Pinoy Bix Series of Communications Engineering Exams

Series of Communications Engineering Exams: ECE Pre-Board
Communications Engineering Mastery Test 1: ECE Pre-

Board
Communications Engineering Mastery Test 1: ECE
Pre-Board
1. ECE Board Exam March 1996
That dielectric material of an optical fiber surrounding the core
 A. Cladding
 B. Armor
 C. Shield
 D. Cover

An antenna that is circularly polarized is the ____________.
 A. parabolic reflector
 B. helical
 C. Yagi-uda
 D. small circular loop

A word in telegraphy consist of __________ characters plus a word space.
 A. 11
 B. 7 and ½
 C. 8
 D. 5

The number of voice band channels in master group per CCITT standard is __________.
 A. 300
 B. 480
 C. 600
 D. 120

The power of standard test tone is normally ____________.
 A. 1 dB
 B. 0 mW
 C. 1 mW
 D. 1 W

LORAN is a navigational system used primarily for _____________.
 A. blind landing
 B. obtaining your fixes location over large distances
 C. automatic collision warning
 D. approach control

The expander in a companding device provides ___________.
 A. greater amplification for low signal levels

 B. less amplification for low signal levels
 C. greater amplification for high signal levels
 D. lesser pressure for transmission cables

LORAN is a navigation system used primarily for
 A. approach control
 B. obtaining fixes over large distances
 C. blind landing
 D. automatic collision warning

At what power level does a 1 kHz tone cause zero interference (144 weighted) ?
 A. -90 dB
 B. -90 dBm
 C. 90 dBm
 D. 90 dB

One character or a sequence of characters forming a part, or the whole of a message with a
specific meaning
 A. Signs
 B. Call sign
 C. Code
 D. Identifier
The K-factor under normal atmospheric conditions in a microwave radio data profile
calculation is equal to ___________.
 A. 2/3
 B. 0
 C. 4/3
 D. Infinity

What is the IBM’s asynchronous data link protocol designation?
 A. 83 B
 B. 8A1 / 8B1
 C. 93 B
 D. 9A1/ 9B1

EIRP stands for _______________.
 A. effective isotropic refracted power

 B. effective and ideal radiated power
 C. effective isotropic reflected power
 D. effective isotropic radiated power

The modulation system used for telegraphy is
 A. frequency-shift keying
 B. two-tone modulation
 C. pulse-code modulation
 D. single-tone modulation

The standard that specifies a balanced interface cable that will operate bit rates up to 10
Mbps with in a span distances up to 1200 m.
 A. RS-423A
 B. RS-422A
 C. RS-550A
 D. RS-449A

An antenna which is not resonant at a particular frequencies and so can be used over a
wide band of frequencies and so can be used over a wide band of frequencies is called
 A. aperiodic
 B. boresight
 C. cassegrain
 D. top-loaded

A receiver connected to an antenna whose resistance is 50 ohms has an equivalent noise
resistance of 30 ohms. What is the receiver’s noise temperature?
 A. 754 K
 B. 464 K
 C. 174 K
 D. 293 K

___________ occurs when the microwave beam is at point of grazing over an obstacle.
 A. Diffraction
 B. Refraction
 C. Absorption
 D. Reflection

Atmospheric condition is controlled by
 A. humidity
 B. pressure
 C. temperature
 D. all of these

The characteristics impedance of a transmission line does not depend upon its ________.
 A. conductor spacing
 B. conductor diameter
 C. length
 D. conductor radius

What is the purpose of a beat frequency oscillator (BFO)?
 A. Aid in the reception of weak voice-modulated signals

 B. Generates a signal, whose frequency is the same as that of the intermediate
frequency
 C. Generates a 1kHz note for Morse code reception
 D. Generates an output, whose frequency differs from that of the intermediate
frequency by 1 kHz

The point on the satellite orbit, closest to the earth is
 A. prograde
 B. perigee
 C. zenith
 D. apogee

The potential difference between any exposed structured to ground in any electrical
installation should not exceed _________ volts RMS.
 A. 10
 B. 45
 C. 0
 D. 30

The capture area of an antenna is directly proportional to the
 A. frequency of the received signal

 B. distance between transmitter and receiver
 C. gain of the antenna
 D. power density of the signal

Modems are required to connect computer to telephone lines because ___________.
 A. telephone company rules required them

 B. the telephone network bandwidth is too high
 C. none of the above
 D. the telephone network will pass direct current

The standard reference antenna for the directive gain is ___________.
 A. elementary doublet
 B. isotropic antenna
 C. half-wave dipole
 D. infinitesimal dipole

One hundred twenty µbars of pressure variation is equal to
 A. 120 dBSPL
 B. 115.56 dBSPL
 C. 41.58 dBSPL
 D. 57.78 dBSPL

It is a spacecraft placed in orbit around the earth carrying onboard microwave receiver and
transmitting equipment.
 A. Fiber optic equipment

 B. Communications satellite
 C. Wireless radio system
 D. Coaxial cable system

One type of pulse communications system uses pulse that appear as a group, and which
vary in number according to the loudness of the voice. This type of pulse modulation is
called
 A. pulse duration modulation

 B. pulse amplitude modulation
 C. pulse code modulation
 D. pulse position modulation

A device to be connected across the headset in telephone receivers to reduce the effects of
acoustic shock.
 A. Ground
 B. Two rectifiers in parallel with opposite polarities
 C. Protector
 D. Fuse

Judgment on the case against an ECE shall become final and executory after
 A. 10 days
 B. 60 days
 C. 30 days
 D. 15 days
The equivalent noise temperature of the amplifier is 25 K. What is the noise figure?
 A. 1.86
 B. 0.1086
 C. 1.086
 D. 10.86

The letter-number designation B8E is a form of modulation also known as ___________.
 A. pilot carrier system

 B. independent sideband emission
 C. lincomplex
 D. vestigial sideband transmission

When the transmitting and receiving antennas are in line-of-sight of each other, the mode of
propagation is ________ wave.
 A. space or direct
 B. ground
 C. surface
 D. sky

Crosstalk coupling is ___________.
 A. dBm (disturbing pair) minus dBm (disturbed pair)

 B. the difference between readings on a cable pair with a tone and a cable pair
without tone read at the far end of a cable
 C. signals from one circuit that get into another circuit
 D. All of these are true

According to the Nyquist theorem, the sampling rate that can be used in a PCM system is
________ the highest audio frequency.
 A. once
 B. eight times
 C. twice
 D. thrice

Passive crossover components cause some frequencies to be delayed with respect to the
other frequencies at the crossover point.
 A. Phase shift
 B. Phase correction
 C. Phase-error correction
 D. Time alignment

A car horn outdoors produces a sound intensity level of 90 dB at 10 ft away. At this
distance, what is the sound power in watt?
 A. 12 W
 B. 0.12 W
 C. 0.012 W
 D. 1.2 W

What is the one principal difference between synchronous and asynchronous transmission?
 A. the pulse height are different

 B. the clocking is derived from the data in synchronous transmission
 C. the clocking is mixed with the data in asynchronous
 D. the bandwidth required is different

The lowest layer in the ionosphere
 A. D
 B. F2
 C. E
 D. F1

What is the number of pins in the RS-232C interface?
 A. 25
 B. 15
 C. 20
 D. 20

SSB transmission requires only ______ of the bandwidth for a DSBFC transmission.
 A. ¼
 B. 2/3
 C. ½
 D. ¾

The method of generating FM used by broadcasting station is
 A. direct
 B. all of these
 C. indirect
 D. insertion

What is the transmission rate of a system for transmitting the output of a microcomputer to a
line printer operating at a speed of 30 lines/minute? Assume that the line printer has 8 bits
of data per character and prints out 80 characters/line.
 A. 800 bps
 B. 400 bps
 C. 320 bps
 D. 640 bps

Communications code is ____________.
 A. eight bits per character

 B. agreed upon in advance between sender and receiver
 C. the same in all modern computers
 D. either seven or eight bits per character

What is the reference tone level for dBm?
 A. -82 dBm
 B. -85 dBm
 C. -67 dBm
 D. -90 dBm

A type of an underground antenna is a/an __________ antenna.
 A. Hertz
 B. isotropic
 C. parabolic
 D. Marconi
Which of the following pulse modulation systems is analog?
 A. Delta
 B. Differential PCM
 C. PWM
 D. PCM

What is the purpose of the receiver’s squelch circuit?
 A. To overcome fluctuations in the level the RF signal arriving at the receiver

antenna
 B. To prevent fluctuations in the AGC bias level
 C. To reduce the receiver’s sensitivity to all incoming signals
 D. To prevent amplified noise from reaching the loudspeaker during the absence of
an incoming signal

TACAN is a navigational aid providing ___________.
 A. bearing and distance indication

 B. speed and height indication
 C. bearing and weather information
 D. instrument-landing glide paths

In __________ transmission, a unique SYNC character is transmitted at the beginning of
each message.
 A. asynchronous
 B. synchronous
 C. digital
 D. analogue

If the terminating impedance is exactly equal to the characteristic impedance of the
transmission line the return loss is ___________.
 A. zero
 B. one
 C. infinite
 D. None of these

What is the main purpose of a communications system?
 A. None of these
 B. To have a frequency assignment
 C. For modulation
 D. To provide an acceptable replica of the information at the destination

What is meant by antenna gain?
 A. The final amplifier gain minus the transmission line losses (including any phasing
lines present)
 B. The ratio of the amount of power produced by the antenna compared to the
output power of the transmitter
 C. The ratio of the signal in the backward direction
 D. The numeric ratio relating the radiated signal strength of an antenna to that of
another antenna

Binary communications systems are better because
 A. they can interface directly with the analog telephone network

 B. the components are simpler, less costly, and more reliable
 C. people think better in binary
 D. interstate calls are less costly

In the phase shift method, How many circuits must be balanced?
 B. 1
 C. 4
 D. 2

The carrier swing necessary to provide 80% modulation in the FM broadcasting band is
__________.
 A. 150 kHz
 B. 120 kHz
 C. 60 kHz
 D. 75 kHz

The correctness and accuracy of the transmitted message content is
 A. verified by the modem
 B. communications system
 C. determined by the sender and receiver
 D. ensured by use of digital technique

The signal in a channel is measured to be 23 dB while noise in the same channel is
measured to be 9 dB. The signal to noise ratio therefore is __________.
 A. 9/23
 B. 23/9
 C. 32 dB
 D. 14 dB

Three audio waves with 100,200 and 300 volts amplitude respectively, simultaneously
modulate a 450 volts carrier. What is the total percent of modulation of the AM wave?
 A. 69 %
 B. 115.5 %
 C. 50%
 D. 83%

If the percentage modulation of an AM amplifier is 88% and the modulating signal is 1 volt,
the carrier has an amplitude of _______________.
 A. 1.14 volts
 B. 0.88 volt
 C. 1.88 volts
 D. 0.12 volt

It consists of a number of dipoles of equal size, equally spaced along a straight line with all
dipoles fed in the same phase from the same source.
 A. Log-periodic antenna
 B. Yagi antenna
 C. End-fire array
 D. Broadside array

Data switching systems.
 A. improve the efficiency of data transfer

 B. are limited to small data networks
 C. required additional lines
 D. are not used in data system

A type of array antenna which consists of one half-wave driven dipole, one reflector and one
director
 A. Hertzian dipole
 B. Yagi-uda
 C. Broadside collinear
 D. Log periodic dipole array

Power is a _____________ amount of energy used in specific period of time
 A. large
 B. definite
 C. electrical
 D. relative

The midrange frequency range of sound is from
 A. 256 to 2048 Hz
 B. 2048 to 4096 Hz
 C. 512 to 2048 Hz
 D. 16 to 64 Hz

To connect coaxial line to a parallel-wire _________ is the best to use.
 A. directional coupler
 B. quarter-wave transformer
 C. balun
 D. slotted line

In AM, the carrier carries ____________ intelligence.
 A. no
 B. difference
 C. distorted
 D. same
Characteristics impedance of a transmission line is the impedance measured at the
___________ when its length is infinite.
 A. input
 B. shorted end of the line
 C. output
 D. midsection

Cross modulation on a receiver is eliminated at the
 A. RF stage
 B. mixer stage
 C. IF stage
 D. detector stage

A speaker cabinet has an internal volume 84,950 cm3. It has a port area on the baffle of
3,230 cm2 and baffle thickness of 19 mm. What is the Helmholtz resonance hertz of this
speaker enclosure?
 A. 260 Hz
 B. 245 Hz
 C. 265 Hz
 D. 250 Hz

What quarterwave transformer will match a 100Ω line to an antenna whose value is 175Ω?
 A. 132.29 Ω
 B. 150 Ω
 C. 16.58 Ω
 D. 137.5 Ω

The local loop of the telephone system is understood to be
 A. a single piece of wire connecting the subscriber’s telephone set to another

telephone set in an adjacent room
 B. a two-wire or four-wire communication circuit between the customer’s premise
and central office
 C. a four-wire circuit connecting a facsimile machine to a computer
 D. a group of wires connecting a telephone set to a modem
In what region of the world is sporadic-E most prevalent?
 A. The equatorial regions

 B. The northern hemisphere
 C. The arctic regions
 D. The polar regions

The process of assigning PCM codes to absolute magnitudes
 A. Overloading
 B. All of these
 C. Quantizing
 D. Multiplexing

It is a measure of the microwave power radiated from an antenna as a function of angular
direction from the antenna axis.
 A. Antenna pattern
 B. Polarization
 C. Beamwidth
 D. Sidelobes

It is the made from semiconductor material such as aluminum-gallium-arsenide or gallium-
arsenide-phosphide.
 A. APD
 B. Injection laser diode
 C. Light emitting diode
 D. Positive-intrinsic-negative

Which one is not the basic electrical protection measures in the Philippine Electronics
Code?
 A. Voltage/ current limiting and interrupting

 B. Undergrounding
 C. Grounding and bonding
 D. Shielding

What does the noise weighting curve shows?
 A. Noise signals measured with a 144 handset

 B. Power levels of noise found in carrier systems
 C. The interfering effect of other frequencies in a voice channel compared with a
reference frequency of one kilohertz
 D. Interfering effects of signals compared with a 3-kHz tone

What is the difference between phase and frequency modulation?
 A. Is purely theoretical because they are the same in practice

 B. Lies in poorer audio response of phase modulation
 C. Lies in the different definitions of the modulation index
 D. Is too great to make two systems compatible

When a transmission line uses ground return, it is called a/an __________ line.
 A. ungrounded
 B. balanced
 C. unbalanced
 D. grounded

What is the gain of four identically polarized antennas stacked one above the other and fed
in phase?
 A. 3 dB over the gain of one antenna

 B. 10 dB over the gain of one antenna
 C. 4 dB over the gain of one antenna
 D. 6 dB over the gain of one antenna

The ratio of the level of the modulated output of a transmitter under conditions of standard
test modulation to the level of the demodulated output with no modulation applied both
measured with the same bandwidth.
 A. Reference audio output

 B. None of these
 C. Audio frequency response
 D. Residual noise level

The ___________ filter attenuates signals but passes frequencies below and above that
band.
 A. low pass
 B. band pass
 C. band stop
 D. high pass

In a telephone system, the customer’s telephone directory numbering is from 000 to 999,
what is the capacity of the system?
 A. 1000 lines
 B. 100,000 lines
 C. 10,000 lines
 D. 100 lines

An absorption loss caused by valence electrons in the silica material from which fibers are
manufactured.
 A. Modal dispersion
 B. Infrared absorption
 C. Ion resonance absorption
 D. Ultraviolet absorption

In an FM receiver, which circuit removes amplitude variations?
 A. Exciter
 B. Mixer
 C. Discriminator
 D. Limiter

A one-hop, full duplex, microwave system in a space diversity arrangement. Determine
“how many receivers in all are used?”
 A. 8
 B. 2
 C. 4
 D. 6

The frequency spectrum of the stereophonic FM signal.
 A. 67 kHz
 B. 59.5 to 74.5 kHz
 C. 19 to 38 kHz
 D. 30 to 53 kHz

Termination means
 A. result of disconnecting a line from a transmitter

 B. result of cutting both ends of a conductor
 C. looking back impedance of a line with no load
 D. load connected to the output end of a transmission line

Asynchronous protocol is
 A. message oriented
 B. clock oriented
 C. bit oriented
 D. character oriented

Transmission lines are either balanced or unbalanced with respect to _________.
 A. negative terminal
 B. input
 C. ground
 D. positive terminal

What is the velocity factor for non-foam dielectric 50 or 75 ohm flexible coaxial cable such
as RG 8, 11, 58 and 59?
 A. 2.70
 B. 0.10
 C. 0.66
 D. 0.30

Gain of an isotropic antenna
 A. -1 dB
 B. 1 dB
 C. 0 dB
 D. 2 dB
In measuring noise in a voice channel at a 4 dB test point level, the meter reads -70 dBm
(F1A weighted), convert the reading to pWp.
 A. 53
 B. 93
 C. 63
 D. 83

Power is always __________.
 A. a definite amount of energy

 B. expressed in watts
 C. the rate at which energy is used
 D. all of these

Radio fading resulting from obstruction losses.
 A. Log normal fading

 C. Multi-path fading
 D. Rayleigh fading

After the IF stages have been aligned, the next stage to align in FM receiver is.
 A. local oscillator
 B. limiter stage
 C. RF amplifier
 D. mixer stage

___________ is a device in data transmission to interface data terminal equipment to an
analogue transmission line.
 A. RS 232
 B. Connector
 C. Modem
 D. RJ-11 plug

What is the primary advantage of DSBSC in AM?
 A. Reduce bandwidth over standard AM
 B. All of these
 C. It is simpler to transmit and receive than the standard AM
 D. No transmitter power is wasted in the carrier
Communications Engineering Exam 1: ECE Pre-Board –

Answers
1. Cladding
2. helical
3. 7 and ½
4. 300
5. 1 mW
6. obtaining your fixes location over large distances
7. less amplification for low signal levels
8. obtaining fixes over large distances
9. -90 dBm
10. Code
11. 4/3
12. 83 B
13. effective isotropic radiated power
14. frequency-shift keying
15. RS-422A
16. aperiodic
17. 174 K
18. Diffraction
19. all of these
20. length
21. Generates a 1kHz note for Morse code reception
22. perigee
23. 45
24. gain of the antenna
25. the telephone network will pass direct current
26. isotropic antenna
27. 115.56 dBSPL
28. Communications satellite
29. pulse duration modulation
30. Two rectifiers in parallel with opposite polarities
31. 30 days
32. 1.086
33. independent sideband emission
34. space or direct
35. All of these are true
36. twice
37. Phase shift
38. 0.12 W
39. the clocking is derived from the data in synchronous transmission
40. D
41. 25
42. ½
43. indirect
44. 320 bps
45. agreed upon in advance between sender and receiver
46. -90 dBm
47. Hertz
48. PWM
49. To prevent amplified noise from reaching the loudspeaker during the absence of an
incoming signal
50. A. bearing and distance indication
51. synchronous
52. infinite
53. To provide an acceptable replica of the information at the destination
54. The numeric ratio relating the radiated signal strength of an antenna to that of another
antenna
55. the components are simpler, less costly, and more reliable
56. 2
57. 120 kHz
58. determined by the sender and receiver
59. 14 dB
60. 83%
61. 1.14 volts
62. Broadside array
63. improve the efficiency of data transfer
64. Yagi-uda
65. definite
66. 256 to 2048 Hz
67. balun
68. no
69. input
70. detector stage
71. 245 Hz
72. 132.29 Ω
73. a two-wire or four-wire communication circuit between the customer’s premise and
central office
74. The equatorial regions
75. Quantizing
76. Beamwidth
77. Light emitting diode
78. Undergrounding
79. The interfering effect of other frequencies in a voice channel compared with a reference
frequency of one kilohertz
80. Lies in the different definitions of the modulation index
81. unbalanced
82. 6 dB over the gain of one antenna
83. Residual noise level
84. band stop
85. 1000 lines
86. Ultraviolet absorption
87. Limiter
88. 2
89. 30 to 53 kHz
90. load connected to the output end of a transmission line
91. character oriented
92. ground
93. 0.66
94. 0 dB
95. 93
96. all of these
97. Log normal fading
98. local oscillator
99. Modem
100. No transmitter power is wasted in the carrier

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1. ECE Board Exam November 1996
Which frequency band is the standard AM radio broadcast?
 A. HF
 B. UHF
 C. MF
 D. VHF

A system that performs parallel-to-serial and serial-to-parallel conversion of data link.
 A. DCE
 B. DTE
 C. Modem
 D. PC

The line control unit (LCU) operates on the data digital form.
 A. Data communications equipment (DCE)

 B. UART
 C. Modem
 D. Data terminal equipment (DTE)

Quantization noise is caused by
 A. binary coding techniques

 B. serial transmission errors
 C. the synchronization between encoder and decoder
 D. the approximation of the quantized signal

Speaker is a device that __________.
 A. convert current variations into sound waves

 B. none of these
 C. convert electrical energy to mechanical energy
 D. convert sound waves into current and voltage

An object farther from a converging lens than its focal point always has an _______ image.
 A. virtual
 B. the same in size
 C. inverted
 D. smaller size

The loss in signal power as light travels down a fiber is
 A. attenuation
 B. propagation
 C. absorption
 D. scattering

Energy that has neither been radiated into space nor completely transmitted.
 A. Captured waves
 B. Incident waves
 C. Standing waves
 D. Modulated waves

One of the reasons why FDM is being replaced by TDM is
 A. noise is amplified with voice when an FDM system is used

 B. it is difficult to place channels side by side
 C. there is more time than frequency
 D. Most available frequencies has been used

Which determines the number of sideband components of FM?
 A. Modulation frequency
 B. Modulation index
 C. Carrier frequency
 D. All of these

How would one squeeze more channels of communication into TDM frames of standard
length?
 A. Shorten the time delay for each channel

 B. Raise the amplitude
 C. Add modulators
 D. Remove the synchronizing pulses

When one stations is designated as master and rest of the stations are considered slaves
message handling is ________.
 A. polling
 B. WAN
 C. LAN
 D. OSI

How many satellite orbital slots are requested by the Philippine government from ITU?
 A. 2
 B. 6
 C. 5
 D. 3

The output of a balanced modulator is ____________.
 A. LSB and USB

 B. LSB
 C. USB
 D. Carrier

RS-232, RS-449, RS-530, V, 24 and X.21 are examples of ____________.
 A. standards for interfaces between modems and transmission facilities

 B. standards for various types of transmission channels
 C. standards for interfaces between terminals and modems
 D. standards for end to end performance of data communications system

A special service circuit connecting two private branch exchanges (PBX).
 A. Phantom line
 B. Private line
 C. Tie trunk
 D. Tandem trunk

What is the baseband frequency of standard FDM basic supergroup?
 A. 312 to 552 kHz

 B. 300 to 600 kHz
 C. 60 to 2540 kHz
 D. 60 to 108 kHz

What is the data rate of the ISDN Basic access B channel?
 A. 192 kbps
 B. 32 kbps
 C. 64 kbps
 D. 144 kbps

Which tester is used to measure SWR?
 A. Spectrum analyzer
 B. Multimeter
 C. Reflectometer
 D. Oscilloscope

What is the transmission rate of a GSM cellular system?
 A. 64 kbps
 B. 240 kbps
 C. 128 kbps
 D. 270 kbps

A dipole antenna requires to be feed with 20 kW of power to produce a given signal strength
to a particular distant point. If the addition of a reflector makes the same field strength
available with an input power of 11 kW. What is the gain in dB obtain by the use of the
reflector ? ( Gain referred to this particular dipole)
 A. 4.24
 B. 1.81
 C. 4.75
 D. 2.6

Pulse carrier at the ratio of 8000 pulse/sec is amplitude modulated by an analog signal this
type of modulation is
 A. PAM
 B. ADM
 C. DM
 D. PCM

What is the applied power if a thermal RF wattmeter is connected to a transmitter through a
variable attenuator? The wattmeter reads 84 mW when 15 dB of attenuation is used.
 A. 4.656 watts
 B. 2.656 watts
 C. 3.656 watts
 D. 2.856 watts

Collects very weak signal from a broadcast satellite
 A. Satellite dish
 B. LNB
 C. Yagi-Uda antenna
 D. Satellite receiver

A seven-bit character can represent one of _________ possibilities.
 A. 14
 B. 64
 C. 128
 D. 7

The maximum power suggested by KBP on 919-1312 AM broadcast station in Metro Manila
is
 A. 10 kW
 B. 20 kW
 C. 15 kW
 D. 5 kW

A loudspeaker cabinet has an internal volume of 5,184 in3 (84,950 cm3). It has a port area
on the baffle of 50 in2 (322.58cm2) and a thickness of 0.70 in (18 mm). What is the
Helmholtz resonance, in hertz, of this loudspeaker enclosure?
 A. 250 Hz
 B. 245 Hz
 C. 240 Hz
 D. 255 Hz

When the clearance above the obstruction is equal to the radii of even Fresnel zone at the
point of reflection the RSL
 A. remains the same

 B. is above threshold
 C. is decreased
 D. is increased

Digital transmission provides a higher level of signal quality than analog transmission
because
 A. repeaters regenerate digital pulses and remove distortion

 B. digital signals are easier to sample than analog signals
 C. digital signals are smaller than analog signals and cannot easily be distorted
 D. analog signals are continuous and not easily distorted.

A _________ interconnects LAN having identical protocols at the physical and data link
layers.
 A. All of these
 B. bridge
 C. router
 D. Gateway

Both frequency and phase modulation utilize ________ modulation
 A. Phase
 B. AM and FM
 C. Digital
 D. Angle

The different angles of entry of light into an optical fiber when the diameter of the core is
many times the wavelength of the light transmitter is known as ________.
 A. refraction
 B. sensor
 C. mode
 D. emitter

An invitation from the primary to a secondary to transmit a message.
 A. Retransmission
 B. Selection
 C. Reuse
 D. Polling

An agency of the United Nations that formulates standards and recommend practices for all
civil aviation
 A. ICAO
 B. CAA
 C. IATA
 D. ATO

The transformer signal coding method for T1 carrier is
 A. Binary
 B. NRZ
 C. Manchester
 D. Bipolar

When the value of k increases, the effective result is ______ of the equivalent curvatures.
 A. downward curvatures
 B. flattening
 C. bulging
 D. sharp curvature

An electromagnetic wave consists of
 A. a magnetic field only

 B. both electric and magnetic fields
 C. an electric field only
 D. non-magnetic field only

In a transmission line, if the maximum current to minimum current ratio is 2:1 what is the
ratio of the maximum voltage to minimum voltage?
 A. 4:1
 B. 1:2
 C. 1:4
 D. 2:1

Satellite signal transmitted from a satellite transponder to earth’s station.
 A. Vertically polarized
 B. Uplink
 C. Downlink
 D. RHCP
Multiplexing scheme use by baseband transmission.
 A. FDM
 B. Space multiplexing
 C. TDM
 D. Statistical multiplexing

Which stands for dB relative level?
 A. dBrn
 B. dBm
 C. dBr
 D. dBa

What is the maximum color TV bandwidth?
 A. 1.6 MHz
 B. 0.5 MHz
 C. 1.0 MHz
 D. 1.3 MHz

If Ns = 250, determine the earth radius k-factor.
 A. 1.98
 B. 1.23
 C. 1.33
 D. 1.29

Digital modulation technique used in modems.
 A. ASK
 B. PSK
 C. FSK
 D. All of these

Which of the following is not a baseband signal modulation?
 A. RF carrier
 B. Video System
 C. Audio signal
 D. Binary coded pulses

The standing wave ratio is equal to ________ if the load is properly matched with the
transmission line.
 A. 1
 B. 50
 C. 10
 D. 2

Noise from random acoustic or electric noise that has equal per cycle over a specified total
frequency band.
 A. Thermal noise
 B. White noise
 C. Gaussian noise
 D. All of these

When was the UHF channel (14-83) of television were added?
 A. 1852
 B. 1904
 C. 1947
 D. 1952

Multiplexing in a time division multiplexer occurs based upon
 A. the position of a frame within the group of frames

 B. the positioning of data within a frame
 C. the priority assigned to a connected device
 D. the activity of a connected device

Ethernet is baseband system using CSMA/CD operating at
 A. 20 Mbps
 B. 10 Mbps
 C. 30 Mbps
 D. 40 Mbps
A microwave communications system space loss calculation formula is
 A. 92.4 + 10 log f +20 log d

 B. 94.2 + 10 log f +20 log d
 C. 92.4 + 20 log f + 20 log d
 D. 94.2 + 20 log f +20 log d

Which is the non-resonant antenna?
 A. Broadside Antenna
 B. Folded Dipole
 C. Rhombic antenna
 D. End fire array

The first commercial satellite
 A. Explorer
 B. Sputnik
 C. Telstar
 D. Early bird

A quadrature signaling have ________ possible states.
 A. 16
 B. 8
 C. 32
 D. 4

Proposed the use of a clad glass fiber as a dielectric waveguide.
 A. Kao and Keck

 B. Karpon and Keck
 C. Karpon and Bockham
 D. Bockham and Kao

What band does VSAT first operate?
 A. X-band
 B. C-band
 C. Ku-band
 D. L-band

What is the method of diversity reception where the signal is transmitted on 2 different
frequencies over the same path?
 A. Quadruple
 B. Frequency
 C. Polarization
 D. Space

The wavelength of light has no role in
 A. Diffraction
 B. Interference
 C. Resolving power
 D. Polarization

Which of the following filters block FM radio band for TV channels (2 to 13)?
 A. High-pass filter
 B. Band reject filter
 C. Low-pass filter
 D. Band-pass filter

The standard ASCII
 A. is version II of ASC
 B. is used only in US and Canada
 C. has 132 characters including 32 control characters
 D. is subset of 8-bit EBCDIC code

Luminous efficiency is least for a
 A. mercury vapor lamp

 B. low-wattage light bulb
 C. high-wattage light bulb
 D. fluorescent tube
Transmission lines when connected to antenna have
 A. capacitive load
 B. resistive load whose resistance is less than characteristics impedance
 C. resistive load at the resonant frequency
 D. resistive load whose resistance is greater than the characteristic impedance of
the line

What is the free space loss, in dB, between two microwave parabolic antennas 38.0
kilometer apart operating at 7.0 GHz?
 A. 145.6 dB
 B. 138.5 dB
 C. 135.5 dB
 D. 140.89 dB

What is the equivalent output of a circuit in dBm, if it is has an output of 10 watts?
 A. 10 dBm
 B. 30 dBm
 C. 20 dBm
 D. 40 dBm

Satellite engine use
 A. liquid fuel
 B. jet propulsion
 C. ion propulsion system
 D. solar jet

Low-power radar uses
 A. RIMPATT
 B. TRAPATT
 C. Magnetron
 D. IMPATT

Transmission line must be matched to the load to
 A. transfer maximum voltage to the load
 B. transfer maximum current to the load
 C. reduce the load current
 D. transfer maximum power to the load

Electromagnetic wave travel at __________ in free space.
 A. 300,000 km/sec
 B. 100,000 km/ sec
 C. 400,000 km/sec
 D. 200km/sec

When electromagnetic wave are propagated through a waveguide, they
 A. are reflected from the walls but do not travel along them
 B. travel along all four walls of the waveguide
 C. travel along the broader walls of the guide
 D. travel through the dielectric without touching the walls

Codes must be
 A. agreed upon in advance between sender and receiver

 B. eight bit per character
 C. the same in all modern computer
 D. either seven or eighth bits per character

Combination of modulator, channel and detector.
 A. Transceiver
 B. Discrete channel
 C. T/R channel
 D. Transponder

What is the stage of the sand becoming silicon?
 A. Hot
 B. Gas
 C. Liquid
 D. Molten
Noise reduction system used for film sound in movie
 A. dBx
 B. dolby
 C. dBa
 D. dBm

What is the principal difference between asynchronous and synchronous transmission?
 A. The clocking is mixed with the data in synchronous transmission

 B. The pulse height are difficult
 C. The clocking is derived from the data in synchronous
 D. The bandwidth required is difficult.

