ELECTRONICS SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGIES ECE Pre Board Exam

1. Why is it impossible to use waveguide at low radio

frequency? A. B. C. D. Because of the size of the of the waveguide Due to severe attenuation Due to too much radiation All of these

6.

What is the sound power from a motor car whose SPL at a distance of 7.5 m is 87 dB assuming that it radiates sound uniformly? A. B. C. D. 7. 0.15 W 0.21 W 0.24 W 0.18 W What is the audio frequency range? A. B. C. D. 8. 20 kHz to 20 MHz 0 Hz to 20 kHz 300 Hz to 400 Hz 20 Hz to 20 kHz _________ is an undesired change in wave form as the signal passes through a device Noise Vibration Distortion Harmonics An 891 kHz carrier having an amplitude of 80 V is modulated by a 4.5 kHz audio signal having an amplitude of 45 V. The modulation factor is 0.56 0.65 1.78 1.25

2. The velocity factor of a transmission line

A. Depends on the dielectric constant of the material used Increases the velocity along the transmission line Is governed by the skin effect Is higher for a solid dielectric than for air

B. C. D. 3.

_________ is the transmission of printed material over telephone lines A. B. C. D. Internet Data communication Telegraphy Facsimile

A. B. C. D. 9.

4.

One Erlang is equal to ________. A. B. C. D. 360 CCS 36 CCS 3.6 CCS 100 CCS

A. B. C. D.

5.

_________ is early reflection of sound. A. B. C. D. Echo Reverberation Pure sound Intelligible sound

10. Which characteristic of a radio receiver refers to its ability to reject an unwanted signal? A. B. C. Sensitivity Selectivity Fidelity

D.

Quality

A. B. C. D.

IF amplifier Demodulator AF amplifier Mixer

11. When the amplitude of the modulating voltage is increased for AM, the antenna current will A. B. C. D. Increase Decrease Remain constant

17. If the transmitter power remains constant, an increase in the frequency of the sky wave will A. Lengthen the skip distance Increase the range of the ground wave Reduce the length of the skip distance Have no effect on the ground wave

Decrease exponentially B. C. D.

12. A device whose capacitance is deliberately made to be a function of the applied voltage A. B. C. D. Varactor diode UJT SAW Variable capacitor

18. When a space wave signal passes over a mountain ridge, a small part of the signal is diffracted down the far side of the mountain. This phenomenon is called A. Discontinuity scattering Tropospheric ducting Knife-edge diffraction Space-wave diffraction

13. Industrial noise frequency is between _________. B. A. 0 to 10 kHz C. B. 160 MHz to 200 MHz D. C. 15 to 160 MHz 19. The highest frequencies are found in D. 200 to 3000 MHz A. 14. Where is the noise generated that primarily determines the signal-to-noise ratio in a VHF marine-band receiver? A. B. C. D. Man-made noise D. In the atmosphere In the receiver front end In the ionosphere 20. The solid angle subtended by a hemisphere about its center is A. B. C. A. B. C. D. Above 30 MHz D. Below 30 MHz 21. What determines antenna polarization? Above 3000 kHz A. Below 3000 kHz B. 16. Which circuit contributes most of the noise in a receiver? C. The direction of the radiated wave The direction of the magnetic field vector The frequency of the radiated wave depends on the radius of the hemisphere /2 sr 2 sr sr Radar waves B. C. X-rays Radio waves Ultraviolet rays

15. Atmospheric noise becomes less severe at frequencies

D.

The direction of the electric field vector

22. What is the capture area of a dipole operated at 75

MHz?

