Antenna Fundamentals MCQ

1. What is the polarization of a discone antenna?
 A. Vertical
 B. Horizontal
 C. Circular
 D. Spiral
2. If the antenna increases 3.3 times how much does the radiated power
increase?
 A. 3.3 times
 B. 10.89 times
 C. 9.9 times
 D. 6.6 times
3. When speaking of antennas. ______ is a section which would be a
complete antenna by itself.
 A. image
 B. top loading
 C. bay
 D. quarterwave
4. In what range of frequencies are most omnidirectional horizontally
polarized antennas used?
 A. VHF, UHF
 B. VLF, LF
 C. SH, EHF
 D. MF, HF
5. If the current ratios of the two or more elements must be held 5% and
the phase angle to 3° the antenna is called a
 A. end fire array

 B. critical phased array
 C. broadband array
 D. wideband array
6. A device that converts high frequency current into electromagnetic wave.
 A. Antenna
 B. Loudspeaker
 C. Microphone
 D. Transducer
7. Which is a non-resonant antenna?
 A. Rhombic antenna
 B. Folded dipole
 C. End-fire array
 D. Yagi-Uda antenna
8. Gain of a half-wave dipole antenna over isotropic.
 A. 2.15 dB
 B. 1.76 dB
 C. 1 dB
 D. 0dB
9. Very low signal strength in antenna.
 A. Minor lobes
 B. Null
 C. Antenna patterns
 D. Major lobes
10. What is the gain of the Hertzian dipole over isotropic antenna?
 A. 1.64 dB
 B. 2.15 dB
 C. 1.76 dB
 D. 1.55 dB
11. ______ is the measurement of a unilateral antenna properties of
directivity
 A. Phase angle
 B. Antenna gain
 C. Beamwidth
 D. Bandwidth
12. In testing transmitter to prevent interfering with other stations, which
type of antenna must be used?
 A. Void antenna
 B. Dummy antenna
 C. Hertzian antenna
 D. Isotropic antenna
13. The best solution to fading is _____.
 A. space diversity
 B. frequency diversity
 C. polarization diversity
 D. wavelength diversity
14. _____ is the amount of uncertainty in a system of symbols
 A. Bandwidth
 B. Enthalpy
 C. Entropy
 D. Quantum
15. If an antenna has a gain of 3 dB, it increases the output of the
transmitter by
 A. 10,000 times
 B. 1000 times
 C. 100 times
 D. 1 million times
16. Top loading is used in an antenna in order to increase its ______.
 A. practical height
 B. beamwidth
 C. effective height
 D. input capacitance
17. A horizontal antenna is _____.
 A. vertically polarized
 B. horizontally polarized
 C. centrally polarized
 D. circularly polarized
18. All elements in a beam _____ antennas are in line
 A. collinear
 B. yagi
 C. broadside array
 D. log-periodic
19. Which does not use vertical polarization antenna?
 A. AM Broadcasting
 B. FM Broadcasting
 C. Mobile Communications
 D. Satellite Communications
20. Lightning rods must be mounted a top structure not less than ___ above
the highest point.
 A. 10 cm
 B. 20 cm
 C. 30 cm
 D. 40 cm
21. _____ is an antenna with a number of half-wave antenna on it.
 A. Antenna array
 B. Tower
 C. Omni-directional
 D. Rhombic
22. Which antenna radiates an omnidirectional pattern in the horizontal
plane with vertical polarization?
 A. Marconi antenna
 B. Discone antenna
 C. Horn antenna
 D. Helical antenna
23. An antenna with very high gain and very narrow beamwidth.
 A. Helical antenna
 B. Discone antenna
 C. Horn antenna
 D. Parabolic dish antenna
24. What determines antenna polarization?
 A. The frequency of the radiated wave

