1. Which of the following is the first component of 6.

What class of TV camera lens used to cover short

any MATV system to receive broadcast signals? distances?

a. Filter a. Normal

b. LNA b. Wide angle

c. RF amplifier c. Telephoto

d. Antenna d. Zoom

2. Is the most common technique where apartment 7. What class of TV camera lens used to cover long
house, hotels, schools, condominiums, and multi- distances?
unit buildings distribute TV and FM signals to a
number of receivers, using a single head-end. a. Normal
b. Wide angle
a. CCTV
c. Telephoto
b. CATV
d. Zoom
c. MATV
d. Antenna 8. What is the local oscillator frequency in
commercial AM broadcast if it is equal to 455 kHz?
3. TV channel 2, 4 and 5 belong to
a. 0 to 1500 kHz
a. Low band UHF b. 0 to 455 kHz
b. High band VHF c. 540 to 1600 kHz
c. Mid band UHF d. 955 to 2055 kHz
d. Low band VHF
9. What is the allowable deviation ratio of
4. A mechanism or device which enables the TV commercial FM broadcast?
camera to move in lateral and tilting motion
a. 20
a. Panning device b. 75
b. Scanner c. 5
c. Tilting d. 25
d. Pan/tilt device
10. The maximum power suggested by KBP on
5. Which of the following is a solid state imaging 919-1312 AM broadcast station in Metro Manila is
device?
a. 5 kW
a. VIDICON b. 10 kW
b. ICONOSCOPE c. 15 kW
c. Charge couple device d. 20 kW
d. CCTV
11. KBP radio code mandates that station must 16. A newscast is a distinct unit of a program with a
provide a minimum of ___ minutes minimum news content of _____ minute(s)
excluding intro, extro, headline and commercial
a. 30 load

b. 45
a. 1
c. 50
b. 2
d. 60
c. 3

12. What is the chroma subcarrier signal frequency d. 4

for color television?
17. In accordance with existing provision of law
a. 3.8 MHz and the KBP rules and the regulations, all stations
shall actively promote the growth ands the
b. 6.8 MHz development of Filipino music by playing _____
c. 7.8 MHz OPM every clock hour.
d. 8.8 MHz
a. 1
13. What is the frequency tolerance of an FM Radio b. 2
Broadcast station? c. 3
d. 4
a. 20000 Hz
b. 20 Hz 18. Commercial load for radio shall not exceed
c. 200 Hz ____ minutes for a one-hour program outside Metro
Manila
d. 2000 Hz
a. 15
14. The minimum frequency separation between
frequency of AM broadcasting station b. 20
c. 25
a. 9 kHz d. 30
b. 18 kHz
c. 36 kHz 19. Commercial load for radio shall not exceed
_____ minutes for a one-hour program outside
d. 72 kHz Metro Manila.

15. The aspect ratio HDTV is a. 15

b. 16
a. 4:3
c. 17
b. 18:5
d. 20
c. 14:8
d. 16:9
20. Program interruption for airing of commercial in 25. _____ is the time circulation for one horizontal
Metro Manila shall not exceed _____ breaks in trace
every program hour
a. 52 us
a. 5 b. 62 us
b. 6 c. 48 us
c. 7 d. 50 us
d. 8
26. Listing of the date and time of events, programs,
21. Program interruption for the airing of equipment, tests, malfunctions and corrections in
commercial outside Metro Manila shall not exceed communications system.
_____ breaks in every program hour
a. Reporting
a. 5 b. Documentation
b. 6 c. Log
c. 7 d. File
d. 8
27. Which of the following is not a low impedance
22. For Metro manila, the classification of prime microphone?
time blocks for FM shall be
a. Dynamic
a. 6:00 AM to 8:00 PM b. Velocity
b. 6:00 AM to 12:00 NN
c. Condenser
c. 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM
d. Crystal
d. 12:00 NN to 12:00 MN
28. Facsimile permits remote duplications of which
23. For provincial station, the classification of of the following items?
prime time blocks for FM radio shall be
a. Map
a. 6:00 AM to 8:00 PM b. Pictures
b. 6:00 AM to 12:00 NN c. Printed page
c. 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM
d. All of these
d. 12:00 NN to 12:00 MN
29. Television has a lot of features in common with
24. All airtime classifications shall be submitted to
and subject for approval by the a. FM stereo
b. Telephone service
a. NTC
c. Motion picture
b. KBP-SA
d. Magazine
c. DOTC
d. CCITT
30. The major component of the TV signal 35. What is the vertical blanking pulse rate?
waveform is the
a. 30 Hz
a. Video b. 60 Hz
b. Radar c. 15.75 Hz
c. Stereo d. 120 Hz
d. Antenna
36. The pulses riding on the vertical blanking pulse
31. For NTSC TV system, the image is scanned
from a. Equalizing (sync) pulses
b. Serrated vertical sync pulses
a. Top to bottom
c. Black level pulses
b. Left to right
d. Choices A and B above
c. Right to left
d. Choices A and B above 37. Television camera pickup tube is called

32. One completes NTSC scanning cycle called a. Vidicon

field consists of how many lines
b. Image orthicon
a. 500 c. Plumbicon
b. 525 d. All of the above
c. 625
38. The television picture tube magnetic fields can
d. 60 be used for

33. The field rate in the NTSC television system a. Beam focusing
b. Beam deflection
a. 30 Hz
c. Beam production
b. 120 Hz
d. Beam modulation
c. 60 Hz
d. 15.75 Hz 39. What is the purpose of an indirectly-heated
cathode in a cathode ray tube?
34. What is the horizontal synchronous blanking
pulse rate? a. Beam focusing
b. Beam deflection
a. 30 Hz
c. Beam production
b. 60 Hz
d. Beam modulation
c. 15.75 Hz
d. 120 Hz
40. Video modulation for television is 45. Brightness of an image is known as

a. Amplitude modulation a. Radiance

b. Frequency modulation b. Chrominance
c. Vestigial sideband c. Reflectance
d. Both amplitude modulation and d. Luminance
vestigial sideband
46. The colors at the vertices of the color triangle
41. Audio modulation for television is are referred to as

a. Amplitude modulation a. Primary

b. Frequency modulation b. White
c. Vestigial sideband c. Desaturated
d. Both amplitude modulation and vestigial d. All of the above
sideband
47. A color signal which originate in the camera
42. What is the maximum frequency deviation for itself with color television pickup?
audio modulation in TV transmission?
a. Red
a. 25 kHz b. Green
b. 30 kHz c. Blue
c. 50 kHz
d. All of these
d. 75 kHz
48. What are the three separate signals derived from
43. The video carrier and the audio carrier are a matrix in a color TV transmitter?
separated by ____ MHz.
a. Y, I and Q
a. 4.5 b. P, D and Q
b. 5.5 c. M, N and O
c. 6.5 d. R, S and T
d. 7.5
49. Range of a VHF television transmitter
44. In a practical image scanned at the NTSC rate,
the spectrum will include components clustered at a. 54 98 MHz
the fundamentals and harmonics of _____ kHz
b. 54 216 MHz
a. 15.75 c. 54 128 MHz
b. 30 d. 54 166 MHz
c. 12.25
d. 45.5
50. Range of a UHF television transmitter 55. _____ is the most effective filter for separating
luminance and chrominance frequency components.
a. 470 670 MHz
a. Low pass
b. 470 770 MHz
b. Band pass
c. 470 890 MHz
c. Notch
d. 470 - 980 MHz
d. Comb
51. What is the approximate bandwidth occupied by
the chrominance video signal for color TV? 56. The chrominance processing circuits can be
deactivated when monochrome broadcasts are
a. 0.8 MHz received by the

b. 1.8 MHz
a. Color killer
c. 8.1 MHz
b. SAW filter
d. 1.6 MHz
c. NOT gate

52. The colors found around the perimeter of the d. All of the above
color triangle are said to be
57. What is the standard video level, in percent
a. Saturated PEV, for blanking?

b. Dark
a. 25 %
c. Light
b. 0 %
d. Monochrome
c. 12.5 %

53. At what position on the color triangle will d. 75 %

saturated yellow be located?
58. What is the percent video level, in percent PEV,
a. Between red and blue for black?

b. Between red and green

a. 0 %
c. Between blue and green
b. 25 %
d. At the center
c. 12.5 %

54. What is the phase difference between the I and d. 70 %

Q color signal carriers?
59. What is the standard video level, in percent
a. 0 PEV, for white?

b. 45
a. 0 %
c. 60
b. 12.5 %
d. 90
c. 25 %
d. 70 %
60. One should first perform _____ before a 65. Where is the operating position of a radio
convergence setup is performed. station?

a. Gray tracking a. On the bridge

b. Screen setting b. At the control point
c. Alignment c. At the location of the receiver
d. Degaussing d. At the location of the transmitter

61. If there are too many harmonics, one should 66. The alignment of the three color guns to a
check the common point is known as

a. Coupling a. Blooming
b. Tuning of circuits b. Confetti
c. Shielding c. Demodulation
d. Any of these d. Convergence

