PET 5 (Periodic Evaluation Test)

B. 438Mm D. 843Mm
Communications: Wavepro-Ant/
24. A given device has a thickness of 7um. At what frequency will it
oscillate in the transit time mode?
11. A geostationary satellite A. 7x1011 Hz C. 1x105 Hz
A. is motionless in space (except for its spin) B. 14.3x109 Hz * D. 9.85x1011 Hz
B. is not really stationary at all, but orbits the Earth within a 24-hr
period * 25. A radar transmitter uses a magnetron to generate pulses with a
C. appears stationary over the Earth’s magnetic pole power level of 1mW. The pulses have a duration of 2uS and a pulse
D. is located at a height of 35,800 km to ensure global coverage repetition rate of 500Hz. The magnetron has an efficiency of 60%.
Find the average power input to the magnetron.
12. Indicate the correct statement regarding satellite A. 1.67 MW C. 6.90 MW
B. 670 W D. 1.67 kW *
communications.
A. If two earth stations do not face a common satellite, they
26. In a dominant mode TE10 waveguide, calculate the maximum
should communicate via a double-satellite hop. frequency the guide will propagate if it has a dimension of 2x4 cm.
B. Satellites are allocated so that it is impossible for two earth A. 3.75 GHz C. 5.5 GHz
stations not to face the same satellite B. 14.75 GHz D. 7.5 GHz *
C. Collocated earth stations are used for frequency diversity
D. A satellite earth station must have as many receive chains as 27. A positional tolerance of 0.1 on a geostationary orbit is equivalent to
there are carriers transmitted to it * an arc distance of
A. 74 km * C. 300 km
13. Batteries are used to power all satellite subsystems B. 200 km D. 240 km
A. At all times
B. Only during emergencies 28. Distances near the skip distance should be used
C. During eclipse period * A. to prevent tilting
D. To give the solar arrays a rest B. to prevent sky wave and upper ray interference *
C. to prevent ducting
14. The receive GCE system in an earth station performs what D. to conserve transmission lines
function(s)?
A. Modulation and multiplexing 29. Determine the ghost width on a TV screen 15 in. wide when a
B. Up conversion reflected wave results from an object ½ mile behind a receiver.
C. Demodulation and demultiplexing * A. 15 in C. 0.5 inch
C. 1.51 in * D. 5.38 inch
D. Down conversion
30. High-frequency waves are
15. Which of the following is not usually a part of a transponder? A. absorbed by the F2 layer
A. LNA C. Modulator * B. reflected by the D layer
B. Mixer D. HPA C. capable of use for long-distance communications on the moon
D. affected by the solar cycle *
16. The satellite communications channels in a transponder are
defined by the 31. Indicate which one of the following reasons for the use of a ground
A. LNA C. Mixer screen with antennas is false:
B. Bandpass filter * D. Input signals A. Impossibility of a good ground connection
B. Provision of an earth for the antenna
17. The HPAs in most satellites are C. Protection of personnel working underneath *
A. TSTs C. Vacuum tubes D. Improvement of the radiation pattern of the antenna
B. Klystrons * D. Magnetrons
32. The discone antenna is
18. The receiving installation whose G/T was found to be 20.5 dB is A. useful direction-finding antenna
used as a ground terminal to receive a signal from a satellite at B. used as a radar receiving antenna
C. circularly polarized like other circular antennas
a distance of 38,000 km. The satellite has a transmitter power of
D. useful as UHF receiving antennas *
50 watts and an antenna gain of 30 dBi. Assume losses
between the satellite transmitter and its antenna are negligible. 33. Waveguides are used mainly for microwave signals because
The frequency is 12 GHz. Calculate the carrier-to-noise at the A. they depend on straight-line propagation which applies to
receiver, for a bandwidth of 1 MHz. microwaves only
A. 30.6 dB * C. 40.1 dB B. losses would be too heavy at lower frequencies
B. 38.5 dB D. 35.6 dB C. there are no generators powerful enough to excite them at lower
frequencies
19. A typical TVRO installation for use with C-band satellites D. they would be too bulky at lower frequencies *
(downlink at approximately 4 GHz) has a diameter of about 3m
and an efficiency of about 55%. Calculate its beamwidth. 34. When a particular mode is excited in a waveguide, there appears an
A. 3 deg C. 1.1 deg extra electric component, in the direction of propagation. The
B. 2.4 deg D. 1.75 deg * resulting mode is
A. transverse-electric
20. Earth’s equatorial bulge is causing elliptical orbits to rotate in a B. transverse-magnetic *
manner that causes the apogee and perigee to to move around C. longitudinal
earth. This phenomenon is called “rotation of the line of D. transverse-electromagnetic
apsides”. What must be the angle of inclination of an orbit to
35. A magnetic field is used in the cavity magnetron to
create an angle of the rotation of the line of apsides equal to
A. prevent anode current in the absence of oscillation
zero.
B. ensure that the oscillations are pulsed
A. 63.4 deg * C. 64.3 deg C. help in focusing the electron beam, thus preventing spreading
B. 43.6 deg C. 46.3 deg D. ensure that the electrons will orbit around the cathode *
21. Molniya are sometimes classified as having _____orbit. 36. A disadvantage of microstrip compared with stripline is that
A. LEO C. GEO microstrip
B. MEO D. HEO * A. does not readily lend itself to printed circuit techniques
B. is more likely to radiate *
22. An uplink transmitter operates at 6 GHz with a transmitter power of C. is bulkier
10kW and an antenna gain of 50dBi. The receiver on the D. is more expensive and complex to manufacture
geostationary satellite has an antenna gain of 40dBi. The angle of
elevation is 45 degrees. Calculate the received signal strength at 37. A varactor diode may be useful at microwave frequencies (indicate
the satellite. the false answer)
A. 39.5dBm C. 112.2dBm A. for electronic tuning
B. 39.5uW D. 112.2uW * B. for frequency multiplication
C. as an oscillator *
23. The moon orbits the earth with a period of approximately 28 days. D. as a parametric amplifier
How far away is it?
A. 348Mm C. 384Mm * 38. Negative resistance is obtained with a Gunn diode because of
A. electron transfer to a less mobile energy level *
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B. avalanche breakdown with the high voltage gradient
C. tunneling across the junction
D. electron domains forming at the junction

39. The standard reference antenna for the directive gain is the
A. infinitesimal dipole
B. isotropic antenna *
C. elementary doublet
D. half-wave dipole

40. One of the following consists of nonresonant antennas:

A. The rhombic antenna *
B. The folded dipole
C. The end-fire array
D. The broadside array

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