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Wireless & Mobile Communications MCQ & Answers- Paging System

1. Which of the following is not a standard used for paging system?
a) POCSAG
b) ERMES
c) IS-95
d) FLEX

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Answer :-  c) IS-95

2. Paging system uses which mode of transmission?
a) Full duplex
b) Simplex
c) Half Duplex
d) Duplex
Answer :-  b) Simplex

3. The information sent by paging system is known as a ___________
a) Note
b) Line
c) Message
d) Page
Answer :-  d) Page

4. Which type of message cannot be sent with the help of paging system?
a) Alphanumeric message
b) Video message
c) Voice message
d) Numeric message
Answer :- b) Video message

5. What is a paging access number?
a) An e mail id
b) A username
c) A toll free telephone number
d) A registration number
Answer :- c) A toll free telephone number

6. Which type of transmission technique is employed by paging system?
a) Simulcasting
b) Multicasting
c) Unicasting
d) Hybrid
Answer :- a) Simulcasting

7. Which of the following is not the property of paging system?
a) Asymmetric communication
b) Light weight
c) High cost
d) Wide area coverage
Answer :- c) High cost

8. Which of the following properties describes the transmitters and receivers in paging system?
a) High complexity and high power transmitter, high complexity and high power receivers
b) Low complexity and low power transmitter, low complexity and low power receivers
c) Low complexity and low power transmitter, high complexity and high power receivers
d) High complexity and high power transmitter, low complexity and low power receivers
Answer :- d) High complexity and high power transmitter, low complexity and low power receivers

9. What is a pager in the paging system?
a) A transmitter
b) A receiver
c) A transceiver
d) An equalizer
Answer :- b) A receiver

10. Who introduced the paging system for the first time?
a) Al Gross
b) Teri Pall
c) Alexander Graham Bell
d) Martin Cooper
Answer :- a) Al Gross


Wireless & Mobile Communications WCQ & Answers- Cordless Telephone Systems

1. Which of the following is a protocol used for cordless telephone system?
a) PACS
b) ERMES
c) IS-95
d) FLEX
Answer :- a) PACS

2. In which frequency range do the cordless phones mostly work?
a) 43-50 MHz
b) 88-108 MHz
c) 540-1600 KHz
d) 200-540 KHz
Answer :- a) 43-50 MHz

3. Which of the following is the drawback for cordless telephones?
a) Wireless technology
b) Limited coverage area
c) Mobile
d) Security
Answer :- b) Limited coverage area

4. Which of the following is a fully digital cordless system?
a) CT0
b) CT1
c) CT1+
d) DECT
Answer :-d) DECT

5. Which of the following is an example of local wireless system?
a) GSM
b) Cordless telephone system
c) UMTS
d) EDGE
Answer :- b) Cordless telephone system

6. Which of the following is not a standard for cordless telephony?
a) CT-2
b) DECT
c) UMTS
d) PHS
Answer :- c) UMTS

7. What is the range of cell diameter of DECT?
a) 300 m
b) 2 km
c) 10 km
d) 70 km
Answer :- a) 300 m

8. Which of the following standard of cordless telephone system is also approved as a 3G standard?
a) PHS
b) PACS
c) DECT
d) CT2
Answer :-  c) DECT

9. Cordless telephone system will not work under which of the following criteria?
a) Within a home
b) Within a building
c) Within campus
d) Within a city
Answer :- d) Within a city

10. Which of the following is not an application of DECT?
a) Multimedia processing
b) Cordless private branch exchange
c) Wireless local loop
d) Home cordless phones
Answer :- a) Multimedia processing


Wireless & Mobile Communications WCQ & Answers- Cellular Telephone Systems

1. Which of the following is not a characteristic of cellular telephone system?
a) Accommodate a large number of users
b) Large geographic area
c) Limited frequency spectrum
d) Large frequency spectrum
Answer :- d) Large frequency spectrum

2. What is the responsibility of MSC in cellular telephone system?
a) Connection of mobile to base stations
b) Connection of mobile to PSTN
c) Connection of base station to PSTN
d) Connection of base station to MSC
Answer :- b) Connection of mobile to PSTN

3. Who has the responsibility of billing and system maintenance function in cellular system?
a) Base Station
b) PSTN
c) MSC
d) Mobile system
Answer :- c) MSC

4. What is the function of FVC (Forward Voice Channel)?

a) Voice transmission from base station to mobiles
b) Voice transmission from mobile to base station
c) Initiating mobile calls
d) Broadcast all traffic request for all mobile
Answer :- a) Voice transmission from base station to mobiles

5. Which two channels are responsible for initiating mobile calls?
a) FVC and FCC
b) FVC and RVC
c) FCC and RCC
d) FCC and RVC
Answer :- c) FCC and RCC

6. Of the total channels present in the cellular system, what is the percentage of voice and control channels?
a) 95% voice channels, 5% control channels
b) 5% voice channels, 95% control channels
c) 50% voice channels, 50% control channels
d) 25% voice channels, 75% control channels
Answer :- a) 95% voice channels, 5% control channels

7. What is MIN?
a) Subscriber’s telephone number
b) Paging message
c) Traffic request number
d) Mobile Internet
Answer :- a) Subscriber’s telephone number

8. What is transmitted along with the call initiation request during the origin of call by a mobile?
a) MIN
b) ESN
c) ESN and SCM
d) MIN, ESN and SCM
Answer :- d) MIN, ESN and SCM

9. What does SCM indicates?
a) Maximum receiver power level for a particular user
b) Maximum transmitter power level for a particular user
c) Minimum receiver power level for a particular user
d) Minimum transmitter power level for a particular user
Answer :- b) Maximum transmitter power level for a particular user

10. What is the shape of the cell present in the cellular system?
a) Circular
b) Square
c) Hexagonal
d) Triangular
Answer :- c) Hexagonal

11. Why the size of the cell is kept small in cellular network?
a) Increase capacity
b) Decrease capacity
c) Increased size of base station electronics
d) Slow process of handoffs
Answer :- a) Increase capacity

12. What is handoff?
a) Forward channel
b) Switching technique
c) Roamer
d) Guard channel
Answer :- b) Switching technique

13. Which one is not an advantage of using frequency reuse?
a) Increased capacity
b) Limited spectrum is required
c) Same spectrum may be allocated to other network
d) Number of base stations is reduced
Answer :- d) Number of base stations is reduced

14. The process of transferring a mobile station from one base station to another is ____________
a) MSC
b) Roamer
c) Handoff
d) Forward channel
Answer :- c) Handoff

15. The interference between the neighbouring base stations is avoided by ____________
a) Assigning different group of channels
b) Using transmitters with different power level
c) Using different antennas
d) Using different base stations
Answer :- a) Assigning different group of channels


Wireless & Mobile Communications WCQ & Answers- Second Generation (2G) Cellular Networks

1. Which of the following multiple access techniques are used by second generation cellular systems?
a) FDMA/FDD and TDMA/FDD
b) TDMA/FDD and CDMA/FDD
c) FDMA/FDD and CDMA/FDD
d) FDMA/FDD only
Answer :- b) TDMA/FDD and CDMA/FDD

2. Which one is not a TDMA standard of second generation networks?
a) GSM
b) IS-136
c) AMPS
d) PDC
Answer :- c) AMPS

3. Which of the following is a CDMA standard of second generation network?
a) IS-95
b) IS-136
c) ETACS
d) EDGE
Answer :- a) IS-95

4. Popular 2G CDMA standard IS-95 is also known as ______________
a) CdmaOne
b) CdmaTwo
c) IS-136
d) IS-95B
Answer:- a) CdmaOne

5. How many users or voice channels are supported for each 200 KHz channel in GSM?
a) Eight
b) Three
c) Sixty four
d) Twelve
Answer:- a) Eight

6. How many voice channels are supported for each 30 KHz radio channel in IS-136?
a) Eight
b) Thirty
c) Three
d) Sixteen
Answer:- c) Three

7. How many users are supported in IS-95 for each 1.25 MHz?
a) Eight
b) Sixty four
c) Sixteen
d) Twenty five
Answer:- b) Sixty four

8. Which modulation technique is used by GSM?
a) GMSK
b) BPSK
c) QPSK
d) GFSK
Answer :- a) GMSK

9. IS-95 uses which modulation technique?
a) GMSK
b) BPSK
c) QAM
d) AFSK
Answer :- b) BPSK

10. IS-136 uses which modulation technique?
a) π/4 DQPSK
b) BPSK
c) GMSK
d) AFSK
Answer :- a) π/4 DQPSK

11. Which is one of the disadvantages of 2G standards?
a) Short Messaging Service (SMS)
b) Digital modulation
c) Limited capacity
d) Limited Internet Browsing
Answer :- d) Limited Internet Browsing

12. GSM (Global System for Mobile) was earlier also known as _____________
a) Group System Mobile
b) Global Special Meaning
c) Group Special Mobile
d) Global Special Mobile
Answer :- c) Group Special Mobile

13. 2G CDMA standard, IS-95, was proposed by which company?
a) Nippon Telephone and Telegraph (NTT)
b) Qualcomm
c) Bellcore and Motorola
d) AT&T Bell Laboratories
Answer :- c) Bellcore and Motorola

14. Which one of the following 2G standard is used in Japan?
a) IS-136
b) GSM
c) PDC
d) AMPS
Answer :- c) PDC

15. The 2G GSM technology uses a carrier separation of _____________
a) 1.25 MHz
b) 200 KHz
c) 30 KHz
d) 300 KHz
Answer :- b) 200 KHz


Wireless & Mobile Communications WCQ & Answers –2.5G

1. What is the name of the web browsing format language supported by 2.5G technology?
a) Wireless Application Protocol
b) Hypertext Markup Language
c) Extensible Markup Language
d) Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Answer  a) Wireless Application Protocol

2. What is the name of the internet microbrowser technology used by NTT DoCoMo in Japan?
a) Wireless Application Protocol
b) I-mode
c).W-mode
d) Hypertext Markup Language
Answer:- b) I-mode

3. 2.5G upgrade path for a particular wireless carrier does not match the original 2G technology choice made earlier by the same carrier.
a) True
b) False
Answer:- b) False

