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Basic Fiber Optics MCQ

1. What is the relationship between refractive index (n1) of core and refractive index (n2) of cladding for an optical fiber?

Answer

Correct Answer: n1 > n2 

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2. Dispersion in optical fibers causes distortion in _______.

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Correct Answer: both analog and digital signals

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3. Light emitting diodes (LED's) are:


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Correct Answer: Monochromatic incoherent sources

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4. Dark spot defects (DSDs) occur in:

Answer

Correct Answer: Injection LASER 

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5. The fiber gyroscope is an ______.

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Correct Answer: Interferometer fiber sensor

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6. SONET is _________

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Correct Answer: Synchronous optical network

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7. Silicon reach through avalanche photodiodes has _______

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Correct Answer: minimum noise 

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8. For a step index fiber, relationship between numerical aperture (NA) and coupling efficiency (ηc) is ________

Answer

Correct Answer: d  

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9. Germanium photodiodes are generally not preferred in the optical fiber system because of _________

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Correct Answer: large dark current 

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10. Homodyne detection is used for _______.

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Correct Answer: coherent systems

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11. Near-field scanning method is used to measure:

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Correct Answer: Fiber refractive index profile 

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12. Hydrogen absorption by optical fiber causes _______.

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Correct Answer: an increase in optical fiber losses 

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13. FDDI is _______.

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Correct Answer: Fiber distributed data interface

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14. What happens when dispersion occurs?

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Correct Answer: Output transmitted pulse broadens

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15. Superluminescent LEDs are preferred because of _______.

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Correct Answer: a directional output beam

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16. In p-i-n photodiodes "i" stands for

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Correct Answer: Intrinsic

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17. The information carrying capacity of optical fibers is in the range of:

Answer

Correct Answer: GHZ

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18. Dark line defects (DLDs) occur when:

Answer

Correct Answer: mobile impurities are displaced into the active region of LASER

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19. LED is more suitable for analog transmission because of its _______.

Answer

Correct Answer: linearity

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20. Macro bending losses in optical fibers can be reduced by designing the fibers with ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: a larger refractive index difference 

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21. What is the thermal noise current it in a resistor R expressed in its mean square value?
where, K is Boltzmanns constant, T is absolute temperature and B is the bandwidth

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Correct Answer:

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22. LASER stands for:

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Correct Answer: Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

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23. Germanium avalanche photodiodes can be used for _______.

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Correct Answer: longer wavelength operation

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24. Index optical fibers are sometimes referred to as:

Answer

Correct Answer: Heterogeneous core fibers

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25. The output power of a LASER is greater than that of a LED because of _____.

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Correct Answer: stimulated emission

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26. Total internal reflection takes place at angles ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: greater than the critical angle

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27. The population inversion phenomenon in optical sources occurs when _________.

Answer

Correct Answer: the population of atoms in the upper energy level is greater than in the lower energy level

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28. Which of the following is a characteristic of an injection LASER?

Answer

Correct Answer: Frequency Chirp

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29. Which of the following is a fiber dispersion measurement method?

Answer

Correct Answer: Time domain measurement

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30. The first generation optical fibers are fabricated from:

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Correct Answer: Gallium aluminum arsenide alloys

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31. The cutback technique is a/an _______.

Answer

Correct Answer: attenuation measurement technique

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32. The rays which travel in a helical path through an optical fiber are called ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: skew rays 

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33. Which one of the following is a type of non-linear scattering?

Answer

Correct Answer: Stimulated Raman scattering (SRS)

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34. Which of the following is an Optical System Design Software?

Answer

Correct Answer: Photonic Transmission Design Suite (PTDS)

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35. For a profile parameter (α)=1, the profile shape of refractive index for a graded index fiber will be _______.

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Correct Answer: triangular

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36. When optical power is incident on the photo detector during the 0 bit period, then the system is said to exhibit _______.

Answer

Correct Answer: a non-zero extinction ratio

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37. Intersymbol interference (ISI) in optical fibers occurs due to ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: dispersion 

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38. FDDI can support a data rate of

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Correct Answer: 100 Mbps

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39. For a multimode optical graded index fiber, the profile parameter (α) will be equal to:

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Correct Answer:

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40. Mirrors are placed in LASER optical sources to maintain conditions for ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: coherence

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41. The LASER is a/an

Answer

Correct Answer: threshold device

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42. COBRA (commutateur optique binaire rapide) is an ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: optical switch 

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43. For an ideal photo detector, the absorption coefficient must be ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: large 

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44. The vapor-phase deposition technique is used to produce _______.

Answer

Correct Answer: silica-rich glasses

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45. SOLITON is a/an ______

Answer

Correct Answer: pulse traveling in optical fiber 

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46. Dispersion is low in the __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Single mode step index fiber

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47. Dispersion is the lowest in a________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Single-mode step-index fiber

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48. Avalanche photodiodes are ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: more sensitive than simple photodiodes

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49. Numerical aperture (NA) is related to the refractive indexes of core (n1) and cladding (n2) when

Answer

Correct Answer: d

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50. Scattering losses happen due to:

Answer

Correct Answer: imperfections in glass manufacturing process

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51. Intermodal dispersion is less in a __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Single mode step index fiber

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52. Optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) is a/an ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: field measurement technique

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53. What would the optical return loss (ORL) be defined as when r-fresnal reflection occurs at a fiber-air interface?

Answer

Correct Answer: ORL= -10log10r

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54. Graded-index fibers have:

Answer

Correct Answer: a variable refractive index in the core

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55. IEEE 802.5 is a/an ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Token ring

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56. Metallic impurities are eliminated from optical fiber by:

Answer

Correct Answer: Vapor-phase oxidation method

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57. Optical bandwidth (OB) relates to electrical bandwidth (EB) when

Answer

Correct Answer: OB>EB

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58. Surface emitter LEDs have high radiance because _______

Answer

Correct Answer: it restricts the emission to a small active region

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59. What is signal attenuation in an optical fiber where P1=Input power and P0=Output power

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Correct Answer: a

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60. Which phenomenon does not let light rays escape an optical fiber?

Answer

Correct Answer: Total internal reflection

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61. A multimode graded index fiber exhibits total pulse broadening of 0.2 µsec over a distance of 10Km. Estimate the maximum possible bandwidth assuming that there is no inter-symbol interference

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Correct Answer: 2.5 MHZ

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62. The Nd:YAG LASER is a/an_______.

Answer

Correct Answer: non semiconductor laser

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63. One polarization maintaining fiber operates at a wavelength of 1.5 µm and has a beat length of 0.6mm. Its modal birefringence is given by _______.

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Correct Answer: 2.5 x 10-3

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64. The refractive index is defined as the ratio of ____________.

Answer

Correct Answer: the velocity of light in the medium to the velocity of sound in a vacuum

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65. Quantum efficiency (η) is defined as

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Correct Answer:

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66. When microwave frequency rather than radio frequency subcarriers are employed, the strategy is usually referred to as ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Subcarrier multiplexing (SCM) 

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67. What does TPON stand for?

Answer

Correct Answer: Telephony on a passive optical network 

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68. Rayleigh scattering is a ________. 

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Correct Answer: linear scattering

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