1.

Which is not a type of horn antenna design for

microwave frequencies?
a. Parabolic horn
b. Circular horn
c. Pyramidal horn
d. Sectoral horn
2. Cassegrain feed to a paraboloid antenna involves
a
a. Dipole antenna
b. Point-source antenna
c. Secondary reflector
d. Any of the above
3. Calculate the beamwidth of a microwave dish
antenna with a 6-m mouth diameter when used at 5
Ghz.
a. 0.49
b. 4.9
c. 7
d. 0.7
4. Zoning refers to
a. A method of producing a radome
b. Changing a spherical wavefront into a plane
wave
c. Creating a polar radiation pattern
d. Fading into nonreality
5. Which microwave oscillator has high gain, lownoise characteristics, and wide bandwidth?
a. Traveling wave tube oscillator
b. Gunn Oscillator
c. Klystron oscillator
d. Magnetron oscillator
6. Which is not an advantage of the Gunn gallium
arsenide oscillator?
a. Ease of removing heat from the chip
b. Small size
c. Ruggedness
d. Lack of filaments
e. Low cost of manufacture
7. The i in P-i-N diode refers to
a. Indium
b. Impact
c. Integrated
d. Intrinsic
8. Which is not a typical application of a ferrite in a
microwave system?
a. attenuator
b. amplifier
c. isolator
d. circulator
9. A low noise microwave amplifier that provides
amplification via the variation of a reactance is known
as a
a. Maser
b. Laser
c. Yig
d. Parametric amplifier
10. The major difference between a laser and a
maser is the
a. Frequency of the signal being amplified
b. Amplitude of the signal being amplified
c. Bandwidth of the signal being amplified
d. Phase of the signal being amplified

11. The following semiconductor is not used as a

microwave device:
a. PIN diode
b. Baritt diode
c. Zener diode
d. Tunnel diode
12. Which of the following represent typical failure
mode(s) for a TWT amplifier?
a. Low gain
b. Spurious modulation
c. Poor frequency response
d. Low RF output
e. All the above
13. Which of the following is not used as a
microwave antenna?
a. Patch antenna
b. Marconi antenna
c. Lens antenna
d. Horn antenna
14. Compared to linear power supplies, switching
power supplies are
a. Less efficient
b. More efficient
c. Simpler
d. Heavier
15. What component in the telephone set has the
primary function of interfacing the handset to the local
loop?
a. Varistor
b. Induction coil
c. Resistor
d. Capacitor
16. The first passive satellite transponder.
a. Early bird
b. Score
c. Moon
d. Sputnik
17. The primary purpose of the data modem is to
a. interface analog terminal equipment to
analog communications channel
b. interface digital terminal equipment to
analog communications channel
c. interface analog terminal equipment to
digital communications channel
d. interface digital terminal equipment to
digital communications channel
18. ____________ is the out-of-band signaling
between toll central offices (Bell System Standard)
a. 2,000 Hz
b. 800 Hz
c. 3,835 Hz
d. 3700 Hz
19. A voice-grade circuit using the PTN has an ideal
passband of
a. 0 to 4 Hz
b. 0 to 4 kHz
c. 0 to 4 GHz
d. 0 to 4 MHz
20. What kind of receiver is used in converntional
telephone handset?
a. Capacitor
b. Carbon
c. Electromagnetic
d. Ceramic

21. What is the power loss of a telephone hybrid?

a. 6 dB
b. 2 dB
c. 3 dB
d. 1 dB
22. What is the advantage of sidetone?
a. High transmission efficiency
b. Results to a strengthened signal
c. No energy dissipation
d. Assures that the telephone is working
23. The standard test tone
a. 0 dB
b. 10 dBm
c. 0 dBm
d. 10 dB
24. One (1) Erlang is equal to ________.
a. 360 CCS
b. 100 CCS
c. 36 CCS
d. 3.6 CCS
25. Transmission of printed material over telephone
lines.
a. Video text
b. Facsimile
c. Encoding
d. Xerox copy
26. 1 Erlang is ______.
a. 1000 TU
b. 10 TU
c. 100TU
d. 1 TU
27. On a telephone system, the loop is open during
a. on-hook condition
b. off-hook condition
c. both a and b
d. none of the condition
28. On the subscribers telephone set employing the
touch-tone technique, how many signals are
transmitted to the telephone exchange for every
button that is pressed?
a. two VHF signals
b. one VHF signals and one audio-frequency t
one
c. two audio-frequency tones
d. three audible tones
29. The reference noise level for telephony is:
a. 1 mW
b. 0 dBm
c. 1 pW
d. 0 dBr
30. A voice-grade channel is suitable for transmission
of
a. VHF signals
b. UHF signals
c. VHF and UHF signals
d. signals with a frequency ranging from 300
to 3400 Hz
31. Phone traffic is measured in:
a. calls
b. erlangs
c. number of users
d. number of blocked calls

