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This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about microwave integrated circuits and transmission line concepts. Key ideas covered include: 1) The characteristic impedance of a lossless transmission line is purely real. 2) A quarter wave transformer is used to match a 400 ohm line to a 100 ohm line, with an impedance of 200 ohms. 3) The TEM mode has the lowest cutoff frequency in a coaxial cable. 4) The VSWR is infinite at the outermost circle of the Smith chart.

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Week 1 Assignment

This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about microwave integrated circuits and transmission line concepts. Key ideas covered include: 1) The characteristic impedance of a lossless transmission line is purely real. 2) A quarter wave transformer is used to match a 400 ohm line to a 100 ohm line, with an impedance of 200 ohms. 3) The TEM mode has the lowest cutoff frequency in a coaxial cable. 4) The VSWR is infinite at the outermost circle of the Smith chart.

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Microwave Integrated Circuits

Assignment - 1

1) The characteristic impedance of a lossless line is _________


a. purely real
b. purely imaginary
c. complex number
d. can't say

Ans. a. purely real

2) A 400 ohm line is to be matched to a 100 ohm line. The characteristics impedance of the quarter
wave transformer is __________
a. 40000 ohm
b. 100 ohm
c. 400 ohm
d. 200 ohm

Ans. d. 200 ohm

3) Which mode has the lowest cut off in a coaxial cable?


a. TE11
b. TEM
c. TM11
d. TE10

Ans. b. TEM

4) The value of the VSWR on the outermost circle of the smith chart would be __________
a. 1
b. infinity
c. 0
d. depends on the load impedance

Ans. b. infinity

5) The dominant mode in a rectangular waveguide is ___________


a. TE01
b. TE10
c. TEM
d. TM10

Ans. b. TE10
6) In a rectangular waveguide, for a TE mode, which of the following statements is true?
a. only the longitudinal component of H is zero
b. both the longitudinal component of H and E are zero
c. both the longitudinal component of H and E are non-zero
d. only the longitudinal component of E is zero

Ans. d. only the longitudinal component of E is zero

7) The propagation constant of a lossless line is _________


a. purely real
b. purely imaginary
c. complex number
d. can't say

Ans. b. purely imaginary

8) The location of a perfectly matched load on a Smith Chart lies on the intersection of __________
a. r = 1 and x =1 circles
b. r = 0 and x = 1 circle
c. r = 1 and x = 0 circle
d. r = 0 and x = 0 circle

Ans. c. r = 1 and x = 0 circle

9) The impedance characteristics of a lossless line is the same every ______ wavelength.
a. 0.1
b. 0.25
c. 0.75
d. 0.5

Ans. d. 0.5

10) The input impedance of a lossless line having characteristic impedance Z 0 and terminated with Z0
with length equal to λ is _________
a. jZ0
b. -jZ0
c. 1/Z0
d. Z0

Ans. d. Z0

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