MITRC REFRESHER COURSE ANSWER KEY Transmission Lines

1. A system of conductors used to convey electric power or signal

between two or more points 11. The characteristic impedance of an open-wire balance line is
a. Channels determined from its physical structure. [ Zo = 276 log (2S/d) where
b. Optical cables S is the center-to-center distance of the conductors and d is the
c. Transmission lines diameter of the conductor ]. At what condition is the characteristic
d. Waveguides impedance minimum?
a. S = d
2. These conductors are uniformly spaced by insulators. They have b. S = 2d
low losses at low and medium frequencies and are economical to c. d = 2S
construct and maintained d. S >> d
a. Coaxial cables
b. Open-wire transmission lines 12. If a change in the dielectric material decreases the capacitance,
c. Optical cables the characteristic impedance is:
d. Waveguides a. Kept constant
b. Decreased
3. To prevent radiation losses and interference from external c. Increased
sources, the inner conductor of this transmission line is completely d. Halved
enclosed with a metal sheath or braid
a. Coaxial cables 13. All power applied at the input of the line will be absorbed by the
b. Open-wire transmission line load if:
c. Optical cables a. ZO > ZL
d. Waveguides b. ZO < ZL
c. ZL = ZO
4. The term “balance line” means that d. ZO = ZL
a. Both conductors carry currents that flow in opposite directors
b. Conductors present equal capacitance to ground 14. When ZL ≠ ZO, the power sent down the line toward the load is
c. One conductor is connected to ground called the
d. A and B above a. The incident power
b. The reflected power
5. The characteristic impedance of a transmission line is determined c. The power dissipation
by: d. The carrier power
a. Its operating frequency
b. Its length 15. When mismatch is great, this power actually cause damage to the
c. Its physical size and arrangement transmitter or the line itself.
d. The signal applied at the input terminal a. The incident power
b. The reflected power
6. The distributed parameters of the transmission line are: the series c. The power dissipation
resistance; the series inductance; the shunt capacitance and the d. The carrier power
shunt conductance. What parameter was determined due to
dielectric losses? 16. A resultant wave due to the combination of incident and reflected
a. Series resistance wave
b. Series inductance a. Electromagnetic wave
c. Shunt capacitance b. Sine wave
d. Shunt conductance c. Standing wave
d. Current
7. Shunt capacitance was determined due to:
a. Conductors were closed to each other 17. If the load impedance matches the characteristic impedance of the
b. The length and diameter of the conductors line, there are _____ standing waves
c. Dielectric losses a. More
d. Flux linkage b. Less
c. No
8. Series resistance was determined due to: d. Ten (10)
a. Conductors were closed to each other
b. The length and diameter of the conductors 18. A measure of the mismatch between line and load impedance is
c. Dielectric losses called as
d. Flux linkages a. Reflection coefficient
b. Standing wave ratio
9. At radio frequencies, a line is considered lossless because: c. Loss
a. Characteristic impedance is determined by its physical d. Standing waves
structure
b. Inductive reactance is much more than the resistance 19. At matched condition, SWR is equal to
c. Capacitive reactance is much larger then the shunt a. Zero
conductance b. One
d. B and C above c. 100
d. Infinite
10. Determine the characteristic impedance of a transmission line
which has a capacitance of 30pF/m and an inductance of 75nH/m
20. The ratio of the reflected voltage to the incident voltage on the
a. 5 Ω
transmission line is termed as
b. 50 Ω
a. Reflection coefficient
c. 500 Ω
b. Standing wave ratio
d. 5 KΩ
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c. Loss 31. Characteristic impedance and load impedance must be matched in

