IT and Communications Engineer Examination Part 2 By: Firas Abbas Please choose the most suitable answers from

the following multiple choices answers (Questions from 1 to 16). Note that each question may have more than one correct answer: 1) Satellite Dish was pointed toward vertically polarized incoming signal. The polarization angle was +37 degree. If this dish should now receive a horizontally polarized signal, the new polarization angle should be : a) b) c) d) -37 -127 +127 -53

2) A satellite dish is pointed toward W6 satellite. The LNB was horizontally polarized and the BUC was vertically polarized. This means: a) b) c) d) The satellite dish can received only horizontal signals The satellite dish can receive only vertically polarized signals The dish can transmit only vertically polarized signals All The above

3) What does the standard Ku PLL LNB needs to operate well : a) b) c) d) 10 GHz local oscillator 10 MHz signal DC voltage All the above

4) A 30 dBm RF power amplifier fed by -10 dBm IF signal, This means : a) b) c) d) Output power is 1 Watt Gain is 20 dB Gain is 40 dB All the above

5) Non saturated Block up converter is fed by -19 dBm IF signal. It is needed to increase the output power of this BUC by 2 dB, what is the IF input signal power : a) b) c) d) -19 dBm -21 dBm 2 dBm -17 dBm

6) Sat modem generates an LNB low current alarm, this means, a) b) c) d) LNB is short circuit Cable is short circuit. LNB Cable is short LNB cable is Open

7) Two signals ( used to modulate 1024 kbps data) was monitored by spectrum analyzer, the first is about 50% less in bandwidth than the second one, this means that : a) b) c) d) The first signal is 8PSK and the second is QPSK The first is QPSK and the second is 8PSK The first is ASK and the second is QPSK All the above

8) QPSK signals means that : a) b) c) d) There are 3 bits in each signal symbol There are 2 bits in each signal symbol The signal is Phase modulated The signal is amplitude modulated

9) QPSK is preferred if compared to 8PSK if : a) b) c) d) less satellite segment bandwidth is available less end to end delay is requested Less transmitted RF power is available Less received EbNo is available

10) Satellite modem is receiving 8.2 dB EbNo, this means that : a) b) c) d) The ISP is transmitting 8.2 dBm If the modulation is QPSK, then the site is better immune against the storms than 8PSK. If the modulation is 8PSK, then the site is better immune against the storms than QPSK The modem is working fine if the modulation is 8PSK for 1E-9 BER.

11) If the received signal frequency is 11250.067 MHz, This means: a) b) c) d) The RF input signal has carrier of 11250 MHz and offset 670 KHz The RF input signal has carrier of 11250 MHz and offset 670 MHz The RF input signal has carrier of 11250 MHz and offset 67 KHz The RF input signal has carrier of 11249 MHz and offset 1067 KHz

12) If a PLL LNB has +/- 10 KHz frequency stability, this means that the modem sweep range should be set to: a) b) c) d) 1 MHz 20 KHz 30 KHz 60 KHz

13) If the RAW BER of sat modem is 10 E-3, this means : a) b) c) d) The modem can receive 1Mb data with only 1000 Bits error The modem can receive 10Mb data with only 1000 Bits error The modem can receive 1Mb data with only 100 Bits error The modem can receive 1Mb data with only 10000 Bits error

14) A QPSK signal with data rate of 96 kbps and FEC code rate, will have the following symbol rate: a) b) c) d) 48 ksps 84 ksps 64 ksps 36 ksps

15) ISP told us that our RX frequency is 12625.1234 MHz. What is the RX IF frequency that will be set to our sat modem? a) b) c) d) 1325.1234 MHz 1725.1234 MHz 1225.1234 MHz 2625.1234 MHz

16) ISP told us that our TX frequency is 14325.1234 MHz. What is the TX IF frequency that will be set to our sat modem? a) b) c) d) 1775.1234 MHz 1275.1234 MHz 1375.1234 MHz 2275.1234 MHz

17) ISP send to us the following information : ISP Uplink Frequency is 14103.5630 MHz, Transmit polarization is horizontal, data rate: 640kb, Modulation: QPSK FEC . ISP Downlink Frequency is 12612.1630 MHz, Receive polarization is Vertical, data rate: 640kb, Modulation: QPSK FEC . The used satellite has a down conversion frequency of 1500 MHz. The site should be used with Cross Pole OMT Dish. Fill the following blanks with the wanted information: a) The ISP Transmit IF Frequency .... MHz b) The Remote Receive RF frequency.... MHz c) The ISP IF Receive frequency ... MHz d) The Remote Transmit IF Frequency .. MHz e) The Remote Transmit RF Frequency . MHz f) The ISP Transmit RF Frequency ... MHz 18) The following data was taken from a modem monitoring menu, Raw BER 1.5 E-4, Corrected BER 1.5 E-9, RSL = -49 dBm, EbNo = 10.3 dB, LNB Current = 257 mA, ODU Current = 1924 mA, RX L-Band frequency: 1234.9876 MHz, and TX L-Band Frequency: 1000.1234 MHz, Fill the following blanks (with True or False): a) The modem is working fine. b) The BUC RF power is 2 Watt . c) The Transmit frequency is 13050.1234 MHz. .. d) If the LNB LO =10 GHz, the receive frequency is 11234.9876 MHz. . e) BER is 1.5 E-4. f) LNB Cable is not shorted. .. g) Modem Received signal is good. .. h) Modem sensitivity is higher than -49 dBm. ..