1. Which of the following is the first  C. Spot beam  A.

3500 MHz
active satellite?  D. Global beam  B. 4500 MHz
 A. Echo I 12. What is the frequency range of C-  C. 2225 MHz
 B. Telstar I band?  D. 2555 MHz
 C. Early Bird  A. 8.5 to 12.5 GHz 22. What kind of battery panels are used
 D. Sputnik I  B. 3.4 to 6.425 GHz in some advance satellites
2. Which of the following is the first  C. 12.95 to 14.95 GHz  A. Germanium based panels
commercial satellite?  D. 27.5 to 31 GHz  B. Silicon based panel
 A. Early Bird 13. A satellite signal transmitted from a  C. Galium Phosphate solar panel
 B. Telstar satellite transponder to earth’s station. array
 C. Explorer  A. Uplink  D. Galium Arsenide solar panel
 D. Courier  B. Downlink array
3. What is the first passive satellite  C. Terrestrial 23. Satellite engine uses
transponder?  D. Earthbound  A. jet propulsion
 A. Sun 14. Collects very weak signals from a  B. ion propulsion system
 B. Early Bird broadcast satellite  C. liquid fuel
 C. Score  A. Helical antenna  D. solar jet
 D. Moon  B. Satellite dish 24. A satellite batter has more power but
4. The first satellite to receive and  C. LNA lighter.
transmit simultaneously  D. TWT  A. Lithium
 A. Intelsat I 15. What is a device that detects both  B. Leclanche
 B. Agila I vertically and horizontally polarized  C. Hydrogen
 C. Syncorn I signals simultaneously?  D. Magnesium
 D. Telstar I  A. Orthomode transducer 25. What kind of battery used by older
5. A helical antenna is used for satellite  B. Crystal detector satellites?
tracking because of  C. Optoisolator  A. Lithium
 A. circular polarization  D. Isomode detector  B. Leclanche
 B. maneuverability 16. _________ detects the satellite  C. Hydrogen
 C. beamwidth signal relayed from the feed and  D. Magnesium
 D. gain converts it to an electric current, 26. VSAT was made available in
6. Repeaters inside communications amplifies and lower its frequency.  A. 1979
satellites are known as  A. Horn antenna  B. 1981
 A. Trancievers  B. LNA  C. 1983
 B. Transponders  C. Satellite receiver  D. 1977
 C. Transducers  D. Satellite dish 27. What band does VSAT first operate?
 D. TWT 17. Is a loss of power of a satellite  A. L-band
7. Considered as the unsolved problem downlink signal due to earth’s  B. X-band
in satellite system atmosphere.  C. C-band
 A. Coverage  A. Atmospheric loss  D. Ku-band
 B. Cost  B. Path loss 28. The first Philippine Mabuhay
 C. Access  C. Radiation loss satellite has how many channels?
 D. Privacy  D. RFI  A. 30
8. ___________ is a satellite that rotates 18. What height must a satellite be  B. 24
around the earth in a low-altitude placed above the surface of the earth in  C. 48
elliptical or circular pattern. order for its rotation to be equal to  D. 50
 A. Geosynchronous satellite earth’s rotation? 29. The first Philippine Agila I will have
 B. Nonsynchronous satellite  A. 26,426.4 miles how many transponders.
 C. Prograde satellite  B. 27,426.4 miles  A. 36
 D. Retrograde satellite  C. 23,426.4 miles  B. 48
9. Is the geographical representation of a  D. 22,426.4 miles  C. 24
satellite antenna radiation pattern 19. Point on the satellite obits closest to  D. 12
 A. Footprint the earth. 30. How may satellite orbital slots are
 B. Spot  A. Apogee requested by the Philippine Government
 C. Earth  B. Perigee from ITU?
 D. Region  C. Prograde  A. 2
10. The smallest beam of a satellite  D. Zenith  B. 4
antenna radiation pattern 20. The earth area covered by a satellite  C. 6
 A. Zone beam radio beam.  D. 8
 B. Hemispheric beam  A. Beamwidth 31. The location of AsiaSat I.
 C. Spot beam  B. Bandwidth  A. 105.5˚ East
 D. Global beam  C. Footprint  B. 151.5˚ East
11. A satellite beam that covers almost  D. Zone  C. 115.5˚ East
42.4% of the earth’s surface. 21. What is the local oscillator (mixer)  D. 170.5˚ East
 A. Zone beam frequency of the satellite with an uplink 32. AsiaSat I covers how many countries
 B. Hemispheric beam frequency in GHz band? in Asia?
  A. 38  B. 5˚ 52. The key electronic component in a
 B. 10  C. 17˚ communications satellite is the
 C. 28  D. 35˚  A. telemetry equipment
 D. 15 43. A mobile satellite array has usually  B. on-board computer
33. The owner of AsiaSat 2 is how many elements?  C. command and control system
 A. Asia Satellite  A. 6  D. transponder
Telecommunications Company  B. 88 53. A circular orbit around the equator
(ASTC)  C. 12 with a 24-h period is called a/an
 B. Japan Satellite System (JSAT)  D. 14  A. elliptical orbit
 C. China Great Wall Industry 44. In a typical mobile satellite array  B. geostationary orbit
Corporation antenna if three elements are activated,  C. polar orbit
 D. Singapore Satellite Commision how many elements are deactivated?  D. transfer orbit
34. What is the approximate path loss  A. 3 54. A satellite stay in orbit because the
from satellite-to-earth station?  B. 11 following two factors are balanced
 A. 100 dB  C. 5  A. Satellite weight and speed
 B. 150 dB  D. 9  B. Gravitational force and
 C. 175 dB 45. What circuit is responsible in centrifugal force
 D. 200 dB activating and deactivating adjacent  C. Centripetal force and speed
35. INTELSAT stands for antenna elements in a mobile satellite  D. Satellite weight and the pull of
 A. Intel Satellite array? the moon and sun
 B. International Telephone  A. Radial divider 55. What is the height of a satellite in a
Satellite  B. Divider/combiner synchronous equatorial orbit?
