REVIEWER ON BASIC COMMUNICATIONS

1. Determine the wavelength of radiowaves propagated using a frequency of 30 MHz.

A. 8 m B. 10 m C. 18 m D. 50 m
2. For an AM broadcast band receiver with an input filter of Q-factor of 60, what is the bandwidth at the end of the RF spectrum?
A. 26.75 kHz b. 25.32 kHz c. 13.25 kHz d. 10 kHz
3. A Varactor has a maximum capacitance of 90 pF and is used in a tuned circuit with a 120 microH inductor. Calculate for the
tuning voltage when frequency is doubled.
A. 6 V B. 10 V C. 5.5 V D. 7.5 V
4. A transmitter has a carrier power output of 100 W and an efficiency of 60%. How much power must be supplied by the
modulating amplifier for 100% modulation?
A. 190 W B. 20.2 W C. 83.33 W D. 60.21 W
5. A transmitter has a carrier power output of 120 W and an efficiency of 60% . How much power must be supplied by the
modulating amplifier for 85% modulation?
A. 120.2 W B. 72.25 W C. 80.32 W D. 24.43 W
6. A transmitter is to produce 15 W of carrier power when operating from a 25 V supply. What is the required load impedance as
seen from the collector?
A. 20.83 ohms B. 28.32 ohms C. 34.23 ohms D. 54.32 ohms
7. An RL circuit with 30 microH of inductance and 50 ohms of resistance operating with 50 MHz frequency. What is the quality
factor of the circuit?
A. 188.5 B. 88.32 C. 106.24 D. 38.34
8. What is the frequency in Hertz if the sinusoidal signal completes a revolution in 5 miliseconds?
A. 1020 Hz b. 280 Hz C. 200 Hz D. 500 Hz
9. What is the shape factor of an IF response curves with a -6 dB bandwidth of 8 kHz and a -60 dB of 16 kHz?
A. 2 B. 16 C. -66 D. 54
10. The ratio of voltage gain at signal frequency to the voltage gain at image frequency is 86. What is the image rejection ratio in
dB?
A. 38.7 dB B. 25.45 dB C. 28.26 dB D. 18.38 dB
11. Collection of one or more electronic devices that converts the original source information to a form more suitable for
transmission over a particular transmission medium.
A. Receiver B. transmitter C. medium D. mixer
12. Noise reduction system used for film sound in movie
A. dBm B. dBa C. dolby D. dBx
13. Background noise is the same as the following except
A. Gaussian noise B. thermal noise C. white noise D. impulse noise
14. The channel capacity of a noiseless channel is given by
A. Nyquist Theorem B. Hartley Law C. Shannon Hartley Theorem D. Bessel Function
15. A result of electromagnetic waves reaching the receiving antenna via two different paths such as in the skywave and ground
wave.
A. distorted B. distortion C. Atennuation D. Fading
16. A large emission of hydrogen from the sun that affects communications
A. Solar noise B. ballistic disturbance C. cosmic distarbance D. solar flare
17. Man-made noise is usually from ________
A. Ground wave B. skywave C. space wave D. troposphere
18. Which of the following noise figure is most desirable?
A. infinity B. 1 dB C. 100 dB D. 0 dB
19. For a given bandwidth more channel space is available for signals in the range of ______
A. VHF B. UHF C. SHF D. EHF
20. What happens in standard AM transmission when no modulating signal is being transmitted?
A. There is no signal B. there are no sidebands C. there are two carriers D. there are several sidebands
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