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1. Suppose an input signal to a -law 10. A horn antenna has a gain of 15 dBi at A. 750 MHz * C. 750 GHz
compressor has a positive voltage and 10 GHz. What is its gain at 15 GHz? B. 900 MHz D. 1800 MHz
an amplitude 25% of the maximum
possible. Calculate the output voltage as A. 18.5 dB * C. 20.1 dB 20. What is the duty cycle of a radar with a
a percentage of the maximum output. B. 28.6 dB D. 14.5 dB PW of 3 s and a PRT of 6 ms?

A. 75.2% * C. 72.5% 11. What is an ITU-T recommendation for A. 0.05 C. 0.005

B. 50.1% D. 62.5% Group 3 fax machines? B. 0.5 D. 0.0005 *

A. T.3 21. A digital transmission has an error

2. What parameter that most affects
B. T.5 probability of 10-4 and is 109 bits long.
transmission of high-speed modem
C. T.6 * Calculate the expected number of error
data? D. T.4 bits.
A. Phase distortion *
12. Given that a half-wave dipole has a gain A. 105 * C. 104
B. Phase shift
of 2.14 dBi, calculate the electric field B. 106 D. 103
C. Amplitude strength at a distance of 10 km in free
D. Frequency
space in the direction of maximum 22. Calculate also the BER of the above
radiation from a half-wave dipole that is problem.
3. With a CW transmit frequency of 5 GHz, fed, by means of lossless, matched line,
calculate the Doppler frequency seen by
by a 15 W transmitter. A. 104 * C. 106
a stationary radar when the target radial
B. 103 D. 105
velocity is 100 km/h.
A. 2.71 V/m C. 2.71 mV/m *
B. 2.71 V/m D. 2.71 kV/m 23. A Yagi antenna has a gain of 10 dBi and
A. 927 Hz * C. 927 kHz
a front-to-back ratio of 15 dB. It is
B. 729 Hz D. 972 Hz
13. Who coined the computer terms bit located 15 km from a transmitter with an
and software? ERP of 100 kW at a frequency of 10
4. Calculate the length of a quarter-wave
MHz. The antenna is connected to a
monopole antenna for a frequency of
A. J. Turin receiver via a matched feedline with a
1000 kHz.
B. J. Turret loss of 2 dB. Calculate the signal power
C. J. Monty supplied to the receiver if the antenna is
A. 75.1 m C. 87.5 m
D. J. Tukey * pointed directly toward the transmitting
B. 71.9 m D. 71.3 m *
antenna.
14. For the safety and comfort of factory
5. What exchange is used to connect
workers, the sound-intensity level in a A. 26.2 W C. 26.2 kW
between central offices when a direct
trunk is not available?
certain factory must remain below 85 B. 26.2 mW * D. 26.2 W
dB. What is the maximum sound
intensity allowed in this factory? 24. What refers to a mobile station identifier
A. Local
B. Digital sent over the air interface and is
A. 3.2 x 10-4 W/m2 * assigned dynamically by the network to
C. Tandem *
B. 3.2 x 10-6 W/m2 the mobile station?
D. Crossbar
C. 3.2 x 10-10 W/m2
D. 3.2 x 10-3 W/m2 A. Transient Mobile Station Identifier
6. Two sounds of 4 W and 10 W powers
B. Virtual Mobile Station Identifier
are produced at ground level at a
15. Teletex is an ITU-T standard for text and C. Host Mobile Station Identifier
distance of 10 m and 20 m respectively
message transmission replacing the D. Temporary Mobile Station Identifier *
from a listener. If the ground is level,
Telex. The teletex is ____ times faster
unobstructed and non-absorbing, what
than the telex. 25. A type of emission is produced when an
will be the SPL of the sound heard by
amplitude modulated transmitter is
the listener?
A. 100 modulated by a facsimile signal.
B. 50 *
A. 100 dB * C. 96 dB
C. 25 A. A3F
B. 86 dB D. 76 dB
D. 10 B. F3F
C. A3C *
7. What component in the telephone set
16. A microwave radio system uses 256- D. F3C
has the primary function of interfacing
QAM, that is, there are 256 possible
the handset to the local loop?
