1. What is the opposition to the transfer of energy
The standing wave ratio is equal to _______ if
which is considered the dominant characteristic
of a cable or circuit that emanates from its
physical structure?
Impedance
2. When load impedance equals to Zo of the line, it
means that the load _____ all the power.
absorbs
3. impedance matching ratio of a coax balun.
4:1
4. Which stands for dB relative level?
dBr
5. Standard test tone used for audio measurement.
1000 Hz
6. When VSWR is equal to zero, this means
that no power is applied
7. is the ratio of reflected voltage to the forward
travelling voltage.
Reflection coefficient
8. Transmission line must be matched to the load
to
transfer maximum power to the load
9. Which indicate the relative energy loss in a
capacitor?
Dissipation factor
10. What is the standard test tone?
0 dBm
11. The energy that neither radiated into space nor
completely transmitted.
Standing waves
12. Micron is equal to _______ meter.
10-6
13. 1 Angstrom (A) is equal to
10-10 m
14. Why is it impossible to use a waveguide at low
radio frequencies?
Because of the size of the waveguide
15. is the transmission and reception of information.
Communications
16. What is the loss of the circuit in dB if the power
ration of output to input is 0.01?
20
17. Transmission lines are either balanced or
unbalanced with respect to
Ground
18.
the load is properly matched with the
transmission line.
1
19. is the advantage of the balanced transmission
line compared to unbalanced line.
Low attenuation
20. is the method of determining the bandwidth of
any processing system.
Spectral analysis
21. What causes the attenuation present in a
waveguide?
Losses in the conducting walls of the guide
22. A device that converts a balanced line to an
unbalanced line of a transmission line.
Balun
23. What is the approximate line impedance of a
parallel-strip line spaced 1 cm apart with the
length of 50 cm?
10 ohms
24. What is the average power rating of RG-58 C/u?
50 W
25. A coaxial cable used for high temperatures.
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?
3
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.
21
28. The velocity factor for a transmission line
depends on the dielectric constant of the
material used
29. Impedance inversion can be obtained by
a quarter-wave line
30. Transmission lines when connected to antennas
have
resistive load at the resonant frequency
31. One of the following is not a bounded media.
Ocean
32. The impedance measured at the input of the
transmission line when its length is infinite.
Characteristic impedance
33. The following are considered primary line
constants except
complex propagation constant
34. The dielectric constants of materials commonly
used in transmission lines range from about
1.2 to 2.8
35. Typically, the velocity factor (VF) of the materials
used in transmission lines range from
0.6 to 0.9
36. For an air dielectric two-wire line, the minimum
characteristic impedance value is
85 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
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.
0.71
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?
83%
40. The concept used to make one Smith chart
universal is called
normalization
41. What are the basic elements of communications
system?
Transmitter, receiver, transmission channel
42. is the transmission of printed material over
telephone lines.
Facsimile
43. is a continuous tone generated by the
combination of two frequencies of 350 Hz and
440 Hz used in telephone sets.
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.
VF repeaters
45. is a component in the telephone set that has the
primary function of interfacing the handset to
the local loop.
Induction coil
46. Pulse dialing has ________ rate.
10 pulses/sec
47. is a telephone wire that connects two central
offices.
Trunk 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.
MTSO
49. in a cellular system performs radio-related
functions for cellular site.
Base station
50. A technology used to increase the capacity of a
mobile phone system.
Frequency re-use
51. If the grade of service of a telephone system
indicated P = 0.05, what does it mean?
Lost calls of 5%
52. ________ is the Out-of-Band signaling between Toll
Central Offices (Bell System Standard).
3, 700 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?
1000 lines
54. If the SWR is infinite, what type of load transmission
line has?
Purely reactive
55. Not more than _______ digits make up an
international telephone number as recommended by
CCITT REC. E. 161.
12
56. One (1) Erlang is equal to _______.
36 CCS
57. Standard tariff for flat rate telephone service beyond