62. In transmitter amplifier design, an even-order 67. A _____ is equivalent to 525 scanning lines
harmonics can be prevented or reduced by
a. Field
a. Using a push-pull amplifier b. Frame
b. Operating class C c. Cycle
c. Operating class AB d. Interface set
d. All of these
68. A _____ represents one set of 262 scanning
63. The vertical and horizontal pulses are separated lines
at the
a. Field
a. Sync separator b. Frame
b. AFC c. Cycle
c. High voltage d. Interface set
d. AGC
69. The number of scanning lines is _____ per
64. The reason why buffer stage is included in a second
transmitter is to
a. 14750
a. Present a constant load to the oscillator b. 15570
stage
c. 15750
b. Present a low impedance to the oscillator
stage d. 16550
c. Stop the oscillator from generating
parasitic oscillations
d. All of these
70. Picture frames are repeated at the rate of _____ 75. What is emission A3F?
per second
a. RTTY
a. 25 b. SSB
b. 30 c. TV
c. 40 d. Modulated CW
d. 50
76. What is emission F3F?
71. Lack of raster is an indication of no
a. Facsimile
a. AGC b. Modulated CW
b. High voltage c. Television
c. Video signal d. RTTY
d. Television signal
77. Cause of slow rising white hum bars is the
72. The sound and video signals are separated at the television
_____ of the TV receiver
a. Pad filter
a. IF stage b. Bad rectifier
b. Video amplifier c. Bad picture tube
c. Video detector d. High voltage transformer
d. Burst separator
78. Adjusting the _____ may eliminate color
73. The presence of color bars is an indication that confetti
there is a problem in the _____ circuit
a. Color chroma amplifier
a. Horizontal
b. Color killer
b. Reactor c. Color detector
c. Burst separator d. Color oscillator
d. Chroma amplifier
79. Video signal amplitude determine the picture
74. Type of emission produced when a frequency quality called
modulated transmitter is modulated by a TV signal
a. Chrominance
a. A3F b. Brightness
b. F3F c. Contrast
c. A3C d. Luminance
d. F3C
80. Part of broadcast day from midnight to local 85. Which of the following filters block FM radio
sunrise band for TV channels (2 to 13)?

a. Daytime a. High-pass filter

b. Experimental b. Low-pass filter
c. Nighttime c. Band pass filter
d. Dawntime d. Band-reject filter

81. Part of broadcast day from local sunset to local 86. The FM broadcast band is from
sunrise
a. 535 to 1600 kHz
a. Dawntime b. 30 to 300 kHz
b. Nighttime c. 88 to 108 MHz
c. Daytime d. 300 to 2000 MHz
d. Experimental
87. The type of emission used by standard AM
82. What causes snow in television? radio broadcast

a. High Q in the tuned circuit a. A5C

b. Excessive gain b. A0
c. Random noise in the signal c. A3
d. Insufficient wave traps d. F3

83. Vestigial sideband is known as _____ type of 88. The standard AM radio broadcast belongs to
emission which frequency band?

a. CF3 a. MF
b. C3F b. HF
c. B8E c. VHF
d. A3E d. LF

84. Vestigial sideband modulation is commonly 89. When were UHF channels (14 83) of
used in television added?

a. TV broadcasting a. 1902
b. Monaural broadcasting b. 1945
c. Stereo broadcasting c. 1947
d. HF point-to-point communications d. 1952
90. When was colored TV standards established in 95. Standard AM broadcasting use _____ for
the United States? greater and efficient coverage

a. 1904 a. Circular polarized wave antenna

b. 1945 b. Horizontal polarized wave antenna
c. 1953 c. Both vertical and horizontal polarized
wave antenna
d. 1960
d. Vertical polarized wave antenna
91. What synchronizes the horizontal line of the TV
picture tube? 96. Receiver sensitivity means

a. HFC a. The frequency allocation of the system

b. HSC b. Input impedance of the receiver
c. HAFC c. The ability of picking up weak signal
d. All of these d. The power to deliver the information

92. A measure of how well the receiver can respond 97. The main functions of the RF amplifier in a
to every weak signals/ superheterodyne receiver is to

a. Selectivity a. Provide improved tracking

b. Sensitivity b. Permit better adjacent-channel rejection
c. Fidelity c. Improve the rejection of the image
d. Quality factor frequency
d. All of these
93. What is the allowable frequency deviation of a
commercial FM broadcast band? 98. Local oscillator of a broadcast receiver always
tunes to a frequency higher than the incoming
a. 15 kHz frequency in order

b. 75 kHz
a. To help the image frequency rejection
c. 5 kHz
b. To allow easy tracking
d. 100 kHz
c. To allow adequate frequency coverage
without switching
94. The final amplifier of either FM or AM
transmitter is operated as d. All of these

a. Class A 99. Type of filter used in TV receivers that

separates the chroma signal from the colorplexed
b. Class B video signal but leaves intact the Y-component
c. Class C
d. Class D a. Comb filter
b. Bandpass filter
c. Color filter
 d. Low pass filter 105. CCIR standards for the internal exchange of
programmes on film for television used
100. What is the first letter-symbol for emission of
unmodulated carrier? a. Rec 265-6
b. Rec 407-4
a. A
c. Rec 408-5
b. N
d. Rec 450-1
c. H
d. F 106. CCIR transmission standards for FM sound
broadcasting at VHF
101. The channel for cable TV frequency range of
5.75 to 11.75 MHz a. Rec 601.2
b. Rec 501.2
a. T-1
c. Rec 500.4
b. T-8
d. Rec 450.1
c. 2
d. 3 107. ISO Rec 23 in 1976 is the standard for

102. The frequency range for cable TV channel T- a. Recorded characteristics for magnetic
13 sound records on full cost 16 mm motion
picture film
a. 23.75 29.75 MHz b. Projector usage of 16 mm motion picture
b. 60 66 MHz films for direct front projector

c. 41.75 47.55 MHz c. Camera usage of 35 mm motion picture

film
d. 5.75 11.75 MHz
d. Camera usage of 16 mm motion picture
film
103. Channel 8 frequency range allocation in cable
TV
108. International broadcasting (short wave) uses
frequency between _____ accordance with
a. 54 60 MHz international agreements
b. 66 72 MHz
c. 180 186 MHz a. 7012 and 26100 kHz
d. 204 210 MHz b. 6409 and 26100 kHz
c. 5950 and 26100 kHz
104. The _____ of a television system is a measure d. 10950 and 26100 kHz
of its ability to delineate picture detail
109. Which of the following station below is a
a. Contrast regional channel?
b. Resolution
c. Hue a. Class I-A
d. Pixels b. Class II-D
c. Class III-B
 d. Class IV 115. A station similar to a translator station in terms
of equipment and service area but is permitted to
110. The permissible power in kW of station II-A originate programming from virtually any source
during nighttime is
a. DME
a. 0.25 50 b. LPTV
b. 10 50 c. HDTV
c. 1 5 d. ITFS
d. None of these
116. Three stations are licensed to eligible
111. The television frequency which are now educational entities for the distribution of program
allocated to the land mobile services material to students enrolled in instructional
curricula
a. 806 and 192 MHz
a. Translator
b. 800 and 806 MHz
b. LPTV
c. 668 and 674 MHz
c. HDTV
d. 776 and 782 MHz
d. ITFS
112. Numerical frequency band designation of
channel 9 117. ITFS means

a. 488 494 MHz a. International Television Frequency

Standard
b. 530 536 MHz
b. Instructional Telephone Frequency
c. 632 638 MHz Service
d. 186 192 MHz c. Instructional Television Fixed Service
d. International telecommunications
113. Cable TV systems originate from Frequency Standard

a. Germany 118. MDS means

b. Dallas, Texas
c. Pennsylvania a. Multipoint Distribution Service
d. Japan b. Multipoint Digital Service
c. Maritime Data Standards
114. A term applied to third and higher order d. Multipoint Drop Standards
products, which can greatly degrade the
performance of a system
119. Direct broadcast satellite based allocation
a. Composite triple beat
a. 12.2 12.7 GHz downlink
b. Single dual mode
b. 17.3 17.8 GHz for uplink
c. Field strength
c. 3.7 4.2 GHz for downlink
d. Noise
 d. 12.2 12.7 GHz for downlink and 17.3 125. The ultimate Dolby surround system is the
17.8 GHz for uplink
a. Dolby NR
120. What is the channel number of an FM station
b. Dolby Prologic
with 88.1 MHz carrier?
c. dBx
a. 201 d. hall matrix
b. 202
c. 203 151. In the sawtooth waveform for linear scanning
d. 204 the

121. What is the carrier frequency of an FM station a. Linear rise is for flyback
with channel number of 300?
b. Complete cycle includes trace and
retrace
a. 107.5 MHz
c. Sharp reversal in amplitude produces
b. 101.1 MHz trace
c. 107.9 MHz d. Beam moves faster during trace than
d. 99.5 MHz retrace