amplitude and phase combinations. 26. Calculate the maximum range of a
How many bits per symbol does it use? deep-space radar operating at 2.5 GHz
A. Induction coil *
and using a peak pulse power of 25
B. Varistor
A. 3 C. 5 MW. The antenna diameter is 64 m, the
C. Capacitor
D. Compensating coil
B. 7 D. 8 * target cross section 1 m2 and, because
a maser amplifier is used, the receiver
17. In reverberation chamber method, what noise figure is only 1.1. Furthermore,
8. An asynchronous communications
volume of the chamber is required if the because of the low PRF to allow the
system uses ASCII at 9600 bps, with
absorption coefficient is to be measured pulses to return from long distances
eight data bits, one start bit, one stop
at 1000 Hz? (and thus the wide pulses used), the
bit, and no parity bits. Calculate the
A. 0.35 m3 * C. 0.45 m3 receiver bandwidth is only 5 kHz.
maximum percent efficiency in this
B. 0.25 m3 D. 0.55 m3
system?
A. 13700 km
B. 123700 km
A. 100 %
18. In PCM, assuming uniform quantization, C. 132700 km *
B. 80 % *
what is the signal-to-noise ratio in dB for D. 132500 km
C. 90 %
an 8-bit code word?
D. 75 %
27. Which type of microphone operates on
A. 49.8 dB * the principle that the electrical
9. A telephone, often an 800 toll-free
B. 48.9 dB resistance of carbon granules varies as
number, which spells something, such
C. 94.8 dB the pressure on the granules vary?
as 1-800-LIBRARY is called _______.
D. 84.9 dB
A. Vanity line * A. Dynamic
19. Calculate the operating frequency for a B. Crystal
B. Specialty line
helical antenna that consists of 10 turns C. Carbon *
C. Specialization line
with a spacing of 10 cm and a diameter D. Ribbon-type
D. Customized line
of 12.7 cm.
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28. In FM fax, the frequencies for black and 38. Calculate the average power when peak 48. What is the frequency of a 2-cm sound
white are _______ respectively. power = 1 kW, PW = 3 s and rest time wave in sea water at 25C?
= 1997 s.
A. 1500 and 2300 Hz * A. 76 kHz *
B. 2300 and 1500 Hz A. 50 W * C. 100 W B. 76 Hz
C. 1300 an 2400 Hz B. 25 W D. 75 W C. 76 MHz
D. 1070 and 1270 Hz D. 76 mHz
39. Calculate the length of a five-eights
29. Calculate the required via net loss for a wavelength antenna for a cellular phone 49. A device that connects 2 data terminal
satellite link with a one-way delay of 250 operating about 900 MHz. equipment (DTE) directly by emulating
ms. the physical connections of a data
A. 250 dB C. 50.4 dB * A. 20 cm * C. 20 mm communications equipment (DCE)
B. 40.5 dB D. 25 dB B. 30 cm D. 30 mm
A. Short haul modem
30. Group 3 fax uses which modulation? 40. The North American analog cellular B. Null modem *
radio system uses FM with channels 30 C. X.25 device
A. QAM * kHz wide. Suppose such a channel D. Smart modem
B. FSK were used for digital communication. If
C. Vestigial sideband AM the available signal-to-noise ratio is 20 50. Single sideband reduced carrier
D. FM dB, calculate the maximum theoretical emission type.
bit rate using a two-level code.
31. A radar transmitter uses a magnetron to A. H3E
generate pulses with a power level of 1 A. 60 kbps * C. 120 kbps B. R3E *
MW. The pulses have a duration of 2 s B. 30 kbps D. 15 kbps C. J3E
and the pulse repetition rate is 500 Hz. D. B8E
The magnetron has an efficiency of 41. Which theory states that light wave
60%. Calculate the duty cycle of the behaves as if it is consists of many tiny 51. What is the audio frequency range?
tube. particles?
A. 20 kHz to 20 MHz
A. 0.01 C. 0.1 A. Huygens theory B. 0 Hz to 20 kHz
B. 0.0001 D. 0.001 * B. Wave theory of light C. 300 Hz to 400 Hz
C. Nyquist theory D. 20 Hz to 20 kHz *
32. Calculate the minimum receivable signal D. Quantum theory *
