Fiber Optics a.

The core and cladding have the same

index of refraction
1. A transparent material along which we can b. The core and cladding have the same
transmit light is called area
a. Fiber optics c. The core surrounds the cladding
b. Flashlight d. The cladding surrounds the core
c. An optic fiber
d. Xenon bulb 8. A type of fiber whereby light rays take many
paths between the source and the receiver.
2. A simple fiber optic system would consist of a. Monomode
a. A light source, an optic fiber and a b. Multimode
photoelectric cell c. Single mode
b. A laser, an optic fiber and an LED d. Step index
c. A copper coaxial cable, a laser and a
photoelectric cell 9. A figure of merit used to measure the light
d. An LED, a CRT and a light source gathering or light collection ability of the
optical fiber.
3. Optic fiber is normally made from a. Acceptance angle
a. Coherent glass and xenon b. Numerical aperture
b. Copper c. Acceptance cone
c. Water d. Critical angle
d. Silica glass or plastic
10. The basic optical fiber communications
4. The following are the advantages of optical system consists of the following except
fiber system except a. Optical source
a. Greater capacity b. Photodetector
b. Crosstalk immunity c. Transmission medium
c. Safer to handle d. 48 v power supply
d. Lower initial cost of installation
11. Optical fibers can be made out of
5. Plastic fibers have the following advantages a. Glass
over glass fibers except b. Plastic
a. Flexibility c. Combination of both
b. Ease of installation d. Any of these
c. Ruggedness 12. In ________, the core has an index of
d. Low attenuation refraction that changes continuously from
the center to the outside.
6. This explains how a light may react when it a. Step index
meets the interface of two transmission b. Graded index
materials that have different indices of c. Monomode
refraction. d. Multimode
a. Huygens' Law
b. Nyquist's Theorem 13. The following are causes of attenuation and
c. Snell's Law loss of optical power within the fiber except
d. Quantum Theory a. Microbending loss
b. Connector loss
7. In Optical fibers, c. Splicing loss
d. Ohmic loss
 c. Microscopic cracks in the cladding
14. For a signal to be propagated through the which allow leakage of the vacuum in
optical fiber, the angle of incidence should the core
be________ the critical angle. d. Impurities in the fiber
a. Greater than
b. Less than 20. Cleaving is the process of
c. Equal to a. Removing the cladding before
d. None of these connecting fibers together
b. Cutting the end of the fiber in
15. A ray of light in a transparent material of preparation for connecting two fibers
refractive index 1.5 is approaching a c. Cleaning the surface of optic fibers
material with a refractive index of 1.48. At d. Inspecting fibers for flaws
the boundary, the critical angle is
a. 90 degrees 21. A typical value of insertion loss for a
b. 9.4 degrees mechanical splice
c. 75.2 degrees a. -50 dB
d. 80.6 degrees b. 0.2 dB
c. 12 mm
16. The first material has a refractive index of d. 3 dB
1.51 and the angle of incidence is 38 22. The speed of light in a transparent material
degrees and the second material has a a. Is always the same regardless of the
refractive index of 1.46. What is the angle material chosen
of refraction? b. Is never greater than the speed of light
a. 30.55 degrees in free space
b. 39.55 degrees c. Increases if the light enters a material
c. 75.2 degrees with a higher refractive index
d. 40.55 degrees d. Is slowed down by a factor of 1 million
within the first 60 meters
17. If the refractive index of the core of an optic
fiber was 1.47 and that of the cladding was 23. The following are light detectors in fiber
1.44,the cone of acceptance would have an optic communications system except
angle of approximately a. ILD
a. 17.19 degrees b. PIN diode
b. 72.82 degrees c. APD
c. 78.4 degrees d. None of these
d. 34.36 degrees
24. The following are three distinct regions of
18. In free space, light travels at approximately an optical fiber except
a. 186000 m/sec a. Core
b. 3 x 10exp9 m/sec b. Cladding
c. 300 m/sec c. Jacket
d. 0.3m/nsec d. Coating

