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1. Referred to as a ferrite device that can be used in lieu of a
duplexer to isolate a microwave transmitter and receiver when
both are connected to the same antenna.
a. Isolator
b. Circulator
c. Coupler
d. Diode

2. What is the principal mode of a rectangular waveguide?
a. TEM
b. TE11
c. TE10
d. TM11

3. What microwave device combines the advantages of the klystron
and the Traveling Wave Tube?
a. Stripline
b. Microstrip
c. Cfa
d. Twystron

4. A microwave tube that uses a slow-wave structure as an input
section that is isolated from another slow-wave section at its
output.
a. Klystron
b. Magnetron
c. Twystron
d. TWT

5. A waveguide acts as a
a. LPF
b. HPF
c. BPF
d. Resonator

6. Which of the following is a microwave frequency?
a. 1.7 MHz
b. 750 MHz
c. 0.98 GHz
d. 22 GHz

7. Which of the following permits a microwave signal to travel in one
direction with virtually no loss but severely attenuates any signal
attempting to travel in the reverse direction?
a. Isolator
b. Wave trap
c. Tunnel diode
d. Circulator

8. A waveguide has a cut-off frequency of 17 GHz. Which of the
following signals will not pass thru the waveguide?
a. 15 GHz
b. 18 Ghz
c. 22 GHz
d. 255 GHz

9. When the electric field is perpendicular to the direction of
propagation, the mode is said to be
a. Vertically polarized
b. Horizontally polarized
c. Transverse electric
d. Transverse magnetic

10. Which of the following is not a microwave tube?
a. TWT
b. CRT
c. Klystron
d. Magnetron

11. A measure of the reliability expressed as the average number of
hours between successive failures.
a. MTBF
b. MTTR
c. Downtime
d. Outage time
12. A microwave band of 18 to 27 GHz is considered as the ______
band.
a. C
b. X
c. Q
d. K

13. The radius in the circular zone is in the first fresnel zone when the
reflected path is ______ longer than the direct path.
a. Half wavelength
b. Wavelength
c. Quarter wavelength
d. 2wavelengths

14. The microwave path wherein the microwave beam just barely
touches the obstruction.
a. LOS
b. Grazing
c. Obstructed path
d. Direct path

15. A fade margin of 28 dB has a reliability of
a. 99%
b. 99.9%
c. 99.99%
d. 99.999%

16. The velocity of a resultant wave as it travels through the
waveguide.
a. Speed of light
b. Group velocity
c. Phase velocity
d. Incident velocity

17. The smallest free space wavelength that is just unable to
propagate in the waveguide under given conditions.
a. Guide
b. Phase
c. Cut-off
d. Group

18. Indicate which of the following cannot be followed by the word
"waveguide".
a. Elliptical
b. Flexible
c. Coaxial
d. Ridge

19. Which of the following waveguide tuning components is not easily
adjustable?
a. Screw
b. Stub
c. Iris
d. Plunger

20. What microwave component can sample part of the power
traveling thru the waveguide?
a. Directional coupler
b. Magic tee
c. Circulator
d. Isolator

21. A rectangular waveguide is 5.1 cm by 2.4 cm. The cut-off
frequency for the dominant mode is
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a. 2.94 GHz
b. 6.25 GHz
c. 664 MHz
d. 57.7 GHz

22. If the MTBF of a communications circuit is 20,000 hours and its
MTTR is 5 hours, what is its unavailability?
a. 0.00025
b. 99.975%
c. 0.25%
d. 0.975%

23. What would be the ERP, in watts, if the transmitter output is 30
dBm and the waveguide loss is 20 dB and the antenna connected
to it has a power gain of 60 dB?
a. 10000 watts
b. 1000 watts
c. 100 watts
d. 10 watts