122. If an FM station has an effective radiated 152. With vertical retrace time of 635 us, the
power of 100 kW then it is under what class? number of complete horizontal lines scanned during
vertical flyback is
a. Class A
a. 10
b. Class B
b. 20
c. Class C
c. 30
d. Class D
d. 63
123. The video signal amplitude determines the
quality of the picture otherwise known as 153. One-half line spacing between the start
positions for scanning even and odd fields produces
a. Hue
a. Linear scanning
b. Luminance
b. Linear pairing
c. Chrominance
c. Fishtailing
d. Contrast
d. Exact interlacing
124. _____ is defined as to send out in all
direction 154. In facsimile transmission, if the drum diameter
is 60 mm and scanning pitch is 0.1 mm, calculate
the index of cooperation using IEEE
a. Broadcast recommendation.
b. Announce
c. Media a. 1885
d. All of these b. 600
 c. 1900
d. 984
155. In the interlaced frame, alternate lines are
skipped during vertical scanning because the
a. Trace is slower than retrace
b. Vertical scanning frequency is doubled
from the 30-Hz frame rate to the 60-Hz
field rate
c. Horizontal scanning is slower than
vertical scanning
d. Frame has the aspect ratio of 4:3
156. With ten percent for horizontal flyback, this
time equals
a. 10 us
b. 5 us
c. 6.4 us
d. 83 us
157. Which of the following is not true?
a. Line pairing indicates poor interlacing
b. People will look tall and thin on square
raster on the picture tube screen
c. A person can appear to have one shoulder
wider than the other because of nonlinear
horizontal scanning
d. The keystone effect produces a square
raster
158. The width of a vertical sync pulse with its
serrations includes the time of
a. 6 half lines or 3 lines
b. Three half lines
c. Five lines
d. Five half lines
159. Sawtooth generator circuits produce scanning
raster, but the sync pulse are needed for
a. Linearity
b. Timing
c. Keystoning
d. Line pairing
160. Which of the following frequencies is wrong?
a. 15, 750 90 Hz for horizontal sync and
scanning
b. 60 Hz for vertical sync and scanning
c. 31, 500 Hz for equalizing pulses and
serrations in the vertical sync pulse
d. 31, 500 Hz for the vertical scanning
frequency
161. The modulated picture carrier wave includes
the composite video signal as the
a. Average carrier level
b. Symmetrical envelope of amplitude
variations
c. Lower sideband without upper sideband
d. Upper envelope without the lower
envelope
162. Which of the following statements is true?
a. Negative transmission means the carrier
amplitude decrease for black
b. Negative transmission means the
carrier amplitude decreases for white
c. Vestigial sideband transmission means
both upper and lower sidebands are
transmitted for all modulating frequencies
d. Vestigial sideband transmission means the
modulated picture carrier signal has
only the upper envelope
163. With 2 MHz video signal modulating the 167. With 7% black setup, maximum black in
picture carrier for channel $ (66 to 72 MHz), which picture corresponds to what percent amplitude in
of the following is transmitted? the modulated carrier signal?

a. 66- MHZ carrier and 68-MHz upper side a. 5

frequency
b. 68
b. 71.75 MHz carrier, with 69- and 73- MHz c. 75
carrier
d. 95
c. 67.25-MHz carrier, with 65.25- and
69.25- MHz side frequencies
168. Line-of-sight transmission is a characteristic of
d. 67.25 MHz carrier and 69.25 MHz propagation for the
upper side frequency
a. VHF and UHF bands
164. With 0.5 MHz video signal modulating the
picture carrier, b. VHF bands but not the UHF band
c. Low radio frequencies below a MHz
a. Both upper and lower side frequencies d. AM picture signal but not the FM sound
are transmitted signal
b. Only the upper side frequency is
transmitted 169. In channel 14, 3.58 MHz color signal is
c. Only the lower side frequency is transmitted at the frequency of
transmitted
a. 471.25 MHz
d. No side frequency are transmitted
b. 473.25 MHz
165. In all standard television broadcast channels he c. 474.83 MHz
difference between picture and sound carrier
d. 475. 25 MHz
frequencies is

a. 0.25 MHz 170. The difference between the sound carrier and
color subcarrier frequencies is
b. 1.25 MHz
c. 4.5 MHz a. 4.5 MHz
d. 6 MHz b. 1.25 MHz
c. 0.92 MHz
166. The difference between sound carrier
d. 0.25 MHz
frequencies in two adjacent channels equals

a. 0,25 MHz 171. Brightness variations of the picture

information are in which signal?
b. 1.25 MHz
c. 4.5 MHz a. I
d. 6 MHz b. Q
c. Y
d. R-Y
172. The hue 1800 out of phase with red is b. The transmitter matrix output includes Y,
I and Q video
a. Cyan c. A three-gun picture tube can serve as a
b. Yellow matrix

c. Green d. A full saturated color is mostly white

d. Blue
178. The color with the most luminance is

173. Greater peak-to-peak amplitude of the 3.58-

a. Red
MHz chrominance signal indicates more
b. Yellow
a. White c. Green
b. Yellow d. Blue
c. Hue
179. What is the hue of the color 90 degrees leading
d. Saturation
sync burst phase?

174. The interesting beat frequency of 920 kHz is

a. Yellow
between the 3.58-MHz color subcarrier and
b. Cyan
a. 4.5- MHz intercarrier sound c. Blue
b. Picture carrier d. Orange
c. Lower adjacent sound
180. The average voltage value of the 3.58 MHZ
d. Upper adjacent picture
modulated chrominance signal is

175. The hue of color sync phase is

a. Zero for most colors

a. Red b. Close to black for yellow

b. Cyan c. The brightness of the color

c. Blue d. The saturation of the color

d. Yellow-green
181. The IF value for the color in receivers, for any
station, is
176. Which signal has color information for 1.5
MHz bandwidth?
a. 0.5 MHz

a. I b. 1.5 MHz

b. Y c. 3.58 MHz
c. R - Y d. 4.5 MHz

d. B Y
182. If the 3.58 MHz C amplifier in the receiver
does not operate, the result will be
177. Which of the following is false?
a. No color
a. I video hues are orange or cyan
b. No red
 c. Too much blue 188. The contrast control is generally in which
circuit
d. Too much yellow

a. Red video output

183. Which of the following is not tuned to 3.58
MHz? b. Y video output
c. Chroma bandpass amplifier
a. Burst amplifier
d. R Y demodulator
b. Video preamplifier
c. Chroma amplifier 189. If the color oscillator does not operate, the
result will be
d. Color demodulator input

a. No picture
184. When B Y and Y signal are combined, the
result is b. No color
c. Incorrect hues
a. Blue video
d. No color sync
b. 3.58 MHz chroma
c. Red video 190. The hue of the color sync burst phase is
d. Green video
a. Red
185. The phase angle between B Y and R Y is b. Blue
c. Magenta
a. 180
d. Yellow-green
b. 57
c. 0 191. The balance for Y video signals to the three
guns in the picture tube is set by the
d. 90

a. Drive controls
186. Which of the following applies for a
monochrome program? b. Contrast control
c. Screen control
a. Chroma amplifier on
d. Color control
b. Y video amplifier off
c. Color killer on 192. The voltage wave shape in the output of the
vertical amplifier is a
d. Picture tube off

a. Trapezoid
187. The manual color control is generally in which
circuit? b. Sawtooth
c. Rectangle
a. Red video output
d. Square
b. Y video output
c. Chroma bandpass amplifier
d. R Y demodulator
193. An auto transformer in the vertical output d. Generally uses two beam-power pentodes
circuit
198. Which stage is not necessary for producing
a. Steps up voltage for the scanning coils horizontal output?
b. Isolates the scanning coils for B+ voltage
in the primary a. Horizontal oscillator
c. Isolates the oscillator and output stages b. Horizontal amplifier
d. Does not isolate the secondary from dc c. Damper
voltage in the primary d. Horizontal AFC

194. Vertical flyback pulses at the plate of the 199. The frequency of the sawtooth current in the
vertical output tube are for retrace blanking at the horizontal amplifier is
picture tube
a. 60 Hz
a. Cathode
b. 10500 Hz
b. Control grid
c. 15750 Hz
c. Screen grid
d. 70 kHz
d. Anode
200. When the horizontal amplifier is conducting
195. The top of the picture is stretched with too peak plate current, the electron scanning beam is at
much height. To correct this the

a. Vary the vertical hold control a. Left edge of the raster

b. Reduce height with the vertical
linearity control
c. Increase height with the size control
d. Replace the vertical oscillator tube
196. Peak-to-peak sawtooth scanning current in the
vertical coils can be
b. Right edge of the raster
c. Center of trace
d. Center of flyback
201. One of the following processes or system best
describe an example of a pilot tone system normally
use in commercial broadcast FM stations.

a. 0.7 mA a. Time division

b. 0.7 A b. Frequency division
c. 50 A c. Stereo multiplex
d. 150 uA d. QSK

197. A push-pull amplifier in the vertical output 202. What is the maximum transmitting power
circuit permitted an amateur station in beacon operation?

a. Usually operates class C a. 10 W PEP output

b. Can use PNP and NPN transistor b. 100 W PEP output
c. Cannot be used c. 500 W PEP output
 d. 1500 W PEP output b. 6409 and 26100 kHz
c. 5950 and 26100 kHz
203. What kind of emission would your FM
d. 10950 and 26100 kHz
transmitter produce if its microphone failed to
work?
208. Which of the class station below is a regional
channel?
a. An unmodulated carrier
b. A phase modulated carrier a. Class I-A
c. An amplitude-modulated carrier b. Class II-D
d. A frequency modulated carrier
c. Class III-B
d. Class IV
204. The main function of the RF amplifier in
superheterodyne receiver is to
209. The permissible power in kW of stations II-A
during nighttime is
a. Provide improved tracking
b. Permits better adjacent channel rejection
a. 0.25 - 50
c. Improve the rejection of the image b. 10 - 50
frequency
c. 1 - 5
d. All of these
d. None of these
205. Local oscillator of a broadcast receiver always
tunes to a frequency higher than the incoming 210. A term applied to third and higher order
frequency in order products, which can greatly degrade the
performance of a system
a. To help the image frequency rejection
a. Composite triple beat
b. To allow easy tracking
b. Single dual mode
c. To allow adequate frequency coverage
without switching c. Field strength
d. All of these d. Noise