You are measuring a voice channel at a -4 dB test point level, the meter reads -73 dBm
(pure test tone) convert the reading in dBmCO.
 A. 16
 B. 18
 C. 22
 D. 12

What is the type of emission use by standard AM radio broadcast?
 A. A0
 B. F3
 C. A3
 D. A5C

____________ is the average rate of transmission of sound energy in a given direction
through a cross sectional area of 1 sq.m. at right angle to the direction.
 A. Sound pressure
 B. Sound intensity
 C. Pressure variation
 D. Loudness

Top loading is used in an antenna in order to increase its ___________.
 A. input capacitance
 B. beamwidth
 C. bandwidth
 D. effective height

What component in the telephone set has the primary function of interfacing the handset to
the local loop?
 A. Varistor
 B. Induction coil
 C. Resistor
 D. Capacitor

The first passive satellite transponder.
 A. Early bird
 B. Score
 C. Moon
 D. Sputnik

The primary purpose of the data modem is to
 A. interface analog terminal equipment to analog communications channel

 B. interface digital terminal equipment to analog communications channel
 C. interface analog terminal equipment to digital communications channel
 D. interface digital terminal equipment to digital communications channel

____________ is the out-of-band signaling between toll central offices (Bell System
Standard)
 A. 2,000 Hz
 B. 800 Hz
 C. 3,835 Hz
 D. 3700 Hz

Which symbol indicates that only one sideband is transmitted?
 A. A3E
 B. B8E
 C. C3F
 D. H3E

A voice-grade circuit using the PTN has an ideal passband of
 A. 0 to 4 Hz
 B. 0 to 4 kHz
 C. 0 to 4 GHz
 D. 0 to 4 MHz

1 micron is equal to ___________ meter(s).
 A. 10-6m
 B. 10-3 m
 C. 106 m
 D. 109 m

The lowest resistance grounding on earth
 A. Sand
 B. Clay
 C. Surface loam soil
 D. Limestone

Troposheric scatter uses the frequencies in the ________ band.
 A. VLF
 B. UHF
 C. VHF
 D. UF

The unit of pitch
 A. Decibel
 B. Phon
 C. Mel
 D. Sone

What kind of receiver is used in conventional telephone handset?
 A. Capacitor
 B. Carbon
 C. Electromagnetic
 D. Ceramic

Basic speed rate of digital system.
 A. 144 kbps
 B. 1,544 kbps
 C. 64 kbps
 D. 2,048 kbps

A horizontal antenna is
 A. centrally polarized
 B. vertically polarized
 C. horizontally polarized
 D. perpendicularly polarized

What is the diameter of a copper wire to be used in a 16 km loop with a dc loop resistance
of 100 ohms/km?
 A. 0.108 cm
 B. 1.082 cm
 C. 0.017 cm
 D. 0.0465 cm

If a fiber optic system has a rise time of 16 ns, the source rise time is 1.5 ns and the
detector rise time is 2 ns, what is the cable rise time?
 A. 14 ns
 B. 6 ns
 C. 9 ns
 D. 12.5 ns

What is the phase delay of an 800 Hz voice signal if the phase shift is 15 degrees?
 A. 1.25 µsec
 B. 52 µsec
 C. 83.33 µsec
 D. 26 µsec

What is the power loss of a telephone hybrid?
 A. 6 dB
 B. 2 dB
 C. 3 dB
 D. 1 dB

You are measuring noise in a voice channel at 7 dB test point level. The meter reads -56
dBm (FIA weighted). What is the reading in dBrnc?
 A. 20
 B. 32
 C. 35
 D. 25

Space diversity transmission means transmitting and receiving on
 A. two or more antennas operating on two different frequencies

 B. two or more identical frequencies
 C. two or more different frequencies
 D. two or more antennas operating on the same frequencies

Rules governing the transmission of digital information.
 A. Line protocol
 B. Isochronous
 C. Data communications
 D. Digital communications

A digital identification associated with a cellular system
 A. SAT
 B. ESN
 C. MIN
 D. SIM

____________ is measuring the propagated field strength over the projected service area
 A. Radio sounding
 C. Radio monitoring
 D. Radio survey
Communications Engineering Exam 2: ECE Pre-

Board – Answers
1. MF
2. DTE
3. Data terminal equipment (DTE)
4. the approximation of the quantized signal
5. convert current variations into sound waves
6. inverted
7. attenuation
8. Standing waves
9. noise is amplified with voice when an FDM system is used
10. Modulation index
11. Shorten the time delay for each channel
12. polling
13. 6
14. LSB and USB
15. standards for interfaces between terminals and modems
16. Tie trunk
17. 312 to 552 kHz
18. 64 kbps
19. Reflectometer
20. 270 kbps
21. 2.6
22. PAM
23. 2.656 watts
24. Satellite dish
25. 128
26. 20 kW
27. 240 Hz
28. is decreased
29. repeaters regenerate digital pulses and remove distortion
30. bridge
31. Angle
32. mode
33. Polling
34. ICAO
35. Bipolar
36. flattening
37. both electric and magnetic fields
38. 2:1
39. Downlink
40. TDM
41. dBr
42. 1.3 MHz
43. 1.23
44. PSK
45. RF carrier
46. 1
47. All of these
48. 1952
49. the positioning of data within a frame
50. 10 Mbps
51. 92.4 + 20 log f + 20 log d
52. Rhombic antenna
53. Early bird
54. 4
55. Bockham and Kao
56. C-band
57. Frequency
58. Polarization
59. Band reject filter
60. has 132 characters including 32 control characters
61. low-wattage light bulb
62. resistive load at the resonant frequency
63. 140.89 dB
64. 40 dBm
65. ion propulsion system
66. IMPATT
67. transfer maximum power to the load
68. 300,000 km/sec
69. are reflected from the walls but do not travel along them
70. agreed upon in advance between sender and receiver
71. Discrete channel
72. Molten
73. dolby
74. The clocking is derived from the data in synchronous
75. 22
76. A3
77. Sound intensity
78. effective height
79. Induction coil
80. Moon
81. interface digital terminal equipment to analog communications channel
82. 3700 Hz
83. H3E
84. 0 to 4 kHz
85. 10-6m
86. Surface loam soil
87. UHF
88. Mel
89. Electromagnetic
90. 64 kbps
91. horizontally polarized
92. 0.0465 cm
93. 14 ns
94. 52 µsec
95. 3 dB
96. 35
97. two or more antennas operating on the same frequencies
98. Isochronous
99. SIM
100. Radio survey

Pre-Board
1. ECE Board Exam April 1997
What is the impedance of a balance 4-wire with a diameter of 0.25 cm and spaced 2.5 cm
apart using an insulator with a dielectric constant of 2.56?
 A. 100 Ω
 B. 65 Ω
 C. 75 Ω
 D. 50 Ω

What is the impedance in ohms of a transformer marked for 25V, 4W, when the secondary
is correctly loaded?
 A. 150 Ω
 B. 156 Ω
 C. 160 Ω
 D. 165 Ω

A single conductor running from the transmitter to the antenna.
 A. RG-8/U
 B. Single line wire
 C. Twin-lead
 D. MIcrostrip

If voltage change equal to twice its original value, what is its corresponding change in dB?
 A. 9 dB
 B. 6 dB
 C. 10 dB
 D. 3 dB

To couple a coaxial line to parallel line, it is better to use a ______.
 A. Slotted line
 B. Quarter-wave transformer
 C. Directional Coupler
 D. Balun

What is the characteristic impedance of a single wire with a diameter d= 0.25 mm placed at
the center between grounded parallel planes separated by 1 mm apart. The wire is held by
a material with a velocity factor of 0.75.
 A. 85 Ω
 B. 63 Ω
 C. 50 Ω
 D. 75 Ω

If you have available number of power amplifiers with a gain of 100 each, how many such
amplifiers do you need to cascade to give an overall gain of 60 dB?
 A. 3
 B. 4
 C. 5
 D. 2

________ sets a limit on the maximum capacity of a channel with a give noise level.
 A. Hartley theorem
 B. Shannon-Hartley theorem
 C. Nyquist theorem
 D. Shannon theorem

Transmission sent in both directions simultaneously.
 A. Full duplex
 B. Duplex
 C. Half duplex
 D. Simplex

Industrial noise frequency is between _________.
 A. 200 to 3000 Mhz

 B. 15 to 160 Mhz
 C. 0 to 10 Khz
 D. 20 Ghz

Reference noise temperature.
 A. 70 deg F
 B. 30 deg C
 C. 290 Kelvin
 D. 25 deg C

What is the reference frequency of CCITT psophometric noise measurement?
 A. 800 Hz
 B. 1500 Hz
 C. 3400 Hz
 D. 1000 Hz

Which does not effect noise in a channel?
 B. Bandwidth
 C. Temperature
 D. Quantizing level
The random and unpredictable electric signal from natural causes, both internal and
external to the system is know as ________.
 A. Distortion
 B. Noise
 C. Attenuation
 D. Interference

The most common unit of noise measurement in white noise testing.
 A. dBw
 B. dBk
 C. dBm
 D. NPR

Unit of noise power of psophometer
 A. dBa
 B. pWp
 C. dBm
 D. dBmO

100% modulation in AM means a corresponding increase in total power by:
 A. 25%
 B. 75%
 C. 100%
 D. 50%

If the modulation index of an AM wave is doubled, the antenna current is also doubled, the
AM system being used is
 A. A5C
 B. A3J
 C. A3H
 D. A3

What particular circuit that rids FM of noise?
 A. HPF
 B. Phase shifter
 C. Limiter
 D. LPF

What is the advantage of PTM over PAM?
 A. Simpler to generate
 B. Low sampling rate is required
 C. Much better noise immunity
 D. All of these

At 100% modulation, the sum for the effective voltages in both sidebands is equal to
______% of the unmodulated carrier voltage.
 A. 50
 B. 71
 C. 100
 D. 25

A carrier signal has ______.
 A. Constant peak amplitude

 B. The information
 C. Frequency range 20-20000 Hz
 D. A varying amplitude

Which transmit only one sideband?
 A. A3E
 B. 3AJ
 C. 11BE
 D. H3E

The final amplifier of either FM or AM transmitter operates as
 A. Class B
 B. Class C
 C. Class A
 D. Class D
Modulation means
 A. Varying of information
 B. Utilization of a single transmission channel to carry multiple signals
 C. Varying of some parameters of a carrier such as its amplitude to transmit
information
 D. Transmit pulses in DC form on a copper wire

What is the advantage of sidetone?
 A. High transmission efficiency

 B. Results to a strengthened signal
 C. No energy dissipation
 D. Assures that the telephone is working

The standard test tone
 A. 0 dB
 B. 10 dBm
 C. 0 dBm
 D. 10 dB

One (1) Erlang is equal to ________.
 A. 360 CCS
 B. 100 CCS
 C. 36 CCS
 D. 3.6 CCS

Transmission of printed material over telephone lines.
 A. Video text
 B. Facsimile
 C. Encoding
 D. Xerox copy

1-CCS is equal to?
 A. 60
 B. 100
 C. 600
 D. 1

1 Erlang is ______.
 A. 1000 TU
 B. 10 TU
 C. 100 TU
 D. 1 TU

When waves bend away from straight lines of travel, it is called _________.
 A. Refraction
 B. Reflection
 C. Rarefaction
 D. Diffraction

Highest frequency that can be used for skywave HF communications between two given
points on earth.
 A. Gyro frequency
 B. Maximum usable frequency
 C. Critical frequency
 D. Virtual frequency

Electromagnetic radiation theory was profounded by ______.
 A. Sir Edward Appleton

 B. Sir Isaac Newton
 C. James Clerk Maxwell
 D. Michael Faraday

Type of transmission path that permits communication in the frequency range from 30 to 60
MHz and over distances form about 1000 to 2000 km.
 A. Ducting
 B. Ionospheric scatter
 C. Microwave
 D. Troposcatter

What is the thickest layer of the ionosphere?
 A. E
 B. F1
 C. F2
 D. D

Distance traveled by a wave in the time of one cycle.
 A. Hop
 B. Frequency
 C. Wavelength
 D. Crest

Which region of the ionosphere is mainly responsible for long distance night time
communication?
 A. A layer
 B. D layer
 C. E layer
 D. F layer

What is the effective earth’s radius when N = 300?
 A. 8500 km
 B. 6370 km
 C. 7270 km
 D. 7950 km

The polarization of a discone antenna is _____.
 A. Horizontal
 B. Vertical
 C. Omni
 D. Directional

_______ is the horizontal pointing angle of an antenna.
 A. Right angle
 B. Angle of elevation
 C. Bandwidth
 D. Azimuth

Which is properly terminated antenna?
 A. Rhombic
 B. Hertz
 C. Marconi
 D. Dipole

______ is a device that detects both vertically and horizontally polarized signals
simultaneously.
 A. Crystal
 B. Orthomode transducer
 C. Light transducer
 D. Optoisolator

How much does the radiated power of an antenna increases if its current increased by 3.3
times?
 A. 6.6 times
 B. 3.3 times
 C. 10.89 times
 D. 9.9 times

What do you call the energy that was not radiated into space or completely transmitted?
 A. Incident waves
 B. Captured waves
 C. Standing waves
 D. Modulated waves

What is the estimated medium wind loading in the Philippines for antenna tower design?
 A. 200 kph
 B. 250 kph
 C. 300 kph
 D. 100 kph

The minimum number of turns a helix antenna must have.
 A. 4
 B. 5
 C. 3
 D. 6

When testing transmitter to prevent interfering with other stations, which type of antenna
must be used?
 A. Dummy antenna
 B. Hertzian antenna
 C. None of these
 D. Void antenna

A device that radiates electromagnetic energy and or intercepts electromagnetic radiation.
 A. Antenna
 B. Transmitter
 C. Transmission line
 D. Transceiver

The frequency of operation of a dipole antenna cut to length of 3.4 m.
 A. 42.9 MHz
 B. 61.3 MHz
 C. 38.5 MHz
 D. 53.5 MHz

Full duplex transmission means
 A. One way transmission

 B. 24-hour transmission
 C. Broadcast transmission
 D. Two-way simultaneous transmission
Transmission system for a multidrop network
 A. Taken passing
 B. Polling
 C. Switching
 D. CSMA/CD

Synchronous modems cost more than asynchronous modem because _______.
 A. They have larger bandwidth

 B. They are larger
 C. The production volume is larger
 D. They have clock recovery circuits

What equation defines the composition of an ISDN basic access line?
 A. B+2D
 B. B+D
 C. 2B+2D
 D. 2B+D

Modem is referred to as ______.
 A. Universal asynchronous Rx/Tx

 B. Data communication equipment
 C. Universal synchronous Rx/Tx
 D. Data terminal equipment

_______ character signifies the start of the test for Bisync.
 A. STX
 B. ETX
 C. SOH
 D. BCC

What is the reason why companding is employed in PCM systems?
 A. To overcome impulse noise in PCM receivers

 B. To allow amplitude limiting in the receivers
 C. To solve quantizing noise problem
 D. To protect small signals in PCM from quantizing distortion

What is framing?
 A. Is concerned of synchronous system

 B. Refers to parallel transmission
 C. Is concerned with the boundaries between characters
 D. Is concerned with individual bits

The method of determining the bandwidth of any processing system is ______.
 A. Bandwidth analysis
 B. Frequency spectrum
 C. Spectral analysis
 D. Frequency analysis

It is a protocol used to connect the other packet witching network.
 A. X.25
 B. X.50
 C. X.10
 D. X.75

Slowest communications hardware product.
 A. Synchronous
 B. Asynchronous
 C. Ethernet
 D. Internet

Highest theoretical frequency that can be processed at a sampling rate without aliasing.
 A. Folding frequency
 B. Resonant frequency
 C. Natural frequency
 D. Critical frequency

Data is directly on the transmission cable.
 A. Asynchronous
 B. Synchronous
 C. Baseband
 D. Broadband

A source code whose average word length approaches the fundamental limit set by the
entropy of a discrete memory less source.
 A. Prefix code
 B. Huffman code
 C. Entropy code
 D. Source code

______ sets the limit on the maximum capacity of a channel with a given noise level.
 A. Hartley theorem
 B. Shannon-hartley theorem
 C. Nyquist theorem
 D. Shannon theorem

Gateway can interconnect LANs that have ____ protocols and formats.
 A. The same
 B. Different or the same
 C. Totally different
 D. None of these

Steps to follow to produce PCM signal.
 A. Quantizing, sampling, and coding

 B. Sampling, quantizing, and coding
 C. Sampling, coding and quantizing
 D. Coding, quantizing and coding

Transmission sent in both directions simultaneously.
 A. Full duplex
 B. Duplex
 C. Half duplex
 D. Simplex

_______ detects the satellite signal relayed from the feed and converts it to an electric
current, amplifies and lower its frequency.
 A. Feedhorn
 B. Satellite dish
 C. Satellite receiver
 D. LNB

What kind of battery panels are used in some advance satellites?
 A. Gallium Arsenide solar panel

 B. Germanium based panels
 C. Silicon based panels
 D. Gallium Phosphate solar panel

Footprint refers to coverage area in the globe
 A. Satellite radiation polarization

 B. Satellite navigation
 C. Satellite radiation pattern
 D. Satellite coverage

Asia Sat I covers how many countries in Asia?
 A. 38
 B. 40
 C. 44
 D. 42

Insertion loss of connector-type splices for a single-mode fiber cable.
 A. 0.2 dB
 B. 0.3 dB
 C. 0.09 dB
 D. 0.38 dB

A non-coherent light source for optical communications system.
 A. PIN Diode
 B. ILD
 C. APD
 D. LED

Type of fiber that has the highest modal dispersion
 A. Step-index multimode
 B. Step-index single mode
 C. Graded index mode
 D. Graded index multimode

Fiber optic cable operates near _______ frequencies.
 A. 800 THz
 B. 20 MHz
 C. 200 MHz
 D. 2 GHz

Lifetime of ILD’s
 A. 150,000 h
 B. 100,000 h
 C. 50,000 h
 D. 200,000 h

The sound energy per unit area at right angles to the propagation direction per unit time.
 A. Sound intensity
 B. Loudness
 C. Coherence
 D. Sound stress

_______ is the transmission of sound from one room to an adjacent room thru common
walls, floors or ceilings.
 A. Reverberation
 B. Refraction
 C. Flanking transmission
 D. Reflection

The sound power level of a jet plane flying at a height of 1 km is 160 dB. What is the
maximum sound pressure level on the ground directly below the plane assuming that the
aircraft radiates sound equally in all directions?
 A. 59.1 dB
 B. 69.1 dB
 C. 79.1 dB
 D. 89.1 dB

Lowest frequency produced by a musical instrument.
 A. Fundamental
 B. Midrange
 C. Period
 D. Harmonic

Sound intensity level is ________.
 A. 10 log I/I(ref)
 B. 10 log I(ref)/I
 C. 30 log I/I(ref)
 D. 20 log I/I(ref)

Tendency of sound energy to spread.
 A. Reflection
 B. Diffraction
 C. Rarefaction
 D. Refraction

______ used to measure speech volume
 A. Volume meter
 B. Audio frequency meter
 C. Volume unit meter
 D. Speech meter
What is the local oscillator frequency range commercial AM broadcast if it is equal to 455
KHz.
 A. 540 to 1600 KHz

 B. 0 to 1600 KHz
 C. 995 to 2055 KHz
 D. 0 to 455 KHz

TV channels 2, 4 and 5 are known as ________.
 A. Mid band UHF

 B. Low band UHF
 C. High band VHF
 D. Low band VHF

______ is the first component of any MATV system to received broadcast signals.
 A. Receiver
 B. Antenna
 C. Filter
 D. Transmitter

Mechanism or device which enables the TV camera to move in internal and tilting motion.
 A. Tilting
 B. Scanner
 C. Pan/tilt device
 D. Panning device

The allowable deviation ratio of commercial FM broadcast.
 A. 25
 B. 15
 C. 5
 D. 75

______ is the time duration for one horizontal trace.
 A. 48µs
 B. 52 µs
 C. 62 µs
 D. 50 µs

Which is atmospheric attenuation?
 A. Attenuation due to rain

 B. Attenuation due to other gasses
 C. Attenuation due to mist and fog
 D. Due to water vapor and oxygen

A microwave system that requires the use of repeater.
 A. Intervening terrain is favorable

 B. Distances involved are greater
 C. The required reliability is met
 D. All of these

What frequency does oxygen causes excessive attenuation
 A. 119 GHz
 B. 183 GHz
 C. 310 GHz
 D. 60 GHz

RADAR means
 A. Radio detection and rating

 B. Radio detection and ranging
 C. Radio distance and ranging
 D. Radio delay and ranging

A microwave link between the earth station and the down-town terminal.
 A. STL
 B. Uplink
 C. Downlink
 D. Terrestrial link
The advantage of periscope antenna in microwave
 A. Minimize interference to and from other neighboring stations

 B. Shorten waveguide link
 C. Reduce tower height
 D. All of these

Professional Regulations Commission was created under ______.
 A. PD 323
 B. PD 223
 C. PD 232
 D. RA 223

The institutionalization of the continuing Professional Education (CPE) Program of the
various regulated profession under the supervision of the Professional Regulation
Commission.
 A. E.O. No. 266

 B. E.O. No. 626
 C. E.O. No. 662
 D. P.D. 381

The basic law providing for the regulation of radio station, communications in the Philippines
and other purposes.
 A. Act. No.`3846
 B. D.O. No. 11
 C. D.O. No. 88
 D. D.O. No. 5

Listing of the date and time events, programs , equipment, test, malfunctions and
corrections in communication system.
 A. File
 B. Documentation
 C. Reporting
 D. Log
Board – Answers
1. 100 Ω
2. 156 Ω
3. Single line wire
4. 6 dB
5. Balun
6. 75 Ω
7. 3
8. Shannon-Hartley theorem
9. Duplex
10. 15 to 160 Mhz
11. 290 Kelvin
12. 800 Hz
13. Quantizing level
14. Noise
15. NPR
16. pWp
17. 50%
18. A3J
19. Limiter
20. Much better noise immunity
21. 71
22. Constant peak amplitude
23. H3E
24. Class C
25. Varying of some parameters of a carrier such as its amplitude to transmit information
26. Assures that the telephone is working
27. 0 dBm
28. 36 CCS
29. Facsimile
30. 100
31. 1 TU
32. Refraction
33. Maximum usable frequency
34. James Clerk Maxwell
35. Ionospheric scatter
36. F2
37. Wavelength
38. F layer
39. 8500 km
40. Vertical
41. Azimuth
42. Rhombic
43. Orthomode transducer
44. 10.89 times
45. Standing waves
46. 200 kph
47. 3
48. Dummy antenna
49. Antenna
50. 42.9 MHz
51. Two-way simultaneous transmission
52. Polling
53. They have clock recovery circuits
54. 2B+D
55. Data communication equipment
56. STX
57. To protect small signals in PCM from quantizing distortion
58. Is concerned with the boundaries between characters
59. Spectral analysis
60. X.75
61. Asynchronous
62. Folding frequency
63. Baseband
64. Huffman code
65. Shannon-hartley theorem
66. Totally different
67. Sampling, quantizing, and coding
68. Duplex
69. LNB
70. Gallium Arsenide solar panel
71. Satellite radiation pattern
72. 38
73. 0.38 dB
74. LED
75. Step-index multimode
76. 800 THz
77. 50,000 h
78. Sound intensity
79. Flanking transmission
80. 89.1 dB
81. Fundamental
82. 10 log I/I(ref)
83. Diffraction
84. Volume unit meter
85. 995 to 2055 KHz
86. Low band VHF
87. Antenna
88. Pan/tilt device
89. 5
90. 52 µs
91. Due to water vapor and oxygen
92. Distances involved are greater
93. 60 GHz
94. Radio detection and ranging
95. Terrestrial link
96. Shorten waveguide link
97. PD 223
98. E.O. No. 266
99. Act. No.`3846
100. Log

Board
Extra-terrestrial noise is observable at frequencies from
 A. 0 to 20 KHz
 B. Above 2 GHz
 C. 8 to 1.43 GHz
 D. 5 to 8 GHz

Band of light waves, that are too short to be seen by human eye.
 A. Visible
 B. Infrared
 C. Ultraviolet
 D. Amber

Two wires that are bent 90 degrees apart.
 A. Hertz
 B. Dipole
 C. Log-periodic
 D. Rhombic

The first symbol in the designation of radio emission under the ITU rules to
 A. Nature of signals modulating the main carrier

 B. Type of information to be transmitted
 C. Bandwidth
 D. Type of modulation of the main carrier

Operating method in which the transmission is made alternately in each direction of a
telecommunication channel
 A. Semi-duplex operation
 B. Duplex operation
 C. Half-duplex operation
 D. Simplex operation

Production of radiation by a radio transmitting station
 A. Monitoring
 B. Emission
 C. Radiation
 D. Transmission

The third symbol in the designation of radio emission under the ITU rules refers to
 A. Type of the modulation of the main carrier

 B. Bandwidth
 C. Nature of the signals modulating the main carrier
 D. Type of information to be transmitted

A form of telecommunication for the transmission of transient images of fixed or moving
objects.
 A. E-mail
 B. Television
 C. Radio
 D. Internet

Radiation pattern of a discone.
 A. Unidirectional
 B. Bidirectional
 C. Omnidirectional
 D. Figure of eight

Another SEG function that allows a person to be superimposed on another scene.
 A. Visual effect
 B. Wiper
 C. Chroma keying
 D. Special effect generation

What signal-to-noise ratio is required for satisfactory telephone services?
 A. 50 dB
 B. 30 dB
 C. 40dB
 D. 20 dB

The use of telecommunication for automatic indicating or recording measurement at the
distance from the measuring instrument.
 A. Monitoring
 B. Tracking
 C. Telemetry
 D. Telecommand

The standard deviation of the variation in the transmission loss of a circuit should not
exceed
 A. 3 dB
 B. 1 dB
 C. 5 dB
 D. 0.5dB

Noise caused by the thermal agitation of electrons in resistance.
 A. White noise
 B. Thermal noise
 C. Johnson’s noise
 D. All of these
Unity gain antenna
 A. Isotropic
 B. Rhombic
 C. Half-wave dipole
 D. Dummy

The series of periodically recurrent pulses is modulated in amplitude by the corresponding
instantaneous samples.
 A. PFM
 B. PWM
 C. PDM
 D. PAM

This type of transmission permits communication in the frequency range from 30 to 60 MHz
and over distances from about 1000 to 2000 km.
 A. Troposcatter
 B. Ionospheric scatter
 C. Ducting
 D. Microwave

A region in front of a paraboloid antenna.
 A. Transmission zone
 B. Fresnel
 C. Fraunhofer
 D. All of these

Designates the sensation of low or high in the sense of the base and treble.
 A. Frequency
 B. Intensity
 C. Pitch
 D. SPL

A good example of a pilot tone system used in commercial frequency modulation stations.
 A. FDM
 B. Time division
 C. Stereo multiplexing
 D. Frequency modulation

Emission on a frequency or frequencies immediately outside the necessary bandwidth
which result from the modulation process except spurious emission.
 A. Radiation
 B. Noise
 C. Out of the band
 D. Interference

A helical antenna is used for satellite tracking because of ______.
 A. Broad bandwidth
 B. Good front-to-back
 C. Maneuverability
 D. Circular polarization

Background noise is the same as the following except
 A. Impulse noise
 B. White noise
 C. Thermal noise
 D. Gaussian noise

Electronic equipment used to measure standing wave ration.
 A. Reflectometer
 B. Wavemeter
 C. Altimeter
 D. Multimeter

A single sideband emission in which the degree of carrier suppression enables the carrier to
be reconstituted and to be used for demodulation.
 A. Reduce carrier single sideband emission

 B. Half carrier single sideband emission
 C. Full carrier single sideband emission
 D. Standard single sideband emission

Station in the mobile service not intended to be used while in motion.
 A. Coast station
 B. Fixed station
 C. Base station
 D. Land station

The electric field lines in a plane perpendicular to the earth’s surface.
 A. Elliptical polarization
 B. Circular polarization
 C. Horizontal polarization
 D. Vertical polarization

Known to be the first satellite capable to receive and transmit simultaneously.
 A. Score
 B. Syncom I
 C. Telstar 1
 D. Echo1

A digital carrier facility used to transmit a DSI-formatted signal at 1.544. Mbps.
 A. T2
 B. T1
 C. T4
 D. T3

12 voice channels are sampled at 8000 sampling rate and encoded into 8 bit PCM word.
Determine the rate of the data stream.
 a. 354 kbps
 b. 750 kbps
 c. 768 kbps
 d. 640 kbps

The most common device used as a light detector in fiber optic communications system.
 A. LED
 B. Darlington phototransistor
 C. APDs
 D. PIN diode

Two resistors, 20kΩ, and 50kΩ are at ambient temperature. Calculate for a bandwidth equal
to 100kHz, the thermal noise voltage for the two resistors connected in parallel.
 A. 0.4782µV
 B. 4278 µV
 C. 4.78 µV
 D. 47.8 µV

Calculate the energy of the photon of infrared light energy at 1.55µm
 A. 1.28 x 10-19 J
 B. 1.6 x 10-19 J
 C. 1.22 x 10-16 J
 D. 1.9 x 10-14 J

If a fiber optic system has a rise time of 38.55 ns, the source rise time is 12 ns and the
detector rise time is 12 ns, what is the cable rise time?
 A. 34.61 ns
 B. 14.55 ns
 C. 52.55 ns
 D. 26.25 ns

Nominal voice channel
 A. 20 to 20 KHz
 B. 16 to 16 KHz
 C. 3 to 3 KHz
 D. 4 KHz

Two or more antennas separated by 9 wavelengths are used.
 A. Hybrid diversity
 B. Space diversity
 C. Polarized diversity
 D. Frequency diversity

Nif stands for
 A. Narrow intermediate frequency

 B. Noise interference figure
 C. Noise improvement factor
 D. Non-intrinsic figure

Any small element of space in the path of a wave may be considered as a source of
secondary wavelet.
 A. De Morgan’s Principle
 B. Faraday’s Law
 C. Huygen’s Principle
 D. Fresnel’s Law of optics

Modulation in which the modulated wave is always present.
 A. Carrier modulation
 B. Front-end
 C. Continuous modulation
 D. Log-periodic modulation

Atmospheric noise is less at severe frequencies above
 A. Audio level
 B. 30 MHz
 C. 10 GHz
 D. 1 GHz

At height about 180 km above the earth exist only during daylight.
 A. F2 layer
 B. D layer
 C. E layer
 D. F1 layer
Radiation characteristics of a dipole
 A. Figure of eight
 B. Omnidirectional
 C. Bidirectional
 D. Unidirectional

Determine the gain of a 6 ft. parabolic dish operating at 1800 MHz.
 A. 30 dB
 B. 11.2 dB
 C. 15.5 dB
 D. 28.17 dB

An electromagnetic wave is ________ polarized when the electric field lies wholly in one
plane containing the direction of propagation.
 A. Horizontally
 B. Linearly
 C. Circularly
 D. Vertically

A device that reduces the intensity of light in fiber optics communication systems.
 A. Reducer
 B. Quality factor
 C. Optical attenuator
 D. Compressor

Propagation mode of microwave in a waveguide is known as _______.
 A. TM
 B. TE
 C. SW
 D. TEM

The width of the frequency band which is just sufficient to ensure the transmission of
information at the rate and with the quality required under a specified condition and class of
emission.
 A. Occupied bandwidth
 B. Reference frequency
 C. Necessary bandwidth
 D. Frequency tolerance bandwidth

A convenient method of determining antenna impedance.
 A. Stub matching
 B. Reactance circle
 C. Smith chart
 D. Trial and error

Which of the following fall under the high frequency band of the radio spectrum?
 A. 8.2345 MHz
 B. 150.50 MHz
 C. 2.4555 MHz
 D. 35.535 MHz

The electric field lies in a plane parallel to the earth’s surface.
 A. Elliptical polarization
 B. Horizontal polarization
 C. Vertical polarization
 D. Circular polarization

The use of telecommunication for the transmission of signals to initiate, modify or terminate
functions of equipment at a distance.
 A. Tracking
 B. Telemetry
 C. Telecommand
 D. Space telemetry

The product of the power supplied to the antenna and its gain relative to a half-wave dipole
in a given direction.
 A. Peak envelope power
 B. ERP
 C. Rated power
 D. Carrier power’

The Ku-band in the satellite service
 A. 14/11 GHz
 B. 30/17 GHz
 C. 8/7 GHz
 D. 6/4 GHz

The sinusoidal carrier is pulsed so that one of the binary states is represented by a carrier
while the other is represented by its absence.
 A. FSK
 B. ASK
 C. PSK
 D. QAM

Width measured in degrees of a major lobes between end of the love at which the relative
power is one half (-3dB) its value from the peak of the lobe.
 A. Bandwidth
 B. Wavelength
 C. Radiation
 D. Beamwidth

The most common unit of noise measurement in white noise voltage testing.
 A. NPR
 B. dBm
 C. dBW
 D. dBrn

