TRANSMISSION LINE

What is the opposition to the transfer of Standard test tone used for audio
energy which is considered the dominant measurement.
characteristic of a cable or circuit that
emanates from its physical structure? a. 800 Hz

a. Conductance b. 300 Hz

b. Resistance c. 100 Hz

c. Reactance d. 1000 Hz

d. Impedance When VSWR is equal to zero, this means

When load impedance equals to Zo of the a. that no power is applied

line, it means that the load _____ all the
power. b. that the load is purely resistive

a. reflects c. that the load is a pure reactance

b. absorbs d. that the load is opened

c. attenuates _______ is the ratio of reflected voltage

to the forward travelling voltage.
d. radiates
a. SWR
impedance matching ratio of a coax
balun. b. VSWR

a. 1:4 c. Reflection coefficient

b. 4:1 d. ISWR

c. 2:1 Transmission line must be matched to

the load to ______.
d. 3:2
a. transfer maximum voltage to the load
Which stands for dB relative level?
b. transfer maximum power to the load
a. dBrn
c. reduce the load current
b. dBa
d. transfer maximum current to the load
c. dBr

d. dBx
Which indicate the relative energy loss in 1 Angstrom (A) is equal to _______.
a capacitor?
a. 10^-3 micron
a. Quality factor
b. 10^-10 m
b. Reactive factor
c. 10^-6 micron
c. Dissipation factor
d. 10^-6 m
d. Power factor
Why is it impossible to use a waveguide
What is the standard test tone? at low radio frequencies?

a. 0 dB a. Because of the size of the waveguide

b. 0 dBW b. Due to severe attenuation

c. 0 dBm c. Due to too much radiation

d. 0 dBrn d. All of these

The energy that neither radiated into ________ is the transmission and
space nor completely transmitted. reception of information.
a. Reflected waves
a. Modulation
b. Captured waves
b. Communications
c. Incident waves
c. Radiation
d. Standing waves
d. Emission
Micron is equal to _______ meter.
What is the loss of the circuit in dB if the
power ration of output to input is 0.01?
a. 10^-10
a. 20
b. 10^-9
b. -20
c. 10^-6
c. 40
d. 10^-3
d. -40
Transmission lines are either balanced or What causes the attenuation present in a
unbalanced with respect to waveguide?

a. Negative terminal a. The air dielectric filling the guide

b. Reference b. The coating of silver inside

c. Ground c. Losses in the conducting walls of the

d. Positive terminal
The standing wave ratio is equal to
_______ if the load is properly matched
with the transmission line.
guide
d. Radiation loss
A device that converts a balanced line to
an unbalanced line of a transmission line.

a. Infinity a. Hybrid

b. 0 b. Stub

c. -1 c. Directional coupler

d. 1 d. Balun

________ is the advantage of the What is the approximate line impedance

balanced transmission line compared to of a parallel-strip line spaced 1 cm apart
unbalanced line. with the length of 50 cm?

a. Low attenuation a. 10 ohms

b. Easy installation b. 15 ohms

c. Low radiation loss c. 18 ohms

d. Tensile strength d. 23 ohms

_______ is the method of determining What is the average power rating of RG-
the bandwidth of any processing system. 58 C/u?

a. Fourier series a. 25 W

b. Spectral analysis b. 50 W

c. Frequency analysis c. 75 W

d. Bandwidth analysis d. 200 W

A coaxial cable used for high The velocity factor for a transmission line
temperatures.
a. depends on the dielectric constant of
a. RG-58C the material used

