Excel Review Center EST Exam - Problems

1. An AM transmitter is modulated by two A. 97.8 MHz to 117.8 MHz A. 100 W

sine waves at 1 kHz and 2.5 kHz, with B. 89.7 MHz to 118.7 MHz B. 70.1 W
modulations of 25% and 50%, C. 98.7 MHz to 118.7 MHz * C. 10.7 W *
respectively. What is the effective D. 98.7 MHz to 117.8 MHz D. 15.1 W
modulation index?
9. A 1.4-MHz carrier is modulated by a 16. An AM signal has a carrier frequency of
A. 0.56 * music signal that has frequency 3 MHz and an amplitude of 5 V peak. It
B. 0.65 components from 20 Hz to 15 kHz. is modulated by a sine wave with a
C. 0.43 Determine the range of frequencies frequency of 500 Hz and a peak voltage
D. 0.83 generated for the upper sideband? of 2 V. Write the equation of this signal
and calculate the modulation index.
2. An FM transmitter has a carrier A. 1,400,020 Hz – 1,415,000 Hz *
frequency of 220 MHz. Its modulation B. 1,385,000 Hz – 1,399,980 Hz A. v(t) = [3+3sin(3.14t)]sin (188t);
index is 3 with a modulating frequency C. 1,400,200 Hz – 1,415,020 Hz m = 0.4
of 5 kHz. The total power output is 100 D. 1,385,000 Hz – 1,415,000 Hz B. v(t) = [5+2sin(3.14x103 t)]sin
W into a 50  load. What is the (18.8x106 t); m = 0.4 *
deviation? 10. A 500-W carrier is to be modulated to a C. v(t) = [10+3sin(3.14t)]sin (18t);
90% level. Determine the total m = 0.6
A. 20 kHz transmitted power. D. v(t) = [2+5sin(3.14t)]sin (1.5t);
B. 15 kHz * m = 0.3
C. 30 kHz A. 202.5 W
D. 40 kHz B. 405 W 17. The audio frequency response of an AM
C. 702.5 W * transmitter, measured from microphone
3. Determine the maximum sideband D. 1.5 kW input to the secondary of the modulation
power if the carrier output is 1 kW. transformer, is 3 dB down at 3 kHz from
11. CB radio was developed using full- its level at 1 kHz. If a 1 kHz signal
A. 1.5 kW carrier DSB AM. It operates using 40 modulates the transmitter to 90%, what
B. 500 W * channels, each 10 kHz wide. hen will be the modulation percentage due to
C. 250 W SSBSC is used, the same carrier a 3 kHz signal with the same level at the
D. 1000 W frequencies are used as with input?
conventional AM, but the transceivers
4. A frequency-modulation system requires are switchable to either lower or upper A. 63.7% *
a signal-to-noise ratio of 40 dB at the sideband. How many channels are B. 67.3%
detector output. The modulating available when SSB is used? C. 73.6%
frequency is 2 kHz, and the deviation is D. 75.1%
50 kHz. Calculate the required minimum A. 90
S/N at the detector output. B. 70 18. An AM transmitter operates into a 50-
C. 80 * resistive load. The RMS voltage
A. 12 dB * D. 100 measured at the output is 250V without
B. 6 dB modulation and 300 V with modulation,
C. 24 dB 12. The antenna current of an AM using a true-RMS reading meter. Find
D. 3 dB transmitter is 12A when unmodulated the power with modulation.
but increases to 13 A when modulated.
5. Determine the image frequency for a Calculate %m. A. 2 kW
standard broadcast band receiver using B. 1.8 kW *
a 455-kHz IF and tuned to a station at A. 59 % * C. 2.5 kW
620 kHz. B. 34 % D. 0.5 kW
C. 95 %
A. 620 kHz D. 43 % 19. An AM transmitter uses high-level
B. 1530 kHz * modulation. The RF power amplifier
C. 1075 kHz 13. An intelligence signal is amplified by a runs from a 12-volt source, putting out a
D. 1350 kHz 70% efficient amplifier before being carrier power of 75 W at an efficiency of
combined with a 10-kW carrier to 75%. How much power must be
6. An AM broadcast receiver has two generate the AM signal. If it is desired to provided by the modulating amplifier for
identical tuned circuits prior to the IF operate at 100% modulation, what is the 100% modulation?
stage. The Q of these circuits is 60 and dc input power to the final intelligence
the IF frequency is 455 kHz and the amplifier? A. 100 W
receiver is tuned to a station at 680 kHz. B. 20 W
Calculate the amount of image A. 14.28 kW C. 50 W *
frequency rejection. B. 5 kW D. 75 W
C. 3.57 kW
A. 164 dB D. 7.14 kW * 20. An AM transmitter uses high-level
B. 41 dB modulation. The RF power amplifier
C. 20.5 dB 14. A transmitter with a 10-kW carrier draws 10 amperes from a 20-V supply,
D. 82 dB * transmits 11.2 kW when modulated with putting out a carrier power of 125 W.
a single sine wave. Calculate the What is the efficiency of this stage?
7. An AM transmitter supplies 10 kW of modulation index.
carrier power to a 50  load. It operates A. 65.2 %
at a carrier frequency of 1.2 MHz and is A. 0.49 * B. 100 %
80% modulated by a 3 kHz sine wave. B. 0.94 C. 62.5 % *
Calculate the total average power in the C. 0.7 D. 75.8 %
signal, in watts and dBW. D. 0.25
21. A receiver has a sensitivity of 0.3 V.
A. 12.3 kW (40.9 dBW) 15. A transistor has a power dissipation The same receiver can handle a signal
B. 13.2 kW (41.2 dBW) * rating of 25W. Assume that the level of 75 mV without overloading.
C. 10.2 kW (40.09 dBW) transistor is the only element that What is its AGC range in decibel?
D. 23.1 kW (43.64 dBW) dissipates power in the circuit. Calculate
the power an amplifier using this A. 100 dB
8. An FM broadcast-band receiver tunes transistor could deliver to the load if it B. 108 dB *
from 88 to 108 MHz. The IF is 10.7 operates Class A with an efficiency of C. 98 dB
MHz, and the receiver uses high-side 30%. D. 118 dB
