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Assignment in Antenna Questionnaire
Assignment in Antenna Questionnaire
For BOY’S
29. One of the following is not a reason for the use of an antenna coupler:
a. To make the antenna look resistive
b. To provide the output amplifier with the correct load impedance
c. To discriminate against harmonics
d. To prevent reradiation of the local oscillator
30. Which one of the following terms does not apply to the Yagi-Uda array?
a. Good bandwidth b. Parasitic elements c. Folded dipole d. High gain
32. The standard reference antenna for the directive gain is the
a. infinitesimal dipole b. isotropic antenna c. elementary doublet d. half-wave dipole
33. Top loading is sometimes used with an antenna in order to increase its
a. effective height b. bandwidth c. beamwidth d. input capacitance
39. One kilowatt is supplied to a rhombic antenna resulting to 20 microvolts per meter at the receiving station.
In order to produce the same field strength at the receiving station, a half-wave antenna,
properly oriented and located near the rhombic, must be supplied with 16.6 kilowatts. What is the
gain (in dB) of the rhombic referred to isotropic antenna?
a. 12.2 b. 6.5 c. 14.35 d. 10.25
40. The amount of voltage induced in a wire by an electromagnetic wave is determined by the wave’s
a. Field Strength b. Direction of Travel c. Velocity d. Frequency
41. An antenna supported by insulators appears electrically longer than its physical length due to
a. End Effect b. Reflection c. The Ionosphere d. The Troposphere
42. Where do the maximum current and minimum voltage values on a resonant Hertz dipole exist?
a. Center of the antenna c. Near the end of the antenna
b. Near the center of the antenna d. Ends of the antenna
48. Radio wave concentration in the direction of the signal emitted by a directional antenna.
a. Back lobe radiation b. Transmitted signal c. Side lobe radiation d. Major lobe radiation
49. The reflector and director of an antenna array are considered as:
a. Transcendental elements b. Feed-points c. Driven elements d. Parasitic elements
50. The product of the power supplied to the antenna and its gain relative to a half-wave dipole in a given
direction.
a. Rated power b. ERP c. Peak envelope power d. Carrier power
for GIRL’S
2. Determine the field strength at 1 mile for a vertical antenna ¼ wavelengths high when
power is 1 kw and antenna loop resistance is 8 ohms.
a. 0.4 V/m b. 5 mV/m c. 1 mV/m d. 0.2 V/m
3. The ability of an antenna to radiate more energy in one direction than in other directions is called:
a. directivity b. active antenna c. selectivity d. resonance
9. An array with one driven element, a reflector, and one or more directors is called a:
a. Marconi b. Log-Periodic Dipole c. Yagi d. stacked array
11. An antenna is the interface between the transmission line and ____________________.
a. space b. coupler c. impedance d. electromagnetic waves
12. The length of a half-wave dipole is about _________________% of a half-wave in free space.
a. 100 b. 90 c. 95 d. 99.95
13. The ____________________ resistance is the portion of an antenna's input impedance due to transmitted
radio waves leaving the antenna.
a. load b. loss c. antenna d. radiation
14. Input impedance at the center feed point of a resonant half-wave dipole is about _____ ohms.
a. 250 b. 300 c. 377 d. 73
15. Input impedance at the center feed point of a resonant folded dipole is about ____ ohms.
a. 150 – 200 b. 280 – 300 c. 200 – 270 d. 377
16. The ____________________ of a directional antenna is the angle between its half-power points.
a. directivity b. maximum directive gain c. beamwidth d. a or b
17. A horizontally mounted dipole will radiate waves with ____________________ polarization.
a. vertical b. linear c. horizontal d. random
21. A vertical antenna has a/n ______________ radiation pattern for ground-based receivers.
a. unidirectional b. bidirectional c. omnidirectional d. cardiod
23. All the waves that hit the surface of a parabolic antenna merge at the ______.
a. Focus b. feedpoint c. a or b d. a and b
25. Calculate the physical length of a half-wave dipole for use at 300 MHz.
a. 475 m b. 475cm c. 475mm d. 475 um
26. How much power will a 95% efficient antenna radiate if driven with 100 watts?
a. 90w b. 95w c. 100w d. 105w
27. If an antenna has 10.14 dB of gain compared to a point source, how much gain does it have compared to a
half-wave dipole?
