Republic of the Philippines

MAPUA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Intramuros, Manila

Correlation 2
Day, Date 8:00 – 12:00 AM
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EST Set A

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark ONLY ONE ANSWER for each item by shading the box corresponding
to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED.

MULTIPLE CHOICE:

1. Which of the following steps is not included in the process of D. Stereo broadcasting
reception?
A. Decoding 8. To provide two or more voice circuits with the same carrier, it is
B. Encoding necessary to use
C. Storage A. ISB
D. Interpretation B. Carrier reinsertion
C. SSB with pilot carrier
2. Amplitude Modulation is the process of D. Lincompex
A. Superimposing a low frequency on a high
frequency 9. What is the modulation index of an FM system in which the
B. Superimposing a high frequency on a low frequency modulating frequency 2KHz and the maximum deviation is
C. Carrier interruption 10KHz?
D. Frequency shift and phase shift A. 5
B. 10
3. A receiver connected to an antenna whose resistance is 50Ω C. 20
has an equivalent noise resistance of 30Ω. Calculate the D. 2
receiver’s noise figure in decibels.
A. 1.61dB 10. When the modulating frequency is doubled, the modulation
B. 3.22dB index is halved, and the modulating voltage remains
C. 2.04dB constant. The modulation system is
D. 4.08dB A. AM
B. FM
4. Calculate the noise voltage at the input of a television RF C. PM
amplifier, using a device that has a 200Ωequivalent noise D. QAM
resistance and a 300Ωinput resistor. The bandwidth of the
amplifier is 6MHz, and the temperature is 17˚C. 11. It is required to match a 200Ω load to a 300Ω transmission
A. 4.71µV line, to reduce the SWR along the line to 1. What must be
B. 2.49 µV the characteristic impedance of the quarter wave transformer
C. 9.05 µV used for this purpose, if it is connected directly to the load?
D. 6.93 µV A. 500Ω
B. 100Ω
5. A broadcast radio transmitter radiates 10KW when the C. 245Ω
modulation percentage is 60. How much is the carrier power? D. 325Ω
A. 8.47KW
B. 6.66KW 12. A directional coupler is
C. 3.33KW A. A device used to connect a transmitter to a directional
D. 1.67KW antenna
B. A coupling device for matching impedance
6. The antenna current of an AM broadcast transmitter, C. A device used to measure transmission line power
modulated to a depth of 40% by an audio sine wave, is 11A. It D. An SWR measuring instrument
increases to 12Aas a result of simultaneous modulation by
another audio sine wave. What is the modulation index due to 13. Impedance inversion may be obtained with
the 2nd wave? A. A short-circuited stub
A. 0.757 B. An open-circuited stub
B. 0.643 C. A quarter-wave line
C. 0.512 D. A half-wave line
D. 0.828
14. VLF waves are used for some types of services because
7. C3F is normally used for A. Of the low powers required
A. HF point-to-point communication B. The transmitting antennas are of convenient size
B. Monaural broadcasting C. They are very reliable
C. TV broadcasting D. They penetrate the ionosphere easily
15. A range of microwave frequencies more easily passed by the 24. Which one is a linear system?
atmosphere than the others is called A. y[n] = x[n] x x[n - 1]
A. Window B. y[n] = x[n] + x[n - 10]
B. Critical frequency C. y[n] = x2[n]
C. Gyro frequency range D. (a) and (c)
D. Resonance in the atmosphere
25. A form of switching which is stored and forward
16. High frequency waves are A. Packet switching
A. Absorbed by the F2 layer B. Message switching
B. Reflected by the D layer C. Circuit switching
C. Capable of use for long-distance communications on the D. Digital switching
moon
D. Affected by the solar cycle 26. A 9600-baud rate signal can pass over the voice grade
telephone line if which kind of modulation is used?
17. When microwave signals follow the curvature of the earth, A. BPSK
this is known as B. QPSK
A. Faraday Effect C. DPSK
B. Ducting D. QAM
C. Tropospheric scatter
D. Ionospheric reflection 27. The analog signal m(t) is given below m(t) = 4 cos 100πt + 8
sin 200 πt + cos 300 πt, the Nyquist sampling rate will be
18. As electromagnetic waves travel in free space, only one of A. 1/100
the following can happen to them B. 1/200
A. Absorption C. 1/300
B. Attenuation D. 1/600
C. Refraction
D. Reflection 28. The characters making up the message in a synchronous
transmission are collectively referred to as the data
19. A half wave dipole antenna is capable of radiating 1KW and A. Set
has a 2.15dB gain over an isotropic antenna. How much B. Sequence
power must be delivered to the isotropic (omnidirectional) C. Block
antenna, to match the field strength directional antenna? D. collection
A. 1640W
B. 1320W 29. In Laplace transform, multiplication by e-at in time domain
C. 1550W becomes
D. 1730W A. translation by a in s domain
B. translation by (-a) in s domain
20. A beam antenna has a height of 10 meters over a service C. multiplication by e-as in s domain
area. Determine the beam tilt angle. D. none of the above
A. 0.088°
B. 8.8° 30. What type of mastergroup that can be further multiplexed
C. 9.2° and used for higher-capacity microwave radio systems?
D. 0.9° A. A600
B. U600
21. It is a solicitation sent from the primary to a secondary to C. L600
determine if the secondary has data to transmit D. L400
A. Selection
B. Polling 31. In order to separate channels in the TDM receiver, it is
C. Error control necessary to use
D. Master control A. AND gates
B. bandpass filters
22. Calculate the earth bulge 2 miles away from a transmitter for C. differentiation
a 25 miles terrestrial microwave link. D. integration
A. 30.67 ft
B. 68.66 ft 32. Which of the following is correct?
C. 3.61 ft A. The bit rate may be greater than the baud rate
D. 61.34 ft B. The baud rate may be greater than the bit rate
C. The bit and baud rate are always the same
23. Function of data link protocol that coordinates hop- D. The bit and baud rates are not related
to-hop data delivery where a hop maybe a computer, a
33. Determine the speed of sound in air at STP.
network controller or a network-connecting device such as
(Used γ =1.4 for air; ρ =1.23 kg/m3; P =1atm = 1.013 x 106 Pa)
router.
A. 335m
A. Flow control
B. 332m
B. Error control
C. 223m
C. Line discipline
D. 126m
D. Selection
 43. It is a function of the carrier-to-noise power ratio and the
34. Which of the following is an indirect way of generating FM? number of possible encoding conditions used
A. Armstrong modulator A. probability of error
B. Varactor diode modulator B. error detection
C. Reactance FET modulator C. error control
D. Reactance bipolar transistor D. bit error rate