injection. Calculate the range of local
oscillator frequencies.
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22. A receiver uses low-side injection for the 29. An AM broadcast station operates at its 36. The power of an amplifier of an AM
local oscillator, with an IF of 1750 kHz. maximum allowed total output of 50 kW transmitter has an output carrier power
The local oscillator is operating at and at 95% modulation. How much of its of 25 W and an efficiency of 70% and is
15.750 MHz. What is the image transmitted power is intelligence? collector-modulated. How audio power
frequency? will have to be supplied to this stage for
A. 34.5 kW 100% modulation?
A. 15 MHz B. 69 kW
B. 17.5 MHz C. 17.25 kW A. 19.7 W
C. 14 MHz * D. 15.5 kW * B. 17.9 W *
D. 28 MHz C. 17.78 W
30. A transmitter power amplifier has a gain D. 19.77 W
23. A receiver’s IF filter has a shape factor of 30 dB and an efficiency of 75%. Its
of 2.5 and a bandwidth of 6 kHz at the 6 output power is 100 W. What will be the 37. A transistor RF power amplifier
dB down point. What is its bandwidth at output power with 100% modulation, operating class C is designed to
60 dB down? assuming the efficiency is the same with produce 30 W output with a supply
and without modulation? voltage of 50 V. If the efficiency of the
A. 30 kHz stage is 70%, what is the average
B. 25 kHz A. 133 W collector current?
C. 15 kHz * B. 100 W
D. 20 kHz C. 150 W * A. 785 mA
D. 250 W B. 587 mA
24. An SSBSC signal has a suppressed C. 857 mA *
carrier frequency, in the IF a receiver, of 31. An SSB transmitter transmits on the D. 857 A
2 MHz. It is modulated with two audio USB with a (suppressed) carrier
tones having frequencies of 1500 and frequency of 7.2 MHz. It is modulated 38. A transmitter uses twelve modules in its
2200 Hz. The receiver is mistuned so by two tones, with frequencies of 1 kHz solid-state output stage. Calculate the
that the BFO is at 1.9995 MHz. What and 2.5 kHz and equal amplitude. The power reduction (in decibels) that would
will be the output frequencies of the transmitter PEP is 75 W into a 50  occur if one module fails.
demodulator if the signal is LSB? load. The carrier and unwanted
sideband are each suppressed by 60 A. 0.48 dB
A. 1000 Hz, 1700 Hz * dB. Calculate the average power into B. 0.84 dB
B. 1000 Hz, 2000 Hz the load? C. 0.38 dB *
C. 2000 Hz, 2700 Hz D. 0.83 dB
D. 2000 Hz, 1700 Hz A. 75.3 W
B. 37.5 W * 39. A 400-W carrier is modulated to a depth
25. A 10 MHz crystal oscillator in a PLL C. 375 W of 75 percent. Calculate the total power
frequency synthesizer has been D. 53.7 W in the modulated wave.
calibrated to a reference standard
known to be accurate to 5 ppm. The 32. A superheterodyne receiver is tuned to A. 512.5 W *
oscillator is guaranteed to drift no more a frequency of 5 MHz when the local B. 712.5 W
than 10 ppm per month. A year later, oscillator frequency is 6.65 MHz. What C. 256.25 W
what are the maximum and minimum is the IF? D. 128.125 W
frequencies that the oscillator could be
producing? A. 1.65 MHz * 40. A broadcast radio transmitter radiates
B. 2.75 MHz 10 kW when the modulation percentage
A. 10.00125 MHz, 9.99875 MHz * C. 455 kHz is 60. How much of this is carrier
B. 10.125 MHz, 9.8875 MHz D. 10.7 MHz power?
C. 15.00145 MHz, 10.1257 MHz
D. 20.0153 MHz, 75.265 MHz 33. If the carrier of the above problem is A. 8.47 kW *
simultaneously modulated with another B. 8.74 kW
26. In an FM system, when the audio sine wave at 50% modulation, calculate C. 7.47 kW
frequency (AF) is 500 Hz and the AF the total transmitted power. D. 4.78 kW
voltage is 2.4 V, the deviation is 4.8
kHz. If the AF voltage is now increased A. 12.45 kW * 41. The antenna current of an AM
to 7.2 V, what is the new deviation? B. 9.33 kW transmitter is 8 A when only the carrier
C. 6.22 kW is sent, but it increases to 8.93 A when
A. 9.16 kHz D. 8.21 kW the carrier is modulated by a single sine
B. 7.2 kHz wave. Find the percentage modulation.
C. 14.4 kHz * 34. A TRF receiver is to be designed with a
D. 20 kHz single tuned circuit using a 10-H A. 64 %
inductor. Calculate the capacitance B. 80 %
27. Determine the permissible range in range of the variable capacitor required C. 70.1 % *
maximum modulation index for to tune from 550 to 1550 kHz. D. 51.2 %
commercial FM that has 30 Hz to 15
kHz modulation frequencies. A. 1.06 nF – 8.37 nF * 42. A certain transmitter radiates 9 kW with
B. 1.06 mF – 8.37 F the carrier unmodulated, and 10.125 kW
A. 5 to 75 C. 1.06 F – 8.37 nF when the carrier is sinusoidally
B. 5 to 15 D. 1.06 nF – 8.37 pF modulated. Calculate the modulation
C. 5 to 2500 * index.
D. 5 to 1500 35. The tuned circuit of the oscillator in a
simple AM transmitter employs a 50-H A. 0.95
28. Determine the relative total power of the coil and a 1-nF capacitor. If the oscillator B. 0.5 *
carrier and side frequencies when mf = output is modulated by audio C. 0.64
0.25 for a 10-kW FM transmitter. frequencies up to 10 kHz, what is the D. 0.35
frequency range occupied by the
A. 5 kW sidebands? 43. If another sine wave, corresponding to
B. 10 kW * 40 percent modulation, is transmitted
C. 4.5 kW A. 722 to 732 kHz simultaneously, determine the total
D. 9 kW B. 702 to 712 kHz radiated power of the above problem.
C. 702 to 722 kHz *
D. 712 to 722 kHz

