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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS IN ELECTRONICS SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES (EST) Digital and Data Communications MELVIN C. ARCEO, ECE PERC DC

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MULTIPLE CHOICE

QUESTIONS

IN

ELECTRONICS SYSTEMS AND

TECHNOLOGIES (EST)

Digital and Data Communications

MELVIN C. ARCEO, ECE PERC DC

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1. It is defined as knowledge or intelligence

that is communicated between two or more

points.

a. Carrier

b. Sideband

c. Information

d. Broadband

2. What is the category of data transmission if

the binary pulse is maintained for the entire

bit time?

a. Return to zero

b. Bipolar

c. Unipolar

d. Non – return to zero

3. Which medium is the most widely used in

LANs?

a. Twin Lead

b. Fiber – optic cable

c. Twisted Pair

d. Coax

4. These are used for transmission of PCM

encoded time – division multiplexed digital

signal.

a. I carriers

b. E carriers

c. A carriers

d. T carriers

5. Which of the following is not a typical FDM

application?

a. Telemetry

b. Stereo broadcasting

c. Telephone

d. Secure communications

6. A LAN device that is used to interconnect

two networks that use different protocols

and formats.

a. Gateways

b. Routers

c. Bridges

d. Hubs

7. A pulse modulation technique as the width

of a constant amplitude pulse is varied

proportional to the amplitude of the analog

signal at the time the signal is sampled.

a. Pulse Width Modulation

b. Pulse Length Modulation

c. Pulse Duration Modulation

d. All of these

8. The FDM telephone systems accommodate

many channels by

a. Increasing the multiplexer size

b. Using many final carriers

c. Narrowing the bandwidth of each

d. Using multiple levels of

multiplexing

9. It is the transmittal of digitally modulated

analog signals (carrier) between two or more

points in a communications system.

a. Digital modulation

b. Digital transmission

c. Data communications

d. Pulse modulation

10. Indicate which of the following systems is

digital.

a. Pulse-position modulation

b. Pulse-code modulation

c. Pulse–width modulation

d. Pulse-frequency modulation

11. Classification of protocol that interprets a

frame of data as a group of successive bit

combined into predetermined pattern of

fixed length, usually 8 bits each.

a. Character-oriented protocols

b. Byte-oriented protocols

c. Bit-oriented protocols

d. Character and Byte-oriented

protocols

12. Dividing the data block by a constant

produces a remainder that is used for error

detection. It is called the

a. Vertical redundancy check

b. Horizontal redundancy check

c. Block check character

d. Cyclic redundancy check

13. Which of the following is not a benefit of

spread spectrum?

a. Jam – proof

b. Security

c. Immunity of fading

d. Noise proof

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14. Converting analog signals to digital is done

by sampling and ___________.

a. Quantizing

b. Companding

c. Pre – emphasis

d. Mixing

15. It is a process of converting an infinite

number of possibilities to a finite number of

conditions.

a. Sampling

b. Coding

c. Quantization

d. Aliasing

16. In T1, it is equal to the reciprocal of the

sample rate

a. Slot Time

b. Transmission time

c. Frame time

d. Bit rate

17. What is the final output of a multiplexer?

a. Baseband

b. Composite baseband

c. Information

d. Composite carrier

18. The baud rate

a. is always equal to the bit transfer rate

b. is equal to twice the bandwidth of

an ideal channel

c. is not equal to the signaling rate

d. is equal to one – half the bandwidth

of an ideal channel

19. Bit errors in data transmission are usually

caused by

a. equipment failures

b. typing mistakes

c. noise

d. poor S/N ratio at receiver

20. A digital modulation technique which is a

form of constant – amplitude angle

modulation similar to standard frequency

modulation except the modulating signal is

binary signal that varies between two

discreet voltage levels.

a. QAM

b. ASK

c. PSK

d. FSK

21. Start and stop bits, respectively, are

a. Mark, space

b. Space, mark

c. Space, space

d. Mark, mark

22. It is the processing of analog signals using

digital methods and includes band limiting

and signals with filters, amplitude

equalization, and phase shifting

a. Digital communications

b. Digital Signal Processing

c. Data communications

d. Carrier recovery method

23. It is a network access method used primarily

with LANs configured in a ring topology

using either baseband or broadband

transmission formats

a. Ethernet

b. Token passing

c. Token ring

d. Token bus

24. A small telephone switching system that can

be used as a LAN is called

a. Ring

b. WAN

c. UART

d. PBX

25. The most common method used for

sampling voice signals in PCM systems

a. unnatural sampling

b. flat top sampling

c. natural sampling

d. free sampling

26. In PCM, it converts the PAM sampled to

parallel PCM codes

a. Analog-to-Digital converter

b. Digital-to-analog converter

c. Pre-emphasis circuit

d. Compander

27. The OSI layer that provides the control

functions necessary to establish, manage and

terminated the connections as required to

satisfy the user request.

a. Application layer

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b. Network layer

c. Session layer

d. Physical layer

28. In PAM demultiplexing, the receiver clock

is derived from

a. standard radio station WWV

b. a highly accurate internal oscillator

c. the PAM signal itself

d. the 60 Hertz power line

29. It is also known as digital modulation

a. Digital transmission

b. Digital sampling

c. Digital radio

d. Data transmission

30. Time – division multiplex

a. can be used with PCM only

b. combines five groups into

supergroup

c. stacks 24 channels in adjacent

frequency slots

d. interleaves pulses belonging to

different transmissions

31. It is a numerical indication of how

efficiently a PCM code is utilized

a. Coding efficiency

b. Companding

c. Pre-emphasis

d. Dynamic Range

32. Type of PCM which is designed to take

advantage of the sample-to-sample

redundancies in the typical speech

waveform

a. Single – bit PCM code

b. Pulse Code Modulation

c. Differential PCM

d. Delta modulation

33. The Basic Rate Interface (BRI) of ISDN has

a total bit rate of _____.

a. 192 kbps

b. 148 kbps

c. 64 kbps

d. 1.544 Mbps

34. A form of angle – modulated, constant

amplitude digital modulation similar to

conventional phase modulation except its

input is binary digital signal and there are

limited numbers of output phase possible.

a. ASK

b. PSK

c. FSK

d. QAM

35. The main circuit in a PSN generator is ____.

a. XOR

b. Multiplexer

c. Shift register

d. Mixer

36. The circuit that performs demultiplexing in

an FDM system is _____.

a. Op - Amp

b. Bandpass filter

c. Discriminator

d. Subcarrier oscillator

37. __________ defines how a user gets control

of the channel so as to allow transmission.

a. channel access

b. collision detection

c. collision avoidance

d. carrier sense

38. The fastest LAN topology is the

a. ring

b. bus

c. star

d. square

39. It is a the symmetrical expectation of the bit

error rate in the system

a. probability of errors

b. error detection

c. error control

d. bit error rate

40. It is simply the data rate at which serial

PCM bits are clocked out of the PCM

encoder onto the transmission line.

a. line speed

b. baud rate

c. output rate

d. bit rate

41. A quantizing is _______.

a. Multiplexer

b. Demultiplexer

c. A/D converter

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d. D/A converter

42. Refers to the rate of change of a signal on a

transmission medium after encoding and

modulation have occurred

a. baud rate

b. phase shift

c. bit rate

d. frequency deviation

43. The magnitude difference between adjacent

steps in quantization is called __________.

a. Quantum

b. Step size

c. Resolution

d. Any of these

44. It is a set of rules implementing and

governing an orderly exchange of data

between layers of two devices, such as line

control units and front – end processors.

a. Data Link Protocol

b. Network Protocol

c. Point to Point Protocol

d. File Transfer Protocol

45. A signaling system in which each letter of

the alphabet is represented by a different

symbol is not used because

a. it would be too difficult for an

operator to memorize

b. it is redundant

c. noise would introduce too many

errors

d. too many pulses per letter are

required

46. A modulation process that involves

conversion of a waveform from analog to

digital form by means of coding.

a. PDM

b. PCM

c. PLM

d. PAM

47. What is the bandwidth required to transmit

at a rate of 10 Mbps in the presence of a 28-

bd S/N ratio?

