COACHING APRIL 07 (COMM1)

Impedance matching ratio of coax balun.

4:1
A continuous tone generated by the combination of
frequencies 350Hz to 440Hz used in telephone sets.
Call waiting tone
A component in the telephone set that has the primary
function of interfacing the handset to the local loop.
Induction coil
A telephone wire that connects 2 central offices.
Trunk line
A component in the telephone set that has the primary
function of compensating for the local loop length.
Varistor
A special service circuit connecting 2 private branch
exchanges (PBX).
Tie trunk
st

When was the 1 Strowger step-by-step switch used?

1897
Coaxial cable impedance is usually __________
50 and 75
Commonly used telephone wire
AWG #19
Distortion enhances intelligibility when an __________ is
added.
Exciter
Consists of a rapid succession of noticeable echoes.
Flutter echo
The average absorption for a person is __________
4.7 units
The type of emission that suffer most from selective
fading.
FM and double sideband AM
Which component is used to produce AM at very high
freqz?
PIN diode
What theorem set a limit on the maximum capacity of a
channel w/ a given noise level?
Shannon-Hartley theorem

CCITT G. 151

Which standard is utilized in intermodulation noise rates

on PCM audio channels?
CCITT Rec. G. 172
What is the reference frequency
phosphometric noise measurement?
800 Hz

of

CCITT

nif stands for

Noise improvement factor
A large emission of hydrogen from the sun that effects
communications.
Solar flare
The solar cycle repeats the period of great electrical
disturbance approximately every
11 years
Who profounded electromagnetic radiation theory?
James Clerk Maxwell

A range of microwave frequencies more easily passed

by the atmosphere than are the others is called a
Window
Tropospheric scatter is used with frequencies in the
following range
UHF
The ground wave eventually disappears as one moves
away from the transmitter, because of
Tilting
The quality in sound that corresponds to color in light is
Pitch
The brightness of light source is called its luminous
intensity, whose unit is
Candela
The minimum illumination recommended for reading is
8000lx
Each point on a spherical waveform maybe a source of a
secondary spherical wavefront.
Huygens principle
In testing transmitter to prevent interfering with other
stations, which type of antenna must be used?
Dummy antenna
Typical speech power
10 to 1000 uW

____________is measured on a circuit when it is

correctly terminated but does not have any traffic.
White noise

Cellular phones transmit in the band from

825 to 845 MHz

Which standard recommends crosstalk limits?

Cell phone receives in the band from

870 to 890 MHz

The range (in miles) of a cellular CDMA system.

13
SYN character of EBCDIC code.
32 H
What are the steps to follow to produce a PCM signal?
Sampling, quantizing and coding
A transmission where data are inputted directly on the
cable.
Baseband

What is the lifetime of ILDs?

50,000 hours
Optical fibers for telecommunications are typically about
_______ mils thick and consist of a glass core, a glass
cladding of lower index of refraction, and a protective
coating.
5
A mechanism or device which enables the TV camera to
move in lateral and tilting motion.
Pan/tilt device
The aspect ration of HDTV is
16.9

A network operating system within several building in

compound.
Novell Netware

The time duration for one horizontal trace.

52 us

Defined as a figure of merit used to express the degree

of modulation achieved in an FSK modulator.
H Factor

A law prescribing the functions of the National

Telecommunications Commission.
E.O. 546

Which is considered as the fastest LAN topology?

Bus

An order providing for a national policy on the operation

and use of international satellite communications in the
country.
E.O. 467

What is the other name for parity?

VRC
What ferrite device can be used instead of duplexer to
isolate a microwave transmitter and receiver when both
are connected to the same antenna?
Circulator
Which of the following permits a microwave signal to
travel in one direction with virtually no loss, but severely
attenuates any signal attempting to travel in the reverse
direction?
Isolator
Which of
the following is used as a high-power
microwave oscillator?
Magnetron
The smallest beam of a satellite antenna radiation
pattern.
Spot beam

Policy to improve the provision of local exchange carrier

service.
E.O. 109
The first symbol of emission is
The type of modulation of main carrier
The second symbol of emission is
The nature of signals modulating the main
carrier
The third symbol of emission is
The type of information to be transmitted
The maximum ground resistance in an equipment
installation as required by Volume 1 of the Philippine
Electronic Code (Safety Code) is
5 ohms
COMM2

A satellite beam that covers almost 42.4% of the earths

surface.
Global beam
Founded the wave theory of light.
Christian Huygens
Fiber optic cables operate at frequencies near
800 THz
What is the lifetime of LEDs?
200,000 hours

One of the reasons why FDM is being replaced by TDM

is
Noise is amplified w/ voice when an FDM is
used
What kind of receiver is used in conventional telephone
handset?
Electromagnetic
Low-power radar uses
IMPATT

A source code whose average word length approaches

the fundamental limit set by the entropy of a discrete
memoryless source.
Huffman code
The allowable deviation
broadcast
5

ratio of

3300 m/s

Which of the ff is NOT an acoustical defect to be avoided

in acoustical designs?
Reverberation

commercial FM

What freqz does oxygen causes excessive attenuation?

60 GHz
What is the signal-to-noise ratio required for satisfactory
telephone service?
50 dB
The use of telecommunication for automatic indicating or
recording measurement at the distance from the
measuring instrument.
Telemetry
What consists the front-end circuit of a VHF TV superhet
receiver?
Local oscillator, mixer and RF amp

What is the term used to describe a spread spectrum

communications system where the center freqz of a
conventional carrier is altered many times per second in
accordance w/ a pseudo-random list of channels?
Frequency hopping
Tropospheric
scatter is a method of sky wave
propagation for w/c of the ff freqz bands?
300 MHz to 3 GHz
The antenna effective height is _________ of the actual
height.
-
What is the end impedance of a half wave dipole?
2500
What devices measures the angle between 2 radio freqz
and also the direction of propagation of a wave?
Goniometer

What satellite subsystem monitors onboard conditions

such as temperature and battery voltage and transmits
this data to a ground station for analysis
TTC

In cellular system, the average lead time to install a new

base station is approximately
6 mos to 1 year

What is the typical center freqz spacing between

adjacent channels in satellites?
40 MHz

At one atmospheric pressure, what is the approx speed

of sound in steel?
5150 m/s

What material is most often used for the outer covering

of coaxial cables?
PVC

Atmospheric attenuation is due to

Water vapor and oxygen

What is the dielectric constant of PE insulator?

2.27
What is the typical velocity factor of open-wire line?
0.9
twin-lead?
0.8
What info is related to mental process of knowledge,
reasoning, memory, judgment and perception?
Cognitive
What sound characteristic relates to sonic time pattern?
Rhythm
What do you call the perceptible sound repetition?
Echo
What is the amount of sound reduction provided by
barrier wall, floor, or ceiling called?
Transmission loss
What is the velocity of sound in wood?

Satellite orbits around the earth are __________ orbits.

Elliptical or circular
The American concert pitch A is equivalent to
440 Hz
international pitch A?
435 Hz
What is affected by the distance between the listener
and the source of the sound because the intensity varies
inversely w, the square of the distance?
Loudness
Comparing the capacities of a DVD and an ordinary CD,
DVD is ________ times bigger than CD.
5 times
What causes MUF to vary?
The amount of radiation received from the
sun
COMMUNICATIONS

Topic: Communications (All)

Ans: Space waves

1. The effective refraction index of the ionosphere for
radio waves is:
?

12. Digital modulation scheme that represents a bit

pattern by a change in phase from the previous state.

less than unity (Correct Answer)

Ans: DPSK

2. If a fiber optic system has a rise time of 16ns, the

source rise time is 1.5ns and the detector rise time is
2ns, what is the cable rise time?

13. How much does the radiated power of an antenna

increases if its current increases by 3.3 times?

Ans: 10.89 times

14 ns (Correct Answer)

3. Earth station uses what type of antenna.

?

Cassegrain antenna (Correct Answer)

4. The minimum number of turns a helix antenna must

have.

14. A process using uudecode to decode a file encoded

for network transmission by uuencode, a UNIX utility
program.
Ans: extraction
15. Which statement is true?

3 (Your Correct Answer)

5. A local area network in which, rather than all users

sharing the media, a central switch routes traffic
between only those parts that require it:
?

Ans: changing the length of the wire will have no effect

on the SWR
16. What is the ratio of the power radiated by the
antenna to the total input power?

Switched LAN (Correct Answer)

Ans: antenna efficiency

6. A method of snooping through the internet for files

and retrieving them.
?

17. For proper operation, a magnetron must be

accompanied by a

Gopher (Correct Answer)

Ans: permanent magnet

7. A tag based ASCII programming language that is

used to specify and links to other documents on the
World Wide Web servers on the Internet (HTML for
short).
?
Hypertext markup language
Answer)

(Your Correct

8. A passive circuit, usually consisting of capacitance

and/or inductance, that is inserted in series with the a-c
power cord of an electronic device which will allow the
60 - Hz current to pass and suppressed high-frequency
noise components.