d. Standing waves order to transfer
a. Maximum power to the load
21. A shorted or opened line will have a reflection coefficient of b. Maximum current to the load
a. Zero c. Maximum voltage to the load
b. One d. Maximum standing waves
c. 100
d. Infinite 32. The ratio of reflected voltage to the forward or incident voltage is
termed as
22. The minimum voltage along a transmission line is 260V, while the a. Reflection coefficient
maximum voltage is 390V. The SWR is b. SWR
a. 0.67 c. VSWR
b. 1.0 d. Propagation constant
c. 1.2
d. 1.5 33. A more common method of expressing the degree of mismatch
between Zo and ZL is return loss. [Return Loss = 20 log (1/
23. At UHF and microwave frequencies, transmission lines are reflection coefficient)]. Echoes may result if return loss is
commonly used as a. Too high
a. Antenna b. Too low
b. Coupler c. Zero
c. Resonant circuit d. Infinite
d. Transformer
34. The points along the line where the incident and reflected voltages
24. The time required for a wave to propagate on a transmission line are in phase are points of
will depend on the value of its a. Maximum voltage and maximum current
a. Series resistance and shunt conductance b. Minimum voltage and minimum current
b. Series inductance and shunt capacitance c. Maximum voltage and minimum current
c. Series resistance and series inductance d. Minimum voltage and maximum current
d. Shunt conductance and shunt capacitance
35. When incident and reflected voltages are out of phase, the
25. The current (and voltage) distribution along a matched line vary voltages are
_____ with distance a. Added
a. Linearly b. Neutralized
b. Inversely c. Multiplied
c. Exponentially d. Divided
d. Logarithmically
36. If the distance of separation between centers of two parallel wires
26. a measure of how the voltage or current decreases with distance is increased, the characteristic impedance will
along the line a. Increased
a. Propagation constant b. Decreased
b. Attenuation constant c. Be the same
c. Phase constant d. Doubled
d. SWR
37. Which statement is true?
27. The value remains constant for any length of wire a. Increasing the length of the wire will increase the SWR
a. Characteristic impedance b. Decreasing the length of the wire will increase the SWR
b. Inductance c. Increasing the length of the wire will decrease the SWR
c. Capacitance d. Changing the length of the wire will have no effect on the
d. Propagation constant SWR

28. A measure of the difference in phase between the input and output 38. The characteristic impedance of balance wire varies from
current or voltage a. 150 to 600 Ω
a. Attenuation constant b. 40 to 150 Ω
b. Reflection constant c. 75 to 400 Ω
c. Phase constant d. 75 to 600 Ω
d. Characteristic impedance
39. The characteristic impedance of coaxial cable varies from
29. To match a 300Ω transmission line to a 100Ω load, the impedance a. 150 to 600 Ω
of the quarter-wave transformer is b. 40 to 150 Ω
a. 1.732 KΩ c. 75 to 400 Ω
b. 20 Ω d. 75 to 600 Ω
c. 200 Ω
d. 173.21 Ω 40. Often inserted in telephone lines at spacing as close as 1 (1.6km),
to counteract the capacitance of the line and thus make the line
30. An attenuation of 1 Neper is equal to _____ dB impedance more closely equivalent to a pure resistance
a. 8.686 x 10-3 a. Amplifiers
b. 8.686 b. Transformer
c. 4.343 c. Equalizer
d. 0.115 d. Loading coils

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41. When the receiving end of the wire is an open circuit, it is a point of c. Waveguide
a. Maximum current and zero voltage d. Coax
b. Maximum voltage and zero current
c. Zero current and zero voltage 52. Is a narrow, flat conductor on a single dielectric board whose
d. Maximum voltage and maximum current opposite face is metallized, much like an ordinary printed-circuit
board. It is also used in microwave circuits
42. If a wire is terminated on a short circuit, the end of the wire is a a. Stripline
point of b. Microstrip
a. Maximum current and zero voltage c. Waveguide
b. Maximum voltage and zero current d. Coax
c. Zero current and zero voltage
d. Maximum voltage and maximum current 53. Can be placed at either end of a transmission line to convert
between 72-Ω unbalanced line to a 300-Ω balance line
43. The principal method of reducing noise and crosstalk to low value a. Stub
on open-wire lines b. Resonant circuit
a. Filter method c. Balun
b. Scrambling d. Coupler
c. Feedback
d. Transposing 54. Power loss due to increased effective resistance of a conductor at
microwave frequencies due to skin effect.
44. Used for VHF antennas a. Conduction loss
a. RG-214/U b. Radiation loss
b. RG-59/U c. Dielectric loss
c. RG-11/U d. Corona
d. RG-58/U
55. When does a transmission line terminated in a short look like a
45. Which transmission line has the highest attenuation? short to the source?
a. RG-214/U a. At quarter-wavelength
b. RG-59/U b. At half-wavelength
c. RG-11/U c. At less than λ/5
d. Twin lead d. At less than λ/4