 B. The direction of the radiated wave
 C. The direction of the magnetic field vector
 D. The direction of the electric field vector
25. _____ is the horizontal pointing angle of an antenna
 A. Azimuth
 B. Angle of elevation
 C. Right angle
 D. Beamwidth
26. A dipole antenna requires to be fed with 20 kW of power to produce a
given signal strength to a particular distant point. If the addition of a
reflector makes the same field strength available with an input power of
11kW. What is the gain in dB, obtained by the use if the reflector. (Gain
referred to this particular dipole).
 A. 4.75
 B. 2.6
 C. 1.81
 D. 4.24
27. What is the estimated medium wind loading in the Philippines for
antenna tower design?
 A. 300 kph
 B. 100 kph
 C. 200 kph
 D. 250 kph
28. Discone radiation pattern is ______.
 A. omnidirectional/vertical polarized
 B. unidirectional
 C. bidirectional
 D. figure of eight
29. _____ is an open-ended slot antenna
 A. Helical antenna
 B. Rhombic antenna
 C. Notch antenna
 D. Cassegrain antenna
30. Which antenna is a properly terminated?
 A. Marconi
 B. Rhombic
 C. Dipole
 D. Yagi-Uda
31. What is the radiation characteristic of a dipole antenna?
 A. Omnidirectional
 B. Bidirectional
 C. Unidirectional
 D. Hemispherical
32. What is the theoretical gain of a Hertzian dipole?
 A. 1.76 dB
 B. 2.15 dB
 C. 3 dB
 D. 0 dB
33. An antenna with unity gain
 A. Rhombic
 B. Half-wave dipole
 C. Isotropic
 D. Whip
34. How will you increase the gain of an antenna?
 A. By adding several antennas in parallel

 B. By focusing the radiated energy in one desired direction
 C. By making antenna rods thicker
 D. By making the antenna size larger
35. An antenna which is one-tenth wavelength long
 A. Hertzian dipole
 B. Loop antenna
 C. Marconi antenna
 D. Elementary doublet
36. What is the minimum number of turns a helix antenna must have?
 A. 3
 B. 5
 C. 4
 D. 6
37. What is the gain of isotropic antenna?
 A. 10
 B. 1
 C. 10
 D. 100
38. Which of the following improves antenna directivity?
 A. Driven element
 B. Reflector element
 C. Director element
 D. Parasitic element
39. The antenna radiates _____ polarized waves when the transmitter
antenna is horizontally installed.
 A. Vertically
 B. negatively
 C. horizontally
 D. circularly
40. The length of a Marconi antenna to operate with 985 kHz is ______.
 A. 200 ft
 B. 500 ft
 C. 250 ft
 D. 999 ft
41. What is the front-to-back ratio of an antenna which radiates 500 watts in
a northernly direction and 50 watts in a southernly direction?
 A. 25000 dB
 B. 10 dB
 C. 100 dB
 D. 20 dB
42. If 4 kW in antenna produces 50 μV/m in a receiving antenna, a 15 kW
will produce _____.
 A. 200 μV/m
 B. 10 μV/m
 C. 100 μV/m
 D. 20 μV/m
43. If the radiated power increase 10.89 times, the antenna current
increases by ______.
 A. 3.3 times
 B. 6.6 times
 C. 1.82 times
 D. 10.89 times
44. The frequency of operation of a dipole antenna cut to a length of 3.4 m.
 A. 88 MHz
 B. 44 MHz
 C. 22 MHz
 D. 11 MHz
45. Comparing the signal strength arriving at the driven element from the
desired direction to the signal strength reaching the driver from the opposite
direction.
 A. Directivity
 B. Sensitivity
 C. Beamwidth
 D. Front-to-back ratio
46. What is the capture area of a dipole operated at 75 MHz?
 A. 4 mm
 B. 2 m2
 C. 2.088 m2
 D. 4.088 m2
47. _____ of an antenna is a measure of how the antenna concentrates its
radiated power in a given direction.
 A. Efficiency
 B. Power
 C. Gain
 D. Polarization
48. Shortening effect of an antenna that makes it appear as if it were 5%
longer.
 A. End effect
 B. Flywheel effect
 C. Skin effect
 D. Capture effect
49. Harmonic suppressor connected to an antenna.
 A. Low-pass filter
 B. High-pass filter
 C. M-derived filter
 D. Constant-K
50. A simple half-wavelength antenna radiates the strongest signal
 A. at 45 degrees to its axis