 C. International  C. Radial combiner  A. 42000 mi
Telecommunications Satellite  D. Radial multiplexer  B. 6800 mi
 D. International Satellite 46. Most mobile satellite array uses  C. 22,300 mi
36. The frequency of Ku band for ___________ in transforming 50 to 150  D. 35,860 mi
satellite communications. Ω impedance. 56. Most satellites operate in which
 A. 6/4 GHz  A. stub frequency band?
 B. 14/11 GHz  B. balun  A. 30 to 300 MHz
 C. 12/14 GHz  C. quarter-wavelength transformer  B. 300 MHz to 3 GHz
 D. 4/8 GHz  D. microstrip tapers.  C. 3 GHz to 30 GHz
37. A satellite cross-link means 47. The switching from one element to  D. Above 300 GHz
 A. Earth-to-satellite link the other element in a typical mobile 57. The main power sources for a
 B. Satellite-to-earth link satellite array. satellite are
 C. Satellite-to-satellite link  A. Series  A. batteries
 D. None of these  B. Radial  B. solar cells
38. Earth station uses what type of  C. Matrix  C. fuel cells
antenna  D. Shunt  D. thermoelectric generators
 A. Despun antenna 48. A method of multiple accessing 58. The maximum height of an elliptical
 B. Helical antenna where a given RF channel bandwidth is orbit is called the
 C. Toroidal antenna divided inot smaller frequency band.  A. Perigee
 D. Cassegrain antenna  A. CDMA  B. Apex
39. What is the delay time for satellite  B. ANIK-D  C. Zenith
transmission from earth transmitter to  C. TDMA  D. Apogee
earth receiver?  D. FDMA 59. Batteries are used to power all
 A. 0.5 s 49. What is the delay time for satellite satellite subsystems
 B. 1.0 s transmissions from earth transmitter to  A. at all times
 C. 5 ms earth receiver?  B. only during emergencies
 D. 0.25 ms  A. 0.5 s  C. during eclipse periods
40. The bandwidth of C-band satellite  B. 1s  D. to give the solar arrays a rest
frequency band in U.S.  C. 5 ms 60. The satellite subsystem that monitors
 A. 500 GHz  D. 0.25 s and controls the satellite is the
 B. 1000 GHz 50. As the height of a satellite orbit gets  A. propulsion subsystem
 C. 1000 MHz lower, the speed of the satellite  B. power subsystem
 D. 500 MHz _________.  C. communications subsystem
41. The most common device used as an  A. increases  D. telemetry, tracking, and
LNA is  B. decreases command subsystem
 A. zener diode  C. remains the same 61. What is the basic technique used to
 B. tunnel diode  D. None of the above stabilize a satellite?
 C. IMPATT 51. The main function of a  A. Gravity-forward motion
 D. Shockley diode communications satellite is a/ an balance
42. The radiation patterns of earth  A. repeater  B. Spin
coverage antennas have a beamwidth of  B. reflector  C. Thruster control
approximately  C. beacon  D. Solar panel orientation
 A. 21˚  D. observation platform 62. The jet thrusters are usually fired to
  A. maintain altitude  A. 36 MHz 82. Satellite that provide services within
 B. put the satellite into the transfer  B. 40 MHz a single country
orbit  C. 70 MHz  A. Domsat
 C. inject the satellite in the  D. 500 MHz  B. Comsat
geosynchronous orbit 73. What type of modulation is used on  C. Regional
 D. bring the satellite back to earth. voice and video signals?  D. Global
63. Most commercial satellite activity  A. AM 83. The round-trip propagation delay
occurs in which band(s)?  B. FM between two earth stations through a
 A. L  C. SSB geosynchronous satellite is
 B. C and Ku  D. QPSK  A. 500 to 600 ms
 C. X 74. What modulation is normally used  B. 300 to 400 ms
 D. S and P with digital data?  C. 600 to 700 ms
64. How can multiple earth stations  A. AM  D. 400 to 500 ms
share a satellite on the same  B. FM 84. The signal path from earth station
frequencies?  C. SSB satellite
 A. Frequency reuse  D. QPSK  A. Uplink signal
 B. Multiplexing 75. Which of the following is not a  B. Reflected signal
 C. Mixing typical output from a GPS receiver?  C. Incident signal
 D. Frequency hopping  A. Latitude  D. Downlink signal
65. What is the typical bandwidth of a  B. Speed 85. Designed to receive a signal from a
satellite band?  C. Altitude transmitting station on the ground and
 A. 36 MHz  D. Longitude retransmit it to a receiving station
 B. 40 MHz 76. The total space loss of transmission located elsewhere
 C. 70 MHz and reception for two ground stations  A. Communication satellite
 D. 500 MHz with uplink frequency 8GHz and a  B. Repeater
66. Which of the following is not downlink of 6 GHz with angle of  C. Relay station
usually a part of a transponder are elevations of 3˚ and 7˚ A respectively is  D. Transponder
defined by the  A. 403 dB 86. The signal path from satellite to
 A. LNA  B. 100 dB earth-based receiver.
 B. Mixer  C. 20 dB  A. Downlink signal
 C. Modulator  D. 215 dB  B. Uplink signal
 D. HPA 77. The maximum propagation delay of  C. Incident signal
67. The satellite communications a geostationary satellite is  D. Reflected signal
channels in a transponder are defined by  A. 278 ms 87. A satellite position is measured by
the  B. 239 ms its __________ angle with respect to the
 A. LNA  C. 300 ms horizon.
 B. bandpass filter  D. 250 ms  A. elevation
 C. mixer 78. The total propagation delay time  B. depression
 D. input signals from transmission to reception of signals  C. azimuth
68. The HPAs in most satellite are from a ground transmitter to ground  D. critical
 A. TWTs receiver with angle of elevation at 10 88. The ________ angle measures the
 B. Klystrons degrees respectively is satellite position clockwise from the
 C. Vacuum tubes  A. 273 ms direction of true north.
 D. Magnetrons  B. 239 ms  A. azimuth
69. The physical location of a satellite is  C. 275 ms  B. elevation
determined by its  D. 260 ms  C. depression
 A. distance from the earth 79. A satellite which simply reflects the  D. critical
 B. latitude and longitude signal without further amplification 89. incidentally propose the
 C. reference to the stars  A. Passive satellite geostationary scheme or orbit of the
 D. position relative to the sun  B. Active satellite satellite in 1940s
70. The receive GCE system in an earth  C. Geostationary satellite  A. Arthur Clarke
station performs what function(s)?  D. Domestic satellite  B. Carl Friedrich Gauss
 A. Modulation and multiplexing 80. Essentially a satellite ___________  C. Samuel Morse
 B. Up conversion is a radio repeater in the sky  D. Stephen Gray
 C. Demodulation and  A. transponder 90. When the satellite are spaced 4˚ of
demultiplexing  B. comparator the 360˚ complete circle, how many
 D. Down conversion  C. duplexer parking spaces or orbit slots are
71. Which of the following types of  D. billboard available?
HPA is not used in earth stations? 81. Satellite the orbits in a circular  A. 90
 A. TWT pattern with an angular velocity equal to  B. 85
 B. Transistor that of the earth  C. 95
 C. Klystron  A. Geostationary  D. 80
 D. Magnetron  B. Early Bird I 91. The control routine necessary to
72. What is the common up-converter  C. Syncorn I keep the satellite in position is referred
and down-converter IF?  D. Stationary satellite to as
  A. station keeping  C. 90˚ latitude  A. UTC
 B. station tracking  D. 45˚ latitude  B. UTMG
 C. station monitoring 101. It is a celestial body that orbits  C. GMT
 D. station maintaining around a planet.  D. UTM
92. Refers to the satellite orientation  A. Primary body 111. It is caused by the inertia of the
with respect to the earth  B. Satellite satellite balanced by the earth’s
 A. Satellite altitude  C. Heavenly bodies gravitational pull.
 B. Satellite position  D. Quasars  A. Centrifugal force
 C. Satellite location 102. It is a position and timing service  B. Centripetal force
 D. Satellite orbit that is available to all GPS users on a  C. Speed
93. The first intelsat satellite that was continuous, worldwide basis with no  D. Earth’s rotation
launched in 1965 was named direct charge. 112. In satellites, it includes control
