TRANSMISSION LINE MCQ

1. SWR stands for:

a. Shorted Wave Radiation

b. Sine Wave Response

c. Shorted Wire Region

d. none of the above

ANS: D

2. TDR stands for:

a. Total Distance of Reflection

b. Time-Domain Reflectometer

c. Time-Domain Response

d. Transmission Delay Ratio

ANS: B

3. An example of an unbalanced line is:

a. a coaxial cable

b. 300-ohm twin-lead TV cable

c. an open-wire-line cable

d. all of the above

ANS: A
4. When analyzing a transmission line, its inductance and capacitance are considered to be:

a. lumped

b. distributed

c. equal reactances

d. ideal elements

ANS: B

5. As frequency increases, the resistance of a wire:

a. increases

b. decreases

c. stays the same

d. changes periodically

ANS: A

6. The effect of frequency on the resistance of a wire is called:

a. I2R loss

b. the Ohmic effect

c. the skin effect

d. there is no such effect

ANS: C
7. As frequency increases, the loss in a cable’s dielectric:

a. increases

b. decreases

c. stays the same

d. there is no loss in a dielectric

ANS: A

8. The characteristic impedance of a cable depends on:

a. the resistance per foot of the wire used

b. the resistance per foot and the inductance per foot

c. the resistance per foot and the capacitance per foot

d. the inductance per foot and the capacitance per foot

ANS: D

9. For best matching, the load on a cable should be:

a. lower than Z0

b. higher than Z0

c. equal to Z0

d. 50 ohms

ANS: C
10. The characteristic impedance of a cable:

a. increases with length

b. increases with frequency

c. increases with voltage

d. none of the above

ANS: D

11. The velocity factor of a cable depends mostly on:

a. the wire resistance

b. the dielectric constant

c. the inductance per foot

d. all of the above

ANS: B

12. A positive voltage pulse sent down a transmission line terminated in a short-circuit:

a. would reflect as a positive pulse

b. would reflect as a negative pulse

c. would reflect as a positive pulse followed by a negative pulse

d. would not reflect at all

ANS: B
13. A positive voltage pulse sent down a transmission line terminated with its characteristic impedance:

a. would reflect as a positive pulse

b. would reflect as a negative pulse

c. would reflect as a positive pulse followed by a negative pulse

d. would not reflect at all

ANS: D

14. A positive voltage-pulse sent down a transmission line terminated in an open-circuit:

a. would reflect as a positive pulse

b. would reflect as a negative pulse

c. would reflect as a positive pulse followed by a negative pulse

d. would not reflect at all

ANS: A

15. The optimum value for SWR is:

a. zero

b. one

c. as large as possible

d. there is no optimum value

ANS: B

16. A non-optimum value for SWR will cause:

a. standing waves

b. loss of power to load

c. higher voltage peaks on cable

d. all of the above

ANS: D

17. VSWR stands for:

a. variable SWR

b. vacuum SWR

c. voltage SWR

d. none of the above

ANS: C

18. The impedance "looking into" a matched line:

a. is infinite

b. is zero

c. is the characteristic impedance

d. 50 ohms

ANS: C

19. A Smith Chart is used to calculate:

a. transmission line impedances

b. propagation velocity

c. optimum length of a transmission line

d. transmission line losses

ANS: A

20. Compared to a 300-ohm line, the loss of a 50-ohm cable carrying the same power:

a. would be less

b. would be more

c. would be the same

d. cannot be compared

ANS: B

21. A balanced load can be connected to an unbalanced cable:

a. directly

b. by using a filter

c. by using a "balun"

d. cannot be connected

ANS: C

22. On a Smith Chart, you "normalize" the impedance by:

a. assuming it to be zero
b. dividing it by 2π

c. multiplying it by 2π

d. dividing it by Z0

ANS: D

23. The radius of the circle you draw on a Smith Chart represents:

a. the voltage

b. the current

c. the impedance

d. none of the above

ANS: D

24. The center of the Smith Chart always represents:

a. zero

b. one

c. the characteristic impedance

d. none of the above

ANS: C

25. A TDR is commonly used to:

a. measure the characteristic impedance of a cable

b. find the position of a defect in a cable

c. replace a slotted-line

d. all of the above

ANS: B

COMPLETION

1. A cable that lacks symmetry with respect to ground is called ____________________.

ANS: unbalanced

2. Parallel lines are usually operated as ____________________ lines since both wires are symmetrical
with respect to ground.

ANS: balanced

3. Normally, a transmission line is terminated with a load equal to its ____________________

impedance.

ANS: characteristic

4. Twisted-pair cables are transmission lines for relatively ____________________ frequencies.

ANS: low

5. To analyze a transmission line, it is necessary to use ____________________ parameters instead of

lumped ones.
ANS: distributed

6. The increase of a wire’s resistance with frequency is called the ____________________ effect.

ANS: skin

7. The increase of a wire’s resistance with frequency is caused by the ____________________ field
inside the wire.

ANS: magnetic

8. Dielectrics become more ____________________ as the frequency increases.

ANS: lossy

9. The inductance and capacitance of a cable are given per unit ____________________.

ANS: length

10. Characteristic impedance is sometimes called ____________________ impedance.

ANS: surge

11. A cable that is terminated in its characteristic impedance is called a ____________________ line.
ANS: matched

12. A pulse sent down a cable terminated in a short-circuit will reflect with the ____________________

polarity.

ANS: opposite

13. The apparently stationary pattern of waves on a mismatched cable is called a

____________________ wave.

ANS: standing

14. SWR stands for ____________________-wave ratio.

ANS: standing

15. The ideal value for SWR is ____________________.

ANS: one

16. Transmission line impedances can be found using a ____________________ chart.

ANS: Smith
17. Short transmission-line sections called ____________________ can be used as capacitors or
inductors.

ANS: stubs

18. Any cable that radiates energy can also ____________________ energy.

ANS: absorb

19. A ____________________-dB loss in a cable means only half the power sent reaches the load.

ANS: 3

20. It is often best to measure SWR at the ____________________ end of a cable.

ANS: load

21. Besides heat from I2R, the power a cable can carry is limited by the ____________________ voltage
of its dielectric.

ANS: breakdown

22. To normalize an impedance on a Smith Chart, you divide it by ____________________.

ANS: Z0
23. The ____________________ of a Smith Chart always represents the characteristic impedance.

ANS: center

24. A ____________________ wavelength transmission line can be used a transformer.

ANS: one-quarter

25. A slotted line is used to make measurements in the ____________________ domain.

ANS: frequency

SHORT ANSWER

1. A transmission line has 2.5 pF of capacitance per foot and 100 nH of inductance per foot. Calculate its
characteristic impedance.

ANS:

Z0 = 200 ohms

2. Two wires with air as a dielectric are one inch apart. The diameter of the wire is .04 inch. Calculate,
approximately, its characteristic impedance.

ANS:
386 ohms

3. If a coaxial cable uses plastic insulation with a dielectric constant ∈r = 2.6 , what is the velocity factor
for the cable?

ANS:

0.62

4. If a cable has a velocity factor of 0.8, how long would it take a signal to travel 3000 kilometers along
the cable?

ANS:

12.5 ms

5. If a cable has a velocity factor of 0.8, what length of cable is required for a 90° phase shift at 100
MHz?

ANS:

0.6 meters

6. A cable has a VSWR of 10. If the minimum voltage along the cable is 20 volts, what is the maximum
voltage along the cable?

ANS:
200 volts

7. A lossless line has a characteristic impedance of 50 ohms, but is terminated with a 75-ohm resistive
load. What SWR do you expect to measure?

ANS:

1.5

8. If a cable has an SWR of 1.5, what will be the absolute value of its voltage coefficient of reflection?

ANS:

0.2

9. A generator matched to a line with a voltage coefficient of reflection equal to 0.2 transmits 100 watts
into the line. How much power is actually absorbed by the load?

ANS:

96 watts

10. Using a Smith Chart to analyze a 50-ohm cable, what would be the normalized value of an
impedance equal to 200 + j50 ohms?

ANS:
4 + j1

1. What is the opposition to the transfer of energy which is considered the

dominant characteristic of a cable or circuit that emanates from its physical
structure?

 a. Conductance
 b. Resistance
 c. Reactance
 d. Impedance
2. When load impedance equals to Zo of the line, it means that the load
_____ all the power.

 a. reflects
 b. absorbs
 c. attenuates
 d. radiates
3. impedance matching ratio of a coax balun.

 a. 1:4
 b. 4:1
 c. 2:1
 d. 3:2
4. Which stands for dB relative level?

 a. dBrn
 b. dBa
 c. dBr
 d. dBx
5. Standard test tone used for audio measurement.

 a. 800 Hz
 b. 300 Hz
 c. 100 Hz
 d. 1000 Hz
6. When VSWR is equal to zero, this means

 a. that no power is applied

 b. that the load is purely resistive
 c. that the load is a pure reactance
 d. that the load is opened
7. _______ is the ratio of reflected voltage to the forward travelling voltage.

 a. SWR
 b. VSWR
 c. Reflection coefficient
 d. ISWR
8. Transmission line must be matched to the load to ______.

 a. transfer maximum voltage to the load

 b. transfer maximum power to the load
 c. reduce the load current
 d. transfer maximum current to the load
9. Which indicate the relative energy loss in a capacitor?

 a. Quality factor
 b. Reactive factor
 c. Dissipation factor
 d. Power factor
10. What is the standard test tone?

 a. 0 dB
 b. 0 dBW
 c. 0 dBm
 d. 0 dBrn
11. The energy that neither radiated into space nor completely transmitted.

 a. Reflected waves
 b. Captured waves
 c. Incident waves
 d. Standing waves
12. Micron is equal to _______ meter.

 a. 10-10
 b. 10-9
 c. 10-6
 d. 10-3
13. 1 Angstrom (A) is equal to _______.
 a. 10-3 micron
 b. 10-10 m
 c. 10-6 micron
 d. 10-6 m
14. Why is it impossible to use a waveguide at low radio frequencies?

 a. Because of the size of the waveguide

 b. Due to severe attenuation
 c. Due to too much radiation
 d. All of these
15. ________ is the transmission and reception of information.

 a. Modulation
 b. Communications
 c. Radiation
 d. Emission
16. What is the loss of the circuit in dB if the power ration of output to input
is 0.01?

 a. 20
 b. -20
 c. 40
 d. -40
17. Transmission lines are either balanced or unbalanced with respect to

 a. Negative terminal
 b. Reference
 c. Ground
 d. Positive terminal
18. The standing wave ratio is equal to _______ if the load is properly
matched with the transmission line.

 a. Infinity
 b. 0
 c. -1
 d. 1
19. ________ is the advantage of the balanced transmission line compared
to unbalanced line.

 a. Low attenuation
 b. Easy installation
 c. Low radiation loss
 d. Tensile strength
20. _______ is the method of determining the bandwidth of any processing
system.

 a. Fourier series
 b. Spectral analysis
 c. Frequency analysis
 d. Bandwidth analysis
21. What causes the attenuation present in a waveguide?

 a. The air dielectric filling the guide

 b. The coating of silver inside
 c. Losses in the conducting walls of the guide
 d. Radiation loss
22. A device that converts a balanced line to an unbalanced line of a
transmission line.

 a. Hybrid
 b. Stub
 c. Directional coupler
 d. Balun
23. What is the approximate line impedance of a parallel-strip line spaced 1
cm apart with the length of 50 cm?

 a. 10 ohms
 b. 15 ohms
 c. 18 ohms
 d. 23 ohms
24. What is the average power rating of RG-58 C/u?

 a. 25 W
 b. 50 W
 c. 75 W
 d. 200 W
25. A coaxial cable used for high temperatures.

 a. RG-58C
 b. RG-11A
 c. RG-213
 d. RG-211
26. If you have available number of power amplifiers with a gain of 100
each, how many such amplifiers do you need to cascade to give an overall
gain of 60dB?

 a. 2
 b. 3
 c. 4
 d. 5
27. You are measuring noise in a voice channel at a -4 dB test point level,
the meter reads -73 dBm, convert the reading into dBrnCO.

 a. 12
 b. 16
 c. 18
 d. 21
28. The velocity factor for a transmission line

 a. depends on the dielectric constant of the material used

 b. increases the velocity along the transmission line
 c. is governed by the skin effect
 d. is higher for a solid dielectric than for air
29. Impedance inversion can be obtained by

 a. a short-circuited stub
 b. an open-circuited stub
 c. a quarter-wave line
 d. a half-wave line
30. Transmission lines when connected to antennas have

 a. capacitive load
 b. resistive load whose resistance is greater than the characteristic
impedance of the line
 c. resistive load whose resistance is less than the characteristic
impedance of the line
 d. resistive load at the resonant frequency
31. One of the following is not a bounded media.

 a. Coaxial line
 b. Two-wire line
 c. Waveguide
 d. Ocean
32. The impedance measured at the input of the transmission line when its
length is infinite.

 a. Input impedance
 b. Open circuit impedance
 c. Characteristic impedance
 d. Short circuit impedance
33. The following are considered primary line constants except
 a. conductance
 b. resistance
 c. capacitance
 d. complex propagation constant
34. The dielectric constants of materials commonly used in transmission
lines range from about

 a. 1.2 to 2.8
 b. 2.8 to 3.5
 c. 3.5 to 5.2
 d. 1.0 to 1.2
35. Typically, the velocity factor (VF) of the materials used in transmission
lines range from

 a. 0.6 to 0.9
 b. 0.1 to 0.5
 c. 1.0 to 0.9
 d. 0.6 to 0.8
36. For an air dielectric two-wire line, the minimum characteristic impedance
value is

 a. 85 ohms
 b. 85 ohms
 c. 90 ohms
 d. 88 ohms
37. When a quarter-wave section transmission line is terminated by a short
circuit and is connected to an RF source at the other end, its input
impedance is

 a. inductive
 b. capacitive
 c. resistive
 d. equivalent to a parallel resonant LC circuit
38. A transmitter operating at 30 MHz with 4 W output is connected via 10
m of RG-8A/u cable to an antenna that has an input resistance of 300 ohms.
Find the reflection coefficient.

 a. 0.71
 b. 0.77
 c. 0.97
 d. 0.76
39. A quarter wave transformer is connected to a parallel wire line in order
to match the line to a load of 1000 ohms. The transformer has a
characteristic impedance of 316.23 ohms. The distance between centers is 4
inches. What is the percentage reduction in the diameter of the line?

