1. A _________ interconnects LAN having identical protocols at the physical and data link layers.

A. All of these
B. bridge
C. router
D. Gateway
2. Basic speed rate of digital system.
A. 144 kbps
B. 1,544 kbps
C. 64 kbps
D. 2,048 kbps
3. Calculated the noise figure of the amplifier whose Req equals 2518 (RT=600) if its driven by a
generator whose output impedance is 50.
A. 39.4
B. 3.94
C. 394
D. 0.394
4. ________ is the advantage of the balanced transmission line compared to unbalanced line.
a. Low attenuation
b. Easy installation
c. Low radiation loss
d. Tensile strength
5. Calculate the lowest resonant frequency for a brick partition 120 mm thick, 4m by 2min area with
longitudinal wave velocity of 2350 m/s. (Assume that it is supported at its edges.)
a. 10 Hz
b. 20 Hz
c. 30 Hz
d. 40 Hz

6. The noise figure of the first circuit in tandem connection is 10.5 dB while its power gain is 15, what is
the overall noise figure if the second circuit has a noise figure of 11 dB?
A. 11.59 dB
B. 11.23 dB
C. 10.79 dB
D. 10.5 dB
84. Waveguide becomes compulsory above what frequencies?
a. Above 3 GHz
b. Above 10 kHz
c. At 300 MHz
d. Above 10 GHz
7. Three identical circuits having 10 dB signal noise-to-noise ratio each are connected in tandem with
each other, what is the overall S/N?
A. 5.23 dB
B. 14.77dB
C. 30 dB
D. 40 dB
25. Three identical circuits having 10 dB signal noise-to-noise ratio each are connected in tandem with
each other, what is the overall S/N?
A. 5.23 dB
B. 14.77dB
C. 30 dB
D. 40 dB
88. Quarter-wavelength line is used as _______.
a. impedance transformer
b. lecher line
c. transmission line
d. harmonic suppressor

40. The length of a Marconi antenna to operate with 985 kHz is ______.
A. 200 ft
B. 500 ft
C. 250 ft
D. 999 ft
55. What is the gain, in dB of a helical antenna with diameter of /3, 10 turns at pitch of /4, used at 100
MHz?
A. 16
B. 41.1
C. 31.4
D. 1.25
17. The modulated peak value of a signal is 125 V and the unmodulated carrier value is 85 V. What is the
modulation index?
A. 0.47
B. 0.68
C. 0.32
D. 1.47

9. What is the wavelength of a signal at 500 MHz?

A. 0.062 cm
B. 6 meters
C. 60 cm
D. 60 meters
55. Not more than _______ digits make up an international telephone number as recommended by
CCITT REC. E. 161.
a. 8
b. 10
c. 11
d. 12

42. If 4 kW in antenna produces 50 V/m in a receiving antenna, a 15 kW will produce _____.

A. 200 V/m
B. 10 V/m
C. 100 V/m
D. 20 V/m
2. The maximum intelligibility for voice frequency is located between
A. 250 and 500 Hz
B. 1000 and 3000 Hz
C. 500 and 1000 Hz
D. 3000 and 5000 Hz
4. The frequency of free vibration
a. Resonant frequency
b. Natural frequency
c. Center frequency
d. Normal frequency
38. 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.
a. 0.71
b. 0.77
c. 0.97
d. 0.76
139. Cellular CDMA system uses what modulation method?
A. GFSK
B. ASK
C. QAM
D. BPSK

31. One of the following is not a bounded media.

a. Coaxial line
b. Two-wire line
c. Waveguide
d. Ocean
96. A microwave-transmitting antenna is 550ft high. The receiving antenna is 200ft high. The
minimum transmission distance is
a. 20 mi
b. 33.2 mi
c. 38.7 mi
d. 53.2 mi
1. An instrument designed to measure a frequency-weighted value of the sound pressure level.
a. Sound-level meter
b. Transducer
c. Sound pressure meter
d. Sound analyzer
13. 1 Angstrom (A) is equal to _______.
a. 10-3 micron
b. 10-10 m
c. 10-6 micron
d. 10-6 m
42. A wide-bandwidth communications systems in which the RF carrier varies according to some
predetermined sequence.
a. amplitude compandored single sideband
b. SITOR
c. spread spectrum communication
d. time-domain frequency modulation

