6.

Noise from random acoustic or electric noise that has equal

energy per cycle over a specified total frequency band.

 A. Gaussian noise
1. What is the non-continuous noise of irregular pulses or spikes of
duration with high amplitudes?  B. Whiter noise

 C. Thermal noise
 A. Wander
 D. All of the above
 B. Jitter

 C. Hits 7. Which causes a quantization noise in PCM system?

 D. Singing
 A. Serial transmission errors
2. What theorem sets a limit on the maximum capacity of a channel  B. The approximation of the quantized signal
with a given noise level?
 C. The synchronization between encoder and decoder

 A. Nyquist theorem  D. Binary coding techniques

 B. Hartley law
8. A particular circuit that rids FM of noise
 C. Shannon-Hartley theorem

 D. Shannon theorem  A. Detector

 B. Discriminator
3. Quantizing noise occurs in
 C. Phase Shifter

 A. PCM  D. Limiter

 B. PLM
9. What is the reference noise temperature in degrees Celsius?
 C. PDM

 D. PAM  A. 17

 B. 273
4. Noise always affects the signal in a communications systems at
the ________.  C. 25

 D. 30
 A. transmitter

 B. channel 10. Unwanted radio signal on assigned frequency.

 C. information source
 A. Splatter
 D. destination
 B. RFI

5. _________ is the random and unpredictable electric signals from  C. Noise

natural causes, both internal and external to the system.
 D. EMI

 A. Interference

 B. Attenuation
11. What is the reliable measurement for comparing amplifier noise
 C. Distortion characteristics?

 D. Noise
 A. Thermal agitation noise

 B. Noise factor

 C. Noise margin

 D. Signal-to-noise

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12. _________ is measured on a circuit when it is correctly 18. Man-made noise is usually from _______.
terminated but does not have any traffic.

 A. transmission over power lines and by ground wave

 A. White noise
 B. sky-wave
 B. Galactic noise
 C. space-wave
 C. Impulse noise
 D. troposphere
 D. Atmospheric noise

19. nif stands for

13. Which standard recommends crosstalk limits?

 A. Non-intrinsic figure
 A. CCIT G.152
 B. Noise improvement factor
 B. CCIT G.150
 C. Narrow intermediate frequency
 C. CCIT G.151
 D. Noise interference figure
 D. CCIT G.161

20. Industrial noise frequency is between _____.

14. Which standard is utilized in intermodulation noise rates on PCM
audio channels?
 A. 0 to 10 KHz

 A. CCIT Rec. G.151  B. 160 MHz to 200 MHz

 B. CCIT Rec. G.172  C. 15 to 160 MHz

 C. CCIT Rec. G.190  D. 200 to 3000 MHz

 D. CCIT Rec. G.190

21. External noise fields are measured in terms of _______.

15. What is the reference frequency of CCIT phosphomeric noise

measurement?  A. rms values

 B. dc values
 A. 800 Hz
 C. average values
 B. 1000 Hz
 D. peak values
 C. 1500 Hz

 D. 3400 Hz 22. Form of interference caused by rain or dust storms.

16. Reference temperature use in noise analysis  A. Precipitation static

 B. Shot-noise
 A. 75 K
 C. Galactic noise
 B. 250 K
 D. Impulse noise
 C. 290 K

 D. 300 K 23. At 17˚ C, the noise voltage generated by 5kΩ resistor, operating
over a bandwidth of 20KHz is

17. Which noise is produced by lighting discharges in

thunderstorms?  A. 1.3 nV

 B. 1.3 µV
 A. White noise
 C. 1.3 pV
 B. Extraterrestrial noise
 D. 1.3 mV
 C. Industrial noise

 D. Atmospheric noise

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24. ________ is an electric noise produced by thermal agitation of 30. A large emission of hydrogen from the sun that affects
electrons in conductor and semiconductor. communications.

 A. External noise  A. Solar flare

 B. Internal noise  B. Cosmic disturbance

 C. Thermal noise  C. Ballistic disturbance

 D. Flicker  D. Solar noise

25. Three identical circuits having 10 dB signal noise-to-noise ratio 31. Atmospheric noise is known as _______noise.
each are connected in tandem with each other, what is the overall
S/N?
 A. static

 A. 5.23 dB  B. cosmic

 B. 14.77dB  C. solar

 C. 30 dB  D. lunar

 D. 40 dB
32. Standard design reference for environmental noise temperature.

26. The noise figure of the first circuit in tandem connection is 10.5
dB while its power gain is 15, what is the over all noise figure if the  A. 300 K
second circuit has a noise figure of 11 dB?
 B. 290 K

 A. 11.59 dB  C. 32 ˚F

 B. 11.23 dB  D. 212˚F

 C. 10.79 dB
33. Absolute temperature in Kelvin.
 D. 10.5 dB

 A. ˚C + 273
27. Is the interference coming from other communications channels?
 B. ˚C + 75

 A. Jitter  C. ˚C + 19

 B. Crosstalk  D. ˚C + 290

 C. RFI
34. If bandwidth is doubled, the signal power is _________.
 D. EMI

 A. not changed
28. What is the reference noise level?
 B. quadrupled

 A. 10 pW  C. tripled

 B. 0 dBm  D. doubled

 C. 1mW
35. Name one or more sources of noise bearing on electronic
 D. -90 dBm communications.

29. What is the unit of noise power of psophometer?  A. Steam boiler

 B. Galaxies
 A. pWp
 C. Internal combustion engine
 B. dBa
 D. Both B and C
 C. dBm

 D. dBrn

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36. The transmitter technique adopted to reduce the noise effect of 42. Interfering effect of noise, C message weighted, is _________.
the preceding question is called

 A. dBa
 A. noise masking
 B. dBm
 B. anitnoise
 C. dBmc
 C. noise killing
 D. dB
 D. preemphasis
37. Deemphasis in the receiver in effect attenuates modulating 43. F1A weighting refers to ___________.
signal components and noise in what frequency range?