 a. 85%
 b. 83%
 c. 86%
 d. 90%
40. The concept used to make one Smith chart universal is called

 a. ionization
 b. normalization
 c. rationalization
 d. termination
41. What are the basic elements of communications system?

 a. Source, transmission channel, transmitter

 b. Transmitter, receiver, transmission channel
 c. Information, transmission channel, receiver
 d. Sender and receiver
42. ________ is the transmission of printed material over telephone lines.

 a. Internet
 b. Data communication
 c. Telegraphy
 d. Facsimile
43. ________ is a continuous tone generated by the combination of two
frequencies of 350 Hz and 440 Hz used in telephone sets.

 a. DC tone
 b. Ringing tone
 c. Dial tone
 d. Call waiting tone
44. ________ are unidirectional amplifiers having 20-25 decibel gain that
are placed about 75 km apart used to compensate for losses along the
telephone line.

 a. VF repeaters
 b. Loading coils
 c. Loop extenders
 d. Echo suppressors
45. ________ is a component in the telephone set that has the primary
function of interfacing the handset to the local loop.

 a. Resistor
 b. Capacitor
 c. Varistor
 d. Induction coil
46. Pulse dialing has ________ rate.

 a. 20 pulses/min
 b. 10 pulses/min
 c. 10 pulses/sec
 d. 80 pulses/sec
47. ________ is a telephone wire that connects two central offices.

 a. 2-wire circuit
 b. Trunk line
 c. Leased line
 d. Private line
48. The central switching office coordinating element for all cell sites that
has cellular processor and a cellular switch. It interfaces with telephone
company zone offices, control call processing and handle billing activities.

 a. MTSO
 b. Cell site
 c. PTSN
 d. Trunk line
49. ________ in a cellular system performs radio-related functions for
cellular site.

 a. Switching system
 b. Base station
 c. Operation and support system
 d. Mobile station
50. A technology used to increase the capacity of a mobile phone system.

 a. Frequency re-use
 b. Cell splitting
 c. TDM
 d. FDM

1. Impedance

2. absorbs

3. 4:1
4. dBr

5. 1000 Hz

6. that no power is applied

7. Reflection coefficient

8. transfer maximum power to the load

9. Dissipation factor

10. 0 dBm

11. Standing waves

12. 10-6

13. 10-10 m

14. Because of the size of the waveguide

15. Communications

16. 20

17. Ground

18. 1

19. Low attenuation

20. Spectral analysis

21. Losses in the conducting walls of the guide

22. Balun

23. 10 ohms

24. 50 W

25. RG-211
26. 3

27. 21

28. depends on the dielectric constant of the material used

29. a quarter-wave line

30. resistive load at the resonant frequency

31. Ocean

32. Characteristic impedance

33. complex propagation constant

34. 1.2 to 2.8

35. 0.6 to 0.9

36. 85 ohms

37. equivalent to a parallel resonant LC circuit

38. 0.71

39. 83%

40. normalization

41. Transmitter, receiver, transmission channel

42. Facsimile

43. Call waiting tone

44. VF repeaters

45. Induction coil

46. 10 pulses/sec

47. Trunk line

48. MTSO

49. Base station

50. Frequency re-use

51. If the grade of service of a telephone system indicated P = 0.05, what

does it mean?

 a. Completed calls of 5%
 b. Lost calls of 5%
 c. Lost calls of 95%
 d. Lost calls of 105%
52. ________ is the Out-of-Band signaling between Toll Central Offices (Bell
System Standard).

 a. 3, 825 Hz
 b. 3, 700 Hz
 c. 2, 600 Hz
 d. 800 Hz
53. In a telephone system, the customer’s telephone directory numbering is
from 000 to 999, what is the capacity of a telephone system numbering from
000 to 999?

 a. 100 lines
 b. 1000 lines
 c. 10, 000 lines
 d. 100, 000 lines
54. If the SWR is infinite, what type of load transmission line has?

 a. Purely reactive
 b. Purely resistive
 c. Purely capacitive
 d. Purely inductive
55. Not more than _______ digits make up an international telephone
number as recommended by CCITT REC. E. 161.

 a. 8
 b. 10
 c. 11
 d. 12
56. One (1) Erlang is equal to _______.

 a. 360 CCS
 b. 36 CCS
 c. 3.6 CCS
 d. 100 CCS
57. Standard tariff for flat rate telephone service beyond the normal flat rate
in that area.

 a. WATS
 b. OTLP
 c. TIP
 d. DTWX
58. The standard analog telephone channel bandwidth.

 a. 300-3400 Hz
 b. 1200 Hz
 c. 200-3200 Hz
 d. 300-3000 Hz
59. Type of switching in which a pair of wire from the telephone set
terminates in a jack and the switch is supervised by an operator.

 a. Crossbar switching
 b. Manual switching
 c. Electronic switching
 d. Step-by-step switching
60. Every time when the telephone is idle, the handset is in the _______
state.

 a. On-hook
 b. Off-hook
 c. Busy
 d. Spare
61. _______ is a component in the telephone set that has the primary
function of compensating for the local loop length.

 a. Resistor
 b. Varistor
 c. Capacitor
 d. Induction coil
62. What kind of receiver is used in conventional telephone handset?
 a. Carbon
 b. Electromagnetic
 c. Ceramic
 d. Capacitor
63. A voice-grade circuit using the PTN ha an ideal passband of

 a. 0 to 4 Hz
 b. 0 to 4 MHz
 c. 0 to 4 kHz
 d. 0 to 4 GHz
64. ________ is the minimum-quality circuit available using the PTN.

 a. Basic voice grade (VG)

 b. Basic voice channel (VC)
 c. Basic voice band (VB)
 d. Basic telephone channel
65. Direct distance dialing (DDD) network is called

 a. Private-line network
 b. PT network
 c. Dial-up network
 d. Trunk network
66. What is the advantage of sidetone?

 a. Transmission efficiency is increased

 b. Speaker increases his voice resulting in a strengthened signal
 c. No dissipation of energy in the balancing network
 d. Assure the customer that the telephone is working
67. ________ is a special service circuit connecting two private branch
exchanges (PBX).

 a. Phantom line
 b. Tie trunk
 c. Tandem trunk
 d. Private line
68. The published rates, regulation, and descriptions governing the provision
of communications service for public use.

 a. Toll rate
 b. Tariff
 c. Bulk billing
 d. Detailed billing
69. What is the power loss of a telephone hybrid?
 a. 1 dB
 b. 2 dB
 c. 3 dB
 d. 6 dB
70. Telephone channel has a band-pass characteristic occupying the
frequency range of _______.

 a. 300-400 Hz
 b. 300-3400 Hz
 c. 300-3000 Hz
 d. 300-2700 Hz
71. The first Strowger step-by-step switch was used in _______.

 a. 1875
 b. 1890
 c. 1897
 d. 1913
72. What is the phase delay of an 800 Hz voice signal if the phase shift is 15
degrees?

 a. 52 μsec
 b. 1.25 μsec
 c. 83.33 μsec
 d. 26 μsec
73. What is the CCITT recommendation for a preparation of loss plan, a
variable loss plans and a fixed loss plan?

 a. G. 133
 b. G. 141
 c. G. 132
 d. G. 122
74. What is the diameter of a copper wire to be used in a 16 km loop with a
dc loop resistance of 100 ohms/km?

 a. 0.838 mm
 b. 0.465 mm
 c. 1.626 mm
 d. 2.159 mm
75. What kind of cell is appropriate for load management, fast moving
mobiles and low-usage areas?

 a. Pico cells
 b. Micro cells
 c. Nano cells
  d. Umbrella cells
76. In cellular networks, standard base station antennas are placed by
_______.

 a. adaptive array
 b. flat plate antenna
 c. dipole array
 d. focused antenna
77. What is the basis of the first generation wireless local loop?

 a. Digital cellular technology

 b. Analogue cellular technology
 c. PSTN
 d. AMPS technology
78. When the calling party hears a “busy” tone on his telephone, the call is
considered

 a. lost
 b. disconnected
 c. completed
 d. incomplete
79. Short-circuited stubs are preferred to open circuited stubs because the
latter are

 a. more difficult to make and connect

 b. made of a transmission line with a different characteristic impedance
 c. liable to radiate
 d. incapable of giving a full range of reactances
80. What is the ratio of the reflected voltage to the incident voltage?

 a. VSWR
 b. ISWR
 c. SWR
 d. Coefficient of reflection
81. One method of determining antenna impedance.

 a. Sub matching
 b. Trial and error
 c. Smith chart
 d. Quarter-wave matching
82. ________ is a single conductor running from the transmitter to the
antenna.

 a. Single-wire line
 b. Microstrip
 c. Twin-lead
 d. Coaxial line
83. Coaxial cable impedance is typically _______.

 a. 150 to 300 ohms

 b. 50 to 75 ohms
 c. 30 to 45 ohms
 d. 300 to 600 ohms
84. Waveguide becomes compulsory above what frequencies?

 a. Above 3 GHz
 b. Above 10 kHz
 c. At 300 MHz
 d. Above 10 GHz
85. Nominal voice channel bandwidth is _______.

 a. 20 to 30 kHz
 b. 0 to 3 kHz
 c. 4 kHz
 d. 55 kHz above
86. Echo suppressors are used on all communications system when the
round trip propagation time exceeds _______.

 a. 50 ms
 b. 30 ms
 c. 100 ms
 d. 1 ms
87. A radio transmission line of 300 ohms impedance is to be connected to
an antenna having an input impedance of 150 ohms. What is the impedance
of a quarter-wave matching line?

 a. 212 ohms
 b. 250 ohms
 c. 200 ohms
 d. 150 ohms
88. Quarter-wavelength line is used as _______.

 a. impedance transformer
 b. lecher line
 c. transmission line
 d. harmonic suppressor
89. The transmission lines which can convey electromagnetic waves only in
higher modes is usually called
 a. coaxial cable
 b. waveguide
 c. power lines
 d. twisted wire of telephone line
90. Why is nitrogen gas sometimes used in waveguide?

 a. To increase the distributed capacitance

 b. To keep the waveguide dry
 c. To reduce the skin effect at the walls of the guide
 d. To raise the guide’s wave impedance
91. The apparent speed of propagation along a waveguide based on the
distance between wavefronts along the walls of the guide is called

 a. group velocity
 b. phase velocity
 c. normal velocity
 d. abnormal velocity
92. How do you couple in and out of a waveguide?

 a. Wrap a coil of wire around one end of the waveguide

 b. Insertion of an E-probe into the waveguide
 c. Insertion of an H-loop into the waveguide
 d. Both B and C
93. A rectangular waveguide is operating in the dominant TE10 mode. The
associated flux lines are established

 a. transversely across the narrow dimension of the waveguide

 b. transversely across the wide dimension of the waveguide
 c. in the metal walls parallel to the direction of propagation
 d. in the metal walls perpendicular to the direction of propagation
94. For dominant mode of a rectangular waveguide, the distance between
two instantaneous consecutive positions of maximum field intensity (in a
direction parallel to the walls of the waveguide) is referred to as half of the

 a. free-space wavelength
 b. cutoff wavelength in the wide dimension
 c. guide wavelength
 d. group wavelength
95. The guide wavelength, in a rectangular waveguide is

 a. equal to the free-space wavelength at the cutoff frequency

 b. equal to the free-space wavelength for the same signal frequency
 c. less than the free-space wavelength at the cut-off frequency
 d. greater than the free-space wavelength at the same signal frequency
96. Using the TE10 mode, microwave power can only be transmitted in free
rectangular guide provided

 a. the wider dimension is less than one-half of the wavelength in free

space
 b. the narrow dimension is less than one-quarter of the wavelength in
free space
 c. the wide dimension is greater than one-half of the guide wavelength
 d. the wide dimension is greater than one-half of the wavelength in free
space
97. If the signal frequency applied to a rectangular guide is increased and
the dominant mode is employed

 a. the free space wavelength is increased

 b. the phase velocity increased
 c. the guide wavelength is increased
 d. the group velocity, Vg, is increased
98. If a 6 GHz signal is applied to a rectangular waveguide and the reflection
angle is 20o, what is the value of the guide wavelength?

 a. 6.10 cm
 b. 5.32 cm
 c. 4.78 cm
 d. 5.00 cm
99. The inner dimensions of a rectangular wavelength are 1.75 cm by 3.5
cm. The cutoff wavelength for the dominant mode is

 a. 1.75 cm
 b. 3.5 cm
 c. 7.0 cm
 d. 0.4375 cm
100. A signal whose wavelength is 3.5 cm is being propagated along a guide
whose inner dimensions are 2 cm by 4 cm. What is the value of the guide
wavelength?

 a. 3.12 cm
 b. 3.89 cm
 c. 3.57 cm
 d. 6.30 cm

51. Lost calls of 5%

52. 3, 700 Hz
53. 1000 lines

54. Purely reactive

55. 12

56. 36 CCS

57. WATS

58. 300-3400 Hz

59. Manual switching

60. On-hook

61. Varistor

62. Electromagnetic

63. 0 to 4 kHz

64. Basic voice grade (VG)

65. Dial-up network

66. Assure the customer that the telephone is working

67. Tie trunk

68. Tariff

69. 3 dB

70. 300-3400 Hz

71. 1897

72. 52 μsec

73. G. 122

74. 0.465 mm
75. Umbrella cells

76. adaptive array

77. Analogue cellular technology

78. completed

79. liable to radiate

80. Coefficient of reflection

81. Quarter-wave matching

82. Single-wire line

83. 50 to 75 ohms

84. Above 3 GHz

85. 4 kHz

86. 50 ms

87. 212 ohms

88. impedance transformer

89. waveguide

90. To keep the waveguide dry

91. phase velocity

92. Both B and C

93. transversely across the narrow dimension of the waveguide

94. guide wavelength

95. greater than the free-space wavelength at the same signal frequency
96. the wide dimension is greater than one-half of the wavelength in free
space

