POSSIBLE QUESTIONS 1. Indicate the false statement. The SWR on a transmission line is infinity; the line is terminated in a. a short circuit b. a complex impedance c. an open circuit d. a pure reactance 2. A (75 – j50)-Ω is connected to a coaxial transmission line of ZO = 75 Ω, at 10 GHz. The best method of matching consists in connecting a. a short-circuited stub at the load b. an inductance at the load c. a capacitance at some specific distance d. a short-circuited stub at some specific distance from the load 3. The velocity factor of a transmission line a. depends on the dielectric constant of the material used b. increases the velocity along the transmission line c. is governed by the skin effect d. is higher for a solid dielectric than for air 4. Short-circuited stubs are preferred to open-circuited stubs because the latter are a. more difficult to make and connect b. made of a transmission line with a different characteristic impedance c. liable to radiate d. incapable of giving a full range of reactances 5. For transmission-line load matching over a range of frequencies, it is best to use a a. balun b. broadband directional coupler c. double stub d. single stub of adjustable position 6. To couple a coaxial line to a parallel-wire line, it is best to use a a. slotted line b. balun c. directional coupler d. quarter-wave transformer 7. Indicate the three types of transmission line energy losses. a. I2R, R, and temperature L b. Radiation, I2R, and dielectric heating c. Dielectric separation, insulation breakdown, and radiation d. Conductor heating, dielectric heating, and radiation resistance. Source: Transmission Lines (Blake) 8. An example of an unbalanced line is: a. a coaxial cable b. 300-ohm twin-lead TV cable c. an open-wire-line cable d. all of the above 9. The characteristic impedance of a cable depends on: 10. 11. 12. 13. a. the resistance per foot of the wire used b. the resistance per foot and the inductance per foot c. the resistance per foot and the capacitance per foot d. the inductance per foot and the capacitance per foot For best matching, the load on a cable should be: a. lower than Zo b. higher than Zo c. equal to Zo d. 50 ohms The characteristic impedance of a cable: a. increases with length b. increases with frequency c. increases with voltage d. none of the above The optimum value for SWR is: a. zero b. one c. as large as possible d. there is no optimum value The velocity factor of a cable depends mostly on: a. the wire resistance b. the dielectric constant c. the inductance per foot d. all of the above Fiber-Optics 1. The dielectric material of an optical fiber surrounding the core a. Cladding b. Armor c. Shield d. Cover 2. The different angles of entry of light into an optical fiber when the diameter of the core is many time the wavelength of the transmitted is known as a. Refraction b. Index c. Mode d. Reflection 3. What law does a light traveling in an optical fiber follow a. Millman’s b. Snell’s c. Maxwell’s d. Planck’s 4. What is the frequency limit of copper wire? a. approximately 0.5 MHz b. approximately 1.0 MHz c. approximately 40 MHz d. None of the above 5. Approximately what is the frequency limit of the optical fiber? a. 20 GHz b. 1 MHz c. 100 MHz d. 40MHz 6. An incident ray can be defined as a. a light ray reflected from a flat surface b. a light ray directed toward a surface c. a diffused light ray d. a light ray that happens periodically 7. The term dispersion describes the process of a. separating light into its component frequencies b. reflecting light from a smooth surface c. the process by which light is absorbed by an uneven rough surface d. light scattering 8. Which of the following terms describes the reason that light is refracted at different angles? a. Photon energy changes with wavelength b. Light is refracted as a function of surface smoothness c. The angle is determined partly by a and b d. The angle is determined by the index of the materials 9. The term critical angle describes a. the point at which light is refracted b. the point at which light becomes invisible c. the point at which light has gone from the refractive mode to the reflective mode 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. d. the point at which light has crossed the boundary layers from one index to another The cladding which surrounds the fiber core a. is used to reduce optical