 B. parallel to its axis
 C. at right angles to its axis
 D. at 60 degrees to its axis
51. The current maximum in a Marconi antenna is found at
 A. the base of the antenna

 B. the center of the antenna
 C. some point between the base and the center of the antenna
 D. the top of the antenna
52. If an antenna is too short for the wavelength being used, the effective
length can be increased by adding:
 A. capacitance in series
 B. inductance in series
 C. resistance in parallel
 D. resistance in series
53. Which of the following antennas is used for testing and adjusting a
transmitter for proper modulation, amplifier operation and frequency
accuracy?
 A. Elementary
 B. Real
 C. Isotropic
 D. Dummy
54. The power fed to a two-bay turnstile antenna is 100 watts. If the
antenna has a 2 dB power gain, what is the effective radiated power?
 A. 317 watts
 B. 158 watts
 C. 200 watts
 D. 400 watts
55. What is the gain, in dB of a helical antenna with diameter of λ/3, 10
turns at pitch of λ/4, used at 100 MHz?
 A. 16
 B. 41.1
 C. 31.4
 D. 1.25
56. How is it possible to lower the resonant frequency of Hertz dipole
antenna?
 A. By reducing the frequency at the transmitter

 B. By connecting a capacitor in series with the antenna
 C. By the connecting a resistor in series with the antenna
 D. By connecting an inductor in series with the antenna
57. Which of the following antennas receive signals in the horizontal plane
equality well from all directions?
 A. Horizontal Hertz antenna

 B. Vertical loop antenna
 C. Vertical Yagi antenna
 D. A vertical antenna which is a quarter-wavelength long
58. If the length of a Hertz dipole is decreased
 A. its resonant frequency will be lowered its distributed inductance will

be increased
 B. its distributed inductance will be decreased
 C. its resonant frequency will be increased
 D. its distributed capacitance between the antenna and ground will be
increased.
59. A final amplifier of a radio transmitter draws 250 mA of plate current
when the plate supply voltage is 1400 volts. If the plate circuit efficiency is
80% and the transmitter is connected to an antenna having a feed
impedance of 70 ohms, what is the antenna current at the feed-point?
 A. 4.0 A
 B. 2.2 A
 C. 1.25 A
 D. 2.0 A
60. A one-quarter wavelength shunt-fed vertical Marconi antenna
 A. has maximum radiation in a vertical direction

 B. must have a horizontal receiving antenna for the best reception
 C. must use a receiving antenna for the best reception
 D. must have a vertical receiving antenna for the best reception
61. A shunt-fed quarter-wavelength Marconi antenna
 A. has maximum RF impedance to ground at its feedpoint

 B. has a current null at its feedpoint
 C. has a zero DC resistance to ground
 D. has zero RF resistance to ground
62. The parasitic element of an antenna system will
 A. decrease its directivity

 B. increase its directivity
 C. give the antenna unidirectional properties
 D. both B and C
63. If the length of an antenna is changed from 2.5 meters to 2.8 meters, its
resonant frequency will
 A. increase
 B. depend on the velocity factor so the resonant frequency can either be
increased or decreased
 C. will be unchanged
 D. decrease
64. What is the effect of adding a capacitor in series with an antenna?
 A. The antenna’s resonant frequency will increase

