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Instruction: Select the BEST answer. A. 90.88 dB C. 89.88 dB 18. Convert the 12-bit sample
B. 97.98 dB D. 98.08 dB * 100110100100 into an 8-bit compressed
1. Calculate the approximate dimensions code.
for a square patch antenna, for a 10. The North American TDMA digital cell
frequency of 2 GHz, on a substrate with phone standard transmits at 24.3 A. 11011010 * C. 11011011
a relative permittivity of 2. kilobaud using DQPSK. What is the B. 01011010 D. 10011010
channel data rate?
A. 50 mm * C. 30 mm 19. A radio channel has a bandwidth of 10
B. 40 mm D. 25 mm A. 48.6 kb/s * C. 46.8 kb/s kHz and a signal-to-noise ratio of
B. 45.9 kb/s D. 44.1 kb/s 15 dB. What is the maximum data rate
2. A taxi company uses a central than can be transmitted using a code
dispatcher, with an antenna at the top of 11. A three-stage amplifier has stages with with four possible states?
a 15 m tower, to communicate with the following specifications. Gain and
taxicabs. The taxi antennas are on the noise figure are given as ratios. A. 20 kb/s C. 30 kb/s
roofs of the cars, approximately1.5m Stage Power Noise B. 40 kb/s * D. 50 kb/s
above the ground. Calculate the Gain Figure
maximum communication distance 1 10 2 20. A modulator transmits symbols, each of
between the dispatcher and a taxi. 2 25 4 which has 64 different possible states,
3 30 5 10,000 times per second. Calculate the
A. 21 km * C. 12 km baud rate and bit rate.
B. 10.1 km D. 17.3 km Calculate the equivalent noise
temperature for the whole amplifier. A. 5 kbaud and 50 kb/s
3. Find the cutoff frequency for the TE10 B. 10 kbaud and 60 kb/s *
mode in an air-dielectric waveguide with A. 382 K * C. 283 K C. 20 kbaud and 40 kb/s
an inside cross section of 2 cm by 4 cm. B. 364 K D. 285 K D. 15 kbaud and 30 kb/s
Over what frequency range is the
dominant mode the only one that will 12. Find the modulation index if a 10-volt 21. A carrier with an RMS voltage of 2 V
propagate? carrier is amplitude modulated by three and a frequency of 1.5 MHz is
different frequencies, with amplitudes of modulated by a sine wave with a
A. 7.0 GHz C. 3.5 GHz 1, 2, and 3 volts respectively. frequency of 500 Hz and amplitude of 1
B. 15.0 GHz D. 7.5 GHz * V RMS. Write the equation for the
A. 0.374 * C. 0.734 resulting signal.
4. The GSM cellular radio system uses B. 0.473 D. 0.300
GMSK in a 200-kHz channel, with a A. v(t) = 2.83 + 1.41 sin (3.14 103t)]
channel data rate of 270.833 kb/s. 13. A cell phone transmitter has a maximum sin (9.42 106t) V *
Calculate the frequency shift between frequency deviation of 12 kHz. Calculate B. v(t) = 2.38 + 1.14 sin (3.14 103t)]
mark and space. the modulation index if it operates at sin (9.42 106t) V
maximum deviation with a voice C. v(t) = 2.83 + 1.41 sin (3.14 101t)]
A. 135.4165 kHz * frequency of 300 Hz. sin (9.42 105t) V
B. 153.4615 kHz D. v(t) = 2.83 + 1.41 sin (3.14 102t)]
C. 315.4165 kHz A. 45 C. 50 sin (9.42 109t) V
D. 351.4615 kHz B. 40 * D. 35
22. A modem uses 16 different phase
5. A series-tuned circuit operating at a 14. An FM signal has a frequency deviation angles and 4 different amplitudes. How
frequency of 1 GHz is to be constructed of 5 kHz and a modulating frequency of many bits does it transmit for each
from a shorted section of air-dielectric 1 kHz. The signal-to-noise ratio at the symbol?
coaxial cable. What length should be input to the receiver detector is 20 dB.
used? Calculate the approximate signal-to- A. 2 C. 4
noise ratio at the detector output. B. 6 * D. 8
A. 133 mm C. 143 mm *
B. 153 mm D. 123 mm A. 34 dB * C. 43 dB 23. A voice transmission occupies a
B. 16 dB D. 31 dB channel 30 kHz wide. Suppose a
6. A frequency-hopping spread-spectrum spread-spectrum system is used to
system hops to each of 100 frequencies 15. A digital communication system uses increase its bandwidth to 10 MHz. If the
every ten seconds. How long does it sampling at 10 kilo samples per second signal has a total signal power of 110
spend on each frequency? (kSa/s). The receiver filters out all dBm at the receiver input and the
frequencies above 5 kHz. What system noise temperature referred to
A. 0.01 second per hop frequencies appear at the receiver for a the same point is 300 K, calculate the
B. 0.1 second per hop * 1 kHz signal frequency at the input to signal-to-noise ratio for both systems.
C. 0.2 second per hop the transmitter?
D. 0.02 second per hop A. 19 dB and -6 dB *
A. 1 kHz, 17 kHz and 3 kHz B. 17 dB and -9 dB
7. What length of standard RG-8/U coaxial B. 1 kHz, 13 kHz and 7 kHz C. 15 dB and -11 dB
cable would be required to obtain a 45 C. 1 kHz, 15 kHz and 5 kHz D. 13 dB and -3 dB
