COMMUNICATION ELECTRONICS 2nd Edition by LOUIS E.

FRENZEL
9. Simultaneous two way communication is
Chapter 1: Introduction to Electronic called
Communications a. Half Duplex
b. Full Duplex
1. Communication is the process of c. Bicomm.
a. Keeping in touch d. Simplex
b. Broadcasting
c. Exchanging Information 10. The original electrical information signal
d. Entertainment by Electronics to be transmitted is called the
a. Modulating signal
2. Two key barriers to human b. Carrier
communication are c. Baseband signal
a. Distance d. Source signal
b. Cost
c. Ignorance 11. The process of modifying a high-
d. Language frequency carrier with the information to
be transmitted is called the
3. Electronic Communications is discovered a. Multiplexing
on which century? b. Telemetry
a. Sixteenth c. Detection
b. Eighteenth d. Modulation
c. Nineteenth
d. Twentieth 12. The process of transmitting two or more
information signals simultaneously over the
4. Which of the following is not a major same channel is called
communication medium? a. Multiplexing
a. Free Space b. Telemetry
b. Water c. Mixing
c. Wires d. Modulation
d. Fiber Optic Cable
13. Continuous voice or video signals are
5. Random interference to transmitted referred to as being
signal is called a. Baseband
a. Adjacent channel overlap b. Analog
b. Crosstalk c. Digital
c. Garbage in – Garbage out d. Continuous waves
d. Noise
14. Recovering information from a carrier is
6. The communications medium causes the known as
signal to be a. demultiplexing
a. Amplified b. modulation
b. Modulated c. detection
c. Attenuated d. carrier recovery
d. Interferred with
15. Transmission of graphical information
7. Which of the following is not a source of over the telephone network is accomplished
noise? by
a. Another communication signal a. Television
b. Atmospheric effects b. CATV
c. Manufactured electrical systems c. Videotext
d. Thermal agitation in electronic d. Facsimile
components
16. Measuring physical conditions at some
8. One way communication is called remote location and transmitting this data
a. Half Duplex for analysis is the process of
b. Full Duplex a. Telemetry
c. Monocomm. b. Instrumentation
d. Simplex c. Modulation
d. Multiplexing
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c. Shortwaves
17. Receiving electromagnetic emissions d. X-rays
from stars is called
a. Astrology 26. A micron is
b. Optical astronomy a. one millionth of a foot
c. Radio Astronomy b. one millionth of a meter
d. Space surveillance c. one thousandth of a meter
d. one ten thousandth of an inch
18. A personal communications hobby for
individuals is 27. The frequency range of infrared rays is
a. Ham radio approximately
b. Electronic Bulletin Board a. 30 to 300GHZ
c. CB radio b. 4000 to 8000 A
d. Cellular radio c. 1000 to 10000 A
d. 0.7 to 100 µm
19. Radar is based upon
a. Microwaves 28. The approximate wavelength of red light
b. A water medium is
c. The directional nature of radio a. 1000 µm
signals b. 7000 A
d. Reflected radio signals c. 3500 A
d. 4000 A
20. A frequency of 27MHz has a wavelength
of approximately 29. Which of the following is not used for
a. 11 m communications?
b. 27 m a. X-rays
c. 30 m b. Millimeter waves
d. 81 m c. infrared
d. microwaves
21. Radio signals are made of 30. A signal occupies the spectrum space
a. Voltages and Currents from 1.115 to 1.122GHz. the bandwidth is
b. Electric and Magnetic Fields a. 0.007 MHz
c. Electrons and protons b. 7 MHz
d. Noise and data c. 237 MHz
d. 700 MHz
22. The voice frequency range is
a. 30 to 300Hz 31. In the United States, the
b. 300 to 3000Hz electromagnetic spectrum is regulated and
c. 20Hz to 20KHz managed by
d. 0Hz to 15Hz a. business and industry
b. ITU
23. Another name for signals in the HF range c. FCC
is d. the united nations
a. Microwaves
b. RF waves 32. For a given bandwidth signal, more
c. Short waves channel space is available for signals in the
d. Millimeter waves range of
a. VHF
24. Television broadcasting occurs in which b. UHF
range c. SHF
a. HF d. EHF
b. EHF
c. VHF Chapter 2: AM and SSB Modulation
d. UHF
1. Having an information signal change some
25. Electromagnetic waves produced characteristic of a carrier signal is called
primarily by heat are called a. Multiplexing
a. Infrared rays b. Modulation
b. Microwaves c. Duplexing
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d. Linear mixing
10. Overmodulation occurs when
2. Which of the following is not true about a. Vm > Vc
AM? b. Vm < Vc
a. the carrier amplitude varies c. Vm = Vc
b. the carrier frequency remains d. Vm = Vc = 0
constant
c. the carrier frequency changes 11. The values of Vmax and Vmin as read
d. the information signal amplitude from an AM wave on an oscilloscope are 2.8
changes the carrier amplitude and 0.3. The percentage of modulation is
a. 10.7 percent
3. The opposite of modulation is b. 41.4 percent
a. reverse modulation c. 80.6 percent
b. downward modulation d. 93.3 percent
c. unmodulation
d. demodulation 12. The new signals produced by modulation
are called
4. The circuit used to produced modulation a. spurious emissions.
is called a b. harmonics
a. Modulator c. intermodulation products
b. Demodulator d. sidebands
c. Variable Gain amplifier
d. Multiplexer 13. A carrier of 880 kHz is modulated by a
3.5 kHz sine wave. The LSB and USB are,
5. A modulator circuit performs what respectively,
mathematical operation on its two inputs? a. 873 and 887 kHz
a. addition b. 876.5 and 883.5 kHz
b. multiplication c. 883.5 and 876.5 kHz
c. division d. 887 and 873 kHz
d. square root
14. A display of signal amplitude versus
6. The ratio of the peak modulating signal frequency is called the
voltage to the peak carrier voltage is a. time domain
referred to as b. frequency spectrum
a. the voltage ratio c. amplitude spectrum
b. decibels d. frequency domain
c. modulation index
d. mix factor 15. Most of the power in an AM signal is the
a. carrier
7. If m is greater than 1, what happens? b. upper sideband
a. normal operation c. lower sideband
b. carrier frequency shifts d. modulating signal
c. carrier drops to zero
d. information signal is distorted 16. An AM signal has a carrier power of 5 W.
The percentage of modulation is 80 percent.
8. For ideal AM, which of the following is The total sideband power is
true? a. 0.8 W
a. m = 0 b. 1.6 W
b. m = 1 c. 2.5 W
c. m < 1 d. 4.0 W
d. m > 1
17. For 100 percent modulation, what
9. The outline of the peaks of a carrier has percentage of power is in each sideband?
the shape of the modulating signal and is a. 25 percent
called the b. 33.3 percent
a. trace c. 50 percent
b. waveshape d. 100 percent
c. envelope
d. carrier variation
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18. An AM transmitter has a percentage of 26. The typical audio modulating frequency
modulation of 88. The carrier power is 440 range used in radio and telephone
W. The power in one sideband is communications is
a. 85 W a. 50 Hz to 5KHz
b. 110 W b. 50 Hz to 15 Khz
c. 170 W c. 100 Hz to 10kHz
d. 610 W d. 300hz to 3khz

19. An AM transmitter antenna current is

measured with no modulation and found to 27. An AM signal with a maximum
be 2.6 A. With modulation, the current rises modulating signal frequency of 4.5 kHz has a
to 2.9 A. The percentage of modulation is total bandwidth of
a. 35 percent a. 4.5 kHz
b. 70 percent b. 6.75 kHz
c. 42 percent c. 9 Khz
d. 89 percent d. 18 kHz

20. What is the carrier power in the problem 28. Distortion of the modulating signal
above if the antenna resistance is 75 ohms? produces harmonics which cause an increase
a. 195 W in the signal
b. 631 W a. carrier power
c. 507 W b. bandwidth
d. 792 W c. sideband power
d. envelope voltage
21. In an AM signal, the transmitted
information is contained within the 29. The process of translating a signal, with
a. carrier or without modulation, to a higher or lower
b. modulating signal frequency for processing is called
c. sidebands a. frequency multiplication
d. envelope b. frequency division
c. frequency shift
22. An AM signal without the carrier is called d. frequency conversion
a(n)
a. SSB 30. Frequency translation is carried out by a
b. vestigial sideband circuit called a
c. FM signal a. translator
d. DSB b. converter
c. balanced modulator
23. What is the minimum AM signal needed d. local oscillator
to transmit information?
a. carrier plus sidebands 31. An input signal of 1.8 MHz is mixed with
b. carrier only a local oscillation of 5 MHz. A filter selects
c. one sideband the difference signal. The output is
d. both isdeband a. 1.8 MHz
b. 3.2 MHz
24. The main advantage of SSB over standard c. 5 MHz
AM or DSB is d. 6.8 MHz
a. less spectrum space is used
b. simpler equipment is used 32. The output of an SSB transmitter with a
c. less power is consumed 3.85 MHz carrier and a 1.5 kHz sine wave
d. a higher modulation percentage modulating tone is
a. a 3.8485 MHz sine wave
25. In SSB, which sideband is the best to b. a 3.85 Mhz sine wave
use? c. a 3.85, 3.8485, and 3.8515 Mhz sine
a. upper wave
b. lower d. 3848.5 and 3851.5 MHz sine wave
c. neither
d. depends upon use

