CERTC - RF ReFresher Take-Home Exam -2 EST

Instruction: Submit your answer sheet for this 8. A quartz watch is guaranteed accurate to 16. A transmitter power amplifier has a gain
take home exam next meeting. 15 seconds per month has 30 days, of 30dB and an efficiency of 75%. Its
calculate the accuracy of the crystal output power is 100 watts. How much
1. Calculate the noise current for a diode oscillator in the watch in parts per million. current does the amplifier draw from a
with a bias current of 15mA, observed A. 5.79 ppm * 100 volt power supply?
over a 25 kHz bandwidth. A. 1.457 A
A. 11 mA C. 11 nA * C. 3.14 B. 1.333 A * C. 2.4 A
B. 11 uA ppm D. 3.6 A
B. 2.14 ppm
D. 11 pA 17. An SSB transmitter transmits on the USB
D. 4.27 with a (suppressed) carrier frequency of
2. The signal-to-noise ratio is 30 dB at the ppm 7.2MHz. It is modulated by two tones,
input to an amplifier and 27.3 dB at the with frequencies of 1kHz and 2.5kHz and
output. What is the noise figure of the 9. An AM signal observed on a spectrum equal amplitude. The transmitter PEP is
amplifier? analyzer shows a carrier at +12dBm, with 75W into a 50 ohms load. The carrier and
A. 2.7 dB * each of the sidebands 8dB below the unwanted sideband are each suppressed
carrier. Calculate the modulation index. by 60 dB. Calculate the peak voltage
C. 57.3 dB A. 0.23 B. 0.98 across the load and the average power
B. -2.7 dB C. 0.8 * into the load.
D. 0.63 A. 86.6 V and 37.5 W *
D. -57.3 dB C. 1.78
10. A transmitter uses a frequency V and 19.7 W
3. Suppose the noise power at the input to a multiplication circuit consisting of two B. 100 V and 27.3 W
receiver is 1nW in a bandwidth of interest. triplers and three doublers to get a
What would be the required signal power frequency of 540MHz from a crystal D. 27.5 V and 25 W
for a signal-to- noise ratio of 25dB? oscillator. What frequency should the
A. 316 nW * crystal have? 18. A receiver’s IF filter has a shape factor of
A. 38.88 GHz 2.5 and a bandwidth of 6kHz at the 6dB
C. 216 uW down point. What is its bandwidth at the
B. 400 nW C. 45 60dB down?
MHz A. 7kHz B. 15 kHz * C.
D. 500 nW B. 7.5 MHz * 30 kHz D. 45 kHz

4. An amplifier consists of two stages. Stage D. 38.88

one has a gain of 12dB and a noise figure MHz
of 2dB. Stage two has a gain of 20 dB 19. A double-tuned IF transformer has
and a noise figure of 5 dB. Calculate the 11. An AM transmitter with a carrier power of k=1.5kc. The primary Q is 50 and the
equivalent noise temperature in kelvins 20kW is connected to a 50ohms antenna. secondary Q is 40. Calculate the
for the amplifier. In order to design a lightning arrestor for bandwidth of the transformer at a
A. 151 K the antenna, it is necessary to know the frequency of 10.7MHz.
maximum instantaneous voltage that will A. 359 KHz *
C. 209.09K * appear at the antenna terminals.
B. 350 K Calculate this voltage, assuming 100% C. 476
modulation for the transmitter. KHz
D. 75 K A. 1kV B. 1.41 kV B. 526 KHz
C. 2.82 kV * D. 3.5
kV
5. Which of the following measures cannot D. 147 KHz
be used to reduce noise? 12. An FM signal has a deviation of 10kHz
A. by increasing the and is modulated by a sine wave with a God Bless!
channel bandwidth * frequency of 5kHz. The carrier frequency
is 150 MHz, and the signal has a total
B. by reducing the power of 12.5W, operating into an
signaling rate impedance of 50 ohms. What is the
C. by increasing the modulation index?
transmitted power A. 1.45 B. 2 *
C. 2.45 D.4
D. by using redundancy
13. An FM receiver operates with a S/N of 30
6. In the design of a receiver, the noise dB at its detector input and with mf=10. If
figure is determined primarily by the the received signal has a voltage of
A. first stage * 10mV, what is the amplitude of the noise
C. last voltage?
stage A. 10uV B. 1mV
B. all of the stages C. 316 uV * D. 521
D. none uV
of these
14. The RF power amplifier stage of a
7. A varactor-tuned oscillator uses an transmitter has an output of 50kW and a
inductance of 25uH with a varactor gain of 15dB. How much power must be
having a maximum capacitance of 45pF supplied to this stage by the previous
in the frequency-determining circuit. stage?
Calculate the range of frequencies for this A. 31.6 KW B.
oscillator, with a tuning voltage that varies 1.58 KW * C. 1.58
from 1V to 10V. MW D. 3.16 KW
A. 5.24 MHz – 9.14 MHz
15. A transmitter uses twelve modules in its
C. 9.82 MHz – solid-state output stage. Calculate the
25.98 MHz power reduction (in decibels) that would
B. 6.24 MHz – 10.16 MHz * occur if one module fails.
A. 0.378 dB * B. 0.5
D. 4.18 MHz – dB C. 0.83 dB D.
12.7 MHz 1 dB

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