COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING PART 6

ANTENNAS

Multiple Choice. Encircle the letter which
corresponds to your answer.


1. An ungrounded antenna near the
ground

a. Acts as a single antenna of
twice the height
b. Is unlikely to need an earth mat
c. Acts as an antenna array
d. Must be horizontally polarized

2. One of the following consists of
nonresonant antennas:

a. The rhombic antenna
b. The folded dipole
c. The end-fire array
d. The broadside array

3. One of the following is very useful as a
multiband HF receiving antenna. This is
the:

a. Conical horn
b. Folded dipole
c. Log-periodic
d. Square loop

4. Which of the following antennas is best
excited from a waveguide?

a. Biconical
b. Horn
c. Helical
d. Discone

5. Indicate which of the following reasons
for using a counterpoise with antennas is
false:

a. Impossibility of a good ground
connection
b. Protection of personnel working
underneath
c. Provision of an earth for the
antenna
d. Rockiness of the ground itself

6. One of the following is not a reason for
the use of an antenna coupler:

a. To make the antenna look
resistive
b. To provide the output amplifier
with the correct load
impedance
c. To discriminate against
harmonics
d. To prevent reradiation of the
local oscillator

7. Indicate the antenna that is not
wideband

a. Discone
b. Folded dipole
c. Helical
d. Marconi

8. Indicate which one of the following
reasons for the use of an earth mat with
antennas is false:

a. Impossibility of a good ground
connection
b. Provision of an earth for the
antenna
c. Protection of personnel working
underneath
d. Improvement of the radiation
pattern of the antenna

9. Show which of the following terms does
not apply to the Yagi-Uda array

a. Good bandwidth
b. Parasitic elements
c. Folded dipole
d. High gain

10. An antenna that is circularly polarized is
the

a. Helical
b. Small circular loop
c. Parabolic reflector
d. Yagi-Uda

11. The standard reference antenna for the
directive gain is the

a. Infinitesimal dipole
b. Isotropic antenna
c. Elementary doublet
d. Half-wave dipole
12. Top loading is sometimes used with an
antenna in order to increase its

a. Effective height
b. Bandwidth
c. Beamwidth
d. Input capacitance

13. Cassegrain feed is used with a parabolic
reflector to

a. Increase the gain of the system
b. Increase the beamwidth of the
system
c. Reduce the size of the main
reflector
d. Allow the feed to be placed at
a convenient point

14. Zoning is used with a dielectric antenna
in order to

a. Reduce the bulk of the lens
b. Increase the bandwidth of the
lens
c. Permit pin-point focusing
d. Correct the curvature of the
wavefront from a horn that is
too short

15. A helical antenna is used for satellite
tracking because of its

a. Circular polarization
b. Maneuverability
c. Broad bandwidth
d. Good front-to-back ratio

16. The discone antenna is

a. A useful direction-finding
antenna
b. Used as a radar receiving
antenna
c. Circularly polarized like other
circular antennas
d. Useful as a UHF receiving
antenna

17. One of the following is not an
omnidirectional antenna

a. Half-wave dipole
b. Log-periodic
c. Discone
d. Marconi


18. The polarization of a discone antenna is
__________.

a. Horizontal
b. Vertical
c. Omni
d. Directional

19. __________ is the horizontal pointing
angle of an antenna.

a. Right angle
b. Angle of elevation
c. Bandwidth
d. Azimuth

20. Which is a properly terminated antenna?

a. Rhombic
b. Hertz
c. Marconi
d. Dipole

21. __________ is a device that detects both
vertically and horizontally polarized
signals simultaneously.

a. Crystal
b. Orthomode transducer
c. Light transducer
d. Optoisolator

22. How much does the radiated power of
an antenna increases if its current
increased by 3.3 times?

a. 6.6 times
b. 3.3 times
c. 10.89 times
d. 9.9 times

23. What do you call the energy that was
not radiated into space or completely
transmitted?

a. Incident waves
b. Captured waves
c. Standing waves
d. Modulated waves

24. What is the estimated medium wind
loading in the Philippines for antenna
tower design?

a. 200 kph
b. 250 kph
c. 300 kph
d. 100 kph

25. The minimum number of turns a helix
antenna must have.

a. 4
b. 5
c. 3
d. 6

26. When testing transmitter to prevent
interfering with other stations, which type
of antenna must be used?

a. Dummy antenna
b. Herztian antenna
c. None
d. Void antenna

27. A device that radiates electromagnetic
energy and/or intercepts
electromagnetic radiation.

a. Antenna
b. Transmitter
c. Transmission line
d. Transceiver

28. Determine the gain of a 6 ft parabolic
dish operating at 1800 MHz

a. 15.5 dB
b. 30 dB
c. 11.2 dB
d. 28.17 dB

29. Radiation characteristic of a dipole.

a. figure of eight
b. omnidirectional
c. bi-directional
d. unidirectional
30. An antenna which is not resonant at
particular frequencies and so can be
used over a wide band of frequencies is
called

