Chapter 18: Terrestrial Microwave Communication Systems

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Another term for a single microwave link is a: a. section c. skip b. hop d. jump ANS: B 2. Microwave systems use: a. FM c. QAM b. SSB d. all of the above ANS: D 3. The typical reliability of a microwave system is: a. 90% c. 99.9% b. 99% d. 99.99% ANS: D 4. A typical microwave system uses a transmitted power of about: a. 2 watts c. 200 watts b. 20 watts d. none of the above ANS: A 5. In analog microwave systems, additional repeaters increase the: a. reliability c. jitter b. noise level d. all of the above ANS: B 6. In digital microwave systems, additional repeaters increase the: a. reliability c. jitter b. noise level d. all of the above ANS: C 7. LOS stands for: a. Loss Of Skip b. Loss Of Signal ANS: C 8. Too much antenna gain causes: a. a very narrow microwave beam b. a very wide microwave beam ANS: A c. excessive noise d. jitter c. Line-Of-Sight d. Line-Of-Signal

9. The microwave signal path should clear obstacles by at least: a. 60% of the Faraday zone c. 60% of the height of the antenna tower b. 60% of the Fresnel zone d. 60% of the highest obstacle height ANS: B 10. Satisfactory performance of an analog microwave system is defined as: a. a carrier-to-noise ratio that exceeds a given value b. an ERP level that exceeds a given value c. an energy-per-hertz level that exceeds a given value d. none of the above ANS: A 11. Satisfactory performance of a digital microwave system requires a: a. low level of transmitted power b. high level of ERP c. good energy per bit per transmitted Watt ratio d. good energy per bit per noise density ratio ANS: D 12. Fading is caused by: a. multipath reception b. attenuation due to weather ANS: D 13. The effects of fading due to multipath reception are often reduced using: a. diversity c. high-gain antennas b. power d. all of the above ANS: A 14. Repeaters are used in a microwave system: a. always b. when distance exceeds line-of-sight ANS: B 15. Microwave repeaters can be: a. IF type c. regenerative type b. baseband type d. all of the above ANS: D 16. An advantage of digital techniques over analog in a microwave system is: a. less bandwidth is required c. it requires less power b. accumulation of noise is reduced d. all of the above ANS: B 17. MMDS stands for: a. Multichannel Microwave Distribution System c. ducting d. all of the above

c. above 10 GHz d. below 10 GHz

b. Multipoint Microwave Distribution System c. Multichannel Multipoint Distribution System d. Multiple Microwave Distribution Systems ANS: C 18. LMDS stands for: a. Local Microwave Distribution System b. Local Multipoint Distribution System c. Local Multichannel Distribution System d. Low-power Microwave Distribution System ANS: B 19. LMDS is: a. bidirectional b. unidirectional ANS: A COMPLETION 1. One microwave link is called a ____________________. ANS: hop 2. STL stands for ____________________-to-transmitter links. ANS: studio 3. A typical microwave system has about one hour per ____________________ or less of downtime. ANS: year 4. Adding more links causes ____________________ in a digital microwave system. ANS: jitter 5. In microwave systems, it is more convenient to use noise ____________________ than noise figure in calculations. ANS: temperature 6. In digital microwave systems, the energy per bit per ____________________ is a key parameter. ANS: noise density 7. Multipath reception can cause 20 dB or more of ____________________. ANS: fading

c. multidirectional d. none of the above