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Extra exam question E7E05

Subelement E7, PRACTICAL CIRCUITS· Group E7E

E7E05

What is added to an FM speech channel to boost the higher audio frequencies?

  • A.A de-emphasis network
  • B.A harmonic enhancer
  • C.A heterodyne enhancer
  • D.A pre-emphasis network (correct answer)

WhyA pre-emphasis network is added to an FM speech channel to boost the higher audio frequencies. A pre-emphasis network is added to an FM speech channel to deliberately boost the higher audio frequencies before transmission, working together with a matching de-emphasis network at the receiver to improve the overall signal-to-noise ratio across the audio band, answer D. De-emphasis is the receiver-side counterpart that cuts high frequencies back down, not what's added at the transmitter, and "harmonic enhancer" and "heterodyne enhancer" aren't real, standard FM audio processing terms.

Published 2026-08-28 · Last updated 2026-08-28 · Question text is verbatim from the 2024-2028 NCVEC Element 4 pool (public domain); the explanation above is original writing, see our methodology.

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