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33. An SSB transmitter produces a 400 V d. Rexctifier
peak-to-peak signal across a 52 ohms
antenna load. The PEP output is
a. 192.2 W
b. 384.5 W
c. 769.2 W
d. 3077 W

34. The output power of an SSB transmitter

is usually expressed in terms of
a. average power
b. RMS power
c. peak to peak power
d. peak envelope power

35. An SSB transmitter has a PEP rating of 1

kW. The average output power is in the
range of
a. 150 to 450 W 6. The component used to produce AM at
b. 100 to 300 W very high frequencies is a
c. 250 to 333 W a. Varactor
d. 3 to 4 kW b. Thermistor
c. Cavity resonator
d. PIN diode
Chapter 3: Amplitude Modulation Circuits
7. Amplitude modulation generated at a very
1. Amplitude modulation is the same as low voltage or power amplitude is known as
a. Linear Mixing a. High-level Modulation
b. Analog Multiplication b. Low-level Modulation
c. Signal Summation c. Collector Modulation
d. Multiplexing d. Minimum Modulation

2. In a diode modulator, the negative half of 8. A collector modulator has a supply

the AM wave is supplied by a(n) voltage of 48 V. The peak-to-peak amplitude
a. Tuned Circuit of the modulating signal for 100 percent
b. Transformer modulation is
c. Capacitor a. 24 V
d. Inductor b. 48 V
c. 96 V
3. Amplitude modulation can be produced by d. 120 V
a. Having the carrier vary a resistance
b. Having the modulating signal vary a 9. A collector-modulated transmitted has a
capacitance supply voltage of 24 V and a collector
c. Varying the carrier frequency current of 0.5A. The modulator power for
d. Varying the gain of an amplifier 100 percent modulation is
a. 6 W
4. Amplitude modulators that vary the b. 12 W
carrier amplitude with the modulating signal c. 18 W
by passing it through an attenuator work on d. 24 W
the principle of
a. Rectification 10. The circuit that recovers the original
b. Resonance modulating information from an AM signal is
c. Variable resistance known as a
d. Absorption a. Modulator
b. Demodulator
5. In Fig. 3-4, D1 is a c. Mixer
a. Variable resistor d. Crystal set
b. Mixer
c. Clipper
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11. The most commonly used amplitude a. Series Resonant Circuit
demodulator is the b. Parallel Resonant Circuit
a. Diode Mixer c. Neither a nor b
b. Balanced Modulator d. Both a and b
c. Envelope Detector
d. Crystal Filter 20. A crystal lattice filter has crystal
frequencies of 27.5 and 27.502 MHz. The
12. A circuit that generates the upper and bandwidth is approximately
lower sidebands but no carriers is called a(n) a. 2 kHz
a. Amplitude Modulator b. 3 kHz
b. Diode Detector c. 27.501 MHz
c. Class C Amplifier d. 55.502 MHz
d. Balanced Modulator
21. An SSB generator has a sideband filter
13. The inputs to a balanced modulator are centered at 3.0 MHz. The modulating signal
1 Mhz and a carrier of 1.5 Mhz. The outputs is 3 kHz. To produce both upper and lower
are sidebands, the following carrier frequencies
a. 500 kHz must be produced:
b. 2.5 MHz a. 2.7 and 3.3 MHz
c. 1.5 MHz b. 3.3 and 3.6 MHz
d. All of the above c. 2997 and 3003 kHz
e. a and b d. 3000 and 3003 kHz

14. A widely used balanced modulator is 22. In the phasing method of SSB generation,
called the one sideband is canceled out due to
a. Diode Bridge Circuit a. Phase Shift
b. Full-wave Bridge Rectifier b. Sharp Selectivity
c. Lattice Modulator c. Carrier Suppression
d. Balanced Bridge Modulator d. Phase Inversion

15. In a diode ring modulator, the diodes act 23. A balanced modulator used to
like demodulate a SSB signal is called a(n)
a. Variable Resistors a. Transponder
b. Switches b. Product Detector
c. Rectifiers c. Converter
d. Variable capacitors d. Modulator

16. The output of a balanced modulator is 24. Frequency translation is done with
a. AM circuit called a
b. FM a. Summer
c. SSB b. Multiplier
d. DSB c. Filter
d. Mixer
17. The principal circuit in the popular
1496/1596 IC balanced modulator is a 25. The inputs to a mixer are fo and fm. In
a. Differential Amplifier down conversion, which of the following
b. Rectifier mixer output signals is selected?
c. Bridge a. fo
d. Constant Current Source b. fm
c. fo - fm
18. The most commonly used filter in SSB d. fo + fm
generators uses
a. LC networks 26. Mixing for frequency conversion is the
b. Mechanical Resonators same as
c. Crystals a. Rectification
d. RC Networks and Op amps b. AM
c. Linear Summing
19. The equivalent circuit of a quartz crystal d. Filtering
is a
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27. Which of the following can be used as a
mixer Chapter 4: Frequency Modulation
a. Balanced Modulator
b. FET 1. The amount of frequency deviation from
c. Diode Modulator the carrier center frequency in an FM
d. All of the above transmitter is proportional to what
characteristic of the modulating signal?
28. The desired output from a mixer is a. Amplitude
usually selected with a b. Frequency
a. Phase-shift circuit c. Phase
b. Crystal Filter d. Shape
c. Resonant Circuit
d. Transformer 2. Both FM and PM are types of kind of
modulation?
29. The two inputs to a mixer are the signal a. Amplitude
to be translated and a signal from a(n) b. Phase
a. Modulator c. Angle
b. Filter d. Duty Cycle
c. Antenna
d. Local Oscillator 3. If the amplitude of the modulating signal
decreases, the carrier deviation
30. An NE602 mixer IC has a difference a. Increases
output of 10.7 MHz. The input is 146.8 MHz. b. Decreases
The local oscillator frequency is c. remains constant
a. 101.9 MHz d. goes to zero
b. 125.4 MHz
c. 131.6 MHz 4. On an FM signal, maximum deviation
d. 157.5 MHz occurs at what point on the modulating
signal?
a. Zero-signaling points
b. Peak positive peak amplitude
c. Peak negative peak amplitude
d. Both b and c

5. In PM, a frequency shift occurs while what

characteristic of the modulating signal is
changing?
a. Shape
b. Phase
c. Frequency
d. Amplitude

6. Maximum frequency deviation of a PM

signal occurs at
a. Zero crossing points
b. Peak positive peak amplitude
c. Peak negative peak amplitude
d. Peak positive or negative peak
amplitude

7. In PM, carrier frequency deviation is not

proportional to:
a. Modulating signal amplitude
b. Carrier amplitude and frequency
c. Modulating signal frequency
d. Modulator phase shift

8. To compensate for increases in carrier

frequency deviation with an increase in
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modulating signal frequency, what circuit is d. 0.36
used between the modulating signal and the
phase modulator? 16. A 200 kHz carrier is modulated by a 2.5
a. Low-pass filter kHz signal. The fourth pair of sidebands are
b. High-pass filter spaced from the carrier by
c. Phase shifter a. 2.5 kHz
d. Bandpass filter b. 5 kHz
c. 10 kHz
9. The FM produced by PM is called d. 15 kHz
a. FM
b. PM 17. An FM transmitter has a maximum
c. Indirect FM deviation of 12 kHz and a maximum
d. Indirect PM modulating frequency of 12 kHz. The
bandwidth by Carson’s rule is
10. If the amplitude of the modulating signal a. 24 kHz
applied to a phase modulator is constant, b. 33.6 kHz
the output signal will be c. 36.8 kHz
a. Zero d. 48 kHz
b. The carrier frequency
c. Above the carrier frequency 18. The maximum allowed deviation of the
d. Below the carrier frequency FM sound signal in TV is 25 kHz. If the actual
deviation is 18 kHz, the percent modulation
11. A 100 MHz carrier is deviated 50 kHz by a is
4 kHz signal. The modulation index is a. 43%
a. 5 b. 72%
b. 8 c. 96%
c. 12.5 d. 139%
d. 20
19. Which of the following is not a major
12. The maximum deviation of an FM carrier benefit of FM over AM?
is 2 kHz by a maximum modulating signal of a. Greater efficiency
400 Hz. The deviation ratio is b. Noise Immunity
a. 0.2 c. Capture Effect
b. 5 d. Lower complexity and cost
c. 8
d. 40 20. The primary disadvantage of FM is its
a. Higher cost and complexity
13. A 70 kHz carrier has a frequency b. Excessive use of spectrum space
deviation of 4 kHz with a 1000 Hz signal. c. Noise susceptibility
How many significant sideband pairs are d. Lower efficiency
produced?
a. 4 21. Noise is primarily
b. 5 a. High frequency spikes
c. 6 b. Low-frequency variations
d. 7 c. Random level shifts
d. Random frequency variations
14. What is the bandwidth of the FM signal
described in question 13 above? 22. The receiver circuit that rids FM of noise
a. 4 kHz is the
b. 7 kHz a. Modulator
c. 14 kHz b. Demodulator
d. 28 kHz c. Limiter
d. Low-pass filter
15. What is the relative amplitude of the
third pair of sidebands of an FM signal with 23. The phenomenon of a strong FM signal
m=6 dominating a weaker signa on a common
a. 0.11 frequency is referred to as the
b. 0.17 a. Capture effect
c. 0.24 b. Blot out
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c. Quieting factor d. Low-pass filter
d. Domination syndrome
30. The cut-off frequency of pre-emphasis
24. The AM signals generated at a low level and de-emphasis circuits is
may only be amplified by what type of a. 1 kHz
amplifier? b. 2.122 kHz
a. Op Amp c. 5 kHz
b. Linear d. 75 kHz
c. Class C
d. Push-pull
Chapter 5: Frequency Modulation Circuits
25. Frequency modulation transmitters are
more efficient because their power is 1. Another name for a VVC is
increased by what type of amplifier a. PIN diode
a. Class A b. Varactor diode
b. Class B c. Snap diode
c. Class C d. Hot-carrier diode
d. All of the above
2. The depletion region in a junction diode
26. Noise interferes mainly with modulating forms what part of a capacitor
a. Plates
b. Leads
c. Package
d. Dielectric