 B. The antenna’s resonant frequency will decrease
 C. The antenna will be physically 5% longer than its electrical length
 D. A capacitor is never added in series with an antenna
65. How does the electric field strength of a standard broadcast station vary
with the distance from the antenna?
 A. The field strength of a standard broadcast station vary with the

distance from the antenna
 B. The field strength is directly proportional to the distance from the
antenna
 C. The field strength remains constant regardless of the distance from
the antenna
 D. The field strength varies inversely as the distance from the antenna
66. Stacking elements in a transmitting antenna system
 A. increases the field strength at the receiving antenna

 B. increases the directivity of the transmitter antenna
 C. decrease the size of the lobe in the radiation pattern
 D. both A and B
67. A vertical loop antenna has a
 A. unidirectional radiation pattern in the horizontal plane
 B. unidirectional radiation pattern in the vertical plane
 C. omnidirectional radiation pattern in the horizontal plane
 D. a bidirectional radiation pattern in the horizontal plane
68. In order to get maximum radiation to all surrounding points in the
horizontal plane, the antenna used is a
 A. vertical loop
 B. vertical quarter-wavelength rod
 C. array which includes parasitic elements
 D. a horizontal Hertz dipole
69. What is the electrical wavelength of a 500 MHz signal?
 A. 60 centimeters
 B. 6 meters
 C. 0.06 meter
 D. 60 meters
70. If the antenna current is doubled, the field strength at a particular
position is
 A. doubled
 B. halved
 C. multiplied by a factor of four
 D. divided by a factor of four
71. The rhombic antenna is primarily used for
 A. ground wave propagation

 B. space wave propagation
 C. ionosphere scatter propagation
 D. sky wave propagation
72. What antenna radiates equally in all directions?
 A. Vertical antenna
 B. isotropic antenna
 C. Horizontal antenna
 D. Dipole antenna
73. Actual height of antenna should be at least
 A. one wavelength
 B. half wavelength
 C. quarter wavelength
 D. three-fourth wavelength
74. Which antenna is not properly terminated?
 A. Resonant
 B. Non-resonant
 C. Isotropic
 D. Whip
75. ______ is an antenna array which is highly directional at right angles to
the plane of the array?
 A. Broadside array
 B. End-fire array
 C. Turnstile array
 D. Log-periodic array
76. The directivity pattern of an isotropic radiator is
 A. a figure-8
 B. a sphere
 C. a unidirectional cardioid
 D. a parabola
77. An isotropic radiator is
 A. in the northern hemisphere

 B. an antenna high enough in the air
 C. an antenna whose directive pattern is substantially incredible
 D. a hypothetical, omnidirectional antenna
78. The purpose of stacking elements on an antenna.
 A. Sharper directional pattern

 B. increased gain
 C. Improved bandpass
 D. All of these
79. The advantage of using top loading in a shortened HF vertical antenna is
 A. lower quality factor

 B. greater structural strength
 C. higher losses
 D. improved radiation efficiency
80. Where are the voltage nodes in a half-wave antenna?
 A. At the ends
 B. Three-quarters of the way from the feed point toward the end
 C. One-half of the way from the feed point toward the end
 D. At the feed point
81. A theoretical reference antenna that provides a comparison for antenna
measurements.
 A. Marconi antenna
 B. Isotropic radiator
 C. Yagi-Uda array
 D. Whip antenna
82. A Hertz antenna is operating on a frequency of 2182 kHz and consists of
a horizontal wire that is hanged between two towers. What is the frequency
of its third harmonic?
 A. 727 kHz
 B. 6546 kHz
 C. 436 kHz
 D. 6.546 kHz
83. In horizontal-dipole antenna, the polarization is
 A. in the vertical direction

 B. in the horizontal direction
 C. circular
 D. measured at the center of the antenna
84. Increasing the electrical length of an antenna means
 A. add an inductor in parallel

 B. add a capacitor in series
 C. add an inductor series
 D. add a resistor is series
85. Stacking antennas at various angles results in
 A. a more omnidirectional reception