18. Parabolic and lens are extremely used for

Ans: microwaves
19. A GSM criterion that is measured as the number of
simultaneous conversations per MHz per km2.
Ans: Spectral Efficiency
20. In the _____ layer, translation from one character
code to another occur.
Ans: presentation

noise filter (Your Correct Answer)

9. Transmission for the cell site to receive calls from the

users:

21. ______ detects the satellite signal relayed from the

feed and converts it to an electric current, amplifies and
lower its frequency.

Ans: LNA

Reverse Link (Correct Answer)

10. Which of the following network access methods

sends a signal indicating its intent to transmit data on the
wire? [Choose the best answer]

22. Quantizing noise is present in ______ system.

23. What is the function of a redirector?

CSMA/CA (Correct Answer)

11. Frequencies in the UHF range propagate by means

of which of the following?

Ans: PCM

Ans: Forwards requests to local or remote resource

hosts

24. Data services that provide the capacity necessary to

transmit appropriate data signals between two access
points.

36. What is the modulation rate of the CCITT V.26

modem?

Ans: Bearer Services

Ans: 1200 bauds

25. A feature of PCS that notifies users that they have

voice mail messages.

37. The distance between the two antennas of a

geostationary satellite system is 22,300 miles and is
operating at a downlink frequency of 12.2 GHz, what is
the free space loss in dB?

Ans: Message Waiting Indicator (MWI)

26. The center of a network which is based on a star
TOPOLOGY.

Ans: 205 dB

Ans: Hub

38. It covers links between satellites and fixed earth

stations.

27. ____ is the central office for mobile switching.

Ans: Fixed Satellite service (FSS)

Ans: MTSO

39. Maximum Ethernet segment length for thick wire.

28. It is fictitious resistance that dissipates as much

power as an antenna is radiating if it were connected to
the same transmission line.

Ans: 500 m

Ans: radiation resistance

29. The published rates, regulations, and descriptions
governing the provision of communications service for
public use.
Ans: Tariff
30. Provide post equalization to the received analog
signal.

40. You are measuring noise in a voice channel at a-4

dB test point level, the meter reads -73 dBm, convert the
reading into dBrnCO.
Ans: 21
41. AMPS is the short for ____, an analog cellular
standard developed in the USA and primarily employed
there and in Asia-Pacific.
Ans: Advanced Mobile Phone System
42. Antenna that is not properly terminated

Ans: Adaptive equalizers

Ans: Non-resonant
31. One of the reasons why FDM is being replaced by
TDM
Ans: Noise is amplified with voice when an FDM system
is used

43. Noise that is generated from our galaxy.

Ans: galactic noise

32. ______ is the measurement of unilateral antenna

properties of directivity.

44. Electrical noise inherent to a particular device,

circuit, or system that remains when no other signal is
present.

Ans: beamwidth

Ans: background noise

33. In a klystron amplifier, velocity modulation of the

electron beam is produced by the

45. Which is not a method of data compression?

Ans: Winzip

Ans: catcher cavity

46. Typical ac signal drive for a 19-in. picture tube.
34. Refers to a type of beam antenna that uses two or
more straight elements arranged in line with each other.

Ans: 140 Vp-p

Ans: Yagi antenna

47. This is a requirement for linearity:

35. A type of array antenna which consists of one halfwave driven dipole, one reflector and one director.

?
?
?
?

Ans: Yagi-Uda

homogeneity
additivity
shift invariance
all of these (Correct Answer)

48. If the bandwidth is 3000 Hz and the S/N ratio of

1024, the expected channel capacity of the line
according to Shannon's theorem is about:
Ans: 30,000 bps
49. When an antenna is loaded, its physical length
remains unchanged but increases the effectiveness of
the electrical length. What is (are) the technique(s) used
in loading ?
Ans: Loading coil
50. Known as the Cellular Mobile Telecommunication
System Policy, issued last November 11, 1992.
Ans: DOTC Mem. Cir. No. 92-269

The interfering beat freq 920 Khz is b/w the 3.58

Mhz chroma subcarrier and 4.5 Mhz sound carrier
IS-95 CDMA
- Has a data rate of 1.23Mbps
- uses QPSK (DSSS)
N CONNECTOR
The connector w/c has the lowest attenuation at UHF
START/STOP MODE
A mode of transmission used in public data network
wherein the data transferred from the source to the
network then to the destination using asynchronous data
protocol
MODAL DISPERSION
Is not a cause of coupling mismatch
ABSORPTION AND RAYLEIGH SCATTERING
Dominant loss mechanism for silica fiber

COACHING
COMMUNICATIONS I
SYNCHRONOUS DATA TRANSMISSION
Uses the principle of handshaking
BIT RATE OF V.22
1200 kbps
BIT RATE OF V.90
56 kbps

MERIDIANAL
Light rays w/c pass through the longitudinal axis of a
fiber core
CELOTEX
Has the highest absorption coefficient for sound waves
GLASS
Has the best optical characteristics and least loss

3m

Rigid metal conduits shall have at least every

BIT RATE OF V.34

33.6 kbps

A shadow mask of a picture tube has 3 cathodes

BIT RATE OF V.32

9.6 kbps

Signals received from satellites exhibit fairly

rapid pulse fading effect because the satellite is rotating

BIT RATE OF GPRS

172.22 kbps

Reducing the aperture of the camera iris

diameter to 1/ (2)1/2 reduces the light to

IS-95 CDMA
- bit rate of 1.23 Mbps

In analog CMTS (AMPS), the narrow band

control channel w/c uses 395 duplex voice channels is
channel 21

BLUETOOTH
- has data rate of 72 kbps
- has ISM freq range of 2.402 2.480 Ghz

The diagonal screen measurement of 17CPU

picture tube is 17in

802.11b
IEEE standard for Wi Fi

Wireless 3G system can increase its network

capacity by 70 percent compared to a lower wireless
system

525 HORIZONTAL SCANNING LINES

number of scanning lines in the raster of the picture tube
for NTSC

It takes 1.56 microseconds to scan 12.5 pixels

It takes 0.125 microseconds to scan 1 pixel

3.5 MHz
typical frequency for FM signal in VCR recording
PHASE SHIFT KEYING
Type of angle modulation wherein the input signal
voltage is in digital binary form
PRE-EMPHASIS

Limits noise distortion by converting PM to FM

A type of cassette type also known as the chrome type

LOCAL OSCILLATOR
Tunes the channels in the receiver

VOIP
Is a value added service

DISCRIMINATOR
Used as the 2nd detector of a Doppler radar

ENHANCED SERVICES
Improve the quality and/or functionality of services
ordinarily offered by local exchange and inter exchange
operators

2ND ANODE
the most positive element in the tv picture tube

SOLAR CYCLE
Repeats every 11 yrs

RADIATION RESISTENCE
Equal to radiated power / current2
RADIATION FIELD
Field surrounding the antenna w/c does not collapse
back into the antenna rather is radiated into space

BURST NOISE
Another name for pop corn noise
HECTOMETRIC WAVES
Wavelength of the MF band

DIRECTIVITY GAIN
Direction of gain in one of the major lobes of the
radiation pattern

NYQUIST SAMPLING THEOREM

Fs >= 2Famax

NOISE MARGIN
Measurement of
characteristics

VOR/DME
A ground based navigation system w/c has a center freq
of 108 118 MHz

comparison

for

amplitude

noise

BELL SYSTEMS SELECTIVE CALLING

Is an example of asynchronous data protocol
EYES AND SKIN
Parts of the body w/c are most sensitive to laser

PHOSPHORUS
Coating in the picture tube that . when struck by an
electron beam

BAND STOP FILTER

Attenuates a certain freq band but passes frequencies
below and above that band
525 HORIZONTAL LINES
are developed in the raster of a TV screen in the NTSC
standard

COMMUNICATIONS II

OSCILLOSCOPE
Device used to make a modulated envelope visible

Whenever a conduit enters a box or any

enclosure, bashing, shall be provided to protect the wire
from abrasion

CABLE SPLICING AND SIMPLICITY

Not an advantage of fiber optics

An SSB transmitter has 2 mixers

A black and white TV has 2 oscillators

OPTIMUM WORKING FREQUENCY

Freq commonly used in sky propagation because of its
low loss problem

The PCMs biggest disadvantage is its large

bandwidth requirement

For an SSB transmitter, the average power is

1/4 to 1/3 of the peak envelope power

Filter method of generating SSB uses 1

balanced modulator
HELMHOLTZ RESONATOR
A resonant acoustic device consisting of air cavity
connected to a larger space by a small opening or neck
SOUND PRESSURE

When the distance b/w the source and listener

triples, the sound intensity is reduced to 1/9

For a 128 bits Hamming code, n = 8

VLP
Uses laser light for playback

FSK
A constant amplitude angle modulation wherein the
modulating signal is a binary signal that varies b/w two
discrete voltage levels rather than a continuously
changing analog waveform
DIFFERENTIAL PSK

TYPE 2

The binary input information is contained in the

difference b/w two successive signaling elements rather
than the absolute phase

1/2

The fundamental frequency of a binary square is

VHF
Freq range used in LOS propagation

DIATONIC
An acoustic scale wherein all intervals are constant

Q AND I AMPLITUDE
Determines the purity of the color

GENETICS
Term in rf radiation w/c refers to damage of cells
LOUDNESS
Dependent upon the distance b/w the listener and the
source

