Questions For Est
Questions For Est
41. An amplifier with a noise figure of 6 dB has A. 4.55 dB 62. Most of the power in an AM signal is in the
an input signal-to-noise ratio of 25 dB. B. 7.14 dB *
Calculate the output signal-to-noise ratio in C. 6 dB A. Carrier *
dB. D. 5.18 dB B. Upper sideband
C. Lower sideband
A. 31 dB 52. ln communications system, noise is most D. Modulating signal
B. 19 dB * likely to affect the signal
C. 20 dB 63. Amplitude modulation is the same as
D. 25 dB A. at the transmitter
B. in the channel * A. linear mixing *
42. It is the process of combining two or more C. in the information source B. analog multiplexing
signals and is an essential process in D. at the information C. signal summation
electronic communications. D. multiplexing
53. Which of the following is not true?
A. oscillation 64. The shape of the amplitude-modulated wave
B. mixing * A. HF mixers are generally noisier than HF is called ________
C. damping amplifiers
D. modulation B. Impulse noise voltage is independent A. sidebands
of bandwidth * B. modulating signal
43. _______ occurs when two or more signals C. Thermal noise is independent of the C. envelope *
combine in a linear device such as a passive frequency at which it is measured D. carrier signal
network or a small-signal amplifier D. Industrial noise is usually of the
impulse type 65. In a diode modulator, the negative half of the
A. non-linear mixing AM wave is supplied by
B. linear-phase filtering 54. lt is a type of noise that is generated outside
C. linear summing * the device of circuit. A. Tuned circuit *
D. bandlimiting B. Transformer
A. shot noise C. Capacitor
44. One of the following is not a useful quantity B. noise voltage D. Inductor
for comparing the noise performance of C. thermal noise
receivers: D. external noise * 66. It is a term used to describe the amount of
amplitude change present in an AM
A. input noise voltage * 55. _____ noise is a naturally occurring electrical waveform.
B. equivalent noise resistance disturbances which is commonly called static
C. noise temperature electricity. A. coefficient of modulation
D. noise figure B. depth of modulation
A. Transit-time noise C. modulation index
45. A single-stage amplifier has a 200-i<Hz B. Extraterrestrial noise D. any of these *
bandwidth and a voltage gain of 100 at room C. Solar noise
temperature. Assume that the external noise D. Atmospheric noise * 67. When the modulation index in an AM wave is
is negligible and that a 1-mv signal is applied greater than one it will
to the amplifiers input. Calculate the output 56. What is the noise whose source is in a
noise voltage if the amplifier has a 5-dB NF category different from that of the other A. splatter
and the input noise is generated by a 2-kilo three. B. overmodulation
ohm resistor. C. buck-shot
A. solar noise D. any of these *
A. 56.58 nV B. cosmic noise
B. 458 uV * C. atmospheric noise * 68. The ideal value of modulation index in AM
C. 595.6 nV D. galactic noise
D. 356 uV A. 1*
57. A microwave antenna with an equivalent B. 0
46. ln a communication system, which of the noise temperature of 25 K is coupled through C. 100
following reduces the information capacity of a network with an equivalent noise D. infinity
the system temperature of 30 K to a microwave receiver
with an equivalent noise temperature of 60 K 69. When the amplitude of the information in an
A. linear-phase filtering referred to its input. Calculate the noise AM modulator is equal to zero, what is the
B. mixing power at its input for a 2-MHZ bandwidth. value of the modulation index?
C. bandlimiting *
D. modulation A. 3.15 fW * A. 1
B. 4.35 fW B. 0*
47. _______occurs when two or more signals are C. 2.12 fW C. 100
combined in a non-linear device such as a D. 1.24 fW D. infinity
diode or large-signal amplifier.
58. The process of impressing a low-frequency 70. Amplitude modulation can be produced by
A. modulation information signals onto a high-frequency
B. non-linear summing * carrier signal is called _______ . A. Having the carrier vary a resistance
C. oscillation B. Having the modulating signal vary a
D. non-linear filtering A. demodulation capacitance
B. oscillation C. Varying the carrier frequency
C. modulation * D. Varying the gain of the amplifier *
48. Measuring physical condition of some remote D. amplification
location and transmitting this data for 71. When the modulation index is equal to zero,
analysis is the process of 59. A silicon varactor diode exhibits a the total transmitted power is equal to _____ .
capacitance of 200pF at zero bias. lf it is in
A. Telemetry * parallel with a 60-pF capacitor and a 200-uH A. one of the sidebands
B. Instrumentation inductor, calculate the range of resonant B. carrier *
C. Modulation frequency as the diode varies through a C. double sidebands
D. Multiplexing reverse bias of 3 to 15 V. D. an AM wave
49. It is defined as any undesirable electrical A. 679 kHz to 2.13 MHz 72. When the modulation takes place prior to the
energy that falls within the passband of the B. 966 kHz to 1.15 MHz * output element of the final stage of the
signal. C. 355 kHz t0 3.12 MHz transmitter, prior to the collector of the
D. 143 kHz to 4.53 MHz output transistor in a transistorized
A. interference transmitter, this is called _____.
B. noise * 60. A process where the received signal is
C. splatter transformed into its original form A. high-level modulation
D. out-of-band signaling B. low-level modulation *
A. demodulation * C. zero-modulation
50. ______noise that is present regardless of B. damping D. constant modulation
whether there is a signal present or not. C. amplification
D. oscillation 73. A circuit that monitors the received signal
A. atmospheric noise level and sends a signal back to the RF and IF
B. correlated 61. It is the process of changing the amplitude of amplifiers to adjust their gain automatically
C. uncorrelated * a relatively high frequency carrier signal in
D. internal proportion with the instantaneous value the A. automatic phase control
modulating signal. B. automatic gain control *
51. A three stage amplifier has an input stage C. automatic frequency control
with noise ratio of 5 and a power gain of 50. A. Frequency modulation D. automatic volume control
Stages 2 and 3 have a noise ratio of 10 and B. Digital modulation
74. When the modulation takes place in the final B. amplitude variations 96. A collector modulator has a supply voltage of
element of the final stage where the carrier C. frequency shift 48V. The peak-to-peak amplitude of the
signal is at its maximum amplitude it is D. phase shift modulating signal for 100 percent
called ______. modulation is
85. Also known as downward modulation
A. constant modulation A. 24 V
B. zero-modulation A. carrier shift * B. 48 V
C. low-level modulation B. amplitude variations C. 96 V *
D. high-level modulation * C. frequency shift D. 120 V
D. phase shift
75. If a superheterodyne receiver is tuned to a 97. A receiver parameter that is used to measure
desired signal at 1000 kHz and its conversion 86. It is a form of amplitude modulation where the ability of the receiver to accept a given
(local) oscillator is operating at 1300 kHz, signals from two separate information band of frequencies and reject all others.
what would be the frequency of an incoming sources modulate the same carrier frequency
signal that would possibly cause image at the same time without interfering with A. Selectivity *
reception? each other. B. Q-factor
C. sensitivity
A. 1600 kHz * A. QPSK D. bandwidth
B. 2300 kHz B. QUAM *
C. 1250 kHz C. PSK 98. The noise reduction ratio achieved by
D. 3420 kHz D. FSK reducing the bandwidth is called
76. When modulation requires a much higher 87. A receiver has a dynamic range of 81 dB. It A. dynamic range
amplitude modulating signal to achieve a has 0.55 nW sensitivity. Determine the B. noise figure
reasonable percent modulation, this is called maximum allowable input signal. C. bandwidth efficiency
D. bandwidth improvement *
A. high-level modulation * A. 59 mW
B. low-level modulation B. 69 mW * 99. It is the minimum RF signal level that can be
C. zero-modulation C. 79 mW detected at the input to the receiver and still
D. constant modulation D. 88 mW produce a usable demodulated information
signal.
77. Amplitude modulators that vary the carrier 88. The information sources modulate the same
amplitude with the modulating signal by carrier after it has been separated into two A. selectivity
passing it through an attenuator work on carrier signals are at 90 degrees out of phase B. sensitivity *
principle of with each other. C. Q-factor
D. bandwidth
A. Rectification A. QPSK
B. Resonance B. QUAM * 100. For ideal AM which of the following is true
C. Variable resistance * C. PSK
D. Absorption D. FSK A. m = 0
B. m = 1*
78. A circuit which function is to raise the 89. Unmodulating quadrature AM signal requires C. m < 1
amplitude of the source signal to a usable a carrier recovery circuit to reproduce the D. m > 1
level while producing minimum nonlinear original carrier frequency and phase and two
distortion adding as little thermal noise as balanced modulators to actually demodulate 101. A collector-modulated transmitter has a
possible. the signals. This is called ______ . supply voltage of 24V and a collector
amplitude of the modulating signal for 100
A. power amplifier A. asynchronous detection percent modulation with a load impedance as
B. non-linear amplifier B. quadrature demodulation seen by the collector of 48 ohms is
C. buffer amplifier C. synchronous detection
D. preamplifier * D. quadrature detection * A. 6W *
B. 12W
79. A circuit that has a low-gain, high-input 90. Quadrature amplitude modulation is also C. 18W
impedance linear amplifier which is used to known as ______ . D. 24W
isolate the oscillator from the high-power
amplifiers A. phase division multiplexing * 102. Receiver sensitivity is also known as
B. phase division modulation
A. power amplifier C. phase amplitude multiplexing A. pinch-off
B. bandpass filter D. phase angle modulation B. threshold *
C. signal driver C. compression point
D. buffer amplifier * 91. Amplitude modulation generated at a very D. shoot-off point
low voltage or power amplitude is known as
80. With high-level transmitters, which of the 103. It is defined as the difference in decibels
following is not a primary function of the A. high-level modulation between the minimum input level necessary
modulator circuit? B. low-level modulation * to discern the signal and the input level that
C. collector modulation will overdrive the receiver and produce
A. It provides the circuitry necessary for D. minimum modulation distortion.
modulation to occur
B. It serves as a final amplifier 92. It is the first stage of the receiver and is A. dynamic range *
C. It serves as a frequency up-converter therefore often called the receiver front end. B. noise figure
D. It serves as a mixer * C. bandwidth efficiency
A. Mixer D. bandwidth improvement
81. It is a form of amplitude distortion introduced B. RF section *
when positive and negative alternations in C. Local oscillator 104. It is the input power range over which the
the AM modulated signal are not equal. D. IF stage receiver is useful
A. phase shift 93. In an SSB transmitter, one is most likely to A. dynamic range *
B. carrier shift * find a B. noise figure
C. amplitude variations C. bandwidth efficiency
D. frequency shift A. class C audio amplifier D. bandwidth improvement
B. tuned modulator
82. A carrier is simultaneously modulated by two C. class B RF amplifier 105. It is defined as the output power when the RF
sine waves with modulation indices of 0.3 D. class A RF output amplifier * amplifier response is 1-dB less than the ideal
and 0.4, the total modulation index linear gain response
94. The section of the receiver than down-
A. is 1 converts the received RF frequencies to A. 1-dB compression point *
B. cannot be calculated unless the phase intermediate frequencies. B. 1-dB threshold point
relations are known C. 1-dB shoot-off point
C. is 0.5 * A. RF section D. 1-dB pinch-off point
D. is 0.7 B. Local oscillator
C. Power amplifier 106. It is the measure of the ability of a
83. The component used to produce AM at very D. Mixer * communications system to produce, at the
high frequencies is a output of the receiver an exact replica of the
95. The circuit that demodulates the AM wave original source information.
A. varactor and converts it to the original information
B. thermistor signal. A. sensitivity
C. cavity resonator B. threshold
D. PIN diode * A. Power amplifier C. selectivity
B. Local Oscillator D. fidelity *
84. It is also known as upward modulation C. Detector *
D. IF section 107. A SSB signal is generated around a 200-kHz
A. carrier shift * carrier. Before filtering the upper and lower
sidebands are separated by 200 Hz. lies in the different definitions of the modulation
Calculate the filter Q required to obtain 40-dB index * detector
suppression. discriminator *
118. The relative angular displacement of the demodulator
A. 1500 carrier phase in radians with respect to the receiver
B. 1900 reference phase is called ______.
C. 2500 * 130. Maximum frequency deviation of a PM signal
D. 2000 phase deviation * occurs at
carrier deviation
108. He developed the first successful FM radio frequency deviation zero-crossing points *
system information deviation peak positive amplitudes
peak negative amplitude
B.E. Alpine 119. If the amplitude of the modulating signal peak positive and negative amplitude
N.S. Kapany decreases, the carrier deviation
E.H. Armstrong * 131. Since noise phase-modulates the FM wave,
A.C.S. Van Heel increases as the noise sideband frequency approaches
decreases * the carrier frequency, the noise amplitude
109. Results whenever the phase angle of remains constant
sinusoidal wave is varied with respect to goes to zero remains constant
time. is decreased *
120. On an FM signal, maximum deviation occurs is increased
angle modulation * at what point on the modulating signal? is equalized
digital modulation
amplitude modulation zero-crossing points 132. It is the instantaneous change in frequency
pulse modulation peak positive amplitudes of the carrier and is defined as the first time
peak negative amplitude derivative of the phase deviation.