 B. a more unidirectional reception
 C. a more omnidirectional reception
 D. an overall reception signal increase
86. What is driven element?
 A. Always the rearmost element

 B. Always the forward most element
 C. The element fed by the transmission line
 D. The element connected to the rotator
87. What is antenna bandwidth?
 A. Antenna length divided by the number of elements

 B. The angle between the half-power radiation points
 C. The angle formed between two imaginary lines drawn through
 D. The frequency range over which an antenna can be expected to
operate satisfactorily
88. To lengthen an antenna electrically, add a
 A. resistor
 B. battery
 C. condult
 D. coil
89. What is the gain of an antenna over a half-wavelength dipole when it has
6 dB gain over an isotropic radiator?
 A. 6.0 dB
 B. 8.1 dB
 C. 3.9 dB
 D. 10.0 dB
90. What is the usual electrical length of a driven element in an HF beam
antenna?
 A. ¼ wavelength
 B. ¾ wavelength
 C. ½ wavelength
 D. 1 wavelength
91. What happens to the bandwidth of an antenna as it is shortened through
the use of loading coils?
 A. It is increased
 B. It is decreased
 C. No change occurs
 D. It becomes flat
92. To electrically decrease the length of an antenna.
 A. add an inductor in series

 B. add an inductor in parallel
 C. add a resistor in series
 D. add a capacitor in series
93. Strong interference from one particular station can be eliminated by the
use of
 A. noise limiters
 B. squelch circuits
 C. negative feedback
 D. wave traps in the antenna circuitry
94. It is useful to refer to an isotropic radiator.
 A. when comparing the gains of directional antennas

 B. when testing a transmission line for standing wave ratio
 C. when (in the northern hemisphere) directing the transmission
 D. when using a dummy load to tune a transmitter
95. A disadvantage of using a trap antenna.
 A. It will radiate harmonics

 B. It can only be used for single-bad operation
 C. It is too sharply directional at lower frequencies
 D. It must be neutralized
96. The input terminal impedance at the center of a folded dipole antenna is
 A. 72 Ω
 B. 300 Ω
 C. 50 Ω
 D. 73 Ω
97. When a capacitor is connected in series with a Marconi antenna?
 A. Antenna open circuit stops transmission

 B. An inductor of equal value must be added
 C. No change occurs to antenna
 D. Antenna resonant frequency increases
98. Where are the current nodes in a half-wave antenna?
 A. At the ends
 B. At the center
 C. Three-quarters of the way from the feed point toward the end
 D. One-half of the way from the feed point toward the end
99. For a shortened vertical antenna, where should a loading coil be placed
to minimize losses and produce the most effective performance?
 A. As low as possible on the vertical radiator

 B. Near the center of the vertical radiator
 C. As close to the transmitter as possible
 D. At a voltage node
100. The effect of adding parasitic elements of a Hertz dipole is to
 A. make the antenna more omnidirectional

 B. reduce its resonant frequency
 C. increase the antenna’s power gain
 D. All of these
101. Stacking antenna elements
 A. increases sensitivity to weak signals

 B. will suppress odd harmonics
 C. decrease signal to noise ratio
 D. increases selectivity
102. In the case if Marconi antenna, the actual length if the radiating
element is
 A. one-half wavelength
 B. one-quarter wavelength
 C. one wavelength
 D. one-eight wavelength
103. The antenna efficiency of an HF grounded vertical antenna can be made
comparable to that of a half-wave antenna
 A. By installing a good ground radial system

 B. By isolating the coax shield from ground
 C. By shortening the vertical
 D. By lengthening the vertical
104. An antenna “efficiency” is computed by using one of the following
equations.
 A. Efficiency = (radiation resistance / transmission resistance)

 B. Efficiency = (total resistance / radiation resistance) x 100%
 C. Efficiency = (effective radiated power / transmitter output) x 100%
 D. Efficiency = (radiation resistance / total resistance) x 100%
105. Increasing the resonant frequency of an end-fed Marconi antenna can
be done by
 A. adding a capacitor in series and reducing the physical length

