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  • 1. The theory of radio waves was iriginated by?
A) Bell
B) None of these
C) Marconi
D) Maxwell
E) Hertz
  • 2. The bandwidth required for a modulated carrier depends on:
A) the baseband frequency range
B) the signal-to-noise ratio
C) the signal-plus-noise to noise ratio
D) the carrier frequency
E) None of these
  • 3. When two or more signals share a common channel, it is called:
A) signal switching
B) None of these
C) multiplexing
D) sub-channeling
E) SINAD
  • 4. Distortion is caused by:
A) baseband frequencies "mixing" with each other
B) All of the above
C) creation of harmonics of baseband frequencies
D) baseband frequencies "mixing" with each other
E) None of these
  • 5. The baseband bandwidth for a voice-grade (telephone) signal is:
A) approximately 3 kHz
B) 20 Hz to 15,000 Hz
C) at least 5 kHz
D) None of these
E) All of the above
  • 6. The power density of "flicker" noise is:
A) None of these
B) the same as "white" noise
C) greater at low frequencies
D) the same at all frequencies
E) greater at high frequencies
  • 7. When two noise voltages, V1 and V2, are combined, the total voltage VT is:
A) None of these
B) VT = sqrt(V1 × V2)
C) VT = (V1 + V2)/2
D) VT = sqrt(V1 × V1 + V2 × V2)
E) VT = sqrt(V1 × V2)
  • 8. Signal-to-Noise ratio is calculated as:
A) signal voltage divided by noise voltage
B) None of these
C) All of the above
D) signal power divided by noise power
E) first add the signal power to the noise power, then divide by noise power
  • 9. Noise Figure is a measure of:
A) None of these
B) signal-to-noise ratio in dB
C) how much noise is in a communications system
D) how much noise is in the channel
E) how much noise an amplifier adds to a signal
  • 10. SINAD is calculated as:
A) signal power divided by noise power
B) first add the signal power to the noise power, then divide by noise power
C) None of these
D) signal voltage divided by noise voltage
E) All of the above
  • 11. The UHF band starts at ____________________ MHz.
A) 200
B) 300
C) 400
D) 500
E) None of these
  • 12. The VHF band starts at ____________________ MHz.
A) 30
B) 60
C) 50
D) 40
E) None of these
  • 13. The equipment used to show signals in the frequency domain is the _________________________.
A) spectrum analyzer
B) None of these
C) spectrum domain monitor
D) spectrum displayer
E) spectrum signal monitor
  • 14. Suppose there is 30 μV from one noise source that is combined with 40 μV from another noise source.Calculate the total noise voltage.
A) 50 μV
B) 40 μV
C) 30 μV
D) 60 μV
E) None of these
  • 15. If you have 100 mV of signal and 10 mV of noise, both across the same 100-ohm load, what is the signal-to-noise ratio in dB?
A) 20 dB
B) None of these
C) 40 dB
D) 30 dB
E) 50 dB
  • 16. A microwave receiver has a noise temperature of 145 K. Find its noise figure.
A) 1
B) 2.5
C) 1.5
D) None of these
E) 0.5
  • 17. The "Miller Effect" can:
A) cause an amplifier to lose gain
B) None of these
C) reduce the bandwidth of an amplifier
D) cause an amplifier to oscillate
E) All of the above
  • 18. The Miller Effect can be avoided by:
A) None of these
B) using a common-emitter amplifier
C) increasing the Q of the tuned circuit
D) it cannot be avoided
E) using a common-base amplifier
  • 19. For a "frequency multiplier" to work, it requires:
A) a signal containing harmonics
B) a nonlinear circuit
C) None of these
D) a linear amplifier
E) an input signal that is an integer multiple of the desired frequency
  • 20. The conditions for sinusoidal oscillation from an amplifier are called:
A) the Bode criteria
B) None of these
C) the Hartley criteria
D) the Barkhausen criteria
E) the loop-gain criteria
  • 21. Generally, conductor lengths in RF circuits should be
A) None of these
B) long
C) short
D) fast
E) slow
  • 22. At UHF frequencies and above, elements must be considered as ____________________ instead of as being "lumped".
A) dispersed
B) None of these
C) connected
D) combined
E) distributed
  • 23. A ____________________ circuit is used to remove RF from the DC voltage bus.
A) decoupling
B) recoupling
C) uncoupling
D) coupling
E) None of these
  • 24. What inductance would you use with a 47-pF capacitor to make a tuned circuit for 10 MHz?
A) 6.2 μH
B) None of these
C) 5.4 μH
D) 6.4 μH
E) 9.2 μH
  • 25. What value of Q is required for a 10-MHz tuned circuit to have a bandwidth of 100 kHz?