110. ln the spectrum of a frequency-modulated both peak positive and negative amplitudes *
wave instantaneous frequency
121. The amount of oscillator frequency increase instantaneous frequency deviation *
the carrier frequency disappears with a large and decrease around the carrier frequency is instantaneous phase
modulation called _____ . instantaneous phase deviation
the amplitude of any sideband depends on the
modulation index * frequency deviation * 133. Since noise phase-modulates the FM wave,
the total number of sidebands depends on the phase shift as the noise frequency approaches the
modulation index intelligence frequency carrier frequency, the noise
the carrier frequency cannot disappear baseband
remains constant
111. What is the frequency swing of an FM 122. The relative displacement of the carrier is decreased *
broadcast transmitter when modulated 60% frequency in hertz in respect to its is increased
unmodulated value is called _____ . is equalized
60 kHz
45 kHz * frequency deviation * 134. It is the precise frequency of the carrier at a
30 kHz phase deviation given instant of defined as the first time
25 kHz information deviation derivative of the instantaneous phase.
carrier deviation
112. Varying the frequency of a constant- instantaneous frequency *
amplitude carrier directly proportional to the 123. A pre-emphasis circuit provides extra noise instantaneous frequency deviation
amplitude of the modulating signal at a rate immunity by instantaneous phase
equal to the frequency of the modulating instantaneous phase deviation
signal. boosting the bass frequencies
amplifying the higher audio frequencies * 135. It is the output-versus-input transfer
Amplitude modulation preamplifying the whole audio band functions for modulators which give the
Angle modulation converting the phase modulation to FM relationship between the output parameter
Phase modulation changes in respect to specified changes in
Frequency modulation * 124. It is the instantaneous change in phase of the the input signal.
carrier at a given instant of time and
113. The amount of frequency deviation from the indicates how much phase of the carrier is frequency deviation
carrier center frequency in an FM transmitter changing with respect to its reference phase. deviation sensitivity *
is proportional to what characteristic of the transconductance curve
frequency signal? instantaneous frequency phase deviation
instantaneous frequency deviation
amplitude * instantaneous phase 136. When the modulating frequency is doubled,
frequency instantaneous phase deviation * the modulation index is halved, and the
phase modulating voltage remains constant. The
shape 125. Calculate the amount of frequency deviation modulation system is
caused by a limited noise spike that still
114. It is a modulation where the angle of a wave causes an undesired phase shift of 35 amplitude modulation
carrier is varied from its reference value. degrees when the input frequency is 5 kHz. phase modulation
frequency modulation *
Amplitude modulation 2.40 kHz any of the above
Angle modulation * 3.05 kHz *
Analog modulation 1.29 kHz 137. In PM, carrier frequency deviation is not
Digital modulation 4.45 kHz proportional to:
115. Both FM and PM are types of what kind of 126. Which of the following determines the rate of modulating signal amplitude
modulation? carrier deviation? carrier amplitude and frequency *
modulating signal frequency
amplitude intelligence frequency * modulator phase shift
phase frequency deviation
angle * carrier frequency 138. To compensate for increases in carrier
duty cycle broadband frequency frequency deviation with an increase in
modulating signal frequency, what circuit is
116. Varying the phase of a constant-amplitude 127. It is the precise phase of the carrier at a used between the modulating signal and
carrier displacement proportional to the given instant of time. phase modulator?
amplitude of the modulating signal at a rate
equal to the frequency of the modulating instantaneous phase deviation low-pass filter *
signal. instantaneous phase * high-pass filter
instantaneous frequency deviation phase shifter
Amplitude modulation instantaneous frequency bandpass filter
Angle modulation
Phase modulation * 128. In PM, a frequency-shift occurs while what 139. Indicate which one of the following is not an
Frequency modulation characteristic of the modulating signal is advantage of FM over AM:
changing?
117. The difference between phase and frequency better noise immunity is provided
modulation shape lower bandwidth is required *
phase the transmitted power is more useful
is purely theoretical because they are the same in frequency less modulating power is required
practive amplitude *
is too great to make the two systems compatible 140. With phase modulation, the maximum
lies in the poorer audio response of phase 129. In FM, it is a device that in which amplitude frequency deviation occurs during what value
modulation variations are derived in response to of the modulating signal?
frequency or phase variations.
positive peak value
rms value frequency modulators A. transmitter
negative peak value amplitude modulators B. multiplexers
zero crossings * phase modulators * C. receiver
mixers D. transmission line *
141. With frequency modulation, maximum
frequency deviation occurs ______ of the 153. In a ratio detector 164. A kind of wave where the displacement is in
modulation signal. the direction of propagation.
the linearity is worse than in a phase discriminator
positive peak value * A. transverse
both positive and negative peak value * stabilization against signal strength variations is B. longitudinal *
negative peak value provided C. reverse
zero crossings the output is twice that obtainable from the similar D. perpendicular
phase discriminator
142. In an FM stereo multiplex transmission, the the circuit is the same as in a discriminator, except 165. Calculate the capacitance per meter of a 50-
that the diodes are reversed ohm load cable that has an inductance of 55
a sum signal modulates the 19-kHz subcarrier nH/m.
difference signal modulates the 19-kHz subcarrier 154. The maximum deviation of an FM carrier is 2
difference signal modulates the 38-kHz subcarrier * kHz by a maximum modulating signal of 400 A. 13 pF
difference signal modulates the 67-kHz subcarrier Hz. The deviation ratio is B. 18 pF
C. 20 pF
143. With phase modulation, peak phase deviation 0.2 D. 22 pF *
is called ______ . 5*
8 166. The desirable SWR on a transmission line is
modulation index * 40
frequency deviation A. 0
phase deviation 155. The unmodulated carrier is a single- B. 1 *
instantaneous phase frequency sinusoid commonly called ______ . C. 2
D. infinity
144. The FM produced by PM is called unrest frequency
rest frequency * 167. A kind of wave where the direction of
FM frequency-modulated frequency displacement is perpendicular to the
PM carrier frequency direction of propagation
indirect FM *
indirect PM 156. It is a circuit in which the carrier is varied in A. transverse *
such a way that its instantaneous phase is B. longitudinal
145. In a broadcast superheterodyne receiver, the proportional to the integral of the modulating C. reverse
signal. D. perpendicular
local oscillator operates below the signal frequency
mixer input must be tuned to the signal frequency phase modulator 168. A short-circuited half-wavelength line acts
* phase deviator like a
local oscillator frequency is normally double the IF amplitude deviator
RF amplifier normally works at 455 kHz above the frequency modulator * A. parallel resonant circuit
carrier frequency B. series resonant circuit *
157. The typical squelch circuit C. oscillator
146. If the amplitude of the modulating signal D. LC circuit
applied to a phase modulator is constant, the cuts off an audio amplifier when the carrier is
output signal will be absent * 169. Electromagnetic waves that travel along a
eliminates the RF interference when the signal is transmission line from the source lo the load.
zero weak
the carrier frequency * cuts off an IF amplifier when the AGC is maximum A. reverse waves
above the carrier frequency cuts off an lF amplifier when the AGC is minimum B. transverse waves
below the carrier frequency C. incident waves *
D. longitudinal waves
147. To prevent overloading of the last IF amplifier
in the receiver, it should use the 170. Electromagnetic waves that travel from the
load back toward the source.
squelch 158. Category of media with some form of
variable sensitivity * conductor that conduit in which A. incident waves
variable selectivity electromagnetic signals are contained. B. transverse waves
double conversion C. forward waves
A. Guided * D. reflected waves *
148. The peak-to-peak frequency deviation is B. Balanced
sometimes called ______ . C. Unguided 171. Sound travels approximately
D. Unbalanced
phase deviation A. 2200 feet per second
peak phase deviation 159. The conductive connections between B. 1100 feet per second *
carrier swing * elements which carry signals. C. 550 feet per second
instantaneous frequency D. 600 feet per second
A. Transmission lines *
149. A 100-MHz carrier is deviated 50 kHz by 4- B. Antenna 172. Determine the surge impedance for a parallel
kHz signal. The modulation index is C. Frequency allocations wire, air dielectric with a ratio of the spacing
D. Load between conductors and the diameter of 3
5
8 160. Calculate the characteristic impedance for a A. 250 ohms
12.5 * line that exhibits an inductance of 4 nH/m B. 210 ohms
20 and 1.5 pF/m C. 180 ohms
D. 215 ohms *
150. With angle modulation, it is defined as the A. 36.5 ohms
ratio of the frequency deviation actually B. 51.6 ohms * 173. The rate at which the periodic wave repeats
produced to the maximum frequency C. 22 ohms
deviation allowed by law stated in percent D. 24.5 ohms A. wavelength
form. B. amplitude
161. Category of media which are wireless C. period
modulation index D. frequency *
percent modulation * A. Guided
frequency deviation B. Balanced 174. The distance of one cycle occurring in space
phase deviation C. Unguided *
D. Unbalanced A. wavelength *
151. In a broadcast FM system, the input S/N = 4. B. amplitude
Calculate the worst-case S/N at the output if 162. It is a medium or any physical facility used to C. period
the receivers internal noise effect is propagate electromagnetic signals between D. frequency
negligible. two locations in a communications system.
175. Classification of transmission line where both
19.8:1 * A. transmission medium * conductors current; one conductor carries the
21.6:1 B. channel allocation signal the other conductor is the return path
23:1 C. frequency allocation
15:1 D. any of these Differential transmission lines *
Unbalanced lines
152. Is a circuit in which the carrier is varied in 163. It is a metallic conductor system used to Coaxial cables
such a way that its instantaneous phase is transfer electrical energy from one point to Balun
proportional to the modulating signal. another using electrical current flow.
