QUESTION

The phase detector that will generate a

control voltage which will cause the
VCO frequency to change until it is
exactly that of the external input signal.
This is called ___________.

acquisition of phase lock

QUESTION
What AM demodulator works by
rectifying the signal and low-pass
filtering the result?

Envelope detector

QUESTION
The range of the human hearing can
cover how many octaves?

10

QUESTION
What is the typical velocity factor of
coaxial cables?

0.6 to 0.8

QUESTION
What type of circuit reduces even-order
harmonics?

Push-pull

QUESTION
What is the international distress
frequency for aeronautical service?

121.5 MHz

QUESTION
What is the diagonal screen size for the
19CP4 picture tube?

19 inches

QUESTION
In telephony, what cable used for
customers loop in telephone exchanges
has a round trip loop resistance of 170
/loop-mile?

AWG No. 22

QUESTION
What is a proprietary protocol for
wireless home control networking?

Z-wave

QUESTION
In acoustics, what is the apparent
loudness of 30 dB loudness level?

Moderate

QUESTION
Who is the inventor of Wi-Fi and has
been named father of Wi-Fi and was
with his team involved in designing
standards such as IEEE 802.11b, 802.11a
and 802.11g?

Vic Hayes

QUESTION
Wi-Fi networks have limited range. A
typical Wi-Fi home router using 802.11b
or 802.11g might have a range of ______
indoors and ______ outdoors.

45 m (150 ft) and 90 m (300 ft)

QUESTION
The ISDN channel B is projected to carry
e-mails with what transmission rate?

Between 4.8 to 64 kbps

QUESTION
Who invented the cavity magnetron, a
high-power microwave oscillator?

Randall and Boot

QUESTION
Which of the following materials has the
highest absorption coefficient for sound
waves?

Celotex

QUESTION
What refers to a point-to-multipoint,
multipoint-to-point, short distance
communication service that operates in
the 218- to 218.5 MHz and 218.5- to 219
MHz frequency bands?

Interactive Video and Data Service

QUESTION
In color TV receiver, what is the possible
cause or source of this trouble: no
color?

3.58 MHz bandpass amplifier

QUESTION
Wireless Internet Service Provider uses
what technology to provide internet
access at airports, hotels, convention
centers, coffee shops and other public
places?

Wi-fi

QUESTION
What microwave tube is a linear-beam
tube in which the interaction between
the beam and the RF field is
continuous?

Traveling-Wave Tube (TWT)

QUESTION
Which company built the first cellular
telephone in 1924?

Bell Labs

QUESTION
What is the official name of MPEG 7?

Multimedia Content Description Interface

QUESTION
What is connected by three small jointed
bones in the air-filled middle ear to the
oval window of the inner ear or cochlea,
a fluid- filled spiral coil about one and a
half inches in length?

Eardrum

QUESTION
In April 2002, the IEEE published their
802.16 standard for broadband wireless
access (BWA). What BWA commonly
known as?

WiMAX

QUESTION
What is the downlink frequency used for
DBS in North America?

12.2 to 12.7 GHz

QUESTION
What type of coupling discriminates
against harmonic transmission?

Inductive or pi-network

QUESTION
All colors in a color test signal are
modulated at 75% except what color?

Gray

QUESTION
What is the threshold power value for a
human ear?

10-12 W/m2

QUESTION
What do you call the structure of
magnetic coils around the neck of the
picture?

Deflection yoke

QUESTION
Why is sidetone used in telephone
system?

Because it assures the user that the system is

working

QUESTION
What antennas are suitable for direct
connection to a waveguide?

Horn and slot antenna

QUESTION
If the amplitude of the modulating signal
applied to the phase modulator is
constant, the output signal will be

the carrier frequency

QUESTION
What satellite subsystem monitors
onboard conditions such as temperature
and battery voltage and transmits this
data back to a ground station for
analysis?

TTC

QUESTION
How can power be coupled into and out
of a waveguide?

By using probes, loops or holes in the

waveguide

QUESTION
Why is a matched line indistinguishable
from an infinitely long line, as seen from
the source?

Since no energy is reflected from the matched load,

so from the source, it appears as if energy put into
the line continues to move down the line forever

QUESTION
The RMS voltage of the aural signal of a
cable TV system shall be maintained
between ____ decibels below the
associated visual signal level.

13 and 17 dB

QUESTION
What is the popular fiber-optic cable
with a glass core and plastic cladding
called?

Plastic clad silica (PCS)

QUESTION
In cable TV system, receiving antenna
should be cut to respective channel
frequency for optimum reception, with a
front-to-back ratio not less than ____dB.

18

QUESTION
What refers to a closet which has
terminating facilities for key telephone
system services, stations, and central
office and PBX lines, but does not
contain key telephone system circuitry?

Satellite closet

QUESTION
What is required in a very small network
using only terminals without a hub to
connect computers directly to each
other?

Crossover cable

QUESTION
What was the first automatic full-duplex
mobile system introduced in 1965 by
Bell System?

Improved Mobile Telephone

Service (IMTS)

QUESTION
What layer of the Open Systems
Interconnection (OSI) model handles the
transmission of bits over a
communications channel?

Physical layer

QUESTION
A comb filter is used to ______.

to cancel chroma crosstalk

QUESTION
An NTSC television picture has 525 lines
and is made up of frames. To create a
moving picture, how many frames must
be scanned every second?

30

QUESTION
Why are balanced transmission line not
used for microwaves?

Because of radiation losses

QUESTION
A radar mile is the time required for a
radar pulse to travel 1 mile to an object
and return to the receiver. 1 radar
nautical mile is equivalent to _____
microseconds.

12.4

QUESTION
In TV system, if the 3.58 MHz C amplifier
in the receiver does not operate, the
result will be ______.

no color

QUESTION
What device or software used to
interconnect dissimilar LANs into a
common network?

Gateway

QUESTION
What is the primary purpose of speech
processing?

To ensure that overmodulation does not occur and

to restrict the bandwidth of the signal.

QUESTION
In TV, the picture information is
transmitted on a separate carrier that is
located _____ lower in frequency than
the sound carrier.

4.5

QUESTION
What is the maximum recommended
cable length for an RS232C cable?

50 feet

QUESTION
Which of the following is NOT a bitoriented protocol?

BISYNC

QUESTION
If a broadcast station is transmitting but
not modulating, what is heard in a
receiver tuned to its frequency?

Nothing

QUESTION
Which one applies to the color-under
technique?

Chroma frequency is reduced

QUESTION
What do you think is the main
disadvantage of grid over-plate
modulation

Low power efficiency, difficult to adjust

QUESTION
Which of the following is NOT an
acoustical defect to be avoided in
acoustical designs?

Reverberation

QUESTION
Which coaxial connector is a more
complex and expensive but do a better
job in maintaining the electrical
characteristics of the cable through the
interconnections?

N-type connector

QUESTION
What is known as the interference from
high-frequency noise can be minimized
by boosting the amplitude of highfrequency modulating signals prior to
modulation?

Pre-emphasis

QUESTION
What feature of SONET allows data
stream with different clocks to be
synchronized?

The payload pointer

QUESTION
How much of the emission must be
within the bandwidth of the transmitter?

