ECT215 Practice Test I

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1. The term poll means:

a) A notification of a message waiting
b) An error has been detected on a network.
c) An invitation to send
d) None of the above

2. Which of these best describes serial data?

a) All bits are sent at the same time.
b) One bit is sent at a time.
c) The data represented in analog form.
d) None of the above

3. Which of these is best described by the term demodulation?

a) Analog to digital conversion in a modem receiver
b) Digital-to-analog conversion in a modem
c) Converting parallel data to serial data
d) None of the above

4. When a host wants to check to see if a terminal (slave) unit on a multidrop network has anything to say, what does it do to the terminal?

a) It stops all processing and waits for the terminal to send a message.
b) It transmits a poll message with the terminal's address.
c) It continues processing; the terminal will interrupt it when ready.
d) None of the above

5. Before a unit can transmit a message on a ring network, what must it first do?

a) Transmit a request to send
b) Acquire the token
c) Wait for permission from the host
d) None of the above

6. What is the primary disadvantage of a point-to-point (peer-to-peer) network?

a) Complicated protocol is required.
b) The security of such a network is very poor.
c) Possible high cost per unit, due to low communications line utilization.
d) None of the above

7. When we say that a device operates full duplex, what do we mean?

a) It can only communicate in one direction.
b) It can communicate in both directions, but only one at a time.
c) It can communicate in two directions at one time.
d) None of the above

8. A system transmits data at 19.2 KBPS, and has a signalling rate of 4800 BAUD. How many bits does it encode per transition?

a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) None of the above

9. What type(s) of modulation are occuring in the figure above?

a) AM
b) FM
c) PM
d) Both A and C
e) None of the above

10. Which modulation method below changes the frequency of the carrier in order to represent the data?

a) FSK
b) ASK
c) PSK
d) None of these

11. In FSK, what property of the carrier is changed in order to represent the data?

a) Amplitude
b) Phase
c) Frequency
d) None of these

12. In a single-level modulation system, how many bits are represented for each transition?

a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) None of the above

13. How many bits are encoded per transition in the figure above?

a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) None of the above

14. The data rate into a modulator is 1200 BPS, and its constellation is shown above. What will the signalling rate be?

a) 600 BAUD
b) 300 BAUD
c) 150 BAUD
d) None of these

15. A certain system has 8 modulation states and has an input data rate of 2400 BPS. What will the resulting signalling rate be?

a) 1200 BAUD
b) 2400 BAUD
c) 800 BAUD
d) None of the above

16. The fundamental units of digital information flow are:

a) BAUD
b) CPS
c) BPS
d) None of the above

17. If a certain modulator produces a change in the carrier every 1 mS, what is the resulting signalling rate?

a) 500 BAUD
b) 1000 BAUD
c) 2000 BAUD
d) None of the above

18. What is a primary fault of single-level modulation systems?

a) They are slow and don't use bandwidth efficiently
b) They use excessive bandwidth
c) They are very sensitive to noise
d) None of the above

19. What is meant by the terms "mark" and "space?"

a) Off and On conditions
b) Logic 1 and Logic 0 conditions
c) Ready or Not Ready conditions
d) None of these

20. A certain communication system has a bit-cell time of 1 mS and a BAUD of 500. How many bits does it encode per transition?

a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) None of the above

21. Why isn't modal dispersion a problem in single-mode fiber optics?

a) Light moves through these by reflection instead of refraction
b) Single-mode fiber optics can only be used for short-length runs
c) Only one light path is possible in a single-mode fiber
d) None of these

22. What is the numerical aperture (NA) for a fiber optic cable with a core index N1=1.6, and a cladding index N2=1.45?

a) 0.707
b) 0.451
c) 0.676
d) None of these

23. What is the speed of light in a material with an index of refraction of 2.0?

a) 150,000,000 m/s
b) 200,000,000 m/s
c) 300,000,000 m/s
d) None of these

24. What is the meaning of the term 'numerical aperture'?

a) Ease of getting light into the fiber
b) Decibel loss per unit length in the fiber
c) Ease of splicing the fiber
d) None of the above

25. What mechanism keeps light inside of a fiber optic cable?

a) Refraction
b) Diffraction
c) Reflection
d) None of the above

26. When a clock is sent with data, it is called ______ data.

a) Asynchronous
b) Synchronous
c) Digital
d) None of the above

27. In the above figure, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and a parity bit are being sent. What type of parity is in use?

a) Odd
b) Even
c) Can't tell from information given

28. Given that the parameters are 8,N,1 above, what hex data value is being sent?

a) $F3 (0xF3)
b) $A5 (0xA5)
c) $AF (0xAF)
d) None of the above

29. Given that the parameters are 8,N,1 above, what hex data value is being sent?

a) $AB (0xAB)
b) $D3 (0xD3)
c) $D5 (0xD5)
d) None of the above

30. In the figure above, the parameters are 8,N,1 and the bit time is 1 mS. How many characters can be sent per second?

a) 125
b) 111
c) 100
d) None of the above


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