b. RG-11A b. increases the velocity along the

transmission line
c. RG-213
c. is governed by the skin effect
d. RG-211
d. is higher for a solid dielectric than for
If you have available number of power air
amplifiers with a gain of 100 each, how
many such amplifiers do you need to Impedance inversion can be obtained by
cascade to give an overall gain of 60dB?
a. a short-circuited stub
a. 2
b. an open-circuited stub
b. 3
c. a quarter-wave line
c. 4
d. a half-wave line
d. 5
Transmission lines when connected to
You are measuring noise in a voice antennas have
channel at a -4 dB test point level, the
meter reads -73 dBm, convert the a. capacitive load
reading into dBrnCO.
b. resistive load whose resistance is
a. 12 greater than the characteristic
impedance of the line
b. 16
c. resistive load whose resistance is less
c. 18 than the characteristic impedance of the
line
d. 21
d. resistive load at the resonant
frequency
One of the following is not a bounded Typically, the velocity factor (VF) of the
media. materials used in transmission lines
range from
a. Coaxial line
a. 0.6 to 0.9
b. Two-wire line
b. 0.1 to 0.5
c. Waveguide
c. 1.0 to 0.9
d. Ocean
d. 0.6 to 0.8
The impedance measured at the input of
the transmission line when its length is For an air dielectric two-wire line, the
infinite. minimum characteristic impedance value
is
a. Input impedance
a. 95 ohms
b. Open circuit impedance
b. 85 ohms
c. Characteristic impedance
c. 90 ohms
d. Short circuit impedance
d. 88 ohms
The following are considered primary line
constants except When a quarter-wave section
transmission line is terminated by a short
a. conductance circuit and is connected to an RF source
at the other end, its input impedance is
b. resistance
a. inductive
c. capacitance
b. capacitive
d. complex propagation constant
c. resistive
The dielectric constants of materials
commonly used in transmission lines d. equivalent to a parallel resonant LC
range from about circuit

a. 1.2 to 2.8

b. 2.8 to 3.5

c. 3.5 to 5.2

d. 1.0 to 1.2
A transmitter operating at 30 MHz with 4
W output is connected via 10 m of RG-
8A/u cable to an antenna that has an
input resistance of 300 ohms. Find the
reflection coefficient.
What are the basic elements of
communications system?
a. Source, transmission channel,
transmitter

a. 0.71 b. Transmitter, receiver, transmission

channel
b. 0.77
c. Information, transmission channel,
c. 0.97 receiver

d. 0.76 d. Sender and receiver

A quarter wave transformer is connected ________ is the transmission of printed

to a parallel wire line in order to match material over telephone lines.
the line to a load of 1000 ohms. The
transformer has a characteristic a. Internet
impedance of 316.23 ohms. The distance
between centers is 4 inches. What is the b. Data communication
percentage reduction in the diameter of
the line? c. Telegraphy

a. 85% d. Facsimile

b. 83% ________ is a continuous tone generated

by the combination of two frequencies of
c. 86% 350 Hz and 440 Hz used in telephone
sets.
d. 90%
a. DC tone
The concept used to make one Smith
chart universal is called b. Ringing tone

a. ionization c. Dial tone

b. normalization d. Call waiting tone

c. rationalization

d. termination
________ are unidirectional amplifiers
having 20-25 decibel gain that are placed
about 75 km apart used to compensate
for losses along the telephone line.
a. VF repeaters
The central switching office coordinating
element for all cell sites that has cellular
processor and a cellular switch. It
interfaces with telephone company zone
offices, control call processing and
handle billing activities.

b. Loading coils a. MTSO

c. Loop extenders b. Cell site

d. Echo suppressors c. PTSN

________ is a component in the d. Trunk line

telephone set that has the primary
function of interfacing the handset to the ________ in a cellular system performs
local loop. radio-related functions for cellular site.

a. Resistor a. Switching system

b. Capacitor b. Base station

c. Varistor c. Operation and support system

d. Induction coil d. Mobile station

Pulse dialing has ________ rate. A technology used to increase the

capacity of a mobile phone system.
a. 20 pulses/min
a. Frequency re-use
b. 10 pulses/min
b. Cell splitting
c. 10 pulses/sec
c. TDM
d. 80 pulses/sec
d. FDM
________ is a telephone wire that
connects two central offices. If the grade of service of a telephone
system indicated P = 0.05, what does it
a. 2-wire circuit mean?

b. Trunk line a. Completed calls of 5%

c. Leased line b. Lost calls of 5%

d. Private line c. Lost calls of 95%

d. Lost calls of 105%

________ is the Out-of-Band signaling One (1) Erlang is equal to _______.
between Toll Central Offices (Bell System
Standard). a. 360 CCS

a. 3, 825 Hz b. 36 CCS

b. 3, 700 Hz c. 3.6 CCS

c. 2, 600 Hz d. 100 CCS

d. 800 Hz Standard tariff for flat rate telephone

service beyond the normal flat rate in
In a telephone system, the customer’s that area.
telephone directory numbering is from
000 to 999, what is the capacity of a a. WATS
telephone system numbering from 000 to
999? b. OTLP

a. 100 lines c. TIP

b. 1000 lines d. DTWX

c. 10, 000 lines The standard analog telephone channel

bandwidth.
d. 100, 000 lines
a. 300 – 3400 Hz
If the SWR is infinite, what type of load
transmission line has? b. 1200 Hz