 A. dc
 A. -90 dBm
 B. low
 B. dBrnc0
 C. intermediate
 C. dBrnc
 D. high
 D. F1A handset
44. Reading a 58 dBrnC on your Western Electric 3A test set at a +7
38. Atmospheric noise or static is not a great problem test point is equal to ______ dBrnc0.

 A. 58
 A. at frequencies below 20 MHz
 B. 51
 B. at frequencies below 5 MHz
 C. 65
 C. at frequencies above 30 MHz
 D. 27
 D. at frequencies above 1 MHz

45. Reading a 58 dBrn, at a +7 test point is equal to ________ dBa0.

39. What is the proper procedure for suppressing electrical noise in a
mobile station?
 A. 26

 A. Apply shielding and filtering where necessary  B. 65

 B. Insulate a all plain sheet metal surfaces from each other  C. 51

 C. Apply anti-static spray liberally to all nonmetallic  D. 46

 D. Install filter capacitors in series with all dc wiring

46. A reading of -50 dBm on the disturbing pair, and -80 on the
disturbed pair equals _____ dB of crosstalk coupling.
40. Where is the noise generated that primarily determines the
signal-to-noise ratio in a VHF (150MHz) marine-band receiver?
 A. 20

 A. Man-made noise  B. 30

 B. In the atmosphere  C. 60

 C. In the receiver front end  D. 25

 D. In the ionosphere
47. Power is __________.

41. The difference between signal strength at a given point and a

reference level is________.  A. actual amount of power reference to 1mW

 B. logarithmic ratio of two powers

 A. power
 C. definite amount of energy per time period
 B. dBm
 D. current flow per time period
 C. level

 D. ratio

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48. 15 dBa F1A weighted, equals ___________. 54. At what power level does a 1 KHz tone cause zero interference
(144 weighted)?

 A. -90 dBm
 A. 90 dB
 B. -82 dBm
 B. 90 dBm
 C. -85 dBm
 C. -90 dBm
 D. -70 dBm
 D. -90 dBm

49. You are measuring noise in a voice channel with a Lenkurt 601A,
F1A weighting network and a flat meter. Your meter reads -47dBm. 55. Reference noise is ___________.
What is this reading in dBa?

 A. a 1000 Hz, -90 dBm tone

 A. 77 dBa
 B. a noise that creates the same interfering effect as a
 B. 35 dBa 1000Hz, -90dBm tone

 C. 38 dBa  C. a noise that creates zero dBrn in a voice channel

 D. 32 dBa  D. B and C above

50. You are measuring noise at a +3 dB level point, using the 56. A practical dBrn measurement will almost always in a _______
Lenkurt 601A, F1A weighting network, and a flat meter. The number.
meter reading is -57dBm. This is ________dBa0.

 A. positive
 A. 20
 B. negative
 B. 15
 C. imaginary
 C. 25
 D. fractional
 D. 17

57. What is the reference level for noise measurement, F1A

51. You are measuring noise at a -6 dB level point, using the Lenkurt weighted?
601A, F1A weighting network, and a flat meter. The meter reading is
-59 dBm. This is _________ dBa0.

 A. 24  A. -90 dBm

 B. 12  B. -82 dBm

 C. 23  C. -67 dBm

 D. 32  D. -85 dBm

52. A measurement of -75 dBm, C-message weighted, would be 58. What is the reference tone level for dBrn?
_________ dBrnc.

 A. -90 dBm
 A. 8
 B. -82 dBm
 B. 7
 C. -67 dBm
 C. 9
 D. -85 dBm
 D. 15
59. What is the reference tone level for dBa?
53. Your Western Electric 3A test set meter reading is -23 dBm at at
test point level of -8 dB. This is ______ dBrnc0.
 A. -90 dBm

 A. 75
 B. -82 dBm

 B. 29
 C. -67 dBm

 C. 30
 D. -85 dBm

 D. 31
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60. Atmospheric noise becomes less severe at frequencies 66. Indicate the false statement.

 A. above 30 MHz  A. HF mixer are generally noisier than HF amplifiers.

 B. below 30 MHz  B. Impulse noise voltage is dependent on bandwidth

 C. above 3000 kHz  C. Thermal noise is independent of the frequency at which

is measured.
 D. below 3000kHz
 D. Industrial noise is usually of the impulse type.
61. Indicate the noise whose sources are in category different from
that of the other three?
67. An amplifier operating over the frequency range of 455 to 460
 A. Solar noise kHz has a 200 kΩ input resistor. What is the RMS noise voltage at
the input to this amplifier if the ambient temperature is 17˚C ?
 B. Cosmic noise

 C. Atmospheric noise
 A. 40 µV
 D. Galactic noise
 B. 4.0 µV

62. Indicate the false statement.  C. 400 µV

 D. 4.0 mV
 A. Industrial noise is usually of the impulse type 68. The first stage of a two-stage amplifier has a voltage gain of 10,
a 600 Ω input resistor, a 1600Ω equivalent noise resistance and
 B. Static is caused by lightning discharges in 27kΩ output resistor. For the second stage, these values are 25,
thunderstorms and other natural electric disturbances 81kΩ, 19kΩ, and 1MΩ, respectively. Calculate the equivalent input-
occurring in the atmosphere noise resistance of this two stage amplifier.