a. 1.075 MHz

b. 10 Mhz

c. 5 Mhz

d. 10.5 Mhz

48. The slope of the analog signal is greater than

the delta modulator can maintain

a. overload distortion

b. granular noise

c. slope overload

d. peak limiting

49. A scheme in which several channels are

interleaved and then transmitted together is

known as

a. Frequency division multiplex

b. Time division multiplex

c. a group

d. a supergroup

50. The best frequency demodulator is the

a. PLL discriminator

b. Pulse-averaging discriminator

c. Foster-Seeley discriminator

d. Radio detector

51. What property distinguishes digital radio

systems from conventional analog

communications system?

a. the type of carrier used in the

transmission of data

b. the nature of the modulating signal

c. the type of modulation of data to be

used

d. the nature of the transmitter and

receiver to be used

52. The circuit switch is a _______ switch.

a. See – through

b. Transparent

c. Vague

d. Opaque

53. A carrier recovery is needed with

a. FSK

b. BPSK

c. DPSK

d. QAM

54. The Hartley – Shannon theorem sets a limit

on the

a. highest frequency that may be sent

over a given channel

b. maximum capacity of a channel

with a given noise level

c. maximum number of coding levels

in a channel with a given noise level

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d. maximum number of quantizing

levels in a channel of a given

bandwidth

55. The phase relationship between signaling

elements for BPSK is the optimum signaling

format and occurs only when two binary

signal levels are allowed and when one

signal is the exact negative of the other.

a. Antipodal signaling

b. Carrier recovery

c. Squaring loop

d. Phase referencing

56. Pulse – amplitude modulation signals are

multiplexed by using

a. Subcarrier

b. Bandpass filters

c. A/D converters

d. FET switches

57. It is the ratio of the transmission bit rate to

the minimum bandwidth required for a

particular modulation scheme.

a. Bandwidth efficiency

b. All of these

c. Information density

d. Spectral efficiency

58. Ethernet is baseband transmission system

designed by _____.

a. Thomas Murray and Robert Metcalfe

b. David Boggs and Thomas Murray

c. Thomas Murray and Emile Baudot

d. Robert Metcalfe and David Boggs

59. It is a system where the digital signals are

placed directly on the coaxial cable.

a. Broadband

b. Baseband

c. CSMA/CD

d. Token ring

60. A basic group B

a. Occupies the frequency range

from 60 to 108 kHz

b. Consists of erect channels only

c. Is formed at the group translating

equipment

d. Consists of 5 supergroups

61. Which of the following is not primarily type

of data communications?

a. a telephone

b. teletype

c. telegraph

d. CW

62. Packets which is self – contained and travels

through the network independent of other

packets of the same message by whatever

means available.

a. Packet

b. Frame

c. Datagram

d. Data

63. Transmitting the data signal directly over the

medium is referred to as

a. baseband

b. broadband

c. ring

d. bus

64. The main reason that serial transmission is

preferred to parallel transmission is that?

a. serial is faster

b. serial requires only a single channel

c. serial requires multiple channels

d. parallel is too expensive

65. Which of the following is not a LAN?

a. PBX system

b. Hospital system

c. Office building system

d. Cable TV system

66. A modulation technique where data rates in

excess of 56 kbps can be achieved over

telephone circuits

a. ASK

b. Trellis Code Modulation

c. GSK

d. Any of these

67. It is how the primary designates the

secondary as the designation of recipient of

data.

a. Line turnaround

b. Selection

c. Line control

d. Control Protocol

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68. It is the process of compressing and

expanding and is a means of improving the

dynamic range of communications system.

a. Pre-emphasis

b. Filtering

c. De-emphasis

d. Companding

69. The supergroup pilot is

a. applied to each multiplexing bay

b. used to regulate the gain of

individual repeaters

c. applied at each adjustable equalizer

d. fed in at a GTE

70. The time it takes to transmit one TDM frame

is called _________.

a. Slot time

b. Frame time

c. Transmission time

d. Any of these

71. It is the thermal noise power normalized to

1-Hz bandwidth

a. power density ratio

b. thermal noise

c. noise power density

d. ambient temperature noise

72. It is the procedure used to decide which

device has the permission to transmit at any

given time

a. Flow control

b. Sequence control

c. Line control

d. Framing

73. Any rounded – off errors in the transmitted

signal are reproduced when the code is

converted back to analog in the receiver.

a. Aperture error

b. Quantization error

c. Aperture distortion

d. Slope overload

74. The biggest disadvantage of PCM is

a. its inability to handle analog signals

b. the high error rate which is

quantizing noise introduces

c. its incompatibility with TDM

d. the large bandwidths that are

required for it

75. T1 stands for

a. Transmission one

b. Telecommunication one

c. Telex one

d. Transmission line one

76. Involves compression in the transmitter

after the input sample has been converted to

a linear PCM code and then expansion in the

receiver prior to PCM coding

a. analog companding

b. A – law companding

c. Digital companding

d. U – law companding

77. Mark and space refer respectively to

a. dot and dash

b. message and interval

c. binary 1 and binary 0

d. on and off

78. Variation of biphase that is used for

encoding SMPTE time code data and for

recording on video tapes

a. Biphase - M

b. B8Z

c. Manchester

d. UPNRZ

79. Pulse width modulation may be generated

a. by differentiating pulse position

modulation

b. with a monostable multivibrator

c. by integrating the signal

d. with a free running multivibrator

80. The ISDN channel D designates _____

which contains control information.

a. Data

b. Flow

c. Control

d. Bearer

81. A transmission of binary data which

involves the transmission of two non – zero

voltage level

a. Unipolar

b. Polar

c. Bipolar

d. Non – return to zero

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82. Switching systems

a. improve the efficiency of data

transfer

b. are not used in data systems

c. require additional lines

d. are limited to small data networks

83. It involves converting standard logic levels

to a form more suitable to telephone

transmission lines

a. Transmission line encoding

b. Physical line encoding

c. Digital line encoding

d. Multiplexing

84. The primary advantage of digital

transmission

a. economical

b. reliability

c. noise immunity

d. efficiency

85. Part of the PCM system that prevents

aliasing or foldover distortion

a. Bandpass filter

b. Anti – foldover distortion

c. Anti – aliasing

d. Any of these

86. It is defined as the process of transforming

messages or signals in accordance with a

definite set of rules.

a. Quantizing

b. Sampling

c. Coding

d. Decoding

87. The PCM code for each channel occupies a

fixed time slot called

a. Frame time

b. Baud

c. Transmission time

d. Epoch

88. The building block of a parity or BCC

generator is _________.

a. Shift register

b. XOR

c. 2 – to – 4 level converter

d. UART

89. An IC that contains A/D and D/A

converters, companders, and parallel-to-

serial converters is called a

a. Codec

b. Data converter

c. Multiplexer

d. Modem

90. Data communications refers to the

transmission of

a. voice

b. video

c. computer data

d. all of the above

91. The number of amplitude, frequency, or

phase changes that take place per second is

known as the

a. data rate in bits per second

b. frequency of operation

c. speed limit

d. baud rate

92. The basic modulator and demodulator

circuits in PSK are

a. PLLs

b. Balanced modulators

c. Shift registers

d. Linear summers

93. What is the result if the input of ADC is

changing while performing conversion?

a. Aperture error

b. Overload distortion

c. Aliasing

d. Aperture distortion

94. Information capacity is convenient to

express as

a. baud

b. bits

c. dot length

d. bits per second or bps

95. Which medium is the least susceptible to

noise?

a. twin lead

b. fiber – optic cable

c. twisted pair

d. coax

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96. The RS – 232 interface

a. interconnects data sets and the

transmission circuits

b. uses several different connectors

c. permits custom wiring of signal lines

to the connector pins as desired

d. all of the above

97. The ISDN channel B designates _________.

a. Bearer

b. Data

c. Control

d. Flow

98. Data transmission of the character at a time

with start and stop bits is known as what

type of transmission?

a. asynchronous

b. serial

c. synchronous

d. parallel

99. Sampling technique that when the tops of

the sample pulses retain their natural shape

during the sample interval

a. unnatural sampling

b. flat top sampling

c. natural sampling

d. free sampling

100. A modem converts

a. Analog signals to digital

b. Digital signals to analog

c. Digital signals to analog and vice-

versa

d. None of these

101. It is a large scale integration chip designed

for use in telecommunication industry for

private branch exchanges, central office

switches, digital handsets and digital echo

suppressors.

a. Vocoder

b. Modem

c. Codec

d. Muldem

102. What is the type of mastergroup used for

low – capacity microwave systems?

