1.

Which of the following transformers has only one

winding?
a. Distribution transformer
c. Autotransformer
b. Power transformer
d. Isolated-winding
transformer

2.

Negative feedback is used in an audio amplifiers to

a. Increase gain
c. Reduce distortion
b. Increase distortion
d. operate in class C

3.

The trans-conductance of a FET ranges from

a. 500 to 100mA/V
c. 0.5 to 30mA/V
b. 100 to 500mA/V
d. about 10000mA/V

4.

Refers to the property of material which operates the

creation of magnetic flux in it.
a. Resistance
c. conductance
b. Reluctance
d. Permeance

5.

An OR gate can be constructed by connecting

a. An AND gate in cascade with inversion thereafter
b. One or more NOT gates inputted to a NOR gate
c. One or more NOT gates inputted to a NAND gate
d. One or more NOT gates inputted to an AND gate

6.

7.

8.

9.

Refers to the radiation that results from recombination of

charges carriers injected in PN or PIN junction which is
biased in the forward direction.
a. Malter effect
c. Lossev effect
b. Field effect
d. Lexemburg effect
Semiconductor like silicon and germanium are
a. Tetravalent
c. trivalent
b. Monovalent
d. pentavalent
The exact relative permittivity of air is
a. 1.00006
c. 1.006
b. 1.0006
d. 1.06
What is the output of half-wave rectifier?
a. 100% AC signal
c. square wave signal
b. Half-wave rectified signal d. sinusoidal signal

10. Who discovered electromagnetic waves of high

frequency commonly called x-rays?
a. W. Rontgen
c. G. Kirchhoff
b. J. Maxwell
d. H. Hertz
11. It is operated at the linear portion of the characteristic
curves so that its output appears for the cycle of the input
signal
a. Class A
c. Class C
b. Class B
d. Class AB
12. A cathode ray tube is a modified
a. Thermionic diode
c. thermionic tetrode
b. Thermionic triode
d. transistor
13. The emf of a cell is dependent on the following
EXCEPT
a. Nature of material of electrodes
b. Concentration of electrolyte
c. Nature of electrolyte
d. Size and spacing of electrodes
14. Determine how long the battery will last whose rating is
100Ah; 24volts and will run a 300 watt electronic
equipment and a 50 watt light.
a. 6.65hours
c. 26.65hours
b. 50.05hours
d. 12.00hours
15. Convert the decimal number 967 into its equivalent
hexadecimal number
a. 3C6
c. 6C3
b. 7C3
d. 3C7
16. Generally, a FET oscillator uses which configuration?
a. Common source
c. common gate
b. Common emitter
d. common drain
17. In amplifiers, which coupling produces minimum
interference with frequency response?
a. Direct coupling
c. RC coupling
b. Impedance coupling
d. Transformer
coupling
18. Which LED emits the lowest frequency?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Gallium arsenide
Gallium Aluminum Arsenide
Gallium Arsenide Phosphide
Gallium Arsenide coated with phosphor

19. A wire connected directly across battery terminals acts as

a
a. Short circuit
c. normal resistance
b. Medium resistance
d. high resistance
20. Which bridge is used for an accurate resistance reading?
a. Wheatstone bridge
c. Kelvin bridge
b. Wien bridge
d. London bridge
21. What do you call the minimum input current that can
turn on a thyristor?
a. Holding current c. break over current
b. Trigger current
d. low current drop out
22. Where does the greatest eddy current in DC machine
occur?
a. Armature
c. commutating poles
b. Yoke
d. field poles
23. A good fuse will have ----- resistance
a. Zero
c. large
b. Small
d. infinite
24. What is the plate efficiency of a class A amplifier?
a. About 30%
c. about 75%
b. About 10%
d. about 50%
25. Which is NOT true about LCD?
a. LCD must be extremely illuminated
b. LCD performance is enhanced at lower temperature
c. LCD operate at microampere current levels
d. The pneumatic liquid is used to shift light polarity
26. Which if the following materials has a negative
temperature coefficient of resistance?
a. Brass
c. Aluminum
b. Copper
d. Carbon
27. What causes parasitic oscillations in amplifiers?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Negative feedback
Push pull operation
Transistor inter-junction capacitance
Poor inter-stage coupling

28. How many silver-zinc cells in series needed for a 9-V

Battery
a. 3
c. 7
b. 9
d. 6
29. The frequency of an AC signal can be divided
electronically by what type of digital circuit?
a. A Free running multi-vibrator
b. An Or Gate
c. A bi-stable multi-vibrator
d. Astable multi-vibrator
30. What is the error voltage of an ideal op-amp?
a. Very small
c. equal to input voltage
b. Very large
d. zero
31. According to the NTC memorandum circular. A
spectrum user fee of Php per indoor radio station used
for Wireless data network shall be paid by Public
Telecom Entity with a data rate in excess of -----Mbps.
a. 0.64
c. 1.44
b. 4.8
d. 11
32. Under RA9292, electronics technicians may apply for
registration without examination within --- years upon
affectivity of the Republic Act.
a. 7
c. 10
b. 12
d. 5
33. Which among the IEEE standards refers to the global
specifications for wireless LAN?
a. 802.3
c. 802.11x
b. 802.14
d. 802.11b
34. In telecommunications, short haul connection refers to a
connection not exceeding ---- kilometers.
a. 200
c. 150
b. 250
d. 300