a. aperiodic
b. cassegrain
c. top-loaded
d. boresight

31. Two wires that are bent 90 degrees
apart.

a. Rhombic
b. Hertz
c. dipole
d. log-periodic

32. Harmonic suppressor connected to an
antenna.

a. tank circuit
b. m-derived filter
c. low-pass filter
d. high-pass filter

33. Theoretical gain of a Herztian dipole.

a. 0 dB
b. 1.76 dB
c. 2.15 dB
d. 3 dB

34. A helical antenna is used for satellite
tracking because of

a. Maneuverability
b. Good front-to-back
c. Circular polarization
d. Broad bandwidth

35. A convenient method of determining
antenna impedance.

a. reactance circle
b. stub matching
c. Smith chart
d. trial and error


36. Unity gain antenna.

a. half-wave dipole
b. rhombic
c. dummy
d. isotropic

37. EIRP stands for __________.

a. effective isotropic reflected
power
b. effective isotropic refracted
power
c. efficient and ideal radiated
power
d. effective isotropic radiated
power

38. Which of the following refers to the
smallest beam of satellite antennas
radiation pattern?

a. Global beam
b. Zoom beam
c. Spot beam
d. Hemispheric beam

39. A region in front of a parabolic antenna.

a. Transmission zone

b. Fraunhofer
c. Fresnel
d. All of these

40. An antenna that can only receive a
television signal.

a. isotropic antenna
b. reference antenna
c. TVRO
d. Yagi antenna

41. Radiation pattern of a discone

a. figure of eight
b. bi-directional
c. omnidirectional
d. unidirectional


42. Radio wave concentration in the
direction of the signal emitted by a
directional antenna.

a. Back lobe radiation
b. Transmitted signal
c. Side lobe radiation
d. Major lobe radiation

43. The reflector and director of an antenna
array are considered as:

a. transcendental elements

b. feed-points
c. driven elements
d. parasitic elements

44. An electronic equipment used to
measure standing wave ratio:

a. Altimeter
b. Multimeter
c. Reflectometer
d. Wavemeter

45. The product of the power supplied to
the antenna and its gain relative to a
half-wave dipole in a given direction.

a. Rated power
b. ERP
c. Peak envelope power
d. Carrier power

46. What makes an antenna physically long
but electronically short?

a. adding C in series
b. top loading
c. adding L in series
d. all of these






47. The capture area of an antenna is
directly proportional to the

a. distance between transmitter
and receiver
b. power density of the signal
c. gain of the antenna
d. frequency of the received signal

48. A type of an undergrounded antenna is
a/an __________ antenna.

a. Hertz
b. Isotropic
c. Parabolic
d. Marconi

49. What is meant by antenna gain?

a. The ratio of the signal in the
forward direction to the signal in
the backward direction
b. The ratio of the amount of
power produced by the
antenna compared to the
output power of the transmitter
c. The final amplifier gain minus the
transmission line losses (including
any phasing lines present)
d. The numeric ratio relating the
radiated signal strength of an
antenna to that of another
antenna

50. It consists of a number of dipoles of
equal size, equally spaced along a
straight line with all dipoles fed in the
same phase from the same source.

a. End-fire array
b. Yagi antenna
c. Log-periodic antenna
d. Broadside array

51. A type of array antenna which consists
of one half-wave driven dipole, one
reflector and one director.

a. Log periodic dipole array
b. Yagi-uda
c. Hertzian dipole
d. Broadside collinear


52. It is a measure of the microwave power
radiated from an antenna as a function
of angular direction from the antenna
axis.

a. Polarization
b. Sidelobes
c. Beamwidth
d. Antenna pattern

53. What is the gain of four identically
polarized antennas stacked one above
the other fed in phase?

a. 4 dB over the gain of one
antenna
b. 10 dB over the gain of one
antenna
c. 3 dB over the gain of one
antenna
d. 6 dB over the gain of one
antenna