the normal flat rate in that area.
WATS 73. What is the CCITT recommendation for a preparation
58. The standard analog telephone channel bandwidth. of loss plan, a variable loss plans and a fixed loss plan?
300-3400 Hz G. 122
59. Type of switching in which a pair of wire from the 74. What is the diameter of a copper wire to be used in a
telephone set terminates in a jack and the switch is 16 km loop with a dc loop resistance of 100 ohms/km?
supervised by an operator. 0.465 mm
Manual switching 75. What kind of cell is appropriate for load
60. Every time when the telephone is idle, the handset is management, fast moving mobiles and low-usage areas?
in the _______ state. Umbrella cells
On-hook 76. In cellular networks, standard base station antennas
61. _______ is a component in the telephone set that are placed by _______.
has the primary function of compensating for the local adaptive array
loop length. 77. What is the basis of the first generation wireless local
b. Varistor loop?
62. What kind of receiver is used in conventional Analogue cellular technology
telephone handset? 78. When the calling party hears a “busy” tone on his
Electromagnetic telephone, the call is considered
63. A voice-grade circuit using the PTN ha an ideal completed
passband of 79. Short-circuited stubs are preferred to open circuited
0 to 4 kHz stubs because the latter are
64. ________ is the minimum-quality circuit available liable to radiate
using the PTN. 80. What is the ratio of the reflected voltage to the
Basic voice grade (VG) incident voltage?
65. Direct distance dialing (DDD) network is called Coefficient of reflection
Dial-up network 81. One method of determining antenna impedance.
66. What is the advantage of sidetone? Quarter-wave matching
Assure the customer that the telephone is working 82. ________ is a single conductor running from the
67. ________ is a special service circuit connecting two transmitter to the antenna.
private branch exchanges (PBX). Single-wire line
Tie trunk 83. Coaxial cable impedance is typically _______.
68. The published rates, regulation, and descriptions 50 to 75 ohms
governing the provision of communications service for 84. Waveguide becomes compulsory above what
public use. frequencies?
Tariff Above 3 GHz
69. What is the power loss of a telephone hybrid? 85. Nominal voice channel bandwidth is _______.
3 dB 4 kHz
70. Telephone channel has a band-pass characteristic 86. Echo suppressors are used on all communications
occupying the frequency range of _______. system when the round trip propagation time exceeds
300-3400 Hz _______.
71. The first Strowger step-by-step switch was used in 50 ms
_______. 87. A radio transmission line of 300 ohms impedance is
1897 to be connected to an antenna having an input
72. What is the phase delay of an 800 Hz voice signal if impedance of 150 ohms. What is the impedance of a
the phase shift is 15 degrees? quarter-wave matching line?
52 μsec 212 ohms
88. Quarter-wavelength line is used as _______.
impedance transformer
89. The transmission lines which can convey
electromagnetic waves only in higher modes is usually
called
waveguide
90. Why is nitrogen gas sometimes used in waveguide?
To keep the waveguide dry
91. The apparent speed of propagation along a
waveguide based on the distance between wavefronts
along the walls of the guide is called
phase velocity
92. How do you couple in and out of a waveguide?
93. A rectangular waveguide is operating in the
dominant TE10 mode. The associated flux lines are
established
transversely across the narrow dimension of the
waveguide
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
guide wavelength
95. The guide wavelength, in a rectangular waveguide is
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
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
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?
5.32 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
7.0 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?
3.89 cm
101. The frequency range over which a rectangular
waveguide is excited in the dominant mode is limited to
the difference between the frequency at which the
cutoff wavelength is twice the narrow dimension
102. If a rectangular waveguide is to be excited in the
dominant mode, the E-probe should be inserted
at a distance of one quarter –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 high value of resistance
104. If the SWR on a transmission line has a high value,
the reason could be
an impedance mismatch between the line and the load
105. If a quarter-wave transmission line is shorted at one
end
the line behaves as a parallel-tuned circuit in relation to
the generator