176. A shorted half-wave line at the operating the higher the diameter and the lower the
frequency acts like resistance Category 5e
the smaller the diameter and the higher the Category 4
capacitor resistance * Category 5
Inductor the smaller the diameter and the higher the Category 3*
series resonant circuit * conductance
parallel resonant circuit the larger the diameter and the higher the 199. The mismatch between the antenna and
resistance transmission line impedances cannot be
177. What is the characteristic impedance of a corrected for by
coaxial line, air dielectric with a ratio of the 188. Type of twisted pair wire cable that consists
diameter of the outer and inner conductor of two copper wires where each wire is using an LC matching network
equal to 1.5? separately encapsulated in PVC insulation. adjusting antenna length
using a balun
24.3 ohms * Shielded Twisted Pair adjusting the length of transmission line *
26.6 ohms Twin lead
13.2 ohms Unshielded Twisted Pair * 200. Category of UTP that was designed for data
18 ohms Open wire line transmission rates up to 20 Mbps
178. Currents that flow in opposite direction in a 189. A shorted quarter-wave line at the operating Category 5e
balanced wire pair is called frequency acts like Category 4*
Category 5
Longitudinal circuit currents series resonant circuit Category 3
Reverse circuit currents parallel resonant circuit *
Transverse circuit currents capacitor 201. Variation of CAT5 cables that are intended for
Metallic circuit currents * inductor data transmission rates up to 250 Mbps
179. Currents that flow in same direction in a 190. The minimum number of twist for a UTP is Category 5e *
balanced wire pair is called Category 2
Two twist per foot * Category 6
Longitudinal currents * Two twist per meter Category 3
Reverse circuit currents Three twist per foot
Transverse circuit currents Three twist per meter 202. A type of twisted-pair wherein its wires and
In-phase currents dielectric are enclosed in a conductive metal
191. A delay using RG-8A/U cable is to exhibit a 5- sleeve called a foil.
180. A secret device used to connect a balanced ns delay. Calculate the required length of the
transmission line to an unbalanced load cable. STP *
Twin lead
Slotted lines 4.57 ft UTP
Stub 1.23 ft Unshielded Twin lead
Balun * 6.2 ft
Quarterwave lines 3.4 ft * 203. It is the name given to the area between the
ceiling and the roof in a single-storey building
181. The most common type of balun used in 192. An open-circuited quarter-wavelength line or between the ceiling and the floor of the
relatively high frequency acts like a next higher level in a multistory building.
182. A pattern of voltage and current variations 193. Level or Category of UTP cable which is 204. It consists of center conductor surrounded by
along the transmission line not terminated in suitable only for voice dielectric material, then a concentric
its characteristic impedance is called Grade telephone signals and very low-speed data shielding, and an environmental protection
applications outer jacket.
an electric field
radio waves Level 1 or Cat 1 * Twisted pair
standing waves * Level 3 or Cat 3 Coaxial cable *
a magnetic field Level 2 or Cat 2 Twin lead
Cat 4 Open wire
183. A type of parallel-conductor transmission
lines consists of simply of two parallel wires, 194. An antenna is being fed by a properly 205. In transmission lines, it refers to the woven
closely-spaced and separated by air. terminated two-wire transmission line. The stranded mesh or braid that surround some
current in the line at the input end is 3A. The types of coaxial cables
Twisted pair surge impedance of the line is 500 ohms.
Open-wire lines * How much power is being supplied to the Grounding
Coaxial cables line? Shielding *
Twin pair Degaussing
3.1 kW Any of these
184. A type of parallel-conductor transmission 2.5 kW
lines which is essentially the same as open- 1.6 kW 206. A coaxial cable with one layer of foil
wire transmission line except that the 4.5 kW * insulation and one layer of braided shielding.
spacers between the conductors are replaced
with a continuous solid dielectric that 195. Level or Category of UTP cable which was Backup shielding
ensures uniform spacing along the entire developed for IEEE 802.5 token ring local Temporary shielding
cable area networks operating at a transmission Dual shielding *
rates of 4 Mbps Interference shielding
Twisted pair
Open-wire lines Level 1 or Cat 1 207. At very high frequencies, transmission lines
Coaxial cables Level 3 or Cat 3 are used as
Twin lead * Level 2 or Cat 2 *
Cat 4 tuned circuits *
185. What is the range of size of wires of a twisted antennas
pair? 196. If the period of one complete cycle of a radio insulators
wave is 0.000001 s, what is the wavelength? resistors
AWG 16 to AWG 26 *
AWG 14 to AWG 25 300 m*
AWG 10 to AWG 20 200 m
AWG 12 to AWG 28 100 m
400 m
186. What is the characteristic impedance of a
coaxial line, polyethelyene dielectric with the 197. If the two towers of a 950-kHz antenna are 208. The cumulative sum of the direct, ground-
ratio of the diameter of the outer and and the separated by 120 electrical degrees, what is reflected, and surface waves is referred to as
inner conductor of 2.5? the tower separation in feet? ______.
187. In AWG, the higher the wire gauge ______ 198. Category of UTP used for virtually any voice 209. The D layer of the ionosphere reflects
or data transmission rate up to 16 Mbps, has ______waves.
a minimum of 3 turns per inch.
MF and HF Horizontally polarized 232. A point source that radiates power at a
VLF and MF Circularly polarized * constant rate uniformly in all directions.
MF and VHF Elliptically polarized
VLF and LF * isotropic source
221. ______ travels essentially in a straight line isotropic radiator
210. A diversity scheme wherein the same radio between the transmit and the receive point source
signal is repeated or transmitted more than antennas any of these *
once.
Direct waves * 233. The transmitting distance with direct waves
polarization diversity Sky waves is limited to short distances and strictly a
field component diversity Space waves function of the ______of the transmitting and
time diversity * Surface waves receiving antenna.
frequency diversity
222. Variations brought about the revolution of the frequency
211. The disadvantage of ground wave earth around the sun phase
propagation is power
weather variation height *
Ground waves require a relatively high cyclical variation
transmission diurnal variation 234. One nautical mile is equal to ______statute
Ground waves are limited to very low, low and seasonal variation * miles.
medium frequencies requiring large antennas
Ground losses very considerably with surface 223. The dielectric strength of air is about 3MV/m. 2.12
material Arching is likely to take place at field 1.15 *
Any of these * strengths greater than that. What is the 2.54
maximum power density of an 1.90
212. A range of microwave frequencies more electromagnetic wave in air?
easily passed by the atmosphere than the
others is called a 40 GW/m^2 235. It is the deflection or bending of
15.5 GW/m^2 electromagnetic waves such as radio waves,
window * 23.9 GW/m^2 * light or even sound when the waves cross
critical frequency 18.9 GW/m^2 the boundary line between two mediums
gyro frequency range with different characteristics.
resonance in the atmosphere 224. It is a single location from which rays
propagate equally in all directions reflection
213. lt is simply the orientation of the electric field diffraction
vector in respect to the surface of the Earth point source * refraction *
ominidirectional source dispersion
Polarization * ideal polarization
Wavefront isotropic polarized 236. The reduction of power density with distance
Rays is equivalent to a power loss.
Power density 225. Diffraction of electromagnetic waves absorption
attenuation *
214. For an isotropic antenna radiating 100W of is caused by reflections from the ground distance loss
power, what is power, what is power density arises only with spherical waveforms power dissipation
1000 m from the source? will occur when the waves pass through a large slot
may occur around the edge of a sharp obstacle * 237. The signal refracted back from the
1.99 uW/m^2 ionosphere strikes the earth and is reflected
7.96 uW/m^2 * 226. The critical frequency at a particular time is back up to the ionosphere again to be bent
3.22 uW/m^2 11.6 MHz. What is the MUF for a transmitting and sent back to earth.
9.17 uW/m^2 station if the required angle of incidence for
propagation to a desired destination is 70 skip transmission
215. The ground wave eventually disappears, as degrees? multi-hop transmission *
moves away from the transmitter, because of multi transmission
34 MHz * hop transmission
interference from the sky wave 45 MHZ
loss of line-of-sight conditions 40 MHZ 238. Electromagnetic waves are refracted when
maximum single hop distance limitations 15.5 MHZ they
tilting *
227. The rate at which energy passes through a pass into-a medium of different dielectric constant
216. If the electric field is propagating parallel to given surface area in free space is called *
the surface of the Earth, the polarization is are polarized at right angles to the direction of
______ . capture power propagation
capture area encounter a perfectly conducting surface
Circular captured power density pass through a small slot in a conducting plane
Vertical power density *
Horizontal * 239. The reduction in power density due to
Elliptical 228. A radio wave moves from air ( relative nonfree-space propagation.
permittivity of 1 ) to glass (relative
217. A taxi company uses a central dispatcher, permittivity of 7.8 ). Its angle of incidence is absorption *
with an antenna at the top of a tower, to 30 degrees. What is the angle of refraction? attenuation
communicate with taxi cabs. The taxi power dissipation
antennas are the roofs of the cars, 10.3 degrees * distance loss
approximately 1.5 m above the ground. In 11.2 degrees
the maximum communication distance 20.4 degrees 240. ______ is the signal that is radiated by the
between the dispatcher and a taxi? 0.179 degrees antenna into the atmosphere where it is bent
or reflected back to earth.
21 km * 229. It is the intensity of the electric and the
30 km magnetic fields of the electromagnetic wave ground wave signal
25 km propagating in free space sky-wave signal *
33 km space wave signal
field intensity * direct waves signal
218. The E layer of the ionosphere aid ______ field density
propagation and reflects ______waves power intensity 241. It is a type of fading having different effects
power intensity of different frequencies
MF, HF *
HF, MF 230. Radio propagation was predicted selective fading *
LF, MF mathematically by polarization fading
MF, LF interference fading
Heinrich R. Hertz absorption fading
219. When microwave signals follow the curvature Guglielmo Marconi
of the earth, it is known as James Clerk Maxwell * 242. It is defined as the modulation or
the Faraday effect Alexander Graham Bell redistribution of energy within a wavefront as
ducting * it passes near the edge of an opaque object.
tropospheric scatter 231. Tropospheric scatter is used with frequencies
ionospheric scatter in the following ra it refraction
scattering
220. lf the polarization vector rotates 360 degrees HF reflection
as the wave moves one wavelength through VHF diffraction *
space and field strength is equal at all angles UHF *
of polarization, the polarization is ______. VLF 243. What type of modulation is primarily used in
ground wave propagation?
Vertically polarized
Frequency modulation solar flux 267. Using a small reflector to beam waves to the
Amplitude modulation * larger parabolic reflector is known as
Phase modulation 255. In electromagnetic waves, polarization
Pulse modulation focal feed
is caused by reflection horn feed
244. It states that every point on a given spherical is due to the transverse nature of the waves * cassegrain feed *
wavefront can be considered as a secondary results from the longitudinal nature of waves coax feed
point source of electromagnetic waves from is always vertical in an isotropic medium
which other secondary waves or wavelets are 268. The plane parallel to the mutually
radiated outward. 256. It is an earth-guided electromagnetic wave perpendicular line in the electric and
that travels over the surface-of the Earth magnetic fields is called _______
Hertzian principle
Maxwell's principle Surface waves * wavefront *
Huygens principle * Sky waves point source
Marconis principle Direct waves isotropic source
Space waves rays
245. Calculate the electric field intensity, in volts
per meter 20 km from a 1-kW source. 257. Frequencies in the UHF range normally 269. What is the beamwidth of a parabolic
propagate by means of antenna with a diameter of 5 meters and an
3.44 mV/m operating frequency of 10 GHZ?
