GROUP STUDY BROADCASTING

1. How far is the visual carrier from the aural carrier in a monochrome TV
broadcast channel?
a. 1.25 MHz
b. 4.5 MHz
c. 6 MHz
d. 1.5 MHz
2. Which frequency band is the standard AM radio broadcast?
a. HF
b. UHF
c. MF
d. VHF
3. What do you call the service area of a standard AM broadcast where fading is
not allowed?
a. Experimental
b. Secondary
c. Tertiary
d. Primary
4. The maximum power suggested by KBP on 919-1312 AM broadcast station in
Metro Manila.
a. 10 kw
b. 20kw
c. 15 kw
d. 5 kw
5. Which of the following primary colors are used in Color TV broadcast?
a. Red, yellow, blue
c. red, blue, green
b. Blue, green, black
d. green, black, red
6. The actual vertical resolution of broadcast TV with respect to the number of
horizontal lines.
a. 428 lines
b. 485 lines
c. 339 lines
d. 525 lines
7. In television, the color with the most luminance is
a. Blue
b. green
c. yellow
d. red
8. How many VHF TV channels do we have in the country?
a. 11
b. 13
c. 12
d. 14
9. It is the first component of any MATV system to receive broadcast signals.
a. Receiver
b. Antenna
c. Filter
d.
Transmitter
10.Mechanism or device which enables the TV camera to move in lateral or
tilting motion.
a. Tilting
b. scanner
c. pan/tilt device d. panning device
11.The allowable deviation ratio of commercial FM broadcast.
a. 25
b. 15
c. 5
d. 75
12.The frequency tolerance of an AM radio broadcast station.
a. 200 Hz
b. 2000 Hz
c. 20 Hz
d. 2 Hz
13.When does a broadcast station conduct an equipment test?
a. During daytime b. during night time
c. during experimental period
d. any time
14.The US TV standard for Digital Terrestrial TV.
a. ISDB T
b. ATSC
c. DVB T
d. DTMB
15.Mixing the 3 primary colors in TV will result to
a. Black
b. White
c. Yellow
d. No color
16.A class B FM station has an authorized transmitter power not exceeding
a. 25 kw
b. 10 kw
c. 50 kw
d. 125 kw
17.What is the number of lines per field in an NTSC TV?
a. 312.5
b. 525
c. 262.5
d. 625
18.A device used in TV broadcast that prevents any FM signal from entering into
the visual transmitter and vice versa.
a. Mixer
b. Duplexer
c. Diplexer
d. Synchronizer

19.Which of the following is used as a standard channel spacing for AM

broadcast in the Philippines?
a. 9 kHz
b. 40 kHz
c. 36 kHz
d. 10 kHz
20.What is the frequency tolerance of FM broadcasting?
a. 2 kHz
b. 30 kHz
c. 25 kHz
d. 20 Hz
21.How many FM channels do we have in the Philippines?
a. 50
b. 100
c. 118
d. 200
22.It uses the CCFL backlighting.
a. LED TV
b. Plasma TV
c. LCD TV
d. all of these
23.A Charge Coupled Device or CCD contains
a. Phototransistors and inductors
c. photodiodes and capacitors
b. Phototransistors and capacitors
d. photodiodes and inductors
24.The target is a multilayer arrangement consisting of Tin Oxide, Cadnium
Selenide and Arsenic Trisulfide and with very high sensitivity.
a. Newvicon
b. Saticon
c. Chalnicon
d. Plumbicon
25.Overall or average intensity of illumination which determines the background
level in the reproduced picture
a. Brightness
b. Contrast
c. Color Level
d. Hue
26.As per Philippine standard, frequency allocation of AM Radio Broadcasting is
from
a. 535 to 1605 kHz
b. 526.5 to 1605 kHz
c. 535 to 1705 kHz d. 526
to 1705 kHz
27.Part of broadcasting in a day that refers to that period of time between 1000
UTC to 2200 UTC. UTC stands for Universal Time Coordinates.
a. Daytime
b. Nighttime
c. Experimental
d. Primetime
28.An AM broadcast service area in which groundwave field of 1mV/m (60dBu) is
not subject to objectionable interference or objectionable fading.
a. Primary
b. secondary
c. intermittent
d. none of
these
29.Regarding the design of AM antenna, what should be the polarization of the
radiator?
a. Horizontal
b. vertical
c. circular
d. elliptical
30.As per Phillipine standard, what is the minimum frequency separation in any
service area for adjacent AM radio stations?
a. 40 kHz
b. 200 kHz
c. 36 kHz
d. 300 kHz
31.What is the classification of an FM station having an ERP not exceeding
30kW?
a. Class A
b. Class B
c. Class C
d. Class D
32.What is the pilot subcarrier frequency used in FM stereophonic transmission?
a. 15 kHz
b. 19 kHz
c. 30 kHz
d. 38 kHz
33.The output power of an FM transmitter is 5 kW. If the power loss in
transmission line is around 10 W and the antenna has a power gain of 6 dB,
what is the ERP of the station in kW?
a. 5 kw
b. 30 kw
c. 20 kw
d. 19.96 kw
34.Frequency allocation of FM broadcast in the Philippines
a. 535 1605 kHz b. 88 108 MHz
c. 50 15000 Hz d. 174 216 MHz
35.What is the Analog color TV system adopted by the Philippines?
a. NTSC
b. PAL
c. SECAM
d. none of these

