This is the Multiple Choice Questions in Chapter 3: Amplitude Modulation from the book Electronic Communication Systems by George Kennedy. If you are looking for a reviewer in Communications Engineering this will definitely help. I can assure you that this will be a great help in reviewing the book in preparation for your Board Exam. Make sure to familiarize each and every questions to increase the chance of passing the ECE Board Exam.
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1. If the plate supply voltage for a plate-modulated class C amplifier is V, the maximum plate-cathode voltage could be almost as high as
- a. 4 V
- b. 3 V
- c. 2 V
- d. 1 V
2. In a low-level AM system, amplifiers following the modulated stage must be
- a. linear devices
- b. harmonic devices
- c. class C amplifiers
- d. nonlinear devices
3. If the carrier of a 100 percent modulated AM wave is suppressed, the percentage power saving will be
- a. 50
- b. 150
- c. 100
- d. 66.66
4. Leak-type bias is used in a plate-modulated class C amplifier to
- a. prevent tuned circuit damping
- b. prevent excessive grid current
- c. prevent overmodulation
- d. increase the bandwidth
5. The output stage of a television transmitter is most likely to be a
- a. plate-modulated class C amplifier
- b. grid-modulated class C amplifier
- c. screen-modulated class C amplifier
- d. grid-modulated class A amplifier
6. The modulation index of an AM wave is changed from 0 to 1. The transmitted power is
- a. unchanged
- b. halved
- c. doubled
- d. increase by 50 percent
7. One of the advantages of the base modulation over collector modulation of a transistor class C amplifier is
- a. the lower modulating power required
- b. higher power output per transistor
- c. better efficiency
- d. better linearity
8. A carrier is simultaneously modulated by two sine waves with modulation indices of 0.3 and 0.4; the total modulation index
- a. is 1
- b. cannot be calculated unless the phase relations are known
- c. is 0.5
- d. is 0.7
9. Amplitude modulation is used for broadcasting because
- a. it is more noise immune than other modulation systems.
- b. Compared with other systems it requires less transmitting power
- c. its use avoids receiver complexity.
- d. no other modulation system can provide the necessary bandwidth for high fidelity
10. What is the ratio of modulating power to total power at 100 percent modulation?
- a. 1:3
- b. 1:2
- c. 2:3
- d. None of the above
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