3. Increasing the reverse bias on a varactor

diode will cause its capacitance
a. Decrease
b. Increase
c. Remain the same
d. Drop to zero

4. The capacitance of a varactor diode is in

what general range
a. pF
signals that are b. nF
a. Sinusoidal c. µF
b. Nonsinusoidal d. F
c. Low Frequency
d. High frequencies 5. In Fig. 5-3, the varactor diode is biased by
which components?
27.Pre-emphasis circuits boost what a. R1, R2
modulating frequencies before modulation? b. R1, C2
a. High frequencies c. L1, C1
b. Mid-range frequencies d. RFC, C3
c. Low frequencies
d. All of the above 6. In Fig. 5-3, if the reverse bias on D1 is
reduced, the resonant frequency of C1
28. A pre-emphasis circuit is a a. Increase
a. Low-pass filter b. Decreases
b. High-pass filter c. Remains the same
c. Phase shifter d. Cannot be determined
d. Bandpass filter
7. The frequency change of a crystal
29. Pre-emphasis is compensated for at the oscillator produced by a varactor diode is
receiver by a. Zero
a. Phase Inverter b. Small
b. Bandpass filter c. Medium
c. High-pass filter d. Large
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13. Which oscillators are preferred for
8. A phase modulator varies the phase shift carrier generators because of their good
of the frequency stability?
a. Carrier a. LC
b. Modulating Signal b. RC
c. Both a and b c. LR
d. Neither a nor b d. Crystal

9. The widest phase variation is obtained 14. Which of the following frequency
with a(n) demodulators requires an input limiter?
a. RC low-pass filter a. Foster-Seeley discriminator
b. RC high-pass filter b. Pulse-averaging discriminator
c. LR low-pass filter c. Quadrature discriminator
d. LC resonant circuit d. PLL

10. In Fig. 5-7, R4 is the 15. Which discriminator averages pulses in a

a. Pre-emphasis circuit low-pass filter?
b. De-emphasis circuit a. Radio detector
c. Deviation control b. PLL
d. Frequency determining component in c. Quadrature detector
the tuned circuit d. Foster-Seeley discriminator

16. Which frequency demodulator is

considered the best overall?
a. Radio Detector
b. PLL
c. Quadrature
d. Pulse-averaging discriminator

17. In Fig. 5-8, the voltage at point A when

the input frequency is below the FM center
frequency is
a. Negative
b. Positive
c. Zero
d. Indeterminant

11. The small frequency change produced by

a phase modulator can be increased by using
a(n)
a. Amplifier
b. Mixer
c. Frequency multiplier
d. Frequency Divider

12. A crystal oscillator whose frequency can

be changed by an input voltage is called a(n)
a. VCO
b. VXO 18. In Fig. 5-8, R3 and C6 form which kind of
c. VFO circuit?
d. VHF a. Carrier Filter
b. Pulse-averaging filter
c. Pre-emphasis
d. De-emphasis
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c. Input amplitude
19. In Fig. 5-10, the voltage across C6 is d. The phase shift value at center
a. Inversely proportional to signal frequency
amplitude
b. Directly proportional to signal 25. The input to a PLL is 2 MHz. In order for
amplitude the PLL to be locked, the VCO output must
c. Directly proportional to frequency be
deviation a. 0 MHz
d. Constant b. 1 MHz
c. 2 MHz
d. 4 MHz

26. Decreasing the input frequency to a

locked PLL will cause the VCO output to
a. Decrease
b. Increase
c. Remain constant
d. Jump to the free-running frequency

27. The range of frequencies over which a

20. In a pulse averaging discriminator, the PLL will track input signal variations is
pulses are produced by a(n) known as the
a. Astable multivibrator a. Circuit bandwidth
b. Zero-crossing detector b. Capture range
c. One shot c. Band of Acceptance
d. Low-pass filter d. Lock range

21. A reactance modulator looks like a 28. The band of frequencies over which a
capacitance of 35 pF in parallel with the PLL will acquire or recognize an input signal
oscillator-tuned circuit whose inductance is is called the
50 μH and capacitance is 40 pF. What is the a. Circuit Bandwidth
center frequency of the oscillator prior to b. Capture range
FM? c. Band of acceptance
a. 1.43 MHz d. Lock range
b. 2.6 MHz
c. 3.56 MHz 29. Over a narrow range of frequencies, the
d. 3.8 MHz PLL acts like a
a. Low-pass filter
22. Which of the following is true about the b. Bandpass filter
NE566 IC? c. Tunable oscillator
a. It is a VCO d. Frequency modulator
b. Its output is sinusoidal
c. It is an FM demodulator 30. The output of a PLL frequency
d. It uses LC-tuned circuits demodulator is taken from
a. Low-pass filter
23. An FM demodulator that uses a b. VCO
differential amplifier and tuned circuits to c. Phase detector
convert frequency variations into voltage d. None of the above
variations is the
a. Quadrature detector
b. Foster-Seeley discriminator Chapter 6: Radio Transmitters
c. Differential peak detector
d. Phase-Locked Loop 1. Which of the following circuits is not
typically part of every radio transmitter?
24. The output amplitude of the phase a. Driver Amplifier
detector in a quadrature detector is b. Carrier Oscillator
proportional to c. Mixer
a. Pulse width d. Final Power Amplifier
b. Pulse frequency
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2. Class C amplifiers are not used in which
type of transmitter?
a. AM
b. SSB 6. An FM transmitter has a 9 MHz crystal
c. CW carrier oscillator and frequency multipliers
d. FM of 2, 3, 4. The output frequency is
a. 54 MHz
3. A circuit that isolates the carrier b. 108 MHz
oscillator from load changes is called a c. 216 MHz
a. Final Amplifier d. 288 MHz
b. Driver Amplifier
c. Linear Amplifier 7. The most efficient RF power amplifier is
d. Buffer Amplifier which class amplifier?
a. Class B
4. A class B amplifier conducts for how many b. Class A
degrees of an input sine wave? c. Class AB
a. 90 o - 150 o d. Class C
b. 180 o
c. 180 o - 360 o 8. Collector current in a class C amplifier is
d. 360 o a
a. Square Wave
5. Bias for a class C amplifier produced by an b. Sine Wave
input RC network is known as c. Pulse
a. Signal Bias d. Half Sine Wave
b. Self Bias
c. Fixed External Bias 9. The maximum power of typical transistor
d. Threshold Bias RF power amplifiers is in what range?
a. Kilowatts
b. Milliwatts
c. Hundreds of Watts
d. Watts

10. Self-oscillation in a transistor amplifier is

usually caused by
a. Excessive Gain
b. Stray Inductance
c. Internal Capacitance
d. Unmatched Impedances

11. Neutralization is the process of

a. Cancelling the effect of internal
device capacitance
b. Bypassing undesired alternating
current
c. Reducing gain
d. Eliminating Harmonics

12. Maximum power transfer occurs when

what relationship exists between the
generator impedance ZI and the load
impedance Zl?
a. Zi = Zl
b. Zi > Zl
c. Zi < Zl
d. Zi = 0Ω