97. the group velocity, Vg, is increased

98. 5.32 cm

99. 7.0 cm

100. 3.89 cm

101. The frequency range over which a rectangular waveguide is excited in

the dominant mode is limited to

 a. the difference between the frequency for which the reflection angle is
90o and the frequency for which angle is zero
 b. the difference between the frequency for which the free-space
wavelength is equal to the cutoff value and the frequency for which the
free-space wavelength is equal to the guide wavelength
 c. the difference between the frequency at which the cutoff wavelength
is twice the narrow dimension
 d. none of these
102. If a rectangular waveguide is to be excited in the dominant mode, the
E-probe should be inserted

 a. at the sealed end

 b. at a distance of one quarter –wavelength from the sealed end
 c. at a distance of one-half wavelength from the sealed end
 d. at a distance of three-quarters of a wavelength from the sealed end
103. A quarter-wave line is connected to an RF generator and is shorted out
at the far end. What is the input impedance to the line generator?

 a. A low value of resistance

 b. A high value of resistance
 c. A capacitive resistance which is equal in the value to the line’s surge
impedance
 d. An inductive resistance which is equal to the value to the line’s surge
impedance
104. If the SWR on a transmission line has a high value, the reason could be
 a. an impedance mismatch between the line and the load
 b. that the line is non-resonant
 c. a reflection coefficient of zero at the load
 d. that the load is matched to the line
105. If a quarter-wave transmission line is shorted at one end

 a. there is minimum current at the shorted end

 b. the line behaves as a parallel-tuned circuit in relation to the generator
 c. the line behaves as a series-tuned circuit in relation to the generator
 d. there is a minimum voltage at the shorted end
106. A 50-ohm transmission line is feeding an antenna which represents a
50 ohm resistive load. To shorten the line, the length must be

 a. any convenient value

 b. an odd multiple of three quarters of a wavelength
 c. an odd multiple of half a wavelength
 d. an even multiple of a quarter of a wavelength
107. The outer conductor of the coaxial cable is usually grounded

 a. at the beginning and at the end of the cable

 b. only at the beginning of the cable and only at the end of the cable
 c. only at the end of the cable
 d. at the middle of the cable
108. A feature of an infinite transmission line is that

 a. its input impedance at the generator is equal to the line’s surge

impedance
 b. its phase velocity is greater than the velocity of light
 c. no RF current will be drawn from the generator
 d. the impedance varies at different positions on the line
109. When the surge impedance of a line is matched to a load, the line will

 a. transfer maximum current to the load

 b. transfer maximum voltage to the load
 c. transfer maximum power to the load
 d. have a VSWR equal to zero
110. A lossless line is terminated by a resistive load which is not equal to the
surge impedance. If the value of the reflection coefficient is 0.5, the VSWR is

 a. 2
 b. 3
 c. 4
 d. 15
111. Ratio of the mismatch between the antenna and the transmitter power.
 a. Standing wave pattern
 b. Reflection coefficient
 c. SWR
 d. Index of refraction
112. Emission designation for a facsimile.

 a. H3E and A4E

 b. R3E and A4E
 c. F4E and J3E
 d. F3C and A3E
113. Commonly used telephone wire.

 a. AWG #19
 b. AWG #18
 c. AWG #30
 d. AWG #33
114. What is the distance traveled by a wave in the time of one cycle?

 a. Frequency
 b. Hop
 c. Wavelength
 d. Crest
115. The velocity factor is inversely proportional with respect to the
_______.

 a. square of the dielectric constant

 b. square root of the dielectric constant
 c. dielectric current
 d. square root of refractive index
116. ________ is a hollow structure that has no center conductor but allows
waves to propagate down its length.

 a. Waveguide
 b. Hybrid
 c. Pipe
 d. Directional coupler
117. To connect a coaxial line to a parallel wire line, _______ is used.

 a. hybrid circuit
 b. balun
 c. directional coupler
 d. quarter-wave transformer matching circuit
118. What length for which the input power has been halved for a
transmission line with an attenuation of 6 dB/km?
 a. 1.5 km
 b. 0.5 km
 c. 63 km
 d. 2 km
119. Ina waveguide, _______ is a specific configuration of electric and
magnetic fields that allows a wave to propagate.

 a. set-up
 b. coupler
 c. channel
 d. mode
120. A rectangular waveguide has dimensions of 3 cm x 5 cm. What is the
dominant mode cut-off frequency?

 a. 2 GHz
 b. 3 GHz
 c. 2.5 GHz
 d. 3.5 GHZ
121. ________ are transmission lines which can convey electromagnetic
waves only in higher order modes?

 a. Coaxial cables
 b. Twisted pairs of telephone wire
 c. Power cables
 d. Waveguides
122. The amount of uncertainty in a system of symbols is also called

 a. bandwidth
 b. loss
 c. entropy
 d. quantum
123. The twists in twisted wire pairs

 a. reduced electromagnetic interference

 b. occur at a 30-degree angle
 c. eliminate loading
 d. were removed due to cost
124. An example of a bounded medium is

 a. coaxial cable
 b. waveguide
 c. fiber-optic cable
 d. all of the above
125. Loading means the addition of
 a. resistor
 b. capacitor
 c. bullet
 d. inductance
126. What is the most commonly used transmission line for high frequency
application?

 a. Two-wire balance line

 b. Single wire
 c. Three-wire line
 d. Coaxial
127. The characteristic impedance of a transmission line does not depend
upon its

 a. length
 b. conductor diameter
 c. conductor spacing
 d. dielectric material
128. One of the following is not a common transmission line impedance.

 a. 50 ohms
 b. 75 ohms
 c. 120 ohms
 d. 300 ohms
129. For maximum absorption of power at the antenna, the relationship
between the characteristic impedance of the line Zoand the load impedance
ZL should be

 a. Zo = ZL
 b. Zo > ZL
 c. Zo < ZL
 d. Zo = 0
130. The mismatch between antenna and transmission line impedance
cannot be corrected for by

 a. using LC matcging network

 b. adjusting antenna length
 c. using a balun
 d. adjusting the length of transmission line
131. ________ is a pattern of voltage and current variations along a
transmission line not terminated in its characteristic impedance.

 a. An electric field
 b. Radio waves
 c. Standing waves
 d. A magnetic field
132. Which is the desirable SWR on a transmission line?

 a. 0
 b. 1
 c. 2
 d. Infinity
133. A 50ohm coax is connected to a 73-ohm antenna. What is the SWR?

 a. 0.685
 b. 1
 c. 1.46
 d. 2.92
134. What is the most desirable reflection coefficient?

 a. 0
 b. 0.5
 c. 1
 d. Infinity
135. What is the ratio expressing the percentage of incident voltage
reflected on a transmission line?

 a. Velocity factor
 b. Standing-wave ratio
 c. Reflection coefficient
 d. Line efficiency
136. The minimum voltage along a transmission line is 260 V, while the
maximum is 390 V, the SWR is

 a. 0.67
 b. 1.0
 c. 1.2
 d. 1.5
137. One meter is one wavelength at a frequency of

 a. 150 MHz
 b. 164 MHz
 c. 300 MHz
 d. 328 MHz
138. At very high frequencies, transmission lines act as

 a. Tuned circuits
 b. Antennas
 c. Insulators
 d. Resistors
139. A shorted quarter-wave line at the operating frequency acts like a/an

 a. Capacitor
 b. Inductor
 c. Series resonant circuit
 d. Parallel resonant circuit
140. A shorted half-wave line at the operating frequency acts like a/an

 a. Capacitor
 b. Inductor
 c. Series resonant circuit
 d. Parallel resonant circuit
141. A medium least susceptible to noise?

 a. Shielded pair
 b. Twisted pair
 c. Fiber-optic
 d. Coaxial
142. A medium most widely used in LANs?

 a. Parallel-wire line
 b. Twisted pair
 c. Fiber-optic cable
 d. Coaxial
143. The most commonly used transmission line in television system.

 a. Parallel-wire line
 b. Coaxial cable
 c. Waveguide
 d. Open-wire ceramic supports
144. The impedance of a TV transmission line depends on several factors.
Which is not one of those factors?

 a. Diameter
 b. Length of the wire
 c. Dielectric material
 d. Separation between conductors
145. DC blocks are used in coaxial transmission line for the purpose of

 a. passing DC while blocking AC

 b. passing AC voltage but prevent DC
 c. preventing AC voltage from reaching the pre-amplifier
 d. preventing AC power supply voltage from being shorted by a balun or
band splitter
146. _______ is a type of interference caused by off-air TV channels 2 and
4, plus a satellite dish operating on channel 3.

 a. Adjacent channel interference

 b. Ghost
 c. Co-channel interference
 d. Crosstalk
147. Dithering (in TVRO communication) is a process of

 a. Reducing the effect of noise on the TVRO video signal

 b. Centering the video fine tuning on TVRO channels
 c. Moving the feedhorn rotor to the precise angle
 d. Moving the actuator exactly onto the desired satellite beam
148. A network that has an input of 75dB and an output of 35dB. The loss of
the network is

 a. -40db
 b. 40db
 c. 40dBm
 d. -4dBm
149. Important useful quantities describing waveforms.

 a. Time and frequency

 b. Voltage and current
 c. Frequency and voltage
 d. Power and frequency
150. Halving the power means

 a. 6-dB gain
 b. 3-dB loss
 c. 3-dB gain
 d. 6-dB loss

101. the difference between the frequency at which the cutoff wavelength is
twice the narrow dimension

102. at a distance of one quarter –wavelength from the sealed end

103. A high value of resistance

104. an impedance mismatch between the line and the load

105. the line behaves as a parallel-tuned circuit in relation to the generator

106. any convenient value

107. at the beginning and at the end of the cable

108. its input impedance at the generator is equal to the line’s surge
impedance

109. transfer maximum power to the load

110. 3

111. SWR

112. F3C and A3E

113. AWG #19

114. Wavelength

115. square root of the dielectric constant

116. Waveguide

117. balun

118. 0.5 km

119. mode

120. 3 GHz

121. Waveguides

122. entropy

123. reduced electromagnetic interference

124. all of the above

125. inductance

126. Coaxial

127. length

128. 120 ohms

129. Zo = ZL

130. adjusting the length of transmission line

131. Standing waves

132. 1

133. 1.46

134. 0

135. Reflection coefficient

136. 1.5

137. 300 MHz

138. Antennas

139. Parallel resonant circuit

140. Series resonant circuit

141. Coaxial

142. Twisted pair

143. Coaxial cable

144. Length of the wire

145. preventing AC power supply voltage from being shorted by a balun or

band splitter
146. Adjacent channel interference

147. Reducing the effect of noise on the TVRO video signal

148. 40db

149. Frequency and voltage

150. 3-dB loss

151. One Neper (Np) is how many decibels?

 a. 8.866
 b. 8.686
 c. 8.688
 d. 8.868
152. A signal is amplified 100 times in power. The dB gain is

 a. 20 dB
 b. 119 dB
 c. 15 dB
 d. 25 dB
153. Which of the following is used to measure SWR?

 a. Spectrum analyzer
 b. Reflectometer
 c. Oscilloscope
 d. Multimeter
154. 214-056 twin lead which is commonly used for TV lead-in has a
characteristic impedance of

 a. 52 ohms
 b. 75 ohms
 c. 600 ohms
 d. 300 ohms
155. What is the characteristic impedance of a transmission line which is to
act a s a quarterwave matching transformer between a 175 ohms
transmission line and 600 ohms load?

 a. 300.04 ohms
 b. 324.04 ohms
 c. 310.04 ohms
 d. 320.04 ohms
156. What is the EIRP in dBW of a 50dB antenna connected to a transmitter
with an output of 10kW through a transmission line with loss of 5dB?

 a. 85 dBW
 b. 955 dBW
 c. 90 dBW
 d. 80 dBW
157. A coaxial cable is a good example of a/an

 a. Unbounded medium
 b. Transmission channel
 c. Non-metallic medium
 d. Bounded medium
158. If a quarterwave transformer is required to match a 180 ohm load to a
transmission line with and impedance of 300 ohms, what should be the
characteristic impedance of the matching ransformer? Assume that the
matching transformer is to be connected directly to the load.

 a. 180 ohms
 b. 232 ohms
 c. 300 ohms
 d. 480 ohms
159. A transmitter of 100W RF power output, 100% modulated is operating
on a frequency of 169MHz. The antenna transmission line consists of a 50
ohms coaxial cable 150ft long. The coaxial inner conductor outer diameter is
0.162in. determine the outside diameter of the outer conductor if the outer
conductor has a thickness of 0.05 in(assume K=1).

 a. 1.0 in
 b. 0.9 in
 c. 0.7 in
 d. 0.5 in
160. In the preceding problem , calculate the line current.

 a. 1.7A
 b. 1.3A
 c. 1.5A
 d. 1.0A
161. Determine also the total attenuation of the line in the preceding
problem.
 a. 2.0dB
 b. 1.5 dB
 c. 2.5 dB
 d. 1.0 dB
162. What is the maximum subscriber loop length, in ft, of a telephone
system if the signaling resistance is 1800ohms using a telephone cable pair
of gauge #26 with loop resistance of 83.5 ohms per 100ft. Assume the
telephone set resistance is equal to 200 ohms.

 a. 15,161.7 feet
 b. 19,161 feet
 c. 15,300 feet
 d. 20,000 feet
163. If the same subscriber loop above limits the voice attenuation to a
maximum of 6dB, what is the maximum allowable subscriber loop length, in
feet, using the same gauge #26 telephone wire? Assume a 2.7dB loss per
mile.

 a. 20,000 ft
 b. 13,900 ft
 c. 15,280 ft
 d. 11,733 ft
164. The input is 0.1W and the network gain is 13dB, the output is

 a. 2.0 W
 b. 2.5 W
 c. 1.5 W
 d. 1.8 W
165. Known as one-tenth of a neper.

 a. dB
 b. dBm
 c. dBp
 d. dNp
166. the input impedance of a quarterwave short-circuited transmission line
at its resonant frequency is

 a. 0 ohms
 b. Infinite or an open circuit
 c. Ohm
 d. 70 ohms
167. The ratio of the largest rms value to the smallest rms value of the
voltage in the line is called
 a. SWR
 b. ISWR
 c. VSWR
 d. Coefficient of reflection
168. An open-wire, two-wire transmission line is to be connected to a dipole
antenna through a quarter-wave matching stub. At a frequency of 10 MHz,
compute the length of the dipole

 a. 20 meters
 b. 7.5 meters
 c. 15 meters
 d. 25 meters
169. From the preceding problem, compute also the length of the
quarterwave stub.

 a. 15 meters
 b. 7.5 meters
 c. 20 meters
 d. 25 meters
170. To find the characteristic impedance of a coaxial cable, measurements
are made with (a) the far end open circuited and (b) far end short circuited,
the corresponding readings being a) Ro=3ohms and Xc=55 ohms, capacitive
b) RS = 10 ohms and XL = 90 ohms, inductive. What is the characteristic
impedance Zo of the line?