 C. Distant stars are another source of man-made noise  A. 2,518 kΩ

 D. Flourescent lights are another source of man-made  B. 2,518 Ω

noise
 C. 251.8 Ω

63. Which of the following is not a source of industrial noise?  D. 12,518 Ω

 A. Automobile ignition 69. The noise output of a resistor is amplified by a noiseless amplifier
having a gain of 60 and a bandwidth of 20 kHz. A meter connected
 B. Sun at the output of the amplifier reads 1mV RMS. If the bandwidth of the
amplifier is reduced to 5kHz, its gain remaining constant, what does
 C. Electric Motors the meter read now?

 D. Leakage from high voltage line

 A. 0.5 mV

64. Indicate the false statement  B. 0.5 µV

 C. 5.0 mV
 A. The noise generated in a resistance or the resistive
component of any impedance is random.  D. 5.0 µV

 B. Random noise power is proportional to the bandwidth

over which is measured 70. The front-end of a television receiver, having a bandwidth of
7Mhz, and operating at a temperature of 27˚C , consists of an
 C. A random voltage across the resistor does not exist amplifier having a gain of 15 followed by a mixer whose gain is 20.
The amplifier has a 300 Ω input resistor and a shot noise equivalent
 D. All formula referring to random noise are applicable only resistance of 500Ω; for the mixer, these values are 2.2kΩ and
to the value of such noise. 13.5kΩ respectively, and the load resistance of the mixer is 470
kΩ. Calculate the equivalent noise resistance for this television
receiver.
65. The value of the resistor creating thermal noise is doubled. The
noise power generated is therefore.
 A. 8760 Ω

 A. halved  B. 875 Ω

 B. quadrupled  C. 8.76 Ω

 C. doubled  D. 0.876 Ω

 D. unchanged

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71. One of the following is not a useful quantity for comparing the 76. Most internal noise comes from
noise performance receivers.

 A. Shot noise
 A. Input noise voltage
 B. Transit-time noise
 B. Equivalent noise resistance
 C. Thermal agitation
 C. Noise temperature
 D. Skin effect
 D. Noise figure.

77. Which of the following is not a source of external noise?

72. Indicate the false statement. Noise figure is defined as

 A. Thermal agitation
 A. the ratio of the S/N power supplied at the input terminal
of a receiver or amplifier to the S/N power supplied to the  B. Auto ignition
output or load resistor
 C. The sun
 B. noise factor expressed in decibels
 D. Fluorescent lights
 C. an unwanted form of energy tending to interfere with the
proper and easy reception and reproduction of wanted
signals 78. Noise can be reduced by

 D. S/N of an ideal system divided by S/N at the output of

the receiver or amplifier under test, both working at the  A. widening the bandwidth
same temperature over the same bandwidth and fed from
the same source  B. narrowing the bandwidth
73. Calculated the noise figure of the amplifier whose R equals
eq
 C. increasing temperature
2518Ω (R =600Ω) if its driven by a generator whose output
T

impedance is 50Ω.  D. increasing transistor current levels

 A. 39.4
79. Noise at the input to the receiver can be as high as several
 B. 3.94

 C. 394
 A. microvolts
 D. 0.394
 B. milivolts

74. Calculate the noise figure of the receiver whose RF amplifier has  C. volts
an input resistance of 1000Ω and an equivalent shot-noise
resistance of 2000Ω, a gain of 25 and load resistance of 125 kΩ.  D. kilo volts
Given that the bandwidth is 1.0MHz and the temperature is 20˚C,
and that the receiver is connected to an antenna with an impedance
of 75Ω. 80. Which circuit contributes most of the noise in a receiver?

 A. 30.3  A. IF amplifier

 B. 3.03  B. Demodulator

 C. 303  C. AF amplifier

 D. .303  D. Mixer

75. A receiver connected to an antenna whose resistance is 50 Ω 81. Which noise figure represents the lowest noise in receiver?
has an equivalent noise resistance of 30Ω. Calculate its equivalent
noise temperature if the noise figure is equal to 1.6.
 A. 1.6 dB

 A. 17.4 K
 B. 2.1 dB

 B. 174 K
 C. 2.7 dB

 C. 1.74 K
 D. 3.4 dB

 D. 17 K

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82. The transistor with the lowest noise figure in the 88. Noise consisting of irregular pulses of short duration and
microwave region is a relatively high amplitude,

 A. MOSFET
 A. Quantizing noise
 B. Dual-gate MOSFET
 B. Tone interference
 C. JFET
 C. Impulse noise
 D. MESFET
 D. Cross talk
83. What is the noise voltage across a 300Ω input resistance to a TV
set with a 6MHz bandwidth and temperature of 30˚C? 89. Noise that occurs via capacitive or inductive coupling in a cable.

 A. 2.3 µV  A. Crosstalk
 B. 3.8 µV  B. Quantizing noise
 C. 5.5 µV  C. Reference noise
 D. 5.4 µV  D. Tone interference

84. Which of the following types of noise becomes of great 90. Sources of impulse noise induced in communication channels.
importance at frequencies?

 A. Erroneous digital coding bit caused by an error on a

 A. Shot noise transmission facility
 B. Random noise  B. Transients due to relay operation
 C. Impulse noise  C. Crosstalk from dc signaling systems
 D. Transit-time noise  D. All of these

85. The solar cycle repeats the period of great electrical disturbance 91. Crosstalk due to incomplete suppression of sidebands or to
approximately every intermodulation of two or more frequency-multiplexed channels
which is unintelligible is classified as

 A. 11 years
 A. Impulse noise
 B. 10 years
 B. Thermal noise
 C. 9 years
 C. Quantizing noise
 D. 8 years
 D. Miscellaneous noise
86. The square of the thermal noise voltage generated by a resistor
is proportional to 92. ___________ is device that measures the internal open circuit
voltage of an equivalent noise generator having an impedance of
600Ω and delivering noise power to a 600 Ω load.
 A. its resistance

 B. its temperature  A. Psophometer

 C. the bandwidth over which it is measured  B. Barometer
 D. All of the above  C. Reflectometer

 D. Voltmeter
87. Noise occurring in the presence of signal resulting from a
mismatch between the exact value of an analog signal and the closet
available quantizing step in a digital coder. 93. External noise originating outside the solar system

 A. Quantizing noise  A. Cosmic noise

 B. Thermal noise  B. Solar noise
 C. Impulse noise  C. Thermal noise
 D. Crosstalk  D. Lunar noise

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94. A noise whose source is within the solar system. 100. Which of the following low noise transistors is commonly used
at microwave frequencies?