a. A600

b. U600

c. L600

d. L400

103. An FDM hierarchy which is formed by

frequency – division multiplexing five

groups containing 12 channels each for a

combined bandwidth of 240 kHz.

a. Supergroup

b. Group

c. Mastergroup

d. Jumbogroup

104. The result whenever the sampling rate is

less than twice the highest audio frequency

a. peak limiting

b. overload distortion

c. alias

d. quantizing noise

105. The most critical and difficult part of

receiving a direct – sequence spread

spectrum signal is

a. Frequency synthesis

b. Synchronism

c. PSN code generation

d. Carrier recovery

106. An FDM hierarchy which is formed by

frequency – division multiplexing 10 super

groups together for a combined capacity

of 600 voice band message channels

a. Supergroup

b. Group

c. Mastergroup

d. Jumbogroup

107. It is the transmittal of digital signals

between to or more points in a

communication system.

a. Digital transmittal

b. Digital communications

c. Digital radio

d. Data communications

108. It is logically equivalent to making

telephone call through the DDD network

except no direct end-to-end connection is

made

a. Normal call

b. Completed call

c. Logical call

d. Virtual call

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109. It is proposed network designed by major

telephone companies in conjunction with

the ITU-T with the intent of providing

worldwide telecommunications support for

voice, data, video and facsimile

information within the same network

a. ISDN

b. Broadband communications

c. ATM

d. Ethernet

110. Full duplex operation

a. requires two pair of cables

b. can transfer data in both directions at

once

c. requires modems at both ends of the

circuit

d. all of these

111. The most widely used data

communications code is

a. Morse code

b. ASCII

c. Baudot

d. EBCDIC

112. Ten bit error occurs in two million

transmitted. The bit error rate is

a. 2 x 10^-5

b. 5 x 10^-5

c. 5 x 10^-6

d. 2 x 10^-6

113. It is a type of FSK where the mark and

space frequencies are synchronized with

the input binary rate

a. QFSK

b. GFSK

c. CPFSK

d. GSK

114. A form of digital modulation similar to

PSK except the digital information is

contained in both the amplitude and the

phase of the transmitted carrier.

a. ASK

b. FSK

c. QAM

d. PSK

115. For the 16-PSK and a transmission system

with a 10kHz bandwidth, determine the

maximum bit rate

a. 40,000 bps

b. 80,000 bps

c. 20,000 bps

d. 16,000 bps

116. It is an empirical record of a system’s

actual bit error performance.

a. probability of error

b. error detection

c. error control

d. bit error rate

117. It is a function of the carrier-to-noise

power ratio and the number of possible

encoding conditions used

a. probability of error

b. error detection

c. error control

d. bit error rate

118. It is used to compare two or more digital

modulation systems that use different

transmission rates, modulation scheme or

encoding techniques

a. Energy per b it-to-noise power

density ratio

b. Noise power density

c. Power density ratio

d. Carrier-to-noise ratio

119. Indicate which of the following is not a

binary code

a. Morse

b. Baudot

c. CCITT-2

d. ARQ

120. To permit the selection of 1 out of 16

equiprobable events, the number of bits

required is

a. 2

b. log 16 base 10

c. 8

d. 4

121. The type of modulation most often used

with direct-sequence spread spectrum is

a. QAM

b. SSB

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c. FSK

d. PSK

122. Indicate the false statement. In order to

combat noise,

a. the channel bandwidth may be

increased

b. redundancy may be used

c. the transmitted power may be

increased

d. the signaling rate may be reduced

123. Which of the following is not commonly

used method of error detection?

a. Parity

b. BCC

c. CRC

d. redundancy

124. Quantizing noise occurs in

a. time-division multiplex

b. frequency-division multiplex

c. pulse-code modulation

d. pulse-width modulation

125. In order to reduce quantizing noise, one

must

a. increase the number of standard

amplitudes

b. send pulses whose sides are more

nearly vertical

c. use an RF amplifier at the receiver

d. increase the number of samples per

second

126. Companding is used

a. to overcome quantizing noise in

PCM

b. in PCM transmitters, to allow

amplitude limiting in the receiver

c. to protect small signals in PCM

form quantizing distortion

d. in PCM receivers, to overcome

impulse noise

127. Transmitting data as serial binary word is

called _______.

a. digital communications

b. quantizing

c. PAM

d. PCM

128. Emphasizing low-level signals and

compressing higher level signals is called

a. quantizing

b. companding

c. pre-emphasis

d. sampling

129. Which circuit is most common to both

frequency-hopping and direct-sequence

spread spectrum transmitters?

a. correlator

b. frequency synthesizer

c. PSN code generator

d. Sweep generator

130. One of the most important aspect of any

communication system because it is costly

and limited

a. bandwidth

b. equipments

c. time

d. personnel

131. It consist essentially of sampling analog

information signals and then converting

those samples into discreet pulses of

transporting the pulses from the source to

destination over a physical transmission

medium

a. Pulse modulation

b. Amplitude modulation

c. Frequency modulation

d. Digital modulation

132. He is credited with inventing PCM in 1937

a. N. S. Kapany

b. A. H. Reeves

c. E. H. Alpine

d. A. C. S. Van Heel

133. Data communications uses

a. Analog methods

b. Digital methods

c. All of these

d. None of these

134. An integrated circuit that performs the

PCM encoding and decoding functions

a. Codec

b. Modem

c. Muldem

d. Digital-to-analog converter

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135. A synchronous transmission usually

begins with which character?

a. SYN

b. STX

c. SOH

d. ETB

136. A theory that establishes the minimum

sampling rate that can be used for a given

PCM systems

a. Nyquist sampling theorem

b. Nyquist minimum bandwidth

c. Nyquist minimum bandwidth

d. Any of these

137. Sixteen different levels (symbols) are used

to encode binary data. The channel

bandwidth is 36 MHz. The maximum

channel capacity is

a. 18 Mbps

b. 72 Mbps

c. 288 Mbps

d. 2.176 Gbps

138. Assigning PCM codes to absolute

magnitudes

a. Coding

b. Quantizing

c. Sampling

d. Any of these

139. A popular PC protocol is

a. Parity

b. Xmodem

c. CRC

d. LRC

140. It is the ratio of the largest possible

magnitude to the smallest possible

magnitude that can be decoded by the

digital-to-analog converter in the receiver

a. Coding efficiency

b. Companding

c. Pre-emphasis

d. Dynamic range

141. Devices used for digitizing speech signals

only

a. codec

b. muldem

c. vocoders

d. modem

142. What is the minimum bandwidth required

to transmit a 56 kbps binary signal with no

noise?

a. 14 kHz

b. 56 kHz

c. 28 kHz

d. 112 kHz

143. Type of PCM that uses single-bit PCM

code to achieve digital transmission of

analog signals

a. Adaptive delta modulation

b. Pulse code modulation

c. Differential modulation

d. Delta modulation

144. It is a delta modulation system where the

step size of the digital-to-analog converter

is automatically varied, depending on the

analog input signal.

a. Adaptive Delta Modulation

b. PCM

c. Differential modulation

d. Delta modulation

145. A QAM modulator does not use ____.

a. XNOR

b. Bit Splitter

c. Balanced modulator

d. 2-to-4 level converter

146. It is a form of phase-division multiplexing

where two data channels modulate the

same carrier frequency that is shifted 90

degrees in phase.

a. PSK

b. FSK

c. QAM

d. ASK

147. One eight-bit PCM code is called ______.

a. FDM frame

b. TDM time slot

c. TDM frame

d. FDM time slot

148. It is communications system that uses

digital pulse rather than analog signals to

encode information

a. Digital carrier system

b. Digital baseband system

c. Digital service system

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d. Digital broadband system

149. A special device that upgrades signals

from one level to a higher level of the

hierarchy in multiplexing

a. Muldem

b. Vocoder

c. Modem

d. Codec

150. A transmission of binary data which

involves the transmission of only a single

non-zero voltage level.

a. Unipolar

b. Bipolar

c. Polar

d. Non-return to zero

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MULTIPLE CHOICE

QUESTIONS

IN

ELECTRONICS SYSTEMS AND

TECHNOLOGIES (EST)

Antennas

MELVIN C. ARCEO, ECE PERC DC

ENCODED BY:

BADILLO, AIMIE E.