Any governmental office responsible in discharging the obligations undertaken in the
convention of the ITU and the regulation.
 A. Administration
 B. The union
 C. Country
 D. Telecommunications office

A large speaker having a large diameter (15 cm and above)
 A. Coaxial speaker
 B. Woofer
 C. Tweeter
 D. Trixial speaker

Coaxial lines are used on those systems operating _______.
 A. Below 2 GHz
 B. At 300 MHz
 C. Above 10KHz
 D. Above 10GHz

Determine the dynamic range for a 10 bit sign magnitude code.
 A. 1023
 B. 425
 C. 511
 D. 756

A coherent binary phase shift keyed BPSK transmitter operates at a bit rate of 20 Mbps with
a carrier to noise ratio C/N of 8.8dB. Find Eb/No.
 A. 73 dB
 B. 62.4 dB
 C. 81.8 dB
 D. 8.8 dB

Receives and collects satellite signals form a broadcast satellite.
 A. LNB
 B. Yagi-Uda array
 C. Satellite receiver
 D. Satellite disk

What is the effect in over modulated amplitude modulated radio broadcasting transmission?
 A. Interference to adjacent channel

 B. Higher fidelity
 C. Increase noise
 D. Higher audio signal

Average power of a radio transmitter supplied to the antenna transmission line by a
transmitter during one radio frequency cycle taken under the condition of no modulation.
 A. Peak envelop power

 B. Rated power
 C. Carrier power
 D. Mean power

A method of expressing the amplitude of complex non-periodic signals such as speech.
 A. Frequency
 B. Wavelength
 C. Volume
 D. Pitch

A government regulation in telecommunication which provide policy to improve the provision
of local exchange carrier service.
 A. E.O. 109
 B. Act 3846
 C. E.O. 59
 D. E.O. 546

Radio communication operation service between mobile and land stations or between
mobile stations.
 A. Land mobile satellite service

 B. Maritime mobile service
 C. Mobile service
 D. Land mobile

The smaller the f rating, the _____ light that lens can take in.
 A. More
 B. Intense
 C. Less
 D. Same

A radio communications service use in radio regulation between specified fixed points
provided primarily for the safety of air navigation and for the regular efficient and
economical air transport.
 A. Space operation service

 B. Space service
 C. Aeronautical mobile service
 D. Aeronautical fixed service

Harmonic suppressor connected to an antenna.
 A. High pass filter

 B. Low pass filter
 C. Tank circuit
 D. M-derived filter

The tendency of the sound energy to spread.
 A. Rarefaction
 B. Reflection
 C. Refraction
 D. Diffraction

An earth satellite whose period of revolution is equal to the period of rotation of the earth
about its axis.
 A. Geosynchronous
 B. Steerable
 C. Passive
 D. Active

A figure of merit used to measure the performance of a radiation detector.
 A. Noise equivalent power

 B. Ripple factor
 C. Safe factor
 D. Quality factor

Radio wave concentration in the direction of the signal emitted by a directional antenna.
 A. Back lobe radiation

 B. Side lobe radiation
 C. Major lobe radiation
 D. Transmitted signal

What is the channel bandwidth of a standard analogue telephone system?
 A. 300 - 500 Hz
 B. 1200 kHz
 C. 100 - 300 Hz
 D. 300 - 3400 Hz

A satellite receives an uplink frequency of _______ MHz from a ground station of 3700
MHz.
 A. 8150 MHz
 B. 1475 MHz
 C. 2225 MHz
 D. 5925 MHz

The outer conductor of a coaxial transmission line is always grounded at the
 A. Input only
 B. Input and output
 C. Output only
 D. Point of high SWR

Sound intensity is given as
 A. df/dP
 B. dE/dp
 C. dA/dP
 D. dP/dA

The lowest frequency produced by an instrument.
 A. Harmonic
 B. Fundamental
 C. Midrange
 D. 0 Hz

The reflector and director of an antenna array are considered as
 A. Parasitic elements
 B. Transcendental elements
 C. Feed-points
 D. Driven elements

The core of the optical fiber has ______.
 A. A medium index of refraction

 B. A lower index of refraction than the cladding
 C. A lower index of refraction than air
 D. A higher index of refraction than the cladding

What makes an antenna physically long but electrically short?
 A. Top loading
 B. Adding C in series
 C. Adding L in series
 D. All of these

An AM transmitter is rated 100W at 100% modulation. How much power required for the
carrier?
 A. 33.33 W
 B. 66.66 W
 C. 83.33 W
 D. 100 W

Used for time division multiplexing.
 A. Frequency modulation
 B. Pulsed modulation
 C. SSB
 D. Amplitude modulation

A means of beyond the line-of-sight propagation of microwave signal.
 A. Space wave
 B. Microwave link
 C. Troposcatter
 D. Point-to-point

Which of the following refers to the smallest beam of satellite antenna’s radiation pattern?
 A. Hemispheric beam
 B. Spot beam
 C. Zone beam
 D. Global beam

Theoretical gain of a hertzian dipole
 A. 0 dB
 B. 1.76 dB
 C. 3 dB
 D. 2.15 dB

Satellite system or part of a satellite system, consisting of only one satellite and the
operating earth station.
 A. Satellite system
 B. Satellite network
 C. Space system
 D. Multi-satellite link

The difference between the original and reconstructed signal gives rise to
 A. S factor
 B. Quantizing noise
 C. S/N
 D. Fade margin

An area in the memory used for temporary storage of information, on “Last in First out”
basis.
 A. Core
 B. Register
 C. Flag
 D. Stack

Refers to a land station in a maritime mobile service
 A. Coast station
 B. Ship earth station
 C. Coast earth station
 D. Maritime station

Modulation in which no signal is present between pulses
 A. Pulse modulation
 B. QAM
 C. PSK
 D. FSK

In the designation of bandwidth and emission, what letter in the first symbol represents a
double-sideband type of modulation?
 A. A
 B. B
 C. C
 D. H

Loss due to the diffraction of light when it strikes on the irregularities formed during the
manufacturing process of the fiber optics.
 A. Absorption loss
 B. Attenuation
 C. Bending loss
 D. Rayleigh scattering loss

What is the unit of electric field strength?
 A. Watt/meter
 B. Ohms/meter
 C. Ampere/meter
 D. Watt/meter2
 E. No answer

Refers to the first generation of local loop system in telecommunication technology.
 A. GSM
 B. DECT
 C. Analogue cellular
 D. TACS

An area on the surface of the earth within which the bore sight of the steerable satellite
beam intended to be pointed
 A. Effective boresight area

 B. Countour boresight area
 C. Coordination boresight are
 D. Equivalent boresight area

For a sample rate of 40 kHz, determine the maximum analog input frequency
 A. 30 kHz
 B. 40 kHz
 C. 20 kHz
 D. 10 kHz

An antenna that can only receive a television signal.
 A. Isotropic antenna
 B. TVRO
 C. Reference antenna
 D. Yagi antenna

Halo is also called
 A. Flare
 B. Dark current
 C. Glitch
 D. Ghost

Board – Answers
1. 8 to 1.43 GHz
2. Ultraviolet
3. Dipole
4. Type of modulation of the main carrier
5. Half-duplex operation
6. Emission
7. Type of information to be transmitted
8. Television
9. Omnidirectional
10. Chroma keying
11. 50 dB
12. Telemetry
13. 1 dB
14. All of these
15. Isotropic
16. PAM
17. Ionospheric scatter
18. All of these
19. Pitch
20. Stereo multiplexing
21. Out of the band
22. Circular polarization
23. Impulse noise
24. Reflectometer
25. Reduce carrier single sideband emission
26. Land station
27. Vertical polarization
28. Telstar 1
29. T1
30. 768 kbps
31. APDs
32. 4.78 µV
33. 1.28 x 10-19 J
34. 34.61 ns
35. 4 KHz
36. Space diversity
37. Noise improvement factor
38. Huygen’s Principle
39. Continuous modulation
40. 30 MHz
41. F1 layer
42. Bidirectional
43. 28.17 dB
44. Linearly
45. Optical attenuator
46. TE
47. Necessary bandwidth
48. Smith chart
49. 8.2345 MHz
50. Horizontal polarization
51. Telecommand
52. ERP
53. 14/11 GHz
54. ASK
55. Beamwidth
56. NPR
57. Administration
58. Woofer
59. Below 2 GHz
60. 511
61. 8.8 dB
62. Satellite disk
63. Interference to adjacent channel
64. Carrier power
65. Volume
66. E.O. 109
67. Mobile service
68. More
69. Aeronautical fixed service
70. Low pass filter
71. Diffraction
72. Geosynchronous
73. Noise equivalent power
74. Major lobe radiation
75. 300 - 3400 Hz
76. 5925 MHz
77. Input and output
78. dP/dA
79. Fundamental
80. Parasitic elements
81. A higher index of refraction than the cladding
82. Adding C in series
83. 66.66 W
84. Pulsed modulation
85. Troposcatter
86. Spot beam
87. 1.76 dB
88. Satellite network
89. Quantizing noise
90. Stack
91. Coast station
92. Pulse modulation
93. A
94. Rayleigh scattering loss
95. No answer
96. Analogue cellular
97. Effective boresight area
98. 20 kHz
99. TVRO
100. Flare

Pre-Board
Space diversity transmission means transmitting and receiving on _______.
 A. Two or more antennas operating on two different frequencies

 B. Two or more identical frequencies
 C. Two or more antennas operating on the same frequency
 D. Two or more different frequency

An increase in the effective power radiated by an antenna in a certain desired direction at
the expense of power radiated in other directions.
 A. Antenna gain
 B. Antenna back lobe ration
 C. Antenna total ration
 D. Antenna efficiency

A radio land station in the land mobile service
 A. Mobile station
 B. Land station
 C. Base station
 D. Ship earth station
A major and basic advantage for the use of a klystron.
 A. High power
 B. Efficiency
 C. Lesser noise
 D. Cheaper

A band where most military satellite often operate
 A. Ku
 B. C
 C. X
 D. L

The final power amplifier in an FM transmitter usually operates class ______.
 A. AB
 B. C
 C. B
 D. A

In television broadcasting vivid strong colors are often referred as _______.
 A. Saturation
 B. Hue
 C. Chrominance
 D. Luminance

Where do the maximum current and minimum voltage values on a resonant Hertz dipole
exist?
 A. Center of the antenna

 B. Near the end of the antenna
 C. Near the center of the antenna
 D. Ends of the antenna

How can the antenna efficiency of an HF grounded vertical antenna be made comparable to
that of a half-wave antenna?
 A. By lengthening the vertical
 B. By installing a good ground radial system
 C. By shortening the vertical
 D. By isolating the coax shield from ground

At what distance is VHF propagation normally limited?
 A. Around 500 miles

 B. Around 1500 miles
 C. Around 2000 miles
 D. Around 1000 miles

What is meant by the term antenna efficiency?
 A. Efficiency = effective radiated power/transmitter output x 100%

 B. Efficiency = radiation resistance/ transmission resistance
 C. Efficiency = total resistance/radiation resistance x 100%
 D. Efficiency = radiation resistance/total resistance x 100%

This is referred to as a fixed radio station that broadcasts program material from studio to
transmitter by radio link.
 A. Aural BC intercity relay

 B. Aural broadcast STL
 C. Shortwave station
 D. Remote-pickup

What law does a light traveling in air optical fiber follow?
 A. Millman
 B. Snell’s
 C. Maxwell
 D. Huygen

Which of the following is designated as the international distress, safety and calling
frequency for radio telephony for stations of the maritime mobile service when using
frequencies in the authorized bands between 156 and 174 MHz?
 A. 165.8 MHz
 B. 156.8 MHz
 C. 158.6 MHz
 D. 168.5 MHz

A device that connects two dissimilar networks and performs the protocol conversion.
 A. Gateway
 B. Coupler
 C. Transformer
 D. Converter

The use of telecommunication for the transmission of signals to initiate, modify or terminate
functions of equipment at a distance.
 A. Tracking
 B. space command
 C. Telecommand
 D. Trunking

Best described a dip-meter.
 A. A variable LC oscillator with metered feedback current

 B. An SWR meter
 C. A counter
 D. A field strength meter

Refers to an emission designation for facsimile?
 A. J3E and F4E

 B. A3J and A4E
 C. A3E and F3C
 D. R3E and A3E

How does a SSB transmitter output power normally expressed?
 A. Average power
 B. In terms of peak envelop power
 C. In terms of peak-to-peak power
 D. Peak power

In satellite communication, the Geostationary satellites are conveniently located with
respect to the equator at _______.
 A. 45 degrees latitude
 B. 90 degrees latitude
 C. 0 degrees latitude
 D. 5 degrees latitude

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

What is meant by the term antenna bandwidth
 A. Antenna length divided by the number of elements.

 B. The angle between the half-power radiation points
 C. The frequency range over which and antenna can be expected to perform well
 D. The angle formed between two imaginary line drawn through the ends of the
elements

A multiple access technique used in GSM cellular system
 A. TACS
 B. FDMA
 C. TDMA
 D. CDMA

Refers to an effect of selective fading.
 A. A fading effect caused by phase differences between radio wave components of

the same transmission, as experienced at the receiving station.
 B. A fading effect caused by small changes in beam heading at the receiving station.
 C. A fading effect caused by the time differences between the receiving and
transmitting stations.
 D. A fading effect caused by large changes in the height of the ionosphere, as
experienced at the receiving station.

Where the voltage node of a half-wave antenna does exists?
 A. At feed point
 B. Near the center
 C. At center
 D. Near the feed point

This is a flexible vertical rod antenna commonly used on mobiles.
 A. Marconi
 B. Hertz
 C. Whip
 D. Ground plane

Referred to as an average power from the radio transmitter supplied to the antenna
transmission line taken during one radio frequency cycle under no modulation.
 A. Carrier power
 B. Rated power
 C. Peak envelop power
 D. Mean power

_______ is a major cause of the sporadic-E condition
 A. Temperature inversions
 B. Sunspots
 C. Meteors
 D. Wind shear

Which of the following refers to a double side band full carrier?
 A. A3E
 B. A3J
 C. F3
 D. R3A

What is the basic qualification of an applicant for public carrier network before a certificate
of public convenience or a provisional authority is issued?
 A. Franchise
 B. SEC document
 C. Business permit
 D. Radio station license

How wide is the spectrum bandwidth of a single GSM carrier?
 A. 100 kHz
 B. 200 kHz
 C. 50 kHz
 D. 16 kHz

With which emission type is the capture-effect most pronounced?
 A. CW
 B. FM
 C. SSB
 D. AM

What is a dummy antenna?
 A. One which is used as a reference for gain measurements

 B. And antenna used for hand-held radio
 C. An non-directional transmitting antenna
 D. A non-radiating load for a transmitter used for testing

Best description of a collinear and broadside antenna radiation pattern.
 A. Bidirectional
 B. Perfect circle
 C. Unidirectional
 D. Omnidirectional

A satellite beam that covers almost 42.4% of earths surface.
 A. Spot beam
 B. Global beam
 C. Zone beam
 D. Hemispheric beam

The modulation technique used by GSM cellular system
 A. Phase shift keying

 B. Frequency shift keying
 C. Gaussian minimum shift keying
 D. QAM

________ generates light beam at a specific visible frequency.
 A. Glass fiber
 B. Infrared
 C. Light waves
 D. Laser

The most common application of satellites
 A. Surveillance
 B. Reconnaissance
 C. Defense systems
 D. Communication

Referred to the dielectric constant of a transmission line material.
 A. Inductance and capacitance

 B. Velocity factor
 C. Characteristic impedance
 D. Propagation velocity

Referred to as a ferrite device that can be used in lieu of a duplexer to isolate a microwave
transmitter and receiver when both are connected to the same antenna.
 A. Isolator
 B. Circulator
 C. Coupler
 D. Diode.

_______ is more prevalent in analog signals that have steep slopes or whose amplitudes
vary rapidly.
 A. Peak limiting
 B. Quantization noise
 C. Granular noise
 D. Slope overload

Station located on an object which is beyond and is intended to go beyond the major portion
of the earth’s atmosphere.
 A. Terrestrial station
 B. Space station
 C. Satellite station
 D. Mobile satellite station

A radio frequency in the ultra high frequency band of the radio spectrum band.
 A. 235.50 MHz
 B. 450.50 MHz
 C. 150.50 GHz
 D. 0.31250 GHz

Technical study which deals with production, transport and delivery of a quality signal from
source to destination.
 A. Transmission system engineering

 B. Communication system engineering
 C. Telephony engineering
 D. Telegraphic engineering

It is used to connect computers in the same building or in same area
 A. MAN
 B. LAN
 C. SWITCH
 D. WAN

Referred by radio regulation as the station in the mobile service not intended to be used
while in motion.
 A. Fixed station
 B. Base station
 C. Land station
 D. Coast station

What is the mixing process?
 A. Distortion caused by auroral propagation

 B. The combination of two signals to produce sum and difference frequencies.
 C. The elimination of noise in wideband receiver by phase differentiation
 D. The elimination of noise in a wideband receiver by phase comparison

Which of the following systems is not used in radio detection and ranging?
 A. Frequency shift
 B. Frequency modulation
 C. Pulse radar
 D. Amplitude modulation

Considered as the main source of an internal noise.
 A. Device imperfection
 B. Thermal agitation
 C. Temperature change
 D. Flicker

In shipboard satellite dish antennas system, azimuth is referred as the _______.
 A. 0 to 90 degrees
 B. Vertical aiming of the antenna
 C. North to East
 D. Horizontal aiming of the antenna

What is the period of a wave?
 A. The number of degrees in tone cycle

 B. The number of zero crossing in one cycle
 C. The amplitude of the wave
 D. The time required to complete one cycle

Is the total useful information processed or communicated over a specific amount of time
 A. Baud rate
 B. Bit rate
 C. Information theory
 D. Throughput

What is the approximate percentage of earth coverage of a geostationary satellite at zero
degree elevation?
 A. 33.3%
 B. 45.2%
 C. 42.5%
 D. 30.5%

This refers to an area in the memory used for temporary storage of information on the basis
of “Last in First out”.
 A. Core
 B. Register
 C. Flag
 D. Stack

What is a driven element of an antenna?
 A. Always the rearmost element

 B. Always the forward most element
 C. The element fed by the transmission line
 D. The element connected to the rotator

Which of the following term best described the overload distortion?
 A. Peak limiting
 B. Quantization noise
 C. Granular noise
 D. Slope distortion

What do you mean by the outward flow of and energy from any source in the form of radio
waves?
 A. Radiation
 B. Emission
 C. Encoding
 D. Tracking

Refer to the deviation of the operating frequency of a crystal oscillator from its nominal
value due to temperature variations.
 A. Drift
 B. Flash over
 C. Frequency deviation
 D. Deviation ratio

Find the product of the following binary number 100 to 101.
 A. 11000
 B. 10100
 C. 10010
 D. 11100

Which of the following is and impedance matching ration of coax balun?
 A. 2:8
 B. 1:2
 C. 4:1
 D. 2:1

Quantity that do not change when a beam of light enters on e medium to another.
 A. Frequency
 B. Wavelength
 C. Direction
 D. Speed

Which of the following described the very early standard that defines binary digits as
space/mark line condition and voltage levels?
 A. V.4
 B. V.2
 C. V.1
 D. V.5
A form of single sideband emission where the degree of carrier suppression enable the
carrier to be reconstituted and be used for demodulation.
 A. Half carrier single sideband emission

 B. Full carrier single sideband emission
 C. Reduced carrier single sideband emission
 D. Double sideband emission

An instrument for recording waveforms of audio frequency.
 A. Oscilloscope
 B. Phonoscope
 C. Radioscope
 D. Audioscope

How much is the required minimum power output of an international AM BC stations?
 A. 5 kW
 B. 30 kW
 C. 10 kW
 D. 50 kW

What is the equivalent of decimal 51 in binary?
 A. 111011
 B. 110011
 C. 111001
 D. 100011

One of the first satellite system catering personal based communications services
scheduled for operation.
 A. Iridium system
 B. Plutonium system
 C. Indium system
 D. Gallium system

What do you call a circuit that controls the magnetron output?
 A. Inverter
 B. Impeller
 C. Modulator
 D. Converter

Known as the satellite transmitted signal form a satellite transponder to earth’s station.
 A. Uplink
 B. Down link
 C. RHCP
 D. Vertically polarized

Which of the following colors of light rays has the shortest wavelength?
 A. Yellow
 B. Violet
 C. Red
 D. Blue

Antenna which is not properly terminated
 A. Isotropic
 B. Non-resonant
 C. Whip
 D. Resonant

Term in communication which is referred, “to send out in all direction”.
 A. Announce
 B. Broadcast
 C. Transmit
 D. Media

At the ends of a half-wave antenna, what values of current and voltage exist compared to
the remainder of the antenna?
 A. Minimum voltage and minimum current

 B. Equal voltage and current
 C. Minimum voltage and maximum current
 D. Maximum voltage and minimum current.
One of the following stands for SONET acronym in telecommunication
 A. System optical network

 B. Simple operation network
 C. Synchronous optical network
 D. System operating network

How can intermodulation interference between two transmitters in close proximity reduced
or eliminated?
 A. Through installing a band-pass filter in the antenna feed line

 B. Through installing terminated circulator or ferrite isolator in the feed line of the
transmitter and duplexer
 C. By using a class C final amplifier with high driving power
 D. By installing a low-pass filter in the antenna feed line

What propagation condition is usually indicated when a VHF signal is received from a
station over 5000 miles away?
 A. Moonbounce
 B. D-layer absorption
 C. Tropospheric ducting
 D. Faraday rotation

In radio High frequency communications the higher the radio frequency the ______.
 A. Higher it can reach

 B. Shorter it can reach
 C. Effect is null
 D. Longer it can reach

The signal to noise ratio that is required for a satisfactory television reception.
 A. 30 dB
 B. 40 dB
 C. 10 dB
 D. 20 dB

What is meant by referring to electromagnetic waves as horizontally polarized?
 A. The electric field is parallel to the earth

 B. Both the electric and magnetic fields are vertical
 C. Both the electric and magnetic fields are horizontal
 D. The magnetic fields is parallel to the earth

What is emission F3F?
 A. Facsimile
 B. Modulated CW
 C. RTTY
 D. Television

How can receiver desensitizing be reduced?
 A. Increase the receiver bandwidth

 B. Ensure good RF shielding between the transmitter and receiver
 C. Increase the transmitter audio gain
 D. Decrease the receiver squelch, gain.

Circuit used to amplify the optical signal in fiber optics communications links.
 A. Attenuator
 B. Optical repeater
 C. Optical amplifier
 D. Generator

What do you call the single booster installed on the antenna dish of satellite receiver?
 A. Low noise amplifier

 B. Single amplifier
 C. Noise amplifier
 D. Rectifier

Term for the transmission of printed pictures by radio?
 A. Facsimile
 B. ACSSB
 C. Xerography
 D. Television

An interfering current in a telegraph or signaling channel due to telegraph or signaling
current by another channel.
 A. Crosstalk
 B. Noise current
 C. Crossfire
 D. Intermodulation

Where is the noise generated that primarily determines the signal-to-noise ratio in a VHF
(150 MHz) marine-band receiver?
 A. In the ionosphere
 B. In the receiver rear end
 C. In the receiver front end
 D. In the atmosphere

Known as the data transfer scheme that used handmaking principle.
 A. Synchronous data transfer scheme

 B. DMA data transfer scheme
 C. Asynchronous data transfer scheme
 D. Uninterrupted data transfer scheme

Type of modulation used in TV broadcast visual transmitter.
 A. Pulse modulation
 B. DSBFC
 C. Vestigial sideband
 D. SSBFC

A transmitter supplies 8 kW to the antenna when it is unmodulated, determine the total
radiated power when modulated at 30%.
 A. 5 kW
 B. 20 kW
 C. 15 kW
 D. 8.36 kW
Best describe as an amplifier used in radio telephony.
 A. Magnifier
 B. Class B
 C. Class C
 D. Class A

The latest government regulation in the telecommunication which provides policy for the
provision of local exchange carrier service.
 A. E.O. 546
 B. E.O. 109
 C. Act 3948
 D. E.O. 59

Referred to as the stage in the radio receiver that contributes most of the noise.
 A. IF amplifier
 B. Supply stage
 C. Speaker
 D. Mixer

The frequency tolerance of an AM radio broadcast station
 A. 200 Hz
 B. 2000 Hz
 C. 20 Hz
 D. 2 Hz

What are electromagnetic waves?
 A. A wave consisting of two magnetic fields at right angles to each other

 B. A wave consisting of an electric field and a magnetic field at right angles to each
other.
 C. Alternating currents in the core of an electromagnet
 D. A wave consisting of two electric fields at right angles to each other

What is the frequency range of C-band?
 A. 10.95 to 14.5 GHz
 B. 27.5 to 31 GHz
 C. 3.4 to 6.424 GHz
 D. 1.53 to 2.7 GHz

Determine from the following the basic mode of transmission system in the public data
network in which data are transferred from the source to the network and from the network
to the destination in the frame format.
 A. Voice mode
 B. Asynchronous mode
 C. Synchronous mode
 D. Packet mode

Refers to a type of beam antenna which uses two or more straight elements arranged in line
with each other.
 A. Dipole antenna
 B. Yagi antenna
 C. Whip antenna
 D. Rhombic antenna

What is a frequency discriminator?
 A. A circuit for filtering two closely adjacent signals

 B. A circuit for detecting FM signals
 C. An FM generator
 D. An automatic bandswitching circuit.

These are used to connect non-ISDN equipment of ISDN line.
 A. Digipeaters
 B. Terminal adapters
 C. Local repeaters
 D. Terminal repeaters

The executive branch of government in charge of policy making in the telecommunications.
 A. National telecommunications commission

 B. Telecommunications control bureau
 C. Department of transportation and communications
 D. Bureau of telecommunications

Board – Answers
1. Two or more antennas operating on the same frequency
2. Antenna gain
3. Base station
4. High power
5. X
6. C
7. Saturation
8. Center of the antenna
9. By installing a good ground radial system
10. Around 500 miles
11. Efficiency = radiation resistance/total resistance x 100%
12. Aural broadcast STL
13. Snell’s
14. 156.8 MHz
15. Gateway
16. Telecommand
17. A variable LC oscillator with metered feedback current
18. A3E and F3C
19. In terms of peak envelop power
20. 0 degrees latitude
21. loading coil
22. The frequency range over which and antenna can be expected to perform well
23. TDMA
24. A fading effect caused by phase differences between radio wave components of the
same transmission, as experienced at the receiving station.
25. At feed point
26. Whip
27. Carrier power
28. Sunspots
29. A3E
30. Franchise
31. 200 kHz
32. FM
33. A non-radiating load for a transmitter used for testing
34. Bidirectional
35. Global beam
36. Gaussian minimum shift keying
37. Laser
38. Communication
39. Velocity factor
40. Circulator
41. Slope overload
42. Space station
43. 0.31250 GHz
44. Transmission system engineering
45. LAN
46. Land station
47. The combination of two signals to produce sum and difference frequencies.
48. Amplitude modulation
49. Thermal agitation
50. Horizontal aiming of the antenna
51. The time required to complete one cycle
52. Throughput
53. 42.5%
54. Stack
55. The element fed by the transmission line
56. Peak limiting
57. Radiation
58. Drift
59. 10100
60. 4:1
61. Frequency
62. V.1
63. Reduced carrier single sideband emission
64. Phonoscope
65. 50 kW
66. 110011
67. Iridium system
68. Modulator
69. Down link
70. Violet
71. Resonant
72. Broadcast
73. Maximum voltage and minimum current.
74. Synchronous optical network
75. Through installing a band-pass filter in the antenna feed line
76. Tropospheric ducting
77. Longer it can reach
78. 40 dB
79. The electric field is parallel to the earth
80. Television
81. Decrease the receiver squelch, gain.
82. Optical repeater
83. Low noise amplifier
84. Facsimile
85. Crossfire
86. In the receiver front end
87. Synchronous data transfer scheme
88. Vestigial sideband
89. 8.36 kW
90. Class C
91. E.O. 109
92. Mixer
93. 20 Hz
94. A wave consisting of an electric field and a magnetic field at right angles to each other.
95. 3.4 to 6.424 GHz
96. Packet mode
97. Yagi antenna
98. A circuit for detecting FM signals
99. Terminal adapters
100. Department of transportation and communications

Pre-Board
When adjusting an RF filter on a transmitter using a dummy load, how much watts
dissipation should it stand to test a 150 watts transmitter?
 A. 75 watts
 B. 300 watts
 C. 50 watts
 D. 150 watts

When does broadcast station conduct and equipment test?
 A. During day time

 B. During night time
 C. At any time
 D. During experimental period

Channel 7 of the regular television channel belongs to which band?
 A. Low VHF band

 B. High VHF band
 C. Low UHF band
 D. High UHF band

Which of the following is one of the possible causes for a slow drift of frequency in a self
exited transmitter oscillator circuits resulting to a poor frequency stability?
 A. Poor soldered connections

 B. Power supply voltage changes
 C. Loose connections in the oscillator, amplifier, or antenna circuits
 D. DC and RF heating of resistors, causing then to change values.

A third symbol radio emission which represent telephone transmission including sound
broadcasting.
 A. W
 B. F
 C. C
 D. E

Which of the following is not a common microwave application?
 A. Radar
 B. Data transmission
 C. Space communications
 D. Mobile radio

Which of the following is referred to as a radio emission without sidebands
 A. Analog
 B. Carrier
 C. Data
 D. Voice

Ho w many times bigger does the bandwidth of a fiber optic multimode have over a cable?
 A. 50 times bigger
 B. 100 times bigger
 C. 10 times bigger
 D. 5 times bigger

Type of antenna which is normally used for satellite tracking service.
 A. Omni
 B. Helical
 C. Yagi
 D. Dipole

One of the following is referred to as a major component of an optical time domain
reflectometer
 A. Pulse generator and vertical plate

 B. Laser and horizontal plate
 C. Pulse generator laser
 D. Vertical and horizontal plate

One of the commonly used domain in the internet service.
 A. Yahoo
 B. http
 C. com
 D. www

What is meant by the term radiation resistance for an antenna?
 A. The resistance in the trap coils to received signal

 B. An equivalent resistance that would dissipate the same amount of power as that
radiated from an antenna
 C. The specific impedance of the antenna
 D. Losses in the antenna elements and feed line

Referred to an oscillator signal “leak through” from a properly neutralized amplifier such as
a master oscillator power amplifier.
 A. Carrier
 B. Stray signal
 C. Back wave
 D. Loss wave

An advantage of optic fiber rejecting an induced noise signals from magnetic field or solar
storms flux.
 A. Electric hazard
 B. Cross talk
 C. Immunity to noise
 D. Shielding

What kind of effect is referred to a varying light producing a varying voltage output of a
detector?
 A. Current effect
 B. Voltage effect
 C. Resistive effect
 D. Photovoltaic effect

______ is known to be the first satellite capable of receiving and transmitting
simultaneously.
 A. Syncom I
 B. Telstar I
 C. Score
 D. Aguila

The extremely high frequency (EHF) band is in the radio spectrum range of _______.
 A. 30 to 300 kHz
 B. 30 to 300 GHz
 C. 3 to 30 MHz
 D. 3 to 30 GHz

One of the following is not among the advantages of series modulation
 A. No transformer
 B. Suppressed white noise
 C. Simple
 D. Modulates any frequency

What do you call the service area of a standard AM broadcast where fading is allowed but
not objectionable co-channel interference?
 A. Experimental
 B. Secondary
 C. Tertiary
 D. Primary

A third symbol emission which represent television.
 A. C
 B. D
 C. F
 D. A

In telecommunications when we call data communications it means the transmission
of________.
 A. Voice and video

 B. Voice
 C. Video
 D. Computer data

If frequency range of 401.000MHz to 401.050MHz has to be channelized at 12.5 kHz
between channel, what is the center of its first channel from the lower limit?
 A. 401.125 MHz
 B. 401.00625 MHz
 C. 401.025 MHz
 D. 401.0125 MHz

Determine the effective radiated power of 20 kW TV broadcast transmitter whose antenna
has a field gain of 2.
 A. 40 kW
 B. 80,000 watts
 C. 40,000 watts
 D. 8,000 watts

In indication signal for a handshake form the DCE to the DTE in response to an active
condition for the request to send a signal.
 A. Data transmission
 B. Clear to send
 C. Receive data
 D. Data set ready

In amplitude modulation technique the unmodulated carrier is referred to as having ______.
 A. 100% modulation
 B. 0% modulation
 C. 50% modulated
 D. Over modulated

One of the following is not among the major components required on board ship under the
global maritime distress and safety system.
 A. On board radio facilities

 B. Radio operator telegraphy onboard
 C. Shore base facilities
 D. Radio personnel on board

In what form does the information of data communications is transmitted between two
points?
 A. Alphanumeric form
 B. Alphabetic form
 C. Numeric form
 D. Binary form

Width of frequency band just enough to ensure the transmission of information at a required
rate and quality required, and under a specified condition and class of emission.
 A. Occupied bandwidth
 B. Transmission bandwidth
 C. Necessary bandwidth
 D. Frequency bandwidth

Refers to one of the front end circuit of a VHF TV superheterodyne receiver which is usually
a separate circuit coupled to the mixer.
 A. Antenna feed
 B. AGC
 C. RF amplifier
 D. Local oscillator
All bits in character are sent and received ______ in serial port.
 A. In groups of 3 bits
 B. One at a time
 C. In groups of 2 bits
 D. Simultaneously

One of the following is a possible cause of an abrupt frequency variation in a self exited
transmitter oscillator circuits resulting to a poor frequency stability to hold a constant
frequency oscillation.
 A. Heating and expansion of oscillator coil

 B. DC and RF ac heating of resistors which cause change in values
 C. Heating of capacitor in the oscillator
 D. Loose connections in the oscillator, amplifier, or antenna circuits.

