Satellite Communications

1. The first passive satellite

a. Telstar
b. Early Bird
c. Sputnik I
d. Moon
2. The first active satellite
a. Sputnik I
b. Telstar
c. INTELSAT I
d. Explorer I
3. The first geostationary satellite
launched in 1965 is
a. Syncom I
b. Sputnik I
c. Explorer I
d. Early Bird
4. The average lifetime of
geosynchronous satellites is about
__________ years.
a. 5
b. 10
c. 15
d. 20
5. A communication satellite is a
repeater between
a. A transmitting station and
receiving station
b. Many transmitting stations
and many receiving stations
c. A transmitting station and many
receiving stations
d. Many transmitting stations and
a receiving station
6. One of the main applications of
satellite communications is
monitoring the ecological situation
of the earth. This is known as
a. Navigation
b. Surveillance
c. Remote control
d. Remote sensing

7. What vacuum tube used to amplify

RF signal for transmission through
the downlink to station receiver?
a. Magnetron
b. Klystron
c. Twystron
d. TWT
8. A high power tube used in
transmission of RF signal uplink
a. Magnetron
b. Klystron
c. BWO
d. TWT
9. A stage in transponder and
downlink system which amplifies
the signal and ensuring that noise
is suppressed as possible
a. Mixer
b. Demodulator
c. LNA
d. IF amplifier
10.A transponder is a satellite
equipment which
a. Receives a signal from earth
station and amplifies it
b. Changes the frequency of the
received signal
c. Retransmit the received signal
d. All of the above
11.Multiple repeaters in
communications satellites are
known as
a. Transponders
b. Detectors
c. Modulators
d. Transceivers
12.Satellite-to-satellite link is also
called
a. Uplink
b. Downlink
c. Crosslink
d. Weakest link

13.The expression for satellite link

frequencies such as 14/12 GHz
denotes that
a. 12 GHz is the uplink frequency
and 14 GHz is the downlink
frequency
b. the system is operating at a
mean frequency of 13 Ghz
c. 14 GHz is the uplink
frequency and 12 GHz is the
downlink frequency
d. the 14 GHz frequency is backup
for 12 GHz frequency or vice
versa

18.Orbital disturbances of a
geosynchronous satellite are
caused by
a. Moon
b. Sun
c. Earth
d. All of the above

14.The most widely used microwave

bands for commercial applications
are
a. C band and X band
b. X band and S band
c. C band and Ku band
d. S band and Ku band

20.To cover all inhabited regions of the

earth, the number of
geosynchronous satellites required
is
a. 5
b. 10
c. 2
d. 3

15.At present, the RF band mainly

used by most satellites is
a. EHF
b. UHF
c. SHF
d. VHF
16.The required antenna size
__________ as the operating
frequency of a system increases,
assuming that antenna gain
remains unchanged.
a. Remains the same
b. Increases
c. Decreases
d. All of the above
17.A 20-m antenna gives a certain uplink gain at frequencies of 4/6 GHz.
For getting the same gain in 20/30
GHz band, antenna size requires
__________ meters.
a. 100
b. 4
c. 1
d. 10

19.Geosynchronous satellites
a. Has the same period as that of
the earth
b. Has a circular obit
c. Rotates in the equatorial plane
d. All of the above

21.A geostationary satellite is one

which
a. Hangs motionless in space
about 36,000 km above the
earth
b. Travels around the earth about
24 hrs.
c. Remains stationary above the
earth
d. Appears stationary above
the earth
22.Geosynchronous Communication
satellites travel around the earth in
circular orbits with forward speed
of about __________km/hr.
a. 100,000
b. 36,000
c. 11,200
d. 22,800
23.The period of the satellite is
a. The amount of time it takes
for a satellite to complete
one orbit

b. The point on an orbit where

satellite to complete one orbit
c. The time it takes the satellite to
travel from perigee to apogee
d. An orbital arc that extends from
60 degrees west longitude to
145 degrees west longitude
24.What is the satellite's period
orbiting in a circular pattern with
elevation of 1000 km?
a. 1 hr 45 mins
b. 2 hrs 45 mins
c. 2 hrs 30 mins
d. 3 hrs
25.A satellite, orbiting in a circular
orbit,
a. Has constant velocity
b. Has varying velocity
c. Is not moving at all
d. Both a and b
26.What is a descending pass for a
satellite?
a. A pass from west to east
b. A pass from east to west
c. A pass from south to north
d. A pass from north to south
27.Satellite rotating in an orbit takes it
over the north and south poles is in
a. Inclined orbit
b. Polar orbit
c. Equatorial orbit
d. Declined orbit
28.The farthest point a satellite can
reach is
a. Apogee
b. Perigee
c. Altitude
d. Attitude
29.Include all earth stations within
line-of-sight path of a satellite
a. Satellite shadow
b. Earth shadow
c. Zonal
d. Global