99 %

QUESTION
What is the advantage of using single
sideband suppressed carrier AM as
modulation scheme for FDM telephony?

It has the least bandwidth

QUESTION
Occasionally, rockets will contain more
than one satellite. What do you call the
main satellite to be launched?

Initial Payload

QUESTION
In TV system, what is the exact
frequency of the color subcarrier
signal?

3.579545 MHz

QUESTION
What is the minimum channel rejection
in a cable TV system?

60 dB

QUESTION
In CATV system, what is the sound
section isolation?

40 dB

QUESTION
For single mode fibers, the core
diameter is about:

3 times the wavelength of the light carried in

the fiber

QUESTION
Which system is NOT using TDMA
concept of multiplexing?

IS-95

QUESTION
Why does an FM antenna ammeter not
change with modulation?

No power added with modulation

QUESTION
What is meant by peak white?

The video signal level represents

maximum luminance

QUESTION
What D-AMPS standard was specified in
1991 that added high-speed digital
control channels for better security and
additional features that can be used
both in the 800 MHz cellular radio and
the 1900 MHz PCS band?

IS-136

QUESTION
What is the function of ALC (Automatic
Level Control) circuit?

Maintains 33 % more constant

modulation level

QUESTION
What is the formula for rems?

rems = rbe x rads

QUESTION
What is the main disadvantage of fiber
optic cable made of glass?

Brittleness

QUESTION
What is the maximum voltage that may
be applied to the transmitted or received
data line without causing damage to the
equipment?

+/- 25 V

QUESTION
What refers to the technique used in TV
broadcasting to reduce the signal
bandwidth by limiting the picture
frequency?

Interlaced scanning

QUESTION
What percent of modulation must be
used when neutralizing an operating
transmitter?

100 % or over

QUESTION
What analog cellular system started the
first commercial operation in 1979?

NTT

QUESTION
The 10 Base T Ethernet system is
restricted only to ______ m.

100

QUESTION
For a cinema, the optimum volume per
person required is ______.

3.1

QUESTION
If the ferrite is subjected to a magnetic
field from a permanent magnet, the
electron spins experience what
phenomenon?

Precession

QUESTION
Which of the following is NOT a porous
absorber?

Membrane absorber

QUESTION
What sound characteristic relates to a
sonic time pattern?

Rhythm

QUESTION
What is the main cause why the color of
a television signal is too intense?

High chroma

QUESTION
What is the advantage of gridless
klystron?

Power output

QUESTION
What is the most commonly used filters
in SSB generation?

Mechanical filters

QUESTION
To increase loudness of modulation,
what may be added to the AF system
between console and driver amplifiers?

Peak-limiter circuit

QUESTION
What is the third generation (3G) cellular
system called?

Universal Mobile Telecommunications

System (UMTS)

QUESTION
How repeaters usually are identified?

Automatic ID, voice, code

QUESTION
What stage has bias from the ACC and
color-killer circuits?

Chroma BPA

QUESTION
A type of laser used as an energy
source to excite electrons into a higher
energy state.

Pump laser

QUESTION
What determines the characteristic of
surge impedance of a transmission line?

Its physical dimension

QUESTION
What consists of a system of radials,
supported above ground and insulated
from it called?

Counterpoise

QUESTION
What carrier shift results with
insufficient grid excitation to a highlevel modulated stage?

Negative

QUESTION
What radio transmission process where
a message or voice communications is
sent on a radio channel that regularly
changes frequency according to a
predetermined sequence?

Frequency hopping

QUESTION
What is the relation of keying speed and
bandwidth?

Directly proportional

QUESTION
In TV system, the contrast control is the
______.

Y-video amplifier

QUESTION
How will cable-television system reduce
losses?

By moving UHF signals to the VHF

range

QUESTION
What does a blue haze between filament
and plate indicate?

Gas in tube

QUESTION
Analog microwave system uses what
modulation?

Either FM or SSB

QUESTION
What stage must be on during horizontal
flyback time?

Burst Separator

QUESTION
What are the two basic concepts in local
area network software?

Peer-to-peer network and clientserver network

QUESTION
Which of the following is part of the
process of producing terrestrial digital
television transmission?

Data storing

QUESTION
What refers to the total frequency range
within which lock, once achieved, can
be maintained?

Lock range

QUESTION
What factors determines the EIRP
required by a station in each operation?

Satellite antennas and height,

Satellite receiver sensitivity

QUESTION
How many channels can be supported
by a baseband bus topology local area
network that uses digital signaling?

QUESTION
What is the main difference between a
wireless hub and a wireless bridge?

The bridge needs to have a much more

powerful transmitter because it needs to have
greater range.

QUESTION
How many different symbols are
possible at the output of a 16 QAM
modulator?

16

QUESTION
For a TV system, which of the following
is not tuned to 3.58 MHz?

Video preamplifier

QUESTION
What percent of the total radiated power
is in the sidebands with 100 %
sinusoidal modulation?

33 %

QUESTION
The interference beat frequency of 920
kHz is between the 3.58 MHz color
subcarrier and the __________.

4.5 MHz intercarrier sound

QUESTION
What is referred to as the absence of
spurious signals in the output of a
transmitter?

Spectral purity

QUESTION
Why do splices have lower loss than
connector pairs?

Splices do not have the air gap that

most connectors have.

QUESTION
The ability of a radar to determine the
distance between a remote object and
the radar unit is dependent upon:

the exact speed of radio signal

transmission

QUESTION
The first satellite, Sputnik I was
launched in what year?

1957

QUESTION
What do you call the frequencies
directly above 300 GHz?

Millimeter waves

QUESTION
What allows antennas to be built with
high gain and narrow bandwidth?

The short wavelengths in the

microwave region

QUESTION
Why do most modern long-distance
fiber communications systems use
wavelengths on the order of 1550 nm?

The loss in glass fiber is lowest at a

wavelength of approximately 1550 nm.

QUESTION
In cable TV system, what is
recommended to increase gain and
directivity?

Antenna stacking

QUESTION
What is the frequency of the
unmodulated carrier of an FM signal?

Carrier frequency

QUESTION
What is the purpose of using class C
amplifiers in AM transmitters?

To increase the RF power level

QUESTION
What would be the disadvantage of
slope detection of FM?

No noise discrimination

QUESTION
What is the use of a Faraday screen in a
transmitter?

To reduce transmitter harmonics

QUESTION
Why are waveguides not useful at lower
frequencies?

Because they have large cross-section

QUESTION
The ability of a radar unit to determine
the altitude of a remote target is
dependent upon the:

vertical beamwidth of the radar antenna

QUESTION
What does aspect ratio mean?

Ratio of the screen width to its height

QUESTION
What modulation scheme is used for
FDM telephony?

Single sideband suppressed carrier AM

QUESTION
Why is grid modulation called efficiency
modulation?

Grid modulation has 20% efficiency at no

modulation, 40% at + peaks

QUESTION
What would be the bandwidth of an AF
filter for AM music?

5 kHz

QUESTION
What do you think is the main advantage
of grid over-plate modulation?

Low AF power

QUESTION
What is a pattern of binary 0s and 1s
that changes randomly?

