BHARATH ELECTRONICS PROBATIONARY ENGINEERS SELECTION EXAMINATION 1991 PART A Date: 21-07-91 PART A 75 MARKS 75 Questions — 1. If value of resistor creating thermal noise is doubled, the noise power generated is: a) halved ec b) quadrupled P= AT! ¢) doubled (r vat unchanged . . + If the carrier of a 100% modulated AM wave is supressed the Percentage power saving in sideband will be: a) 50% b)150x _ 7 ce) 100% + \ Sem vat 66. 66x ter 3. One of the main function of the RF amplifer in a superhetrodyne reciever is t - a) provide improved. tracking d) permit better adjacent ohannel rejection ¢) increasing the tuning range of the reciever VAN improve the rejection of image frequency Impedence inversion may be obtained with: a) a shortcircuited stub & bia open circuited stub a quarter wave line d) a half wave line 5. As electromagnetic wave travels in free space only one of the following can happen to the wave is: a) absorption r vt) attenuation 1 pe peat me ©) refraction : q d) reflection 6) A duplexer is used a) to recieve two signals in one antenna vi to allow one antenna to be used for recoption or transmission with out mutual interference c) to prevent interference b/w two antennas when they are connected to reciever d) to increase the pulses in pulsed radar7) The purpose of ‘the helix in a TWT is to 8) Quantizing noise occurs 9) A backward wave oscillator ‘is based on: - 10) a) 12) 13) a) prevent the electron beam from spreading in tube- Vt) reduce the axial velocity of rf field c) ensure broadband operation d) reduce the’ noise figure a) Time division multiplexing b) Frequency division multiplexing ec) pulse width ‘modulation a) rising sun magnetron b) crossfield amplifier c) coaxial. transmission line wt helix travelling wave tube long If the return echo arrives after allocated pulse interval a) it will interfere with the operation of the transmitter b) the receiver. might be over loaded c) it will not/be received * Vt) the target appears closer than it really is Une of the following is not an omni-directional antenna: a) half wave dipole \5) log periodic ©) discone d) marconi . A stripline is one which has: a),one ground plane VA two ground planes ©) no ground planes d) none of these The gain of radar antenna is proportional to aperture area ai wave length . frequency b) _, aperture aperture area square e . wavelength square _ aperture area square ai wavelengthYP gocovesi antenna converts energy from the féed located at the focus into az a) plane wavefront without ‘uniform phase b) spherical wavefront c) curved wavefront without unifora phase .\A1 plane wave front of uniform phase 15) RADAR becon’s are used for: a) ship navigation with horizon range b) aircraft navigation & . airborne carry V4) both a) & b) and many more none of these 16) A radar display which maps the target range on a polar display is called: a) A-scope bi B-scope ¢) C-scope vo) PPI 17) A pulsed radar operates at a Frequency of “f hz, with an interpulse period of T sec's, the maximum unambiguous range is given by: a). cT & d e172 as oo ‘c) . tes? pt, Vi 8tv2 18) Quality factor is the measure of “a) Sharpness of Resonance b) Temp Stability c) Symmetry of curve d) Energy conversion 19) In a D-type Flip Flop output is - a) (NR2) non return to zero b) (RZ) return to zero c) Biternary . ga-None of these 70) A floppy diskette with 96 TPI means its capacity is ° a) 320 KB b) 640 KB co) 1.2 HB 4) 1.2 KB 21) Cross assembler means . a) a software relocatable files b) to use in 8085 c) in assembly relocatabie files a) 22) A basic memory storage element is a) invertor b) gate 7), NAND gate (AT FLIP FLOP23) The directive gain of an elementry doublet al o.s! 1.5 ; ce) 3.0 . ee 4.5 24) 5 PPM means a) 0.05 E (-4) b) 0.0005x ¢) 0.05%" . _. yAt 5.00 E (-6) Ve 25)'In a baudot code (5 unit) the time elapse used 50 ms so time.required is to transmit a character is a) 100ms b) 125ms c) 200ms d? 150ms' 267A Geostationary satellite is located at a distance - from earth _\t) 36000 .KMs 7S b) 36000 Miles _ ° ¢) 38000 KMs bee d) 32000 Miles 27) In a Full wave rectifier the ripple factor is ab 1.21 e vb) 0.48 ¢) 1.48 d) 1.00 28) In T.V, broadcast system in INDIA channel Bandwidth ‘ts Le) 7 aHz b) 6 KHz ea c) S MHz . a) 5.5°MHz * cote 29) For T.