206. What is the first letter symbol for emission of 211. A station similar to a translator station in terms
unmodulated carrier? of equipment and service area, but is permitted to
originate programming from virtually any source
a. A
a. DME
b. N
b. LPTV
c. H
c. HDTV
d. F
d. ITFS
207. International broadcasting (short wave) uses
frequency between _____ in accordance with 212. MDS means
international agreements.
a. Multipoint Distribution Service
a. 7012 and 26100 kHz b. Multipoint Digital Service
 c. Multipoint Data Standard c. Stereo multiplex
d. Multipoint Drop Standards d. QSK

213. What is the channel number of an FM station 218. What type of emission is produced when a
with 88.1 MHz carrier? frequency modulated transmitter is modulated by a
facsimile signal?
a. 201
a. A3F
b. 202
b. F3F
c. 203
c. A3C
d. 204
d. F3C
214. If an FM station has an effective radiated
power of 100 kW then it is under what class? 219. What is the highest assigned carrier frequency
for standard AM broadcast?
a. Class A
a. 107 kHz
b. Class B
b. 535 kHz
c. Class C
c. 540 kHz
d. Class D
d. 1600 kHz
215. What is the range of an AM broadcast
frequency tolerance above or below its assigned 220. One of the following refers to the standard
frequency? frequency band limits of AM broadcast band.

a. 25 kHz a. 30 - 300 MHz

b. 20 Hz b. 88 - 108 MHz
c. 60 kHz c. 3 - 30 MHz
d. 120 kHz d. 535 - 1605 kHz

216. What type of emission is produced when 221. What do you call the service area of a standard
amplitude modulated transmitter is modulated by a AM broadcast where fading is not allowed?
television signal?
a. Secondary
a. A3F b. Tertiary
b. F3C
c. Primary
c. F3F d. Experimental
d. A3C
222. In basic transmitter, ____ is a kind of
217. How would you best describe an example of a transmitter that develops type B emission.
pilot tone system used in commercial frequency
modulation broadcast radio stations? a. Arc
b. Spark
a. Frequency simplex
c. Alexanderson
b. Time division
 d. High end d. Secondary service area

223. High speed network as defined by the NTC 228. Where does the FM broadcast band located in
memorandum circular are network in ICT that have the spectrum band?
a capacity of at least _______.
a. ELF band
a. 2.048 Mbps b. UHF band
b. 3.048 Mbps c. HF band
c. 20.48 Mbps
d. WHF band
d. 5.05 Mbps
229. What is the reason why Frequency modulation
224. Type of radio communication transmission is used in the broadcast video recording on tape?
utilizing frequency modulation technique
a. High capacity
a. Television
b. Low noise
b. Broadcasting in 535-1606 kHz c. Compressed bandwidth
c. Single side band HF transmission d. Faster recording
d. Television Audio
230. As part of the KBP Technical Requirement for
225. What frequency standard can be used to FM which polarization was not recommended for
calibrate the tuning dial of the receiver? use?

a. A sweep generator a. Horizontal

b. A deviation meter b. Vertical
c. A calibrated voltmeter c. Circular
d. Signals from WWV and WWVH d. Elliptical

226. In stereo FM, a 38 kHz subcarrier is used for 231. Antenna current, as specified in KBP
the L-R signal. It is derive from a pilot subcarrier of definitions, is defined as a condition of

a. 9.5 kHz a. No modulation

b. 38 kHz b. 80% modulation
c. 19 kHz c. 85% modulation
d. 76 kHz d. 100% modulation

227. An area characterized to have no interference 232. ABS-CBNs DXAB medium frequency
but with fading or intermittent variations in broadcast station operates in
intensity is ___.
a. Luzon
a. Primary service area b. Visaya
b. Intermediate service area
c. Mindanao
c. Tertiary service area d. Manila
233. International broadcast stations 237. Which broadcast parameter of the primary FM
station is allowed to be changed in the operation of
a. Broadcast on shortwave frequencies FM broadcast translator?
between 5.95 MHz and 26.1 MHz
a. Frequency
b. Can be operated by both government and
private entities b. Power
c. Has transmissions which are intended to c. Information content
be received directly by the general public in
d. A and B
foreign countries
d. Is licensed by the NTC only when 238. Input power, as defined by KBP, in the product
operated by private entities of the voltage and current at the output of the last
radio stage, measured
234. Two FM broadcast stations are in Quezon City
and another in Manila proper may be authorized to a. At 85 % modulation
operate with a frequency separation less than 800
kHz. b. Without modulation
c. At 90% modulation
a. True d. At 100% modulation
b. False
c. Cannot tell 239. In determining an antennas height above
average terrain (HAAT), how many radial
d. Sometimes directions from the site are involved in the
computation?
235. For Philippines AM broadcasting, according to
standards, the maximum allowed modulation for a. 4
satisfactory operation
b. 8
a. 75% c. 12
b. 85% d. 16
c. 90%
240. If DZFE 89.7s antenna height above average
d. 100% terrain (HAAT) is 190 feet, what is the depression
angle of the radio horizon?
236. A third symbol radio emission represents
telephone transmission including sound a. 0.17
broadcasting.
b. 0.21
a. W c. 0.27
b. F d. 0.31
c. C
241. The method of generating FM used by
d. E broadcasting station is

a. Direct
b. All of these
c. Indirect
 d. Insertion 247. The frequency spectrum of the stereophonic
FM signal.
242. The maximum power suggested by KBP on
919-1312 AM broadcast station in Metro Manila a. 67 kHz
b. 59.5 kHz 74.5 kHz
a. 10 kW
c. 19 kHz 38 kHz
b. 20 kW
d. 30 kHz - 53 kHz
c. 15 kW
d. 5 kW 248. What is the maximum color TV bandwidth?

243. Production of radiation by transmitting station a. 1.6 MHz

b. 0.5 MHz
a. Monitoring
c. 1.5 MHz
b. Emission
d. 1.3 MHz
c. Radiation
d. Transmission 249. A beam antenna has a height of 10 meters over
a service area. Determine the beam tilt angle.
244. A form of single emission where the degree of
carrier suppression enables the carrier to be a. 0.088
reconstituted and be used for demodulation. b. 8.8
c. 9.2
a. Half carrier single sideband emission
d. 0.9
b. Full carrier single sideband emission
c. Reduced carrier single sideband 250. Listing of the date and time of events,
emission programs, equipment, test, malfunctions, and
d. Double sideband emission corrections in communication system.

245. When does a broadcast station conduct an a. File

equipment test? b. Documentation
c. Reporting
a. During day time
d. Log
b. At any time
c. During night time 251. In stereophonic broadcast, the center frequency
d. During experimental period of each SCA Subcarrier shall be kept at all times
within _______ Hz of the authorized frequency.
246. The lowest resistance grounding on earth.
a. 200
a. Sand b. 300
b. Limestone c. 400
c. Surface loam soil d. 500
d. Clay
252. Sawtooth generator circuits produce the 257. A system where the modulated RF picture and
scanning raster but the sync pulses are needed for sound carrier signals are distributed in a cable
network, instead of wireless system.
a. linearity
a. CCTV
b. timing
b. MATV
c. keystoning
c. CATV
d. line pairing
d. SATV
253. Which of the following camera tubes has
minimum lag? 258. A class A FM station is limited in antenna
height of ______ feet above average terrain.
a. Vidicon
a. 1000
b. Plumbicon
b. 2000
c. Saticon
c. 4000
d. Iconoscope
d. 5000
254. The service are in standard AM broadcast is
described as ______ if there is no fading of signal. 259. What circuit in the TV receiver is used to
develop the high voltage needed to operate the
a. Class A picture tube?

b. Secondary
a. Low-voltage power supply
c. Class B
b. Horizontal output
d. Primary
c. Vertical sweep

255. The vertical field-scanning frequency is d. Sync separator

______ Hz.
260. The modulated picture carrier wave includes
a. 30 the composite video signal as the

b. 60
a. Average carrier level
c. 525
b. Symmetric envelope of amplitude
d. 15,750 variations
c. Lower sideband without the upper
256. A 4.5-MHz signal which is equal to the sideband
difference between the picture and sound RF carrier
frequencies in a 6-MHz TV channel. d. Upper envelope without the lower
envelope
a. Audio frequency
261. With which emission type is the capture-effect
b. Video frequency more pronounced?
c. Intercarrier frequency
d. Subcarrier frequency a. CW
b. FM
c. SSB
 d. AM 267. A 3.58-MHz subcarrier signal for color in
television
262. The hue of color sync phase is
a. Hue signal
a. red b. Video signal
b. cyan c. Audio signal
c. blue d. Chroma signal
d. yellow green
268. A class D FM station shall have an authorized
263. How much is the equivalent internal resistance power not exceeding ______ watts.
of the electron beam with a 1.2-mA beam current at
25 kV? a. 20
b. 15
a. 48 nano ohms
c. 10
b. 30 ohms
d. 5
c. 20.8 mega ohms
d. 15.6 kilo ohms 269. Which of the following is not a benefit of cable
TV?
264. The difference between the picture and sound
carrier frequencies for channel 3 is ______ MHz. a. Lower-cost reception
b. Greater stability
a. 3.58
c. Less noise, stronger signal
b. 64.5
d. Premium cable channels
c. 4.5
d. 6.75 270. The width of the vertical sync pulse in the
Philippine TV system is
265. Refers to the deviation of the operating
frequency of a crystal oscillator from its nominal a. 21H
value due to temperature variations.
b. 3H
c. H
a. drift
d. 0.5H
b. flashover
c. frequency deviation 271. Term in communication which is referred, to
d. deviation ratio send out in all direction