Pseudorandom code

QUESTION
What is the reason why many networks
are arranged as a physical star even
though their logical topology is ring or
bus?

For convenience in wiring and servicing

QUESTION
What circuit in a differential peak
detector IC that temporarily stores the
peak value of an input sine wave?

Peak detector

QUESTION
The visual signal level on each channel
shall not vary more that _____ dB within
any 24 hours period.

12

QUESTION
Different sources of radiation have
different effects which are related to xrays by a number which is referred to as
the _____.

rbe (roentgen biological effectiveness)

QUESTION
What are the three segments of a
Complete Global Positioning System
(GPS)?

User segment, Space segment, Control

segment

QUESTION
In CATV system, what provides a
reference signal which will enable
special trunk amplifiers within to
compensate for signal level variation?

Pilot carrier

QUESTION
Which of the following is considered the
oldest microwave semiconductor
device?

Point-contact diode

QUESTION
What is necessary to allow the HDTV
signal to be transmitted within the
existing 6 MHz TV channel bandwidth?

Compression of Data

QUESTION
What causes light loss in a fiber-optic
cable?

Absorption, Scattering and Dispersion

QUESTION
What is the disadvantage of the clientserver network?

It ties up one computer as the network

file server

QUESTION
Which switching method allows real
time data transfer?

Circuit Switch

QUESTION
Which switching method allows real
time data transfer?

Either Frequency or Space Diversity

QUESTION
In facsimile transmission systems, the
portion of the scanning line period that
cannot be used for picture signal
transmission is called ______.

lost time

QUESTION
What is the reason why waveguides
exhibits dispersion?

Due to multimode propagation at high

frequency

QUESTION
What is the main advantage of fiber
optics in LANs, compared with twisted
pair wiring?

Longer distances between nodes

QUESTION
A detector for suppressed-carrier AM
signals that works by multiplying the
signal with a regenerated carrier.

Product detector

QUESTION
The balance for Y-video signals to the
three guns in the picture tube is set by
the ______.

drive controls

QUESTION
What refers to the period of time during
which each chance in a PAM system is
sampled once?

Frame

QUESTION
The CRT used in television receivers
generates an electron beam. The beam
produces an image by striking a ______
on the tube face.

phosphor coating

QUESTION
What determines the resonant
frequency of a Gunn device?

Its thickness

QUESTION
A device operating at the network layer
of the OSI model is the ______.

router

QUESTION
What is the center frequency of Loran
C/D is a ground based navigation
system?

100 kHz

QUESTION
How will you prevent the amplitude
variation from reaching FM detectors?

By using one or more limiters before the

detector

QUESTION
What is the proper use of a transmission
line?

To terminate it in a load impedance equal to

its surge impedance

QUESTION
In TV system, which control varies the
phase angle of the demodulated color
video signal?

Tint

QUESTION
What is signal sent by the network to
the calling telephone to indicate that the
called telephone is ringing?

Ringback signal

QUESTION
In PAM/TDM system, keeping the
multiplexer and DEMUX channels step
with one another is done by

sync pulse

QUESTION
What do you call the short message that
is sent around the ring network to each
node in turn?

Free token

QUESTION
Why are FM transmitters move efficient
that AM transmitters?

Because FM transmitters use Class C

amplifiers

QUESTION
What type of coupling is used between
helical resonators

Slot

QUESTION
What is the name of the operation that
uses an antenna changeover switch?

Simplex

QUESTION
Why would a swinging antenna change
the frequency of a simple transmitter?

Reflects changing C

QUESTION
One advantage of a klystron amplifier
oscillator is that it is capable of large
stable output power of ____ MW.

10

QUESTION
A bar code is a sequence of black and
white lines that appears on products
sold in stores and similar to the binary
code that appears in the computer. Each
bar code has a room for how many
lines?

113

QUESTION
Who first implemented the use of radio
waves to detect the presence of distant
metallic objects via radio waves which
leads to the development of radars?

Christian Hulsmeyer

QUESTION
What refers to a telephone switchboard
in which manually operated keys are
used to make connections?

Cordless switchboard

QUESTION
What is the main disadvantage of using
a 2.4 GHz cordless telephone?

It interferes with certain wireless LAN protocols

due to the usage of the same frequency.

QUESTION
What radar frequency band is used for
air traffic control and surveillance?

L Band

QUESTION
One advantage of the klystron amplifier
oscillator is that it has a high gain. How
much is the gain of the klystron
amplifier oscillator?

70 dB

QUESTION
What is the purpose of employing signal
processing in radar system?

To reduce the interference effects

QUESTION
Several different telephone lines
modulation techniques are used by fax
machines. They are negotiated during
the fax-modem handshake, and the fax
devices will use the highest data rate
that both fax devices support. What is
the minimum data rate for Group 3 fax?

14.4 kbits/s

QUESTION
Super Group 3 faxes use what
modulation to allow a data rate of up to
33.6 kbits/s?

V.34bis

QUESTION
Which sub-discipline of acoustics refers
to the study of how sound is generated
and measured by loudspeakers,
microphones, sonar projectors,
hydrophones, ultrasonic transducers
and sensors?

Transduction

QUESTION
What is the name of the first fax
machine which was sold in 1861 by
Giovanni Caselli?

Pantelegraph

QUESTION
Group 3 faxes takes how many seconds
to transmit a single page not including
the initial time for the fax machines to
handshake and synchronize?

Between 6 to 15 seconds

QUESTION
What is the name of the antenna that is a
form of directional long-wire antenna
which uses a resistive termination at
one end and feed from the other?

Beverage antenna

QUESTION
What is the major advantage of SONET?

Its ability to easily manage huge

amounts of bandwidth.

QUESTION
Which of the following media has the
smallest fiber attenuation loss per
kilometer?

Multi mode fiber, 1300 nm wavelength

QUESTION
Wi-fi technology is a wireless internet
service provider that offers access to
the internet at speeds up to ______
when users are in range of an antenna?

11 Mbps

QUESTION
What refers to the structure of
conductive material most closely
associated with ground but insulated
from or capacitively coupled to the
natural ground?

Antenna counterpoise

QUESTION
What refers to actual radio frequency
(RF) echoes returned from targets which
are by definition uninteresting to the
radar operators in general?

Clutter

QUESTION
The studio cameras are composed of
two major sections. The head and
control unit. The camera control unit is
found _________.

at the control room console

QUESTION
What are the practical maximum data
rates for WiMAX?

Between 500kbit/s and 2 Mbit/s

QUESTION
Bluetooth is also known as ______.

IEEE 802.15.1

QUESTION
Where Bluetooth name was derived?

Danish king Harald Bltand (Harold I of

Denmark in English)

QUESTION
An industrial specification for wireless
personal area networks (PANs).

Bluetooth

QUESTION
An industry standard infrared protocol.

IrDA

QUESTION
Channel 4 in Philippine TV uses ____ as
its visual carrier frequency.

67.25 MHz

QUESTION
What is the typical voltage of the ULTOR
for 35-inch color TV picture tube?

30 kV

QUESTION
What is an organization that creates and
maintains databases containing
information from an information
provider?

Content Provider

QUESTION
In a global positioning system (GPS),
what is the spatial separation of the
orbital planes in the GPS constellation?