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
any convenient value
107. The outer conductor of the coaxial cable is usually
grounded
at the beginning and at the end of the cable
108. A feature of an infinite transmission line is that
its input impedance at the generator is equal to the
line’s surge impedance
109. When the surge impedance of a line is matched to a
load, the line will
transfer maximum power to the load
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
3
111. Ratio of the mismatch between the antenna and
the transmitter power.
SWR
112. Emission designation for a facsimile.
F3C and A3E
113. Commonly used telephone wire.
AWG #19
114. What is the distance traveled by a wave in the time
of one cycle?
Wavelength
115. The velocity factor is inversely proportional with
respect to the _______.
square root of the dielectric constant
116. ________ is a hollow structure that has no center
conductor but allows waves to propagate down its
length.
Waveguide
117. To connect a coaxial line to a parallel wire line,
_______ is used.
balun
118. What length for which the input power has been
halved for a transmission line with an attenuation of 6
dB/km?
0.5 km
119. Ina waveguide, _______ is a specific configuration
of electric and magnetic fields that allows a wave to
propagate.
mode
120. A rectangular waveguide has dimensions of 3 cm x
5 cm. What is the dominant mode cut-off frequency?
3 GHz
121. ________ are transmission lines which can convey
electromagnetic waves only in higher order modes?
Waveguides
122. The amount of uncertainty in a system of symbols is
also called
entropy
123. The twists in twisted wire pairs
reduced electromagnetic interference
124. An example of a bounded medium is
all of the above
125. Loading means the addition of
inductance
126. What is the most commonly used transmission line
for high frequency application?
Coaxial
127. The characteristic impedance of a transmission line
does not depend upon its
length
128. One of the following is not a common transmission
line impedance.
120 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
Zo = ZL
130. The mismatch between antenna and transmission
line impedance cannot be corrected for by
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.
Standing waves
132. Which is the desirable SWR on a transmission line?
1
133. A 50ohm coax is connected to a 73-ohm antenna.
What is the SWR?
1.46
134. What is the most desirable reflection coefficient?
0
135. What is the ratio expressing the percentage of
incident voltage reflected on a transmission line?
Reflection coefficient
136. The minimum voltage along a transmission line is
260 V, while the maximum is 390 V, the SWR is
1.5
137. One meter is one wavelength at a frequency of
300 MHz
138. At very high frequencies, transmission lines act as
Antennas
139. A shorted quarter-wave line at the operating
frequency acts like a/an
Parallel resonant circuit
140. A shorted half-wave line at the operating frequency
acts like a/an
Series resonant circuit
141. A medium least susceptible to noise?
Coaxial
142. A medium most widely used in LANs?
Twisted pair
143. The most commonly used transmission line in
television system.
Coaxial cable
144. The impedance of a TV transmission line depends
on several factors. Which is not one of those factors?
Length of the wire
145. DC blocks are used in coaxial transmission line for
the purpose of
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.
Adjacent channel interference
147. Dithering (in TVRO communication) is a process of
Reducing the effect of noise on the TVRO video signal
148. A network that has an input of 75dB and an output
of 35dB. The loss of the network is
40db
149. Important useful quantities describing waveforms.
Frequency and voltage
150. Halving the power means
3-dB loss
151. One Neper (Np) is how many decibels?
8.686
152. A signal is amplified 100 times in power. The dB
gain is
20 dB
153. Which of the following is used to measure SWR?
Reflectometer
154. 214-056 twin lead which is commonly used for TV
lead-in has a characteristic impedance of
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?
324.04 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?
85 dBW
157. A coaxial cable is a good example of a/an
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.
232 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).
0.5 in
160. In the preceding problem , calculate the line
current.
1.7A
161. Determine also the total attenuation of the line in
the preceding problem.
1.5 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.
19,161 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.
11,733 ft
164. The input is 0.1W and the network gain is 13dB, the