266. It is the measure of how many picture elements a. announce

can be reproduced
b. broadcast
c. transmit
a. definition
d. media
b. resolution
c. detail
d. any of these
272. The number of frames per second in the 277. The type of modulation of the sound carrier
Philippine TV system is signal is ______.

a. 60 a. Pulse motion
b. 262 b. Phase modulation
c. 4.5 c. Amplitude modulation
d. 30 d. Frequency modulation

273. It means multiple outlines of edges to the right 278. A video or audio signal that can be used
in the picture. directly to reproduce the picture and sound.

a. ghosting a. Baseband signal

b. ringing b. Broadband signal
c. fading c. Electromagnetic wave signal
d. snowing d. Modulated signal

274. In the Sawtooth waveform for linear scanning, 279. Class B FM station should have an ERP not
exceeding ______ kW.
a. the linear rise is for flyback
a. 50
b. the complete cycle includes trace and
retrace b. 40
c. the sharp reversal in amplitude produces c. 30
trace d. 20
d. the beam moves faster during trace and
retrace 280. What technique is used to permit hundreds of
TV signals to share a common cable?
275. The purpose of pre-emphasis and de-emphasis
in FM broadcasting is to: a. Frequency modulation
b. Mixing
a. increase the high frequency amplitude
c. Frequency division multiplexing
b. improve the audio harmonic
d. Time division multiplexing
c. decrease the low frequency amplitude
d. improve the S/N ratio 281. Another name for the horizontal retrace in a
TV receiver is the
276. The part of the visible spectrum where camera
pickup tubes have the greatest output is a. ringing
b. burst
a. red
c. damper
b. blue
d. flyback
c. yellow-green
d. infrared
282. In the Philippine color television system, the 287. A system used in television field operation to
intercarrier frequency, in MHz, is make on-the-spot video tape recordings using
portable TV cameras and VTRs.
a. 3.58
a. SNG
b. 3.579645
b. ENG
c. 4.5
c. HAFC
d. 45.75
d. MATV
283. In channel 14 (470 to 476 MHz), the 3.58-
MHz color signal is transmitted at 288. Class B FM station shall have an authorized
transmitter power not exceeding ______ kW.
a. 471.25 MHz
a. 10
b. 473.25 MHz
b. 100
c. 474.83 MHz
c. 1000
d. 475.25 MHz
d. 10000
284. Interlaced scanning eliminates
289. The total bandwidth of an NTSC TV signal is
a. snowing
a. 3.58 MHz
b. flicker
b. 4.5 MHz
c. distortion
c. 6 MHz
d. fading
d. 10.7 MHz
285. Beam alignment magnets for the camera tube
are adjusted while rocking which color? 290. Referred to the oscillator signal leak through
from a property neutralized amplifier such as a
a. Optical focus master oscillator power amplifier.

b. Electrical focus
a. carrier
c. Beam current
b. stray signal
d. Shading
c. back wave
286. What is a frequency discriminator? d. loss wave

a. An FM generator 291. Interlacing is used in television to

b. A circuit for detecting FM

a. produce the illusion of motion
c. A circuit for filtering two closely adjacent
b. ensure that all lines on the screen are
signals
scanned, not merely the alternate ones
d. An automatic bandwidth circuit
c. simply the vertical sync pulse train
d. avoid flicker
292. Coaxial cable for distribution system has an 297. Type of radio communication transmission
impedance of utilizing frequency modulation technique

a. 50 ohms a. television video

b. 75 ohms b. broadcasting in 535-1606 kHz
c. 150 ohms c. single sideband HF transmission
d. 300 ohms d. television audio

293. The average voltage value of the 3.58-MHz 298. The amount of color in the picture or color
modulated chrominance signal is intensity in the ______.

a. zero for most colors a. color level

b. close to black for yellow b. chroma level
c. the brightness of the color c. saturation
d. the saturation of the color d. any of these

294. When does broadcast station conduct an 299. One of the early radio transmitters which
equipment test? produced keyed carrier generating purer waveform
than spark transmitter, used for high powered RF
a. during day time transmission and are limited to radio frequency of
about 500 kHz.
b. during night time
c. during experimental period a. Arc transmitter
d. at any time b. Hartley transmitter
c. Spark transmitter
295. It causes the picture information to spread out
or crowded at one end of the rater compared to the d. Frequency transmitter
opposite end.
300. A technique where segments of videotape are
a. Linear scanning joined by electronic erasing and recording to create
a single program.
b. Interlaced scanning
c. Non-linear scanning a. masking
d. Retrace b. segmenting
c. editing
296. If the camera cannot be placed far away
enough to include everything in the scene, change d. programming
the lens to one with a 301. A class C FM station has an authorized power not
exceeding ______watts of ERP.
a. lower f rating a. 500
b. higher f rating b. 750
c. longer focal length c. 1000
d. shorter focal length d. 2000
302. The assembly around the neck of a picture tube d. image orthicon
that produces the magnetic fields that deflect and
scan the electron beams is called the _________. 307. The number of fields is ______ per frame.

a. shadow mask a. 2
b. phosphor b. 60
c. electron gun c. 525
d. yoke d. 262.5

303. An odd number of lines per frame form part of 308. An RF carrier wave that is frequency
every one of the worlds TV systems. This is modulated by the baseband audio signal in TV
_____________________. broadcasting.

a. done to assist interface a. Audio signal

b. purely an accident b. Video signal
c. to ensure that line and frame frequencies c. Intercarrier signal
can be obtained from the same original
source d. Color signal
d. done to minimize interference with the
chroma subcarrier 309. A class B FM station is limited in antenna
height of ____ feet.
304. The difference between the sound carrier and
a. 1000
the color signal is
b. 500
a. 4.5 MHz c. 250
b. 1.25 MHz d. 100
c. 0.92 MHz
d. 0.25 MHz 310. The HV anode supply for the picture tube of a
TV receiver is generated in the
305. In color television, it is made for uniform color
a. mains transformer
in the raster.
b. vertical output stage
a. beam-landing adjustment c. horizontal output stage
b. degaussing d. horizontal deflection oscillator
c. internal blanking adjustment
d. background control 311. A tap for the subscriber drop line has a

a. high insertion loss

306. Which of the following camera tubes uses lead
oxide for the photoconductive target plate? b. high tap loss
c. low tap loss
a. vidicon
d. 300-ohm impedance
b. plumbicon
c. saticon
312. Which system can be used for both recording 317. The effective radiated power of a class A FM
and playback? station should not exceed ______ kW.

a. CED a. 125
b. VHD b. 30
c. laser disk c. 10
d. VHS d. 1

313. The hue 180 degrees out of phase with red is 318. In television, 4:3 represents the
______.
a. interface ratio
a. cyan b. maximum horizontal deflection
b. yellow
c. aspect ratio
c. green d. ration of the two diagonals
d. blue
319. Titling the video head gaps is necessary with
314. It is used around the phosphor dots to make a the
darker black which improves contrast in the picture.
a. color under
a. black masking b. zero guard bands
b. convergence adjustment c. FM luminance signal
c. shadow masking d. Long play tapes
d. color parity adjustment
320. It is a special camera tube with a test pattern
315. A lens with lower f rating is _____ lens that printed in the image plate.
allows more light input.
a. vidicon
a. slower
b. monoscope
b. wider c. oscilloscope
c. narrower d. iconoscope
d. faster
321. The number of lines scanned per frame in the
316. Picture frames are repeated at the rate of ___ raster on the picture tube screen is
per second.
a. 525
a. 30 b. 262
b. 60 c. 20
c. 45 d. 10
d. 50
322. One of the following is a high powered RF ac d. Vestigial sideband AM
basic transmitter that has two or more stages, the
oscillator stage which determines the frequency of 327. The shadow mask in color picture tube is used
operation and RF amplifier stage or stages that to
develop the high power output. The purpose of
which is to develop a good frequency stability.
a. Reduce X-ray emission
a. MOPA b. Ensure that each beam hits only its
dots
b. Hartley
c. Increase screen brightness
c. Alexanderson
d. Provide degaussing for the screen
d. Goldsmith
328. The video heads rotate at high velocity to
323. Camera signal output without sync is called increase the
______.
a. tape speed
a. black burst
b. writing speed
b. generator lock video
c. reel rotation
c. composite video
d. tape tension
d. non-composite video
329. How do you eliminate radio frequency
324. The tint of the color is its _____. variation of an oscillator transmitter caused by its
supply voltage?
a. brightness
b. contrast a. use of a regulated power supply
c. chroma b. use of a new power supply
d. hue c. use of high capacitor in the supply circuit
d. loosen power supply shielding
325. Which frequency band is the standard AM
radio broadcast? 330. The composite video signal includes the
camera signal with the following except
a. HF
b. UHF a. picture information
c. MF b. sync pulses
d. VHF c. blanking pulses
d. camera signal
326. The I and Q composite color signals are
multiplexed onto the picture carrier by modulating a 331. A lens has an 8-cm focal length and 4-cm
3.58 MHz subcarrier using diameter. Its f rating is

a. FM a. 2
b. PM b. 4
c. DSB AM c. 8
 d. 32 b. Color subcarrier
c. Q an I
332. Which of the following is a possible cause for
d. Luminance Y
an abrupt frequency variation in a self excited
transmitter oscillator circuits resulting poor
frequency stability to hold a constant frequency 337. Which of the following is a midband cable TV
oscillation? channel?