4. Which of the following is not a TDMA standard of 2.5G network?

a) HSCSD
b) GPRS
c) EDGE
d) GSM
Answer:- d) GSM

5. Which of the following is a 2.5G CDMA standard?
a) IS-95
b) Cdma2000
c) IS-95B
d) CdmaOne
Answer:- c) IS-95B

6. HSCSD supports which 2G standard?
a) GSM
b) IS-136
c) GSM and IS-136
d) PDC
Answer:-  a) GSM

7. How does HSCSD differs from the GSM to obtain higher speed data rate?
a) By allowing single user to use one specific time slot
b) By allowing single user to use consecutive user time slots
c) By using 8-PSK modulation technique
d) By allowing multiple users to use individual time slot
Answer:- b) By allowing single user to use consecutive user time slots

8. GPRS and EDGE supports which 2G standard?
a) GSM only
b) IS-136 only
c) GSM and IS-136 both
d) PDC
Answer:- c) GSM and IS-136 both

9. How is HSCSD different from GPRS?
a) Infrastructure
b) Multiple Access Scheme
c) Modulation technique
d) Switching Technique
Answer:- d) Switching Technique

10. What changes GPRS need to acquire while upgrading itself from GSM?
a) A whole new base station
b) New transceiver at base station
c) New channel cards
d) New packet overlay including routers and gateways
Answer:- d) New packet overlay including routers and gateways

11. Which new modulation technique is used by EDGE?
a) BPSK
b) 8- PSK
c) DQPSK
d) AFSK
Answer:- b) 8- PSK

12. Various air interface formats used by EDGE are also known as ___________
a) Modulation and coding schemes
b) Coding schemes
c) Modulating air interface
d) Air interface coding schemes
Answer:- a) Modulation and coding schemes

13. EDGE is sometimes also referred as ____________
a) HSCSD
b) 3GPP
c) EGPRS
d) EGSCSD
Answer:- c) EGPRS

14. What is one disadvantage of EDGE in comparison to HSCSD and GPRS?
a) Low data rates
b) Small coverage range
c) Low speed
d) No advancement
Answer:- b) Small coverage range


Wireless & Mobile Communications WCQ & Answers – Third Generation (3G) Wireless Networks

1. Which of the following is not a characteristic of 3G network?
a) Communication over VoIP
b) Unparalleled network capacity
c) Multi-megabit Internet access
d) LTE based network
Answer:- d) LTE based network

2. What is the term used by ITU for a set of global standards of 3G systems?
a) IMT 2000
b) GSM
c) CDMA
d) EDGE
Answer:-  a) IMT 2000

3. Which of the following leads to evolution of 3G networks in CDMA systems?
a) IS-95
b) IS-95B
c) CdmaOne
d) Cdma2000
Answer:-  d) Cdma2000

4. Which of the following leads to the 3G evolution of GSM, IS-136 and PDC systems?
a) W-CDMA
b) GPRS
c) EDGE
d) HSCSD
Answer:- a) W-CDMA

5. What is 3GPP?
a) Project based on W-CDMA
b) Project based on cdma2000
c) Project based on 2G standards
d) Project based on 2.5G standards
Answer:- a) Project based on W-CDMA

6. What is 3GPP2?
a) Project based on W-CDMA
b) Project based on cdma2000
c) Project based on 2G standards
d) Project based on 2.5G standards
Answer:- b) Project based on cdma2000

7. Which of the following is not a standard of 3G?
a) UMTS
b) Cdma2000
c) TD-SCDMA
d) LTE
Answer:- d) LTE

8. Which of the following 3G standard is used in Japan?
a) Cdma2000
b) TD-SCDMA
c) UMTS
d) UTRA
Answer:- c) UMTS

9. What does the number 2000 in IMT-2000 signifies?
a) Year
b) Number of subscribers per cell
c) Number of cells
d) Area (Km)
Answer:- a) Year

10. Which of the following is not an application of third generation network?
a) Global Positioning System (GPS)
b) Video conferencing
c) Mobile TV
d) Downloading rate upto 1 Gbps
Answer:- d) Downloading rate upto 1 Gbps


Wireless & Mobile Communications WCQ & Answers – 3G W-CDMA (UMTS)

1. What is the full form of UMTS?
a) Universal Mobile Telephone System
b) Ubiquitous Mobile Telephone System
c) Ubiquitous Mobile Telemetry System
d) Universal Machine Telemedicine System
Answer:- a) Universal Mobile Telephone System

2. UMTS use which multiple access technique?
a) CDMA
b) TDMA
c) FDMA
d) SDMA
Answer:-  a) CDMA

3. UMTS does not has backward compatibility with ____________
a) GSM
b) IS-136
c) IS-95
d) GPRS
Answer:- c) IS-95

4. UMTS is also known as _____________

a) IS-95
b) GPRS
c) CdmaOne
d) W-CDMA
Answer:- d) W-CDMA

5. What is the chip rate of W-CDMA?
a) 1.2288 Mcps
b) 3.84 Mcps
c) 270.833 Ksps
d) 100 Mcps
Answer:- b) 3.84 Mcps

6. W-CDMA works in FDD mode only.
a) True
b) False
Answer:- b) False

7. How much packet data rate per user is supported by W-CDMA if the user is stationary?
a) 2.048 Kbps
b) 100 Mbps
c) 2.048 Mbps
d) 1 Gbps
Answer:- c) 2.048 Mbps

8. What is the minimum spectrum allocation required by W-CDMA?
a) 5 MHz
b) 20MHz
c) 1.25 MHz
d) 200 KHz
Answer:- a) 5 MHz

9. W-CDMA requires a complete change of RF equipment at each base station.
a) True
b) False
Answer:- a) True

10. How much increase in spectral efficiency is provided by W-CDMA in comparison to GSM?
a) Two times
b) Three times
c) No increase
d) Six times
Answer:- d) Six times


Wireless & Mobile Communications WCQ & Answers – 3G Cdma2000

1. Which of the following has no backward compatibility with 3G Cdma2000?
a) IS-95
b) GPRS
c) IS-95A
d) IS-95B
Answer:-  b) GPRS

2. 2G and 2.5G CDMA operators may selectively introduce 3G capabilities at each cell without changing entire base stations and reallocate spectrums.
a) True
b) False
Answer:-  b) GPRS  a) True

3. Which of the following the first 3G CDMA air interface?
a) IS-95
b) IS-95B
c) Cdma2000 1xRTT
d) CdmaOne
Answer:-  b) GPRS c) Cdma2000 1xRTT

4. Within ITU IMT-2000 body, Cdma2000 1xRTT is also known as ____________

a) Cdma2000 1xEV-DO
b) Cdma2000 1xEV-DV
c) IS-95B
d) G3G-MC-CDMA-1X
Answer:-  b) GPRS d) G3G-MC-CDMA-1X

5. How many users are supported by Cdma2000 1X in comparison to 2G CDMA standard?
a) Half
b) Twice
c) Six times
d) Ten times
Answer:-  b) GPRS b) Twice

6. Cdma2000 works in TDD mode only.
a) True
b) False
Answer:-  b) GPRS b) False

7. Which of the following is not a characteristic of Cdma2000?
a) Adaptable baseband signalling rates
b) Adaptable baseband chipping rates
c) Multicarrier technologies
d) OFDMA
Answer:-  b) GPRS d) OFDMA

8. Cdma2000 1xEV was developed by ________
a) Motorola
b) AT&T Laboratories
c) Qualcomm
d) NTT
Answer:-  b) GPRS c) Qualcomm

9. How is bandwidth increased in Cdma2000?
a) Clubbing adjacent radio channels
b) Changing the hardware of base stations
c) Change of spectrum
d) Change of RF equipment
Answer:-  b) GPRS a) Clubbing adjacent radio channels

10. What are the two options provided by Cdma2000 1xEV?
a) Cdma2000 1xRTT. Cdma2000 3xRTT
b) Cdma2000 1xEV-DO, Cdma2000 1xEV-DV
c) Cdma2000 1xEV-DT, Cdma2000 1xEV-DO
d) Cdma2000 1xRTT, Cdma2000 1xEV-DV
Answer:-  b) GPRS b) Cdma2000 1xEV-DO, Cdma2000 1xEV-DV

11. Which of the following is not backward compatible with Cdma2000?
a) Cdma2000 1xRTT
b) Cdma2000 3xRTT
c) Cdma2000 1xEV-DO
d) Cdma2000 1xEV-DT
Answer:-  b) GPRS c) Cdma2000 1xEV-DO


Wireless & Mobile Communications WCQ & Answers -Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs)

1. What is the full form of WLAN?
a) Wide Local Area Network
b) Wireless Local Area Network
c) Wireless Land Access Network
d) Wireless Local Area Node
Answer:-  b) Wireless Local Area Network

2. WLANs use high power levels and generally require a license for spectrum use.
a) True
b) False
Answer:- b) False

3. What is the name of 300 MHz of unlicensed spectrum allocated by FCC in ISM band?
a) UNII
b) Unlicensed PCS
c) Millimetre wave
d) Bluetooth
Answer:- a) UNII

4. Which of the following specifies a set of media access control (MAC) and physical layer specifications for implementing WLANs?
a) IEEE 802.16
b) IEEE 802.3
c) IEEE 802.11
d) IEEE 802.15
Answer:- c) IEEE 802.11

5. Which of the following is not a standard of WLAN?
a) HIPER-LAN
b) HIPERLAN/2
c) IEEE 802.11b
d) AMPS
Answer:- d) AMPS

6. Which of the following is the 802.11 High Rate Standard?
a) IEEE 802.15
b) IEEE 802.15.4
c) IEEE 802.11g
d) IEEE 802.11b
Answer:- d) IEEE 802.11b

7. Which of the following spread spectrum techniques were used in the original IEEE 802.11 standard?
a) FHSS and DSSS
b) THSS and FHSS
c) THSS and DSSS
d) Hybrid technique
Answer:- a) FHSS and DSSS

8. Which of the following WLAN standard has been named Wi-Fi?
a) IEEE 802.6
b) IEEE 802.15.4
c) DSSS IEEE 802.11b
d) IEEE 802.11g
Answer:- c) DSSS IEEE 802.11b

9. Which of the following is developing CCK-OFDM?
a) IEEE 802.11a
b) IEEE 802.11b
c) IEEE 802.15.4
d) IEEE 802.11g
Answer:- d) IEEE 802.11g