7.65 mV/m ground waves
8.66 mW/m * sky waves 0.5 degrees
1.45 mV/m surface waves 0.675 degrees
space waves * 0.348 degrees *
3.48 degrees
246. The absorption of radio waves by the
atmosphere depends on 258. It is a metallic conductor system capable of 270. The horizontal radiation pattern of a dipole is
radiating and capturing electromagnetic a
their frequency * energy.
their distance from the transmitter circle
the polarization of waves transmission lines figure of eight *
is always vertical in an isotropic medium antenna * clover leaf
waveguides narrow beam
247. Calculate the radio horizon for a 500-ft load
transmitting antenna and receiving antenna 271. The size of the antenna is inversely
of 20 ft. 259. A directional antenna with two or more proportional to ______
elements is known as
23.1 mi frequency *
31.2 mi folded dipole power
14.8 mi ground plane radiation resistance
37.9 mi * loop wavelength
array *
248. Calculate the power received from a 20-W 272. A popular half-wavelength antenna is the
transmitter, 22 O00 ml from earth, if the 260. The ratio of the focal length to the diameter
receiving antenna has an effective area of of the mouth of the parabola is called ______. ground plane
1600 m^2 end-fire
aperture * collinear
4.06 X 10^ -12 W focal point dipole *
2.03 X 10^ -12 W * foci
1.02 x 10^ -12 W major axis 273. Calculate the gain of a parabolic antenna
0.91 x 10^- 12 W using a 2.5-m radius dish operating at 10
261. The impedance of a dipole is about GHz.
249. As electromagnetic waves travel in free
space, only one of the 50-ohm 166.673 dB
following can happen to them 73-ohm * 83.7 dB
93-ohm 52.2 dB *
absorption 300-ohm 45.6 dB
attenuation *
refraction 262. A special type of transmission line that 274. It is the ratio of the radiated to the reflected
reflection consists of a conducting metallic tube energy
through which high-frequency
250. Electromagnetic waves traveling within electromagnetic energy is propagated radiation resistance
Earth's atmosphere is called radiation efficiency *
medium radiation constant
Space wave microstrip radiation antenna
Surface waves stripline
Terrestrial wave * waveguide * 275. The feed mechanism in a parabolic antenna
Sky-wave that radiates the electromagnetic energy.
263. Calculate the angle of declination for an
251. Calculate the power density in watts per antenna using a polar mount at a latitude of primary antenna *
square meter (on earth) from a 10-W satellite 45 degrees. reflectors
source that is 22,000 miles from earth. secondary antenna
3.2 degrees focal point
3.17x1O^-16W/m^2 1.3 degrees
6.35 X 10^ -16 W/m^2 * 4.2 degrees 276. It is a polar diagram or graph representing
2.31 X 10^-16 W/m^2 6.81 degrees * field strengths or power densities at various
1.21 X10^ -16 W/m^2 angular positions relative to an antenna
264. The cone angle of the flare angle of a conical
252. It is a termed used to describe variations in horn antenna is approximately sidelobe
signal strength that occur at the receiver front lobe
during this time a signal is being received. 55 degrees radiation pattern *
45 degrees radiation constant
skipping 40 degrees
attenuation 50 degrees * 277. For a transmit antenna with a radiation
absorption resistance of 72 ohms, an effective antenna
fading * 265. Electrical energy that has escaped into free resistance of 8 ohms, a directive gain of 20
space in the form of transverse and an input power of 100W, determine the
253. The constant temperature stratosphere is electromagnetic waves antenna gain.
called ______
radio waves * 12.55 dB *
E-layer frequency 10.43 dB
S-layer signal 11.21 dB
isothermal region * wavelength 9.78 dB
ionosthermal region
266. The length of the ground plane vertical at 278. The radiation pattern plotted in terms of
254. It is the tendency of the sun to have grayish- 146 MHz is electric field strength or power density
black blemishes, seemingly at random times
and at random places, on its fiery surface. 1.6 ft * absolute radiation pattern *
1.68 ft relative radiation pattern
solar intensity 2.05 ft absolute front lobe pattern
sunspot * 3.37 ft absolute sidelobe pattern
solar flare
279. Calculate the characteristic impedance of a 1250 w 35.1 dB
quarter-wavelength section used to connect 2370 w 25.1 dB
a 300-ohm antenna to a 75-ohm line 2130 w
2850 w* 301. It is the equivalent power that an isotropic
150 ohms * antenna would have to radiate to achieve the
120 ohms 291. It is the ratio of the power radiated by an same power density in the chosen direction
130 ohms antenna to the sum of the power radiated at a given point as another antenna.
110 ohms and the power dissipated.
EIRP *
280. Plots of field strength or power density with radiation resistance ERP
respect to the value at a reference point coupling coefficient IRL
antenna efficiency * RSL
absolute frontlobe pattern antenna beamwidth
relative radiation pattern 302. When energy is applied to the antenna at a
relative frontlobe pattern 292. It is the ratio of the power radiated by the point of high-circulating current.
relative radiation pattern * antenna to the total input power.
voltage-fed antenna
281. What must be the height of a vertical antenna efficiency * power-fed antenna
radiator one-half wavelength high if the reflection coefficient current-fed antenna *
operating frequency is 1100 kHz? standing wave ratio impedance-fed antenna
radiation resistance
120m 303. For a transmit antenna with a power gain of
136m * 293. If a 500-kHz transmitter of a constant power 10 and an input power of 100W, determine
115m produces a field strength of 100uV/m at a the EIRP in watts.
124m distance of 100 mi from the transmitter, what
would be the theoretical field strength at a 30 dBW *
282. Lobes adjacent to the front lobe distance of 200 mi from the transmitter? 40 dBW
50 dBW
diagonal lobes 45 uV/m 20 dBW
side lobes * 100 uV/m
front lobes 50 uV/m * 304. If energy is applied at the geometrical center
back lobes 35 uV/m of antenna, the antenna is said to be ______ .
283. Lobes in a direction exactly opposite of the 294. An antenna that transmits or receives equally center-fed *
front lobe well in all directions is said to be _____. end-fed
quarterwave-fed
side lobes omnidirectional * halfwave-fed
adjacent lobes bi-directional
front lobes unidirectional 305. For a transmit antenna with a power gain of
back lobes * quasidirectional 10 and an input power of 100W, determine
the power density at a point 10 km from the
284. Calculate the efficiency of an antenna that 295. It is the ratio of the power density radiated in transmit antenna
has a radiation resistance of 73 ohms and an a particular direction to the power density
effective dissipation resistance of 5 ohms. radiated to the same point by a reference 0.574 uW/m^2
antenna, assuming both antennas are 0.796 uW/m^2 *
98.3% radiating the same amount of power 1.24 uW/m^2
93.6% * 0.981 uW/m^2
90.7% power gain
95.5% directive gain * 306. For a transmit antenna with a radiation
total gain resistance of 72 ohms, an effective antenna
285. The line bisecting the major lobe, or pointing system gain resistance of 8 ohms, a directive gain of 20
from the center of the antenna in the and an input power of 100W, determine the
direction of maximum radiation is called 296. If the field intensity of 25 mV/m develops 2.7 antenna efficiency.
v in a certain antenna, what is its effective
line of shoot * height? 90% *
diagonal shoot 96%
bisecting shoot 110m 98%
antenna shoot 100m 96%
98m
286. The ammeter connected at the base of a 108m * 307. The fields surrounding the antenna do not
Marconi antenna has at certain reading If this collapse their energy back into the antenna
reading is increased 277 times, what is the 297. The magnetic field of an antenna is but rather radiate it out into space.
increase in output power? perpendicular to the earth. The antenna's
polarization _____. induction field
3.45 near field
1.89 is vertical radiation field *
2.35 is horizontal * magnetic field
7.67 * is circular
cannot be determined from the information given
287. Refers to a field pattern that is close to the
antenna 298. If the power of a 500-kHz transmitter is
increased from 150W to 300W, what would
induction field * be the percentage change in field intensity at 308. IF repeaters are also called
far field a given distance from the transmitter?
radiation field heterodyne receiver *
capture field 141% * mixer/receiver
150% radio receiver
288. A half-wave dipole is driven with a 5-W signal 100% FM receiver
at 225 MHz. A receiving dipole 100 km. 133%
Calculate the received power into a 73-ohm 309. It is the difference between the nominal
receiver. 299. It is the same with directive gain except that output power of a transmitter and the
the total power fed to the antenna is used minimum input power required by a receiver.
23.5 pW and the antenna efficiency is taken into
7.57 pW account RSL
5.64 pW * IRL
1.26 pW system gain FSL
power gain * system gain *
289. It is the resistance that, if it replaced the directive gain
antenna, would dissipate exactly the same total gain 310. A phenomenon whereby the frequency of a
amount of power that the antenna radiates. reflected signal is shifted if there is relative
300. A ship-radio telephone transmitter operates motion between the source and reflecting
directive gain on 2738 kHz. At a certain point distant from object.
antenna efficiency the transmitter, the 2738-kHz signal is
radiation resistance * measured field of 147 mV/m. The second Doppler effect *
antenna resistance harmonic field at the same point is measured Hall effect
as 405 uV/m. To the nearest whole unit in Marconi effect
290. What is the effective radiated power of a decibels, how much has the harmonic Maxwell effect
television broadcast station if the output of emission been attenuated below the 2738-
the transmitter is 1000W, antenna kHz fundamental? 311. A ferrite is
transmission line loss is 50W, and the
antenna power gain is 3. 43.2 dB a nonconductor with magnetic properties *
51.2 dB *
an intermetallic compound with particularly good target identification 335. A type of diversity where a single RF carrier
conductivity navigation is propagated with two different
an insulator which heavily attenuates magnetic very significant extension of the maximum range electromagnetic polarization.
fields more accurate tracking enemy targets *
a microwave semiconductor invented by Faraday space diversity
324. Refers to more than one transmission path or wavelength diversity
312. The primary purpose of the helix in a method of transmission available between a polarization diversity *
traveling-wave tube is to transmitter and a receiver. hybrid diversity
prevent the electron beam from spreading in the diversity * 336. The A scope displays
long tube polarization
reduce the axial velocity of the RF field * efficiency the target position and range
ensure the broadband operation accuracy the target range, but not position *
reduce the noise figure . the target position, but not range
325. A solution to the blind speed problem is to neither range nor position, but only velocity
313. The attenuator is used in the traveling-wave
tube to change the Doppler frequency 337. The glass tube of a TWT may be coated with
vary the RF * aquadag to
help bunching use monopulse
prevent oscillations * use MTI help focusing
prevent saturation provide attenuation *
increase the gain 326. A direct path that exist between the transmit improve bunching
and receive antennas increase gain
314. A magnetron is used only as
LOS * 338. Type of diversity which consists of a standard
amplifier direct waves frequency diversity path where the two
oscillator * space waves transmitter/receiver pair at one end of the
mixer terrestrial waves path are separated from each other and
frequency multiplier connected to different antennas that are
327. The function of the quartz delay line in an vertically separated as in space diversity
315. A backward-wave oscillator is based on the MTI radar is to
quad diversity
rising-sun magnetron help in subtracting a complete scan from the wavelength diversity
crossed-field amplifier previous scan * space diversity
coaxial magnetron match the phase of the coho and the stalo hybrid diversity *
traveling-wave tube * match the phase of the coho and the output
oscillator 339. The biggest disadvantage of CW Doppler
316. Stripline and microstrip transmission lines are delay a sweep so that the next sweep can be radar is that
usually made with subtracted from it
it does not give the target velocity
coax 328. Type of diversity where it modulates two it does not give the target range *
parallel lines different RF carrier frequencies with the a transponder is required at the target
twisted pair same IF intelligence, then transmitting both it does not give the target position
PCBs * RF signals to a given destination.