A) 1000
B) 10
C) of None these
D) 100
E) 500
  • 26. A tuned-circuit amplifier with a gain of 10 is being used to make an oscillator. What should be the value of the feedback ratio to satisfy the Barkhausen criteria?
A) 0.3
B) 0.2
C) 0.1
D) None of these
E) 0.5
  • 27. If a varactor has a capacitance of 90 pF at zero volts, what will be the capacitance at 4 volts?
A) 40 pF
B) 30 pF
C) None of these
D) 53 pF
E) 28 pF
  • 28. AM stands for:
A) Audio Modulation
B) Angle Modulation
C) Amplitude Modulation
D) Antenna Modulation
E) None of these
  • 29. The "envelope" of an AM signal is due to:
A) the amplitude signal
B) the carrier signal
C) the baseband signal
D) None of these
E) All of the above
  • 30. If an AM radio station increases its modulation index, you would expect:
A) None of these
B) the audio to get louder at the receiver
C) All of the above
D) the signal-to-noise ratio to increase
E) the received RF signal to increase
  • 31. As compared to plain AM, SSB AM:
A) All of the above
B) requires a more complex demodulator circuit
C) requires less bandwidth
D) None of these
E) is more efficient
  • 32. The SC in SSB SC stands for:
A) suppressed-carrier
B) sideband-carrier
C) self-carrier
D) single-carrier
E) None of these
  • 33. The FM modulation index:
A) increases with both deviation and modulation frequency
B) is equal to twice the deviation
C) increases with deviation and decreases with modulation frequency
D) decreases with deviation and increases with modulation frequency
E) None of these
  • 34. The bandwidth of an FM signal is considered to be limited because:
A) it is equal to the frequency deviation
B) there can only be a finite number of sidebands
C) None of these
D) the power in the outer sidebands is negligible
E) it is band-limited at the receiver
  • 35. What is the relative amplitude of the third pair of sidebands of an FM signal with m = 6
A) 0.3
B) 0.11
C) None of these
D) 0.2
E) 0.5
  • 36. A 200 kHz carrier is modulated by a 2.5kHz signal. The fourth pair of sidebands are spaced from the carrier by
A) 11 kHz
B) 10 kHz
C) None of these
D) 12 kHz
E) 13 kHz
  • 37. An FM transmitter has a maximum deviation of 12 kHz and a maximum modulating frequency of 12 kHz. The bandwidth by Carson’s rule is
A) 48 kHz
B) None of these
C) 68 kHz
D) 20 kHz
E) 50 kHz
  • 38. The maximum allowed deviation of the FM sound signal in TV is 25 kHz. If the actual deviation is 18 kHz, the percent modulation is
A) None of these
B) 100%
C) 80%
D) 50%
E) 72%
  • 39. The frequency change of a crystal oscillator produced by a varactor diode is
A) small
B) slow
C) fast
D) large
E) None of these
  • 40. Frequency modulation transmitters are more efficient because their power is increased by what type of amplifier
A) class C
B) class B
C) class A
D) None of these
E) class D
  • 41. A reactance modulator looks like a capacitance of 35 pF in parallel with the oscillator-tuned circuit whose inductance is 50 μH and capacitance is 40 pF. What is the center frequency of the oscillator prior to FM?
A) None of these
B) 206 MHz
C) 100 MHz
D) 152 MHz
E) 29 MHz
  • 42. The input to a PLL is 2 MHz. In order for the PLL to be locked, the VCO output must be
A) 8 MHz
B) 2 MHz
C) None of these
D) 4 MHz
E) 16 MHz
  • 43. A class B amplifier conducts for how many degrees of an input sine wave?
A) 180 degrees
B) None of these
C) 75 degrees
D) 90 degrees
E) 360 degrees
  • 44. An FM transmitter has a 9 MHz crystal carrier oscillator and frequency multipliers of 2, 3, 4. The output frequency is
A) None of these
B) 220 MHz
C) 300 MHz
D) 216 MHz
E) 119 MHz
  • 45. A tuned circuit resonates at 12 MHz with an inductance of 5 μH whose resistance is 6 Ω. The circuit bandwidth is
A) None of these
B) 40 kHz
C) 61 kHz
D) 250 kHz
E) 191 kHz
  • 46. The maximum bandwidth that an analog signal use with a sampling frequency of 108 kHz is
A) 70 kHz
B) 150 kHz
C) 54 kHz
D) None of these
E) 70 kHz
  • 47. Transmitting data as serial binary words is called
A) PAM
B) CODEC
C) None of these
D) T-1
E) PCM
  • 48. Sampling an analog signal produces
A) T-1
B) CODEC
C) TCM
D) PAM
E) None of these
  • 49. Which of the following is not a common transmission line impedance?