60 degrees

QUESTION
A signaling system in which each letter
of the alphabet is represented by a
different symbol is not used because __.

noise would introduce too many errors

QUESTION
What is a standards-based wireless
technology that provides highthroughput broadband connections over
long distances and can be used for a
number of applications, including "last
mile" broadband connections, hotspots
and cellular backhaul, and high-speed
enterprise connectivity for business?

WiMAX

QUESTION
What is a set of high level protocols
designed for low power digital radios?

ZigBee

QUESTION
_______ service is the provision of voice
communication using Internet Protocol
(IP) technology, instead of traditional
circuit switched technology.

Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP)

QUESTION
What refer to enhanced services beyond
those ordinarily provided for by local
exchange and inter-exchange operators,
and overseas carriers through circuit
switched networks?

Value-added services (VAS)

QUESTION
________ transmissions allow
numerous communication links to be
established simultaneously.

Multichannel

QUESTION
What is considered the main advantage
of TWT used as power amplifier in
satellite transponder?

Wide bandwidth

QUESTION
Which form of data communications is
not usable with an enabled echo
suppressor?

Full duplex

QUESTION
It is the input circuit of a satellite
transponder after the receiving antenna
that normally increases the level of the
received signal prior to frequency
translation. It is usually a GASFET
circuit.

Low-noise amplifier (LNA)

QUESTION
Which of the following is not used to
denote one complete orbit of satellite?

Geosynchronous period

QUESTION
In data transmission, if the TLP is -15
dBm then the DLP at the same point is
____ dBm.

-28

QUESTION
In GPS space segment, there are how
many orbital planes?

6 orbital planes approximately 60

degrees apart

QUESTION
Which of the following describes the
voltage characteristics of a
transmission line terminated in an
open?

The sum of the incident and reflected voltage

waveforms is maximum at the open.

QUESTION
Which of the following describes the
current characteristics of a transmission
line terminated in an open?

The sum of the incident and reflected current

waveforms is minimum at the open.

QUESTION
In acoustics, what is the optimum
volume per person required for
churches?

7.1 to 9.9

QUESTION
What modulation method is used by
digital AMPS?

pi/4DQPSK

QUESTION
How many conversations per channel
can TDMA digital cellular carry at once?

QUESTION
Which general data link protocol is used
for System Network Architecture (SNA)
message formats?

Synchronous Data Link Control (SDLC)

QUESTION
What is the orbit inclination of the
GLONASS satellite system?

64.8 degrees

QUESTION
What is the orbital period of a GLONASS
satellite?

11 hours and 15 minutes

QUESTION
What is considered one of the main
causes of tinnitus?

Exposure to high noise levels

QUESTION
In GSM, what speech coding technique
is used?

RPE-LPC (regular pulse excited-LPC)

QUESTION
In GSM, what is the frequency of baseto-mobile?

935 960 MHz

QUESTION
In digital AMPS, what speech coding
technique is used?

VSLEP (vector sum excited LPC)

QUESTION
What is the orbit inclination with respect
to equatorial plane of GPS satellite
system?

55 degrees

QUESTION
What is the optimum reverberation time
at 500 to 1000 Hz of churches?

1.4 3.4 s

QUESTION
__________ is a special listening test
devised to measure voice intelligibility?

Articulation Test

QUESTION
What is the most commonly used
standard method of lossy compression
for photographic images?

JPEG

QUESTION
A low-noise, low-power narrow-band
microwave amplifier utilizing a varactor
to achieve gain.

PARAMP

QUESTION
What is the most common wireless
encryption standard of Wi-Fi?

Wired Equivalent Privacy or WEP

QUESTION
What proprietary set of wireless sensor
protocols designed to compete with
ZigBee?

nanoNET

QUESTION
Practical limits from real world tests for
WiMAX seem to be around _____.

3 to 5 miles (5 to 8 kilometers)

QUESTION
What is the South Korean version of
WiMAX?

WiBro

QUESTION
In _____, unsubscribing from future
unsolicited commercial and promotional
advertisements, surveys and other
Broadcast/ Push messages.

Opt-out

QUESTION
In ______, the subscriber has requested
to be included on the specific list to
receive direct marketing through SMS or
MMS.

Opt-in

QUESTION
What does WiMAX stand for?

Worldwide Interoperability for

Microwave Access

QUESTION
What does WiMAX stand for?

Worldwide Interoperability for

Microwave Access

QUESTION
The number of correctly recorded
syllables as a percentage of the total
number transmitted is called _________.

articulation efficiency

QUESTION
In reverberation chamber method, what
room volume is required so that
measurements can be made down to
100 Hz?

200 m3

QUESTION
In reverberation chamber method, the
surface area under measurement should
be a single area between ____ and ____
square meters.

10 and 12

QUESTION
What is the sound absorption per unit
volume of air at a temperature of 20
deg.C (in square meters per cubic
meter) when frequency is 4000 Hz and
relative humidity is 80%?

16.4 x 10-3

QUESTION
For monoaural sound reproduction,
which audio frequency is preferred?

160 to 8000 Hz

QUESTION
What is the bandwidth of cellular CDMA
system?

1.23 MHz

QUESTION
What microwave transmission line has
evolved from the coaxial transmission
line?

Stripline

QUESTION
The stability of a superheterodyne
receiver is dependent on ______.

local oscillator

QUESTION
Citizen Band (CB) Radio Service is a
two-way voice communication service
for use in personal and business
activities. What is its assigned
frequency range.

26.965 to 27.405 MHz

QUESTION
What service provided by broadband
ISDN (BISDN) that can provide a means
for bidirectional end-to-end data
transmission, in real time, between two
subscribers or a between a subscriber
and a service provider?

Conversational service

QUESTION
In color TV receiver, a weak horizontal
amplifier can cause

insufficient width of the picture

QUESTION
In the context of studio acoustics, what
is ambiophony?

It is a method of adjusting reverberation within a

studio or concert hall by means of loudspeaker
feedback system.

QUESTION
In acoustics, why is reverberation
essential for all types of music?

Because it gives warmth and sonority

and a sense of power.

QUESTION
In fiber cables, what is the typical light
scattering (Rayleigh scattering) loss at
820 nm of light wavelength?

2.5 dB

QUESTION
What refers to the ability of individuals,
businesses and organizations to retain
their existing telephone numbers and
the same quality of service when
switching to a new local service
provider?

Local number portability

QUESTION
Ribbon microphone is an example of
what microphone?

Pressure-gradient microphone

QUESTION
In TV system, why is color subcarrier
suppressed at the transmitter?

To minimize interference between chroma

signal and Y-signal

QUESTION
In what year was the World Wide Web
was born?

1991

QUESTION
What high-power microwave tube was
first described in the USSR in the late
1970s that is capable of producing
powers in excess of 1 kW CW over 100
GHz frequencies?

Gyrotron

QUESTION
What is an evolving standard used to
describe multimedia content data that
allows some degree of interpretation of
the informations actual meaning, which
can be accessed by a computer and is
officially known as the Multimedia
Content Description Interface?