interference b. is used to protect the fiber c. acts to help guide the light in the core d. ensures that the refractive index remains constant The refractive index number is a. a number which compares the transparency of a material with that of air b. a number assigned by the manufacturer to the fiber in question c. a number which determines the core diameter d. a term for describing core elasticity The terms single mode and multimode are best described as a. the number of fibers placed into a fiber-optic cable b. the number of voice channels each fiber can support c. the number of wavelengths each fiber can support d. the index number The higher the index number a. the higher the speed of light b. the lower the speed of light c. has no effect on the speed of light d. the shorter the wavelength propagation The three major groups in the optical system are a. the components, the data rate and response time b. the source, the link, and the receiver c. the transmitter, the cable, and the receiver d. the source, the link, and the detector The term power budgeting refers to a. the cost of cables, connectors, equipment, and installation b. the loss of power due to defective components c. the total power available minus the attenuation losses d. the comparative costs of fiber and copper installations Compared to the core, the index of refraction of the cladding must be: a. the same b. greater c. less d. doesn’t have an index of refraction Fiber-optic cables do not: a. carry current b. cause crosstalk c. generate EMI d. all of the above 18. Single-mode fiber is made from: a. glass b. plastic c. both a and b d. none of the above 19. A single-mode cable does not suffer from: a. modal dispersion b. chromatic dispersion c. waveguide dispersion d. all of the above 20. Scattering causes: a. loss b. dispersion c. intersymbol interference d. all of the above 21. APD stands for: a. Avalanche Photodiode b. Advanced Photodiode c. Avalanche Photo Detector d. Advanced Photo Detector 22. What generates a light beam of a specific visible frequency? a. Laser b. Glass Fiber c. Infrared d. Light waves 23. Which of the following materials is sensitive to light? a. Photoresist b. Photosensitive c. Light Sensitive d. Maser 24. The core of an optical fiber has a a. Lower refractive index than air b. Lower refractive index than the cladding c. Higher refractive index than the cladding d. Similar refractive index with the cladding 25. Is the different angle of entry of light into an optical fiber when the diameter of the core is many times the wavelength of the light transmitted. a. Acceptance angle b. Modes c. Sensors d. Aperture 26. The loss in signal power as light travels down a fiber is called a. Dispersion b. Scattering c. Absorption d. Attenuation 27. What is a specific path the light takes in an optical fiber corresponding to a certain angle and number of reflection a. Mode b. Grade c. Numerical Aperture d. Dispersion 28. Is the width of the range of wavelengths emitted by the light source a. Bandwidth b. Chromatic Dispersion c. Spectral width d. Beamwidth 29. When a beam of light enters one medium from another, which quantity will not change? a. Direction b. Speed c. Frequency d. Wavelength 30. Dispersion is used to describe the a. Splitting of white light into its component colors b. Propagation of light in straight lines c. Bending of a beam of light when it goes from one medium to another d. Bending of a beam light when it strikes a mirror 31. The wavelength of light has no role in a. Diffraction b. Interference c. Polarization d. Reflection 32. Longitudinal waves do not exhibit a. Diffraction b. Interference c. Polarization d. Reflection 33. ________ dispersion is caused by the difference in the propagation times of light rays that take different paths down a fiber. a. Material dispersion b. Wavelength dispersion c. Modal dispersion d. Delay dispersion 34. What type of fiber has the highest modal dispersion? a. Step-index multimode b. Graded index multimode c. Step-index single mode d. Graded index mode 35. Which type of fiber optic cable is most widely used? a. Single-mode step-index b. Multimode step-index c. Single-mode graded-index d. Multimode graded-index 36. Which type of fiber-optic cable has the least modal dispersion? a. Single-mode step-index b. Multimode step-index c. Single-mode graded-index d. Multimode graded-index 37. A