HELICAL ANTENNA
Can transmit/ receive TEM wave polarized in any
direction
MODULATION FREQUENCY
Determine the rate of freq swing of an FM broadcast
transmitter

PL 259
A UHF connector
ERLANG C
Traffic model based on the assumption, that calls not
immediately satisfied at the first attempt are held in the
system until it is satisfied

FLUTTER ECHO
Consists of a rapid succession of noticeable echoes
RIBBON
a microphone w/c uses a magnet

NADIR
NUMBER OF LINES ON THE SCREEN
Determines the maximum number of vertical picture
elements
AWG # 19
Commonly used telephone wire

50
average maximum data rate of fiber optics
2G BYTES
digital communication achievable w/a step index single
mode fiber
120 OHMS
not a common transmission line impedance

WiMAX
IEEE 802.16

JAMES CLERK MAXWELL

Electromagnetic radiation

CONVERTER
Divides the character code into several channels
CHARACTER SYNCHRONIZATION
Type of synchronization wherein the beginning and the
end of a character is identified

QUAM
Transmission of 2 separate info signals using 2 AM
carriers that have the same freq but are 900 out of
phase

L- BAND
Used in navigation,
aeronautics

METAL FILM
A resistor w/a flicker noise voltage range of .02 to .2
microvolts

marine

communications

and

MPEG-3
Motion Picture Experts Group 1, audio layer 3

DiVX

An MPEG-4 based video compression uses

A TV picture tube has 2.2 gamma

T in 10BASET, refers to the type of cable used

RADOME
A structure made from a plastic like material that
encloses the complete antenna assembly
RADIO TELEGRAPHY
Uses FSK as its modulation technique
FREQUENCY INSTABILITY
Disadvantage of a single tube transmitter

When a loop of the PLL is locked, the frequency

difference detected by the phase detector is 00

ANECHOIC ROOM
Room wherein the boundaries absorbed effectively the
incident sound

Equalizing pulses pf TV are sent during the

vertical blanking

INFRARED
Within the visible freq range
GYRO FREQUENCY

The period of the wave freq is equal to the time reqd for
one complete revolution about the earths magnetic field
axis
MICROSTRIP
A microwave transmission line that is used with printed
circuits
What is the frequency of pure tone of sound being used
as standard in testing - 1000Hz

The only Layer existing at night - F2

The normally available chracteristic impedance of
coaxial cable are 75 ohms and _____ - 50 Ohms
Average absorption for a person - 4.7 sabines
In telephony, the M88 loading coil is place with interval
of ____ ft - 900

Another term for BW efficiency - Information Density

Color subcarrier of channel 5 - 80.83 MHz
What is the reference standard test tone normally used
when it is indicated as zero dBm
When sound wave is converted to electric wave by a
microphone, what is the frequency of electric wave - 258000Hz
Transmission that uses connecting medium
multichannel device - Broadband transmission

A single sideband reduced carrier emission type - R3E

Period of single time slot of GSM - TDMA lot structure 577
Microseconds
Perceptible repetition of sound echo
produce

AM

at

very

Textcode that uses 16 bit long coded words Unicode

Letters and numbers designation of a carrier and a SB H3E

as

What formula is used to calculate the overall noise

performance of amplifier - Friis Formula

Component used to
frequencies Diode

Microphone that has a Z output Crystal

Percentage of primary color of color TV needed to

produce the biggest white - 30%red, 59%green,
11%blue
In data communications, for FSK, bit rate is _____ to its
baud rate equal
High Frequencies are - affected by the solar cycle
Transmitter power output is single sideband is
expressed in terms of PEP
Component in Telephone systems whose primary
function is to interface the handset to local loop Induction coil

high

Reference Noise temperature in degree Celsius 17

What type of secondary detector is used in AM Diode

Ground waves eventually disappears as one moves
away from the transmitter, because of ____ = Tilting

Super frequency high range - 3-30GHz

Frequency of color burst - 3.58MHz

What refers to the direction of the electric field vectors in

space polarization

In Biased function, how many significant sidebands are

there in FM if its modulation index is 1.0 3

When was the first stowager step by step switched used

1897

The time when FET is ON is called acquisition

What is the fluctuation in signal frequency in the receiver

Fading

Characteristic of sound related to sonic time pattern

Rhythm

Diffraction of electromagnetic waves - occurs around

edges of sharp obstacles

Period of a visible H race - 53.5 microseconds

Typical PBX configuration is - star topology
Does not fall under the optical spectrum - Gamma Rays
Advantage of a high level modulated AM transmitter Higher Value of operating power
A cable that uses 100-1000 Mbps ethernet installation
uses ____ cable ISTP
A double sideband full carrier emission type - A3E

Antenna which uses the ground as port of its resonant

circuit Marconi
Most people receive unconscious in sound level of ____
dB - 6-10
The Frequency range of fiber optics system - 100-1000
THz

The wavelength of visible spectrum is in the range of 0.4 -0.8 microns

Modulated system employed by the European cordless

telephone GPSK

The signal varies in between 3 levels - bipolar code

Device that displays state signal of many lines

simultaneously Local Analyzer

Stage in broadcast transmitter which is normally class Cmodulated amplifier

Grounding system of AM broadcast tower radiator can

be improve by placing radial wire called Counterpoise

How many pins does a RS 232 have 25

In Data communications circuit, synchronous data format

is used in _____ synchronization Bit

Who first proposed the microwave telephone via satellite

- Arthur Clarke
Other term for MPEG - 7 - Multimedia Content
Description Interface

The data signaling channel in cellular system that

handles administrative overheads is known as ____
channel Paging
How many groups are there in supermaster group 75

IEEE standard for bluetooth - 802.15

Global specification for wireless LAN 802.11b
It can be used both recording and playback VHF
Ground wave communications is more effective at what
frequency range 300 to 3 MHz
Any point on the spherical waveform may be a source of
a secondary spherical wavefront Huygens Principle

Primary specification of optical fiber cable expressed as

loss in dB/Km Attenuation
Width of V Blanking pulse 1333 sec
Width of H Blanking pulse 10.2 sec

Term used for Jitter above 10Hz Wander

Boolean function expressed as sum of min terms and
product of ax terms are in what form Canonical
At very high frequency, transmission lines act as
Antenna
How many voice channels are there in DS-2 digital
signal hierarchy of TDM signals 96

Among visible lines of green, blue, yellow, orange, which

have the longest wavelength Orange
In FSK, the rate of change of frequency at the input of
the modulator is _____ - Bit Rate
Prevents aural RF from entering the video transmitter
and vice versa Diplex
Not an application of PLL Am Discriminator

Portions of the tv signal that is used to synchronize the

video formation in the recorder tape Vertical Tape
Noise measured from tip to ring terminals of a network
shall be ____DBRNCO 15
Other term for optical density Radiant Flux
Microwave antenna formed from circular waveguide
Conical Horn Antenna
What causes attenuation in waveguides Walls of the
waveguide
Measure of threshold of hearing Hearing Level
What is a non continuous noise of irregular pulse Jitter
Limit of maximum capacity of a channel given a noise
level Shannon Hartley Theorem
Speed of light in air compared to speed of light in glass
is Higher

GPRS uplink data rate 14 Kbps

COMMUNICATIONS

1meter approximate length of ?/2 radiating

antenna at 150MHz

13 kbps speech coding rate of GSM

19 kHz pilot subcarrier freq of commercial

stereo FM

52sec time duration of 1 horizontal trace in

TV

75% - blanking level for negative transmission

800nm wavelength of a light wave of

8000Angstrom

AFC purpose help maintain steady LO

frequency

Noise immunity advantage of digital over

analog transmission

Will not produce sound in headset connecting

directly across the tuner in a simple am radio receiver --
Aspect ratio ratio of screen width with height

Ambiphony in acoustics, a method of adjusting

reverberation by means of loudspeaker feedback system


B channel an ISDN channel that is projected to
carry electronic mails at a transmission rate of 4.8
64kbps

Around the tube face makikita ang degaussing

coil

TDMA most used multiple access system sa

Satellite Comms

Insufficient picture width effect pag may weak

horizontal amplifier

Refraction bending of radio wave from high

density to low density

Refraction - bending of light wave due to

change in velocity as a result of traveling from one
medium to the other

Information capacity no. of independent

sidebands that can be carried out through the comm.
System

Presentation layer that access and structures

messages for the application layer

Trellis coding use convolutional coding

technique

Discrete code bar codes are omnipresent

black and white striped stickers. Code 39 is an example
of --- type of bar code

Equal to the Zo of the line if the transmitted

power is absorbed by the load, characteristic impedance
is --
0.01micron equal sa 1Angstrom

Twice no. of times per second magsend ang

mobile station ng requirement report sa BSC

3.58MHz second IF value of color for TV

640 x 480 pixels progressive ibig sabihin ng

480pixel format

5 times as much info ng present NTSC TV ang

High definition TV picture

Increase of 50% - sa transmitted power pag ang

modulation index ay nag vary from 0 to 1

Rest frequency frequency of unmodulated

carrier

Balanced detector detector na hindi ginagamit

sa mobile

Resonant frequency of tuner determines the

channel

93O to avoid reflection, the load impedance

used to terminate RG62 is compared as --
?/2 vertical antenna antenna used for radiating
AM broadcast band

