ESAT: TRANSMISSION LINE

1. This refers to a metallic conductor system that is used to transfer electrical energy from one point to another.
A. transmission line
B. antenna
C. waveguide
D. optical fiber

2. Calculate the minimum length of a pair of conductors to be considered as a transmission line, if its operating
frequency is 800 MHz.
A. 37.5 mm
B. 375 mm
C. 37.5 cm
D. 3.75 mm

3. What is an unbalanced line?

A. Feed Line with 'Neither conductor connected to ground
B. Feed Line with both conductors connected to ground
C. Feed line with both conductors connected to each other
D. Feed line with one conductor connected to ground

4. This refers to a special type of transformer used to connect an unbalanced load to a balanced line or vice-versa
A. connector
B. Splice
C. Balun
D. quarter-wave transformer

5. What is parallel-conductor feed line?

A. Two wires twisted around each other in a spiral
B. A Center wire inside On insulating material which is covered by a metal sleeve or shield
C. A metal pp. which is as wide or slightly wider than a wavelength of the Fiona it Coffin
D. Two wires side-by-side held apart by insulating rods

6. What is the reason to use parallel conductor feed line?

A. It has less loss than coaxial cable
B. It has low impedance.
C. It works well when bed down to metal objects
D. All of these are correct

7. This refers to a classification of a UTP cable that is used for voice-grade telephone lines.
A. Category 1
B. Category 2
C. Category 3
D. Category 5

8. What is a coaxial cable?

A. Two wires side-by-side in a plastic ribbon
B. Two wires side-by-side held apart by insulating rods
C. Two wires twisted around each other in a spiral
D. A center wire inside an insulating material which is covered by a metal leave or shield
9. As the frequency increases, the resistance of a transmission line ____.
A. Remains constant
B. Increases
C. Decreases
D. Not enough information

10. This refers to the phenomenon wherein the electromagnets wave travels closer to surface of the conductor as
frequency increases.
A. Boella effect
B. Photoelectric effect
C. Thermionic emission
D. Skin effect

11. What happens to the shunt capacitance of vs parallel-w.re transmission line the conductors are moved farther
apart?
A. remains constant
B. increases
C. decreases
D. not enough information

12. The characteristic impedance of a transmission line is

A. the impedance of a section of the line one wavelength long
B. the dynamic impedance of the line at the operating frequency
C. the ratio of the power supplied to the line to the power delivered to the termination
D. equal to the pure resistance which, if connected to the end of the line, will absorb all the power arriving along it

13. The characteristic impedance of a transmission line is determined by the:

A. length of the line
B. physical dimensions and relative positions of the conductors
C. frequency at which the line is operated
D. load placed on the line

14. The characteristic impedance of a 20-meter piece of transmission line is 52 ohms. If 10 meters were cut off, the
impedance would be
A. 52 ohms
B. 26 ohms
C. 39 ohms
D. 13 ohms

15. What factors determine the characteristic impedance of a coaxial antenna feed line?
A. The ratio of the diameter of the inner conductor to the diameter of the braid
B. The diameter of the braid and the length of the line
C. The diameter of the brad and the frequency of the signal
D. The frequency of the signal and the length of the line

16. A lossless transmission line has a capacitance of 40 pF per ft and a characteristic impedance of 60 ohms.
Calculate its inductance/ft.
A. 0.72 uH/ft
B. 0144 uH /ft
C. 0.288 uH /ft
D. 0.36 uh/ft
17. Attenuation is one of the major concerns in the application of transmission lines in communications engineering.
How much attenuation, in dB, does a 100 m of transmission line introduce? Assume that R = 0.1 ohm/m and Zo = 300
ohms.
A. 0.144 dB
B. 14.4 dB
C. 1.44
D. 144 dB

18. The speed of a radio wave:

A. is infinite in space
B. is the same as the speed of light
C. always less than half speed of light
D. varies directly with frequency

19. what is the term for the ratio of the actual speed at which a signal travels through a transmission line to the
speed of light in a vacuum?
A. Velocity factor
B. Characteristic impedance
C. Surge impedance
D. standing wave ratio

20. Which of the following determines the velocity factor of a transmission line
A. Dielectric materials used in the line
B. The termination impedance
C. The line length
D. The center conductor resistivity