Which of the following parts of the radio receiver represent the component that extracts the
desire RF signal from the electromagnetic wave?
 A. AF amplifier
 B. Antenna
 C. Detector
 D. Crystal

It is an average power of a radio transmitter supplied to the antenna transmission line taken
during a long sufficient interval of time and compared with the lowest frequency
encountered in the modulation, taken under the normal operating conditions.
 A. Carrier power
 B. Rated power
 C. Mean power
 D. Peak envelop power

Determine from the following radio frequency that falls under the very high frequency band
of the radio spectrum.
 A. 345.00 MHz
 B. 144.50 MHz
 C. 235.50 MHz
 D. 450.00 MHz
What is the typical number of bits in a static memory location?
 A. 1
 B. 2
 C. 16
 D. 8

What controls the contrast of a television cathode ray picture?
 A. AFC
 B. video stage gain
 C. Audio gain control
 D. CRT bias

Determine the dB gain of a receiving antenna which delivers a microvolt signal to a
transmission line over that of an antenna that delivers a 20 microvolt signal under identical
circumstances.
 A. 10 dB
 B. 6 dB
 C. 3 dB
 D. 8 dB

Refers to one of a commonly used internet service domain.
 A. www
 B. http
 C. gov
 D. infoseek

A law that specifically requires the service of a duly registered electronics and
communications engineer in the designing installation and construction, operation and
maintenance of radio stations.
 A. Act 3846
 B. LOl 1000
 C. R.A. 5734
 D. Dept. order 88

Which band does channel 14 of the television channel belong?
 A. High VHF band

 B. EHF band
 C. UHF band
 D. Low VHF band

How many ship’s area is designated in the implementation of the global maritime distress
and safety system.
 A. Four
 B. Six
 C. Three
 D. Two

What kind of receiver is used in conventional telephone handset?
 A. Capacitor
 B. Electromagnetic
 C. Carbon
 D. Ceramic

Determine the lower half-power frequency of a class-C amplifier having upper half-power
frequency of 10.025 MHz, a resonant frequency 5 MHz and a circuit Q of 10.
 A. 1.0025 MHz
 B. 10.525 MHz
 C. 0.5 MHz
 D. 10 MHz

This is referred to a product of simultaneous frequency and amplitude modulation or a
carrier frequency variation which produces unwanted distortion.
 A. Absorption modulation
 B. Simultaneous modulation
 C. Dynamic instability
 D. Series modulation

Main basic components of a data communication are composed of the following.
 A. Computer, modern and router
 B. Computer, bridge and gateway
 C. Transmitter, channel and receiver
 D. Transmitter, computer and modem

The international radio consultative committee is referred to in international radio
communication as ______.
 A. IRCC
 B. ITU
 C. IRR
 D. CCIR

Refers to a continuous tone generated in a local exchange terminal through a combination
of two frequencies 350 Hz, and 440 Hz.
 A. Busy tone
 B. Call waiting tone
 C. Dial tone
 D. Standard tone

One of the advantages of fiber optic which is referred to the volume of capacity of signals it
can carry.
 A. Security
 B. Weight
 C. Bandwidth
 D. Physical size

Assume a frequency range of 401.000 MHz to 401.050 MHz, if you apply 25 kHz
channeling plan, determine the center frequency of the first channel from the lower limit.
 A. 401.010 MHz
 B. 401.0125 MHz
 C. 401.025 MHz
 D. 401.00625 MHz

The stability of transmitted signal from a simple Hartley oscillator single transmitter which is
coupled to and antenna wire affected by ______.
 A. Chirping of oscillator
 B. Closer coupling between the oscillator and the antenna.
 C. Location of antenna
 D. Material of antenna

Refers to the first symbol in an emission designation with an amplitude modulated main
carrier represented by letter H.
 A. Single sideband suppressed carrier

 B. Double sideband full carrier
 C. Independent sideband
 D. Double sideband

Assume a frequency range of 405.0125 MHz to 405.0875 MHz and 25 kHz channeling plan,
determine the center frequency of the second channel from the lower limit.
 A. 405.030 MHz
 B. 405.025 MHz
 C. 405.050 MHz
 D. 405.075 MHz

An entity, relying on the transmission, switching and local distribution facilities of local
exchange and inter-exchange operators, and overseas carriers, offers enhanced services
beyond those ordinarily provided by such carriers.
 A. International carrier
 B. Value-added service provided
 C. Inter-exchange carrier
 D. Local exchange carrier

Which of the following refers to full duplex transmission?
 A. One at a time transmission

 B. Two transmission medium
 C. Intermittent transmission
 D. Two way simultaneous transmission

What is the first symbol of a radio signal transmission having an amplitude modulated signal
carrier, double side band?
 A. C
 B. B
 C. H
 D. A

Best choice of transmission line component to couple a coaxial line to a parallel-wire line
 A. Shorting
 B. Balun
 C. Slotted line
 D. Directional coupler

Which of the following refers to the video signal amplitude that determines the quality of the
picture?
 A. Chrominance
 B. Luminance
 C. Brightness
 D. Contrast

________ is the method of encoding audio signals used in US standard 1544 kbit/s 24
channel PCM systems.
 A. Shannon’s law
 B. A-law
 C. Newton’s law
 D. Mu-law

In radio regulation, the first symbol in the designation of radio emission is ______.
 A. Bandwidth
 B. Nature of signal(s) modulation the main carrier
 C. Type of modulation of the main carrier
 D. Type of information to be transmitted

Who is the principal administrator of republic act 7925?
 A. BOC
 B. DOTC
 C. Congress
 D. NTC

What is the term for the ration of the radiation resistance of an antenna to the total
resistance of the system?
 A. Effective radiated power

 B. Beamwidth
 C. Radiation conversion loss
 D. Antenna efficiency

Where does the AM broadcast band located in the spectrum band?
 A. HF band
 B. VHF band
 C. LF band
 D. MF band

What determines the velocity factor in transmission line?
 A. The center conductor resistivity

 B. Dielectrics in the line
 C. The termination impedance
 D. The line length

Refers to an address that identifies a server on the network and a particular document on
the server
 A. Hypertext
 B. HTML
 C. Wide area network
 D. Uniform resource locator

Type of emission produced by one of the early radio transmitter in trains of damped RF ac
waves where its oscillator is coupled to a long wire antenna, normally used in radio
telegraph and having sidebands on its carrier.
 A. Digital emission
 B. Key emission
 C. Cycle emission
 D. Spark emission
Is a kind of satellite which has a period of revolution equivalent to the period of rotation of
the earth about its axis.
 A. Passive satellite
 B. Synchronous satellite
 C. Active satellite
 D. Geosynchronous satellite

Electromagnetic waves of frequencies arbitrarily lower than 3,000 GHz, propagated in
space without artificial guide.
 A. Space waves
 B. Terrestrial waves
 C. Mobile
 D. Hertzian waves

Frequencies above ______ kHz, are referred to as the radio frequencies.
 A. 20
 B. 2
 C. 10
 D. 200

Who is responsible in the correctness and accuracy of transmitted information content over
a data communication?
 A. The channel
 B. The transmitter and receiver
 C. The modem
 D. The bridge

What is meant by the term deviation ratio?
 A. The ratio of the carrier center frequency to the audio modulating frequency
 B. The ratio of the highest audio modulating frequency to the average audio
modulating frequency
 C. The ratio of the maximum carrier frequency deviation to the highest audio
modulation frequency
 D. The ratio of the audio modulating frequency to the center carrier frequency
A quarter wavelength devices made of crystalline calcite that changes polarization in the
optic fiber communication.
 A. Isolator
 B. Retarder
 C. Polarizer
 D. Filters

Known as the maritime communications law which was enacted December 5, 1927
 A. R.A. No. 109

 B. R.A. No. 3396
 C. R.A. No. 7925
 D. R.A. No. 3846

How do you transmit through multiplexing, a thousand of voice channel information over a
single fiber optic using one wavelength?
 A. Polar division
 B. Time division
 C. Fiber division
 D. Frequency division

In regulation of public telecommunications carrier such as in the evaluation of new entrant,
the following consideration shall be given emphasis to _______.
 A. Legal, technical and citizenship

 B. Technical, citizenship and kind of service
 C. Citizenship, capacity and financial
 D. Technical, legal and financial

One of the following is a high powered RF ac basic transmitter that has two or more stages,
the oscillator stage which determines the frequency operation and RF amplifier stage or
stages that develop the high power output. The purpose of which is to develop a good
frequency stability.
 A. Goldsmith
 B. MOPA
 C. Alexanderson
 D. Hartley
What is the meaning of the term velocity factor of a transmission line?
 A. The index of shielding for coaxial cable

 B. The velocity of the wave on the transmission line multiplied by the velocity of light
in vacuum
 C. The ratio of the characteristic impedance of the line to the terminating impedance
 D. The velocity of the wave on the transmission line divided by the velocity of light in
a vacuum

Which of the following determines the characteristics of a transmission line?
 A. Inductance
 B. Capacitance
 C. Physical dimension
 D. Length

One of the following is among the types of fiber optics used in electronics communication.
 A. Step-index multimode
 B. Graded-index multimode
 C. Semi-graded multimode
 D. Single mode

Which of the following refers to the smallest beam of a satellite antenna’s radiation pattern
 A. Global beam
 B. Spot beam
 C. Zone beam
 D. Hemispheric beam

One of the FM signal generator control which varies the phase of the modulating voltage
applied to the oscillator of the sweep generator
 A. Band control
 B. Phase control
 C. Marker amplitude control
 D. Sweep output control

What consists the front-end circuit of a VHF TV superheterodyne receiver?
 A. Mixer, RF amplifier and AFC?

 B. RF amplifier, Band pass filter and mixer
 C. Local oscillator, mixer and RF amplifier
 D. Local oscillator, AGC and antenna

One of the following prevents a transmitter from emitting a signal that interferes with other
stations on frequency during the test.
 A. Use of low height antenna

 B. Use of grounded antenna
 C. Use of dummy antenna
 D. Use of shielded antenna radiator

A transmission line consisting of two conductors that have equal resistance per unit length.
 A. Unbalanced line
 B. Open-wire line
 C. Balanced line
 D. Coaxial line

How do you eliminate radio frequency variation of an oscillator transmitter caused by its
supply voltage?
 A. Use new power supply

 B. Lossen power supply shielding
 C. Use of regulated power supply
 D. Use of high capacitor in the supply circuit

Which of the following is not common transmission line impedance?
 A. 50 ohms
 B. 120 ohms
 C. 75 ohms
 D. 650 ohms

How do you reduce the loss that is produced when light strikes a flat polished end of a fiber
optic?
 A. By painting the surface
 B. By inclining the surface
 C. By cooling
 D. By application of antireflection coating

Best reason for pressurizing waveguides with dry air
 A. To maintain propagation
 B. To maintain temperature of the waveguide
 C. To reduce the possibility of internal arcing
 D. To increase the speed of propagation

What is the device used in fiber optic communication which consist of a receiver transmitter
use to clean up and amplify digital data moving in one direction and another in the opposite
direction?
 A. Optic compressors
 B. Optic retarders
 C. Optic isolator
 D. Optic regenerators

Which of the following refers to the first active satellite?
 A. Telstar I
 B. Echo I
 C. Intelsat I
 D. Sputnik I

In modulation technique, which of the following is referred to audible pitch?
 A. Width
 B. Frequency
 C. Harmonic
 D. Amplitude

What do you call the phenomenon in digital circuits that describe the duration of time a
digital signal passes a circuit?
 A. Transmission time
 B. Elapsed time
 C. Propagation delay
 D. Travel delay

What is the major cause of atmospheric or static noise?
 A. Sunspots
 B. Airplanes
 C. Meteor showers
 D. Thunderstorm

Which of the following is not referred to as data terminal equipment?
 A. Telephone set
 B. Printers
 C. Modem
 D. Computer

_______ is referred as the difference between available power and power budget?
 A. Fade margin
 B. Power margin
 C. Nominal gain
 D. Power dissipation

The conversion of digital signal into analog for purposes of transmitting into the telephone
line is done through ______.
 A. ISDN
 B. Radio
 C. RS232C
 D. Modem

Refers to the duration occupancy period of call during its use.
 A. Occupancy period
 B. Traffic time
 C. Use time
 D. Holding time

In data communication the transmission of binary signals will require _______.
 A. Same bandwidth as analog

 B. More bandwidth than analog
 C. Less bandwidth than analog
 D. Bigger cable diameter

Assuming a UHF frequency range of 405.0125 MHz to 405.0875 MHz at 25 kHz channeling
plan, how many channels can you produce?
 A. 2.5 ch.
 B. 2 ch.
 C. 4 ch.
 D. 3 ch.

One of the following is a possible cause for a slow drift of frequency in a self-exited
transmitter oscillator circuits resulting to a poor frequency stability.
 A. Loose shielding
 B. Heating of capacitor in the oscillator
 C. Poor soldered connections
 D. Faulty capacitor, resistor, tubes or resistors

A modulation which does not follow the sine wave pattern, it produces undesirable
harmonics such as spurious emission
 A. 0% modulated
 B. Over-modulated
 C. Unmodulated
 D. 100% modulated

Board – Answers
1. 150 watts
2. During experimental period
3. High VHF band
4. DC and RF heating of resistors, causing then to change values.
5. E
6. Mobile radio
7. Carrier
8. 100 times bigger
9. Helical
10. Pulse generator laser
11. com
12. An equivalent resistance that would dissipate the same amount of power as that
13. Back wave
14. Immunity to noise
15. Photovoltaic effect
16. Telstar I
17. 30 to 300 GHz
18. Suppressed white noise
19. Secondary
20. F
21. Computer data
22. 401.00625 MHz
23. 80,000 watts
24. Clear to send
25. 0% modulation
26. Radio operator telegraphy onboard
27. Binary form
28. Necessary bandwidth
29. Local oscillator
30. One at a time
31. Loose connections in the oscillator, amplifier, or antenna circuits.
32. Antenna
33. Mean power
34. 235.50 MHz
35. 8
36. video stage gain
37. 6 dB
38. gov
39. Dept. order 88
40. UHF band
41. Four
42. Electromagnetic
43. 1.0025 MHz
44. Dynamic instability
45. Transmitter, channel and receiver
46. CCIR
47. Call waiting tone
48. Bandwidth
49. 401.0125 MHz
50. Closer coupling between the oscillator and the antenna.
51. Double sideband full carrier
52. 405.050 MHz
53. Value-added service provided
54. Two way simultaneous transmission
55. A
56. Balun
57. Contrast
58. Mu-law
59. Type of modulation of the main carrier
60. NTC
61. Antenna efficiency
62. MF band
63. Dielectrics in the line
64. Uniform resource locator
65. Spark emission
66. Geosynchronous satellite
67. Hertzian waves
68. 20
69. The transmitter and receiver
70. The ratio of the maximum carrier frequency deviation to the highest audio modulation
frequency
71. Retarder
72. R.A. No. 3396
73. Time division
74. Technical, legal and financial
75. MOPA
76. The velocity of the wave on the transmission line divided by the velocity of light in a
vacuum
77. Physical dimension
78. Semi-graded multimode
79. Spot beam
80. Phase control
81. Local oscillator, mixer and RF amplifier
82. Use of dummy antenna
83. Balanced line
84. Use of regulated power supply
85. 120 ohms
86. By application of antireflection coating
87. To reduce the possibility of internal arcing
88. Optic regenerators
89. Sputnik I
90. Frequency
91. Propagation delay
92. Thunderstorm
93. Modem
94. Power margin
95. Modem
96. Holding time
97. More bandwidth than analog
98. 3 ch.
99. Heating of capacitor in the oscillator
100. Over-modulated

Pre-Board
1. How far away is the radio horizon of an antenna 100 ft high?
 A. 14.14 mi
 B. 40km
 C. 14.14 km
 D. 40 mi
2. What is the maximum line-of-sight distance between a paging antenna 250 ft high and a
pager receiver 3.5 ft of the ground?
 A. 25 km
 B. 25 mi
 C. 70.73 km
 D. 70.73 mi
3. What is the path attenuation between transmitter and receiver at a frequency of 1.2 Ghz
and a distance of 11,000 mi?
 A. 119 dB
 B. 115 dB
 C. 179 dB
 D. 174 dB
4. What is the uplink receiver frequency if the downlink transmitter is on channel 4 (3.84
Ghz)?
 A. 6.065 GHz
 B. 6.84 GHz
 C. 6.65 GHz
 D. 6.05 GHz
5. What is the maximum theoretical data rate of the above problem if one transponder is
used for binary transmission?
 A. 36 Mbps
 B. 72 Mbps
 C.18 Mbps
 D. 144 Mbps
6. What is the guardband between transponder channels in the commercial C-band for
satellite communications?
 A. 6 MHz
 B. 36 MHz
 C. 4 MHz
 D. 2 MHz
7. What is the typical satellite transponder bandwidth?
 A. 24 MHz
 B. 500 MHz
 C. 36 MHz
 D. 48 MHz
8. What is the bandwidth available in the commercial C-band?
 A. 1000 MHz
 B. 36 MHz
 C. 250 MHz
 D. 500 MHz
9. Which of the following is the uplink frequency in C-band?
 A. 5.925 GHz
 B. 4.2 GHz
 C. 7.425 GHz
 D. 3.7 GHz
10. How many transponder channels are realized in the commercial C-band without
frequency re-use?
 A. 24
 B. 12
 C. 36
 D. 48
11. Which band of frequencies used by military for its satellites and radar?
 A. C band
 B. X band
 C. L band
 D. P band
12. For navigation as well as marine and aeronautical communications and radar, ____
band is used.
 A. L
 B. K
 C. S
 D. J
13. What is the current frequency band given most attenuation for satellite
communications?
 A. Ku
 B. C band
 C. J
 D. P
14. What satellite subsystem monitors onboard conditions such as temperature and battery
voltage and transmits this data back to a ground station for analysis?
 A. Communications subsystem
 B. AKM
 C. TTC
 D. Transponder
15. Which of the following satellite subsystem provides stabilization in orbit and senses
changes in orientation?
 A. Attitude control subsystem

 B. TTC
 C. AKM
 D. Transponder
16. What is the typical center frequency spacing between adjacent channels (transponders)
in satellites?
 A. 36 MHz
 B. 40 MHz
 C. 500 MHz
 D. 4 MHz
17. Which of the following are uplinks in the Ku band?
 A. 14 to 14.5 GHz
 B. 11.7 to 12.2 GHz
 C. 14 to 15.5 GHz
 D. 11 to 11.5 GHz
18. What is considered as the most advanced satellite system developed for cellular
telephones?
 A. Iridium
 B. Globalstar
 C. ANIK
 D. Molniya
19. What is the orbit of Motorola’s Iridium satellite system?
 A. Polar
 B. Equatorial
 C. Inclined elliptical
 D. Inclined equatorial
20. What band of frequencies do these satellites operate?
 A. L band
 B. Ka band
 C. C band
 D. Ku band
21. Iridium satellites can provide data communications of up ____ bps data rate.
 A. 1200
 B. 4800
 C. 2400
 D. 3840
22. What satellite system is also known as Navstar?
 A. GPS
 B. Iridium
 C. Globalstar
 D. Intelsat
23. What is the orbit height of a GPS satellite?
 A. 10,898 nmi
 B. 10,898 mi
 C. 10,898 km
 D. 10, 898 m
24. What is the orbital period of each satellite in the GPS constellation?
 A. 6 h
 B. 12 h
 C. 5 h
 D. 15 h
25. What term is normally associated with specifying the location of a celestial body in
space?
 A. Constellation
 B. Galaxy
 C. Satellite
 D. Ephemeris
26. What is the angle of inclination of GPS system?
 A. 55˚
 B. 65˚
 C. 105˚
 D. 45˚
27. What material is most often used for the outer covering of coaxial cables?
 A. PVC
 B. Teflon
 C. PE
 D. Polystyrene
28. What is the dielectric constant of polyethylene (PE) insulator?
 A. 2.5
 B. 3.3
 C. 2.27
 D. 2.1
29. Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is also widely used insulator and is known as.
 A. polystyrene
 B. teflon
 C. ceramic
 D. bakelite
30. What is the characteristic impedance of a two-wire line with the following data: diameter
= 0.023in., spacing =0.5 in., insulation = PE.?
 A. 300 Ω
 B. 250 Ω
 C. 305 Ω
 D. 301 Ω
31. What is the characteristic impedance of a coaxial line with the following data: inner
diameter = 0.2 in., center conductor diameter = 0.06 in., insulation = Teflon.
 A. 200 Ω
 B. 75 Ω
 C. 50 Ω
 D. 150 Ω
32. A pair of current-carrying conductors is not considered a transmission line unless it is at

least ___ λ long at the signal frequency.
 A. 0.1
 B. 0.3
 C. 0.2
 D. 0.4
33. If the operating frequency is 450 MHz what length of a pair of conductors is considered
to be a transmission line?
 A. 2.19 ft
 B. 2.19 m
 C. 0.219 ft
 D. 0.219 m
34. What is the physical length of the above transmission line at 3/8λ long?
 A.0.82 m
 B. 0.82 ft
 C. 0.82 in
 D. 0.82 cm
35. Which of the following coaxial cable connectors is called the UHF connector?
 A. PL-259
 B. BNC
 C. N-type connector
 D. F connector
36. What connector is popular in attaching test instruments like oscilloscopes, frequency
counters, spectrum analyzers, etc?
 A. UHF connector
 B. PL-259
 C. BNC
 D. SMA
37. Which coaxial cable connector is least expensive and is widely used for TV sets,VCRs
and cable TV?
 A. N-type connector
 B. F-type connector
 C. BNC
 D. PL-259
38. 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?
 A. N-type connector
 B. F-type connector
 C.BNC
 D. PL-259
39. The velocity factor in transmission lines vary from ___ to ___.
 A. 0.6 to 0.8
 B. 0.3 to 0.5
 C.0.5 to 0.9
 D. 0.8 to 0.9
40. What is the typical velocity factor of coaxial cables?
 A. 0.6 to 0.8
 B. 0.3 to 0.5
 C. 0.5 to 0.9
 D. 0.4 to 0.6
41. What is the typical velocity factor of open-wire line?
 A. 0.9
 B. 0.8
 C. 0.5
 D. 0.7
42. What line has a typical velocity factor of about 0.8?
 A. Shielded pair
 B. Flexible coaxial
 C. Twin-lead
 D. Open-wire line
43. What is the velocity factor of coaxial cable with a characteristic impedance of 50 Ω and
capacitance of 30 pF/ft and inductance of 75 nH/ft?
 A. 0.58
 B.0.68
 C. 0.98
 D. 0.81
44. What is transit time (time delay) of a 50-ft length transmission line of the above
problem?
 A. 50 ns
 B. 100 ns
 C. 75 ns
 D. 65 ns
45. What do you call a transmission line used specifically for the purpose of achieving
delay?
 A. Delay line
 B. Flat line
 C. Resonant line
 D. Non-resonant line
46. What is the time delay introduced by a 75-ft coaxial cable with a dielectric constant of
2.3?
 A. 1.54 ns
 B. 11.5 ns
 C. 115.6 ns
 D. 1156 ns
47. Assume a frequency of 4 MHz, determine the phase shift offered by the line in the
above problem.
 A. 108.5˚
 B. 106.5˚
 C. 115.5˚
 D. 166.5˚
48. Find the load impedance that must be used to terminate RG-62A/U to avoid reflections?
 A. 93 Ω
 B. 75 Ω
 C. 50 Ω
 D. 300 Ω
49. Find the equivalent inductance per foot of the above cable?
 A. 13.5 nF/ft
 B. 13.5 pF/ft
 C. 116.8 nH/ft
 D. 116.8 pF/ft
50. An RG-11/U foam coaxial cable has a maximum voltage standing wave of 52 V and a
minimum voltage of 17 V. Find the value of the resistive load.
 A. 24.59Ω
 B. Either A or C
 C. 228.75Ω
 D. Neither A nor C
51. Sound provides all sorts of information. What information is related to mental processes
of knowledge, reasoning, memory, judgement and perception?
 A. Cognitive
 B. Affective
 C. Digital
 D. Analog
52. What sound characteristic relates to a sonic time pattern?
 A. Tempo
 B. Attack
 C. Rhythm
 D. Timbre
53. What is considered the most obvious conveyor of information?
 A. Sound
 B. Speech
 C. Music
 D. Noise
54. Attack is a sound characteristic that refers to the way a sound begins. Which of the
following is NOT an attack of sound?
 A. Hard
 B. Soft
 C. Crisp
 D. Simple
55. At what loudness level do pitch (in mels) and frequency (in Hz) are numerically equal?
 A. 0 dB
 B. 20 dB
 C. 60 dB
 D. 40 dB
56. The basic voice band has how many octaves?
 A. 10
 B. 4
 C. 5
 D. 3
57. The ratio of frequencies is termed.
 A. interval
 B. octave
 C. harmonics
 D. factor
58. What is the tonal ratio of an octave?
 A. 1 to 2
 B. 1 to 3
 C. 2 to 1
 D. 3 to 1
59. If the loudness level is 100 phons, what is this in sone unit?
 A. 100
 B. 90
 C. 106
 D. 96
60. What octave bands are there in the midrange?
 A. 1st and 2nd

 B. 5th, 6th and 7th
 C. 3rd and 4th
 D. 8th and 9th
61. How much louder is 80 phons over 60 phons?
 A. 1000 times
 B. 4 times louder
 C. 100 times
 D. Twice as loud
62. What increase in sound level is commonly perceived by most people?
 A. 6 to 10 dB
 B. 1 to 3 dB
 C. 3 to 6 dB
 D. 10 to 20dB
63. What is typical loudness level of an acoustic guitar 1 foot away?
 A. 60 dB
 B. 100 dB
 C. 80 dB
 D. 40 dB
64. What do you call the perceptible sound repetition?
 B. Echo
 C. Reflection
 D. Masking
65. What is the amount of sound reduction provided by a barrier – wall, floor, or ceiling
called?
 A. Sound Attenuation
 B. Transmission loss
 C. Sound absorption
 D. Barrier loss
66. What is the frequency of a 2-cm sound wave in sea water at 25˚C?
 A. 76 kHz
 B. 76 Hz
 C. 76 MHz
 D. 76 mHz
67. A choir consisting of 36 individuals all of whom can sing with the same intensity. A
soloist sings a certain passage and then is joined by the remainder of the choir members for
a repeat of the passage. What is the difference in the sound intensity level in the two
cases?
 A. 3 dB
 B. 6 dB
 C. 36 dB
 D. 15.6 dB
68. For the safety and comfort of factory workers, the sound-intensity level in a certain
factory must remain below 85 dB. What is the maximum sound intensity allowed in this
factory?
 A. 3.2 x 10-4 W/m2

 B. 3.2 x 10-6 W/m2
 C. 3.2 x 10-10 W/m2
 D. 3.2 x 10-3 W/m2
69. What sound intensity corresponds to a sound-intensity level of 50 dB?
 A. 1 x 10-6W/m2
 B. 1 x 10-7W/m2
 C. 1 x 10-8W/m2
 D.1 x 10-5W/m2
70. The sound intensity received from the nearby jet plane is 12.6 µW/m 2 and that from
another jet plane some distance away is 0.45 µW/m2. Find the relative loudness of the two.
 A. 14.0 dB
 B. 14.5 dB
 C. 12.5 dB
 D. 14.5 dB
71. The noise from an airplane engine 100 ft from an observer is found to have an intensity
of 45dB. What will be the intensity when the plane flies overhead at an altitude of 1 mi?
 A. 10.5 dB
 B. 34.5 dB
 C. 35 dB
 D. 20.5 dB
72. What is the apparent loudness of 80 dB?
 A. Moderate
 B. Very loud
 C. Loud
 D. Deafening
73. What loudness level in which permanent damage to hearing is possible?
 A. 120 dB
 B. 140 dB
 C. 130 dB
 D. 150 dB
74. What is sound pressure level if the RMS sound pressure is 100 μbars?
 A. 114 dB
 B. 11.4 dB
 C. 94 dB
 D. 57 dB
75. What is the velocity of sound in wood (m/s)?
 A. 330
 B. 3600
 C. 3300
 D. 5800
76. What is the optimum reverberation time at 500 to 1000 Hz of an auditorium?
 A. 0.9 to 1.1 s
 B. 1.4 to 1.6 s
 C. 1.5 to 1.6 s
 D. 1.6 to 1.8 s
77. For a cinema, the optimum volume per person required is
 A. 3.1
 B. 2.8
 C. 7.1
 D. 4.2
78. Which of the following is NOT an acoustical defect to be avoided in acoustical designs?
 B. Flutter echo
 C. Distortion
 D. Sound concentration
79. What absorber in which efficient absorption is only possible over a very narrow band
approaching 1.0 (total absorption)?
 A. Porous material
 B. Helmholtz resonator
 C. Panel Absorber
 D. Membrane absorber
80. How many voice signals (4 kHz max.) would fit into a 5 MHz spectrum?
 A. 1250
 B. 500
 C. 1000
 D. 1500
81. How many FM stations would be accommodated I an ordinary TV channel?
 A. 33
 B. 30
 C. 40
 D. 25
82. What is the actual length in feet of a one-quarter wavelength of a coax with a velocity
factor of 0.695 at 45 MHz?
 A. 17.82
 B. 19.26
 C. 16.28
 D. 16.97
83. Determine the terrain sensitivity loss for a 4-GHz carrier that is propagating over a very
dry, mountainous area.
 A. -1.25 dB
 B. -3.05 dB
 C. -2.01 dB
 D. -5.01 dB
84. A satellite transmitter operates at 4GHz with an antenna gain of 4dBi. The receiver
40000 km away has an antenna gain of 50 dBi. If the transmitter has a power of 8 W, find
(ignoring feedline losses and mismatch) the EIRP in dBW.
 A. 50
 B. 69
 C. 49
 D. 30
85. A radio signal moves from air to glass. The angle of incidence is 20°. Calculate the
angle of refraction. The relative permittivity of the glass is 7.8.
 A. 7.8°
 B. 5.04°
 C. 6.04°
 D. 7.04°
86. At a certain time, the MUF for transmission at an angle of incidence of 75° is 17 MHz.
What is the critical frequency?
 A. 4.4 MHz
 B. 3.5 MHz
 C. 6.5 MHz
 D. 1.5 MHz
87. A properly matched transmission line has a loss of 1.5 dB/100m. if 10 W is supplied to
one end of the line, how many watts reach the load, 27 m away?
 A. 10 W
 B. 7.2 W
 C. 9.9 W
 D. 9.1 W
88. The electromagnetic radiation theory was profounded by
 A. Sir Edward Appleton

 B. Guglielmo Marconi
 C. Heinrich Hertz
 D. James C. Maxwell
89. What is caused by the transverse nature of electromagnetic waves?
 A. Polarization
 B. Interference
 C. Beamwidth
 D. Gain
90. Which propagation method is known as special case of skywave?
 A. Space wave
 B. Troposcatter
 C. Ground wave
 D. Direct wave
91. What is the orbit inclination of geostationary satellites?
 A. 0°
 B. 10°
 C. 20°
 D. 30°
92. A transmission line of unknown impedance is terminated with two different resistances,
and an SWR is measured each time. With a 75 Ω termination, the SWR measures 1.5. With
a 300 Ω termination, it measures 2.67. What is the impedance of the line?
 A. 100 Ω
 B. 212 Ω
 C. 300 Ω
 D. 112 Ω
93. What is the high frequency sound that cannot be heard by the human ear?
 A. Ultrasonic
 B. Transonic
 C. Subsonic
 D. Supersonic
94. What frequency is 10 octaves above 30 Hz?
 A. 30.72 kHz
 B. 30 kHz
 C. 300 Hz
 D. 307.2 kHz
95. A radio signal travels ____ yards per microseconds.
 A. 273
 B. 328
 C. 618
 D. 123.6
96. What is the actual length in feet of a one-half wavelength of a coax with a velocity factor
of 0.63 at 28 MHz?
 A. 44.28
 B. 43.46
 C. 11.07
 D. 46.27
97. The range of speech power is ____.
 A. 1 – 10 watts
 B. 100 – 1000 milliwatts
 C. 10 – 100 milliwatts
 D. 10 – 1000 microwatts
98. What is the actual length in feet of a one-quarter wavelength of a coax with a velocity
factor of 0.68 to 30 MHz?
 A. 19.26
 B. 5.6
 C. 17.82
 D. 16.97
99. What is actual length in feet of a one-half wavelength of a coax with a velocity factor of
0.59 at 26 MHz?
 A. 11.16
 B. 40.29
 C. 42.46
 D. 46.28
100. The agreed standard for measuring loudness is the loudness sensation produced by a
1000 Hz sine wave _____ dB above the listener’s threshold of hearing.
 A. 80
 B. 50
 C. 30
 D. 40

Board – Answers
1. 14.14 mi
2. 25 mi
3. 179 dB
4. 6.065 GHz
5. 72 Mbps
6. 4 MHz
7. 36 MHz
8. 500 MHz
9. 5.925 GHz
10. 12
11. X band
12. L
13. Ku
14. TTC
15. Attitude control subsystem
16. 40 MHz
17. 14 to 14.5 GHz
18. Iridium
19. Polar
20. L band
21. 2400
22. GPS
23. 10,898 nmi
24. 12 h
25. Ephemeris
26. 55˚
27. PVC
28. 2.27
29. teflon
30. 301 Ω
31. 50 Ω
32. 0.1
33. 0.219 ft
34. 0.82 ft
35. PL-259
36. BNC
37. F-type connector
38. N-type connector
39. 0.5 to 0.9
40. 0.6 to 0.8
41. 0.9
42. Twin-lead
43. 0.68
44. 75 ns
45. Delay line
46. 115.6 ns
47. 166.5˚
48. 93 Ω
49. 116.8 nH/ft
50. Either A or C
51. Cognitive
52. Rhythm
53. Speech
54. Simple
55. 40 dB
56. 4
57. interval
58. 2 to 1
59. 106
60. 5th, 6th and 7th
61. 4 times louder
62. 6 to 10 dB
63. 80 dB
64. Echo
65. Transmission loss
66. 76 kHz
67. 15.6 dB
68. 3.2 x 10-4 W/m2
69. 1 x 10-7W/m2
70. 14.5 dB
71. 10.5 dB
72. Very loud
73. 150 dB
74. 114 dB
75. 3300
76. 1.6 to 1.8 s
77. 3.1
78. Reverberation
79. Helmholtz resonator
80. 1250
81. 30
82. 16.28
83. -1.25 dB
84. 49
85. 7.04°
86. 4.4 MHz
87. 9.1 W
88. James C. Maxwell
89. . Polarization
90. Troposcatter
91. 0°
92. 112 Ω
93. Ultrasonic
94. 30.72 kHz
95. 618
96. 11.07
97. 10 – 1000 microwatts
98. 5.6
99. 11.16
100. 40

Pre-Board
1. What is the refractive index of an ionospheric layer with 100 x 105 free electrons per m3?
Assume frequency to be at 20 MHz.
 A. 0.99
 B. 0.15
 C. 0.78
 D. 0.85
2. “Each point on a spherical wavefront may be considered a source of secondary spherical

wavefronts”. This is known as the
 A. Snell’s law
 B. D’Alembert’s principle
 C. Appleton’s theory
 D. Huygen’s principle
3. What is meant by the term deviation ratio?
 A. The ratio of the audio modulating frequency to the center carrier frequency.
 B. The ratio of the maximum carrier frequency deviation to the highest audio
modulating frequency.
 C. The ratio of the carrier center frequency to the audio modulating frequency.
 D. The ratio of the highest audio modulating frequency to the average audio
4. What is the major cause of selective fading?
 A. Small changes in the beam heading at the receiving station.

