MICROWAVE COMMUNICATIONS

1. Referred to as a ferrite device that can be used in lieu of a duplexer to isolate a microwave transmitter and receiver when both are connected to the same antenna. a. Isolator b. Circulator c. Coupler d. Diode
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Group Guide

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Phase Cut-off

18. Indicate which of the following cannot be followed by the word "waveguide". a. Flexible b. Ridge c. Elliptical d. Coaxial 19. Which of the following waveguide tuning components is not easily adjustable? a. Plunger b. Iris c. Screw d. Stub 20. What microwave component can sample part of the power traveling thru the waveguide? a. Isolator b. Directional coupler c. Magic tee d. Circulator 21. A rectangular waveguide is 5.1 cm by 2.4 cm. The cut-off frequency for the dominant mode is a. 664 MHz b. 2.94 GHz c. d. 6.25 GHz 57.7 GHz 22. A waveguide section used to couple a circular to a rectangular waveguide. a. Bend b. Tee c. Twist d. Taper 23. A waveguide section used to change the signal polarization a. Bend b. Tee c. d. Taper Twist 24. A waveguide section used to combine two or more signals a. Bend b. Tee c. d. Taper Twist 25. A signal propagated in a waveguide has a full wave of electric field intensity change between two further walls and no component of the electric field in the direction of propagation. The mode is a. TE10 b. TE11 c. d. TM22 TE20 26. A microwave transmission line constructed of a center conductor suspended between parallel conductive ground planes is called a. Microstrip b. Waveguide c. Stripline d. Coax 27. The principal characteristic of tunnel diodes a. Negative resistance region b. High forward current rating c. Very high piv d. High forward resistance 28. A metal wrapped around the parabolic antenna aperture to eliminate sidelobes interferin nearby stations. a. Radome b. Bass drum c. Shield d. Shroud 29. The region within the influence of the induction field of an antenna. a. Far field b. Radiation pattern c. Near field d. Radiation field 32. Which of the following is unlikely to be used as a pulse device? a. BWO b. Multicavity Klystron c. CFA d. TWT 33. The wavelength of microwaves at 100 GHz? a. 3 cm b. 0.03 cm c. d. 0.3 m 0.3 cm 34. The k factor under normal atmospheric conditions in a microwave radio data profile calculation is
a. c. 2/3 0 b. d. 1 4/3

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What is the principal mode of a rectangular waveguide? b. TE11 TEM d. TM11 TE10

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What microwave device combines the advantages of the klystron and the Traveling Wave Tube? a. Stripline b. Microstrip c. Twystron d. Cfa A microwave tube that uses a slow-wave structure as an input section that is isolated from another slow-wave section at its output. a. Klystron b. Magnetron c. TWT d. Twystron A waveguide acts as a a. HPF c. Resonator
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LPF BPF

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Which of the following is a microwave frequency? b. 1.7 MHz 750 MHz d. 22 GHz 0.98 GHz

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Which of the following permits a microwave signal to travel in one direction with virtually no loss but severely attenuates any signal attempting to travel in the reverse direction? a. Wave trap b. Circulator c. Tunnel diode d. Isolator A waveguide has a cut-off frequency of 17 GHz. Which of the following signals will not pass thru the waveguide? a. 15 GHz b. 18 Ghz c. d. 255 GHz 22 GHz When the electric field is perpendicular to the direction of propagation, the mode is said to be a. Vertically polarized b. Horizontally polarized c. Transverse electric d. Transverse magnetic

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10. Which of the following is not a microwave tube? a. CRT b. TWT c. Klystron d. Magnetron 11. A measure of the reliability expressed as the average number of hours between successive failures. a. MTBF b. MTTR c. Downtime d. Outage time 12. A microwave band of 18 to 27 GHz is considered as the ______ band. a. K b. C c. d. Q X 13. The radius in the circular zone is in the first fresnel zone when the reflected path is ______ longer than the direct path. a. Half wavelength b. Wavelength c. Quarter wavelength d. 2wavelengths 14. The microwave path wherein the microwave beam just barely touches the obstruction. a. Grazing b. Obstructed path c. LOS d. Direct path 15. A fade margin of 28 dB has a reliability of a. 99% b. 99.9% c. 99.99% d. 99.999% 16. The velocity of a resultant wave as it travels through the waveguide. a. Group velocity b. Phase velocity c. Speed of light d. Incident velocity 17. The smallest free space wavelength that is just unable to propagate in the waveguide under given conditions.

