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5 - Multiplexing MCQ Questions

The document contains questions about multiplexing techniques including time-division multiplexing (TDM), frequency-division multiplexing (FDM), and wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM). It tests understanding of concepts such as how each technique separates and combines channels, the use of frames and time slots in TDM, the need for guard bands and different carrier frequencies in FDM, and which techniques are used for analog versus digital signals. The answers provided indicate the document is assessing knowledge of fundamental multiplexing concepts.

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5 - Multiplexing MCQ Questions

The document contains questions about multiplexing techniques including time-division multiplexing (TDM), frequency-division multiplexing (FDM), and wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM). It tests understanding of concepts such as how each technique separates and combines channels, the use of frames and time slots in TDM, the need for guard bands and different carrier frequencies in FDM, and which techniques are used for analog versus digital signals. The answers provided indicate the document is assessing knowledge of fundamental multiplexing concepts.

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Questions

1.The sharing of a medium and its link by two or more devices is called?

A.Fully duplexing

B.Multiplexing

C.Micropleixng

D.Duplexing

2.Which multiplexing technique used to transmit digital signals?

A.FDM

B.TDM

C.WDM

D.FDM & WDM

3.If there are n signal sources of the same data rate, then the TDM link has slots?

A.n

B.n/2

C.n*2

D.2n

4.If link transmits 4000 frames per second, and each slot has 8 bits, the transmission rate of
circuit this TDM is?

A.32kbps

B.500bps

C.500kbps

D.32bps
5.A digital multiplexing technique for combining several low-rate channels into one
high-rate channel is called...?

A.FDM

B.TDM

C.WDM

D.ODM

6.The multiplexing technique, in which each input connection has an allotment in the output
even if it is not sending data is.?

A.Asynchronous TDM

B.Synchronous TDM

C.FDM

D.WDM

7.Channels are separated in multiplexing by unused strips of bandwidth guard bands to


prevent:

A.Dispersion

B.Noise in channel

C.Overlapping

D.Attenuation

8.The sharing of a medium and its link by two or more devices is called ___.?

A.modulation

B.encoding

C.line discipline

D.multiplexing
9.Which multiplexing technique transmits analog signals?

A.FDM

B.TDM

C.WDM

D.Both (a) and (c)

10.The word __ refers to the portion of a ___ that carries a transmission.?

A.channel; link

B.link; channel

C.line; channel

D.line; link

11.We can divide __ into two different schemes: synchronous or asynchronous.

A.FDM

B.TDM

C.WDM

D.none of the above

12.In ____ TDM, slots are dynamically allocated to improve bandwidth efficiency.?

A.synchronous

B.asynchronous

C.none of the above

13.A band is always equivalent to ...............?


A.a byte

B.a bit

C.100 bits

D.none of these

14. WDM stands for?

a) Wave division multiplexing

b) Wavelength division multiplexing

c) Wavelength dependent multiplexing

d) Wave dependent multiplexing

15. In TDM, the samples occupy adjacent time slots.

a) True

b) False

16. In this type of multiplexing time slots are preassigned to sources and fixed.

a) TDM

b) Synchronous TDM

c) Asynchronous TDM

d) FDM

17. Controlling the frequency is referred as ___

a) frequency modulation

b) hertz modulation

c) amplitude modulation
d) phase modulation

18-Many time slots are wasted in ____

a) TDM

b) Synchronous TDM

c) Asynchronous TDM

d) FDM

19-It is the basic building block of FDM hierarchy

A. Character channel

B. Broadband channel

C. Message channel

D. Information capacity

20-It is the next higher level in the FDM hierarchy above the basic message channel and
consequently is the first multiplexing step for combining message channels

A. Supergroup

B. Group

C. Mastergroup

D. Jumbogroup

21- __ needs that the bandwidth of a link (in hertz) be greater than the combined bandwidths
of the signals to be transmitted.

A) TDM

B) FDM

C) Both (a) or (b)


D) Neither (a) or (b)

22-To separate channels in an FDM receiver, it is necessary to use

A. AND gates

B. bandpass filters

C. differentiation

D. integration

23-In TDM, the transmission rate of the multiplexed path is usually ___ the transmission
rates of the signal sources.

A) equal to

B) less than

C) greater than

D) not related to

24-In a multiplexed system, __ lines share the bandwidth of ___ link.

A) 1; n

B) n; 1

C) 1; 1

D) n; n

25. In FDM, multiple signals

A. transmit at different times

B. share a common bandwidth

C. use multiple channels

D. modulate one another


26.Which multiplexing technique shifts each signal to a different carrier frequency?

A) FDM

B) TDM

C) Both (a) and (b)

D) None of the above

27. ____ is the set of techniques that allows the simultaneous transmission of multiple
signals across a single data link.