21. Why is the physical Length of a coaxial cable transmission line shorter than its electrical Length?
A. Skin effect is less pronounced in the coaxial cable
B. Electrical signals move slower in a coaxial cable than in thin air
C. The characteristic impedance is higher in a parallel feed line
D. The surge impedance is higher in a parallel feed line

22. What is the typical velocity factor for a coaxial cable with solid polyethylene dielectric?
A. 0.66
B. 0.30
C. 2.70
D. 0.10

23. A commonly used coaxial cable, RG-8A/U, has a capacitance of 29.5 pF/ft and inductance of 73.75 nH/ft.
Determine the velocity of propagation.
A. 2.06 x 10^8 m/s
B. 3.12 x 10^8 m/s
C. 1.04 x 10^8 m/s
D. 4.08 x 10^8 m/s

24. Calculate the time delay in nanosecond introduced by a 100 ft coaxial cable with a dielectric constant of 2.3.
A. 230
B. 152
C. 154
D. 15.2
25. Calculate the velocity factor of a coaxial cable, used as a transmission line, with a characteristic impedance of SO
ohms, capacitance is 40 pF/m and inductance equal to 50 uH/m.
A. 0.073
B. 0.44
C. 0.22
D. 0.73

26. What will happen in the event that the load impedance is not equal to the characteristic impedance in a
transmission line?
A. nothing
B. maximum power will be transferred
C. no power will be absorbed
D. reflections will occur

27. Suppose you sent a 5 V positive-going pulse in a shorted transmission line; which of the following is most likely to
occur?
A. The pulse will be absorbed by the load.
B. A 5 V positive-going pulse will be reflected.
C. A 5 V negative-going pulse will be reflected.
D. Not enough information

28. Why is it important to have a low SWR in an antenna system thot uses coaxial cable feed line?
A. To reduce television interference
B. To allow the efficient transfer of power and reduce losses
C. To prolong antenna life
D. All of these choices are correct

29. Determine the SWR of a transmission line with a reflection coefficient of 0.714<-32.54.
A. 5
B. 3
C. 4
D. 6

30. What does an SWR reading of 1:1 mean?

A. The best impedance match has been attained
B. An antenna for another frequency band is probably connected
C. No power is going to the antenna
D. The SWR meter is broken

31. A transmitter delivers 50 W into a 600 ohm lossless line that is terminated with an antenna that has an
impedance of 275 ohms, resistive. How much power actually reaches the antenna?
A. 17.65 W
B. 37.50 W
C. 43.10 W
D. 14.25 W

32. What would you use to connect a coaxial cable of 50 ohms impedance to an antenna of 35 ohms impedance?
A. An SWR meter
B. An impedance-matching device
C. A low pass filter
D. A terminating resist
33. Suppose it is required to match a 73-ohm antenna to a 600-ohm feeder line at a frequency of 150 MHz.
Determine the characteristic impedance of the quarter wave transformer that Should be used.
A. 209 ohm
B. 73 ohms
C. 6oo ohms
D. 673 ohms

34. A short section of o transmission line, open or shorted that is used to match the impedance of the line to that of
an antenna or transmitter.
A. Slotted line
B. Stub
C. Wavetrap
D. Lecher wire

35. A pulse is transmitted down a cable that has a velocity of propagation of 0.8c. The reflected signal is received 1
microsec later. How far down is the cable impairment?
A. 150 m
B. 120 m
C. 100 m
D. 200 m

36. If the Length of a open-circuited stub is less than quarter-wavelength but greater than 0, the stub behaves as
A. Inductor
B. capacitor
C. resistor
D. complex

37. For lossless air dielectric parallet-wire transmission line, the minimum characteristic impedance value is
A.85Ω
B.83 Ω
C.90 Ω
D.88 Ω

38. A quarter wave transformer is connected to a parallel wire line in order to match the line to a load of 1000 0. The
transformer has a characteristic impedance of 316.23 0. The distance between centers is 4 inches. What is the
percentage reduction in the diameter of the line?
A.85%
B.84%
C.86%
D.90%

39. A transmitter operating at 30 MHz with 4 W output is connected via 10 m of RG-8 A/u cable to an antenna that
has an input resistance of 3000. Find the reflection coefficient.
A. 0.71
B. 0.77
C. 0.97
D. 0.76

40. What length of standard RG-8/U coaxial cable would be required to obtain a 45° phase shift at 200 MHz?
(unfinished)
A. 0.188 m C. 0.124 m
B. 0.169 m D. 0.225 m