Antenna height the recommended 120 radial of

AM broadcasting tower and to improve ground
conductivity should be equal to --
RF amplifier major element na hindi laging
nakikita sa lahat ng superheterodyne

FM pre modulation system most noise

resistant

Midday most ionized ang E region

Independent Sideband Emission B8E form of

modulation

Troposcatter beyond horizon propagation

Twice it is 100% modulation, if --- the

maximum unmodulated carrier

4 no. of facsimile divisions set by ITU

Luminescence radiation of light in TV picture

as it is excited

Space division multiplexing oldest and

simplest kind of multiplexing

Carrier is transmitted if a balance system is

not properly balanced,

Faradays effect reason why helical antenna

are often used for vhf tracking

Firewire bus that connects peripheral devices

to microcomputer

Packet smallest block of data that is

transmitted over the network

4MHz guardband between transponder

channels for commercial C-band in satellite comms

0.04micron wavelength of violet ray of light

3100 carrier frequency of super group 10 in

L600 master group

Adding undoped or intrinsic layer between P and

N semiconductor to increase sensitivity and response
time of photodiode

Newton second per cubic meter unit of

characteristic impedance

Branch circuit capacitors capacitors that are

after final overcurrent device and before load served

10-30km maximum distance between

repeaters

28dB in catv, the minimum terminals isolation

per subscriber

16dB in catv, RF output terminal match in fm

460m Loran position accuracy

Bit-oriented
protocol

achieves
code
transparency with frequency

Sync analyzer not a major component of

cooler tv receiver

Low pass filter filter used to demodulate PAM

signal

Ampere per meter SI unit of magnetic field

intensity

Numerical aperture figure of merit used to

measure light gathering or light colleting ability of optical
fiber

Interface reduction a sound of separation

distance between two co-channels and cell radius is
known as co-channel --
Lower index of refraction of glass to water is -
Dipole technical equivalent of ?/4 which is
open- circuited

Attract electrons in the picture tube purpose of

large picture tube voltage

Nothing in a TV broadcast station that is

transmitting but not modulating, a receiver tuned to its
frequency hears --
Glass fiber core optical fiber with smallest
bandwidth

Carrier oscillator BPF of SSB receiver

1 mV maximum output voltage of magnetic

microphone

30 GHz largest frequency that can be

generated By IMPATT microwave diode oscillator

96 kHz suppressed carrier freq of channel 4 of

a group using FDM telephony


F-7 type among connectors and transmission
lines for coax, it is the least expensive and widely used
for tv, vcrs and catv

Two no. of transistors in cmos inverter

16 16kHz audible freq detected by human

ear

16:9 aspect ratio of hdtv

70MHz most common IF carrier freq

300 3400 freq range used for telephony

200,000 hours lifetime of LED

Distortion and splatter

Equal to zero if no power to transmission

system, VSWR is --
Phasing method and filter method used for
suppressing sideband

Cosine MPEG 2 video compression used

discrete --- transform algorithm

D layer layer that is present in morning only

Poke through system where cable and or

wires are placed with in ceiling space and poke up
through the fire- resistant floor to the next room of office
above

Bandwidth of tuner determined by the highest

frequency component of the modulated signal

Greater power gain- advantage of series

modulation

White noise achieved when correctly

terminated but without traffic

Knife- edge diffraction when skywave passes

over a mountain ridge, a small part of the signal is
diffracted down the far end of the mountain

Vinton Cerf father of internet

1000 meters optical fiber cable length with

lowest attenuation

300,000 holes shadow mask for color tv

Limiter in fm, it eliminates variation in

amplitude

Header raceway of cross section with or first

below the floor and transmitter

Two - in cmts, the interfering signal strength is

approximately --- percent of the desired signal strength
to ensure negligible interference

12W maximum instantaneous peak power if

pep=6W

Four minimum no. of sections of

communication systems

290K reference temperature for noise analysis

Sabine unit for sound absorption

6.3 heater voltage for tv

Celotex highest absorption coefficient for

sound wave

Foster-Seeley, Quadrature and PLL types of

fm demodulators

56 degrees A solid microwave parabolic

antenna / reflector maximum axial or thrust force to the
wind load occur at a wind angle of --- for normal

600 mV maximum power of Class I telephone

system

4.5 MHz frequency separation of positive and

negative transmission
Velocity factor of transmission lines - 0.9

The most used light source for

communications injection laser diode

fiber

optic

Which one is used for optic fiber communications

semiconductor laser
Which circuit connects the Private branch exchange
(PBX) tie trunk
In delta modulation which causes the most error in
output slope overload
What is the figure of merit or modulation degree of FSK
h-factor
In satellite communications frequency hopping is the
same as - CDMA
What is multi accessing technique which is transmitted
on the same freq and is not limited to any order time
using encryption CDMA
Which system
XMODEM

uses checksum

error detection

An SNA is ____ - Hierarchy topology

An OS system in a group of buildings NOVELL system
A rapid succession of echos flutter echos
Instrument used to measure
ionosphere - ionosonde

the

height

of

the

1A- 10-10m
Light intensity candela
Voice channel of mastergroup 600
Pipelining fetching another instruction as soon as the
instruction is sent
A small distribution - SMATV
A system in april 2002 which is for low power
consumption low data rates, security called IEEE
802.15.4 Zigbee
Color of combination of weak green weak blue and weak
red gray
When an overmodulation or distortion occurs and
additional sidebands are produced splatter
When you pass into a too narrow filter amplifier filter
ringing
When too load sound weakens or cancels a sound
masking
Made up of Pb or lead oxide Plumbicon

Persistence effect in which decay is less than __

percent of the maximum value 1

WISP wireless internet service provider is used to

provide internet access to cafes, hotels, motels
operates in 11mbps

Synchronous modems are more expensive than

asynchronous modem because it requires a clock
recovery synchronization

CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet Data) is the oldest analog

cellulartransmission over analog voice channel has a
rate 19.2mbps

A transmitted receive clock free running at same speed

asynchronous

Flicker noise pink noise

Flicker noise inversely proportional to frequency

Mpeg 4 is a DIVX
In digital system ____ is used in PAM Low pass filter
Which is the least lagging Plumbicon
Standard terrestial digital tv transmission 8-V.58
What is the dark current of Vidicon 0.2 ua
What is the decay time of TV picture tube 5ms
Anode capacitance of TV picture glass envelope
2000pf

Data rate for terrestial digital tv transmission to provide

with sufficient sychronization and error correction 32.28mbps
In telephony, wire used
170ohms/100miles AW #22

for

local

loop

with

Data rate of 3G in a moving vehicle 144kbps

GPRS 172.2kbps
Data rate of 3G in slow pedestrian 284kbps

What single digital

transmitting SDH

network

for

processing

and

Area directly above the vertical antenna curve of

silence

WiFi data rate 11-56Mbps

Used in modem - PSK
Wimax theoretical maximum distance 50 km
Maximum current in marconi base
Wimax practical distance 2-5mi
Wimax data rate 500kbps 8mbps

Sound heard in a room from another room through the

wall flanking

Antenna in itself self oscillation Hertz

Absorption of a man 4.7 sabines

Hertz antenna operate above ___ - 2mhz

Speed of bluetooth technology 72kbps

Phase difference of 1/8? antenna 135 degrees

Bit transparency by frequency bisinc

Antenna dish that is elliptical in form Gregorian Fed

Biphase coding coding used for satellite telemetry

A ribbon microphone is a pressurized granule

Out of control oscillation singing

Protocol which allows for PC pheripherals or other

electronic devices to communicate or interoperate
SWAP (Standard Wireless access protocol)

What is the voltage drop. To the load 5%

108-114mhz- not used by tv

Noise generated when signal passes to filter when

coefficient or other parameters changes to adapt
Zipper noise

has highest directivity with same size parabolic

Links the two host receives and process information

session layer

Data rate of SMSI fiber optic- 2GBPS

Clarke use of microwave satellite for tv

Divx mpeg 4 compression technique

Transmission in 10 mbps 100 mbps ISDN
Noise on transistors- shot noise
Class II cellular power ratings 1.6 watts
CDMA wide bandwidth spread sprectrum using
crypted codes

Random spikes of voltages that appear as noise jitter

Jitter above 10hz - wander
Actual minimum wavelength of antenna one quarter
wavelength
Characters which are more frequently used have lesser
bits Huffman coding

X.75 - protocol used to connect after the packet

switching network.
internet protocol - software that prepares a packet of
data
yellow - with highest luminance.
10Gbps - data rate in fiber optics.
8kbps - bit rate of TDMA.

Physical and date ling Bridge

class X - not a class of laser radiation.
What is transferring Universal Transverse Acceleration UTC
Optical fiber 800thz 10gbps

500kpbs to 8Mbps - data rate of WiMax.

2500 ohms - impedance of half-wave antenna at open
ends.

Ethernet CSMA/CD 10mbps

marconi - antenna used in cars for mobile phones.
RG-11 is used in thick Ethernet
TDM 8kbps

compressibility - the propagation velocity of longitudinal

waves
depends on the ___ of the medium.

