1. Examples of intrinsic Noise are ____.

a. Thermal noise from resistors

b. Noise generated by op amps
c. Capacitive coupling of digital signals
d. Both a and b are correct

2. A common amplifier noise model

contains ___.
a. An input and output noise voltage source.
b. An input current noise source, and voltage noise source.
c. An equivalent input resistance.
d. An input and output equivalent resistance

3. Which standard is utilized in intermodulation

noise rates on PCM audio channels?

A. CCIT Rec. G.151

B. CCIT Rec. G.172

C. CCIT Rec. G.190

D. CCIT Rec. G.190

4.Reference temperature use in noise

analysis

A. 75 K

B. 250 K

C. 290 K

D. 300 K

5.Thermal Noise is ____.

a. Generated by resistors
b. Generated by semiconductor junctions
c. Dependent on current flow
d. Dominant at low frequencies.

6. The 1/f noise region occurs at ____.

a.

Low frequency

b.

Medium frequency

C.

High frequency

D.

No frequency

7. How do you convert peak-to-peak to

rms?
a. Noise_pp= 6 x (spectral density)
b. Noise_pp= 6 x (Total rmsnoise)
c. Noise_pp= 1.57 x BW
d. Noise_pp= (spectral density) x (BW)

8. Voltage noise spectral density has

units of ___.
a. nV/Hz
b. nV/A
c. nV/rtHz
d. pA/Hz

9.How do you find the total noise for two series noise
sources (Vn1, and
Vn2)?

a. Add them (Vn1 + Vn2)

b. Take the square root of the sum of the noise terms squared.

C. Average the two sources.

d. Multiply the two terms.

10. What is the difference between RMS

and standard deviation?
a. Standard deviation eliminates the average value, but RMS includes it.
b. There is no difference.
c. RMS = 6 x Standard Deviation
d. I dont know

11. What is the difference between RMS

and standard deviation?

A. Non-intrinsic figure

B. Noise improvement factor

C. Narrow intermediate frequency

D. Noise interference figure

12. Is the interference coming from

other communications channels?

A. Jitter

B. Crosstalk

C. RFI

D. EMI

13. Indicate the noise whose sources are in

category different from that of the other three?

A. Solar noise

B. Cosmic noise

C. Atmospheric noise

D. Galactic noise

14. Which of the following is not a

source of industrial noise?

A. Automobile ignition

B. Sun

C. Electric Motors

D. Leakage from high voltage line

15. The total noise power present in a 1

Hz bandwidth

a. Noise density

b. Noise figure

c. Noise limit

d. Noise intensity

16. _____ Noise is the most prevalent noise found in urban areas and is
normally caused by the arc discharge from automobile or aircraft
ignition systems, induction motors, switching gears, high voltage lines
and the like.

a. Industrial

b. Johnson

c. Flicker

d. Mixer

17. The following characteristics of

noise except

a. Unwanted energy

b. Predictable in character

c. Present in the channel

d. Due to any cause

18. The value of a resistor creating thermal noise is

doubled. The noise power generated is therefore

a. Halved

b. Quadrupled

c. Doubled

d. Unchanged

19. Signal attenuation can be corrected

by

a. Filtering

b. Modulation

c. Equalization

d. Amplification

20. Distortion in a waveform can be

corrected by

a. Filtering

b. Modulation

c. Equalization

d. Amplification

21. The transmitter technique adopted to reduce

the noise effect of the preceding question is called

A. noise masking

B. anitnoise

C. noise killing

D. preemphasis

22. Where is the noise generated that primarily determines the

signal-to-noise ratio in a VHF (150MHz) marine-band receiver?

A. Man-made noise

B. In the atmosphere

C. In the receiver front end

D. In the ionosphere

23. Industrial noise frequency is

between _____.

A. 0 to 10 KHz

B. 160 MHz to 200 MHz

C. 15 to 160 MHz

D. 200 to 3000 MHz

24. External noise fields are measured in

terms of _______.