a. Purely reactive c. 200 – 3200 Hz

b. Purely resistive d. 300 – 3000 Hz

c. Purely capacitive Type of switching in which a pair of wire

from the telephone set terminates in a
d. Purely inductive jack and the switch is supervised by an
operator.
Not more than _______ digits make up
an international telephone number as a. Crossbar switching
recommended by CCITT REC. E. 161.
b. Manual switching
a. 8
c. Electronic switching
b. 10
d. Step-by-step switching
c. 11

d. 12
Every time when the telephone is idle, a. Basic voice grade (VG)
the handset is in the _______ state.
b. Basic voice channel (VC)
a. On-hook
c. Basic voice band (VB)
b. Off-hook
d. Basic telephone channel
c. Busy
Direct distance dialing (DDD) network is
d. Spare called

. _______ is a component in the a. Private-line network

telephone set that has the primary
function of compensating for the local b. PT network
loop length.
c. Dial-up network
a. Resistor
d. Trunk network
b. Varistor
What is the advantage of sidetone?
c. Capacitor
a. Transmission efficiency is increased
d. Induction coil
b. Speaker increases his voice resulting
What kind of receiver is used in in a strengthened signal
conventional telephone handset?
c. No dissipation of energy in the
a. Carbon balancing network

b. Electromagnetic d. Assure the customer that the

telephone is working
c. Ceramic
________ is a special service circuit
d. Capacitor connecting two private branch exchanges
(PBX).
A voice-grade circuit using the PTN ha an
ideal passband of a. Phantom line

a. 0 to 4 Hz b. Tie trunk

b. 0 to 4 MHz c. Tandem trunk

c. 0 to 4 kHz d. Private line

d. 0 to 4 GHz

________ is the minimum-quality circuit

available using the PTN.
The published rates, regulation, and What is the phase delay of an 800 Hz
descriptions governing the provision of voice signal if the phase shift is 15
communications service for public use. degrees?

a. Toll rate a. 52 μsec

b. Tariff b. 1.25 μsec

c. Bulk billing c. 83.33 μsec

d. Detailed billing d. 26 μsec

What is the power loss of a telephone What is the CCITT recommendation for a
hybrid? preparation of loss plan, a variable loss
plans and a fixed loss plan?
a. 1 dB
a. G.133
b. 2 dB
b. G.141
c. 3 dB
c. G.132
d. 6 dB
d. G.122
Telephone channel has a band-pass
characteristic occupying the frequency What is the diameter of a copper wire to
range of _______. be used in a 16 km loop with a dc loop
resistance of 100 ohms/km?
a. 300 – 400 Hz
a. 0.838 mm
b. 300 – 3400 Hz
b. 0.465 mm
c. 300 – 3000 Hz
c. 1.626 mm
d. 300 – 2700 Hz
d. 2.159 mm
The first Strowger step-by-step switch
was used in _______. What kind of cell is appropriate for load
management, fast moving mobiles and
a. 1875 low-usage areas?

b. 1890 a. Pico cells

c. 1897 b. Micro cells

d. 1913 c. Nano cells

d. Umbrella cells
In cellular networks, standard base What is the ratio of the reflected voltage
station antennas are placed by _______. to the incident voltage?

a. adaptive array a. VSWR

b. flat plate antenna b. ISWR

c. dipole array c. SWR

d. focused antenna d. Coefficient of reflection

What is the basis of the first generation One method of determining antenna
wireless local loop? impedance.

a. Digital cellular technology a. Sub matching

b. Analogue cellular technology b. Trial and error

c. PSTN c. Smith chart

d. AMPS technology d. Quarter-wave matching

When the calling party hears a “busy” ________ is a single conductor running
tone on his telephone, the call is from the transmitter to the antenna.
considered
a. Single-wire line
a. lost
b. Microstrip
b. disconnected
c. Twin-lead
c. completed
d. Coaxial line
d. incomplete
Coaxial cable impedance is typically
Short-circuited stubs are preferred to _______.
open circuited stubs because the latter
are a. 150 to 300 ohms

a. more difficult to make and connect b. 50 to 75 ohms

b. made of a transmission line with a c. 30 to 45 ohms

different characteristic impedance
d. 300 to 600 ohms
c. liable to radiate

d. incapable of giving a full range of

reactances
Waveguide becomes compulsory above Quarter-wavelength line is used as
what frequencies? _______.