13. Which of the following is not a benefit of

a toroid RF inductor?
a. Higher Q
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b. No shielding required c. High gain
c. Fewer turns of wire d. Excessive signal bandwidth
d. Self - supporting
22. The gain of a transistor amplifier is
14. A toroid is a a. Inversely proportional to collector
a. Coil Holder current
b. Type of Inductor b. Directly proportional to frequency
c. Magnetic Core c. Directly proportional to collector
d. Transformer current
d. Inversely proportional to frequency
15. Which of the following is not commonly
used for impedance matching in a 23. What values of L and C in an L network
transmitter? are required to match a 10 Ω transistor
a. Resistive attenuator amplifier impedance to a 50 Ω load at 27
b. Transformer MHz?
c. L Network a. L = 47 nH, C = 185 pF
d. T Network b. L = 118 nH, C = 236 pF
c. L = 0.13 µH, C = 220 pF
16. To a match a 6 Ω amplifier impedance to d. L = 0.3 µH, C = 330 pF
a 72 Ω antenna load, a transformer must
have a turns ration NP/NS of Chapter 7: Communications Receivers
a. 0.083
b. 0.289 1. The simplest receiver is a(n)
c. 3.46 a. RF amplifier
d. 12 b. Demodulator
c. AF amplifier
17. Impedance matching in a broadband d. Tuned circuit
linear RF amplifier is handled with a(n)
a. Pi Network 2. The key conceptual circuit in a superhet
b. L Network receiver is the
c. Parallel Tuned Circuit a. Mixer
d. Balun b. RF amplifier
c. Demodulator
18. A class C amplifier has a supply voltage d. AF amplifer
of 24 V and a collector current of 2.5 A. Its
efficiency is 80 %. The RF output power is 3. Most of the gain and selectivity in a
a. 24 W superhet is obtained in the
b. 48 W a. RF amplifier
c. 60 W b. Mixer
d. 75 W c. IF amplifier
d. AF amplifier
19. Which of the following is not a benefit of
speech-processing circuits? 4. The sensitivity of a receiver depends upon
a. Improved frequency stability the receiver’s overall
b. Increased average output power a. Bandwidth
c. Limited bandwidth b. Selectivity
d. Prevention of overmodulation c. Noise response
d. Gain
20. In an AM transmitter, a clipper circuit
eliminates 5. The ability of a receiver to separate one
a. Harmonics signal from others on closely adjacent
b. Splatter frequencies is called the
c. Overdeviation a. Sensitivity
d. Excessive gain b. S/N ratio
c. Selectivity
21. In a speech-processing circuit, a low- d. Gain
pass filter prevents
a. Overdeviation 6. A mixer has a signal input of 50 MHz and
b. Overmodulation an LO frequency of 59 MHz. The IF is
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a. 9 MHz c. The sun
b. 50 MHz d. Fluorescent lights
c. 59 MHz
d. 109 MHz 15. Noise can be reduced by
a. Widening the bandwidth
7. A signal 2 times the IF away from the b. Narrowing the bandwidth
desired signal that causes interference is c. Increasing temperature
referred to as a(n) d. Increasing transistor current levels
a. Ghost
b. Image 16. Noise at the input to a receiver can be
c. Phantom as high as several
d. Inverted Signal a. Microvolts
b. Millivolts
8. A receiver has a desired input signal of 18 c. Volts
MHz and an LO frequency of 19.6 MHz. The d. Kilovolts
image frequency is
a. 1.6 MHz 17. Which circuit contributes most to the
b. 18 MHz noise in a receiver?
c. 19.6 MHz a. IF amplifier
d. 21.2 MHz b. Demodulator
c. AF amplifier
9. The main cause of image interference is d. Mixer
a. Poor front-end selectivity
b. Low gain 18. Which noise figure represents the lowest
c. A high IF noise
d. A low S/N ratio a. 1.6 dB
b. 2.1 dB
10. For best image rejection, the IF for a 30 c. 2.7 dB
MHz signal would be d. 3.4 dB
a. 455 kHz
b. 3.3 MHz 19. Which filter shape factor represents the
c. 9 MHz best skirt selectivity?
d. 55 MHz a. 1.6
b. 2.1
11. A tuned circuit is resonant at 4 MHz. Its c. 5.3
Q is 100. The bandwidth is d. 8
a. 400 Hz
b. 4 kHz 20. Which input signal below represents the
c. 40 kHz best receiver sensitivity?
d. 400 kHz a. 0.5 µV
b. 1 µV
12. A crystal filter has a 6 dB bandwidth of c. 1.8 µV
2.6 kHz and a 60 dB bandwidth of 14 kHz. d. 2 µV
The shape factor is
a. 0.186 21. Transistor with the lowest noise figure in
b. 5.38 the microwave region is a(n)
c. 8.3 a. MOSFET
d. 36.4 b. Dual-gate MOSFET
c. JFET
13. Most internal noise comes from d. MESFET
a. Shot noise
b. Transit-time noise 22. The AGC circuits usually control the gain
c. Thermal agitation of the
d. Skin effect a. Mixer
b. Detector
14. Which of the following is not a source of c. IF amplifiers
external noise d. Audio amplifiers
a. Thermal agitation
b. Auto ignitions
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23. Selectivity is obtained in most receivers b. Mixers
from c. Power supply
a. Crystal filters d. LO
b. Mechanical filters
c. Double-tuned circuits 32. The basic frequency synthesizer circuit is
d. Audio filters a(n)
a. Mixer
24. Widest bandwidth in a double-tuned b. Frequency multiplier
circuit is obtained with c. Frequency divider
a. Undercoupling d. PLL
b. Critical coupling
c. Optimum coupling 33. The output frequency increment of a
d. Overcoupling frequency synthesizer is determined by the
a. Frequency division ratio
25. Automatic gain control permits a wide b. Reference input to the phase
range of signal amplitudes to be detector
accommodated by controlling the gain of the c. Percentage of output frequency
a. RF amplifier d. Frequency multiplication factor
b. IF amplifier
c. Mixer 34. The output of the frequency synthesizer
d. AF amplifier is changed by varying the
a. Reference frequency input to the
26. In an IF amplifier with reverse AGC, a phase detector
strong signal will cause the collector current b. Frequency division ratio
to c. Frequency multiplication factor
a. Increase d. Mixer LO frequency
b. Decrease
c. Remain the same 35. In Fig 7-28, if the input reference is 25
d. Drop to zero kHz and the divide ratio is 144, the VCO
output frequency
27. Usually AGC voltage is derived by the a. 173.61 Hz
a. RF amplifier b. 144 kHz
b. IF amplifier c. 3.6 MHz
c. Demodulator d. 5.76 MHz
d. AF amplifier

28. An AFC circuit is used to correct for

a. Audio distortion
b. Strong input signals
c. Instability in the IF amplifier
d. Frequency drift in the LO

29. A circuit keeps the audio cut off until a

signal is received is known as
a. A squelch
b. AFC
c. AGC
d. A noise blanker

30. A BFO is used in the demodulation of

which types of signals? 36. The bandwidth of a parallel LC circuit
a. AM can be increased by
b. FM a. Increasing XC
c. SSB or CW b. Decreasing XL
d. QPSK c. Decreasing coil resistance
d. A resistor connected in parallel
31. Which of the following circuits are not
typically shared in an SSB transceiver?
a. Crystal filter
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37.The upper and lower cutoff frequencies 3. Each signal in a an FDM system
of a tuned circuit are 1.7 and 1.5 MHz a. Modulates a subcarrier
respectively. The circuit Q is b. Modulates the final carrier
a. 8 c. Is mixed with all the others before
b. 10 modulation
c. 16 d. Serves as a subcarrier
d. 24
4. Frequency modulation in FDM systems is
38. The noise voltage across a 300 Ω input usually accomplished with a
resistance to a TV set with a 6 MHz a. Reactance modulator
bandwidth and a temperature of 30oC is b. Varactor
a. 2.3 µV c. VCO
b. 3.8 µV d. PLL
c. 5.5 µV
d. 6.4 µV 5. Which of the following is not a typical
FDM application
39. The stage gains in a superheterodyne are a. Telemetry
follows RF amplifier, 10dB; mixer, 6dB; two b. Stereo Broadcasting
IF amplifiers, each 33 dB; detector, -4 dB; c. Telephone
AF amplifier, 28 dB. The total gain is d. Secure communications
a. 73 dB
b. 82 dB 6. The circuit the performs demultiplexing in
c. 106 dB an FDM system is a(n)
d. 139 dB a. Op amp
b. Bandpass filter
40. A tuned circuit resonates at 12 MHz with c. Discriminator
an inductance of 5 μH whose resistance is 6 d. Subcarrier oscillator
Ω. The circuit bandwidth is
a. 98 kHz 7. Most FDM telemetry systems use
b. 191 kHz a. AM
c. 754 kHz b. FM
d. 1.91 MHz c. SSB
d. PSK
41. In a receiver with noise-derived squelch,
the presence of an audio signal causes the 8. The best frequency demodulator is the
audio amplifier to be a. PLL discriminator
a. Enabled b. Pulse-averaging discriminator
b. Disabled c. Foster-Seeley discriminator
d. Ratio detector

Chapter 8: Multiplexing 9. The modulation used in FDM telephone

systems is
1. Multiplexing is the process of a. AM
a. Several signal sources transmitting b. FM
simultaneously to a receiver on a c. SSB
common frequency d. PSK
b. Sending the same signal over multiple
channels to multiple destinations 10. The FDM telephone systems
c. Transmitting multiple signals over accommodate many channels by
multiple channels a. Increasing the multiplexer size
d. Sending multiple signals b. Using many final carriers
simultaneously over a single channel c. Narrowing the bandwidth of each
d. Using multiple levels of multiplexing
2. In FDM, multiple signals
a. Transmit at different times 11. In FM stereo broadcasting, the L + R
b. Share a common bandwidth signal
c. Use multiple channels a. Double-sideband modulates a
d. Modulate one another subcarrier
b. Modulates the FM carrier
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c. Frequency modulates a subcarrier 20. In PAM/TDM system, keeping the
d. Is not transmitted multiplexer and DEMUX channels step with
one another is done by a
12. In FM stereo broadcasting, the L – R a. Clock recovery circuit
signal b. Sync pulse
a. Double-sideband modulates a c. Sampling
subcarrier d. Sequencer
b. Modulates the FM carrier
c. Frequency modulates a subcarrier 21. Transmitting data as serial binary words
d. Is not transmitted is called
a. Digital communications
13. The SCA signal if used in FM broadcasting b. Quantizing
is transmitted via c. PAM
a. A 19-kHZ subcarrier d. PCM
b. A 38-kHz subcarrier
c. A 67-kHz subcarrier 22. Converting analog signals to digital is
d. The main FM carrier done by sampling and
a. Quantizing
14. In TDM, multiple signals b. Companding
a. Share a common bandwidth c. Pre-emphasis
b. Modulate subcarriers d. Mixing
c. Are sampled at high speeds
d. Take turns transmitting 23. A quantizer is a(n)
a. Multiplexer
15. In TDM, each signal may use he full b. Demultiplexer
bandwidth of the channel c. A/D converter
a. True d. D/A converter
b. False
24. Emphasizing low-level signals and
16. Sampling an analog signal produces compressing higher-level signals is called
a. PAM a. Quantizing
b. AM b. Companding
c. FM c. Pre-emphasis
d. PCM d. Sampling