32. The area on the earth that is "covered" by a

satellite is called its:
a. earth station
b. downlink
c. footprint
d. plate
33. The device commonly used in satellite
communications is the:
a. TWT
b. klystron
c. magnetron
d. YIG
34. Echo is
a. a signal of the same amplitude but 180 out
of phase from the original signal and mixed
with the original signal at the transmitter to
produce a more intelligible output signal
b. a wave which has been reflecting or
otherwise returned with sufficient magnitude
and delay for it to be perceptible in some
manner as a wave distinct from that directly
transmitted
c. the signal having a higher frequency that
the original and transmitted back to earth by a
passive satellite
d. none of the preceding choices
35. The optimum cell-site radius is:
a. 2 km
b. 0.5 km
c. as small as possible
d. none of the above
36. Termination is the
a. result of cutting both ends of a conductor
b. result of disconnecting a line from a
transmitter
c. all of the preceding choices
d. none of the preceding choices
37. Telephone signaling provides information like
a. busy tone, dial tone, and ringing
b. congestion and call charge data
c. all of the preceding choices
d. none of the preceding choices
38. What is the free space attenuation of a satellite
communication system operating at 36,000 km above
the earth at 5.0 GHz?
a. 198 dB
b. 200 dB
c. 180 dB
d. 190 dB
39. A four-wire circuit is
a. used between serving central offices for longdistance connections, with one pair being used
for each direction of transmission
b. is a circuit with three output terminals and
one input terminal
c. is an oscillator that produces four different
frequencies simultaneously
d. none of the preceding choices
40. A leased line is
a. a piece of wire used in a local area network
in one building
b. a piece of wire connecting a telephone set to
a PABX
c. a temporary connection of one computer to a
mainframe via a modem and a telephone line
d. a permanent circuit for private use within a
communication network

41. A trunk is
a. the base of a communications tower
b. a telephone line connecting two central
offices
c. a line connecting one telephone set to a
PABX
d. none of the preceding choices
42. What signal-to-noise ratio is required for
satisfactory telephone services?
a. 50 dB
b. 30 dB
c. 40dB
d. 20 dB
43. Each cell site contains a
a. Repeater
b. Control computer
c. Direct-link to a branch exchange
d. Touch-tone processor
44. Which telephone line impairment is a change in
signal amplitude for a short time duration?
a. white noise
b. gain hit
c. harmonic distortion
d. interference
e. signal-to-noise ratio
45. What is done to a telephone line to tighten
gain/attenuation parameters?
a. it is replaced with new copper lines
b. it is replaced with fiber cable
c. it is conditioned
d. it is switched to a different line
e. nothing
46.What is the unit designation for the area managed
by a single cellular phone central office?
a. city
b. block
c. cell
d. spot beam
e. campus
47. Which is one method of securing cellular
transmission?
a. frequency hopping
b. area handoff
c. packet coding
d. password handshake
e. cell identification
48. Microwave transmissions
a. are done only at night
b. are done using fiber optic cables
c. use line of sight
d. are used by the telephone company only
e. none of these
49. Geostationary or geosynchronous satellites
a. orbit about the equator
b. appear fixed in relationship to the Earth
c. cover a good portion of the Earths surface
d. are basically repeaters
e. are all of these
50. Which of these measures provides security to
mobile phone transmissions by varying the
transmitted frequency?
a. direct sequencing
b. frequency hopping
c. code division multiplexing
d. multipath fading
e. frequency division multiplexing