 B. Large changes in the height of the ionosphere, as experience at the receiving
station.
 C. Time differences between the receiving and transmitting stations.
 D. Phase differences between radio wave components of the same transmission, as
5. What phenomenon causes the radio-path horizon distance to exceed the geometric
horizon?
 A. E-layer skip.
 B. D-layer skip.
 C. Auroral skip.
 D. Radio waves may be bent.
6. What propagation condition is usually indicated when a VHF signal is received from a
station over 500 miles away?
 A. D-layer absorption
 B. Faraday rotation
 C. Tropospheric ducting
 D. Moonbounce
7. What is meant by the term modulation index?
 A. The processor index.

 B. The ratio between the deviation of a frequency modulated signal and the
 C. The FM signal-to-noise ratio.
 D. The ratio of the maximum carrier frequency deviation to the highest audio
8. The bending of radio waves passing over the top of a mountain range that disperses a
weak portion of the signal behind the mountain is
 A. eddy-current phase effect

 B. knife-edge diffraction
 C. shadowing
 D. mirror refraction effect
9. What is the wavelength of a signal at 500 MHz?
 A. 0.062 cm
 B. 6 meters
 C. 60 cm
 D. 60 meters
10. What is included in the total resistance of an antenna system?
 A. Radiation resistance plus space impedance

 B. Radiation resistance plus transmission resistance
 C. Transmission line resistance plus radiation resistance
 D. Radiation resistance plus ohmic resistance
11. What are electromagnetic waves?

 A. Alternating currents in the core of an electromagnet
 B. A wave consisting of two electric fields at right angles to each other
 C. A wave consisting of an electric field and a magnetic field at right angles to each
other
 D. A wave consisting of two magnetic fields at right angles to each other
12. The band of frequencies least susceptible to atmospheric noise and interference is:
 A. 30 – 300 kHz
 B. 300 – 3000 kHz
 C. 3 – 30 MHz
 D. 300 – 3000 MHz
13. What is the relationship in degrees of the electrostatic and electromagnetic fields of an
antenna?
 A. 0 degree
 B. 45 degrees
 C. 90 degrees
 D. 180 degrees
14. For a space wave transmission, the radio horizon distance of a transmitting antenna
with a height of 100 meters is approximately:
 A. 10 km
 B. 40 km
 C. 100 km
 D. 400 km
15. What is meant by referring to electromagnetic waves as horizontally polarized?
 A. The electric field is parallel to the earth.

 B. The magnetic field is parallel to the earth.
 C. Both the electric and magnetic fields are horizontal
 D. Both the electric and magnetic fields are vertical
16. What is meant by referring to electromagnetic waves as having circular polarization?
 A. The electric field is bent into a circular shape.

 B. The electric field rotates
 C. The electromagnetic wave continues to circle the earth
 D. The electromagnetic wave has been generated by a quad antenna
17. If a transmitting antenna is 100 meters high and a separate receiving antenna is 64
meters high, what is the maximum space wave communication distance possible between
them?
 A. 18 km
 B. 72 km
 C. 164 km
 D. 656 km
18. A receiver is located 64 km from a space wave transmitting antenna that is 100 meters
high. Find the required height of the receiving antenna.
 A. 36 meters high
 B. 64 meters high
 C. 100 meters high
 D. 182.25 meters high
19. Which of the following is not one of the natural ways a radio wave may travel from
transmitter to receiver?
 A. Ground wave
 B. Microwave
 C. Sky wave
 D. Space wave
20. Which of the following terrain types permits a ground wave to travel the farthest?
 A. Salt water
 B. Fresh water
 C. Sandy
 D. Rocky
21. What is the input terminal impedance at the center if a folded dipole antenna?
 A. 300 ohms
 B. 72 ohms
 C. 50 ohms
 D. 450 ohms
22. What is the term used to describe a spread spectrum communications system where
the center frequency if a conventional carrier is altered many time per second in accordance
with a pseudo-random list of channels?
 A. Frequency hopping
 B. Direct sequence
 C. Time-domain frequency modulation
 D. Frequency compandored spread spectrum
23. What is the velocity factor for non-foam dielectric 50 or 75 ohm flexible coaxial cable
such as RG 8, 11, 58 and 59?
 A. 2.70
 B. 0.66
 C. 0.30
 D. 0.10
24. If a transmission line has a power loss of 6 dB per 100 feet, what is the power at the
feed point to the antenna at the end of a 200 foot transmission line fed by a 100 watt
transmitter?
 A. 70 watts
 B. 50 watts
 C. 25 watts
 D. 6 watts
25. What determines the velocity factor in a transmission line?
 A. The termination impedance

 B. The line length
 C. Dielectrics in the line
 D. The center conductor resistivity
26. What term is used to describe a spread spectrum communications system in which a
very fast binary bit stream is used to shift the phase of an RF carrier?
 A. Frequency hopping
 B. Direct sequence
 C. Binary phase-shift keying
 D. Phase compandored spread spectrum
27. Which of the following frequency bands is best suited for ground wave propagation?
 A. 30 to 300 kHz
 B. 300 kHz to 3 MHz
 C. 3 MHz to 30 MHz
 D. 30 MHz to 300 MHz
28. Which of the following frequency bands is best suited for sky wave propagation?
 A. 30 to 300 kHz
 B. 3 MHz to 30 MHz
 D. 3 GHz to 30 GHz
29. What is the seventh harmonic of a 100 MHz quarter wavelength antenna?
 A. 14.28 MHz
 B. 107 MHz
 C. 149 MHz
 D. 700 MHz
30. Which if the following layers of the ionosphere has no effect on sky wave propagation
during the hours of darkness?
 A. D
 B. E
 C. F1
 D. F2
31. Skip distance can be maximized by using the ____ radiation angle possible and the
____ frequency that will be refracted at that angle.
 A. lowest, lowest
 B. lowest, highest
 C. highest, lowest
 D. highest, highest
32. What is the meaning of the term “velocity factor” of a transmission line?
 A. The ratio of the characteristic impedance of the line to the terminating impedance
 B. The index of shielding for coaxial cable.
 C. The velocity of the wave on the transmission line multiplied by the velocity of light
in a vacuum.
 D. The velocity of the wave on the transmission line divided by the velocity of light in
a vacuum.
33. What is the term for the ratio of actual velocity at which a signal travels through a line to
the speed of light in a vacuum?
 A. Velocity factor
 B. Characteristic impedance
 C. Surge impedance
 D. Standing wave ratio
34. Why is the physical length of a coaxial cable transmission line shorter than its electrical
length?
 A. Skin effect is less pronounced in the coaxial cable

 B. RF energy moves slower along the coaxial cable
 C. The surge impedance is higher in the parallel feed line
 D. The characteristic impedance is higher in the parallel feed line
35. What would be the physical length of a typical coaxial transmission line that is
electrically one-quarter wavelength long at 14.1 MHz?
 A. 20 meters
 B. 3.51 meters
 C. 2.33 meters
 D. 0.25 meter
36. To obtain the most reliable sky wave propagation the ____ should be used.
 A. Lowest useable frequency (LUF).

 B. Maximum useable frequency (MUF).
 C. Optimum useable frequency (OUF).
37. What is the deviation ratio for an FM-phone signal having a maximum frequency swing
of plus or minus 5 kHz and accepting a maximum modulation rate of 3kHz?
 A. 60
 B. 0.16
 C. 0.6
 D. 1.66
38. Tropospheric scatter is a method of sky wave propagation for which of the following
frequency bands?
 A. 300 kHz to 3 MHz

 B. 3 MHz to 30 MHz
 D. 300 MHz to 3 GHz
39. What is the frequency range of an aircraft’s radio altimeter?
 A. 962 MHz to 1213 MHz

 B. 329.15 MHz to 335.00 MHz
 C. 4250 MHz to 4350 MHz
 D. 108.00 MHz to 117.95 MHz
40. What type of transmission is radiated from an aircraft’s radio altimeter antenna?
 A. An amplitude modulated continuous wave

 B. A pulse position modulated UHF signal
 C. A differential phase shift keyed UHF signal
 D. A frequency modulated continuous wave
41. The polarization of a radio wave:
 A. Is perpendicular to the electrostatic field of the antenna

 B. Is the same direction as the electrostatic field of the antenna.
 C. Is the same direction as the magnetic field of the antenna.
 D. Is perpendicular to both the electrostatic and magnetic fields of the antenna.
42. A coaxial cable has 7dB of reflected power when the input is 5 watts. What is the output
of the transmission line?
 A. 5 watts
 B. 2.5 watts
 C. 1.25 watts
 D. 1 watt
43. When is it useful to refer to an isotropic radiator?
 A. When comparing the gains of directional antennas

 B. When testing a transmission line for standing wave ratio
 C. When (in the northern hemisphere) directing the transmission in a southerly
direction
 D. When using a dummy load to tune a transmitter
44. Most AM broadcasts employ ___ polarization while most FM broadcasts employ ___
polarization of the radio wave.
 A. vertical, vertical
 B. vertical, horizontal
 C. horizontal, vertical
 D. horizontal, horizontal
45. How does the gain of a parabolic dish type antenna change when the operating
frequency is doubled?
 A. Gain does not change

 B. Gain is multiplied by 0.707
 C. Gain increases 6 dB
 D. Gain increases 3 dB
46. What is the frequency range of an aircraft’s Very High Frequency (VHF)
communications?
 A. 118.000 MHz to 136.975 MHz (worldwide up to 151.975 MHz)

 B. 108.000 MHz to 117.95 MHz
 C. 329.15 MHz to 335.00 MHz
 D. 2.0000 MHz to 29.999 MHz
47. What is a selective fading effect?
 A. A fading effect caused by small changes in beam heading at the receiving station.
 B. A fading effect caused by phase differences between radio wave components of
the same transmission, as experienced at the receiving station.
 C. A fading effect caused by large changes in the height of the ionosphere, as
experienced at the receiving station
 D. A fading effect caused by time differences between the receiving and transmitting
stations.
48. If the velocity of propagation in a certain medium is 200x106 m/s, what is its refractive
index?
 A. 1.3
 B. 1.5
 C. 1.27
 D. 0.67
49. What is the resultant field strength at the receiving antenna in space wave propagation
under case 2?
 A. 0
 B. ξd
 C. 2ξd
 D. 3ξd
50. The decimetric wave is using what method of propagation?
 A. Ground wave
 B. Space wave
 C. Sky wave
 D. Tropospheric wave
51. What is the typical frequency used for communicating to submerged submarines?
 A. 100 Hz
 B. 500 Hz
 C. 4 kHz
 D. 200 Hz
52. Which frequency bands can be refracted during the day by the D layer?
 A. VLF
 B. MF
 C. LF
 D. Both VLF and LF
53. What height of an ionized layer is determined from the time interval between the
transmitted signal and the ionospheric echo at vertical incidence?
 A. Virtual height
 B. Apparent height
 C. Actual height
 D. Effective height
54. During the night when the F2 layer combines with F1 layer it falls to what approximate
height?
 A. 250 km
 B. 350 km
 C. 300 km
 D. 400 km
55. Which of the following is considered the most frequently used transmission line?
 A. Two-wire open line

 B. Twin lead
 C. Rigid coaxial line
 D. Flexible coaxial line
56. The antenna effective height is ____ to ____ of the actual height.
 A. ½ to 2/3
 B. ½ to ¾
 C. ¼ to 2/3
 D. ¼ to ¾
57. What is the propagation velocity of a signal in a transmission line whose inductance and
capacitance are 5μH/m and 20μF/m respectively?
 A. 100 x 103 m/s

 B. 100 m/s
 C. 10 x 103 m/s
 D. 100 x 106 m/s
58. What is the phase coefficient in radians per unit length of a transmission line at the
frequency of 10 MHz if the velocity of propagation is 2.5 x 108 m/s?
 A. 0.25
 B. 2.5
 C. 0.35
 D. 3.5
59. Determine the conductance of a two-wire open line with the following parameters: D = 4
in., d = 0.1 in. and ρ = 2.6x108 Ω-m.
 A. 2.76 x 10-9 S/m

 B. 2.76 x 10-6 S/m
 C. 2.76 x 10-12 S/m
 D. 2.76 x 10-3 S/m
60. What is the input impedance of a transmission line if its characteristic impedance is 300
Ω and the load is 600 Ω? Assume a quarter wavelength section only.
 A. 150 kΩ
 B. 150 mΩ
 C. 150 Ω
 D. 2 Ω
61. Determine the standing wave ratio of a 300-Ω line whose load is 400+j150 Ω.
 A. 3.55
 B. 1.67
 C. 5.53
 D. 3.35
62. What is the optimum volume per person of rooms for speech?
 A. 2.8
 B. 3.1
 C. 4.2
 D. 5.1
63. What happens to the beamwidth of an antenna as the gain is increased?
 A. The beamwidth increases geometrically as the gain is increased.

 B. The beamwidth increases arithmetically as the gain is increased.
 C. The beamwidth is essentially unaffected by the gain of the antenna.
 D. The beamwidth decreases as the gain is increased.
64. A superhet receiver has an IF of 455 kHz and is experiencing image-channel

interference on a frequency of 1570 kHz. The receiver is tuned to
 A. 1115 kHz
 B. 660 kHz
 C. 2025 kHz
 D. 910 kHz
65. What is the end impedance of a half-wave dipole?
 A. 73 Ω
 B. 72 Ω
 C. 250 Ω
 D. 2500 Ω
66. What volume of the chamber is required to measure absorption coefficient at 100 Hz?
 A. 125 m3
 B. 50 m3
 C. 150 m3
 D. 352 m3
67. What is the optimum reverberation time at 500 Hz for a cinema?
 A. 0.8 – 1.2 sec.

 B. 0.9 – 1.3 sec.
 C. 0.6 – 0.8 sec.
 D. 0.45 – 0.55 sec.
68. An FM receiver whose intermediate frequency is 10.7 MHz, is experiencing image

channel interference from a station transmitting on 121.1 MHz. If the local oscillator is
tracking above, the receiver is tuned to
 A. 131.8 MHz
 B. 110.4 MHz
 C. 142.5 MHz
 D. 99.7 MHz
69. A 1 Mhz carrier is amplitude modulated by a pure 200-Hz audio test tone. Which of the
following combinations of frequencies represent the total content of the AM signal?
 A. 1 MHz and 200 Hz

 B. 1 MHz and 1000.2 kHz
 C. 999.8 kHz, 1000 kHz, and 1000.2 kHz
 D. 999.8 kHz and 1000.2 kHz
70. What establishes the receiver bandwidth?
 A. RF amplifier
 B. Mixer
 C. Local oscillator
 D. IF amplifier
71. What noise type is observable between 8 MHz to somewhat above 1.43 GHz or up to
1.5 GHz?
 A. Solar noise
 B. Space noise
 C. Galactic noise
 D. Cosmic noise
72. Flicker noise is a poorly understood form of noise which may be completely ignored
about above ____.
 A.100 Hz
 B. 200 Hz
 C. 400 Hz
 D. 500 Hz
73. What is the typical gain of a rhombic antenna?
 A. Between 15 to 60
 B. Between 20 to 90
 C. Between 50 to 75
 D. Between 10 to 25
74. What illumination factor is normally considered in computing parabolic antenna gain in
microwave communications?
 A. 0.54
 B. 0.65
 C. 0.75
 D. 0.85
75. How many voice band channels are there in a superjumbo group?
 A. 600
 B. 900
 C. 10,800
 D. 3,600
76. In acoustics, what is the reference pressure in lb/ft2 unit?
 A. 2x10-5
 B. 0.0002
 C. 2.089
 D. 2.980
77. Which of the following characterizes a properly terminated transmission line?
 A. The line loss is minimum.

 B. The standing wave ratio is minimum.
 C. The input impedance is twice the load impedance.
 D. The standing wave ratio is one.
78. What is the meaning of forward power?
 A. The power traveling from the transmitter to the antenna.

 B. The power radiated from the top of an antenna system.
 C. The power produced during the positive half of an RF cycle.
 D. The power used to drive a linear amplifier.
79. What organization has published safety guidelines for the maximum limits of RF energy
near the human body?
 A. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

 B. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
 C. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
 D. The Institute Of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
80. When no signal is being received, the loudspeaker is not entirely silent as a result of the
presence of
 A. parasitic oscillations in some of the receiver stages.

 B. negative feedback in each stage.
 C. spurious frequencies as a result of improper neutralization.
 D. internal receiver noise.
81. When measuring a transmitter’s frequency against a suitable standard, the frequency to
be measured is taken from the
 A. oscillator stage
 B. intermediate amplifier
 C. buffer stage
 D. final RF stage
82. When the is the ionosphere most ionized?
 A. Dusk
 B. Midnight
 C. Dawn
 D. Midday
83. Cellular radios use FM with a maximum deviation of
 A. ± 30 KHz
 B. ± 75 KHz
 C. ± 25 KHz
 D. ± 12 KHz
84. What device measures the angle between two radio frequencies and also the direction
of propagation of a wave?
 A. Densimeter
 B. Absorption wavemeter
 C. Goniometer
 D. Ergometer
85. An automated ship-to-shore distress alerting system using satellites and advanced
terrestrial communications systems.
 A. GPS
 B. Iridium system
 C. INMARSAT
 D. GMDSS
86. What antenna can be used to minimize the effect of Faraday rotation of polarization?
 A. Dipole
 B. Parabolic
 C. Helical
 D. Rhombic
87. The presence of standing waves on a transmission line is the result of
 A. a high level of attenuation on the line.

 B. terminating the line by a resistive load equal in value to the surge impedance
 C. reducing the input power to below its critical level.
 D. an impedance mismatch between the load and the line.
88. What device measures rf power by measuring the heat the rf power generates?
 A. Calorimeter
 B. Goniometer
 C. Spectrum meter
 D. Oscilloscope
89. What is considered the most efficient mode in terms of energy transfer in waveguides?
 A. Dominant mode
 B. Normal mode
 C. Conventional mode
 D. Vertical mode
90. In acoustics, _____ is the apparent change in frequency or pitch when a sound source
moves either toward or away from a listener.
 A. flanking
 B. reverberation
 C. Doppler effect
 D. echo
91. Which of the following wavelengths where absorption of electromagnetic waves

becomes peak due to vibrational resonances in the water vapor molecule?
 A. 1.35 cm and 1.7 mm

 B. 1.5 mm and 5mm
 C. 1.35 dm and 1.7cm
 D. 1.5 cm and 5 mm
92. Oxygen molecule absorption peaks to electromagnetic wave are at what wavelengths?
 A. 1.35 mm and 1.7 μm

 B. 1.35 cm and 1.7 mm
 C. 5 cm and 2.5 cm
 D. 5 mm and 2.5 mm
93. The approximate single-hop nighttime range of F2 layer is ____.
 A. 3000 km
 B. 3840 km
 C. 4130 km
 D. 2350 km
94. What ionospheric layer has a daytime approximate critical frequency of 8 MHz?
 A. F2 layer
 B. F1 layer
 C. E layer
 D. D layer
95. In cellular system, _____ defines the geographic distance that is required between cells
using identical frequencies in order to avoid interference between the radio transmissions at
these cells.
 A. frequency-reuse ratio
 B. distance-to-reuse ratio (D/R)
 C. reuse format plan ratio
 D. reuse factor
96. What do you call the ability of a mobile phone to change from one channel (frequency)
to another?
 A. Frequency agility
 B. Frequency handoff
 C. Frequency handover
 D. Frequency switch
97. What mathematical plane figure is ideal in cellular system design and engineering it
graphically and functionally depicts overlapping radio coverage between and among
adjacent cell base stations?
 A. Hexagon
 B. Octagon
 C. Pentagon
 D. Nonagon
98. In cellular system, the average lead time to install a new base station is approximately
____ months to a year.
 A. 4
 B. 5
 C. 6
 D. 10
99. What is considered the threshold of audibility at 3000 Hz?
 A. 10-12 W/m2
 B. 10-16 W/m2
 C. 10-12 W/cm2
 D. 10-15 W/cm2
100. At one atmospheric pressure, what is the approximate speed of sound in steel?
 A. 5150 m/s
 B. 5150 ft/s
 C. 4990 m/s
 D. 4990 ft/s

Board – Answers
1. 0.99
2. Huygen’s principle
3. The ratio of the maximum carrier frequency deviation to the highest audio modulating
frequency.
4. Phase differences between radio wave components of the same transmission, as
5. Radio waves may be bent.
6. Tropospheric ducting
7. The ratio between the deviation of a frequency modulated signal and the modulating
frequency.
8. knife-edge diffraction
9. 60 cm
10. Radiation resistance plus ohmic resistance
11. A wave consisting of an electric field and a magnetic field at right angles to each other
12. 300 – 3000 MHz
13. 90 degrees
14. 40 km
15. The electric field is parallel to the earth.
16. The electric field rotates
17. 72 km
18. 36 meters high
19. Microwave
20. Salt water
21. 300 ohms
22. Frequency hopping
23. 0.66
24. 6 watts
25. Dielectrics in the line
26. Direct sequence
27. 30 to 300 kHz
28. 3 MHz to 30 MHz
29. 700 MHz
30. D
31. lowest, highest
32. The velocity of the wave on the transmission line divided by the velocity of light in a
vacuum.
33. Velocity factor
34. RF energy moves slower along the coaxial cable
35. 3.51 meters
36. Optimum useable frequency (OUF).
37. 1.66
38. 300 MHz to 3 GHz
39. 4250 MHz to 4350 MHz
40. A frequency modulated continuous wave
41. Is the same direction as the electrostatic field of the antenna.
42. 1 watt
43. When comparing the gains of directional antennas
44. vertical, horizontal
45. Gain increases 6 dB
46. 118.000 MHz to 136.975 MHz (worldwide up to 151.975 MHz)
47. A fading effect caused by phase differences between radio wave components of the
same transmission, as experienced at the receiving station
48.1.5
49. 2ξd
50. Space wave
51. 100 Hz
52. Both VLF and LF
53. Virtual height
54. 300 km
55. Flexible coaxial line
56. ½ to 2/3
57. 100 x 103 m/s
58. 0.25
59. 2.76 x 10-9 S/m
60. 150 Ω
61. 1.67
62. 2.8
63. The beamwidth decreases as the gain is increased.
64. 660 kHz
65. 2500 Ω
66. 352 m3
67. 0.8 – 1.2 sec.
68. 99.7 MHz
69. 999.8 kHz, 1000 kHz, and 1000.2 kHz
70. IF amplifier
71. Space noise
72. 500 Hz
73. Between 15 to 60
74. 0.54
75. 10,800
76. 2.089
77. The standing wave ratio is one.
78. The power traveling from the transmitter to the antenna.
79. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
80. internal receiver noise.
81. final RF stage
82. Midday
83. ± 12 KHz
84. Goniometer
85. GMDSS
86. Helical
87. an impedance mismatch between the load and the line.
88. Calorimeter
89. . Dominant mode
90. Doppler effect
91. 1.35 cm and 1.7 mm
92. 5 mm and 2.5 mm
93. 4130 km
94. F2 layer
95. distance-to-reuse ratio (D/R)
96. Frequency agility
97. Hexagon
98. 6
99. 10-12 W/m2
100. 5150 m/s

Pre-Board
1. What significant element of sound refers to its characteristic tonal quality?
 A. Pitch
 B. Tempo
 C. Rhythm
 D. Timbre
2. What is the velocity of sound in wood?
 A. 5800 m/s
 B. 5000 m/s
 C. 3300 m/s
 D. 3700 m/s
3. What is the typical loudness level of a watch ticking?
 A. 0 phon
 B. 40 phons
 C. 20 phons
 D. 60 phons
4. The typical length of the rhombic antenna is ____.
 A. 2λ to 8λ
 B. 10λ to 20λ
 C. 1λ to 3λ
 D. 5λ to 10λ
5. What is the carrier frequency of supergroup 10?
 A. 2724 kHz
 B. 2356 kHz
 C. 2108 kHz
 D. 3100 kHz
6. In SPADE system, how many PCM-encoded voice band channels are there?
 A. 800
 B. 600
 C. 300
 D. 240
7. The product of the radiated RF power of a transmitter and the gain of the antenna system
in a given direction relative to an isotropic radiator is called ____.
 A. Effective Radiated Power (ERP)

 B. Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP)
 C. Radiated Power
 D. Transmit Power
8. The product of antenna input power and the antenna power gain expressed in kW is
called __.
 A. Effective Radiated Power (ERP)

 B. Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP)
 C. Radiated Power
 D. Transmit Power
9. What satellite system parameter represents the quality of a satellite or an earth station
receiver?
 A. Gain-to-Equivalent Noise Temperature Ratio (G/Te)

 B. Energy of Bit-to-Noise Density Ratio (Eb/No)
 C. Carrier-to-Noise Density Ratio (C/No)
 D. Bit energy
10. What noise is observable at frequencies in the range from about 8 MHz to somewhat
1.5 GHz?
 A. Industrial noise
 B. Atmospheric noise
 C. Space noise
 D. Shot noise
11. A special horn antenna consisting of a parabolic cylinder joined to a pyramidal horn.
 A. Hoghorn
 B. Cass-horn
 C. Pyramidal horn
 D. Conical horn
12. How many telegraph channels are there in the basic voice band channels?
 A. 24
 B. 96
 C. 48
 D. 672
13. Which of the following is oldest multiplexing scheme?
 A. Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM)

 B. Time Division Multiplexing (TDM)
 C. Code Division Multiplexing (CDM)
 D. Space Division Multiplexing (SDM)
14. What carrier system multiplexes 96 voice band channels into a single 6.312 Mbps data
signal?
 A. T1 carrier system
 B. T2 carrier system
 C. T1C carrier system
 D. T3 carrier system
15. What is the metric subdivision of VHF band?
 A. Metric
 B. Millimetric
 C. Decimetric
 D. Centimetric
16. In satellite communications, what means of attitude control is using the angular
momentum of the spinning body to provide the roll and yaw stabilization?
 A. Spin stabilization
 B. Radial stabilization
 C. Three-axis stabilization
 D. Station keeping
17. Which of the following is NOT a porous absorber?
 A. Prefabricated tiles
 B. Plasters and spray on materials
 C. Acoustic blankets
 D. Membrane absorber
18. What historical satellite broadcasted live the 1964 Olympic games from Tokyo, Japan
for the first time?
 A. Syncom I
 B. Syncom III
 C. Syncom II
 D. Syncom IV
19. In transmission line, which of the following is the first step in the procedure of using stub
matching?
 A. Calculate stub susceptance.