in a radar receiver which has an IF 52. An MTI radar operates at 5 GHz, with a
bandwidth of 1.5 MHz and a 9-dB noise 42. What is the dB SPL of an auditorium with pulse repetition frequency of 800 pps.
figure. contemporary music? Calculate the lowest three blind speeds
(km/h) of this radar.
A. 4.17 x 10-9 W A. 80 - 95
B. 4.17 x 10-14 W * B. 85 - 90 A. 172.8, 345.6, 518.4 *
C. 4.17 x 10-6 W C. 95 - 100 * B. 173.2, 354.6, 581.4
D. 4.17 x 10-12 W D. 100 - 105 C. 127.8, 354.6, 518.4
D. 137.8, 435.6, 815.4
33. _____ is a white streak or speck that 43. What is the uplink receiver frequency if
appears momentarily on a TV screen the downlink transmitter is on channel 4 53. Asynchronous transmission has low-
during playback of a videotape caused (3.84 GHz)? speed transmission of less than ____
by dropouts. kbps.
A. 6.065 GHz * C. 6.84 GHz
A. Blip * B. 6.65 GHz D. 6.05 GHz A. 2.4 *
B. Flip B. 4.8
C. Blink 44. What is the frequency band of DECT? C. 3.6
D. Spot D. 128
A. 1.88 1.90 GHz *
34. The telephone set is powered by the B. 1.68 1.70 GHz 54. Calculate the gain, with respect to an
central office on the ring side at C. 1.48 1.50 GHz isotropic antenna, of a half-wave dipole
D. 1.28 1.30 GHz with an efficiency of 90% that is placed
A. 42 to 52 Vdc one-quarter-wavelength from a plane
B. - 42 to - 52 Vdc * 45. Calculate the beamwidth between nulls reflector that reflects 100% of the signal
C. 24 to 64 Vdc of a 2-m paraboloid reflector used at 6 striking it.
D. - 24 to - 64 Vdc GHz.
A. 7.68 dBi *
35. An anechoic chamber is 5m in length. A. 2 C. 1.75 B. 7.86 dBi
How far is this in wavelength at 1 GHz? B. 3.5 * D. 7 C. 8.76 dBi
D. 8.67 dBi
A. 16.7 * C. 15.8 46. Calculate also the gain of the paraboloid
B. 19.7 D. 20.1 reflector in the above problem. 55. What is the average insertion loss of
fusion splice in fiber optics?
36. What do you call an alloy of iron, silicon A. 9600 * C. 96000
and aluminum used for video heads in B. 960 D. 96 A. 0.09 dB *
video recorders and players? B. 0.9 dB
47. What is true about iDEN (Integrated C. 0.19 dB
A. Alfecon * Dispatch Enhanced Network)? D. 0.009 dB
B. Mafecon
C. Delcon I. It can support at least two handset 56. How many simultaneous calls does a
D. Isial voices. DECT radio transceiver can assess at
II. It uses PSTN connection-numeric any given time?
37. The most important specification of paging.
loudspeakers and microphones. III. It works also on 1.5 GHz. A. 120 *
IV. It uses data and fax transmission. B. 240
A. Frequency response * C. 480
B. Field strength A. II, III and IV * D. 960
C. Power density B. I, II and IV
D. Gain C. III
D. I, II, III and IV
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57. The basic European TDM telephone 66. Determine the number of levels in a C. Digital signals are easier to use
signal combines 30 voice channels with compact disc audio system if the with FM
2 signaling channels that have the same number of bits per sample is 16. D. Digital signals have greater
data rate as the voice channels. The bandwidth
sampling rate is 8 kHz and there are 8 A. 65,536 * C. 66,456
bits per sample for each voice channel. B. 75,125 D. 56,138 76. What parameter of light detector
Calculate the total bit rate for this signal. determines the range or system length
67. T-1 carrier service has _______ digital bit that can be achieved for a given
A. 1.544 Mbps C. 2.048 Mbps* rate. wavelength?
B. 3.152 Mbps D. 6.072 Mbps
A. 1.544 Mbps * A. Transit time
58. What is the horizontal beamwidth of a B. 2048 Mbps B. Spectral response *
pyramidal horn antenna if its width is C. 1.644 Mbps C. Dark current
one wavelength? D. 9600 kbps D. Responsitivity

