E7F01:

What is meant by direct digital conversion as applied to software defined radios?

1. Software is converted from source code to object code during operation of the receiver
2. Incoming RF is converted to a control voltage for a voltage controlled oscillator
3. Incoming RF is digitized by an analog-to-digital converter without being mixed with a local oscillator signal
4. A switching mixer is used to generate I and Q signals directly from the RF input

E7F02:

What kind of digital signal processing audio filter is used to remove unwanted noise from a received SSB signal?

1. An adaptive filter
2. A crystal-lattice filter
3. A Hilbert-transform filter
4. A phase-inverting filter

E7F03:

What type of digital signal processing filter is used to generate an SSB signal?

1. An adaptive filter
2. A notch filter
3. A Hilbert-transform filter
4. An elliptical filter

E7F04:

What is a common method of generating an SSB signal using digital signal processing?

1. Mixing products are converted to voltages and subtracted by adder circuits
2. A frequency synthesizer removes the unwanted sidebands
3. Varying quartz crystal characteristics emulated in digital form
4. Signals are combined in quadrature phase relationship

E7F05:

How frequently must an analog signal be sampled by an analog-to-digital converter so that the signal can be accurately reproduced?

1. At least half the rate of the highest frequency component of the signal
2. At least twice the rate of the highest frequency component of the signal
3. At the same rate as the highest frequency component of the signal
4. At four times the rate of the highest frequency component of the signal

E7F06:

What is the minimum number of bits required for an analog-to-digital converter to sample a signal with a range of 1 volt at a resolution of 1 millivolt?

1. 4 bits
2. 6 bits
3. 8 bits
4. 10 bits

E7F07:

What function is performed by a Fast Fourier Transform?

1. Converting analog signals to digital form
2. Converting digital signals to analog form
3. Converting digital signals from the time domain to the frequency domain
4. Converting 8-bit data to 16-bit data

E7F08:

What is the function of decimation?

1. Converting data to binary code decimal form
2. Reducing the effective sample rate by removing samples
3. Attenuating the signal
4. Removing unnecessary significant digits

E7F09:

Why is an anti-aliasing digital filter required in a digital decimator?

1. It removes high-frequency signal components that would otherwise be reproduced as lower frequency components
2. It peaks the response of the decimator, improving bandwidth
3. It removes low-frequency signal components to eliminate the need for DC restoration
4. It notches out the sampling frequency to avoid sampling errors

E7F10:

What aspect of receiver analog-to-digital conversion determines the maximum receive bandwidth of a Direct Digital Conversion SDR?

1. Sample rate
2. Sample width in bits
3. Sample clock phase noise
4. Processor latency

E7F11:

What sets the minimum detectable signal level for a direct-sampling SDR receiver in the absence of atmospheric or thermal noise?

1. Sample clock phase noise
2. Reference voltage level and sample width in bits
3. Data storage transfer rate
4. Missing codes and jitter

E7F12:

Which of the following is an advantage of a Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filter vs an Infinite Impulse Response (IIR) digital filter?

1. FIR filters can delay all frequency components of the signal by the same amount
2. FIR filters are easier to implement for a given set of passband rolloff requirements
3. FIR filters can respond faster to impulses
4. All these choices are correct

E7F13:

What is the function of taps in a digital signal processing filter?

1. To reduce excess signal pressure levels
2. Provide access for debugging software
3. Select the point at which baseband signals are generated
4. Provide incremental signal delays for filter algorithms

E7F14:

Which of the following would allow a digital signal processing filter to create a sharper filter response?

1. Higher data rate
2. More taps
3. Complex phasor representations
4. Double-precision math routines