COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING PART 13

BROADCASTING AND ACOUSTICS

Multiple Choice: Encircle the letter which corresponds to your
answer.

1. A transducer that converts acoustic signals into electrical signals.

a. Microphone
b. Loudspeaker
c. Both a and b
d. NOTA

2. A characteristic of a microphone, which indicates the frequency
range over which the microphone will operate normally.

a. Sensitivity
b. Frequency response
c. Dynamic range
d. Directional characteristic

3. An ability of the microphone to detect very slight changes of
sound.

a. Sensitivity
b. Frequency response
c. Dynamic range
d. Directional characteristic

4. The range of sound intensity that would be covered by the
microphone.

a. Sensitivity
b. Frequency response
c. Dynamic range
d. Directional characteristic

5. A special microphone characterized by a long perforated tube
and high sensitivity, suitable for TV applications.

a. Line microphone
b. Differential microphone
c. Dynamic microphone
d. Ribbon microphone

6. A special microphone suitable for very noisy environment.

a. Line microphone
b. Differential microphone
c. Dynamic microphone
d. Ribbon microphone

7. The following are typical impedances of High impedance
microphones except:

a. 2000 ohms
b. 3000 ohms
c. 1000 ohms
d. 5000 ohms

8. In the phasing of loudspeakers, the polarities of the fields and
voice coils should be

a. Reverse
b. Alternate
c. Uniform
d. Identical

9. A device that converts an electrical signal from an amplifier into
sound.

a. Microphone
b. Loudspeaker
c. Both a and b
d. NOTA

10. A loudspeaker component, which divides the electrical signal into
the optimum frequency band for each driver.

a. Driver
b. Amplifier
c. Electrical network
d. Baffle

11. Frequency range for a loudspeaker

a. 20 Hz to 20 KHz
b. 0 to 4 KHz
c. 300 3400 Hz
d. NOTA
12. One-hundred twenty microbars of pressure variation is equal to

a. 120 dBSPL
b. 115.56 dBSPL
c. 41.58 dBSPL
d. 57.78 dBSPL

13. Enclosures designed to prevent front and back wave
cancellation.

a. Baffle
b. Loaded port
c. Acoustic labyrinth
d. NOTA

14. Microphones that do not require external source of power.

a. Passive
b. Active
c. Generator
d. Modifier

15. Microphone which uses the principle of piezo-electric effect.

a. Crystal
b. Velocity
c. Carbon
d. Dynamic

16. Microphone which operates on the principle of electric
generators.

a. Dynamic
b. Magnetic
c. Carbon
d. Drystal

17. Microphone directional characteristic which has a figure of 8
pattern.

a. Omni-directional
b. Bi-directional
c. Unidirectional
d. Cardioid

18. The cardioid microphones angle of coverage

a. 180 degrees
b. 160 degrees
c. 360 degrees
d. 100 degrees

19. A microphone characteristic which is otherwise known as its
rating.

a. Sensitivity
b. Frequency response
c. Dynamic range
d. Directional characteristic

20. A car horn outdoors produces a sound intensity level of 90 dB at
10 ft. away. At this distance, what is the sound power in watt?