 A. Early Bird I  A. PPI mechanism that support the payload
 B. Echo  B. PPS operation.
 C. Telstar I  C. SPS  A. Bus
 D. Courier  D. SSP  B. Payload
94. The first satellite launched for a 103. The geometric shape of a non-  C. Ground segment
geosynchronous orbit but unfortunately circular orbit of a satellite is ____.  D. Space segment
lost during orbit injection  A. Ellipse 113. A satellite transmitter operates at a
 A. Syncom I  B. Parabolic 4 GHz with a transmitter power of 7W
 B. Telstar I  C. Hyperbolic and an antenna gain of 40 dBi. The
 C. Sputnik I  D. Paraboloid receiver has antenna gain of 30 dBi, and
 D. Early Bird I 104. The circuit that provides the path length is 40,000 km. calculate
95. When the elevation angle of a channelization in a transponder is the the signal strength at the receiver.
geostationary satellite is 23˚ and the  A. Mixer  A. -88 dBm
transmitting frequency is 3840 MHz,  B. Local oscillator  B. -98 dBm
what is the free space loss in dB?  C. Bandpass filter  C. -77 dBm
 A. 196 dB  D. HPA  D. -79.8 dBm
 B. 200 dB 105. The three axes referred to the three- 114. The satellite subsystem that
 C. 150 dB axis attitude stabilization are; except monitors and controls the satellite is the
 D. 100 dB  A. Pitch  A. Propulsion system
96. What is the propagation delay when  B. Yaw  B. Power subsystem
a signal is transmitter by an earth station  C. Roll  C. Communications subsystem
to a geosynchronous satellite about  D. Speed  D. Telemetry, tracking, and
38,500 km above earth’s equator and 106. A ground station is operating to a command subsystems
then received by the same earth station? geostationary satellite at a 5 degrees 115. Standard positioning service has
 A. 256 msec angle of elevation. Calculate the round- time transfer accuracy to Universal
 B. 128 msec trip time between ground station to Transfer Mercator Grid within ____.
 C. 300 msec satellites in a geostationary orbit.  A. 140 nanoseconds
 D. 400 msec  A. 456.45 ms  B. 340 nanoseconds
97. What is the free space attenuation of  B. 275.58 ms  C. 230 nanoseconds
a satellite communications system  C. 137.79 ms  D. 530 nanoseconds
operating at 36,000 km above the earth  D. 126.89 ms 116. A satellite remains in orbit because
at 5.0 GHz? 107. The escape velocity of the earth is the centrifugal force caused by its
 A. 198 dB approximately rotation around the Earth is
 B. 202 dB  A. 30,000 km/hr counterbalanced by Earth’s ____.
 C. 142 dB  B. 25,000 mi/hr  A. Centripetal force
 D. 138 dB  C. 35,000 m/s  B. Inertia
98. Which of the following is the most  D. 25,000 km/hr  C. Gravitational pull
common application of satellite? 108. A satellite radio repeater is called  D. Speed
 A. Surveillance ____. 117. A TVRO installation for use with
 B. Military application  A. Repeater C-band satellite (download frequency at
 C. Communications  B. Transponder 4 GHz), has a diameter of about 3.5
 D. Newscasting  C. Satellite meters and an efficiency of 60%.
99. Descending pass for a satellite  D. Mixer Calculate the gain.
means a pass from 109. Calculate the angle of declination  A. 41 dB
 A. North to South for an antenna using a polar mount at a  B. 19 dB
 B. South to North latitude of 45 degrees.  C. 29 dB
 C. East to West  A. 3.2 degrees  D. 9 dB
 D. West to East  B. 1.3 degrees 118. Which of the following is not a
100. Geostationary stationary satellites  C. 4.2 degrees typical output from the GPS receiver?
are located ___________ with respect to  D. 6.81 degrees  A. Latitude
the equator. 110. The time transfer accuracy used  B. Speed
 A. 0˚ longitude with reference to the Universal  C. Altitude
 B. 0˚ latitude Transmitter Mercator Grid is ____.  D. Longitude
119. The law that states that a satellite  A. Gravity-forward motion  B. Rubidium Atomic Frequency
will orbit a primary body following an balance Standard
elliptical path.  B. Spin  C. Ruby Atomic Frequency
 A. 1st law of Kepler  C. Thruster control Standard
 B. 2nd law of Kepler  D. Solar panel orientation  D. Hydrogen Frequency Standard
 C. 3rd law of Kepler 128. Calculate the length of the path to a 137. Master control station of GPS is
 D. 4th law of Kepler geostationary satellite from an earth located in ____.
120. Telephone communication takes station where the angle of elevation is 30  A. Colorado
place between two earth stations via a degrees.  B. California
satellite that is 40,000 km from each  A. 55 x 10^3 km  C. Alaska
station. Suppose Bill, at station 1, asks a  B. 13 x 10^3 km  D. New York
question and Sharon, at station 2,  C. 23 x 10^3 km 138. Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
answers immediately, as soon as she  D. 39 x 10^3 km satellite orbits around the earth at a
hears the question. How much time 129. Navstar GPS is a ____. height approximately ____.
elapses between the end of Bill’s  A. LEO  A. 3,000 miles to 6,000 miles
question and the beginning of Sharon’s  B. MEO  B. 4,000 miles to 8,000 miles
reply, as heard by Bill?  C. HEO  C. 6,000 miles to 12,000 miles
 A. 0.26 sec  D. GEO  D. 8,000 miles to 10,000 miles
 B. 3.2 sec 130. The satellite is orbiting in the same 139. A satellite stays in orbit because the
 C. 0.52 sec direction as the Earth’s rotation and at following two factors are balanced
 D. 1.6 sec angular velocity greater than that of the  A. Satellite weight and speed
121. In GPS, it is accomplished by Earth.  B. Gravitational pull and inertia
manipulating navigation message orbit  A. Retrograde  C. Centripetal force and speed
data (epsilon) and/or the satellite clock  B. Synchronous  D. Satellite weight and the pull of
frequency (dither).  C. Posigrade the moon and sun
 A. Selective availability  D. Asynchronous 140. A ____ circuit in the transponder
 B. Reverse error notification 131. Find the orbital period of the performs the frequency conversion.
 C. Forward error notification satellite in a circular orbit 500 km above  A. HPA
 D. Two dimensional reporting the Earth’s surface  B. Mixer
122. The modulation normally used with  A. 1.6 hrs  C. Local oscillator
digital data is  B. 3.2 hrs  D. LPA
 A. AM  C. 2.4 hrs 141. Geosynchronous satellites are high-
 B. FM  D. 6.4 hrs altitude earth-orbit satellites with heights
 C. SSB 132. Satellite orbiting in the opposite about ____.
 D. QPSK direction as the Earth’s rotation and at  A. 22,300 miles
123. Kepler’s 2nd law is known as angular velocity less than that of the  B. 21,000 miles
 A. Law of gravity Earth  C. 8,000 miles
 B. Law of areas  A. Asynchronous  D. 10,400 miles
 C. Newton’s law of motion  B. Synchronous 142. The input circuit to a transponder is
 D. Harmonic law  C. Posigrade the ____.
124. A receiving antenna with a gain of  D. Retrograde  A. BPF
40 dB looks at a sky with a noise 133. A transponder that demodulates the  B. HPA
temperature of 15 K. the loss between baseband signals and then demodulates a  C. LPA
the antenna and the LNA input, due to carrier is known as ____ transponder.  D. Any of these
the feedhorn is 0.4 dB, and the LNA has  A. Single-conversion 143. The access scheme used by GPS
