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A Complete Chapter Quiz

Data and Signals

Compilation of all the quizzes (MCQs) for each and every chapters in the book of Data
Communications and Networking 4th Edition by Behrouz A. Forouzan.

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1. If the maximum amplitude of a sine B) Attenuation
wave is 2 V, the minimum amplitude is C) Noise
________ V. D) Decibel
A) 2 7. A sine wave in the ______ domain can
B) 1 be represented by one single spike in the
C) -2 _____ domain.
D) between -2 and 2 A) time; phase
2. _________ can impair a signal. B) frequency; time
A) Noise C) time; frequency
B) Attenuation D) phase; time
C) Distortion 8. If the bandwidth of a signal is 5 KHz
D) All of the above and the lowest frequency is 52 KHz, what
3. ________is the rate of change with is the highest frequency?
respect to time. A) 5 KHz
A) Time B) 47 KHz
B) Frequency C) 57 KHz
C) Amplitude D) 10 KHz
D) Voltage 9. In a time-domain plot, the horizontal
4. A signal is measured at two different axis is a measure of ________.
points. The power is P1 at the first point A) phase
and P2 at the second point. The dB is 0. B) signal amplitude
This means ________. C) frequency
A) P2 equals P1 D) time
B) P2 is zero 10. _______ data are continuous and
C) P2 is much larger than P1 take continuous values.
D) P2 is much smaller than P1 A) digital
5. Baseband transmission of a digital B) analog
signal is possible only if we have a ____ C) (a) or (b)
channel. D) none of the above
A) bandpass 11. Frequency and period are ______.
B) low-pass A) proportional to each other
C) high rate B) inverse of each other
D) low rate C) the same
6. ________ is a type of transmission D) none of the above
impairment in which the signal loses 12. When propagation speed is multiplied
strength due to the resistance of the by propagation time, we get the
transmission medium. ________.
A) Distortion A) wavelength of the signal

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B) throughput speeds of each frequency that makes up
C) distance a signal or bit has traveled the signal.
D) distortion factor A) Noise
13. A _________ sine wave is not useful B) Distortion
in data communications; we need to send C) Attenuation
a _______ signal. D) Decibel
A) single-frequency; composite 19. Signals can be ________.
B) composite; single-frequency This is A) digital
the correct answer. B) analog
C) single-frequency; double-frequency C) either (a) or (b)
D) none of the above D) neither (a) nor (b)
14. The _________ product defines the 20. A sine wave is ________.
number of bits that can fill the link. A) periodic and discrete
A) delay-amplitude B) aperiodic and discrete
B) frequency-amplitude C) periodic and continuous
C) bandwidth-period D) aperiodic and continuous
D) bandwidth-delay 21. _______ data have discrete states
15. _______ signals can have only a and take discrete values.
limited number of values. A) Analog
A) Digital B) Digital
B) Analog C) (a) or (b)
C) (a) or (b) D) None of the above
D) None of the above 22. For a ______ channel, we need to
16. Before data can be transmitted, they use the Shannon capacity to find the
must be transformed to ________. maximum bit rate.
A) periodic signals A) noiseless
B) electromagnetic signals B) noisy
C) aperiodic signals C) low-pass
D) low-frequency sine waves D) bandpass
17. Data can be ________. 23. What is the bandwidth of a signal that
A) digital ranges from 1 MHz to 4 MHz?
B) analog A) 1 KHz
C) (a) or (b) B) 3 MHz
D) none of the above C) 4 MHz
18. ________ is a type of transmission D) none of the above
impairment in which the signal loses 24. _____ signals can have an infinite
strength due to the different propagation number of values in a range.
A) Analog

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B) Digital 30. Given two sine waves A and B, if the
C) (a) or (b) frequency of A is twice that of B, then the
D) None of the above period of B is ________ that of A.
25. A(n)_________ signal is a composite A) one-half
analog signal with an infinite bandwidth. B) twice
A) digital C) the same as
B) analog D) indeterminate from
C) either (a) or (b) 31. As frequency increases, the period
D) neither (a) nor (b) ________.
26. A periodic signal completes one cycle A) increases
in 0.001 s. What is the frequency? B) decreases
A) 1 Hz C) doubles
B) 100 Hz D) remains the same
C) 1 KHz 32. If the available channel is a ____
D) 1 MHz channel, we cannot send a digital signal
27. The _____ of a composite signal is directly to the channel.
the difference between the highest and A) low-pass
the lowest frequencies contained in that B) low rate
signal. C) bandpass
A) period D) high rate
B) bandwidth 33. For a ______ channel, the Nyquist bit
C) frequency rate formula defines the theoretical
D) amplitude maximum bit rate.
28. ________ is a type of transmission A) low-pass
impairment in which an outside source B) bandpass
such as crosstalk corrupts a signal. C) noisy
A) Noise D) noiseless
B) Distortion 34. In a frequency-domain plot, the
C) Attenuation horizontal axis measures the ________.
D) Decibel A) phase
29. _______ describes the position of the B) frequency
waveform relative to time 0. C) slope
A) Amplitude D) peak amplitude
B) Phase
C) Frequency
D) Voltage

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