a. 12 W
b. 0.12 W
c. 0.012 W
d. 1.2 W

21. Picture frames are repeated at the rate of _____ per second.

a. 30
b. 60
c. 525
d. 2

22. The number of scanning lines is ____ per frame.

a. 262.5
b. 30
c. 525
d. 60

23. The number of fields is ______ per frame.

a. 30
b. 60
c. 525
d. 2


24. The number of scanning lines is _____ per field.

a. 262.5
b. 30
c. 525
d. 60

25. The number of scanning lines is _____ per second.

a. 15,750
b. 60
c. 30
d. 525

26. The horizontal line scanning frequency is _____ Hz.

a. 15,750
b. 60
c. 30
d. 525

27. The vertical field scanning frequency is ______ Hz.

a. 15,750
b. 60
c. 30
d. 525

28. Video signal amplitude determines the picture quality called
_______.

a. Contrast
b. Brightness
c. Resolution
d. Color saturation

29. Light is converted to video signal by the ______ tube.

a. Picture
b. Camera
c. Cathode ray
d. Scanning



30. Video signal is converted to light by the ______ tube.

a. Picture
b. Camera
c. Cathode ray
d. Scanning

31. The bandwidth of a TV channel is _______ MHz.

a. 6
b. 4.5
c. 2.5
d. 12

32. The type of modulation on the picture carrier signal is ______.

a. AM
b. FM
c. PM
d. PCM

33. The type of modulation on the sound carrier signal is _______.

a. AM
b. FM
c. PM
d. PCM

34. The assigned band for channel 3 is ______ MHz.

a. 54 60
b. 60 66
c. 66 72
d. 76 82

35. The difference between the picture and the sound carrier
frequencies for channel 7 is ___MHz.

a. 6
b. 4.5
c. 2.5
d. 3.58



36. Scanning in the receiver is timed correctly by ______ pulses.

a. Scanning
b. Blanking
c. Sync
d. Equalizing

37. Retraces are not visible because of ______ pulses.

a. Scanning
b. Blanking
c. Sync
d. Equalizing

38. Black on the picture tube screen results from _____ beam
current.

a. 0
b. 1
c. 100%
d. maximum

39. The color subcarrier frequency is approximately _____ MHz.

a. 6
b. 4.5
c. 2.5
d. 3.58

40. ______ is the device that prevents aural RF from entering the
video transmitter and vice versa.

a. Diplexer
b. Duplexer
c. Modulator
d. Demodulator

41. The amount of color saturation in the picture depends on the
amount of ________ signal.

a. Chrominance
b. Luminance
c. Contrast
d. Hue

42. A local system consisting of cameras and several monitors or
receivers connected by coaxial cables.

a. CATV
b. CCTV
c. MATV
d. CATV

43. The number of homes connected to the CATV network.

a. Homes passed
b. Penetration
c. Churn
d. Head end

44. The number of residences, which could be possibly connected to
a CATV system.

a. Homes passed
b. Penetration
c. Churn
d. Head end

45. The proportion of the CATV customers ceasing and taking up the
service.

a. Homes passed
b. Penetration
c. Churn
d. Head end

46. The source point for service on the CATV network.

a. Hub site
b. Head end
c. Trunk Amplifier
d. Line Extender

47. The following are parts of the CATV Head end except:

a. Modulator
b. Processor
c. Combiner
d. Fiber node

48. The following are possible DVD structural variations except

a. DVD-5
b. DVD-8
c. DVD-9
d. DVD-10

49. The following are parts of the MATV Distribution section except:

a. Amplifiers
b. Splitters
c. Matching transformers
d. Equalizers

50. Video compression technique used by DVD

a. MPEG-1
b. MPEG-2
c. MPEG-3
d. JPEG

51. The following are forms of DVD Copy protection except

a. Analog
b. Digital
c. DIVX
d. DIVD

52. The AM broadcast band in the Philippines is

a. 535 1605 kHz
b. 88 108 MHz
c. 600 1600 kHz
d. 700 1500 kHz

53. In TV broadcasting in the Philippines, the aspect ratio of the
picture frame is

a. 4:3
b. 4:1
c. 2:1
d. 3:4


54. The black and white or monochrome brightness signal in TV is
called

a. RGB
b. Color subcarrier
c. Luminance
d. Chrominance

55. The time taken for the density of a sound energy in the room to
drop by one millionth of its initial value.

a. Echo
b. Reverberation time
c. Hang-over
d. Dispersion

56. The average or overall illumination on the TV picture tube screen
and depends on high voltage and DC grid bias

a. Brightness
b. Contrast
c. Chrominance
d. Blanking

57. Pitch is a sound characteristic which depends on the
fundamental frequency. The unit of pitch is

a. Mel
b. Sone
c. Sabine
d. Phon

58. The time required to return to the left side to begin scanning the
next horizontal line in a TV screen

a. Reverberation time
b. Retrace or flyback
c. Blanking time
d. Sync





59. Color TV is made possible through the combination of the
primary colors of

a. White red green
b. Blue yellow green
c. Red green blue
d. Red white blue

60. In CATV systems, the coaxial cables that feed individual houses
are called

a. Drops
b. Inserts
c. Splitters
d. Multiplexers

61. Radio spectrum is conserved by using _______ modulation for
the video and TV signals.

a. Vestigial
b. Amplitude
c. Phase
d. Frequency

62. The TV receiver picture IF is 41.25 MHz and the sound IF is
______ MHz.

a. 47.25
b. 45.75
c. 54.75
d. 57.55

63. The sound energy per unit area at right angles to the direction of
propagation, per unit time is

a. Loudness
b. Coherence
c. Sound pressure
d. Sound intensity






64. The sixth octave of 16 Hz sound signal is

a. 96 Hz
b. 256 Hz
c. 512 Hz
d. 1024 Hz

65. Which of the following camera tubes has minimum lag?

a. Vidicon
b. Plumbicon
c. Saticon
d. Iconoscope

66. In a standard commercial TV broadcast, the picture carrier signal
is located _____ above the lower end frequency of the channel.