dielectric waveguide for the propagation of electromagnetic energy at light frequencies a. Stripline b. Microstrip c. Laser beam d. Fiber optics 38. The numerical aperture of a fiber if the angle of acceptance is 15 degrees, is a. 017 b. 0.26 c. 0.50 d. 0.75 39. The inner portion of the fiber cable is called a. Cladding b. Coating c. Inner conductor d. Core 40. Total internal reflection takes place if the light ray strikes the interface at an angle with what relationship to the critical angle? a. Less than b. Greater than c. Equal to d. Zero 41. The operation of the fiber-optic cable is based on the principle of a. Refraction b. Reflection c. Dispersion d. Absorption 42. It is simply the ratio of the velocity of propagation of a light ray in a given material a. Refractive index b. Numerical aperture c. Velocity factor d. Critical angle 43. Which of the following is not a common type of fiber-optic cable? a. Single-mode step-index b. Multimode graded-index c. Single-mode graded-index d. Multimode step-index 44. The core of a fiber optic cable is made of a. Air b. Glass c. Diamond d. Quartz 45. Refraction is the a. Bending of light waves b. Reflection of light waves c. Distortion of light waves d. Diffusion of light waves 46. An advantage of optical fiber rejecting an induced noise signal from magnetic field or solar storm flux a. Electric hazard b. Crosstalk c. Immunity to noise d. Shielding 47. A quarter wavelength divide made of crystalline calcite that changes polarization in the optical fiber communication a. Isolator b. Retarder c. Polarizer d. Filters 48. Referred to as a limit in reducing further loss of signal passing through a fiber optic caused by scattering a. Rayleigh effect b. Manufacturing effect c. Natural Effect d. Material Effect 49. This consists of an analog or digital interface, a voltage-to-current converter, a light source, and a source-to-fiber coupler a. Optical transmitter b. Optical fiber c. Optical converter d. Optical receiver 50. It is defined as the minimum angle of incidence at which a light ray may strike the interface of two media and result in an angle of reflection of 90° or greater. a. Acceptance angle b. Angle of incidence c. Critical angle d. Angle of reflection 51. In fiber optics, it means permanently attaching the end of the cable to another a. Splicing b. Polishing c. Cleaving d. Retarding 52. They are mechanical assemblies that hold the ends of a cable and cause them to be accurately aligned with the ends of another cable a. Splicer b. Fusion machine c. Connectors d. Cleaver 53. It occurs when the angle of incidence is less than the critical angle a. Reflection b. Rejection c. Refraction d. Dispersion 54. The ________ of a fiber-optic cable determines the maximum speed of the data pulses the cable can handle. a. Attenuation b. Bandwidth c. Size d. Wavelength 55. It occurs when multiple wavelengths of light are used a. Modal Dispersion b. Polarization Dispersion c. Chromatic Dispersion d. Wavelength Dispersion 56. If the substance emits light of a wavelength longer than of the incident light, this is called a. Luminescence b. Lumina c. Photoelectric effect d. Dispersion 57. It is a figure of merit that is used to describe the light-gathering and light-collecting ability of an optical fiber a. Acceptance angle b. Mode c. Critical angle d. Numerical aperture 58. Cutting the fiber optic cable so that it is perfectly square on the end a. Splicing b. Polishing c. Cleaving d. Retarding 59. Optical fiber cables are immune to crosstalk because of a. Absence of changing magnetic field b. more layers of protection c. small core size d. more lightweight 60. When visible light or high frequency electromagnetic radiation illuminates a metallic surface, electrons are emitted a. Photovoltaic effect b. Photoelectric effect c. Photosynthesis d. Photophone 61. The main purpose of this outer jacket is a. To provide fiber color code b. To protect the core and cladding from damage c. To protect fiber core from scratches d. To insulate fiber from electric charges 62. Attenuation is NOT a. Directly proportional to the length of the cable b. Refers to the loss of light energy as the light pulse travels from one end of the cable to the other c. The most important specification of a fiber-optic cable d. Determines the maximum speed of the data pulses the cable can handle 63. Fiber optic cable size is