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Take Home Questions

1. Determine the distance to the ratio source decreases by a factor of 8. A. 14.14 MHz
horizon for an antenna that is 80 ft. A. 12 B. 14.14 GHz
above the top of 5000-ft Mountain. B. 24 C. 14.14 kHz
A. 101 mi C. 48 D. 14.14 THz
B. 101 ft. D. 64
C. 101 km 8. What is a selective fading effect?
D. 101 m 5. Determine the voltage intensity for a A. A fading effect caused by small
radiated power of 1200W at distance changes in beam heading at the
2. For a dielectric ratio of 0.4 and angle of 50 km from an isotropic antenna. receiving station.
of incidence 0 = 18°, determine the A. 3.79 mV/m B. A fading effect caused by phase
angle of refraction. B. 3.79 µV/m differences between radio wave
A. 50.6° C. 3.79 V/m components of the same
B. 55.1° D. 3.79 nV/m transmission as experienced at the
C. 40.7° receiving station.
D. 25.3° 6. Determine the radio horizon for a C. A fading effect caused by large
transmit antenna that is 200 ft. high changes in the height of the
3. If the distance from the source is and a receiving that is 100 ft. high, ionosphere, as experienced at the
reduced to one quarter its value, what and for antennas at 200 m and 100 m. receiving station.
effect does this have on the power A. 34.14 km, 96.57 mi D. A fading effect caused by time
density? B. 34.14 mi, 96.57 mi differences between the receiving
A. 4 C. 34.14 mi, 96.57 km and transmitting stations.
B. 8 D. 34.14 km, 96.57 km
C. 16 9. Most AM broadcast employ ______
D. 32 7. Determine the maximum useable polarization while most FM broadcast
frequency for a critical frequency of employ _______ polarization of the
4. Determine the change in power 10 MHz and an angle of incidence of radio wave.
density when the distance from the 45°. A. Vertical, vertical
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B. Horizontal, vertical
C. Vertical horizontal
D. Horizontal, horizontal
10. Ducts often from over.
A. Dry and arid desert
B. Cold arctic regions
C. Highly industrialized regions
D. Water
11. Which emission modes suffer the
most from selective fading?
A. CW and SSB
B. FM and double sideband AM
C. SSB and image
D. SSTV and CW
12. Which of the following frequency
bands is best suited for the sky wave
propagation?
A. 30 kHz to 300 kHz
B. 30 MHz to 300 MHz
C. 3 MHz to 30 MHz
D. 3 GHz to 30 GHz
13. Which of the following layers of the
ionosphere has no effect on sky wave
propagation during the hours of
darkness?
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A. D A. By approximately 15% of the
B. F distance
C. E B. By approximately twice of the
D. G distance
C. By approximately one-half of the
14. How does the bandwidth of the distance
transmitted signal affect selective D. By approximately four times of the
fading? distance
A. It is more pronounced at wide
bandwidths. 17. What propagation condition is
B. It is more pronounced at narrow usually indicated when a VHF signal
bandwidths. is received from a station over 500
C. It is equally pronounced at both miles away?
narrow and wide bandwidths. A. D-layer absorption
D. The receiver bandwidth determines B. Faraday rotation
the selective fading effect. C. Tropospheric ducting
D. Moonbounce
15. What phenomenon causes the radio-
path horizon distance to exceed the 18. If a transmitting antenna is 100
geometric horizon? meters high and a separate receiving
A. E-layer skip antenna is 64 meters high, what is the
B. Diffraction maximum space wave communication
C. Reflection distance possible between them?
D. Refraction A. 18 km
B. 164 km
16. How much farther does the radio- C. 72 km
path horizon distance exceed the D. 656 km
geometric horizon?
19. What happens to a radio wave as its
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travels in space and collides with farthest? 26. The bending of radio waves passing
other particles? A. Salt water over the top of a mountain range that
A. Kinetic energy is given up by the B. Sandy disperses a weak portion of the signal
radio wave. C. Fresh water behind the mountain is:
B. Kinetic energy is gained by the D. Rocky A. Eddy-current phase effect
radio wave. B. Knife-edge diffraction
C. Aurora is created 23. If the elapsed time for a radar echo is C. Shadowing
D. Nothing happens since radio 62 microseconds what is the distance D. Mirror refraction effect
waves have no physical substance. in nautical miles to the object?