a. Above 3 GHz a. impedance transformer

b. Above 10 kHz b. lecher line

c. At 300 MHz c. transmission line

d. Above 10 GHz d. harmonic suppressor

Nominal voice channel bandwidth is The transmission lines which can convey
_______. electromagnetic waves only in higher
modes is usually called
a. 20 to 30 kHz
a. coaxial cable
b. 0 to 3 kHz
b. waveguide
c. 4 kHz
c. power lines
d. 55 kHz above
d. twisted wire of telephone line
Echo suppressors are used on all
communications system when the round Why is nitrogen gas sometimes used in
trip propagation time exceeds _______. waveguide?

a. 50 ms a. To increase the distributed capacitance

b. 30 ms b. To keep the waveguide dry

c. 100 ms c. To reduce the skin effect at the walls

d. 1 ms
A radio transmission line of 300 ohms
impedance is to be connected to an
antenna having an input impedance of
150 ohms. What is the impedance of a
quarter-wave matching line?
of the guide
d. To raise the guide’s wave impedance
The apparent speed of propagation along
a waveguide based on the distance
between wave fronts along the walls of
the guide is called

a. 212 ohms a. group velocity

b. 250 ohms b. phase velocity

c. 200 ohms c. normal velocity

d. 150 ohms d. abnormal velocity

How do you couple in and out of a
waveguide?
a. Wrap a coil of wire around one end of
the waveguide
b. Insertion of an E-probe into the
waveguide
c. Insertion of an H-loop into the
waveguide
d. Both B and C
A rectangular waveguide is operating in
the dominant TE10 mode. The associated
flux lines are established
a. transversely across the narrow
dimension of the waveguide
b. transversely across the wide
dimension of the waveguide
c. in the metal walls parallel to the
direction of propagation
d. in the metal walls perpendicular to the
direction of propagation
For dominant mode of a rectangular
waveguide, the distance between two
instantaneous consecutive positions of
maximum field intensity (in a direction
parallel to the walls of the waveguide) is
referred to as half of the
a. free-space wavelength
b. cutoff wavelength in the wide
dimension
c. guide wavelength
d. group wavelength
The guide wavelength, in a rectangular
waveguide is
a. equal to the free-space wavelength at
the cutoff frequency
b. equal to the free-space wavelength for
the same signal frequency
c. less than the free-space wavelength at
the cut-off frequency
d. greater than the free-space
wavelength at the same signal frequency
Using the TE10 mode, microwave power
can only be transmitted in free
rectangular guide provided
a. the wider dimension is less than one-
half of the wavelength in free space
b. the narrow dimension is less than one-
quarter of the wavelength in free space
c. the wide dimension is greater than
one-half of the guide wavelength
d. the wide dimension is greater than
one-half of the wavelength in free space
If the signal frequency applied to a
rectangular guide is increased and the
dominant mode is employed
a. the free space wavelength is increased
b. the phase velocity increased
c. the guide wavelength is increased
d. the group velocity, Vg, is increased
If a 6 GHz signal is applied to a
rectangular waveguide and the reflection
angle is 20 degree, what is the value of
the guide wavelength?
a. 6.10 cm
b. 5.32 cm
c. 4.78 cm
d. 5.00 cm
The inner dimensions of a rectangular
wavelength are 1.75 cm by 3.5 cm. The
cutoff wavelength for the dominant mode
is
a. 1.75 cm
b. 3.5 cm
c. 7.0 cm
d. 0.4375 cm
A signal whose wavelength is 3.5 cm is
being propagated along a guide whose
inner dimensions are 2 cm by 4 cm.
What is the value of the guide
wavelength?
a. 3.12 cm
b. 3.89 cm
c. 3.57 cm
d. 6.30 cm
The frequency range over which a
rectangular waveguide is excited in the
dominant mode is limited to
a. the difference between the frequency
for which the reflection angle is 90o and
the frequency for which angle is zero
b. the difference between the frequency
for which the free-space wavelength is
equal to the cutoff value and the
frequency for which the free-space
wavelength is equal to the guide
wavelength
c. the difference between the frequency
at which the cutoff wavelength is twice
the narrow dimension
d. none of these
View Answer:
102. If a rectangular waveguide is to be
excited in the dominant mode, the E-
probe should be inserted
a. at the sealed end
b. at a distance of one quarter –
wavelength from the sealed end
c. at a distance of one-half wavelength
from the sealed end
d. at a distance of three-quarters of a
wavelength from the sealed end
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103. A quarter-wave line is connected to
an RF generator and is shorted out at the
far end. What is the input impedance to
the line generator?
a. A low value of resistance
b. A high value of resistance
c. A capacitive resistance which is equal
in the value to the line’s surge
impedance
d. An inductive resistance which is equal
to the value to the line’s surge
impedance
If the SWR on a transmission line has a The outer conductor of the coaxial cable
high value, the reason could be is usually grounded