10. What is the data rate of HomeRF 2.0?
a) 10 Mbps
b) 54 Mbps
c) 200 Mbps
d) 1 Mbps
Answer:- a) 10 Mbps

11. HIPER-LAN stands for ____________
a) High Precision Radio Local Area Network
b) High Performance Radio Local Area Network
c) High Precision Radio Land Area Network
d) Huge Performance Radio Link Access Node
Answer:- b) High Performance Radio Local Area Network

12. What is the range of asynchronous user data rates provided by HIPER-LAN?
a) 1-100 Mbps
b) 50-100 Mbps
c) 1-20 Mbps
d) 500 Mbps to 1 Gbps
Answer:- c) 1-20 Mbps

13. What is the name of the European WLAN standard that provides user data rate upto 54 Mbps?
a) UNII
b) WISP
c) MMAC
d) HIPERLAN/2
Answer:- d) HIPERLAN/2

14. What is WISP?
a) Wideband Internet Service Protocol
b) Wireless Internet Service Provider
c) Wireless Instantaneous Source Provider
d) Wideband Internet Source Protocol
Answer:- b) Wireless Internet Service Provider

15. The price of WLAN hardware is more than 3G telephones and fixed wireless equipment.
a) True
b) False
Answer:- b) False


Wireless & Mobile Communications WCQ & Answers -Bluetooth and Personal Area Networks (PANs)

1. Which of the following is not an open standard?
a) Bluetooth
b) WWW
c) HTML
d) VPN
Answer:- d) VPN

2. What is the nominal range of Bluetooth?
a) 1 Km
b) 10 m
c) 1 m
d) 10 Km
Answer:- b) 10 m

3. Bluetooth standard is named after ___________
a) King Ronaldo Bluetooth
b) Pope Vincent Bluetooth
c) King Herald Bluetooth
d) Pope Francis Bluetooth
Answer:- c) King Herald Bluetooth

4. Bluetooth operates in which band?

a) Ka Band
b) L Band
c) Ku Band
d) 2.4 GHz ISM Band
Answer:- d) 2.4 GHz ISM Band

5. Which of the following scheme is used by Bluetooth?
a) Frequency hopping TDD scheme
b) Frequency hopping FDD scheme
c) DSSS TDD scheme
d) DSSS FDD scheme
Answer:- a) Frequency hopping TDD scheme

6. What is the range of time slot in Bluetooth?
a) 120 milliseconds
b) 625 microseconds
c) 577 microseconds
d) 5.7 seconds
Answer:- b) 625 microseconds

7. Which modulation scheme is used by Bluetooth?
a) DQPSK
b) MSK
c) GFSK
d) BPSK
Answer:- c) GFSK

8. What is the channel symbol rate in Bluetooth for each user?
a) 270.833 Kbps
b) 1 Gbps
c) 100 Mbps
d) 1 Mbps
Answer:- d) 1 Mbps

9. What is the raw channel bit error rate of Bluetooth?
a) 10-3
b) 10-10
c) 103
d) 10-1
Answer:- a) 10-3

10. Which of the following standard committee specifies Bluetooth and other Personal Area Networks (PAN)?
a) IEEE 802.11b
b) IEEE 802.15
c) IEEE 802.11g
d) IEEE 802.16
Answer:- b) IEEE 802.15


Wireless & Mobile Communications WCQ & Answers – Frequency Reuse

1. Cellular concept replaces many low power transmitters to a single high power transmitter.
a) True
b) False
Answer:- b) False

2. Why neighbouring stations are assigned different group of channels in cellular system?
a) To minimize interference
b) To minimize area
c) To maximize throughput
d) To maximize capacity of each cell
Answer:- a) To minimize interference

3. What is a cell in cellular system?
a) A group of cells
b) A group of subscribers
c) A small geographical area
d) A large group of mobile systems
Answer:- c) A small geographical area

4. What is frequency reuse?
a) Process of selecting and allocating channels
b) Process of selection of mobile users
c) Process of selecting frequency of mobile equipment
d) Process of selection of number of cells
View Answer a) Process of selecting and allocating channels

5. Which of the following is a universally adopted shape of cell?
a) Square
b) Circle
c) Triangle
d) Hexagon
Answer:- d) Hexagon

6. Actual radio coverage of a cell is called __________
a) Fingerprint
b) Footprint
c) Imprint
d) Matrix
Answer:- b) Footprint

7. Why the shape of cell is not circle?
a) Omni directionality
b) Small area
c) Overlapping regions or gaps are left
d) Complex design
Answer:- c) Overlapping regions or gaps are left

8. What is the main reason to adopt hexagon shape in comparison to square and triangle?
a) Largest area
b) Simple design
c) Small area
d) Single directional
Answer:- a) Largest area

9. Which type of antenna is used for center excited cells?
a) Dipole antenna
b) Grid antenna
c) Sectored antenna
d) Omnidirectional antenna
Answer:- d) Omnidirectional antenna

10. Which type of antenna is used for edge excited cells?
a) Omnidirectional antenna
b) Grid antenna
c) Sectored directional antenna
d) Dipole antenna
Answer:- c) Sectored directional antenna

11. For a cellular system, if there are N cells and each cell is allocated k channel. What is the total number of available radio channels, S?
a) S=k*N
b) S=k/N
c) S=N/k
d) S=kN
Answer:- a) S=k*N

12. What is a cluster in a cellular system?
a) Group of frequencies
b) Group of cells
c) Group of subscribers
d) Group of mobile systems
Answer:- b) Group of cells

13. What is a frequency reuse factor for N number of cells in a system?
a) N
b) N2
c) 2*N
d) 1/N
Answer:- d) 1/N

14. Capacity of a cellular system is directly proportional to __________
a) Number of cells
b) Number of times a cluster is replicated
c) Number of Base stations
d) Number of users
Answer:- b) Number of times a cluster is replicated

15. A spectrum of 30 MHz is allocated to a cellular system which uses two 25 KHz simplex channels to provide full duplex voice channels. What is the number of channels available per cell for 4 cell reuse factor?
a) 150 channels
b) 600 channels
c) 50 channels
d) 85 channels
Answer:- a) 150 channels


Wireless & Mobile Communications Questions & Answers – Channel Assignment Strategies

1. Which of the following is not an objective for channel assignment strategies?
a) Efficient utilization of spectrum
b) Increase of capacity
c) Minimize the interference
d) Maximize the interference
Answer:- d) Maximize the interference

2. The choice of channel assignment strategy does not impact the performance of the system.
a) True
b) False
Answer:- b) False

3. In fixed channel assignment strategy, each cell is allocated a predetermined set of _______
a) Voice channels
b) Control channels
c) Frequency
d) base stations
Answer:- a) Voice channels

4. What happen to a call in fixed channel strategy, if all the channels in a cell are occupied?
a) Queued
b) Cross talk
c) Blocked
d) Delayed
Answer:- c) Blocked

5. What is a borrowing strategy in fixed channel assignments?
a) Borrowing channels from neighbouring cell
b) Borrowing channels from neighbouring cluster
c) Borrowing channels from same cell
d) Borrowing channels from other base station in same cell
Answer:- a) Borrowing channels from neighbouring cell

6. In dynamic channel assignment strategy, voice channels are allocated to different cells permanently.
a) True
b) False
Answer:- b) False

7. In dynamic channel assignment strategy, base station requests channel from ____________
a) MSC
b) Neighbouring cell
c) Neighbouring cluster
d) Neighbouring base station
Answer:- a) MSC

8. Dynamic channel assignment reduces the likelihood of blocking in comparison to fixed channel assignment.
a) True
b) False
Answer:-a) True

9. RSSI stands for ________
a) Received Signal Strength Indicator
b) Restricted Signal Strength Indicator
c) Radio Signal Strength Indication
d) Restricted System Software Indicator
Answer:- a) Received Signal Strength Indicator

10. What is the drawback of dynamic channel assignment?
a) Decrease channel utilization
b) Increase probability of blocked call
c) Cross talk
d) Increase storage and computational load on system
Answer:- d) Increase storage and computational load on system


Wireless & Mobile Communications Questions & Answers – Handoff Strategies

1. What is the condition for handoff?
a) A mobile moves into a different cell while in conversation
b) A mobile remains in the same cell while in conversation
c) A mobile moves to different cell when idle
d) A mobile remains in the same cell and is idle
Answer:- a) A mobile moves into a different cell while in conversation

2. Handoff does not require voice and control channel to be allocated to channels associated with the new base station.
a) True
b) False
Answer:- b) False

3. The time over which a call can be maintained within a cell without handoff is called _________
a) Run time
b) Peak time
c) Dwell time
d) Cell time
Answer:- c) Dwell time

4. Dwell time does not depend on which of the following factor?
a) Propagation
b) Interference
c) Distance between subscriber and base station
d) Mobile station
Answer:- d) Mobile station

5. Which of the following is associated with the handoff in first generation analog cellular systems?
a) Locator receiver
b) MAHO
c) Cell dragging
d) Breathing cell
Answer:- a) Locator receiver

6. MAHO stands for ______
a) MSC assisted handoff
b) Mobile assisted handoff
c) Machine assisted handoff
d) Man assisted handoff
Answer:- b) Mobile assisted handoff

7. A handoff is initiated when the power received from the base station of a neighbouring cell falls behind the power received from the current base station by certain level.
a) True
b) False
Answer:- b) False

8. What is the condition for intersystem interference?
a) Mobile moves from one cell to another cell
b) Mobile remains in the same cell
c) Mobile moves from one cellular system to another cellular system
d) Mobile remains in the same cluster
Answer:- c) Mobile moves from one cellular system to another cellular system

9. What is the disadvantage of guard channel?
a) Efficient utilization of spectrum
b) Cross talk
c) Near far effect
d) Reduce total carried traffic
Answer:- d) Reduce total carried traffic

10. Which of the following priority handoff method decrease the probability of forced termination of a call due to lack of available channels?
a) Queuing
b) Guard channel
c) Cell dragging
d) Near far effect
Answer:- a) Queuing

11. Umbrella cell approach is possible by using _________
a) Antenna of same heights
b) Antenna of different heights
c) Different voice channels
d) Different control channels
Answer:- b) Antenna of different heights

12. Cell dragging is a problem occur due to __________
a) Pedestrian users
b) Stationary users
c) High speed mobile systems
d) Base stations having same frequency
Answer:- a) Pedestrian users

13. What was the typical handoff time in first generation analog cellular systems?
a) 1 second
b) 10 seconds
c) 1 minute
d) 10 milliseconds
Answer:- b) 10 seconds