17. The maximum bandwidth that an analog 25. Which of the following is not a benefit of
signal use with a sampling frequency of 108 companding?
kHz is a. Minimizes noise
a. 27 kHz b. Minimizes number of bits
b. 54 kHz c. Minimizes quantizing error
c. 108 kHz d. Minimizes signal bandwidth
d. 216 kHz
26. A telephone system using TDM and PCM
18. Pulse-amplitude modulation signals are is called
multiplexed by using a. PBX
a. Subcarriers b. RS-232
b. Bandpass filters c. T-1
c. A/D converters d. Bell 212
d. FET switches
27. An IC that contains A/D and D/A
19. In PAM demultiplexing, the receiver converters, companders and parallel-to-
clock is derived from serial converters is called
a. Standard radio station WWV a. Codec
b. A highly accurate internal oscillator b. Data converter
c. The PAM signal itself c. Multiplexer
d. The 60-Hz power line d. Modem

28. Pulse-code modulation is preferred to

PAM because of its
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a. Resistance to quantizing error b. 1
b. Simplicity c. 2
c. Lower cost d. infinity
d. Superior noise immunity
8. A 50 Ω coax is connected to a 73 Ω
Chapter 9: Antennas and Transmission antenna. The SWR is
Lines a. 0.685
b. 1
1. The most commonly used transmission c. 1.46
line is a d. 2.92
a. two-wire balanced line
b. single wire 9. The most desirable reflection coefficient
c. three-wire line is
d. coax a. 0
b. 0.5
2. The characteristic impedance of a c. 1
transmission line does not depend upon its d. infinity
a. length
b. conductor diameter 10. A ratio expressing the percentage of
c. conductor spacing incident voltage reflected on a transmission
d. none of the above line is know as the
a. velocity factor
3. Which of the following is not a common b. standing wave ratio
transmission line impedance? c. reflection coefficient
a. 50 Ω d. line efficiency
b. 75 Ω
c. 120 Ω 11. The minimum voltage along a
d. 300 Ω transmission line is 260 V, while the
maximum voltage is 390 V. The SWR is
4. For maximum absorption of power at the a. 0.67
antenna, the relationship between the b. 1.0
characteristic impedance of the line ZO and c. 1.2
the load impedance Zl should be d. 1.5
a. ZO = Zl
b. ZO > Zl 12. Three feet is one wavelength at a
c. ZO < Zl frequency of
d. ZO = 0 a. 100 MHz
b. 164 MHz
5. The mismatch between antenna and c. 300 MHz
transmission line impedances cannot be d. 328 MHz
corrected for by
a. using an LC matching network 13. At very high frequencies, transmission
b. adjusting antenna length lines are used as
c. using a balun a. tuned circuits
d. adjusting the length of transmission b. antennas
line c. insulators
d. resistors
6. A pattern of voltage and current
variations along a transmission line not 14. A shorted quarter-wave line at the
terminated in its characteristic impedance is operating frequency acts like a(n)
called a. series resonant circuit
a. an electric field b. parallel resonant circuit
b. radio waves c. capacitor
c. standing waves d. inductor
d. a magnetic field
15. A shorted half-wave line at the operating
7. The desirable SWR on a transmission line frequency acts like a(n)
is a. capacitor
a. 0 b. inductor
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c. series resonant circuit a. folded dipole
d. parallel resonant circuit b. ground plane
c. loop
16. A popular half-wavelength antenna is the d. array
a. ground plane
b. end-fire 25. The horizontal radiation pattern o a
c. collinear vertical dipole is
d. dipole a. figure eight
b. circle
17. The length of a doublet at 27 MHz is c. narrow beam
a. 8.67 ft d. clover leaf
b. 17.3 ft
c. 18.2 ft 26. In a Yagi antenna, maximum direction of
d. 34.67 ft radiation is toward the
a. director
18. A popular vertical antenna is the b. driven element
a. collinear c. reflector
b. dipole d. sky
c. ground plane
d. broadside 27. Conductors in multielement antennas
that do not receive energy directly from the
19. The magnetic field of an antenna is transmission line are known as
perpendicular to the earth. The antenna’s a. parasitic elements
polarization b. driven elements
a. is vertical c. the boom
b. is horizontal d. receptors
c. is circular
d. cannot be determined from the 28. A coax has an attenuation of 2.4 db per
information given 100 ft. The attenuation for 275 ft is
a. 2.4 dB
20. An antenna that transmits or receives b. 3.3 dB
equally well in all directions is said to be c. 4.8 dB
a. omnidirectional d. 6.6 dB
b. bidirectional
c. unidirectional 29. An antenna has a power gain of 15. The
d. quasidirectional power applied to the antenna is 32 W. The
effective radiated power is
21. The horizontal radiation pattern of a a. 15 W
dipole is a b. 32 W
a. circle c. 120 W
b. figure eight d. 480 W
c. clover leaf
d. narrow beam 30. Which beamwidth represents the best
antenna directivity
22. The length of a ground plane vertical at a. 7°
146 MHz is b. 12°
a. 1.6 ft c. 19°
b. 1.68 ft d. 28°
c. 2.05 ft
d. 3.37 ft
31. The radiation pattern of collinear and
23. The impedance of a dipole is about broadside antennas
a. 50 Ω a. omnidirectional
b. 73 Ω b. bidirectional
c. 93 Ω c. unidirectional
d. 300 Ω d. clover-leaf shaped

24. A direction antenna with two or more 32. Which antenna has a unidirectional
elements is known as a(n) radiation pattern and gain
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a. dipole c. 38.7 mi
b. ground plane d. 53.2 mi
c. yagi
d. collinear 41. To increase the transmission distance of
a UHF signal, which of the following should
33. A wide-bandwidth multielement driven be done?
array is the a. increase antenna gain
a. end-fire b. increase antenna height
b. log-periodic c. increase transmitter power
c. yagi d. increase receiver sensitivity
d. collinear
42. A coax has a velocity factor of 0.68.
34. Ground-wave communications is most What is the length of a half wave at 30 MHz?
effective in what frequency range? a. 11.2 ft
a. 300 kHz to 3 MHz b. 12.9 ft
b. 3 to 30 MHz c. 15.6 ft
c. 30 to 300 MHz d. 16.4 ft
d. above 300 MHz
43. Which transmission line has the lowest
35. The ionosphere causes radio signals to be attenuation?
a. diffused a. twin lead
b. absorbed b. RG-11/U
c. refracted c. RG-59/U
d. reflected d. RG-214/U

36. The ionosphere has its greatest effect on 44. Refer to Fig. 9-39. The beam width of
signals in what frequency range? this antenna patter is approximately
a. 300 kHz to 3 MHz a. 30°
b. 3 to 30 MHz b. 38°
c. 30 to 300 MHz c. 45°
d. above 300 MHz d. 60°

37. The type of radio wave responsible for

long-distance communications by multiple
skips is the
a. ground wave
b. direct wave
c. surface wave
d. sky wave

38. Microwave signals propagate by way of

the
a. direct wave
b. sky wave
c. surface wave
d. standing wave

39. The line-of-sight communications is not a

factor in which frequency range? 45. A receiver-transmitter station used to
a. VHF increase the communications range of VHF,
b. UHF UHF, and microwave signals is called a(n)
c. HF a. transceiver
d. microwave b. remitter
c. repeater
40. A microwave-transmitting antenna is 550 d. amplifier
ft high. The receiving antenna is 200 ft high.
The maximum transmission distance is Chapter 10: Microwave Techniques
a. 20 mi
b. 33.2 mi
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1. The main benefit of using microwaves is a. 2.54 GHz
a. lower-cost equipment b. 3.0 GHz
b. simpler equipment c. 5.9 GHz
c. greater transmission distances d. 11.8 GHz
d. more spectrum space
10. A waveguide has a cutoff frequency of 17
2. Radio communications are regulated in GHz. Which of the signals will not be passed
the United States by the by the waveguide?
a. Federal Trade Commission a. 15 GHz
b. Congress b. 18 GHz
c. Federal Communications Commission c. 22 GHz
d. Military d. 25 GHz