A. rms values

B. dc values

C. average values

D. peak values

25. Indicate the false statement.

A. HF mixer are generally noisier than HF amplifiers.

B. Impulse noise voltage is dependent on bandwidth

C. Thermal noise is independent of the frequency at which is measured.

D. Industrial noise is usually of the impulse type.

26. One of the following is not a useful quantity

for comparing the noise performance receivers.

A. Input noise voltage

B. Equivalent noise resistance

C. Noise temperature

D. Noise figure.

27. Which of the following is not a

source of external noise?

A. Thermal agitation

B. Auto ignition

C. The sun

D. Fluorescent lights

28. Noise at the input to the receiver

can be as high as several

A. microvolts

B. milivolts

C. volts

D. kilo volts

29. Which of the following types of noise

becomes of great importance at frequencies?

A. Shot noise

B. Random noise

C. Impulse noise

D. Transit-time noise

30. The square of the thermal noise voltage

generated by a resistor is proportional to

A. its resistance

B. its temperature

C. the bandwidth over which it is measured

D. All of the above

31. Noise consisting of irregular pulses of short

duration and relatively high amplitude,

A. Quantizing noise

B. Tone interference

C. Impulse noise

D. Cross talk

32. Crosstalk due to incomplete suppression of sidebands

or to intermodulation of two or more frequencymultiplexed channels which is unintelligible is classified as

A. Impulse noise

B. Thermal noise

C. Quantizing noise

D. Miscellaneous noise

33. Which of the following is not a way

of minimizing if not eliminating noise?

A. Use redundancy

B. Increase transmitted power

C. Reduce signaling rate

D. Increase channel bandwidth

34. What do you call the noise coming

from the sun and stars?

a. Black-body noise

b. Space noise

c. Galactic noise

d. All of these

35. What is the primary cause of

atmospheric noise?

a. Thunderstorm

b. Lightning

c. Thunderstorm and lightning

d. Weather condition

36. Any unwanted form of energy that tends to

interfere with the wanted signal is called

a. Noise

b. Spectrum

c. Radiation

d. Absorption

37. Noise from distant panels, stars, galaxies

and other celestial objects are called

a. Cosmic

b. Extraterrestrial

c. Galactic

d. Black body

38. Indicate which one of the following types

of noise does not occur in transistors

a. Shot noise

b. Flicker noise

c. Partition noise

d. Resistance noise

39. Noise that is due to the random and rapid motion

of the charge carriers inside a resistive component.

a. Johnson

b. Thermal Agitation

c. White

d. All of the above

40. Thermal noise is also known as

a. Gaussian Noise

b. White Noise

c. Johnson noise

d. All of the above

41. Impulse Noise is

a. A function of current

b. A shot duration pulse

c. Dependent of frequency

d. Dependent of temperature

42. It is characterized by high amplitude peaks

of short duration in the total noise spectrum

a. Intermodulation voice

b. Impulse noise

c. Dropout

d. Phase hits

43. Signal contamination by extraneous

or external sources, such as, other
a. Noise
transmitters,
power lines, and
b. Distortion
machinery.
c. Harmonics

d. Interference

44. Man-made or industrial noise is also

known as

a. Noise

b. Distortion

c. Interference

d. Thermal Noise

45. Noise that is caused by natural

disturbances such as lightning discharge.

a. Static noise

b. Space noise

c. Atmospheric noise

d. A or C

46. Which statement is true

a. Industrial noise is usually of impulse type

b. Distant stars produce atmospheric noise

c. Active switches are sources of man-made noise

d. Static noise is due to lightning discharges and other natural electric disturbances occurring in
the atmosphere.

