Methodist College of Engineering and Technology

Sub: Radar Systems

2 mark questions:
Unit-1

1) What is Radar? What are the various applications of Radar?

2) Explain the basic principle of RADAR?
3) Write down the three simple forms of Radar Range equations?

Unit-2:
1) What is Doppler Effect?
2) Draw the block diagram of CW Doppler radar?
3) Calculate the Doppler frequency of an aircraft with a speed of 500 knots. When the
CW radar is working with a wavelength of 10 cms.
4) Write down advantage and disadvantages of CW radar?
5) Describe the Doppler Effect.
6) Establish a relation between Doppler frequency shift and radial velocity of a moving
target.
7) If the transmitting source is fixed and the radar target is approaching the source, what
type of change the received frequency will undergo?
8) Why isolation between Transmitter and Receiver is required in CW Radar?
9) Explain what is a A scope display?
10) Write the applications of CW Radar?
11) If the target and the Frequency source are moving close to each other, with constant
velocity, explain the change in the frequency?
12) What is the principle of CW Radar?
13) Explain how the Doppler Effect is used to determine velocity of targets in Radar
systems?
14) What is FM-CW Altimeter?

Unit-3:
1) Define MTI radars.
2) List out features of MTI radars?
3) List the types of MTI radars?
4) Define pulse Doppler radars?
5) What are delay line cancellers?
6) What are Range gate Doppler filters?
7) Explain Staggered PRFs.
8) Explain what is a PPI display
9) What are blind speeds?
10) What limitations of MTI Performance?

Unit-4:
1) What is Squint angle?
2) What is Butter fly effect?
3) What is sequential Lobing?
4) List out and describe the basic methods of scanning.
5) Explain Boxcar Generator in conical Scanning?
6) What is the principle of FM Radar?
 7) What is a delay line canceller?
8) What is conical scanning?
9) What is Amplitude Comparison monopulse?
10) What is Monopulse Tracking Radar?
11) What is AGC in conical Scanning?
12) Compare and contrast the situations with a power amplifier and a power oscillator in
the transmitter of an MTI system.
13) Distinguish between MTI and Pulse Doppler Radar.
14) What is Phase Comparison Monopulse?
15) Define Beam, rotation and Target axis in conical scanning.
16) State a few important advantages of Phased array Radars?

Unit-5:
1) What is search radar?
2) Differentiate between Tracking radars and search radars?
3) Define LOS?
4) Explain the effect of atmosphere on radar performance?
5) Write antenna parameters?
6) Define Directivity and Antenna Gain?
7) Explain the polarization?
8) Define Antenna efficiency?
9) Write the feeding mechanism in reflector antennas?
10) Differentiate parabolic reflector antenna and cassegrain antenna?

Long Questions:
Unit-1:
1) Draw the block diagram of a basic RADAR system?

2) Explain the working of RADAR with the help of block diagram and hence bring out
the role of transmitter and receiver?
3) Derive the Radar Range equation and explain the factors on which it depends?
4) Derive the Radar Range equation based on Noise Figure at receiver?

Unit-2:
1) With a neat block diagram, describe the operation of FM-CW Radar?
2) Derive the necessary equations to measure range and Doppler frequency in FM-CW
Radar?
3) Explain the operation of pulsed Radar with the help of block diagram?
4) With a neat block diagram, describe the operation of FM-CW Altimeter?
5) Draw and explain the block diagram of side band super heterodyne CW radar?

Unit-3:
1) Draw the block diagram of non coherent MTI Radar and explain the function of each
block in detail?
2) Draw the block diagram of MTI radar using range gated filter and explain its
operation?
3) Explain delay line cancellers in MTI Radar?
4) Write the limitations of MTI Radars?

Unit-4:
 1) Draw the block diagram of Conical scan tracking radar and explain its operation?
2) Draw the block diagram of sequential scan tracking radar and explain its operation?
3) Explain the block diagram of amplitude comparison mono pulse radar for extraction
error signals in both elevation and azimuth?
4) Explain the block diagram of phase comparison mono pulse radar?

Unit-5:

1) Short notes on Line of Sight Propagation (LOS)?

2) Explain atmospheric effects on Radar performance?
3) Short notes on Radiation patterns of antenna?
4) Explain parabolic reflector antenna with neat diagram?
5) Explain the construction and working of cassegrain reflector antenna?
6) Explain antenna with Cosecant Squared Pattern?