normally specified as the a. Ratio of core and cladding b. Radius of core and cladding c. Diameter of ore and cladding d. Sum of core and cladding 64. If the light beam entering the end of the cable has an angle less than the acceptance angle a. It will be internally reflected and propagated down the cable b. It will be refracted and goes out the cladding c. It will be refracted and propagated down the cable d. It will be internally reflected and goes out the cladding 65. A 62.5/125 fiber with an EMB of 200MHz-km a. OM1 b. OM2 c. OM3 d. OM4 66. A 50/125 fiber with an EMB of 500MHz-kmH a. OM1 b. OM2 c. OM3 d. OM4 67. It is defined as the maximum angle in which external light rays may strike the air/fiber interface and still propagate down the fiber. a. Acceptance angle b. Mode c. Critical angle d. Numerical aperture 68. Optical fibers have greater information capacity than metallic cables because of a. Immunity to crosstalk b. Wider bandwidth c. Environmental immunity d. Lower transmission loss 69. It is the distortion of the optical signal due to the characteristics of the cable a. Dispersion b. Reflection c. Refraction d. Attenuation 70. If a 160-MHz-km cable length is doubled from 1 to 2 km, its bandwidth a. Doubled b. Tripled c. Halved d. Remains the same 71. Most common cable size for multimode fiber and most widely used by far. a. 50/125 b. 62.5/125 c. 100/140 d. 9/125 72. When the angle of incidence is greater than the critical angle, _______ occurs. a. Reflection b. Refraction c. Dispersion d. Total internal reflection 73. What is the device used in fiber optic communication which consists of a receiver transmitter used to clean up and amplify digital data moving in one direction and another in possible direction? a. optics compressor b. optic retarder c. optic isolator d. optic regenerator 74. It is a science of measuring light throughout the entire electromagnetic spectrum a. radiometry b. photometry c. ophthalmology d. optometry 75. Modal dispersion is caused by the a. dependence of wavelength on index of refraction b. dependence of propagation constant on index of refraction c. dependence of the propagation constant on the wavelength d. dependence of the propagation constant on the mode number 76. Calculate the critical angle of incidence between two substances with different refractive indices of 1.5 and 1.46 respectively a. 76.7° b. 44.2° c. 13.3° d. 71.3° 77. Red fiber with black buffer a. Core #91 b. Core #247 c. Core #235 d. Core #103 78. Red fiber covered with red buffer with black stripe a. Core #91 b. Core #247 c. Core #223 d. Core #103 ANTENNA SYSTEMS 1. An ungrounded antenna near the ground a. acts as a single antenna of twice the height b. is unlikely to need a ground screen c. acts as an antenna array d. must be horizontally polarized 2. One of the following consists of nonresonant antennas: a. The rhombic antenna b. The folded dipole c. The end-fire array d. The broadside array 3. One of the following is very useful as a multiband HF receiving antenna. This is the: a. conical horn b. folded dipole c. log periodic d. square loop 4. Which of the following antennas is best excited from a waveguide? a. Biconical b. Horn c. Helical d. Discone 5. Indicate which of the following reasons for using a counterpoise with antenna is false: a. Impossibility of a good ground connection b. Protection of personnel working underground c. Provision of an earth for the antenna d. Rockiness of the ground 6. One of the following is nota reason for the use of an antenna coupler: a. To make the antenna look resistive b. To provide the output amplifier with the correct load impedance 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. c. To discriminate against harmonics d. To prevent reradiation of the local oscillator Indicate the antenna that is not wideband L: a. Discone b. Folded Dipole c. Helical d. Marconi Indicate which one of the following reasons for the use of a ground screen with antennas is false: a. Impossibility of a good ground connection b. Provision of an earth for the antenna c. Protection of personnel working underneath d. Improvement of the radiation pattern of the antenna Which one of the following terms does not apply to the Yagi-Uda array? a. Good bandwidth b. Parasitic elements c. Folded dipole d. High gain An antenna that is currently polarized us the a. helical b. small circular loop c. parabolic