A) Demodulating

B) Multiplexing

C) Compressing

D) None of the above

28. How many voice channels are there in jumbo group?

A. 300

B. 900

C. 3600

D. 10800

29.A multiplexer __ several transmission streams while a demultiplexer __ them

A. combines, separates

B. compresses, decompresses

C. encrypts, decrypts

D. separates,combines
30.One __ can be made of many __

A. channel, paths

B. path, channels

C. path, links

D. channel, links

31.Which is not a basic multiplexing method

A.WDM

B.FDM

C.TDM

D.MDM

32.In FDM, if five signals are to be multiplexed, at least ___ carriers, each of a different
frequency, must be modulated

A.1

B.5

C.6

D.10

33.FDM uses ___ to prevent modulated signals from overlapping

A. physical hardware devices

B. carrier frequencies

C. guard bands

D. demultiplexers

34.AM and FM are examples of ________ modulation.


a. Digital-to-digital

b. Digital-to-analog

c. Analog-to–analog

d. Analog-to-digital

35.In FDM, the____ signals can all have the same frequency range

A.modulating

B.carrier

C.modulated

D.B or C

36.The FDM demultiplexer uses a series of _____ to decompose the multiplexed signal into
its constituent signals

A.guard bands

B.filters

C.repeaters

D.amplifiers

37.In ______, if a device has no data to send, its time slot remains empty

A.synchronous TDM

B.asynchronous TDM

C.FDM

D.WDM

38.In synchronous TDM, a____ us a complete cycle of time slots, including one or more
slots dedicated to each sending device
A.filter

B.carrier

C.signal

D.frame

39.In synchronous TDM, if device X has no data to send, what happens to its allotted slot?

A.The next device in line takes it

B.An error messenger is sent

C.The bit pattern 01010101 is send

D.The slot remains empty

40.What is the efficiency of a system using synchronous TDM if 2 of the 5 devices have
nothing to send?

A.20%

B.50%

C.60%

D.100%

41.In synchronous TDM, each frame is filled with data from the device in a fixed order. We
call this _____

A.interleaving

B.synchronization

C.switching

D.line discipline

42.What is the major weakness of synchronous TDM?


A.some slots may remain empty

B.there aren’t enough slots

C.the slots are too small

D.all of the above

43.In time-division-multiplexing, each multiplexed signal occupies

A. the entire transmission bandwidth

B. a fraction of the transmission bandwidth

C. a bandwidth equal to the bandwidth of each input signal

D. none of above

44.The process of impressing a low frequency information signal onto a high-frequency


carrier signal is called ___.

a. demodulation

b. oscillation

c. modulation

d. amplification

45.A process where the received signal is transformed into its original form.

a. demodulation

b. damping

c. amplification

d. Oscillation

46.An FM receives signal __.

A. vary in amplitude with modulation


B. vary in frequency with modulation

C. vary in frequency and amplitude with wideband modulation

D. is not immune to noise

47. The process of impressing intelligence on the carrier is called

A. modulation

B. detection

C. mixing

D. impression

48.What part of the carrier is varied by the intelligence during modulation in an AM system?

A. phase

B. frequency

C. amplitude

D. both a and c

49.What is the component that converts an electrical signal into a signal suitable for
transmission in a given medium called?

a) Transmitter

b) Receiver

c) Amplifier

d) Duplexer

50.Q3: The speed of radio wave in free space is

A.3 x 106 metres/second

B.3 x 108 metres/second


C.3 x 106 miles/second

D.3 x 108 miles/second

51. What Polar Pattern is this?

A.Omni

B.Cardioid

C.Hyper Cardioid

D.Bi Directional

52. What aspect of the carrier is changed by modulation?

A. Frequency

B. Phase

C. Amplitude

D. Depends on the type of modulation

53.Morse Code is what form of radio transmission

A.AM (Amplitude modulation)

B.FM (Frequency Modulation)

C.ICW (Interrupted Continuous Wave Modulation)


54.Which inventor conducted the first radio transmission in the year 1895

A.Thomas Edison

B.Heinrich Hertz

C.Guglielmo Marconi

D.Ben Franklin

E.Albert Einstein

55. It is the width of frequencies within the spectrum occupied by the signals and used by the
signals for conveying information.

A. Band

B. Bandwidth

C. Electronic spectrum

D. Frequency band

56.The acronym FM stands for

A.frequency modes

B.filter modulation

C.frequency modulation

D.filter methodology

E.future mediocrity

57.Which modulation type produces better fidelity with much higher noise immunity
A.FM
B.AM
Answers
1-B

2-B

3-A

4-A

5-B

6-B

7-C

8-D

9-D

10-A

11-B

12-B

13-D

14-B

15-A

16-B

17-A

18-B

19-C

20-B

21-B

22-B

23-C
24-B

25-B

26-A

27-B

28-C

29-A

30-B

31-D

32-B

33-C

34-C

35-D

36-B

37-A

38-D

39-D

40-C (⅗ * 100)

41-A

42-A

43-A

44-C

45-A

46-B

47-A

48-C
49-A

50-B

51-B

52-D

53-C

54-C

55-B

56-C

57-A

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