a. DC and RF AC heating of resistor which a. 6

cause a change in values b. 7
b. Heating and expansion of oscillator coil c. 14
c. Heating of capacitor in the oscillator d. 23
d. Power supply voltage changes
338. What is the primary purpose of an RF
333. How long does it take to scan 2 picture amplifier in a receiver?
elements when 400 are scanned in 50
microseconds? a. to vary the receiver image rejection by
utilizing the AGC
a. 25 microsec b. to provide most of the receiver gain
b. 0.25 microsec c. to develop the AGC voltage
c. 2.5 microsec d. to improve the receivers noise figure
d. 0.5 microsec
339. The color with the most luminance is
334. Anode voltage for the picture tube, developed
from the output of the horizontal deflection circuit. a. red
b. yellow
a. Yoke voltage
c. green
b. Flyback voltage
d. blue
c. Aquadag voltage
d. Tube voltage 340. It is the light flux intercepted by a one-foot-
square surface that is one-foot from a one-
335. The channel spacing in the Philippine FM candlepower source.
broadcast standards
a. candela
a. 400 kHz b. footcandle
b. 800 kHz c. lux
c. 600 kHz d. lumens
d. 200 kHz
341. Refers to the possible cause of an abrupt
336. What is the black-and-white or monochrome frequency variations in a self-excited transmitter
brightness signal in TV called? oscillator circuit resulting to a poor frequency
stability to hold a constant oscillator.
a. RGB
a. poor soldered connections
 b. heating of capacitor in the oscillator 346. In the CED system, the disk capacitance varies
with the
c. DC and AC heating of resistors which
cause change in values
a. pit depth
d. Aging which cause change in condition in
parts characteristics b. disk size
c. speed of rotation
342. It is the difference in intensity between the d. wavelength of the scanning light
black parts and white parts of the picture.

347. The final power amplifier in an FM transmitter

a. brightness usually operates class ______.
b. hue
c. contrast a. AB
d. illumination b. C
c. B
343. The stereophonic subcarrier suppression level d. A
in the Philippines standards

348. In a picture tube, it is the total angle that the

a. less than 4% modulation of the main beam can be deflected without touching the sides of
carrier the envelope.
b. less than 3% modulation of the main
carrier a. screen angle
c. less than 2% modulation of the main b. tube angle
carrier
c. picture angle
d. less than 1% modulation of the main
carrier d. deflection angle

344. The sound IF in a TV receiver is 349. It is necessary to time the scanning with
respect to picture information
a. 4.5 MHz
a. flyback
b. 10.7 MHz
b. synchronization
c. 41.25 MHz
c. blanking
d. 45.75 MHz
d. scanning
345. The circuit the separates sync pulse from the
composite video waveforms is 350. The intermediate frequency used in for FM
broadcasting Philippine standards.
a. the keyed AGC amplifier
a. 455 kHz
b. a clipper
b. 10.7 MHz
c. an integrator
c. 11.4 MHz
d. a differentiator
d. 12.5 MHz
351. What is the horizontal scanning time for 20 356. Class of FM station where its authorized power
pixels? should not exceed 15 kW.

A. 2.5 microsec A. Class A

B. 0.25 microsec B. Class B
C. 1.25 microsec C. Class C
D. 125 microsec D. Class D

352. In basic radio transmitter, the main advantage 357. What is the name of the solid state imaging
of a single-tube transmitter is device used in TV cameras that converts the light in
a scene into an electrical signal?
A. Frequency instability
A. CCD
B. Non-portable
B. Phototube matrix
C. Heating effect
C. Vidicon
D. Bulky
D. MOSFET array
353. The carrier transmitted 1.25 MHz above the
bottom frequency in a Philippine TV channel is the 358. The signals sent by the transmitter to ensure
correct scanning in the receiver is called
A. Sound carrier
A. Sync
B. Chroma carrier
B. Chroma
C. Intercarrier
C. Luminance
D. Picture carrier
D. Video
354. In camera tubes, it means that the old image
remains too long after the picture information on the 359. What signals are transmitted by a SSBSC
target plate has changed. transmitter when no modulating signal is present?

A. Light lag A. The upper sideband only

B. Switch lag B. Both the upper and lower sideband
C. Image lag C. The lower sideband
D. Camera lag D. No signal transmitted

355. What is the maximum color TV bandwidth? 360. The second IF value for color in receivers, for
any station, is
A. 1.6 MHz
A. 0.5 MHz
B. 0.5 MHz
B. 1.3 MHz
C. 1.0 MHz
C. 3.58 MHz
D. 1.3 MHz
D. 4.5 MHz
361. In the frame for which interfaced scanning is 366. This is referred to as a fixed radio station that
used, alternate lines are skipped during vertical broadcast program material from audio to
scanning because transmitter by radio link.

A. The trace is slower than retrace A. Aural BC intercity relay

B. The vertical scanning frequency is B. Aural broadcast STL
doubled from 30 to 60 Hz C. Short wave station
C. The horizontal scanning is slower than D. Remove pick-up
vertical scanning
D. The frame has a 4:3 aspect ratio 367. Indicate which of the following frequencies
will not be found in the output of a normal TV
362. A typical value of vidicon dark current is receiver tuner.

A. 0.2 microampere A. 4.5 MHz

B. About 200 microampere B. 41.25 MHz
C. 8 milliampere C. 45.75 MHz
D. 800 milliampere D. 42.17 MHz

363. The smallest are of light or shade in the image 368. In all standard television broadcast channels ,
is a picture element called the difference between the picture and sound carrier
frequencies is
A. Chroma
A. 0.25 MHz
B. Hue
B. 1.25 MHz
C. Contrast
C. 4.5 MHz
D. Pixel
D. 6 MHz
364. An entry of the time the station begins to
supply power to the antenna and the time it stops. 369. It is caused by phase distortion for video
frequencies of about 100 kHz and lower.
A. Operating log entries
A. Streaking
B. Program log entries
B. Snowing
C. Operating schedule
C. Ringing
D. Any of these
D. Fading
365. What type of circuit is used to modulate and
demodulate the color signals? 370. Special effects and production switching are
done by the
A. Phase-locked loop
A. CCU
B. Differential peak detector
B. ENG camera
C. Quadrature detector
C. SEG
D. Balanced modulator
D. Sync generator
371. A picture has 400 horizontal and 300 vertical 376. The frequency spectrum of the stereophonic
picture elements. What is the total number of details FM signal.
in the picture?
A. 67 kHz
A. 120,000 B. 59.5 to 74.5 kHz
B. 700 C. 19 to 38 kHz
C. 0.75
D. 30 to 53 kHz
D. 100
377. Equalizing pulses in TV are sent during
372. After the IF stages have been aligned, the next
stage to align in FM receiver is A. Horizontal blanking
B. Vertical blanking
A. Local oscillator
C. The serrations
B. Limiter stage
D. The horizontal retrace
C. RF amplifier
D. Mixer stage 378. Which signal has color information for 1.3
MHz bandwidth?
373. What ensures proper color synchronization at
the receiver? A. I
B. Y
A. Sync pulses
C. R-Y
B. Quadrature modulation
D. B-Y
C. 4.5-MHz intercarrier sound
D. 3.58-MHz color burst 379. It is the distance from the center of the lens of
the camera to the point at which parallel rays from a
374. The interfering beat frequency of 920 kHz is distant object come to a common focal point.
between the 3.58-MHz color subcarrier and the
A. Focal length
A. 4.5-MHz intercarrier sound B. Latus rectum
B. Picture carrier C. Major axis
C. Lower adjacent sound D. Minor axis
D. Upper adjacent picture
380. The method of generating FM used by
375. Light is converted to video signal by the _____ broadcast station is
tube.
A. Direct
A. Camera tube B. Indirect
B. Picture tube C. Insertion
C. Anode tube D. All of these
D. Cathode tube
381. The picture and sound carrier frequencies in a 386. A signal in which the sum of all signals which
TV receiver IF are respectively. frequency-modulates the main carrier.

A. 41.25 and 45.75 MHz A. Composite baseband signal

B. 45.75 and 41.25 MHz B. FM baseband
C. 41.75 and 45.25 MHz C. Main channel signal
D. 45.25 and 41.75 MHz D. Stereophonic signal

382. The channel width in the Philippine TV 387. What is the total number of interlaced scan
system, in MHz, is lines in one complete frame of a NTSC Philippine
TV signal?
A. 41.25
A. 262
B. 6
B. 525
C. 4.5
C. 480
D. 3.58
D. 625
383. The cable converter output or the TV receiver
is usually on channel 388. The video voltage applied to the picture tube of
a television receiver is fed in
A. 3
A. Between grid and ground
B. 6
B. To the yoke
C. 7
C. To the anode
D. 9
D. Between the grid and cathode
384. One-half line spacing between the start
positions for scanning even and odd fields produces 389. How many dBmV units correspond to a 1-mV
signal level?
A. Linear scanning
A. 0
B. Line pairing
B. 1
C. Fishtailing
C. 3
D. Exact interlacing
D. 6
385. Precise scanning size and linearity are most
important in 390. In color television, it is made to maintain
neutral white from low to high levels of brightness.
A. A black-and-white camera
A. Internal color adjustment
B. Plumbicon
B. Color-temperature adjustments
C. A single-tube color pickup
C. Shadow masking
D. A saticon
D. Convergence adjustment
391. Average power of a radio transmitter supplied C. 4
to the antenna transmission line by a transmitter D. 60
during one radio frequency cycle taken under the
condition or no modulation.
396. A communication circuit using class C
amplifier is considered a narrow band amplifier if
A. Peak envelope power the bandwidth is less than _____ % of its resonant
B. Rated power frequency.
C. Carrier power
A. 15
D. Mean power
B. 13
392. The number of scanning lines is ____ per C. 10
second. D. 20

A. 525 397. The width of a vertical sync pulse with its

B. 262 serrations includes the time of
C. 15,750
A. Six half-lines, or three lines
D. 30
B. Five lines
393. The ratio of the actual frequency swing to the C. Three half-lines
frequency swing defined as 100 percent modulation, D. Five half-lines
expressed in percentage.