46. Which transmission line has the lowest attenuation? 56. How many cycles of a 1 MHz wave can a 6=mile transmission line
a. RG-214/U accommodate?
b. RG-59/U a. 60 cycles
c. RG-11/U b. 6 cycles
d. Twin lead c. 16.67 cycles
d. 32.26 cycles
47. A widely used transmission line, in which two stranded wires are
separated by a flat continuous plastic insulators 57. A transmission line has a capacitance of 25 pF / ft. and an
a. RG-214/U inductance of 0.15 µh / ft. Determine the characteristic impedance
b. RG-59/U of the line.
c. RG-11/U a. 77.5 Ω
d. Twin lead b. 50 Ω
c. 75 Ω
48. Used for TV antennas; cable TV; and HF antennas d. 100 Ω
a. RG-214/U
b. RG-59/U 58. For a transmission line giving a maximum rms voltage reading of
c. RG-11/U 50 V at one point and a minimum rms voltage reading 25 V at
d. RG-58/U another point. What is the VSWR of the line?
a. 2
49. An open-wire line has an attenuation of 2.4 dB per 100 ft. The b. 4
attenuation for 275 ft is c. 1
a. 2.4 dB d. 5
b. 3.3 dB
c. 4.8 dB 59. Two 2-mm-diameter wires held 6cm apart center-to-center has a
d. 6.6 dB characteristic impedance of______.
a. 500 Ω
50. The ratio of velocity of propagation in the transmission line and the b. 250 Ω
velocity of propagation in free space c. 491 Ω
a. Wavelength constant d. 75 Ω
b. Propagation constant
c. Velocity factor 60. Does minimum or maximum VSWR indicate best matching of
d. Velocity of light antenna to transmission line?
a. Minimum
51. This transmission line is used in microwave circuit. It consists of a b. Maximum
narrow, flat conductor sandwiched between dielectric boards c. Either a or b
whose outside surfaces are coated with conductor d. Neither a or b
a. Stripline
b. Microstrip

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61. If two towers of a 1100-kHz array are separated by 120°, What is

the tower separation in feet?
a. 321
b. 48
c. 298
d. 412

62. What is the reflection coefficient of an open-circuited transmission

line?
a. 1
b. -1
c. 0
d. Infinity

63. The reflection coefficient on a transmission line is 1/3, what is the

SWR?
a. 0
b. 3
c. 2
d. 4

64. Indicate the false statement. The SWR on a transmission line is

infinity: the line is terminated in a/an
a. Short circuit
b. Open circuit
c. Pure reactance
d. Complex impedance

65. Coaxial lines are used on those systems operating_______.

a. Below 2 GHz
b. At 300 MHz
c. Above 10 kHz
d. Above 10 Ghz

66. What is the SWR along a transmission line having a characteristic

impedance of 75 Ω and a load impedance of 300 Ω?
a. 0.25
b. 4
c. 2
d. 0.5

67. Who developed the Smith Chart?

a. Philip H. Smith
b. James N. Smith
c. Philip S. Chart
d. Gunn Chart

68. An electronic equipment used to measure standing wave ratio.

a. Reflectometer
b. Wavemeter
c. Altimeter
d. Multimeter

69. What is the phase shift corresponding to λ / 4 in standing wave

pattern?
a. 0°
b. 40°
c. 90°
d. 180°

70. For a parallel resonant circuit, a λ / 4 stub must be_____ at the

ends.
a. Open
b. Shorted
c. Loaded
d. complex