35. It is a multiplexing system similar to conventional time- 44. For North American DTMF Code, the digit “2” has ___
division multiplexing except that it was developed to be used Multifrequency Push-Button Tone
with optical fibers A. 852 Hz,1477 Hz
A. SONET B. 852 Hz,1209 Hz
B. Frame relay C. 524 Hz,1776 Hz
C. ATM D. 697 Hz,1336 Hz
D. X.25
45. To eliminate ghosts in the picture
36. You are at a party and talking with a group of people. They A. use a longer transmission line
all produce sound levels of the same magnitudes at your B. connect a booster
position. The combined level when all four talks at once is C. change the antenna orientation of location
70dB. What is the sound level from one person? D. twist the transmission line
A. 32dB
B. 64dB 46. Sixteen different levels (symbols) are used to encode binary
C. 16dB data. The channel bandwidth is 36 MHz. The maximum
D. 128dB channel capacity is
A. 18 Mbps
37. The data rate for IEEE 802.11b is _____. B. 72 Mbps
A. 10 Mbps C. 288 Mbps
B. 1.544 Mbps D. 2.176 Gbps
C. 2.048 Mbps
D. 11 Mbps 47. It is required to match a 73-ohm antenna to a 600 ohm
polyethylene coaxial feeder line, with a velocity factor of 0.66
38. In Pulse Code Modulation system by means of a quarter wave matching a transformer. At a
A. large bandwidth is required frequency of 150MHz, the impedance of the matching
B. quantising noise can be overcome by companding section is____ ohms.
C. quantising noise can be reduced by decreasing the A. 209.28
number of standard levels B. 310.5
D. suffers from the disadvantage of its incompatibly with C. 150.28
TDM D. 450.82

39. The result whenever the sampling rate is less than twice the 48. What is the minimum bandwidth required to transmit a 56
highest audio frequency kbps binary signal with no noise?
A. peak limiting A. 14 kHz
B. overload distortion B. 56 kHz
C. alias C. 28 kHz
D. quantizing noise D. 112 kHz

