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a. 380
b. 328
c. 722
d. 656
4. What device is located between the magnetron and the mixer and
prevents received signals from entering the magnetron?
a. TR box
b. ATR box
c. RF attenuator
d. Resonant cavity
5. Where is RF attenuator used in a radar unit?
a. Discriminator
b. Timer/ synchronizer circuit
c. Artificial transmission line
d. Pulse-rate indicator circuit
7. Given the pulse width of 8 microseconds and a duty cycle of 8%,
determine the pulse repetition time of a radar system.
a. 100 us
b. 1 us
c. 1000 us
d. 10 ms
8. On runway, an ILS localizer shows
a. CRT
b. Magnetron
c. Timer
d. Video amplifier
10. The characteristic of the magnetron output pulse that relates to accurate
range measurement is its
a. Amplitude
b. Decay time
c. Rise time
d. Duration
11. The minimum range of a radar is determined by
a. Peak detector
b. Crystal mixer
c. Second detector
d. Discriminator
13. The echo box is used for
a. A hydrogen thyratron
b. A klystron
c. A pentagrid converter tube
d. A reactance tube modulator
15. What is the peak power of a radar pulse if the pulse width is 1.0
microsecond, PRR is 900 and the average plate power input is 45 watts?
a. 50 kW
b. 45 kW
c. 60 kW
d. 62.5 kW
16. Radar uses what form of energy to detect planes, ships and land masses
a. Sound energy
b. Visible light
c. Infrared radiation
d. Electromagnetic energy
17. In a pulse radar system, what component controls the timing throughout
the system?
a. Power supply
b. Synchronizer
c. Indicator
d. Receiver
18. What radar measurement of an object is referenced to true north?
a. Height
b. Surface angle
c. Vertical angle
d. One-way distance
19. Surface search radar normally scans how many degrees of azimuth?
a. 30 degrees
b. 90 degrees
c. 360 degrees
d. 180 degrees
20. What limits the maximum range of a surface search radar?
a. Pulse width
b. Transmitter power
c. Frequency
d. Radar horizon
21. What IF frequency (ies) is (are) normally used in radar receivers?
a. 30 or 60 MHz
b. 455 kHz
c. 70 MHz
d. 10.7 MHz
22. What is the typical frequency range about the center frequency of a
tunable magnetron?
a. Track radar
b. Search radar
c. Pulsed radar
d. Doppler shift
24. What radio navigation and determines the distance from a transponder
beacon by measuring the length of time the radio signal took to travel to the
receiver?
a. Radar
b. Loran C
c. Distance marking
d. Distance measuring equipment
25. Which of the following is a feature of an instrument landing system?
a. The localizer which shows aircraft deviation horizontally from center of runway
b. The glideslope or glide path which shows vertical altitude of an aircraft during landing
c. Provides communications to aircraft
d. Both a and b
26. What transmission method does not depend on relative frequency or
target motion?
a. Digital transmission
b. Frequency modulation
c. Pulse modulation
d. CW modulation
27. The beat frequency in a swept-frequency transmitter provides what
contact information?
a. Frequency
b. Travel time
c. Range
d. Velocity
28. A self- synchronization radar system obtains timing trigger pulses from
what source?
a. Transmitter
b. Echo box
c. Anti-transmit and receive box
d. Transmit and receive box
29. In externally-synchronized radar, what determines the PRR of the
transmitter?
a. Synchronizer
b. Master oscillator
c. Blocking oscillator
d. Free-running multivibrator
30. Transmitter power readings are most often referenced to what power
level?
a. 1 watt
b. 1 milliwatt
c. 1 microwatt
d. 1 picowatt
31. What type of radiator normally drives a corner reflector?
a. Half-wave
b. Despun
c. Isotropic
d. Marconi
32. A monopulse receiver has how many separate channels?
a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four
33. How many major lobes are produced by a paraboloid reflector?
a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four
34. The Doppler variation is directly proportional to what radar contact
characteristics?
a. Frequency
b. Velocity
c. Range
d. Travel time
35. What is the simplest type of scanning?
a. Target resolution
b. Bearing resolution
c. Range resolution
d. Angular resolution
37. Radar altimeters use what type of transmission signal?
a. Amplitude modulated
b. Frequency modulated
c. Phase modulated
d. Pulsed modulated
38. Tracking radar searches a small volume of space during which phase of
operation?