36.Exact value of color subcarrier frequency (MHz) is

a. 3.579554
b. 3.579455
c. 3.580545
d. 3.579545
37.Determine the visual carrier frequency of TV channel 9.
a. 175.25 MHz
b. 187.25 MHz
c. 193.25 MHz
d. 199.25 MHz
38.What is the maximum allowable ERPs for channels 7 13 in Metro Manila and
Metro Cebu?
a. 100 kw
b. 316 kw
c. 350 kw
d. 1Mw
39.At NTSC standard, the number of lines per frame = ________ lines/frame
a. 485
b. 525
c. 625
d. 585
40.At NTSC standard, line frequency = 15734.264 Hz. What is the equivalent line
period?
a. 66.556 usec
b. 65.556 usec
c. 63.556 usec
d. 64.556 usec
41.Nominal RF bandwidth of NTSC TV channel
a. 4.2 MHz
b. 4.5 MHz
c. 6 MHz
d. 5.35 MHz
42.A land mobile station used for the transmission of TV program materials and
related communications from the scenes of events occuring at remote points
from TV broadcast station studios to TV broadcast station.
a. TV Pick up
b. TV STL
c. TV Intercity Relay
d. TV
Satellite Link
43. Which of the following camera tube uses lead oxide (PbO) for the
photoconductive target plate?
a. Vidicon
b. Plumbicon
c. Saticon
d. Image Orthicon
44.Which of the following camera tubes has minimum lag?
a. Vidicon
b. Plumbicon
c. Saticon
d. Image Orthicon
45.Special effects and production switching are done by the
a. CCU
b. ENG
c. SEG
d. Sync
Generator
46.Which of the following is FALSE?
a. The lens inverts the optical image on the faceplate of the camera tube.
b. The composite video signal includes the camera signal and sync not
blanking
c. The standard composite video from a camera is 1V p-p with
negative sync.
d. The plumbicon uses a lead oxide layer for the target plate.
47. A computer file format for storing raster graphics images, popular among graphic artists.
a. Bitmap
b. GIF
c. JPEG
d. TIFF
48. _____ is a very simple form of data compression in which runs of data are stored as a single data
value and count, rather than as the original run.
a. Huffman Coding
b. RLE c. LZW
d. none of these
49. _____ is a device that records video in a digital format to a disk drive or other memory medium
within a device.
a. DVR
b. PVR
c. DVD
d. a or b
50. PNG supports ____ bits per pixel.
a. 24
b. 36
c. 48
d. 96
51. Coding of moving pictures and associated audio for digital storage media at up to 1.5 Mbps.
a. MPEG 1
b. MPEG2
c. MPEG3
d. MPEG4
52. The compression scheme for OTA digital TV, DVB, ISDB, SVCD and DVD Video.
a. MPEG 1
b. MPEG2
c. MPEG3
d. MPEG4

53. It uses further coding tools with additional complexity to achive higher compression factors;
moves closer to computer graphics applications.
a. MPEG 1
b. MPEG2
c. MPEG3
d. MPEG4
54. Formally called the Multimedia Content Description Interface
a. MPEG3
b. MPEG4
c. MPEG7
d. MPEG21
55. _____ is a home video format and the first commercial optical disc storage medium initially
licensed, sold and marketed as MCA DiscoVision.
a. Laser disc
b. compact disc c. DVD
d. Blu Ray
56. The standard home video Laser Disc was _____ in diameter.
a. 20 cm
b. 30 cm
c. 25 cm
d. 35 cm
57. Track pitch of a DVD
a. 1600 nm
b. 830 nm
c. 740 nm
d. 400 nm
58. Minimum pit length of a CD
a. 1600 nm
b. 830 nm
c. 740 nm
d. 400 nm
59. Minimum pit length of a single layer DVD
a. 1600 nm
b. 830 nm
c. 740 nm
d. 400 nm
60. DVD is an optical disc technology with a ____ storage capacity on a single sided, double layered
disk.
a. 4.7 GB
b. 7.95 GB
c. 8.75 GB
d. 15.9 GB
61. DVD is an optical disc technology with a ____ storage capacity on a double sided, one layered
disk.
b. 4.7 GB
b. 7.95 GB
c. 8.75 GB
d. 15.9 GB
62. DVD is an optical disc technology with a ____ storage capacity on a double sided, double layered
disk.
a. 4.7 GB
b. 7.95 GB
c. 8.75 GB
d. 15.9 GB
63. Sampling rate of CD Audio
a. 441.2 kHz
b. 192 kHz
c. 16 kHz
d. 24 kHz
64. Sampling rate of DVD Audio
b. 441.2 kHz
b. 192 kHz
c. 16 kHz
d. 24 kHz
65. A single layer Blu-ray disc can hold up to _____ of data.
a. 25 GB
b. 27 GB
c. 50 GB
d. 30GB
66. A double layer Blu-ray disc can hold up to _____ of data.
a. 25 GB
b. 27 GB
c. 50 GB
d. 30GB
67. A triple layer Blu-ray disc can hold up to _____ of data.
a. 25 GB
b. 100 GB
c. 50 GB
d. 75GB
68. A CD uses _____ laser.
a. 780 nm red
b. 650 nm red c. 405 nm red
d. 820 nm red
69. A DVD uses _____ laser.
a. 780 nm red b. 650 nm red c. 405 nm red
d. 820 nm red
70. A Blu-ray disc uses _____ laser.
a. 780 nm blue
b. 650 nm blue c. 405 nm blue
d. 320 nm blue