 A. Solar noise
 A. MOSFET
 B. Thermal noise
 B. GASFET
 C. Cosmic noise
 C. MESFET
 D. Johnson Noise
 D. JFET

95. The total noise power present in a 1-Hz bandwidth .

101. An amplifier operating over a 2 MHz bandwidth has a 80 ohms

 A. Noise density input resistance. It is operating at 27 degree Celsius, has a voltage
gain of 200 and input signal of 6 microvolts rms. Calculate the output
 B. Noise figure rms noise.

 C. Noise limit
 a. 325.6 millivolts
 D. Noise intensity
 b. 0.326 millivolts

96. Which of the following is not a way of minimizing if not eliminating  c. 32.55 microvolts
noise?
 d. d. 0.3255 microvolts

 A. Use redundancy
102. Man-made noise is caused by
 B. Increase transmitted power

 C. Reduce signaling rate  a. Lightning discharge

 D. Increase channel bandwidth  b. Solar eruptions

 c. Distant stars
97. What is the primary cause of atmospheric noise?
 d. Arc discharges in electrical machines

 A. Thunderstorm
103. Cosmic noise is produced by
 B. Lightning

 C. Thunderstorm and lightning  a. Lightning discharge

 D. Weather condition  b. Solar eruption

 c. Distant stars
98. What do you call the noise coming from the sun and stars?
 d. Industrial electrical discharges

 A. Black-body noise
104. One of the following type of noise becomes of great importance
 B. Space noise in high frequencies. It is the

 C. Galactic noise
 a. Shot noise
 D. All of these
 b. Random noise

99. The major cause of atmospheric or static noise are  c. Impulse noise

 d. Transit-time noise
 A. Thunderstorms

 B. Airplanes

 C. Meteor showers

 D. All of these

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105. Indicate the false statement 111. Atmospheric noise is less severe at frequencies above

 a. HF mixers are generally noisier than HF amplifiers  a. 10 GHz

 b. Impulse noise voltage is independent of bandwidth  b. 30 MHz

 c. Thermal noise is independent of the frequency at which  c. 1 GHz

it is measured
 d. Audio level
 d. Industrial noise is usually of the impulse type

112. The most common unit of noise measurement in white noise

106. The value of a resistor creating noise is doubled. The noise voltage testing
power generated is therefore

 a. NPR
 a. Halved
 b. dBrn
 b. Quadrupled
 c. dBW
 c. Doubled
 d. dBm
 d. Unchanged

113. What is the major cause of atmospheric or static noise?

107. One of the following is not useful for comparing the noise
performance of receivers
 a. Meteor showers

 a. Input noise voltage  b. Sunspots

 b. Equivalent noise resistance  c. Airplanes

 c. Noise temperature  d. Thunderstorms

 d. Noise figure
114. Background noise is the same as the following EXCEPT

108. Indicate the noise whose source is in a category different from

that  a. Impulse noise

 b. Thermal noise
 a. Solar noise
 c. White noise
 b. Cosmic noise
 d. Gaussian noise
 c. Atmospheric noise

 d. Galactic noise 115. Noise is caused by the thermal agitation of electrons in

resistance

109. Considered as the main source of an internal noise

 a. White noise

 a. Flicker  b. Thermal noise

 b. Thermal agitation  c. Johnson’s noise

 c. Device imperfection  d. All of these

 d. Temperature change
116. The unit of noise power of psophometer

110. Convert noise factor of 4.02 to equivalent noise temperature.

Use 300 K for environmental temperature  a. dBa

 b. pWp
 a. 876 K
 c. dBm
 b. 900 K
 d. dBm0
 c. 906 K

 d. 875 K

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117. Extra-terrestrial noise is observable at frequencies from 123. Given a factor of 10, what is the noise figure in dB?

 a. 0 to 20 KHz  a. 20 dB

 b. Above 2 GHz  b. 10 dB

 c. 8 MHz to 1.43 GHz  c. 50 dB

 d. 5 to 8 GHz  d. 40 dB

124. The signal in a channel is measured to be 23 dBm while noise

in the same channel is measured to be 23 dBm while noise in the
118. What signal-to-noise ratio is required for satisfactory telephone same channel is measured to be 9 dBm. The signal to noise ratio
services? therefore is

 a. 50 dB  a. 32 dB
 b. 30 dB  b. 5 dB
 c. 40 dB  c. -14 dB
 d. 20 dB  d. 14 dB
119. A diode generator is required to produce 12 micro V of noise in 125. If voltage is equal to twice its original value, what is its
a receiver with an input impedance of 75 ohms and a noise power corresponding change in dB?
bandwidth of 200 KHz. Determine the current through the diode in
milliamperes.  a. 3 dB
 a. 0.4 A  b. 6 dB
 b. 298 mA  c. 9 dB
 c. 0.35 A  d. 12 dB
 d. 300 mA
126. NIF stand for
120. The equivalent noise temperature of the amplifier is 25 K. What
is the noise figure?
 a. Non-intrinsic noise figure

