Satellite Communications

7. What vacuum tube used to amplify RF

1. The first passive satellite signal for transmission through the
a. Telstar downlink to station receiver?
b. Early Bird a. Magnetron
c. Sputnik I b. Klystron
d. Moon c. Twystron
d. TWT
2. The first active satellite
a. Sputnik I 8. A high power tube used in transmission of
b. Telstar RF signal uplink
c. INTELSAT I a. Magnetron
d. Explorer I b. Klystron
c. BWO
3. The first geostationary satellite launched in d. TWT
1965 is
a. Syncom I 9. A stage in transponder and downlink
b. Sputnik I system which amplifies the signal and
c. Explorer I ensuring that noise is suppressed as
d. Early Bird possible
a. Mixer
4. The average lifetime of geosynchronous b. Demodulator
satellites is about __________ years. c. LNA
a. 5 d. IF amplifier
b. 10
c. 15 10. A transponder is a satellite equipment
d. 20 which
a. Receives a signal from earth station and
5. A communication satellite is a repeater amplifies it
between b. Changes the frequency of the received
a. A transmitting station and receiving signal
station c. Retransmit the received signal
b. Many transmitting stations and many d. All of the above
receiving stations
c. A transmitting station and many 11. Multiple repeaters in communications
receiving stations satellites are known as
d. Many transmitting stations and a a. Transponders
receiving station b. Detectors
c. Modulators
6. One of the main applications of satellite d. Transceivers
communications is monitoring the
ecological situation of the earth. This is 12. Satellite-to-satellite link is also called
known as a. Uplink
a. Navigation b. Downlink
b. Surveillance c. Crosslink
c. Remote control d. Weakest link
d. Remote sensing
13. The expression for satellite link frequencies d. All of the above
such as 14/12 GHz denotes that
a. 12 GHz is the uplink frequency and 14 19. Geosynchronous satellites
GHz is the downlink frequency a. Has the same period as that of the
b. the system is operating at a mean earth
frequency of 13 Ghz b. Has a circular obit
c. 14 GHz is the uplink frequency and 12 c. Rotates in the equatorial plane
GHz is the downlink frequency d. All of the above
d. the 14 GHz frequency is backup for 12
GHz frequency or vice versa 20. To cover all inhabited regions of the earth,
the number of geosynchronous satellites
14. The most widely used microwave bands for required is
commercial applications are a. 5
a. C band and X band b. 10
b. X band and S band c. 2
c. C band and Ku band d. 3
d. S band and Ku band
21. A geostationary satellite is one which
15. At present, the RF band mainly used by a. Hangs motionless in space about 36,000
most satellites is km above the earth
a. EHF b. Travels around the earth about 24 hrs.
b. UHF c. Remains stationary above the earth
c. SHF d. Appears stationary above the earth
d. VHF
22. Geosynchronous Communication satellites
16. The required antenna size __________ as travel around the earth in circular orbits
the operating frequency of a system with forward speed of about
increases, assuming that antenna gain __________km/hr.
remains unchanged. a. 100,000
a. Remains the same b. 36,000
b. Increases c. 11,200
c. Decreases d. 22,800
d. All of the above
23. The period of the satellite is
17. A 20-m antenna gives a certain up-link gain a. The amount of time it takes for a
at frequencies of 4/6 GHz. For getting the satellite to complete one orbit
same gain in 20/30 GHz band, antenna size b. The point on an orbit where satellite to
requires __________ meters. complete one orbit
a. 100 c. The time it takes the satellite to travel
b. 4 from perigee to apogee
c. 1 d. An orbital arc that extends from 60
d. 10 degrees west longitude to 145 degrees
west longitude
18. Orbital disturbances of a geosynchronous
satellite are caused by 24. What is the satellite's period orbiting in a
a. Moon circular pattern with elevation of 1000 km?
b. Sun a. 1 hr 45 mins
c. Earth b. 2 hrs 45 mins
 c. 2 hrs 30 mins assigned a code instead of a certain
d. 3 hrs frequency. Using identifying code and a low
power signal, a large number of channels
25. A satellite, orbiting in a circular orbit, can used the entire bandwith
a. Has constant velocity a. TDMA
b. Has varying velocity b. PCDMA
c. Is not moving at all c. PMA
d. Both a and b d. CDMA
32. The use of the same frequency on the same
26. What is a descending pass for a satellite? geographical area
a. A pass from west to east a. Frequency reuse
b. A pass from east to west b. Roaming
c. A pass from south to north c. Homing
d. A pass from north to south d. Cellular

27. Satellite rotating in an orbit takes it over the 33. In selecting a satellite system, the first
north and south poles is in determining factor is
a. Inclined orbit a. Coverage area
b. Polar orbit b. EIRP
c. Equatorial orbit c. Antenna size
d. Declined orbit d. Antenna gain
34. The earth's area or region that the satellite
28. The farthest point a satellite can reach is can receive from or transmit to
a. Apogee a. Footprint
b. Perigee b. Skip zone
c. Altitude c. Primary area
d. Attitude d. Finger print

29. Include all earth stations within line-of-sight 35. Satellite radiation pattern that covers 1/3 of
path of a satellite the earth's surface
a. Satellite shadow a. Earth
b. Earth shadow b. Zonal
c. Zonal c. Spot
d. Global d. Global

