Television

TRUE/FALSE

1. Video systems form pictures by a scanning process.

ANS: T

2. The NTSC system is used in North America.

ANS: T

3. The NTSC system is used in Europe.

ANS: F

4. The NTSC system is used in Japan.

ANS: T

5. The PAL system is no longer used in much of the world.

ANS: F

6. The SECAM system is used in Europe.

ANS: T

7. In North America, TV uses 60 frames a second.

ANS: F

8. NTSC systems use an interlaced scan.

ANS: T

9. The standard TV aspect ratio is 5:3.

ANS: F

10. The electron beam in a TV CRT is blanked during horizontal retrace.

ANS: T

11. The electron beam in a TV CRT is blanked during vertical retrace.

ANS: T

12. The standard analog TV signal is called composite video.

ANS: T
13. A few commercial TV stations broadcast RGB video.

ANS: F

14. Most color monitors for personal computers use RGB video.

ANS: T

15. The luminance signal controls the brightness of a scan line.

ANS: T

16. The standard synchronization for TV is called positive sync.

ANS: F

17. The sync pulses are said to be "blacker than black".

ANS: T

18. The negative peak of a video signal occurs during a sync pulse.

ANS: T

19. The peak video signal occurs at the blanking level.

ANS: F

20. The duration of the vertical blanking pulse identifies which picture field is present.

ANS: F

21. Closed-caption signals can be sent during the vertical blanking time.

ANS: T

22. Horizontal and vertical resolution in a TV system are determined in the same way.

ANS: F

23. The resolution seen by a viewer depends to a certain extent on the TV receiver.

ANS: T

24. Horizontal resolution is equal to the number of visible scan lines.

ANS: F

25. Resolution is proportional to bandwidth.

ANS: T

26. Because of the way people perceive color, any color can be made with red, green, and blue.
 ANS: T

27. NTSC color television is not compatible with NTSC monochrome television.

ANS: F

28. In an NTSC color TV system, luminance is derived from the RGB signals.

ANS: T

29. Horizontal resolution for color in NTSC is much less than it is for luminance.

ANS: T

30. NTSC uses a suppressed-carrier system to add color information to the video signal.

ANS: T

31. NTSC uses a type of amplitude modulation for the video signal.

ANS: T

32. A standard video broadcast channel is about 4.5 MHz wide.

ANS: F

33. The audio signal in NTSC video uses FM.

ANS: T

34. Color NTSC receivers use a "color-burst" oscillator to create the color signals.

ANS: F

35. A standard broadcast video signal reaches zero level twice per frame.

ANS: F

36. An analog television receiver uses a type of superheterodyne circuit.

ANS: T

37. The accelerating voltage applied to the CRT in a TV receiver is several thousand volts.

ANS: T

38. Color TVs use a higher accelerating voltage than do monochrome receivers.

ANS: T

39. The CRTs commonly used in TV receivers use electrostatic deflection.

 ANS: F

40. The "yoke" is part of the deflection circuit.

ANS: T

41. Color TV receivers do not have a "raster".

ANS: F

42. There is very high voltage at the flyback transformer in a TV receiver.

ANS: T

43. Most of the supply voltages in a TV receiver come from the horizontal output transformer.

ANS: T

44. A typical color CRT contains three electron guns.

ANS: T

45. A typical monochrome CRT contains a "shadow mask".

ANS: F

46. In a color CRT, "purity" means each electron beam hits the correct color phosphor.

ANS: T

47. "Aquadag" is a color phosphor.

ANS: F

48. "Ultor" is a color phosphor.

ANS: F

49. In a CATV system, the main antenna is at the "head end".

ANS: T

50. Like a PSTN central office, the typical CATV system is configured as a star network.

ANS: F

51. Noninterlaced scanning is called "progressive" scanning.

ANS: T

52. HDTV uses the same aspect ratio as standard NTSC.

ANS: F
53. An HDTV signal cannot fit into the bandwidth of a standard broadcast TV channel.

ANS: F

54. Digital encoding and compression play a significant role in HDTV.

ANS: T

55. The FCC has set the phase-out of analog TV broadcasting for the year 2006.

ANS: T

56. Color CRTs emit X rays.

ANS: T

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. NTSC stands for:

a. National Television Systems Commission

b. National Television Systems Committee
c. National Television Systems Council
d. Nippon Television Systems Commission

ANS: B

2. The NTSC specification was drawn up by the:

a. FCC c. EIA
b. IRE d. IEEE

ANS: C

3. RGB stands for:

a. Red-Green Burst c. Red-Green Bandwidth

b. Red-Green Brightness d. Red-Green-Blue

ANS: D

4. The number of scan lines in an NTSC signal is:

a. 525 c. 1024
b. 625 d. 1250

ANS: A
 5. The number of NTSC frames sent per second is:

a. 25 c. 50
b. 30 d. 60

ANS: B

6. The number of NTSC fields sent per second is:

a. 25 c. 50
b. 30 d. 60

ANS: D

7. The aspect ratio of a standard TV receiver is:

a. 3 : 4 c. 525 : 625
b. 4 : 3 d. 625 : 525

ANS: B

8. Luminance refers to:

a. brightness c. chroma
b. contrast d. raster

ANS: A

9. Luminance is measured in:

a. foot-candles c. IRE units

b. lumins d. NTSC units

ANS: C

10. The maximum luminance level is called:

a. max white c. all white

b. peak white d. whiter than white

ANS: B

11. The blanking level corresponds to a luminance of:

a. white c. whiter than white

b. black d. blacker than black
 ANS: B

12. The sync pulse level corresponds to a luminance of:

a. white c. whiter than white

b. black d. blacker than black

ANS: D

13. The vertical blanking pulse is serrated to:

a. maintain horizontal sync c. equalize the DC level

b. maintain vertical sync d. all of the above

ANS: A

14. When measured in lines, horizontal resolution:

a. is greater than vertical resolution

b. is about the same as vertical resolution
c. is less than vertical resolution
d. horizontal resolution is not measured in lines