14. How much time it takes for handoff in digital cellular systems like GSM?
a) 1 second
b) 10 seconds
c) 1 minute
d) 10 milliseconds
Answer:- a) 1 second

15. Soft handoff is also known as _________
a) MAHO
b) Hand over
c) Break before make
d) Make before break
Answer:- d) Make before break


Wireless & Mobile Communications Questions & Answers – Interference and System Capacity

1. Which of the following is not a source of interference?
a) Base station in a different cluster
b) Another mobile in same cell
c) A call in progress in neighbouring cell
d) Any BS operating on same frequency
Answer:- a) Base station in a different cluster

2. Interference on voice channels causes _______
a) Blocked calls
b) Cross talk
c) Queuing
d) Missed calls
Answer:- b) Cross talk

3. Interference in control channel leads to ________
a) Cross talk
b) Queuing
c) Blocked calls
d) Voice traffic
Answer:-c) Blocked calls

4. Interference is more severe in rural areas.
a) True
b) False
Answer:- a) True

5. What are co-channel cells?
a) Cells having different base stations
b) Cells using different frequency
c) Cells using adjacent frequency
d) Cells using same frequency
Answer:- d) Cells using same frequency

6. Co-channel interference is a function of _________
a) Radius of cell
b) Transmitted power
c) Received power
d) Frequency of mobile user
Answer:- a) Radius of cell

7. Co-channel reuse ratio is define by _________
a) Q=D*R
b) Q=D/R
c) Q=D^R
d) Q=1/R
Answer:- b) Q=D/R

8. Co-channel ratio in terms of cluster size is defined as _________
a) (3N)
b) N
c) 3N
d) √N
Answer:- a) (3N)

9. What is the cluster size for CDMA?
a) N=10
b) N=100
c) N=1
d) N=50
Answer:- c) N=1

10. What is breathing cell effect?
a) Fixed coverage region
b) Dynamic and time varying coverage region
c) Large coverage region
d) Very small coverage region
Answer:- b) Dynamic and time varying coverage region

11. Adjacent channel interference occurs due to _______
a) Power transmitted by Base station
b) MSCs
c) Same frequency of mobile users
d) Imperfect receiver filters
Answer:- d) Imperfect receiver filters

12. Which of the following problem occur due to adjacent channel interference?
a) Blocked calls
b) Cross talk
c) Near-far effect
d) Missed calls
Answer:- c) Near-far effect

13. In near-far effect, a nearby transmitter captures the __________
a) Receiver of the subscriber
b) Transmitter of the subscriber
c) Nearby MSC
d) Neighbouring base station
Answer:- a) Receiver of the subscriber

14. Adjacent channel interference can be minimized through _______
a) Changing frequency of base stations
b) Careful filtering and channel assignments
c) Increasing number of base stations
d) Increasing number of control channels
Answer:- b) Careful filtering and channel assignments

15. In dynamic channel assignment, any channel which is being used in one cell can be reassigned simultaneously to another cell in the system at a reasonable distance.
a) True
b) False
View Answer a) True


Wireless & Mobile Communications Questions & Answers – Trunking and Grade of Service

1. What is the concept for accommodating a large number of users in a limited radio spectrum?
a) Grade of service
b) Trunking
c) Multiplexing
d) Multitasking
Answer:- b) Trunking

2. On termination of call, the occupied channel is not returned to the pool of available channels in trunking.
a) True
b) False
View Answer b) False

3. In trunking system, when the channel is already in use, the call is blocked or queued.
a) True
b) False
Answer:- a) True

4. Who developed the fundamental of trunking theory?
a) Newton
b) Ohm
c) Erlang
d) Einstein
Answer:- c) Erlang

5. What is the unit for the measure of traffic intensity?
a) Meters
b) Henry
c) Ohm
d) Erlang
Answer:- d) Erlang

6. One Erlang represents _________
a) One call- hour per hour
b) One call-minute per hour
c) One call- hour per minute
d) Many calls- hour per hour
Answer:- a) One call- hour per hour

7. What is the measure of the ability of user to access a trunked system during the busiest hour?
a) Trunking
b) Grade of Service (GOS)
c) Multiplexing
d) Sectoring
Answer:- b) Grade of Service (GOS)

8. GOS is typically given as a likelihood that a ________
a) Call is in progress
b) Channels are busy
c) Call is blocked
d) Channel are free
Answer:- c) Call is blocked

9. The time requires to allocate a trunked radio channel to a requesting user is called _______
a) Dwell time
b) Holding time
c) Run time
d) Set up Time
Answer:- d) Set up Time

10. Average duration of a typical call is called ________
a) Holding time
b) Dwell time
c) Set up time
d) Run time
Answer:- a) Holding time

11. The average number of call requests per unit time is also known as ________
a) Request rate
b) Load
c) Grade o Service
d) Traffic intensity
Answer:- a) Request rate

12. Traffic intensity offered by each user is the product of __________
a) Set up time and holding time
b) Call request rate and holding time
c) Load and holding time
d) Call request rate and set up time
Answer:- b) Call request rate and holding time

13. AMPS cellular system is designed for a GOS of _____ blocking.
a) 10%
b) 50 %
c) 2%
d) 1%
Answer:- c) 2%

14. Blocked calls cleared formula is also known as _______ formula.
a) Erlang C
b) Erlang A
c) Erlang D
d) Erlang B
Answer:- d) Erlang B

15. Blocked calls delayed formula is also known as _______
a) Erlang A
b) Erlang B
c) Erlang C
d) Erlang D
Answer:- c) Erlang C


Wireless & Mobile Communications Questions & Answers – Improving Coverage and Capacity in Cellular Systems

1. Which of the following techniques do not help in expanding the capacity of cellular system?
a) Sectoring
b) Scattering
c) Splitting
d) Microcell zone concept
Answer:- b) Scattering

2. ________ uses directional antennas to control interference.
a) Sectoring
b) Cell splitting
c) Repeaters
d) Micro cell zone concept
Answer:- a) Sectoring

3. _______ allows an orderly growth of cellular system.
a) Sectoring
b) Scattering
c) Cell splitting
d) Micro cell zone technique
Answer:- c) Cell splitting

4. Which of the following technology distributes the coverage of the cell and extends the cell boundary to hard-to-reach places?
a) Cell splitting
b) Scattering
c) Sectoring
d) Micro cell zone concept
Answer:- d) Micro cell zone concept

5. Which of the following increases the number of base stations in order to increase capacity?
a) Cell splitting
b) Sectoring
c) Repeaters
d) Micro cell zone concept
Answer:- a) Cell splitting

6. Which of the following trunking inefficiencies?
a) Cell splitting
b) Micro cell zone technique
c) Sectoring
d) Repeaters
Answer:- c) Sectoring

7. The process of subdividing a congested cell into smaller cells is called _______
a) Cell splitting
b) Sectoring
c) Micro cell technique
d) Repeaters
Answer:- a) Cell splitting

8. Cell splitting increases the capacity of a cellular system since it increases the number of times ________ are reused.
a) Cells
b) Channels
c) Transmitters
d) Mobile stations
Answer:- b) Channels

9. Cell splitting do not maintain the minimum c-channel reuse ratio.
a) True
b) False
Answer:- b) False

10. Which of the following technique is used to limit radio coverage of newly formed microcells?
a) Sectoring
b) Splitting
c) Antenna downtilting
d) Scattering
Answer:- c) Antenna downtilting

11. Sectoring increases SIR (Signal to Interference Ratio).
a) True
b) False
Answer:- a) True

12. Which of the following has range extension capability?
a) Sectoring
b) Repeaters
c) Scattering
d) Micro cell zone concept
Answer:- b) Repeaters

13. Repeaters has one drawback of reradiating ____________
a) Frequency
b) Channels
c) Power
d) Repeater noise and interference
Answer:- d) Repeater noise and interference

14. Which of the following is not an advantage of micro cell zone technique?
a) Reduced co channel interference
b) Improved signal quality
c) Increase in capacity
d) Increasing number of base stations
Answer:- d) Increasing number of base stations

15. In a micro cell zone concept, when a mobile travels from one zone to another within the cell, it retains the same _________
a) Power level
b) Base station
c) Channel
d) Receiver
Answer:- c) Channel


Wireless & Mobile Communications Questions & Answers – Free Space Propagation Model

1. The mechanism behind electromagnetic wave propagation cannot be attributed to ___________
a) Reflection
b) Diffraction
c) Scattering
d) Sectoring
Answer:- d) Sectoring

2. The propagation model that estimates radio coverage of a transmitter is called ___________
a) Large scale propagation model
b) Small scale propagation model
c) Fading model
d) Okumura model
Answer:- a) Large scale propagation model

3. Propagation model that characterize rapid fluctuation is called _________
a) Hata model
b) Fading model
c) Large scale propagation model
d) Okumura model
Answer:- b) Fading model

4. Small scale propagation model is also known as _________
a) Fading model
b) Micro scale propagation model
c) Okumura model
d) Hata model
Answer:- a) Fading model

5. Free space propagation model is to predict ______
a) Received signal strength
b) Transmitted power
c) Gain of transmitter
d) Gain of receiver
Answer:- a) Received signal strength

6. Which of the following do not undergo free space propagation?
a) Satellite communication system
b) Microwave line of sight radio links
c) Wireless line of sight radio links
d) Wired telephone systems
Answer:- d) Wired telephone systems

7. The free space model predicts that received signal decays as a function of _________
a) Gain of transmitter antenna
b) T-R separation
c) Power of transmitter antenna
d) Effective aperture of the antenna
Answer:- b) T-R separation

8. Relation between gain and effective aperture is given by ______
a) G=(4πAe)/λ2
b) G=(4π λ2)/Ae
c) G=4πAe
d) G=Ae/λ2
Answer:- a) G=(4πAe)/λ2

9. Relation between wavelength and carrier frequency is _________
a) λ=c/f
b) λ=c*f
c) λ=f/c
d) λ=1/f
Answer:- a) λ=c/f

10. Which of the following antenna radiates power with unit gain uniformly in all directions?
a) Directional antenna
b) Dipole antenna
c) Isotropic antenna
d) Loop antenna
Answer:- c) Isotropic antenna

11. EIRP is abbreviated as __________
a) Effective isotropic radiated power
b) Effective isotropic radio power
c) Effective and immediate radiated power
d) Effective and immediate ratio of power
Answer:-a) Effective isotropic radiated power

