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1._____ frequencies
exact
multiples
of
fundamental frequency.
a) Harmonic
b) Distortion
c) Radio
d) Modulation

are
the

2.The
signal
which
is
superimposed on a highfrequency sine wave is called
_____.
a) Sideband
b) Square wave
c) Carrier
d) Information
3.(Mar 1996) 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
4.He was the one who
developed the mathematical
solution
to
a
complex
repetitive waveform.
a) P.H Smith
b) J. Fourier
c) Carson
d) Y. Uda
5.An earth station receiver
has a signal of 4 x 10-12 W
across 50 input. What is
the signal level in microvolts?
a) 328
b) 1000
c) 14.14
d) 1.6
6.The entire range of _____
of electromagnetic radiation
is called the frequency
spectrum. a) Phases
b) Frequencies
c) Amplitudes
d) Energies

7.(Mar 1996) What is the

main
purpose
of
a
communications system?
a) To have a frequency
assignment
b) For modulation
c) To provide an acceptable
replica of the information at
the designation
d) None of these
8.What is an NO RY?
a) Normally open relay
b) Non organic relay
c) Non operational relay
d) Normally ready
9.Which is not true about
modulation
a) Transmission over longer
distances
b) More practical antenna
c) Multiple transmission
d) Narrower bandwidth
10.What class of bias should
produce least harmonics?
a) Class C
b) Class B
c) Class D
d) Class A
11.What is the approximate
efficiency of a class B linear
RF AM amplifier?
a) 35%
b) 50%
c) 12%
d) 90%
12.When
did
the
first
transatlantic
radio
communications take place?
a) 1901
b) 1942
c) 1876
d) 1888

13.A duplexer is used to

a) Feed more than one
receiver from
a single
antenna
b) Connect two t6ransmitter
to the same antenna
c) Feed more than one
transmitter from a single
antenna
d) Connect a receiver and a
transmitter to the same
antenna
14.(Apr 1998) A carrier signal
has _____.
a) Constant peak amplitude
b) Frequency range 2020000 Hz
c) The information
d) A varying amplitude
15.High-frequency distortion
occurs when the _____
harmonic components of a
digital square wave are lost.
a) Cut-off frequency
b) Low frequency
c) High frequency
d) Sub
16.What is the magnitude of
the frequency component at
seven times the fundamental
frequency for a square wave
amplitude 1 V?
a) 0.14
b) 0.2
c) 0.18
d) 0.7
17.(Mar 1996) Atmospheric
condition is controlled by
a) Humidity
b) Temperature
c) All of these
d) Pressure
18.Which of the following
items need not be checked
with receivers?
a) Gain
b) Squelch
c) Sensitivity
d) Distortion

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19.Amplitude
results
from
amplification.
a) Direct
b) Nonlinear
c) Indirect
d) Linear

distortion
_____

20.The term angular velocity

as applied to electronic
system refers to the number
of:
a) Radian per second a
voltage vector rotates
b) None of these
c)
Degrees
averaged
together
d) Degrees subtracted from
the radians
21.What is an ideal pulse?
a) A very short duration
b) A low duty cycle
c) A perfect square wave
with zero rise time
d) A high amplitude
22.The noise figure of a
system is 12 and its input
signal-to-noise ratio is 60.
What is the output signal-tonoise ratio?
a) 720
b) 5
c) 72
d) 0.2
23.It is the representation of
a complex waveform in such
a way that the sinusoidal
components are displayed as
a function of time.
a) Wave Representation
b) Time Domain
c) TDR
d) Frequency Domain
24.A function y = f(t) is even
if it has perfect symmetry
about the _____.
a) z-axis
b) y-axis
c) w-axis
d) x-axis