 B. adding an inductor in series
 C. adding an inductor in series
 D. All of these
106. Factors that determine the radiation resistance of an antenna
 A. Transmission line length and height of antenna

 B. The location of the antenna with respect to nearby objects
 C. It is a constant for all antennas since it is physical
 D. Sunspot activity and the time of day
107. _____ is the angle between the half-power radiation points
 A. Critical angle
 B. Beamwidth
 C. Angle of elevation
 D. Azimuth
108. What is the ratio of the maximum radiation intensity to the average
radiation intensity?
 A. Aperture gain
 B. Directivity gain
 C. Transmission gain
 D. Power gain
109. Good grounding is important for
 A. horizontal antennas
 B. broadside array antennas
 C. vertical antennas
 D. Yagi-Uda antennas
110. An ungrounded antenna near the ground
 A. acts as a single antenna of twice the height

 B. is unlikely to need an earth mat
 C. acts as antenna array
 D. must be horizontally polarized
111. One of the following is very useful as a multiband HF receiving antenna.
 A. Parabolic antenna
 B. Elementary doublet
 C. Log-periodic
 D. Square loop
112. Which of the following antennas is best excited from a waveguide?
 A. Biconical
 B. Horn
 C. Helical
 D. Discone
113. Indicate which of the following reasons for using metal counterpoise
with antennas is false.
 A. Impossibly of a good ground connection

 B. Protection of personnel working underneath
 C. Provision of an earth for the antenna
 D. Rockiness of the ground itself
114. 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 re-radiation of the local oscillator
115. Which antenna is not a wideband?
 A. Discone
 B. Folded dipole
 C. Helical
 D. Marconi
116. One of the following is not a reason for the use of an earth mat
 A. impossibility of a good ground connection

 B. provision of an earth for the antenna
 C. protection of personnel working underneath
 D. improvement of the radiation pattern of the antenna
117. One of the following makes an antenna physically long but electrically
short
 A. Adding L in series
 B. Adding C in series
 C. Top loading
 D. Both A and C
118. When antennas are closed to the ground, _______ polarization is ideal
 A. horizontally polarized
 B. vertically polarized
 C. circularly polarized
 D. both A and B
119. _____ is an antenna made up of a number of full wavelengths
 A. Elementary doublet
 B. Log-periodic
 C. Long wire
 D. Whip
120. Any energy which radiates in the form of radio waves, infrared waves,
light waves, x-rays, etc.
 A. Radiant energy
 B. Electromagnetic
 C. Heat
 D. Ultraviolet
121. Which one is an antenna coupling unit?
 A. Coupler
 B. Diplexer
 C. Lecher wire
 D. Duplexer
122. _____ polarization is employed in AM broadcasting
 A. Horizontal
 B. Vertical
 C. Circular
 D. Omnidirectional
123. ______ polarization is employed in FM broadcasting
 A. Horizontal
 B. Vertical
 C. Circular
 D. Bidirectional
124. Which antenna is not grounded at one end?
 A. Hertz
 B. Marconi
 C. Dipole
 D. Whip
125. Which antenna does not use the ground?
 A. Marconi
 B. Yagi
 C. Hertz
 D. Rhombic
126. Class of citizens band station operating at 462.55 to 466.45 MHz.
 a. Class A
 b. Class B
 c. Class C
 d. Class D
127. Ground system recommended by the FCC for broadcast stations
consists of a minimum of _______.
 a. 120 radials
 b. 150 radials
 c. 130 radials
 d. 140 radials
128. To achieve maximum possible energy transfer between transmitting
and receiving stations at practical distances, _______ are used.
 a. High gain
 b. Parabolic reflector
 c. Director
 d. secret
129. ________ is the transmission of data metered at a distance from the
observer.
 a. Data communications
 b. Altimetery
 c. Telemetry
 d. cemetery
130. Impedance transformation between a balanced and unbalanced
impedances.
 a. Gamma match
 b. Eslun transformer
 c. Decca match
 d. Match box
131. Calculate the physical length required of a 146 MHz 4:1 balun mode of
polyethylene foam coaxial cable. Use velocity factor of 0.80.
 a. 12.6 ft
 b. 2.5 m
 c. 32.4 inches
 d. 6.2 inches
132. _______ is an instrument that measures the radiated field from an
antenna.
 a. Field strength meter