 a. 75.7 – j2.0 ohms

 b. 70.7 + j1.19 ohms
 c. 87.5 – j5 ohms
 d. 70.7 – j1.97 ohms
171. A TV antenna receives a signal measured at 200mV and is immediately
amplified by a preamplifier with a 15dB gain. This amplified signal then
passes through a coaxial cable with 3dB loss, what is the resulting input to
the TV set, in dBmV?

 a. 1.98
 b. 13.98
 c. -1.98
 d. -13.98
172. The characteristic impedance of a transmission line does not depend
upon its___________.

 a. Conductor spacing
 b. Conductor diameter
 c. Length
  d. Conductor radius
173. What does a power difference of -3dB mean?

 a. A loss of one third of the power

 b. A loss of one half of the power
 c. A loss of three watts of power
 d. No significant change
174. Which of the following is an advantage of the balance transmission
line?

 a. Easy installation
 b. Outer shield eliminates radiation losses
 c. Low attenuation
 d. None of these
175. Waveguides are used mainly for microwave transmission because

 a. They are bulky at lower frequencies

 b. Losses are heavy at lower frequencies
 c. They depend on straight line propagation
 d. No generators are powerful enough to excite them
176. The input is 1W and the network loss is 27dB, the output is

 a. 1 mW
 b. 3 mW
 c. 2 mW
 d. 4 mW
177. A combiner has two inputs +30dBm and +30dBm, what is the resultant
output?

 a. +36 dBm
 b. +30 dBm
 c. +60 dBm
 d. +33 dBm
178. The ratio of the smallest to the largest rms current value is called

 a. SWR
 b. VSWR
 c. ISWR
 d. Coefficient of reflection
179. If the ratio of the maximum current to minimum current in a
transmission line is 2:1 then the ratio of the maximum voltage to minimum
voltage is

 a. 4:1
 b. 1:2
 c. 1:4
 d. 2:1
180. Two wires of 600 ohms characteristic impedance is to be constructed
out of a number 12 wire (81 mils). Find the attenuation of the line at 0.6GHz
per 100feet length

 a. 0.05 dB
 b. 0.55 dB
 c. 0.44 dB
 d. 0.35 dB
181. In the preceding problem, determine the spacing between wires from
center to center.

 a. 6 in
 b. 4 in
 c. 5 in
 d. 3 in
182. A lossless transmission line has a shunt capacitance of 100nF/m and a
series inductance of 4mH/m. What is the characteristic impedance?

 a. 500 ohms
 b. 400ohms
 c. 300 ohms
 d. 200 ohms
183. A ten times power change in transmission system is equivalent to

 a. 10 dBm
 b. 1 dB
 c. 20 dB
 d. 100 dB
184. A type of transmission line employed where balanced properties are
required.

 a. Balun
 b. Parallel-wire line
 c. Coaxial line
 d. Quarterwave line
185. What is the characteristic impedance of a transmission line which has a
capacitance of 40nF/ft and an inductance of 0.5mH/ft

 a. 111.8 ohms
 b. 110.8 ohms
 c. 112.8 ohms
  d. 109.8 ohms
186. The input power to a loss-free cable is 5W. If the reflected power is 7dB
down on the incident power, the output power to the load is

 a. 4 W
 b. 5 W
 c. 6 W
 d. 7 W
187. To be properly matched the ratio of a maximum voltage along a
transmission line should be equal to

 a. 1
 b. 10
 c. 50
 d. 2
188. A coaxial line with an outer diameter of 6mm has a 50 ohms
characteristic impedance. If the dielectric constant of the insulation is 1.60.,
calculate the inner diameter.

 a. 2.09 cm
 b. 2.09 in
 c. 2.09 mm
 d. 2.09 mm
189. If an amplifier has equal input and out impedance, what voltage ratio
does the gain of 50dB represent?

 a. 316.2
 b. 325.2
 c. 320.1
 d. 315.0
190. What is the inductance per foot of a cable that has a capacitance of 50
pF/ft and a characteristic impedance of 60 ohms?

 a. 0.167uH/ft
 b. 0.178 uH/ft
 c. 0.19 uH/ft
 d. 0.18 uH/ft
191. The ratio between the energy absorbed by a surface to the total energy
received by the surface.

 a. Reflection coefficient
 b. Absorption coefficient
 c. Linear coefficient
 d. Thermal coefficient
192. When the diameter of the conductors of a wire transmission line is held
constant, the effect of decreasing the distance between the conductors is

 a. Increase the surge impedance

 b. Increase the radiation resistance
 c. Decrease the SWR
 d. Decrease the impedance
193. The higher the gauge number if a conductor

 a. The bigger the diameter

 b. The higher the resistance or the smaller the diameter
 c. The higher the resistance
 d. None of the above
194. A short length transmission line used to reduce/eliminate standing
waves in the main transmission line.

 a. Stub
 b. Balun
 c. λ/4 transformer
 d. slot
195. ratio of reflected power to incident power?

 a. Incidence
 b. Reflectance
 c. Reflection index
 d. None of these
196. A quarter wave transformer is used to match a 600 ohms lad antenna
to a ling of 52 ohms impedance, the characteristic impedance of the
matching transformer is

 a. 200 ohms
 b. 150 ohms
 c. 176 ohms
 d. 300 ohms
197. What is the capacitance of 55 miles #44 copper wire spaced 18 inches?
From wire tables, #44 wire has a radius to 0.10215 in.

 a. 0.476 uF
 b. 0.476 nF
 c. 0.476 pF
 d. 0.476 fF
198. A two-transmission line consists of No. 12 wire AWG (81mils). The
distance between wire centers is 10 inches. What is the characteristic
impedance of the line?
 a. 650 ohms
 b. 300 ohms
 c. 600 ohms
 d. 660 ohms
199. In the preceding problem, what is the attenuation in dB per 100ft of the
line for a frequency of 4 MHz?

 a. 0.05
 b. 0.03
 c. 0.04
 d. 0.06
200. What is the SWR when a transmission line is terminated in a short
circuit?

 a. Zero
 b. One
 c. Infinite
 d. indeterminate

151. 8.686

152. 20 dB

153. Reflectometer

154. 300 ohms

155. 324.04 ohms

156. 85 dBW

157. Bounded medium

158. 232 ohms

159. 0.5 in

160. 1.7A

161. 1.5 dB

162. 19,161 feet

163. 11,733 ft

164. 2.0 W

165. dNp

166. Infinite or an open circuit

167. VSWR

168. 15 meters

169. 7.5 meters

170. 70.7 – j1.97 ohms

171. -1.98

172. Length

173. A loss of one half of the power

174. Low attenuation

175. No generators are powerful enough to excite them

176. 2 mW

177. +33 dBm

178. ISWR

179. 2:1

180. 0.44 dB

181. 6 in

182. 200 ohms

183. 1 dB

184. Parallel-wire line

185. 111.8 ohms

186. 4 W

187. 1

188. 2.09 mm

189. 316.2

190. 0.18 uH/ft

191. Absorption coefficient

192. Decrease the impedance

193. The higher the resistance or the smaller the diameter

194. λ/4 transformer

195. Reflectance

196. 176 ohms

197. 0.476 uF

198. 660 ohms

199. 0.03

200. Infinite

201. If the 10% of the microwave power is reflected at the mismatch, find
the return loss.

 a. 0.1 dB
 b. 10 dBm
 c. -10 dB
 d. -10 dBm
202. If the return loss is 20 dB, find the present reflected power.
 a. 1%
 b. 10%
 c. 5%
 d. 20%
203. Convert “ten times bigger” to the equivalent numerical dB

 a. 20 dB
 b. 15 dB
 c. 5 dB
 d. 10 dB
204. Convert “one-half as large” to equivalent numerical dB

 a. 3 dB
 b. -3 dB
 c. 2 dB
 d. -2 dB
205. Special semiconductor diode use for electronically adjustable
attenuation

 a. Ideal diode
 b. PIN diode
 c. Zener diode
 d. Tunel diode
206. A 50 ohm line is probed and found to have a SWR of 2.6, what are the
two possible quarter wave transformers sizes that may be used to match the
load to the line of the transformer are properly positioned.

 a. 22 ohm, 82 ohm
 b. 31 ohm, 80.5 ohm
 c. 26.2 ohm, 12.71 ohm
 d. 12.32 ohm, 26.7 ohm
207. A balanced load of 900 ohm pure resistance is fed through a balanced
600 ohm transmission line which is 90 electrical degree long. The balanced
600 ohm transmission line is in turn fed from a 50 ohm coaxial line by
means of a half-wave balancing section. What is the standing wave ratio on
the 600 ohm line?

 a. 1.0
 b. 2.5
 c. 1.5
 d. 2.0
208. Given cascaded circuit; first stage is a filter circuit with insertion loss of
3 dB, followed by an amplifier with a gain of 10 dB and followed by cable
having an insertion loss of 1 dB. If the input power of the filter circuit is 1
mW, find the total insertion loss.

 a. 6 dBm
 b. 5 dBm
 c. 7 dBm
 d. 2 dBm
209. For a short circuited line or open circuited line, the standing wave ratio
value is always _____.

 a. Unity
 b. Infinity
 c. Zero
 d. Cannot be determined
210. If the voltage reading at a particular section of a transmission line is
maximum, the current reading should be:

 a. Maximum
 b. Minimum
 c. Average
 d. Zero
211. If five signals entered to an X-device at 3 dBm each, find the output
power in dBm.

 a. 12 dBm
 b. 11 dBm
 c. 10 dBm
 d. 8 dBm
212. Given incident power of 0.4 mW and insertion loss of 3 dB, find the
transmitted power.

 a. 0.2 mW
 b. 0.3 mW
 c. 0.4 mW
 d. 0.5 mW
213. The reflected voltage and reflected current along the transmission line
are always:

 a. 180o out of phase

 b. In phase
 c. Same value
 d. 90o in phase
214. If the direction of the reflection coefficient is 90o, the nature of the lien
is,
 a. Resistive
 b. Purely inductive
 c. Purely capacitive
 d. None of these
215. What are the three types of microwave transmission line?

 a. Coaxial cable, open wire line, waveguide

 b. Coaxial cable, stripline, waveguide
 c. Open-wire line, waveguide, coaxial line
 d. None of these
216. If the incident power is -27 dBm and insertion loss of 20 dB, find for
the transmitted power.

 a. 12 dBm
 b. 7 dBm
 c. 2 dBm
 d. 0 dBm
217. Energy applied to a transmission line may become dissipated before
reaching the load.

 a. Radiation
 b. Conductor heating
 c. Dielectric heating
 d. All of the above
218. The velocity of light is very nearly 3 x 108 m/s in a vacuum and ___ in
all other media.

 a. Higher
 b. Slower
 c. Same
 d. All of these
219. At a point exactly a quarter-wavelength from the load, the current is
______.

 a. 180 degrees in of phase

 b. 180 degrees out of phase
 c. Permanently zero
 d. None of these
220. Is a piece of transmission line which is normally short-circuited at the
far end.

 a. Terminator
 b. Stub
 c. Quarter wave transformer
  d. None of these
221. For high frequencies, the best dielectric may be_______.

 a. Polyethylene
 b. Polyethylene foam
 c. Teflon
 d. None of these
222. Characteristic impedance are sometimes called _______.

 a. Ohmic resistance
 b. Surge impedance
 c. Wave impedance
 d. None of these
223. A transmission line is connected to a mismatched load. Calculate the
VSWR in dB if the reflection coefficient is 0.25

 a. 2.6 dB
 b. 1.67 dB
 c. 4.3 dB
 d. 3.6 dB
224. Is a power tool for the RF design

 a. Calculator
 b. Graphical solution
 c. Smith chart
 d. None of these
225. When will the system encounter a tremendous increase of interference.

 a. When return loss is 0 dB

 b. When the incident power is higher than the reflected
 c. When the transmission line used is coaxial cable
 d. None of these
226. In a two-stage amplifier, amplifier 1 has a noise figure of 3 dB and a
gain of 20 dB. The second amplifier has a noise figure of 6 dB. Find the total
noise figure.

 a. 3.1 dB
 b. 4.2 dB
 c. 2.6 dB
 d. 2.27 dB
227. If the return loss is 13 dB, find the equivalent SWR.

 a. 1.6
 b. 3.2
 c. 1.56
 d. 2.6
228. Which of the following will you choose in order to minimize mismatch?

 a. SWR = 1.4
 b. T1 = 0.81
 c. Return loss = 20 dB
 d. None of these
229. If the equipment has input power of 33 dBm, what is the gain of the
resulting output power is 10 dBm.

 a. -26 dBm
 b. -23 dBm
 c. -33 dBm
 d. 33 dBm
230. A stripline transmission line is built on a 4 mm thick printed wiring
board that has a relative dielectric constant of 5.5. Calculate the
characteristics impedance of the width of the strip is 2 mm.

 a. 256 ohms
 b. 321 ohms
 c. 126 ohms
 d. 425.35 ohms
231. A 50 ohms transmission line is connected to a 30 ohm resistive load.
Calculate reflection coefficient.

 a. 0.35
 b. 0.25
 c. 0.10
 d. 0.15
232. The term _________ implies a sine wave of constant amplitude, phase
and frequency.

 a. Steady state
 b. State of constant
 c. State of calamity
 d. Constant sine wave
233. Is defined as the ratio of the reflected signal to the incident signal.

 a. VSWR
 b. SWR
 c. Reflection coefficient
 d. None of these
234. It is a measure of one way loss of power in a transmission line due to
reflection from the load.

 a. Return loss
 b. Transmission loss
 c. Propagation loss
 d. None of these
235. If the velocity factor is equal to 0.66, the speed of light will be_____.

 a. Increase
 b. Decrease
 c. Same
 d. None of these
236. In 1939, _________ published a graphical device for solving
transmission line design.

 a. Phillip A. Smith
 b. Phillip R. Smith
 c. Phillip H. Smith
 d. Phillip S. Smith
237. In order to make the smith chart universal, the impedances along the
pure resistance line are _________.

 a. Normal
 b. Normalized
 c. Open circuit
 d. Short circuit
238. Calculate the gain off an amplifier with an input power 10 kW and an
output power of 200 kW.