25.What sweep frequency

could be used on a scope to
stop an envelope pattern of
600-Hz modulation?
a) 300 Hz
b) 600 Hz
c) 1200 Hz
d) 150 Hz
26.The audio is reconstructed
from the radio wave by:
a) The action of a filter
capacitor
connected
across the headset
b) The action of the headset
c) Having the audio removed
from the carrier
d) None of the above.
27.(Apr 1997) The final
amplifier of either FM or AM
transmitter operates as
a) Class C
b) Class A
c) Class D
d) Class B
28.Where is ISB primarily
used? a) Telemetry
b) Radar
c) FM Broadcast
d)
Telephone
and
Telegraph Communications
29.Which of the following
limits the performance of a
communication system?
a) Cost
b) Bandwidth
c) Reliability
d) Accessibility
30.What is the
device
designed to display the signal
state
of
many
lines
simultaneously?
a) Oscilloscope
b) Spectrum analyzer
c) Logic analyzer

31.(Nov 1996) When was the

UHF channels (14-83) of
television were added?
a) 1947
b) 1904
c) 1852
d) 1952
32.Which of the following is
used in microwave ovens?
a) TWT
b) Magnetron
c) BWO
d) Klystron
33.What
is
meant
by
amplitude modulation?
a) The carrier sign is varied
b) The carrier amplitude is
varied
c) The carrier frequency is
varied
d) The carrier phase is varied
34.What
determines
the
station that will be selected
by a tuner? a) The selectivity
of the IF
b) The bandwidth of the
amplifier
c) The sensitivity of the tuner
d) The resonant frequency
of the tuner
35.(Nov 1998) Frequencies
above _____ kHz, are
referred to as the radio
frequencies.
a) 10
b) 20
c) 100
d) 2
36.What is the circuit that
automatically holds the level
or strength of a signal at a
predetermined level used to
compensate for variations
due to fading?
a) AGC
b) Discriminator
c) AFC
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37.It is the representation of
a waveform in such a way
that its amplitude is displayed
as a function of frequency.
a) OTDR
b) Frequency Domain
c) Time Domain
d) Wave Shape
38.What does ALC mean?
a) Asynchronous Link Control
b) Automatic Level Control
c) Automatic Link Circuit
d) All Local Circuits
39.What radio frequencies
are most affected by lightning
or static waves?
a) UHF
b) SHF
c) VHF
d) VLF
40.Which of the following is
not normally tested in a
transmitter? a) Modulation
b) Power
c) Frequency
d) Amplitude
41.(Nov 1998) Which of the
following is referred to as a
radio
emission
without
sidebands?
a) Voice
b) Data
c) Carrier
d) Analog
42.In an AM transmitter, after
the modulation stage, _____
amplifier cannot be used.
a) Class C
b) Class A
c) Linear
d) Class B
43.What type of wave trap is
connected in series with a
line? a) Series
b) Asynchronous
c) Parallel
d) Synchronous

44.What is a radio carrier?

a) A lower frequency signal
b) A lower amplitude signal
c) A higher frequency
signal
d) A higher amplitude signal
45.(Nov 1996) Which stands
for dB relative level?
a) dBm
b) dBa
c) dBm
d) dBr
46.What is the standard
intermediate frequency for
FM radio?
a) 112 kHz
b) 455 kHz
c) 4.5 kHz
d) 10.7 kHz
47.What is the circuit that
changes modulated RF to
AF? a) Modulator
b) Synthesizer
c) Modem
d) Demodulator
48.(Apr 1998) An instrument
for recording waveforms of
audio frequency.
a) Phonoscope
b) Radioscope
c) Oscilloscope
d) Audioscope
49.How many times more
bandwidth does the UHF
band have than VHF band?
a) 1000
b) 10
c) 100
d) 1
50.Which is not a method of
generating single sideband
signal?
a) Filter
b) Weaver
c) Balanced modulator
d) Phase-shift