2006105942

ECE003/C11

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1. It is a metallic conductor system capable of

radiating and capturing electromagnetic

energy

a. transmission lines

b. antenna

c. waveguides

d. load

2. A directional antenna with two or more

elements is known as

a. folded dipole

b. ground plane

c. loop

d. array

3. The ratio of the focal length to the diameter

of the mouth of the parabola is called _____.

a. aperture

b. focal point

c. foci

d. major axis

4. The impedance of a dipole is about

a. 50-ohm

b. 73-ohm

c. 93-ohm

d. 300-ohm

5. A special type of transmission line that

consist of conducting metallic tube through

which high frequency electromagnetic

energy is propagated

a. medium

b. microstrip

c. stripline

d. waveguide

6. Calculate the angle of declination for an

antenna using a polar mount at a latitude of

45 degrees

a. 3.2 degrees

b. 1.3 degrees

c. 4.2 degrees

d. 6.81 degrees

7. The cone angle of the flare angle of a

conical horn antenna is approximately

a. 55 degrees

b. 45 degrees

c. 40 degrees

d. 50 degrees

8. Electrical energy that has escaped into free

space in the form of transverse

electromagnetic waves

a. Radio waves

b. Frequency

c. Signal

d. Wavelength

9. The length of the ground plane vertical at

146 MHz is

a. 1.6 ft

b. 1.68 ft

c. 2.05 ft

d. 3.37 ft

10. Using a small reflector to beam waves to the

larger parabolic reflector is known as

a. Focal feed

b. Horn feed

c. Cassegrain feed

d. Coax feed

11. The plane parallel to the mutually

perpendicular line in the electric and

magnetic fields is called _______.

a. wavefront

b. point source

c. isotropic source

d. rays

12. What is the beamwidth of a parabolic

antenna with a diameter of 5 meters and an

operating frequency of 10 GHz?

a. 0.5 degrees

b. 0.675 degrees

c. 0.348 degrees

d. 3.48 degrees

13. The horizontal radiation pattern of a dipole

is a

a. circle

b. figure of eight

c. clover leaf

d. narrow beam

14. The size of antenna is inversely proportional

to _______.

a. frequency

b. power

c. radiation resistance

d. wavelength

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15. A popular half – wave antenna is the

a. Ground plane

b. End-fire

c. Collinear

d. Dipole

16. Calculate the gain of a parabolic antenna

using a 2.5-m radius dish operating at

10GHz.

a. 166.673 dB

b. 83.7 dB

c. 52.2 dB

d. 45.6 dB

17. It is the ratio of the radiated to the reflected

energy

a. Radiation resistance

b. Radiation efficiency

c. Radiation constant

d. Radiation antenna

18. The feed mechanism in a parabolic antenna

that radiates the electromagnetic energy.

a. Primary antenna

b. Reflectors

c. Secondary antenna

d. Focal point

19. It is a polar diagram or graph representing

field strengths or power densities at various

angular positions relative to an antenna

a. Side lobe

b. Front lobe

c. Radiation pattern

d. Radiation constant

20. For a transmit antenna with a radiation

resistance of 72 ohms, an effective antenna

resistance of 8 ohms, a directive gain of 20

and an input power of 100W, determine the

antenna gain.

a. 12.55 dB

b. 10.43 dB

c. 11.21 dB

d. 9.78 dB

21. The radiation pattern plotted in terms of

electric field strength or power density

a. absolute radiation pattern

b. relative radiation pattern

c. absolute front lobe pattern

d. absolute side lobe pattern

22. Calculate the characteristic impedance of a

quarter – wavelength section used to connect

a 300-ohm antenna to a 75-ohm line

a. 150 ohms

b. 120 ohms

c. 130 ohms

d. 110 ohms

23. Plots of field strength or power density with

respect to the value at a reference point

a. absolute front lobe pattern

b. relative front lobe pattern

c. relative front lobe pattern

d. relative radiation pattern

24. What must be the height of a vertical

radiator one half wavelength high if the

operating frequency is 1100 kHz?

a. 120 m

b. 136 m

c. 115 m

d. 124 m

25. Lobes adjacent to the front lobe

a. Diagonal lobes

b. Side lobes

c. Front lobes

d. Back lobes

26. Lobes in a direction exactly opposite of the

front lobe

a. Side lobes

b. Adjacent lobes

c. Front lobes

d. Back lobes

27. Calculate the efficiency of an antenna that

has a radiation resistance of 73 ohms and an

effective dissipation resistance of 5 ohms

a. 98.3%

b. 93.6%

c. 90.7%

d. 95.5%

28. The line bisecting the major lobe, or

pointing from the center of the antenna in

the direction of maximum radiation is called

_______.

a. line of shoot

b. diagonal shoot

c. bisecting shoot

d. antenna shoot

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29. The ammeter connected at the base of a

Marconi antenna has a certain reading. If

this reading is increased 2.77 times, what is

the increase in output power?

a. 3.45

b. 1.89

c. 2.35

d. 7.67

30. Refers to a field pattern that is close to the

antenna.

a. Induction field

b. Far field

c. Radiation field

d. Capture field

31. A half-wave dipole is driven with a 5-W

signal at 225 MHz. A receiving dipole 100

km. Calculate the received power into a 73-

ohm receiver.

a. 23.5 pW

b. 7.57 pW

c. 5.64 pW

d. 1.26 pW

32. It is the resistance that, if it replaced the

antenna, would dissipate exactly the same

amount of power that the antenna radiates.

a. Directive gain

b. Antenna efficiency

c. Radiation resistance

d. Antenna resistance

33. What is the effective radiated power of a

television broadcast station if the output of

the transmitter is 1000W, antenna

transmission line loss is 50W, and the

antenna power gain is 3?

a. 1250 W

b. 2370 W

c. 2130 W

d. 2850 W

34. It is the ratio of the power radiated by an

antenna to the sum of the power radiated and

the power dissipated.

a. radiation resistance

b. coupling coefficient

c. antenna efficiency

d. antenna beamwidth

35. It is the ratio of the power radiated by the

antenna to the total input power.

a. antenna efficiency

b. reflection coefficient

c. standing wave ratio

d. radiation resistance

36. If a 500 kHz transmitter of a constant power

produces field strength of 100uV/m at a

distance of 100 mi from the transmitter,

what would be the theoretical field strength

at a distance of 200 mi from the transmitter?

a. 45 uV/m

b. 100 uV/m

c. 50 uV/m

d. 35 uV/m

37. An antenna that transmits or receives

equally well in all directions is said to be

_____.

a. omnidirectional

b. bidirectional

c. unidirectional

d. quasidirectional

38. It is the ratio of the power density radiated

in a particular direction to the power density

radiated to the same point by a reference

antenna, assuming both antennas are

radiating the same amount of power

a. power gain

b. directive gain

c. total gain

d. system gain

39. If the field intensity of 25 mV/m develops

2.7 V in a certain antenna, what is its

effective height?

a. 110 m

b. 100 m

c. 98 m

d. 108 m

40. The magnetic field of an antenna is

perpendicular to the earth. The antenna’s

polarization ______.

a. is vertical

b. is horizontal

c. is circular

d. cannot be determined from the

information given

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41. If the power of a 500 kHz transmitter is

increased from 150 W to 300 W, what

would be the percentage change in field

intensity at a given distance from the

transmitter?

a. 141%

b. 150%

c. 100%

d. 133%

42. It is the same with directive gain except that

the total power fed to the antenna is used

and the antenna efficiency is taken into

account.

a. system gain

b. power gain

c. directive gain

d. total gain

43. A hip-radio telephone transmitter operates

on 2738 kHz. At a certain point distant from

the transmitter, the 2738 kHz signal is

measured field of 147 mV/m. The second

harmonic field at the same point is measured

as 405 uV/m. To the nearest whole unit in

decibels, how much has the harmonic

emission been attenuated below the 2738

kHz fundamental?

a. 43.2 dB

b. 51.2 dB

c. 35.1 dB

d. 25.1 dB

44. It is the equivalent power that an isotropic

antenna would have to radiate to achieve the

same power density in the chosen direction

at a given point as another antenna.

a. EIRP

b. ERP

c. IRL

d. RSL

45. When the energy is applied to the antenna at

a point of high – circulating current.

a. voltage-fed antenna

b. power-fed antenna

c. current-fed antenna

d. impedance-fed antenna

46. For a transmit antenna with a power gain of

10 and an input power of 100W, determine

the EIRP in watts.

