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Choose the best answer from among the given 9. When the electric field is perpendicular to the
choices. Review your answers carefully before direction of propagation, the mode is said to be
finalizing them. Once your answer has been finalized, a. Vertically polarized
you are not allowed to change your answer. If you b. Horizontally polarized
change your answer, it will not be considered. Use c. Transverse electric
Black or blue. Write your final answers beside the d. Transverse magnetic
number. All Caps and No erasures in any form. Follow
instructions strictly. 10. Which of the following is not a microwave tube?
a. TWT
1. Referred to as a ferrite device that can be used in b. CRT
lieu of a duplexer to isolate a microwave c. Klystron
transmitter and receiver when both are connected d. Magnetron
to the same antenna.
a. Isolator 11. A measure of the reliability expressed as the
b. Circulator average number of hours between successive
c. Coupler failures.
d. Diode a. MTBF
b. MTTR
2. What is the principal mode of a rectangular c. Downtime
waveguide? d. Outage time
a. TEM 12. A microwave band of 18 to 27 GHz is considered
b. TE11 as the ______ band.
c. TE10 a. C
d. TM11 b. X
c. Q
3. What microwave device combines the advantages d. K
of the klystron and the Traveling Wave Tube?
a. Stripline 13. The radius in the circular zone is in the first fresnel
b. Microstrip zone when the reflected path is ______ longer
c. Cfa than the direct path.
d. Twystron a. Half wavelength
b. Wavelength
4. A microwave tube that uses a slow-wave structure c. Quarter wavelength
as an input section that is isolated from another d. 2wavelengths
slow-wave section at its output.
a. Klystron 14. The microwave path wherein the microwave beam
b. Magnetron just barely touches the obstruction.
c. Twystron a. LOS
d. TWT b. Grazing
c. Obstructed path
5. A waveguide acts as a d. Direct path
a. LPF
b. HPF 15. A fade margin of 28 dB has a reliability of
c. BPF a. 99%
d. Resonator b. 99.9%
c. 99.99%
6. Which of the following is a microwave frequency? d. 99.999%
a. 1.7 MHz
b. 750 MHz 16. The velocity of a resultant wave as it travels
c. 0.98 GHz through the waveguide.
d. 22 GHz a. Speed of light
b. Group velocity
7. Which of the following permits a microwave signal c. Phase velocity
to travel in one direction with virtually no loss but d. Incident velocity
severely attenuates any signal attempting to travel
in the reverse direction? 17. The smallest free space wavelength that is just
a. Isolator unable to propagate in the waveguide under given
b. Wave trap conditions.
c. Tunnel diode a. Guide
d. Circulator b. Phase
c. Cut-off
8. A waveguide has a cut-off frequency of 17 GHz. d. Group
Which of the following signals will not pass thru
the waveguide? 18. Indicate which of the following cannot be followed
a. 15 GHz by the word "waveguide".
b. 18 Ghz a. Elliptical
c. 22 GHz b. Flexible
d. 255 GHz c. Coaxial
d. Ridge

