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January 1,
2015
This is the Multiples Choice Questions Part 7 of the Series in Microwave Communications
as one of the Communications Engineering topic. In Preparation for the ECE Board Exam
make sure to expose yourself and familiarize in each and every questions compiled here
taken from various sources including but not limited to past Board Examination
Questions in Electronic System and Technologies, Communications Books, Journals and
other Communications References.
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PART 1: MCQs from Number 1 – 50 Answer key: PART I
PART 2: MCQs from Number 51 – 100 Answer key: PART II
PART 3: MCQs from Number 101 – 150 Answer key: PART III
PART 4: MCQs from Number 151 – 200 Answer key: PART IV
PART 5: MCQs from Number 201 – 250 Answer key: PART V
PART 6: MCQs from Number 251 – 300 Answer key: PART VI
PART 7: MCQs from Number 301 – 350 Answer key: PART VII
PART 8: MCQs from Number 351 – 400 Answer key: PART VIII
PART 9: MCQs from Number 401 – 450 Answer key: PART IX
PART 10: MCQs from Number 451 – 500 Answer key: PART X
SEE: More Questions and Answers in Microwave Communications
a) magic tee
b) rat tee
c) series tee
d) shunt tee
302. Which one of the following waveguide tuning components is not easily adjustable?
a) screw
b) stub
c) iris
d) plunger
a) circular
b) ridged
c) flexible
d) rectangular
a) vane attenuator
b) waveguide below cutoff
c) mode filter
d) flap attenuator
a) low-pass filter
b) bandpass filter
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c) high-pass filter
d) band-stop filter
306. Cylindrical cavity resonators are not used with klystron because they have
a) TE
b) TM
c) TEM
d) TME
308. A directional coupler with three or more holes is sometimes used in preference to
the two-hole coupler
309. The smallest free-space wavelength that is just unable to propagate in the
waveguide
a) cutoff wavelength
b) cutoff frequency
c) cutoff waveguide length
d) cutoff phase
310. It is the minimum frequency of waves that can propagate through the waveguide
a) cutoff frequency
b) cutoff wavelength
c) cutoff phase
d) cutoff waveguide length
a) Radar
b) Satellites
c) Two-way radio
d) TV sets
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312. In waveguides, it is the velocity at which the wave changes phase
a) waveguide velocity
b) group velocity
c) phase velocity
d) total velocity
313. The maximum power that may be handled by a ferrite component is limited by the
a) curie temperature
b) saturation magnetization
c) line width
d) gyromagnetic resonance
a) phase velocity
b) group velocity
c) total velocity
d) waveguide velocity
a) horn
b) parabolic reflector
c) helical
d) bicone
a) vertically polarized
b) horizontally polarized
c) circularly polarized
d) linearly polarized
318. For some applications, circular waveguides may be preferred to rectangular ones
because of
a) director
b) reflector
c) dipole
d) horn
320. In a klystron amplifier, velocity modulation of the electron beam is produced by the
a) collector
b) catcher cavity
c) cathode
d) buncher cavity
321. Increasing the diameter of a parabolic reflector causes which of the following:
a) decreased beamwidth
b) increased gain
c) none of the above
d) decreased beamwidth and increased gain
a) flexible waveguide
b) ridged waveguide
c) rectangular waveguide
d) coaxial line
a) Reflex klystron
b) TWTs
c) Magnetrons
d) Varactor diodes
324. One of the reasons why vacuum tubes eventually fail at microwave frequencies is
that their
325. A rectangular waveguide has a width of 1 inch and a height of 0.6 inch. Its cutoff
frequency is
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a) 2.54 GHz
b) 3.0 GHz
c) 5.9 GHz
d) 11.8 GHz
326. The TWT is sometimes preferred to the multicavity klystron amplifier, because the
former
a) is more efficient
b) has a greater bandwidth
c) has a higher number of modes
d) produces higher output power
a) square
b) circle
c) triangle
d) rectangle
a) electrons
b) electric and magnetic fields
c) holes
d) air pressure
a) TE 0,1
b) TE 1,2
c) TM 0,1
d) TM 1,1
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332. A popular microwave mixer diode is the
a) Gunn
b) Varactor
c) Hot carrier
d) IMPATT
a) coaxial magnetron
b) dither-tune magnetron
c) frequency-agile magnetron
d) VTM
a) lower-cost equipment
b) sampler equipment
c) greater transmission distances
d) more spectrum space for signals
a) IMPATT
b) Gunn
c) Varactor
d) Schottly
a) 1.7 MHz
b) 750 MHz
c) 0.98 MHz
d) 22 GHz
a) Permanent magnet
b) Modulation transformer
c) Helix
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d) Cavity resonator
a) radar
b) mobile radio
c) telephone
d) spacecraft communications
340. Indicate the false statement. Transit time in microwave tubes will be reduced if
341. Coaxial cable is not widely used for long microwave transmission lines because of its
a) high loss
b) high lost
c) large size
d) excessive radiation
342. The main advantage of the TWT over a klystron for microwave amplification is
a) lower cost
b) smaller size
c) higher power
d) wider bandwidth
344. A waveguide has a cutoff frequency of 17 GHz. Which of the signals will not be
passed by the waveguide?
a) 15 GHz
b) 18 GHz
c) 22 GHz
d) 25 GHz
345. When the electric field in a waveguide is perpendicular to the direction of wave
propagation, the mode is said to be
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a) vertical polarization
b) transverse electric
c) horizontal polarization
d) transverse magnetic
346. The TWT is sometimes preferred to the magnetron as a radar transmitter output
tube because it is
a) probe
b) dipole
c) stripline
d) capacitor
a) amplifier
b) oscillator
c) mixer
d) frequency multiplier
a) circulator
b) isolator
c) garnet
d) phase shifter
350. Indicate the false statement. Klystron amplifiers may use intermediate cavities to
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