35. The meaning of MP3 is ----a. Motion picture production layer 3

b. Motion picture experts group, audio layer3
c. Music program layer3
d. Motion picture experts group, video layer3
36. Coaxial cable RG11 is used for what type of application?
a. IBM3270 computer terminals
b. Thick Ethernet
c. Thin Ethernet
d. Cable TV systems
37. In a CMTS, the most important data base in GSM
network is
a. VLR
c. BSC
b. AuC
d. HLR
38. How many voice channels are there in a DS-2 Digital
Signal Hierarchy for TDM signals?
a. 672
c. 24
b. 48
d. 96
39. A signal which varies between three levels.
a. Alternate mark inversion c. RZ
b. Bipolar code
d. NRZ
40. GSM is the accepted cellular standard in
a. Philippines
c. North America
b. Southeast Asia
d. all of the above
41. Which area in the world first deployed cellular services
for commercial use?
a. Scandinavia
c. Central asia
b. Central America d. Western Europe
42. The most important services for mobile systems, normal
speech service including emergency calls.
a. T11
c. T21
b. T12
d. T22
43. What is the basic service of cellular telephony?
a. Location area
c. PLMN service area
b. Cell
d. MSC service area
44. GSM specification code for SM-MO

a. T11
b. T12

c. T21
d. T22

45. GSM Channel separation

a. 200kHz
c. 500kHz
b. 300kHz
d. 600kHz
46. GSM Modulation scheme
a. GMSK
c. QPSK
b. BPSK
d. 8-PSK
47. GSM Access method
a. TDM
c. TDM & FDM
b. FDM
d. CDMA & TDMA
48. GSM Speech Coding Method
a. LPC linear predictive coding c. CELP
b. APC
d. TEC
49. 3G terminology for Network Monitoring System
a. Operations and maintenance center
b. Operations and support system
c. Network monitoring center
d. Network operations center
50. Considered as the most important database as it stores
permanent data about subscribers including subscribers
service profile, location information and activity status
a. VLR
c. MSC
b. HLR
d. AuC
51. The first GSM call in the world took place in Finland on
a. Oct 4, 1983
c. Nov 23, 1990
b. Jul 1, 1991
d. Nov 4, 1990
52. A network element acting as a bridge between a mobile
network and a fixed is called
a. MSC
c. TRUNK LINE
b. GMSC
d. EIR
53. This term is used for describing the signaling between
MS and the MSC when a disconnected mobile station is
switched on.
a. IMSI attach
c. De-registration

b.

IMSI Detach

d. handover

54. Maximum GPRS throughput

a. 64kbps
c. 171kbps
b. 144kbps
d. 384kbps
55. Packet switched data network protocol which defines an
international recommendation for the exchange of data
as well as control information between user device and a
network node.
a. X.1
c. X.25
b. X.2
d. X.52
56. In a LAN configuration, this connects the wired network
from a fixed location, receives, buffers and transmits
data between the wireless LAN and the wired network
infrastructure.
a. Extension point c. Access point
b. LAN card
d. Demarcation point
57. What is the modulation scheme for Symmetric Digital
Subscriber Line?
a. Discreet Multitone
c. FDMA
b. 2B1Q
d. TDMA
58. It is a wireless communications technology that can
currently transmit data at speeds between 40 to 60Mbps
even up to 1Gbps and is very difficult to detect because
it transmits ultra low power radio signals with very
short electrical pulses across all frequencies.
a. Bluetooth
c. Ultra Wide Band
b. Zigbee
d. wimax
59. Application environment for wireless devices designed
to enable manufacturer, vendor and technology
independent access to the internet and value added
services.
a. TCP
c. PIP
b. WAP
d. PPP
60. It is the fastest peripheral standards ever developed.
a. Firewall
c. Firewire

b.

Finewire

d. DSL

61. A new non-voice value added service that allows

information to be sent and received across a mobile
telephone system network. It supplements todays
circuit switched data and short message service.
a. GPS
c. WAP
b. GPRS
d. FTP
62. What kind of connection Blue tooth supports? 1. Point
to point 2. Point to multi point, 3. Multi point to point
4. Multi point to multi point
a. 1 and 2 only
c. 1, 2 & 4 only
b. 1, 2 & 3 only
d. 1, 2, 3 & 4
63. What is the maximum speed of dial up connections?
a. 28.8kbps
c. 64kbps
b. 56.6kbps
d. 128kbps
64. What is the common cause of oscillations in the IF
amplifiers?
a. Detuned transformer
c. defective resistors
b. Open capacitors
d. open IF transformer
65. An optical fibre and its cladding have refractive
refractive indexes of 1.51 & 1.354 respectively.
Determine the numerical aperture.
a. 2.864
c. 2.028
b. 0.76
d. 1.69233
66. A fibre cable has a loss of 16dB/km. what would be its
attenuation if the cable is 2000ft long?
a. 9.756dB
c. 52.81dB
b. 4.3258dB
d. 32.155dB
67. Determine the wavelength in angstroms for the light
frequency of 322THz.
a. 0.9317m
c. 9317
b. 93.17
d. 931.7