a. Scanning
b. Tracking
c. Searching
d. Acquisition
39. How many active elements are contained in a magnetron?
a. Two
b. Three
c. Four
d. Five
40. Transit time might be defined as the time required for
a. Dc feedback signal
b. Stator lines
c. Deflection coils
d. Rotor lines
42. What circuit element receives the drive voltage in a radar system’s fiber
optic signal transmitter?
a. Filter capacitor
b. Load-limiting capacitor
c. Temperature sensor
d. Transistor
43. For a range of 10 nautical miles, the radar pulse repetition frequency
(PRF) should be
a. 10 cm
b. 5 cm
c. 2.5 cm
d. 20 cm
45. Ship raster scan radar has a CRT with the following characteristics: 70
pixels per character, 80 character per line, 25 lines per screen and it scans
100 screen per second. What is the minimum required bandwidth for the
electron beam control signal?
a. 210 MHz
b. 0.21 MHz
c. 2.1 MHz
d. 21 MHz
46. Continuous wave radar is frequency modulated with a 50-Hz sine wave.
At the output of the receiver phase detector, a phase delay of 36 degrees is
measured. This indicates a target range of
a. 15 km
b. 75 km
c. 150 km
d. 300 km
47. A target pulse appears on the CRT 100 microseconds after the
transmitted pulse. The target slant range is
a. 30 km
b. 93 miles
c. 15 km
d. 15, 000 yards
48. A gated LC oscillator operating at 12.5 kHz is being used to develop
range markers. If each is converted to a range, the range between markers
will be
a. 120 km
b. 12 km
c. 1.2 km
d. 210 km
49. What type of tube best meets the requirements of a modulator switching
element?
a. Thyratron
b. Magnetron
c. Klystron
d. Phanotron
50. What type of transmitter power is measured over a period of time?
a. Peak
b. Return
c. Average
d. Reciprocal
1. The minimum range of radar is primarily determined by
a. 380
b. 328
c. 722
d. 656
4. What device is located between the magnetron and the mixer and
prevents received signals from entering the magnetron?
a. TR box
b. ATR box
c. RF attenuator
d. Resonant cavity
5. Where is RF attenuator used in a radar unit?
a. Discriminator
b. Timer/ synchronizer circuit
c. Artificial transmission line
d. Pulse-rate indicator circuit
7. Given the pulse width of 8 microseconds and a duty cycle of 8%,
determine the pulse repetition time of a radar system.
a. 100 us
b. 1 us
c. 1000 us
d. 10 ms
8. On runway, an ILS localizer shows
a. CRT
b. Magnetron
c. Timer
d. Video amplifier
10. The characteristic of the magnetron output pulse that relates to accurate
range measurement is its
a. Amplitude
b. Decay time
c. Rise time
d. Duration
11. The minimum range of a radar is determined by
a. Peak detector
b. Crystal mixer
c. Second detector
d. Discriminator
13. The echo box is used for
a. A hydrogen thyratron
b. A klystron
c. A pentagrid converter tube
d. A reactance tube modulator
15. What is the peak power of a radar pulse if the pulse width is 1.0
microsecond, PRR is 900 and the average plate power input is 45 watts?
a. 50 kW
b. 45 kW
c. 60 kW
d. 62.5 kW
16. Radar uses what form of energy to detect planes, ships and land masses
a. Sound energy
b. Visible light
c. Infrared radiation
d. Electromagnetic energy
17. In a pulse radar system, what component controls the timing throughout
the system?
a. Power supply
b. Synchronizer
c. Indicator
d. Receiver
18. What radar measurement of an object is referenced to true north?
a. Height
b. Surface angle
c. Vertical angle
d. One-way distance
19. Surface search radar normally scans how many degrees of azimuth?
a. 30 degrees
b. 90 degrees
c. 360 degrees
d. 180 degrees
20. What limits the maximum range of a surface search radar?
a. Pulse width
b. Transmitter power
c. Frequency
d. Radar horizon
21. What IF frequency (ies) is (are) normally used in radar receivers?
a. 30 or 60 MHz
b. 455 kHz
c. 70 MHz
d. 10.7 MHz
22. What is the typical frequency range about the center frequency of a
tunable magnetron?
a. Track radar
b. Search radar
c. Pulsed radar
d. Doppler shift
24. What radio navigation and determines the distance from a transponder
beacon by measuring the length of time the radio signal took to travel to the
receiver?
