WGU D413 TELECOMMUNICATIONS NEWLY UPDATED COLLECTION OF
EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS DESIGNED TO GUARANTEE
YOUR SUCCESS ON THE LATEST TEST VERSION
1. What is telecommunications?
o A) Computer programming
o B) The transmission of information over distances
o C) Hardware manufacturing
o D) Database management
o Answer: B
2. Which of the following is NOT a component of a basic
communication system?
o A) Transmitter
o B) Medium
o C) Compiler
o D) Receiver
o Answer: C
3. What does bandwidth refer to?
o A) The physical width of a cable
o B) The range of frequencies a channel can carry
o C) The speed of light
o D) The power consumption of a device
o Answer: B
4. What is attenuation?
o A) Signal amplification
o B) Signal weakening over distance
o C) Signal encryption
o D) Signal routing
o Answer: B
5. What is noise in telecommunications?
o A) Audio interference only
o B) Unwanted signals that interfere with transmission
o C) Background music
o D) Data compression
o Answer: B
6. What is the Nyquist theorem used for?
o A) Calculating network costs
, o B) Determining minimum sampling rate for analog signals
o C) Measuring signal strength
o D) Encrypting data
o Answer: B
7. What does Shannon's theorem describe?
o A) Maximum error rate
o B) Maximum data rate of a channel given bandwidth and noise
o C) Minimum cable length
o D) Optimal antenna height
o Answer: B
8. What is modulation?
o A) Varying a carrier signal to encode information
o B) Filtering noise
o C) Amplifying signals
o D) Routing packets
o Answer: A
9. Which type of modulation varies the amplitude of the carrier?
o A) FM
o B) PM
o C) AM
o D) QAM
o Answer: C
10.What does FM stand for?
o A) Fast Modulation
o B) Frequency Modulation
o C) Fixed Modulation
o D) Forward Modulation
o Answer: B
11.What is multiplexing?
o A) Combining multiple signals onto one medium
o B) Splitting one signal into many
o C) Encrypting data
o D) Routing packets
o Answer: A
12.What does FDM stand for?
o A) Fast Data Multiplexing
o B) Frequency Division Multiplexing
o C) Forward Division Multiplexing
o D) Fixed Data Method
o Answer: B
13.In TDM, what is divided among users?
o A) Frequency
o B) Power
, o C) Time slots
o D) Space
o Answer: C
14.What is a decibel (dB)?
o A) A unit of frequency
o B) A logarithmic unit for measuring signal ratios
o C) A measure of cable length
o D) A type of connector
o Answer: B
15.What is the relationship between frequency and wavelength?
o A) Directly proportional
o B) Inversely proportional
o C) No relationship
o D) Exponentially related
o Answer: B
16.What is simplex communication?
o A) Two-way simultaneous
o B) One-way only
o C) Two-way alternating
o D) Encrypted communication
o Answer: B
17.What is half-duplex communication?
o A) One-way only
o B) Two-way simultaneous
o C) Two-way but only one direction at a time
o D) No communication
o Answer: C
18.What is full-duplex communication?
o A) One-way only
o B) Two-way alternating
o C) Two-way simultaneous
o D) Broadcast only
o Answer: C
19.What is a baseband signal?
o A) A modulated signal
o B) An original signal at its original frequency range
o C) An amplified signal
o D) A digital signal only
o Answer: B
20.What is a broadband signal?
o A) A narrow frequency range signal
o B) A signal using a wide frequency range
o C) An unmodulated signal
EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS DESIGNED TO GUARANTEE
YOUR SUCCESS ON THE LATEST TEST VERSION
1. What is telecommunications?
o A) Computer programming
o B) The transmission of information over distances
o C) Hardware manufacturing
o D) Database management
o Answer: B
2. Which of the following is NOT a component of a basic
communication system?
o A) Transmitter
o B) Medium
o C) Compiler
o D) Receiver
o Answer: C
3. What does bandwidth refer to?
o A) The physical width of a cable
o B) The range of frequencies a channel can carry
o C) The speed of light
o D) The power consumption of a device
o Answer: B
4. What is attenuation?
o A) Signal amplification
o B) Signal weakening over distance
o C) Signal encryption
o D) Signal routing
o Answer: B
5. What is noise in telecommunications?
o A) Audio interference only
o B) Unwanted signals that interfere with transmission
o C) Background music
o D) Data compression
o Answer: B
6. What is the Nyquist theorem used for?
o A) Calculating network costs
, o B) Determining minimum sampling rate for analog signals
o C) Measuring signal strength
o D) Encrypting data
o Answer: B
7. What does Shannon's theorem describe?
o A) Maximum error rate
o B) Maximum data rate of a channel given bandwidth and noise
o C) Minimum cable length
o D) Optimal antenna height
o Answer: B
8. What is modulation?
o A) Varying a carrier signal to encode information
o B) Filtering noise
o C) Amplifying signals
o D) Routing packets
o Answer: A
9. Which type of modulation varies the amplitude of the carrier?
o A) FM
o B) PM
o C) AM
o D) QAM
o Answer: C
10.What does FM stand for?
o A) Fast Modulation
o B) Frequency Modulation
o C) Fixed Modulation
o D) Forward Modulation
o Answer: B
11.What is multiplexing?
o A) Combining multiple signals onto one medium
o B) Splitting one signal into many
o C) Encrypting data
o D) Routing packets
o Answer: A
12.What does FDM stand for?
o A) Fast Data Multiplexing
o B) Frequency Division Multiplexing
o C) Forward Division Multiplexing
o D) Fixed Data Method
o Answer: B
13.In TDM, what is divided among users?
o A) Frequency
o B) Power
, o C) Time slots
o D) Space
o Answer: C
14.What is a decibel (dB)?
o A) A unit of frequency
o B) A logarithmic unit for measuring signal ratios
o C) A measure of cable length
o D) A type of connector
o Answer: B
15.What is the relationship between frequency and wavelength?
o A) Directly proportional
o B) Inversely proportional
o C) No relationship
o D) Exponentially related
o Answer: B
16.What is simplex communication?
o A) Two-way simultaneous
o B) One-way only
o C) Two-way alternating
o D) Encrypted communication
o Answer: B
17.What is half-duplex communication?
o A) One-way only
o B) Two-way simultaneous
o C) Two-way but only one direction at a time
o D) No communication
o Answer: C
18.What is full-duplex communication?
o A) One-way only
o B) Two-way alternating
o C) Two-way simultaneous
o D) Broadcast only
o Answer: C
19.What is a baseband signal?
o A) A modulated signal
o B) An original signal at its original frequency range
o C) An amplified signal
o D) A digital signal only
o Answer: B
20.What is a broadband signal?
o A) A narrow frequency range signal
o B) A signal using a wide frequency range
o C) An unmodulated signal