IECEP-Manila Form 1 S.

2011 TEST QUESTIONS

1. Please Use One Page per Question.

2. Fill-out all needed information.
3. Submissions with incomplete data will not be considered.

PROFILE OF CONTRIBUTOR
Name of School
Mapua Institute of Technology
Address Muralla St., Intramuros, Manila

Signature over Printed

Name , Position

Marloun P. Sejera
Faculty Member
Area of Specialization EST

Please indicate the subject:

( ) General Engineering and Applied Science
(x) Electronics System & Technologies
QUESTION:

By how much should two antennas be separated for space diversity in the
11 GHz band?

Choices:

a. 5.5 m b. 7.5m c. 9.5m d. 11.5m

ANSWER:
A. 5.5 m

SOLUTION ( IF PROBLEM -SOLVING)

Reference: Electronic Communication Systems/ Roy Blake/2002

Endorsed by:

Alejandro H. Ballado, Jr. ECE Chair

School Representative IECEP Manila
IECEP-Manila Form 1 S.2011 TEST QUESTIONS

1. Please Use One Page per Question.

2. Fill-out all needed information.
3. Submissions with incomplete data will not be considered.

PROFILE OF CONTRIBUTOR
Name of School
Mapua Institute of Technology
Address Muralla St., Intramuros, Manila

Signature over Printed

Name , Position

Marloun P. Sejera
Faculty Member
Area of Specialization EST

Please indicate the subject:

( ) General Engineering and Applied Science
(x) Electronics System & Technologies
QUESTION:

What is the phase velocity of a rectangular waveguide with a wall separation

of 3 cm and a desired frequency of operation of 6 GHz?

Choices:

a. 3.45 x 108 m/s b. 4.35 x 108 m/s c. 4.53 x 108 m/s d. 5.43 x 108 m/s
ANSWER:
D. 5.43 x 108 m/s

SOLUTION ( IF PROBLEM -SOLVING)

Reference: Electronic Communication Systems/ Wayne Tomasi /2004

Endorsed by:

Alejandro H. Ballado, Jr. ECE Chair

School Representative IECEP Manila
IECEP-Manila Form 1 S.2011 TEST QUESTIONS

1. Please Use One Page per Question.

2. Fill-out all needed information.
3. Submissions with incomplete data will not be considered.

PROFILE OF CONTRIBUTOR
Name of School
Mapua Institute of Technology
Address Muralla St., Intramuros, Manila

Signature over Printed

Name , Position

Marloun P. Sejera
Faculty Member
Area of Specialization EST

Please indicate the subject:

( ) General Engineering and Applied Science
(x) Electronics System & Technologies
QUESTION:

A transmitter and a receiver is 45 km apart. Suppose that there is an

obstacle midway between the transmitter and receiver. By how much must
the path between the towers clear the obstacle in order to avoid diffraction
at a frequency of 11 GHz?

Choices:

a. 17.52 m b. 10.51 m c. 8.76 m d. 7.52 m

ANSWER:
B. 10.51 m
SOLUTION ( IF PROBLEM -SOLVING)

Reference: Electronic Communication Systems/ Roy Blake/2002

Endorsed by:

Alejandro H. Ballado, Jr. ECE Chair

School Representative IECEP Manila
IECEP-Manila Form 1 S.2011 TEST QUESTIONS

1. Please Use One Page per Question.

2. Fill-out all needed information.
3. Submissions with incomplete data will not be considered.

PROFILE OF CONTRIBUTOR
Name of School
Mapua Institute of Technology
Address Muralla St., Intramuros, Manila

Signature over Printed

Name , Position

Marloun P. Sejera
Faculty Member
Area of Specialization EST

Please indicate the subject:

( ) General Engineering and Applied Science
(x) Electronics System & Technologies
QUESTION:

How far from the transmitter could a signal be received if the transmitting
and receiving antennas where 40 m and 20 m, respectively, above level
terrain?

Choices:

a. 44.5 km b. 45.4 km c. 54.4 km d. None of the choices

ANSWER:
A. 44.5 km

SOLUTION ( IF PROBLEM -SOLVING)

Reference: Electronic Communication Systems/ Roy Blake/2002

Endorsed by:

Alejandro H. Ballado, Jr. ECE Chair

School Representative IECEP Manila
IECEP-Manila Form 1 S.2011 TEST QUESTIONS

1. Please Use One Page per Question.

2. Fill-out all needed information.
3. Submissions with incomplete data will not be considered.

PROFILE OF CONTRIBUTOR
Name of School
Mapua Institute of Technology
Address Muralla St., Intramuros, Manila

Signature over Printed

Name , Position

Marloun P. Sejera
Faculty Member
Area of Specialization EST

Please indicate the subject:

( ) General Engineering and Applied Science
(x) Electronics System & Technologies
QUESTION:

A signal propagated in a waveguide has a full wave of electric intensity

change between two further walls, and no component of the electric field in
the direction of propagation. The mode is

Choices:

a. TE11 b. TE10 c. TM22 d. TE20

ANSWER:
D. TE20
SOLUTION ( IF PROBLEM -SOLVING)
N/A

Reference: Electronic Communication Systems/ Kennedy and Davis/1993

Endorsed by:

Alejandro H. Ballado, Jr. ECE Chair

School Representative IECEP Manila
IECEP-Manila Form 1 S.2011 TEST QUESTIONS

1. Please Use One Page per Question.

2. Fill-out all needed information.
3. Submissions with incomplete data will not be considered.

PROFILE OF CONTRIBUTOR
Name of School
Mapua Institute of Technology
Address Muralla St., Intramuros, Manila
Signature over Printed
Name , Position

Marloun P. Sejera
Faculty Member
Area of Specialization EST

Please indicate the subject:

( ) General Engineering and Applied Science
(x) Electronics System & Technologies
QUESTION:

An isolator has a forward loss of 0.7 dB and a return loss of 26 dB. A source
provides 1 W to the isolator, and the load is resistive with an SWR of 3. How
much power is dissipated in the load?