output is
2.0 W
165. Known as one-tenth of a neper.
dNp
166. the input impedance of a quarterwave short-
circuited transmission line at its resonant frequency is
Infinite or an open circuit
167. The ratio of the largest rms value to the smallest
rms value of the voltage in the line is called
VSWR
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
15 meters
169. From the preceding problem, compute also the
length of the quarterwave stub.
7.5 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?
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?
-1.98
172. The characteristic impedance of a transmission line
does not depend upon its___________.
Length
173. What does a power difference of -3dB mean?
A loss of one half of the power
174. Which of the following is an advantage of the
balance transmission line?
Low attenuation
175. Waveguides are used mainly for microwave
transmission because
No generators are powerful enough to excite them
176. The input is 1W and the network loss is 27dB, the
output is
2 mW
177. A combiner has two inputs +30dBm and +30dBm,
what is the resultant output?
+33 dBm
178. The ratio of the smallest to the largest rms current
value is called
ISWR
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
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
0.44 dB
181. In the preceding problem, determine the spacing
between wires from center to center.
6 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?
200 ohms
183. A ten times power change in transmission system is
equivalent to
1 dB
184. A type of transmission line employed where
balanced properties are required.
Parallel-wire 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
111.8 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
4W
187. To be properly matched the ratio of a maximum
voltage along a transmission line should be equal to
1
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.
2.09 mm
189. If an amplifier has equal input and out impedance,
what voltage ratio does the gain of 50dB represent?
316.2
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?
0.18 uH/ft
191. The ratio between the energy absorbed by a
surface to the total energy received by the surface.
Absorption 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
Decrease the impedance
193. The higher the gauge number if a conductor
The higher the resistance or the smaller the diameter
194. A short length transmission line used to
reduce/eliminate standing waves in the main
transmission line.
λ/4 transformer
195. ratio of reflected power to incident power?
Reflectance
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
176 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.
0.476 uF
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?
660 ohms
199. In the preceding problem, what is the attenuation
in dB per 100ft of the line for a frequency of 4 MHz?
0.03
200. What is the SWR when a transmission line is
terminated in a short circuit?
Infinite
201. If the 10% of the microwave power is reflected at
the mismatch, find the return loss.
202. If the return loss is 20 dB, find the present reflected
power.
203. Convert “ten times bigger” to the equivalent
numerical dB
204. Convert “one-half as large” to equivalent numerical
dB
205. Special semiconductor diode use for electronically
adjustable attenuation
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.
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?
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.
209. For a short circuited line or open circuited line, the
standing wave ratio value is always _____.
210. If the voltage reading at a particular section of a
transmission line is maximum, the current reading
should be:
211. If five signals entered to an X-device at 3 dBm each,
find the output power in dBm.
212. Given incident power of 0.4 mW and insertion loss
of 3 dB, find the transmitted power.
213. The reflected voltage and reflected current along
the transmission line are always:
214. If the direction of the reflection coefficient is 90o,
the nature of the lien is,
215. What are the three types of microwave
transmission line?
216. If the incident power is -27 dBm and insertion loss
of 20 dB, find for the transmitted power.
217. Energy applied to a transmission line may become
dissipated before reaching the load.
218. The velocity of light is very nearly 3 x 108 m/s in a
vacuum and ___ in all other media.
219. At a point exactly a quarter-wavelength from the
load, the current is ______.
220. Is a piece of transmission line which is normally
short-circuited at the far end.
221. For high frequencies, the best dielectric may
be_______.