12. Path loss in free space model is defined as difference of ________
a) Effective transmitted power and gain
b) Effective received power and distance between T-R
c) Gain and received power
d) Effective transmitter power and receiver power
Answer:- d) Effective transmitter power and receiver power

3. Far field region is also known as _________
a) Near field region
b) Fraunhofer region
c) Erlang region
d) Fresnel region
Answer:- b) Fraunhofer region

14. Fraunhofer distance is given by _____
a) 2D2/λ
b) 2D/λ
c) D/λ
d) 2D/λ2
Answer:- a) 2D2/λ

15. Which of the following is called an ideal antenna?
a) Dipole antenna
b) Directional antenna
c) Isotropic antenna
d) Loop antenna
Answer:- c) Isotropic antenna


Wireless & Mobile Communications Questions & Answers – Reflection

1. Which of the following mechanism do not impact propagation in mobile communication system?
a) Reflection
b) Diffraction
c) Scattering
d) Refraction
Answer:- d) Refraction

2. What is the dimension of object as compared to wavelength of propagating wave when reflection occurs?
a) Large
b) Small
c) Same
d) Very small
Answer:- a) Large

3. When does the wave propagating from one medium to another gets partially reflection and partially transmitted?
a) Both mediums have same electrical properties
b) Both mediums have different electrical properties
c) Both mediums have same magnetic properties
d) Both mediums have different magnetic properties
Answer:-  b) Both mediums have different electrical properties

4. What is the case of reflection, in course of second medium being a perfect dielectric?
a) Loss of energy during absorption
b) Total energy reflected back to first medium
c) No loss of energy in absorption
d) Total energy transmitted into second medium
Answer:-  c) No loss of energy in absorption

5. What is the case of reflection, in course of second medium being a perfect conductor?
a) Loss of energy during absorption
b) Total energy reflected back to first medium
c) Partly transmission and reflection
d) Total energy transmitted into second medium
Answer:-  b) Total energy reflected back to first medium

6. Which of the following relates the incident and reflected & transmitted wave?
a) Fresnel transmission coefficient
b) Scattering coefficient
c) Diffraction coefficients
d) Fresnel reflection coefficient
Answer:-  d) Fresnel reflection coefficient

7. Reflection coefficient is not a function of __________
a) Material property
b) Diffraction loss
c) Wave polarization
d) Angle of incidence
Answer:-  b) Diffraction loss

8. Polarized wave can be mathematically represented as sum of ________
a) Four orthogonal components
b) Two spatially adjacent components
c) Two spatially orthogonal components
d) Six orthogonal components
Answer:-  c) Two spatially orthogonal components

9. The plane of incidence contains only incident rays.
a) True
b) False
Answer:-  b) False

10. Permittivity and conductivity are insensitive to ______ for a good conductor.
a) Operating frequency
b) Polarization density
c) Electric field
d) Property of material
Answer:-  a) Operating frequency

11. Velocity of electromagnetic wave can be given by _______
a) 1/√(μ∈)
b) μ/∈
c) 1/(μ∈)
d) μ∈
Answer:-  a) 1/√(μ∈)

12. The boundary condition at the surface of incidence obeys ________
a) Kepler’s law
b) Gauss law
c) Faraday law
d) Snell’s law
Answer:-  d) Snell’s law

13. The angle at which no reflection occurs in the medium of origin is called _________
a) Azimuth angle
b) Elevation angle
c) Brewster angle
d) Inclination angle
Answer:-  c) Brewster angle


Wireless & Mobile Communications Questions & Answers – Diffraction

1. Diffraction occurs when radio path between Tx. And Rx. Is obstructed by ____________
a) Surface having sharp irregularities
b) Smooth irregularities
c) Rough surface
d) All types of surfaces
Answer:-  a) Surface having sharp irregularities

2. At high frequencies, diffraction does not depends on ___________
a) Geometry of the object
b) Distance between Tx and Rx
c) Amplitude of incident wave
d) Polarization of incident wave
Answer:-  b) Distance between Tx and Rx

3. Diffraction allows radio signals to propagate around ________
a) Continuous surface
b) Smooth surface
c) Curved surface of Earth
d) Does not allow propagation
Answer:-  c) Curved surface of Earth

4. Which principle explains the phenomenon of diffraction?
a) Principle of Simultaneity
b) Pascal’s Principle
c) Archimedes’ Principle
d) Huygen’s principle
Answer:-  d) Huygen’s principle

5. Diffraction is caused by propagation of secondary wavelets into _______
a) Bright region
b) Shadowed region
c) Smooth region
d) Large region
Answer:-  b) Shadowed region

6. Difference between the direct path and the diffracted path is called _______
a) Average length
b) Radio path length
c) Excess path length
d) Wavelength
Answer:-  c) Excess path length

7. The phase difference between a direct line of sight path and diffracted path is function of _______
a) Height and position of obstruction
b) Only height
c) Operating frequency
d) Polarization
Answer:-  a) Height and position of obstruction

8. Which of the following explains the concept of diffraction loss?
a) Principle of Simultaneity
b) Pascal’s Principle
c) Fresnel zone
d) Archimedes’ Principle
Answer:-  c) Fresnel zone

9. In mobile communication system, diffraction loss occurs due to ______
a) Dielectric medium
b) Obstruction
c) Electric field
d) Operating frequency
Answer:-  b) Obstruction

10. For predicting the field strength in a given service area, it is essential to estimate ______
a) Polarization
b) Magnetic field
c) Height of transmitter
d) Signal attenuation
Answer:-  d) Signal attenuation


Wireless & Mobile Communications Questions & Answers – Scattering

1. Scattering occurs when medium consists of objects with dimensions _______ compared to the wavelength.
a) Same
b) Small
c) Large
d) Very large
Answer:-  b) Small

2. Scattered waves are produced at ________
a) Rough surface
b) Shadowed region
c) Smooth surface
d) Horizon
Answer:-  a) Rough surface

3. The actual received signal is ______ than what is predicted by reflection and diffraction model.
a) Weaker
b) Equal
c) Stronger
d) Very weak
Answer:-  c) Stronger

4. Scattered energy in all directions provides _________ at a receiver.
a) Channels
b) Loss of signal
c) No energy
d) Additional radio energy
Answer:-  d) Additional radio energy

5. Surface roughness are often tested using __________
a) Rayleigh criterion
b) Lawson criterion
c) Barkhausen stability criterion
d) Nyquist criterion
Answer:-  a) Rayleigh criterion

6. A surface is considered rough if protuberance is ________ than critical height.
a) Equal
b) Less
c) Greater
d) No relation
Answer:-  c) Greater

7. RCS of scattering object is defined as the ratio of _______
a) Power density of signal scattered to power density of radio wave incident
b) Power density of radio wave incident to power density of signal scattered
c) Power density of incident waves to power density of reflected wave
d) Power density of reflected wave to power density of incident waves
Answer:-  a) Power density of signal scattered to power density of radio wave incident

8. Which equation is used to calculate the received power due to scattering for urban mobile radio system?
a) Laplace equation
b) Bistatic radar equation
c) Poisson’s equation
d) Maxwell equation
Answer:-  b) Bistatic radar equation

9. In ionosphere propagation, waves arriving at the receiving antenna using the phenomenon of _______
a) Scattering
b) Refraction
c) Diffraction
d) Radiation
Answer:-  a) Scattering

10. Power density is basically termed as ________ power per unit area.
a) Reflected
b) Refracted
c) Radiated
d) Diffracted
Answer:-  c) Radiated


1. Empirical approach is based on fitting curve or analytical expressions.
a) True
b) False
Answer:-  a) True

2. Which of the following is not a practical path loss estimation technique?
a) Log distance path loss model
b) Log normal shadowing
c) Determination of percentage of coverage area
d) Hata model
Answer:-  d) Hata model

3. Average received signal power decreases __________ with distance.
a) Exponentially
b) Logarithmically
c) Two times
d) Four times
Answer:-  b) Logarithmically

4. What does path loss exponent indicates?
a) Rate at which path loss decreases with distance
b) Rate at which path loss increases with distance
c) Rate at which path loss decreases with power density
d) Rate at which path loss increases with power density
Answer:-  b) Rate at which path loss increases with distance

5. The reference distance should not be in the far field of the antenna.
a) True
b) False
Answer:-  b) False

6. Which distribution describes the shadowing effect?
a) Log normal distribution
b) Nakagami distribution
c) Cauchy distribution
d) Rayleigh distribution
Answer:-  a) Log normal distribution

7. Log normal shadowing is a phenomenon that occurs with same T-R separation having same level clutter on the propagation path.
a) True
b) False
Answer:-  b) False

8. Log normal shadowing implies that measured signal levels at specific T-R separation have ______ distribution when signal levels have values in dB units.
a) Rayleigh
b) Gamma
c) Gaussian
d) Nakagami
Answer:-  c) Gaussian

9. A link budget is accounting of all __________
a) Gain and losses from the transmitter
b) Power transmitted by transmitter
c) Power received by receiver
d) Power transmitted and received
Answer:-  a) Gain and losses from the transmitter

10. Antenna’s efficiency is given by the ratio of __________
a) Losses
b) Physical aperture to effective aperture
c) Signal power to noise power
d) Effective aperture to physical aperture
Answer:-  d) Effective aperture to physical aperture

Wireless & Mobile Communications Questions & Answers – Outdoor Propagation Models

1. Which of the following is not an outdoor propagation model?
a) Longley-Rice model
b) Ericson Multiple Breakpoint Model
c) Hata model
d) Okumura model
Answer:- b) Ericson Multiple Breakpoint Model

2. Longley –Rice model is applicable to _________
a) Point to point communication
b) All to all communication
c) Point to multipoint communication
d) Multipoint microwave distribution sstem
Answer:- a) Point to point communication

3. Longley-Rice prediction model is also referred as _________
a) Okumura model
b) Hata model
c) ITS irregular terrain model
d) Bertoni model
Answer:- c) ITS irregular terrain model

4. The extra term for additional attenuation due to urban clutter near the receiving antenna is called __________
a) Power factor
b) Urban gain
c) Clutter factor
d) Urban factor
Answer:- d) Urban factor