 b. Narrow interference figure

 a. 0.4 A
 c. Noise improvement factor
 b. 298 mA
 d. Noise interference figure
 c. 0.35 A

 d. 300 mA 127. Two resistors rated 5 ohms and 10 ohms are connected in
121. The resistor R1 and R2 are connected in series at 300 K series and are at 27 degrees Celsius. Calculate their combined
and 400 K temperature respectively. If R1 is 200 ohms and R2 is 300 thermal noise voltage for a 10 KHz bandwidth.
ohms, find the power produced at the load (RL = 500 ohms) over a
bandwidth of 100 KHz.
 a. 0.05 millivolts
 a. 0.05 nanowatts
 b. 0.5 millivolts
 b. 0.2 nanowatts
 c. 0.05 microvolts
 c. 0.5 femtowatts
 d. 0.005 microvolts
 d. 2.0 femtowatts

128. What is the reference frequency of CCITT psophometric noise

122. The random unpredictable electric signals from natural causes, measurement?
both internal and external to the system is known as

 a. 800 Hz
 a. Distortion
 b. 1500 Hz
 b. Noise
 c. 3400 Hz
 c. Distortion
 d. 1000 Hz
 d. Interference

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129. A three-stage amplifier is to have an overall noise temperature  d. All of these
no greater than 70 K. The overall gain of the amplifier is to be at
least 45 dB. The amplifier is to be built by adding a low-noise first
stage with existing characteristics as follows: stage 2 has 20 dB 135. A transistor amplifier has a measured S/N power of 100 at its
power gain and 3 dB noise figure. Stage 3 has 15 dB power gain and input and 20 at its output. Determine the noise figure of the
6 dB noise figure. Calculate the maximum noise figure (in dB) that transistor.
the first stage can have.

 a. 14 dB
 a. 0.267 dB
 b. 7 dB
 b. 0.56 dB
 c. -6 dB
 c. 1.235 dB
 d. -3 dB
 d. 0.985 dB

136. What does the noise weighing curve show?

130. A transistor has measured S/N power of 60 at its input and 19
at its output. Determine the noise figure of the transistor.
 a. Noise signals measured with a 144 handsets

 a. 5 dB  b. Power levels of noise found in carrier systems

 b. 10 dB  c. The interfering effect of other frequencies in a voice

channel compared with a reference frequency of one
 c. 2.5 dB kilohertz
 d. 7.5 dB  d. Interfering effects of signals compared with a 3-KHz
tone
131. Which does not affect noise in a channel?
137. The signal power of the input to an amplifier 100 microW and
the noise power is 1 microW. At the output, the signal power is 1 W
 a. None of these and the noise power is 40 mW. What is the amplifier noise figure?

 b. Bandwidth
 a. -6 dB
 c. Temperature
 b. 9 dB
 d. Quantizing level
 c. 6 dB
132. Reference noise temperature  d. -3 dB
138. In measuring noise in a voice channel at a -4 dB test point level,
 a. 70 deg F the meter reads -70 dBm (F1A weighted), convert the reading into
pWp.
 b. 30 deg C
 a. 53
 c. 290 Kelvin
 b. 93
 d. 25 deg C
 c. 63

133. Industrial noise frequency is between  d. 83

139. An amplifier with 20 dB gain is connected to another with 10 dB

 a. 200 to 3000 MHz gain by means of a transmission line with a loss of 4 dB. If a signal
with a power level of -14 dBm were applied to the system, calculate
 b. 15 to 160 MHz
the power output.
 c. 0 to 10 kHz

 d. 20 GHz  a. 14 dBm

 b. -12 dB
134. Noise from random acoustic or electric noise that has equal per
cycle over a specified total frequency band  c. -20 dB

 d. 12 dBm
 a. Thermal noise

 b. White noise

 c. Gaussian noise

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140. Two resistors, R1 and R2 have temperatures of 300 K and 400 145. Express the ratio in decibels of noise power ratio 50 is to 10
K, respectively. What is the noise power if the two resistors are watts.
connected in series at 10 MHz bandwidth?

 a. 7 dB
 a. 96.6 fW
 b. 21 dB
 b. 55.2 fW
 c. 14 dB
 c. 41.4 fW
 d. 3.5 dB
 d. 88.36 fW

146. What do you call the noise coming from the sun and stars?
141. Determine the shot noise for a diode with a forward bias of 1.40
mA over an 80 kHz bandwidht. (q = 1.6x10 raised to minus 9 C)
 a. Black-body noise

 a. 6 nA  b. Space noise

 b. 3 mA  c. Galactic noise

 c. 12 nA  d. All of these

 d. 15 nA
147. A satellite has a noise figure of 1.6 dB. Find its equivalent noise
temperature.
142. The total noise power present in a 1 – Hz bandwidth

 a. 139 K
 a. Noise density
 b. 192 K
 b. Noise figure
 c. 291 K
 c. Noise limit
 d. 129 K
 d. Noise intensity

148. What is the primary cause of atmospheric noise?

143. An amplifier with an overall gain of 20 dB is impressed with a
signal whose power level is 1 watt. Calculate the output power in
dBm.  a. Thunderstorm

 b. Lightning
 a. 50 dBm
 c. Thunderstorm and lightning
 b. 150 dB
 d. Weather condition
 c. 80 dBm

 d. 100 dBm 149. In a microwave communications system, determine the noise

power in dBm for an equivalent noise bandwidth of 10 MHz.