 b. Field meter
 c. Strength meter
 d. Intensity meter
133. Calculate the number of turns required to make a 5 uH inductor on a t-
50-6 core. Use core factor AL of 40.
 a. 25
 b. 35
 c. 45
 d. 50
134. This resistance is a hypothetical concept that accounts for the fact that
rF power is radiated by the antenna.
 a. Ohmic resistance
 b. Resistance
 c. Radiation resistance
 d. None of these
135. If 1000 watts of RF power is applied to the feedpoint, and a current of
3.7 amperes was measured, what is the radiation resistance?
 a. 50 ohms
 b. 300 ohms
 c. 600 ohms
 d. 73 ohms
136. Antenna theory recognizes a point of reference called the _________.
 a. Half-wave dipole
 b. Full wave dipole
 c. Isotropic radiator
 d. Image antenna
137. Quarter wavelength vertical antenna is basically a dipole placed
vertically, with the other half of the dipole being the ____________.
 a. Gain
 b. Radials
 c. Ground
 d. Reflector
138. Most common form of multi-band wire antenna is the __________.
 a. Log periodic antenna

 b. Yagi Uda
 c. Long wire antenna
 d. Trap dipole
139. The change in velocity resulting from a stray capacitance is called
_________.
 a. End effect
 b. Skin effect
 c. Proximity effect
 d. No effect
151. A discone antenna is a radiator whose impedance can be directly

matched to what type of coaxial transmission line?
 a. 70 ohm line
 b. 30 ohm line
 c. 300 ohm line
 d. 50 ohm line
152. In order to increase the gain of Yagi-Uda arrays, what element are
added?
 a. Using many director