¥, broadcast, the polarization used wee Horizontal polarization “ b) Vertical Polarization ¢) Circular Polarization d) Elliptical Polarization ° 30) In T.V Uroadcast system tn India, Sound and Picture signal is modulated by a) FM & VSB b) AM & FH eo) FH & AM d) SSB & FM$1) PLL is used in demodulation ‘of FA b) AH c) SSB d) DSBSC $2) Theoritical efficiendy of class A transformer coupled amplifier is . Sox b) 100% ©) 78% ae +d) 25% os 723) 0 suttoning regulator te a) Less efficient, Less Bulky b) More efficient, More Bulky \&A More efficient, Less Bulky . d) Less efficient, More Bulky | « : 34) Corelator means a) Similarities bd ec) a)- 35) An 8-bit Microprocessor means a) Its register length is 8 bits b) It has 8 address lines . ¢) It has 16 address lines {-d1 Its data bus is 8 bits pide 88) Microprocessor is different from microcontroller fee, a) Microcontroller has less instruction set \-b) Hicrocontroller has ROM, 1/0, on itself §} Microprocessor do not have 1/0 & ROM seperately 4) Microcontroller is microprogrammed computer 37) Number of control lines to select 1 to 32 outputs of a multiplexer is: 5 br 4 co) 8 qd) 16 38) The input impedence of which configuration is low <1 CB amplifier b) CC amplifier ° ©) CE awplifier 4) All the above have same input impedence 39) The frequency of crystal used in quartz watch te? 32.768 Hz b) 32.768 MHz cc) 3.2768 KHz d) 3.2768 MHz40) aL 42) 43) 451 46) 47) 48) A quartz crystal 1s sade up of '3) Alupiniun silicate «seman \A) Boron. silicate Se ee cc) A quartz crystal converts Ll Electrical energy to Mechanical energy ‘b} Electrical, energy to Electromagnetic onarey ¢) Mechanical “energy Co Electiomagnetic ‘didrey 4) Hechanical energy to some other form 7 fe resistance of Diode a) Increases when the current through the device iricreases b) Increases when the current through the device decreases %) Increases with temperature di} Decreases with temperature . A transistor is said to be in saturation when”, ) Gas filled triode . ©) Hot.cathodé gas tube’ d) Vaceumé tube triod in FH using frequency range of 88 to 108 MHz IF used is Va) 10.7 MHz” * " b) 35 MHz > | ©) 70 MHz i d) 100 MHz The X band covers the frequency range of a) 1-2 GHz b) 2-4 GHz ne fe) 8-12 GHz . d) 4-8 Giz In CHOS IC's fanout’ 12 : : a) 10 brs. wees uo <) 20 . /4) It depends on {ts output capacitance & aad tmpedance |o ory used for come types of service wove ef the Ica powers required | S| Cho trensaittine antennas dre of convenient size cf they are very reliable “ar they penetrate the ionosphere eesily A $0. “Indicete which of the following frequencies CANNOT be used ingot eble beyond-the-horizon terrestrial consunications without repesterst 2) 20 kHz Sb) 4S Pee ¢) 900 HHe VA) 12 GHz Distances neer the skip distance should be used for Sky" wave prepasaticn a) to avoid tiltine .-B) to prevent sky-wave and upper ray interference c) to avoid the Faraday effect Ud so 2a not to exceed the critical frequency é wave eventually disappears, as one moves - aNay frea the trensaitter, because of interference froa the sky wave joss 6 iing-ofssight conditions icun single-hop distance limitation eiveine Bay, Tao ebserpticn of rodie waves by the atwosphere, depends on vf their Frequency tb thoir distence from the transmitter. 