A. 80 * C. 75 68. What is the velocity of sound in dry air 77. Which theorem sets the limit on the
B. 90 D. 60 when the temperature change is 15 maximum capacity of a channel with a
degree Celsius? given noise level?
59. Most commercial satellite activity occurs
in which band(s)? A. 340.6 m/s * C. 345.12 m/s A. Nyquist theorem
B. 330.15 m/s D. 344.7 m/s B. Hartley theorem
A. L C. Shannon-Hartley theorem *
B. C and Ku * 69. What is the signal-to-noise ratio in a D. Shannon theorem
C. X PCM system with 512 quantizing levels
D. S and P using uniform quantization? 78. Lightning rods must be mounted a top
structure not less than ________ above
60. If an antenna has a field gain A. 56 dB * C. 46 dB the highest point.
(expressed in voltage) of 2, and the B. 76 dB D. 36 dB
transmitter has an overall efficiency of A. 10 cm
50 percent (the circuit and transmission 70. One of the reasons why FDM is being B. 20 cm
line losses) then, if a 1-kW signal is fed replaced by TDM C. 30 cm *
to the finals, this will result in 500 W D. 40 cm
being fed to the antenna. What is the
A. There is more time than frequency 79. What sound intensity corresponds to a
erp?
B. If is difficult to place channels side sound-intensity level of 50 dB?
by side
A. 2000 W * C. 4000 W
C. Noise is amplified with voice when A. 1 x 10-6 W/m2
B. 500 W D. 1000 W
an FDM system is used * B. 1 x 10-7 W/m2 *
D. Most available frequencies have C. 1 x 10-8 W/m2
61. The bandwidth of U600 mastergroup is
been used D. 1 x 10-5 W/m2
A. 2250 kHz
71. A transmitter with a power output of 100 80. AWG # 26 has a typical loss of
B. 2728 kHz
W is connected to a dipole antenna with
C. 2520 kHz *
a radiation resistance of 70 and an A. 0.21 dB/1000 ft.
D. 2278 kHz
ohmic resistance of 2 . How much B. 0.32 dB/1000 ft.
62. In satellite communications, what is the power is radiated into space? C. 0.41 dB/1000 ft.
height of a satellite from the earths D. 0.51 dB/1000 ft. *
surface if the sidereal period is 20 A. 97.2 W * C. 97.2 kW
hours? B. 92.7 W D. 92.7 kW 81. OSI consists of how many layers of
interconnection.
A. 31,022.5 km * 72. What is the Doppler shift in frequency
B. 31,200.4 km caused by a vehicle moving towards a A. 3
C. 31,302.4 km radar at 96 kph if the radar is operated B. 5
D. 31,489.2 km at 10 GHz? C. 7 *
D. 9
63. The sound intensity received from the A. 1.78 kHz * C. 1.87 kHz
B. 1.68 kHz D. 1.58 kHz
nearby jet plane is 12.6 W/m2 and that 82. Calculate the maximum range of a radar
from another jet plane some distance system which operates at 3 cm with a
73. A type of distortion a facsimile produces peak pulse power of 500 kW, if its
away is 0.45 W/m2. Find the relative
when it becomes out of synchronization. minimum receivable power is 10-13 W,
loudness of the two.
the capture area of its antenna is 5 m2,
A. Pincushion and the radar cross-sectional area of the
A. 14.0 dB C. 14.5 dB *
B. Barrel target is 20 m2.
B. 12.5 D. 14.5
C. Skewing *
D. Fattening A. 686 km * C. 686 mi
64. A satellite transmitter operates at 4 GHz
with an antenna gain of 40 dBi. The B. 686 nmi D. 686 m
74. Which optical detector is used when
receiver 40,000 km away has an
high sensitivity and bandwidth are 83. What antenna radiates equally in all
antenna gain of 50 dBi. If the transmitter
required? directions?
has a power of 8 W, find (ignoring
feedline losses and mismatch) the EIRP
A. PMT * A. Vertical antenna
in dBW.
B. APD B. Isotropic antenna *
C. PIN C. Horizontal antenna
A. 50 dBW C. 69 dBw
D. Phototransistor D. Dipole antenna
B. 49 dBW * D. 30 dBW
75. Digital modulation is superior to analog 84. A certain antenna has a gain of 7 dB
65. If an antenna has a length of 0.125 modulation in the sense that:
then what is the radiation resistance? with respect to an isotropic radiator.
What is the effective area if it operates
A. Analog signals have discrete at 200 MHz?
A. 12.34 * states, while digital ones vary
B. 11.13 continuously A. 0.897 m2 * C. 0.978 m2
C. 11.23 B. Digital signals resemble noise less B. 0.798 m2 D. 0.879 m2
D. 12.67 than analog ones *