 B. Calculate load admittance
 C. Connect stub to load
 D. Transform conductance to resistance
20. What type of balun (balanced-to-unbalanced) is used in high frequency applications?
 A. Transformer type balun

 B. A specially configured coaxial transmission line
 C. A specially configured parallel-wire line
 D. A λ/2 transformer balun
21. ____ is defined as any radiation of energy by means of electromagnetic wave.
 A. Emission
 B. Radiation
 C. Radio
 D. Broadcasting
22. In what year did Hertz discover radio waves?
 A. 1844
 B. 1873
 C. 1887
 D. 1895
23. Which of the following phenomena is possible is free space medium?
 A. Reflection of radio wave

 B. Diffraction of radio wave
 C. Refraction of radio wave
 D. Attenuation of radio wave
24. What is the reactance property at the input of a shorted quarter wavelength line?
 A. A parallel LC circuit
 B. A pure inductive reactance
 C. A series LC circuit
 D. A pure capacitive reactance
25. An early satellite owned by US Department of Defense that lasted only for 17 days
 A. Courier
 B. Echo
 C. Score
 D. Westar 1
26. Which of the following is the consolidation of H. No. 5224 and S. No. 2683?
 A. RA 9292
 B. RA 5734
 C. RA 7925
 D. RA 6849
27. Who will appoint the chairman and 2 members of the board of Electronics Engineering?
 A. The Senate President

 B. The President
 C. The Supreme Court
 D. The Commission on Appointment
28. How many nominees per position of the Electronics Engineering Board are nominated
by IECEP to PRC?
 A. 3
 B. 5
 C. 4
 D. 6
29. According to RA 9292, how many days after the board exam the results will be
released?
 A. Within 5 days
 B. Within 15 days
 C. Within 20 days
 D. Within 3 days
30. How many removal examination (s) will be given to an examinee who obtains a passing
rating in the majority of the subjects but obtains a rating in the other subject (s) below
seventy percent (70%) but not lower than sixty percent (60%)?
 A. 1
 B. 3
 C. 2
 D. Unlimited
31. Which of the following determines the acoustic behavior of gases?
 A. Density
 B. Pressure
 C. Temperature
 D. All of the choices
32. In what medium sound travels the faster?
 A. Vacuum
 B. Solid
 C. Liquid
 D. Gas
33. For a loudness level between 110 and 120 dB, the maximum daily exposure limit is
____ minute (s).
 A. 1
 B. 60
 C. 20
 D. 45
34. A porous material is far more efficient at high than low frequency absorption. How to
improve sound absorption at lower frequencies using this absorber?
 A. Increase the thickness

 B. Decrease the thickness
 C. Mount with and airspace behind
 D. Both A and C above
35. Which of the following describes a TDM frame?
 A. A 250-μs frame
 B. A 125-μs frame
 C. A 500-μs frame
 D. A 60-μs frame
36. ____ system transmits frequency-division-multiplexed voice band signals over a coaxial
cable for distances up to 4000 miles.
 A. T carrier
 B. X carrier
 C. L carrier
 D. F carrier
37. What is the spectrum range of U600 mastergroup?
 A. 60 – 108 kHz
 B. 564 – 3084 kHz
 C. 312 – 552 kHz
 D. 60 -2788 kHz
38. Which frequency reuse method is less effective because of Faraday’s effect?
 A. Dual polarization
 B. Reducing antenna beamwidth
 C. Zonal rotation
 D. Spin stabilization
39. Three telephone circuits, each having an S/N ratio of 44 dB, are connected in tandem.
What is the overall S/N ratio?
 A. 44 dB
 B. 39.2 dB
 C. 41 dB
 D. 43.52 dB
40. What is the noise factor if the equivalent noise temperature is 25 K?
 A. 1.09
 B. 0.09
 C. 0.36 dBm
 D. 0.36
41. A ground station is operating to a geostationary satellite at a 5° angle of elevation.

Calculate the round-trip time between ground station and satellite.
 A. 275 s
 B. 275 ms
 C. 137.5 s
 D. 137.5 ms
42. Calculate the reverberation time of a living room 8 ft high, 13 ft wide and 20 ft long. The
total absorption of the building structure inside the room is 180.7 sabines with four persons
present in the room.
 A. 0.5 ms
 B. 0.05 s
 C. 0.5 s
 D. 5 ms
43. What is the number of levels required in a PCM system with S/N ratio of 40 dB?
 A. 64
 B. 128
 C. 256
 D. 512
44. A radio communications link is to be established via the ionosphere. The maximum
virtual height of the layer is 100 km at the midpoint of the path and the critical frequency is 2
MHz. The distance between stations is 600 km. determine the optimum working frequency?
 A. 6.32 MHz
 B. 2.1 MHz
 C. 5.4 MHz
 D. 1.8 MHz
45. Part of a microwave link can be approximated by free space conditions. The antenna
gain are each 40 dB, the frequency is 10 GHz, and the path length is 80 km. Calculate the
receive power for a transmitted power of 10 W?
 A. 0.871 μW
 B. 871 μW
 C. 0.871 mW
 D. 871 nW
46. What is the approximate critical frequency of the E layer?
 A. 4 MHz
 B. 5 MHz
 C. 6 MHz
 D. 3 MHz
47. What is the approximate single-hop nighttime range of F2 layer?
 A. 3840 km
 B. 3000 km
 C. 4130 km
 D. 2350 km
48. What ionospheric layer has a daytime approximate critical frequency of 8 MHz?
 A. F2 layer
 B. F1 layer
 C. E layer
 D. D layer
49. Determine the additional absorption (sabines) contributed by 10 persons in a room.
 A. 47
 B. 4.7
 C. 0.47
 D. 470
50. A frequency of 3000 Hz has how many octaves above 1000 Hz?
 A. 1.6 octaves
 B. 2.1 octaves
 C. 1 octave
 D. 3 octaves
51. The loudness level increased from 40 to 56 phons. What is the increase in loudness
sensation?
 A. 3 times
 B. 4.5 times
 C. 2 times
 D. 4 times
52. In the North American TDM system, what is the transmission rate in Mbps of T3 carrier
system?
 A. 44.736
 B. 6.312
 C. 3.152
 D. 274.176
53. What is the data rate in Mbps of a single satellite transponder considering an S/N of 30
dB?
 A. 35.8
 B. 3.58
 C. 358
 D. 3580
54. What condition occur when the refractive index of the air decreases with height much
more rapidly the normal?
 A. Refraction
 B. Superrefraction
 C. Subrefraction
 D. Diffraction
55. What do you call the increase of temperature with height?
 A. Temperature inversion
 B. Normal inversion
 C. Ducting
 D. Superrefraction
56. ____ is a term given to the region where superrefraction occurs.
 A. Strata
 B. Duct
 C. Isothermal region
 D. Tropospheric region
57. Which of the following wavelengths where absorption of electromagnetic waves

becomes peak due to vibrational resonances in the water vapor molecule?
 A. 1.35 cm and 1.7 mm

 B. 1.5 mm and 5 mm
 C. 1.35 dm and 1.7 cm
 D. 1.5 cm and 5mm
58. Oxygen molecule absorption peaks to electromagnetic wave are at what wavelengths?
 A. 1.35 cm and 1.7 mm

 B. 5 mm and 2.5 mm
 C. 5 cm and 2.5 cm
 D. 1.35 mm and 1.7 μm
59. What instrument normally measures the virtual height of ionosphere?
 A. Ionosonde
 B. Altimeter
 C. Field meter
 D. Radar
60. The angle of elevation of the antenna beam is 20°. Calculate the transmission-path
distance for an ionospheric transmission that utilizes a layer of virtual height 200 km. Use
flat-earth approximation.
 A. 966 km
 B. 2100 km
 C. 1100 km
 D. 405 km
61. If temperature change is 19°C, what amount of change to sound velocity is possible?
 A. 11.53 ft/s
 B. 11.53 m/s
 C. 19.304 ft/s
 D. 19.304 m/s
62. In the above problem, what is the new velocity of sound assuming dry air medium?
 A. 343 ft/s
 B. 3430 m/s
 C. 343 m/s
 D. 342 m/s
63. In acoustics, if the volume of the room is 200 m 3 then at what frequency the coefficient
of absorption is measured?
 A. 120 kHz
 B. 120 Hz
 C. 100 Hz
 D. 150 Hz
64. What is the approximate bandwidth of an FM system with 10 kHz of modulating

frequency and a 150 kHz of frequency deviation?
 A. 300 kHz
 B. 320 kHz
 C. 150 kHz
 D. 200 kHz
65. Which of the following layers of the ionosphere has no effect on sky wave propagation
during daytime?
 A. D
 B. E
 C. F1
 D. F2
66. What phenomenon causes the radio-path horizon distance to exceed the geometric
horizon?
 A. Diffraction
 B. Ducting
 C. Reflection
 D. Refraction
67. How to maximize the skip distance?
 A. Using the smallest possible radiation angle and highest possible frequency
 B. Using the smallest possible radiation angle and lowest possible frequency
 C. Using the biggest possible radiation angle and highest possible frequency
 D. Using the biggest possible radiation angle and lowest possible frequency
68. For a space wave transmission, the radio horizon distance of a receiving antenna with a
height of 64 meters is approximately
 A. 8 km
 B. 32 km
 C. 64 km
 D. 256 km
69. What bandwidth is needed to support a capacity of 128 kbps when the signal power to
noise power ratio in decibels is 100?
 A. 19224 Hz
 B. 3853 Hz
 C. 19244 Hz
 D. 3583 Hz
70. Which of the following systems uses frequency band 870-885 MHz as a transmit band
of its base station?
 A. TACS
 B. NTT
 C. NMT
 D. AMPS
71. A transmitted signal 5 meters in wavelength is received by an antenna coil having a 50-
Ω resistance and a 0.01 H inductance. What is the capacitance of the tuner shunting the
antenna coil at this point?
 A. 0.704 fF
 B. 0.704 μF
 C. 0.704 nF
 D. 0.704 mF
72. Which of the following is the basic component of a communications satellite receiver?
 A. On-board computer
 B. Reflector
 C. Telemetry
 D. Transponder
73. The reverberation time of a 184.2 cubic meters broadcast studio is 0.84 sec. Find the
absorption effect of the materials used in metric sabines.
 A. 35.3
 B. 10.96
 C. 379.8
 D. 109.6
74. What is the highest frequency that can be sent straight upward and be returned to
earth?
 A. MUF
 B. Gyro frequency
 C. Skip frequency
75. What is the most important specification of loudspeakers and microphones?
 A. Frequency response
 B. Power density
 C. Field Strength
 D. Gain
76. Atmospheric attenuation is an attenuation which is due to
 A. mist and fog

 B. gasses in the atmosphere
 C. water vapor and oxygen
 D. rain
77. Satellite orbits around the earth are ____ orbits.
 A. circular
 B. either elliptical or circular
 C. elliptical
 D. circular only
78. How does spatial isolation technique in satellite communications avoid interference?
 A. Use of different polarity antennas

 B. Use of different types of antennas
 C. Employment of highly directional spot-beam antennas
 D. Use of low gain antennas
79. An area on earth covered by a satellite radio beam is called ____.

 A. SSP
 B. Region
 C. footprint
 D. primary area
80. The American concert pitch A is equivalent to which if the following frequencies?
 A. 440 Hz
 B. 435 Hz
 C. 260 Hz
 D. 255 Hz
81. The international pitch A is equivalent to ___ Hz.
 A. 435
 B. 440
 C. 260
 D. 255
82. The speed of the satellite increases as its height in orbit gets
 A. lower
 B. higher
 C. closer to the moon
 D. closer to the sun
83. What is the effective radiated power of a repeater with 50 watts transmitter power output
\, 4 dB feedline loss, 3 dB duplexer and circulator loss, and 6 dB antenna gain?
 A. 158 W
 B. 39.7 W
 C. 251 W
 D. 69.9 W
84. A cellular standard known as the cdmaOne.
 A. IS-95
 B. IS-136
 C. IS-54
 D. IS-100
85. What is the effective radiated power of a repeater with 50 watts transmitter power
output, 5 dB feedline loss, 4 dB duplexer and circulator loss, and 7 dB antenna gain?
 A. 300 W
 B. 315 W
 C. 31.5 W
 D. 69.9 W
86. Which Ethernet system is restricted only to 100 m?
 A. 10 Base T
 B. 20 Base 2
 C. 10 Base 5
 D. 10 Base 1
 A. 600 W
 B. 75 W
 C. 18.75 W
 D. 150 W
88. Which of the following regulates the ownership and operation of radio and television
stations in the country?
 A. PD 576-A
 B. PD 756
 C. PD 657
 D. PD 677
 A. 37.6 W
 B. 237 W
 C. 150 W
 D. 23.7 W
90. In GSM cellular system, the speech coding rate is ____.
 A. 13 kbps
 B. 8 kbps
 C. 15 kbps
 D. 20 kbps
 A. 800 W
 B. 126 W
 C. 12.5 W
 D. 1260 W
92. Which NTC memorandum circular governs the rules and regulations about the
manufacture, acquisition, sale and service of radio communication equipment?
 A. MC No. 2-05-88
 B. MC No. 2-04-88
 C. MC No. 2-07-88
 D. MC No. 2-09-88
 A. 601 W
 B. 240 W
 C. 60 W
 D. 379 W
94. What do you call a short bit sequence sent typically 128 bits in digital signatures?
 A. Hash
 B. Public key
 C. Private key
 D. Password
95. What medium is used by IBM token ring network that operates at either 4 Mbps or 16
Mbps?
 A. Twisted pair
 B. Coaxial cable
 C. Fiber-optic
 D. Parallel-wire line
96. What is known as the final stage in the evolution of the GSM standard?
 A. WAP
 B. GPRS
 C. EDGE
 D. Bluetooth
97. According to KBP revised radio code which airtime below is classified class D for AM
stations?
 A. 6:00 AM to 12:00 NN
 B. 12:00 NN to 6:00 PM
 C. 9:00 PM to 12 Midnight
 D. 12:00 Midnight to 5:00 AM
98. Encryption of data is important to ensure its privacy. It is most commonly achieved by
using a ____.
 A. public-key encryption
 B. private-key encryption
 C. password-key encryption
 D. character set encryption
99. The speech coding rate in D-AMPS is ____.
 A. 8 kbps
 B. 13 kbps
 C. 15 kbps
 D. 20 kbps
100. Which of the following principal musical intervals is considered dissonant?
 A. 7:8
 B. 1:2
 C. 5:8
 D. 3:5

Board – Answers
1. Timbre
2. 3300 m/s
3. 20 phons
4. 2λ to 8λ
5. 3100 kHz
6. 800
7. Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP)
8. Effective Radiated Power (ERP)
9. Gain-to-Equivalent Noise Temperature Ratio (G/Te)
10. Space noise
11. Hoghorn
12. 24
13. Space Division Multiplexing (SDM)
14. T2 carrier system
15. Metric
16. Spin stabilization
17. Membrane absorber
18. Syncom III
19. Calculate load admittance
20. A specially configured coaxial transmission line
21. Emission
22. 1887
23. Attenuation of radio wave
24. A parallel LC circuit
25. Courier
26. RA 9292
27. The President
28. 5
29. Within 15 days
30. 1
31. All of the choices
32. Solid
33. 1
34. Both A and C above
35. A 125-μs frame
36. L carrier
37. 564 – 3084 kHz
38. Dual polarization
39. 39.2 dB
40. 1.09
41. 275 ms
42. 0.5 s
43. 128
44. 5.4 MHz
45. 0.871 μW
46. 4 MHz
47. 4130 km
48. F2 layer
49. 47
50. 1.6 octaves
51. 3 times
52. 44.736
53. 358
54. Superrefraction
55. Temperature inversion
56. Duct
57. 1.35 cm and 1.7 mm
58. 5 mm and 2.5 mm
59. Ionosonde
60. 1100 km
61. 11.53 m/s
62. 343 m/s
63. 120 Hz
64. 320 kHz
65. D
66. Refraction
67. Using the smallest possible radiation angle and highest possible frequency
68. 32 km
69. 3853 Hz
70. NTT
71. 0.704 fF
72. Transponder
73. 35.3
74. Critical frequency
75. Frequency response
76. water vapor and oxygen
77. either elliptical or circular
78. Employment of highly directional spot-beam antennas
79. footprint
80. 440 Hz
81. 435
82. lower
83. 39.7 W
84. IS-95
85. 31.5 W
86. 10 Base T
87. 150 W
88. PD 576-A
89. 37.6 W
90. 13 kbps
91. 126 W
92. MC No. 2-05-88
93. 60 W
94. Hash
95. Twisted pair
96. EDGE
97. 12:00 Midnight to 5:00 AM
98. public-key encryption
99. 8 kbps
100. 7:8

Pre-Board
1. ________ is a standard whereby mobile phones can gain access to specially tailored
Internet websites.
 A. Bluetooth
 B. GPRS
 C. WAP
 D. EDGE
2. What noise is a transient short-duration disturbance distributed essentially uniformly over

the useful passband of a transmission system?
 A. Flicker noise
 B. Transit-time noise
 C. Shot noise
 D. Impulse noise
3. What is the insertion loss of connector type splices for a single mode optical fiber?
 A. 0.51 dB
 B. 0.49 dB
 C. 0.31 dB
 D. 0.38 db
4. In the European standard, the aurial transmitter maximum radiated power is ______ of
peak visual transmitter power.
 A. 10%
 B. 30%
 C. 20%
 D. 40%
5. What is the common up-converter and down-converter IF for microwave

communications?
 A. 60 MHz
 B. 80 MHz
 C. 120 MHz
 D. 70 MHz
6. What is the data link protocol that is used in asynchronous transmission for transferring
files from one computer to another?
 A. A modem
 B. X modem
 C. B modem
 D. C modem
7. What distortion is not caused by transmission line characteristics?
 A. Phase distortion
 B. Pulse shape distortion
 C. Spacing bias distortion
 D. Amplitude distortion
output, 4 dB feline loss, 4 dB duplexer and circulator loss, and 10 dB antenna gain?
 A. 317 W
 B. 2000 W
 C. 126 W
 D. 260 W
9. Which of the following is standardized as part of GSM phase 2+ that can offer theoretical
data speeds of up to 115 kbit/s?
 A. EDGE
 B. GPRS
 C. WAP
 D. Bluetooth
10. A ______ is essentially a cell site that is mounted on a flatbed tractor-trailer used for
emergency purposes.
 A. COW
 B. BULL
 C. CALF
 D. PONY
11. Which of the following best describes a dip-meter?
 A. An SWR meter
 B. A counter
 C. A variable LC oscillator with metered feedback current
 D. A field strength meter
12. Which is space diversity system?
 A. Two or more antennas operating on two different frequencies?

 B. Two transmitters operating at same frequencies
 C. Two or more antennas operating on the same frequency
 D. Two antennas from two different transmitters
13. What part or section of a TV receiver that separates the sound and video signals?
 A. IF stage
 B. Video amplifier
 C. Video detector
 D. Burst separator
14. What is the channel number of an FM station with a carrier frequency of 99.5 MHz?
 A. 256
 B. 258
 C. 257
 D. 259
15. In a triple conversion superheterodyne receiver, diode mixer stages are operated
 A. In the linear region
 B. In the nonlinear region
 C. As class A amplifiers
 D. As class B amplifiers
16. In ISDN, what is the basic access B channel data rate?
 A. 32 kbps
 B. 64 kbps
 C. 144 kbps
 D. 16 kbps
17. What is the channel spacing for MF-HF voice frequencies?
 A. 2.8 kHz
 B. 500 Hz
 C. 3.5 kHz
 D. 3 kHz
18. What is the quantization signal-to-noise ratio if an 8-bit PCM code is used?
 A. 40 dB
 B. 50 dB
 C. 60 dB
 D. 65 dB
19. What is the emission designation of a single sideband reduced carrier signal?
 A. H3E
 B. J3E
 C. R3E
 D. B8E
20. What is the most commonly used intermediate frequency of radar receivers?
 A. 40 MHz
 B. 60 MHz
 C. 70 MHz
 D. 30 MHz
21. The input signal of a travelling wave tube is introduced at
 A. Cathode
 B. Anode
 C. Cathode end of the helix
 D. Collector end of the helix
22. What determines the ability of radar to determine the bearing to a target?
 A. Speed of light
 B. Speed of target
 C. Antenna directivity
 D. Frequency of signal
23. What is the minimum number of bits required in a PCM code for a range of 10,000?
 A. 12
 B. 9
 C. 14
 D. 10
24. The antenna current is doubled when the modulation index is doubled in ______ AM
system.
 A. A5C
 B. A3J
 C. A3
 D. A3H
25. Which of the following is not a bounded medium?
 A. Coaxial line
 B. Two-wire line
 C. Waveguide
 D. Free space
26. What is affected by the distance between the listener and the source of the sound
because the intensity varies inversely with the square of the distance?
 A. Volume
 B. Pitch
 C. Loudness
 D. Frequency
27. Comparing the capacities of a DVD and an ordinary CD, DVD is ______ time bigger
than CD.
 A. 10
 B. 20
 C. 15
 D. 25
28. Locking on to a defined target is known as
 A. Homing
 B. Referencing
 C. Searching
 D. Defining
29. What causes the maximum usable frequency to vary?
 A. The temperature of the ionosphere

 B. The speed of the winds in the upper atmosphere
 C. The type of weather just below the ionosphere
 D. The amount of radiation received from the sun
30. What limits the sensitivity of a receiver?
 A. The power supply of the receiver

 B. The power output of a transmitter
 C. The noise floor of the receiver
 D. The distance between the transmitter and receiver
31. What is the standard test tone used for audio measurements?
 A. 100 Hz
 B. 500 Hz
 C. 1000 Hz
 D. 2000 Hz
32. What causes image interference?
 A. Low gain
 B. High IF
 C. Poor front-end selectivity
 D. Low signal-to-noise ratio
33. What frequency band is referred to as the metric waves?
 A. VHF
 B. UHF
 C. HF
 D. SHF
34. A waveguide passive component that brings a smooth change in the direction of axis
maintained perpendicular to the plane of polarization?
 A. L bend
 B. H bend
 C. T bend
 D. X bend
35. How far is the visual carrier from the lowest frequency in the spectrum of a monochrome
TV broadcast channel following the NTSC standard?
 A. 1.5 MHz
 B. 1.25 MHz
 C. 4.5 MHz
 D. 0.25 MHz
36. What aircraft deviation is measured by an ILS localizer?
 A. Altitude
 B. Ground speed
 C. Vertical
 D. Horizontal
37. Skip zone is otherwise known as
 A. Empty zone
 B. Shadow zone
 C. Null zone
 D. Zone of silence
38. In the American standard, the aural transmitter maximum radiated power is _____ of
peak visual transmitter power.
 A. 10 %
 B. 30 %
 C. 20 %
 D. 40 %
39. What character signifies the start of the test for Bisync?
 A. STX
 B. SOH
 C. BCC
 D. ETX
40. A low frequency audible periodic variation in pitch of sound output in high fidelity sound
reproduction system?
 A. Flutter
 B. Wow
 C. String vibration
 D. Radio sound
41. When can a corporation or association incorporated under the Philippine laws and with
foreign investors be granted radio station license?
 A. When 60% of the capital is owned by Filipino citizens

 B. When 50% of the capital is owned by Filipino citizens
 C. When the chairman of the board is a Filipino
 D. When the president of the corporation/association is a Filipino
42. ______ is a term in the test language for noise testing in telephone circuits that means a
one-syllable word consisting of a consonant, a vowel, and another consonant.
 A. Logatom
 B. Nosfer
 C. Ore
 D. Belcore
43. Why are frequency modulation transmitters more efficient?
 A. Because their power is increased by class C amplifiers

 B. Because their power is increased by class A amplifiers
 C. Because their power is increased by class B amplifiers
 D. Because their power is increased by class AB amplifiers
44. A 1000W carrier is amplitude modulated to a depth of 85%. Calculate the total power of
the modulated wave?
 A. 1361.25 W
 B. 680.62 W
 C. 1425 W
 D. 712.5 W
45. Which is not an ITU sector?
 A. ITU-W
 B. ITU-R
 C. ITU-T
 D. ITU-D
46. What is the process of cancelling the effect on internal device capacitance in radio
transmitters?
 A. Degaussing
 B. Neutralization
 C. Ionization
 D. Stabilization
47. Which of the following is the basic synthesizer circuit?
 A. Frequency divider
 B. Frequency multiplier
 C. PLL
 D. Mixer
48. Which one is not an important characteristic of the physical layer?

 A. Electrical
 B. Logical
 C. Mechanical
 D. All of the choices
49. What is the typical separation between the two conductors in a parallel wire line?
 A. 0.001 to 0.01 m
 B. 200 to 500 mm
 C. 0.635 to 15.24 cm
 D. 2.5 to 5 in.
50. In t-carrier system, t3 has a bit rate of
 A. 560.160 Mbps
 B. 44.376 Mbps
 C. 44.736 Mbps
 D. 560.106 Mbps
51. In radio signal emission designation, the fifth symbol means
 A. Details of signals
 B. Type of information transmitted
 C. Nature of multiplexing
 D. Nature of signal modulating the main carrier
52. What is the channel spacing for SITOR frequencies?
 A. 500 Hz
 B. 170 Hz
 C. 300 Hz
 D. 3 kHz
53. Which of the following is the new name of CCITT?
 A. ITU-T
 B. ITU-R
 C. ITU-S
 D. ITU-D
54. Which of the following frequencies is normally used for distress and safety
communications?
 A. 4209.5 kHz
 B. 490 kHz
 C. 518 kHz
 D. 2174.5 kHz
55. What is the difference between available power and power budget?
 A. Power margin
 B. Extra power
 C. Fade margin
 D. System gain
56. A matched termination in which the electromagnetic energy is absorbed by water.
 A. Maximum power transfer

 B. Load
 C. Load water
 D. Basin
57. What do you call the electrical conduction in a photosensitive material which is not
exposed to radiation?
 A. Dark conductance
 B. Pure conductance
 C. Black out
 D. Super conductance
58. How many sidebands are present in the J3E mode?
 A. Two sidebands and a carrier

 B. One upper sideband
 C. One lower sideband
 D. Two carriers and one sideband
59. A component that samples the microwave signal travelling in one direction down to the
transmission line
 A. Isolator
 B. Combiner
 C. Directional coupler
 D. Attenuator
60. What does OMB stand for?
 A. Optical media board

 B. Organization of medical biologist
 C. Optical medium board
 D. Optimum main board
61. A test method of comparing two audio systems by switching inputs so that the same
recording is heard in rapid succession over one given system and then the other.
 A. B test
 B. A test
 C. AB test
 D. C test
62. And ITU-T specification code that deals with the telephone circuits.
 A. X series
 B. T series
 C. V series
 D. I series
63. What digital carrier transmits a digital signal at 274.176 Mbps?
 A. T1
 B. T3
 C. T2
 D. T4
64. What signal-to-noise ratio is required for satisfactory television reception?
 A. 10 dB
 B. 30 dB
 C. 40 dB
 D. 20 dB
65. How many telephone channels are there in AT 2 line?
 A. 50
 B. 90
 C. 83
 D. 96
66. What optical source radiates light uniformly in all directions?
 A. Isotropic source
 B. Lambertian source
 C. Voltage source
 D. Ideal source
67. What is the spectrum of stereophonic FM signal?
 A. 19 to 38 kHz
 B. 30 to 53 kHz
 C. 59.5 to 74.5 kHz
 D. 88 to 108 MHz
68. What is the required quality factor for an SSB filter with the following data: center
frequency = 1 MHz, the desired attenuation level of the unwanted sideband = 80 dB and the
separation between sidebands = 200 Hz?
 A. 1,250
 B. 12,500
 C. 125,000
 D. 25,000
69. What do you call the reflection of a part of incident light at the interface of two media
that have different refractive indices?
 A. Snell’s reflection
 B. Fresnel reflection
 C. Lambertian reflection
 D. Huygen’s reflection
70. Which conference in the ITU-structure does the telecommunication standardization

bureau report?
 A. World telecommunication standardization conference

 B. ITU-development sector
 C. Radio regulation board
 D. The secretary general
71. What region around a broadcasting transmitter in which satisfactory reception of

broadcasting signal is not obtained?
 A. Fringe area
 B. Primary are
 C. Secondary area
 D. Tertiary area
72. What do you call the random noise seen on radar display screen?
 A. Impulse noise
 B. Atmospheric noise
 C. Grass
 D. Johnson noise
73. Which of the following antennas receives signals equally well from all directions in a
horizontal plane?
 A. Hetz antenna
 B. Vertical Marconi antenna
 C. Yagi antenna
 D. Helical antenna
74. Where is the brightness control located in a TV?
 A. The audio section

 B. The video section
 C. The grid-cathode circuit
 D. The front panel
75. What is the term used in telephony and telegraphy for irregular disturbing radiation due
to various causes and in a particular produced by arc transmitters causing a rushing sound
in receiving telephones?
 A. Fax tone
 B. Mush
 C. Hiss
 D. Crosstalk
76. What device in a waveguide system used for stopping or diverting electromagnetic wave
as desired?
 A. Mechanical switch
 B. Electric switch
 C. Push-button switch
 D. Waveguide switch
77. What is the maximum power that can be obtained from a microwave tube at 10 GHz?
 A. 500 W
 B. 10 W
 C. 50 W
 D. 20 W
78. What do you call a cable consisting of twisted pairs of conductors, each separately
insulated?
 A. Microstrip line
 B. Strip line
 C. Quad
 D. Coaxial cable
79. What mixer type has the lowest spurious signals?
 A. Double-balanced
 B. Single-balanced
 C. Super-heterodyner
 D. Heterodyner
80. What are the electromagnetic radiations of wavelengths less than 300 angstroms?
 A. X-rays
 B. Ultraviolet rays
 C. Infrared
 D. Microwaves
81. What is known as the alignment of the three color guns to a common point?
 A. Confetti
 B. Divergence
 C. Convergence
 D. Synchronization
82. What is the department order that governs commercial radio operator?
 A. Department Order No. 5

 B. Department Order No. 23
 C. Department Order No. 88
 D. Department Order No. 44
83. The computer which initiates information transfer
 A. Master
 B. Station
 C. Slave
 D. Mainframe
84. Which of the following antennas require good grounding?
 A. Yagi antenna
 B. Hertz antenna
 C. Marconi antenna
 D. Isotropic antenna
85. Which circuit detects frequency modulated signal?
 A. Modulator
 B. Discriminator
 C. Demodulator
 D. Modem
86. What synchronization is provided so that the start and end of message is identified?
 A. Carrier
 B. Character
 C. Bit
 D. Clock
87. A form of regenerative repeater for transmitting signals over a long cable received
through a relay in a clearer form.
 A. Active generator
 B. Active repeater
 C. Interpolator
 D. Audio generator
88. What is the minimum propagation delay of a geostationary satellite?
 A. 278 ms
 B. 239 ms
 C. 300 ms
 D. 600 ms
89. In measuring crosstalk using dBx unit the reference power is
 A. 1 mW
 B. 1 W
 C. 1 pW
 D. 6 mW
90. A spot on the sun’s visible surface where the magnetic flux lines converge?
 A. Sunspot
 B. Filament
 C. Solar spot
 D. Prominence
91. ______ is a slow moving large mass of plasma on the sun’s surface.
 A. Filament
 B. Solar flare
 C. Prominence
 D. Proton flare
92. ______ is slow moving “cord-like” mass of plasma across the sun’s surface.
 A. Filament
 B. Solar flare
 C. Prominence
 D. Solar spot
93. At what particular wavelength is solar flux measured?
 A. 10.7 mm band
 B. 10.7 m band
 C. 10.7 cm band
 D. 10.7 nm band
94. What is the approximate intensity of the magnetic field at the earth’s surface?
 A. 32,000 nT
 B. 62,000 nT
 C. 32,000 µT
 D. 62,000 µT
95. What is the intensity of the magnetic field at the earth’s north pole?
 A. 32,000 nT
 B. 62,000 nT
 C. 32,000 µT
 D. 62,000 µT
96. What do you call a satellite weighing less than 1 kg?
 A. Nanosat
 B. Picosat
 C. Femtosat
 D. Microsat
97. The first creature in space was carried by which of the following spacecrafts in
November 3, 1957?
 A. Sputnik 1
 B. Sputnik 3
 C. Sputnik 2
 D. Explorer 1
98. The wireless evolution is achieved through the GSM family of wireless technology
platforms which include but except one of the following. Which one is NOT a member of the
GSM family?
 A. GSM
 B. EDGE
 C. GPRS
 D. CDMA
99. Which of the following is an enhancement of GSM including the GPRS?
 A. 1G
 B. 2.5G
 C. 2G
 D. 3G
100. A low power, short range wireless technology designed to provide a replacement for
serial cables is called ______.
 A. WAP
 B. GPRS
 C. Bluetooth
 D. EDGE

Board – Answers
1. WAP
2. Impulse noise
3. 0.38 db
4. 20%
5. 70 MHz
6. X modem
7. Spacing bias distortion
8. 317 W
9. GPRS
10. COW
11. A variable LC oscillator with metered feedback current
12. Two or more antennas operating on the same frequency
13. Video detector
14. 258
15. In the nonlinear region
16. 64 kbps
17. 3 kHz
18. 50 dB
19. R3E
20. 30 MHz
21. Cathode end of the helix
22. Antenna directivity
23. 14
24. A3J
25. Free space
26. Loudness
27. 15
28. Homing
29. The amount of radiation received from the sun
30. The noise floor of the receiver
31. 1000 Hz
32. Poor front-end selectivity
33. VHF
34. H bend
35. 1.25 MHz
36. Horizontal
37. Zone of silence
38. 20 %
39. STX
40. Wow
41. When 60% of the capital is owned by Filipino citizens
42. Logatom
43. Because their power is increased by class C amplifiers
44. 1361.25 W
45. ITU-W
46. Neutralization
47. PLL
48. Logical
49. 0.635 to 15.24 cm
50. 44.736 Mbps
51. Nature of multiplexing
52. 500 Hz
53. ITU-T
54. 2174.5 kHz
55. Power margin
56. Load water
57. Dark conductance
58. One upper sideband
59. Directional coupler
60. Optical media board
61. AB test
62. V series
63. T4
64. 40 dB
65. 96
66. Lambertian source
67. 30 to 53 kHz
68. 125,000
69. Fresnel reflection
70. World telecommunication standardization conference
71. Fringe area
72. Grass
73. Vertical Marconi antenna
74. The audio section
75. Mush
76. Waveguide switch
77. 10 W
78. Quad
79. Double-balanced
80. X-rays
81. Convergence
82. Department Order No. 5
83. Master
84. Marconi antenna
85. Discriminator
86. Character
87. Interpolator
88. 239 ms
89. 1 pW
90. Sunspot
91. Prominence
92. Filament
93. 10.7 cm band
94. 32,000 nT
95. 62,000 nT
96. Picosat
97. Sputnik 2
98. CDMA
99. 2.5G
100. Bluetooth

Pre-Board
1. (ECE Board Problem, November 2001)
“Compulsory interconnection”
 a.) EO 59
 b.) EO 546
 c.) EO 109
 d.) Act 3846

A single measuring circuit having a resistor if 10 kΩ is connected in series with a 0.5 μF
capacitor. What is affective bandwidth?
 a.) 50 kHz
 b.) 5 Hz
 c.) 50 Hz
 d.) 500 Hz
3. (ECE Board Problem, April 1999)

An aircraft deviation measured by an ILS localizer.
 a.) Altitude
 b.) Ground Speed
 c.) Vertical
 d.) Horizontal

In order to have a maximum power transfer, what must be the relation of the input circuit
impedance?
 a.) Equal Impedance

 b.) Infinity
 c.) Zero
 d.) Less Than

The ratio of the speed of the light in vacuum to the speed of the light in a material.
 a.) Index of Refraction

 b.) Dielectric Constant
 c.) Velocity Factor
 d.) Permittivity

What is the radiation pattern of a half – wave dipole?
 a.) Doughnut Shape

 b.) Bi-Directional
 c.) Unidirectional
 d.) Omnidirectional

It is produced when an object travels faster than the speed of sound.
 a.) Shock Wave

 b.) Ultrasound
 c.) Sonic Wave
 d.) Light Wave

The time used for reference for determining the capacity of accepting calls for telephone
system.
 a.) 12 MN
 b.) High Usage Hour
 c.) 12NN
 d.) Low Usage Hour

The term used for deafness of higher frequencies due to old age.
 a.) Ear Deafness

 b.) Cortial Deafness
 c.) Tinnitus
 d.) Presbycusis

Single side band emission is most frequently used in what frequency band?
 a.) LF
 b.) HF
 c.) MF
 d.) VLF

A device that converts voice to data.
 a.) Vocoder
 b.) Covoder
 c.) Modern
 d.) Repeater

A microwave device which permits signal only in one direction.
 a.) RF Emitter
 b.) Capacitor
 c.) Varactor and triac
 d.) Ferrite Isolator

A very small band of frequency that is used to protect interference of adjacent frequency.
 a.) Guard
 b.) Carrier
 c.) Modulating
 d.) Tolerance

It is a communication system operation where the receiving station controls the effective
data transmission rate at the sending station.
 a.) Pacing
 b.) Polling
 c.) Handshaking
 d.) Contention

Where is the AGC in the IF amplifier derived?
 a.) Mixer
 b.) Rf Amplifier
 c.) Detector
 d.) Local Oscillator

What is the voltage in a line, open terminated at the end, quarter-wavelength from the
termination?
 a.) Minimum
 b.) Maximum
 c.) The same
 d.) Increasing

What is the cellular system used in Europe?
 a.) GSM
 b.) TACS
 c.) AMPS
 d.) NMT

Satellite revolution in the same direction as the earth's rotation.
 a.) Retrograde
 b.) Accelerated
 c.) Deccelerated
 d.) Posigrade

What is meant by the term radiation resistance of an antenna?
 a.) The resistance in the trap coils to received signal.

 b.) An equipment resistance that would dissipate the same amount of power as that
 c.) The specific impedance of an antenna.
 d.) Losses in the antenna elements and feed line.