340. The combination of frequency, space,
317. Which of the following is not a microwave polarization diversity polarization and receiver diversity into one
tube? quad diversity system
space diversity
Traveling-wave tube frequency diversity * hybrid diversity
Cathode-ray tube * quad diversity *
Klystron 329. The coho in MTI radar operates at the space diversity
Magnetron wavelength diversity
intermediate frequency *
318. Indicate which is not true. Compared with transmitted frequency 341. If the target cross section is changing, the
other types of radar, phased array radar has received frequency best system for accurate tracking is
the following advantages pulse repetition frequency
lobe switching
very fast scanning 330. Which type of diode does not ordinarily sequential lobing
ability to track and scan simultaneously operate with reverse bias? conical switching
circuit simplicity * monopulse *
ability to track many targets simultaneously Varactor
IMPATT 342. The multicavity klystron
319. Given the frequency and dimensions of 5 Snap-off
GHz and 7 cm by 9 cm respectively, the Tunnel * is not good low-level amplifier because of noise *
beam of the pyramidal horn is about ______. has a high repeller voltage to ensure a rapid transit
331. What happens when a horn antenna is made time
27 degrees longer? is not suitable for pulsed operation
53 degrees * needs a long transit time through the buncher
60 degrees gain increases * cavity to ensure current modulation
80 degrees beam width decreases
bandwidth increases 343. An arrangement that avoids a service
320. The diameter of a parabolic reflector should bandwidth decreases interruption during periods of deep fades or
be at least how many wavelengths at the equipment failures.
operating frequency? 332. A pyramidal horn used at 5 GHz has an
aperture that is 7 cm by 9 cm. The gain is service switching arrangement
1 about protection switching arrangement *
2 interruption switching arrangement
5 10.5 dB * equipment switching arrangement
10 * 11.1 dB
22.6 dB 344. A type of attenuator where attenuation is
321. A type of microwave repeater where the 35.8 dB accomplished by insertion of a thin card of
received RF carrier is down-converted to an resistive material through a slot in the top of
IF frequency, amplified, filtered and further 333. Type of diversity where the output of the a waveguide.
demodulated to baseband transmitter is fed to two or more antennas
that are physically separated by an flap attenuator *
RF repeater appreciable wavelengths. vane attenuator
IF repeater slot attenuator
baseband repeater * quad diversity directional coupler
radio repeater wavelength diversity
space diversity * 345. After a target has been acquired, the best
322. In order to reduce cross-sectional hybrid diversity scanning system for tracking is
dimensions, the waveguide to use is
334. The Doppler effect is used in (indicate the nodding
circular false statement) spiral
ridged * conical *
rectangular moving-target plotting on the PPI * helical
flexible the MTI system
FM radar 346. A duplexer is used
323. Indicate which one of the following CW radar
applications or advantages of radar beacons to couple two different antennas to a transmitter
is false: without interference
to allow the one antenna to be used for reception ringabout payload
or transmission without mutual interference * roundabout ground segment
to prevent interference between two antennas turnaround space segment
when they connected to a receiver
to increase the speed of pulses in pulsed radar 370. A satellite transmitter operates at a 4 GHz
channel has a dedicated backup or spare channel with a transmitter power of 7W and an
antenna gain of 40 dBi. The receiver has
347. Type of protection switching arrangement 358. It is a celestial body that orbits around a antenna gain of 30 dBi, and the path length
where each working radio channel has a planet is 40,000 km. Calculate the signal strength at
dedicated backup or spare channel primary body the receiver.
satellite *
hot swap heavenly bodies -88 dBm *
hot backup quasars -98 dBm
hot standby * -77 dBm
hot diversity 359. It is a position and timing service that is -79.8 dBm
available to all GPS users on a continuous,
348. If a return echo arrives after the allocated worldwide basis with no direct charge. 371. The satellite subsystem that monitors and
pulse interval, controls the satellite is the
PPI
it will interfere with the operation of the transmitter PPS propulsion system
the receiver might be overloaded SPS * power subsystem
it will not be received SSP communications subsystem
the target will appear closer than it really is * telemetry, tracking, and command subsystems *
360. The geometric shape of a non-circular orbit of
349. Points in the microwave system where a satellite is ______ 372. Standard positioning service has time
baseband signals either originate or transfer accuracy to Universal Transfer
terminate Ellipse * Mercator Grid within ______.
parabolic
terminator hyperbolic 140 nanoseconds
terminal stations * paraboloid 340 nanoseconds *
terminating equipment 230 nanoseconds
terminal equipment 361. The circuit that provides channellization in a 530 nanoseconds
transponder is the
350. A half-wavelength, closed section of a 373. A satellite remains in orbit because the
waveguide that acts as parallel resonant mixer centrifugal force caused by its rotation
circuit is known as ______. local oscillator around the Earth is counterbalanced by
bandpass filter * Earths ______
half-wave section HPA
cavity resonator * centripetal force
LCR circuit 362. The three axes referred to the three-axis inertia
directional coupler attitude stabilization are; except gravitational pull *
speed
351. Decreasing the volume of a cavity causes its pitch
resonant frequency to yaw 374. A TVRO installation for use with C-band
roll satellite (download frequency at 4 GHz), has
increase * speed * a diameter of about 3.5 meters and
decrease efficiency of 60%. Calculate the gain.
remains the same 363. A ground station is operating to a
drop to zero geostationary satellite at a 5 degrees angle 41 dB *
of elevation Calculate the round-trip time 19 dB
352. The IF bandwidth of a radar receiver is between ground station to satellites in a 29 dB
inversely proportional to the geostationary orbit 9 dB
pulse width * 456.45 ms 375. Which of the following is not a typical output
pulse repetition frequency 275.58 ms * from the GPS receiver?
pulse interval 137.79 ms
the target will appear closer than it really is 126.89 ms latitude
speed *
353. Which of the following devices are not being 364. The escape velocity of the earth is altitude
used in microwave power amplifier? approximately Iongitude
klystron tubes 30,000 km/hr 376. The law that states that a satellite will orbit a
traveling wave tubes 25,000 mi/hr * primary body following an elliptical path.
IMPATT 35,000 m/s
magnetron * 25,000 km/hr 1st law of Kepler *
2nd of Kepler
354. Which is not true? A high PRF will 365. A satellite radio repeater is called ______. 3rd law of Kepler
4th law of Kepler
make the returned echoes easier to distinguish repeater
from noise transponder * 377. Telephone communication takes place
make the target tracking easier with conical satellite between two earth stations via a satellite
scanning mixer that is 40,000 km from each station. Suppose
increase the maximum range * Bill, at station 1, asks a question and Sharon,
have no effect on the range resolution 366. Calculate the angle of declination for an at station 2, answers immediately, as soon as
antenna using a polar mount at a latitude of she hears the question. How much time
355. It is a unidirectional device often made up of 45 degrees. elapses between the end of Bill's question
ferrite material used in conjunction with a and the beginning of Sharons reply, as heard
channel- combining network to prevent the 3.2 degrees by Bill?
output from interfering with the output of 1.3 degrees
another transmitter 4.2 degrees 0.26 sec
6.81 degrees * 3.2 sec
circulator 0.52 sec *
magic tee 367. The time transfer accuracy used with 1.6 sec
isolator * reference to the Universal Transmitter
rat race Mercator Grid is ______. 378. ln GPS, it is accomplished by manipulating
navigation message orbit data (epsilon)
356. Which is not true about the following: Flat- UTC * and/or the satellite clock frequency (dither).
topped rectangular pulses must be UTMG
transmitted in radar to GMT Selective availability *
UTM Reverse error notification
allow a good minimum range Forward error notification
make the returned echoes easier to distinguish 368. It is caused by the inertia of the satellite Two dimensional reporting
from noise * balanced by the earth's gravitational pull.
prevent frequency changes in the magnetron 379. The modulation normally used with digital
allow accurate range measurements centrifugal force data is
centripetal force *
357. The power that leaks out of the back and speed AM
sides of the transmit antenna interfering with earths rotation FM
the signal entering the input of a nearby SSB
receive antenna. 369. In satellites, it includes control mechanism QPSK *
that support the payload operation.
ringaround * 380. Kepler's 2nd law is known as
bus *
392. Power amplification in a transponder is L
law of gravity usually provided by Ka
law of areas * Ku
Newtons law of motion klystron
Harmonic law TWT * 405. All satellites rotate around the earth in an
transistor orbit that forms a plane that passes through
381. A receiving antenna with a gain of 40 dB Magnetron the center of gravity of earth called ______.
looks at a sky with a noise temperature of 15
K. The loss between the antenna and the LNA 393. Which of the following clocks is developed for focus
input, due to the feedhorn, is 0.4 dB, and the Galileo satellite? geocenter *
LNA has a noise temperature of 40K. orbit
Calculate the G/T? Cesium Atomic Frequency Standard center
Rubidium Atomic Frequency Standard *
13.4 dB Ruby Atomic Frequency Standard 406. In satellite communications, the type of
39 dB Hydrogen Frequency Standard modulation used in voice and video signals is
20.6 dB *
11.2 dB 394. Master control station of GPS is located in AM
______. FM *
382. The operational satellites of Navstar GPS are SSB
revolving around Earth in ______ orbital Colorado * QPSK
planes. California
Alaska 407. In satellite communications, type of orbit
4 New York which is virtually all orbits except those
3 travel directly above the equator or directly
5 395. Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite orbits over the North or the South poles.
6* around the earth at height approximately
______. equatorial orbit
383. Keplers 3rd law is also known as polar orbit
3,000 miles to 6,000 miles geosynchronous orbit
law of gravity 4,000 miles to 8,000 miles inclined orbit *
law of law of areas 6,000 miles to 12,000 miles *
Newtons law of motion 8,000 miles to 10,000 miles
Harmonic law * 408. It is defined as knowledge or intelligence that
396. A satellite stays in orbit because the is communicated between two or more
384. The basic technique used to stabilize a following two factors are balanced points.
satellite is
Satellite weight and speed Carrier
gravity-forward motion balance Gravitational pull and inertia * Sideband
spin * Centripetal force and speed Information *
thruster control Satellite weight and the pull of the moon and sun Broadband
solar panel orientation
397. A ______circuit in the transponder performs 409. What is the category of data transmission if
385. Calculate the length of the path to a the frequency conversion. the binary pulse maintained for the entire bit
geostationary satellite from an earth station time?
where the angle of elevation is 30 degrees. HPA
Mixer * Return to zero
55x1O^3km local oscillator Bipolar
13x10^3km LPA Unipolar
23x10^3km Non return to zero *
39X10^3km * 398. Geosynchronous satellites are high-altitude
earth-orbit satellites with heights about 410. Which medium is the most widely used in
386. Navstar GPS is a ______. ______. LANs?
387. The satellite is orbiting in the same direction 399. The input circuit to a transponder is the 411. These are used for transmission of PCM
as the Earths rotation and at angular ______. encoded time division multiplexed digital
velocity greater than that of the Earth. signal
BPF
retrograde HPA I carriers
synchronous LPA * E carriers
posigrade * any of these A carriers
asynchronous T carriers *
400. The access scheme used by GPS
388. Find the orbital period of the satellite in a 412. Which of the following is not a typical FDM
circular orbit 500 km above the Earth's FDMA application?
surface OFDMA
TDMA telemetry
1.6 hrs * CDMA * stereo broadcasting
3.2 hrs telephone
2.4 hrs 401. The point in an orbit which is located farthest secure communications *
6.4 hrs from earth
413. A LAN device that use to interconnect two
389. Satellite orbiting in the opposite direction as perigee networks that use different protocols and
the Earths rotation and at angular velocity apogee * formats.
less than that of the Earth line of apsides
point of shoot Gateways *
asynchronous Routers
synchronous 402. Using very narrow beamwidth antennas to Bridges
posigrade isolate signals on the same frequency is Hubs
retrograde * known as ______.