51.In 1877, _____ invented a

method
of
making
a
permanent record of sound
with his invention of the
phonograph.
a) Morse
b) Edison
c) Marconi
d) Bell
52.(Nov 1997) A method of
expressing the amplitude of
complex non-periodic signals
such as speech.
a) Volume
b) Wavelength
c) Frequency
d) Pitch
53.What
is
a
hybrid
transmitter?
a) Multiple transmitter
b) Combination of metal and
plastic
c) Part semiconductor, part
vacuum tube
d) part metal, part liquid
54.Which of the following
services use crystal local
oscillators?
a) Aircraft
b) Shortwave listener
c) AM
d) FM
55.(Mar 1996) The _____
filter attenuates signals but
passes frequencies below
and above the band.
a) Band stop
b) Low pass
c) Band pass
d) High pass
56.Any waveform that is not
symmetrical in area about the
time axis has a (n) _____
component.
a) AC
b) DC
c) RC
d) FC

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57.What is the major problem
with a very-high-frequency
oscillator?
a) Poor frequency stability
b) Poor image rejection
c) Low sensitivity
d) No power stability
58.What distinguishes one
electromagnetic wave form
another?
a) Frequency
b) Amplitude
c) Phase
d) Energy
59.What other term
is
essentially synonymous with
beating?
a) Filtering
b) Heterodyning
c) Scrambling
d) Suppressing
60.A ______ is a resonant
circuit tuned to reject an
undesired signal by reducing
the
gain
at the
trap
frequency.
a) HPF
b) LC tank
c) LPF
d) Wave trap
61.(Nov
1996)
The
wavelength of light has no
role in
a) Polarization
b) Diffraction
c) Interference
d) Resolving power
62.What is the coupling used
in Stoneman transmission
bridge? a) Inductive
b) A combination of the
above
c) Resistive
d) Capacitive

63.The parameter of a highfrequency carrier that may be

varied by a low-frequency
intelligence signal is _____.
a) Phase
b) All of the above
c) Amplitude
d) Frequency
64.What is the amount of
power lost in a device due to
its presence in the path of
energy flow?
a) Wave attenuation
b) Insertion loss
c) Phase shift
d) Gain
65.(Nov 1998) The extremely
high frequency (EHF) band is
in the radio spectrum range
of _____.
a) 3 to 30 MHz
b) 3 to 30 GHz
c) 30 to 300 GHz
d) 30 to 300 kHz
66.What produces the dark
spots on fax receiving paper?
a) High current
b) Low impedance
c) Burning due to electric
current flow between helix
wire and blade
d) Excessive heat
67.What is the purpose of a
conversion
frequency
oscillator? a) To provide a
conversion frequency
b) To provide good selectivity
c) To produce the IF
d) To increase stability
68.(Apr 1998) What is the
period of a wave?
a) The amplitude of the wave
b) The number of zero
crossing in one cycle
c) The number of degrees in
tone cycle
d) The time required to
complete one cycle

69.The range of frequencies

represented in a signal.
a) Guardband
b) Beamwidth
c) Bandwidth
d) Crisp
70.(Nov 1998) Determine
from the following radio
frequency that falls under the
Very High Frequency band of
the radio spectrum.
a) 450.00 MHz
b) 235.5 MHz
c) 144.50 GHz
d) 345.00 MHz
71.What is reduced by
rounding off square-wave
emissions?
a) Bandwidth
b) Phase
c) energy
d) Amplitude
72.When an operator wishes
to indicate that he has
received all of the last
transmission, he will transmit
the word _____.
a) Out
b) Over
c) Ok
d) Roger
73.(Apr 1998) Term in
communication
which
is
referred, to send out in all
direction.
a) Announce
b) Transmit
c) Media
d) Broadcast
74.(Nov 1996) Which of the
following filters block FM
radio band for TV channels (2
to 13)? a) Low-pass filter
b) Band-pass filter
c) Band-reject filter
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75.Which of the following do
not require a tuner?
a) TV receiver
b) Communications Satellite
Receiver
c) None of these
d) CB receiver

81.What type of coupling

discriminates
against
harmonic transmission
a) Transformer
b) Direct
c) Inductive
d) Capacitive