How do you connect two digital terminal equipment (DTE) in the absence of a modem?
 a.) Line Bridging.

 b.) Direct connection with the use of a null modem.
 c.) Sharing of line.
 d.) Using a router.

__________ demodulates an FM signal.
 a.) Frequency Discriminator

 b.) Frequency Multiplier
 c.) Diode Detector
 d.) IF Amplifier

The effect of multi mode propagation caused the rays leaving the fiber to interfere
constructively and destructively as they leave the end of the fiber, this effect is called
________.
 a.) multi mode Interference

 b.) Modal Delay Spreading
 c.) multi mode Effect
 d.) Single Modal Effect

What is the maximum number of lines for any building other than a one or two story
residential building to be required a service entrance facility under ECE building code?
 a.) Two Lines

 b.) Five Lines
 c.) Three Lines
 d.) Not Required

Which of the following is not part of the audio frequency section of the radio transmitter?
 a.) AF Voltage
 b.) Microphone
 c.) Master Oscillator
 d.) AF power Amplifier

Which of the following solution will you prescribed to a telegraph transmitter power supply to
avert a chirp?
 a.) Resonate power supply filters.

 b.) Decrease the voltage of power supply.
 c.) Regulate the power supply voltage
 d.) Decrease current output.

What is the term for the ratio of actual velocity at which a signal travels through a line to the
speed of light in a vacuum?
 a.) Surge Impedance

 b.) Characteristics Impedance
 c.) Standing Wave Ratio
 d.) Velocity Factor

Which part of the HF marine antenna safety link is intended to be broken during the unusual
movement of the ship?
 a.) Halkyard
 b.) Weak Part
 c.) Mainmast
 d.) Foremast

A PCM has a 30 kHz sampling frequency. What is the maximum input frequency?
 a.) 15 kHz
 b.) 60 kHz
 c.) 45 kHz
 d.) 30 kHz

What is the capture effect?
 a.) The weak signal received is the only demodulated signal.

 b.) All signals on a frequency are demodulated by an AM receiver.
 c.) All signals on a frequency are demodulated by an AM receiver.
 d.) The loudest signal received is the only demodulated signal.
Which of the following microwave antenna is normally used when obtaining an omni –
directional radiation requirement?
 a.) Grid Type

 b.) Whip
 c.) Bicone
 d.) Parabolic

What is being measured in RADAR theory to complete the determination of a distance to a
target or an object, after a high radio frequency signal is transmitted to a target?
 a.) Transmission time from the source to target.

 b.) Transmission time from target back to source.
 c.) Echo time of the object to the source.
 d.) Complete signal transmission from source and back.

What is the radio horizon distance between a 150 ft. transmitting station and a 70 ft.
receiving station?
 a.) 82.46 mi
 b.) 82.46 km
 c.) 29.15 km
 d.) 29.15 mi

Telephone channel has a band-pass characteristics occupying the frequency range of
_____.
 a.) 300 – 2700 Hz

 b.) 300 – 3400 Hz
 c.) 300 – 3000 Hz
 d.) 300 – 400 Hz

This the Nordic analogue mobile radio telephone system originally used in Scandinavia.
 a.) NMT
 b.) GSM
 c.) PCN
 d.) PCS

When a signal bandwidth of a TV broadcast over the radio is lessen, using a technique that
limits a picture frequency, this is referred to as ________.
 a.) Video Control

 b.) Interlaced Scanning
 c.) Demodulation
 d.) Line Scanning

These are bend of light wavelengths that are too short to be seen by the human eye.
 a.) Visible
 b.) Amber
 c.) Infrared
 d.) Ultraviolet

How does the length of the director element of a parasitic element beam antenna compare
with that of the driven element?
 a.) It is about 5% longer.

 b.) It is one-half as long.
 c.) It is twice as long.
 d.) It is about 5% shorter.

Refers to the numeric ratio relating to the radiated signal strength of an antenna to that of
another antenna.
 a.) Antenna Loss

 b.) Antenna Gain
 c.) Antenna Bandwidth
 d.) Antenna Efficiency

What will happen if there is a great mismatch between the load and the source?
 a.) High SWR

 b.) Low SWR
 c.) Medium SWR
 d.) SWR of 1

What is used to connect a computer if it is far from the host?
 a.) Modem
 b.) AVR
 c.) Waveguide
 d.) Transponder

Range of frequency that an antenna will perform well.
 a.) Antenna Bandwidth

 b.) Antenna Beamwidth
 c.) Antenna Efficiency
 d.) Antenna Directivity

What is the fastest memory of a computer?
 a.) RAM
 b.) Cache
 c.) Magnetic Disk
 d.) Magnetic Tape

What composes the electromagnetic waves?
 a.) Electric and Magnetic Field

 b.) Acoustic and Water Wave
 c.) Current and Voltage
 d.) Pressure and Frequency

One of the characteristics of an early facsimile machine which electromechanical device.
 a.) Receive start/stop bits to synchronize.

 b.) Using heat that would burn the image into heat.
 c.) Using tubes to amplify the signal.
 d.) Using fire to heat the thermal paper.

What is the cable requirement for one or two-storey building that has more than five
telephone lines?
 a.) Service Entrance

 b.) Service Cable
 c.) Building Cable
 d.) Residential Cable
A transmission line consisting of center conductor, a plastic insulation, a fine wire braid
shield and outer plastic insulation as a jacket.
 a.) coaxial cable

 b.) twin cable
 c.) wave guide
 d.) twisted pair

The executive branch of government in-charge of policy making in telecommunication.
 a.) National Telecommunication Commission

 b.) Telecommunication Control Bureau
 c.) Department of Transportation and Communication
 d.) Bureau of Communication

What is the dBSPL of an auditorium with contemporary music?
 a.) 95 – 100 dB
 b.) 40 – 50 dB
 c.) 50 – 60 dB
 d.) 70 – 80 dB

What is the symbol designated for a frequency modulated carrier for a single telephony
transmission?
 a.) F3E
 b.) F3F
 c.) G3F
 d.) G3E

The layer that is responsible for sky wave propagation and the highest layer?
 a.) D
 b.) F2
 c.) A
 d.) E

Process of impressing lower intelligent frequency to higher frequency.
 a.) modulation
 b.) detection
 c.) multiplexing
 d.) scrambling

Find the suitable ground plane for a frequency of 220 MHz.
 a.) 0.5 m
 b.) 0.24 m
 c.) 0.34 m
 d.) 1.2 m

The term used for the mechanism RADAR searching for an object.
 a.) scanning
 b.) tracing
 c.) lobing
 d.) nodding
 a.) variable capacitance

 b.) variable resistance
 c.) variable inductance
 d.) piezoelectric effect

What do you call the telephone system connecting residence and business establishments?
 a.) Public Telephone System

 b.) Pay Phone System
 c.) Private Network System
 d.) Touch Tone System

In Broadcasting, an area characterized to have no interference but wit fading or intermittent
variations in intensity is _______.
 a.) Primary Service Area

 b.) Intermediate Service Area
 c.) Tertiary Service Area
 d.) Secondary Service Area
Information capacity is proportional.
 a.) bandwidth
 b.) noise
 c.) power
 d.) flux

What is the number of lines per field in an NTSC TV?
 a.) 525
 b.) 262.5
 c.) 625
 d.) 312.5

It refers to the time required for a signal to complete one cycle.
 a.) Wavelength
 b.) Frequency
 c.) Amplitude
 d.) Period

What happens when the separation between two conductors having the same diameter
decreases?
 a.) The characteristic impedance decreases.

 b.) The characteristic impedance increases,
 c.) The characteristic impedance does not change.
 d.) Cannot be determined

The government entity that regulates the cable television industry in the Philippines.
 a.) Executive Commission

 b.) House of Representatives
 c.) NTC
 d.) DOTC

A modulation which is amplitude modulated that consist of recurrent pulses.
 a.) PAM
 b.) PWM
 c.) PPM
 d.) AM

Which of the following consist of two of the three primary colors in television signal? a.) red,
b) violet,c) yellow, and d) blue.
 a.) a and b
 b.) b and c
 c.) c and d
 d.) a and d

Which of the navigational equipment which utilizes the principle of RADAR but is use in
underwater?
 a.) TACAN
 b.) SONAR
 c.) TASI
 d.) RADAR

How can cross – modulation in a receiver be reduced?
 a.) Adjust the pass band tuning.

 b.) Increase RF amplifier gain and decrease AF amplifier gain
 c.) Installing a filter at the receiver
 d.) Using a better antenna

The circuit that convert signal in order that it can be fed to the medium suitable for
transmission.
 a.) Modulator
 b.) Mixer
 c.) Receiver
 d.) Transmitter

A type of Class C amplifier which has 1 to 10 times the gain of input used to generate
frequency multiple of the fundamental frequency.
 a.) Frequency Generator

 b.) Frequency Multiplier
 c.) Frequency Amplifier
 d.) Frequency Divider

The definition of modulation index:
 a.) The radio of deviation frequency and modulating

 b.) The ratio of the maximum deviation frequency and maximum modulating
frequency
 c.) The ratio of actual deviation to the maximum deviation
 d.) The ratio of the maximum deviation to the actual deviation

One of the following can be best attained by a trap antenna in radio communication?
 a.) Increase transmitter gain

 b.) Directionality
 c.) Effective filter to noise signal
 d.) Multi frequency band operation

When we talk of the study of acoustics, a sound is considered _____wave.
 a.) Circular
 b.) Light
 c.) Laser
 d.) Longitudinal

One of the major components required under the global maritime distress and safety
system.
 a.) Provision of Morse code

 b.) Provision of radio telegraph operator
 c.) Provision of facsimile
 d.) Provision of radio personnel

A resultant effect in launching a satellite from the earth caused by both forward motion away
from the earth that produces inertia tending the satellite to travel in straight line upwards
and the gravitational pull towards the earth is referred to as _______.
 a.) Centripetal acceleration

 b.) Gravity
 c.) Weight of satellite
 d.) Satellite Speed

A RADAR set receiver has normally a ________ mixer stage.
 a.) Tunnel diode

 b.) FET
 c.) Class A
 d.) Silicon Crystal

Refers to a connector that normally connects RG – 213 coaxial cable to an HF transceiver.
 a.) N-type Cable

 b.) F-type Cable
 c.) PL-259
 d.) BNC

Which of the following refers to the bandwidth of optical fiber?
 a.) 1 Hz – 30,000 Hz
 b.) 1 kHz – 300 kHz
 c.) 1MHz – 300 MHz
 d.) 1MHz – 500MHz

How many commissioners does the National Telecommunications Commission have?
 a.) 1
 b.) 5
 c.) 3
 d.) 2

Which one is referred to the reduction of receiver gain caused by strong signal from nearby
transmission of adjacent frequency?
 a.) Intermodulation
 b.) Quieting
 c.) Fading
 d.) Desensitizing

Transmission of information through a communication modem is intended to transmit digital
information over which of the following type of communication medium?
 a.) Digital
 b.) Hybrid
 c.) Radio
 d.) Analog

Determine from the following an advantage using a trap antenna.
 a.) It has directivity in the high frequency bands.

 b.) Can be used for multiband operation.
 c.) Minimizes harmonic radiation.
 d.) Has high gain.

What do you call a circuit in PCM wherein the instantaneous sinusoidal wave is regular
sample and converted to a discrete amplitude levels?
 a.) analog to digital converter

 b.) sample and hold
 c.) modem
 d.) multiplexer

Determine from the following, possible cause for a slow drift of frequency in self-excited
transmitter oscillator circuits resulting to poor frequency stability.
 a.) Faulty capacitors, resistors, tubes or transistors.

 b.) Loose shielding.
 c.) Heating in the oscillator device causing a change in electrical characteristics.
 d.) Loose connections in the oscillator, amplifier or antenna circuits.

Which of the following penalty is provided under the existing telecommunications law,
should an international carrier unable to comply with its obligation to provide local exchange
service in un-served and underserved areas within three years from grant of authority?
 a.) Financial penalty in accordance with existing schedules.

 b.) Cancellation of its authority.
 c.) Given one year to comply.
 d.) Given two years to comply.

In basic transmitter such as CW transmission, the rounding off of square wave emission will
reduce________.
 a.) Reach
 b.) Voltage
 c.) Bandwidth
 d.) Transmitter power

Refers to one possible cause for an abrupt frequency variation in a self-excited transmitter
oscillator circuits resulting to a poor frequency stability to hold a constant oscillation.
 a.) Poor soldered connections.

 b.) Heating of capacitor in the oscillator.
 c.) DC and RF ac heating of resistors, which cause change in values.
 d.) Aging which cause change condition in parts characteristics.

Which of the following is referred to the SYN character of ASCII code?
 a.) 32H
 b.) 16H
 c.) 64H
 d.) 8H

In a basic radio transmitter, what is the main disadvantage of a single-tube transmitter?
 a.) Frequency Instability

 b.) Non-portable
 c.) Heating Effect
 d.) Bulky

One of the following is considered the largest source of signal power loss in the use of fiber
optic as a communication medium such as due to misalignment.
 a.) Bending
 b.) Scattering
 c.) Connection
 d.) Absorption

Statement, which best describe a mixing process in radio communication.
 a.) Process of eliminating noise through phase differentiation.
 b.) Producing sum and difference of two frequencies from a combination of two
signals.
 c.) Processing of eliminating noise through phase comparison.
 d.) Combination of two signals to form three or more output signals.

What is the input impedance equivalent of an open-ended transmission line which is longer
than a quarter wavelength?
 a.) Open equivalent

 b.) Equivalent to reactive circuit
 c.) As resistive equivalent
 d.) As pure inductor

How would you isolate data communications faults in a basic error determination
technique?
 a.) Test each cards.

 b.) Simulate the loop.
 c.) Test each repeater.
 d.) Carry out loopback test.

Which of the following describes its system services control point, logical units and physical
units as network addressable units in a data network?
 a.) Digital Network Architecture

 b.) Internetworking
 c.) Interconnection Point
 d.) System Network Architecture

A telecommunications law that deregulates the paging services in the country.
 a.) E. O. 125
 b.) Act 3846
 c.) Act 3396
 d.) R.A. 7925

What refers to breaking up the data into blocks with some bounded size?
 a.) Framing
 b.) Segmentation
 c.) Encapsulation
 d.) Packing

What is the apogee of a geosynchronous satellite’s temporary orbit before be placed in the
geosynchronous orbit?
 a.) 50,000 mi
 b.) 40,000 mi
 c.) 22,300 mi
 d.) 30,000 mi

A device used in television broadcast that prevents any FM signal from entering into the
visual transmitter and vice versa.
 a.) Duplexer
 b.) Mixer
 c.) Diplexer
 d.) Synchronizer

A sound intensity that could cause painful sensation in the human ear.
 a.) Threshold of Sense

 b.) Threshold of Pain
 c.) Hearing Threshold
 d.) Sensation Intensity

What is the first symbol of radio signal emission having an amplitude modulated main
carrier single sideband suppressed carrier?
 a.) C
 b.) A
 c.) J
 d.) H

What us the baseband frequency of standard FDM basic super group?
 a.) 300 to 600 kHz

 b.) 312 to 552 kHz
 c.) 60 to 2540 kHz
 d.) 60 to 180 kHz

Very High (radio) Frequency in the spectrum refers to _______ waves.
 a.) Centimetric
 b.) Hectometric
 c.) Kilometric
 d.) Metric

What wave trap frequency is used in the video amplifier?
 a.) 39.75 MHz

 b.) 41.25 MHz
 c.) 4.5 MHz
 d.) 47.25 MHz

Board – Answers
1. a.) EO 59
2. c.) 50 Hz
3. d.) Horizontal
4. d.) Horizontal
5. a.) Index of Refraction
6. a.) Doughnut Shape
7. a.) Shock Wave
8. b.) High Usage Hour
9. d.) Presbycusis
10. b.) HF
11. a.) Vocoder
12. d.) Ferrite Isolator
13. a.) Guard
14. a.) Pacing
15. c.) Detector
16. a.) Minimum
17. a.) GSM
18. d.) Posigrade
19. b.) An equipment resistance that would dissipate the same amount of power as that
20. b.) Direct connection with the use of a null modem.
21. a.) Frequency Discriminator
22. b.) Modal Delay Spreading
23. c.) Three Lines
24. c.) Master Oscillator
25. c.) Regulate the power supply voltage
26. d.) Velocity Factor
27. b.) Weak Part
28. a.) 15 kHz
29. d.) The loudest signal received is the only demodulated signal.
30. c.) Bicone
31. c.) Echo time of the object to the source.
32. d.) 29.15 mi
33. b.) 300 – 3400 Hz
34. a.) NMT
35. b.) Interlaced Scanning
36. d.) Ultraviolet
37. d.) It is about 5% shorter.
38. b.) Antenna Gain
39. a.) High SWR
40. a.) Modem
41. a.) Antenna Bandwidth
42. b.) Cache
43. a.) Electric and Magnetic Field
44. b.) Using heat that would burn the image into heat.
45. a.) Service Entrance
46. a.) coaxial cable
47. a.) National Telecommunication Commission
48. a.) 95 – 100 dB
49. a.) F3E
50. b.) F2
51. a.) modulation
52. c.) 0.34 m
53. a.) scanning
54. b.) variable resistance
55. a.) Public Telephone System
56. d.) Secondary Service Area
57. a.) bandwidth
58. b.) 262.5
59. d.) Period
60. a.) The characteristic impedance decreases.
61. c.) NTC
62. a.) PAM
63. b.) b and c
64. b.) SONAR
65. c.) Installing a filter at the receiver
66. d.) Transmitter
67. b.) Frequency Multiplier
68. a.) The radio of deviation frequency and modulating
69. d.) Multi frequency band operation
70. d.) Longitudinal
71. b.) Provision of radio telegraph operator
72. a.) Centripetal acceleration
73. d.) Silicon Crystal
74. c.) PL-259
75. d.) 1MHz – 500MHz
76. a.) 1
77. d.) Desensitizing
78. d.) Analog
79. b.) Can be used for multiband operation.
80. b.) sample and hold
81. c.) Heating in the oscillator device causing a change in electrical characteristics.
82. b.) Cancellation of its authority.
83. c.) Bandwidth
84. a.) Poor soldered connections.
85. b.) 16H
86. d.) Bulky
87. c.) Connection
88. b.) Producing sum and difference of two frequencies from a combination of two signals.
89. d.) As pure inductor
90. d.) Carry out loopback test.
91. d.) System Network Architecture
92. d.) R.A. 7925
93. b.) Segmentation
94. c.) 22,300 mi
95. c.) Diplexer
96. b.) Threshold of Pain
97. c.) J
98. b.) 312 to 552 kHz
99. d.) Metric
100. c.) 4.5 MHz

Pre-Board
Which of the following best described the primary source of errors in the transmission of
data over telephone networks?
 a.) Thermal Noise

 b.) Crosstalk
 c.) Impulse Noise
 d.) Intermodulation

Which part of the HF marine antenna handles the broken safety link, in case it results
collision, grounding or storm?
 a.) The lead-in.

 b.) The foremast.
 c.) The strong part.
 d.) The halyard.

A reduction in receiver sensitivity caused by unwanted high-level adjacent channel signals.
 a.) Intermodulation
 b.) Overloading
 c.) Interference
 d.) Desensitizing

Which of the following system uses frequency band 870-890 MHz as a transmit band of its
base station?
 a.) Total Access Communication System (TACS)

 b.) Nordic Mobile Telephone (NMT)
 c.) Public Mobile System (PMS)
 d.) Advance Mobile Phone Services (AMPS)

Refers to a mobile earth station in the mobile-satellite service located on board ship.
 a.) Mobile Station

 b.) Ship Station
 c.) Ship Earth Station
 d.) Mobile Satellite Station

What is the electric field strength in millivolts per meter if the transmitted power is 30kW, at
a distance of 5km?
 a.) 120 mV/m

 b.) 190 mV/m
 c.) 150 mV/m
 d.) 30 mV/m
Frequency band where Total Access Communication System is allocated.
 a.) 86-869 MHz; 821-824 MHz

 b.) 870-890 MHz; 825-845 MHz
 c.) 851-866 MHz; 806-821 MHz
 d.) 935-960 MHz; 890-915 MHz

Which of the following is used as a standard channel spacing for AM broadcast in the
Philippines?
 a.) 25 kHz
 b.) 12.5 kHz
 c.) 40 kHz
 d.) 9 kHz

What is the frequency separation between the aural carrier and the lower limits of the total
channel band of a monochrome TV broadcast?
 a.) 1.25 MHz

 b.) 4.5 MHz
 c.) 3.0 MHz
 d.) 5.75 MHz

Which satellite transponder has the most number of mixers?
 a.) Regenerative
 b.) Broadband
 c.) Double-Conversion
 d.) Channelized

An advantage of fiber optic co-axial cable as a result of coupling signals from one to the
other due to changing magnetic field in one or both.
 a.) Feedback
 b.) Crosstalk
 c.) Electric Hazard
 d.) Shielding

How can even-order harmonics be reduced or prevented in transmitter amplifier design?
 a.) By using a push-push amplifier

 b.) By using push-pull amplifier
 c.) By operating Class C
 d.) By operating Class AB

With which emission type is the capture effect most pronounced?
 a.) FM
 b.) SSB
 c.) AM
 d.) CW

What is the term used to refer to the reception blockage of one FM-phone signal by another
FM-phone signal?
 a.) Desensitization
 b.) Cross-modulation Interference
 c.) Capture Effect
 d.) Frequency Discrimination

What is the primary purpose of an RF amplifier in a receiver?
 a.) To provide most of the receiver gain.

 b.) To develop the AGC voltage.
 c.) To improve the receiver’s noise figure.
 d.) To vary\ the receiver image rejection by utilizing the AGC.

What is the product of the power fed to the antenna and its power gain?
 a.) Antenna Power

 b.) ERP
 c.) PEP
 d.) Peak Power

What is the reason why Hertz antenna is not normally used to radio station or receiver or
transmitter antenna that has frequency below 2MHz?
 a.) The antenna receives more inter-modulation signal.

 b.) The antenna receive side becomes non-receptive.
 c.) The antenna will be physically very small.
 d.) The antenna will be physically very large.

In the study of transmission cable, twin lead is also referred to as________.
 a.) Twisted pair

 b.) Double cable
 c.) Ribbon cable
 d.) Open pair

In an open architecture concept of data communication, one of the following is not a
function of a control layer.
 a.) Fault correction

 b.) Congestion control
 c.) Fault detection
 d.) Integrity of data

What are the two legislative function of the International Telecommunications Union in its
international conference issues on orbital resources?
 a.) Assign frequencies and organizes conferences.

 b.) Allocates frequency bands for the services and determine the principle of
distribution of orbit/spectrum resources.
 c.) Determine the principles of spectrum distribution and assignment of frequencies.
 d.) Conduct conferences and allocation of orbital slot.

What transmission medium is capable of carrying up to 10Gbps capacity?
 a.) Twisted pair

 b.) Optical fiber
 c.) Coax
 d.) Microwave link

What is the controlling node of a star topology system?
 a.) Modem
 b.) Codec
 c.) Hub
 d.) ADC

What is the most efficient topology used by small business organization?
 a.) Mesh
 b.) Star
 c.) Bus
 d.) Ring

Which of the following network topology has the fastest speed?
 a.) Star
 b.) Ring
 c.) Bus
 d.) Mesh

The latest and most advanced equipment in data communications is a/an___________.
 a.) Amplifier
 b.) Simulator
 c.) Protocol analyzer
 d.) Spectrum analyzer

Which has the highest priority in radio telephone communication?
 a.) Distress
 b.) Safety
 c.) Urgency
 d.) Roger

In satellite communications, what is the frequency of the V-band?
 a.) 27-40 GHz

 b.) 4-8 GHz
 c.) 8-12GHz
 d.) 40-75 GHz

What is meant by the term antenna gain?
 a.) The numerical ratio relating the radiated signal strength of an antenna to that of
another antenna.
 b.) The ratio of the signal in the forward direction to the signal in the back direction.
 c.) The ratio of the amount of power to produce by the antenna compared to the
output power of the transmitter.
 d.) The final amplifier gain minus the transmission line losses.

What is an advantage using a trap antenna?
 a.) It has antenna gain

 b.) It minimizes harmonic radiation
 c.) It has high directivity in the high frequency bands
 d.) It may be used for multiband operations

What is the wavelength of a shorted stub used to absorb even harmonics?
 a.) 0.5 wavelength

 b.) 1/3 wavelength
 c.) 0.25 wavelength
 d.) 1/8 wavelength

Who coined the term fiber optics?
 a.) Hansell
 b.) Hopkins
 c.) N.S. Kapany
 d.) Van heel

How does the length of the reflector element of a parasitic beam antenna compare with that
of a driven element?
 a.) It is about 5% longer.

 b.) It is about 5% shorter
 c.) It is twice as long
 d.) It is one-half as long

In a half wave antenna, where are the current nodes?
 a.) At the ends

 b.) At the center
 c.) One-half of the way from the feed point toward the end.
 d.) Three-quarters of the way from the feed point toward the end.

Why is a loading coil often used with an HF mobile antenna?
 a.) To improve reception

 b.) To lower the losses
 c.) To lower the Q.
 d.) To tune out the capacitive resistance.

What is a frequency discriminator?
 a.) A circuit for detecting FM signals

 b.) A circuit for filtering two closely adjacent signals.
 c.) An automatic band switching circuit.
 d.) An FM generator.

What is the period of a wave?
 a.) The time required to complete one cycle.

 b.) The number of degrees in one cycle.
 c.) The number of zero crossing in one cycle.
 d.) The amplitude of the wave.

The implementing guidelines on international satellite communications is___________.
 a.) EO 467
 b.) EO 846
 c.) DO 11
 d.) DO 88

What was implemented in 1999 which has the purpose of aiding the maritime navigation
using satellite as well as advanced terrestrial communication system?
 a.) GMDSS
 b.) AMPS
 c.) GLONASS
 d.) NAVSTAR

Which of the following is not a DTE?
 a.) Telephone set

 b.) Computer
 c.) Bridge
 d.) Printer

What is the transmission of data through a different time slots?
 a.) TDM
 b.) FDM
 c.) WDM
 d.) CDM

What is the parameter that affects the computation of image frequency?
 a.) Q
 b.) fLO
 c.) fIF
 d.) D

Which of the following could not be observed in a microwave communications?
 a.) LOS
 b.) Wide BW
 c.) Better Signal Penetration
 d.) Directional Antenna

The service area where the signal is subject to fading with no objectionable interference.
 a.) Primary service area

 b.) Secondary service area
 c.) Intermittent service area
 d.) Quarternary service area

By examining the following antenna type, determine which is properly terminated?
 a.) Non-resonant Type

 b.) Half-wave Dipole
 c.) Whip antenna Type
 d.) Resonant Type

What is the third letter symbol in the emission designation for telemetry?
 a.) F
 b.) B
 c.) D
 d.) N

What is the frequency tolerance of FM broadcasting?
 a.) 25 kHz
 b.) 20 kHz
 c.) 2 kHz
 d.) 30 kHz

Which of the following is commonly used search engine?
 a.) .edu
 b.) www
 c.) .org
 d.) Excite

When the electric field is perpendicular to the surface of the earth, what is the polarization of
the electromagnetic wave?
 a.) Vertical
 b.) Horizontal
 c.) Circular
 d.) Elliptical

What is the deviation ratio of an FM signal if the maximum allowable deviation is 12 kHz
and the maximum intelligence frequency is 4 kHz?
 a.) 3
 b.) 48
 c.) 2/3
 d.) 1/3

What is the typical satellite communications bandwidth?
 a.) 20 MHz
 b.) 30 MHz
 c.) 40 MHz
 d.) 500 MHz

The following are not used in radio communications, except________.
 a.) Infrared
 b.) Cosmic
 c.) X-ray
 d.) Gamma

A modem which can be used to send data and fax.
 a.) Bell 212A

 b.) ARQ
 c.) Fax modem
 d.) Data modem

What is the output of a balanced modulator.
 a.) SSB
 b.) DSB
 c.) ISB
 d.) VSB

An emission technique where the total current will be twice as much when the modulation
index is doubled.
 a.) J3E
 b.) H3E
 c.) A3E
 d.) R3E

Which of the following uses frequency modulator circuit?
 a.) A3E
 b.) F3E
 c.) H3E
 d.) R3E

What is used to display harmonics and fundamental frequency?
 a.) Oscilloscope
 b.) Spectrum Analyzer
 c.) Wattmeter
 d.) Ohmmeter

What is the free space loss, in dB, of a microwave system when the frequency is 6 GHz at
40km apart?
 a.) 170 dB
 b.) 150 dB
 c.) 160 dB
 d.) 140 dB

When the signal becomes weak, the base will request the MTSO to find another site.
 a.) Roaming
 b.) Hand-off
 c.) Frequency Re-use
 d.) Cell splitting

What is the interference between the switching office and the mobile unit.
 a.) Cell sites

 b.) MTSO
 c.) Microwave link
 d.) Base station

Which is not an omni-directional antenna?
 a.) Vertical folded dipole

 b.) Discone
 c.) Rhombic
 d.) Marconi

Which satellite band is affected by VHF signals?
 a.) L
 b.) C
 c.) P
 d.) Ku

What is produced by over-modulation in AM?
 a.) Sidebands
 b.) Jitter
 c.) Glitch
 d.) Spurious Signal

_____ is the process of sending out the information in all directions.
 a.) Navigation
 b.) Broadcasting
 c.) Acoustics
 d.) Telemetry

How do you increase the electrical length of an antenna?
 a.) Add an inductor in parallel

 b.) Add an inductor in series
 c.) Add a capacitor in series
 d.) Add a resistor in series.