40. The main benefit of the HSCSD feature compared to other 49. Which of the following does not cause losses in optical fibre
data enhancements introduced is that it is cables?
A. the maximum data rate is limited to 64 kbps A. Stepped index operation
B. up to eight times the bit rate on the single-slot full-rate B. Impurities
traffic channel C. Microbending
C. the maximum data rate in these early networks D. Attenuation in glass
D. an inexpensive way to implement higher data rates
50. It is the thermal noise power normalized to 1-Hz bandwidth
41. Ten bit error occurs in two million transmitted. The bit error A. power density ratio
rate is B. thermal noise
A. 2 x 10-5 C. noise power density
B. 5 x 10-5 D. ambient temperature noise
C. 5 x 10 -6
D. 2 x 10-6 51. A Fade Margin of 28 dB has a reliability of
A. 99%
42. If output power of a radio receiver is doubled, its volume is B. 99.9%
increased by __________ dB C. 99.99%
A. 2 D. 99.999%
B. 3
C. 1 52. Any rounded – off errors in the transmitted signal are
D. -3 reproduced when the code is converted back to analog in the
receiver.
 A. Aperture error D. 50 kW
B. Quantization error
C. Aperture distortion 62. OC-1 (STS-1) line rate is
D. Slope overload A. 51.84 Mbps
B. 1.544 Mbps
53. As per Shannon-Hartley theorem, a noise less Gaussian C. 3 Mbps
channel has D. 2.048 Mbps
A. zero capacity
B. infinite capacity 63. The direction of rotation of a CD is
C. small capacity A. clockwise
D. none of the above B. anticlockwise
C. clockwise or anticlockwise depending on frequency of
54. T1 stands for data stored
A. Transmission one D. mostly anticlockwise but sometimes clockwise
B. Telecommunication one
C. Telex one 64. Duration of vertical blanking
D. Transmission line one A. 1333us
B. 10.2 µs
55. A LAN device that is used to interconnect two networks that C. 2.5 us
use different protocols and formats. D. 63.5 us
A. Gateways
B. Routers 65. Which of the following microphones has lowest output
C. Bridges impedance?
D. Hubs A. Moving coil
B. Ribbon
56. Fourier analysis indicate that a square wave can be C. Crystal
represented as D. Condenser
A. a fundamental sine wave and odd harmonics
B. a fundamental sine wave and even harmonics 66. In a TV receiver antenna the length of reflector rod
C. a fundamental sine wave and harmonics A. is the same as that of dipole
D. fundamental and subharmonic sine waves B. is less than that of dipole
C. is more than that of dipole
57. The OSI layer that provides the control functions necessary D. may be equal, more or less than that of dipole
to establish, manage and terminated the connections as
required to satisfy the user request. 67. A radio station works at 800 kHz and uses AM. If this is a
A. Application layer public broadcast system, it should transmit using
B. Network layer A. parabolic reflector to transmit all round
C. Session layer B. turnstile antenna for the required land
D. Physical layer C. half wave long horizontal wave
D. a vertical antenna less than quarter for practical
58. What is the purpose of peak clipper circuits in radio reasons
transmitters?
A. To prevent overmodulation 68. CATV superband channel
B. To reduce bandwidth A. J
C. To increase bandwidth B. KK
D. To regulate oscillator I/P voltage C. GG
D. V
59. It is found that a ship to ship communication suffers from
fading. This can be avoided by using 69. In equally tampered musical scale, an octave is divided into
A. space diversity A. 12 intervals
B. frequency diversity B. 10 intervals
C. broad band antenna C. 7 intervals
D. directional antenna D. 5 intervals

60. The minimum depth for an underground entrance conduit 70. Entropy gives
under areas used for vehicular traffic inside private property A. measure of uncertainty
A. 300 mm B. rate of information
B. 600 mm C. average information
C. 50 mm D. probability of information
D. 1 m
71. If eFM(t) = 10 sin(108 t + 3 sin 104 t) then the modulation
61. The maximum power output of a standard A earth station index is
over the total band allocated to satellite communication is A. 10
about B. 108
A. 0.5 kW C. 3
B. 8 kW D. 104
C. 20 kW
72. The noise performance of a square law demodulator of AM D. Spatial diversity
signal is
A. better than that of an envelope detector 81. It is the work-effort that is required to provide a given
B. better than that of a synchronous detector spectral efficiency at a given grade of service.
C. identical with that of a synchronous detector A. Spectral efficiency
D. poorer than that of an envelope detector B. Operational efficiency
C. Strategical efficiency
73. What are the three major oscillator circuits often used in D. Light Efficiency
radio equipment?
A. Taft, Pierce, and negative feedback 82. It provides MAC enhancements to support LAN applications
B. Colpitts, Hartley, and Taft with QoS requirements
C. Taft, Hartley, and Pierce A. IEEE 802.16
D. Colpitts, Hartley, and Pierce B. IEEE 802.11e
C. IEEE 802.16.2
74. If the frequency fed to the pre-amplifier of a basic transmitter D. IEEE 802.12a/b
with multipliers is composed of a pair of triplers and a
doubler is 198 MHz, what frequency should the oscillator 83. It suffers a known plaintext attack; recovering the
operate? pseudorandom string by XORing the plaintext and ciphertext
A. 11 MHz of challenge, which can be eavesdropped from the air
B. 33 MHz A. Deciphering
C. 22 MHz B. Key management
D. 66 MHz C. Mutual authentication
D. Shared-key authentication
75. 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. 84. Introduced the term PAN to denote a communication
What must be the output power of the transmitter, assuming between proximal electronic devices by using the body as a
the line is matched? conduit for information
A. 136 W A. Zimmerman
B. 153 W B. Shockley
C. 151 W C. Shannon
D. 116.815 W D. Torricelli