51. Striplines and microstrips are used to:

a. couple sections of waveguide
b. couple waveguides to antennas
c. couple components on a circuit board
d. none of the above
52. A TEE connector used with waveguides is:
a. an H-plane TEE
b. an E-plane TEE
c. a "magic" TEE
d. all of the above
53. Call blocking:
a. cannot occur in the public telephone network
b. occurs on the local loop when there is an
electrical power failure
c. occurs only on long-distance cables
d. occurs when the central office capacity is
exceeded
54. The range of DC current that flows through a
telephone is:
a. 20 A to 80 A
b. 200 A to 800 A
c. 2 mA to 8 mA
d. 20 mA to 80 mA
55. Signal loss is designed into a telephone system
to:
a. eliminate reflections
b. prevent oscillation
c. improve signal-to-noise ratio
d. reduce power consumption
56. An Acoustic Coupler is
a. a device that radiates audible signals via a
transmitting antenna.
b. a device that converts electric signals into
audio signals (and vice versa), enabling to be
transmitted over the public telephone network
via a conventional telephone handset.
c. a device that receives audible signals and
retransmits them at VHF frequencies
d. none of the preceding choices
57. "Bit-stuffing" is more formally called:
a. compensation
b. rectification
c. justification
d. frame alignment
58. Compared to ISDN, internet access using ADSL
is typically:
a. much faster
b. about the same speed
c. much more expensive
d. none of the above
59. The high and low points of a satellite's orbit are
called, respectively,:
a. apogee and perigee
b. perigee and apogee
c. uplink and downlink
d. downlink and uplink
60. . The local loop of a telephone system is
a. a two-wire or four-wire communication
circuit between the customers premise and
the central office
b. a group of wires connecting a telephone
set to a modem
c. a four-wire circuit connecting a facsimile
machine to a computer
d. a single piece of wire connecting the
subscribers telephone set o another
telephone set in an adjacent room

61. An antenna is aimed by adjusting the two "look

angles" called:
a. azimuth and elevation
b. azimuth and declination
c. declination and elevation
d. apogee and perigee
62. The power per transponder of a typical Ku-band
satellite is in the range:
a. 5 to 25 watts
b. 50 to 250 watts
c. 500 to 2500 watts
d. depends on its orbit
63. The "payload" on a communications satellite
consists of:
a. transponders
b. batteries
c. solar cells
d. all of the above
64. On the uplink from a terminal, a VSAT system
uses:
a. high power to a small antenna
b. low power to a small antenna
c. low power to a large antenna
d. LEO satellites
65. For real-time communication, LEO systems
require:
a. a constellation of satellites
b. tracking dish antennas
c. very high power
d. all of the above
66. The frequency bands used by Ku-band satellites
are:
a. 4 GHz and 6 GHz
b. 12 GHz and 14 GHz
c. 20 GHz and 30 GHz
d. none of the above
67. A "circulator" is a device that:
a. rotates signal polarity in a waveguide
b. allows a signal to pass in one direction only
c. separates signals among various ports
d. prevents microwaves from being "trapped" in
a waveguide
68. IMPATT stands for:
a. impact avalanche and transit time
b. induced mobility at transmission time
c. implied power at transmission terminal
d. none of the above
69. A multidrop line is
a. a piece of wire with a thick insulating
material that serves to protect the conductive
material from damage in the event the wire is
dropped
b. a line designed to withstand high pressure
c. a line or circuit interconnecting several
stations
d. none of the preceding choices
70. A microwave phased array is often made using:
a. slots
b. Yagis
c. Fresnel lenses
d. all of the above
71. The maximum effective range for pulsed radar:
a. increases with increasing repetition rate
b. decreases with increasing repetition rate
c. decreases with increasing pulse period
d. none of the above

72. The minimum effective range for pulsed radar:

a. increases with increasing pulse duration
b. decreases with increasing pulse duration
c. is always a tenth of the maximum range
d. none of the above
73. AMPS stand for:
a. American Mobile Phone System
b. Analog Mobile Phone Service
c. Advanced Mobile Phone System
d. Advanced Mobile Phone Service
74. PCS stands for:
a. Personal Communications Service
b. Personal Communications Systems
c. Personal Cell phone Service
d. Portable Communications Systems
75. The combination of the mobile cell phone and the
cell site radio equipment is called the:
a. BSC
b. MTSO
c. RF interface
d. air interface
76. Singing is
a. the result of intermodulating two or more
signals of different frequencies to produce a
tone having a frequency equal to the sum of
the frequencies of the signals modulated
b. the result of intermodulating two or more
signals of different frequencies to produce a
tone having a frequency higher than that of
the signal having the highest frequency
c. an undesired self-sustained oscillation in a
system, generally caused by excessive
positive feedback
d. none of the preceding choices
77. Erlang is
a. a unit of magnetic field density measured
around a conductor
b. the number of erroneous bits received per
unit of time
c. a unit of electrical energy radiated in space
d. equal to the number of simultaneous calls
originated during a specific hourly period
78. One way to increase the capacity of a cell phone
system is:
a. increase the number of cells
b. decrease the number of cells
c. increase the ERP
d. decrease the ERP
79. CDPD stands for:
a. Code-Division Packet Data
b. Cellular Digital Packet Data
c. Coded Digital Packet Data
d. Cellular Digital Pulse Data
80. A two-wire circuit is
a. usually in the subscriber loop, between the
telephone set and a local central office.
b. a circuit having only two terminals, both
terminals having the same instantaneous
voltage.
c. a circuit with one input terminal, one output
terminal, and a common ground
d. none of the preceding choices

