1. __________ is the amount of voltage induced in a wave by an electromagnetic wave .

a. Receive voltage

b. Field strength

c. Magnetic induction

d. Power density

2. _____ is the horizontal pointing angle of an antenna.

a. Azimuth

b. Angle of elevation

c. Right angle

d. Beamwidth

3. What is the radiation characteristic of a dipole antenna?

a. Omnidirectional

b. Bidirectional

c. Unidirectional

d. Hemispherical

4. An antenna with unity gain

a. Rhombic

b. Half-wave dipole

c. Isotropic

d. Whip

5. The directivity pattern of an isotropic radiation is

a. A figure 8
c. A unidirectional cardioid

b. A sphere
d. A parabola

6. Which antenna does not use the ground?

a. Marconi

b. Yagi

c. Hertz

d. Rhombic

7. What is a term for an antenna element which is supplied power from a transmitter through a
transmission line?
a. Parasitic element

b. Director element

c. Driven element

d. Reflector element

8. Where does the voltage node of a half wave antenna exist?

a. At feed point
c. At the end

b. Near the center

d. Near the feed point

9. Typical antenna in an AM radio is a:

a. Dipole

b. Folded dipole

c. Ferrite loop-stick

d. None of the above

10. The real part of an antennas input impedance is due to:

a. radiated signal

b. SWR

c. reflected signal

d. all of the above

11. ERP stands for:

a. equivalent radiation pattern
c. effective radiation pattern

b. equivalent radiated power

d. effective radiated pattern

12. The front-to-back ratio of a half wave dipole antenna is:

a. 0 dB

b. 3 dB

c. 10 dB

d. infinite

13. Arrays can be:

a. phase

b. parasitic

c. driven

d. all of the above

14. At resonance, the input impedance to a lossless antenna should be;

a. resistive

b. capacitive

c. inductive

d. infinite

15. A horizontal antenna is :

a. perpendicularly polarized b. horizontally polarized
c. centrally polarized

d. vertically polarized

16. Radio wave concentration in the direction of the signal emitted by a directional antenna.
a. major lobe

b. back lobe radiation

c. transmitted signal

d. side lobe radiation

17. The direction straight up from the horizontal plane.

a. azimuth

b. zenith

c. far-field region

d. near-field region

18. When a parasitic element is longer than the driven element it is called __________.
a. reflector

b. director

c. radiator

d. none of the above

19. An antenna array where all elements are connected to the feedline.
a. phased array

b. parasitic array

c. driven array

d. linear array

20. A type of antenna that has a physical length equivalent to one half wavelength of the radio
frequency being used.
a. Yagi

b. Hertz

c. Rhombic

d. Marconi

21. _____ is an antenna array which is highly directional at right angles to the plane of the
array?
a. Broadside array

b. End-fire array

c. Turnstile array

d. Log-periodic array

22. What is the minimum number of turns a helix antenna must have?
a. 3

b. 5

c. 4

d. 6

23. Which of the following improves antenna directivity?

a. Driven element

b. Reflector element

c. Director element

d. Parasitic element

24. _____ is the measurement of a unilateral antenna properties of directivity

a. Phase angle

b. Antenna gain

c. Beamwidth

d. Bandwidth

25. In what range of frequencies are most omnidirectional horizontally polarized antennas
used?
a. VHF, UHF

b. VLF, LF

c. SH, EHF

d. MF, HF

26. The purpose of stacking elements on an antenna

a. Sharper directional pattern
c. Improved bandpass

b. Increased gain

d. All of these

27. Antennas are often tested in:

a. echo chamber

b. anechoic chamber

c. vacuum chamber

c. RF reflective chamber

28. An antenna can be matched to a feedline using :

a. shorted stub

b. LC network

c. loading coil

d. all of the above

29. These are employed when the relative position of the other station is unknown or arbitrary.
a. omnidirectional antenna b. directional antenna
c. resonant antenna

d. non-resonant antenna

30. Characterized by very wide bandwidth, covering a 10:1 frequency range.

a. helical antenna

b. discone antenna

c. monopole antenna

d. loop antenna

31. Known as the technique for adding a series inductor at or near the center of an antenna
element in order to cancel the capacitive reactance of an antenna
a. Dipole

b. Center loading

c. Reflector

d. Loading coil

32. The portion of an antenna pattern between two nulls.

a. region

b. sector

c. lobe

d. radial

33. A configuration of multiple antenna elements arranged to achieve a given radio pattern.
a. antenna array

b. element pattern

c. array pattern

d. none of the above

34. __________is the interface between the transmission line and space.
a. feedline

b. antenna

c. radial

d. none of the above

35. LPDA stands for:

a. low power dipole array

b. low power directed power

c. log periodic dipole array d. log power dipole array

1. B
2. A
3. B
4. A
5. B
6. B
7. C
8. A
9. C
10. A
11. D
12. A
13. D
14. A
15. B
16. A
17. B

18. A
19. A
20. B
21. A
22. A
23. D
24. C
25. A
26. D
27. B
28. D
29. A
30. B
31. D
32. C
33. A
34. B
35. C