IS-95 CDMA 1.23mbps

v.22 1200kbps

1.6 - the ERP of class II cellular mobile phone normally

used to GSM
system is ___ watts.

v.90 56kbps
8000 Ix - minimum illumination recommended for
reading.

32 - the electronic serial number (ESN) assigned at the

factory of
cellular mobile phone has ___ bits.

scatter angle - in tropospheric scatter propagation,

attenuation
depends on ___.

10 pulse/sec - rate of pulse dialling.

call lost of 5% - the grade of service is P = 0.05

10.2 microsec - time alloted for horizontal retrace in tv.

shading of rf signal by hills and trees - a mobile phone is

experiencing a 'dead' area reception due to ___.

300 to 3400 Hz - standard analog tv channel bandwidth.

local oscillator - circuit that accompanies the mixer.

hierarchical topology - typical SNA topology.

light is emitted in many directions - not an advantage of
planar
heterojunction LED over planar diffuse LED.
induction field - portion of field energy that does not
collapse back
to the antenna ans id therefore limited to the zone
immediately
surrounding the antenna.
discriminator - demodulation of sound signal in TV is
accomplished by ___.

green - beam that passes straight through (CRT).

modulated - 400Hz is transmitted on an AM station
operationg at 590Hz;
400Hz is not the ___ freq.
1.3 micron - fiber optic wavelength used because of its
attenuation null.
product of bit rate and distance - fiber optic performance
(is
measured as).

ARQ - error control of high frequency radio data

transmission.

bandwidth -

transmission loss - aka signal reduction index.

no sideband - AM transmitter without modulating signal.

scanning line - horizontal sync pulse occurs every ___.

no noise discrimination - disadvantage of slope detection

in FM.

better image rejection dichroic - mirror that reflects only one light and passes
all others.

concave - must be avoided because this results to

undesired focusing
of sound.
keyed AGC is AGC used in tv receivers.

DNI COACHING
isothermal - constant temperature system.
ELECTRONICS SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES
matrix - combining circuit in TV.
IS-95 - uses CDMA.
travelling wave tube - microwave tube, linear.
peak envelope - output power of SSB is expressed? as
___ power.
phon - measure of loudness of time compared to 1kHz
tone.

Shape factor is a measure of _______. SKIRT

STEEPNESS
Ducts are often formed over ______. BODIES OF
WATER
A class of bias that produces the least harmonics.
CLASS A
To raise the power level of AM signals, the class used is
______. CLASS A

crystal radio receiver - first radio receiver.

SSB modulation is classified as. AM
CDMA - in satellite comms, frequency hopping.
heterodyning - process of product detection.

What will a normal AM receiver

unmodulated RF AC wave? NOTHING

detect

in

an

gray - weak red, weak green, weak blue.

New access for 3G mobile telephony. WCDMA

flicker - device noise where intensity decreases with

frequency.

In a single-gun color CRT, what electron beam travels

straight through the tube? GREEN

PCM - not a continuous wave modulation.

The person who laid out the theory of acoustics for

buildings. W.C. SABINE

45.75MHz - IF, TV NTSC standard.

notch antenna - open-end slot antenna.
intelligibility - measure of info content of speech signal
that can be
understood correctly.

The number of scanned lines per frame in the raster on

the picture tube. 525
The time the FET in on. ACQUISITION
The advantage of a high level AM modulator is.
HIGHER LEVEL OF OPERATING POWER

hydrophone - underwater acoustic pressure sensor.

mu-law - US standard 1544kbps 24-channel PCS.

The letter and number designation of a carrier and a

single side band. H3E

network layer - layer for end-to-end accountability

through network.

Uses the principle of handshaking.

SYNCHRONOUS DATA TRANSMISSION

yellow-green - part of visible spectrum where the camera

pickup has
the greatest output.

The bit rate of V.22. 1200 Kbps

radiation pattern - indication of radiated field strength

around the
antenna.

The bit rate of V.34. 33.6 Kbps

acoustic intensity - acoustic energy flowing per unit (?)

measured per
unit of time.

The bit rate of GPRS. 172.22 Kbps

The bit rate of V.90. 56 Kbps

The bit rate of V.32. 9.6 Kbps

IS-95 CDMA has a bit rate of. 1.23 Mbps

The date rate of Bluetooth is ______. 72 Kbps

An ______ chamber is often used to test microwave

antennas. ANECHOIC CHAMBER

Bluetooth has an ISM frequency range of ______.

2.402 2.480 GHz

Commonly used for subscriber loop design. AWG # 19

IEEE standard for Wi-Fi. 802.11b

UHF connector PL-259

It takes ______
MICROSECONDS

to

scan

12.5

pixels.

1.56

Who profounded electromagnetic radiation theory?

JAMES CLERK MAXWELL

It takes ______ to scan 1 pixel. 0.125 s

The aspect ratio of HDTV is. 16:9

The interfering beat frequency 920 KHz is between the

3.58 MHz chroma subcarrier and 4.5 MHz sound carrier

The unit of magnetic field intensity. AMPERE / METER

Uses checksum as an error detection system. XMODEM

The average absorption of a person is ______.

4.7 SABINES

Unit of sound absorption. SABINES

MEDIAN

KNIFE EDGE DIFFRACTION

The most common light generator in fiber optics.

INJECTION LASER DIODE

A device that prevents aural RF to mix with the video.

DIPLEXER

The brightness of light source is called its luminous

intensity, whose unit is. CANDELA

What is the lifetime of LEDs? 200,000 HOURS

What is the lifetime of ILDs? 50,000 HOURS

An instrument for measuring the layer in the ionosphere

used for wave propagation. IONOSONDE
Instrument that normally measures the virtual height of
ionosphere. IONOSONDE
The cause of attenuation in microwave guides.
GUIDE WALLS

The characteristic impedance of coaxial cables are

usually available in 75O and 50 ?
The minimum illumination recommended for reading is
______. 800 lx
The quality in sound that corresponds to color in light.
PITCH

Typical IF frequency. 70MHz

Not a typical line impedance. 120 O

It is not a continuous wave modulation.

PULSE CODE MODULATION (PCM)

The most common and most affordable cable connector.

F-7

Who founded the wave theory of light?

CHRISTIAN HUYGEN

Filter used for demodulating PAM. LPF

A large emission of hydrogen from the sun that effects

communications. SOLAR FLARES

Made of plastic and is used to protect the antenna

assembly from wind and snow loading. RADOME
What does MP3 mean?
MOTION PICTURE EXPERTS GROUP 1, AUDIO
LAYER 3
Number of mixers in a SSB receiver. 2
High frequency transmission lines act as a ______.
ANTENNA

The solar cycle repeats the period of great electrical

disturbance approximately every ______. 11 YEARS
What sound characteristic relates to sonic time pattern?
RHYTHM
What do you call the perceptible sound repetition?
ECHO

Measure of loudness; equal to 40 phons. SONE

What theorem set a limit on the maximum capacity of a

channel w/ a given noise level?
SHANNON-HARTLEY THEOREM

A room which absorbs efficiently all incident sound

wave. ANECHOIC ROOM

What does NIF stand for? NOISE IMPROVEMENT

FACTOR
The third symbol of emission is ______.

THE TYPE OF INFORMATION TO BE TRANSMITTED

The ITU designation for Double Sideband Full Carrier.

A3E

What is the term used to describe a spread spectrum

communications system where the center frequencies of
a conventional carrier is altered many times per second
in accordance w/ a pseudo-random list of channels?
FREQUENCY HOPPING

The ideal time for trans-equatorial signal propagation.

AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING

In cellular system, the average lead time to install a new

base station is approximately? 6 MONTHS TO 1 YEAR

Each point on a spherical waveform maybe a source of a

secondary spherical wavefront. HUYGENS PRINCIPLE

At one atmospheric pressure, what is the approx speed

of sound in steel? 5150 m / s

A component in the telephone set that has the primary

function of compensating for the local loop length.
VARISTOR

Atmospheric attenuation is due to ______.

WATER VAPOR AND OXYGEN

Single Sideband Reduced Carrier. R3E

Shadow mask for TV has approximately ______ holes.

300,000
The type of core used in PCS fiber. GLASS
Which of
the following is used as a high-power
microwave oscillator? MAGNETRON
Which of the following permits a microwave signal to
travel in one direction with virtually no loss, but severely
attenuates any signal attempting to travel in the reverse
direction? ISOLATOR

Satellite orbits around the earth are ______ orbits.

ELLIPTICAL OR CIRCULAR
What is affected by the distance between the listener
and the source of the sound because the intensity varies
inversely with the square of the distance? LOUDNESS
Comparing the capacities of a DVD and an ordinary CD,
DVD is ______ times bigger than CD. 5 TIMES
What causes MUF to vary? THE AMOUNT OF
RADIATION RECEIVED FROM THE SUN
Impedance matching ratio of coaxial balun. 4:1

The smallest beam of a satellite antenna radiation

pattern. SPOT BEAM
A satellite beam that covers almost 42.4% of the earths
surface. GLOBAL BEAM

A continuous tone generated by the combination of

frequencies 350Hz to 440Hz used in telephone sets.
CALL WAITING TONE

Fiber optic cables operate at frequencies near ______.