A. 5 nautical miles 27. The band of frequencies least
20. Which of the following frequency B. 37 nautical miles susceptible to atmospheric noise and
bands is best suited for ground wave C. 87 nautical miles interference is:
propagation? D. 11.5 nautical miles A. 30 – 300 kHz
A. 30 kHz to 300 kHz B. 3 – 30 MHz
B. 3 MHz to 30 MHz 24. What is the wave length of a signal at C. 300 – 3000 kHz
C. 300 kHz to 3 MHz 500 MHz? D. 300 – 3000 MHz
D. 30 MHz to 300 MHz A. 0.062 cm
B. 60 cm 28. A receiver is located 64 km from a
21. When the earth’s atmosphere is stuck C. 6 meters space wave transmitting antenna that
by a meteor, a cylindrical region of D. 60 meters is 100 meters high. Find the required
free electrons is formed at what layer height of the receiving antenna.
of the ionosphere? 25. What is the maximum range for A. 36 meters high
A. F1 layer signals using transequatorial B. 100 meters high
B. F2 layer propagation? C. 64 meters high
C. E layer A. About 1,00 miles D. 182.25 meters high
D. D layer B. About 5,00 miles
C. About 2,500 miles 29. Which of the following terms is not
22. Which of the following terrain types D. About 7,500 miles used to define ionospheric variation?
permits a ground wave to travel the A. Seasonal variations
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B. Geographical variations
C. Cyclical variations
D. Tropospheric scatter variations
30. What is trasequatorial propagation?
A. Propagation between two points at
approximately the same distance
north and south of the magnetic
equator.
B. Propagation between two points on
the magnetic equator.
C. Propagation between two
continents by way of ducts along
the magnetic equator.
D. Propagation between any two
stations at the same latitude.
31. For a space wave transmission, the
radio horizon distance of a
transmitting antenna with a height of
100 meters is approximately :
A. 10 km
B. 100 km
C. 40 km
D. 400 km
32. What is the relationship in degrees of
the electrostatic and electromagnetic
fields of an antenna?
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A. 0° 36. Which of the following least affects
B. 90° refraction of sky waves?
C. 45° A. Frequency of the radio wave
D. 180° B. Density of the ionized layer
C. Angle at which the radio wave
33. What is the best time of day for enters the ionosphere
transequatorial propagation? D. Geographical variations
A. Morning
B. Noon 37. The polarization of a radio wave:
C. Afternoon or early evening A. Is perpendicular to the electrostatic
D. Transequatorial propagation only field of the antenna.
works at night B. Is the same direction as the
electrostatic field of the antenna.
34. For a space wave transmission, the C. Is the same direction of the
radio horizon distance of a receiving magnetic field of the antenna.
antenna with a height of 64 meters is D. Is perpendicular to both
approximately: electrostatic and magnetic field of
A. 8 km the antenna.
B. 64 km
C. 32 km 38. What kind is knife-edge diffraction?
D. 256 km A. Allows normally line-of-sight
signals to bend around sharp
35. Which of the following is not one of edges, mountain ridges, buildings
the natural ways a radio wave may and other obstructions.
travel from transmitter to receiver? B. Arcing in sharp bends of
A. Ground wave conductors.
B. Sky wave C. Phase angle image rejection.
C. Micro wave D. Line-of-sight signals causing
D. Space wave distortion to others signals.
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39. Knife-edge diffraction:
A. Is the bending of UHF frequency
radio waves around a building,
mountain or obstruction
B. Causes the velocity of wave
propagation to be different from
original wave.
C. Is the bending of UHF frequency
radio waves around a building,
mountain or obstructions and causes
the velocity of wave propagation to be
different from original wave.
D. Attenuates UHF signals
40. Skip Distance can be maximized by
using the ____ radiation angle
possible and the ____ frequency that
will be refracted at that angle.
A. Lowest, lowest
B. Highest, lowest
C. Lowest, to highest
D. Highest, highest
41. To obtain the most reliable sky wave
propagation the ____ should be used.
A. Lowest useable frequency (LUF)
B. Maximum useable frequency (MUF)
C. Optimum useable frequency (OUF)
D. Critical frequency
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42. The area that lies between the outer
limit of the ground wave range and
the inner edge of energy returned
from the ionosphere is called the ___.
A. Critical angle
B. Skip distance
C. Skip zone
D. Shadow
43. Which of the following methods are
used for diversity reception to
overcome the effects of tropospheric
scattering of a sky wave?
A. Frequency diversity
B. Amplitude diversity
C. Phase diversity
D. Critical diversity
44. Tropospheric scatter is a method of
sky wave propagation for which of
the following frequency band?
A. 300 kHz to 3 MHz
B. 30 MHz to 300 MHz
C. 3 MHz to 30 MHz
D. 300 MHz to 3 GHz
45. The direction of propagation of a
radio wave is ____ to the electrostatic
field of the antenna and ____ to the
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magnetic field of the antenna.
A. Parallel, parallel
B. Parallel, perpendicular
C. Perpendicular, parallel
D. Perpendicular, perpendicular
46. Which of the following will not
significantly reduce the effect of fading?
A. Use an antenna with a good front
to back ratio.
B. Use an antenna with a sharp
frontal lobe.
C. Use an antenna with a minimum
number of spurious side and back
lobes.
D. Use an antenna with good omni
directional pattern.
47. What is the propagation effect called
when phase differences between radio
wave components of the same
transmission are experienced at the
recovery station?
A. Faraday rotation
B. Selective fading
C. Diversity reception
D. Phase shift