a noise temperature of 40K. Calculate  B. Double-conversion  A. FDMA
the G/T?  C. Regenerative  B. OFDMA
 A. 13.4 dB  D. Degenerative  C. TDMA
 B. 39 dB 134. Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite  D. CDMA
 C. 20.6 dB orbits around the earth at a height of 144. The point in an orbit which is
 D. 11.2 dB approximately ____. located farthest from earth
125. The operational satellites of  A. 3000 miles  A. Perigee
Navstar GPS are revolving around Earth  B. 1000 miles  B. Apogee
in ____ orbital planes.  C. 575 miles  C. Line of apsides
 A. 4  D. 370 miles  D. Point of shoot
 B. 3 135. Power amplification in a 145. Using very narrow beamwidth
 C. 5 transponder is usually provided by antennas to isolate signals on the same
 D. 6  A. klystron frequency is known as ____.
126. Kepler’s 3rd law is also known as  B. TWT  A. Spatial isolation
 A. Law of gravity  C. Transistor  B. Footprint
 B. Law of areas  D. Magnetron  C. Frequency reuse
 C. Newton’s law of motion 136. Which of the following clocks is  D. Boresight
 D. Harmonic law developed for Galileo satellite? 146. The point in an orbit which is
127. The basic technique used to  A. Cesium Atomic Frequency located closest to Earth
stabilize a satellite is Standard  A. Point of shoot
  B. Apogee  D. Diagonal nodes 165. The azimuth angles and the angle
 C. Line of apsides 156. The receive GCE system in an of elevation is collectively known as
 D. Perigee earth station performs what function/s ____.
147. The most popular satellite  A. Modulation and multiplexing  A. Antennas look angles
frequency range is 4 to 6 GHz and is  B. Up conversion  B. Antennas see angles
called the ____ band.  C. Demodulation and  C. Antennas keep angles
 A. C demultiplexing  D. Antennas satellite angles
 B. L  D. Down conversion 166. The point on the surface of the
 C. Ka 157. The term generally associated with Earth directly below the satellite.
 D. Ku the table showing the position of a  A. Satellite point
148. All satellites rotate around the earth heavenly body on the number of dates in  B. Latitude
in an orbit that forms a plane that passes a regular sequence.  C. Longitude
through the center of gravity of earth  A. Astronomical almanac  D. Subsatellite point
called ____.  B. Smith 167. It is the vertical angle formed
 A. Focus  C. Ephemeris between the direction of travel of an
 B. Geocenter  D. Space reporting electromagnetic wave radiated from an
 C. Orbit 158. The point where a polar or inclined earth station antenna pointing directly
 D. Center orbit crosses the equatorial plane toward a satellite and the horizontal
149. In satellite communications, the traveling from south to north. plane.
type of modulation used in voice and  A. Ascending node  A. Angle of depression
video signals is  B. Descending node  B. Angle of inclination
 A. AM  C. Diagonal node  C. Angle of elevation
 B. FM  D. Inclined node  D. Angle of azimuth
 C. SSB 159. The line joining the ascending and 168. The unique number used to encrypt
 D. QPSK descending node is called ____. the signal from that of the GPS satellite.
150. In satellite communications, type of  A. Line of apsides  A. SV
orbit which is virtually all orbits except  B. Line of nodes  B. UV
those travel directly above the equator or  C. Line of shoot  C. PRN
directly over the North or the South  D. Any of these  D. ESN
poles. 160. When the satellite rotates in an 169. The minimum acceptable angle of
 A. Equatorial orbit orbit directly above the equator, usually elevation
 B. Polar orbit in circular pattern. This type of orbit is  A. 6 degrees
 C. Geosynchronous orbit called ____.  B. 4 degrees
 D. Inclined orbit  A. Polar orbit  C. 5 degrees
151. A common up-converter and down-  B. Synchronous orbit  D. 7 degrees
converter IF in satellite communications  C. Geosynchronous satellite 170. It is the horizontal angular distance
is  D. Equatorial orbit from a reference direction either the
 A. 36 MHz 161. The Navstar GPS satellite system southern or northern most point of the
 B. 40 MHz was declared fully operational as of horizon.
 C. 70 MHz ____.  A. Angle of elevation
 D. 500 MHz  A. April 17, 1995  B. Latitude
152. It is the angle between the earth’s  B. April 24, 1995  C. Longitude
equatorial plane and the orbital plane of  C. April 27, 1995  D. Azimuth
the satellite measured counterclockwise.  D. April 10, 1995 171. It is defined as the horizontal
 A. Angle of elevation 162. The HPAs in most satellites are pointing angle of an earth station
 B. Angle of azimuth  A. TWTs antenna.
 C. Angle of inclination  B. Vacuum tubes  A. Angle of inclination
 D. Angle of tetrahedron  C. Klystrons  B. Azimuth angle
153. Which of the following types of  D. Magnetrons  C. Latitude
HPA is not used in earth stations? 163. The physical location of a satellite  D. Longitude
 A. TWT is determined by its 172. Determines the farthest satellite
 B. Klystron  A. Distance from the earth away that can be seen looking east or
 C. Transistors  B. Latitude and longitude west of the earth station’s longitude
 D. Magnetron  C. Reference to the stars  A. Radio horizon
154. Galileo satellite’s mass is ____.  D. Position relative to the sun  B. Optical horizon
 A. 880 kg 164. When the satellite rotates in a path  C. Terrestrial limits
 B. 675 kg that takes it over the north and south  D. Limits of visibility
 C. 900 kg poles in an orbit perpendicular to the 173. The spatial separation of a satellite
 D. 540 kg equatorial plane. This type of orbit is is between ____.
155. The point where a polar or inclined called ____.  A. 3 to 6 degrees
orbit crosses the equatorial plane  A. Inclined orbit  B. 1 to 2 degrees
traveling from north to south  B. Polar orbit  C. 5 to 8 degrees
 A. Ascending node  C. Geosynchronous orbit  D. 8 to 16 degrees
 B. Line of nodes  D. Diagonal orbit
 C. Descending node
174. The geographical representation of 184. Navstar GPS satellite grouping that  B. Decreases
a satellite antenna’s radiation pattern is can operate continuously for 180 days  C. Remains the same
called a ____. between uploads from the ground.  D. None of the above
 A. Field intensity  A. Block III 194. The satellite that was lost in space
 B. Footprint  B. Block IIa in its first attempt to place it in a
 C. Radiation propagation  C. Block II geosynchronous orbit.
 D. Polarization  D. Block IIR  A. Syncom I
175. The GPS satellite identification 185. It was the first artificial satellite  B. Telstar I
which is assigned according to the order used for relaying terrestrial  C. Telstar II
of the vehicle’s launch. communications  D. Courier
 A. SV  A. Score 195. Intelsat I which was the first
 B. EV  B. Explorer I commercial telecommunications satellite
 C. PRN  C. Sputnik I is called ____.
 D. ESN  D. Syncom I  A. Domsat
176. The smallest beam of a satellite that 186. Which of the following satellite  B. Molniya
concentrates their power to very small rebroadcast President Eisenhower’s  C. Early bird
geographical areas. 1958 Christmas message?  D. Courier
 A. Hemispherical beam  A. Telstar I 196. Block II Navstar GPS satellites can
 B. Global beam  B. Telstar II operate for approximately ____ between
 C. Spot beam  C. Echo the receiving updates and corrections
 D. Any of these  D. Score from the control segment of the system.
177. Satellite’s radiation pattern that 187. The satellite or space segment of  A. 5.5 days
typically target up to 20% of the Earth’s Navstar GPS is consist of ____  B. 3.5 days
