1. In a radio receiver with simple AGC 10. If an FET is used as the forst AF amplifier in Ans.

Space waves
Ans. An increase in signal strength produces a transistor receiver, this will have have the 30. One of the following consists of nonresonant
more AGC effect of 20. Tropospheric scatter is used with antennas
Ans. Reducing the effect of negative-peak frequencies in the following range Ans.the rhombic antenna
2. In a broadcast superheterodyne receiver, the clipping Ans. UHF
______ 31. One of the following is very useful as a
Ans. Mixer input must ber tuned to the signal 11. The image frequency of a superheterodyne 21. The ground wave eventually disapperas, as multiband HF receiving antenna. This is the
frequency receiver one moves away from the transmitter, Ans. Log-periodic
Ans. Is not rejected by the IF tuned circuits because of
3. To prevent overloading of the last IF Ans. Tilting 32. Which of the following antennas is best
amplifier in a receiver, one should use ___ 12. One of the main functions of the RF amplifier excited from a waveguide?
Ans. Variable sensitivity in a superheterodyne receiver is to 22. In electromagnetic waves, polarization Ans. Horn
Ans. Improve the rejection of the image Ans. Is due to transverse nature of the
4. A superheterodyne receiver with an IF of frequency waves 33. Indicate which of the following reasons for
450 kHz is tuned to a signal at 120kHz. The using a counterpoise with antennas is false:
image frequency is 13. A receiver has poor IF selectivity. It will 23. As electromagnetic waves travel in free Ans. Protection of personnel working
Ans. 2100 kHz therefore also have poor space, only one of the following can happen underneath
Ans. Blocking to them:

5. In a ratio
Ans. The detector
linearity is worse than in a phase 14. Three-point tracking is achived with Ans. Attenuation 34. One
use ofofan
theantenna
following is not a reason for the
coupler.
discriminator Ans. Padder capacitor 24. The absorption of radio waves the Ans. To prevent radiation of the local
atmosphere depends on oscillator
6. The typical squelch circuit is cuts off 15. A low ratio of the ac to the dc load Ans. Their frequency
Ans. An audio amplifier when the carrier is impedance of a diode detector results in 35. Indicate the antenna that is not wideband
absent Ans. Negative-peak clipping 25. Electromagnetic waves are by they Ans. Marconi
Ans. Pass into a medium of different
7. The controlled oscillator synthesizer is 16. One of the following cannot be used to dielectric constant 36. Antenna that is circularly polarized is the
sometimes preferred over the direct oe demodulate SSB: Ans. Helical
because Ans. Bipolar transistor balanced modulator 26. Diffraction of electromagnetic waves 37. Top loading is sometimes used with an
Ans. It is relatively free of spurious Ans. May occur around the edge of sharp antenna in order increase its
frequencies 17. A ship-to-ship communocation system is obstacle Ans. Effective height
plagued by fading. The best solution seems
8. The fequency generated by each decade in to be use of 27. When microwave signals follow the 38. A helical antenna is used is for satellite
a direct frequeny synthesizer is much higher Ans. Frequency diversity curvature of the earth, this is known as tracking because of its
than the frequency shown; this is done to Ans. Ducting Ans. Circular polarization
Ans. Reduce the spurious frequency 18. A range of microwave frequiencies more
problem easily passed by the atmosphere than are 28. Helical antennas are often used for satellite 39. The wavelength of a wave in a waveguide
the others is called a tracking at VHF because of Ans. Greater than in free space
9. Indicate which of the following could not Ans. Window Ans. Faraday Effect
demodulate SSB 40. Cylindrical cavity resonators are not used
Ans. Phase discriminator 19. Frequencies in the UHF range normally 29. An ungrounded antenna near the ground with klystrons because they have
propagate by means of Ans. Acts as an antenna array
 Ans. Harmonically related resonant
frequencies
41. A directional coupler with three or more
holes is sometimes used in preference to the
two-hole coupler
Ans. To increase the bandwidth of the
system
42. A ferrite is
Ans. A nonconductor with magnetic
properties
43. The maximum power that may be handled
by ferrite component is limited by the
Ans. Curie temperature
44. A PIN diode is
Ans. Suitable for use as a microwave switch
45. A duplexer is used
Ans. To allow the one antenna to be used for
reception or transmission without mutual
interference
46. For some applications, circular waveguides
may be preferred to rectangular ones
because of
Ans. Lower attenuation
47. In order to reduce cross-sectional
dimensions, the waveguide to use is
Ans. Ridged
48. A parametric amplifier must be cooled
Ans. To improve the noise performance
49. A ruby maser amplifier must be cooled
Ans. Because it cannot operate at room
temperature
50. A disadvantage of microstrip compared with
stripline is that microstrip
Ans. Is more likely to radiate
51. The transmission system using two ground
planes is
Ans. Stripline
52. Surface acoustic waves propagate in
Ans. Quartz crystal
53. SAW devices may be used as
Ans. Filters
54. For best low-level noise performance in the
X-band, an amplifier should use
Ans. A step-recovery diode
55. The biggest advantage i the TRAPATT didoe
over the IMPATT diode is its
Ans. Higher effieciency
56. Indicate which of the following diodes will
produce the highest pulsed power output:
Ans. RIMPATT
57. Indicate which of the following diodes does
not use negative resistance in its operation
Ans. Backward
58. One of the following is not used as a
mircowave mixer or detector
Ans. PIN diode
59. One of the following microwave diodes is
suitable for very low-power oscillators only:
Ans. Tunnel
60. The transferred-electon bulk effect occurs in
Ans. Gallium arsenide
61. The gain-bandwidth frequency of a
microwave transistor, fT is the frequency at
which the
Ans. Beta of the transistor falls to unity
62. For a microwave transistor to operate at the
highest frequencies, the (indicate the false
answer)
Ans. Emitter area must be large
63. If high-order frequency multiplication is
required from a diode multiplier,
Ans. A step-recovery diode must be used
64. A parametric amplifier has an input and
output frquency of 2.25 GHz, and is pumped
at 4.5 GHz. It is a
Ans. Degenerate amplifier
65. Traveling-wave parametric amplifiers are
used to
Ans. Provide greater bandwidth
66. A parametric amplifier sometimes uses a
circulator to
Ans. Pervent noise feedback
67. The nondegenerate one-port parametric
amplifier should gave a high ratio of pump to
signal frequency because this
Ans. Yields a low noise figure
68. The tunnel diode
Ans. Uses a high doping level to provide a
narrow junction
69. A tunnel didode loosely coupled to its cavity
in order to
Ans. Increase the frequency stability
70. He negative resistance in a tunnel diode
Ans. Is available between the peak and
valley points
71. The biggest advantage of gallium antimonide
over germanium for tunnel-diode use is that
the former has a
Ans. Larger voltage swing
72. Negative resistance is obtained ith a Gunn
doode because of
Ans. Electron transfer o a less mobile energy
level
73. For Gunn diodes, gallium arsenide is
preferred to silicon because the former
Ans. Has a suitable empty energy band,
which silicon does not have
74. The biggest disadvantage of the IMPATT
diode is its
Ans. High noise
75. The magnetic field is used with a ruy maser
to
Ans. Provide frequency adjustment
76. The ruby maser has been preferred to the
ammonia maser for microwave amplification,
because the former has
Ans. A much greater bandwidth
77. Parametric amplifiers and masers are similar
to each other in that both (indicate false
statement)
Ans. Must be cooled down to a few kelvins
78. A maser RF amplifier is not really suitable for
Ans. Radar
79. The ruby laser differs fromt he ruby maser in
that the former
Ans. Is an oscillator