76. IS-95 system uses direct sequence spread spectrum with a 85. How can we represent the number 21 in one’s complement
chipping rate of arithmetic using only four bits?
A. 1.23 MHz A. 5
B. 200 kHz B. 6
C. 500 MHz C. 7
D. 10.7 MHz D. 8

77. How often will hand-offs occur when vehicle travels through 86. The telephone receiver, as a converter of electrical energy to
a CMTS at 100 km per hour speed if the distance between acoustic energy, has a comparatively low efficiency, on the
cellsites is 10 km? order of
A. 6 mins A. 2% to 3%
B. 12 mins B. 10% to 15%
C. 395 sec C. 20 to 35%
D. 10 hrs D. 40 to 50%

78. Are intended to carry either encoded speech or user data. 87. How much time in seconds is saved if we use Touch Tone
A. Multiplexed channel Dialing instead of Pulse Dialing to call telephone number
B. Traffic channels 781-10-05?
C. Allocation channel A. 3.55
D. Control channel B. 7.75
C. 7.55
79. A scheme in which the transmitter alternately uses the two D. 7.15
antennas to transmit bursts or to decorrelate the fading
profile of each alternate burst. 88. With attenuation limit at 6 dB, what is the length of cable
A. Frequency hopping using gauge 26 with attenuation of 1.61 dB per km.
B. Frame hopping A. 1.3 km
C. Antenna hopping B. 4.7 km
D. Time Hopping C. 3.7 km
D. 2.5 km
80. Refers to a spatial diversity where transmission or reception
is performed simultaneously at two or more base station 89. An ambulance travels down a highway at a speed of 75.0
sites and used to combat fast fading. mi/h with its siren transmitting a sound with a frequency of
A. Macrodiversity 400 Hz. What frequency is heard by a passenger in a car
B. Microdiversity traveling at 55 mi/h in the opposite direction as it approaches
C. Space diversity the ambulance?
 A. 60
A. 443Hz B. 45
B. 475Hz C. 90
C. 339Hz D. 180
D. 345Hz
96. The quadrature detector input circuit produces a varying
90. Find the Doppler shift caused by a vehicle moving toward a ______ as the input frequency changes.
radar at 60 mph, if the radar operates at 10 GHz. A. power
A. 3.5KHz B. voltage
B. 1.75KHz C. phase shift
C. 7KHz D. phase difference
D. 0.875KHz
97. The main disadvantage for using coax for microwave
91. Calculate the beamwidth in the E-plane of a pyramid horn signals is because of its high______.
antenna that has an aperture of 60 mm in the E-plane, 80 A. voltage
mm in the H-plane and operating at 60 GHz. B. power
A. 46.67° C. gain
B. 83.33° D. attenuation
C. 47.63°
D. 82.93° 98. It is a modulation ad multiplexing technique that distributes
the signal and its sidebands over a very wide bandwidth.
92. Hearing loss due to non-occupational noise sources e.g. A. Frequency Deviation
household noises, TV and road traffic. B. Color Spectrum
A. Presbycusis C. Frequency Spectrum
B. Sosiocusis D. Spread Spectrum
C. Nasocusis
D. Oldysicus 99. The absorption of radio waves by the atmosphere depends
on
93. A candle power that is located 12 feet from a surface A. their frequency
provides how many lux? B. their distance from the transmitter
A. 37.375 lux C. the polarization of the waves
B. 74.75lux D. the polarization of the atmosphere
C. 15.32lux
D. 67.33lux 100. The signal in a channel is measured to be 23 dB while noise
in the same channel is measured to be 9 dB. The signal to
94. A mechanism used by hosts and gateways to send noise ratio therefore is ____.
notification of datagram problems back to the sender. A.9/23 dB
A. IGMP B.23/9 dB
B. UDP C. 32 dB
C. TCP/IP D. 14 dB
D. ICMP

95. Quadrature refers to a ____ (degree) phase difference. END