surface. operational satellites.  C. 6 days
 A. Hemispherical beam  A. 30  D. 7 days
 B. Global beam  B. 24 197. The angle of inclination of a
 C. Spot beam  C. 14 satellite in polar orbit is nearly ____.
 D. Any of these  D. 20  A. 45 degrees
178. The key electronic component in a 188. It was the first satellite to  B. 90 degrees
communications satellite is the accomplish transatlantic transmission.  C. 30 degrees
 A. Telemetry  A. Courier  D. 60 degrees
 B. Command and Control system  B. Echo 198. It is the time it takes earth to rotate
 C. On-board computer  C. Telstar back to the same constellation
 D. Transponder  D. Syncom  A. Revolution
179. The radiation pattern that has a 189. It is the first transponder-type  B. Rotation
satellite’s antenna beamwidth of 17 satellite  C. Sidereal period
degrees and are capable of covering  A. Telstar I  D. Year
approximately 42% of the earth’s  B. Sputnik I 199. Satellites with orbital pattern like
surface.  C. Syncom Molniya are sometimes classified as
 A. Hemispherical beam  D. Courier  A. LEO
 B. Earth beam 190. The first active satellite to  B. MEO
 C. Spot beam simultaneously receive and transmit  C. GEO
 D. Any of these radio signals.  D. HEO
180. The first active satellite  A. Telstar I 200. The process of maneuvering a
 A. Moon  B. Telstar II satellite within a preassigned window is
 B. Sputnik I  C. Intelsat called
 C. Score  D. Syncom  A. Satellite keeping
 D. Echo 191. The satellite communications  B. Station controlling
181. Sputnik I transmitted telemetry channel in a transponder are defined by  C. Station keeping
information for the  D. Satellite controlling
 A. 1 week  A. LNA 201. Navstar GPS satellite grouping
 B. 21 days  B. Bandpass filter capable of detecting certain error
 C. 15 days  C. Mixer conditions, then automatically
 D. 30 days  D. Input signals transmitting a coded message indicating
182. The US counterpart of Sputnik I 192. The satellite that was damaged by that it is out of service.
 A. Syncom radiation from a newly discovered Van  A. Block I
 B. Telstar Allen Belts and consequently lasted for  B. Block IIa
 C. Echo two weeks.  C. Block II
 D. Explorer I  A. Telstar I  D. Block IIR
183. Explorer I lasted for ____.  B. Telstar II 202. Galileo Satellites has a lifespan of
 A. 5 months  C. Intelsat ____.
 B. 6 months  D. Syncom  A. greater than 12 years
 C. 12 months 193. As the height of a satellite orbit  B. greater than 15 years
 D. 2 months gets lower, the speed of the satellite  C. greater than 20 years
 A. Increases  D. greater than 25 years
203. The height of a satellite in a 213. The main power sources for a  A. Electronic navigation
synchronous equatorial orbit is satellite are  B. Heavenly navigation
 A. 100 mi  A. Batteries  C. Radio navigation
 B. 6800 mi  B. Solar cells  D. Celestial navigation
 C. 22,300 mi  C. Fuel cells 223. Navstar satellite takes
 D. 35,860 mi  D. Thermoelectric generators approximately ____ hours to orbit Earth.
204. An orbit that is 36,000 km away 214. A type of satellite’s multiple-  A. 20
from the geocenter of the earth is called accessing method that allows all users  B. 6
 A. Geosynchronous orbit continuous and equal access of the entire  C. 12
 B. Clarke orbit transponder bandwidth by assigning  D. 18
 C. Clarke belt carrier frequencies on a temporary basis 224. A method of navigation where it
 D. Any of these using statistical assignment process. fixes a position or direction with respect
205. The main function of a  A. TDMA to familiar, significant landmarks such
communications satellite is as  B. FDMA as railroad tracks, water towers, barns,
 A. Repeater  C. DAMA mountain peaks and bodies or water.
 B. Reflector  D. CDMA  A. Dead reckoning
 C. Beacon 215. Batteries are used to power all  B. Radio navigation
 D. Observation platform satellite subsystems  C. Wandering
206. Navstar GPS grouping intended to  A. All the time  D. Piloting
be used only for self testing.  B. Only during emergencies 225. How can multiple earth stations
 A. Block I  C. During eclipse periods share a satellite on the same
 B. Block III  D. To give the solar arrays a rest frequencies?
 C. Block II 216. The highly accurate timing clocks  A. Frequency reuse
 D. Block IIR onboard the GPS satellite.  B. Multiplexing
207. It is the direction of maximum gain  A. Plutonium clocks  C. Mixing
of the earth station antenna  B. Cesium atomic clocks  D. They can’t
 A. Footprint  C. Hydrogen clocks 226. A navigation technique that
 B. Boresight  D. Fossil clocks determines position by extrapolating a
 C. Angle of elevation 217. It is defined as the art or science of series of measured velocity increments.
 D. Angle of azimuth plotting, ascertaining, or directing the  A. Piloting
208. A circular orbit around the equator course of movement.  B. Wandering
with 24-h period is called  A. Ranging  C. Radio navigation
 A. Elliptical orbit  B. Detection  D. Dead reckoning
 B. Geostationary orbit  C. Navigation 227. A geostationary satellite
 C. Polar orbit  D. Driving  A. Is motionless in space (except
 D. Transfer orbit 218. Galileo satellite system is for its gain)
209. A classification of satellite that uses positioned in ____.  B. Is not really stationary at all,
the angular momentum of its spinning  A. 5 circular orbits but orbits the Earth within a 24-hr
body to provide roll and yaw  B. 3 circular orbits period
stabilization.  C. 2 circular orbits  C. Appears stationary over the
 A. Roll stabilizer satellite  D. 6 circular orbits Earth’s magnetic pole
 B. Yaw stabilizer satellite 219. The maximum height of an  D. Is located at a height of 35,800
 C. Spinner stabilizer satellite elliptical orbit is called the km to ensure global coverage
 D. Three-axis stabilizer satellite  A. Perigee 228. The average elevation of Navstar
210. Most satellites operate in which  B. Apex GPS satellite is ____ statue miles above
frequency band?  C. Zenith the Earth.
 A. 30 to 300 MHz  D. Apogee  A. 6724
 B. 300 MHz to 3 GHz 220. The most ancient and rudimentary  B. 7689
 C. 3 to 30 GHz method of navigation is ____.  C. 5978
 D. Above 300 GHz  A. Wandering  D. 9476
11. The method of assigning adjacent  B. Celestial navigation 229. Most commercial satellite activity
channels different electromagnetic  C. Piloting occurs in which band(s)
polarization is called  D. Radio navigation  A. L
 A. Frequency reuse 221. The jet thrusters are usually fired to  B. C and Ku
 B. Polarization  A. Main attitude  C. X
 C. Multi-accessing  B. Put the satellite into transfer  D. S and P
 D. Interference orbit 230. Indicate the correct statement
212. It implies that more than one user  C. Inject the satellite into the regarding satellite communications
has an access to one or more radio geosynchronous orbit  A. If two earth stations do not face
channels  D. Bring the satellite back to earth a common satellite, they should
 A. Co-channel interference 222. A method of navigation where communicate via a double-satellite
 B. Satellite multi-accessing direction and distance are determined hop.
 C. Frequency reuse from precisely timed sightings of  B. Satellites are allocated so that it
 D. Diversity celestial bodies, including the stars and is impossible for two earth stations
the moon. not to face the same satellite.
  C. Collocated earth stations are  B. Neil Armstrong  c. Equatorial orbit
used for frequency diversity.  C. Yuri Gagarin  d. Retrograde orbit
 D. Satellite earth station must have  D. Edwin Aldrin 249. Are satellites that orbit in a circular
as many receive chains as there 241. It refers to the satellite orientation pattern with an angular velocity equal to
are carriers transmitted to it. with respect to the earth. that of earth.