a. 30 dBW

b. 40 dBW

c. 50 dBW

d. 20 dBW

47. If energy is applied at the geometrical center

of antenna, the antenna is said to be _____.

a. center-fed

b. end-fed

c. quarterwave-fed

d. halfwave-fed

48. For a transmit antenna with a power gain of

10 and an input power of 100W, determine

the power density at a point 10 km from the

transmit antenna

a. 0.574 uW/m^2

b. 0.796 uW/m^2

c. 1.24 uW/m^2

d. 0.981 uW/m^2

49. For a transmit antenna with a radiation

resistance of 72 ohms, an effective antenna

resistance of 8 ohms, a directive gain of 20

and an input power of 100W, determine the

antenna efficiency.

a. 90%

b. 96%

c. 98%

d. 96%

50. The fields surrounding the antenna do not

collapse their energy back into the antenna

but rather radiate it out in space.

a. induction field

b. near field

c. radiation field

d. magnetic field

51. For receive power density of 10 uW/m^2

and a receive antenna with a capture area of

0.2 m^2, determine the captured power.

a. 0.5 uW

b. 2 uW

c. 1 uW

d. 1.5 uW

52. The property of interchangeability for the

transmitting and receiving operations is

known as ______.

a. efficiency

b. accuracy

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c. reciprocity

d. polarization

53. The length of a doublet at 27 MHz is _____.

a. 8.67 ft

b. 17.3 ft

c. 18.2 ft

d. 34.67 ft

54. Refers to the orientation of the electric field

radiated from an antenna.

a. efficiency

b. beamwidth

c. polarization

d. accuracy

55. At frequencies below 2 MHz, what type of

antenna is usually used?

a. Marconi antenna

b. Hertzian antenna

c. Hertz antenna

d. Elementary doublet

56. The angular separation between two half-

power points in the major lobe of the

antenna’s plane radiation pattern.

a. bandwidth

b. polarization

c. efficiency

d. beamwidth

57. Hertz antenna are predominantly used with

frequencies above

a. 3 MHz

b. 4 MHz

c. 5MHz

d. 2MHz

58. Defined as the frequency range over which

antenna operation is satisfactory

a. beamwidth

b. channel

c. bandwidth

d. baseband

59. One of the following is not an

omnidirectional antenna.

a. Half-wave dipole

b. Log-periodic

c. Discone

d. Marconi

60. The point on the antenna where the

transmission line is connected is called

_______.

a. center feed

b. end feed

c. feedpoint

d. voltage feed

61. A popular vertical antenna is the _____>

a. collinear

b. dipole

c. ground plane

d. broadside

62. The discone antenna is

a. a useful direction-finding antenna

b. used as a radar receiving antenna

c. circularly polarized with other

circular antennas

d. useful as a UHF receiving antenna

63. The feedpoint presents and ac load to the

transmission line called

a. antenna output impedance

b. antenna input impedance

c. feedpoint impedance

d. center feed impedance

64. A helical antenna is used for satellite

tracking because of its

a. circular polarization

b. maneuverability

c. broad bandwidth

d. good front to back ratio

65. The simplest type of antenna.

a. Elementary doublet

b. Half-wave dipole

c. Quarterwave dipole

d. 5/8 wavelength dipole

66. Zoning is used with a dielectric antenna in

order to

a. reduce the bulk of the lens

b. increase the bandwidth of the lens

c. permit pin-point focusing

d. correct the curvature of the

wavefront from a horn that is too

short

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67. It is an electrically short dipole

a. short dipole

b. quarterwave dipole

c. half-wave dipole

d. yagi antenna

68. Cassegrain feed is used with parabolic

reflector to

a. increase the gain of the system

b. increase the bandwidth of the system

c. reduce the size of the main reflector

d. allow the feed to be placed at a

convenient point

69. The half-wave dipole is generally referred to

as ______.

a. Yagi antenna

b. Hertzian antenna

c. Marconi antenna

d. Hertz antenna

70. Top loading is sometimes used with an

antenna in order to increase its

a. effective height

b. bandwidth

c. beamwidth

d. input capacitance

71. What is the directivity of a Hertz antenna?

a. 1.64

b. 2.18

c. 2.15

d. 1.75

72. The standard reference antenna for the

directive gain is the _______.

a. infinitesimal dipole

b. isotropic antenna

c. elementary doublet

d. half-wave dipole

73. An antenna which is one-quarter wavelength

long, mounted vertically with the lower end

either connected directly to ground or

grounded through the antenna coupling

network.

a. loop antenna

b. hertzian dipole

c. monopole antenna

d. turnstile antenna

74. An antenna that is circularly polarized is the

a. helical

b. small circular loop

c. parabolic reflector

d. Yagi – Uda

75. It is a wire structure placed below the

antenna and erected above the ground.

a. ground plane

b. counterpoise

c. ground lines

d. top hat

76. Which of the following terms does not apply

to the Yagi-Uda array?

a. good bandwidth

b. parasitic elements

c. folded dipole

d. high gain

77. It effectively cancels out the capacitance

component of the antenna input impedance.

a. ground plane

b. top hat

c. loading coil

d. shunt capacitance

78. Indicate which of the following reasons for

the use of an earth mat with antenna is false:

a. impossibility of a good ground

conduction

b. provision of an earth for an antenna

c. protection of personnel working

underneath

d. improvement of the radiation pattern

of the antenna

79. A metallic array that resembles a spoke

wheel placed at the top of an antenna, it

increases the shunt capacitance to ground

reducing the overall antenna capacitance.

a. loading coil

b. top loading

c. series capacitance

d. series inductors

80. Indicate the antenna that is not wideband:

a. discone

b. folded dipole

c. helical

d. marconi

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81. It is formed when two or more antenna

elements are combined to form a single

antenna.

a. antenna elements

b. antenna array

c. driven elements

d. parasitic elements

82. One of the following is not a reason for the

use of an antenna coupler:

a. to make the antenna look resistive

b. to provide the output amplifier with

the correct load impedance

c. to discriminate against harmonics

d. to prevent reradiation of local

oscillators

83. It is an individual radiator, such as a half or

quarter-wave dipole.

a. antenna element

b. antenna array

c. reflector

d. director

84. Indicate which of the following reasons for

using a counterpoise with antennas is false:

a. impossibility of a good ground

connection

b. protection of personnel working

underneath

c. provision of an earth for the antenna

d. rockiness of the ground itself

85. Type of antenna element that is directly

connected to the transmission lines and

receives from or is driven by the source.

a. driven array

b. parasitic array

c. driven element

d. parasitic element

86. Which of the following antennas is best

excited from a waveguide?

a. biconical

b. horn

c. helical

d. discone

87. Type of antenna element that is not

connected to the transmission lines.

a. parasitic array

b. driven array

c. parasitic array

d. parasitic element

88. One of the following is very useful as a

multi-band HF receiving antenna. This is

the:

a. conical horn

b. folded dipole

c. log-periodic

d. square loop

89. A parasitic element that is longer than the

driven element from which it receives

energy.

a. driven element

b. director

c. parasitic elements

d. reflector

90. One of the following consists of non-

resonant antennas.

a. rhombic antenna

b. folded-dipole antenna

c. end-fire antenna

d. broadside antenna

91. A parasitic element that is shorter than its

associated driven element.

a. redirector

b. director

c. reflector

d. parasitic element

92. An ungrounded antenna near the ground.

a. acts as a single antenna near the

ground

b. is unlikely to need an earth mat

c. acts as an antenna array

d. must be horizontally polarized

93. It is a non-resonant antenna capable of

operating satisfactorily over a relatively

wide bandwidth, making it ideally suited for

HF transmission.

a. turnstile antenna

b. loop antenna

c. rhombic antenna

d. discone antenna

94. A wide – bandwidth multi-element driven

array is the ______.

a. end-fire

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b. log-periodic

c. yagi

d. collinear

95. It is a linear array antenna consisting of a

dipole and two or more parasitic elements:

one reflector and one director.

a. broadside antenna

b. end-fire antenna

c. yagi-uda antenna

d. phased array antenna

96. An antenna which is consists of a cone that

is truncated in a piece of circular waveguide.

a. pyramidal horn antenna

b. circular horn antenna

c. rectangular horn antenna

d. circular horn antenna

97. Which antenna has a unidirectional radiation

pattern and gain?