47. Which circuit contributes most to

the noise at the receiver?

a. RF amplifier

b. Mixer

c. Detector

d. Local Oscillator

48. Which of the following is not an important

cause of distortion in DC signaling

a. line resistance

b. line inductance

c. line capacitance

d. all of the above

49. The amount of noise power is measured using a

psophometric weighting network. This unit of
measurement is generally used in Europe where the
a. dBa
standard
reference tone is 800 hertz, 1 picowatt.

b. dBm

c. dBaO

d. pWp

50. Noise produced mostly by lightning

discharges in thunderstorms.

a. White noise

b. Industrial noise

c. Atmospheric noise

d. Extraterrestrial noise

51. What is the unit of noise power of

psophometer?

A. pWp

B. dBa

C. dBm

D. dBrn

52. A large emission of hydrogen from

the sun that affects communications.

A. Solar flare

B. Cosmic disturbance

C. Ballistic disturbance

D. Solar noise

53. Standard design reference for

environmental noise temperature.

A. 300 K

B. 290 K

C. 32 F

D. 212F

54. If bandwidth is doubled, the signal

power is _________.

A. not changed

B. quadrupled

C. tripled

D. doubled

55. Name one or more sources of noise

bearing on electronic communications.

A. Steam boiler

B. Galaxies

C. Internal combustion engine

D. Both B and C

56. The transmitter technique adopted to reduce

the noise effect of the preceding question is called

A. noise masking

B. anitnoise

C. noise killing

D. preemphasis

57. Deemphasis in the receiver in effect attenuates

modulating signal components and noise in what
frequency range?

A. dc

B. low

C. intermediate

D. high

58. Atmospheric noise or static is not a

great problem

A. at frequencies below 20 MHz

B. at frequencies below 5 MHz

C. at frequencies above 30 MHz

D. at frequencies above 1 MHz

59. What is the proper procedure for

suppressing electrical noise in a mobile station?

A. Apply shielding and filtering where necessary

B. Insulate a all plain sheet metal surfaces from each other

C. Apply anti-static spray liberally to all nonmetallic

D. Install filter capacitors in series with all dc wiring

60. Where is the noise generated that primarily

determines the signal-to-noise ratio in a VHF
(150MHz) marine-band receiver?

A. Man-made noise

B. In the atmosphere

C. In the receiver front end

D. In the ionosphere

61. The value of the resistor creating thermal noise

is doubled. The noise power generated is therefore.

A. halved

B. quadrupled

C. doubled

D. unchanged

62. Indicate the false statement.

A. HF mixer are generally noisier than HF amplifiers.

B. Impulse noise voltage is dependent on bandwidth

C. Thermal noise is independent of the frequency at which is measured.

D. Industrial noise is usually of the impulse type.

63. One of the following is not a useful quantity

for comparing the noise performance receivers.

A. Input noise voltage

B. Equivalent noise resistance

C. Noise temperature

D. Noise figure.

64. Most internal noise comes from

A. Shot noise

B. Transit-time noise

C. Thermal agitation

D. Skin effect

65. Which of the following is not a

source of external noise?

A. Thermal agitation

B. Auto ignition

C. The sun

D. Fluorescent lights

66. Noise can be reduced by

A. widening the bandwidth

B. narrowing the bandwidth

C. increasing temperature

D. increasing transistor current levels

67. Noise at the input to the receiver

can be as high as several

A. microvolts

B. milivolts

C. volts

D. kilo volts

68. Noise at the input to the receiver

can be as high as several

A. microvolts

B. milivolts

C. volts

D. kilo volts

69. Which of the following types of noise

becomes of great importance at frequencies?

A. Shot noise

B. Random noise

C. Impulse noise

D. Transit-time noise

70. One of the following is not useful for

comparing the noise performance of receivers

A. Input noise voltage

B. Equivalent noise resistance

C. Noise temperature

D. Noise figure

71. Indicate the noise whose source is in

a category different from that

A. Solar noise

B. Cosmic noise

C. Atmospheric noise

D. Galactic noise

72. The most common unit of noise

measurement in white noise voltage testing

A. NPR

B. dBrn

C. dBW

D. dBm

73. What is the major cause of

atmospheric or static noise?

