QUEZON CITY UNIVERSITY

ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
673 Quirino Highway, San Bartolome, Novaliches, Quezon City

INTEGRATED ENGINEERING 2
PRACTICE EXAM (BROADCASTING)
SY 2023-24
Name: _____________________________ Date: ____________________
Program/Year level _________________

INSTRUCTION: Write the letter of your final answer in the space provided. Strictly No Erasures! Erasures must be
marked as wrong answer. Cheating will cause an automatic disqualification of your exam.

_____1. What is the process of sending voice, speech, music or image intended for reception by the general public?
a. Navigation b. Telephony c. Broadcasting d. Mixing
_____2. What is the frequency tolerance for the RF carrier in the standard AM radio broadcast band?
a. Zero b. 20 Hz c. 10 Hz d. 20 KHz
_____3. The transmitting antenna for an AM broadcast station should have a _____ polarization.
a. Vertical b. Horizontal c. Circular d.Elliptical
_____4.The part of a broadcast day from 6 PM to 6 AM local time
a. Daytime b. Nighttime c. Bed time d. Experimental period
_____5.The service area where the signal is neither subject to fading nor co-channel interference.
a. Primary Service Area b. Secondary Service Area c. Intermittent Service Area d. Quarternary Service Area
_____6.It is a resistive load used in place of an antenna to test a transmitter under normal loaded condition
without actually radiating the transmitter’s output signal.
a. Auxiliary Tx b. Main Tx c. Secondary Tx d. Artificial Antenna
_____7.The operating power of the auxiliary transmitter shall not be less than _____% or never greater than the
authorized operating power of the main transmitter. a. 5 b. 10 c. 15 d. 20
_____8.What are the frequency limits of the MF BC band?a. 300-3000 kHz b. 3-30 MHz c. 535-1605 kHz d. 88-108 MHz
_____9.The center to center spacing between two adjacent stations in the Phil. AM BC band is ____.
a. 9 kHz b. 200 kHz c. 36 kHz d. 800 kHz
_____10.How many AM stations can be accommodated in a 150-kHz bandwidth if the highest modulating frequency
is 10 kHz? a. 10 b. 15 c. 7 d. 14
_____11. Short wave broadcasting operates in what band? a. MF b. HF c. VHF d. VLF
_____12. What does the acronym STL stand for?
a. Station-to-link b. Signal-to-loss-ratio c. Shout-to-live d. Studio-to-transmitter-link
_____13. One of the main considerations in the selection of antenna site is (AM)
a. Conductivity of the soil b. Height of the terrain c. Elevation of the site d. Accessibility
_____14. One of the broadcast transmission auxiliary services is:
a. Remote pick-up b. STL c. Communication, Coordination and Control d. All of the above
_____15. What is the spacing between any two adjacent channels in the FM broadcast band?
a. 20 KHz b. 36 KHz c. 200 KHz d. 800 KHz
_____16. The first channel in the FM BC band has a center frequency of a. 88 MHz b. 88.1 MHz c. 88.3 MHz d. 108 MHz
_____17. What is the radio transmission of two separate signals, left, and right, used to create a multidimensional
effect on the receiver? a. SCA b. Stereo system c. Pilot transmission d. Monophonic transmission