a. dipole

b. ground plane

c. yagi

d. collinear

98. An antenna formed by placing two dipoles

at right angles to each other, 90 degrees out

of phase.

a. discone antenna

b. turnstile antenna

c. bicone antenna

d. 5/8 wavelength antenna

99. The radiation pattern of collinear and a

broadside antenna is ________.

a. omnidirectional

b. bidirectional

c. unidirectional

d. clover-leaf shaped

100. What is the bandwidth ration of log-

periodic antenna?

a. 10:1

b. 5:1

c. 20:1

d. 1:10

101. Which beam width represents the best

antenna directivity?

a. 7 degrees

b. 12 degrees

c. 19 degrees

d. 28 degrees

102. It is the ratio of the highest to the lowest

frequency over which an antenna will

satisfactorily operate.

a. channel ratio

b. bandwidth ratio

c. reflection ratio

d. dynamic range

103. An antenna has a power gain off 15. The

power applied to the antenna is 32 W. The

effective radiated power is ________.

a. 15 W

b. 32 W

c. 120 W

d. 480 W

104. It is simply a single-turn coil of wire that

is significantly shorter than one

wavelength and carries RF current.

a. turnstile antenna

b. loop antenna

c. rhombic antenna

d. long-wire antenna

105. A coax has an attenuation of 2.4 dB per

100 ft. The attenuation of 275 ft

a. 2.4 dB

b. 3.3 dB

c. 4.8 dB

d. 6.6 dB

106. It is group of antenna arrays that when

connected together, function as a simple

antenna whose beamwidth and direction

can be changed electronically without

having to physically move any of the

individual antennas or antenna elements

within the array.

a. end-fire array

b. broadside antenna

c. phased array antenna

d. log-periodic antenna

107. Conductors in multi-element antennas that

do not receive energy directly from the

transmission line are known as ______.

a. parasitic element

b. driven element

c. the boom

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d. receptor

108. It is a broadband VHF or UHF antenna

that is suited for applications for which

radiating circular rather than horizontal or

vertical polarized electromagnetic waves

are required.

a. discone antenna

b. bicone antenna

c. log-periodic antenna

d. helical antenna

109. Mode of propagation of helical antenna

where electromagnetic radiation is in the

direction at right angles to the axis of the

helix.

a. normal mode

b. axial mode

c. helix mode

d. helical mode

110. Mode of propagation of helical antenna

where the radiation of the antenna in the

axial direction and produces a broadband

relatively directional pattern.

a. helical mode

b. normal mode

c. axial mode

d. helix mode

111. In a Yagi antenna, maximum direction of

radiation is toward the

a. director

b. driven element

c. reflector

d. sky

112. It is defined as the ratio of the antennas

maximum gain in the forward direction to

its maximum gain in its backward

direction

a. side-to-back ratio

b. front-to-side ratio

c. back-to-side ratio

d. front-to-back ratio

113. The horizontal radiation pattern of a

vertical dipole is a ____________.

a. figure of eight

b. circle

c. narrow beam

d. clover leaf

114. An antenna that provides extremely high

gain and directivity and very popular for

microwave radio and satellite

communications link.

a. helical antenna

b. parabolic antenna

c. hyperbolic antenna

d. log-periodic antenna

115. Part of a parabolic antenna that houses the

primary antenna which radiates

electromagnetic waves toward the

reflector.

a. feed mechanism

b. focal point

c. center feed

d. feed antenna

116. It is a passive device that simply reflects

the energy radiated by the feed mechanism

into a concentrated, highly directional

emission in which the individual waves

are all in phase with each other.

a. director

b. parabolic segment

c. reflector

d. feed mechanism

117. The energy near the edge of the parabolic

dish that does not reflect but rather is

diffracted around the edge of the dish.

a. spillover

b. corona

c. dissipated power

d. copper loss

118. Determines the angular aperture of the

reflector, which indirectly determines how

much the primary radiation is reflected by

the parabolic dish.

a. numerical aperture

b. V number

c. aperture number

d. aperture angle

119. For a 2-m diameter parabolic reflector

with 10W of power radiated by the feed

mechanism operating at 6 GHz with a

transmit antenna efficiency of 55% and an

aperture efficiency of 55%, determine the

beamwidth.

a. 1.25 degrees

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b. 2.25 degrees

c. 1.5 degrees

d. 1.75 degrees

120. Type of feed mechanism where the

primary radiating source is located just

behind a small opening at the vertex of the

paraboloid rather than at the focus.

a. cassegrain feed

b. center feed

c. horn feed

d. antenna feed

121. Discone radiation pattern is

a. omnidirectional

b. unidirectional

c. figure-of-eight

d. bidirectional

122. Which is properly terminated antenna?

a. dipole

b. marconi

c. hertz

d. rhombic

123. An example of a marconi antenna is

_______.

a. quarter wave vertical tower

b. collinear

c. yagi

d. rhombic

124. At the ends of a half-wave antenna, what

values of current and voltage exist

compared to the remainder of the antenna?

a. minimum voltage and maximum

current

b. minimum voltage and minimum

current

c. equal voltage and current

d. maximum voltage and minimum

current

125. Radiation resistance is the ratio of ______.

a. radiated power to the antenna center

current

b. radiated power to the square of the

antenna center current

c. voltage to any point of the antenna

d. square of voltage to the square of

current at any point in the antenna

126. Consists of basic antenna connected to a

transmission line plus one or more

additional conductors

a. parasitic array

b. directors

c. driven array

d. reflectors

127. Which of the following is not a driven

array?

a. yagi

b. broadside

c. collinear

d. end fire

128. What is used to determine phase

difference between two broadcast

antennas?

a. a phase monitor

b. a frequency monitor

c. an amplitude monitor

d. a power monitor

129. In antennas, which gives more forward

gain?

a. reflector

b. driven element

c. parasitic element

d. director

130. Which of the following is longer?

a. director

b. reflector

c. driven element

d. parasitic element

131. Which is closer to the driven element?

a. parasitic element

b. driven element

c. director

d. reflector

132. How much do they differ in length from a

half-wavelength?

a. 5%

b. 10%

c. 15%

d. 20%

133. How much more feed-point impedance

does a folded dipole have than a normal

dipole?

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a. two times as much

b. three times as much

c. four times as much

d. five times as much

134. How is it possible to produce 70-ohm twin

lead?

a. by folding more parasitic element

b. by manufacturing

c. by increasing the radiation resistance

d. by increasing the length of the

antenna

135. With similar size parabolic, plane

reflector, and corner-reflector beams,

which has greater gain?

a. plane reflector

b. parabolic

c. corner-reflector beam

d. V-beam

136. With similar size, which has the narrowest

lobes?

a. parabolic

b. V-beam

c. corner-reflector beam

d. plane reflector

137. Why would the wires of V-beam be closer

together when used on higher frequencies?

a. main lobe lays farther to wire

b. main lobe lays closer to wire

c. secondary lobes closer to wire

d. secondary lobes farther to wire

138. How the V-beam is made unidirectional?

a. impedance terminated

b. capacitive terminated

c. inductive terminated

d. resistor terminated

139. Why might a rhombic be better than a V-

beam?

a. it is resistor terminated

b. more acreage needed

c. less acreage needed

d. it is unidirectional

140. Why is the usual rhombic not frequency –

sensitive?

a. unidirectional

b. with its characteristic impedance

c. less acreage required

d. main lobe is greater than back lobe

141. In what direction is the null of small

diameter loop in relation to the plane of

the loop?

a. 45 degrees angle

b. 180 degrees angle

c. 360 degrees angle

d. 90 degrees angle

142. When is a loop unidirectional?

a. when horizontal

b. when vertical

c. when circular

d. when unidirectional

143. Why are verticals sometimes top-loaded?

a. to resonate on high frequency

b. to decrease the electrical length

c. to resonate on low frequency

d. to look better

144. Why is pi-network superior to direct

coupling to an antenna?

a. reduce harmonic radiation

b. better frequency response

c. better radiation of energy

d. reduce power dissipation

145. Why might L networks be used between

an antenna and transmission line?

a. step impedance up

b. step impedance down

c. better radiation of energy

d. reduce power radiation

146. Why are antenna ammeters often shorted

out or disconnected from the antenna

except when readings are desired?

a. to replace it with dummy

b. not to interface with transmission

c. for proper reception of signals

d. to protect from lightning

147. Device to split transmission line current to

two or more antenna towers

a. splitter

b. coupler

c. isolator

d. phasor circuit

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148. What method can be used to determine the

feed-point impedance of a vertical

antenna?

a. resistance substitution

b. impedance matching

c. dissipated resistance measurement

d. grounding the antenna

149. In what unit is field intensity measured?

a. volts

b. amperes

c. watts/m

d. mV/m

150. How fast does low-frequency field

strength attenuate?

a. directly proportional to distance

b. inversely proportional to distance

c. directly proportional to time

d. inversely proportional to time

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MULTIPLE CHOICE

QUESTIONS

IN

ELECTRONICS SYSTEMS AND

TECHNOLOGIES (EST)

Broadcast Engineering

MELVIN C. ARCEO, ECE PERC DC

ENCODED BY:

BADILLO, AIMIE E.