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components is not easily adjustable? d. Waveguide
a. Screw
b. Stub 29. The principal characteristic of tunnel diodes
c. Iris a. Negative resistance region
d. Plunger b. High forward current rating
c. Very high piv
20. What microwave component can sample part of d. High forward resistance
the power traveling thru the waveguide?
a. Directional coupler 30. A metal wrapped around the parabolic antenna
b. Magic tee aperture to eliminate sidelobes interferin nearby
c. Circulator stations.
d. Isolator a. Radome
b. Shield
21. A rectangular waveguide is 5.1 cm by 2.4 cm. The c. Shroud
cut-off frequency for the dominant mode is d. Bass drum
a. 2.94 GHz
b. 6.25 GHz 31. The region within the influence of the induction
c. 664 MHz field of an antenna.
d. 57.7 GHz a. Far field
b. Near field
22. If the MTBF of a communications circuit is 20,000 c. Radiation field
hours and its MTTR is 5 hours, what is its d. Radiation pattern
unavailability?
a. 0.00025 32. Which of the following is unlikely to be used as a
b. 99.975% pulse device?
c. 0.25% a. TWT
d. 0.975% b. CFA
c. BWO
23. What would be the ERP, in watts, if the transmitter d. Multicavity Klystron
output is 30 dBm and the waveguide loss is 20 dB
and the antenna connected to it has a power gain 33. The wavelength of microwaves at 100 GHz?
of 60 dB? a. 3 cm
a. 10000 watts b. 0.3 cm
b. 1000 watts c. 0.03 cm
c. 100 watts d. 0.3 m
d. 10 watts
34. The k factor under normal atmospheric conditions
24. A waveguide section used to couple a circular to a in a microwave radio data profile calculation is
rectangular waveguide. a. 2/3
a. Taper b. 0
b. Twist c. 4/3
c. Bend d. 1
d. Tee
35. To install an antenna with an LOS transmission at
25. A waveguide section used to change the signal a distance of 75 miles, determine the height of a
polarization receiving antenna if the transmitting antenna is
a. Taper 250 ft.
b. Twist a. 1385 ft
c. Bend b. 600 ft
d. Tee c. 400 ft
d. 255 ft
26. A waveguide section used to combine two or more
signals 36. Determine the gain of a 6 ft parabolic dish
a. Taper operating at 1800 MHz.
b. Twist a. 30 dB
c. Bend b. 11.2 dB
d. Tee c. 15.5 dB
d. 28.17 dB
27. A signal propagated in a waveguide has a full
wave of electric field intensity change between two 37. What is the free space loss, in dB, between two
further walls and no component of the electric field microwave antennas 38 km apart operating at 7
in the direction of propagation. The mode is GHz?
a. TE11 a. 145.6 dB
b. TE10 b. 138.5 dB
c. TM22 c. 135.5 dB
d. TE20 d. 140.89 dB
38. How many receiving antenna(s) are used with
28. A microwave transmission line constructed of a frequency diversity?
center conductor suspended between parallel a. 1
conductive ground planes is called b. 2
a. Microstrip c. 3
b. Coax d. 4
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b. Critical frequency
39. A type of diversity reception, where the output of c. Gyro frequency
the transmitter is fed to two or more antennas that d. Resonant
are physically separated by an appreciable
number of wavelengths. 49. When microwave signals follow the curvature of
a. Frequency the earth, this is known as
b. Space a. Faraday effect
c. Angle b. Ducting
d. Polarization c. Troposcatter
d. Ionospheric reflection
40. Which of the following is used as a high power
microwave oscillator? 50. A waveguide mode in which there is no
a. Thyratron component of electric field in the direction of
b. Magnetron propagation given in the British European
c. Klystron standards
d. Twystron a. H mode
b. E mode
41. A microwave communications system space loss c. TE mode
calculation formula d. TM mode
a. 94.2 + 20 log F + 20 log D
b. 92.4 + 20 log F + 20 log D 51. The subscript which indicates the number of half
c. 94.2 + 10 log F + 20 log D wavelengths along the waveguide height
d. 92.3 + 10 log F + 20 log D a. m
42. Which of the following frequency bands fall under b. n
the microwave band? c. a
a. UHF and SHF d. b
b. SHF and EHF 52. Which of the following microwave tubes uses the
c. UHF, SHF and EHF principle of velocity modulation?
d. VLF, LF and MF a. TWT
b. CFA
43. Find the cut-off frequency for a waveguide in the c. Magnetron
TE21 mode if the dimensions of the guide are 3 by d. klystron
1.5 cm with wall thickness of 0.08 cm.
a. 14.14 GHz 53. An X band radar operates in which frequency
b. 5 GHz band?
c. 5.28 GHz a. 1 - 2 GHz
d. 15.39 GHz b. 2 - 4 GHz
c. 4 - 8 GHz
44. The progressive decrease of signal strength with d. 8 - 12 GHz
increasing distance
a. Radiation 54. Calculate the cut-off wavelength, the guide
b. Attenuation wavelength and the characteristic impedance of a
c. Modulation circular waveguide whose internal diameter is 4
d. Propagation cm for a 10 GHz signal propagated in it in the
dominant mode. (kr = 1.84)
45. A magnetic field is introduced into the waveguide a. 6.83 cm, 3 cm, 420 ohms
by a b. 3 cm, 6.83 cm, 420 ohms
a. probe c. 6.83 cm, 3.34 cm, 420 ohms
b. dipole d. 6.83 cm, 3.34 cm, 338 ohms
c. stripline
d. capacitor 55. A wave is propagated in a parallel plane
waveguide. The frequency is 6 GHz and the plane
46. Varactor and step recovery diodes are widely used separation is 3 cm. The cut-off wavelength for the
in what type of circuit? dominant mode, the group and phase velocities
a. Amplifier are
b. Oscillator a. 5 cm, 166 Mm/sec, 543 Mm/sec
c. Frequency multiplier b. 6 cm, 166 Mm/sec, 543 Mm/sec
d. Mixer c. 6 cm, 543 Mm/sec, 166 Mm/sec
d. 5 cm, 543 Mm/sec, 166 Mm/sec
47. The optimum clearance from an obstacle in a
microwave system is accepted as ________ of the 56. The following are negative resistance amplifiers
first fresnel zone radius. except
a. 0.6 a. Tunnel
b. 0.5 b. Gunn
c. 0.9 c. IMPATT
d. 1.5 d. PIN diode

