General exam question G8A06
Subelement G8, SIGNALS AND EMISSIONS· Group G8A
Which of the following is characteristic of QPSK31?
- A.It is sideband sensitive
- B.Its encoding provides error correction
- C.Its bandwidth is approximately the same as BPSK31
- D.All these choices are correct (correct answer)
WhyQPSK31 is sideband sensitive, its encoding provides error-correction-like redundancy, and its bandwidth is approximately the same as BPSK31. QPSK31 depends on which sideband it's demodulated relative to (making it sideband sensitive), its four-phase encoding scheme provides built-in error-correction-like redundancy that plain BPSK31 lacks, and its symbol rate, and therefore its occupied bandwidth, is essentially the same as BPSK31's since only the phase-state count differs, so all three statements are true, answer D. Since A, B, and C are each individually accurate, the complete answer has to include all of them.
Published 2026-08-28 · Last updated 2026-08-28 · Question text is verbatim from the 2023-2027 NCVEC Element 3 pool (public domain); the explanation above is original writing, see our methodology.
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