414. A pulse modulation technique as the width of
390. A transponder that demodulates the spatial isolation * a constant amplitude pulse is varied
baseband signals and then demodulates a footprint proportional to the amplitude of the analog
carrier is known as ______ transponder. frequency reuse signal at the time the signal is sampled
boresight
single-conversion Pulse Width Modulation
double-conversion 403. The point in an orbit which is located closest Pulse Length Modulation
regenerative * to Earth Pulse Duration Modulation
degenerative All of these *
point of shoot
391. Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite orbits around apogee 415. The FDM telephone systems accommodate
the earth at a height of approximately ______. line of apsides many channels by
perigee *
3000 miles Increasing the multiplexer size
1000 miles 404. The most popular satellite frequency range is Using many final carriers
575 miles 4 to 6 GHz and is called the ______ band. Narrowing the bandwidth of each
370 miles * Using multiple levels of multiplexing *
C*
416. It is the transmittal of digitally modulated PSK Delta modulation
analog signals (carrier) between two or more FSK *
points in a communications system. 440. The Basic Rate Interface (BRI) of ISDN has a
428. Start and stop bits, respectively, are total bit rate of ______.
Digital modulation *
Digital transmission Mark, space 192 kbps *
Data communications Space, mark * 148 kbps
Pulse modulation Space, space 64 kbps
Mark, mark 1.544 Mbps
417. Indicate which of the following systems is
digital. 429. It is the processing of analog signals using 441. A form of angle-modulated, constant-
digital methods and includes bandlimiting amplitude digital modulation similar to
Pulse-position modulation and signals with filters, amplitude conventional phase modulation except its
Pulse-code modulation * equalization, and phase shifting input is binary digital signal and there are
Pulse-width modulation limited number of output phase possible.
Pulse-frequency modulation Digital communications
Digital Signal Processing * ASK
418. Classification of protocol that interprets a Data Communications PSK *
frame of data as a group of successive bit Carrier recovery method FSK
combined into predetermined pattern of fixed QAM
length, usually 8 bits each. 430. It is a network access method used primarily
with LANs configured in a ring topology using 442. The main circuit in a PSN generator is ______ .
Character-oriented protocols either baseband or broadband transmission
Byte-oriented protocols formats. XOR
Bit-oriented protocol Multiplexer
Character and Byte-oriented protocols * Ethernet Shift register *
Token passing * Mixer
419. Dividing the data block by a constant Token ring
produces a remainder that is used for error Token bus 443. The circuit that performs demultiplexing in an
detection. It is called the FDM system is ______.
431. A small telephone switching system that can
Vertical redundancy check be used as a LAN is called Op-Amp
Horizontal redundancy check Bandpass filter
Block check character Ring Discriminator *
Cyclic redundancy check * WAN Subcarrier oscillator
UART
420. Which of the following is not a benefit of PBX * 444. ______ defines how a user gets control of the
spread spectrum? channel so as to allow transmission.
432. The most common method used for sampling
Jam-proof voice signals in PCM systems. channel access *
Security collision detection
Immunity to fading unnatural sampling collision avoidance
Noise proof * flat top sampling * carrier sense
natural sampling
421. Converting analog signals to digital is done free sampling 445. The fastest LAN topology is the
by sampling and ______.
433. In PCM, it converts the PAM samples to ring
Quantizing * parallel PCM codes bus *
companding star
pre-emphasis Analog-to-digital Converter * square
mixing Digital-to-analog converter
Pre-emphasis circuit 446. It is a theoretical expectation of the bit error
422. It is a process of converting an infinite Compander rate in the system
number of possibilities to a finite number of
conditions 434. The OSI layer that provides the control probability of errors *
functions necessary to establish manage, error detection
Sampling and terminate the connections as required to error control
Coding satisfy the user request. bit error rate
Quantization *
Aliasing Application layer 447. It is simply the data rate at which serial PCM
Network layer bits are clocked out of the PCM encoder onto
423. In T1, It is equal to the reciprocal of the Session layer * the transmission line
sample rate Physical layer
line speed *
Slot time 435. In PAM demultiplexing, the receiver clock is baud rate
Transmission time derived from output rate
Frame time * bit rate
Bit rate standard radio station WWV
a highly accurate internal oscillator 448. A quantizing is ______.
424. What is the final output of a multiplexer? the PAM signal itself *
the 60-Hz power line Multiplexer
Baseband Demultiplexer
Composite baseband * 436. It is also known as digital modulation A/D converter *
Information D/A converter
Composite carrier digital transmission
digital sampling 449. Refers to the rate of change of a signal on a
425. The baud rate digital radio * transmission medium after encoding and
data transmission modulation have occurred
is always equal to the bit transfer rate
is equal to twice the bandwidth of an ideal channel 437. Time-division multiplex baud rate *
* phase shift
is not equal to the signaling rate can be used with PCM only bit rate
is equal to one-half the bandwidth of an ideal combines five groups into a supergroup frequency deviation
channel stacks 24 channels in adjacent frequency slots
interleaves pulses belonging to different 450. The magnitude difference between adjacent
426. Bit errors in data transmission are usually transmission * steps in quantization is called ______.
caused by
438. It is a numerical indication of how efficiently Quantum
equipment failures a PCM code is utilized Step size
typing mistakes Resolution
noise * Coding efficiency * Any of these *
Poor S/N ratio at receiver Companding
Preemphasis 451. It is a set of rules implementing and
427. A digital modulation technique which is a Dynamic range governing an orderly exchange of data
form of constant-amplitude angle modulation between layers of two devices, such as line
similar to standard frequency modulation 439. Type of PCM which is designed to take control units and front-end processors.
except the modulating signal is binary signal advantage of the sample-to-sample
that varies between two discreet voltage redundancies in the typical speech waveform Data Link Protocol *
levels. Network Protocol
Single-bit PCM code Point to Point Protocol
QAM Pulse code modulation File Transfer Protocol
ASK Differential PCM *
452. A signaling system in which each letter of the 464. A signal sent back to the calling party at the 475. lt is a communications term that indicates
alphabet is represented by a different symbol same time the ringing signal is sent to the the presence of a signal power comparable
is not used because called party. to the power of an actual message
transmission
it would be too difficult for an operator to busy signal
memorize ringing signal dynamic range
it is redundant ringback signal * loaded *
noise would introduce too many errors * dial tone node
too many pulses per letter are required reference
465. It is comprised of two or more facilities,
453. A modulation process that involves interconnected in tandem to provide a 476. It is any device used to originate and
conversion of a waveform from analog to transmission path between a source and a terminate calls and to transmit and receive
digital form by means of coding. destination signals into and out of the telephone network
454. What is the bandwidth required to transmit at 466. The drum diameter of a facsimile machine is 477. Exchanges connected directly to the local
a rate of 10 Mbps in the presence of a 28-dB 90.2 mm and the scanning pitch is 0.2 mm loops are called ______.
S/N ratio? per scan. Find the index of cooperation
according to CCITT central office
1.075 MHz * local exchange
10 MHz 451 * exchange offices
5 MHz 2.22 X 10^ -3 any of these *
10.75 MHz 1417
144 478. It provides functionality of communicating
455. The slope of the analog signal is greater than with the voice switch by creating the packets
the delta modulator can maintain A 467. It is the ratio in dB of the power of a signal at or signal units necessary for transmission
that point to the power the same signal over the SS7 network.
overload distortion would be 0-dBm at any point in the
granular noise transmission switching points
slope overload * service points
peak limiting data level point codes
baseband level service switching points *
456. A scheme in which several channels are voice level
interleaved and then transmitted together is transmission level * 479. In a 4-wire telephone set connection, (used
known as to connect telephone set to central office
468. It is an indirect method of evaluating the switching) the green coded wire is used
frequency division multiplex phase delay characteristics of the circuit. ______.
time-division multiplex *
a group phase delay distortion as ground wire
a supergroup envelope delay distortion * to transmit the signal *
non-linear distortion to receive the signal from the far end
457. The best frequency demodulator is the linear distortion as a spare or for special purpose applications
PLL discriminator * 469. It is characterized by high-amplitude peaks of 480. A technique where the called subscriber is
Pulse-averaging discriminator short duration having an approximately flat served by any other central office, the
Foster-Seeley discriminator frequency response switching equipment will have to transfer the
Ratio detector digit dialed to the called switching
crosstalk equipment.
interference
458. The simplest and most straightforward form impulse noise * loop signaling
of telephone service is called dropout step-by-step switching
interoffice calling *
public switch telephone network 470. It is the presence of one or more continuous, duplex signaling
mobile telephone switching office unwanted tones within the message
plain and old telephone service * channels, the tones are often caused by 481. Electromagnetic coupling between two or
central office service crosstalk or cross modulation between more transmission media is what type of
adjacent channels in a transmission system crosstalk?
459. ______ are local telephone switches equipped due to system nonlinearities.
with SS7-compatible software and coupling crosstalk *
terminating signal links multiple-frequency interference transmission crosstalk
single-frequency interference * linear crosstalk
switching points co-channel interference non-linear crosstalk
service points desensitizing
point codes 482. The number or dedicated lines used to
service switching points * 471. That portion of the local loop that is strung interconnect 100 parties is
between the poles
460. A PABX is normally connected to the central 99 lines
office via an interface device called Aerial * 1250 lines
distribution cable 4950 lines *
branch exchange unit feeder cable 3450 lines
subscriber loop unit twisted-pair
foreign exchange unit * 483. Class of switching office which is the local
local exchange unit 472. It is the primary cause of attenuation and exchange where the subscriber loops
phase distortion on a telephone circuit terminated and received dial tone.
461. The most widely used fax standard is
local line Class 5*
group 1 local loop Class 4C
group 2 subscriber loop Class 3
group 3* any of these * Class 1
group 4
473. It is simply the frequency response of a 484. The maximum intelligibility of voice
462. The modern Touch-tone telephone is called transmission medium referenced to a 1004- frequency is between
Hz test tone
600-type telephone set 2000 and 3000 Hz
2500-type telephone set * attenuation distortion 1000 and 3000 Hz *
2800-type telephone set differential gain 2500 and 4000 Hz
1500-type telephone set 1004-Hz deviation 1000 and 2500 Hz
any of these *
463. Signals that provides call status information, 485. lt is the state of the telephone when it is idle.
such as busy or ringback signals 474. The time delay measured in angular units
such as degrees or radians is called ______. on-hook *
ringing off-hook
supervising * propagation time semi-hook
hybriding phase delay * hook-in
controlling holding time
system delay time 486. Type of loop signaling which is widely used in
new switchlri systems to supervise trunks
between two central offices.