144. What is the effect on the signal to noise ratio of a system (in dB)
if the bandwidth is doubled considering all other parameters to  a. -104 dBm
remain unchanged except the normal thermal noise only. The S/N
will be  b. -114 dBm

 c. -94 dBm
 a. Increased by a factor of 2
 d. -174 dBm
 b. Decreased by ½ its value

 c. Increased by a factor of 4 150. The solar cycle repeats the period if great electrical disturbance
approximately every
 d. Decreased to ¼ its value

 a. 11 years

 b. 10 years

 c. 9 years

 d. 8 years

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 157. A network has a loss of 20 dB. What power ratio corresponds to
151. A current change that is equal to twice its original value will this loss
correspond to a change of
 a. 0.01

 a. 3 dB  b. 0.1

 b. 9 dB  c. 10

 c. 10 dB  d. 100
158. A receiver connected to an antenna whose resistance is 60
 d. 6 dB ohms has an equivalent noise resistance of 40 ohms. Calculate the
receiver’s noise figure in decibels and its equivalent noise
temperature.
152. What does a power difference of –3 dB mean?
 a. 1.67 & 194°K

 a. A loss of one third of the power  b. 2.23 & 194°K

 b. A loss of one-half of the power  c. 1.67 & 174°K

 c. A loss of 3 watts of power  d. 2.23 & 194°K

 d. No significant change
159. _____ Noise is the most prevalent noise found in urban areas
and is normally caused by the arc discharge from automobile or
153. A gain of 60 dB is the same as a gain of aircraft ignition systems, induction motors, switching gears, high
voltage lines and the like.

 a. 10 volts/volt
 a. Industrial
 b. 100 volts/volt
 b. Johnson
 c. 1000 volts/volt
 c. Flicker
 d. 10,000 volts/volt
 d. Mixer

154. ______ is mathematically equal to the logarithm to the base ten

of the power ratio P1 over P2. 160. The noise figure of a totally noiseless device is

 a. bel  a. Unity

 b. dB  b. Infinity

 c. bel/10  c. Zero

 d. dB/2  d. 100
155. Noise that is produced by the active components within 161. Indicate the noise whose source is in a category different from
the receiver. that of the other three.

 a. Thermal  a. Solar

 b. External  b. Cosmic

 c. Internal  c. Atmospheric

 d. White  d. Galactic

156. Noise due to random variation in the arrival of charge carriers at 162. The ratio(in dB) of the power of a signal at point to the power of
the output electrode of an active device the same signal at the reference point.

 a. Shot  a. Transmission Level Point

 b. Impulse  b. Noise Figure

 c. Thermal  c. S/N Ratio

 d. Dynamic  d. Neper

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163. A network has a power gain of –3 dB. If the input power is 100 169. The equivalent noise temperature of the amplifier is 25 °K what
watts, the output power is is the noise figure?

 a. 50 watts  a. 10.86

 b. 55 watts  b. 1.086

 c. 60 watts  c. 0.1086

 d. 62 watts  d. 1.86

164. Which of the following types of noise becomes of great 170. A receiver connected to an antenna whose resistance is 50
importance at high frequencies? ohms has an equivalent noise resistance of 30 ohms. What is
the receiver’s noise temperature?

 a. Shot
 a. 464°K
 b. Random
 b. 754°K
 c. Impulse
 c. 400°K
 d. Transmit time
 d. 174°K

165. The input current of a network is 190 µA and the output is 1.3
µA. The loss in decibels is 171. A theoretical antenna has a gain of 1dB. Its gain in nepers is

 a. 20.2  a. 8.686

 b. 21.6  b. 0.1151

 c. 28.6  c. 6.868

 d. 43.3  d. 0.5111

166. If a network connected in series have a gain of -0.5 dB, -0.3dB, 172. What is the equivalent output of a circuit in dBm, if it has an
-2dB and 6.8dB, the overall gain is output of 10 watts?

 a. 2 dB  a. 10 dBm

 b. –2 dB  b. 30 dBm

 c. 4 dB  c. 20 dBm

 d. –4 dB  d. 40 dBm

167. What is the gain, in dB, if the output to input ratio is 1000. 173. An amplifier with an input resistance of 1000 ohms is operating
over a 4 MHz bandwidth. Calculate the rms voltage if the amplifier is
operating at 27 °C.
 a. 20

 b. 30  a. 8.14 nV

 c. 40  b. 8.14 uV

 d. 10  c. 6.6 nV

 d. 6.6 uV
168. The following characteristics of noise except

 a. Unwanted energy

 b. Predictable in character

 c. Present in the channel

 d. Due to any cause

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174. The value of a resistor creating thermal noise is doubled. The 180. A voltage change that is equal to twice its original value
noise power generated is therefore correspond to a change of

 a. Halved  a. 3 dB

 b. Quadrupled  b. 6 dB

 c. Doubled  c. 9 dB

 d. Unchanged  d. 10 dB

175. One of the following is not a useful quantity for comparing the 181. Indicate the voltage level in dB with reference to one volt. This
noise performance of receivers. unit is used in video or TV measurement

 a. Input noise voltage  a. dBW

 b. Equivalent noise resistance  b. dBk

 c. Noise temperature  c. dBm

 d. Noise figure  d. dBV

176. Any unwanted form of energy that tends to interfere with the 182. which of the following is not an actual amount of power?
wanted signal is called

 a. dB
 a. Noise
 b. dBm
 b. Spectrum
 c. dBw
 c. Radiation
 d. dBk
 d. Absorption

183. In noise analysis, the reference temperature is

177. The correct symbol for decibel is

 a. 75 K
 a. DB
 b. 250 K
 b. dB
 c. 290 K
 c. Db
 d. 300 K
 d. db

184. Noise from distant panels, stars, galaxies and other celestial
178. _____ is the noise created outside the receiver. objects are called

 a. Internal  a. Cosmic

 b. External  b. Extraterrestrial

 c. Shot  c. Galactic

 d. Industrial  d. Black body

179. _____ is the noise created by man. 185. Indicate which one of the following types of noise does not
occur in transistors

 a. Solar
 a. Shot noise
 b. Industrial
 b. Flicker noise
 c. Extraterrestrial
 c. Partition noise
 d. Galactic
 d. Resistance noise