MPEG 7

QUESTION
In digital communications, the receiving
filter used to convert the input spectrum
to the output spectrum is termed as
_____ filter.

equalizer

QUESTION
What antenna is otherwise known as the
wave antenna?

Beverage antenna

QUESTION
In Integrated Services Digital Network
(ISDN), what ISDN channel is projected
to carry electronic mail with a
transmission rate between 4.8 to 64
kbps?

QUESTION
What microwave transmission line is
analogous to a parallel-wire line
consisting of the top strip and its image
below the ground plane?

Microstrip line

QUESTION
International Mobile
Telecommunications (IMT2000) or 3G
mobile telecommunications in the
Philippines which forms part of the
National Radio Frequency Allocation
Table?

1920 - 1980 MHz

QUESTION
What antenna radiates energy
directionally?

Anisotropic radiator

QUESTION
In digital transmission using delta
modulation method, what normally
causes error in the demodulated signal?

Slope overload

QUESTION
What is the purpose of interlock switch?

To protect personnel

QUESTION
Why is it important for the base station
to be able to control the power level of
the mobile stations transmitter?

Interference with other cells using the same

frequencies is reduced by using a low power level as
possible

QUESTION
What is a combined mixer and local
oscillator that uses one transistor or
tube or both?

Autodyne converter

QUESTION
Which propagation method is known as
special case of skywave?

Troposcatter

QUESTION
What enables the cellular system to
ensure proper billing and to check for
fraudulent use?

Combination of the MIN and ESN

QUESTION
What is the visual signal level for an
internal impedance of 300 ohms of a
cable TV system?

2 mV

QUESTION
How can bandwidth of an AM signal be
halved without losing information?

By suppressing one of the two

sidebands

QUESTION
What refers to a representation of a
signals power or amplitude as a
function of frequency?

Frequency domain

QUESTION
What is the frequency range of
telephone-quality analog voice signals?

300 Hz to 3 kHz

QUESTION
In phasing-type SSB generator, what
determines the degree of unwanted
sideband suppression?

The accuracy of the phase shifters

QUESTION
Why must a geostationary satellite orbit
also be equatorial?

So that it will be synchronous

QUESTION
At what frequency waveguides will
become compulsory transmission line?

Approximately above 6 GHz

QUESTION
What is caused by color information
being interpreted as luminance, causing
a structure of fine dots?

Cross color

QUESTION
In TV system, which signal needs 0.8s time delay?

Y video

QUESTION
Which system is using CDMA method of
multiplexing?

IS-95

QUESTION
At what range is the maximum power of
typical transistor RF power amplifiers?

kW

QUESTION
What is the transmitter power amplifier
stage immediately before the output
stage?

Intermediate power amplifier

QUESTION
What amplifier can amplify an optical
signal without converting it into
electrical form?

Optical amplifier

QUESTION
In FM stereo broadcasting, the L-R
signal double sideband modulates a/an
______.

Subcarrier

QUESTION
Drifting color bars in the picture indicate
trouble in the ________.

AFPC for color oscillator

QUESTION
Why is antenna height important in
mobile communications, even when the
distances involved are much less than
the distance to the horizon?

Because greater antenna height results in reduced

multipath interference and fewer obstructions in the
direct path

QUESTION
Why is frequency reuse important in
cellular system?

Because cellular systems increase their traffic

capacity by reusing frequencies at relatively small
distances.

QUESTION
In CATV system, vestigial sideband
response should be _____ at channel
edge and _____ rejection of adjacent
audio/visual frequencies.

-20 dB, -40 dB

QUESTION
What is the reason why noise limiter is
ineffective against thermal noise?

Because noise limiter removes only noise pulses

that are stronger than the signal. Thermal noise is
weaker than the signal.

QUESTION
For analog drum scanners, what type of
modulation is used after the received
light has been converted into electrical
energy.

Frequency modulation

QUESTION
What is one way of increasing the speed
of LAN communications?

By dividing a network into segments

QUESTION
In the aeronautical radio navigation
service, a radio navigation land station
that provides the direct bearing of that
station from an aircraft is known as
________.

omnidirectional range station

QUESTION
Which of the following is NOT a multitasking program used by client-server
networks?

IBM

QUESTION
Where does the load into which the AM
signal power is dissipated?

In the antenna

QUESTION
Based of worldwide statistics, at the
beginning of 2001, almost 1 person out
of ____ persons had a wireless phone.

QUESTION
What is the second layer of the OSI
protocol model, responsible for
detecting and correcting errors within
frames of data and providing the flags
that indicate the beginning and end of
frames?

Data Link layer

QUESTION
What is the advantage of using a
circulator with two transmitters and two
receivers?

One antenna only

QUESTION
Which one applies for a monochrome
picture?

Chroma amplifier off

QUESTION
What is the reason why point-contact
and Schottky or hot-carrier diodes are
widely used as mixers in microwave
equipments?

They have low capacitance and

inductance

QUESTION
Which of the following is NOT an
example of a peer-to-peer network
software?

MS Office 2000

QUESTION
What is the relation of the refractive
index of an ionospheric layer to its
height or altitude?

The higher the layer the smaller is

the refractive index.

QUESTION
In CATV system, what is the noise figure
for mid, high and super band channels?

6 dB or better

QUESTION
In CATV system, what is the noise figure
for sub and 10 band channels?

5 dB or better

QUESTION
What is the advantage of using hub over
direct interconnection of all the
terminals?

It is easy to move computers

QUESTION
How is a single-cavity reflex klystron
used?

As microwave oscillator

QUESTION
Which of the following is/are part(s) of
the network interface card (NIC)?

Both BNC connector and RJ-49

connector

QUESTION
In TV system, which signal has color
information for 1.3 MHz bandwidth?

QUESTION
What would be the bandwidth of an AF
filter for voice and SSB?

3 kHz

QUESTION
When was the first commercial cellular
system operated?

October 13, 1983

QUESTION
How is fiber grating produced?

By illuminating the fiber with ultraviolet

light

QUESTION
What types of microphone have a high Z
output?

Crystal, electret and condenser

QUESTION
Which of the following is NOT one of the
three different system specifications for
3G wireless system?

IMT 2000

QUESTION
The visual signal level shall be
maintained at ____ dB at any visual
carrier within 6 MHz nominal frequency
separation.

QUESTION
Where is the location of the master
control station of GPS navigation
system?

Falcon Air Force Base, Colorado Spring,

CO

QUESTION
The visual signal level shall be
maintained at ____ dB at any visual
carrier within 6 MHz nominal frequency
separation.

QUESTION
What is the advantage of a Doherty
linear?

High efficiency

QUESTION
The capacity and reliability of submarine
cables are greatly increased by the use
of what medium?

Fiber optics

QUESTION
At what frequency at which a VCO
operates when its control voltage is
zero?

Free-running frequency

QUESTION
What is the effect on the resonant
frequency of a monopole antenna of
inserting a coil at its base?

It decreases the resonant frequency

QUESTION
In a CATV system, what is the maximum
noise figure without equalizer at 54
MHz?

7.5 dB

QUESTION
What is the third layer of the OSI
protocol model, which sets up the path
to transmit data between terminals and
arranges data into packets?

Network layer

QUESTION
What carrier shift results with
insufficient grid excitation to a gridmodulated stage?