1.22 Mcps
battery and ground pulsing 498. A type of crosstalk which is a direct result of
reverse battery signaling * nonlinear amplification in analog 510. A technique that divides the group of
loop pulsing communications system channels into smaller groupings or segments
duplex signaling of mutually exclusive frequencies; cell sites,
linear crosstalk which are within the reuse distance is
487. Printed documents to be transmitted by fax transmittance crosstalk assigned their own segment of the channel
are converted into a baseband electrical nonlinear crosstalk * group
signal by the process of coupling crosstalk
sectoring
reflection 499. The operator of the telephone instrument dualization
scanning * partitioning
modulation subscriber * segmentation *
light variations destination
source 511. The actual voice channel where mobile users
488. The transmission speed of group 4 fax is terminal communicate directly with other mobile or
wireline subscriber through the base station
4800 baud 500. lt is a system of sensors, switches and other
9600 baud electronic and electrical devices that allows control channel
56 kbps * subscriber to give instructions directly to the forward channel
192 kbps switch without having to go through the reverse channel
operator voice channel *
489. It is a distortion formed if SSB is used where
the information bandwidth is greater than manual switching system 512. Supervisory Audio Tones (SAT) have the
half of the carrier frequency. automated switching system * following except:
common switching system
near-far effect crossbar switching system 5940 Hz *
hauffman effect 5970 Hz
kendall effect * 501. Toll offices are connected to other toll offices 6000 HZ
herringbone effect with ______. 6030 Hz
490. lt is simply an unshielded twisted pair intertoll trunks * 513. Each cell site contains a
transmission line consisting of two insulated intratoll trunks Repeater *
conductors twisted together. interoffce trunks Control computer
intraoffice trunks Direct-link to a branch exchange
local loop Touch-tone processor
local line 502. The highest ranking office in the DDD
subscriber loop network in term of size of the geographical 514. A class ll mobile phone using AMPS has an
any of these * area served an the trunk options available ERP of
conference call 504. It allows customers to change to a different 516. An automobile travels at 60km/hr. Find the
call wait service and still keep the same phone time between fades if the car uses a PCS
call forwarding number phone at 1900 MHz.
caller lD *
changing 2.4 ms
493. The largest cable used in a local loop, usually porting * 3.4 ms
3600 pair of copper wires placed transporting 4.7 ms *
underground or in conduit. portability 5.1 ms
feeder cable * 505. By definition, speech power is equal to v u 517. A cellular system is capable of coping with
distribution cable reading minus ______. handoffs once every 2 minutes. Suppose this
drop wire system is in the city with maximum car
drop-wire cross-connect cables 1.8 dB speeds of 65 km/hr. What is the maximum
4dB cell radius for this urban system?
494. A weighting technique that assumes a 1.4 dB *
perfect receiver only therefore its weighting 3dB 1.08 km *
curve corresponds to the frequency of the 3 km
ear only 506. When the telephone set is in the ______ state, 5 km
a direct current from the central office (CO) 2 km
relative noise weighting flows through the transmitter and receiver of
above relative noise weighting the handset. 518. How wide is the spectrum bandwidth of a
C-message noise weighting single GSM carrier?
psophometric noise weighting * on-hook
off-hook * 16 kHz
495. The difference between the absolute delays semi-hook 200 kHz *
of all frequencies. hook-in 100 kHz
50 kHz
relative phase delay 507. Type of loop signaling which involves opening
phase delay distortion and closing the loop to dial to or through the 519. Changing the time order of digital
absolute phase delay central office information before transmission to reduce
phase distortion * the effect of burst errors in the channel.
ear and mouth
496. A special type of line conditioning that sets duplex progression
the minimum requirements for signal-to- loop pulsing * interleaving *
noise ratio an nonlinear distortion interoffice calling epoch
raking
A-type line conditioning 508. Base stations transmitter output power of
B-type line conditioning Improved Mobile Telephone System (IMTS) 520. The bandwidth of WCDMA is ______ larger
C-type line conditioning than GSM.
D-type line conditioning * 100-W to 200-W range *
200-W to 300-W range 5
497. It is a form of incidental phase modulation 150-W to 400-W range 15
a continuous uncontrolled variations in the 300-W to 400-W range 20
zero crossings of a signal. 25 *
509. The chipping rate of WCDMA (UMTS)
crosstalk 521. lt is the process in which the same set of
co-channel interference 3.84 Mcps * frequencies can be allocated to more than
phase jitter * 3.6484 Mcps one cell, provided that the cells are
spikes 1.25 Mcps separated by a sufficient distance
18.9 usec
frequency reuse * 533. It is when a mobile unit moves from one cell 20.8 usec
handoff to another from one company's service area 16.7 usec *
clustering to another company s service area
radio survey 545. A digital identification associated with a
roaming * cellular system
522. A connection is momentarily broken during handoff
the cell-to-cell transfer is called ______. handover MIN *
paging ESN
hard handoff * SAT
soft handoff 534. It is a 34-bit binary code that represents the SIM
medium handoff 10-digit telephone number
light handoff 546. A new regulation issued by the National
electronic serial number Telecommunications Commission providing
523. Transmission from mobile stations to the system identification for the guideline for mobile personal
base stations is called digital color code communication having a global coverage
mobile identification number * using satellite.
forward link
reverse link * 535. The bandwidth of WCDMA is ______ times NMT
control link larger than CDMAone. GMPCS *
user link GSM
4* TACS
524. lt is a database in the PCS network that 5
stores information about the user, including 6 547. The following are the typical cluster size
home subscription information and what 7 except
supplementary services the user is
subscribed to. 536. Receive channel 22 is 870.66 MHz. Receive 3
channel 23 is 7
visitor location register 12
home location register * 870.36 MHz 15 *
equipment identification register 870.63 MHz
authentication register 870.96 MHz 548. Provides a centralized administration and
870.69 MHz * maintenance point for the entire network and
525. Determine the transmit power for a CDMA interfaces with the public telephone network
mobile unit that is receiving a signal from the 537. In mobile wireless communication, the radio through the telephone wireline voice trunks
base station at 100 dBm equipment and the propagation path. and data links
526. When transmitting digital information, voice 538. The signaling tone may be transmitted on 549. lt is a digital telephone exchange located in
transmission is inhibited, this is called ______ the voice channel during a call in what the MTSO that is the heart of a telephone
frequency? system
quieting
muting 25 kHz mobile switching center
blank-and-burst * 20 kHz electronic switching center *
any of these 15 kHz gateway switching center
10 kHz * electronic mobile switching center
527. A metropolitan area of 1000 square km is to
be covered by cells with a radius of 2 km. 539. Station in the mobile service not intended to 550. A database in the PCS network that stores
How many cell sites would be required, be used while in motion. information pertaining to the identification
assuming hexagonal cells? and type of equipment that exist in the
base station mobile unit.
72 fixed station
73 * coast station visitor location register
74 land station * home location register
75 equipment identification register *
540. ln the GSM system, a smart card" containing authentication register
528. Refers to a land station in a maritime mobile all user information, which is inserted into
service the phone before use. 551. When the signal from a mobile cellular unit
drops below a certain level, what action
coast station * IMSI occurs?
maritime station IMEI
coast earth station IMTS The unit is handed oft to a closer cell. *
ship earth station SIM * The call is terminated.
The MTSO increases power level.
529. Class of orthogonal spreading coded used in 541. Determine the number of channels per The cell site switches antenna.
CDMA communication. cluster of a cellular telephone area
comprised of 10 clusters with seven cells in 552. A method of transmitting data on AMPS
Color code each cluster and 10 channels in each cell. cellular telephone voice channels that are
Walsh code * temporary unused.
PCS code 70 channels per cluster *
CDMA 700 channels per cluster cellular digital packet data *
7000 channels per cluster digital color code
530. ln a spread spectrum system, the tendency 7 channels per cluster control mobile attenuation code
for stronger signals to interfere with the electronic serial code
reception of weaker signals. 542. Determine the channel capacity if 7
macrocells with 10 channels per cell is split 553. A vehicle travels through a cellular system at
near-far field into 4 minicells 100 km per hour. Approximately how often
near-far effect * will handoffs occur if the cell radius is 10 km.
direct-sequence 120 channels per area
spread-spectrum 360 channels per area 12min *
280 channels per area * 14 min
531. Macrocells have base stations transmit power 460 channels per area 16 min
between ______. 18min
543. Technique of spread spectrum that breaks
3W to 7W message into fixed-size blocks of data with 554. In the GSM system, a telephone number that
1Wto 6W * each block transmitted in sequence except is unique to a given user, worldwide.
2W to 8W on the different carrier frequency.
0.1Wto 5W IMTS
spread spectrum IMEI
532. It is when the area of a cell, or independent time-division multiplexing IMSI *
component coverage areas of a cellular frequency-hopping * SIM
system, is further divided, thus creating more direct sequence
cell areas. 555. An area divided into hexagonal shapes that
544. A base and mobile is separated by 5 km. fit together to form a honeycomb pattern is
cell splitting * What is the propagation time for a signal called ______.
cell clustering traveling between them?
cell partitioning cluster
cell sectoring 14.5 usec transport area
cell * 568. The scientist who built the first optical maser Infrared *
area of responsibility X-rays
Charles Townes Visible
556. Determine the channel capacity of a cellular GA Bockham Ultraviolet
telephone area comprised of twelve Theodore Maiman *
macrocell with ten channels per cell ACS Van Heel 582. Which of the following terms best describes
the reason that light is refracted at different
12 channels per area 569. A single fiber can handle as many voice angles?
120 channels per area * channels as cables.
1200 channels per area Photon energy changes with wavelength
12000 channels per area a pair of copper conductors Light is refracted as a function of surface
a 1500-pair cable * smoothness
557. Transmission from base stations to mobile a 500-pair cable The angle is determined partly by a and b
stations is called ______. a 1000-pair cable The angle is determined by the index of the
materials *
forward link * 570. They proposed a new communication
reverse link medium using cladded fiber cables. 583. Range of wavelengths of ultraviolet
control link
user link Kao and Bockham * 670 nm to 10^3 nm
Maiman, Kao and Bockham 440 nm to 540 nm
558. A device that was constructed from mirrors Kapron, Keck and Maurer 110 nm to 240 nm
and selenium detectors that transmitted Maiman and Schawlow 10 nm to 390nm *
sound waves over a beam of light.
571. An incident ray can be defined as 584. Single frequency light is called
lightphone
photophone * a light ray reflected from a flat surface pure
cameraphone a light directed toward a surface * intense
walletphone a diffused light ray coherent
a light ray that happens periodically monochromatic *
559. Which fiber-optic system is better?
572. Developed an optical fiber with losses less 585. The coating in a fiber helps protect fiber from
3 repeaters * than 2 dB/km moisture, which reduces the possibility of the
8 repeaters occurrence of a detrimental phenomenon
11 repeaters Kao and Bockham * called
20 repeaters Maiman, Kao and Bockham
Maiman and Schawlow Static fatigue*
560. What is the frequency limit of a copper wire? Kapron, Keck and Maurer Mechanical fatigue
Stress fatigue
approximately 0.5 MHz 573. The band of light frequencies that are too Coating fatigue
approximately 1.0 MHz * high to be seen human eye
approximately 40 GHz 586. The term critical angle describes
none of the above Ultraviolet *
Visible light the point at which light is refracted
561. They were granted patents for scanning and Infrared the point at which light becomes invisible
transmitting television images through Yellow the point at which light has gone from the
uncoated fiber cables. refractive mode to the reflective mode *
574. Which of the following is the fastest light the point at which light has crossed the boundary
Baird and Hansel * sensor? layers from one index to another
Bockham and Kao
Kapron and Keck PIN photodiode 587. The ratio of the speed of light in air to the
Maiman and Schawlow Photovoltaic diode l V speed of light in another substance is called
Photodiode the
562. The product of the bit rate and distance of a Avalanche photodiode *
fiber-optic Gbits-km/s. What is the maximum speed factor
rate at 5 km? 575. Range of infrared index of reflection
index of refraction *
100 Mbits/s 360 nm to 440 nm speed gain
200 Mbits/s 670 nm to 10^3 nm
400 Mbits/s * 110nm to 240 nm 588. The three essential types of fiber commonly
1000 Gbits/s 770 nm to 10^6 nm * used today except
563. Approximately what is the frequency limit of 576. The term dispersion describes the process of Plastic core and cladding
the optical fiber? Plastic core and glass cladding *
separating light into its component frequencies * Glass core and Glass cladding (SCS)
20 MHz reflecting light from a smooth surface Glass core and Plastic cladding (PCS)
1 MHz the process by which light is absorbed by an
100 MHz uneven rough surface 589. What phenomenon will result if the glass
40 GHz * light scattering fiber is exposed to long periods of high
humidity?