398. A low-contrast picture in which white seems

A. Modulation index flat and lacking in detail suggests
B. Deviation ration
C. Maximum deviation A. Low beam current
D. Percentage modulation B. High gain in the pre-amplifier
C. Excessive gamma
394. In a TV receiver, the color killer D. Insufficient scanning width

A. Cuts off the chroma stages during 399. The product of the transmitter power
monochrome reception multiplied by the antenna power gain of the antenna
B. Ensures that no color is transmitted to field gain squared.
monochrome receivers
C. Prevents color coding A. Field intensity
D. Make sure that the color burst is not B. Field gain
mistaken for sync pulses, by cutting off C. ERP
reception during the back porch.
D. Electric field strength
395. How many TV fields are recorded on one slant
track of tape?

A. 1
B. 2
400. What keeps the scanning process at the 405. The FM broadcast band is divided into _____
receiver in step with the scanning in the picture tube channels are suggested by KBP.
at the receiver?
A. 200
A. Nothing B. 100
B. Sync pulses C. 50
C. Color burst
D. 25
D. Deflection oscillators
406. The output of the vertical amplifier, applied to
401. The number of lines per second in the TV the yoke in a TV receiver, consists of
system is
A. Direct current
A. 31,500
B. Amplified vertical sync pulse
B. 15,700 C. A sawtooth voltage
C. 262
D. A sawtooth current
D. 525
407. The frequency spectrum of the stereophonic
402. In a basic transmitter, ________is a kind of FM signal.
transmitter that develops type B emission.
A. 67 kHz
A. Arc B. 59.5 kHz to 74.5 kHz
B. Spark C. 19 kHz to 38 kHz
C. Alexanderson
D. 30 kHz to 53 kHz
D. High end
408. What is the video frequency response
403. It is a number that indicates how contrast is corresponding to the horizontal resolution of 200
expanded or compressed. lines?

A. Alpha A. 4 MHz
B. Beta B. 1.5 MHz
C. Gamma C. 4.5 MHz
D. Sigma D. 2.5 MHz

404. Color picture tubes have ______ guns for its 409. The gamma of the picture tube is
phosphors.
A. 0.4545
A. 1 B. 1.0
B. 2 C. 1.4
C. 3 D. 2.2
D. 4
410. It is the instantaneous departure of the 415. The two black conductive coatings of picture
frequency of the emitted wave from the center tubes are made up of
frequency resulting from modulation.
A. Phosphor
A. Deviation
B. Aquadag
B. Frequency swing C. Cavity
C. Phase shift D. Nickel
D. Deviation ratio
416. The maximum power allocation of AM
411. If a TV sound transmitter has a carrier transmitter in Metro Manila in kW is
frequency of 197.75 MHz, the picture carrier is
A. 10 kW
A. 191.75 MHz
B. 20 kW
B. 193.25 MHz C. 40 kW
C. 202.25 MHz
D. 30 kW
D. 203.75 MHz
417. The function of the serrations in the composite
412. The number of lines per field in the Philippine video waveforms is to
TV system is
A. Equalize the change in the integrator
A. 262 before the start of vertical retrace
B. 525 B. Help vertical synchronization
C. 30 C. Help horizontal synchronization
D. 60 D. Simplify the generation of the vertical
sync pulse
413. What is the best site of an AM broadcast
transmitter? 418. Which system uses a light beam for playback?

A. Marshy land A. CED

B. Dry land B. VHD
C. Highly elevated C. Betamax
D. Average terrain D. VLP

414. What is the hue of a color 90 degrees leading 419. Weak emission from one cathode in a tricolor
sync burst phase? picture tube causes

A. Yellow A. A weak picture

B. Cyan B. A long warmup time
C. Blue C. A color imbalance in the raster and
picture
D. Orange
D. All of these
420. In AM broadcast, the current carrier shift at 425. Brightness variations of the picture
any percentage of modulation shall not exceed information are in which signal?

A. 5% A. I
B. 15% B. Q
C. 20% C. Y
D. 2.5% D. R-Y

421. Indicate which voltages are not found in the 426. How many octaves is the frequency range of 1
output of a normal monochrome receiver video to 8 MHz?
detector.
A. 1
A. Sync
B. 2
B. Video
C. 3
C. Sweep D. 8
D. Sound
427. For television, the maximum deviation of the
422. The sawtooth waveform for deflection FM sound signal in kHz.
provides _______.
A. 10
A. Horizontal deflection
B. 25
B. Distortions C. 75
C. Linear scanning D. 100
D. Flicker
428. Indicate which of the following signals is not
423. In AM broadcast, the transmitter must be transmitted in color TV
capable of maintaining the operating frequency
within the limits of ______. A. Y
B. Q
A. +/- 10 Hz
C. R
B. +/- 20 Hz
D. I
C. +/- 25 Hz
D. +/- 75 Hz 429. Emission outside of the assigned channel, as a
result of the modulation process.
424. How much illumination in lux a 400-
candlepower make that is 3 meters from the A. Overmodulation
surface?
B. Spurious emission
A. 133.3 C. Out-of-band emission
B. 1200 D. In band emission
C. 200
D. 44.4
430. Determine which of the following is not part of
RF section of a radio transmitter.
A. Master oscillator
B. Buffer amplifier
C. AF voltage amplifier
D. Frequency amplifier
431. The power of any conducted spurious emission
shall be attenuated below the maximum level of
carrier frequency in accordance with the following
formula:
D. 1.0 inch
435. Compared with 100 percent saturation, the
desaturated color have
A. More luminance for the Y signal
B. Less luminance for the Y signal
C. More chrominance for the C signal
D. Less hue for the C signal
436. What is the practical baseband frequency for
the color video signal?

A. Attenuation (dB) = 43 + 20 log P A. 1 MHz

B. Attenuation (dB) = 43 + log P B. 2 MHz
C. Attenuation (dB) = 43 + 10 log P C. 0.2 MHz
D. Attenuation (dB) = 43 + log P/10 D. 0.5 MHz

432. In television, gamma affects _____ 437. What is the diagonal screen size for the 19CP4
picture tube?
A. Color
B. Contrast A. 21
C. Brightness B. 23
D. Hue C. 4
D. 19
433. In the IRE scale for the composite video
signal, what is the number of IRE units for sync? 438. What is the phase angle between B Y and R
Y?
A. 7.5
B. 92.5 A. 180 deg
C. 40 B. 45 deg
D. 10 C. 90 deg
D. 270 deg
434. As prescribed by the technical standards for
Cable Television operation and in order to be 439. How many gray scale steps are in the EIA test
compatible for any value added services in the pattern in television?
future, Trunk cable should have a minimum
diameter of _______.
A. 10
A. 0.25 inch B. 40
B. 0.5 inch C. 50
C. 0.75 inch D. 15
440. In TV, degaussing is done with _____. B. 20 kV
C. 10 kV
A. Direct current
D. 30 kV
B. Pulsed current
C. Alternating current 446. In television, what is the phosphor number for
monochrome picture tube?
D. Any of these

A. P4
441. R, G and B video drive controls set for
________. B. P21
C. P22
A. Black
D. P3
B. Dark gray
C. White 447. In television picture tube, what is the color of
the P1 phosphor?
D. Light gray

A. Red
442. What is the phase difference between the color
sync burst and the B Y video? B. Green
C. Yellow
A. 180 deg
D. Blue
B. 45 deg
C. 90 deg 448. What video frequency corresponds to 240 lines
of horizontal resolution?
D. 270 deg

A. 1 MHz
443. What is the hue of the color sync burst?
B. 3 MHz
A. Yellow-green C. 2 MHz
B. Red D. 4 MHz
C. Blue
449. The minimum FM broadcast transmitter power
D. Orange
in metro manila and metro cebu is

444. What synchronizes the horizontal of the TV

A. 25 kW
picture tube?
B. 10 kW
A. HSC C. 1 kW
B. HAFC D. 30 kW
C. HFC
450. The maximum power suggested by KBP on
D. HAC
919-1312 AM broadcast station in Metro Manila.
445. What is the typical anode voltage for a 25-inch
A. 10 kW
color picture tube?
B. 20 kW
A. 3 kV C. 15 kW
 D. 5 kW 456. What is another name for a console pot?