35. To install an antenna with an LOS transmission at a distance of 75 miles, determine the height of a receiving antenna if the transmitting antenna is 250 ft.
a. c. 255 ft 600 ft b. d. 400 ft 1385 ft

36. Determine the gain of a 6 ft parabolic dish operating at 1800 MHz. a. 11.2 dB b. 15.5 dB c. d. 30 dB 28.17 dB 37. What is the free space loss, in dB, between two microwave antennas 38 km apart operating at 7 GHz? a. 135.5 dB b. 138.5 dB c. d. 145.6 dB 140.89 dB 38. How many receiving antenna(s) are used with frequency diversity?
a. c. 1 3 b. d. 2 4

52. Which of the following microwave tubes uses the principle of velocity modulation? a. CFA b. klystron c. TWT d. Magnetron 53. An X band radar operates in which frequency band? a. 1 - 2 GHz b. 2 - 4 GHz c. d. 8 - 12 GHz 4 - 8 GHz 54. The following are negative resistance amplifiers except a. Tunnel b. PIN diode c. Gunn d. IMPATT 55. A cross between the TWT and the magnetron in its operation a. EIA b. CFA c. Twystron d. BWO 56. Diodes designed to store energy in their capacitance during forward bias and generates harmonics in the reverse bias a. Gunn b. Step recovery c. APD d. IMPATT 57. Topographical maps are maps used for microwave communications systems design because _________ are shown, thereby elevations are known. a. Latitudes b. Longitudes c. Scales d. Contour lines 58. Surface Acoustic Waves propagate in a. GaAs b. Indium Phosphide c. Quartz crystal d. Stripline 59. What do you call the process of speeding up and slowing down the beam of electrons in the vacuum tube? a. Logitudinal velocity b. Group frequency c. Velocity modulation d. Gyrofrequency 60. What is the name of the microwave transmission line that is used with printed circuits? a. Waveguide b. Coax c. Microstrip d. Ferrite loop 61. The output of a LASER is monochromatic; this means that it is a. Narrow beam b. Polarized c. Single frequency d. Infrared 62. The attenuator is used in the TWT to a. Prevent saturation b. Help bunching c. Prevent oscillation d. Increase gain 63. The angle between electric and magnetic fields in a waveguide is a. 0 degrees b. 180 degrees c. 90 degrees d. 360 degrees 64. Materials generally preferred for waveguides are a. Brass and aluminum b. Cast iron and steel c. Non-metallic solids d. High carbon steel and vanadian steel 65. Waveguide feeders are pressurized to a. Reduce loss b. Reduce noise c. Detect faults d. Prevent ingress of moisture 66. In order to reduce cross-sectional dimension, which of the following waveguides is preferred? a. Flexible b. Ridged c. Rectangular d. Circular 67. A low noise, low power, narrow band microwave amplifier utilizing a varactor to achieve gain a. LNA b. Parametric amplifier c. CFA d. SAW 68. Which of the following uses buncher and catcher cavities? a. Stripline b. klystron c. TWT d. magnetron

39. A type of diversity reception, where the output of the transmitter is fed to two or more antennas that are physically separated by an appreciable number of wavelengths. a. Space b. Polarization c. Frequency d. Angle 40. Which of the following is used as a high power microwave oscillator? a. Magnetron b. Thyratron c. Klystron d. Twystron 41. A microwave communications system space loss calculation formula a. 94.2 + 20 log F + 20 log D b. 92.4 + 20 log F + 20 log D c. 94.2 + 10 log F + 20 log D d. 92.3 + 10 log F + 20 log D 42. Which of the following frequency bands fall under the microwave band? a. UHF and SHF b. SHF and EHF c. UHF, SHF and EHF d. VLF, LF and MF 43. Find the cut-off frequency for a waveguide in the TE21 mode if the dimensions of the guide are 3 by 1.5 cm with wall thickness of 0.08 cm. a. 14.14 GHz b. 15.39 GHz c. 5 GHz d. 5.28 GHz 44. The progressive decrease of signal strength with increasing distance a. Attenuation b. Radiation c. Modulation d. Propagation 45. A magnetic field is introduced into the waveguide by a a. dipole b. capacitor c. probe d. stripline 46. Varactor and step recovery diodes are widely used in what type of circuit? a. Amplifier b. Oscillator c. Frequency multiplier d. Mixer 47. The optimum clearance from an obstacle in a microwave system is accepted as ________ of the first fresnel zone radius. a. 0.5 b. 0.9 c. d. 1.5 0.6 48. A range of microwave frequencies more easily passed by the atmosphere than the others a. Gyro frequency b. Resonant c. Critical frequency d. Window 49. When microwave signals follow the curvature of the earth, this is known as a. Troposcatter b. Ionospheric reflection c. Faraday effect d. Ducting 50. A waveguide mode in which there is no component of electric field in the direction of propagation given in the British European standards a. E mode b. TM mode c. d. TE mode H mode 51. The subscript which indicates the number of half wavelengths along the waveguide height
a. c. m C b. d. n b