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186. Which of the following is not a source of space noise 192. This type of noise has a power spectrum which decreases with
increasing frequency. It is most important at low frequencies from 0
to about 100 Hz).
 a. Sun

 b. Star  a. Shot noise

 c. Lightning  b. Flicker noise

 d. Black body  c. Diode noise

 d. BJT noise
187. Noise that is due to the random and rapid motion of the charge
carriers inside a resistive component.
193. Industrial noise extends up to what frequency?

 a. Johnson
 a. 500 MHz
 b. Thermal Agitation
 b. 500 GHz
 c. White
 c. 500 THz
 d. All of the above
 d. 500 KHz

188. Indicate the false statement. The square of the thermal noise
voltage generated by a resistor is proportional to 194. Impulse Noise is

 a. Its resistance  a. A function of current

 b. Its temperature  b. A shot duration pulse

 c. Boltzmann’s Constant  c. Dependent of frequency

 d. The bandwidth over which it is measured  d. Dependent of temperature

189. In a communication system, noise is likely to affect the signal 195. When the power ratio of the output to input of a circuit is 200.
What is the gain in dB?

 a. At the transmitter
 a. 23
 b. In the channel
 b. 46
 c. In the information source
 c. –23
 d. At the destination
 d. –46

190. The noise power generated by a resistor is proportional to

196. What is the reference level for random noise measurement, FIA
weighted?
 a. Temperature

 b. Bandwidth  a. –82 dBm

 c. a and b  b. –90 dBm

 d. NOTA  c. –85 dBm

 d. – 77 dBm
191. Thermal noise is also known as

197. A 10 dB pad has an output level of -3 dBm. The level at the

 a. Gaussian Noise input is:

 b. White Noise
 a. 13 dBm
 c. Johnson noise
 b. -7 dBm
 d. All of the above
 c. 1 dBm

 d. 7 dBm

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198. The sum of three signals of 45dBm each is ______ dBm. 204. An output of -10 dB means that the power has been

 a. 45  a. Halved in value

 b. 135  b. Increased by a factor of 10

 c. 20  c. Reduced by a factor of 10

 d. 50  d. Doubled

199. It is characterized by high amplitude peaks of short duration in 205. Any unwanted form of energy interfering the reception of
the total noise spectrum wanted signal is called

 a. Intermodulation voice  a. Noise

 b. Impulse noise  b. Sideband

 c. Dropout  c. Harmonics

 d. Phase hits  d. Modulation

206. Is the reduction of signal amplitude as it passed over the
200. Originally was determined by measuring the interfering effect of transmission medium.
noise in a Type 144 handset. A tone of 1 kHz, having a power level
of 90 dBm was selected as the reference level.  a. Noise

 b. Distortion
 a. Noise figure  c. Attenuation
 b. S/N ratio  d. Interference
 c. Signal Figure
207. Signal waveform perturbation or deviation caused by imperfect
 d. Figure of Merit response of the system to the desired signal

201. A power level of 50 µW could be expressed as:  a. Noise

 b. Aliasing
 a. 1.39 dBm  c. Distortion
 b. -4.3 dBm  d. Interference
 c. 1 dBm
208. Signal attenuation can be corrected by
 d. -13 dBm

202. If a power of 0.25 mW is launched into a fiber system with an  a. Filtering

overall loss of 15 dB the output power would be:
 b. Modulation

 c. Equalization
 a. 250 µ/W
 d. Amplification
 b. 31.6 µW

 c. 7.9 µW 209. Distortion in a waveform can be corrected by

 d. 15 dBm
 a. Filtering
203. A system having an input power of 2 mW an output power of
0.8mW has a loss of:
 b. Modulation

 c. Equalization

 a. 2.98 dBm  d. Amplification

 b. 3.98 dB

 c. 3.98 µW

 d. 1.98 mW

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210. Signal contamination by extraneous or external sources, such  a. Industrial noise is usually of impulse type
as, other transmitters, power lines, and machinery.
 b. Distant stars produce atmospheric noise

 a. Noise  c. Active switches are sources of man-made noise

 b. Distortion  d. Static noise is due to lightning discharges and other

natural electric disturbances occurring in the atmosphere.
 c. Harmonics

 d. Interference 217. Noise performance of microwave system is usually expressed

in terms of

211. Man-made or industrial noise is also known as

 a. Noise voltage, V = √4KTBR
n

 b. Noise power, P = KTB


n
a. Noise
 c. Noise temperature, Te = (F – 1)290
 b. Distortion
 d. Noise figure, F = (S/N) / (S/N)

I o
c. Interference

 d. Thermal Noise 218. Which circuit contributes most to the noise at the receiver?

212. The noise performance of a receiver or circuit. It is expressed

as ratio of the S/N power at the output.  a. RF amplifier

 b. Mixer
 a. Noise figure  c. Detector
 b. S/N ratio  d. Local Oscillator
 c. Signal figure
219. Which noise figure represents the lowest noise?
 d. Figure of merit

213. Noise that is caused by natural disturbances such as lightning  a. 1.5 dB

discharge.
 b. 2.0 dB

 c. 3.7 dB
 a. Static noise
 d. 4.1 dB
 b. Space noise

 c. Atmospheric noise 220. Denote the interference of noise in dB above an adjusted

reference noise. The adjusted reference noise level was a 1 kHz
 d. A or C tone, set at -85 dBm

214. Atmospheric or static noise becomes less severe at frequencies

 a. dBa

 b. dBm
 a. Below 30 KHz
 c. dBa0
 b. Between 30 KHz and 300 KHz
 d. pWp
 c. Between 300 KHz and 30 MHz

 d. Above 30 MHz 221. The extent of noise referred to a test tone level of zero dBm.