 a. 15 dB
 b. 13 dB
 c. 20 dB
 d. 10 dB
239. A perfect termination for a transmission line.

 a. Receiving end
 b. Load
 c. Antenna
 d. Terminal end
240. It can be measured, and includes losses due to reflection and
absorption inside the component

 a. Fading
 b. Attenuation
 c. Insertion loss
 d. Return loss
241. A component that samples the microwave signal traveling in one
direction down a transmission line

 a. Isolator
 b. Directional coupler
 c. Combiner
 d. attenuator
242. A transmission line having air dielectric is operated at a frequency of
110 MHz. What is the phase shift constant of the line is degrees per inch?

 a. 2.56
 b. 3.35
 c. 4.6
 d. 1.25
243. Consider the three networks in series, the first is an attenuator with a
12 dB loss, the second network is an amplifier with 35 dB gain, and the third
has an insertion loss of 10 dB. The input of the first network is 4 mW; what
is the output of the third network in watts?

 a. 0.798 W
 b. 0.00798 W
 c. 0.0798 W
 d. 798 W
244. Is a power level related to 1 mW.

 a. dB
 b. dBm
 c. dBM
 d. dBW
245. A transmission unit used in a number of Northern European countries
as an alternative to the decibel is ________.

 a. Attenuation
 b. Loss
 c. Neper
 d. dB loss
246. Adding two +30 dBm will produce how much dBm at the output.

 a. 60 dBm
 b. 15 dBm
 c. 23 dBm
  d. 33 dBm
247. Determines how the voltage or current decreases with distance

 a. Phase-shift coefficient
 b. Attenuation coefficient
 c. Propagation coefficient
 d. Numerical coefficient
248. Determines the phase angle of the voltage or current variation with
distance

 a. Phase-shift coefficient
 b. Attenuation coefficient
 c. Propagation coefficient
 d. Numerical coefficient
249. Determines variation of voltage or current with distance along
transmission line

 a. Phase-shift coefficient
 b. Attenuation coefficient
 c. Propagation coefficient
 d. Numerical coefficient
250. The R, L, G, and C in the transmission line are called________.

 a. Passive elements
 b. Active elements
 c. Line primary constant
 d. Reactances

201. -10 dB

202. 1%

203. 10 dB

204. -3 dB

205. PIN diode

206. 31 ohm, 80.5 ohm

207. 1.5

208. 6 dBm
209. Infinity

210. Minimum

211. 10 dBm

212. 0.2 mW

213. 180o out of phase

214. Purely inductive

215. Coaxial cable, stripline, waveguide

216. 7 dBm

217. All of the above

218. Slower

219. Permanently zero

220. Stub

221. Teflon

222. Surge impedance

223. 4.3 dB

224. Smith chart

225. When return loss is 0 dB

226. 3.1 dB

227. 1.56

228. T1 = 0.81

229. -23 dBm

230. 321 ohms

231. 0.25

232. Steady state

233. Reflection coefficient

234. Transmission loss

235. Decrease

236. Phillip H. Smith

237. Normalized

238. 13 dB

239. Load

240. Insertion loss

241. Directional coupler

242. 3.35

243. 0.0798 W

244. dBm

245. Neper

246. d. 33 dBm

247. Attenuation coefficient

248. Phase-shift coefficient

249. Propagation coefficient

250. Line primary constant

251. What is the characteristic impedance of a single wire with diameter d =
0.25 mm placed at the center between parallel planes separated by 1 mm
apart? The wire is held by a material with a velocity factor of 0.75?

 a. 75 ohms
 b. 120 ohms
 c. 100 ohms
 d. 300 ohms
252. There is an improper impedance match between a 30 W transmitter
and the antenna and 5 W is reflected. How much power is actually
transmitted?

 a. 35 W
 b. 25 W
 c. 30 W
 d. 20 W
253. What is the actual length in feet of a one quarter-wavelength of a coax
with a velocity factor of 0.69 at 40 MHz?

 a. 6.15
 b. 4.244
 c. 5.904
 d. 16.974
254. A quarter-wave line is connected to an RF generator and is shorted out
at the far end. What is the input impedance to the line at the generator?

 a. A low value of resistance

 b. A high value of resistance
 c. A capacitive reactance which is equal in value to the line’s surge
impedance
 d. A value of resistance equal to the characteristic impedance of the line
255. A coaxial cable has a capacitance of 90pF/m and a characteristic
impedance of 75 ohms. Find the inductance of a 2m length.

 a. 1.013 uH
 b. 450 nH
 c. 506.25 nH
 d. 225 nH
256. If the SWR on a transmission line has high value, the reason could be

 a. An impedance mismatch between the line and the load

 b. That the line is nonresonant
 c. A reflection coefficient of zero at the load
 d. A high degree of attenuation between the load and the position where
the SWR is measured
257. Calculate the velocity factor of a coaxial cable used as a transmission
line with the characteristic impedance of 50 ohms; capacitance is 40 pF/m
and an inductance equal to 50 microH/m.

 a. 0.7450
 b. 0.7504
 c. 0.0745
 d. 0.0475
258. If a quarter-wave transmission line is shorted at one end

 a. There is minimum current at the shorted end

 b. The line behaves as a parallel-tuned circuit in relation to the generator
 c. The line behaves as a series tuned circuit in relation to the generator
 d. There is a maximum voltage at the shorted end
259. What is the velocity factor for a cable with a Teflon dielectric (relative
permittivity = 2.1)?

 a. 0.69
 b. 0.476
 c. 2.1
 d. 1.449
260. A 50-ohm transmission line is feeding an antenna which represents a
50-ohm resistive load. To shorten the line, the length must be

 a. Any convenient value

 b. An odd-multiple of three-quarters of a wavelength
 c. An even multiple of a quarter of a wavelength
 d. An odd multiple of an eight of a wavelength
261. A feature of an infinite transmission line is that

 a. Its input impedance at the generator is equal to the line’s surge

impedance
 b. Its phase velocity is greater than the velocity of light
 c. The impedance varies at different positions on the line
 d. The input impedance is equivalent to a short circuit
262. The outer conductor of the coaxial cable is usually grounded

 a. At the beginning and at the end of the cable

 b. Only at the beginning of the cable
 c. Only at the end of the cable
 d. The outer conductor must never be grounded
263. What is the impedance of a balance 4-wire with a diameter of 0.25 cm
and spaced 2.5 cm apart using an insulator with a dielectric constant of
2.56?

 a. 100 ohms
 b. 160.5 ohms
 c. 88.93 ohms
 d. 25.8 ohms
264. An attenuator has a loss of 26 dB. If a power of 3 W is applied to the
attenuator, find the output power.

 a. 1.65 watts
 b. 7.54 milliwatts
 c. 1194 watts
 d. 5.459 watts
265. When surge impedance of a line is matched to a load, the line will

 a. Transfer maximum current to the load

 b. Transfer maximum voltage to the load
 c. Transfer maximum power to the load
 d. Have a VSWR equal to zero
266. A lossless line is terminated by a resistive load which is not equal to the
surge impedance. If the value of the reflection coefficient is 0.5, the VSWR is

 a. 2
 b. 3
 c. 1.5
 d. 5
267. The best insulation at UHF is

 a. Black rubber
 b. Bakelite
 c. Paper
 d. Mica
268. Neglecting line losses, the RMS voltage along an RF transmission line
having no standing waves

 a. Is equal to the impedance

 b. Is one-half of the surge impedance
 c. Is the product of the surge impedance and the lien current
 d. Varies sinusoidally along the line
269. What length of standard RG-8/U coaxial cable would be required to
obtain a 30 degree-phase shift at 250 MHz?
 a. 0.792 m
 b. 0.99 m
 c. 0.066 m
 d. 0.124 m
270. Nitrogen is placed in transmission lines to

 a. Improve the skin-effect of microwaves

 b. Reduce arcing in the line
 c. Reduce the standing wave ratio of the line
 d. Prevent moisture from entering the line
271. Referred to the fundamental frequency, a shorted stub line attached to
the transmission line to absorb even harmonics could have a wavelength of

 a. 1.41 wavelength
 b. ½ wavelength
 c. ¼ wavelength
 d. 1/6 wavelength
272. Nitrogen gas in concentric RF transmission lines is used to

 a. Keep moisture out

 b. Prevent oxidation
 c. Act as insulator
 d. Both A and B
273. If a transmission line has a power loss of 6 dB per 100 feet, what is the
power at the feed point to the antenna at the end of a 200 foot-transmission
line fed by a 100 watt transmitter?

 a. 70 watts
 b. 50 watts
 c. 25 watts
 d. 6 watts
274. Two adjacent minima on a slotted line are 20 cm apart. Find the
wavelength assuming a velocity factor of 95 %.

 a. 38 m
 b. 43.7 m
 c. 46 cm
 d. 40 cm
275. What would be the approximate series impedance of a quarter-wave
matching line used to match a 600 ohm-feed to 70 ohm-antenna?

 a. 205 ohms
 b. 210 ohms
 c. 25.88 ohms
  d. 102.5 ohms
276. Which of the following represents the best SWR?

 a. 1:1
 b. 1:2
 c. 1:15
 d. 2:1
277. An optical domain reflectometer display shows a discontinuity 1.4
microsecond s from the start. If the line has a velocity factor of 0.92, how
far is the fault from the reflecto meter?

 a. 168 m
 b. 193.2 m
 c. 210 m
 d. 386 m
278. A high SWR creates losses in a transmission line. A high standing wave
ratio might be caused by

 a. Improper turns ratio between primary and secondary in the plate tank
transformer
 b. Screen grid current flow
 c. An antenna electrically too long for its frequency
 d. An impedance mismatch
279. A properly connected transmission line

 a. Is grounded at the transmitter end

 b. Is cut to a harmonic of the carrier frequency
 c. Is cut to an even harmonic of the carrier frequency
 d. Has a standing wave ratio as near as 1:1 as possible
280. If a ¾ wavelength transmission is shorted at one end, the impedance
at the open will be

 a. Zero
 b. Infinite
 c. Decreased
 d. Increased
281. The characteristic impedance of a transmission line does not depend
upon its

 a. Length
 b. Conductor diameter
 c. Conductor spacing
 d. None of the above
282. Which of the following is not a common transmission line impedance?
 a. 50 ohms
 b. 75 ohms
 c. 120 ohms
 d. 300 ohms
283. A ratio expressing the percentage of incident voltage reflected on a
transmission line is known as the

 a. Velocity factor
 b. Standing wave ratio
 c. Reflection coefficient
 d. Line efficiency
284. A series tuned circuit operating at a frequency of 1 GHz is to be
constructed from a shorted section of Teflon-dielectric coaxial cable. What
length should be used? ( relative dielectric = 2.1)

 a. 0.325m
 b. 0.10 m
 c. 0.217 m
 d. 0.143 m
285. A 75 ohm line is terminated in a 30 ohm resistance. Find the SWR.

 a. 0.6
 b. 0.429
 c. 2.5
 d. 0.4
286. A generator sends 50 mW down a 50 ohm line. The generator is
matched to the line but the load is not. If the coefficient of reflection is 0.6,
how much power is reflected?

 a. 18 mW
 b. 20 mW
 c. 30 mW
 d. 32 mW
287. At very high frequencies, transmission lines are used as

 a. Tuned circuits
 b. Antennas
 c. Insulators
 d. Resistors
288. Transmission line shielding is grounded

 a. At the input only

 b. At both the input and output
 c. At the output only
  d. If the antenna is a Marconi design
289. A shorted quarter-wave line at the operating frequency acts like a(an)

 a. Series resonant circuit

 b. Parallel resonant circuit
 c. Capacitor
 d. Inductor
290. A transmitter is required to deliver 100 W to an antenna through 5 m of
coaxial cable with a loss of 3 dB / 100 m. What must be the output power of
the transmitter, assuming the line is matched?

 a. 136 W
 b. 153 W
 c. 151 W
 d. 116.815 W
291. A generator sends 50 mW down a 50 ohm line. The generator is
matched to the line but the load is not. If the coefficient of reflection is 0.25,
how much power is dissipated in the load?

 a. 46.9 mW
 b. 37.5 mW
 c. 3.125 mW
 d. 12.5 mW
292. Determine the Q of an antenna if it has a bandwidth of 0.06 MHz and is
cut to a frequency of 30 MHz.

 a. 50
 b. 100
 c. 150
 d. 250
293. The main disadvantage of the two-hole directional coupler is

 a. Low directional coupling

 b. Poor directivity
 c. High SWR
 d. Narrow bandwidth
294. A shorted half-wave line at the operating frequency acts like a(an)

 a. Capacitor
 b. Inductor
 c. Series resonant circuit
 d. Parallel resonant circuit
295. A load impedance of 100+j25 ohms is normalized on a 100 ohm-line.
The normalized value is
 a. 2 + j0.5 ohms
 b. 0.25 – j1 ohms
 c. 0.94 – j24 ohms
 d. 1 + 0.25 ohms
296. A pattern of voltage and current variations along a transmission line
not terminated in its characteristic impedance is called

 a. Electric field
 b. Radio waves
 c. Standing waves
 d. Magnetic field
297. A 75-j50 ohms is connected to a coaxial transmission line of ZO = 75
ohms, at 10 GHz. The best method of matching consists in connecting

 a. A short-circuited stub at the load

 b. An inductance at the load
 c. A capacitance at some specific distance from the load
 d. A short-circuited stub at some specific distance from the load
298. Calculate the impedance seen looking into a 75 ohm line 1 m long
terminated in a load impedance of 100 ohms, if the line has a velocity factor
0f 0.8 and operates at a frequency of 30 MHz.

 a. 72 – j21 ohms
 b. 75 – j25 ohms
 c. 40 – j30 ohms
 d. 50 – j25 ohms
299. The velocity factor of a transmission line

 a. Depends on the dielectric of the material used

 b. Increases the velocity along the transmission line
 c. Is governed by the skin effect
 d. Is higher for a solid dielectric than for air
300. A transmitter supplies 50 W to a load through a line with an SWR of
4:1. Find the power absorbed by the load.

 a. 32 W
 b. 5.6 W
 c. 44.4 W
 d. 18 W

251. 75 ohms

252. 30 W
253. 4.244

254. A high value of resistance

255. 1.013 uH

256. An impedance mismatch between the line and the load

257. 0.0745

258. The line behaves as a parallel-tuned circuit in relation to the generator

259. 0.69

260. Any convenient value

261. Its input impedance at the generator is equal to the line’s surge
impedance

262. At the beginning and at the end of the cable

263. 100 ohms

264. 7.54 milliwatts

265. Transfer maximum power to the load

266. 3

267. Mica

268. Is the product of the surge impedance and the lien current

269. 0.066 m

270. Prevent moisture from entering the line

271. ¼ wavelength

272. Both A and B

273. 6 watts
274. 43.7 m

275. 205 ohms

276. 1:1

277. 193.2 m

278. An impedance mismatch

279. Has a standing wave ratio as near as 1:1 as possible

280. Infinite

281. Length

282. 120 ohms

283. Reflection coefficient

284. 0.10 m

285. 2.5

286. 18 mW

287. Tuned circuits

288. At both the input and output

289. Parallel resonant circuit

290. 136 W

291. 46.9 mW

292. 50

293. Narrow bandwidth

294. Series resonant circuit

295. 1 + 0.25 ohms

296. Standing waves

297. A short-circuited stub at some specific distance from the load

298. 72 – j21 ohms

299. Depends on the dielectric of the material used

300. 32 W

301. Category of media with some form of conductor that provides a conduit
in which electromagnetic signals are contained.

