This is the Multiple Choice Questions in Chapter 5: Transmitters from the book Electronic Communication Systems by Roy Blake
See also: MCQ in Electronic Communication Systems by George Kennedy
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The ability to change operating frequency rapidly without a lot of retuning is called:
a. agility
b. expansion
c. VFO
d. spread-spectrum
Answer: Option A
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2. The difference between the DC power into a transmitter and the RF power coming out:
a. is a measure of efficiency
b. heats the transmitter
c. may require water cooling
d. all of the above
Answer: Option D
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3. Baseband compression produces:
a. a smaller range of frequencies from low to high
b. a smaller range of amplitude from soft to loud
c. a smaller number of signals
d. none of the above
Answer: Option B
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4. ALC stands for:
a. Amplitude Level Control
b. Automatic Level Control
c. Accurate Level Control
d. none of the above
Answer: Option B
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5. In an AM transmitter, ALC is used to:
a. keep the modulation close to 100%
b. keep the modulation below 100%
c. maximize transmitted power
d. all of the above
Answer: Option D
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6. With high-level AM:
a. all RF amplifiers can be nonlinear
b. minimum modulation power is required
c. minimum RF power is required
d. all of the above
Answer: Option A
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7. With high-level AM:
a. the RF amplifiers are typically Class A
b. the RF amplifiers are typically Class B
c. the RF amplifiers are typically Class C
d. the RF amplifiers are typically Class AB
Answer: Option C
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8. With low-level AM:
a. the RF amplifiers must be Class A
b. the RF amplifiers must be Class B
c. the RF amplifiers must be linear
d. the RF amplifiers must be low-power
Answer: Option C
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9. Power amplifiers must be linear for any signal that:
a. is complex
b. has variable amplitude
c. has variable frequency
d. all of the above
Answer: Option B
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10. In high-level AM, “high-level” refers to:
a. the power level of the carrier
b. the power level of the modulation
c. the power level of the final RF amplifier
d. none of the above
Answer: Option D
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11. In high-level AM, the power in the sidebands comes from:
a. the modulating amplifier
b. the RF amplifier
c. the driver stage
d. the carrier
Answer: Option A
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12. In an AM transmitter with 100% modulation, the voltage of the final RF stage will be:
a. approximately half the DC supply voltage
b. approximately twice the DC supply voltage
c. approximately four times the DC supply voltage
d. none of the above
Answer: Option C
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13. Practical transmitters are usually designed to drive a load impedance of:
a. 50 ohms resistive
b. 75 ohms resistive
c. 300 ohms resistive
d. 600 ohms resistive
Answer: Option A
Solution:
14. Which of the following can be used for impedance matching?
a. pi network
b. T network
c. both a and b
d. a bridge circuit
Answer: Option C
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15. When a transmitter is connected to a resistor instead of an antenna, the resistor is called:
a. a heavy load
b. a dummy load
c. a temporary load
d. a test load
Answer: Option B
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16. When a transmitter is connected to a resistor instead of an antenna, the resistor must be:
a. wire-wound
b. noninductive
c. 1% tolerance or better
d. all of the above
Answer: Option B
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17. A Class D amplifier is:
a. very efficient
b. essentially pulse-width modulation
c. essentially pulse-duration modulation
d. all of the above
Answer: Option D
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18. To generate a SSB signal:
a. start with full-carrier AM
b. start with DSBSC
c. start with a quadrature signal
d. all of the above
Answer: Option B
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19. The carrier is suppressed in:
a. a balanced modulator
b. a mixer
c. a frequency multiplier
d. none of the above
Answer: Option A
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20. To remove one AM sideband and leave the other you could use:
a. a mechanical filter
b. a crystal filter
c. both a and b
d. none of the above
Answer: Option C
Solution:
21. A direct FM modulator:
a. varies the frequency of the carrier oscillator
b. integrates the modulating signal
c. both a and b
d. none of the above
Answer: Option A
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22. An indirect FM modulator:
a. requires a varactor in the carrier oscillator
b. varies the phase of the carrier oscillator
c. both a and b
d. none of the above
Answer: Option B
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23. AFC stands for:
a. Amplitude to Frequency Conversion
b. Automatic Frequency Centering
c. Automatic Frequency Control
d. Audio Frequency Control
Answer: Option C
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24. Frequency multipliers are:
a. essentially balanced modulators
b. essentially Class C amplifiers
c. essentially mixers
d. none of the above
Answer: Option B
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25. With mixing:
a. the carrier frequency can be raised
b. the carrier frequency can be lowered
c. the carrier frequency can be changed to any required value
d. the deviation is altered
Answer: Option C
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COMPLETION
1. The accuracy and stability of a transmitter frequency is fixed by the ____________________ oscillator.
Answer: carrier
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2. In the USA, the ____________________ sets requirements for accuracy and stability of a transmitter’s frequency.