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85. The bandwidth of a fax signal is kept 95. A certain antenna has a gain of 7 dB
narrow by: with respect to an isotropic radiator.
What is the effective area if it operates
A. Sending the data at a slow rate of at 200 MHz?
speed *
B. Limiting the image resolution A. 0.897 m2 * C. 0.987 m2
C. Limiting the range of shades sent B. 0798 m2 D. 0.115 m2
D. Using pulse modulation
96. The deviation for voice FM signals is
86. The noise from an airplane engine 100 usually:
m from an observer is found to have an
intensity of 45 dB. What will be the A. Plus-or-minus 3 kHz
intensity when the plane flies overhead B. Plus-or-minus 5kHz *
at an altitude of 1 km? C. Plus-or-minus 6 kHz
D. Plus-or-minus 10 kHz
A. 25 dB * C. 52 dB
B. 15 dB D. 35 dB 97. Suppose a composite video signal with
a baseband frequency range from dc to
87. An advantage of fiber optics over cable 4 MHz is transmitted by linear PCM,
communications is: using eight bits per sample and a
sampling rate of 10 MHz. What would
A. More sensitivity to noise be the maximum signal-to-noise ratio in
B. Improved antenna efficiency dB?
C. Higher RF output
D. Simpler and easier maintenance * A. 49.9 dB * C. 60.1 dB
B. 35 dB D. 75.2 dB
88. What is the data rate of the ISDN Basic
access B channel? 98. The advantage of using top loading in a
shortened HF vertical antenna is
A. 32 kbps
B. 64 kbps * A. lower quality factor
C. 144 kbps B. greater structural strength
D. 192 kbps C. higher losses
D. improved radiation efficiency *
89. What is the unit of responsitivity?
99. An AM receiver can be used to
A. Ampere/volt demodulate FM by means of:
B. Ampere/watt *
C. Watt/ampere A. Envelope detection
D. Volt/ampere B. Product detection
C. Slope detection *
90. Calculate the length of a practical half- D. Pulse detection
wave dipole for a frequency of 15 MHz.
100. A continuously variable signal is
A. 10.5 m C. 8.5 m recovered from a signal having discrete
B. 9.5 m * D. 7.5 m states by:

91. Wideband FM is preferable to A. A ratio detector

narrowband FM for music transmission B. A D/A converter *
because: C. A product detector
D. An envelope detector
A. Lower frequencies are heard better
B. Spectrum space is conserved < < < Nothing Follows > > >
C. The fidelity is better *
D. No! Narrowband FM is better for
music

92. What is the gain of the Hertzian dipole

over isotropic antenna?

A. 1.64 dB
B. 2.15 dB
C. 1.76 dB *
D. 1.55 dB

93. In acoustics, what is the resonant

frequency of a Helmholtz resonator
whose cavity volume is 1.5 m3 and a
radius of 5 cm?

A. 13.56 Hz *
B. 15.36 Hz
C. 11.24 Hz
D. 12.19 Hz

94. The input terminal impedance at the

center of a folded dipole antenna is

A. 72
B. 300 *
C. 50
D. 73

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