a. Radar
b. Loran C
c. Distance marking
d. Distance measuring equipment
25. Which of the following is a feature of an instrument landing system?
a. The localizer which shows aircraft deviation horizontally from center of runway
b. The glideslope or glide path which shows vertical altitude of an aircraft during landing
c. Provides communications to aircraft
d. Both a and b
26. What transmission method does not depend on relative frequency or
target motion?
a. Digital transmission
b. Frequency modulation
c. Pulse modulation
d. CW modulation
27. The beat frequency in a swept-frequency transmitter provides what
contact information?
a. Frequency
b. Travel time
c. Range
d. Velocity
28. A self- synchronization radar system obtains timing trigger pulses from
what source?
a. Transmitter
b. Echo box
c. Anti-transmit and receive box
d. Transmit and receive box
29. In externally-synchronized radar, what determines the PRR of the
transmitter?
a. Synchronizer
b. Master oscillator
c. Blocking oscillator
d. Free-running multivibrator
30. Transmitter power readings are most often referenced to what power
level?
a. 1 watt
b. 1 milliwatt
c. 1 microwatt
d. 1 picowatt
31. What type of radiator normally drives a corner reflector?
a. Half-wave
b. Despun
c. Isotropic
d. Marconi
32. A monopulse receiver has how many separate channels?
a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four
33. How many major lobes are produced by a paraboloid reflector?
a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four
34. The Doppler variation is directly proportional to what radar contact
characteristics?
a. Frequency
b. Velocity
c. Range
d. Travel time
35. What is the simplest type of scanning?
a. Target resolution
b. Bearing resolution
c. Range resolution
d. Angular resolution
37. Radar altimeters use what type of transmission signal?
a. Amplitude modulated
b. Frequency modulated
c. Phase modulated
d. Pulsed modulated
38. Tracking radar searches a small volume of space during which phase of
operation?
a. Scanning
b. Tracking
c. Searching
d. Acquisition
39. How many active elements are contained in a magnetron?
a. Two
b. Three
c. Four
d. Five
40. Transit time might be defined as the time required for
a. Dc feedback signal
b. Stator lines
c. Deflection coils
d. Rotor lines
42. What circuit element receives the drive voltage in a radar system’s fiber
optic signal transmitter?
a. Filter capacitor
b. Load-limiting capacitor
c. Temperature sensor
d. Transistor
43. For a range of 10 nautical miles, the radar pulse repetition frequency
(PRF) should be
a. 10 cm
b. 5 cm
c. 2.5 cm
d. 20 cm
45. Ship raster scan radar has a CRT with the following characteristics: 70
pixels per character, 80 character per line, 25 lines per screen and it scans
100 screen per second. What is the minimum required bandwidth for the
electron beam control signal?
a. 210 MHz
b. 0.21 MHz
c. 2.1 MHz
d. 21 MHz
46. Continuous wave radar is frequency modulated with a 50-Hz sine wave.
At the output of the receiver phase detector, a phase delay of 36 degrees is
measured. This indicates a target range of
a. 15 km
b. 75 km
c. 150 km
d. 300 km
47. A target pulse appears on the CRT 100 microseconds after the
transmitted pulse. The target slant range is
a. 30 km
b. 93 miles
c. 15 km
d. 15, 000 yards
48. A gated LC oscillator operating at 12.5 kHz is being used to develop
range markers. If each is converted to a range, the range between markers
will be
a. 120 km
b. 12 km
c. 1.2 km
d. 210 km
49. What type of tube best meets the requirements of a modulator switching
element?
a. Thyratron
b. Magnetron
c. Klystron
d. Phanotron
50. What type of transmitter power is measured over a period of time?
a. Peak
b. Return
c. Average
d. Reciprocal
Answers:
3. 722
4. ATR box
9. Timer
12. Discriminator
13. sting and tuning of the radar unit by providing artificial targets
14. A klystron
15. 50 kW
17. Synchronizer
21. 30 or 60 MHz
27. Range
28. Transmitter
29. Master oscillator
30. 1 milliwatt
31. Half-wave
32. Three
33. One
34. Velocity
38. Acquisition
39. Two
42. Transistor
44. 2.5 cm
45. 21 MHz
46. 300 km
47. 15 km
48. 12 km
49. Thyratron
50. Average
1.