2) the palerizetion of the waves > tho polarization of the atmosphere So. entch cao of the foilowing reasons for the use of gat with antennas is FALSE: Impossibility of a good ground connection Provicion ef an earth for the antenna cpetection of personnel working underneats Toprovesant of tha radiation pattern of the antenne chew “vhich of the following teras does NOT apply f° the d bendwidtin acitic elements dod dipole fe gokn Asrain feed ‘tc used with a parabolic reflector, increase the gol: of the cysten increase tho beamwidth of tha system racuce the size of tho main reflector allow the feed to be placed at a convenient point Peri! entenna is used-¥er satellite tracking because of its weT circuler pobsisetion 5) maneuverability =) broad bandwidth a) goed front-to-back ratio : SS tinen electromagnetic waves are reflected at an angle from a ual, their wavelength along the wall is 2s in free space S the wavelensth perpendicular to the wall because of the Coppler effect Sreater than in the actual direction of propagation vy AS 8 result of rotlectiens from a plane Conducting wall, plectroaasnetic waves acquire cn apparent Velocity greater than the velocity of light in space. Inia te called the veiccity of propagation formal vetocity sroup velocity phase vlocity $0. in’ Ender to couple two generators to a waveguide system without ccupling thea to each other, one can NOT oe a) rat-race 6) E-planc T ©) hybrid ring d) gagiz T = Cylindrical cavity resonators are not used with . klystrons teceuse thay have : a) a @ that is too Iow ’, b) a shape hose resonant frequency is tod difficult to calculate “cY . haraonically rejated resonant frequencies 3) too heavy losses +62. A PIN ciode ts 3 = @2€al ‘Semiconductor point-contact diode 5) 4 microwave aixer diode ©). often used ss a microwave detector Ker suitevle fer use.as a aicrouave snitch 1063. he a 8s. 67. Indicate (he FALSE statement. An’ advantage of Maser in over waveguides is ite 2). smaller bulk b) greater bandwidth 1 higher power-handl ing capacity 6) greater compatibility with semiconductor devices & disadvantage of optical fibres as compared with navecuides ic. a) that they are a new technology vb) their inadequate channel capacity c) the high crosstalk from which they suffer d) that magnetic fields affect them too easily Qne of the reasons why vacuum tubes eventually fail at microwave frequencies is that their se fioure increases transit time becomes too short shunt capacitive reactances become too larse series inductive reactances become too small sometimes preferred to the multicavity klystron because the former 2) is wore efficient L2T acs 2 greater bandwidth ¢) hes a highes number of modes 2) produces 2 Righer output power A magnetic field is used in the cavity magnetron to vent anode current in the absence of oscillations ensure that the oscillations are pulsed help in focusing the electron bean, thus preventing spreading \sr cnsure that the electrons will orbit around the cathode is senetimes preferred to the magnetron as a radar ar cutput tube because it is \<) capable of a longer duty cycle b) = acre efficient amplifier 2) core broadband a) less ‘noisy at L&seztric amplifier aust be cooled. . © b), te increase bandwidth WAY because {f cannot operate at room temperature a 0 {oprove the noise performance For best Vor-level noise performance in the X-band, an “ saplificr should use dE) 2 bipolar transistor a Gunn diove © field-effect transistor “Tan INPATT diode : which cno of the following is NOT used as a 7 or detector yetal dicce Schottiy-derrier diode Backward diode PIN dicdo 72. Gain-band:iidth frequency cf a microwave transistor, #7, fc the ¢requency at which the 2) slpha of the transister fells by 3 dB 5) beta or the transistor falle by 3 0B v< power gain of the transistor galls to unity 3) beta of tha transistor falla bo unity indicate the FALSE answer. For a microwave transistor to operate at tha nighest frequencies, the val collectcr voltase aust be large bd). collecter: current must be high, . ©) base should be thin \a enitter area must be large 75. The tunnel diode o) has @ tiny hole through its centre to facilitate tunnel ing ies point-contact diode with a very high reverse resistence ugzes c high doping level to provide a narrow Junction werka by quantum tunneling exhibited by gallium . arsenide only Keennuconons toner tea tihey tm vind tn) pt ea in open links, to ¢itroc, rather than wef ensure that the beam does not spread ee -prevent atmospheric interference ) prevent interference by other Vascrs %) cnsure that people are not blinded by then division aultiplex cen be used with PCH only a 5) combines 7ive groups into @ subgroup 2 Stacks 24 channels in adjacent frequency slots C&r fatGnleaves pulses belonging to dif Ferent transmissions 77. Mieronave link repeaters are typically SO km apart attenuation pecause of atmospheric power oscillations because of output tube because of the earth’s curvature ee eksure that the applied DC voltage is not xcessive sicroueve links are generally preferred to coaxial cable ‘for television transmission because of thoy have 3 they are cheaper D) Shey, 218 Greater bangwiaths =) of their creater Pagunity to inpulse noise lees overall phase distortion eparate channels in a time-division multiplex We 7 is necessary to use ce b) bendpass filters c) sitferentiation gd) integratien 3Qy adiecte the Fal In order to combat noise the channd] bandwidth may be increased wedunden =) may be used che transmitted power may be increased, ihe signalling rate may be reducede Hootloy-Ehsnncn theorem cote c’lieit on the Q 8) hishest frequoncy thet may be sent over a “given channel . LAT maximus eepecity of a channel with a given notes level ©) mexieun nucber of coding levels in @ channel with a siven neise Taval + Aunber of quentizing levels in 2 channel of a p bendwidth 2 3 uoed eet to overcoaz cuentizing noise in PCH sn Pou trensmitters, to allow amplitude limiting in receivars . e) 2 erotect small signals in PCM from quantizing eistortion a) aR PO ers, to overcome impulse noise statement. I¢ the ratio of the antenna @length in a radar system is high, this renge : ciscrimination Ve tesget acquisition cepture area Cventage of CW Doppler radar is that o% sive the target velocity Ao: cive the target range pondcm is required at the target ast give the target position of = radar receiver is inversely @) pulse wi D) pulse ©) pulse the peak trensmitted power soluté nto "dl ind speed* prablem is to el change th: Ospplor Jrequancy Ae ovary the PRE . @ monopulse 2 NTTAn odd number of Vines per frama forms part o of tho world’s TV systems. This is 1 td7 done te ass:_- interlace by) purely an accident €) to encure that the ling and ¢ramo frequencies con obtained from the same original source 4) done to minimise interferenco with the chroma subcarrier . GG. The function of the SERRATIONS !n the composite video waveform is te 2) equalize the charge in the integrator before the start of vertical retrace (PP help vertical synchronization Us“ help horizontal synchronization ) simplify the generation of the vertical sync pulse 89. The video voltage applied to the picture tube of a television receiver is fed in a) between grid and ground b) to the yoke ©) to the anode Ld between crid and cathode The HV anode supply for the picture tube of a TV receiver is generated in the WF mains transformer ) Verticel output stace et herizontal output stage @) herizental deflection oscit lator In a TV receiver, the COLOUR KILLER LS cuts off the chroma stases during monochrose recept!on wo ensures that no colour is transmitted to monochrome receivers: <) pravents colour overtosding 6) gakes sure that the colour burst is not mistaken for sync pulses, by cutting off reception during the back porch 92. 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