222. Characteristic impedance are sometimes called
_______.
223. A transmission line is connected to a mismatched
load. Calculate the VSWR in dB if the reflection
coefficient is 0.25
224. Is a power tool for the RF design
225. When will the system encounter a tremendous
increase of interference.
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.
227. If the return loss is 13 dB, find the equivalent SWR.
228. Which of the following will you choose in order to
minimize mismatch?
229. If the equipment has input power of 33 dBm, what
is the gain of the resulting output power is 10 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.
231. A 50 ohms transmission line is connected to a 30
ohm resistive load. Calculate reflection coefficient.
232. The term _________ implies a sine wave of
constant amplitude, phase and frequency.
233. Is defined as the ratio of the reflected signal to the
incident signal.
234. It is a measure of one way loss of power in a
transmission line due to reflection from the load.
235. If the velocity factor is equal to 0.66, the speed of
light will be_____.
236. In 1939, _________ published a graphical device for
solving transmission line design.
237. In order to make the smith chart universal, the
impedances along the pure resistance line are
_________.
238. Calculate the gain off an amplifier with an input
power 10 kW and an output power of 200 kW.
239. A perfect termination for a transmission line.
240. It can be measured, and includes losses due to
reflection and absorption inside the component
241. A component that samples the microwave signal
traveling in one direction down a transmission line
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?
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?
244. Is a power level related to 1 mW.
245. A transmission unit used in a number of Northern
European countries as an alternative to the decibel is
________.
246. Adding two +30 dBm will produce how much dBm
at the output.
247. Determines how the voltage or current decreases
with distance
248. Determines the phase angle of the voltage or
current variation with distance
249. Determines variation of voltage or current with
distance along transmission line
250. The R, L, G, and C in the transmission line are
called________.
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?
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?
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?
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?
255. A coaxial cable has a capacitance of 90pF/m and a
characteristic impedance of 75 ohms. Find the
inductance of a 2m length.
256. If the SWR on a transmission line has high value, the
reason could be
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.
258. If a quarter-wave transmission line is shorted at one
end
259. What is the velocity factor for a cable with a Teflon
dielectric (relative permittivity = 2.1)?
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
261. A feature of an infinite transmission line is that
262. The outer conductor of the coaxial cable is usually
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?
264. An attenuator has a loss of 26 dB. If a power of 3 W
is applied to the attenuator, find the output power.
265. When surge impedance of a line is matched to a
load, the line will
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
267. The best insulation at UHF is
268. Neglecting line losses, the RMS voltage along an RF
transmission line having no standing waves
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
271. Referred to the fundamental frequency, a shorted
stub line attached to the transmission line to absorb
even harmonics could have a wavelength of
272. Nitrogen gas in concentric RF transmission lines is
used to
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?
274. Two adjacent minima on a slotted line are 20 cm
apart. Find the wavelength assuming a velocity factor of
95 %.
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?
276. Which of the following represents the best SWR?
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?
278. A high SWR creates losses in a transmission line. A
high standing wave ratio might be caused by
279. A properly connected transmission line
280. If a ¾ wavelength transmission is shorted at one
end, the impedance at the open will be
281. The characteristic impedance of a transmission line
does not depend upon its
282. Which of the following is not a common
transmission line impedance?
283. A ratio expressing the percentage of incident
voltage reflected on a transmission line is known as the
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)
285. A 75 ohm line is terminated in a 30 ohm resistance.
Find the SWR.
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?
287. At very high frequencies, transmission lines are
used as
288. Transmission line shielding is grounded
289. A shorted quarter-wave line at the operating
frequency acts like a(an)
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?
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?
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.
293. The main disadvantage of the two-hole directional
coupler is
294. A shorted half-wave line at the operating frequency
acts like a(an)
295. A load impedance of 100+j25 ohms is normalized
on a 100 ohm-line. The normalized value is
296. A pattern of voltage and current variations along a