A. Attenuator
451. What are the frequency limits of the standard B. Gain control
AM broadcast band?
C. Fader
A. 565 to 1605 kHz D. Any of these
B. 535 to 1605 kHz
457. The highest peaks of modulation in AM should
C. 575 to 1615 kHz be held between what two percentages?
D. 535 to 1615 kHz
A. 85 - 100%
452. What is the width of an AM broadcast B. 65 - 70%
channel?
C. 50 - 75%
A. 30 kHz D. 75 - 90%
B. 25 kHz
458. What is the name of the second transmitter
C. 15 kHz used when a station operates 24 hours a day?
D. 200 kHz
A. Alternate
453. The following are designations of service areas B. Reserve
of AM broadcast station, except:
C. Spare
A. Primary D. Diversity
B. Secondary
459. What is a combo operator?
C. Tertiary
D. Intermittent A. Announcer
B. Disk jockey
454. The following are parts of the AM broadcast
day, except: C. Engineer
D. All of these
A. Daytime
B. Night time 460. What term is used to indicate intercom
operation in a broadcast station?
C. Mid-day
D. Experimental period A. Communication
B. Talk-back
455. Why is it desirable to have broadcast antennas
on marshy land? C. Respond
D. Remote talk
A. For better reflection
B. For ground wave radiation 461. What does a red light glowing in a studio
indicate?
C. For greater absorption
D. For sky wave propagation A. Off the air
 B. Floating D. Any of these
C. Experimental
467. What device is used to make up for the high-
D. On the air frequency losses in long AF lines?

462. What is the attenuator which controls the the A. Signal booster
output of the program amplifier called?
B. Noise suppressor
A. Master gain control C. Line equalizer
B. Auxiliary gain control D. Compander
C. Reserve frequency control
468. What is another term meaning operating
D. Auxiliary frequency control power

463. The following are important operational

A. Licensed power
requirements during a broadcast, except:
B. Sideband power
A. Timing C. Audio power
B. Modulation D. Harmonic power
C. Fidelity
469. What does maximum rated carrier power
D. AF amplitude referred to?

464. What are the names of two unbalanced pads A. Buffer amplifier power rating
used in broadcasting?
B. Intermediate amplifier power rating
A. T and L C. Speech amplifier power rating
B. K and P D. Final-amplifier power rating
C. R and I
470. When are equipment tests made?
D. H and L

A. Mid-day
465. What is the advantage of using balanced lines
in audio systems? B. Daytime
C. Night time
A. Receive balanced sound
D. Experimental period
B. Improve fidelity
C. Reduce noise pickup 471. What is the maximum allowable distortion at
80% modulation?
D. Improve carrier level

A. 3%
466. What is the advantage of using T-pad
attenuators over potentiometers? B. 4%
C. 5%
A. Better energy conversion D. 6%
B. Better attenuation
C. Match impedance better
472. On what are proof-of-performance tests in A. Identification
broadcasting made? B. Program description
C. Sponsors and network name
A. Omnidirectional antennas
D. All of these
B. Directive antennas
C. High gain antennas 478. The item required in an operating log?
D. Any of these
A. Antenna power and programs on-off
473. Within what limits must the antenna current B. EBS tests
ratios of a directional antenna be held?
C. Antenna lights and meter readings
A. 3% D. Any of these
B. 5%
479. The item required in a maintenance log?
C. 4%
D. 1% A. Meter replacements
B. Antenna current checks
474. What monitor is required at the operating
position in a broadcast station? C. Light inspection and experimental period
operation
A. Frequency D. Any of these
B. Modulation
480. What is the minimum time broadcast station
C. Fidelity logs must be held?
D. Carrier
A. One year
475. What monitor may also give an indication of
B. Two years
carrier amplitude regulation?
C. Three years
A. Modulation D. Five years
B. Carrier
481. What class operator has no restrictions on
C. Fidelity technical work in a broadcast station?
D. Frequency
A. 1st phone
476. What device can give the most accurate B. 2nd phone
instantaneous peak-of-modulation indications? C. 3rd phone
D. 4th phone
A. Spectrum analyzer
482. What classes of operators are restricted on
B. Fourier analyzer
technical work in a broadcast station?
C. CRT oscilloscope
D. Frequency probe A. 3rd phone
B. 2nd phone
477. The item required in program log? C. 4th phone
D. 2nd and 3rd phone
483. If improper transmitter indications are given at B. Emergency Broadcast System
the remote-control point, what should be done? C. Electronic Base Station
D. Emergency Base Station
A. First phone operator to transmitter
B. Second phone operator to transmitter 489. How often must EBS tests be made?
C. Third phone operator to transmitter
D. Fourth phone to transmitter A. Weekly
B. Daily
484. How often must IDs be made in a broadcast C. Monthly
station?
D. Yearly
A. Quarter of an hour
490. What must non-EBS station have?
B. Half an hour
C. On the hour A. EBS signal monitor
D. On the day B. EAN signal monitor
C. EAT signal monitor
485. Where must station license be posted?
D. CPCS signal monitor
A. Tower
491. What stylus material is used in broadcast
B. Modulators station?
C. Transmitter
D. Receiver A. Ruby
B. Gamet
486. Where operator licenses must be posted? C. Emerald
D. Diamond
A. Operating desk
B. Operating position 492. What advantage is there to having heavy
C. Operating console turntables?
D. Anywhere
A. Constant speed
487. What device is usually used today to measure B. Less vibration
the frequency of a broadcast station?
C. Rumble
D. All of these
A. Multivibrators
B. Counter 493. What is the width of recording tapes?
C. Ripper
D. Wave meter A. 0.5 inch
B. 0.75 inch
488. What does EBS stand for?
C. 0.125 inch
D. 1 inch
A. Electronic Broadcast System
494. What frequency is used to erase tapes? B. Iconoscope
C. Image orthicon
A. Supersonic
D. Kinescope
B. Subsonic
C. Ultrasonic 500. Which camera tube requires electron
multipliers?
D. Infrasonic

A. Vidicon
495. What tape speed produces highest fidelity of
audio? B. Iconoscope
C. Image orthicon
A. 20 in/sec
D. Kinescope
B. 15 in/sec
C. 10 in/sec 501. Which is used in closed-circuit TV?
D. 5 in /sec
A. Vidicon
496. What should be used to clean recording heads? B. Iconoscope
C. Image orthicon
A. Methanol D. Kinescope
B. Ethyl Alcohol
C. Isopropyl alcohol 502. What is the waveform of the sweep voltages?

D. Rubbing alcohol
A. Trapezoidal
B. Sawtooth
497. What impedance is usually used with broadcast
microphones? C. Trigger
D. Square
A. All of these
B. 150 ohms 503. If the pulse peak is 100% modulation, what is
the blanking level?
C. 250 ohms
D. 600 ohms A. 25%
B. 50%
498. In what log is antenna-light information
C. 65%
entered?
D. 75%
A. Maintenance log
504. What device allows one camera to accept
B. Program log pictures from three or more projectors?
C. Operating log
D. Logging log A. Film multipliers
B. Film demultiplexers
499. What was the name of the first TV camera C. Film multiplexers
tube?
D. Film acceptor

A. Vidicon
505. What is the order of scanning four successive B. Darlington
motion-picture frames for TV? C. Cascade
D. Shunt
A. 3,2,3,2
B. 2,3,2,3 511. The signal might a video amplifier amplify?
C. 2,2,3,3
D. 3,3,2,2 A. Aural IF
B. Video
506. From the low-frequency end of a channel, what C. Blanking
is the visual carrier frequency?
D. Any of these
A. 3.58 MHz
512. When coupling from a sync separator, what is
B. 0.25 MHz used to obtain the horizontal sync pulses?
C. 1.25 MHz
D. 4.5 MHz A. Integrator
B. Corrector
507. The circuits make up the front end of a TV C. Differentiator
receiver, except:
D. Separator

A. RF
513. When coupling from a sync separator, what is
B. Mixer used to obtain the vertical sync pulses?
C. IF
D. Oscillator A. Integrator
B. Corrector
508. What is the impedance at the antenna input C. Differentiator
terminals of a TV receiver?
D. Separator

A. 300 ohms
514. The type of active device used in horizontal
B. 150 ohms output stages, except:?
C. 50 ohms
D. 100 ohms A. Vacuum tube
B. FET
509. Why are triodes and MOSFETs best for TV RF C. BJT
amplifiers?
D. SCR

A. High power
515. What should be produced by weak blue, weak
B. Efficiency green, and weak red signals on a color CRT?
C. Low noise
D. High gain A. White
B. Shade
510. In what circuit configuration are triodes and C. Gray
MOSFETs used?
D. Off white

A. Cascade
516. How many such mirrors are required in a color C. Zero
TV camera? D. 1.5

A. One 522. What circuit does a color killer kill?

B. Two
C. Three A. Bandstop filter
D. Four B. High-pass filter
C. Low-pass filter
517. What is the combining circuit called in TV? D. Bandpass filter

A. Combiner 523. If the blue dot is always at the bottom of a

B. Multiplexer triad, what position must the blue gun always have?
C. Integrator
A. Top
D. Mixer
B. Left side
518. What is the letter symbol for the luminance C. Right aside
signal? D. Center

A. R 524. How many cathodes in a shadow-mask picture

B. Q tube?
C. I
A. 1
D. Y
B. 2
519. What is the total R + G + B for a Y signal? C. 3
D. 4
A. 0
B. 1 525. How many guns in a shadow mask picture
C. 2 tube?
D. 1.5
A. 1
B. 2
520. If a white scene is picked up what is the Y
value? C. 3
D. 4
A. 1
B. 2
C. 0
D. 2.5

521. If a black scene is being picked up, what is the

Y value?

A. One
B. 0.5