800 THz

A component in the telephone set that has the primary

function of interfacing the handset to the local loop.
INDUCTION COIL

Distortion enhances intelligibility when an __________ is

added. EXCITER

A telephone wire that connects 2 central offices.

TRUNK LINE

Consists of a rapid succession of noticeable echoes.

FLUTTER ECHO

A special service circuit connecting 2 private branch

exchanges (PBX). TIE TRUNK

The type of emission that suffer most from selective

fading. FM AND DOUBLE SIDEBAND AM

When was the 1st Strowger step-by-step switch used?

1897

Which component is used to produce AM at very high

frequencies? PIN DIODE

The first symbol of emission is. THE TYPE OF

MODULATION OF THE MAIN CARRIER

______ is measured on a circuit when it is correctly

terminated but does not have any traffic. WHITE NOISE

The second symbol of emission is. THE NATURE OF

SIGNALS MODULATING THE MAIN CARRIER

What is the amount of sound reduction provided by

barriers, wall, floor, or ceiling, called? TRANSMISSION
LOSS

The maximum ground resistance in an equipment

installation as required by Volume 1 of the Philippine
Electronic Code (Safety Code) is ______. 5 O

What is the velocity of sound in wood? 3300 m / s

One of the reasons why FDM is being replaced by TDM

is ______. NOISE IS AMPLIFIED WITH VOICE WHEN
FDM IS USED

Which of the following is NOT an acoustical defect to be

avoided in acoustical designs? REVERBERATION

What kind of receiver is used in conventional telephone

handset? ELECTROMAGNETIC

Tropospheric
scatter is a method of sky wave
propagation for which of the following frequency bands?
300 MHz TO 3 GHz

Low-power radar uses ______. IMPATT

Code widely used for compression in which the most
commonly used characters contain the fewest bits and
the less commonly used characters contain the most
bits. It is a source code whose average word length
approaches the fundamental limit set by the entropy of a
discrete memoryless source. HUFFMAN CODE OR
CODING
The allowable deviation
broadcast. 5

ratio of

commercial FM

The antenna effective height is ______ of the actual

height. -
What is the end impedance of a half wave dipole? 2500
?
Impedance of the half wave dipole. 73 ohms
What device measures the angle between 2 radio
frequencies and also the direction of propagation of a
wave? GONIOMETER

What frequencies do oxygen cause excessive

attenuation? 60 GHz
What is the signal-to-noise ratio required for satisfactory
telephone service? 50 dB

The american concert pitch A is equivalent to _____.

440 Hz

The use of telecommunication for automatic indicating or

recording measurement at the distance from the
measuring instrument. TELEMETRY

Which standard recommends crosstalk limits? CCITT G.

151

What consists the front-end circuit of a VHF TV

superheterodyne receiver? LOCAL OSCILLATOR,
MIXER AND RF AMPLIFIER
What satellite subsystem monitors onboard conditions
such as temperature and battery voltage and transmits
this data to a ground station for analysis? TTC
What is the typical center frequency spacing between
adjacent channels in satellites? 40 MHz
What material is most often used for the outer covering
of coaxial cables? PVC
Defined as a figure of merit used to express the degree
of modulation achieved in an FSK modulator. H
FACTOR

The international pitch A is equivalent to ______. 435 Hz

Which standard is utilized in intermodulation noise rates

on PCM audio channels? CCITT REC. G. 172
What is the reference frequency of
phosphometric noise measurement? 800 Hz

CCITT

A range of microwave frequencies more easily passed

by the atmosphere than are the others is called a
______. WINDOW
Tropospheric scatter is used with frequencies in the
following range. UHF
The ground wave eventually disappears as one moves
away from the transmitter, because of ______. TILTING
In testing a transmitter, to prevent interfering with other
stations, which type of antenna must be used?
DUMMY ANTENNA

Which is considered as the fastest LAN topology? BUS

Typical speech power. 10 TO 1000 MICROWATTS
What is the other name for parity? VRC
What ferrite device can be used instead of duplexer to
isolate a microwave transmitter and receiver when both
are connected to the same antenna? CIRCULATOR
Optical fibers for telecommunications are typically about
______ mils thick and consist of a glass core, a glass
cladding of lower index of refraction, and a protective
coating. 5 MILS

Cellular phones transmit in the band from ______.

825 TO 845 MHz
Cellular phones receive in the band from ______.
870 TO 890 MHz
The range of a cellular CDMA system in miles. 13
MILES
SYN character of EBCDIC code. 32 H

A mechanism or device which enables the TV camera to

move in lateral and tilting motion. PAN / TILT DEVICE

What are the steps to follow to produce a PCM signal?

SAMPLING, QUANTIZING AND CODING

The time duration for one horizontal trace. 52 s

A type of transmission wherein data are inputted directly
on the cable. BASEBAND TRANSMISSION

A network operating system within several building in

compound. NOVELL NETWARE
What is the dielectric constant of PE insulator? 2.27
What is the typical velocity factor of an open-wire
transmission line? 0.9
What is the typical velocity factor of a twin-lead line? 0.8
Which does not fall under the optical spectrum?
GAMMA RAYS
In telephony, if the grade of service of your telephone
connection indicates 0.05, what does that mean?
5% LOST CALLS
The unit of pitch. MEL

A 3G wireless system can increase its network capacity

by ____ as compared to lower generation wireless
system. 70%
The ability to work properly in presence of strong signal
outside the band of interest. BLOCKING DYNAMIC
RANGE
A voice band of 400 Hz is to be transmitted in an AM
transmitter operating at 590 KHz. The 400 Hz voice
band is not the ______ signal. MODULATING
The ability to retain the original number and services
when moving to new location. LOCAL NUMBER
PORTABILITY
An open-ended slot antenna. NOTCH
Not an advantage of planar heterojunction LED over
planar diffusion LED. TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT

Which major component cannot be found in all

superheterodyne receivers? RF AMPLIFIERS
Used to solve overall noise figure. FRIIS FORMULA

Transequatorial propagation is best propagated during

____.
AFTERNOON or EARLY EVENING

Reference noise temperature. 17oC or 290 K

E-LAYER

Propagation beyond the horizon. TROPOSCATTER

The 2nd detector of AM. DIODE

Instrument used to view the envelope of an AM wave.

OSCILLOSCOPE

Doppler radar uses

DISCRIMINATOR

Used to make
OSCILLOSCOPE

Proposed the use of microwave phone by satellite.

ARTHUR CLARKE

modulated

envelope

visible.

_____

as

2nd

detector.

Component in FM receiver that removes amplitude

variations or rids FM noise. LIMITER

All power is absorbed when load impedance is equal to

______. ZL

Frequency band used for transmission by submarines.

ELF

120 radials equal to. ANTENNA HEIGHT

Test tone signal. 1000Hz

The current in a Marconi antenna is maximum at the

______. BASE

Reference tone level for dBa of F1A noise unit. -85 dBm

Caused by transverse nature of electromagnetic waves.

POLARIZATION

1000 Hz at ____ above listeners threshold of hearing in

loudness. 40 dB

Layer where the transmission of bits or data happens &

provides no detection error. PHYSICAL LAYER

A voice operated device that inserts a high loss in the

opposite direction of transmission of the talking party.
ECHO SUPRESSOR

Pre-modulation system most immune to noise. FM

Uncontrolled echo. SINGING
Another name for popcorn noise. BURST NOISE
?/2, 150 MHz = 1m LENGTH
Another name for pink noise. FLICKER NOISE
Example or consists of parasitic arrays. YAGI-UDA

Max. critical value of incident angle which light

propagates through the fiber. ACCEPTANCE ANGLE

Consists of arrays of dipoles in same phase from the

source. BROADSIDE ARRAY

Microphone that produces z output.

CRYSTAL MICROPHONE

Used to measure
HYDROPHONE

underwater

sound

pressure.

Movement of light wave form lower density to higher

density medium. REFRACTION

Difference between co-radial channels within the same

radius INTERFACE REDUCTION
SATELLITE CLOSET

Bending of light waves. REFRACTION

The modulation technique where the modulated wave is

always present. CONTINUOUS MODULATION

Introduction of a parity bit for error detection does not

necessarily mean. AUTOMATIC ERROR DETECTION

Frequency in the channel 4 group in FDM telephony. 96

KHz

Who is the father of internet? VINTON CERF

The width of a V blanking signal. 1333 s

Minimum
number
of
communications receiver. 4

sections

required

for

What is produced by weak red, weak blue and weak

green in the CRT. GRAY
Supports cables. CABLE TRAY
IEEE global standard for wireless LAN. 802.11b
Modulation technique used for European Cordless
Telephone. GFSK

The width of a H blanking signal. 10.2 s

The wavelength where there is attenuation null?
1.3 MICRONS
Camera tube
PLUMBICON

which

uses

Lead

Oxide

(PbO)?

