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OBJECTIVE TYPE:
1. Who pioneered the principle of
single-sideband, suppressed carrier
transmission?
A. John Carson
B. Clarence Moore
C. Russ Hall
D. Arthur Clark
2. The lower the receivers noise figure
becomes, the greater will be the
receivers ________.
A. Stability
B. Selectivity
C. Sensitivity
D. Fidelity
3. A 20-V carrier signal is amplitudemodulated by 80% by a single
frequency tone. What will be the
minimum value of the wave form
envelope?
A. 36 V
B. 16 V
C. 4 V
D. 1.6 V

4. The bandwidth of an amplitudemodulated waveform is _____.

A. Directly proportional to the
modulating frequency
B. Directly proportional to the
modulating index
C. Directly proportional to the
modulating voltage
D. Directly proportional to the carrier
frequency
5. What us the term used for the decibel
difference between the largest
tolerable receiver input signal & the
minimum descernoble signal?
A. stability
B. design parameter
C. noise figure
D. dynamics
6. Peak envelope power is used to
express power for which type of
transmission?

A.
B.
C.
D.

SSBCR
SSBRC
DSBSC
DSB

7. The carrier power is _____ of the total

transmitted power in a J3E emission.
A. 0%
B. 66.67%
C. 50%
D. 100%
8. What is the overall bandwidth of 2
double tuned amplifiers tuned to 1
MHz with optimum coupling of 0.03?
A. 30 kHz
B. 24.07 kHz
C. 37.4 kHz
D. 15.76
9. In a superheterodyne receiver with
AGC, as the strength of the signal
increases, the AGC __________.
A. Reduces the receiver gain
B. Increase the receiver gain

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C. Distorts the signal

D. Introduces limiting
10. Which is a device adapted in 1939 as
the industry standard of program level
measurement?
A. S-meter
B. VU meter
C. Voltmeter
D. digital
11. Who discovered AM & made the first
successful amplitude-modulated
transmission of voice?
A. Edwin Armstrong
B. Reginald Fessender
C. Charles Herrold
D. Lew Wetsel
12. Poor stability in the receiver usually
originates in the ______.
A. RF amplifier
B. Mixer
C. Detector
D. Local oscillator and power supply

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13. The total sideband power is what

percentage of the total power
transmitted at 50% modulation?
A. 12.5%
B. 11.11%
C. 66.67%
D. 50%

16. If a radio receiver but cannot separate

a number of stations, it is said to be
____.
A. Unstable
B. Unselective
C. unmodulated
D. insentive

14. Which of the following component

is not present in an amplitudemodulated waveform?
A. Carrier + modulating signal
frequency
B. Carrier - modulating signal
frequency
C. Carrier frequency
D. Modulating frequency signal

17.Which of the following is not a

system for producing AM stereo?
A. Magnavox
B. Kahn
C. Marconi
D. Motorola

15. A carrier signal has a maximum

amplitude swing of 20 V when no
modulation occurs & increase to 30 V
modulation is present. What is the
percentage of modulation?
A. 20%
B. 33.33%
C. 50%
D. 100%

18.What do you call the area or

population which does not receive an
interference-free primary service from
an authorized AM station.
A. Black area
B. Scatter area
C. White area
D. Diffraction area
19.Which of the following should be
done to increase the selectivity of a
superheterodyne receiver?

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A. Using a crystal filter in the IF

stages
B. Increasing the voltage applied to
the IF stages
C. Reducing the number of IF stages
D. Using the higher frequency for the
IF
20.A 100-W standard transmitter is
modulated by three signals to 30%,
40%, 50%, respectively. What is the
total transmitted power?
A. 125W
B. 135W
C. 155W
D. 160W
21.How much is the total power in one
sideband of an AM waveform if a
10Kw carrier is modulated at 60%?
A. 0.9 Kw
B. 1.5 kW
C. 1.8 kW
D. 3 kW
22.The total transmitted power of a
certain AM wave is 5 kW, if the

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carrier power is increased twice as

much while retaining the modulation
index, the total power transmitted will
be _________.
A. the same
B. one-half as much
C. twice as much
D. four times as much
23.Nearly all of the present-day
communications receivers are of what
type?
A. Tuned radio frequency (TFR)
B. Autodyne
C. Direct conversion
D. Superheterodyne
24. In commercial AM broadcasting,
which are considered to be critical
hours?
A. 2 hours after local sunrise & 2
hours after local sunset
B. 2 hours before local sunrise & 2
hours before local sunset
C. 2 hours before local sunrise & 2
hours after local sunset