231. Satellite used for intercontinental  A. Satellite’s attitude  a. Geostationary or
communications are known as  B. Satellite position geosynchronous satellite
 A. Comsat  C. Satellite location  b. Nonsynchronous satellite
 B. Domsat  D. Satellite orbit  c. Orbital satellites
 C. Marisat 242. Precise positioning service has time  d. B or C is correct
 D. Intelsat transfer accuracy to UTC within 250. What do you call of a satellite used
232. Identical telephone numbers in  A. 100 nanoseconds to provide satellite services within a
different parts of the country are  B. 300 nanoseconds single country?
distinguished by their  C. 200 nanoseconds  a. Orbital satellite
 A. Language digits  D. 400 nanoseconds  b. Geostationary satellite
 B. Access digits 243. The fully deployed Galileo satellite  c. Nonsynchronous satellite
 C. Area codes system consists of ____ satellites.  d. Domestic satellite or domsat
 D. Central office codes  A. 27 operational + 3 active spares 251. The first duplex satellite is
233. The GPS satellites has an angle of  B. 26 operational + 4 active spares  a. Moon
elevation at the ascending node of ____  C. 28 operational + 2 active spares  b. Sputnik 1
with respect to the equatorial plane.  D. 25 operational + 5 active spares  c. Telstar
 A. 30 degrees 244. Galileo satellite is ____.  d. Early Bird
 B. 55 degrees  A. Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) 252. The FDMA technique wherein
 C. 50 degrees  B. Low Earth Orbit (LEO) voice band channels are assigned on “as
 D. 45 degrees  C. Geosynchronous Earth Orbit needed” basis.
234. Telephone traffic is measured (GEO)  a. PAMA
 A. With echo cancellers  D. Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO)  b. DAMA
 B. By the relative congestion 245. Galileo satellites are at circular  c. SSMA
 C. In terms of the grade of service planes at ____ altitude above Earth.  d. CDMA
 D. In erlangs  A. 23,500 mi 253. A form of CDMA where a digital
235. Indicate which of the following is  B. 36,500 km code is used to continually change the
not a submarine cable  C. 35,800 mi frequency of the carrier.
 A. TAT-7  D. 23,222 km  a. Spread Spectrum
 B. INTELSAT V 246. Galileo satellites are inclined at the  b. Frequency Hopping
 C. ATLANTIS orbital planes of ____ with reference to  c. Store and Forward
 D. CANTAT 2 the equatorial plane.  d. SPADE
236. The typical bandwidth of a satellite  A. 64 degrees 254. The satellite frequency reuse
band is  B. 17 degrees method which sends different
 A. 36 MHz  C. 56 degrees information signals using vertical or
 B. 40 MHz  D. 34 degrees horizontal electromagnetic polarization.
 C. 70 MHz 247. Which of the following refers to a  a. Multiple coverage areas
 D. 500 MHz delayed repeater satellite?  b. Dual polarization
237. The operational satellites of  a. A satellite capable of receiving,  c. Spatial separation
Navstar GPS are revolving around Earth amplifying, and retransmitting  d. Spread spectrum
in orbital planes are approximately ____ information to and from earth 255. A satellite communication link
degrees apart with ____ satellites in stations. between Pinugay Earth Station,
each plane.  b. A bent-pipe or a reflector which Philippines and Mt. Fucino Earth
 A. 60, 4 bounces a signal from one place to Station, Italy is to be established. If the
 B. 30, 5 another. assigneduplink frequency at Pinugay
 C. 50, 5  c. A satellite which receives Earth Station is 6175 MHz, what is the
 D. 40, 3 transmissions from earth stations, downlink frequency at Mt. Fucino Earth
238. Indicate which of the following is stored them on magnetic tape, and Station, in MHz?
an American domsat system rebroadcast them to ground  a. 4545
 A. INTELSAT stations farther along in its orbit.  b. 3950
 B. TELSTAR  d. All of these  c. 3789
 C. COMSAT 248. Satellite orbiting in the same  d. 4200
 D. INMARSAT direction as earth’s rotation and at an 256. A satellite equipped with electronic
239. Which of the following is not angular velocity greater than the earth is devices to receive, amplify, convert and
usually a part of a transponder? called prograde orbit; and a satellite retransmit signals.
 A. LNA orbiting which is in the opposite  a. Passive
 B. Mixer direction as Earth’s rotation or in the  b. Active
 C. Modulator same direction but at an angular velocity  c. Uplink
 D. HPA less than that of Earth is known as  d. Downlink
240. Who is the oldest man in space?  a. Haley’s orbit
 A. John Glenn  b. Elliptical orbit
257. “The orbit of any planet is an  b. Descending Node  d. Multi-satellite link
ellipse with the sun at one focus”. This  c. Apogee 276. Known to be the first satellite
is  d. Perigee capable to receive and transmit
 a. Kepler’s First Law 267. The footprint which covers simultaneously.
 b. Kepler’s Second Law approximately one-third of the earth’s  a. Syscom I
 c. Kepler’s Third Law surface using a 17 degree beamwidth.  b. Echo I
 d. Law of Universal Gravitation  a. Spot coverage  c. Telstar I
258. The point in an satellite orbit which  b. Zonal coverage  d. Score
is farthest away from the earth  c. Earth coverage 277. A satellite receives an uplink
 a. Perigee  d. Regional coverage frequency of ____________ MHz from
 b. Apogee 268. An earth station transmits signal to a ground station of 3700 MHz.
 c. Azimuth a satellite 38,500 km., directly overhead  a. 8150 MHz
 d. Ascending node it. What is the propagation delay when  b. 1475 MHz
259. The first active satellite which the signal is received back at the same  c. 2225 MHz
transmitted telemetry information earth station, in milliseconds.  d. 5925 MHz
 a. Telstar 1  a. 257 278. What band does VSAT first
 b. Aguila II  b. 200 operate?
 c. Palapa A 1  c. 285  a. X-band
 d. Sputnik  d. 185  b. C-band
260. The portion of the satellite 269. When a satellite orbits in the  c. Ku-band
communication link involving the opposite direction as the earth’s rotation  d. L-band
transmission of traffic from ground with an angular velocity less than that of 279. Satellite engine use
station to satellite. the earth.  a. Liquid fuel
 a. Uplink  a. Bus transmission  b. Jet propulsion
 b. Lowlink  b. Payload  c. Ion propulsion system
 c. Paylink  c. Prograde  d. Solar jet
 d. Bus transmission  d. Retrograde 280. The first passive satellite
261. It is spacecraft places in orbit 270. The actual user information transponder
around the earth carrying on-board conveyed through the satellite system.  a. Early bird
microwave receiving and transmitting  a. Bus transmission  b. Score
equipment.  b. Payload  c. Moon
 a. Communication satellite  c. Prograde  d. Sputnik
 b. Terrestrial link  d. Retrograde 281. Satellite used for intercontinental
 c. Transponder 271. The spatial separation between communications are known as
 d. Microwave repeater geosynchronous satellites  a. Comsat
262. Satellite position has an/a  a. 1 – 3 degrees  b. Domsat
___________ angle with respect to the  b. 3 – 6 degrees  c. Marisat
horizon.  c. 6 – 8 degrees  d. Intelsat
 a. Azimuth  d. 8 – 10 degrees 282. AsiaSat 1 covers how many
 b. Depression 272. _______________ detects the countries in Asia?
 c. Elevation satellite signal relayed from the feed and  a. 38
 d. Critical converts it to an electric current,  b. 40
263. A satellite that revolves from North amplifies and lower its frequency.  c. 44
to South.  a. Feedhorn  d. 42
 a. Equatorial  b. Satellite dish 283. An area on the surface of the earth
 b. Polar  c. Satellite receiver within which the boresight of the
 c. Orbital  d. LNB steerable satellite beam intended to be
 d. Inclined 273. What kind of battery panels are pointed.