A. Meteor showers

B. Sunspots

C. Airplanes

D. Thunderstorms

74. Background noise is the same as the

following EXCEPT

a. Impulse noise

b. Thermal noise

c. White noise

d. Gaussian noise

75. Noise is caused by the thermal

agitation of electrons in resistance

a. White noise

b. Thermal noise

c. Johnsons noise

d. All of these

76. NoExtra-terrestrial noise is

observable at frequencies from

a. 0 to 20 KHz

b. Above 2 GHz

c. 8 MHz to 1.43 GHz

d. 5 to 8 GHz

77. What signal-to-noise ratio is required

for satisfactory telephone services?

a. 50 dB

b. 30 dB

c. 40 dB

d. 20 dB

78. Which does not affect noise in a

channel?

a. None of these

b. Bandwidth

c. Temperature

d. Quantizing level

79. Reference noise temperature?

a. 70 deg F

b. 30 deg C

c. 290 Kelvin

d. 25 deg C

80. What does the noise weighing curve

show?

a. Noise signals measured with a 144 handsets

b. Power levels of noise found in carrier systems

c. The interfering effect of other frequencies in a voice channel compared with a reference
frequency of one kilohertz

d. Interfering effects of signals compared with a 3-KHz tone

81. Express the ratio in decibels of noise

power ratio 50 is to 10 watts.

a. 7 dB

b. 21 dB

c. 14 dB

d. 3.5 dB

82. What do you call the noise coming

from the sun and stars?

a. Black-body noise

b. Space noise

c. Galactic noise

d. All of these

83. What is the primary cause of

atmospheric noise?

a. Thunderstorm

b. Lightning

c. Thunderstorm and lightning

d. Weather condition

84. The solar cycle repeats the period if great

electrical disturbance approximately every

a. 11 years

b. 10 years

c. 9 years

d. 8 years

85. A current change that is equal to twice its

original value will correspond to a change of

a. 3 dB

b. 9 dB

c. 10 dB

d. 6 dB

86. What does a power difference of 3

dB mean?

a. 3 dB

b. 9 dB

c. 10 dB

d. 6 dB

87. What does a power difference of 3

dB mean?

a. A loss of one third of the power

b. A loss of one-half of the power

c. A loss of 3 watts of power

d. No significant change

88. A gain of 60 dB is the same as a gain of

a. 10 volts/volt

b. 100 volts/volt

c. 1000 volts/volt

d. 10,000 volts/volt

89. A network has a loss of 20 dB. What

power ratio corresponds to this loss

a. 0.01

b. 0.1

c. 10

d. 100

90. The noise figure of a totally

noiseless device is

a. Unity

b. Infinity

c. Zero

d. 100

91. A network has a power gain of 3 dB. If the

input power is 100 watts, the output power is

a. 50 watts

b. 55 watts

c. 60 watts

d. 62 watts

92. Which of the following types of noise becomes

of great importance at high frequencies?

a. Shot

b. Random

c. Impulse

d. Transmit time

93. What is the gain, in dB, if the output

to input ratio is 1000.

a. 20

b. 30

c. 40

d. 10

94. A theoretical antenna has a gain of

1dB. Its gain in nepers is

a. 8.686

b. 0.1151

c. 6.868

d. 0.5111

95. What is the equivalent output of a circuit

in dBm, if it has an output of 10 watts?

a. 10 dBm

b. 30 dBm

c. 20 dBm

d. 40 dBm

96. Noise from distant panels, stars, galaxies

and other celestial objects are called

a. Cosmic

b. Extraterrestrial

c. Galactic

d. Black body

97. In a communication system, noise is

likely to affect the signal

a. At the transmitter

b. In the channel

c. In the information source

d. At the destination

98. The noise power generated by a

resistor is proportional to

a. Temperature

b. Bandwidth

c. a and b

d. NOTA

99. Thermal noise is also known as

a. Gaussian Noise

b. White Noise

c. Johnson noise

d. All of the above

100. Industrial noise extends up to what

frequency?

a. 500 MHz

b. 500 GHz

c. 500 THz

d. 500 KHz