54. Gain of an isotropic antenna.

a. 1 dB
b. 1 dB
c. 0 dB
d. 2 dB

55. A dipole antenna requires to be fed with
20 kW of power to produce a given
signal strength to a particular distant
point. If the addition of a reflector
makes the same field strength available
with an input power of 11 kW, what is the
gain in dB obtained by the use of the
reflector? (Gain referred to this particular
dipole)

a. 4.75
b. 1.81
c. 4.24
d. 2.6

56. Top loading is used in an antenna in
order to increase its __________.

a. bandwidth
b. beamwidth
c. input capacitance
d. effective height


57. A horizontal antenna is

a. perpendicularly polarized
b. centrally polarized
c. horizontally polarized
d. vertically polarized

58. The frequency of operation of a dipole
antenna cut to length of 3.4 m.

a. 42.9 MHz
b. 53.5 MHz
c. 38.5 MHz
d. 61.3 MHz

59. Two or more antennas separated by 9
wavelengths are used.

a. Frequency diversity
b. Space diversity
c. Hybrid diversity
d. Polarized diversity

60. A convenient method of determining
antenna impedance.

a. Trial and error
b. Stub matching
c. Smith chart
d. Reactance circle

61. Width measured in degrees of a major
lobe between end of the lobe at which
the relative power is one half (- 3 dB) its
value from the peak of the lobe.

a. radiation
b. wavelength
c. bandwidth
d. beamwidth





62. An increase in the effective power
radiated by an antenna in a certain
desired direction at the expense of
power radiated in other directions.

a. antenna gain
b. antenna efficiency
c. antenna total ratio
d. antenna back lobe ratio

63. Where does the maximum current and
minimum voltage values on a resonant
Hertz dipole exist?

a. center of the antenna
b. ends of the antenna
c. near the center of the antenna
d. near the end of the antenna

64. How can the antenna efficiency of a HF
grounded vertical antenna be made
comparable to that of a half-wave
antenna?

a. by isolating the coax shield from
ground
b. by installing a good ground
radial system
c. by shortening the vertical
d. by isolating the coax shield from
ground

65. Known as the technique for adding a
series inductor at or near the center of
an antenna element in order to cancel
the capacitive reactance of an
antenna.

a. reflector
b. center loading
c. dipole
d. loading coil

66. What is meant by the term antenna
bandwidth?

a. The angle between the half-
power radiation points
b. The angle formed between two
imaginary lines drawn through
the ends of the elements
c. The frequency range over which
an antenna can be expected
to perform well
d. Antenna length divided by the
number of elements


67. Where does the voltage node of a half-
wave antenna exist?

a. at feed point
b. near the feed point
c. near the center
d. at center

68. This is a flexible vertical rod antenna
commonly used on mobiles.

a. hertz
b. ground plane
c. whip
d. marconi

69. What is a dummy antenna?

a. A non-directional transmitting
antenna
b. An antenna used for hand-held
ratio
c. One which is used as a
reference for gain
measurements
d. A non-radiating load for a
transmitter used for testing

70. Best description of a collinear and
broadside antenna radiation pattern.

a. bidirectional
b. omnidirectional
c. unidirectional
d. perfect circle

71. What is a driven element of an
antenna?

a. Always the forwardmost
element
b. Always the rearmost element
c. The element fed by the
transmission line
d. The element connected to the
rotator

72. Antenna which is not properly
terminated

a. whip
b. non-resonant
c. isotropic
d. resonant

73. At the ends of a half-wave antenna,
what values of current and voltage exist
compared to the remainder of the
antenna?

a. Minimum voltage and maximum
current
b. Maximum voltage and minimum
current
c. Minimum voltage and minimum
current
d. Equal voltage and current

74. Refers to a type of beam antenna which
uses two or more straight elements
arranged in line with each other.

a. whip antenna
b. yagi antenna
c. rhombic antenna
d. dipole antenna

75. What is meant by the term radiation
resistance for an antenna?

a. Losses in the antenna elements
and feed line
b. An equivalent resistance that
would dissipate the same
amount of power as that
radiated from an antenna
c. The resistance in the trap coils to
received signal
d. The specific impedance of the
antenna

76. Which of the following parts of the radio
receiver represents the component that
extracts the desired RF signal from the
electromagnetic wave?

a. detector
b. antenna
c. crystal
d. AF amplifier

77. Determine the dB gain of a receiving
antenna which delivers a microvolt
signal to a transmission line over that of
an antenna that delivers a 20 microvolt
signal under identical circumstances.

a. - 26 dB
b. 26 dB
c. 3 dB
d. 10 dB
78. What is the term for the ratio of the
radiation resistance of an antenna to
the total resistance of the system?

