D. distance a signal or bit has traveled D. error detection and distortion

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16. Baseband transmission of a digital signal is possible only 16. ________ is the process of converting digital data to a
if we have a ____ channel. digital signal.
A. low-pass A. Block coding
B. bandpass B. Line coding
C. low rate C. Scrambling
D. high rate D. All of the choices are correct

17. If the available channel is a ____ channel, we cannot send 17. _______ provides redundancy to ensure synchronization
a digital signal directly to the channel. and inherent error detection.
A. low-pass A. Block coding
B. bandpass B. Line coding
C. low rate C. Line coding or block coding
D. high rate D. None of the choices are correct

18. For a ______ channel, the Nyquist bit rate formula 18. Two common scrambling techniques are ________.
defines the theoretical maximum bit rate. A. NRZ and RZ
A. noisy B. AMI and NRZ
B. noiseless C. B8ZS and HDB3
C. bandpass D. Manchester and differential Manchester
D. low-pass

19. For a ______ channel, we need to use the Shannon 19. PCM is an example of _______ conversion.
capacity to find the maximum bit rate. A. digital-to-digital
A. noisy B. digital-to-analog
B. noiseless C. analog-to-analog
C. bandpass D. analog-to-digital
D. low-pass

20. _________ can impair a signal. 20. ______ finds the value of the signal amplitude for each
A. Attenuation sample; ____ finds the change from the previous sample.
B. Distortion A. DM; PCM
C. Noise B. PCM; DM
D. All of the choices are correct C. DM; CM
D. None of the choices are correct

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