SAMPLE FINAL EXAM

Multiple Choice (10 pts each)

1 Which of the following are measures of sound levels

A. Sound Pressure Level D. none of the choices

B. Sound Intensity E. all of the choices
C. Loudness

2 What is the unit used for ground conductivity

A. milli /m C. millisiemens/m
B. mmho/m D. all of the choices

3 What is the typical operating bandwidth of an AM broadcast station

A. 5 kHz C. 10 kHz
B. 9 KHz D. None of the above

4 Which of the following channels do not have 1st Adjacent stations

A. Ch 13 C. both channels
B. Ch 7 D. none of the two channels

5 What level defines the coverage of an FM station

A. 1 mV/m C. 48 dBm
B. 251 uV/m D. none of the choices

PROBLEMS

Cluster AM Frequency (kHz)

1 666
2 846
 3 1206
4 990
5 774
6 810

1 Given an AM Transmitter using your cluster assigned AM frequency, determine the distance to 0 dBm if the
transmitter power is 10 kW and the terrain traversed is 20 km of rice fields followed by seawater onwards (2

2 How far can a 5 kW TV Transmitter Station A be set up from Protected TV Station B if Station A has an antenn
of 100 meters and gain of 2 while Station B has an antenna height of 150 meters and gain of 3 dB. (30 pts)

Cluster Route Distance feet

1 18000

3 Given the following:

Route Distance feet refer to Cluster Table
Cable Attenuation dB/100 ft 0.95
Amp Gain dB 27
Amp Output dB 41
Noise Figure 9
Expansion Allowance 90%
Calculate the following up to 3 decimal places
Actual inter-amplifier distance (20 pts)
System Carrier-to-Noise ratio (10 pts)

4 Calculate the values of the taps (A, B, C, D, E: 5 pts each) and the tap thru level of Tap E (25 pts)
in the given distribution design using the provided tap specification

Cluster Line Extender Output dB

1 45
2 47
3 42
4 49
5 41
6 46

stribution Cable Attenuation is 1.65 dB/100 feet

Target Tap Output without going under 18 dB
ectional Coupler Insertion Loss 1.1 dB
Directional Coupler Tap Loss 16 dB

12O ft 11O'ft 9O ft 95 ft
A B C D

95 ft E
11O' ft

Use the prescribed tap value calculation table

Cluster TX A TX B Tx B Power
1 Ch 24 Ch 25 10 kW
2 Ch 8 Ch 8 5 kW
 3 Ch 6 Ch 5 20 kW
4 Ch 10 Ch 9 5 kW
5 Ch 4 Ch 4 10 kW
6 Ch 41 Ch 40 20 kw

ine the distance to 0 dBm if the Use the appropriate AM Chart

followed by seawater onwards (20 pts)

tation B if Station A has an antenna height Use the appropriate TV Chart

meters and gain of 3 dB. (30 pts) Take note if the antenna
gain is a ratio or in dB

dB/100 ft
dB
dB
dB

evel of Tap E (25 pts)

Insertion
Tap Value Tap Loss dB
Loss dB
35 35 0.7
32 32 0.8
29 29 0.9
26 26 1
23 23 1.2
20 20 1.4
17 17 1.6
14 14 2.2
11 11 3.6
7 7 5