This is the Multiple Choice Questions in Chapter 2: Noise 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. One of the following types of noise becomes of great importance at high frequencies. It is the
- a. shot noise
- b. random noise
- c. impulse noise
- d. transit-time noise
2. Indicate the false statement.
- a. HF mixers are generally noisier than HF amplifiers.
- b. Impulse noise voltage is independent of bandwidth.
- c. Thermal noise is independent of the frequency at which it is measured.
- d. Industrial noise is usually of the impulse type.
3. The value of a resistor creating thermal noise is doubled. The noise power generator is therefore
- a. halved
- b. quadrupled
- c. doubled
- d. unchanged
4. One of the following is nota useful quantity for comparing the noise performance of receivers:
- a. Input noise voltage
- b. Equivalent noise resistance
- c. Noise temperature
- d. Noise figure
5. Indicate the noise whose source is in a category different from that of the other three.
- a. Solar noise
- b. Cosmic noise
- c. Atmospheric noise
- d. Galactic noise
6. Indicate the false statement. The square of the thermal noise voltage generated by a resistor is proportional to
- a. its resistance
- b. its temperature
- c. Boltzmann’s constant
- d. the bandwidth over which it is measured
7. Which of broad classifications of noise are most difficult to treat?
- a. noise generated in the receiver
- b. noise generated in the transmitter
- c. externally generated noise
- d. internally generated noise
8. Space noise generally covers a wide frequency spectrum, but the strongest interference occurs
- a. between 8 MHz and 1.43 GHz
- b. below 20 Mhz
- c. between 20 to 120 MHz
- d. above 1.5 GHz
9. When dealing with random noise calculations it must be remembered that
- a. all calculations are based on peak to peak values
- b. calculations are based on peak values
- c. calculations are based on average values
- d. calculations are based on RMS values
10. Which of the following is the most reliable measurement for comparing amplifier noise characteristics?
- a. signal-to-noise ratio
- b. noise factor
- c. shot noise
- d. thermal noise agitation
11. Which of the following statements is true?
- a. Random noise power is inversely proportional to bandwidth
- b. Flicker is sometimes called demodulation noise
- c. Noise is mixers is caused by inadequate image frequency rejection
- d. A random voltage across a resistance cannot be calculated
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