transmission line not terminated in its characteristic
impedance is called
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
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.
299. The velocity factor of a transmission line
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.
301. Category of media with some form of conductor
that provides a conduit in which electromagnetic signals
are contained.
302. The conductive connections between elements
which carry signals.
303. Calculate the characteristic impedance for a line
that exhibits an inductance of 4 nH/m and 1.5 pF/m
304. Category of media which are wireless
305. It is a medium or any physical facility used to
propagate electromagnetic signals between two
locations in a communications system.
306. It is a metallic conductor system used to transfer
electrical energy from one point to another using
electrical current flow.
307. A kind of wave where the displacement is in the
direction of propagation.
308. Calculate the capacitance per meter of a 50-ohm
load cable that has an inductance of 55 nH/m.
309. The desirable SWR on a transmission line is
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
312. Electromagnetic waves that travel along a
transmission line from the source to the load.
313. Electromagnetic waves that travel from the load
back toward the source.
314. Sound travels approximately
315. Determine the surge impedance for a parallel wire,
air dielectric with a ratio of the spacing between
conductors and the diameter of 3.
316. The rate at which the periodic wave repeats
317. The distance of one cycle occurring in space
318. Classification of transmission line where both
conductors carry current; one conductor carries the
signal, the other conductor is the return path
319. A shorted half-wave line at the operating frequency
acts like
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?
321. Currents that flow in opposite direction in a
balanced wire pair is called
322. Currents that flow in same direction in a balanced
wire pair is called
323. A circuit device used to connect a balanced
transmission line to an unbalanced load
324. The most common type of balun used in relatively
high frequency
325. A pattern of voltage and current variations along
the transmission line not terminated in its characteristic
impedance is called
326. A type of parallel-conductor transmission lines
consists of simply of two parallel wires, closely-spaced
and separated by air.
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
328. What is the range of size of wires of a twisted pair?
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?
330. In AWG, the higher the wire gauge ______
331. Type of twisted pair wire cable that consists of two
copper wires where each wire is separately
encapsulated in PVC insulation.
332. A shorted quarter-wave line at the operating
frequency acts like
333. The minimum number of twist for UTP is
334. A delay line using RG-8A/U cable is to exhibit a 5-ns
delay. Calculate the required length of the cable.
335. An open-circuited quarter-wavelength line acts like
a dielectric material, then a concentric shielding, and an
336. Level for category of UTP cable which is suitable
only for voice grade telephone signals and very low-
speed data applications
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?
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
339. If the period of one complete cycle of a radio wave
is 0.000001 s, what is the wavelength?
340. If the two towers of a 950-kHz antenna are
separated by 120 electrical degrees, what is the tower
separation in feet?
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.
342. The mismatch between the antenna and
transmission line impedances cannot be corrected for by
343. Category of UTP that was designed for data
transmission rates up to 20 Mbps
344. Variation of CAT5 cables that are intended for data
transmission rates up to 250 Mbps
345. A type of twisted-pair wherein its wires and
dielectric are enclosed in a conductive metal sleeve
called a foil.
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.
347. It consists of center conductor surrounded by
environmental protection outer jacket.
348. In a transmission line, it refers to the woven
stranded mesh or braid that surround some types of
coaxial cables
349. A coaxial cable with one layer of foil insulation and
one layer of braided shielding.
350. At very high frequencies, transmission lines are
used as
351. A coaxial cable with two layers of foil insulation and
two layers of braided shielding.
352. A type of coaxial cable that has a tubular outer
conductor surrounds the center conductor coaxially and
the insulating material is air.
353. If the length of an open-circuited stub is less than
quarter-wavelength but greater than 0, the stub behaves
as
354. Type of coaxial cable where the outer conductor is
braided, flexible, and coaxial to the center conductor.
355. A 50-ohm coax is connected to a 73-ohm antenna.
The SWR is
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.
357. Determine the characteristic impedance for an air
dielectric two-wire parallel transmission line with a D/r
ratio of 12.22
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
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
360. It is used to express the attenuation or signal loss
and the phase shift per unit length of the transmission