3. Which of the following is not a 11. Signal propagation in a waveguide is by

disadvantage of microwaves? a. electrons
a. higher-cost equipment b. electric and magnetic fields
b. line-of-sight transmission c. holes
c. conventional components are not d. air pressure
usable
d. circuits are more difficult to analyze 12. When the electric field in a waveguide is
perpendicular to the direction of wave
4. Which of the following is a microwave propagation, the mode is said to be
frequency a. vertical polarization
a. 1.7 MHz b. horizontal polarization
b. 750 MHz c. transverse electric
c. 0.98 GHz d. transverse magnetic
d. 22 GHz
13. The dominant mode in most waveguides
5. Which of the following is not a common is
microwave application? a. TE0,1
a. radar b. TE1,2
b. mobile radio c. TM0,1
c. telephone d. TM1,1
d. spacecraft communications
14. A magnetic field is introduced into a
6. Coaxial cable is not widely used for long waveguide by a
microwave transmission lines because of its a. probe
a. high loss b. dipole
b. high cost c. stripline
c. large size d. capacitor
d. excessive radiation
15. A half-wavelength, closed section of a
7. Stripline and microstrip transmission lines waveguide that acts as a parallel resonant
are usually made with circuit is known as a(n)
a. coax a. half-wave section
b. parallel wires b. cavity resonator
c. twisted pair c. LCR circuit
d. PCBs d. directional coupler

8. The most common cross section of a wave 16. Decreasing the volume of a cavity causes
guide is a its resonant frequency to
a. square a. increase
b. circle b. decrease
c. triangle c. remain the same
d. rectangle d. drop to zero

9. A rectangular waveguide has a width of 1 17. A popular microwave mixer diode is the
in. and a height of 0.6 in. Its cutoff a. Gunn
frequency is b. Varactor
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c. Hot carrier
d. IMPATT

18. Varactor and step-recovery diodes are 23. In a klystron amplifier, velocity
widely used in what type of circuit modulation of the electron beam is
a. amplifier produced by the
b. oscillator a. collector
c. frequency multiplier b. catcher cavity
d. mixer c. cathode
d. buncher cavity
19. Which diode is a popular microwave
oscillator 24. A reflex klystron is used as a(n)
a. IMPATT a. amplifier
b. Gunn b. oscillator
c. Varactor c. mixer
d. Mixer d. frequency multiplier

20. Which type of diode does not ordinarily 25. For proper operation, a magnetron must
operate with reverse bias be accompanied by a
a. Varactor a. cavity resonator
b. IMPATT b. strong electric field
c. Snap-off c. permanent magnet
d. Tunnel d. high dc voltage

21. Low-power Gunn diodes are replacing 26. The operating frequency of klystrons and
a. Reflex klystrons magnetrons is set by the
b. TWTs a. cavity resonators
c. Magnetrons b. DC supply voltage
d. Varactor diodes c. input signal frequency
d. number of cavities
22. Which of the following is not a
microwave tube? 27. A magnetron is used only as a(n)
a. travelling-wave tube a. amplifier
b. cathode-ray tube b. oscillator
c. klystron c. mixer
d. magnetron d. frequency multiplier

28. A common application for magnetrons is

in
a. radar
b. satellites
c. two-way radio
d. TV sets

29. In a TWT, the electron beam is density-

modulated by a
a. permanent magnet
b. modulation transformer
c. helix
d. cavity resonator

30. The main advantage of a TWT over a

klystron for microwave amplification is
a. lower cost
b. smaller size
c. higher power
d. wider bandwidth

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31. High-power TWTs are replacing what in 39. Increasing the diameter of a parabolic
microwave amplifiers? reflector causes which of the following
a. MESFETs a. decrease beamwidth
b. Magnetrons b. increase gain
c. Klystrons c. increase beam width
d. IMPATT diodes d. a and b
e. b and c
32. The most widely used microwave f. none of the above
antenna is a
a. half-wave dipole 40. A helical antenna is made up of a coil
b. quarter-wave probe and a
c. single loop a. director
d. horn b. reflector
c. dipole
33. What happens when a horn antenna is d. horn
made longer?
a. gain increases 41. The output of a helical antenna is
b. beam width increases a. vertically polarized
c. both a and b b. horizontally polarized
d. neither a nor b c. circularly polarized
d. both a and b
34. A pyramidal horn used at 5 GHz has an
aperture that is 7 by 9 cm. The gain is about 42. A common omnidirectional microwave
a. 10.5 dB antenna is the
b. 11.1 dB a. horn
c. 22.6 dB b. parabolic reflector
d. 35.8 dB c. helical
d. bicone
35. Given the frequency and dimensions in
Question 34 above the beamwidth is about Chapter 11: Introduction to Satellite
a. 27° Communications
b. 53°
c. 60° 1. As the height of a satellite orbit gets
d. 80° lower, the speed of the satellite
a. Increases
36. The diameter of a parabolic reflector b. Decreases
should be at least how many wavelengths at c. Remains the same
the operating frequency? d. None of the above
a. 1
b. 2 2. The main functions of a communications
c. 5 satellite is a a(a)
d. 10 a. Repeater
b. Reflector
37. The point where the antenna is mounted c. Beacon
with respect to the parabolic reflector is d. Observation platform
called
a. focal point 3. The key electronic component in a
b. center communications satellite is the
c. locus a. Telemetry
d. tangent b. On board computer
c. Command and control system
38. Using a small reflector to beam waves to d. Transponder
the larger parabolic reflector is known as
a. focal feed 4. A circular orbit around the equator with a
b. horn feed 24 h period is called a(n)
c. cassegrain feed a. Elliptical orbit
d. coax feed b. Geostationary orbit
c. Polar orbit
d. Transfer orbit
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a. Maintain altitude
5. A satellite stays in orbit because the b. Put the satellite into the transfer
following 2 factor are balanced orbit
a. Satellite weight and speed c. Inject the satellite into the
b. Gravitational pull and inertia geosynchronous orbit
c. Centripetal force and speed d. Bring the satellite back to the earth
d. Satellite weight and the pull of the
moon and sun 14. Most commercial satellite activity occurs
in which bands?
6. The height of a satellite in a synchronous a. L
equatorial orbit is b. C and Ku
a. 100 mi c. X
b. 6800 mi d. S and P
c. 22,300 mi
d. 35,860 mi 15. How can multiple earth stations share a
satellite on the same frequency
7. Most satellites operate in which frequency a. Frequency reuse
band? b. Multiplexing
a. 30 to 300 MHz c. Mixing
b. 300 MHz to 3GHz d. They can’t
c. 3 GHz to 30 GHz
d. above 300 GHz 16. The typical bandwidth of a satellite band
is
8. The main power sources for a satellite are a. 36 MHz
a. Batteries b. 40 MHz
b. Solar cells c. 70 MHz
c. Fuel cells d. 500 MHz
d. Thermoelectric generators
17. Which of the following is not usually a
9. The maximum height of an elliptical orbit part of a transponder
is called a. LNA
a. Perigee b. Mixer
b. Apex c. Modulator
c. Zenith d. HPA
d. Apogee
18. The satellite communications channels in
10. Batteries are used to power all satellite a transponder are defined by the
subsystems a. LNA
a. At all times b. Bandpass filter
b. Only during emergencies c. Mixer
c. During ellipse periods d. Input signals
d. To give the solar arrays a rest
19. The HPAs in most satellites are
11. The satellite subsystem that monitors a. TSTs
and controls the satellite is the b. Klystrons
a. Propulsion subsystem c. Vacuum tubes
b. Power subsystem d. Magnetrons
c. Communications subsystems
d. Telemetry, tracking and command 20. The physical location of a satellite is
system determined by its
a. Distance from the earth
12. The basic technique used to stabilize a b. Latitude and longitude
satellite is c. Reference to the stars
a. Gravity-forward motion balance d. Position relative to the sun
b. Spin
c. Thruster control 21. The receive GCE system in an earth
d. Solar panel orientation station performs what function(s)
a. Modulation and multiplexing
13. The jet thrusters are usually fired to b. Up conversion
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c. Demodulation and demultiplexing d. CW
d. Down conversion
4. The main reason that serial transmission
22. Which of the following types of HPA is is preferred to parallel transmission is that
not used in earth stations a. Serial is faster
a. TWT b. Serial requires only a single channel
b. Transistor c. Serial requires multiple channels
c. Klystron d. Parallel is too expensive
d. Magnetron
5. Mark and space refer respectively to
23. A common up-converter and down- a. Dot and dash
converter IF is b. Messege and interval
a. 36 MHz c. Binary 1 and binary 0
b. 40 MHz d. On and off
c. 70 MHz
d. 500 MHz 6. The number of amplitude, frequency, or
phase changes that take place per second is
24. The type of modulation used on voice known as the
and video signals is a. Data rate in bits per second
a. AM b. Frequency of operation
b. FM c. Speed limit
c. SSB d. Baud rate
d. QPSK
7. Data transmission of one character at a
25. The modulation normally used with time with start and stop bits is known as
digital data is what type of transmission?
a. AM a. Asynchronous
b. FM b. Serial
c. SSB c. Synchronous
d. QPSK d. Parallel

26. Which of the following is not a typical 8. The most widely used data
output from a GPS receiver? communications code is
a. Latitude a. Morse
b. Speed b. ASCII
c. Altitude c. Baudot
d. Longitude d. EBCDIC