a. an impedance mismatch between the a. at the beginning and at the end of the
line and the load cable

b. that the line is non-resonant b. only at the beginning of the cable and
only at the end of the cable
c. a reflection coefficient of zero at the
load c. only at the end of the cable

d. that the load is matched to the line d. at the middle of the cable

If a quarter-wave transmission line is A feature of an infinite transmission line

shorted at one end is that

a. there is minimum current at the a. its input impedance at the generator is

shorted end equal to the line’s surge impedance

b. the line behaves as a parallel-tuned b. its phase velocity is greater than the
circuit in relation to the generator velocity of light

c. the line behaves as a series-tuned c. no RF current will be drawn from the

circuit in relation to the generator generator

d. there is a minimum voltage at the d. the impedance varies at different

shorted end positions on the line

106. A 50-ohm transmission line is When the surge impedance of a line is

feeding an antenna which represents a matched to a load, the line will
50 ohm resistive load. To shorten the
line, the length must be a. transfer maximum current to the load

a. any convenient value b. transfer maximum voltage to the load

b. an odd multiple of three quarters of a c. transfer maximum power to the load

wavelength
d. have a VSWR equal to zero
c. an odd multiple of half a wavelength

d. an even multiple of a quarter of a

wavelength
A lossless line is terminated by a What is the distance traveled by a wave
resistive load which is not equal to the in the time of one cycle?
surge impedance. If the value of the
reflection coefficient is 0.5, the VSWR is a. Frequency

a. 2 b. Hop

b. 3 c. Wavelength

c. 4 d. Crest

d. 15 The velocity factor is inversely

proportional with respect to the
Ratio of the mismatch between the _______.
antenna and the transmitter power.
a. square of the dielectric constant
a. Standing wave pattern
b. square root of the dielectric constant
b. Reflection coefficient
c. dielectric current
c. SWR
d. square root of refractive index
d. Index of refraction
________ is a hollow structure that has
Emission designation for a facsimile. no center conductor but allows waves to
propagate down its length.
a. H3E and A4E
a. Waveguide
b. R3E and A4E
b. Hybrid
c. F4E and J3E
c. Pipe
d. F3C and A3E
d. Directional coupler
Commonly used telephone wire.
To connect a coaxial line to a parallel
a. AWG #19 wire line, _______ is used.

b. AWG #18 a. hybrid circuit

c. AWG #30 b. balun

d. AWG #33 c. directional coupler

d. quarter-wave transformer matching

circuit
What length for which the input power The amount of uncertainty in a system of
has been halved for a transmission line symbols is also called
with an attenuation of 6 dB/km?
a. bandwidth
a. 1.5 km
b. loss
b. 0.5 km
c. entropy
c. 63 km
d. quantum
d. 2 km
The twists in twisted wire pairs
Ina waveguide, _______ is a specific
configuration of electric and magnetic a. reduced electromagnetic interference
fields that allows a wave to propagate.
b. occur at a 30-degree angle
a. set-up
c. eliminate loading
b. coupler
d. were removed due to cost
c. channel
An example of a bounded medium is
d. mode
a. coaxial cable
A rectangular waveguide has dimensions
of 3 cm x 5 cm. What is the dominant b. waveguide
mode cut-off frequency?
c. fiber-optic cable
a. 2 GHz
d. all of the above
b. 3 GHz
Loading means the addition of
c. 2.5 GHz
a. resistor
d. 3.5 GHZ
b. capacitor
________ are transmission lines which
can convey electromagnetic waves only c. bullet
in higher order modes?
d. inductance
a. Coaxial cables

b. Twisted pairs of telephone wire

c. Power cables

d. Waveguides
What is the most commonly used The mismatch between antenna and
transmission line for high frequency transmission line impedance cannot be
application? corrected for by

a. Two-wire balance line a. using LC matching network

b. Single wire b. adjusting antenna length

c. Three-wire line c. using a balun

d. Coaxial d. adjusting the length of transmission

The characteristic impedance of a
transmission line does not depend upon
its
a. length
line
________ is a pattern of voltage and
current variations along a transmission
line not terminated in its characteristic
impedance.