215. Considered as space noise or extraterrestrial noise

 a. dBa

 b. dBm
 a. Solar noise
 c. dBa0
 b. Cosmic noise
 d. pWp
 c. Black-body noise

 d. All of the above

216. Which statement is true

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222. An amplifier operating over a 4 MHz bandwidth has a 100 Ω 228. Noise produced mostly by lightning discharges in
input resistance and is operating at 300°K. Determine the noise thunderstorms.
power generated.

 a. White noise
 a. 1.656 x 10 Watts
-14

 b. Industrial noise
 b. 1656 nW
 c. Atmospheric noise
 c. 1.656 pW
 d. Extraterrestrial noise
 d. 1.656 uW

229. Propagation of man made noise is chiefly by

223. Generally used when noise readings are measured using the C-
message weighting network. The reference level was 1 kHz tone, set
at -90 dBm  a. Transmission over power lines and by ground wave

 b. Space wave
 a. dBa
 c. Sky wave
 b. dBm
 d. None of these
 c. dBaO

 d. dBmC 230. A more precise evaluation of the quality of a receiver as far as

noise is concerned
224. The measurement of noise was made with a C-message filter,
and the reading is taken at a test point where the level is zero dBm.

 a. dBaO  a. S/N

 b. dBmCo  b. VSWR

 c. dBa  c. Noise factor

 d. dBmC  d. Noise margin

225. Which of the following is not an important cause of distortion in 231. NIF stands for
DC signaling

 a. Non-intrinsic figure
 a. line resistance
 b. Noise interference figure
 b. line inductance
 c. Noise improvement factor
 c. line capacitance
 d. Narrow intermediate frequency
 d. all of the above
226. There are a number of different sources of radio noise, the most 232. External noise fields are measured in terms of
important being

 a. Galactic noise  a. Dc values

 b. Man-made noise  b. Rms values
 c. Atmospheric noise  c. Peak values
 d. All of the above  d. Average values

227. The amount of noise power is measured using a psophometric 233. Form of interference caused by rain, hail, snow or dust storms
weighting network. This unit of measurement is generally used in
Europe where the standard reference tone is 800 hertz, 1 picowatt.
 a. Shot noise

 a. dBa  b. Galactic noise

 b. dBm  c. Impulse noise

 c. dBaO  d. Precipitation static

 d. pWp

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234. Extra-terrestrial noise is observable at frequencies from 240. A wideband form of impulse noise generated by the electric arc
in the spark plugs of an internal combustion engine. This noise is a
common problem in mobile radio system.
 a. 0 to 20 KHz

 b. 8 MHz to 1.43 GHz  a. Thermal noise

 c. 5 to 8 GHz  b. Shot noise

 d. 15 to 160 MHz  c. Amplification noise

 d. Ignition noise
235. Industrial noise is observable from

241. The amount of power in dB referred to one Kilowatt

 a. 15 to 160 MHz

 b. 200 to 3000 MHz  a. dBW

 c. 0 to 10 kHz  b. dBk

 d. 8 Mhz to 1.43 GHz  c. dBm

 d. Dbv
236. Noise that becomes significant at VHF range and above

242. Noise in any form of electromagnetic interference that can be

 a. Atmospheric traced to non-natural causes.

 b. Transit-time
 a. Man-made noise
 c. Galactic
 b. Distortion
 d. White
 c. External noise

237. Noise figure for an amplifier with noise is always  d. Internal noise

 a. 0 dB 243. The frequency range wherein noise is said to be intense.

 b. Infinite
 a. Noise equivalent bandwidth
 c. Less than 1
 b. Spectral response
 d. Greater than 1
 c. Cut-off frequency

238. The noise generated by the tube, transistor or integrated circuit  d. Noise cut-off frequency
in an amplifier.

244. Refers to the temperature that corresponds to the spectral

 a. White noise energy distribution of a noise.

 b. Amplification noise
 a. Absolute temperature
 c. Active noise
 b. Temperature band
 d. Dynamic Noise
 c. Noise-equivalent temperature

239. Electrical noise inherent to a particular device, circuit or system  d. Critical temperature
that remains when no other signal is present.
245. A passive circuit, usually consisting of capacitance and/or
inductance, that I inserted in series with the a-c power cord of an
electronic device which will allow the 60-Hz current to pass and
 a. Shot noise
suppressed high frequency noise components.
 b. Thermal noise
 a. Noise filter
 c. Background noise
 b. Noise limiter
 d. Static noise
 c. Noise floor

 d. Noise quieting

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246. What do you call the level of background noise, relative to some
reference signal.

 a. Noise figure

 b. Minimum noise

 c. Reference noise

 d. Noise floor

247. A circuit often used in radio receivers that prevents externally

generated noise from exceeding amplitude. They are also called
noise clippers

 a. Noise floor

 b. Noise filter

 c. Noise limiter

 d. Noise clamper

248. It is referred to as a short burst of electromagnetic energy.

 a. Pulse

 b. Noise pulse

 c. Spike

 d. Noise floor

249. The reduction of internal noise level in a frequency-modulated

(FM) receiver as a result of an incoming signal.

 a. Noise quieting

 b. Noise limiting

 c. Noise suppression

 d. Noise degradation

250. Noise generated within electronic equipment by either passive

or active components.

 a. Shot noise

 b. Thermal noise

 c. Circuit noise

 d. External noise

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