2006105942

ECE003/C11

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1. In stereophonic broadcast, the center

frequency of each SCA Subcarrier shall be

kept at all times within _______ Hz of the

authorized frequency.

a. 200

b. 300

c. 400

d. 500

2. Sawtooth generator circuits produce the

scanning raster but the sync pulses are

needed for

a. linearity

b. timing

c. keystoning

d. line pairing

3. Which of the following camera tubes has

minimum lag?

a. Vidicon

b. Plumbicon

c. Saticon

d. Iconoscope

4. The service are in standard AM broadcast is

described as ______ if there is no fading of

signal.

a. Class A

b. Secondary

c. Class B

d. Primary

5. The vertical field-scanning frequency is

______ Hz.

a. 30

b. 60

c. 525

d. 15,750

6. A 4.5-MHz signal which is equal to the

difference between the picture and sound RF

carrier frequencies in a 6-MHz TV channel.

a. Audio frequency

b. Video frequency

c. Intercarrier frequency

d. Subcarrier frequency

7. A system where the modulated RF picture

and sound carrier signals are distributed in a

cable network, instead of wireless system.

a. CCTV

b. MATV

c. CATV

d. SATV

8. A class A FM station is limited in antenna

height of ______ feet above average terrain.

a. 1000

b. 2000

c. 4000

d. 5000

9. What circuit in the TV receiver is used to

develop the high voltage needed to operate

the picture tube?

a. Low-voltage power supply

b. Horizontal output

c. Vertical sweep

d. Sync separator

10. The modulated picture carrier wave includes

the composite video signal as the

a. Average carrier level

b. Symmetric envelope of amplitude

variations

c. Lower sideband without the upper

sideband

d. Upper envelope without the lower

envelope

11. With which emission type is the capture-

effect more pronounced?

a. CW

b. FM

c. SSB

d. AM

12. The hue of color sync phase is

a. red

b. cyan

c. blue

d. yellow green

13. How much is the equivalent internal

resistance of the electron beam with a 1.2-

mA beam current at 25 kV?

a. 48 nano ohms

b. 30 ohms

c. 20.8 mega ohms

d. 15.6 kilo ohms

14. The difference between the picture and

sound carrier frequencies for channel 3 is

______ MHz.

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a. 3.58

b. 64.5

c. 4.5

d. 6.75

15. Refers to the deviation of the operating

frequency of a crystal oscillator from its

nominal value due to temperature variations.

a. drift

b. flashover

c. frequency deviation

d. deviation ratio

16. It is the measure of how many picture

elements can be reproduced

a. definition

b. resolution

c. detail

d. any of these

17. A 3.58-MHz subcarrier signal for color in

television

a. Hue signal

b. Video signal

c. Audio signal

d. Chroma signal

18. A class D FM station shall have an

authorized power not exceeding ______

watts.

a. 20

b. 15

c. 10

d. 5

19. Which of the following is not a benefit of

cable TV?

a. Lower-cost reception

b. Greater stability

c. Less noise, stronger signal

d. Premium cable channels

20. The width of the vertical sync pulse in the

Philippine TV system is

a. 21H

b. 3H

c. H

d. 0.5H

21. Term in communication which is referred,

“to send out in all direction”

a. announce

b. broadcast

c. transmit

d. media

22. The number of frames per second in the

Philippine TV system is

a. 60

b. 262 ½

c. 4.5

d. 30

23. It means multiple outlines of edges to the

right in the picture.

a. ghosting

b. ringing

c. fading

d. snowing

24. In the Sawtooth waveform for linear

scanning,

a. the linear rise is for flyback

b. the complete cycle includes trace

and retrace

c. the sharp reversal in amplitude

produces trace

d. the beam moves faster during trace

and retrace

25. The purpose of pre-emphasis and de-

emphasis in FM broadcasting is to:

a. increase the high frequency

amplitude

b. improve the audio harmonic

c. decrease the low frequency

amplitude

d. improve the S/N ratio

26. The part of the visible spectrum where

camera pickup tubes have the greatest output

is

a. red

b. blue

c. yellow-green

d. infrared

27. The type of modulation of the sound carrier

signal is ______.

a. Pulse motion

b. Phase modulation

c. Amplitude modulation

d. Frequency modulation

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28. A video or audio signal that can be used

directly to reproduce the picture and sound.

a. Baseband signal

b. Broadband signal

c. Electromagnetic wave signal

d. Modulated signal

29. Class B FM station should have an ERP not

exceeding ______ kW.

a. 50

b. 40

c. 30

d. 20

30. What technique is used to permit hundreds

of TV signals to share a common cable?

a. Frequency modulation

b. Mixing

c. Frequency division multiplexing

d. Time division multiplexing

31. Another name for the horizontal retrace in a

TV receiver is the

a. ringing

b. burst

c. damper

d. flyback

32. In the Philippine color television system, the

intercarrier frequency, in MHz, is

a. 3.58

b. 3.579645

c. 4.5

d. 45.75

33. In channel 14 (470 to 476 MHz), the 3.58-

MHz color signal is transmitted at

a. 471.25 MHz

b. 473.25 MHz

c. 474.83 MHz

d. 475.25 MHz

34. Interlaced scanning eliminates

a. snowing

b. flicker

c. distortion

d. fading

35. Beam alignment magnets for the camera

tube are adjusted while rocking which color?

a. Optical focus

b. Electrical focus

c. Beam current

d. Shading

36. What is a frequency discriminator?

a. An FM generator

b. A circuit for detecting FM

c. A circuit for filtering two closely

adjacent signals

d. An automatic bandwidth circuit

37. A system used in television field operation

to make on-the-spot video tape recordings

using portable TV cameras and VTRs.

a. SNG

b. ENG

c. HAFC

d. MATV

38. Class B FM station shall have an authorized

transmitter power not exceeding ______

kW.

a. 10

b. 100

c. 1000

d. 10000

39. The total bandwidth of an NTSC TV signal

is

a. 3.58 MHz

b. 4.5 MHz

c. 6 MHz

d. 10.7 MHz

40. Referred to the oscillator signal “leak

through” from a property neutralized

amplifier such as a master oscillator power

amplifier.

a. carrier

b. stray signal

c. back wave

d. loss wave

41. Interlacing is used in television to

a. produce the illusion of motion

b. ensure that all lines on the screen are

scanned, not merely the alternate

ones

c. simply the vertical sync pulse train

d. avoid flicker

42. Coaxial cable for distribution system has an

impedance of

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a. 50 ohms

b. 75 ohms

c. 150 ohms

d. 300 ohms

43. The average voltage value of the 3.58-MHz

modulated chrominance signal is

a. zero for most colors

b. close to black for yellow

c. the brightness of the color

d. the saturation of the color

44. When does broadcast station conduct an

equipment test?

a. during day time

b. during night time

c. during experimental period

d. at any time

45. It causes the picture information to spread

out or crowded at one end of the rater

compared to the opposite end.

a. Linear scanning

b. Interlaced scanning

c. Non-linear scanning

d. Retrace

46. If the camera cannot be placed far away

enough to include everything in the scene,

change the lens to one with a

a. lower f rating

b. higher f rating

c. longer focal length

d. shorter focal length

47. Type of radio communication transmission

utilizing frequency modulation technique

a. television video

b. broadcasting in 535-1606 kHz

c. single sideband HF transmission

d. television audio

48. The amount of color in the picture or color

intensity in the ______.

a. color level

b. chroma level

c. saturation

d. any of these

49. One of the early radio transmitters which

produced keyed carrier generating purer

waveform than spark transmitter, used for

high powered RF transmission and are

limited to radio frequency of about 500 kHz.

a. Arc transmitter

b. Hartley transmitter

c. Spark transmitter

d. Frequency transmitter

50. A technique where segments of videotape

are joined by electronic erasing and

recording to create a single program.

a. masking

b. segmenting

c. editing

d. programming

51. A class C FM station has an authorized

power not exceeding ______watts of ERP.

a. 500

b. 750

c. 1000

d. 2000

52. The assembly around the neck of a picture

tube that produces the magnetic fields that

deflect and scan the electron beams is called

the _________.

a. shadow mask

b. phosphor

c. electron gun

d. yoke

53. An odd number of lines per frame form part

of every one of the world’s TV systems.