Positive

QUESTION
Why should amplitude variations be
prevented from reaching FM detectors?

Because it may degrade the noise

performance of the receiver

QUESTION
How can you make a class C amplifier
functions as frequency multiplier?

By connecting a resonant circuit tuned to

some integer multiple of the input frequency
in the output

QUESTION
GPRS evolved from the GSM and IS-136
TDMA technology using the same radio
channel structures as the GSM system.
What is the data transfer rate of GPRS?

Over 170 kbps

QUESTION
With what type of emission does
mistuning by 200 Hz materially degrade
the received signal?

J3E

QUESTION
In CATV system, what is the aural preemphasis time constant?

75 microseconds

QUESTION
What instrument is used to measure the
radio frequency current flowing in the
antenna of radio transmitter?

Grid-dip meter

QUESTION
In what two systems in a voice
transmitter can speech processing be
used?

AF and RF

QUESTION
How can the polarization of a simple
antenna be determined?

It is the same as the axis of the radiating

element

QUESTION
The radio range is dependent on what
factor?

Height of the transmitting and receiving

antenna

QUESTION
What is the reference frequency for
envelope delay distortion
measurement?

1,800 Hz

QUESTION
What is the beat frequency between the
3.58 MHz color subcarrier and the 4.5
MHz sound signal?

0.92 MHz

QUESTION
What is the advantage of using variable
unbalanced T-type attenuator pads as
gain controls?

Maintains more constant Z

QUESTION
Why linear amplifiers with AM excitation
are more stable than with J3E
operation?

Because continual carrier holds them from

oscillating on some other frequencies

QUESTION
What would be the bandwidth of an AF
filter for CW?

500 to 1000 Hz

QUESTION
What is the root note of the diatonic
scale?

QUESTION
What is the typical power output of a
reflex klystrons?

100 mW

QUESTION
In plastic-clad silica (PCS) fiber, the
cladding is made of what specific
material?

Silicone plastic

QUESTION
A form of SSB modulation used for
transmitter measurement.

Two-tone test signal

QUESTION
What is an impedance matching circuit
used to make the antenna, transmission
line and transmitter impedances match?

Antenna tuner

QUESTION
What is the accuracy of Loran C longrange hyperbolic radio navigation
system?

of a mile absolute and less than 100

feet relative

QUESTION
Third generation (3G) wireless system
was introduced in what year?

2001

QUESTION
What is the main advantage of GPRS?

It does not require a connection.

QUESTION
What is a flat conductor sandwiched
between two ground planes?

Stripline

QUESTION
In cable TV system, receiving antenna
should provide at least ____ signal input
to the pre-amplifier.

150 microV

QUESTION
What is the function of a hybrid in a
telephone handset?

To decrease microphone signal in

phones

QUESTION
Depending on the type and amount of
equipment used and the manufacturer,
the industry average to build an entire
base station can range from ____ to
around _________.

$500,000 - $750,000

QUESTION
In CATV system, what is the minimum
terminal match at 75 ohms impedance?

16 dB

QUESTION
What is the advantage of fiber optic
cable made of glass?

It has the lowest loss

QUESTION
What are the two functions of a buffer
amplifier?

Amplification and isolation

QUESTION
What is the result if a balanced
modulator is not perfectly balanced?

Carrier transmitted

QUESTION
In TV system, the color level control is in
the _____.

BPA

QUESTION
What is the video signal to noise ratio of
modulator in CATV system?

Must be better than 36 dB

QUESTION
What component of the PLL that
compares an input signal to the VCO
signal and produces an output that is
filtered by a low-pass filter into an error
signal that controls the VCO frequency?

Phase detector

QUESTION
Where is CTCSS ac inserted in a
transmitter?

Anywhere before modulator

QUESTION
What is the center impedance of a halfwave antenna?

73 ohms

QUESTION
What noise figure represents the lowest
noise?

1.6 dB

QUESTION
Which of the following defines the
56,000 bps digital transmission of
telephone lines?

V.90

QUESTION
What transmission line has the lowest
attenuation?

Twin lead

QUESTION
What will you do if the camera cannot be
placed far away enough to include
everything in the scene?

Change the lens to one with a

shorter focal length.

QUESTION
How will the transmitter intermodulation
be stopped or decreased?

Use filters or wave traps

QUESTION
Under what condition a harmonic of a
transmission might be heard at a distant
point when the fundamental cannot be?

When fundamental is too weak but harmonic

is refracting in

QUESTION
Simplex is the operation which uses an
antenna changeover switch. What can
be added to make this full break-in?

Relay

QUESTION
Why are earth dish antennas generally
parabolic in shape?

To maximize the gathering of lowerpower signals

QUESTION
What is used to increase the small
frequency change produced by a phase
modulator?

Frequency multiplier

QUESTION
The spinning of satellite causes what
effect that keeps the satellite pointed in
one direction?

Gyroscopic or flywheel effect

QUESTION
Which is not a main source of error in
the calculated navigation state?

Systematic error

QUESTION
The Global Positioning System (GPS) is
a network of 24 Navstar satellites
orbiting Earth at 11,000 miles up. In what
year was the first GPS satellite
launched?

1978

QUESTION
In telephony, M88 loading coil (88-mH
loading coil) is to be placed at what
interval?

9000-ft

QUESTION
What do you call the person who
provides passwords for new computer
users on the LAN?

Network Administrator

QUESTION
What materials tend to be the best
materials for sound insulation?

Heavy materials

QUESTION
What type of coupling discriminates
against harmonic transmission?

Inductive or pi-network

QUESTION
Since the Foster-Seeley discriminator is
sensitive to input amplitude variation, it
is necessary to precede it with _______.

limiter

QUESTION
What type of digital circuit is used as a
bit splitter?

Shift register

QUESTION
What is the approximate dc input power
of a broadcast station licensed for 2 kW
operating power?

2860 W

QUESTION
In what frequency range might
radiotelegraph transmitters operate?

10 kHz to 200 MHz

QUESTION
What is the oldest service for sending
data over a cellular communication
network which provides a way of
passing internet protocol data packets
over analog cellular voice networks at
speed of up to 19.2 kbps?

Cellular Digital Packet Data

(CDPD)

QUESTION
What is the bandwidth range of
Wireless Fidelity or Wifi?

11 54 kbps

QUESTION
Interactive Video and Data Services is a
point-to-point, multipoint-to-point, short
distance communication service. It
operates at what frequency bands?

218 to 218.5 MHz

218.5 to 219 MHz

QUESTION
What is the bandwidth range of
Wireless Fidelity or Wifi?

11 54 kbps

QUESTION
What frequency band more than 10 GHz
was reallocated by NTC for broadband
wireless access for fixed, nomadic and
mobile networks?

10150 10650 MHz

QUESTION
What frequency band greater than 2 GHz
but less than 3 GHz was reallocated by
NTC for broadband wireless access for
fixed, nomadic and mobile networks?

2400 2483 MHz

2500 - 2700 MHz

QUESTION
What frequency band greater than 5 GHz
but less than 10 GHz was reallocated by
NTC for broadband wireless access for
fixed, nomadic and mobile networks?