30. The different multiple accesses which 36. A satellite position is measured by its
permit many satellite users to operate in _________ angle with respect to the
parallel through horizon.
a. A Single Transponder Without a. Elevation
Interfering With Each other are b. Depression
b. FDMA c. Azimuth
c. TDMA d. Incidence
d. CDMA
e. All of the above 37. The _________ angle measures the satellite
position clockwise from the direction of
31. A digital technology that uses a low power true North
signal spread across a wide bandwidth. a. Elevation
With this technology, a phone call is b. Depression
 c. Azimuth 44. A satellite communication link between
d. Incidence Pinugay Earth Station, Philippines and Mt.
Fucino Earth Station, Italy is to be
38. GPS has a total number satellites equal to established. If the assigned uplink
a. 12 frequency at Pinugay Earth Station is 6175
b. 24 MHz, what is the downlink frequency at Mt.
c. 36 Fucino Earth Station, in MHz?
d. 48 a. 4545
b. 3950
39. How many elliptical orbits does Navstar GPS c. 3789
have? d. 4200
a. 5
b. 6 45. "The orbit of any planet is an ellipse with
c. 7 the sun at one focus". This is
d. 8 a. Kepler's First Law
b. Kepler's Second Law
40. What is the free space attenuation of a c. Kepler's Third Law
satellite system operating at 36,000 km d. Law of universal Gravitation
above the earth operating at 5 GHz?
a. 180 dB 46. When a satellite orbits in the opposite
b. 190 dB direction as the earth's rotation with an
c. 198 dB angular velocity less than that of the earth
d. 189 dB a. Orbital
b. Prograde
41. The FDMA technique wherein voice band c. Retrograde
channels are assigned on “as needed" basis. d. Geostationary
a. PAMA
b. DAMA 47. The actual user information conveyed
c. SSMA through the satellite system
d. CDMA a. Bus transmission
b. Payload
42. A satellite equipped with electronic devices c. Prograde
to receive, amplify, convert, and retransmit d. Retrograde
signals.
a. Passive 48. The spatial separation between
b. Active geosynchronous satellites
c. Uplink a. 1-3 degrees
d. Downlink b. 3-6 degrees
43. An earth station transmits signal to a c. 6-8 degrees
satellite 38,500 km, directly overhead it. d. 8-10 degrees
What is the propagation delay when the
signal is received back at the same earth 49. The footprint which covers a very small
station, in milliseconds? geographical area.
a. 257 a. Spot coverage
b. 200 b. Zonal coverage
c. 285 c. Earth coverage
d. 185 d. Regional coverage
50. The satellite frequency reuse method which d. Global beam
sends different information signals using 56. The first Philippine satellite has how many
vertical or horizontal electromagnetic channels?
polarization a. 30
a. Multiple coverage areas b. 24
b. Dual polarization c. 48
c. Spatial separation d. 50
d. Spread spectrum
57. Aguila I has how many transponders?
51. __________ detects the satellite signal a. 36
relayed from the feed and converts it to an b. 48
electric current, amplifies and lower its c. 24
frequency. d. 12
a. Feedhorn
b. Satellite dish 58. How many satellite orbital slots were
c. Satellite receiver requested by the Philippine Government
d. LNA from ITU?
a. 2
52. Satellites used for intercontinental b. 4
communications are known as c. 6
a. Comsat d. 8
b. Domsat
c. Marisat 59. The most common device used as an LNA is
d. Intelsat a. Zener diode
b. Tunnel diode
53. What is the basic function of a c. IMPATT diode
communications satellite? d. Shockley diode
a. To act as a receiving antenna for
broadcast FM 60. The radiation patterns of earth coverage
b. To compensate for the antenna antennas have a beamwidth of
limitations approximately
c. To eliminate aerodynamic drag a. 21degrees
d. To act as a receiving antenna for b. 5 degrees
broadcast AM c. 17 degrees
d. 35 degrees
54. What do you call of a satellite used to
provide satellite services within a single 61. The main power sources for satellites are
country? a. Batteries
a. Orbital satellite b. Solar cells
b. Geostationary satellite c. Fuel cells
c. Non-synchronous satellite d. Thermoelectric generators
d. Domestic satellite
62. What is the common up-converter and
55. A satellite beam that covers almost 42.5% down-converter IF?
of the earth's surface. a. 36 MHz
a. Zone beam b. 40 MHz
b. Hemispheric beam c. 70 MHz
c. Spot beam d. 500 MHz
 a. Line of apsides
63. When the satellites are spaced 4 degrees of b. Line of nodes
the 360 degrees complete circle, how many c. Line of shoot
parking spaces or orbit slots are available? d. Line of sight
a. 90
b. 85 70. The line joining the perigee and apogee
c. 95 through the center of the earth.
d. 80 a. Line of sight
b. Line of nodes
64. The first satellite launched for a c. Equatorial belt
geosynchronous orbit but unfortunately d. Line of apsides
lost during orbit injection.
a. Syncom I
b. Telstar I
c. Sputnik I
d. Early Bird

65. Geostationary satellites are located

_______ with respect to the equator.
a. 0 deg longitude
b. 0 deg latitude
c. 90 deg latitude
d. 45 deg latitude

66. Incidentally proposed the geostationary

scheme or orbit of satellites in 1940's.
a. Clarke
b. Gauss
c. Morse
d. Gray

67. The control routine necessary to keep the

satellite in position is referred to as
a. Station keeping
b. Station tracking
c. Station monitoring
d. Station maintenance

68. A satellite which simply reflects the signal

without further amplification.
a. Passive
b. Active
c. Geostationary
d. Posigrade

69. What is the line joining the ascending and

descending nodes through the center of the
earth?