564. They experimented with light transmission 577. The band of light frequencies to which the
cables through bundle of fibers and lead to human eye will respond stress fatigue
the development of flexible fiberscope. core corrosion
Infrared stress corrosion *
Townes, Schawlow and Kao Visible light * cladding corrosion
Maiman, Kao and Bockham Ultraviolet
Maurer, Kapron and Keck Cosmic rays 590. The law that states When visible light of
Van Heel, Hopkins, Kapany * high-frequency electromagnetic radiation
578. Laser light is very bright because it is illuminates a metallic surface, electrons are
565. Photodiodes operate properly with emitted is known as ______
pure
forward bias white Einstein law of photon
reverse bias * coherent * Marconis law
neither forward nor reverse bias monochromatic Maxwells law
either forward or reverse bias Planks law *
579. Which of the following is the fastest light
566. He coined the term fiber optics in 1956 sensor? 591. Both LEDs and lLDs operate correctly with
567. They wrote a paper describing how it was 580. Range of wavelength of visible light 592. Any energy level above the ground state is
possible to use stimulated emission for called ______.
amplifying light waves (laser) as well as 670 nm to 10^3 nm
microwaves (maser) 440 nm to 540 nm Normal state
110 nm to 240 nm Above-ground state
Theodore Maiman 390nm to 770nm * Excited state *
KC Kao and GA Bockham Spontaneous state
Charles Townes and Arthur Schawlow * 581. The band of light frequencies that are too low
Kapron, Keck and Maurer to be seen by the human eye 593. The process of decaying from one energy
level to another energy level is called ______.
Radiant flux *
Spontaneous emission * Radiant optics average carrier level
Excited emission symmetric envelope of amplitude variations *
Absorption 606. In refraction that occurs in air/glass lower sideband without the upper sideband
Any of these interfaces, among the visible light, which is upper envelope without the lower envelope
bent the most?
594. The process of moving from one energy level 618. With which emission type is the capture-
to another is called red effect more pronounced?
violet *
Spontaneous emission yellow CW
Excited emission green FM *
Absorption * SSB
Spontaneous decay 607. Fiber-optic cables with attenuations of 1.8, AM
3.4, 5.9, and 18 dB are linked together. The
595. Most fiber optic light sources emit light in total loss is 619. The hue of color sync phase is
which spectrum?
7.5 dB red
visible 19.8 dB cyan
infrared * 29.1 dB * blue
ultraviolet 650 dB yellow-green *
x-ray
608. In stereophonic broadcast, the center 620. How much is the equivalent internal
596. A packet of energy which is equal to the frequency of each SCA subcarrier shall be resistance of the electron beam with a 1.2-
difference between the two energy levels. kept at all times within ______ Hz of the mA beam current at 25 kV?
authorized frequency.
Photons * 48 nano ohms
Electronvolt 200 30 ohms
Quantum 300 20.8 mega ohms *
Quanta 400 15.6 kilo ohms
500 *
597. It is the science of measuring only light 621. The difference between the picture and
waves that are visible to the human eye. 609. Sawtooth generator circuits produce the sound carrier frequencies for channel 3
scanning raster, but the sync pulses are is______ MHz.
Radiometry needed for
Photometry * 3.58
Ophthalmology linearity 64.5
Optometry timing * 4.5 *
keystoning 6.75
598. The refractive index number is line pairing
622. Refers to the deviation of the operating
a number which compares the transparency of a 610. Which of the following camera tubes has frequency of a crystal oscillator from its
material with that of air * minimum lag? nominal value due to temperature variations.
a number of assigned by the manufacturer to the
fiber in question Vidicon drift *
a number which determines the core diameter Plumbicon * flashover
a term for describing core elasticity Saticon frequency deviation
Iconoscope deviation ratio
599. It is a science of measuring light throughout
the entire electromagnetic spectrum 611. The service area in standard AM broadcast is 623. It is the measure of how many picture
described as ______ there is no fading of elements can be reproduced
Radiometry * signal.
Photometry definition
Ophthalmology Class A resolution
Optometry Secondary detail
Class B any of these *
600. Which light emitter is preferred for high- Primary *
speed data in a fiber-optic system? 624. A 3.58-MHz subcarrier signal for color in
612. The vertical field-scanning frequency is television
incandescent ______ Hz.
LED Hue signal
neon 30 Video signal
laser * 60 * Audio signal
525 Chroma signal *
601. Light intensity is generally described in terms 15,750
of ______ and measured in ________. 625. A class D FM station shall have an authorized
613. A 4.5-MHz signal which is equal to the power not exceeding ______ watts.
Luminous flux density, Lumens per unit area * difference between the picture and sound RF
Luminous flux intensity, Lumens per unit area carrier frequencies in a 6-MHz TV channel. 20
Luminous flux density, Lumens per unit volume 15
Luminous flux intensity, Lumens per unit volume Audio frequency 10 *
Video frequency 5
602. In radiometric terms, it measures the rate at lntercarrier frequency *
which electromagnetic waves transfer light Subcarrier frequency 626. Which of the following is not a benefit of
energy cable TV?
614. A system where the modulated RF picture
Optical radiation and sound carrier signals are distributed in a Lower-cost reception *
Optical impedance cable network, instead of wireless system. Greater stability
Optical illusion Less noise, stronger signal
Optical power * CCTV Premium cable channels
MATV
603. It is described as the flow of light energy past CATV * 627. The width of the vertical sync pulse in the
a given point in a specified time. SATV Philippine TV system is
a number of fibers placed into fiber-optic cable 616. What circuit in the TV receiver is used to announce
the number of voice channels each fiber can develop the high voltage needed to operate broadcast *
support the picture tube? transmit
the number of wavelengths each fiber can support media
* low-voltage power supply
the index number horizontal output * 629. The number of frames per second in the
vertical sweep Philippine TV system is
605. Optical power is sometimes called ______. sync separator
60
Radiant emission 617. The modulated picture carrier wave includes 262
Radiant power the composite video signal as the 4.5
30 * optical focus television audio
electrical focus *
630. It means multiple outlines of edges to the beam current 655. The amount of color in the picture or color
right in the picture. shading intensity is the ______.
increase the high frequency amplitude 645. Class B FM station shall have an authorized 657. A technique where segments of videotape
improve the audio harmonic transmitter power not exceeding kW. are joined by erasing and recording to create
decrease the low frequency amplitude a single program.
improve the S/N ratio * 10 *
100 masking
633. The part of the visible spectrum where 1000 segmenting
camera pickup tubes have the greatest 10000 editing *
output is programming
646. The total bandwidth of an NTSC TV signal is
red
blue 3.58 MHz
yellow-green * 4.5 MHz
infrared 6 MHz *
10.7 MHz
634. The type of modulation of the sound carrier
signal is ______. 647. Referred to the oscillator signal leak
through from a property neutralized
pulse modulation amplifier such as a master oscillator power
phase modulation amplifier.
amplitude modulation
frequency modulation * carrier
stray signal
635. A video or audio signal that can be used back wave *
directly to reproduce the picture and sound. loss wave
10 ft MPEG-21 WIFI
20 ft MPEG-A HiperLAN *
15 ft MPEG-7 WIMAX
30 ft * MPEG-E * VOIP
669. Class 1 radios used primarily in industrial use 681. A new standard line of MPEG standard called 693. _____ refers to the determination of the
cases have a range of multimedia application format is ______ . position, velocity and/or other characteristics
of an object, or the obtaining of information
100 meters * MPEG-A * relating to these parameters, by means of
25 meters MPEG-C the propagation properties of radio waves.
10 meters MPEG-B
50 meters MPEG-D position determination
radio determination *
670. Bluetooth technology uses ______ of power. velocity determination
range determination wireless application to reduce the power consumption of equipment
telecommand * to allow for upgrades to higher bit rates
694. Radio microphones has power of ______mW or radio beacon to prevent unauthorized access
less.
702. The data rate used by IEEE 802.11b
20 712. FDMA allocated users per channel.
40 11 Mbps *
30 55 Mbps 1*
50 * 54 Mbps 3
12 Mbps 6
695. _____ referred to as wireless microphones or 10
cordless microphones are small, low power, 703. The operating frequency of IEEE 802.11b
unidirectional transmitters designed to be
713. The G.723.1 specification for audio codecs,
worn on the body, or hand held, for the 2.4 GHz *
recommended by the VoIP Forum, requires:
transmission of sound over short distances 5.5 GHz
for personal use. 5 GHz
2.5 GHz 6.3 kbps *
directional microphone 7.9 kbps
parabolic microphone 704. The operating frequency of IEEE 802.11a 8.4 kbps
radio microphone * 10.4 kbps
spy microphone 2.5 GHz
5 GHz * 714. lTU's H.320 standard defines the protocols for
696. ______ are intended to carry data in suitable 5.5 GHz transporting voice, data and video over:
transponders, generally known as tags, and 2.1 GHz
to retrieve data, by hand- or machine-
PSTN
readable means, at a suitable time and place 705. The data rate of IEEE 802.11a
to satisfy particular application needs. ISDN networks *
55 Mbps the public Internet
RFID * 53 Mbps GSM network
HiperLan 54 Mbps *
transponder tags 50 Mbps 715. Which of the following is not a layer in the
bluetooth WAP gateway stack?
706. _______ is a standards-based wireless
697. ______ also referred to as dedicated short- technology that provides high-throughput
WDP
range communications for transport broadband connections over long distances.
information and control systems, are systems context manager
providing data communication between two Wimax * TCP *
or more road vehicles and between road Wibro WSP
vehicles and the road infrastructure for Wifi
various information-based travel and Winar 716. Queries to the HLR are performed to find the
transport applications, including automatic location of the serving MSC in ______.
toll-collection, route and parking guidance, 707. ________ is a wireless broadband Internet
collision avoidance and similar applications. technology being developed by the Korean TDMA
telecoms industry
CDMA
RTTY
TICS Wimax GSM
RTTT * Wibro * all of the above *
RSSD Wifi
Winat 717. The SMSC delivers messages directly to the
698. ______for use with implanted medical devices, ______ .
like pacemakers, implantable defibrillators, 708. Two digital signals whose transitions occur at
nerve stimulators, and other types of almost the same rate are _____ . HLR
implanted devices. VLR
asynchronous MSC *
MICS * synchronous
TICS BSC
plesiochronous *
AIDS
PACER none of these 718. Which of the following pairs of technologies
use lS-41?
699. What is the frequency band for biomedical 709. Which of following are not basic SONET
devices? network elements? GSM and TDMA
CDMA and GSM
40.66 - 40.70 MHz * switch interface
TDMA and CDMA *
13.90 - 14.40 MHz digital loop carrier
50.44 - 51.09 MHz all of the above
service control point *
32.10 - 33.89 MHz add/drop multiplexer
719. Which of the following technologies has
700. The electric field intensity of biomedical significant advantages in medium-density
devices? 710. Higher-order SDH cross-connects route what and high-density population areas because it
entity? is capable of carrying higher levels of traffic,
1000 uV/m at 3m * provides better voice quality, and can
10 uV/m at 3m 1.5 Mbps transmit data at higher rates?
100 uV/m at 3m ATM cells
1 uV/m at 3m management data channels GSM
payload within 155 Mbps * PCS
701. ______ refers to the use of radio CT2
communication devices for the transmission
711. Scrambling is used in SDH for which reason? DECT *
of signals to initiate modify or terminate
functions of equipment at a distance
to randomize the bit sequence for better
telemetry transmission performance *