9. The ASCII code has

Chapter 12: Data Communications a. 4 bits
b. 5 bits
1. Data communications refer to the c. 7 bits
transmission of d. 8 bits
a. Voice
b. Video 10. Digital signals may be transmitted over
c. Computer data the telephone network if
d. All of the above a. Their speed is low enough
b. They are converted to analog first
2. Data communications uses c. They are ac instead of dc
a. Analog methods d. They are digital only
b. Digital methods
c. Either of the above 11. Start and stop bits, respectively, are
d. Neither of the above a. Mark, space
b. Space, mark
3. Which of the following is not primarily a c. Space, space
type of data communications d. Mark, mark
a. Telephone
b. Teletype 12. Which of the following is correct?
c. Telegraph
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a. The bit rate may be greater than the b. Bit splitter
baud rate c. Balanced modulator
b. The baud rate may be greater than d. 2-to-4 level converter
the bit rate
c. The bit and baud rates are always the 21. A rule or procedure that defines how
same data is to be transmitted is called a(n)
d. The bit and baud rates are not a. Handshake
related b. Error-detection scheme
c. Data specification
13. A modem converts d. Protocol
a. Analog signals to digital
b. Digital signals to analog 22. A popular PC protocol is
c. Both a and b a. Parity
d. None of the above b. X modem
c. CRC
14. Slow-speed modems use d. LRC
a. FSK
b. BPSK 23. A synchronous transmission usually
c. QPSK begins with which character?
d. QAM a. SYN
b. STX
15. A carrier recovery circuit is not needed c. SOH
with d. ETB
a. BPSK
b. QPSK 24. The characters making up the message in
c. DPSK a synchronous transmission are collectively
d. QAM referred to as a data
a. Set
16. The basic modulator and demodulator b. Sequence
circuits in PSK are c. Block
a. PLLs d. Collection
b. Balanced modulators
c. Shift registers 25. Bit errors in data transmission are
d. Linear summers usually cause by
a. Equipment failures
17. The carrier used with a BPSK b. Typing mistake
demodulator is c. Noise
a. Generated by oscillator d. Poor S/N ratio at the receiver
b. The BPSK signal itself
c. Twice the frequency of the 26. Which of the following is not a commonly
transmitted carrier used method of error detection?
d. Recovered from the BPSK signal a. Parity
b. BCC
18. A 9600 baud rate signal can pass over c. CRC
the voice-grade telephone line if which kind d. Redundancy
of modulation is used?
a. BPSK 27. Which of the following words has the
b. QPSK correct parity bit? Assume odd parity. The
c. DPSK last bit is the parity bit
d. QAM a. 11111111
b. 11001101
19. Quadrature amplitude modulation is c. 00110101
a. AM only d. 00000000
b. QPSK only
c. AM plus QPSK 28. Another name for parity is
d. AM plus FSK a. Vertical redundancy check
b. Block check character
20. A QAM modulator does not use a(n) c. Longitudinal redundancy check
a. XNOR d. Cyclical redundancy check
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c. Star
29. Ten bit errors occur in two million d. Tree
transmitted. The bit error rate is
a. 2 X 10-5 38. A small telephone switching system that
b. 5 X 10-5 can be used as a LAN is called a
c. 5 X 10-6 a. Ring
d. 2 X 10-6 b. WAN
c. UART
30. The building block of a parity or BCC d. PBX
generator is a(n)
a. Shift register 39. Which medium is the least susceptible to
b. XOR noise?
c. 2 to 4 level converter a. Twin Lead
d. UART b. Twisted pair
c. Fiber optic cable
31. A longitudinal redundancy check d. Coax
produces a(n)
a. Block check character 40. Which medium is the most widely used in
b. Parity bit LANs?
c. CRC a. Twin Lead
d. Error correction b. Twisted pair
c. Fiber optic cable
32. Dividing the data block by a constant d. Coax
produces a remainder that is used for error
detection. It is called the 41. Transmitting the data signal directly
a. Vertical redundancy check over the medium is referred to as
b. Horizontal redundancy check a. Baseband
c. Block check character b. Broadband
d. Cyclical redundancy check c. Ring
d. Bus
33. A CRC generator uses which components?
a. Balanced modulator 42. The techniques of using modulation and
b. Shift register FDM to transmit multiple data channels of a
c. Binary adder common medium is known as
d. Multiplexer a. Baseband
b. Broadband
34. Which of the following is not a LAN? c. Ring
a. PBX system d. Bus
b. Hospital system
c. Office building system 43. What is the minimum bandwidth
d. Cable TV system required to transmit a 56 kbits/s binary
signal with no noise?
35. The fastest LAN topology is the a. 14 kHz
a. Ring b. 28 kHz
b. Bus c. 56 kHz
c. Star d. 112 kHz
d. Square
44. Sixteen different levels (symbols) are
36. Which is not a common LAN medium? used to encode binary data. The channel
a. Twin lead bandwidth is 36 MHz. The maximum channel
b. Twisted pair capacity is
c. Fiber-optic cable a. 18 Mbits/s
d. Coax b. 72 Mbits/s
c. 288 Mbits/s
37. A mainframe computer connected to d. 2.176 Gbits/s
multiple terminals and PCs usually uses
which configuration? 45. What is the bandwidth required to
a. Bus transmit at a rate of 10Mbits/s in the
b. Ring presence of a 28-db S/N ratio?
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a. 1.075 MHz d. Carrier recovery
b. 5 MHz
c. 10 MHz Chapter 13: Fiber Optic Communications
d. 10.75 MHz
1. Which of the following is not a common
46. Which circuit is common to bot application of fiber-optic cable?
frequency-hopping and direct-sequence SS a. Closed circuit TV
transmitters? b. Consumer network
a. Correlator c. Long - distance telephone systems
b. PSN code generator d. Consumer TV
c. Frequency synthesizer
d. Sweep generator 2. Total internal reflection takes place if the
light ray strikes the interface at an angle
47. Spread spectrum stations sharing a band with what relationship to the critical angle?
are identified by and distinguished from one a. Less than
another by b. Greater than
a. PSN code c. Equal to
b. Frequency of operation d. Zero
c. Clock rate
d. Modulation type 3. The operation of a fiber-optic cable is
based on the principle of
48. The type of modulation most often used a. Refraction
with direct-sequence SS is b. Reflection
a. QAM c. Dispersion
b. SSB d. Absorption
c. FSK
d. PSK 4. Which of the following is not a common
type of fiber-optic cable?
49. The main circuit in a PSN generator is a. Single - mode step - index
a(n) b. Multimode graded - index
a. XOR c. Single - mode grade - index
b. Multiplexer d. Multimode step - index
c. Shift register
d. Mixer 5. Cable attenuation is usually expressed in
terms of
50. To a conventional narrowband receiver, a. Loss per foot
an SS signal appears to be like b. dB/km
a. Noise c. Intensity per mile
b. Fading d. Voltage drop per inch
c. A jamming signal
d. An intermittent connection 6. Which cable length has the highest
attenuation?
51. Which of the following is not a benefit of a. 1 km
SS? b. 2 km
a. Jam-proof c. 95 ft
b. Security d. 500 ft
c. Immunity to fading
d. Noise proof 7. The upper pulse rate and information-
carrying capacity of a cable is limited by
52. Spread spectrum is a form of a. Pulse shortening
multiplexing b. Attenuation
a. True c. Light leakage
b. False d. Modal dispersion

53. The most critical and difficult part of 8. The core of a fiber-optic cable is made of
receiving a direct-sequence SS signal is a. Air
a. Frequency synthesis b. Glass
b. Synchronism c. Diamond
c. PSN code generation d. Quartz
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17. The ratio of the speed of light in air to
9. The core of a fiber-optic cable is the speed of light in another substance is
surrounded by called the
a. Wire braid shield a. Speed factor
b. Kevlar b. Index of reflection
c. Cladding c. Index of refraction
d. Plastic insulation d. Speed gain

18. A popular light wavelength in fiber-optic

10. The speed of light in plastic compared to cable is
the speed of light in air is a. 0.7 µm
a. Less b. 1.3 μm
b. More c. 1.5 µm
c. The same d. 1.8 µm
d. Zero
19. Which type of fiber-optic cable is the
11. Which of the following is not a major most widely used?
benefit of fiber-optic cable? a. Single - mode step - index
a. Immunity from interference b. Multimode step-index
b. Excellent data security c. Single - mode graded - index
c. No electrical safety problems d. Multimode graded - index
d. Lower cost
20. Which type of fiber-optic cable is best
12. The main benefit of light-wave for very high speed data?
communications over microwaves or any a. Single - mode step - index
other communications media are b. Multimode step-index
a. Lower cost c. Single - mode graded - index
b. Better security d. Multimode graded - index
c. Wider bandwidth
d. Freedom from interference 21. Which type of fiber-optic cable has the
least modal dispersion?
13. Which of the following is not part of the a. Single - mode step - index
optical spectrum b. Multimode step-index
a. Infrared c. Single - mode graded - index
b. Ultraviolet d. Multimode graded - index
c. Visible color
d. X-rays 22. Which of the following is not a factor in
cable light loss?
14. The wavelength of visible light extends a. Reflection
from b. Absorption
a. 0.8 to 1.6 µm c. Scattering
b. 400 to 750 nm d. Dispersion
c. 200 to 600 nm
d. 700 to 1200 nm 23. A distance of 8 km is the same as
a. 2.5 mi
15. The speed of light is b. 5 mi
a. 180,000 mi/h c. 8 mi
b. 300,000 mi/h d. 12.9 mi
c. 300,000 m/s
d. 300,000,000 m/s 24. A fiber-optic cable has a loss of 15
db/km. The attenuation in a cable 1000ft
16. Refraction is the long is
a. Bending of light waves a. 4.57 dB
b. Reflection of light waves b. 9.3 dB
c. Distortion of light waves c. 24 dB
d. Diffusion of light waves d. 49.2 dB

