Mod 13 – Radar – Revision questions – part 2

1. Which avionics system will give us our ground speed and indicate the aircrafts lateral movement?
a. Radar Altimeter
b. Doppler
c. TCAS

2. The Difference Frequency (FD) of a Doppler system can be calculated by:

a. Ftx = 2V/C
b. FD = 2VFtx / c
c. Fd = 1 / T

3. Most airborne Doppler radars transmit beams at angles of:

a. 20 – 30 degrees
b. 90 degrees
c. 60 – 70 degrees

4. Which frequency bands are used in a typical Doppler system?

a. 9.5 GHz and 10.5 GHz
b. 13.3 GHz and 8800 MHz
c. 3 – 30 MHz

5. In a 3-Beam Janus system, the beams are arranges such that:

a. The front 2 beams give ground speed and the rear 2 beams give aircraft drift
b. The front left and rear left beams give ground speed and front left and right beams give the aircrafts
drift from a centre line
c. The rear left and right beams give drift angle only

6. WRT a basic CW Doppler system:

a. Cross coupling can cause problems unless separate antennas are used for Tx and Rx
b. Aerial matching is difficult due to resonant effects of the Tx and Rx output cables
c. The transmitter power is not shared equally between each beam causing balancing problems

7. The effects of cross-coupling is minimised by:

a. Using a FMCW Doppler system
b. Using a combined antenna for Tx and Rx
c. Using a 3 beam system

8. Errors caused by signal reflections and angle incidences of Doppler beams are known as:
a. Sea Bass
b. Land-sea switch
c. Sea Bias

9. Changing the modulating frequency of a Doppler signal at a rate of 10 times per minute is called:
a. Jitter
b. Wobbulating
c. Splitting

10. WRT Doppler, if the closure speed increases, the effect it will have on the Doppler frequency will be:
a. The Difference frequency will increase
b. The Difference frequency will decrease
c. The Difference frequency will stay the same