5. Longley Rice model’s merit is to provide corrections due to environmental factors.
a) True
b) False
Answer:- b) False

6. Which method is used by Edwards and Durkin algorithm to calculate the loss associated with diffraction edges?
a) Epstein and Peterson method
b) Interpolation method
c) Knife edge diffraction method
d) Fresnel- Kirchoff method
Answer:- a) Epstein and Peterson method

7. Durkin’s model can read digital elevation map.
a) True
b) False
Answer:- a) True

8. Which of the most widely used model for signal prediction in urban areas?
a) Ericsson Multiple Breakpoint Model
b) Log distance path loss model
c) Okumura model
d) Attenuation factor model
Answer:- c) Okumura model

9. Okumura model is applicable for distances of _________
a) 1 m to 10 m
b) 1 km to 100 km
c) 100 km to 1000 km
d) 10 km to 10000 km
Answer:- b) 1 km to 100 km

10. Okumura model is considered to be complex in predicting path loss.
a) True
b) False
Answer:- b) False

11. Which of the following is the major disadvantage of the Okumura model?
a) Complex
b) Inaccurate
c) Not practical
d) Slow response to rapid change in terrain
Answer:- d) Slow response to rapid change in terrain

12. The Hata model is empirical formulation of which model?
a) Okumura model
b) Longley- Rice model
c) Durkin’s model
d) Walfisch and Bertoni model
Answer:- a) Okumura model

13. Hata model is well suited for _________
a) Personal communication system
b) Large cell mobile radio system
c) Small cell mobile radio system
d) Every mobile radio system
Answer:- b) Large cell mobile radio system

14. Which of the following considers the impact of rooftops and building?
a) Okumura model
b) Hata model
c) Walfisch and Bertoni model
d) Longley- Rice model
Answer:- c) Walfisch and Bertoni model


Wireless & Mobile Communications Questions & Answers – Indoor Propagation Models

1. The variability of the environment is slower for a smaller range of T-R separation distances in indoor models.
a) True
b) False
Answer:- b) False

2. Propagation within building is not influenced by _________
a) Layout of the building
b) Construction materials
c) Building type
d) Trees outside the building
Answer:- d) Trees outside the building

3. Smaller propagation distances make it more difficult to insure far-field radiation for all receiver location and types of antenna.
a) True
b) False
Answer:- a) True

4. What is hard partition?
a) Partition as part of the building
b) Partition that can be moved
c) Partition not touching ceiling
d) Partition between different floors
Answer:- a) Partition as part of the building

5. Partitions that can be moved are called _______
a) Soft partitions
b) Hard partitions
c) Disk partition
d) Dynamic partition
Answer:- a) Soft partitions

6. Losses between the floors of the building can be determined using ________
a) Internal dimensions
b) Material used to create antenna
c) External dimension
d) Line of sight path
Answer:- c) External dimension

7. Technique of drawing a single ray between the transmitter and receiver is called ______
a) Secondary ray tracing
b) Primary ray tracing
c) Line of sight
d) Straight line tracing
Answer:- b) Primary ray tracing

8. ________ is a process of converting plain text into cipher text.
a) Authentication
b) Decryption
c) Encryption
d) Compression
Answer:- c) Encryption

9. _______ reduces the cell size to increase capacity.
a) Intelligent cell approach
b) Microcell approach
c) Top down approach
d) Bottom up approach
Answer:- b) Microcell approach

10. _________ configuration describes a desktop in an office.
a) Mobile and wired
b) Fixed and wired
c) Fixed and wireless
d) Mobile and wireless
Answer:- b) Fixed and wired


Wireless & Mobile Communications Questions & Answers – Small-Scale Multipath Propagation

1. Small scale fading describes the _________ fluctuations of the amplitude, phases of a signal.
a) Rapid
b) Slow
c) Instantaneous
d) Different
Answer:- a) Rapid

2. Fading is caused by interference.
a) True
b) False
Answer:- a) True

3. Which of the following is not an effect caused by multipath in radio channel?
a) Rapid changes in signal strength
b) Random frequency modulation
c) Power of base station
d) Time dispersion
Answer:- c) Power of base station

4. In urban areas, fading occurs due to height of mobile antenna ________ than height of surrounding structure.
a) Same
b) Smaller
c) Greater
d) Very larger
Answer:- b) Smaller

5. Fading does not occur when mobile receiver is stationary.
a) True
b) False
Answer:- b) False

6. Apparent shift in frequency in multipath wave is caused due to relative motion between________
a) Base station and MSC
b) Mobile and surrounding objects
c) Mobile and MSC
d) Mobile and base station
Answer:- d) Mobile and base station

7. Doppler shift is directly proportional to __________
a) Velocity
b) Height of antenna
c) Power of receiving antenna
d) Power of transmitter
Answer:- a) Velocity

8. Which of the following factor does not influence small scale fading?
a) Multipath propagation
b) Power density of base station
c) Speed of mobile
d) Speed of surrounding objects
Answer:- b) Power density of base station

9. Signal will distort if transmitted signal bandwidth is greater than bandwidth of __________
a) Receiver
b) Radio channel
c) Multipath channel
d) Transceiver
Answer:- c) Multipath channel

10. What is a measure of the maximum frequency difference for which signals are strongly correlated in amplitude?
a) Coherence bandwidth
b) Narrow bandwidth
c) Incoherent bandwidth
d) Wide bandwidth
Answer:- a) Coherence bandwidth

11. The Doppler shift for mobile moving with constant velocity, v is given by _______
a) (v*cos θ)/λ
b) v/λ
c) v*cos θ
d) v*λ
Answer:- a) (v*cos θ)/λ

12. Doppler shift is positive if mobile is moving away from direction of arrival of the wave.
a) True
b) False
Answer:- b) False


Wireless & Mobile Communications Questions & Answers – Impulse Response Model of a Multipath Channel

1. Small scale variations of a mobile radio signal are directly related to _______
a) Impulse response of mobile radio channel
b) Impulse response of base station
c) Frequency response of antenna
d) Frequency response of base station
Answer:- a) Impulse response of mobile radio channel

2. Impulse response is a narrowband characterization.
a) True
b) False
Answer:- b) False

3. Mobile radio channel can be modelled as a ______ filter.
a) Non-linear
b) Low-pass
c) Linear
d) Bandpass
Answer:- c) Linear

4. Impulse response does not play any role in characterization of the channel.
a) True
b) False
Answer:- b) False

5. Received signal can be expressed as ______ of transmitted signal with channel impulse response.
a) Addition
b) Subtraction
c) Division
d) Convolution
Answer:- d) Convolution

6. Discretization of multipath delay axis of impulse response into equal time delay segments is called __________
a) Excess delay bins
b) Delay bins
c) Discrete bins
d) Digital bins
Answer:- a) Excess delay bins

7. Small scale received power is ________ of average powers received in each multipath component.
a) Log
b) Exponential
c) Multiplication
d) Sum
Answer:- d) Sum

8. The received power of a wideband signal fluctuates significantly when a receiver is moved about a local area.
a) True
b) False
Answer:- b) False

9. Average power for a CW signal is _______ to average received power for a wideband signal in small scale region.
a) Equivalent
b) Two times
c) Four times
d) Ten times
Answer:- a) Equivalent

10. The received local ensemble average power of wideband and narrowband signals are ________
a) Different
b) Equivalent
c) Not dependent
d) Double
Answer:-  b) Equivalent


Wireless & Mobile Communications Questions & Answers – Small- Scale Multipath Measurements

1. Which of the following is not a small scale multipath measurement technique?
a) Indirect pulse measurement
b) Direct pulse measurement
c) Spread spectrum sliding correlator measurement
d) Swept frequency measurement
Answer:-  a) Indirect pulse measurement

2. Direct RF pulse systems are complex.
a) True
b) False
Answer:- b) False

3. What is the main disadvantage of RF pulse system?
a) Complexity
b) Not real time
c) Interference and noise
d) Simplicity
Answer:- c) Interference and noise

4. Why is the phase of individual multipath components are not received in RF Pulse system?
a) Due to use of duplexer
b) Due to use of ADC
c) Due to use of flip flops
d) Due to use of envelope detector
Answer:- d) Due to use of envelope detector

5. Spread spectrum sliding correlator has better ________ in comparison to RF pulse system.
a) Dynamic range
b) Frequency
c) Power density
d) Structure
Answer:- a) Dynamic range

6. If a PN sequence has chip duration of Tc, then chip rate is given by ___________
a) Tc
b) 1/Tc
c) 2 Tc
d) Tc2
Answer:- b) 1/Tc 

7. The maximal length of PN sequence, the sequence length for n number of shift register is ______
a) 2n
b) 1/2n
c) 2n – 1
d) 2n + 1
Answer:- c) 2n – 1

8. The ratio between transmitter chip clock rate and the difference between the transmitter chip clock and difference between transmitter and receiver chip clock rates is called ___________
a) Slide factor
b) Chip factor
c) Reuse factor
d) Shape factor
Answer:- a) Slide factor

9. Which of the following is not an advantage of spread spectrum channel sounding system?
a) Rejection of passband noise
b) Real time
c) Coverage range improvement
d) Less transmitter power required
Answer:-  b) Real time

10. Which of the following is a disadvantage of spread spectrum channel sounding system?
a) Passband noise
b) Less coverage area
c) Large transmitter power required
d) Not in real time
Answer:- d) Not in real time

11. There is no relationship between time domain and frequency domain techniques.
a) True
b) False
Answer:- b) False

12. Transmissivity is a _________ domain response.
a) Time
b) Frequency
c) Time-frequency
d) Spatial
Answer:- b) Frequency

13. Frequency domain channel sounding technique do not require hard wired synchronization between transmitter and receiver.
a) True
b) False
Answer:- b) False

14. Frequency domain channel sounding system is _______ in nature.
a) Real time
b) Digital
c) Non real time
d) Analog
Answer:- c) Non real time

15. Faster sweep time can be accomplished by ________
a) Increasing frequency steps
b) Increasing time slots
c) Reducing time slots
d) Reducing frequency steps
Answer:- d) Reducing frequency steps


Wireless & Mobile Communications Questions & Answers – Parameters of Mobile Multipath Channels

1. Power delay profile is represented as plots of __________ with respect to fixed time delay reference.
a) Relative received power
b) Frequency
c) Transmitted power
d) Relative power
View Answer a) Relative received power

2. Which of the following is not a multipath channel parameter that can be determined from power delay profile?
a) Mean excess delay
b) RMS delay spread
c) Excess delay spread
d) Doppler spread
View Answer d) Doppler spread