reflector d. Yagi-Uda The standard reference antenna for the directive gain is the a. infinitesimal dipole b. isotropic antenna c. elementary doublet d. half-wave dipole Top loading is sometimes used with an antenna in order to increase its a. effective height b. bandwidth c. beamwidth d. input capacitance Cassegrain feed is used with a parabolic reflector to a. increase the gain of the system b. increase the beamwidth of the system c. reduce the size of the main reflector d. allow the feed to be placed at a convenient point Zoning is used with a dielectric antenna in order to a. reduce the bulk of the lense b. increase the bandwidth of the lens c. increase pin-point focusing d. correct the curvature of the wavefront from a horn that is too short A helical antenna is used for satellite tracking because of its a. circular polarization b. maneuverability c. broad bandwidth d. good front-to-back ratio 16. The discone antenna is a. useful direction-finding antenna b. used as a radar receiving antenna c. circularly polarized like other circular antennas d. useful as UHF receiving antennas 17. One of the following is not an omnidirectional antenna: a. Half-wave dipole b. Log-periodic c. Discone d. Marconi 18. What is the polarization of a discone antenna? a. Vertical b. Horizontal c. Circular d. Spiral 19. _____ is an open-ended slot antenna a. Helical antenna b. Rhombic antenna c. Notch antenna d. Cassegrain antenna 20. In what range of frequencies are most omnidirectional horizontally polarized antennas used? a. VHF, UHF b. VLF, LF c. SH, EHF d. MF, HF 21. A device that converts high frequency current into electromagnetic waves. a. Antenna b. Loudspeaker c. Microphone d. Transducer 22. Gain of a half-wave dipole antenna over isotropic. a. 2.15 dB b. 1.76 dB c. 1 dB d. 0 dB 23. Very low signal strength in the antenna. a. Minor lobes b. Null c. Antenna patterns d. Major lobes 24. It is the measurement of a unilateral antenna properties of directivity a. Phase angle b. Antenna gain c. Beamwidth d. Bandwidth 25. The best solution to fading is _____. a. space diversity b. frequency diversity c. polarization diversity d. wavelength diversity 26. If an antenna has a gain of 3 dB, it increases the output of the transmitter by a. 10,000 times b. 1000 times c. 100 times d. 1 million times 27. All elements in a beam _____ antennas are in line a. collinear b. yagi c. broadside array d. log-periodic 28. Which does not use a vertical polarization antenna? a. AM Broadcasting b. FM Broadcasting c. Mobile Communications d. Satellite Communications 29. _____ is an antenna with a number of half-wave antennas on it. a. Antenna array b. Tower c. Omni-directional d. Rhombi 30. Which antenna radiates an omnidirectional pattern in the horizontal plane with vertical polarization? a. Marconi antenna b. Discone antenna c. Horn antenna d. Helical antenna 31. An antenna with very high gain and very narrow beamwidth. a. Helical antenna b. Discone antenna c. Horn antenna d. Parabolic dish antenna 32. What determines antenna polarization? a. The frequency of the radiated wave b. The direction of the radiated wave c. The direction of the magnetic field vector d. The direction of the electric field vector 33. _____ is the horizontal pointing angle of an antenna a. Azimuth b. Angle of elevation c. Right angle d. Beamwidth 34. A dipole antenna requires to be fed with 20 kW of power to produce a given signal strength to a particular distant point. If the addition of a reflector makes the same field strength available with an input power of 11kW. What is the gain in dB, obtained by the use if the reflector. (Gain referred to this particular dipole). a. 4.75 b. 2.6 c. 1.81 d. 4.24 35. Discone radiation pattern is ______. a. omnidirectional/vertical polarized b. unidirectional c. bidirectional d. figure of eight 36. What is the radiation characteristic of a dipole antenna? a. Omnidirectional b. Bidirectional c. Unidirectional d. Hemispherical 37. An antenna with unity gain a. Rhombic b. Half-wave dipole c. Isotropic d. Whip 38. How will you increase the gain of an antenna? a. By adding several antennas in parallel b. By focusing the radiated energy in one desired direction c. By making antenna rods thicker d. By making the antenna size larger 39. What is the minimum number of turns a helix antenna must have? a. 3 b. 5 c. 4 d. 6 40. What is the gain of an