76.(Apr 1998) Quantity that

do not change when a beam
of light enters one medium to
another. a) Wavelength
b) Speed
c) Frequency
d) Direction

82.He was the one who

developed
the
wireless
telegraph.
a) Armstrong
b) Bell
c) Marconi
d) Edison

88.What type of field does a

Faraday shield stop?
a) Common
b) Electrostatic
c) Array
d) Magnetostatic

77.What is the result if a

balanced modulator is not
perfectly balanced?
a) Carrier transmitted
b) SB filtered
c) Both sideband transmitted
d) Low sideband transmitted

83.When voltages are out-ofphase, the total voltage can

be found by adding:
a) Peak values
b) Arithmetically
c) Vectorially
d) Average values

89.What is a device such as

the microphone and the
headset sometimes called?
a) Reproducer
b) Receiver
c) Transmission Medium
d) Converter

78.In TV system. A picture

signals are transmitted by
a) PCM
b) FM
c) PM
d) AM

84.What kind of crystal is

used in oscillators?
a) Quartz
b) Galena
c) Salt
d) Carborundum

90.Which of the following is

not an advantage of SSB
over AM? a) Simple receiver
circuit
b) Less spectrum
c) None of these
d) Power saving

79.(Nov 1997) Which of the

following falls under the high
frequency band of the radio
spectrum?
a) 35.535 MHz
b) 150.50 MHz
c) 2.4555 MHz
d) 8.2345 MHz

85.(Apr 1997) If you have an

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) 5
b) 4
c) 3
d) 2
86.(Apr 1998) What is a
frequency discriminator?
a) A circuit for filtering two
closely adjacent signal
b) An FM generator
c)
An
automatic
bandswitching circuit
d) A circuit for detecting
FM signals

80.An adjustable resonant

cavity calibrated if frequency
and which undergoes some
power
absorption
at
resonance.
a) Frequency Meter
b) Ferrite isolator
c) Cavity Resonator
d) Auto Coupler

87.What
is
gained
by
operating an oscillator on
some subharmonic of the
transmission frequency?
a) High sensitivity
b) Good selectivity
c) Frequency sensitivity
d) Frequency stability

91.A subcarrier has a (n)

_____ frequency than the
main carrier. a) Higher
b) Good
c) Lower
d) Equal
92.(Apr 1998) With which
emission type is the captureeffect most pronounced?
a) AM
b) SSB
c) CW
d) FM
93.What does VOX mean?
a) Very onward circuit
b) Voice onward transmission
c)
Voice-operated
transmission
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94.The maximum swing of
the sound carrier in TV
system is ______.
a) 10 kHz
b) 75 kHz
c) 15 kHz
d) 25 kHz
95.Is
SSB,
voice
compression is better in the
AF or Rf section?
a) AF
b) SB
c) RF
d) Intermediate
96.The process of impressing
information signals to a high
frequency carrier is called
_____.
a) scrambling
b) detection
c) modulation
d) multiplexing
97.A type of information
signal which is made up of
rapid
and
unpredictable
variations in amplitude and
frequency.
a) digital
b) pulses
c) bits
d) speech
98.Keyed AGC is AGC that:
a) Works only with Morse
code. Is activated when
keyed by the transmitting
signal
b) Is used in color TV
receivers
so
that
the
transmitted color has no
effect on the AGC
c) Is used in TV receivers
so that transmitted picture
brightness does not affect
the AGC

99.Pilot carrier transmission,

means
a) Only one sideband is
transmitted
b) Two sidebands as well
as a trace of carrier are
transmitted
c) Only two sidebands are
transmitted
d) One sideband and carrier
are transmitted

105.It is the liberation of

electrons
by
thermionic
means, used as the principal
source of electron emission
in microwave vacuum tube
devices.
a) Secondary Effect
b) Miller Effect
c) Edison Effect
d) Bunching

100.What is the source of

wheel static?
a) Wheel
b) Brakes
c) Oscillations
d) Piston

106.What does ANSI mean?