24. A waveguide section used to couple a circular to a rectangular
waveguide.
a. Taper
b. Twist
c. Bend
d. Tee

25. A waveguide section used to change the signal polarization
a. Taper
b. Twist
c. Bend
d. Tee

26. A waveguide section used to combine two or more signals
a. Taper
b. Twist
c. Bend
d. Tee

27. A signal propagated in a waveguide has a full wave of electric field
intensity change between two further walls and no component of
the electric field in the direction of propagation. The mode is
a. TE11
b. TE10
c. TM22
d. TE20

28. A microwave transmission line constructed of a center conductor
suspended between parallel conductive ground planes is called
a. Microstrip
b. Coax
c. Stripline
d. Waveguide

29. The principal characteristic of tunnel diodes
a. Negative resistance region
b. High forward current rating
c. Very high piv
d. High forward resistance

30. A metal wrapped around the parabolic antenna aperture to
eliminate sidelobes interferin nearby stations.
a. Radome
b. Shield
c. Shroud
d. Bass drum

31. The region within the influence of the induction field of an antenna.
a. Far field
b. Near field
c. Radiation field
d. Radiation pattern

32. Which of the following is unlikely to be used as a pulse device?
a. TWT
b. CFA
c. BWO
d. Multicavity Klystron

33. The wavelength of microwaves at 100 GHz?
a. 3 cm
b. 0.3 cm
c. 0.03 cm
d. 0.3 m

34. The k factor under normal atmospheric conditions in a microwave
radio data profile calculation is
a. 2/3
b. 0
c. 4/3
d. 1

35. To install an antenna with an LOS transmission at a distance of 75
miles, determine the height of a receiving antenna if the
transmitting antenna is 250 ft.
a. 1385 ft
b. 600 ft
c. 400 ft
d. 255 ft

36. Determine the gain of a 6 ft parabolic dish operating at 1800 MHz.
a. 30 dB
b. 11.2 dB
c. 15.5 dB
d. 28.17 dB

37. What is the free space loss, in dB, between two microwave
antennas 38 km apart operating at 7 GHz?
a. 145.6 dB
b. 138.5 dB
c. 135.5 dB
d. 140.89 dB

38. How many receiving antenna(s) are used with frequency diversity?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

39. A type of diversity reception, where the output of the transmitter is
fed to two or more antennas that are physically separated by an
appreciable number of wavelengths.
a. Frequency
b. Space
c. Angle
d. Polarization

40. Which of the following is used as a high power microwave
oscillator?
a. Thyratron
b. Magnetron
c. Klystron
d. Twystron

41. A microwave communications system space loss calculation
formula
a. 94.2 + 20 log F + 20 log D
b. 92.4 + 20 log F + 20 log D
c. 94.2 + 10 log F + 20 log D
d. 92.3 + 10 log F + 20 log D
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42. Which of the following frequency bands fall under the microwave
band?
a. UHF and SHF
b. SHF and EHF
c. UHF, SHF and EHF
d. VLF, LF and MF

43. Find the cut-off frequency for a waveguide in the TE21 mode if the
dimensions of the guide are 3 by 1.5 cm with wall thickness of 0.08
cm.
a. 14.14 GHz
b. 5 GHz
c. 5.28 GHz
d. 15.39 GHz

44. The progressive decrease of signal strength with increasing
distance
a. Radiation
b. Attenuation
c. Modulation
d. Propagation

45. A magnetic field is introduced into the waveguide by a
a. probe
b. dipole
c. stripline
d. capacitor

46. Varactor and step recovery diodes are widely used in what type of
circuit?
a. Amplifier
b. Oscillator
c. Frequency multiplier
d. Mixer

47. The optimum clearance from an obstacle in a microwave system is
accepted as ________ of the first fresnel zone radius.
a. 0.6
b. 0.5
c. 0.9
d. 1.5

48. A range of microwave frequencies more easily passed by the
atmosphere than the others
a. Window
b. Critical frequency
c. Gyro frequency
d. Resonant