30.The different multiple accesses

which permit many satellite users
to operate in parallel through
a. A Single Transponder Without
Interfering With Each other are
b. FDMA
c. TDMA
d. CDMA
e. All of the above
31.A digital technology that uses a low
power signal spread across a wide
bandwidth. With this technology, a
phone call is assigned a code
instead of a certain frequency.
Using identifying code and a low
power signal, a large number of
channels can used the entire
bandwith
a. TDMA
b. PCDMA
c. PMA
d. CDMA
32.The use of the same frequency on
the same geographical area
a. Frequency reuse
b. Roaming
c. Homing
d. Cellular
33.In selecting a satellite system, the
first determining factor is
a. Coverage area
b. EIRP
c. Antenna size
d. Antenna gain
34.The earth's area or region that the
satellite can receive from or
transmit to
a. Footprint
b. Skip zone
c. Primary area
d. Finger print
35.Satellite radiation pattern that
covers 1/3 of the earth's surface
a. Earth
b. Zonal
c. Spot

d. Global
36.A satellite position is measured by
its _________ angle with respect to
the horizon.
a. Elevation
b. Depression
c. Azimuth
d. Incidence
37.The _________ angle measures the
satellite position clockwise from the
direction of true North
a. Elevation
b. Depression
c. Azimuth
d. Incidence
38.GPS has a total number satellites
equal to
a. 12
b. 24
c. 36
d. 48
39.How many elliptical orbits does
Navstar GPS have?
a. 5
b. 6
c. 7
d. 8
40.What is the free space attenuation
of a satellite system operating at
36,000 km above the earth
operating at 5 GHz?
a. 180 dB
b. 190 dB
c. 198 dB
d. 189 dB
41.The FDMA technique wherein voice
band channels are assigned on as
needed" basis.
a. PAMA
b. DAMA
c. SSMA
d. CDMA

42. A satellite equipped with electronic

devices to receive, amplify,
convert, and retransmit signals.
a. Passive
b. Active
c. Uplink
d. Downlink
43.An earth station transmits signal to
a satellite 38,500 km, directly
overhead it. What is the
propagation delay when the signal
is received back at the same earth
station, in milliseconds?
a. 257
b. 200
c. 285
d. 185
44.A satellite communication link
between Pinugay Earth Station,
Philippines and Mt. Fucino Earth
Station, Italy is to be established. If
the assigned uplink frequency at
Pinugay Earth Station is 6175 MHz,
what is the downlink frequency at
Mt. Fucino Earth Station, in MHz?
a. 4545
b. 3950
c. 3789
d. 4200
45. "The orbit of any planet is an
ellipse with the sun at one focus".
This is
a. Kepler's First Law
b. Kepler's Second Law
c. Kepler's Third Law
d. Law of universal Gravitation
46.When a satellite orbits in the
opposite direction as the earth's
rotation with an angular velocity
less than that of the earth
a. Orbital
b. Prograde
c. Retrograde
d. Geostationary

47.The actual user information

conveyed through the satellite
system
a. Bus transmission
b. Payload
c. Prograde
d. Retrograde
48.The spatial separation between
geosynchronous satellites
a. 1-3 degrees
b. 3-6 degrees
c. 6-8 degrees
d. 8-10 degrees
49. The footprint which covers a very
small geographical area.
a. Spot coverage
b. Zonal coverage
c. Earth coverage
d. Regional coverage
50.The satellite frequency reuse
method which sends different
information signals using vertical or
horizontal electromagnetic
polarization
a. Multiple coverage areas
b. Dual polarization
c. Spatial separation
d. Spread spectrum
51. __________ 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. LNA
52.Satellites used for intercontinental
communications are known as
a. Comsat
b. Domsat
c. Marisat
d. Intelsat
53.What is the basic function of a
communications satellite?

a. To act as a receiving antenna for

broadcast FM
b. To compensate for the
antenna limitations
c. To eliminate aerodynamic drag
d. To act as a receiving antenna for
broadcast AM
54.What do you call of a satellite used
to provide satellite services within
a single country?
a. Orbital satellite
b. Geostationary satellite
c. Non-synchronous satellite
d. Domestic satellite
55.A satellite beam that covers almost
42.5% of the earth's surface.
a. Zone beam
b. Hemispheric beam
c. Spot beam
d. Global beam
56.The first Philippine satellite has
how many channels?
a. 30
b. 24
c. 48
d. 50
57.Aguila I has how many
transponders?
a. 36
b. 48
c. 24
d. 12
58.How many satellite orbital slots
were requested by the Philippine
Government from ITU?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 6
d. 8
59.The most common device used as
an LNA is
a. Zener diode
b. Tunnel diode
c. IMPATT diode
d. Shockley diode

60.The radiation patterns of earth

coverage antennas have a
beamwidth of approximately
a. 21degrees
b. 5 degrees
c. 17 degrees
d. 35 degrees
61.The main power sources for
satellites are
a. Batteries
b. Solar cells
c. Fuel cells
d. Thermoelectric generators
62.What is the common up-converter
and down-converter IF?
a. 36 MHz
b. 40 MHz
c. 70 MHz
d. 500 MHz
63.When the satellites are spaced 4
degrees of the 360 degrees
complete circle, how many parking
spaces or orbit slots are available?
a. 90
b. 85
c. 95
d. 80
64.The first satellite launched for a
geosynchronous orbit but
unfortunately lost during orbit
injection.
a. Syncom I
b. Telstar I
c. Sputnik I
d. Early Bird
65.Geostationary satellites are located
_______ with respect to the equator.
a. 0 deg longitude

b. 0 deg latitude
c. 90 deg latitude
d. 45 deg latitude
66.Incidentally proposed the
geostationary scheme or orbit of
satellites in 1940's.
a. Clarke
b. Gauss
c. Morse
d. Gray
67.The control routine necessary to
keep the satellite in position is
referred to as
a. Station keeping
b. Station tracking
c. Station monitoring
d. Station maintenance
68.A satellite which simply reflects the
signal without further amplification.
a. Passive
b. Active
c. Geostationary
d. Posigrade
69.What is the line joining the
ascending and descending nodes
through the center of the earth?
a. Line of apsides
b. Line of nodes
c. Line of shoot
d. Line of sight
70.The line joining the perigee and
apogee through the center of the
earth.
a. Line of sight
b. Line of nodes
c. Equatorial belt
d. Line of apsides