a. 0.75 MHz
b. 0.25 MHz
c. 4.2 MHz
d. 1.25 MHz

67. Special effects and production switching are done by the

a. CCU
b. ENG
c. SEG
d. Sync Gen

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

a. Cyan
b. Yellow
c. Green
d. Magenta

69. Greater peak-to-peak amplitude of the 3.58 MHz chrominance
signal indicates more

a. White
b. Yellow
c. Hue
d. Saturation

70. The difference between sound carrier and color subcarrier
frequencies is

a. 4.5 MHz
b. 1.25 MHz
c. 0.92 MHz
d. 0.25 MHz

71. The video heads rotate at high velocity to increase the

a. Tape speed
b. Writing speed
c. Reel rotation
d. Tape tension

72. How many TV fields are recorded on one slant track of tape?

a. 1
b. 2
c. 4
d. 60

73. A radio station has a frequency of 100 MHz. The wavelength is

a. 3 meters
b. 3.3 meters
c. 30 meters
d. 300 meters

74. A system which supplies TV signals to homes by means of
distributed cable network

a. CATV
b. MATV
c. CCTV
d. HDTV

75. Mixing green and blue light in TV systems result to

a. Cyan
b. Yellow
c. Magenta
d. White


76. Equalizing TV pulses are sent during

a. Horizontal blanking
b. Vertical blanking
c. Horizontal retrace
d. Sync

77. Intensity can also be called

a. Volume
b. Loudness
c. Sharpness
d. Pitch

78. The loudness of sound depends upon the energy of motion
imparted to the ______ molecules of the medium transmitting the
sound.

a. Moving
b. Vibrating
c. Doping
d. Traveling

79. The relative highness and lowness of sound

a. Treble
b. Pitch
c. Tone
d. Timbre

80. What is the interval between any two frequencies that have a
ratio of 2:1?

a. Frequency spectrum
b. Octave
c. Overtones
d. Harmonics

81. The number of lines per field in the United States TV system is

a. 262
b. 525
c. 30
d. 60

82. The number of frames per second in the United States TV
system is

a. 60
b. 262
c. 4.5
d. 30

83. The number of lines per second in the United States
monochrome TV system is

a. 31,500
b. 15,750
c. 63.5
d. 525

84. The channel width in the United States TV system, in MHz, is

a. 41.25
b. 6
c. 4.5
d. 3.58

85. Interlacing is used in television to

a. Produce the illusion of motion
b. Ensure that all the lines on the screen are scanned, not
merely the alternate ones
c. Simplify the vertical sync pulse train
d. Avoid flicker

86. The signals sent by the TV transmitter to ensure correct
scanning in the receiver are called

a. Sync
b. Chroma
c. Luminance
d. Video

87. In the United States color television system, the intercarrier
frequency, in MHz, is

a. 3.58
b. 3.579545
c. 4.5
d. 45.75

88. Indicate which voltages are not found in the output of a normal
monochrome receiver video detector

a. Sync
b. Video
c. Sweep
d. Sound

89. The carrier transmitted 1.25 MHz above the bottom frequency in
a United States TV channel is the

a. Sound carrier
b. Chroma carrier
c. Intercarrier
d. Picture carrier

90. In television, 4:3 represents the
a. Interlace ratio
b. Maximum horizontal deflection
c. Aspect ratio
d. Ratio of the two diagonals

91. Indicate which of the following signals is not transmitted in color
TV.

a. Y
b. Q
c. R
d. I

92. An odd number of lines per frame forms part of every one of the
worlds TV systems. This is

a. Done to assist interlace
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




93. The function of the serration in the composite video waveform is
to

a. Equalize the charge in the integrator before the start of
vertical retrace
b. Help vertical synchronization
c. Help horizontal synchronization
d. Simplify the generation of the vertical sync pulse

94. The width of the vertical sync pulse in the United States TV
system is

a. 21H
b. 3H
c. H
d. 0.5H

95. Indicate which of the following frequencies will not be found in
the output of a normal TV receiver tuner:

a. 4.5 MHz
b. 41.25 MHz
c. 45.75 MHz
d. 42.17 MHz

96. The video voltage applied to the picture tube of a television
receiver is fed in

a. Between grid and ground
b. To the yoke
c. To the anode
d. Between grid and cathode

97. The circuit that separates sync pulses from the composite video
waveform is

a. The keyed AGC amplifier
b. A clipper
c. An integrator
d. A differentiator




98. The output of the vertical amplifier, applied to the yoke in a TV
receiver, consists of

a. Direct current
b. Amplified vertical sync pulses
c. A sawtooth voltage
d. A sawtooth current

99. The HV anode supply for the picture tube of a TV receiver is
generated in the

a. Main transformer
b. Vertical output stage
c. Horizontal output stage
d. Horizontal deflection oscillator

100. Another name for the horizontal retrace in a TV receiver is
the

a. Ringing
b. Burst
c. Damper
d. Flyback