a)
American
non
stop
information
b) Auxiliary non station
identifier
c)
American
national
standards institute
d) Auxiliary net system
interconnection

101.The SI unit of magnetic

field intensity is
a) Ampere
b) Ampere/square meter
c) Volt/meter
d) Ampere/meter
102.(Nov 1997)
voice channel
a) 4 kHz
b) 16 to 16 kHz
c) 3 to 3 kHz
d) 20 to 20 kHz

Nominal

103.If two signals are in

quadrature, what is their
phase relation?
a) 0
b) 45
c) 180
d) 90
104.(Apr 1997) If a voltage is
equal to twice its original
value,
what
is
its
corresponding change in dB?
a) 10 dB
b) 6 dB
c) 3 dB
d) 9 dB

107.What is the oldest and

simplest form of multiplexing?
a)
Hybrid-division
multiplexing
b)
Space-division
multiplexing
c)
Frequency-division
multiplexing
d) Time-division multiplexing
108.What device can be used
to
make
a
modulated
envelope visible?
a) Spectrum Analyzer
b) Calibrator
c) Synthesizer
d) Oscilloscope
109.To provide two or more
voice circuits with the same
carrier, what system must be
used?
a) Pilot carrier system
b) Vestigial sideband system
c) Lincomplex
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110.The value(s) associated
with sine waves of voltages
are:
a) All of the above
b) Maximum
c) Instantaneous
d) Average

115.What
is
the
main
disadvantage of a single-tube
transmitted?
a) High attenuation
b) High resistivity
c) Frequency instability
d) Low gain

111.What
causes
audio
signals to be distorted in a
receiver?
a) Harmonics
b) Amplitude
c) Gain
d) Interference

116.In free-space, the phase

velocity of a TEM wave is
_____ the group velocity.
a) Greater than
b) Equal to
c) None of the above
d) Less than

112.The circuit that performs

the suppression of the carrier
signal. a) Pre-emphasis
b) Balanced modulator
c) Carrier synthesizer
d) LPF

117.What type of circuit

reduces
even-order
harmonics?
a) Demodulator
b) Push-Pull
c) Armstrong circuit
d) Class A

113.(Mar 1996) what is the

purpose of a beat frequency
oscillator (BFO)?
a) Generates a signal, whose
frequency is the same as that
of the intermediate frequency
b) Generates an output,
whose frequency differs from
that of the intermediate
frequency by 1 kHz
c) Generates a 1 kHz tone
to Morse reception
d) Aids in the reception of
weak
voice-modulated
signals
114.The input power to a 50 receiver is 200 pW.
Determine the receiver gain
required to produce 3 dBm at
the detector. a) 40 dB
b) 7 dB
c) 20 dB
d) 70 dB

118.What is the name of the

operation that uses an
antenna changeover switch?
a) Switching
b) Simplex
c) Crossover
d) Duplex
119.(Apr
1998)
Best
describes as an amplifier
used in radio telephony.
a) Class C
b) Magnifier
c) Class A
d) Class B
120.(Apr 1998) Term for
transmission
of
printed
picture by radio.
a) ACSSB
b) Xerography
c) Television
d) Facsimile
121.What service uses HF
CW communications?
a) Broadcasting
b) Telephony
c) Satellite System
d) Police

