Danah Mae G.

Narsolis EC 5-1

Note : Answers to problems are colored in red.

12. Electrically charged particles that affect the propagation of radio waves are found in
what atmospheric layer?
A. Ionosphere B. Stratosphere
C. Troposphere D. Chronosphere

27. Under certain conditions, such as ducting, line-of-sight radio waves often propagate
for distances far beyond their normal ranges because of which of the following factors?
A. Ionospheric storms B. Temperature inversions
C. Low cloud masses D. Frequency fluctuations

42. Radio waves would most strongly reflect off:

A. a flat insulating surface of the right size B. a flat dielectric surface of the right size
C. a flat metallic surface of the right size D. a flat body of water

12. An increase in the effective power radiated by an antenna in a certain desired direction at
the expense of power radiated in other directions.
A. Antenna efficiency B. Antenna gain
C. Antenna total ratio D. Antenna back lobe ratio

27. Top loading is used in an antenna in order to increase its

A. Beamwidth B. Bandwidth
C. Input capacitance D. Effective height

42. A 500 kHz antenna radiates 500 W of power. The same antenna produces field strength
equal to 1.5 mV/m. If the power delivered by the antenna is increases to 1kW, what would be
the expected field intensity? NOV 2003
A. 1.66 mV/m B. 2.12 mV/m *
C. 8.45 mV/m D. 5.58 mV/m

57. Calculate the distance from the apex of the 1st and 2nd dipole element of a log-periodic
antenna to cover the low VHF TV band, from 54-88 MHz. Use α=30°, γ=0.7 and L1=1.5 m
A. 2.8 m, 4 m respectively B. 4 m, 2.8 m respectively
C. 4.8 m, 2 m respectively D. 2 m, 8 m respectively

72.How can the antenna efficiency of an HF grounded vertical antenna be made comparable to
that of a half-wave antenna?
A. By shortening the vertical B. By length the vertical
C. By installing a good ground radial system D. By isolating the coax shield from ground

87. What is the front-to-back ratio for an antenna with a forward gain of +20 dB and a
backward gain of +15 dB?
A. -5 dB B. 0 dB
C. 5 dB D. 10 dB

102. Two wires pointed in opposite directions arranged either horizontally or vertically, with one
end of each wire connected to the radio and the other end hanging free in space
A. quad antenna B. helical antenna
C. loop antenna D. dipole