a. antenna efficiency
b. radiation conversion loss
c. beamwidth
d. effective radiated power

79. One of the following prevents a
transmitter from emitting a signal that
interferes with other station on frequency
during the test.

a. use of shielded antenna radiator
b. use of low height antenna
c. use of dummy antenna
d. use of grounded antenna

80. In high frequency radio transmission, the
lower the radio frequency the __________
of the antenna.

a. longer the length
b. bigger the diameter
c. shorter length
d. smaller the diameter

81. Which of the following antenna where its
beamwidth is determined by the
dimensions of its lens or reflector?

a. whip antenna
b. aperiodic antenna
c. aperture antenna
d. long wire antenna

82. What measure will you adopt on the
antenna system of a VHF or UHF mobile
transceivers that has very low height
antenna?

a. increase transmitter to antenna
cable
b. use directional antenna
c. check grounding system
d. provide loading coil


83. In order to have an effective radio
antenna, the design of its radiator must
have a minimum length equivalent to
__________.

a. /10
b. /4
c. /14
d. / 6

84. What is a parasitic element of an
antenna?

a. An element dependent on the
antenna structure for support.
b. A transmission line that radiates
radio-frequency energy.
c. An element that receives its
excitation from mutual coupling
rather than from a transmission
line.
d. An element polarized 90
degrees opposite the driven
element.

85. At what position does a maritime ship
main antenna have when it is open
circuited and that any auxiliary antenna
is/are connected to the main receiver?

a. AA
b. Emergency transmitter
c. Direction finder
d. Ground

86. Due to the presence of parallel LC
networks in the trap antenna, one of the
following is a disadvantage of using this
kind of antenna.

a. radiate harmonics
b. reduce power
c. reduce beamwidth
d. allow entry of interference

87. How do you compare the length of the
reflector element of a parasitic beam
antenna with that of its driven element?

a. same length
b. reflector element is 5% longer
c. reflector element is half shorter
d. reflector element is 5% shorter
88. Which of the following statements refers
to a reason why intelligence signal
cannot be transmitted directly on their
frequency?

a. Their frequencies are high and
are susceptible to noise
b. Their frequencies are high and
need very large antennas
c. Their frequencies are low and
need very large antennas
d. Their frequencies are low and
need very small antennas

89. What is the purpose of a certain
antenna component composed of a
parallel LC networks inserted in the
antenna called traps?

a. Cancel the capacitive
reactance of an antenna
b. Enhance directivity
c. Produce resonant system at
specific frequency
d. Provide a multiband operation

90. Refers to the numerical ratio relating to
the radiated signal strength of an
antenna to that of another antenna.

a. antenna loss
b. antenna gain
c. antenna bandwidth
d. antenna efficiency

91. How much longer or shorter does the
length of the director element of
parasitic beam antenna compared with
that of the driven element?

a. about 5% shorter
b. around 10% longer
c. one half longer
d. around 5% longer

92. Refers to the ratio of radiated to
reflected energy.

a. front-to-back ratio
b. antenna efficiency
c. radiation efficiency
d. signal-to-noise ratio
93. A half-wave dipole antenna

a. hertz
b. marconi
c. parabolic
d. vertical monopole

94. When conductors are spread out in a
straight line to a total length of one-
quarter wavelength, the antenna is
called what?

a. marconi
b. vertical monopole
c. quarter-wave dipole
d. all of these

95. What do you call of a polar diagram or
graph representing field strengths or
power densities at various angular
positions relative to an antenna?

a. Venn diagram
b. Figure-8 pattern
c. Lissajous figure
d. Radiation pattern

96. __________ is the ratio of the front lobe
power to the back lobe power.

a. front-to-side ratio
b. front-to-back ratio
c. back-to-front ratio
d. minor-to-major ratio

97. It is defined as the area within a distance
D
2
/ from the antenna, where is the
wavelength and D is the antenna
diameter in the same units.

a. far field
b. near field
c. green field
d. radiation field




98. What is that ratio of the power radiated
by the antenna to the total input
power?

a. power gain
b. directive gain
c. antenna efficiency
d. radiation efficiency

99. __________ of an antenna refers to the
orientation of the electric field radiated
from it.

a. radiation
b. bandwidth
c. beamwidth
d. polarization

100. Pertains to a wire structure placed below
the antenna and erected above the
ground. It is a form of capacitive ground
system.

a. image
b. counterpoise
c. antenna orientation
d. antenna polarization