A) 120 Ω
B) 100 Ω
C) 75 Ω
D) 10 Ω
E) None of these
  • 50. The desirable SWR on a transmission line is
A) 1
B) None of these
C) 2
D) 5
E) 0
  • 51. A 50Ω coax is connected to a 73Ω antenna. The SWR is
A) 1.5
B) None of these
C) 3.8
D) 1.46
E) 2.5
  • 52. The impedance of a dipole is about
A) 73 Ω
B) None of these
C) 50 Ω
D) 28 Ω
E) 50 Ω
  • 53. An antenna has a power gain of 15. The power applied to the antenna is 32 W. The effective radiated power is
A) 250 W
B) 480 W
C) 372 W
D) None of these
E) 483 W
  • 54. A rectangular waveguide has a width of 1 in. and a height of 0.6 in. Its cutoff frequency is
A) None of these
B) 10 GHz
C) 25 GHz
D) 1.2GHz
E) 5.9 GHz
  • 55. Which diode is a popular microwave oscillator
A) Tunnel
B) Yagi
C) Gunn
D) None of these
E) Radar
  • 56. Most satellites operate in which frequency band?
A) None of these
B) 4 GHz to 30 GHz
C) 6 GHz to 30 GHz
D) 5 GHz to 30 GHz
E) 3 GHz to 30 GHz
  • 57. The main power sources for a satellite are
A) UV rays
B) None of these
C) Solar cells
D) Battery pack
E) Electricity
  • 58. A common up-converter and down-converter IF is
A) 70 MHz
B) None of these
C) 50 MHz
D) 60 MHz
E) 80 MHz
  • 59. The most widely used data communications code is
A) BINARY
B) FREQUENCY
C) None of these
D) ASCII
E) DECIMAL
  • 60. The ASCII code has
A) 9 bits
B) None of these
C) 7 bits
D) 8 bits
E) 10 bits
  • 61. The typical bandwidth of a satellite band is
A) None of these
B) 500 MHz
C) 750 MHz
D) 100 MHz
E) 1000 MHz
  • 62. The modulation normally used with digital data is
A) CODEC
B) DPSK
C) QPSK
D) QWERTY
E) None of these
  • 63. The main circuit in a PSN generator is a(n)
A) None of these
B) AND
C) XOR
D) OR
E) NOR
  • 64. Which cable length has the highest attenuation?
A) 5 M
B) 2 KM
C) 70 M
D) 1 KM
E) None of these
  • 65. The core of a fiber-optic cable is surrounded by
A) Twisted wires
B) None of these
C) Cladding
D) Fiber glass
E) Rubber
  • 66. The wavelength of visible light extends from
A) 400 to 750 nm
B) 500 to 750 nm
C) 150 to 750 nm
D) None of these
E) 200 to 750 nm
  • 67. Both LEDs and ILDs operate correctly with
A) None of these
B) Backward bias
C) Forward bias
D) Side bias
E) All of the above
  • 68. Fiber-optic with attenuations of 1.8, 3.4, 5.9 and 18 dB are linked together. The total loss is
A) 5.57 dB
B) None of these
C) 10 dB
D) 4.71 dB
E) 29.1 dB
  • 69. The speed of light is
A) 300,000,000 m/s
B) 100,000,000 m/s
C) None of these
D) 200,000,000 m/s
E) 1,000,000 m/s
  • 70. In ______ schemes, the voltages are on the both sides of the time axis. For example, the voltage level for 0 can be positive and the voltage level for 1 can be negative.In ______ schemes, the voltages are on the both sides of the time axis. For example, the voltage level for 0 can be positive and the voltage level for 1 can be negative.
A) bipolar
B) All of the above
C) polar
D) None of these
E) unipolar
  • 71. ______ substitutes eight consecutive zeros with 000VB0VB.
A) All of the above
B) B8ZS
C) B4B8
D) HDB3
E) None of these
  • 72. ________ provides synchronization without increasing the number of bits.
A) All of the above
B) None of these
C) Block coding
D) ________ provides synchronization without increasing the number of bits.
E) Line coding
  • 73. In Manchester and differential Manchester encoding, the transition at the middle of the bit is used for __________.
A) None of these
B) bit transfer
C) synchronization
D) baud transfer
E) All of the above
  • 74. PCM is an example of _______ conversion.
A) analog-to-analog
B) digital-to-analog
C) analog-to-digital
D) None of these
E) digital-to-digital
  • 75. The data rate is sometimes called the ___ rate.
A) None of these
B) baud
C) bit
D) All of the above
E) signal
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