phase shift at 200 MHz? D. 1 kHz, 11 kHz and 9 kHz *
24. A digital communication scheme uses
A. 124 mm * C. 142 mm 16. Calculate the number of levels if the DQPSK. It is to transmit a compressed
B. 125 mm D. 140 mm number of bits per sample is 16 (as PCM audio signal which has a bit rate of
used in the compact disc audio system). 16 kb/s. The chipping rate is 10 to 1.
8. Find the characteristic impedance of a Calculate the number of signal changes
coaxial cable using a solid polyethylene A. 65536 * C. 63556 (symbols) which must be transmitted
dielectric having r = 2.3, with an inner B. 66553 D. 63655 each second.
conductor 2 mm in diameter and an
outer conductor 8 mm in inside 17. A signal at the input to a mu-law A. 90 kilobaud C. 80 kilobaud *
diameter. compressor is positive, with its voltage B. 60 kilobaud D. 70 kilobaud
one-half the maximum input voltage.
A. 54 8 * C. 58.4 What proportion of the maximum output 25. Find the velocity factor and propagation
B. 84.5 D. 85.4 voltage is produced? velocity for a coaxial cable with a Teflon
dielectric (r = 2.1).
9. Find the maximum dynamic range for a A. 0.786Vo C. 0.687Vo
linear PCM system using 16-bit B. 0.876Vo * D. 0.781Vo A. 0.69 and 207 x 106 m/s *
quantizing. B. 0.69 and 209 x 106 m/s
C. 0.61 and 201 x 106 m/s
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D. 0.63 and 203 x 106 m/s 35. A transmission line is specified to have A. 60 mm C. 80 mm *
a loss of 4 dB/100 m at 800 MHz. Find B. 70 mm D. 90 mm
26. A local loop has a resistance of 1 k, the loss in decibels of 130 m of this
and the telephone connected to it has cable. 45. A pyramidal horn has an aperture
an off-hook resistance of 200 . (opening) of 58 mm in the E plane and
Calculate the loop current and the A. 3.2 dB C. 1.2 dB 78 mm in the H plane. It operates at 10
voltage across the telephone when the B. 5.2 dB * D. 2.2 dB GHz. Calculate its gain in dBi.
phone is on hook.
36. A waveguide has a cutoff frequency for A. 15.8 dBi * C. 18.5 dBi
A. zero and full battery voltage * the dominant mode of 10 GHz. Two B. 13.9 dBi D. 12.9 dBi
B. infinite and zero voltage signals with frequencies of 12 and 17
C. 10 A and -48 V GHz respectively propagate down a 50 46. A resistor at a temperature of 25C is
D. 5 A and -48 V m length of the guide. Calculate the connected across the input of an
difference in arrival time for the two. amplifier with a bandwidth of 50 kHz.
27. An FM signal has a deviation of 3 kHz How much noise does the resistor
and a modulating frequency of 1 kHz. Its A. 95.5 s C. 95.5 ms supply to the input of the amplifier?
total power is 5 W, developed across a B. 95.5 ns * D. 95.5 ps
50 resistive load. The carrier A. 0.206 fW * * C. 0.206 pW
frequency is 160 MHz. Calculate the 37. A power of 100W is supplied to an B. 0.206 W D. 0.206 aW
RMS signal voltage. isotropic radiator. What is the power
density at a point 10 km away? 47. Citizens band radio channels are 10
A. 18.5 V C. 15.8 V * kHz wide. What is the maximum
B. 20.1 V D. 21.6 V A. 79.6 nW/m2 * C. 76.9 nW/m2 modulation frequency that can be used
B. 97.1 nW/m2 D. 87.1 nW/m2 if a signal is to remain entirely within its
28. A 50- line is terminated in a 25- assigned channel?
resistance. Find the SWR. 38. A transmitter has a power output of
150W at a carrier frequency of 325MHz. A. 5 kHz * C. 10 kHz
A. 1 C. 2 * It is connected to an antenna with a gain B. 3 kHz D. 15 kHz
B. 0.5 D. 0 of 12 dBi. The receiving antenna is
10 km away and has a gain of 5 dBi. 48. Calculate the minimum data rate
29. What frequencies are generated by a Calculate the power delivered to the needed to transmit audio with a
telephone using DTMF signalling when receiver, assuming free-space sampling rate of 40 kHz and 14 bits per
the number 9 is pressed? propagation. Assume also that there are sample.
no losses or mismatches in the system.
A. 852 Hz and 1477 Hz * A. 460 kb/s C. 560 kb/s *
B. 697 Hz and 1477 Hz A. -33.9 dBm * C. -39.3 dBm B. 640 kb/s D. 650 kb/s
C. 941 Hz and 1477 Hz B. -43.3 dBm D. -53.5 dBm
D. 770 Hz and 1477 Hz 49. A signal would have a bandwidth of 200
39. Find the propagation loss for a signal at kHz and a signal-to-noise ratio of 20 dB
30. Find the propagation loss for a signal at 800 MHz, with a transmitting antenna if transmitted without spreading. It is
800 MHz, with a transmitting antenna height of 30 m, over a distance of 10 spread using a chipping rate of 50:1.
height of 30 m, over a distance of 10 km, using the mobile-propagation Calculate its bandwidth and signal-to-
km, using the free-space model. model. noise ratio after spreading.