3. The time dispersive properties of wideband multipath channel are quantified by ______ and _______
a) Mean excess delay, rms delay spread
b) Doppler spread, rms delay spread
c) Doppler spread, coherence time
d) Mean excess delay, Doppler spread
View Answer a) Mean excess delay, rms delay spread

4. _______ is the square root of the second central moment of the power delay profile.
a) Mean excess delay
b) Rms delay spread
c) Excess delay spread
d) Coherence time
View Answer b) Rms delay spread

5. Which of the following is the first moment of the power delay profile?
a) Rms delay spread
b) Excess delay spread
c) Mean excess delay
d) Doppler spread
View Answer c) Mean excess delay

6. What is the order of typical values of rms delay spread in outdoor mobile radio channels?
a) Microseconds
b) Nanoseconds
c) Seconds
d) Minutes
View Answer a) Microseconds

7. Power delay profile and magnitude frequency response of a mobile radio channel are related through _______
a) Laplace Transform
b) Fourier Transform
c) S Transform
d) Wavelet Transform
View Answer b) Fourier Transform

8. ______ and coherence bandwidth are inversely proportional to one another.
a) Rms delay spread
b) Mean excess delay
c) Excess delay spread
d) Doppler spread
View Answer a) Rms delay spread

9. Coherence bandwidth is a statistical measure of range of frequencies over which channel is considered _______
a) Time dispersive
b) Frequency selective
c) Time variant
d) Flat
View Answer d) Flat

10. Which of the following describes time varying nature of the channel in a small scale region?
a) Delay spread and coherence time
b) Coherence bandwidth and delay spread
c) Doppler spread and coherence time
d) Delay spread and doppler spread
View Answer c) Doppler spread and coherence time

11. Doppler spread is a range of frequencies over which received Doppler spread is _______
a) Zero
b) Non zero
c) Infinite
d) One
View Answer b) Non zero

12. _______ is a statistical measure of time duration over which channel impulse response is invariant.
a) Coherence time
b) Doppler spread
c) Mean excess delay
d) Rms delay spread
View Answer a) Coherence time

Wireless & Mobile Communications Questions & Answers – Types of Small- Scale Fading

1. Which of the following is not a channel parameter?
a) Bandwidth
b) Coherence time
c) Rms delay spread
d) Doppler spread
View Answer a) Bandwidth

2. ______ leads to time dispersion and frequency selective fading.
a) Doppler spread
b) Multipath delay spread
c) Time dispersive parameters
d) Frequency delay spread
View Answer b) Multipath delay spread

3. Which of the following s not a characteristic of flat fading?
a) Mobile radio channel has constant gain
b) Linear phase response
c) Non linear phase response
d) Bandwidth is greater than the bandwidth of transmitted signal
View Answer c) Non linear phase response

4. Spectral characteristics of the channel changes with time in flat fading.
a) True
b) False
View Answer b) False

5. Flat fading channel is also known as _______________
a) Amplitude varying channel
b) Wideband channel
c) Phase varying channel
d) Frequency varying channel
View Answer a) Amplitude varying channel

6. In a frequency selective fading, mobile radio channel possess a constant gain and a linear phase over bandwidth smaller than bandwidth of transmitted signal.
a) True
b) False
View Answer a) True

7. Frequency selective fading channels are also known as ________
a) Narrowband channel
b) Wideband channel
c) Amplitude varying channel
d) Phase varying channel
View Answer b) Wideband channel

8. Frequency selective fading does not induce intersymbol interference.
a) True
b) False
View Answer b) False

9. For fast fading channel, the coherence time of the channel is smaller than _______ of transmitted signal.
a) Doppler spread
b) Bandwidth
c) Symbol period
d) Coherence bandwidth
View Answer c) Symbol period

10. In slow fading channel, Doppler spread of the channel is much less than the ________ of baseband signal.
a) Symbol period
b) Phase
c) Coherence time
d) Bandwidth
View Answer d) Bandwidth

Wireless & Mobile Communications Questions & Answers – Rayleigh and Ricean Distribution

1. Which of the following distribution is used for describing statistical time varying nature of received envelope of multipath component?
a) Log normal distribution
b) Levy distribution
c) Rayleigh distribution
d) Gaussian distribution
View Answer c) Rayleigh distribution

2. Envelope of the sum of two quadrature Gaussian noise signal obeys _________ distribution.
a) Rayleigh
b) Inverse Gaussian
c) Nakagami
d) Gamma
View Answer a) Rayleigh

3. For a Rayleigh fading signal, mean and median differ by _______
a) 2 dB
b) 10 dB
c) 0.55 dB
d) 100 dB
View Answer c) 0.55 dB

4. It is easy to compare different fading distributions using mean values instead of median values.
a) True
b) False
View Answer

5. For a nonfading b) False
signal component present, the small scale fading envelope distribution is ____________
a) Rayleigh
b) Gaussian
c) Log normal
d) Ricean
View Answer d) Ricean

6. Ricean distribution degenerates to ________ distribution when the dominant component fades away.
a) Log normal
b) Gamma
c) Rayleigh
d) Gaussian
View Answer c) Rayleigh

7. The envelope of a bandpass noise is __________
a) Uniformly distributed
b) Rayleigh
c) Ricean
d) Gaussian
View Answer b) Rayleigh

8. The envelope of a sinusoid plus bandpass noise has __________
a) Uniformly distributed
b) Rayleigh
c) Ricean
d) Gaussian
View Answer c) Ricean

9. What do you call an attenuation that occurs over many different wavelengths of the carrier?
a) Rayleigh fading
b) Ricean fading
c) Wavelength fading
d) Slow fading
View Answer d) Slow fading

10. Which of the reception problems below that is not due to multipath?
a) Delayed spreading
b) Rayleigh fading
c) Random Doppler shift
d) Slow fading
View Answer d) Slow fading

Wireless & Mobile Communications Questions & Answers – Statistical Models for Multipath Fading Channels

1. Which of the following is not a statistical models for multipath fading channels?
a) Clarke’s model for flat fading
b) Saleh and Valenzuela indoor statistical model
c) Two ray Rayleigh fading model
d) Faraday model
View Answer d) Faraday model

2. Who presented the first statistical model for multipath fading channel?
a) Ossana
b) Rayleigh
c) Newton
d) Faraday
View Answer a) Ossana

3. Clarke’s model assumes a horizontal polarized antenna.
a) True
b) False
View Answer b) False

4. A wave that is incident on mobile does not undergo Doppler shift.
a) True
b) False
View Answer

5. Which of the following is an important statistics of a Rayleigh fading useful for designing error control codes and diversity schemes?
a) Mobile speed
b) Doppler frequency
c) Level crossing rate (LCR)
d) Power density
View Answer

6. The level crossing rate (LCR) is defined as expected rate at which _______ fading envelope crosses a specified level.
a) Rayleigh
b) Saleh
c) Vanezuela
d) Faraday
View Answer  

7. Level crossing rate is a function of _______
a) Power transmitted by base station
b) Power density of receiver
c) Mobile speed
d) Bit error rate
View Answer c) Mobile speed

8. Clarke’s model considers the multipath time delay.
a) True
b) False
View Answer b) False

9. Saleh and Venezuela reported the results of ______ propagation measurements.
a) Indoor
b) Outdoor
c) Air
d) High frequency
View Answer a) Indoor

10. Saleh and Venezuela show that indoor channel is _______ time varying.
a) Not
b) Very slow
c) Fast
d) Very fast
View Answer b) Very slow

11. What is the full form of SIRCIM?
a) Simulation of Indoor Radio Channel Impulse response Model
b) Statistical Indoor Radio Channel for Impulse Model
c) Statistical Impulse Radio Channel for Indoor Model
d) Simulation of Impulse Radio Channel for Indoor Model
View Answer a) Simulation of Indoor Radio Channel Impulse response Model

Wireless & Mobile Communications Questions & Answers – Multipath Shape Factors for Small – Scale Fading

1. The term small scale fading describes the slow fluctuations of received power level due to changes in receiver position.
a) True
b) False
View Answer b) False

2. The rapid fluctuations due to small scale fading affect the _________ design.
a) Receiver
b) Transmitter
c) MSC
d) Base station
View Answer a) Receiver

3. An approximately omnidirectional channel model accurately describes fading statistics if directional antennas are employed at the receiver.
a) True
b) False
View Answer a) True

4. Which of the following is not a principle shape factor?
a) Angular spread
b) Angular constriction
c) Azimuthal direction of maximum fading
d) Angle of arrival
View Answer d) Angle of arrival

5. Angular spread is a measure of how multipath concentrates about __________
a) Angle of arrival
b) Transmitted power
c) Single azimuthal direction of arrival
d) Received power
View Answer c) Single azimuthal direction of arrival

6. Angular constriction is a measure of how multipath concentrates about ______ azimuthal direction.
a) Single
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four
View Answer b) Two

7. Shape factor, azimuthal direction of maximum fading is a directional parameter.
a) True
b) False
View Answer a) True

8. _______ of a stationary process is actually the variance of the rate of change.
a) Mean
b) Mean square
c) Mean squared derivative
d) Mean squared integral
View Answer c) Mean squared derivative

9. Complex received voltage is a summation of __________ that have impinged upon receiver antenna.
a) Multipath waves
b) Waves
c) Power density
d) Single path waves
View Answer a) Multipath waves

10. Which of the following is equal to received power?
a) Square of complex voltage
b) Complex voltage
c) Magnitude of complex voltage
d) Magnitude squared of complex voltage
View Answer d) Magnitude squared of complex voltage

11. Which of the following is equal to received envelope?
a) Square of complex voltage
b) Complex voltage
c) Magnitude of complex voltage
d) Magnitude squared of complex voltage
View Answer c) Magnitude of complex voltage

12. Which of the following describes the average fading rate within a local area?
a) Angular spread
b) Angular constriction
c) Azimuthal direction of maximum fading
d) Angle of arrival
View Answer a) Angular spread

13. Angular constriction affects the average fading rate within local area.
a) True
b) False

Wireless & Mobile Communications Questions & Answers – Frequency Modulation Vs. Amplitude Modulation

1. Which is the process of encoding information from a message source in suitable manner for transmission?
a) Modulation
b) Demodulation
c) Encryption
d) Decryption
View Answer a) Modulation