 A. Guided
 B. Balanced
 C. Unguided
 D. Unbalanced
302. The conductive connections between elements which carry signals.

 A. Transmission Lines
 B. Antenna
 C. Frequency allocations
 D. Load
303. Calculate the characteristic impedance for a line that exhibits an
inductance of 4 nH/m and 1.5 pF/m

 A. 36.6 ohms
 B. 51.6 ohms
 C. 22 ohms
 D. 24.5 ohms
304. Category of media which are wireless

 A. Guided
 B. Balanced
 C. Unguided
 D. Unbalanced
305. It is a medium or any physical facility used to propagate
electromagnetic signals between two locations in a communications system.

 A. Transmission medium
 B. Channel allocation
 C. Frequency allocation
  D. Any of these
306. It is a metallic conductor system used to transfer electrical energy from
one point to another using electrical current flow.

 A. Transmitter
 B. Multiplexers
 C. Receiver
 D. Transmission line
307. A kind of wave where the displacement is in the direction of
propagation.

 A. Transverse
 B. Longitudinal
 C. Reverse
 D. Perpendicular
308. Calculate the capacitance per meter of a 50-ohm load cable that has an
inductance of 55 nH/m.

 A. 13 pF
 B. 18 pF
 C. 20 pF
 D. 22 pF
309. The desirable SWR on a transmission line is

 A. 0
 B. 1
 C. 2
 D. Infinity
310. A kind of wave where the direction is displacement is perpendicular to
the direction of propagation.

 A. Transverse
 B. Longitudinal
 C. Reverse
 D. Perpendicular
311. A short-circuited half-wavelength line acts like a

 A. Parallel resonant circuit

 B. Series Resonant Circuit
 C. Oscillator
 D. LC circuit
312. Electromagnetic waves that travel along a transmission line from the
source to the load.
 A. Reverse waves
 B. Transverse waves
 C. Incident waves
 D. Longitudinal waves
313. Electromagnetic waves that travel from the load back toward the
source.

 A. Incident waves
 B. Transverse waves
 C. Forward waves
 D. Reflected waves
314. Sound travels approximately

 A. 2200 feet per second

 B. 1100 feet per second
 C. 550 feet per second
 D. 600 feet per second
315. Determine the surge impedance for a parallel wire, air dielectric with a
ratio of the spacing between conductors and the diameter of 3.

 A. 250 ohms
 B. 210 ohms
 C. 180 ohms
 D. 215 ohms
316. The rate at which the periodic wave repeats

 A. Wavelength
 B. Amplitude
 C. Period
 D. Frequency
317. The distance of one cycle occurring in space

 A. Wavelength
 B. Amplitudes
 C. Period
 D. Frequency
318. Classification of transmission line where both conductors carry current;
one conductor carries the signal, the other conductor is the return path

 A. Differential transmission lines

 B. Unbalanced lines
 C. Coaxial cables
 D. Balun
319. A shorted half-wave line at the operating frequency acts like
 A. Capacitor
 B. Inductor
 C. Series resonant circuit
 D. Parallel resonant circuit
320. What is the characteristic impedance of a coaxial line, air dielectric with
a ratio of the diameter of the outer and inner conductor equal to 1.5?

 A. 24.3 ohms
 B. 25.6 ohms
 C. 13.2 ohms
 D. 18 ohms
321. Currents that flow in opposite direction in a balanced wire pair is called

 A. Longitudinal currents
 B. Reverse circuit currents
 C. Transverse circuit currents
 D. Metallic circuit currents
322. Currents that flow in same direction in a balanced wire pair is called

 A. Longitudinal currents
 B. Reverse circuit currents
 C. Transverse circuit currents
 D. In-phase currents
323. A circuit device used to connect a balanced transmission line to an
unbalanced load

 A. Slotted lines
 B. Stub
 C. Balun
 D. Quarterwave lines
324. The most common type of balun used in relatively high frequency

 A. Narrowband
 B. Choke
 C. Sleeve
 D. All of these
325. A pattern of voltage and current variations along the transmission line
not terminated in its characteristic impedance is called

 A. An electric fluid
 B. Radio waves
 C. Standing waves
 D. A magnetic field
326. A type of parallel-conductor transmission lines consists of simply of two
parallel wires, closely-spaced and separated by air.

 A. Twisted pair
 B. Open-wire lines
 C. Coaxial cables
 D. Twin pair
327. A type of parallel-conductor transmission lines which is essentially the
same as open-wire transmission line except that the spacers between the
conductors are replaced with a continuous solid dielectric that ensures
uniform spacing along the entire cable

 A. Twisted pair
 B. Open-wire lines
 C. Coaxial cables
 D. Twin lead
328. What is the range of size of wires of a twisted pair?

 A. AWG 16 to AWG 26
 B. AWG 14 to AWG 25
 C. AWG 10 to AWG 20
 D. AWG 12 to AWG 28
329. What is the characteristic impedance of a coaxial line, polyethylene
dielectric with the ratio of the diameter of the outer and the inner conductor
of 2.5?

 A. 43.5 ohms
 B. 23.4 ohms
 C. 36.2 ohms
 D. 29.8 ohms
330. In AWG, the higher the wire gauge ______

 A. The higher the diameter and the lower the resistance

 B. The smaller the diameter and the higher the resistance
 C. The smaller the diameter and the higher the conductance
 D. The larger the diameter and the higher the resistance
331. Type of twisted pair wire cable that consists of two copper wires where
each wire is separately encapsulated in PVC insulation.

 A. Shielded twisted pair

 B. Twin lead
 C. Unshielded twisted pair
 D. Open wire frame
332. A shorted quarter-wave line at the operating frequency acts like
 A. Series resonant circuit
 B. Parallel resonant circuit
 C. Capacitor
 D. Inductor
333. The minimum number of twist for UTP is

 A. Two twist per foot

 B. Two twist per meter
 C. Three twist per foot
 D. Three twist per meter
334. A delay line using RG-8A/U cable is to exhibit a 5-ns delay. Calculate
the required length of the cable.

 A. 4.57 ft.
 B. 1.23 ft.
 C. 6.2 ft.
 D. 3.4 ft.
335. An open-circuited quarter-wavelength line acts like a

 A. Parallel resonant circuit

 B. Series resonant circuit
 C. Oscillator
 D. LC circuit
336. Level for category of UTP cable which is suitable only for voice grade
telephone signals and very low-speed data applications

 A. Level 1 or Cat 1
 B. Level 3 or Cat 3
 C. Level 2 or Cat 2
 D. Cat 4
337. An antenna is being fed by a properly terminated two-wire transmission
line. The current in the line at the input end is 3 A. The surge impedance of
the line is 500 ohms. How much power is being supplied to the line?

 A. 3.1 kW
 B. 2.5 kW
 C. 1.6 kW
 D. 4.5 kW
338. Level or Category of UTP cable which was developed for IEEE 802.5
token ring local area networks operating at a transmission rates of 4Mbps

 A. Level 1 or Cat 1
 B. Level 3 or Cat 3
 C. Level 2 or Cat 2
  D. Cat 4
339. If the period of one complete cycle of a radio wave is 0.000001 s, what
is the wavelength?

 A. 300 m
 B. 200 m
 C. 100 m
 D. 400 m
340. If the two towers of a 950-kHz antenna are separated by 120 electrical
degrees, what is the tower separation in feet?

 A. 231 ft.
 B. 235 ft.
 C. 176 ft.
 D. 345 ft.
341. Category of UTP used for virtually any voice or data transmission rate
up to 16 Mbps, has a minimum of 3 turns per inch.

 A. Category 5e
 B. Category 4
 C. Category 5
 D. Category 3
342. The mismatch between the antenna and transmission line impedances
cannot be corrected for by

 A. Using an LC matching network

 B. Adjusting antenna length
 C. Using a balun
 D. Adjusting the length of transmission line
343. Category of UTP that was designed for data transmission rates up to 20
Mbps

 A. Category 5e
 B. Category 4
 C. Category 5
 D. Category 3
344. Variation of CAT5 cables that are intended for data transmission rates
up to 250 Mbps

 A. Category 5e
 B. Category 2
 C. Category 6
 D. Category 3
345. A type of twisted-pair wherein its wires and dielectric are enclosed in a
conductive metal sleeve called a foil.

 A. STP
 B. Twin lead
 C. UTP
 D. Unshielded Twin lead
346. It is the name given to the area between the ceiling and the roof in a
single-story building or between the ceiling and the floor of the next higher
level in a multistory building.

 A. Attic
 B. Rooftop
 C. Plenum
 D. Ceiling
347. It consists of center conductor surrounded by dielectric material, then a
concentric shielding, and an environmental protection outer jacket.

 A. Twisted pair
 B. Coaxial cable
 C. Twin lead
 D. Open wire
348. In a transmission line, it refers to the woven stranded mesh or braid
that surround some types of coaxial cables

 A. Grounding
 B. Shielding
 C. Degaussing
 D. Any of these
349. A coaxial cable with one layer of foil insulation and one layer of braided
shielding.

 A. Backup shielding
 B. Temporary shielding
 C. Dual shielding
 D. Interference shielding
350. At very high frequencies, transmission lines are used as

 A. Tuned circuits
 B. Antennas
 C. Insulators
 D. Resistors

301. Guided
302. Transmission Lines

303. 51.6 ohms

304. Unguided

305. Transmission medium

306. Transmission line

307. Longitudinal

308. 22 pF

309. 1

310. Transverse

311. Series Resonant Circuit

312. Incident waves

313. Reflected waves

314. 1100 feet per second

315. 215 ohms

316. Frequency

317. Wavelength

318. Differential transmission lines

319. Series resonant circuit

320. 24.3 ohms

321. Metallic circuit currents

322. Longitudinal currents

323. Balun
324. All of these

325. Standing waves

326. Open-wire lines

327. Twin lead

328. AWG 16 to AWG 26

329. 36.2 ohms

330. The smaller the diameter and the higher the resistance

331. Unshielded twisted pair

332. Parallel resonant circuit

333. Two twist per foot

334. 3.4 ft.

335. Series resonant circuit

336. Level 1 or Cat 1

337. 4.5 kW

338. Level 2 or Cat 2

339. 300 m

340. 345 ft.

341. Category 3

342. Adjusting the length of transmission line

343. Category 4

344. Category 5e

345. STP
346. Plenum

347. Coaxial cable

348. Shielding

349. Dual shielding

350. Tuned circuits

351. A coaxial cable with two layers of foil insulation and two layers of
braided shielding.

 A. Quad shielding
 B. Double shielding
 C. Triple shielding
 D. Shielding
352. A type of coaxial cable that has a tubular outer conductor surrounds
the center conductor coaxially and the insulating material is air.

 A. Rigid air coaxial cable

 B. Gas-filled coaxial cable
 C. Solid coaxial cable
 D. Flexible cable
353. If the length of an open-circuited stub is less than quarter-wavelength
but greater than 0, the stub behaves as

 A. Inductor
 B. Capacitor
 C. Resistor
 D. Complex
354. Type of coaxial cable where the outer conductor is braided, flexible, and
coaxial to the center conductor.

 A. Gas-filled coaxial cable

 B. Rigid air coaxial cable
 C. Solid flexible coaxial cable
 D. Flexible cable
355. A 50-ohm coax is connected to a 73-ohm antenna. The SWR is

 A. 0.685
 B. 1
 C. 1.46
 D. 2.92
356. Defined as the impedance seen looking at an infinitely long line or the
impedance seen looking into a finite length of the line that is terminated in a
purely resistive load with the resistance equal to the characteristic
impedance of the line.

 A. Input impedance
 B. Surge impedance
 C. Output impedance
 D. Circuit impedance
357. Determine the characteristic impedance for an air dielectric two-wire
parallel transmission line with a D/r ratio of 12.22

 A. 150 ohms
 B. 120 ohms
 C. 75 ohms
 D. 300 ohms
358. Determine the characteristic impedance for an RG-59A coaxial cable
with the following specifications: d = 0.025 inches, D = 0.15 inches, and
dielectric constant of 2.23

 A. 120 ohms
 B. 72 ohms
 C. 150 ohms
 D. 75 ohms
359. Determine the characteristic impedance for an RG-59A coaxial cable
with the following specifications: L=0.118 uH/ft and C = 21 pF/ft

 A. 150 ohms
 B. 72 ohms
 C. 75 ohms
 D. 100 ohms
360. It is used to express the attenuation or signal loss and the phase shift
per unit length of the transmission line.

 A. Propagation coefficient
 B. Propagation constant
 C. Propagation factor
 D. Any of these
361. For matched condition, what is the relationship of load and
characteristic impedance?

 A. Greater than
 B. Less than
 C. Equal
  D. Impossible to say
362. It is defined simply as the ratio of the actual velocity of propagation of
an electromagnetic wave through a given medium to the velocity of
propagation through a vacuum or free space.

 A. Velocity factor
 B. Velocity propagation
 C. Index of refraction
 D. Phase delay
363. It is simply the permittivity of the material

 A. Permittivity
 B. Insulation constant
 C. Dielectric constant
 D. Resistivity
364. For a given length of RG 8A/U coaxial cable with distributed capacitance
of 96.6 pF/m, a distributed inductance of 241.56 nH/m, and a relative
dielectric constant of 2.3, determine the velocity of propagation.