A. 110.5 dB * C. 115.0 dB A. 159.5 dB * C. 195.5 dB A. 10 MHz and 3 dB *

B. 124.1 dB D. 121.3 dB B. 165.0 dB D. 175.1 dB B. 5 MHz and 1.5 dB
C. 7.5 MHz and 7 dB
31. An open-wire line uses wire with a 40. An AM transmitter has a carrier power D. 1 MHz and 3.5 dB
diameter of 2 mm. What should the wire output of 50W.What would be the total
spacing be for an impedance of 150 ? power produced with 80% modulation? 50. A transmitter has a power output of 10
W at a frequency of 250 MHz. It is
A. 1.5 mm C. 2.5 mm A. 56 W C. 66 W * connected by 20 m of a transmission
B. 3.5 mm * D. 4.5 mm B. 46 W D. 76 W line having a loss of 3 dB/100 m to an
antenna with a gain of 6 dBi. The
32. A resistor has a noise temperature of 41. An automobile travels at 60 km/hr. Find receiving antenna is 25 km away and
300 K. Find its noise power density. the time between fades if the car uses a has a gain of 4 dBi. There is negligible
cell phone at 800 MHz. loss in the receiver feedline, but the
A. 4.14 1019 W/Hz receiver is mismatched: the antenna
B. 4.14 1023 W/Hz A. 12.1 ms C. 10.1 ms and line are designed for a 50
C. 4.14 1021 W/Hz * B. 11.2 ms * D. 14.3 ms impedance, but the receiver input is 75
D. 4.14 1018 W/Hz . Calculate the power delivered to the
42. A metropolitan area of 1000 square km receiver, assuming free-space
33. A generator sends 50 mW down a 50- is to be covered by cells with a radius of propagation.
line. The generator is matched to the 2 km. How many cell sites would be
line but the load is not. If the coefficient required, assuming hexagonal cells? A. -51.9 dBm C. -59.1 dBm *
of reflection is 0.5, how much power is B. -61.9 dBm D. -69.1 dBm
reflected and how much is dissipated in A. 83 C. 93
the load? B. 73 * D. 63 < < < Nothing Follows > > >

A. 12.5 mW and 37.5 mW * 43. Calculate the free-space path loss at a

B. 15.0 mW and 35.5 mW frequency of 1 GHz, for each of the
C. 25.1 mW and 56.1 mW following paths, to a point on the earth
D. 10.5 mW and 35.5 mW directly under the satellite from a LEO
satellite at an altitude of 500 km.
34. A transmitter supplies 50 W to a load
through a line with an SWR of 2. Find A. 164.1 dB C. 146.4 dB *
the power absorbed by the load. B. 143.3 dB D. 145.2 dB

A. 44.4 W * C. 54.3 W 44. A helical antenna with 8 turns is to be

B. 34.4 W D. 64.4 W constructed for a frequency of 1.2 GHz.
Calculate the optimum diameter.

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