line.
361. For matched condition, what is the relationship of
load and characteristic impedance?
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.
363. It is simply the permittivity of the material
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.
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
366. If the length of an open-circuited stub is greater
than quarter-wavelength but less than half-wavelength,
the stub behaves as
367. Delay line is a function of what two parameters?
368. How is the time delay calculated in a coaxial cables
with a dielectric constant of 0.66?
369. Three feet is one wavelength at a frequency of
370. When current flows through a conductor, the loss
introduced as a function of resistance and current is
called _______.
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
372. The ratio of the AC resistance and the DC
resistance.
373. The difference in potential between two
conductors of a metallic transmission line causes
______.
374. If the length of a short-circuited stub is greater than
quarter-wavelength but less than half-wavelength, the
stub behaves as
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 ______.
376. The minimum voltage along a transmission line is
260 V, while the maximum is 390 V. The SWR is
377. It occurs whenever a connection is made to or from
a transmission line or when two sections of transmission
line are connected together.
378. Which of the following is not a common
transmission line impedance?
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.
380. Voltage that propagates down the load.
381. Voltage that propagates from the load towards the
source.
382. A transmission line with no reflected power.
383. It is a vector quantity that represents the ratio of
reflected voltage to incident voltage or the reflected
current and the incident current
384. With a mismatched line, two electromagnetic
waves traveling in opposite direction, present on the line
on the same time.
385. The two traveling waves sets up an interference
pattern called _______.
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.
387. For a transmission line with an incident voltage of
5V and a reflected voltage of 3V, determine the
reflection coefficient.
388. A ratio expressing the percentage of incident
voltage reflected on a transmission line is known as the
389. There is an impedance inversion in every ______.
390. The characteristic impedance of a transmission line
does not depend upon its
391. ______ are used to match transmission lines to
purely resistive loads whose resistance is not equal to
the characteristic impedance of the line.
392. To match a transmission line with a reactive load
_______.
393. A technique that can be used to locate an
impairment in metallic cable.
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?
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
396. A flat conductor separated from a ground plane by
an insulating dielectric material.
397. A flat conductor sandwich between two ground
planes.
398. Indicate the false statement. The SWR on a
transmission line is infinity; the line is terminated in
399. The most commonly used transmission line is a
400. A short-circuited half-wavelength line acts like a
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
402. The velocity factor of a transmission line
403. Impedance inversion may be obtained with
404. The most desirable reflection coefficient is
405. Short circuited stubs are preferred to open-
circuited stub because the latter are
406. For transmission-line load matching over a range of
frequencies, it is best to use a
407. The main disadvantage of the two-hole directional
coupler is
408. To couple a coaxial line to a parallel-wire line, it is
best to use a
409. A short-circuited quarter-wavelength line acts like a
410. If the length of a short-circuited stub is less than a
quarter-wavelength but greater than 0, the stub behaves
as
411. The depth of penetration of current density
resulting from skin effect
412. Transmission line must be matched to the load to
413. Referred to the dielectric constant of a transmission
line material
414. A transmission line containing of two conductors
that have equal resistance per unit length
415. Which of the following determines the
characteristics of a transmission line?
416. Category of UTP that was designed for data
transmission rates up to 20 Mbps
417. Level 2 or category 2 UTP cables comply with IBM’s
_______ specification.
418. Level 3 or Category 3 UTP cables should have at
least ____ twist per inch.
419. Which of the following is NOT a color code for
Category 5 UTP?
420. Shielded-screen twisted-pair cable or SSTP is also
known as ________.
421. An open-circuited transmission line quarter
wavelength long is equivalent to
422. A short-circuited transmission line more than
quarter-wavelength long but shorter than half
wavelength is equivalent to _______.
423. A short-circuited transmission line less than
quarter-wavelength long.
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?
425. The characteristic impedance of a microstrip is
equal to _____ ohms.
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?
427. The typical value of the velocity factor of an open-
wire transmission line is
428. If a transmission line is not terminated in its
characteristic impedance, _______ will develop along
the line.
429. If a load and a line have mismatched impedances,