An acoustic resonant cavity resonator where the air

cavity is connected to a larger space by a relatively small
opening or necking. HELMHOLTZ RESONATOR
IS-95

Uplink data rate for GPRS. 14 kbps

Not a function of PLL. AM DISCRIMINATOR

In satellite communications, frequency hopping is a form

of ______. CDMA

Among the colors blue, yellow, green and orange, which

has the longest wavelength? ORANGE

The frequency range

propagation. VHF

In April 2002, IEEE published its 802.16 standard for

Broadband Wireless Access also known as? Wi-MAX

Mirror which reflects one color and passes all the other
colors. DICHROIC

A figure of merit which refers to the light collecting or

gathering ability of optical fibers. NUMERICAL
APERTURE

Acoustic Interval where the intervals are exactly

constant. DIATONIC

most

effective

for

LOS

IEEE 802.15.4 also known as. ZIGBEE

The ______ is the sine of the angle of acceptance.
NUMERICAL APERTURE
An effect that occurs in the ear where a louder sound
can reduce or even stop the nerve voltage generated by
a weaker sound. MASKING
The signal where the receiver response of 2.4kHz in the
IF circuitry is optimum? SSB VOICE

The process required

HETERODYNING

for

product

detection.

SERIES MODULATION
Antenna with TEM radiated in all directions.
HELICAL ANTENNA

Audible frequency of the human ear. 16 Hz 16 KHz

The ratio of the reflected voltage to the forward traveling

voltage. REFLECTION COEFFICIENT

How many mixers are there in a SSB receiver? 2

MPEG-4 is also known as ____. DIVX

How many oscillators are there in a black and white TV

receiver? 2

Most common modulation technique used in radio

telegraphy. FSK

How many transistors are there in a CMOS inverter? 2

FEC

The sound channel spacing between two co-channel

cells and the cell radius. INTERFACE REDUCTION

Groundwave communications is used in what frequency

range? 300 KHz 3 MHz

What layer of the ionosphere absorbs medium frequency

and reflects high frequency? D LAYER

The output of a SSB transmitter is usually given as

______ power. PEAK ENVELOPE POWER

A colloquial term for non-continuous noise of irregular

pulses or spikes of short duration with high amplitudes.
JITTER

TV transmission designed for small communities.

SMATV

A colloquial term when there is overmodulation.

SPLATTER

Small system that transmits direct to home TV signals.

SMATV
Microphone that uses a permanent magnet. RIBBON

Jitter above 10 Hz. WANDER

Uses handshaking. DELTA MODULATION

They are caused by over modulation.

DISTORTION AND SPLATTER

Why is synchronous transfer mode more costly than

asynchronous transfer mode? BECAUSE IT MAINTAINS
A CLOCK RECOVERY CIRCUIT

When too high signals enter the modulator.

DISTORTION AND SPLATTER
Data signaling channel in cellular system that handles
administrative overhead. PAGING

DIFFERENTIAL PHASE SHIFT KEYING

GYRO
Displays set of lines. LOCAL ANALYZER

Filter needed to demodulate PAM signals.

LOW PASS FILTER
The capacity of an optical fiber is often measured by.
THE PRODUCT OF THE BIT RATE AND DISTANCE

What is the advantage of the use of high IF?

BETTER IMAGE FREQUENCY REJECTION
Point between a point and the equator, where it is closer
to the point than the equator. NADIR

Wires.. pokes through.. POKE THROUGH

Most common IF. 70 MHz
To prevent the aural information from entering the video
information and vice versa. DIPLEXER
GPS has an orbit inclination of ___ with respect to
equatorial plane. 55
A transmission line at very high frequencies act as an
______. ANTENNA
Measures the relative height of an ionosphere layer.
IONOSONDE
Three most common demodulators.
FOSTER-SEELEY, QUADRATURE, PLL

It is also known as optical density. RADIANT FLUX

How many beams leave the electron gun in a single-gun
CRT? 3
In synchronous (ATU) well ____ . source..
destination VIRTUAL CHANNEL IDENTIFIER
What happens when an AM transmitter sends without
modulating? NO SIDEBANDS
Commonly given in dB / km. ATTENUATION

Occurs during CW reception if too narrow a filter

bandwidth is used in the IF stage of a receiver. FILTER
RINGING

Distance with lowest attenuation. 1000 Km

What determines the selectivity of a receiver?

BANDWIDTH OF THE TUNED CIRCUIT

The AM detector performs two basic functions.

RECTIFIES & FILTERS

The color phasor has what place with respect to the I

signal? 57

... conduit BASHING

The maximum data rate of optical fibers. 50

MPEG2 video compression uses discrete ______
transform algorithm. COSINE
Synchronization where the beginning and the end of
characters are indicated..
CHARACTER SYNCHRONIZATION

PHON

Based on assumption that calls not immediately satisfied

at first attempt are held in the system until satisfied.
ERLANG C
If no power, VSWR is equal to ____. ZERO
Channel bandwidth of a standard analogue telephone
system. 300-3400 Hz
For marine & aeronautical communications. L BAND

A radial wire used for improving grounding tower of AM.

COUNTERPOISE
An antenna array with linear arrangement of diodes 90
out of phase. END-FIRE ARRAY
IMPATT diode. 300,000 GHz

Has the lowest beamwidth. GLASS CORE

. is ___ percent of the max value known as screen
persistence. ONE
DS-2. 92

Mostly used coax cable. F-7 TYPE

Master group. 600

n of glass is ___ than n of water. LOWER

Speed of light in air is ___ than in glass. HIGHER

What can you hear from a radio transmitting station

without modulation over radio receiver tuned to the same
frequency? NOTHING

Rate of digital communication that is achievable by

Single Mode Step Index. 2 Gbytes

Used in AM broadcast. ?/2 ANTENNA

Why do we need a larger voltage in the picture tube?
ATTRACTS ELECTRON ON THE FACE OF THE TUBE

SNA topology is also known as ____.

HIERARCHY TOPOLOGY
PLL locked. 0
HARMONIC RADIATOR

Uses CDMA. ISDN

SEMICONDUCTOR LASER
Rate of RS-232 C. 20kbps
CRYOGENIC
Rf-radiation on tissue or reproductive system. GENETIC
QUAM
1st radio receiver. CRYSTAL
DNI
BFO. CARRIER OSCILLATOR
Output voltage of magnetic microphone. 1 mV

Formula. 2n = f2 /f1 ; where n= no. of octaves and f1=

lower frequency

Antenna formed from circular waveguide.

CONICAL HORN ANTENNA

Formula. T=(360TD)/T; where TD=1.016(v?r)(length) &

T=1/f

Heater voltage of picture tube. 6.3V

Formula. Max. Data rate = 1 / 5Dd where D=distance in

km & d=dissipation factor

Divides characters into several channels & in a slower

rate. CONVERTER

Formula. (S+N)/N in dB =10 log (higher dB/ lower dB)

Standard IF of NTSC TV. 45.75 MHz

Formula for half power beamwidth. ?=142/vG

Most reliable error checking. CRC

Formula. f=fo + fo k(T1-To)

Layer that is only present during daytime. D-LAYER

Output of sideband power. PEP

An antenna with ?/4 when open circuited. DIPOLE

395 duplex voice channels. CHANNEL 21

Has the highest absorption. CELOTEX

Time period for visible lines (H). 53.5us

Part of the parabolic that rotates constantly. CAPSTAN

Most common cause of distortion in Delta modulation.

SLOPE OVERLOAD

Uses the ground as part of the resonant circuit.

MARCONI ANTENNA

Noise in resistors & transistors in a circuit. SHOT NOISE

Decreases with decrease in frequency. FLICKER NOISE
A resistor with flicker noise voltage between 0.02 to
0.20uV. METAL FILM
Isolates the oscillator from the load. BUFFER

Connector that has the lowest attenuation at UHF.

N-TYPE CONNECTOR
Most luminescent. YELLOW
Radiated power divided by square of current equals
____. RADIATION RESISTANCE

Assuming same size, antenna that has the highest or

best gain. PARABOLIC ANTENNA
A parabolic antenna is fed by an isotropic source
BACKLOBE RADIATION

Why is companding used in PCM? TO PROTECT

SMALL SIGNALS FROM QUANTIZED DISTORTION.
SHARED WIRED ACCESS PROTOCOL

Makes packet of data. INTERNET PROTOCOL

Another name for MPEG-7.
MULTIMEDIA CONTENT DESCRIPTION INTERFACE

FM pilot carrier. 19 kHz

Layer where the sending and receiving/interhosting
happens. SESSION LAYER
Uses bridge. PHYSICAL & DATA LINK
Accepts and makes the structure
PRESENTATION LAYER

of

the

data.

Universal Transverse Acceleration. UTC

Field which does not collapse back to the antenna and is
limited to the zone immediately surrounding the antenna.
INDUCTION FIELD
RADIATION FIELD

Transmission of sound to an adjacent room through

common
walls,
ceilings,
floors.
FLANKING
TRANSMISSION

1/10? antenna. ELEMENTARY DOUBLET

Most commonly used today. TDM

Max. anode capacitance of a TV receiver CRT or picture

tube. 2000pF

Start of use of GPS. 1978

No. of cathodes in a shadow. 3

The area directly above the vertical antenna.