 A. 1.07 x 10^8 m/s

 B. 2.3 x 10^7 m/s
 C. 3.28 x 10^8 m/s
 D. 2.07 x 10^8 m/s
365. For a given length of RG 8A/U coaxial cable with distributed capacitance
of 96.6 pF/m, a distributed inductance of 241.56 nH/m, and a relative
dielectric constant of 2.3, determine the velocity factor

 A. 1.2
 B. 0.66
 C. 0.7
 D. 0.5
366. If the length of an open-circuited stub is greater than quarter-
wavelength but less than half-wavelength, the stub behaves as

 A. Inductor
 B. Capacitor
 C. Resistor
 D. Complex
367. Delay line is a function of what two parameters?

 A. Resistance and capacitance

 B. Resistance and susceptance
 C. Inductance and resistance
 D. Inductance and capacitance
368. How is the time delay calculated in a coaxial cables with a dielectric
constant of 0.66?

 A. 0.56 sec
 B. 0.67 sec
 C. 0.45 sec
 D. 1.2 sec
369. Three feet is one wavelength at a frequency of

 A. 100 MHz
 B. 164 MHz
 C. 300 MHz
 D. 328 MHz
370. When current flows through a conductor, the loss introduced as a
function of resistance and current is called _______.

 A. Inductance loss
 B. Conductor loss
 C. Voltage loss
 D. Skin effect
371. For maximum absorption of power at the antenna, the relationship
between the characteristic impedance of the line Zo and the load impedance
ZL should be

 A. Zo = ZL
 B. Zo > ZL
 C. Zo < ZL
 D. Zo = 0
372. The ratio of the AC resistance and the DC resistance.

 A. Impedance ratio
 B. Susceptance ratio
 C. Resistance ratio
 D. Conductance ratio
373. The difference in potential between two conductors of a metallic
transmission line causes ______.

 A. Conductor loss
 B. Dielectric heating
 C. Radiation loss
 D. Corona
374. If the length of a short-circuited stub is greater than quarter-
wavelength but less than half-wavelength, the stub behaves as
 A. Inductor
 B. Capacitor
 C. Resistor
 D. Complex
375. If the separation between the conductors in a metallic transmission line
is an appreciable fraction of a wavelength, the electrostatic and
electromagnetic fields that surround the conductor cause the line to act as if
it were an antenna and transfer energy to any nearby material. This energy
radiated is called ______.

 A. Radiation loss
 B. Power loss
 C. Coupling loss
 D. Corona
376. The minimum voltage along a transmission line is 260 V, while the
maximum is 390 V. The SWR is

 A. 0.67
 B. 1.0
 C. 1.2
 D. 1.5
377. It occurs whenever a connection is made to or from a transmission line
or when two sections of transmission line are connected together.

 A. Power loss
 B. Coupling loss
 C. Radiation loss
 D. Resistance loss
378. Which of the following is not a common transmission line impedance?

 A. 50 ohms
 B. 75 ohms
 C. 120 ohms
 D. 300 ohms
379. It is a luminous discharge that occurs between the two conductors of a
transmission line when the difference in potential between them exceeds the
breakdown voltage of a dielectric insulator.

 A. Resistance loss
 B. Corona
 C. Radiation loss
 D. Power loss
380. Voltage that propagates down the load.
 A. Reflected voltage
 B. Standing wave ratio
 C. Incident voltage
 D. Reflection voltage
381. Voltage that propagates from the load towards the source.

 A. Reflected voltage
 B. Standing wave ratio
 C. Reflection coefficient
 D. Incident voltage
382. A transmission line with no reflected power.

 A. Flat
 B. Resistive
 C. Non resonant line
 D. Any of these
383. It is a vector quantity that represents the ratio of reflected voltage to
incident voltage or the reflected current and the incident current

 A. Reflection coefficient
 B. Reactive load diagram
 C. Standing wave ratio
 D. Traveling waves
384. With a mismatched line, two electromagnetic waves traveling in
opposite direction, present on the line on the same time.

 A. Standing wave ratio

 B. Reflection coefficient
 C. Standing waves
 D. Traveling waves
385. The two traveling waves sets up an interference pattern called
_______.

 A. Standing wave ratio

 B. Reflection coefficient
 C. Standing waves
 D. Traveling waves
386. It is defined as the ratio of the maximum voltage to the minimum
voltage or the maximum current to the minimum current of a standing wave
in a transmission line.

 A. Standing wave ratio

 B. Normalized impedance
 C. Reflection coefficient
  D. Any of these
387. For a transmission line with an incident voltage of 5V and a reflected
voltage of 3V, determine the reflection coefficient.

 A. 0.4
 B. 0.6
 C. 0.5
 D. 0.7
388. A ratio expressing the percentage of incident voltage reflected on a
transmission line is known as the

 A. Velocity factor
 B. Standing wave ratio
 C. Reflection coefficient
 D. Line efficiency
389. There is an impedance inversion in every ______.

 A. Half wavelength
 B. Quarter wavelength
 C. Full wavelength
 D. Three-eights of a wavelength
390. The characteristic impedance of a transmission line does not depend
upon its

 A. Length
 B. Conductor diameter
 C. Conductor spacing
 D. None of these
391. ______ are used to match transmission lines to purely resistive loads
whose resistance is not equal to the characteristic impedance of the line.

 A. Stub
 B. Slotted lines
 C. Quarter-wavelength transformer
 D. Short circuited lines
392. To match a transmission line with a reactive load _______.

 A. Use stub matching

 B. Use a slotted line
 C. Used a Q-section
 D. Use an open circuited lines
393. A technique that can be used to locate an impairment in metallic cable.

 A. TDR
 B. Wattmeter
 C. Voltmeter
 D. SWR meter
394. A pulse is transmitted down a cable that has a velocity of propagation
of 0.8c. The reflected signal is received 1us later. How far down the cable is
the impairment?

 A. 240 m
 B. 15 m
 C. 60 m
 D. 120 m
395. Using TDR, a transmission line impairment is located 3000m from the
source. For a velocity propagation of 0.9 c, determine the time elapsed from
the beginning of the pulse to the reception of the echo

 A. 11.11 us
 B. 10.12 us
 C. 22.22 us
 D. 21.14 us
396. A flat conductor separated from a ground plane by an insulating
dielectric material.

 A. Stripline
 B. Waveguide
 C. Microstrip
 D. Coaxial cable
397. A flat conductor sandwich between two ground planes.

 A. Stripline
 B. Waveguide
 C. Microstrip
 D. Coaxial cable
398. Indicate the false statement. The SWR on a transmission line is infinity;
the line is terminated in

 A. A short circuit
 B. A complex impedance
 C. An open circuit
 D. A pure reactance
399. The most commonly used transmission line is a

 A. Two-wire balance line

 B. Singe wire
 C. Three-wire line
  D. Coax
400. A short-circuited half-wavelength line acts like a

 A. Parallel resonant circuit

 B. Series resonant circuit
 C. Oscillator
 D. LC circuit

351. Quad shielding

352. Rigid air coaxial cable

353. Capacitor

354. Solid flexible coaxial cable

355. 1.46

356. Surge impedance

357. 300 ohms

358. 72 ohms

359. 75 ohms

360. Any of these

361. Equal

362. Velocity factor

363. Dielectric constant

364. 2.07 x 10^8 m/s

365. 0.66

366. Inductor

367. Inductance and capacitance

368. 0.67 sec

369. 328 MHz

370. Conductor loss

371. Zo = ZL

372. Resistance ratio

373. Dielectric heating

374. Capacitor

375. Radiation loss

376. 1.5

377. Coupling loss

378. 120 ohms

379. Corona

380. Incident voltage

381. Reflected voltage

382. Any of these

383. Reflection coefficient

384. Traveling waves

385. Standing waves

386. Standing wave ratio

387. 0.6

388. Reflection coefficient

389. Quarter wavelength

390. Length

391. Quarter-wavelength transformer

392. Use stub matching

393. TDR

394. 120 m

395. 22.22 us

396. Microstrip

397. Stripline

398. A complex impedance

399. Coax

400. Series resonant circuit

401. A (75 – j50)-ohm is connected to a coaxial transmission line of Zo = 75

ohms, at 10 GHz. The best method of matching consists of connecting

 A. A short-circuited stub at the load

 B. An inductive at the load
 C. A capacitance at some specific distance from the load
 D. A short-circuited stub at some specific distance from the load
402. The velocity factor of a transmission line

 A. Depends on the dielectric constant of the material used

 B. Increases in velocity along the transmission line
 C. Is governed by the skin effect
 D. Is higher for a solid dielectric than for air.
403. Impedance inversion may be obtained with

 A. A short-circuited stub
 B. An open-circuited stub
 C. A quarter-wave line
 D. A half-wave line
404. The most desirable reflection coefficient is

 A. 0
 B. 0.5
 C. 1
 D. Infinity
405. Short circuited stubs are preferred to open-circuited stub because the
latter are

 A. More difficult to make and connect

 B. Made of a transmission line with different characteristic impedance
 C. Liable to radiate
 D. Incapable of giving a full range of reactance
406. For transmission-line load matching over a range of frequencies, it is
best to use a

 A. Balun
 B. Broadband directional coupler
 C. Double stub
 D. Single stub of adjustable position
407. The main disadvantage of the two-hole directional coupler is

 A. Low directional coupling

 B. Poor directivity
 C. High SWR
 D. Narrow bandwidth
408. To couple a coaxial line to a parallel-wire line, it is best to use a

 A. Slotted line
 B. Balun
 C. Directional coupler
 D. Quarter-wave transformer
409. A short-circuited quarter-wavelength line acts like a

 A. Parallel resonant circuit

 B. Series resonant circuit
 C. Oscillator
 D. LC circuit
410. If the length of a short-circuited stub is less than a quarter-wavelength
but greater than 0, the stub behaves as

 A. Inductor
 B. Capacitor
 C. Resistor
 D. Complex
411. The depth of penetration of current density resulting from skin effect
 A. Skin depth
 B. Wire depth
 C. Line depth
 D. Medium depth
412. Transmission line must be matched to the load to

 A. Transfer maximum voltage to the load

 B. Transfer maximum current to the load
 C. Reduce the load current
 D. Transfer maximum power to the load
413. Referred to the dielectric constant of a transmission line material

 A. Inductance and capacitance

 B. Velocity factor
 C. Characteristic impedance
 D. Propagation velocity
414. A transmission line containing of two conductors that have equal
resistance per unit length

 A. Unbalanced line
 B. Open-wire line
 C. Balanced line
 D. Coaxial cable
415. Which of the following determines the characteristics of a transmission
line?

 A. Inductance
 B. Capacitance
 C. Physical dimension
 D. Length
416. Category of UTP that was designed for data transmission rates up to 20
Mbps

 A. Category 5e
 B. Category 4
 C. Category 5
 D. Category 3
417. Level 2 or category 2 UTP cables comply with IBM’s _______
specification.

 A. Type 1
 B. Type 3
 C. Type 2
 D. Type 4
418. Level 3 or Category 3 UTP cables should have at least ____ twist per
inch.

 A. 1
 B. 2
 C. 3
 D. 4
419. Which of the following is NOT a color code for Category 5 UTP?

 A. Blue/white stripe and blue

 B. Orange/white stripe and orange
 C. Red/white stripe and red
 D. Brown/white stripe and brown
420. Shielded-screen twisted-pair cable or SSTP is also known as ________.

 A. Cat 5e
 B. Cat 7
 C. Cat 6
 D. Cat 8
421. An open-circuited transmission line quarter wavelength long is
equivalent to

 A. Parallel resonant circuit

 B. Series resonant circuit
 C. Inductive
 D. Capacitive
422. A short-circuited transmission line more than quarter-wavelength long
but shorter than half wavelength is equivalent to _______.

 A. Series resonant circuit

 B. Inductive
 C. Capacitive
 D. Parallel resonant circuit
423. A short-circuited transmission line less than quarter-wavelength long.

 A. Inductive
 B. Capacitive
 C. Parallel resonant circuit
 D. Series resonant circuit
424. The quarter-wavelength transformer line acts as a transformer with a
1:1 turns ratio when the load resistance is with what relationship with the
characteristic impedance of the quarter-wavelength transformer?

 A. Equal
 B. Less than
 C. Greater than
 D. None of these
425. The characteristic impedance of a microstrip is equal to _____ ohms.

 A. 50 to 200
 B. 25 to 50
 C. 100 to 200
 D. 50 to 75
426. The quarter-wavelength transformer line acts as a step down
transformer when the load resistance is with what relationship with the
characteristic impedance of the quarter-wavelength transformer?

 A. Equal
 B. Less than
 C. Greater than
 D. None of these
427. The typical value of the velocity factor of an open-wire transmission
line is

 A. 0.8
 B. 0.7
 C. 0.6
 D. 0.9
428. If a transmission line is not terminated in its characteristic impedance,
_______ will develop along the line.

 A. Traveling waves
 B. Standing waves
 C. Surge impedance
 D. Infinite impedance
429. If a load and a line have mismatched impedances, power not absorbed
by the load will be _____.