5150 5350 MHz

5470 5850 MHz

QUESTION
Which of the following emission modes
are considered to be weak-signal modes
and have the greatest potential for DX
contacts?

Single sideband and CW

QUESTION
What frequency band greater than 3 GHz
but less than 5 GHz was reallocated by
NTC for broadband wireless access for
fixed, nomadic and mobile networks?

3400 3600 MHz

QUESTION
National Telecommunications
Commission extends the UHF TV
broadcast band and designates
the_______ band to the UHF TV
broadcast service.

674 728 MHz

QUESTION
Which of the following frequencies is
part of the National Radio Frequency
Allocation Table (NRFAT) to be assigned
to qualified CMTS operator for their 3G
services?

1880-1900 MHz

QUESTION
What is meant by a bipolar violation?

Two consecutive logic 1s with the same

voltage polarity

QUESTION
In the GPS space segment, how many
satellites are there in each plane?

4 satellites

QUESTION
What is an Ethernet cable that has the
transmit and receive connections
reversed at one end, for direct
connection of two computers without a
hub?

Crossover cable

QUESTION
What factors set the range of a radar?

The PRT and the duty cycle

QUESTION
Which coaxial cable connector is least
expensive and is widely used for TV
sets, VCRs and cable TV?

F-type connector

QUESTION
What condition occurs when a body is
capable of producing sound receives
impulses at one of its fundamental or
harmonic frequencies?

Resonance

QUESTION
What refers to an antenna beam on a
geostationary satellite that is adjusted to
cover the whole earth?

Hemispheric beam

QUESTION
What type of transmitter is most
commonly used in a conventional
telephone handset?

Carbon

QUESTION
What is the typical gain of a rhombic
antenna?

Between 15 to 60

QUESTION
What is the velocity of sound in wood
(m/s)?

3300

QUESTION
What two frequency bands allocated for
the use of International Mobile
Telecommunications (IMT2000) or 3G
mobile telecommunications in the
Philippines which are assigned already
to existing CMTS operators?

825 845 MHz

870 890 MHz

QUESTION
What frequency band greater than 1 GHz
but less than 2 GHz was reallocated by
NTC for broadband wireless access for
fixed, nomadic and mobile networks?

1900 1910 MHz

1980 1990 MHz

QUESTION
What is the additional SUF imposed for
each authorized 3G network operator for
every 100,000 additional
subscribers/users in excess of the first
4 million subscribers?

P 2 million

QUESTION
What is the annual spectrum user fee
(SUF) for the allocated and assigned
paired 3G radio frequency bands for the
first 5 MHz?

P 5 million per MHz

QUESTION
What is the annual spectrum user fee
(SUF) for the allocated and assigned
unpaired 3G radio frequency bands for
the first 5 MHz?

P 3 million per MHz

QUESTION
What is the annual spectrum user fee
(SUF) for the allocated and assigned
paired 3G radio frequency bands for
each additional MHz or fraction thereof
in excess of the first 5 MHz but not
exceeding 10 MHz?

P 8 million per MHz

QUESTION
What is the annual spectrum user fee
(SUF) for the allocated and assigned
unpaired 3G radio frequency bands for
each additional MHz or fraction thereof
in excess of the first 5 MHz but not
exceeding 10 MHz?

P 6 million per MHz

QUESTION
What is the annual spectrum user fee
(SUF) for the allocated and assigned
paired 3G radio frequency bands for
each additional MHz or fraction thereof
in excess of the first 10 MHz but not
exceeding 15 MHz?

P 10 million per MHz

QUESTION
What is the annual spectrum user fee
(SUF) for the allocated and assigned
unpaired 3G radio frequency bands for
each additional MHz or fraction thereof
in excess of the first 10 MHz but not
exceeding 15 MHz?

P 8 million per MHz

QUESTION
What is the annual spectrum user fee
(SUF) for the allocated and assigned
paired 3G radio frequency bands for
each additional MHz or fraction thereof
in excess of the first 15 MHz?

P 15 million per MHz

QUESTION
What is the annual spectrum user fee
(SUF) for the allocated and assigned
unpaired 3G radio frequency bands for
each additional MHz or fraction thereof
in excess of the first 15 MHz?

P 12 million per MHz

QUESTION
Which frequency band is allocated by
NTC to Telemetry and other Data
Systems?

481.250 481.475 MHz

QUESTION
In ______, Intel, IBM, Ericsson, Nokia
and Toshiba formed the consortium
among themselves and adopted the
code name Bluetooth for their proposed
open specification.

1998

QUESTION
What type of circuit converts two-wire
lines to four-wire lines?

Hybrid transformer

QUESTION
What are the major uses of UHF band?

Land mobile, Cellular, Radar

QUESTION
A receiver in which the signal is
amplified at its original frequency before
demodulation?

TRF receiver

QUESTION
What is considered the most obvious
conveyor of information?

Speech

QUESTION
What circuit keeps the audio cut off until
a signal is received?

Squelch circuit

QUESTION
What is the overall RF-IF gain of a
receiver?

100 dB

QUESTION
What is the phase detector in a
quadrature detector?

Differential amplifier

QUESTION
How is the gain of a dual-gate MOSFET
in an IF amplifier controlled?

By varying the dc voltage on the second

gate

QUESTION
In FM stereo broadcasting, the L-R
signal modulates the ________.

FM carrier

QUESTION
About how many decibels of
transmitting power are gained by using
J3E over A3?

About 9 dB from 84% savings

QUESTION
What is used for an antenna in small BC
band receivers?

High Q loopstick

QUESTION
The technique of improving
communications by disabling the
receiver for the duration of the burst is
known as ________.

noise blanking

QUESTION
What signal is sent in the radio voice
channels of cellular system that is used
to indicate a call status change?

Signaling Tone

QUESTION
What it the maximum end-to-end delay
for voice signals in conversational class
service?

300 to 400 ms

QUESTION
What is caused by the transverse nature
of electromagnetic waves?

Polarization

QUESTION
The National Telecommunications
Commission, reallocates the bands
_______ and _______ for the use of
Telemetry and Other Similar Data
Systems.

481.250 481.475 MHz

486.250 486.475 MHz

QUESTION
What causes maximum usable
frequency to vary?

The amount of radiation received from the

sun, mainly ultraviolet

QUESTION
The orbit normally used for navigational
satellites is _____.

circular polar

QUESTION
In acoustics, what is the decibel level of
a normal conversion?

60 dB

QUESTION
What are the main sources of light of the
fiber optic system?

LEDs and Semiconductor Lasers

QUESTION
Why is multimode fiber easier to work
with than single-mode fiber?

Multimode has much larger core diameter and also a

larger numerical aperture, than single-mode fiber

QUESTION
Why is antenna height important for
line-of-sight propagation?

Because greater antenna height increases the

distance to the radio horizon

QUESTION
When the modulation index exceeds one
and there is a serious distortion of the
modulation signal, it is known as
________.

overmodulation

QUESTION
In FM broadcasting, what is the lowest
required modulating frequency?

50 Hz

QUESTION
Why are larger antennas received
stronger signal than smaller antennas?

Because they have greater effective area so greater

proportion of radiated energy is intercepted

QUESTION
What frequency is heard best by the
human ear?