81. The first Intelsat satellite that was launched in

1965 was named
a. Early Bird I
b. Echo
c. Telstar I
d. Courier
82. The round-trip propagation delay between two
earth stations through a geosynchronous satellite is
a. 500 to 600 ms
b. 400 to 500 ms
c. 200 to 400 ms
d. 300 to 400 ms
83. When the elevation angle of a geostationary
satellite is 23 and the transmitting frequency is 3840
MHz, what is the free space loss in dB?
a. 196 dB
b. 200 dB
c. 150 dB
d. 100 dB
84. What is the propagation delay when a signal is
transmitted by an earth station to a geosynchronous
satellite about 38,500 km above earths equator and
then received by the same earth station?
a. 256 msec
b. 128 msec
c. 300 msec
d. 400 msec
85. What is the satellite spaced 4 of the 360
complete circle, how many parking space are
available?
a. 90
b. 85
c. 80
d. 70
86. The maximum propagation delay of a
geostationary satellite is
a. 278 ms
b. 239 ms
c. 300 ms
d. 250 ms
87. The total space loss of transmission and
reception for two ground stations with uplink
frequency of 8 GHz and a downlink of 6 GHz with
angle of elevation of 3 A and 7A respectively
a. 403 dB
b. 100 dB
c. 20 dB
d. 215 dB
88. If the distance between the listener and the
source of the sound is doubled, the intensity is
reduced to
a. 1/2
b. 1/3
c. 2/3
d.
89. If a television channel starts at 66 MHz, the sound
carrier is found at
a. 4.5 MHz
b. 67 MHz
c. 55.25 MHz
d. 71. 75 MHz
90. A simple convenient means of adjusting
waveguide power level is provided by what
a. slide screw tuner
b. slotted line attenuator
c. directional coupler attenuator
d. flap attenuator

91. Given a paraboloid reflector with a diameter D = 6

feet and is operated at 1.5 GHz. What is the
beamwidth between nulls of the reflector, ?
a. 8
b. 8.2
c. 7.7
d. 7.0
92. Given a paraboloid reflector with a diameter D = 6
feet and is operated at 1.5 GHz. What is the
beamwidth between nulls of the reflector, o?
a. 15.3
b. 8.2
c. 7.7
d. 7.0
93. A point to point communication between A and B
is 90 km (flat terrain). Point A is on top of a hill, 900 ft.
above sea level, with a tower height of 23 m. What is
the minimum height of the antenna at point B?
a. 65 ft
b. 73 ft
c. 75 ft
d. 69 ft
94. At a distance of 50 km, a 100 watt microwave
radio transmitter is used to link to another microwave
radio receiver. The received signal level should be
equal to negative 80 dBm at the frequency of 6 GHz.
Determine the first Fresnel zone radius at midpoint of
path.
a. 85 ft
b. 78 ft
c. 82 ft
d. 75 ft
95. A waveguide with 4.5 GHz cut-off frequency is
exited with a 6.7 GHz signal. What is the wavelength
in the waveguide.
a. 0.196 m
b. 0.336 m
c. 0.136 m
d. 0.236 m
96. A rectangular waveguide has a dimensions of 3
cm x 5 cm. What is the TE10 mode cut-off frequency?
a. 2 GHz
b. 3 GHz
c. 2.5 GHz
d. 3.5 GHz
97. Incidentally propose the geostationary scheme or
orbit of the satellite in 1940s
a. Clarke
b. Carl Friedrich Gauss
c. Morse
d. Stephen Gray
98. The elevation angle and azimuth angle of a
satellite are called
a. look angles
b. tracking angles
c. horizontal angles
d. vertical angle
99. A satellite service between earth stations located
at fixed geographical points on earth are called
a. fixed-point
b. mobile
c. broadcast
d. intersatellite
100. Satellite-to-satellite cross link-link also called
a. intersatellite links (ISLs)
b. mobile link
c. broadcast link
d. fixed point link