264. The Kepler’s Law which is also used in some advance satellites?  a. Equivalent boresight area
known as the Law of Areas.  a. Gallium Arsenide solar panel  b. Contour boresight area
 a. First Law  b. Silicon based panels  c. Coordination boresight area
 b. Second Law  c. Germanium based panels  d. Effective boresight area
 c. Third Law  d. Gallium Phosphate solar panel 284. Refers to the man-made body sent
 d. None of the above 274. Footprint refers to coverage area in into continuous orbit around the earth,
265. The satellite multiple access the globe which provides propagation paths for
technique which uses the spread  a. Satellite radiation polarization radio waves between terrestrial
spectrum technology is  b. Satellite navigation transmitters and receivers.
 a. FDMA  c. Satellite radiation pattern  a. Rocket
 b. TDMA  d. Satellite coverage  b. Allotter relay
 c. CDMA 275. Satellite system or part of a satellite  c. Space shuttle
 d. DAMA system, consisting of only one satellite  d. Communication satellite
266. The point where the orbit crosses and the operating earth station. 285. What is the basic function of a
the equatorial plane going from South to  a. Satellite system communications satellite?
North.  b. Satellite network  a. To act as a receiving antenna for
 a. Ascending Node  c. Space system broadcast FM
  b. To compensate for the antenna
limitations
 c. To eliminate aerodynamic drag
 d. To acts as receiving antenna for
broadcast AM
286. Typical round-trip distance and
transmission time for a satellite relay
 a. About 300 ms and 90,000 km,
respectively
 b. 90,000 km and about 300 ms,
respectively
 c. 90,000 mi and about 100 ms,
respectively
 d. 90,000 mi and 300 ms,
respectively
287. The figure of a satellite defines in
orbit
 a. Circle
 b. Elliptical
 c. Parabolic
 d. Hyperbolic
288. Considered as the corrupting
influence(s) in the satellite movement.
 a. Gravitational pill between the
earth and the orbiting satellite
 b. Atmospheric drag on the
satellite
 c. Orbital ellipse
 d. All of these
289. The orbit of communications
satellites id defined by the angle with
respect to the earth equator, which is the
0o plane. What is (are) the basic orbital
angle(s)?
 a. Polar
 b. Inclined
 c. Equatorial
 d. All of the above
290. How do we measure the position of
a satellite?
 a. By its elevation angle with
respect to the horizon
 b. By its azimuth angle measured
clockwise from the direction of
true north
 c. Through the line of apsides
 d. A and B are correct
291. Which of the following cause(s) the
satellite’s orbital distortions?
 a. Sun
 b. Earth
 c. Moon
 d. All of the above
292. What is the approximate service
life of communications satellites?
 a. 3 years only
 b. 5 to 20 years
 c. 20 to 60 years
 d. 100 years
293. Representing application of the
extraordinary advances technology of
satellites to solve the problem of
accurate, reliable, 26 hr/day navigation.
 a. Global Positioning System
(GPS)
 b. Navigation System using
Timing and Ranging (NAVSTAR)
 c. LORAN
 d. A and B are correct
294. A system based on the accurate
knowledge by the vessel of the position
of each of four satellites, as calculated
by the time with respect to the user.
 a. GPS
 b. A or D
 c. LORAN
 d. NAVSTAR
295. Segment(s) of a complete GPS
system is(are)
 a. Control segment
 b. Space segment
 c. User segment
 d. All of these
296. Its function assures the overall
system performance and accuracy
 a. Control segment
 b. Space segment
 c. User segment
 d. All of these
297. The user segment is used to
received signals for the GPS system
from the four satellites, compute the
time differences, and determine position,
while space segment’s function is(are)
 a. To received signals for the GPS
system from the four satellites,
compute the distance differences,
and determine position
 b. To transmit time codes and
orbital position information to the
users
 c. To assure the overall
performance and accuracy
 d. All of the above
298. How do you describe the complete
signal path of the satellite
communications operation?
 a. Begins at a ground station,
proceeds to an uplink, then to a
downlink, and ends at a receiving
ground station.
 b. From the satellite, to a
downlink, tehn to a ground station.
 c. Begins at a ground station,
proceeds to an uplink, to the
satellite itself, to a downlink, and
ends at a receiving ground station
 d. All of these
299. What is a passive satellite?
 a. A satellite capable of receiving,
amplifying, and retransmitting
information to and from earth
stations.
 b. A bent-pipe or a reflector which
bounces a signal from one place to
another.
 c. A satellite which receives
transmissions from earth stations,
stored them on magnetic tape, and
rebroadcast them to ground
stations farther along in its orbit.
 d. A or C
300. How does communication between
satellite be achieved
 a. Using satellite cross-links
 b. Intersatellite links (ISLs)
 c. Through is ground stations
 d. A or B is correct
301. Which of the following is not an
advantage of geosynchronous orbit?
 a. No need to switch from one
satellite to another as satellites
orbit overhead, therefore, no
breaks of transmission due to
switching times.
 b. High-altitude geosynchronous
satellites can cover a much larger
area
 c. Geosynchronous satellites
require higher transmit powers and
more sensitive receivers because
of the longer distances and greater
path loss.
 d. Satellite remains almost
stationary in respect to a given
earth station, therefore, expensive
tracking equipment is not required
at the earth stations.
302. Which of the following parameters
(height of the satellite from earth, travel
time, rotation period, and the satellite’s
line of sight) refer to low-altitude
satellite?
 a. 19,000 – 25,000 mi; 6,879
mi/hr; 24 hr; and 24-h availability
time, respectively
 b. 6,000 – 12,000 mi; 12,189
mi/hr; 5 – 12 hr; and 2- 4 hr per
orbit, respectively
 c. 100 – 300 mi; 17,500 mi/hr; 1 ½
hr, and ¼ or less per orbit,
respective
 d. 50 – 95 mi; 25,600 mi/hr, ½ hr;
and 1/8 or less per orbit,
respectively
303. There are two primary
classifications of communications
satellite; one uses the angular
momentum of its spinning body to
provide roll and yaw relative to earth’s
surface while an internal subsystem
provides roll and yaw stabilization.
What are they?
 a. gyroscopic satellites
 b. delayed repeater satellites
 c. passive and active satellites
 d. spinners and three-axis
stabilizer satellites
304. How do radiation patterns or beams
from a satellite antenna categorized?
 a. Spot
 b. Earth
 c. Zonal
 d. All of these
305. A ____________ satellite with an
orbital period of one sidereal day or
nominally, 24 h
 a. Bent-pipe satellite
 b. Processing satellite
 c. Geostationary satellite
 d. ANIK-D communications
satellite
306. 19,000 – 25,000 mi height; 6, 879
mi/hr travel time; 24-hr rotation; and 24-
hr availability time belong to what
satellite?
 a. Low-altitude satellites (circular
orbit)
 b. Medium-altitude satellites
(elliptical orbit)
 c. High-altitude satellites
(geosynchronous orbit)
 d. GLONASS
307. An orbit when the satellite rotates
in a path above the equator.
 a. Polar orbit
 b. Inclines orbit
 c. Equatorial orbit
 d. Geosynchronous orbit
308. Orbiting satellite system in Russia
which means “lightning” or “news
flash”, used for television broadcasting.
