CERTC - RF

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Calculate the range of frequencies for this

oscillator, with a tuning voltage that varies
from 1V to 10V.
A. 5.24 MHz 9.14 MHz

1.

Calculate the noise current for a diode

with a bias current of 15mA, observed
over a 25 kHz bandwidth.
A. 11 mA
C. 11 nA *
B. 11 uA

C. 9.82 MHz
25.98 MHz
B. 6.24 MHz 10.16 MHz *

D. 11 pA
2.

The signal-to-noise ratio is 30 dB at the

input to an amplifier and 27.3 dB at the
output. What is the noise figure of the
amplifier?
A. 2.7 dB *

D. 4.18 MHz
12.7 MHz
8.

A quartz watch is guaranteed accurate to

15 seconds per month has 30 days,
calculate the accuracy of the crystal
oscillator in the watch in parts per million.
A. 5.79 ppm *

C. 57.3 dB
B. -2.7 dB

C. 3.14
ppm
B. 2.14 ppm

D. -57.3 dB
3.

Suppose the noise power at the input to a

receiver is 1nW in a bandwidth of interest.
What would be the required signal power
for a signal-to- noise ratio of 25dB?
A. 316 nW *
C. 216 uW
B. 400 nW
D. 500 nW

4.

An amplifier consists of two stages. Stage

one has a gain of 12dB and a noise figure
of 2dB. Stage two has a gain of 20 dB
and a noise figure of 5 dB. Calculate the
equivalent noise temperature in kelvins
for the amplifier.
A. 151 K
C. 209.09K *
B. 350 K

D. 4.27
ppm
9.

An AM signal observed on a spectrum

analyzer shows a carrier at +12dBm, with
each of the sidebands 8dB below the
carrier. Calculate the modulation index.
A. 0.23
B. 0.98
C. 0.8 *
D. 0.63

10. A transmitter uses a frequency

multiplication circuit consisting of two
triplers and three doublers to get a
frequency of 540MHz from a crystal
oscillator. What frequency should the
crystal have?
A. 38.88 GHz
C. 45
MHz
B. 7.5 MHz *

D. 75 K
5.

Which of the following measures cannot

be used to reduce noise?
A. by increasing the
channel bandwidth *
B. by reducing the
signaling rate
C. by increasing the
transmitted power
D. by using redundancy

6.

In the design of a receiver, the noise

figure is determined primarily by the
A. first stage *
C. last
stage
B. all of the stages
D. none
of these
7.

A varactor-tuned oscillator uses an

inductance of 25uH with a varactor
having a maximum capacitance of 45pF
in the frequency-determining circuit.

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D. 38.88
MHz
11. An AM transmitter with a carrier power of
20kW is connected to a 50ohms antenna.
In order to design a lightning arrestor for
the antenna, it is necessary to know the
maximum instantaneous voltage that will
appear at the antenna terminals.
Calculate this voltage, assuming 100%
modulation for the transmitter.
A. 1kV
B. 1.41 kV
C. 2.82 kV *
D. 3.5
kV
12. An FM signal has a deviation of 10kHz
and is modulated by a sine wave with a
frequency of 5kHz. The carrier frequency
is 150 MHz, and the signal has a total
power of 12.5W, operating into an
impedance of 50 ohms. What is the
modulation index?
A. 1.45
B. 2 *
C. 2.45
D.4
13. An FM receiver operates with a S/N of 30
dB at its detector input and with mf=10. If
the received signal has a voltage of

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10mV, what is the amplitude of the noise

voltage?
A. 10uV
B. 1mV
C. 316 uV *
D. 521
uV
14. The RF power amplifier stage of a
transmitter has an output of 50kW and a
gain of 15dB. How much power must be
supplied to this stage by the previous
stage?
A. 31.6 KW
B.
1.58 KW *
C. 1.58
MW
D. 3.16 KW
15. A transmitter uses twelve modules in its
solid-state output stage. Calculate the
power reduction (in decibels) that would
occur if one module fails.
A. 0.378 dB *
B. 0.5
dB
C. 0.83 dB
D.
1 dB
16. A transmitter power amplifier has a gain
of 30dB and an efficiency of 75%. Its
output power is 100 watts. How much
current does the amplifier draw from a
100 volt power supply?
A. 1.457 A
B. 1.333 A *
C. 2.4 A
D. 3.6 A
17. An SSB transmitter transmits on the USB
with a (suppressed) carrier frequency of
7.2MHz. It is modulated by two tones,
with frequencies of 1kHz and 2.5kHz and
equal amplitude. The transmitter PEP is
75W into a 50 ohms load. The carrier and
unwanted sideband are each suppressed
by 60 dB. Calculate the peak voltage
across the load and the average power
into the load.
A. 86.6 V and 37.5 W *
C. 1.78
V and 19.7 W
B. 100 V and 27.3 W
D. 27.5 V and 25 W
18. A receivers IF filter has a shape factor of
2.5 and a bandwidth of 6kHz at the 6dB
down point. What is its bandwidth at the
60dB down?
A. 7kHz B. 15 kHz *
C.
30 kHz
D. 45 kHz

19. A double-tuned IF transformer has

k=1.5kc. The primary Q is 50 and the
secondary Q is 40. Calculate the
bandwidth of the transformer at a
frequency of 10.7MHz.
A. 359 KHz *
C. 476
KHz
B. 526 KHz

D. 147 KHz
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