Answer: FCC
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3. In Canada, _________________________ sets requirements for accuracy and stability of a transmitter’s frequency.
Answer: Industry Canada
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4. Frequency ____________________ is the ability of a transmitter to change frequency without a lot of retuning.
Answer: agility
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5. Power output of SSB transmitters is rated by ____________________.
Answer: PEP
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6. Reducing the dynamic range of a modulating signal is called ____________________.
Answer: compression
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7. The opposite of compression is called ____________________.
Answer: expansion
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8. ALC is a form of ____________________.
Answer: compression
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9. High-level modulation allows the RF amplifiers to operate more ____________________.
Answer: efficiently
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10. Low-level modulation requires the RF amplifiers to be ____________________.
Answer: linear
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11. To isolate the oscillator from load changes, a ____________________ stage is used.
Answer: buffer
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12. The peak collector voltage in a Class C RF amplifier is ____________________ than the DC supply voltage.
Answer: higher
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13. Most practical transmitters are designed to operate into a ____________________-ohm load.
Answer: 50
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14. Transmitters built with transistor RF amplifiers often use a ____________________ network for impedance matching.
Answer: T
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15. Matching networks also act as filters to help reduce ____________________ levels.
Answer: harmonic
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16. Severe impedance ____________________ can destroy a transmitter’s output stage.
Answer: mismatch
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17. Transceivers combine a transmitter and a ____________________ into one “box”.
Answer: receiver
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18. To allow a high modulation percentage, it is common to modulate the ____________________ as well as the power amplifier in transistor modulators.
Answer: driver
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19. Pulse-width modulation is the same as pulse-____________________ modulation.
Answer: duration
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20. Switching amplifiers are sometimes called Class ____________________ amplifiers.
Answer: D
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21. Because the sideband filter in a SSB transmitter is fixed, ____________________ is used to operate at more than one frequency.
Answer: mixing
Solution:
22. To generate a SSB signal, it is common to start with a ____________________ signal.
Answer: DSBSC
Solution:
23. Indirect FM is derived from ____________________ modulation.
Answer: phase
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24. Using a varactor to generate FM is an example of a ____________________ modulator.
Answer: reactance
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25. The modern way to make a stable VFO is to make it part of a ____________________ loop.
Answer: phase-locked
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SHORT ANSWER
1. If a 50-MHz oscillator is accurate to within 0.001%, what is the range of possible frequencies?
Answer: 50 MHz – 500 hertz
Solution:
2. What is the efficiency of a 100-watt mobile transmitter if it draws 11 amps from a 12-volt car battery?
Answer: 75.8%
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3. The power amplifier of an AM transmitter draws 100 watts from the power supply with no modulation. Assuming high-level modulation, how much power does the modulation amplifier deliver for 100% modulation?
Answer: 50 watts
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4. If the final RF amplifier of an AM transmitter is powered by 100 volts DC, what is the maximum collector voltage at 100% modulation?
Answer: 400 volts
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5. Suppose the output of a balanced modulator has a center frequency of 10 MHz. The audio modulation frequency range is 1 kHz to 10 kHz. To pass the USB, what should be the center frequency of an ideal crystal filter?
Answer: 10.005 MHz
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6. Suppose you have generated a USB SSB signal with a nominal carrier frequency of 10 MHz. What is the minimum frequency the SSB signal can be mixed with so that the output signal has a nominal carrier frequency of 50 MHz?
Answer: 40 MHz
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7. Suppose you have an FM modulator that puts out 1 MHz carrier with a 100-hertz deviation. If frequency multiplication is used to increase the deviation to 400 hertz, what will be the new carrier frequency?
Answer: 4 MHz
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8. Suppose you had an FM signal with a carrier of 10 MHz and a deviation of 10 kHz. Explain how you could use it to get an FM signal at 100 MHz with a deviation of 20 kHz.
Answer: First, put the signal through a frequency doubler to get a 20-MHz carrier with a 20-kHz deviation. Then mix that signal with an 80-MHz carrier to generate a 100-MHz carrier with 20-kHz deviation.
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Complete List of MCQ in Electronic Communication Systems by Blake
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