This is _____________________.

a. done to assist interface

b. purely an accident

c. to ensure that line and frame

frequencies can be obtained from the

same original source

d. done to minimize interference with

the chroma subcarrier

54. The difference between the sound carrier

and the color signal is

a. 4.5 MHz

b. 1.25 MHz

c. 0.92 MHz

d. 0.25 MHz

55. In color television, it is made for uniform

color in the raster.

a. beam-landing adjustment

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b. degaussing

c. internal blanking adjustment

d. background control

56. Which of the following camera tubes uses

lead oxide for the photoconductive target

plate?

a. vidicon

b. plumbicon

c. saticon

d. image orthicon

57. The number of fields is ______ per frame.

a. 2

b. 60

c. 525

d. 262.5

58. An RF carrier wave that is frequency –

modulated by the baseband audio signal in

TV broadcasting.

a. Audio signal

b. Video signal

c. Intercarrier signal

d. Color signal

59. A class B FM station is limited in antenna

height of ____ feet.

a. 1000

b. 500

c. 250

d. 100

60. The HV anode supply for the picture tube of

a TV receiver is generated in the

a. mains transformer

b. vertical output stage

c. horizontal output stage

d. horizontal deflection oscillator

61. A tap for the subscriber drop line has a

a. high insertion loss

b. high tap loss

c. low tap loss

d. 300-ohm impedance

62. Which system can be used for both

recording and playback?

a. CED

b. VHD

c. laser disk

d. VHS

63. The hue 180 degrees out of phase with red is

______.

a. cyan

b. yellow

c. green

d. blue

64. It is used around the phosphor dots to make

a darker black which improves contrast in

the picture.

a. black masking

b. convergence adjustment

c. shadow masking

d. color parity adjustment

65. A lens with lower f rating is _____ lens that

allows more light input.

a. slower

b. wider

c. narrower

d. faster

66. Picture frames are repeated at the rate of ___

per second.

a. 30

b. 60

c. 45

d. 50

67. The effective radiated power of a class A

FM station should not exceed ______ kW.

a. 125

b. 30

c. 10

d. 1

68. In television, 4:3 represents the

a. interface ratio

b. maximum horizontal deflection

c. aspect ratio

d. ration of the two diagonals

69. Titling the viseo head gaps is necessary with

the

a. color under

b. zero guard bands

c. FM luminance signal

d. Long – play tapes

70. It is a special camera tube with a test pattern

printed in the image plate.

a. vidicon

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b. monoscope

c. oscilloscope

d. iconoscope

71. The number of lines scanned per frame in

the raster on the picture tube screen is

a. 525

b. 262 ½

c. 20

d. 10

72. One of the following is a high powered RF

ac basic transmitter that has two or more

stages, the oscillator stage which determines

the frequency of operation and RF amplifier

stage or stages that develop the high power

output. The purpose of which is to develop a

good frequency stability.

a. MOPA

b. Hartley

c. Alexanderson

d. Goldsmith

73. Camera signal output without sync is called

______.

a. black burst

b. generator lock video

c. composite video

d. non-composite video

74. The tint of the color is its _____.

a. brightness

b. contrast

c. chroma

d. hue

75. Which frequency band is the standard AM

radio broadcast?

a. HF

b. UHF

c. MF

d. VHF

76. The I and Q composite color signals are

multiplexed onto the picture carrier by

modulating a 3.58 MHz subcarrier using

a. FM

b. PM

c. DSB AM

d. Vestigial sideband AM

77. The shadow mask in color picture tube is

used to

a. Reduce X-ray emission

b. Ensure that each beam hits only its

dots

c. Increase screen brightness

d. Provide degaussing for the screen

78. The video heads rotate at high velocity to

increase the

a. tape speed

b. writing speed

c. reel rotation

d. tape tension

79. How do you eliminate radio frequency

variation of an oscillator transmitter caused

by its supply voltage?

a. use of a regulated power supply

b. use of a new power supply

c. use of high capacitor in the supply

circuit

d. loosen power supply shielding

80. The composite video signal includes the

camera signal with the following except

a. picture information

b. sync pulses

c. blanking pulses

d. camera signal

81. A lens has an 8-cm focal length and 4-cm

diameter. Its f rating is

a. 2

b. 4

c. 8

d. 32

82. Which of the following is a possible cause

for an abrupt frequency variation in a self –

excited transmitter oscillator circuits

resulting poor frequency stability to hold a

constant frequency oscillation?

a. DC and RF AC heating of resistor

which cause a change in values

b. Heating and expansion of oscillator

coil

c. Heating of capacitor in the oscillator

d. Power supply voltage changes

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83. How long does it take to scan 2 picture

elements when 400 are scanned in 50

microseconds?

a. 25 microsec

b. 0.25 microsec

c. 2.5 microsec

d. 0.5 microsec

84. Anode voltage for the picture tube,

developed from the output of the horizontal

deflection circuit.

a. Yoke voltage

b. Flyback voltage

c. Aquadag voltage

d. Tube voltage

85. The channel spacing in the Philippine FM

broadcast standards

a. 400 kHz

b. 800 kHz

c. 600 kHz

d. 200 kHz

86. What is the black-and-white or monochrome

brightness signal in TV called?

a. RGB

b. Color subcarrier

c. Q an I

d. Luminance Y

87. Which of the following is a midband cable

TV channel?

a. 6

b. 7

c. 14

d. 23

88. What is the primary purpose of an RF

amplifier in a receiver?

a. to vary the receiver image rejection

by utilizing the AGC

b. to provide most of the receiver gain

c. to develop the AGC voltage

d. to improve the receiver’s noise

figure

89. The color with the most luminance is

a. red

b. yellow

c. green

d. blue

90. It is the light flux intercepted by a one-foot-

square surface that is one-foot from a one-

candlepower source.

a. candela

b. footcandle

c. lux

d. lumens

91. Refers to the possible cause of an abrupt

frequency variations in a self-excited

transmitter oscillator circuit resulting to a

poor frequency stability to hold a constant

oscillator.

a. poor soldered connections

b. heating of capacitor in the oscillator

c. DC and AC heating of resistors

which cause change in values

d. Aging which cause change in

condition in parts characteristics

92. It is the difference in intensity between the

black parts and white parts of the picture.

a. brightness

b. hue

c. contrast

d. illumination

93. The stereophonic subcarrier suppression

level in the Philippines standards

a. less than 4% modulation of the main

carrier

b. less than 3% modulation of the main

carrier

c. less than 2% modulation of the main

carrier

d. less than 1% modulation of the

main carrier

94. The sound IF in a TV receiver is

a. 4.5 MHz

b. 10.7 MHz

c. 41.25 MHz

d. 45.75 MHz

95. The circuit the separates sync pulse from the

composite video waveforms is

a. the keyed AGC amplifier

b. a clipper

c. an integrator

d. a differentiator

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96. In the CED system, the disk capacitance

varies with the

a. pit depth

b. disk size

c. speed of rotation

d. wavelength of the scanning light

97. The final power amplifier in an FM

transmitter usually operates class ______.

a. AB

b. C

c. B

d. A

98. In a picture tube, it is the total angle that the

beam can be deflected without touching the

sides of the envelope.

a. screen angle

b. tube angle

c. picture angle

d. deflection angle

99. It is necessary to time the scanning with

respect to picture information

a. flyback

b. synchronization

c. blanking

d. scanning

100. The intermediate frequency used in for

FM broadcasting Philippine standards.

a. 455 kHz

b. 10.7 MHz

c. 11.4 MHz

d. 12.5 MHz