_____18. The carrier frequency tolerance for FM broadcasting is _____. a. 25 kHz b. 2 kHz c. 20 kHz d. 30 kHz
_____19. What is the modulation used by the stereophonic subcarrier? a. FM b. PM c. ISB d. DSB
_____20. What is the pilot signal for stereo FM? a. 4.25 MHz b. 10 kHz c. 19 KHz d. 38 KHz
_____21. With stereo FM transmission, does a monaural receiver produce all the sounds that a stereo does?
a. Yes b. No c. Either a or b d. Neither a or b
_____22. Where is de-emphasis added in a stereo FM system?
a. Before the matrix at the TX b. Before the matrix at the RX
c. After the matrix at the TX d. After the matrix at the RX
_____23. Where is the pre-emphasis added in a stereo FM system?
a. Before the matrix at the TX b. Before the matrix at the RX
c. After the matrix at the TX d. After the matrix at the RX
_____24. The normal frequency for an SCA subcarrier is _____ KHz. a. 67 b. 76 c. 38 d. 19
_____25. A monaural FM receiver receives only the _____ signal of a stereo multiplex transmission.
a. L + R b. L – R c. Both a & b d. 67 KHz
_____26. When fed to the stereo FM modulator, in what form are the L – R signals? a. AF b. DSBSC c. 19 kHz d. 38 kHz
_____27. An additional channel of multiplex information that is authorized by the FCC for stereo FM radio stations
to feed services such as commercial-free programming to selected customers. a. STL b. EBS c. EIA d. SCA
_____28. The class of FM station, which has an authorized radiated power not exceeding 125 KW:
a. Class C b. Class A c. Class D d. Class B
_____29. An FM broadcast station, which has an authorized transmitter power not exceeding 10 KW and ERP not
exceeding 30 KW: a. Class D b. Class C c. Class A d. Class B
_____30. A class of FM station which is limited in antenna height of 500 ft. above average terrain
a. Class D b. Class C c. Class A d. Class B
_____30. What type of broadcast service might have their antennas on top of hills? a. FM b. AM c. TV d. A & C
_____31. How are guardbands allocated in commercial FM stations?a. 25 kHz on either sides of the transmitting signal
b. 50 kHz on each side of the carrier c. 75 kHz deviation d. 15 kHz modulation
_____32. How many commercial FM broadcast channels can fit into the bandwidth occupied by a commercial TV
station? a. 10 b. 20 c. 30 d. 40
_____33. How many international commercial AM broadcast channels can fit into the bandwidth occupied by a
commercial TV station? a. 100 b. 200 c. 125 d. 600
_____34. What kind of modulation is used for the sound portion of a commercial broadcast TV transmission?
a. PM b. FM c. C3F d. AM
_____35. Estimate the bandwidth occupied by the sound portion of a TV transmission in US.
a. 25 kHz b. 800 kHz c. 80 kHz d. 200 kHz
_____36. What is the main reason why television picture signal uses amplitude modulation, while voice is frequency
modulated? a. Better efficiency b. Maintain synchronized scanning between transmit and received video
c. Eliminate attenuation of both video and audio d. To minimize interference between signals at received end
_____37. The picture and sound carrier frequencies in a TV receiver are _____ respectively.
a. 41.25 MHz, 45.75 MHz b. 45.25 MHz, 41.75 MHz c. 41.75 MHz, 45.25 MHzd. 45.75 MHz, 41.25 MHz
_____38. What is the separation between visual and aural carrier in TV broadcasting?
a. 1.25 MHz b. 4.5 MHz c. 5.75 MHz d. 0.25 MHz
_____39. What is the separation between the lower limit of a channel and the aural carrier?
a. 1.25 MHz b. 4.5 MHz c. 5.75 MHz d. 0.25 MHz
_____40. What is the visual carrier for channel 12? a. 205.25 MHz b. 55.25 MHz c. 65.75 MHz d. 59.75 MHz
_____41. What is the aural carrier for channel 3? a. 61.25 MHz b. 55.25 MHz c. 65.75 MHz d. 59.75 MHz
_____42. The channel width in the U.S. TV system is : a. 2 MHz b. 6 MHz c. 7 MHz d. 8 MHz
_____43. If the sound carrier for UHF channel 23 is 529.75 MHz, what is the frequency of the tuner’s local
oscillator, when turned to this channel? a. 571 MHz b. 511 MHz c. 498 MHz d. 500 MHz