isotropic antenna? a. 10 b. 1 c. 0.1 d. 100 41. Which of the following improves antenna directivity? a. Driven element b. Reflector element c. Director element d. Parasitic element 42. The antenna radiates _____ polarized waves when the transmitter antenna is horizontally installed. a. Vertically b. negatively c. horizontally d. circularly 43. What is the front-to-back ratio of an antenna which radiates 500 watts in a northernly direction and 50 watts in a southernly direction? a. 25000 dB b. 10 dB c. 100 dB d. 20 dB 44. If 4 kW in an antenna produces 50 μV/m in a receiving antenna, a 15 kW will produce _____. a. 200 μV/m b. 10 μV/m c. 100 μV/m d. 20 μV/m 45. Comparing the signal strength arriving at the driven element from the desired direction to the signal strength reaching the driver from the opposite direction. a. Directivity b. Sensitivity c. Beamwidth d. Front-to-back ratio 46. _____ of an antenna is a measure of how the antenna concentrates its radiated power in a given direction a. Efficiency b. Power c. Gain d. Polarization 47. Shortening effect of an antenna that makes it appear as if it were 5% longer a. End effect b. Flywheel effect c. Skin effect d. Capture effect 48. Harmonic suppressor connected to an antenna. a. Low-pass filter b. High-pass filter c. M-derived filter d. Constant-K 49. A simple half-wavelength antenna radiates the strongest signal a. at 45 degrees to its axis b. parallel to its axis c. at right angles to its axis d. at 60 degrees to its axis 50. What is the gain, in dB of a helical antenna with diameter of λ/3, 10 turns at pitch of λ/4, used at 100 MHz? a. 16 b. 41.1 c. 31.4 d. 1.25 51. Which of the following antennas receive signals in the horizontal plane equality well from all directions a. Horizontal Hertz antenna b. Vertical loop antenna c. Vertical Yagi antenna d. A vertical antenna which is a quarter-wavelength long 52. A one-quarter wavelength shunt-fed vertical Marconi antenna a. has maximum radiation in a vertical direction b. must have a horizontal receiving antenna for the best reception c. must use a receiving antenna for the best reception d. must have a vertical receiving antenna for the best reception 53. The parasitic element of an antenna system will a. decrease its directivity b. increase its directivity c. give the antenna unidirectional properties d. both B and C 54. If the antenna current is doubled, the field strength at a particular position is a. doubled b. halved c. multiplied by a factor of four d. divided by a factor of four 55. What antenna radiates equally in all directions? a. Vertical antenna b. isotropic antenna c. Horizontal antenna d. Dipole antenna 56. Actual height of antenna should be at least a. one wavelength b. half wavelength c. quarter wavelength d. three-fourth wavelength 57. ______ is an antenna array which is highly directional at right angles to the plane of the array? a. Broadside array b. End-fire array c. Turnstile array d. Log-periodic arra 58. What is antenna bandwidth? a. Antenna length divided by the number of elements b. The angle between the half-power radiation points c. The angle formed between two imaginary lines drawn through d. The frequency range over which an antenna can be expected to operate satisfactorily 59. What is a driven element? a. Always the rearmost element b. Always the forward most element c. The element fed by the transmission line d. The element connected to the rotato 60. It is useful to refer to an isotropic radiator. a. when comparing the gains of directional antennas b. when testing a transmission line for standing wave ratio c. when (in the northern hemisphere) directing the transmission d. when using a dummy load to tune a transmitter 61. A theoretical reference antenna that provides a comparison for antenna measurements. a. Marconi antenna b. Isotropic radiator c. Yagi-Uda array d. Helical antenna 62. What is the ratio of the maximum radiation intensity to the average radiation intensity? a. Aperture gain b. Directivity gain c. Transmission gain d. Power Gain 63. An antenna “efficiency” is computed by using one of the following equations. a. Efficiency = (radiation resistance / transmission resistance) b. Efficiency = (effective radiated power / transmitter output) x 100% c. Efficiency = (total resistance / radiation resistance) x 100% d. Efficiency = (radiation resistance / total resistance) x 100%