27. The number of transmit/receive channels in the cellular system is A. B. C. D. 625 645 655 666

A. 4 mm2 B. 2 mm2 C. 2.088 mm2 D. 4.088 mm2

23. The ground wave eventually disappears as one moves away from the transmitter, because of A. B. C. D. Interference from the sky wave Loss of line-of-sight conditions Maximum single-hop distance limitation Tilting

28. The most widely used fax standard is A. Group 1

B. Group 2
C. D. Group 3 Group 4

29. Ethernet is a baseband system using CSMA/CD operating at _________. A. 10 Mbps 20 Mbps 30 Mbps 40 Mbps

24. A microwave transmitting antenna is 550 ft. high. The

receiving antenna is 200 ft. high. The minimum transmission distance is A. B. C. D. 20 mi 33.2 mi 38.7 mi 53.2 mi

B. C. D.

30. One of the reason why FDM is being replaced by TDM A. B. C. There is more time than frequency It is difficult to place channels side by side Noise is amplified with voice when an FDM system is used Most available frequencies have been used

25. A device that converts a 2-wire circuit to a 4-wire circuit.

A. RS-232 interface
B. C. D. Hybrid circuit Balun Stub

D.

31. Two or more LAN linked together over a wide

geographical area A. B. C. D. HAN MAN WAN RAN

26. A 300 line is terminated in a resistive load of 200 , the VSWR is A. B. C. D. 0.66 1.5 Unity Zero

32. ________ is a data communications hardware that assists the host computer in handling input and output tasks. A. Hub

B. C. D.

Cluster controller Front end processor

and a downlink of 6 GHz with angle of elevation of 3 and 7 respectively is A. 403 dB 100 dB 20 dB 215 dB

Concentrator B.

33. A magnetron is operated at a duty cycle of 0.001. it has a peak power output of 100 kW. Its average power is A. B. C. D. 10 kW 100 W 1 kW 1 MW

C. D.

39. What is the free space attenuation of a satellite communications system operating at 36,000 km above the earth at 5 GHz? A. B. C. D. 198 dB 202 dB 142 dB 138 dB

34. Pulse radar set are primarily used to find the A. B. C. D. Targets range and bearing Size and speed of a target Speed and course of a target Targets range and speed

40. Geostationary stationary satellites are located _______ with respect to the equator. A. B. C. D. 0 longitude 0 latitude 90 latitude 45 latitude

35. In a klystron amplifier, velocity modulation of the electron beam is produced by the A. B. C. D. Collector Catcher cavity Cathode Buncher cavity

41. Which type of laser is the simplest to modulate directly by changing its excitation? A. B. C. D. Semiconductor Ruby Helium-neon Neodymium-YAG

36. A microwave band of 10.9 to 36 GHz is considered as A. B. C. D. C-band X-band Q-band K-band

42. A fiber optic cable has a loss of 15 dB/km. The attenuation in a cable 1000 ft long is A. B. C. D. 4.57 dB 9.3 dB 24 dB 49.2 dB

37. Asiasat l covers how many country in Asia A. B. C. D. 38 10 28 15

38. The total space loss of transmission and reception for

two ground stations with uplink frequency of 8 GHz

43. Which of the following is determined by an Optical Time Domain Reflectometer? A. Distance to trouble

B. C. D.

Length of fiber Refractive index All of these

49. A transmission media is not readily suitable to CSMA

operation. A. B. C. D. Microwave radio Coaxial cable Twisted pair Optical fiber

44. What is the average loss in fiber splice? A. B. C. D. 0.10 dB 0.15 dB 0.20 dB 0.25 dB

50. Not an important characteristic of the physical layer. A. B. C. D. Electrical Mechanical Logical All of these

45. The pulses ridging on the vertical blanking pulse. A. B. C. D. Equalizing (sync) pulses Serrated vertical sync pulses Black level pulses Choices A and B above

46. The sound and video signals are separated at the

__________ of the receiver. A. B. C. D. IF stage Video amplifier Video detector Burst separator

47. International broadcasting (short wave) uses frequency between _________ in accordance with international agreements. A. B. 7012 and 26100 kHz 6409 and 26100 kHz

C. 5950 and 26100 kHz

D. 10950 and 26100 kHz

48. The ultimate Dolby surround system is the A. B. C. D. Dolby NR Dolby Prologic dBx Hall matrix