KABETE NATIONAL POLYTECHNIC

BidiinaUaminifu

INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Candidate Assessment Tool

QUALIFICATION
TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNICIAN LEVEL 6

CLASS
TEL 610/S23

UNIT OF COMPETENCY
BROADCAST TV AND RADIO SIGNALS

WRITTEN ASSESSMENT

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATE

i. You have TWO HOURS to attempt all the questions

ii. This paper consists of THREE SECTIONS
Section A (multiple-choice questions).
Section B (written short response questions)
Section C (written extended response questions)
iii. Answer ALL questions
iv. Maximum marks for each part of a question are as indicated in brackets ( ).
v. You are required to provide your response in the answer booklets provided.
SECTION A
1. What is the word used by TV engineers for one complete scanning from left to right and
top to bottom and then again to the top?
a) Picture frame
b) Picture image
c) Picture video
d) Picture audio (2 marks)
2. What happens to the image if the space between pictures is longer than the period of
persistence of vision?
a) Skimming
b) Flickers
c) Scanning
d) Interlaced scanning (2 marks)
3. What is defined as the amount of light intensity as perceived by the eye regardless of the
color?
a) Luminance
b) Hue
c) Saturation
d) Brightness (2 marks)
4. What is the full form of DTH?
a) Direct to Home Television
b) Direct to House Transmission
c) Digital to Home Television
d) Direct to House Telephone (2 marks)
5. What separates the signal into two signals called chrominance and luminance in digital
TV receiver?
a) Video processor
b) Video codec
c) Audio codec
d) Audio processor (2 marks)
SECTION B (40 marks)

1. Which unit receives the signal from parallel to serial convertor and splits it in to two
channels of audio the left and the right in digital TV receiver. (2 marks)
2. Differentiate between terrestrial TV and satellite TV. (4 marks)
3. With respect to monochrome TV explain what is Scanning. (4 marks)
4. State THREE advantages attributed to digital television system. (6 marks)
5. List FOUR roles of the Communication Authority of Kenya (4 marks)
6. State TWO roles of the International telecommunication union. (4 marks)
7. What is required for a user to receive satellite TV services? (4 marks)
8. Signals are sent by the TV transmitter to ensure correct scanning in the
receiver. (2 marks)
9. Why are geosynchronous satellites used for television systems (4 marks)
10. As a telecommunication technician working in a TV transmitting station state three safety
precautions to observe. (6 marks)

SECTION C (50 marks)

1. Explain the working principle of a photo-conductive image camera tube. (10 marks)
2. Using colour circles show various primary and secondary colours? (5 marks)
3. Draw the basic block diagram of monochrome TV transmitter (5 marks)
4. Explain how the television system in (3) works (10 marks)
5. Draw a labelled block diagram of a digital television system (5 marks)
6. Explain how the television system in (3) works. (10 marks)
7. With a block diagram explain how a terrestrial TV system works (5 marks)