_____44. What is the frequency tolerance in the color carrier of TV broadcasting? a. 2 kHz b. 20 Hz c. 10 Hz d. 1 kHz
_____45. What is the exact picture carrier frequency for frequency for channel 7 offset by – 10 KHz?
a. 175.25 MHz b. 175.26 MHz c. 174 MHz d. 175.24 MHz
_____46. TV channels 7, 11 and 13 are known as _____.
a. Mid band UHF b. Low band UHF c. High band VHF d. low band UHF
_____47. What is eliminated by using interlaced scanning? a. Noise b. Excessive BW c. Frame d. Flicker
_____48. What percentage of the primary colors used in color TV are needed to produce the brightest white?
a. 30% red, 59% green, 11% blue b. 33% red, 33% green, 33% blue
c. 50% red, 28% green, 22% blue d. 58% red, 20% green, 22% blue
_____49. The color with the most luminance is a. Red b. Yellow c. Green d. Blue
_____50. How many horizontal lines are used to develop a TV raster? a. 615 b. 525 c. 750 d. 15750
_____51. In the previous problem, calculate the chrominance signal a. 0.305 b. 0.304 c. 0.498 d. 0.022
_____52. The three complementary colors are:
a. White, yellow, cyan b. Black, white, gray c. Yellow, magenta, cyan d. Violet, indigo, fushcia
_____53. When the colors Magenta and Yellow are mixed the resultant color is: a. Red b. White c. Blue d. Green
_____54. Which of the following consist of two of the three primary colors in television signal? a) red, b) violet, c)
yellow, and d) blue a. A and B b. B and C c. C and D d. A and D
_____55. The studio camera produces a luminance signal that contains information about
a. The musical content b. The speech content c. The brightness of the scene d. The color content of the scene
_____56. Brightness variations of the picture information are in which signal? a. I b. Q c. Y d. Z
_____57. Which of the following is the color video signal transmitted as amplitude modulation of the 3.58 MHz C
signal with bandwidth of 0 to 1.3 MHz? a. I signal b. Q signal c. Y signal d. X signal
_____58. Which of the following is the color video signal transmitted as amplitude modulation of the 3.58 MHz C
signal in quadrature with bandwidth of 0 to 0.5 MHz? a. I signal b. Q signal c. Y signal d. Z signal
_____59. The _____ affects the difference between black and white on the picture tube and controls the gain of the
video amplifier a. Brightness control b. Volume control c. Power control d. Contrast control
_____60. Which of the following is not a requirement for a color TV signal? a. compatibility with b lack and white receiver
b. Within 6 MHz bandwidth c. Simulate a wide variety of colors d. Functional with baron super antenna
_____61. How many electron beams actually leave the electron gun of a single-gun color CRT? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 1/3
_____62. What is the difference between the sound carrier and color subcarrier frequencies?
a. 1.25 MHz b. 3.58 MHz c. 4.5 MHz d. 0.92 MHz
_____63. What does aspect ratio mean? a. Ratio of the screen width to its height b. Ratio of the screen height to its width
c. Ratio of the screen diagonal to its width d. Ratio of the screen diagonal to its height
_____64. What is the aspect ratio for HDTV system? a. 4/3 b. 9/7 c. 19/6 d. 16/9
_____65. The signal that will give the exact color wavelength is ___. a. Hue b. Saturation c. Carrier d. Monochrome
_____66. What is the North American TV standard video? a. PAL b. SECAM c. NTSC d. FCC
_____67. The _____ ensures that the electron beam will strike the correct phosphor dot on the TV screen.
a. Coating b. Aperture Mask c. Diplexer d. Duplexer
_____68. In a TV receiver, what is the horizontal signal frequency? a. 30 Hz b. 60 Hz c. 15750 Hz d. 157625 Hz
_____69. In a TV receiver, what is the vertical signal frequency? a. 30 Hz b. 60 Hz c. 15750 Hz d. 157625 Hz
_____70. What scheme is employed to cause the electron beam in the TV receiver and the electron beam in the
studio camera to track identically? a. Interlacing b. NTSC c. Interleaving d. Transmission of sync pulses