71.What are the frequencies of V scanning, V sync, and V blanking?

a. 30 Hz
b. 60 Hz
c. 90 Hz
d. 360 Hz
72.What are the frequencies of H scanning, H sync and H blanking?
a. 15,750 Hz
b. 16,750 Hz c. 31,500 Hz
d. 30,050 Hz
73. Brightness variations of the picture information are in which signal?
a. 1
b. Q
c. Y
d. R-Y
74.The hue 180 out of phase with red is
a. cyan
b. yellow
c. green
d. blue
75.How many octaves is the frequency range 1 to 8MHz?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 8
76.Which system can be used for both recording and playback?
a. CEO
b. VHD
c. Laser Disk
d. VHS
77.How many TV fields are recorded on one slant track of tape?

a. 1
b. 2
c. 4
d. 60
78.The video heads rotate at high velocity to increase the
a. Tape speed
b. writing speed
c. reel rotation
tape tension

d.

79.In channel 14 (470 to 76 MHz), the 3.58 MHz color signal is transmitted
at
a. 471.25 MHz b. 473.25 MHz
c. 474.83 MHz
d. 475.25 MHz
80.The difference between the sound carrier and color subcarrier frequencies
a. 4.5 MHz
b. 1.25 MHz
c. 0.92 MHz
d. 0.25 MHz
81. The maximum deviation of the FM sound signal, in kilohertz, is
b. 25
c. 75
d. 100
a. 10
82.Which control varies the phase angle of the demodulated color video
signal
b. Color level
b. tint
c. drive
d.
picture
83.The number of lines per field in the United States TV system is
a. 262
b. 525
c. 30

d. 60

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

a. 60
b. 262
c. 4.5
d. 30
85.The number of lines per second in the United States TV system is
a. 31,500
b. 15,750
c. 262
d. 525
86.The channel width in the United States TV system, in MHz, is
a. 41.25
b. 6
c. 4.5
d. 3.58
87.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
88.The signals sent by the TV transmitter to ensure correct scanning in the
receiver are called
a. sync
b. chroma
c. luminance
d.
video
89.In the United States color television system, the intercarrier frequency, in
MHz, is
a. 3.58
b. 3.57945
c. 4.5
d. 45.75
90.Indicate which voltages are not found in the output of a normal monochrome
receiver video detector.
a. Sync
b. Video
c. Sweep
d. Sound

91.The carrier transmitted 1.25 MHz above the bottom frequency in the United
States TV channel is the
a. sound carrier
b. chroma carrier c. intercarrier
d. picture
carrier
92.In television, 4:3 represents the
a. interlace ratio

b. maximum horizontal deflection

c. aspect ratio
93.Equalizing pulses in TV are sent during
a. horizontal blanking
b. vertical blanking
horizontal retrace

d. ratio of the two diagonals

c. the serrations

d. the

94.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
95.The television transmitter actually transmits two signals at once. They are
a. An amplitude-modulated video signal and frequency-modulated audio
signal
b. Two amplitude-modulated signals: video and audio
c. An amplitude-modulated audio signal and frequency-modulated video
signal
d. Two frequency-modulated signals: video and audio
96.The frame frequency for U.S. television broadcasts is approximately
a. 30 frames per second
b. 40 frames per second
c. 60 frames per second
d. 100 frames per second
97.The length of time an image stays on the screen after the signal is removed is
termed
a. Retention
b. Flicker
c. Persistence
d. Back
porch
98.A cumbersome series of adjustments to a color TV receiver in order to make
sure that the three electron beams of the picture tube are positioned exactly
on their respective color dots on the face of the picture tube is called
a. Alignment
b. Convergence
c. Interleaving
d.
Interlacing
99.The DTT standard which will be adopted by the Philippines in 2016.
a. DVB
b. DMB
c. ATSC
ISDB

d.

100.
ISDB stands for
b. Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting
Broadcasting
c. Integrated Services Digital Broadband
Broadband

b. International Services Digital

d. International Services Digital