122.What kind of system

relays has remote readings?
a) Telecast
b) Telemetering
c) Data gathering
d) Broadcasting
123.(Nov 1996)Multiplexing
in a time division multiplexer
occurs based upon
a) The priority assigned to a
connected device
b) The activity of a connected
device
c) The positioning of data
within a frame
d) The position of a frame
within a group of frames
124.A diagram which shows
the relationship between RF
signal phase and maximum
bunching of the electron
beam in velocity-modulated
devices.
a) S-parameters Diagram
b) Venn Diagram
c) Applegate Diagram
d) Smith Chart
125.What is the small amount
of the signal applied to the
input port that leaks through
to the output port?
a) Insertion loss
b) Regenerative loss
c) Feedthrough loss
d) Reflection loss
126.What is the wavelength
for a frequency of 1 million
hertz?
a) 30 km
b) 3 km
c) 30 m
d) 300 m
127.What does the acronym
VIR mean?
a) Video Interface Relay
b) Video Interval Recording
c) Vertical Interface Relay
d)
Vertical
Interval
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128.Any periodic function is
represented by the sum of a
number
of
sinusoidal
variations
of
different
amplitudes, frequencies, and
phases.
a) Hartleys Theorem
b) Fouriers Theorem
c) Huygens Theorem
d) Nyquist Theorem
129.What is another name for
AF volume control?
a) AFC
b) Gain
c) ARC
d) AMC
130.A major disadvantage of
the vacuum tube is its need
for a _____ to give energy to
the electrons.
a) Limiter
b) Heater
c) Line equalizer
d) Voltage source
131.What happens to the
spectrum of a repetitive pulse
as
the
pulse
width
decreases?
a) Remain constant
b) Less harmonics of the
same phase
c) decreases
d) More harmonics of the
same phase
132.What does AFC mean?
a) All Filipino Conference
b) Automatic Frequency
Control
c) Audio Frequency Camera
d)
Anti
Firing
Countermeasure
133.What is an advantage of
series modulation?
a) High gain and selectivity
b) Capable of modulating
very high frequencies
c) Capable of generating high
power
d) Low noise and interference

134.What is the
permittivity of air?
a) 8.853 x 10-12
b) 20
c) 1.26 x 10-6
d) 1

relative

141.What is the seventh

harmonic of 360 kHz?
a) 1260 kHz
b) 2520 kHz
c) 5040 kHz
d) 7000 kHz

135.A device which can

perform the function of both a
transmitter and a receiver.
a) Transceiver
b) Relay
c) Buffer
d) Repeater

142.In a low-level modulation

system, the type of amplifier
that follows the modulated
stage should be a _____.
a) Any of the above
b) Harmonic generator
c) Linear amplifier
d) Class C amplifier

136.Which came first, the

invention of the telephone or
the
invention
of
the
phonograph?
a) either
b) telephone
c) neither
d) phonograph
137.What
is
usually
transmitted by facsimile?
a) Voice
b) Bits
c) Pictures
d) Video signal
138.Amplitude limiting in the
IF section eliminates _____
interference from the FM
signal. a) AM
b) FM
c) Broadband
d) PM
139.Name
a
periodic
waveform that consists of
only odd harmonics.
a) Cosine wave
b) Spikes
c) Square wave
140.The information carrying
capacity of a signal is _____
to its bandwidth.
a) Directly proportional
b) Inversely proportional
c) Equal

143.What method can be

used to invert speech?
a) AGC
b) Frequency translation
c) Frequency multiplier
d) Inverter
144.It refers to the sending,
receiving and processing of
information by electronic
means. a) Telemetry
b) Telephony
c) Broadcasting
d) Communications
145.(Nov 1996) What is the
equivalent output of a circuit
in dBm , if it has an output of
10 watts?
a) 20 dBm
b) 30 dBm
c) 10 dBm
d) 40 dBm
146.What
is
the
main
difference between an AF
amplifier
and
an
RF
amplifier?
a) The range of frequencies
that they amplify
b) The stability
c) The amplification factor
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147.What circuit is used to
create vestigial transmission?
a) Diplexer
b) Duplexer
c) HPF
d) LPF
148.What is the meaning of
the acronym WDM?
a) Wavelength division
multiplexing
b) Wireless data monitoring
c) Wide distribution media
d) Wap distributed mode
149.The big breakthrough in
electric
communications
came with the invention of
the _____ in 1844.
a) Phonograph
b) Telegraph
c) Transistor
d) Telephone
150.How many watts are
represented by 40 dBw?
a) 1000 W
b) 10000 W
c) 40000 W
d) 40 W

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