ANS: B

15. The smallest picture element is called a:

a. dot c. pixel
b. pic d. none of the above

ANS: C

16. In a color TV receiver, Y I Q refers to:

a. luminance signal, in-phase color component, quadrature phase color component

b. composite color signal, in-phase color component, quadrature phase color
component
c. composite video signal, in-phase video component, quadrature video color
component
d. a method of demodulating stereo sound

ANS: A

17. Compared to the luminance signal, the horizontal resolution for color is:

a. much greater c. much less

b. about the same d. resolution does not apply to color
 ANS: C

18. The modulation used for the video signal in a standard NTSC color TV receiver is:

a. SSB c. suppressed-carrier AM
b. vestigial sideband AM d. FM

ANS: B

19. The modulation used for the audio signal in a standard NTSC color TV receiver is:

a. SSB c. suppressed-carrier AM
b. vestigial sideband AM d. FM

ANS: D

20. The modulation used for the chroma signal in a standard NTSC color TV receiver is:

a. SSB c. suppressed-carrier AM
b. vestigial sideband AM d. FM

ANS: C

21. The function of the "color burst" is to:

a. detect the presence of a color video signal

b. regenerate the color sub-carrier
c. to synchronize the color demodulation line by line
d. all of the above

ANS: D

22. SAP stands for:

a. separate audio program c. sync amplitude pulse

b. separate audio pulse d. sync audio pulse

ANS: A

23. The horizontal output transformer is also called:

a. the isolation transformer c. the flyback transformer

b. the video transformer d. the yoke

ANS: C
24. Compared to a monochrome CRT, the accelerating voltage on a color CRT is:

a. about the same c. much lower

b. much higher d. color CRTs use magnetic acceleration

ANS: B

25. Deflection in CRTs used in TV receivers is done:

a. magnetically for both vertical and horizontal

b. electrostatically for both vertical and horizontal
c. electrostatically for vertical and magnetically for horizontal
d. magnetically for vertical and electrostatically for horizontal

ANS: A

26. AFPC stands for:

a. allowed full picture chroma c. automatic frequency and picture

control
b. automatic frequency and phase control d. none of the above

ANS: B

COMPLETION

1. ____________________ is a conductive coating on both the inside and outside of the CRT in a TV.

ANS: Aquadag

2. The ____________________ standard for TV has been in use since 1953.

ANS: NTSC

3. Video systems form pictures by a ____________________ process.

ANS: scanning

4. During the horizontal blanking interval, the electron beam ____________________ from right to left.

ANS: retraces

5. The NTSC specifies a ____________________ video signal.

ANS: composite

6. The ____________________ ratio of a CRT screen is the ratio of width to height.

ANS: aspect
 7. Brightness information is called ____________________.

ANS:
luma
luminance

8. Color information is called ____________________.

ANS:
chroma
chrominance

9. The blanking period before the sync pulse is called the front ____________________.

ANS: porch

10. Odd and even fields are identified by the ____________________ of the vertical sync pulse.

ANS: position

11. Each horizontal scan line takes ____________________ microseconds, not including blanking.

ANS: 62.5

12. Horizontal blanking lasts ____________________ microseconds.

ANS: 10

13. Vertical blanking lasts about ____________________ milliseconds.

ANS: 1.3

14. Picture elements are called ____________________.

ANS: pixels

15. The maximum number of scan lines under NTSC is ____________________.

ANS: 525

16. The human eye is most sensitive to the color ____________________.

ANS: green

17. The color sub-carrier frequency is approximately ____________________ MHz.

ANS: 3.58

18. SAP stands for ____________________ audio program.

ANS: separate
19. The second anode of a CRT is often called the ____________________.

ANS: ultor

20. The accelerating voltage for a color CRT is about ____________________ kV.

ANS: 20 to 30

21. The inside of a CRT's face-plate is coated with ____________________ to generate the picture.

ANS: phosphor

22. The horizontal output transformer is called the ____________________ transformer.

ANS: flyback

23. A good way to separate luma from chroma is to use a ____________________ filter.

ANS: comb

24. The color ____________________ turns off the color circuitry when a color TV is receiving a monochrome
signal.

ANS: killer

25. Signal levels in cable TV systems are usually measured in ____________________.

ANS: dBmV

26. The antenna for a CATV system is located at the ____________________ end.

ANS: head

27. A ____________________ shows a color-bar signal with predetermined levels and phases.

ANS: vectorscope

28. Color intensity is called ____________________.

ANS: saturation

29. The ____________________ of the chroma signal represents the color hue.

ANS: phase

30. The ____________________ controls in a color TV adjust the electron beams to strike the correct color
phosphor dots.

ANS: purity

31. The ____________________ controls in a color TV adjust the electron beams to strike the correct triad of
phosphor dots.
ANS: convergence