b. conductor diameter a. An electric field

c. conductor spacing b. Radio waves

d. dielectric material c. Standing waves

One of the following is not a common d. A magnetic field

transmission line impedance.
Which is the desirable SWR on a
a. 50 ohms transmission line?

b. 75 ohms a. 0

c. 120 ohms b. 1

d. 300 ohms c. 2

For maximum absorption of power at the d. Infinity

antenna, the relationship between the
characteristic impedance of the line Zo A 50ohm coax is connected to a 73-ohm
and the load impedance ZL should be antenna. What is the SWR?

a. Zo = ZL a. 0.685

b. Zo > ZL b. 1

c. Zo < ZL c. 1.46

d. Zo = 0 d. 2.92
What is the most desirable reflection At very high frequencies, transmission
coefficient? lines act as

a. 0 a. Tuned circuits

b. 0.5 b. Antennas

c. 1 c. Insulators

d. Infinity d. Resistors

What is the ratio expressing the A shorted quarter-wave line at the

percentage of incident voltage reflected operating frequency acts like a/an
on a transmission line?
a. Capacitor
a. Velocity factor
b. Inductor
b. Standing-wave ratio
c. Series resonant circuit
c. Reflection coefficient
d. Parallel resonant circuit
d. Line efficiency
A shorted half-wave line at the operating
The minimum voltage along a frequency acts like a/an
transmission line is 260 V, while the
maximum is 390 V, the SWR is a. Capacitor

a. 0.67 b. Inductor

b. 1.0 c. Series resonant circuit

c. 1.2 d. Parallel resonant circuit

d. 1.5 A medium least susceptible to noise?

One meter is one wavelength at a a. Shielded pair

frequency of
b. Twisted pair
a. 150 MHz
c. Fiber-optic
b. 164 MHz
d. Coaxial
c. 300 MHz

d. 328 MHz
A medium most widely used in LANs?
a. Parallel-wire line
b. Twisted pair
c. Fiber-optic cable
d. Coaxial
The most commonly used transmission
line in television system.
a. Parallel-wire line
b. Coaxial cable
c. Waveguide
d. Open-wire ceramic supports
The impedance of a TV transmission line
depends on several factors. Which is not
one of those factors?
a. Diameter
b. Length of the wire
c. Dielectric material
d. Separation between conductors
DC blocks are used in coaxial
transmission line for the purpose of
a. passing DC while blocking AC
b. passing AC voltage but prevent DC
c. preventing AC voltage from reaching
the pre-amplifier
d. preventing AC power supply voltage
from being shorted by a balun or band
splitter
_______ is a type of interference caused
by off-air TV channels 2 and 4, plus a
satellite dish operating on channel 3.
a. Adjacent channel interference
b. Ghost
c. Co-channel interference
d. Crosstalk
Dithering (in TVRO communication) is a
process of
a. Reducing the effect of noise on the
TVRO video signal
b. Centering the video fine tuning on
TVRO channels
c. Moving the feed horn rotor to the
precise angle
d. Moving the actuator exactly onto the
desired satellite beam
A network that has an input of 75dB and
an output of 35dB. The loss of the
network is
a. -40 db
b. 40 db
c. 40 dBm
d. -4 dBm
Important useful quantities describing Which of the following is used to
waveforms. measure SWR?

a. Time and frequency a. Spectrum analyzer

b. Voltage and current b. Reflectometer

c. Frequency and voltage c. Oscilloscope

d. Power and frequency d. Multimeter

Halving the power means 214-056 twin lead which is commonly

used for TV lead-in has a characteristic
a. 6-dB gain impedance of

b. 3-dB loss a. 52 ohms

c. 3-dB gain b. 75 ohms

d. 6-dB loss c. 600 ohms

One Neper (Np) is how many decibels? d. 300 ohms

a. 8.866 What is the characteristic impedance of a

transmission line which is to act as a
b. 8.686 quarter wave matching transformer
between a 175 ohms transmission line
c. 8.688 and 600 ohms load?