49. When microwave signals follow the curvature of the earth, this is
known as
a. Faraday effect
b. Ducting
c. Troposcatter
d. Ionospheric reflection

50. A waveguide mode in which there is no component of electric field
in the direction of propagation given in the British European
standards
a. H mode
b. E mode
c. TE mode
d. TM mode

51. The subscript which indicates the number of half wavelengths
along the waveguide height
a. m
b. n
c. a
d. b
52. Which of the following microwave tubes uses the principle of
velocity modulation?
a. TWT
b. CFA
c. Magnetron
d. klystron

53. An X band radar operates in which frequency band?
a. 1 - 2 GHz
b. 2 - 4 GHz
c. 4 - 8 GHz
d. 8 - 12 GHz

54. Calculate the cut-off wavelength, the guide wavelength and the
characteristic impedance of a circular waveguide whose internal
diameter is 4 cm for a 10 GHz signal propagated in it in the
dominant mode. (kr = 1.84)
a. 6.83 cm, 3 cm, 420 ohms
b. 3 cm, 6.83 cm, 420 ohms
c. 6.83 cm, 3.34 cm, 420 ohms
d. 6.83 cm, 3.34 cm, 338 ohms

55. A wave is propagated in a parallel plane waveguide. The
frequency is 6 GHz and the plane separation is 3 cm. The cut-off
wavelength for the dominant mode, the group and phase velocities
are
a. 5 cm, 166 Mm/sec, 543 Mm/sec
b. 6 cm, 166 Mm/sec, 543 Mm/sec
c. 6 cm, 543 Mm/sec, 166 Mm/sec
d. 5 cm, 543 Mm/sec, 166 Mm/sec

56. The following are negative resistance amplifiers except
a. Tunnel
b. Gunn
c. IMPATT
d. PIN diode

57. A cross between the TWT and the magnetron in its operation
a. CFA
b. BWO
c. EIA
d. Twystron

58. Diodes designed to store energy in their capacitance during
forward bias and generates harmonics in the reverse bias
a. Step recovery
b. Gunn
c. APD
d. IMPATT

59. Topographical maps are maps used for microwave
communications systems design because _________ are shown,
thereby elevations are known.
a. Latitudes
b. Longitudes
c. Contour lines
d. Scales

60. Surface Acoustic Waves propagate in
a. GaAs
b. Indium Phosphide
c. Stripline
d. Quartz crystal

61. What do you call the process of speeding up and slowing down the
beam of electrons in the vacuum tube?
a. Velocity modulation
b. Logitudinal velocity
c. Gyrofrequency
d. Group frequency
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62. What is the name of the microwave transmission line that is used
with printed circuits?
a. Ferrite loop
b. Coax
c. Waveguide
d. Microstrip

63. The output of a LASER is monochromatic; this means that it is
a. Infrared
b. Narrow beam
c. Polarized
d. Single frequency

64. The attenuator is used in the TWT to
a. Help bunching
b. Prevent oscillation
c. Prevent saturation
d. Increase gain

65. The angle between electric and magnetic fields in a waveguide is
a. 90 degrees
b. 0 degrees
c. 180 degrees
d. 360 degrees

66. Materials generally preferred for waveguides are
a. Brass and aluminum
b. Cast iron and steel
c. Non-metallic solids
d. High carbon steel and vanadian steel

67. Waveguide feeders are pressurized to
a. Reduce loss
b. Reduce noise
c. Detect faults
d. Prevent ingress of moisture

68. In order to reduce cross-sectional dimension, which of the
following waveguides is preferred?
a. Flexible
b. Rectangular
c. Circular
d. Ridged

69. A low noise, low power, narrow band microwave amplifier utilizing
a varactor to achieve gain
a. Parametric amplifier
b. LNA
c. SAW
d. CFA

70. Which of the following uses buncher and catcher cavities?
a. magnetron
b. klystron
c. TWT
d. Stripline






































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