Choices:

a. 1 W b. 851 mW c. 750 mW d. 638 mW

ANSWER:
D. 638 mW

SOLUTION ( IF PROBLEM -SOLVING)

Reference: Electronic Communication Systems/ Roy Blake/2002

Endorsed by:

Alejandro H. Ballado, Jr. ECE Chair

School Representative IECEP Manila
IECEP-Manila Form 1 S.2011 TEST QUESTIONS

1. Please Use One Page per Question.

2. Fill-out all needed information.
3. Submissions with incomplete data will not be considered.

PROFILE OF CONTRIBUTOR
Name of School
Mapua Institute of Technology
Address Muralla St., Intramuros, Manila
Signature over Printed
Name , Position

Marloun P. Sejera
Faculty Member
Area of Specialization EST

Please indicate the subject:

( ) General Engineering and Applied Science
(x) Electronics System & Technologies
QUESTION:
An isolator has a forward loss of 0.7 dB and a return loss of 26 dB. A source
provides 1 W to the isolator, and the load is resistive with an SWR of 3. How
much power returns to the source?
Choices:

a. 250 mW b. 350 µW c. 535 µW d. 690 µW

ANSWER:
D. 5.43 x 108 m/s
SOLUTION ( IF PROBLEM -SOLVING)

Reference: Electronic Communication Systems/ Roy Blake/2002

Endorsed by:

Alejandro H. Ballado, Jr. ECE Chair

School Representative IECEP Manila

IECEP-Manila Form 1 S.2011 TEST QUESTIONS

1. Please Use One Page per Question.

2. Fill-out all needed information.
3. Submissions with incomplete data will not be considered.

PROFILE OF CONTRIBUTOR
Name of School
Mapua Institute of Technology
Address Muralla St., Intramuros, Manila
Signature over Printed
Name , Position

Marloun P. Sejera
Faculty Member
Area of Specialization EST

Please indicate the subject:

( ) General Engineering and Applied Science
(x) Electronics System & Technologies
QUESTION:

It is a microwave device that allows RF energy to pass through in one

direction with very little loss, but absorbs RF power in the opposite
direction.

Choices:

a. multiplexer b. circulator c. isolator d. wave trap

ANSWER:
C. isolator
SOLUTION ( IF PROBLEM -SOLVING)

Reference: Electronic Communication Systems/ Roy Blake/2002

Endorsed by:

Alejandro H. Ballado, Jr. ECE Chair

School Representative IECEP Manila
IECEP-Manila Form 1 S.2011 TEST QUESTIONS

1. Please Use One Page per Question.

2. Fill-out all needed information.
3. Submissions with incomplete data will not be considered.

PROFILE OF CONTRIBUTOR
Name of School
Mapua Institute of Technology
Address Muralla St., Intramuros, Manila

Signature over Printed

Name , Position

Marloun P. Sejera
Faculty Member
Area of Specialization EST

Please indicate the subject:

( ) General Engineering and Applied Science
(x) Electronics System & Technologies
QUESTION:

A metal wrapped around the parabolic antenna aperture to eliminate

sidelobes interfering nearby stations is called

Choices:

a. radome b. shield c. shroud d. bass drum

ANSWER:
C. shroud
SOLUTION ( IF PROBLEM -SOLVING)

Reference: Electronic Communication Systems/ Wayne Tomasi /2004

Endorsed by:

Alejandro H. Ballado, Jr. ECE Chair

School Representative IECEP Manila
IECEP-Manila Form 1 S.2011 TEST QUESTIONS

1. Please Use One Page per Question.

2. Fill-out all needed information.
3. Submissions with incomplete data will not be considered.

PROFILE OF CONTRIBUTOR
Name of School
Mapua Institute of Technology
Address Muralla St., Intramuros, Manila
Signature over Printed
Name , Position

Marloun P. Sejera
Faculty Member
Area of Specialization EST

Please indicate the subject:

( ) General Engineering and Applied Science
(x) Electronics System & Technologies
QUESTION:

The wavelength of a wave in a waveguide _________.

Choices:

a. is greater than in free space

b. depends only on the waveguide dimensions and the free space
wavelength
c. is inversely proportional to the phase velocity
d. is directly proportional to the group velocity
ANSWER:
A. is greater than in free space

SOLUTION ( IF PROBLEM -SOLVING)

Reference: Electronic Communication Systems/ Kennedy and Davis/1993

Endorsed by:

Alejandro H. Ballado, Jr. ECE Chair

School Representative IECEP Manila