19. Scattering loss is caused by
a. Insufficient stirring of the ingredients
during manufacture
b. Changes in the density of the fiber due
to uneven rates of cooling
25. The maximum angle in which external light
rays may strike the air fiber interface and
still propagate down the fiber
a. Critical angle
b. Acceptance angle
 c. Numerical aperture b. Yellow
d. Beamwidth c. Blue
d. Green
26. Which of the following combinations is
impossible for optical fibers? 33. The loss of signal power as it travels down
a. Plastic core and cladding the fiber is called
b. Glass core and cladding a. Dispersion
c. Plastic core and glass cladding b. Scattering
d. Glass core and plastic cladding c. Absorption
d. Attenuation
27. The scientist who coined the term "Fiber
Optics" 34. What is a specific path the light takes in an
a. Hopkins optical fiber, corresponding to a certain
b. Hansel angle and number of reflections?
c. Kapany a. Mode
d. Van Heel b. Grade
c. Numerical aperture
28. A technology for carrying many signals of d. Dispersion
different capacities through a synchronous,
flexible optical hierarchy. 35. The width of the range of wavelengths
a. PDH emitted by light source.
b. SDH a. Bandwidth
c. SONET b. Chromatic dispersion
d. ATM c. Spectral width
d. Beamwidth
29. Two digital signals whose transmission
occur at almost the same rate are 36. Which theory states that light wave
a. Plesiochronous behaves as if it consists of many tiny
b. Synchronous particles?
c. Asyncronous a. Huygens'
d. Mesochronous b. Nyquist's
c. Doppler's
30. SONET systems are d. Quantum
a. Twisted pair copper based technology
b. Fiber optic technology 37. Fiber optic cables operate at frequencies
c. Hybrid fiber coax technology near
d. Wireless technology a. 20 MHz
b. 200 MHz
31. The band of light wavelengths that are too c. 2 GHz
long to be seen by the human eye. d. 800 THz
a. Amber
b. Visible 38. When a beam of light enters one medium
c. Infrared from another, which quantity will not
d. Ultraviolet change?
a. Direction
32. Which color has the shortest wavelength of b. Speed
light? c. Frequency
a. Red d. None of these
 c. TDM
39. Dispersion caused by the difference in the d. WDM
propagation times of light rays that take
different paths down the fiber. 46. The European standard for synchronous
a. Material transmission over fiber optic networks.
b. Wavelength a. NTSC
c. Modal b. SDH
d. Delay c. FDDI
d. SONET
40. A non-coherent light source for optical
communications system. 47. What is the light source typically used in
a. ILD single mode optical fiber?
b. LED a. Phototransistor
c. APD b. Laser
d. PIN diode c. Photoresistor
d. LED
41. The numerical aperture of a fiber if the
angle of acceptance is 15 degrees is 48. An OTDR is used for
a. 0.17 a. Fault location
b. 0.26 b. Splice and connector evaluation
c. 0.50 c. Loss per unit length measurement
d. 0.75 d. All of these

42. Single frequency light is called 49. The coupling loss due to angular deviation
a. Pure from the optimum alignment of source to
b. Intense the fiber optic cable
c. Coherent a. Lateral misalignment
d. Monochromatic b. Gap misalignment
c. Angular misalignment
d. Numerical aperture loss
43. What is the unit of light wavelength?
a. Micron 50. Which of the following is used to protect
b. Angstrom the core and the cladding of the fiber?
c. Mils a. Insulation
d. Fathom b. Plastic
c. Glass
44. A high speed LAN defined by ANSI using d. Kevlar strength members
fiber optic cables
a. NTSC 51. Determine the acceptance angle of light
b. SDH passing to a glass having a refractive index
c. FDDI of 1.56 to ethyl having a refractive index of
d. SONET 1.51.
a. 17.7 degrees
45. What is the process of using two or more b. 21.3 degrees
light sources at different wavelengths each c. 23 degrees
separately modulated with the same fiber? d. 25 degrees
a. SDH 52. Calculate the energy of the photon of
b. FDM infrared light energy at 1.55 um.
 a. 1.28 x 10exp-19 J 59. 1 micron is equal to _____ meters.
b. 1.6 x 10exp19 J a. 10exp-6
c. 1.22 x 10exp-16 J b. 10exp-12
d. 1.9 x 10exp-14 J c. 10exp-15
d. 10exp-18
53. The amount of power per unit area in
optical fiber is called 60. The small proportion of light scattered by
a. Irradiance Rayleigh scattering which is returned
b. Radiance towards the source.
c. Reflectance a. Optoscatter
d. Permeance b. Standing waves
54. Light at 1.55 um in air has what energy in c. Return loss
eV? d. Backscatter
a. 1.2 eV
b. 1 eV 61. Dispersion caused by different wavelengths
c. 0.6 eV contained in the transmitted light.
d. 0.8 eV a. Intermodal
b. Chromatic
55. An object farther from a converging lens c. Optical
than its focal point always has an ____ d. Any of these
image.
a. Virtual 62. A ray that always passes through the core
b. The same in size axis as it is propagated
c. Inverted a. Axial
d. Smaller size b. Meridional
c. Skew
56. What parts of the body are most sensitive d. Direct
to laser damage?
a. Hair 63. The typical cladding diameter of an optical
b. Nails fiber
c. Eye and skin a. 8 um
d. Teeth b. 10 to 100 um
c. 125 um
57. Who was the first person who actually d. 800 to 1550 um
produced laser light?
a. Maiman 64. The typical core diameter of an optical fiber
b. Edison is
c. Einstein a. 8 um
d. Volta b. 62.5 um
c. 125 um
58. One of the advantages of fiber optics which d. 800 to 1550 um
is referred to the volume of capacity of
signals it can carry. 65. A reflection that occurs from a surface
a. Security whenever there is a sudden change in the
b. Weight refractive index at the end of the fiber.
c. Bandwidth a. Total internal
d. Physical size b. Reflection loss
c. Fresnel reflection
 d. Backscatter

66. The first device used to transmit voice using

light as a carrier
a. Edison bulb
b. Phonograph
c. Photophone
d. Lincompex

67. An elementary quantity of radiant energy

which can be considered as particles of
light.
a. Photons
b. Lumens
c. Electrons
d. Optimons

68. What is the wave or pulse that does not

disperse or lose it’s shape as it propagates
through a medium?
a. Photon
b. Coherent source
c. Optimon
d. Soliton

69. Where can one found a fiber to detector

connector?
a. Transmitter
b. Receiver
c. LED circuit block
d. Analog transmitter block

70. What skin damage occurs when exposed to

laser radiation?
a. Erythema
b. Hematoma
c. Gout
d. Eczema