Deck 2: Technical Foundations of Modern Communication

Question 1

Standards in the communications field generally promote the development and acceptance of a new technology and its applications.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

In general, an analog communications system is more reliable and requires much less maintenance than a comparable digital system.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The electromagnetic spectrum is a finite resource. The more we use it, the more it is depleted, forever (as is the case with oil, etc.).

Answer 3

False

Question 4

In our communications system, the spectrum can be viewed as a financial commodity.

Question 5

The television sets and telephones we use at home are digital in nature: we can directly process their digital data.

Question 6

When a black and white video camera's signal is digitized, the information represents steps/levels of the __________ scale.

A) musical
B) color
C) color palette
D) gray

Question 7

Your company is designing a new, compact video camera. To save space and weight, you will use solid-state chips called ________.

A) siliconian circuits
B) integral circuits
C) klingonian circuits
D) integrated circuits

Question 8

One of the most popular and important transmission/communications lines is the ______ line.

A) A1
B) M1
C) T1
D) S1

Question 9

An integrated, digital communications network that can carry a range of information, is the______.8

A) ISDN
B) UNCL
C) ISSS
D) Integrated Digital Line

Question 10

A ______ links a computer with a standard, voice-grade telephone line.

A) AAD
B) modem
C) parallel interface
D) ACC

Question 11

The term "hertz" refers to a signal's ______.

A) wavelength
B) frequency
C) height
D) amplitude

Question 12

______ is the term associated with a communications line's channel capacity (capability to relay a given volume of information in a specific time period).

A) Bandwidth
B) Bandlength
C) CFG
D) Frequency Determination