d. 8.868 a. 300.04 ohms

A signal is amplified 100 times in power. b. 324.04 ohms

The dB gain is
c. 310.04 ohms
a. 20 dB
d. 320.04 ohms
b. 119 dB

c. 15 dB

d. 25 dB
What is the EIRP in dBW of a 50 dB
antenna connected to a transmitter with
an output of 10kW through a
transmission line with loss of 5 dB?
a. 85 dBW
b. 955 dBW
c. 90 dBW
A transmitter of 100W RF power output,
100% modulated is operating on a
frequency of 169 MHz. The antenna
transmission line consists of a 50 ohms
coaxial cable 150 ft long. The coaxial
inner conductor outer diameter is 0.162
in. determine the outside diameter of the
outer conductor if the outer conductor
has a thickness of 0.05 in (assume K =
1).

d. 80 dBW a. 1.0 in

A coaxial cable is a good example of a/an b. 0.9 in

a. Unbounded medium c. 0.7 in

b. Transmission channel d. 0.5 in

c. Non-metallic medium In the preceding problem , calculate the

line current.
d. Bounded medium
a. 1.7 A
If a quarter wave transformer is required
to match a 180 ohm load to a b. 1.3 A
transmission line with and impedance of
300 ohms, what should be the c. 1.5 A
characteristic impedance of the matching
transformer? Assume that the matching d. 1.0 A
transformer is to be connected directly to
the load. Determine also the total attenuation of
the line in the preceding problem.
a. 180 ohms
a. 2.0 dB
b. 232 ohms
b. 1.5 dB
c. 300 ohms
c. 2.5 dB
d. 480 ohms
d. 1.0 dB
What is the maximum subscriber loop Known as one-tenth of a neper.
length, in ft, of a telephone system if the
signaling resistance is 1800 ohms using a a. dB
telephone cable pair of gauge #26 with
loop resistance of 83.5 ohms per 100 ft. b. dBm
Assume the telephone set resistance is
equal to 200 ohms. c. dBp

a. 15,161.7 feet d. dNp

b. 19,161 feet the input impedance of a quarter wave

short-circuited transmission line at its
c. 15,300 feet resonant frequency is

d. 20,000 feet a. 0 ohms

If the same subscriber loop above limits b. Infinite or an open circuit

the voice attenuation to a maximum of 6
dB, what is the maximum allowable c. Ohm
subscriber loop length, in feet, using the
same gauge #26 telephone wire? d. 70 ohms
Assume a 2.7 dB loss per mile.
The ratio of the largest rms value to the
a. 20,000 ft smallest rms value of the voltage in the
line is called
b. 13,900 ft
a. SWR
c. 15,280 ft
b. ISWR
d. 11,733 ft
c. VSWR
The input is 0.1 W and the network gain
is 13 dB, the output is d. Coefficient of reflection

a. 2.0 W An open-wire, two-wire transmission line

is to be connected to a dipole antenna
b. 2.5 W through a quarter-wave matching stub.
At a frequency of 10 MHz, compute the
c. 1.5 W length of the dipole

d. 1.8 W a. 20 meters

b. 7.5 meters

c. 15 meters

d. 25 meters
From the preceding problem, compute
also the length of the quarter wave stub.
a. 15 meters
b. 7.5 meters
c. 20 meters
d. 25 meters
To find the characteristic impedance of a
coaxial cable, measurements are made
with (a) the far end open circuited and
(b) far end short circuited, the
corresponding readings being a) Ro=3
ohms and Xc=55 ohms, capacitive b) RS
= 10 ohms and XL = 90 ohms, inductive.
What is the characteristic impedance Zo
of the line?
a. 75.7 – j2.0 ohms
b. 70.7 + j1.19 ohms
c. 87.5 – j5 ohms
d. 70.7 – j1.97 ohms
A TV antenna receives a signal measured
at 200 mV and is immediately amplified
by a preamplifier with a 15 dB gain. This
amplified signal then passes through a
coaxial cable with 3 dB loss, what is the
resulting input to the TV set, in dBmV?
a. 1.98
b. 13.98
c. -1.98
d. -13.98
The characteristic impedance of a
transmission line does not depend upon
its___________.
a. Conductor spacing
b. Conductor diameter
c. Length
d. Conductor radius
What does a power difference of –3 dB
mean?
a. A loss of one third of the power
b. A loss of one half of the power
c. A loss of three watts of power
d. No significant change
Which of the following is an advantage of
the balance transmission line?
a. Easy installation
b. Outer shield eliminates radiation
losses
c. Low attenuation
d. None of these
Waveguides are used mainly for
microwave transmission because
a. They are bulky at lower frequencies
b. Losses are heavy at lower frequencies
c. They depend on straight line
propagation
d. No generators are powerful enough to
excite them
The input is 1W and the network loss is Two wires of 600 ohms characteristic
27 dB, the output is impedance is to be constructed out of a
number 12 wire (81 mils). Find the
a. 1 mW attenuation of the line at 0.6 GHz per
100 feet length
b. 3 mW
a. 0.05 dB
c. 2 mW
b. 0.55 dB
d. 4 mW
c. 0.44 dB
A combiner has two inputs +30 dBm and
+30 dBm, what is the resultant output? d. 0.35 dB

a. +36 dBm In the preceding problem, determine the

spacing between wires from center to
b. +30 dBm center.