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A. 108.4 kW A. 64 dB
B. 108.4 W B. 30 dB
C. 1084 W C. 45 dB
D. 10.84 kW * D. 54 dB *

44. The antenna current of an AM broadcast < < < Nothing Follows > > >
transmitter, modulated to a depth of
40% by an audio sine wave, is 11 A. It
increases to 12 A as a result of
simultaneous modulation by another
audio sine wave. What is the modulation
index due to this second sine wave?

A. 0.643 *
B. 0.4
C. 0.413
D. 0.757

45. Calculate the percentage power saving

when the carrier and one of the
sidebands are suppressed in an AM
wave modulated to a depth of 100
percent.

A. 33.3 %
B. 66.7 %
C. 100 %
D. 83.3 % *

46. Determine the worst-case output S/N for

a broadcast FM program that has a
maximum intelligence frequency of 5
kHz. The input S/N is 2.

A. 30 *
B. 60
C. 15
D. 45

47. An AM transmitter has a carrier power of

50 W at a carrier frequency of 12 MHz.
It is modulated at 80% by a 1 kHz sine
wave. How much power is contained in
the sidebands?

A. 16 W *
B. 10 W
C. 8W
D. 25 W

48. A receiver has two uncoupled tuned

circuits before the mixer, each with a Q
of 75. The signal frequency is 100.1
MHz, and the IF is 10.7 MHz. The local
oscillator uses high-side injection.
Calculate the image rejection ratio in
decibels.

A. 56.8 dB
B. 58.6 dB *
C. 65.8 dB
D. 68.5 dB

49. A double-tuned IF transformer has k =

1.5kc. The primary Q is 50 and the
secondary Q is 40. Calculate the
bandwidth of the transformer at a
frequency of 10.7 MHz.

A. 953 kHz
B. 593 kHz
C. 359 kHz *
D. 935 kHz

50. When measuring the selectivity of a

receiver, you discover that a signal level
of 500 microvolts on an adjacent
channel is required to give the same
output as a 1 microvolt signal on the
channel to which the receiver is tuned.
What is the adjacent channel selectivity
in dB?

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