a. 9dB b. 2.15 dB c. 1.76 dB d. 8dB
28. A resonant antenna has an input impedance of 100 ohms and is driven by 100 watts. What is the RMS
current in the antenna?
a. 2 amp b. 3 amp c. 100 amp d. 1 amp
29. A resonant antenna has an input impedance of 100 ohms and is driven by 100 watts. What is the RMS
voltage at the feed-point of the antenna?
a. 1 v b. 10 v c. 100 v d. 1000 v
30. A dipole antenna has a radiation resistance of 67 ohms and a loss resistance of 5 ohms, measured at the
feedpoint. Calculate the efficiency.
a. 95% b. 98% c. 93% d. 97%
31. The efficiency of an antenna is 82 %. Its radiation resistance is 30 Ω. What is the value of its loss
resistance?
a. 10 ohms b. 6.58 ohms c. 8 ohms d. 12 ohms
32. ________________ means that the characteristics and performance of an antenna are the same whether
the antenna is radiating or intercepting an electromagnetic signal.
a. antenna reciprocity b. antenna polarization c. antenna grounding d. tower sway
33. Which of the following methods is used to lower the resonant frequency of a shortened vertical antenna?
a. loading coil b. top hat loading c. drooping radials d. grounding
34. Calculate the gain (relative to an isotropic) of a parabolic antenna that has a diameter of 3 m, an efficiency of
60% and operates at a frequency of 4 GHz.
a. 39.8 dBi b. 41.94 dBi c. 37.66dBi d. 79.53 dBi
35. It is a phenomenon caused by any support insulators used at the ends of the wire antenna.
a. skin effect b. end effect c. faraday effect d. miller effect
36. The shape of the electromagnetic energy radiated from or received by an antenna is called the
a. signal shape b. electromagnetic pattern c. radiation pattern d. antenna pattern
37. Antennas that transmit an equal amount of energy in the horizontal direction are called
a. bi-directional b. unidirectional c. omnidirectional d. unilateral
38. The ability of an antenna to send or receive signals over a narrow horizontal directional range is referred to
as
a. focal factor b. permittivity c. directivity d. horizontal range
39. A basic antenna connected to a transmission line plus one or more additional conductors that are not
connected to the transmission line form a
a. parasitic array b. bi directional array c. half wave dipole d. counterpoise
40. An antenna made up of a driven element and one or more parasitic elements is generally referred to as a
a. Hertz antenna b. Marconi antenna c. collinear antenna d. Yagi antenna
41. A stacked collinear antenna consisting of half-wave dipoles spaced from one another by one-half
wavelengths is the
a. broadside array b. end-fire array c. wide-bandwidth array d. parasitic array
47. Refers to the direction in space of electric vector of the electromagnetic wave radiated from an antenna and
is parallel to the antenna itself.
a. Propagation b. Coordinates c. Polarization d. Azimuth
48. Placing a metallic array on the antenna effects to increase the current at the base of the antenna, and also
to make the current distribution more uniform. What is this called?
a. Reflector b. Grounding c. Top Loading d. Feeding
49. Calculate the beam width between nulls of a 2-m paraboloid reflector used at 6GHz. Note: such reflectors
are often used at that frequency as antennas outside broadcast television microwave links.
a. 14 degrees b. 7 degrees c. 3.5 degrees d. 0.875 degrees
50. A structure-generally metallic and sometimes very complex-designed to provide an efficient coupling
between space and the output of a transmitter or input to a receiver.
a. Stub b. Antenna c. Transmission Line d. Waveguide