Exam Questions Papers - Engineering

Q1:

A speech signal, band limited to 4kHz and peak voltage varying between + 5V and - 5V is sampled at the Nyquist rate. Each sample is quantized and represented by 8 bits. If the bits 0 and 1 are transmitted using bipolar pulses, the minimum bandwidth required for distortion free transmission is

A 64 kHz

B 32 kHz

C 8 kHz

D 4 kHz

ANS:D - 4 kHz

According to Nyquist Criteria, minimum sampling frequency = 2 x 4 k = 8 kHz But each cycle can accommodate two bits Thus minimum frequency = 4 kHz.