2. The bandpass signal is called the modulating signal.
a) True
b) False
View Answer b) False

3. AM signal have all information in ______ of the carrier.
a) Amplitude
b) Magnitude
c) Frequency
d) Power
View Answer a) Amplitude

4. In frequency modulation, the amplitude of modulated carrier signal is ______and its frequency is ______ by the modulating message signal.
a) Constant, constant
b) Varied, constant
c) Constant, varied
d) Varied, varied
View Answer c) Constant, varied

5. FM signals have all their information in ______ of the carrier.
a) Amplitude
b) Magnitude
c) Frequency
d) Power
View Answer c) Frequency

6. Amplitude modulation has ______ relationship between the quality of the received signal and the power of the received signal.
a) No
b) Non linear
c) Constant
d) Linear
View Answer d) Linear

7. FM has _______ noise immunity when compared to amplitude modulation.
a) Same
b) Less
c) No
d) Better
View Answer d) Better

8. FM signals are _____ susceptible to atmospheric and impulse noise as compared to AM.
a) Largely
b) Less
c) Not
d) Better
View Answer b) Less

9. Burst noise affects FM systems.
a) True
b) False
View Answer b) False

10. AM has a modulation index.
a) True
b) False
View Answer b) False

11. Which of the following is an advantage of AM systems in comparison to FM sysytems?
a) Occupy less bandwidth
b) Superior performance in fading
c) Better noise immunity
d) Not susceptible to impulse noise
View Answer a) Occupy less bandwidth

12. An FM signal is a ______ envelope signal.
a) Varied
b) Small
c) Large
d) Constant
View Answer d) Constant

13. FM uses class______ amplifiers and AM uses class ______ amplifiers.
a) C, C
b) A, C
c) C, A
d) AB, C
View Answer c) C, A

14. AM exhibits capture effect characteristics.
a) True
b) False
View Answer b) False

15. Which of the following is a drawback of FM systems?
a) Burst noise
b) Susceptible to atmospheric noise
c) Wider frequency band
d) Poor performance in fading
View Answer c) Wider frequency band

Wireless & Mobile Communications Questions & Answers – Amplitude Modulation

1. Carrier signal in modulation technique is _______ signal.
a) High frequency
b) Low frequency
c) High amplitude
d) Low amplitude
View Answer a) High frequency

2. Modulation index of an AM signal is ratio of __________ to the _______
a) Peak carrier amplitude, Peak message signal amplitude
b) Peak message signal amplitude, Peak carrier amplitude
c) Carrier signal frequency, Message signal frequency
d) Message signal frequency, Carrier signal frequency
View Answer b) Peak message signal amplitude, Peak carrier amplitude

3. If the peak message signal amplitude is half the peak amplitude of the carrier signal, the signal is _____ modulated.
a) 100%
b) 2%
c) 50%
d) 70%
View Answer c) 50%

4. A percentage of modulation greater than ___________ will distort the message signal.
a) 10%
b) 25%
c) 50%
d) 100%
View Answer d) 100%

5. The RF bandwidth of AM is ____________ the maximum frequency contained in the modulating message signal.
a) Equal
b) Two times
c) Four times
d) Ten times
View Answer b) Two times

6. Single sideband AM systems occupy same bandwidth as of conventional AM systems.
a) True
b) False
View Answer b) False

7. How is the performance of SSB AM systems in fading channels?
a) Poor
b) Best
c) Good
d) Average
View Answer a) Poor

8. Which of the following is a disadvantage of tone-in-band SSB system?
a) High bandwidth
b) Bad adjacent channel protection
c) Effects of multipath
d) Generation and reception of signal is complicated
View Answer d) Generation and reception of signal is complicated

9. FFSR in AM systems stands for ________
a) Feedforward signal regeneration
b) Feedbackward signal regeneration
c) Feedbackward system restoration
d) Feedforward system restoration
View Answer a) Feedforward signal regeneration

10. AM demodulation technique can be divided into _____ and _____ demodulation.
a) Direct, indirect
b) Slope detector, zero crossing
c) Coherent, noncoherent
d) Quadrature detection, coherent detection
View Answer c) Coherent, noncoherent

11. Non coherent detection requires the knowledge of transmitted carrier frequency and phase at the receiver.
a) True
b) False
View Answer b) False

12. A product detector in AM systems is also called ___________
a) Envelope detector
b) Differentiator
c) Integrator
d) Phase detector
View Answer d) Phase detector

13. AM system use only product detector for demodulation. They never use envelope detectors.
a) True
b) False
View Answer b) False

Wireless & Mobile Communications Questions & Answers – Angle modulation

1. FM is a part of general class of modulation known as ______
a) Angle modulation
b) Phase modulation
c) Amplitude modulation
d) Frequency modulation
View Answer a) Angle modulation

2. FM is called constant envelope because ______ of carrier wave is kept constant.
a) Frequency
b) Amplitude
c) Phase
d) Angle
View Answer b) Amplitude

3. Which of the following are two most important classes of angle modulation?
a) Amplitude modulation, frequency modulation
b) Amplitude modulation, phase modulation
c) Frequency modulation, phase modulation
d) Single sideband amplitude modulation, phase modulation
View Answer c) Frequency modulation, phase modulation

4. Frequency modulated signal is regarded as the phase modulated signal in which the modulating wave is differentiated before modulation.
a) True
b) False
View Answer b) False

5. Frequency modulation index defines the relationship between the ______ and bandwidth of transmitted signal.
a) Frequency of message signal
b) Amplitude of message signal
c) Amplitude of carrier signal
d) Frequency of carrier signal
View Answer b) Amplitude of message signal

6. FM bandwidth is approximated using _______ rule.
a) Carson’s
b) Faraday’s
c) Maxwell’s
d) Armstrong’s
View Answer a) Carson’s

7. Which of the following are two methods for generating FM signal?
a) Coherent method, noncoherent method
b) Product detector, envelope detector
c) Direct method, indirect method
d) Slope detector, Zero crossing detector
View Answer c) Direct method, indirect method

8. In indirect method, the carrier frequency is directly varied in accordance with the input modulating signal.
a) True
b) False
View Answer b) False

9. Which of the following is used to vary the frequency of the carrier frequency in accordance with the baseband signal amplitude variations in direct method of FM generation?
a) Integrator
b) Envelope detector
c) Multivibrator
d) Voltage controlled oscillators
View Answer d) Voltage controlled oscillators

10. Frequency demodulator is a frequency to amplitude converter circuit.
a) True
b) False
View Answer a) True

11. Which of the following is not a technique for FM demodulation?
a) Slope detection
b) Zero crossing detection
c) Product detector
d) Phase locked discriminator
View Answer b) Zero crossing detection

12. Which of the following FM demodulator is sometimes known as pulse averaging discriminator?
a) Slope detection
b) Zero crossing detection
c) Quadrature detection
d) Phase locked discriminator
View Answer b) Zero crossing detection

13. PLL in FM detection stands for ______
a) Phase locked loop
b) Programmable logic loop
c) Phase locked logic
d) Programmable locked loop
View Answer a) Phase locked loop

14. In angle modulation, signal to noise ratio before detection is a function of ______
a) Modulation index
b) Input signal to noise ratio
c) Maximum frequency of the message
d) IF filter bandwidth
View Answer d) IF filter bandwidth

15. FM can improve the receiver performance through adjustment of transmitted power.
a) True
b) False
View Answer b) False

Wireless & Mobile Communications Questions & Answers – Digital Modulation

1. Modern mobile communication systems use analog modulation techniques.
a) True
b) False
View Answer b) False

2. Which of the following is not an advantage of digital modulation?
a) Greater noise immunity
b) Greater security
c) Easier multiplexing
d) Less bandwidth requirement
View Answer d) Less bandwidth requirement

3. A desirable modulation scheme provides _________ bit error rates at __________ received signal to noise ratios.
a) Low, low
b) Low, high
c) High, high
d) High, low
View Answer a) Low, low

4. The performance of modulation scheme is not measured in terms of __________
a) Power efficiency
b) Bandwidth efficiency
c) Cost and complexity
d) Transmitted power
View Answer  d) Transmitted power

5. In digital communication system, in order to increase noise immunity, it is necessary to increase _________
a) Signal power
b) Signal amplitude
c) Signal frequency
d) Signal magnitude
View Answer a) Signal power

6. Which of the following is the ratio of signal energy per bit to noise power spectral density?
a) Bandwidth efficiency
b) Spectral density
c) Power efficiency
d) Power density
View Answer c) Power efficiency

7. Increasing the data rate implies the increase in pulse width of digital symbol.
a) True
b) False
View Answer b) False

8. Which of the following is the ratio of the throughput data rate per Hertz?
a) Bandwidth efficiency
b) Spectral density
c) Power efficiency
d) Power density
View Answer a) Bandwidth efficiency

9. Which of the following is defined as the range of frequencies over which the signal has a non zero power spectral density?
a) Null to null bandwidth
b) Half power bandwidth
c) 3 dB bandwidth
d) Absolute bandwidth
View Answer d) Absolute bandwidth

10. _______ is equal to width of main spectral lobe.
a) Null to null bandwidth
b) Half power bandwidth
c) 3 dB bandwidth
d) Absolute bandwidth
View Answer a) Null to null bandwidth

Answer: a
Explanation: Null to null bandwidth is a simpler and more widely accepted measure of bandwidth. It is equal to the width of main spectral lobe.

11. Half power bandwidth is also called ______
a) Absolute bandwidth
b) Null to null bandwidth
c) 3 dB bandwidth
d) Zero dB bandwidth
View Answer c) 3 dB bandwidt

What is GSM used for?

GSM is a digital cellular communication standard that is universally accepted. The European Telecommunications Standards Institute created the GSM standard to define the procedures for second-generation digital mobile networks that are used by devices such as mobile phones.

What are the 3 different types of GSM?

The GSM network is divided into three major systems: the switching system (SS), the base station system (BSS), and the operation and support system (OSS).

Which technique is used in GSM?

The technology behind the Global System for Mobile communication (GSMTM) uses Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying (GMSK) modulation a variant of Phase Shift Keying (PSK) with Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) signalling over Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) carriers.

How many categories of GSM are Mcq?

Explanation: The GSM architecture consists of three major interconnected subsystems that interact between themselves and with the users through certain network interfaces. The subsystems are BSS (Base Station Subsystem), NSS (Network and Switching Subsystem) and OSS (Operation Support Subsystem).