D. 2 hours after local sunrise &

2hours before local sunset
25.Which channel permits only one
dominant AM station to operate
during nighttime hours to provide
service to a wide area?
A. Clear channel
B. Regional Channel
C. Immediate Channel
D. Local Channel
26.The low-level output of a detector is
________.
A. Fed directly to the speaker
B. Grounded via the chassis
C. Applied to the AF amplifier
D. Applied to the RF amplifier
27.In what year was the first transistor
radio introduced?
A. 1930
B. 1940
C. 1950
D. 1960

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28.The automatic gain control derives its

sample energy for the AGC amplifier
from the _________.
A. RF & AF amplifiers
B. RF or AF amplifiers
C. IF & AF amplifiers
D. IF or AF amplifiers
29.In an amplitude-modulated waveform
the amplitude of each sideband is
_____
A. independent of carrier amplitude
B. independent of modulation index
C. carrier amplitude x modulation
index
D. x carrier amplitude x
modulation index
30. A slang term for the output power of
a transmitter.
A. ham
B. pint
C. gallon
D. spurs
31.It is a reduction in receiver sensitivity
due to overload from a nearby
transmitter.

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A.
B.
C.
D.

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desensitization
insensitization
degaussing
instability

32.Which of the following is true

regarding sideband power?
A. Sideband power increase as
modulation index is increase
B. Sideband power increase as
bandwidth is increase
C. Sideband power can be less than or
equal to the carrier power
D. Sideband power is wasteful to
transmit
33.Which component is not present in a
phase shifter circuit?
A. balanced modulator
B. carrier oscillator
C. adder circuit
D. low-pass filter
34. It is very important that the
oscillators contained in a
superhererodyne receiver are ______.
A. stable & sensitive

B. sensitive & selective

C. stable &spectrally pure
D. selective & spectrally pure
35. Carrier suppression in a singlesideband transmitter takes place in the
_______.
A. mechanical filter
B. frequency multiplier stage
C. carrier decouple stage
D. balanced modulator stage
36. It is a phase-locked loop found in the
receiver used for carrier phase
recovery from suppressed-carrier
modulation signal.
A. Costas loop
B. Dora loop
C. Karamanlis loop
D. Randolph loop
37. Maintaining the peak RF output of an
SSB transmitter at a relatively
constant level requires a circuit called
the _____
A. Automatic gain control
B. Automatic level control
C. Automatic output control

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D. Automatic volume control

38. An SSB signal produces a peak-topeak voltage of 600 V on voice peaks
across a 75-0hm antenna. What is the
PEP?
A. 500W
B. 600W
C. 1000W
D. 750W
39. The 2nd detector of an AM receiver is
also known as________.
A. Preamplifier
B. Mixer
C. IF amplifier
D. detector
40. Which of the following
characteristics is exhibited by the
output of a square-law envelope
detector?
A. Higher signal level, greater
distortion
B. Higher signal level, less distortion
C. Lower signal level, greater
distortion
D. Lower signal level, less distortion

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D. hybrid circuit
41. The modulation index of Am is ____.
A. Proportional to modulating voltage
only
B. Proportional to modulating voltage
& carrier voltage
C. Proportional to modulating voltage
& frequency
D. Proportional to modulating voltage
frequency only

44. Under what class does an AM station

belong if it is transmitting on a Clear
channel?
A. Class A
B. Class B
C. Class C
D. Class D

42. What is the term which refers to the

period in broadcast transmission when
there is no sound heard between songs
or announcement?
A. Mute period
B. Dead air
C. squelch switch
D. hybrid circuit

45. What cause double spotting?

A. Transmission of the same signal on
two frequencies
B. Appearance of a pair of zeros on a
data string
C. 2 transmitting stations received on
the same frequency
D. 2 signals transmitting on the same
medium

43. It is a circuit which can turn a

transmitter on and off automatically
whenever someone speaks into the
microphone.
A. Suppressor switch
B. VOX circuit
C. zero signal

46. A certain AM signal has a modulation

index of 0.5. By How much will the
total power of the signal change if the
modulation index is change to 1?
A. 5/6 times as much
B. 6/5 times as much
C. 3/4 times as much

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D. 4/3 times as much

47. What is the primary disadvantage of
absorption modulation for generating
AM signals?
A. Amplitude & frequency
modulation occur at the same time
B. Complex circuitry
C. 100% modulation cannot be
achieved
D. Over modulation at higher
frequencies

48. Which type of AM emission is used

for FDM?
A. DSBFC
B. DSBSC
C. SSBFC
D. SSBSC
49. What part of the transmitter protects
the oscillator from pulling?
A. buffer amplifier
B. modulator

C. power amplifier
D. antenna coupler
50. When the transmitter is not
modulated or the amplitude of the
modulating signal is zero, the
frequency of the carrier is called its
________.
A. modulating frequency
B. frequency deviation
C. frequency
D. center frequency