48. A range of microwave frequencies more easily 57. A cross between the TWT and the magnetron in its
passed by the atmosphere than the others operation
a. Window a. CFA
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c. EIA 68. In order to reduce cross-sectional dimension,
d. Twystron which of the following waveguides is preferred?
a. Flexible
58. Diodes designed to store energy in their b. Rectangular
capacitance during forward bias and generates c. Circular
harmonics in the reverse bias d. Ridged
a. Step recovery
b. Gunn 69. A low noise, low power, narrow band microwave
c. APD amplifier utilizing a varactor to achieve gain
d. IMPATT a. Parametric amplifier
b. LNA
59. Topographical maps are maps used for microwave c. SAW
communications systems design because d. CFA
_________ are shown, thereby elevations are
known. 70. Which of the following uses buncher and catcher
a. Latitudes cavities?
b. Longitudes a. magnetron
c. Contour lines b. klystron
d. Scales c. TWT
d. Stripline
60. Surface Acoustic Waves propagate in
a. GaAs
b. Indium Phosphide
c. Stripline
d. Quartz crystal

61. What do you call the process of speeding up and

slowing down the beam of electrons in the vacuum
tube?
a. Velocity modulation
b. Logitudinal velocity
c. Gyrofrequency
d. Group frequency

62. What is the name of the microwave transmission

line that is used with printed circuits?
a. Ferrite loop
b. Coax
c. Waveguide
d. Microstrip

63. The output of a LASER is monochromatic; this

means that it is
a. Infrared
b. Narrow beam
c. Polarized
d. Single frequency

64. The attenuator is used in the TWT to

a. Help bunching
b. Prevent oscillation
c. Prevent saturation
d. Increase gain

65. The angle between electric and magnetic fields in

a waveguide is
a. 90 degrees
b. 0 degrees
c. 180 degrees
d. 360 degrees

66. Materials generally preferred for waveguides are

a. Brass and aluminum
b. Cast iron and steel
c. Non-metallic solids
d. High carbon steel and vanadian steel

67. Waveguide feeders are pressurized to

a. Reduce loss
b. Reduce noise
c. Detect faults
d. Prevent ingress of moisture
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