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25. Fiber-optic with attenuations of 1.8, 3.4, d. Either a or b
5.9 and 18 dB are linked together. The total
loss is 34. The product of the bit rate and distance
a. 7.5 dB of a fiber-optic system is 2Gbits-km/s. What
b. 19.8 dB is the maximum rate at 5 km?
c. 29.1 dB a. 100 Mbits/s
d. 650 dB b. 200 Mbits/s
c. 400 Mbits/s
26. Which light emitter is preferred for high- d. 1000 Mbits/s
speed data in a fiber-optic system?
a. Incandescent 35. Which fiber-optic system is better?
b. LED a. 3 repeaters
c. Neon b. 8 repeaters
d. Laser c. 11 repeaters
d. 20 repeaters
27. Most fiber-optic light sources emit light
in which spectrum? Chapter 14: Modern Communication
a. Visible Applications
b. Infrared
c. Ultraviolet 1. Printed documents to be transmitted by
d. X- ray fax are converted into a baseband electrical
signal by the process of
28. Both LEDs and ILDs operate correctly a. Relfelction
with b. Scanning
a. Forward bias c. Modulation
b. Reverse bias d. Light Variation
c. Neither a or b
d. Either a or b 2. most commonly used light sensor in a
modern fax machine is a
29. Single-frequency light is called a. Phototube
a. Pure b. Phototransistor
b. Intense c. Liquid - crystal display
c. Coherent d. Charge coupled device
d. Monochromatic
3. In FM fax, the frequencies for black and
30. Laser light is very bright because it is white are
a. Pure a. 1500 and 2300 Hz
b. White b. 2300 and 1500 Hz
c. Coherent c. 1300 and 2400 Hz
d. Monochromatic d. 1070 and 1270 Hz

31. Which of the following is not a common 4. Which resolution produces the best
detector? quality fax?
a. PIN diode a. 96 lines per inch
b. Photovoltaic diode b. 150 lines per inch
c. Photodiode c. 200 lines per inch
d. Avalanche photodiode d. 400 lines per inch

32. Which of the following is the fastest light 5. Group 2 fax uses which modulation?
sensor? a. SSB
a. PIN diode b. FSK
b. Photovoltaic diode c. Vestigial sideband AM
c. Phototransistor d. PSK
d. Avalanche photodiode
6. The most widely used fax standard is
33. Photodiodes operate properly with a. Group 1
a. Forward bias b. Group 2
b. Reverse bias c. Group 3
c. Neither a or b d. Group 4
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7. Group 3 fax uses which modulation? 16. The maximum frequency deviation of an
a. QAM FM cellular transmitter is
b. FSK a. 6 kHz
c. Vestigial sideband AM b. 12 kHz
d. FM c. 30 kHz
d. 45 kHz
8. Most fax printers are of which type?
a. Impact 17. The maximum output power of a cellular
b. Thermal transmitter is
c. Electrosensitive a. 4.75 W
d. Laser xerographic b. 1.5 W
c. 3 W
9. Facsimile standards are set by the d. 5 W
a. FCC
b. DOD 18. Receive channel 22 is 870.66 MHz.
c. CCITT Receive channel 23 is
d. IEEE a. 870.36 MHz
b. 870.63 MHz
10. What type of graphics is commonly c. 870.96 MHz
transmitted by radio fax? d. 870.69 MHz
a. Newspaper text
b. Architectural drawings 19. A transmit channel has a frequency of
c. Cable movies 837.6 MHz. The receive channel frequency is
d. Satellite weather photos a. 729.6 MHz
b. 837.6 MHz
11. The transmission speed of group 4 fax is c. 867.6 MHz
a. 4800 baud d. 882.6 MHz
b. 9600 baud
c. 56 kbits/s 20. A receive channel frequency is 872.4
d. 192 kbits/s MHz. To develop an 82.2 MHz IF, the
frequency synthesizer must supply an LO
signal of
a. 790.2 MHz
12. The master control center for a cellular b. 827.4 MHz
telephone system is the c. 954.6 MHz
a. Cell site d. 967.4 MHz

b. Mobile telephone switching office 21. The output power of a cellular radio is
c. Center office controlled by the
d. Branch office a. User or Caller
b. Cell site
13. Each cell site contains a c. Caller party
a. Repeater d. MTSO
b. Control computer
c. Direct link to a branch exchange 22. When the signal from a mobile cellular
d. Touch - tone processor unit drops below a certain level, what action
occurs?
14. Multiple cells within an area may use the a. The unit is “handed off” to a closer
same channel frequencies cell.
a. True b. The call is terminated.
b. False c. The MTSO increases power level.
d. The cell site switches antennas.
15. Cellular telephones use which type of
operation? 23. In a cellular radio, the duplexer is a
a. Simplex a. Ferrite isolator
b. Half - duplex b. Wavegiude assembly
c. Full-duplex c. Pair of TR/ ATR tubes
d. Triplex d. Pair of sharp bandpass filter
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32. What component in a duplexer protects
24. The time from the transmission of a the receiver from the high-power
radar pulse to its reception is 0.12 ms. The transmitter output?
distance to the target is how many nautical a. Waivegiude
miles? b. Bandpass filter
a. 4.85 nmi c. Notch filter
b. 9.7 nmi d. Spark gap
c. 11.2 nmi
d. 18.4 nmi 33. Most radar antennas usa a
a. Dipole
25. The ability of a radar to determine the b. Broadside array
bearing to a target depends upon the c. Horn and parabolic reflector
a. Antenna directivity d. Collinear array
b. Speed of light
c. Speed of the target 34. The most common radar display is the
d. Frequency of the signal a. A scan.
b. Color CRT
26. The pulse duration of a radar signal is c. Liquid - crystal display
600 ns. The PRF is 185 pulses per second. d. Plan position indicator
The duty cycle is
a. 1.1 % 35. A radar antenna using multiple dipoles or
b. 5.5 % slot antennas in a matrix with variable phase
c. 31 % shifters is called a(n)
d. 47 % a. A scan
b. Phased array
27. The Doppler effect is used to produce c. Broadside
modulation of which type of radar signal? d. Circular polarized array
a. Pulse
b. CW 36. Police radars use which technique?
a. Pulse
28. The Doppler Effect allows which b. CW
characteristics of a target to be measured?
a. Distance 37. Which of the following is a typical radar
b. Azimuth operating frequency?
c. Altitude a. 60 MHz
d. Speed b. 450 MHz
c. 900 MHz
29. The Doppler Effect is a change in what d. 10 GHz
signal characteristic produced by relative
motion between the radar set and a target? 38. The TV signal uses which types of
a. Amplitude modulation for picture and sound
b. Phase respectively?
c. Frequency a. AM, FM
d. Duty cycle b. DSB , FM
c. FM, AM
30. The most widely used radar transmitter d. AM, DSB
component is a
a. Klystron 39. If a TV sound transmitter has a carrier
b. Magnetron frequency of 197.75 MHz, the picture carrier
c. TWT is
d. Power transistor a. 191.75 MHz
b. 193.25 MHz
31. Low-power radar transmitters and c. 202.25 MHz
receiver LOs use which component? d. 203.75 MHz
a. GaAs FET
b. Magnetron 40. The total bandwidth of an NTSC TV
c. Gunn diode signal is
d. Klystron a. 3.58 MHz
b. 4.5 MHz
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c. 6 MHz
d. 10.7 MHz 48. The sound IF in a TV receiver is
a. 4.5 MHz
41. What is the total number of interlaced b. 10.7 MHz
scan lines in one complete frame of a NTSC c. 41.25 MHz
U.S. TV signal? d. 45.75 MHz
a. 262 ½
b. 525 49. What type of circuit is used to modulate
c. 480 and demodulate the color signals?
d. 625 a. Phased - locked loop
b. Differential peak detector
42. What keeps the scanning process at the c. Quadrature detector
receiver in step with the scanning in the d. Balanced demodulator
picture tube at receiver?
a. Nothing 50. What circuit in the TV receiver is used to
b. Color burst develop the high voltage needed to operate
c. Sync pulses the picture tube?
d. Deflection oscillators a. Low - voltage power supply
b. Horizontal output
43. What is the black-and-white or c. Vertical sweep
monochrome brightness signal in TV called d. Sync separator
a. RGB
b. Color subcarrier 51. What ensures proper color
c. Q and I synchronization at the receiver?
d. Luminance Y a. Sync pulses
b. Quadrature modulation
44. What is the name of the solid-state c. 4.5 MHz carrier spacing
imaging device used int TV cameras that d. 3.58 MHz color burst
converts the light in a scene into an
electrical signal? 52. Which of the following is not a benefit of
a. CCD cable TV?
b. Photodiode matrix a. Lower-cost reception
c. Vidicon b. Greater reliability
d. MOSFET array c. Less noise, stronger signals
d. Premium cable channels
45. The I and Q composite color signals are
multiplexed onto the picture carrier by 53. What technique is used to permit
modulating a 3.58 MHz subcarrier using hundreds of TV signals to share a common
a. FM cable?
b. PM a. Frequency modulation
c. DSB AM b. Mixing
d. Vestigial sideband AM c. Frequency division multiplexing
d. Time division multiplexing
46. 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

47. The picture and sound carrier

frequencies in a TV receiver IF are
respectively
a. 41.25 and 45.75 MHz
b. 45.75 and 41.25 MHz
c. 41.75 and 45.25 MHz
d. 45.25 and 41.75 MHz
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