48. If N = 250, what is the earth radius K-factor?

a. 1.23
b. 1.29
c. 1.33
d. 1.32
18. An 891 kHz carrier having an amplitude of 80 V is modulated by a 4.5 kHz audio signal having
an amplitude of 45 V. The modulation factor is
A. 0.56
B. 0.65
C. 1.78
D. 1.25
7. Which one of the following emission transmits the lower sideband and half of the upper sideband?
A. A5C
B. J3E
C. A3J
D. A3H
8. What is the effective radiated power of a repeater with 200 watts transmitter power output, 4 dB
feline loss, 4 dB duplexer and circulator loss, and 10 dB antenna gain?
A. 317 W
B. 2000 W
C. 126 W
D. 260 W
30. Combination of modulator, channel, and detector.
A. Transceiver
B. Transponder
C. T/R channel
D. Discrete channel

1. An amplifier operating over the frequency range of 455 to 460 kHz has a 200 k input resistor.
What is the RMS noise voltage at the input to this amplifier if the ambient temperature is 17C ?
A. 40 V
B. 4.0 V
C. 400 V
D. 4.0 mV
1. What is the polarization of a discone antenna?
A. Vertical
B. Horizontal
C. Circular
D. Spiral
2. If the antenna increases 3.3 times how much does the radiated power increase?
A. 3.3 times
B. 10.89 times
C. 9.9 times
D. 6.6 times
5. The transmission of sound from one room to an adjacent room, via common walls, floors or
ceilings.
a. Flanking transmission
b. Refraction
c. Reflection
d. Reverberation
9. The process of impressing intelligence on the carrier is called
A. modulation
B. detection
C. mixing
D. impression

39. A quarter wave transformer is connected to a parallel wire line in order to match the line to a load
of 1000 ohms. The transformer has a characteristic impedance of 316.23 ohms. The distance between
centers is 4 inches. What is the percentage reduction in the diameter of the line?
a. 85%
b. 83%
c. 86%
d. 90%

61. Quantity that do not change when a beam of light enters on a medium to another.
A. Frequency
B. Wavelength
C. Direction
D. Speed
31. What is the standard test tone used for audio measurements?
A. 100 Hz
B. 500 Hz
C. 1000 Hz
D. 2000 Hz
84. Light leaves a slab of transparent material whose index of refraction is 2 at an angle of refraction
of 0 degrees. The angle of incidence is
a. 0 degrees
b. 45 degrees
c. 30 degrees
d. 90 degrees
74. What is the highest frequency that can be sent straight upward and be returned to earth?
A. MUF
B. Gyro frequency
C. Skip frequency
D. Critical frequency

4. What produces the sidebands on FM?

A. signal amplitude
B. carrier harmonics
C. baseband frequency
D. broadband frequency
130. Block calls held condition specified the held probability at a time period equal to an average
holding time.
A. Erlang B
B. Erlang C
C. Erlang D
D. Poisson
2. A unit of noisiness related to the perceived noise level
a. Noy
b. Sone
c. dB
d. phone
107. The shortest distance measured along the earths surface that a skywave is returned to earth.
a. MUF
b. Quarter-wavelength
c. Skip distance
d. Skip zone
14. Effective Earth radius to true earth radius ratio.
a. index of refraction
b. K factor
c. Fresnel zone
d. path profile

68. The first stage of a two-stage amplifier has a voltage gain of 10, a 600 input resistor, a 1600
equivalent noise resistance and 27k output resistor. For the second stage, these values are 25, 81k,
19k, and 1M, respectively. Calculate the equivalent input-noise resistance of this two stage
amplifier.
A. 2,518 k
B. 2,518
C. 251.8
D. 12,518

54. A digital modulation technique that results in two different frequencies representing binary 1 and
0
A. DPSK
B. QPSK
C. FSK
D. ASK
23. a system allows different types of network to be linked together
A. AT & T
B. OSI
C. Bell system
D. CCITT

28. The velocity factor for a transmission line

a. depends on the dielectric constant of the material used
b. increases the velocity along the transmission line
c. is governed by the skin effect
d. is higher for a solid dielectric than for air

279. Which of the following transmission media is not readily suitable to CSMA operation?
a. Radio
b. Optical fibers
c. Coaxial cable
d. Twisted pair
20. A receive channel frequency is 872.4 MHz. To develop an 82.2 MHz IF, the frequency
synthesizer must supply an LO signal of
A. 790 Mhz
B. 967.44 MHz
C. 954.6 MHz
D. 827.4 MHz
Solution: fLO = fr + IF fLO = 872.4 MHz + 82.2 MHz fLO = 954.6 MHz