1 to 4 kHz

QUESTION
If an ammeter burns out, what can be
done in an emergency to get the
transmitter on the air?

Jumper between terminal

QUESTION
In TV, high fidelity sound is available at
what audio bandwidth?

50 Hz to 15 kHz

QUESTION
What is defined as the orientation of the
electric field with respect to the earth
and is either vertical or horizontal?

Polarization of radio signal

QUESTION
What types of microphone have a low Z
output?

Dynamic, ribbon and carbon

QUESTION
What is used to determine phase
difference between two broadcast
antennas?

Phase monitor

QUESTION
What type of modulation is used by
most fiber-optic transmitters?

Intensity modulation

QUESTION
What is the main cause of image
interference?

Poor receiver input selectivity

QUESTION
What class of mobile phone has a
maximum power level specified as the
effective radiated power (ERP) of + 2
dBW (1.6 W)?

Class II (Transportable phone)

QUESTION
Which system is multiple access is an
evolved version of the second
generation IS-95 code division multiple
access system?

CDMA 2000

QUESTION
The TACAN is a radio navigation aid that
can provide both omnibearing and
distance measuring capability and
operates in the ______ MHz band.

960 to 1215

QUESTION
Why are LEO satellites effective for
mobile communications?

Because the shorter the distance to the

satellite the stronger the signal

QUESTION
What frequency range is primarily used
for satellite communications and
radars?

SHF and EHF

QUESTION
Why can AM radio stations often be
received at distances beyond the
horizon?

Because ground wave propagation is

possible
at AM broadcast frequency

QUESTION
What do you call the process of firing
the rockets under ground control to
maintain or adjust the orbit?

Station keeping

QUESTION
What will happen if the transmission line
is not terminated in its characteristic
impedance?

The load will not absorb all the power

QUESTION
What is the amount of sound reduction
provided by a barrier wall, floor, or
ceiling called?

Transmission loss

QUESTION
Why does the sound fail in a television
receiver if the picture carrier
disappears?

Because the sound IF is produced by

mixing the picture and sound carriers.

QUESTION
Tilting the video head gaps is necessary
with the _________.

zero guard bands

QUESTION
What will take place when frequency
components in the original signal mix in
a nonlinear device, creating sum and
difference frequencies?

Intermodulation

QUESTION
What is the frequency of the first octave
in the human hearing range?

20 Hz to 40 Hz

QUESTION
What is the gamma of the picture tube?

2.2

QUESTION
Why are most communications satellites
geostationary?

To simplify tracking requirements

QUESTION
What is a variation of a Foster-Seeley
discriminator used in the older TV
receiver designs?

Ratio detector

QUESTION
What causes audio signals to be
distorted in a receiver?

Harmonics

QUESTION
What is the primary advantage of radio
detector?

It does not need a limiter

QUESTION
At what range does the amplitude
modulation broadcasting occur?

MF or 300 kHz to 3 MHz

QUESTION
In CATV system, what must be the multichannel overload level?

55 dBmV

QUESTION
T-1 is a telephone system that uses
______.

TDM and PCM

QUESTION
What is the advantage of direct FM over
PM transmitters?

Fewer multipliers

QUESTION
What is meant by high-level
modulation?

Plate-modulated PA

QUESTION
What is the BFO in SSB receiver called?

Carrier oscillator

QUESTION
What is the relation between crosstalk
of PABX and crosstalk of Key Telephone
Systems (KTS)?

The same

QUESTION
In cellular system, what is the antenna
separation requirement at the mobile
unit at 850 MHz?

Half-wavelength = 0.18 m

QUESTION
The velocity factor in transmission lines
vary from ____ to ___.

0.5 to 0.9

QUESTION
Three-point tracking is achieved with
______.

the padder capacitor

QUESTION
What is the forward or incident power
applied to the line combines with the
reflected power to produce a pattern of
voltage and current variations along the
line?

Standing wave

QUESTION
What antenna consists of a single wire
that is two or more wavelengths long?

Beverage antenna

QUESTION
In sky wave propagation, what is the
most practical operating frequency that
can be used with the least amount of
problems?

Optimum Working Frequency

QUESTION
What do you call the unsolicited and
unwanted commercial and promotional
advertisements and surveys?

Spam Messages

QUESTION
What type of circuit converts two-wire
lines to four-wire?

Hybrid transformer

QUESTION
It describes the function of a family of
interchange circuits.

V.24

QUESTION
Sound reduction index is also called
__________.

transmission loss

QUESTION
What does CPE means?

Customer Premises Equipment

QUESTION
In CATV system, what is the maximum
envelop distortion?

3%

QUESTION
In CATV system, what is the maximum
envelop distortion?

3%

QUESTION
In CATV system, minimum gain (channel
13) should be at least ____ which is the
same as that of trunk amplifier.

22 dB

QUESTION
Which of the following camera tubes has
minimum lag?

Plumbicon

QUESTION
In CATV system, what is the spurious
frequency rejection?

60 dB or better

QUESTION
In CATV system, what is the noise figure
for UHF channels?

9 dB or better

QUESTION
Where does the dc AGC voltage in a
dual-gate MOSFET IF amplifier applied
to?

Control gate

QUESTION
AC power and CATV signals must be
transported to each amplifier by the
same cable. What must the voltage be?

30 V AC or 60 V AC

QUESTION
In a CATV system, what is the maximum
noise figure without equalizer at 330
MHz?

9.5 dB

QUESTION
In CATV system, cascade ability of the
distribution amplifier must have a
maximum of how many units?

QUESTION
Which noise figure represents the
lowest noise?

1.6 dB

QUESTION
For TV system, the horizontal flyback is
10 percent. This time equals ______.

6.4 microseconds

QUESTION
What is the maximum deviation of
cellular radios that use FM?

+/- 12 kHz

QUESTION
What class of analog mobile telephone
has a maximum power of 1.6 W?

Class II

QUESTION
Why are data rates in 3G systems higher
for stationary than for mobile users?

Because the transmission impairments require a

more robust modulation scheme operating a lower
data rate

QUESTION
Why is it more difficult to measure the
power of a CDMA signal than a
narrowband signal?

Because CDMA signals are typically at or below the ambient

noise level and need a special receiver programmed with the
correct PN sequence to be received.

QUESTION
How does stacking omnidirectional
antennas or arrays vertically results in
an increase in gain while keeping the
horizontal radiation pattern
omnidirectional?

It reduces the radiation in the vertical plane, thus

increasing the gain in the horizontal plane

QUESTION
Why is low dispersion move important
than low loss in a modern fiber
communications system?

Losses can be made up by the use of optical amplifier but

dispersion can only be corrected by using regenerative
repeaters, which is more complex and expensive.

QUESTION
Why are soft handsoffs not possible
with the GSM and TDMA systems?

GSM and TDMA systems use different frequency channels in

adjacent cells, so it is not possible to communicate through
more than one cell site at a time.

QUESTION
In CATV system, audio frequency
response must be within +/- ____ dB, 50
Hz to 15 kHz.

QUESTION
In CATV system, harmonic distortion
(aural) should not be more than _____ at
50 Hz to 15 kHz at +/- 25 kHz deviation.

1 percent