What is the usual electrical length of a driven element in HF beam antenna?
 a.) ¼ wavelength
 b.) ½ wavelength
 c.) ¾ wavelength
 d.) 1 wavelength

What is the point in the satellite as it crosses the equator?
 a.) Apogee
 b.) Node
 c.) Perigee
 d.) Orbit

Direct Distance Dialing is________.
 a.) Private line

 b.) Public line
 c.) Lease line
 d.) Dial-up

A path wherein a satellite crosses in the equator heading south.
 a.) Ascending node

 b.) Descending node
 c.) Orbital
 d.) Polar

In what frequency band does 4-6 GHz fall in the satellite communications?
 a.) C-Band
 b.) L-Band
 c.) X-band
 d.) K-band

A computer network found in the same building.
 a.) Local area network

 b.) Wide area network
 c.) Metropolitan area network
 d.) PLL

Which of the following antenna feedline can easily be buried underground for a distance
without adverse effects?
 a.) Waveguide
 b.) Twisted pair
 c.) Coaxial cable
 d.) Twin lead

In the study of wave propagation, a condition at which zero absorption of radio waves is
describe as__________.
 a.) Zero reflection medium

 b.) Neutral medium
 c.) Free space medium
 d.) Non-active medium

Which of the following in the radio emission designation refers to the first symbol?
 a.) Nature of signal modulating the main carrier

 b.) Type of modulation of the main carrier
 c.) Emission bandwidth
 d.) Type of information

The process of exchanging predetermine codes and signals in telecommunications between
two data terminals to establish a connection is called.
 a.) Hands-off
 b.) Polling
 c.) Handshake
 d.) Demodulation

It is an electronic instrument which can be referred to as a miniature radio transmitter and
can be made to generate signals at any desired frequency, normally it is used for test
purposes.
 a.) Volt-ohm milliammeter

 b.) Signal generator
 c.) Oscilloscope
 d.) Wavemeter

A network interconnection facility which is used to interconnect networks whose
architectures are entirely different is called________.
 a.) Bridge
 b.) Router
 c.) Gateway
 d.) Repeater

Type of multi-channel transmission in the optic fiber communication that uses a twisted pair
coupler to transmit two signals of different wavelengths.
 a.) Frequency-division multiplexing

 b.) Forward-division multiplexing
 c.) Pulse-code multiplexing
 d.) Time-division multiplexing

These are the rules in data communications intended for establishing data links and
message interpretation.
 a.) Mode
 b.) EIA Rules
 c.) CCIR Rules
 d.) Protocol

A radio station in mobile service intended to be used while in motion or during halts at
unspecified points.
 a.) Maritime radio station

 b.) Land mobile station
 c.) Mobile station
 d.) Mobile earth station

What is the advantage on the TV receiver audio by employing FM audio and AM video on
the television transmitter?
 a.) FM receiver rejects static noise

 b.) FM receiver is basically insensitive to amplitude modulation
 c.) FM receiver is basically insensitive to amplitude modulation
 d.) FM receiver is clear over AM.

What does the elastic store refereed to in the time division multiplex system used in fiber
optic?
 a.) Amplifier
 b.) Holding memory
 c.) Reflector
 d.) Timer

What are the two general categories of methods for generating emission F3E?
 a.) The only way to produce an emission F3E signal is with a reactance modulator
on the oscillator.
 b.) The only way to produce an emission F3E signal is with a balanced modulator on
the oscillator.
 c.) The only way to produce an emission F3E signal is with a balanced modulator on
the audio amplifier.
 d.) The only way to produce an emission F3E signal is with a reactance modulator
on the final amplifier.

Pressure us measured in terms of Pascal, microbar, or__________.
 a.) Newtons
 b.) Newtons per meter
 c.) Newtons per meter squared
 d.) Pascal per meter squared

What is the function of the network layer in the computer communications?
 a.) Parity control

 b.) Direction control
 c.) Congestion control
 d.) Error control

Which of the following limits the top speed of transmitting information in fiber optic?
 a.) Noise
 b.) Detector speed
 c.) Time domain
 d.) Refractor index

A mobile telephone system which uses an analogue cellular radio standard which was
superseded by Advanced Mobile Phone System in the U.S.
 a.) TDMA
 b.) IMTS
 c.) CDMA
 d.) D-AMPS

Satellite that rotates around the earth in a low altitude elliptical or circular pattern.
 a.) Geosynchronous Satellite

 b.) Prograde
 c.) Nonsynchronous satellite
 d.) Apogee

One of the following processes or system best describe an example of a pilot tone system
normally use in commercial broadcast FM stations.
 a.) Time division

 b.) Frequency division
 c.) Stereo multiplex
 d.) QSK

What is the main reason why coaxial cable is not used in microwave signal transmission?
 a.) Wide bandwidth

 b.) Number of repeaters
 c.) Low impedance
 d.) High attenuation

Refers to a characteristic of a multimode fiber optic.
 a.) Cladding thickness is less than the radius of the core and diameter of the core
must be greater than the wavelength of the light to be carried.
 b.) Cladding thickness is greater than the radius of the core and the diameter of the
core must be lesser than the wavelength of the light to be carried.
 c.) Cladding thickness is less than the radius of the core and the diameter of the core
must be lesser than the wavelength of the light to be carried.
 d.) Cladding thickness is greater than the radius of the core and the diameter of the
core must be much greater than the wavelength of the light to be carried.

Two or more LAN linked together over the wide geographical area.
 a) HAN
 b) WAN
 c) MAN
 d) RAN

A process of sending data in computing technology by asking each remote computer
terminal one at a time if such computer terminal has data to send.
 a) Selection
 b) Networking
 c) Polling
 d) Coding

What is the primary purpose of an RF amplifier in receiver?
 a) To vary the receiver image rejection by utilizing the AGC.

 b) To provide the most receiver gain.
 c) To develop the AGC voltage.
 d) To improve the receiver’s noise figure.

Why are fiber optic cables considered less expensive compared to coaxial cables in
communication system?
 a) Coaxial is very expensive than fiber optic.

 b) Due to weight.
 c) Installation cost of coaxial.
 d) Use of less repeaters.

Refers to as a linkage by wire, radio, satellite or other means, of two or more
telecommunications carrier or operators with one another for the purpose of allowing or
enabling the subscriber of one carrier or operator to access or reach the subscribers of the
other carrier or operator.
 a) Interconnection
 b) Toll patching
 c) Gateway
 d) Outside plant sharing

In order to have an effective radio antenna the design of its radiator must have a minimum
length equivalent to________.
 a) Λ/10
 b) Λ/4
 c) Λ/14
 d) Λ/6

Referred as the forward link channel of the cellular duplex system.
 a) Cell to Cell
 b) Mobile to Mobile unit
 c) Mobile to Cell unit
 d) Cell to Mobile unit

Method of a telecommunications operation where transmission can be made simultaneously
in both direction of a channel.
 a) Semi-duplex Operation
 b) Duplex Operation
 c) Half-duplex Operation
 d) Simplex Operation

Which symbol in radio signal emission designation is referred to type of modulation of the
main carrier?
 a) Second
 b) Fourth
 c) Third
 d) First

What type of emission is produced when an amplitude-modulated transmitter is modulated
by a facsimile signal?
 a. A3F
 b. F3
 c. A3C
 d. F3F

Board – Answers
1. c.) Impulse Noise
2. c.) The strong part.
3. d.) Desensitizing
4. d.) Advance Mobile Phone Services (AMPS)
5. c.) Ship Earth Station
6. b.) 190 mV/m
7. d.) 935-960 MHz; 890-915 MHz
8. d.) 9 kHz
9. b.) 4.5 MHz
10. c.) Double-Conversion
11. b.) Crosstalk
12. b.) By using push-pull amplifier
13. a.) FM
14. b.) Cross-modulation Interference
15. c.) To improve the receiver’s noise figure.
16. b.) ERP
17. d.) The antenna will be physically very large.
18. c.) Ribbon cable
19. d.) Integrity of data
20. b.) Allocates frequency bands for the services and determine the principle of distribution
of orbit/spectrum resources
21. b.) Optical fiber
22. c.) Hub
23. c.) Bus
24. d.) Mesh
25. c.) Protocol analyzer
26. a.) Distress
27. d.) 40-75 GHz
28. a.) The numerical ratio relating the radiated signal strength of an antenna to that of
another antenna.
29. d.) It may be used for multiband operations
30. c.) 0.25 wavelength
31. c.) N.S. Kapany
32. a.) It is about 5% longer.
33. a.) At the ends
34. d.) To tune out the capacitive resistance.
35. a.) A circuit for detecting FM signals
36. a.) The time required to complete one cycle.
37. a.) EO 467
38. a.) GMDSS
39. c.) Bridge
40. a.) TDM
41. c.) fIF
42. c.) Better Signal Penetration
43. b.) Secondary service area
44. a.) Non-resonant Type
45. c.) D
46. c.) 2 kHz
47. d.) Excite
48. a.) Vertical
49. a.) 3
50. d.) 500 MHz
51. a.) Infrared
52. c.) Fax modem
53. b.) DSB
54. a.) J3E
55. b.) F3E
56. b.) Spectrum Analyzer
57. d.) 140 dB
58. b.) Hand-off
59. b.) MTSO
60. c.) Rhombic
61. c.) P
62. d.) Spurious Signal
63. b.) Broadcasting
64. b.) Add an inductor in series
65. b.) ½ wavelength
66. b.) Node
67. d.) Dial-up
68. b.) Descending node
69. a.) C-Band
70. a.) Local area network
71. c.) Coaxial cable
72. c.) Free space medium
73. b.) Type of modulation of the main carrier
74. c.) Handshake
75. b.) Signal generator
76. c.) Gateway
77. a.) Frequency-division multiplexing
78. d.) Protocol
79. d.) Mobile earth station
80. b.) FM receiver is basically insensitive to amplitude modulation
81. b.) Holding memory
82. a.) The only way to produce an emission F3E signal is with a reactance modulator on
the oscillator.
83. c.) Newtons per meter squared
84. c.) Congestion control
85. b.) Detector speed
86. b.) IMTS
87. c.) Nonsynchronous satellite
88. c.) Stereo multiplex
89. d.) High attenuation
90. d.) Cladding thickness is greater than the radius of the core and the diameter of the core
must be much greater than the wavelength of the light to be carried.
91. b) WAN
92. c) Polling
93. d) To improve the receiver’s noise figure.
94. d) Use of less repeaters.
95. a) Interconnection
96. b) Λ/4
97. d) Cell to Mobile unit
98. b) Duplex Operation
99. d) First
100. c. A3C

Pre-Board
A point in the satellite orbit known to be the closest location to the surface of the earth.
 a) Zenith
 b) Perigee
 c) Apogee
 d) Azimuth

Determine from the following the common use of DSB in broadcast and telecommunication.
 a) Satellite Communication
 b) FM/TV Stereo
 c) Two-Way Communication
 d) Telephone System

Determine the image frequency of a broadcast band receiver using a 455 kHz IF tuned to
630 kHz-DZMM.
 a) 1085 kHz
 b) 1530 kHz
 c) 1540 kHz
 d) 1715 kHz

A phenomenon which causes the speed of light rays propagation in the fiber material
changes, as it passes through different medium in the fiber.
 a) Bending
 b) Refraction
 c) Diffraction
 d) Reflection

An electronic equipment used in the radio communication to measure standing wave ratio.
 a) Radio meter
 b) Reflectometer
 c) Oscilloscope
 d) Wave Meter

Referred as an effect of parasitic elements in an antenna system.
 a) Decrease its directivity

 b) Makes the antenna omni directional
 c) Makes the antenna isotropic
 d) Increase its directivity

Radio wave concentration in the direction of the signal emitted by a directional antenna.
 a) Side lobe radiation

 b) Major lobe radiation
 c) Back lobe radiation
 d) Transmitted signal

What is the main principle used by ITU in determining the distribution of the orbit/ spectrum
resources?
 a) Depending on the geographical boundary of a nation

 b) Efficient use and equitable access.
 c) Depending on a national sovereignty declaration
 d) Equal distribution

What quarter-wave transformer will match a 600Ω transmission line to an antenna whose
value is 70 Ω?
 a.) 205 Ω
 b.) 502 Ω
 c.) 600 Ω
 d.) 75 Ω

Let us consider a frequency range of 405.0125 MHz to 405.0875 MHz and a 25 kHz
channeling plan, determine the center frequency of the second channel from the lower limit.
 a.) 405.050 MHz

 b.) 405.0125 MHz
 c.) 405.025 MHz
 d.) 405.011 MHz

What is the reason why 5/8-whip vertical antenna is of advantage than quarter wave vertical
whip antenna?
 a.) Less interference

 b.) Can handle high power signal
 c.) More gain
 d.) Flexible

Why is it that almost all switching type integrated data communication circuits are called
digital?
 a.) They are mostly on/off devices.

 b.) They process digital information
 c.) They are small type
 d.) They are integrated circuits.

Which of the following shall be complied by an international ship pursuant to the global
maritime distress and safety system implemented last 1999?
 a.) A facsimile
 b.) A radio personnel
 c.) A Morse code
 d.) A radio telegraph operator

Bit rate of a telecommunications carrier T2.
 a.) 7.312 Mb/s

 b.) 7.318 Mb/s
 c.) 6.511 Mb/s
 d.) 6.312 Mb/s

In propagation of radio signals through an aerial at what angle does not magnetic field is
positioned with reference to the direction of propagation.
 a.) 180
 b.) 90
 c.) 0
 d.) 45

What is the frequency separation between the visual carrier and the upper limits of its total
channel bandwidth of a monochrome TV broadcast?
 a.) 4.5 MHz

 b.) 4.75 MHz
 c.) 3.0 MHz
 d.) 1.25 MHz

In radio communications, the term trap antenna is referred to in one of the following
statements.
 a.) Antenna with wide beam width

 b.) Those antennas with high rejecting capability to interfering signals.
 c.) Those antenna with long coverage in terms of distance
 d.) Antenna which can be used on more than one band due to the use of parallel LC
networks.

What is the range of an AM broadcast frequency tolerance above or below its assigned
frequency?
 a.) 25kHz
 b.) 20 Hz
 c.) 60 kHz
 d.) 120 kHz

Which part of the housing system in ECE code is a circular opening through the floor
structure to allow the passage of cable and wire.
 a.) Insert
 b.) Sleeve
 c.) Raceway
 d.) Slot

What is the length of a simple quarter wave antenna using a VHF frequency of 150.55
MHz?
 a.) 0.98 ft.

 b.) 1.24 ft.
 c.) 1.80 ft.
 d.) 1.55 ft.

In the study of acoustics, the velocity of sound is dependent to one of the following.
 a.) Temperature
 b.) Loudness
 c.) Source of sound
 d.) Properties of the medium

Which of the following is not considered as one of the causes for the loss of signal power as
light travels through a fiber optic?
 a.) Scattering
 b.) Intermodulation
 c.) Fiber bending
 d.) Absorption

Referred to as a light source of fiber optic, which supplies power level of 5 to 7 mW and
having a narrow spectrum of emission.
 a.) Injection laser diode

 b.) Photodiode
 c.) Light emitting diode
 d.) Crystal diode

A digital mobile telephone system, which is called European derivative of Global System for
Mobile Communication System operating at a higher frequency band.
 a.) E-TACS
 b.) IMTS
 c.) DCS-1800
 d.) TACS

Communication through the use of a modem is transmission of__________ data
information in ____________ medium.
 a.) Analog, analog

 b.) Analog, digital
 c.) Digital, analog
 d.) Digital, digital

What type of emission is produced when amplitude modulated transmitter is modulated by a
television signal?
 a.) A3F
 b.) F3C
 c.) F3F
 d.) A3C

A term, used in radio communication defining the frequency band from the lowest to its
highest limits, designed to be passed through a component, system or a device with an
acceptable attenuation.
 a.) Allocated band

 b.) Baseband
 c.) Bandwidth
 d.) Transmitted signal

Which body in the present ITU structure took the place of CCITT?
 a.) ITU-R
 b.) ITU-D
 c.) ITU-T
 d.) RAG

What is the frequency range of VLF?
 a.) 10-10 kHz

 b.) 30-300 kHz
 c.) 300-3000 kHz
 d.) 3-30 kHz

What is a wave front?
 a.) A voltage pulse in a conductor
 b.) A current pulse in the conductor
 c.) A voltage pulse across a resistor
 d.) A fixed point in an electromagnetic wave

How would you best describe an example of a pilot tone system use in commercial
frequency modulation broadcast radio stations?
 a.) Frequency simplex

 b.) Time division
 c.) Stereo multiplex
 d.) QSK

Kind of broadcasting system where television programs are transmitted directly to
home/user receivers via satellite, thus making the reception cover not only individuals in
their homes but other places as well.
 a.) Pay TV
 b.) Direct to Home TV
 c.) Cable TV
 d.) VHF TV

In telecommunication, what do we call the difference in the voltage level between a driver
and a terminator?
 a.) System gain

 b.) Noise margin
 c.) System loss
 d.) Noise difference

Why is parallel transfer method in data transmission faster then serial?
 a.) Wider channel bandwidth

 b.) Bits are transferred simultaneously
 c.) Bits are lighter in parallel
 d.) Due to faster changes in symbol

Radio frequency where waveguide is not used extensively.
 a.) 3,750 MHz

 b.) 2,000 MHz
 c.) 10,300 MHz
 d.) 150 MHz

One of the following central office switching equipment resistance limit refers to the longest
subscriber loop length.
 a.) 1500 Ω
 b.) 300 Ω
 c.) 2000 Ω
 d.) 800 Ω

A particular area on the surface of the earth where the boresight of a steerable satellite
beam is intended to be pointed.
 a.) Footprint area

 b.) Contour boresight area
 c.) Equivalent service area
 d.) Effective boresight area

Kind of information transfer in digital communication where the bits comprising one
character are sent in sequence one at a time.
 a.) Parallel transmission

 b.) Batch transmission
 c.) Simplex transmission
 d.) Serial transmission

Which of the following antenna where its beamwidth is determine by the dimension of its
horn, lens or reflector?
 a.) Whip antenna

 b.) Aperiodic antenna
 c.) Aperture antenna
 d.) Long wire antenna

In a transoceanic satellite conversation, how much is the typical delay before a reply is
heard?
 a.) 200 ms.

 b.) 900 ms.
 c.) 50 ms.
 d.) 600 ms.

Position of the maritime ship main antenna, when the radio watch is secured or when the
ship is in electrical storm.
 a.) AA
 b.) Main Transmitter
 c.) Grounded
 d.) HF

Best applies to an optical fiber core.
 a.) The same refractive index with the cladding

 b.) A higher refractive index than the cladding
 c.) A lower refractive index than the cladding
 d.) A lower refractive index than air

What measure will help you adopt on the antenna system of VHF or UHF mobile
transceivers that has very low height antenna?
 a.) Increase transmitter to antenna cable

 b.) Use directional antenna
 c.) Check grounding system
 d.) Provide loading coil

How do you account the effect of light intensity on the refractive index of a fiber optic?
 a.) Decrease
 b.) Stable
 c.) Increase
 d.) Decrease by half

Refers to major advantage in the selection of a guided tube.
 a.) Durability
 b.) Low cost
 c.) Accuracy
 d.) High power
This is the terminal where riser cable pairs are terminated to serve a portion or an entire
floor of a building.
 a.) Floor terminal distribution area

 b.) Raceway terminal
 c.) Floor distribution terminal
 d.) Riser terminal

This referred to a condition in a telephone network where the calling party cannot get
connected to the party being called.
 a.) Disconnection
 b.) Open network
 c.) Blocked call
 d.) Loss call

In data transmission technology, signals such as voice or video are binary transmitted over
a cable known as_________.
 a.) Video signals

 b.) Cable signals
 c.) Baseband signals
 d.) Audio signals

In satellite communications where satellite revolves in an orbit that forms a plane passing
through the center of gravity of the earth, this center is called___________.
 a.) Geocenter
 b.) Earth center
 c.) Plane center
 d.) Center of gravity

In television, the color with the most luminance is ________________.
 a.) Blue
 b.) Green
 c.) Yellow
 d.) Red

What do you call the dissipated power affecting the antenna efficiency caused by arching
effect in high-powered transmitters?
 a.) Dissipated power

 b.) Antenna resistance
 c.) Corona discharge
 d.) Antenna loss

What is the process in radio communication where information or intelligence signal at a
lower frequency is put unto higher radio frequency for transmission to receiving station?
 a.) Detection
 b.) Mixing
 c.) Modulation
 d.) Demodulation

An inductor that is inserted in an antenna element or transmission line for the purpose of
producing a resonant system at specific.
 a.) Reflector
 b.) Traps
 c.) Loading coil
 d.) Base loading

Satellite orbit around the earth are either, a) all are circular, b) all are elliptical, c) they are
either circular or elliptical and d) none of these three.
 a.) D
 b.) B
 c.) C
 d.) A

What is the main reason why television picture signal uses amplitude modulation, while
voice is frequency modulated?
 a.) Maintain the power signal at received end.

 b.) Eliminate attenuation of both video and audio
 c.) Maintain synchronized scanning between transmit and received video.
 d.) To minimize interference between signals at received end

Which of the following is referred to as a disadvantage of using squelch circuit?
 a.) Effect of AGC is reduced for strong signals.

 b.) Receiver sensitivity is reduced for strong signals.
 c.) Very weak signals might not be received.
 d.) Receiver selectivity is reduced for strong signals.

How does spatial isolation technique in satellite communications avoid interference?
 a.) Use of different polarity antennas.

 b.) Use of different types of antenna.
 c.) Employment of highly directional spot-beam
 d.) Use of low gain antenna

A parameter of light beam that do not change quantity when it enters one medium from
another.
 a.) Intensity
 b.) Penetration
 c.) Frequency
 d.) Wavelength

How far is the visual carrier from the aural in the monochrome television broadcast channel
have?
 a.) 1.5 MHz

 b.) 3 MHz
 c.) 4.5 MHz
 d.) 1.25 MHz

An order signed by former President F. Ramos last March 1998 providing the national policy
in the operation and use of international satellite communication in the Philippines
 a.) Executive Order 3846

 b.) Executive Order 59
 c.) Executive Order 456
 d.) Executive Order 467

Where does the Secretary General in the organizational structure of present ITU report?
 a.) WTSG
 b.) TDAB
 c.) WRC
 d.) Council

In wire communication system using fiber optic, the packing fraction is related to one of the
following statement when referred to fiber optic bundle.
 a.) Ratio of the total fiber radius, to the sum of the fiber optic bundle radius.
 b.) Ratio of half of the total fiber radius, to the sum of the fiber optic bundle radius.
 c.) Ratio of half-sectional area of the fiber optic bundle, to the cross-sectional area of
the core
 d.) Ratio of the total cross-sectional area to the total cross-sectional area of the fiber
bundle

Determine the local oscillator frequency of a broadcast band receiver using a 455 kHz IF
and is tuned at 630 kHz.
 a.) 175 kHz

 b.) 1085 kHz
 c.) 280 kHz
 d.) 1530 kHz

One of the following is not a probable cause of radiating spurious signal from basic
transmitter.
 a.) Harmonics
 b.) Regulated supply
 c.) Internal heating
 d.) Parasitic

What is the purpose of the two Yagi beam antenna on a VHF TV receiver?
 a.) Used to receiver VHF and UHF stations.

 b.) For receiving low and high band stations.
 c.) To increase selectivity
 d.) To increase sensitivity on both hands.

What is the noise that is develop in the RF amplifier front end of a TV receiver, which is
indicated by a white dot in the picture?
 a.) Inter carrier
 b.) Black
 c.) Snow
 d.) IF

Region in the atmosphere where ducting occurs?
 a.) Ground region

 b.) Stratosphere
 c.) Ionosphere
 d.) Troposphere

Who issues an authority to install, operate, and maintain a cable television or render a
television service within a specified area in the country?
 a.) Department of Transportation and Communication.

 b.) Board of Communication
 c.) Congress of the Philippines
 d.) National Telecommunications Communication

What is the source of sidebands in frequency modulation?
 a.) Oscillator
 b.) Baseband Frequency
 c.) Mixer
 d.) Carrier Harmonics

Which of the very thin layers of the tube’s front surface of the vidicon TV camera located at
the middle layer and possess very high resistance when dark, while it reduces greatly when
struck by photons of light?
 a.) Transparent Conductive Film

 b.) Photoresistive Layer
 c.) Photo Inductive Lens
 d.) Photosensitive Layer

One of the following refers to the standard frequency band limits of AM broadcast band?
 a.) 30-300 MHz

 b.) 88-108 MHz
 c.) 3-30 MHz
 d.) 535-1605 kHz

In a cable facilities for a building communications service,________ is referred to as the
physical cable within a building or series of buildings which may include both main cable
pairs and house cable pairs but not station wiring cable?
 a.) Entrance cable

 b.) Floor distribution cable
 c.) House cable
 d.) Building cable

What is the range of the lower sideband of an amplitude modulated signal whose carrier is
1.5 MHz and the intelligence component is 50 Hz to 20 kHz?
 a.) 1.550 MHz to 1.700 MHz

 b.) 1,499.980 kHz to 2,520.00 kHz
 c.) 1.48 MHz to 1.4995 MHz
 d.) 1,500.980 kHz to 2,480.00 kHz

A stage in cellular communications where voice channel is assigned to link up a call
connection after a mobile or network originated a call.
 a.) Call termination

 b.) Call completion
 c.) Call connection
 d.) Call drops

How many satellites does not the GPS system consists?
 a.) 12 satellites
 b.) 3 satellites
 c.) 24 satellites
 d.) 60 satellites

Ratio of radiation resistance to the total resistance on an antenna?
 a.) Antenna gain

 b.) Antenna sensitivity
 c.) Antenna efficiency
 d.) Antenna ratio

What is the frequency of an LED at 1.9eV?
 a.) 645 GHz

 b.) 459 GHz
 c.) 458 THz
 d.) 337 THz

One of the characteristics of a fiber optic used in order to carry light in several modes of
propagation or to become a multimode fiber.
 a.) Diameter of the core must be equal to the wavelength of the light to be carried.
 b.) Diameter of the core must be very much greater than the wavelength of the light
to be carried.
 c.) Diameter of the core must be very small compared to the wavelength of light to
be carried.
 d.) Diameter of the core must be much half the wavelength of the light to be carried.

One of the following is a communications filter generally used in the transceiver of a single
sideband generator.
 a.) Low-pass filter

 b.) Crystal filter
 c.) Bandpass filter
 d.) Mechanical filter

In computer communications, the term RS-232C is referred to as__________.
 a.) Analog connection standard

 b.) Serial interference standard
 c.) Digital connection standard
 d.) Parallel port standard

Board – Answers
1. b) Perigee
2. b) FM/TV Stereo
3. c) 1540 kHz
4. b) Refraction
5. b) Reflectometer
6. d) Increase its directivity
7. b) Major lobe radiation
8. b) Efficient use and equitable access.
9. a.) 205 Ω
10. a.) 405.050 MHz
11. b.) Can handle high power signal
12. b.) They process digital information
13. d.) A radio telegraph operator
14. d.) 6.312 Mb/s
15. b.) 90
16. b.) 4.75 MHz
17. d.) Antenna which can be used on more than one band due to the use of parallel LC
networks.
18. b.) 20 Hz
19. b.) Sleeve
20. d.) 1.55 ft.
21. d.) Properties of the medium
22. b.) Intermodulation
23. a.) Injection laser diode
24. c.) DCS-1800
25. c.) Digital, analog
26. a.) A3F
27. c.) Bandwidth
28. c.) ITU-T
29. d.) 3-30 kHz
30. d.) A fixed point in an electromagnetic wave
31. c.) Stereo multiplex
32. b.) Direct to Home TV
33. b.) Noise margin
34. b.) Bits are transferred simultaneously
35. d.) 150 MHz
36. c.) 2000 Ω
37. d.) Effective boresight area
38. d.) Serial transmission
39. c.) Aperture antenna
40. d.) 600 ms.
41. c.) Grounded
42. b.) A higher refractive index than the cladding
43. d.) Provide loading coil
44. c.) Increase
45. d.) High power
46. d.) Riser terminal
47. c.) Blocked call
48. c.) Baseband signals
49. a.) Geocenter
50. c.) Yellow
51. c.) Corona discharge
52. c.) Modulation
53. c.) Loading coil
54. c.) C
55. d.) To minimize interference between signals at received end
56. c.) Very weak signals might not be received.
57. c.) Employment of highly directional spot-beam
58. c.) Frequency
59. c.) 4.5 MHz
60. d.) Executive Order 467
61. d.) Council
62. d.) Ratio of the total cross-sectional area to the total cross-sectional area of the fiber
bundle
63. b.) 1085 kHz
64. b.) Regulated supply
65. b.) For receiving low and high band stations.
66. c.) Snow
67. d.) Troposphere
68. d.) National Telecommunications Communication
69. d.) Carrier Harmonics
70. b.) Photoresistive Layer
71. d.) 535-1605 kHz
72. d.) Building cable
73. c.) 1.48 MHz to 1.4995 MHz
74. b.) Call completion
75. c.) 24 satellites
76. c.) Antenna efficiency
77. c.) 458 THz
78. b.) Diameter of the core must be very much greater than the wavelength of the light to
be carried.
79. d.) Mechanical filter
80. b.) Serial interference standard

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Series of Communications Engineering Exams: ECE Pre-Board

Communications Engineering Mastery Test 1: ECE Pre-

2. ECE Board Exam March 1996

3. ECE Board Exam March 1996

4. ECE Board Exam March 1996

5. ECE Board Exam March 1996

6. ECE Board Exam March 1996

7. ECE Board Exam March 1996

 A. greater amplification for low signal levels

8. ECE Board Exam March 1996

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10. ECE Board Exam March 1996

12. ECE Board Exam March 1996

13. ECE Board Exam March 1996

 A. effective isotropic refracted power

14. ECE Board Exam March 1996

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17. ECE Board Exam March 1996

18. ECE Board Exam March 1996

19. ECE Board Exam March 1996

20. ECE Board Exam March 1996

21. ECE Board Exam March 1996

 A. Aid in the reception of weak voice-modulated signals

22. ECE Board Exam March 1996

23. ECE Board Exam March 1996

24. ECE Board Exam March 1996

 A. frequency of the received signal

25. ECE Board Exam March 1996

 A. telephone company rules required them

26. ECE Board Exam March 1996

27. ECE Board Exam March 1996

28. ECE Board Exam March 1996

 A. Fiber optic equipment

29. ECE Board Exam March 1996

 A. pulse duration modulation

30. ECE Board Exam March 1996

31. ECE Board Exam March 1996

33. ECE Board Exam March 1996

 A. pilot carrier system

34. ECE Board Exam March 1996

35. ECE Board Exam March 1996

 A. dBm (disturbing pair) minus dBm (disturbed pair)

36. ECE Board Exam March 1996

37. ECE Board Exam March 1996

38. ECE Board Exam March 1996

39. ECE Board Exam March 1996

 A. the pulse height are different

40. ECE Board Exam March 1996

41. ECE Board Exam March 1996

42. ECE Board Exam March 1996

43. ECE Board Exam March 1996

44. ECE Board Exam March 1996

45. ECE Board Exam March 1996

 A. eight bits per character

46. ECE Board Exam March 1996

47. ECE Board Exam March 1996

49. ECE Board Exam March 1996

 A. To overcome fluctuations in the level the RF signal arriving at the receiver

50. ECE Board Exam March 1996

 A. bearing and distance indication

51. ECE Board Exam March 1996

52. ECE Board Exam March 1996

53. ECE Board Exam March 1996