c. +60 dBm a. 6 in

d. +33 dBm b. 4 in

The ratio of the smallest to the largest c. 5 in

rms current value is called
d. 3 in
a. SWR
A lossless transmission line has a shunt
b. VSWR capacitance of 100 nF/m and a series
inductance of 4 mH/m. What is the
c. ISWR characteristic impedance?

d. Coefficient of reflection a. 500 ohms

If the ratio of the maximum current to b. 400ohms

minimum current in a transmission line is
2:1 then the ratio of the maximum c. 300 ohms
voltage to minimum voltage is
d. 200 ohms
a. 4:1

b. 1:2

c. 1:4

d. 2:1
A ten times power change in To be properly matched the ratio of a
transmission system is equivalent to maximum voltage along a transmission
line should be equal to
a. 10 dBm
a. 1
b. 1 dB
b. 10
c. 20 dB
c. 50
d. 100 dB
d. 2
A type of transmission line employed
where balanced properties are required. A coaxial line with an outer diameter of
6mm has a 50 ohms characteristic
a. Balun impedance. If the dielectric constant of
the insulation is 1.60., calculate the inner
b. Parallel-wire line diameter.

c. Coaxial line a. 2.09 cm

d. Quarterwave line b. 2.09 in

What is the characteristic impedance of a c. 2.09 mm

transmission line which has a
capacitance of 40 nF/ft and an d. 2.09 m
inductance of 0.5 mH/ft
If an amplifier has equal input and out
a. 111.8 ohms impedance, what voltage ratio does the
gain of 50 dB represent?
b. 110.8 ohms
a. 316.2
c. 112.8 ohms
b. 325.2
d. 109.8 ohms
c. 320.1
The input power to a loss-free cable is 5
W. If the reflected power is 7dB down on d. 315.0
the incident power, the output power to
the load is

a. 4 W

b. 5 W

c. 6 W

d. 7 W
What is the inductance per foot of a A short length transmission line used to
cable that has a capacitance of 50 pF/ft reduce/eliminate standing waves in the
and a characteristic impedance of 60 main transmission line.
ohms?
a. Stub
a. 0.167uH/ft
b. Balun
b. 0.178 uH/ft
c. λ/4 transformer
c. 0.19 uH/ft
d. slot
d. 0.18 uH/ft
ratio of reflected power to incident
The ratio between the energy absorbed power?
by a surface to the total energy received
by the surface. a. Incidence

a. Reflection coefficient b. Reflectance

b. Absorption coefficient c. Reflection index

c. Linear coefficient d. None of these

d. Thermal coefficient A quarter wave transformer is used to

match a 600 ohms lad antenna to a ling
When the diameter of the conductors of of 52 ohms impedance, the characteristic
a wire transmission line is held constant, impedance of the matching transformer
the effect of decreasing the distance is
between the conductors is
a. 200 ohms
a. Increase the surge impedance
b. 150 ohms
b. Increase the radiation resistance
c. 176 ohms
c. Decrease the SWR
d. 300 ohms
d. Decrease the impedance

a. The bigger the diameter

b. The higher the resistance or the

smaller the diameter

c. The higher the resistance

d. None of the above

What is the capacitance of 55 miles #44 What is the SWR when a transmission
copper wire spaced 18 inches? From wire line is terminated in a short circuit?
tables, #44 wire has a radius to 0.10215
in. a. Zero

a. 0.476 uF b. One

b. 0.476 nF c. Infinite

c. 0.476 pF d. indeterminate

d. 0.476 fF

A two-transmission line consists of No.

12 wire AWG (81mils). The distance
between wire centers is 10 inches. What
is the characteristic impedance of the
line?

a. 650 ohms

b. 300 ohms

c. 600 ohms

d. 660 ohms

In the preceding problem, what is the

attenuation in dB per 100 ft of the line
for a frequency of 4 MHz?

a. 0.05

b. 0.03

c. 0.04

d. 0.06