It uses a highly inclined elliptical orbit
with apogee at about 40,000 km and
perigee at about 1,000 km.
 a. Molniya system
 b. Molnya system
 c. Molnia system
 d. All are correct
309. Polar and inclined orbits refer to
what?
 a. Any other orbital path, and
rotation above the equator,
respectively
 b. Any other orbital path, and
rotation that takes over the north
and south poles, respectively
 c. Rotation that takes over the
north and south poles, and any
other orbital path, respectively
 d. Rotation above the equator, and
rotation that takes over the north
and south poles, respectively
310. ____________ means the farthest
distance from earth a satellite orbit
reaches while ____________ is the
minimum distance.
 a. Apogee and perigee,
respectively
 b. Perigee and apogee,
respectively
 c. A and B are the same
 d. None of these
311. Refers to the line joining the
perigee and apogee through the center of
the earth
 a. Line of sight
 b. Line of nodes
 c. Equatorial nelt
 d. Line of apsides
312. The point where the orbit crosses
the equatorial plane going from north to
south; and the point where the orbit
crosses the equatorial plane going from
south to north refer to
 a. Ascending node
 b. Descending node
 c. Ascending node and descending
node, respectively
 d. Descending node and ascending
node, respectively
313. What is the line joining the
ascending and descending nodes through
the center of the earth?
 a. Line of apsides
 b. Line of nodes
 c. Line of shoot
 d. Line of sight
314. Refers to the horizontal pointing of
an antenna.
 a. Look angle
 b. Elevation
 c. Azimuth
 d. Spot
315. What is meant by the angle of
elevation?
 a. The angle formed between the
direction of travel of a wave
radiated from an earth station
antenna and the horizontal.
 b. The horizontal pointing of an
antenna
 c. The angle subtended at the earth
station antenna between the
satellite and the horizontal
 d. A or C is right
316. The range of frequencies used by
communications satellites?
 a. From 1 GHz up to 3 GHz
 b. From 1 GHz up to 30 GHz
 c. From 30 GHz up to 300 GHz
 d. From 300 GHz up to 350 GHz
317. Otherwise considered as radio
repeater in the sky.
 a. Transponder
 b. Satellite
 c. Sputnik
 d. Courier
318. How does interference between
uplink and downlink signals be
prevented?
 a. By using different ground
stations
 b. By using different satellites
 c. By using different carrier
frequencies
 d. All of these
319. An electronic system called
transponder of the communications
satellite is used
 a. For frequency translations
 b. To retransmit signals
 c. To receive signals
 d. All of the above
320. What do you call of the signal path
from the transmitter to satellite and from
the satellite to earth-based receiver?
 a. Downlink and uplink,
respectively
 b. Downlink
 c. Uplink and downlink,
respectively
 d. Uplink
321. Why is it that the uplink is always
higher in frequency than the downlink?
 a. Because the uplink suffers
greater spreading or free-space
loss of frequency than its lower
counterpart
 b. Since an earth station aims
upward with well-controlled
antenna sidelobes
 c. A and B are correct
 d. None of these
322. What is frequency hopping?
 a. A form of CDMA where a
digital code is used to continually
change the frequency of the carrier
 b. Available bandwidth is
partitioned into smaller frequency
bands and the total transmission
time is subdivided into smaller
time slots
 c. Each earth stations within a
CDMA network is assigned a
different frequency hopping
pattern in which each transmitter
hops or switched from one
frequency band to the next
according to their assigned pattern
 d. All of these
323. What is meant by satellite
footprint?
 a. Is the earth area that the satellite
can receive from or transmit to
 b. Is the function of both the
satellite orbit and height, and the
type of antenna the satellite uses.
 c. The geographical representation
of the satellite antenna’s radiation
pattern.
 d. All of the above
324. What (is)are the advantage(s) using
1-GHz and higher frequencies?
 a. Large amount of information
can be sent due to large available
bandwidth
 b. Propagation characteristics are
very consistent
 c. Signal wavelengths are shorter
 d. All of these are correct
325. What is meant by link budget?
 a. The sum of all the signal gains
and losses along the way.
 b. The difference of the signal
gains and losses along the way
 c. Identifies the system parameters
and is used to determine the
projected C/N and Eb/No ratios at
 both the satellite and earth stations  d. Satellite weight and the pull of  d. They can’t
receivers for a given modulation the moon and sun 345. The typical bandwidth of a satellite
scheme and desired Pq. 335. The height of a satellite in a band is
 d. A or C is right synchronous equatorial orbit is  a. 36 MHz
326. How can satellite maintains its  a. 100 mi  b. 40 MHz
desired orbit consistently?  b. 6800 mi  c. 70 MHz
 a. Using small on-board rocket  c. 22,300 mi  d. 500 MHz
trusters  d. 35, 860 mi 346. Which of the following is not
 b. Through using guidance system 336. Most satellites operate in which usually a part of a transponder?
 c. By telemetry channel frequency band?  a. LNA
 d. All of these  a. 30 to 300 MHz  b. Mixer
327. A satellite consists of any  b. 300 MHz to 3 GHz  c. Modulator
subsystem functions incorporated into a  c. 3 GHz to 30 GHz  d. HPA
single system. What is the subsystem  d. Above 300 GHz
responsible for providing the primary dc 337. The main power sources for a
power and the regulated, secondary satellite are
supply voltages for the satellite circuits?  a. Batteries
 a. Communication channel  b. Solar cells
subsystem  c. Fuel cells
 b. Telemetry subsystem  d. Thermoelectric generators
 c. Power subsystem 338. The maximum height of an
 d. Antennas elliptical orbit is called the
328. How do communications satellites  a. Perigee
powered?  b. Apex
 a. By a bank of batteries whose  c. Zenith
charge is maintained by an array  d. Apogee
of solar cells 339. Batteries are used to power all
 b. Liquid fuel satellite subsystems
 c. Nuclear  a. At all times
 d. AC power  b. Only during emergencies
329. _____________ is the total power  c. During eclipse periods
consumption for the satellite operation?  d. To give the solar arrays a rest
 a. About 10 W 340. The satellite subsystems that
 b. About 150 W monitors and controls the satellite is the
 c. About 2000 W  a. Propulsion subsystem
 d. About 25000 W  b. Power subsystem
330. As the height of a satellite orbits  c. Communications subsystem
gets lower, the speed of the satellite  d. Telemetry, tracking, and
 a. Increases command subsystem
 b. Decreases 341. The basic technique used to
 c. Remains the same stabilized a satellite is
 d. None of the above  a. Gravity-forward motion balance
331. The main function of a  b. Spin
communications satellite is the  c. Thrusters control
 a. Repeater  d. Solar panel orientation
 b. Reflector 342. The jet thrusters are usually fired to
 c. Beacon  a. Maintain altitude
 d. Observation platform  b. Put the satellite into the transfer
332. The key electronic component in a orbit
communications satellite is the  c. Inject the satellite into the
 a. Telemetry geosynchronous orbit
 b. On-board computer  d. Bring the satellite back to the
 c. Command and control system earth
 d. Transponder 343. Most commercial satellite activity
333. A circular orbit around the equator occurs in which band(s)?
with a 24-h period is called a(n)  a. L
 a. Elliptical orbit  b. C and Ku
 b. Geostationary orbit  c. X
 c. Polar orbit  d. S and P
 d. Transfer obit 344. How can multiple earth stations
334. A satellite stays in orbit because the share a satellite on the same
following two factors are balanced. frequencies?
 a. Satellite weight and speed  a. Frequency reuse
 b. Gravitational pull and inertia  b. Multiplexing
 c. Centripetal force and speed  c. Mixing