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ESAT: BROADCASTING AND CABLE TV SYSTEM (TERMS) James Cyril Magsumbol

1. What is the opposite to the transfer of energy which is considered the dominant characteristics of a cable or circuit that emanates
from its physical structure?

A. Conductance

B. Resistance

C. Reactance

D. Impedance

2. Transmission lines are either balanced or unbalanced with respect to

A. negative terminal

B. reference

C. Ground

D. positive terminal

3. A device that convert a balanced line to an unbalanced line of a transmission line.

A. Hybrid

B. Stub

C. Directional Coupler

D. Balun

4. Impedance inversion can be obtained by

A. a short-circuited stub

B. an open-circuited stub

C. a quarter-wave line

D. a half-wave line

5. The following are considered primary line constants except

A. conductance

B. resistance

C. capacitance

D. complex propagation constant

6. The concept used to make one Smith chart universal is called

A. ionization

B. normalization

C. rationalization

D. termination
7. What are the basic elements of communication system?

A. Source, transmitter channel, transmitter

B. Transmitter, receiver, transmission channel

C. Information, Transmission channel, receiver

D. sender and receiver

8. __________ is the transmission of printed materials over telephone lines.

A. Internet

B. Data Communication

C. Telegraphy

D. Facsimile

9. __________is a component in the telephone set that has the primary function of interfacing the handset to the local loop.

A. Resistor

B. Capacitor

C. Varistor

D. Induction Coil

10. Pulse dialing has __________ rate.

A. 20 pulses/min

B. 10 pulses/min

C. 10 pulses/sec

D. 80 pulses/sec

ESAT: TRANSMISSION FUNDAMENTALS (PROBLEMS)

1. What is the loss in the circuit in dB if the power ratio of output to input is 0.01?

A. 20
B. -20
C. 40
D. -40

solution:


L(dB) = 10 log ; = 0.01

= 10 log 100

= 20 dB

2. What is the approximate line impedance of a parallel-strip line spaced 1 cm apart with the length of 50cm?
A. 10 ohms
B. 15 ohms
C. 18 ohms
D. 23 ohms

solution:


377 ( )

1
377 ( )
50

7.54 ; 10

3. If you have available number of power amplifiers with a gain of 100 each, how many such amplifiers do you need to cascade to
give an overall gain of 60 dB?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

Solution:

() = 10 log = 10

() 60
10 = =
log log 100

10 = 30

=3

4. 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.

A. 12
B. 16
C. 18
D. 21

dBrnC = dBm + 90

= -73 + 90

= 17 dBrnC

TLP(dB) = dBrnC dBrnCO

dBrnCO = dbrnC TLP(dB)

= 17 (-4)
= 21 dBrnCO

5. For an air dielectric two-wire line, the minimum characteristic impedance value is

A. 85 ohms
B. 83 ohms
C. 90 ohms
D. 88 ohms

276 2
= log

For minimum , d = D

276
= log 2 ; = 1

= 83

6. A transistor operating at 30 MHz with 4W output is connected via 10m of RG-8A/u cable to an antenna that has an input
resistance of 300 ohms. Find the reflection coefficient.

A. 0.71
B. 0.77
C. 0.97
D. 0.76

Solution:


t=
+

for RG 8 A/u , = 50

300 50
t=
300+ 50
= 0.714

7. What is the phase delay of an 800 Hz voice signal if the phase shift is 15 degrees?

A. 52 microseconds
B. 1.25 microseconds
C. 83.33 microseconds
D. 26 microseconds

Solution:


Phase delay = = =
2

1
15
57.3
= = 52
2(800)

8. What is the diameter of a copper wire to be used in a 16km loop with a dc loop resistance of 100 ohms/km?
A. 0.838mm
B. 0.465mm
C. 1.626mm
D. 2.159mm

Solution:


R= ; = 1.7 108

1.7 108
A= =
/ 100 /

2
A = 1.7 x107 2 =
4

D = 0.465 mm

9. A radio transmission line of 300ohms impedance is to be connected to an antenna having an input impedance of 150 ohms. What
is the impedance of a quarter-wave matching line?

A. 212 ohms
B. 250 ohms
C. 200 ohms
D. 150 ohms

= = (300)(150) = 212.13

10. If a 6 GHz signal is applied to a rectangular waveguide and the reflection angle, , is 20, what is the value of the guide
wavelength , ?

A. 6.10 cm
B. 5.32 cm
C. 4.78 cm
D. 5.00 cm

3 108
9
= = = 6 10
cos cos 20 cos 20

= 5.32

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