power not absorbed by the load will be _____.
430. Two wire line is usually operated in the:
431. When the load impedance doesn’t not match the
line impedance, part of the energy in the incident wave
is ________ at the load.
432. In practice, the transmission lines are almost
connected to antennas that have a _____.
433. When the transmission line is matched to the load,
it
434. Conventional transmission media include
435. To couple a coaxial line to a parallel wire line, it is
best to use a _____
436. Impedance inversion may be obtained with
437. To be properly matched, the ratio of maximum to
minimum voltage along a transmission line should be
equal to
438. When ZL ≠ Zo, the power sent down the line toward
the load is called the
439. For transmission line load matching over a range of
frequencies, it is best to use a
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.
441. The property of a material that determines how
much electrostatic energy can be stored per unit volume
when voltage is applied
442. The value of the total opposition of the
transmission media to the flow of electromagnetic field
energy is called
443. When mismatch is great, this power actually cause
damage to the transmitter or the line itself.
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?
445. The measure of the superiority of a material over a
vacuum as a path for magnetic lines of force is
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_______.
447. A coax line has an attenuation of 2.4 dB per 100 ft.
the attenuation for 2.75 ft. is _____ dB.
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.
449. The characteristic impedance of a transmission line
is determined by
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
451. Considering a coaxial transmission line, maximum
voltage on the line divided by the minimum voltage
equals the
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
453. Transmission lines are either balanced or
unbalanced with respect to
454. The load is properly matched with the transmission
line if the standing wave ratio is equal to
455. The radiation resistance of a quarterwave antenna
is
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?
457. The VSWR for a line terminated in its Zo is
458. Which of the following is used to measure SWR?
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
461. A resultant wave due to the combination of
incident and reflected wave
462. For transmission line load matching over a range of
frequencies, it is best to use a
463. If the load impedance matches the characteristic
impedance of the line, there are _____ standing waves.
464. VSWR stands for
465. Reflections on a transmission line can occur when
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?
467. A measure of the mismatched between line and
load impedance is called as
468. Transmission lines when connected to antenna
have
469. At matched condition, SWR is equal to
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
471. A characteristic of an infinite transmission line is
that
472. A quarter wave transmission line shorted at the
end:
473. The outer conductor of a coaxial transmission line is
usually grounded at the:
474. A certain feedline has a high SWR. It can be caused
by:
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
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
477. The ratio of the reflected voltage to the incident
voltage on the transmission line is termed as
478. Indicate the three types of transmission line energy
losses
479. Termination means
480. When transmission line uses ground return, it is
called a/n _____ line.
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
482. The most commonly used transmission line is a
483. The characteristic impedance of a transmission line
does not depend upon its
484. What is the impedance of a balance 4-wire with a
diameter of 0.25cm and spaced 2.5 cm apart using an 496. What is the reflection coefficient of a 100 ohm
insulator with a dielectric constant of 2.56? characteristic impedance line and a 300 ohm load?

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.
497. The minimum voltage along a transmission line is
260 volts, while the maximum is 390 volts. The SWR is
498. A single conductor running from the transmitter to
the antenna

486. If the terminating impedance is exactly equal to the 499. What characteristic impedance is needed to match
characteristic impedance of the transmission line, the a 50-ohm line to a 300 ohm-load?
return loss is____
500. Indicate the false statement. The SWR on a
487. The characteristic impedance of a transmission line transmission line is infinity; the line is terminated in
is the impedance measured at the ____ when its length
is infinite.

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

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.

490. What quarter wave transformer will match a 100

ohm-line to an antenna whose value is 175 ohms?

491. The mismatch between antenna and transmission

line impedance cannot be corrected by

492. A pattern of voltage and current variation along a

transmission line not terminated in its characteristic
impedance is called

493. The most desirable value of SWR on a transmission

line is

494. In transmission lines, the most desirable reflection

coefficient is

495. At very high frequencies, transmission lines are

used as _____.