 A. Absorbed
 B. Rejected
 C. Reflected
 D. Removed
430. Two wire line is usually operated in the:

 a. Balanced mode
 b. Unbalanced mode
 c. High frequency
 d. None of these
431. When the load impedance doesn’t not match the line impedance, part
of the energy in the incident wave is ________ at the load.

 a. Forwarded
 b. Reflected
 c. Same
 d. None of these
432. In practice, the transmission lines are almost connected to antennas
that have a _____.

 a. Resistive load whose resistance is greater than the characteristic

impedance of the line
 b. Resistive load whose resistance is less than the characteristic
impedance of the line
 c. Resistive load at the resonant frequency
 d. Capacitive load
433. When the transmission line is matched to the load, it

 a. Transfers maximum current to the load

 b. Transfers maximum voltage to the load
 c. Transfers maximum power to the load
 d. Reduces the load current
434. Conventional transmission media include

 a. Twisted cable pair

 b. Waveguide
 c. Fiber optic cable
 d. All of these
435. To couple a coaxial line to a parallel wire line, it is best to use a _____

 a. Slotted line
 b. Directional coupler
 c. Balun
 d. All of these
436. Impedance inversion may be obtained with

 a. An open circuited stub

 b. A short circuited stub
 c. A quarterwave line
 d. A half-wave line
437. To be properly matched, the ratio of maximum to minimum voltage
along a transmission line should be equal to

 a. 50
 b. 10
 c. 2
 d. 1
438. When ZL ≠ Zo, the power sent down the line toward the load is called
the

 a. The incident power

 b. The reflected power
 c. The power dissipation
 d. The carrier power
439. For transmission line load matching over a range of frequencies, it is
best to use a

 a. Balun
 b. Broadband directional coupler
 c. Double stub
 d. Single adjustable stub
440. A short section of a transmission line, open or shorted that is used to
match the impedance of the line to that of an antenna or transmitter.

 a. Slotted line
 b. Stub
 c. Wavetrap
 d. Lecher wire
441. The property of a material that determines how much electrostatic
energy can be stored per unit volume when voltage is applied

 a. Permeability
 b. Magnetic effect
 c. Capacitance
 d. Permittivity
442. The value of the total opposition of the transmission media to the flow
of electromagnetic field energy is called

 a. Characteristic impedance
 b. Velocity factor
 c. Standing waves
 d. Reflected waves
443. When mismatch is great, this power actually cause damage to the
transmitter or the line itself.

 a. The incident power

 b. The reflected power
 c. The power dissipation
  d. The carrier power
444. What is the velocity factor for non-foam dielectric 50 or 75 ohm flexile
coaxial cable such as RG 8, 11, 58 and 59?

 a. 270
 b. 0.10
 c. 0.66
 d. 0.30
445. The measure of the superiority of a material over a vacuum as a path
for magnetic lines of force is

 a. Permittivity
 b. Permeability
 c. Conductivity
 d. Resistivity
446. The number of standing waves on the wire is equal to the length of the
wire divided by a half wavelength. The principle which allows antennas to
operate at different frequencies which are integral multiples of the
fundamental frequency is called_______.

 a. Harmonic operation
 b. Decimonic operation
 c. Electromagnetic reverberation
 d. Asynchronous operation
447. A coax line has an attenuation of 2.4 dB per 100 ft. the attenuation for
2.75 ft. is _____ dB.

 a. 2.4
 b. 4.8
 c. 3.3
 d. 6.6
448. When a quarter wave stub is used to match a 600 ohm antenna to a
line of 52 ohms, the impedance of the matching stub must be ____ ohms.

 a. 176
 b. 200
 c. 150
 d. 300
449. The characteristic impedance of a transmission line is determined by

 a. Its length
 b. Its height above ground
 c. Its physical construction
 d. The operating frequency
450. When the diameter of two conductors of a two-wire transmission line is
held constant, the effect of decreasing the distance between the conductors
is to

 a. Decrease the impedance

 b. Increase the surge impedance
 c. Increase the radiation resistance
 d. Decrease SWR

401. A short-circuited stub at some specific distance from the load

402. Depends on the dielectric constant of the material used

403. A quarter-wave line

404. 0

405. Liable to radiate

406. Double stub

407. Narrow bandwidth

408. Balun

409. Parallel resonant circuit

410. Inductor

411. Skin depth

412. Transfer maximum power to the load

413. Inductance and capacitance

414. Balanced line

415. Physical dimension

416. Category 4

417. Type 3
418. 3

419. Red/white stripe and red

420. Cat 7

421. Series resonant circuit

422. Capacitive

423. Inductive

424. Equal

425. 50 to 200

426. Greater than

427. 0.8

428. Standing waves

429. Reflected

430. Balanced mode

431. Reflected

432. Resistive load whose resistance is less than the characteristic

impedance of the line

433. Transfers maximum power to the load

434. All of these

435. Balun

436. A quarterwave line

437. 1

438. The incident power

439. Double stub

440. Stub

441. Permittivity

442. Characteristic impedance

443. The reflected power

444. 0.66

445. Permeability

446. Harmonic operation

447. 6.6

448. 176

449. Its length

450. Decrease the impedance

451. Considering a coaxial transmission line, maximum voltage on the line

divided by the minimum voltage equals the

 a. Characteristic impedance
 b. ISWR
 c. VSWR
 d. Inductive reactance
452. In a transmission line, if the SWR or maximum current to a minimum
current ratio of 2:1, the ratio of the maximum voltage to the minimum
voltage is

 a. 1:4
 b. 4:1
 c. 1:2
 d. 2:1
453. Transmission lines are either balanced or unbalanced with respect to

 a. Negative terminal
 b. Input
 c. Ground
 d. Positive terminal
454. The load is properly matched with the transmission line if the standing
wave ratio is equal to

 a. 50
 b. 10
 c. 5
 d. 1
455. The radiation resistance of a quarterwave antenna is

 a. 49 ohms
 b. 288 ohms
 c. 72 ohms
 d. 144 ohms
456. A radio transmission line of 500 ohms impedance is to be connected to
an antenna having an impedance of 200 ohms. What is the impedance of a
quarter wave matching line?

 a. 300
 b. 316
 c. 316.5
 d. 361
457. The VSWR for a line terminated in its Zo is

 a. 0
 b. 1
 c. 1.5
 d. Infinity
458. Which of the following is used to measure SWR?

 a. Multimeter
 b. Reflectometer
 c. Spectrum analyzer
 d. Oscilloscope
459. A 75 – j50 ohm load is connected to a coaxial transmission line of Zo =
75 ohms at 10 GHz. The best method of matching consists in connecting

 a. A short circuited stub at the load

 b. A capacitance at some specific distance from the load
 c. An inductance at the load
 d. A short-circuited stub at some specific distance from the load
460. For a two-wire line, Zo is higher when
 a. The wire size is small with respect to the spacing of the conductors
 b. The spacing is varied in accordance with the frequency
 c. The D:d ratio is smaller
 d. The wire is large with respect to the spacing of the conductors
461. A resultant wave due to the combination of incident and reflected wave

 a. Electromagnetic wave
 b. Sine wave
 c. Standing wave
 d. Current
462. For transmission line load matching over a range of frequencies, it is
best to use a

 a. Balun
 b. Broadband directional coupler
 c. Double stub
 d. Single stub
463. If the load impedance matches the characteristic impedance of the line,
there are _____ standing waves.

 a. More
 b. Less
 c. No
 d. Ten(10)
464. VSWR stands for

 a. Voltage sending wave ratio

 b. Voltage receiving wave ratio
 c. Very small wave radiation
 d. Voltage standing wave ratio
465. Reflections on a transmission line can occur when

 a. Impedance of the source and load are matched

 b. Impedance of the source and the load are mismatched
 c. Resonance conditions are obtained
 d. Power transfer between source and load is maximum
466. A transmission line with characteristic impedance (Zo) of 300 ohms is
terminated in a resistance load (RI). If by measurement, the minimum and
maximum voltage through the load are 12 and 20 micro volts, respectively,
what is the SWR?

 a. 1.67
 b. 0.6
 c. 6.7
  d. 3.67
467. A measure of the mismatched between line and load impedance is
called as

 a. Reflection coefficient
 b. Standing wave ratio
 c. Loss
 d. Standing waves
468. Transmission lines when connected to antenna have

 a. Capacitive load
 b. Resistive load whose resistance is less than characteristic impedance
 c. Resistive load at the resonant frequency
 d. Resistive load whose resistance is greater than the characteristic
impedance of the line
469. At matched condition, SWR is equal to

 a. Zero
 b. One
 c. 100
 d. Infinite
470. An HF transmission line has a characteristic impedance of 600 ohms
and is terminated by an antenna. The SWR along the line when the antenna
impedance is 500 ohms is

 a. 1.2:1
 b. 1:2.1
 c. 2:1
 d. 1:2
471. A characteristic of an infinite transmission line is that

 a. The impedance in equals impedance out

 b. It carries waves at the velocity of light
 c. It can be connected to mismatched loads
 d. The impedance varies with the length of the line
472. A quarter wave transmission line shorted at the end:

 a. Has the characteristics of parallel tuned circuit

 b. Has the characteristics of a series tuned circuit
 c. Has a minimum current at the end
 d. Reflects a low impedance to the supply
473. The outer conductor of a coaxial transmission line is usually grounded
at the:
 a. Input and output
 b. Output only
 c. Input only
 d. Point of infinite resistance
474. A certain feedline has a high SWR. It can be caused by:

 a. An impedance mismatched
 b. Use of non-resonant line
 c. Matching the load to the line
 d. Excessive transmitter output
475. If the input impedance of an antenna is 300 ohms and it is fed with a
600 ohm balanced transmission line, the SWR on the line is

 a. 4
 b. 3
 c. 2
 d. 0.5
476. A radio transmission line of 300 ohms impedance to be connected to an
antenna having an input impedance of 150 ohms. The impedance if a
quarter wave matching line is ___ ohms

 a. 212
 b. 450
 c. 600
 d. 150
477. The ratio of the reflected voltage to the incident voltage on the
transmission line is termed as

 a. Reflection coefficient
 b. Standing wave ratio
 c. Loss
 d. Standing waves
478. Indicate the three types of transmission line energy losses

 a. Radiation, I2R and dielectric Heating

 b. Conductor heating, dielectric heating and radiation resistance
 c. I2R, RL and temperature
 d. Dielectric separation insulation breakdown and radiation
479. Termination means

 a. Load connected to the output end of a transmission line

 b. Result of disconnecting a line from a transmitter
 c. Looking back impedance of a line with no load
 d. Result of cutting both ends of a conductor
480. When transmission line uses ground return, it is called a/n _____ line.

 a. Ungrounded
 b. Unbalanced
 c. Grounded
 d. Balanced
481. Permeability is the measure of superiority of a material over a vacuum
as a path of magnetic lines of force. The permeability of free space is equal
to _____ henry/meter

 a. 1.257 x 10-6
 b. 1.527 x 10-6
 c. 7.251 x 10-6
 d. 5.217×10-6
482. The most commonly used transmission line is a

 a. Two-wire balanced line

 b. Single line
 c. Three-wire line
 d. Coax
483. The characteristic impedance of a transmission line does not depend
upon its

 a. Length
 b. Conductor diameter
 c. Conductor spacing
 d. Thickness of armor
484. What is the impedance of a balance 4-wire with a diameter of 0.25cm
and spaced 2.5 cm apart using an insulator with a dielectric constant of
2.56?

 a. 100 ohms
 b. 65 ohms
 c. 75 ohms
 d. 50 ohms
485. It is required to match a 73-ohm antenna to a 600 ohm polyethylene
coaxial feeder line, with a velocity factor of 0.66 by means of a quarter wave
matching a transformer. At a frequency of 150 MHz, the impedance of the
matching section is____ ohms.

 a. 209.28
 b. 310.5
 c. 150.28
 d. 450.82
486. If the terminating impedance is exactly equal to the characteristic
impedance of the transmission line, the return loss is____

 a. Zero
 b. Infinity
 c. One
 d. Negative
487. The characteristic impedance of a transmission line is the impedance
measured at the ____ when its length is infinite.

 a. Shorted end of the line

 b. Midsection
 c. Input
 d. Output
488. The characteristic impedance of a transmission line is 70 ohms and has
a load of 35 ohms. The SWR and reflection coefficient are _____ and _____
respectively

 a. 2 and 0.333
 b. 1 and 0.666
 c. 2 and 0.666
 d. 1 and 0.333
489. It is required to match a 200 ohm load to a 300 ohm transmission line
to reduce the SWR and attain resonance. A quarter wave transformer used,
directly connected to the load has a Zo of ____ ohms.

 a. 245
 b. 425
 c. 524
 d. 254
490. What quarter wave transformer will match a 100 ohm-line to an
antenna whose value is 175 ohms?

 a. 150 ohms
 b. 137.5 ohms
 c. 132.29 ohms
 d. 16.58 ohms
491. The mismatch between antenna and transmission line impedance
cannot be corrected by

 a. Using an LC network
 b. Adjusting antenna length
 c. Using a balun
 d. Adjusting the length of the transmission line
492. A pattern of voltage and current variation along a transmission line not
terminated in its characteristic impedance is called

 a. An electric field
 b. Radio waves
 c. Standing waves
 d. Magnetic field
493. The most desirable value of SWR on a transmission line is

 a. 0
 b. 1
 c. 2
 d. Infinity
494. In transmission lines, the most desirable reflection coefficient is

 a. Zero
 b. 0.5
 c. 1
 d. Infinity
495. At very high frequencies, transmission lines are used as _____.

 a. Tuned circuits
 b. Antennas
 c. Insulators
 d. Resistors
496. What is the reflection coefficient of a 100 ohm characteristic impedance
line and a 300 ohm load?

 a. 0.25
 b. 0.3
 c. 0.5
 d. 0.75
497. The minimum voltage along a transmission line is 260 volts, while the
maximum is 390 volts. The SWR is

 a. 0.67
 b. 1.0
 c. 1.2
 d. 1.5
498. A single conductor running from the transmitter to the antenna

 a. RG-8/U
 b. Single line wire
 c. Twin-lead
  d. Microstrip
499. What characteristic impedance is needed to match a 50-ohm line to a
300 ohm-load?

 a. 221 ohms
 b. 122 ohms
 c. 212 ohms
 d. 112 ohms
500. Indicate the false statement. The SWR on a transmission line is infinity;
the line is terminated in

 a. Short circuit
 b. A complex impedance
 c. An open circuit
 d. A pure reactance

451. VSWR

452. 2:1

453. Ground

454. 1

455. 72 ohms

456. 316

457. 1

458. Reflectometer

459. A short-circuited stub at some specific distance from the load

460. The wire size is small with respect to the spacing of the conductors

461. Standing wave

462. Double stub

463. No

464. Voltage standing wave ratio

465. Impedance of the source and the load are mismatched

466. 1.67

467. Standing wave ratio

468. Resistive load at the resonant frequency

469. One

470. 1.2:1

471. The impedance in equals impedance out

472. Has the characteristics of parallel tuned circuit

473. Input and output

474. An impedance mismatched

475. 2

476. 212

477. Reflection coefficient

478. Radiation, I2R and dielectric Heating

479. Load connected to the output end of a transmission line

480. Unbalanced

481. 1.257 x 10-6

482. Two-wire balanced line

483. Thickness of armor

484. 100 ohms

485. 209.28

486. Zero
487. Input

488. 2 and 0.333

489. 245

490. 132.29 ohms

491. Using an LC network

492. Standing waves

493. 1

494. Zero

495. Tuned circuits

496. 0.5

497. 1.5

498. Single line wire

499. 122 ohms

500. A complex impedance