CURVE OF SILENCE

Antenna in itself that uses ground as part of the resonant

circuit and provides self-oscillation. HERTZ ANTENNA

Meaning of DSSS. DIRECT or DISCRETE SEQUENCE

SPREAD SPECTRUM

Hertz antenna is best used above ____. 2MHz

3G bit rate for slowly moving pedestrian. 384 kbps

Meaning of CDPD. CELLULAR DIGITAL PACKET DATA

3G bit rate for fast-moving vehicles. 144kbps
Rate or speed of CDPD in kbps. 19.2
3G bit rate for mobile or stationary. 2Mbps
Picture tube which has the minimum lag. PLUMBICON
Rate of Fiber optic. 10 GHz
Rate of Fiber optic. 100-1000THz

Disadvantage of plastic fiber over glass fiber.

HIGH ATTENUATION
In ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode), a byte is called
____. OCTET

Convolutional code. TRELLIS TECHNIQUE

Is an example of pressure-gradient microphone?
RIBBON MICROPHONE
Study of walls. AMBIPHONY
Movement of signal from one frequency to another by
use of mixer-oscillator combination. FREQUENCY
TRANSLATION
Incoming light is partially absorbed and partially
transmitted equally in all direction. LAMBERTIAN
REFLECTION

The resolution of a picture is determined in a TV receiver

by _____. THE FREQUENCY RESPONSE OF THE
VIDEO SIGNAL
Complex value which is a ratio of pressure amplitude to
the amplitude of the volume velocity. ACOUSTIC
IMPEDANCE
Has the lowest reflection and is the best compared to
other cores. GLASS CORE
Theoretical distance of WiMax. 50 km?
Max. theoretical distance of wifi. 500 km?

AFC used in radio transmitter. KEYED-AFC

Distance of wifi? or WiMax?. 3-5 mi.

RG-11 is used in___. THICK ETHERNET

Bit rate of wifi. 11-54 Mbps

Most dense layer. F2 LAYER

Insertion due to path of flow energy. INSERTION LOSS

Layer E is most ionized during___. MIDDAY

U600 FDM bandwidth. 2520kHz

Rotating the plane of polarization of a wavefront by

passing it through a ferrite device. FARADAY
ROTATION

M88 (88mH) is spaced ___ apart. 9000 ft

Wifi or high speed wireless Ethernet IEEE. 801.11 or
802.11b

Helical antennas are often used for satellite tracking at

VHF because of the FARADAY EFFECT

IEEE standard for bluetooth. 802.15

What unit of characteristic impedance is used in
acoustics. NEWTON-SECOND PER CUBIC METER

Electronic Serial No. 32 bits

Most in camera. YELLOW GREEN

Facsimile standard is set by ITU and divided into how

many basic groups? 4

Ratio of screen width to its length. ASPECT RATIO

In analog CMTS, the interfering signal strength remains
approximately less than _____ percent of the desired
signal strength to ensure negligible interference. 2

Connected after mixer. LOCAL OSCILLATOR

Used for playback & recording. VHF
Exposed wiring. OPEN WIRE INSULATION
Rays that passes
MERIDIANAL

through

the

longitudinal

axis.

Most common configuration of PBX. STAR TOPOLOGY

L600. 3100?

The actual data rate for terrestrial digital TV

transmission, to allow for the addition of synchronizing &
error-correction.
64 Mbps
Oldest and simplest form of multiplexing.
SPACE-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING
Reflection of sound even after the source is stopped.
REVERBERATION
Surface that should be avoided because it tends to
scatter the sounds. CONCAVE

Operates 108-118 MHz. DME/VOR

What is the position accuracy of Loran CD navigation
system? 460 m
Single sideband full carrier. H3E

cavity that FREQUENCY METER

Which is the most positive element in electron gun of
television? 2nd ANODE

Independent sideband. B8E

Probable cause of fading.
SHADOW BY HILLS & MOUNTAINS?

Single sideband suppressed carrier. J3E

Minimum actual antenna height required
communication. QUARTER WAVELENGTH

for

Can happen near the edge of sharp surfaces. FADING

Class C. MODULATED AMPLIFIER

In antenna reception pattern it is a point with very low

signal strength. NULL

Range of industrial noise frequency. 15 to 160MHz

Color subcarrier for channel 5. 80.83 MHz

Number of pins of RS-232-C. 25

Used to convert PM to FM. PRE-EMPAHSIS

Cellular CDMA BW. 1.23MHz

The interfering beat frequency of 820 kHz is between

3.58 MHz color sub carrier and ____.
4.5 MHz INTER CARRIER SOUND

Discrete code. CODE 39

Modulation in digital data. QPSK (DSS)

Antenna section that is a complete antenna. BAY

Lowest attenuation & highest optical property. GLASS

A word in telegraphy consists of ____ character. 7

Not included in TV spectrum or range of frequencies. 88114 or 88-174 MHz?

dBa above ____. 1uV/m

Modem uses ___. PSK

Reference for 0 level. dBm

Measure of the half power points of the antennas
radiation patterns. BEAMWIDTH

When the distance is tripled the sound intensity is

reduced by ___. 1/9

Lowest layer of the atmosphere in HF propagation.

C LAYER
What are the two main characteristics of sound waves?
PITCH AND LOUNDNESS
Which is not an advantage of fiber optics?
CABLE SPLICING and SIMPLICITY
Disadvantage
BANDWIDTH

of

PCM.

REQUIRES

Circuit that performs inverse mapping & delivers to the

user destination, a reproduction of the original digital
source input. SOURCE CODING
Protocol used to connect the other packet switching
network. X.75
Negative in TV. 25%

LARGER

Operating frequency of LMDS. 27-31 GHz

Responsible for end-to-end transmission.
TRANSPORT LAYER
Used in Thin Ethernet. RG-58

Error control used in high frequency radio data

transmission. ARQ
A switching system that lets a large number of telephone
or data processing subscribers use a lesser number of
transmission lines or a narrower bandwidth.
CONCENTRATOR
A transmission where data are inputted directly on the
cable. BASEBAND

Violet light wavelength. 0.4-0.8 microns

Recurrent PERIODIC DUTY
Anode dark current of the CRT. 2uA

Radiation of light from the screen of a TV picture tube as

it is evicted. LUMINISCENCE
What is the typical frequency for the FM luminance
signal in VCR recording? 1.5 MHz

Where people experience unconscious hearing. 6-10dB

Has 3600 voice channels. JUMBO GROUP

What is the guardband between transponder channels in

the commercial C-band for satellite communications? 4
MHz

Has no bottlenecks. MESH TOPOLOGY

Transmission from sound to network to destination.
START/STOP MODE
Sound energy level measured per unit per time.
ACOUSTIC INTENSITY

What happens to balance modulation if it is not properly

balanced? THE CARRIER IS TRANSMITTED
What is the firm for a bus that contains peripheral
devices such as wireless modems and high speed digital
video cameras in a microcomputer? FIREWIRE

carrier of 64B CHANNEL

White. 30% red 59%green 11% blue

NOISE FIGURE

Combination of transmitter and receiver in a rotating

satellite. DESPUN

DECREASED BY 3DB
NEAR-END REGION

As the light goes from air to the ionosphere, its index of

refraction. INCREASES

INTELLIGIBILITY

??? is also called____ & is the total amount of

information that can be transmitted. INFORMATION
DENSITY
Electromagnetic waves in travelling ion free space. TEM
FM. REST FREQUENCY

15% less than the Maximum Usable Frequency.

OPTIMUM WORKING FREQUENCY
AWG #22
1V/secondary
PROBABILITY OF ERROR

Device in receiver to reduce impulse noise.

NOISE BLANKER
Reduction of receiver gain caused by the signal of a
nearby station transmitter in the same frequency band.
DESENSITIZING

STACK
577us
DIRECTIVITY GAIN
ENHANCED SERVICE

Block calls condition specified the held probability at a

time period equal to an average holding time. POISSON

GREGORIAN-FED

BIT LEVEL CODE

BIT-ORIENTED PROTOCOL
UNICODE
AQUADAG
1 Angstrom=. 10-10 m
Degaussing coil in TV set is located _____.
AROUND THE PICTURE TUBE
It is 100% modulated if
unmodulated carrier. TWICE

_____

the

maximum

In cellular system, what brief control messages instruct

the mobile telephone to tune to a new channel?
HANDOFF MESSAGES
In CATV system, what is the RF output ??? ??? ?
16 dB
In cable TV system, what is the maximum ??? ???
provided each subscriber? 24 dB
What determines the station that will be selected by the
tuner? RESONANT FREQUENCY OF TUNER
The ratio between the energy absorbed by a surface to
the total energy absorbed by the surface.
ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT
A fiber optic light electron PIN diode is lightly doped in
_____ material. INTRINSIC
Which parts of the body are most sensitive to laser?
EYES AND SKIN
What is the dominant loss ??? in silicon fiber cable in
fiber
optics?
ABSORPTION
AND
RAYLEIGH
SCATTERING
What filter attenuates signals, passes below and above
that band? BAND STOP FILTER
Bell Systems ???, ??? system is an example of ____.
ASYNCHRONOUS DATA PROTOCOL
Form of angle modulation constant envelope, digital
modulation, wherein the input voltage used is binary
digital signal. PHASE SHIFT KEYING
Making the aperture of a camera lens smaller by
stopping down the iris to diameter of v2 reduces light by
____. HALF