 b. Using many dipole
 c. Using many reflector
 d. All of these
153. It is a measure of how much the antenna concentrates its transmitted
microwave power in a given direction
 a. Beamwidth
 b. Polarization
 c. Bandwidth
 d. Gain
154. The angle where the transmitted power has dropped by from the
maximum power in the direction at which the antenna is pointing.
 a. Bandwidth
 b. Polarization
 c. Beamwidth
155. Orientation of the electric field signal propagated from the antenna.
 a. Directivity
 b. Polarization
 c. Sidelobes
 d. Gain
156. Is not included in the group.
 a. Slot
 b. Horn
 c. Helix
 d. Marconi
157. Radiation from an antenna at other angles than the desired direction.
 a. Antenna direction
 b. Field strength
 c. Sidelobe
 d. Directivity
158. If the antenna is not in the exact dimension/measurement, the
impedance of the antenna turns to be:
 a. Capacitive
 b. Resistive
 c. Inductive
 d. a or c
159. Impedance for free space is _______.
 a. 120(pi)
 b. 30(pi)
 c. 180(pi)
160. An antenna is formed of four array antenna, each of which has a gain
of _____ if the total gain of these antenna arrays is 30 dB.
 a. 12 dB
 b. 13 dB
 c. 14 dB
 d. 15 dB
161. ______ of the antenna is the ratio of the radiation resistance to the
total resistance of the system.
 a. Gain
 b. Directivity
 c. Efficiency
162. The major lobes of the directive pattern are those in which the
radiation is _______.
 a. Minimum
 b. Maximum
 c. Same
163. Is one supplied power from the transmitter, usually through a
transmission line.
 a. Parasitic element
 b. Driven element
 c. Director element
 d. Reflector element
164. Is one which the principal direction of the radiation is perpendicular to
the axis of array.
 a. Broadside array
 b. End-fire array
 c. Phased array
 d. Array antenna
165. Front-to-back ratio is the ratio of the forward power and the ________.
 a. Maximum power
 b. Optimum power
 c. Minimum power
 d. Backward power
166. ________ is elective means to generate circular polarization.
 a. Folded antenna
 b. Marconi antenna
 c. Helix antenna
 d. Any antenna
167. Ranges of frequencies the antenna will radiate effectively.
 a. Beamwidth
 b. Bandwidth
 c. Gain
 d. Directivity
168. Is used to increase the current at the base of the antenna, and also to
make the current distribution more uniform.
 a. Amplifier
 b. Top loading
 c. Booster
169. _________ is a network composed of reactances and transformers,
which provide impedance matching.
 a. Circulator
 b. Antenna coupler
 c. Matching section
170. Consisting of grouped radiations or elements.
 a. Turnstile antenna
 b. Antenna array
 c. Phase array
 d. Half-wave dipole
171. The design ratio of the log-periodic antenna must be _____.
 a. Equal to zero
 b. Greater than 1
 c. Less than 1
 d. Unity
172. For low and medium frequency antennas which are mounted vertically
from the earth’s surface, the effective length is referred to as __________.
 a. Actual length
 b. Effective height
 c. Actual height
173. The main difference between half-wave and folded dipole is the
__________.
 a. Length
 b. Radiation resistance
 c. Transmission line
174. A wire several wavelengths in length that is suspended at some height
above the earth.
 a. Wire antennas
 b. Long wire antennas
 c. Short wire antennas
 d. Rhombic antennas
175. Consist of two half-wave dipoles placed at right angles to each other
and fed 90o out of phase with each other.
 a. Long wire antennas

 b. Turnstile antennas
 c. Vertical antennas
 d. Rhombic antennas
176. Directivity higher than that obtained with uniform phase.
 a. Super gain
 b. High gain
 c. Medium gain
 d. Low gain
177. A parabolic dish antenna has a diameter of 3m and operates at 46 Hz.
Calculate the aperture.
 a. 3.5 square meters

 b. 4.59 square meters
 c. 2.7 square meters
 d. 1.2 square meters
178. If the radiation resistance is 36 ohms, what must be the antenna
length?
 a. Half-wavelength long
 b. One wavelength long
 c. Quarter-wavelength long
 d. Any of these
179. If the antenna is receiving of 10^-12 v/m of electric field, magnetic
field of 3.2 x 10^-3 A/m at a 5 sq. m absorbing area, what is the power
received?
 a. 0.2561 pW
 b. 0.72 pW
 c. 0.016 pW
 d. 0.0012 pW
180. The case where the electric field lies in a plane parallel to the earth
surface.
 a. Vertical polarization
 b. Horizontal polarization
 c. Circular polarization
 d. None o f these
181. It is known as a single directive antenna.
 a. Corner director
 b. Corner dipole
 c. Corner reflector
 d. Yagi antenna
182. The presence of dielectric other than air ________ the velocity of light.
 a. Increase
 b. Decrease
 c. Same
 d. Secret
183. The fact that the second wire of the folded dipole is folded makes the
current on the two conductors of the antenna flow in the _______ direction.
 a. Same
 b. Opposite
 c. No
184. A closed circuit antenna is also called __________.
 a. Helix antenna
 b. Discone antenna
 c. Loop antenna
185. The omega match is slightly modified from the ___________.
 a. T match
 b. Gamma match
 c. Delta match
186. A dish antenna has a diameter of 2m and operates at 46 Hz, find the
antenna gain at 65% efficiency.
 a. 3422.6
 b. 3.26 dB
 c. 12.3 dB
 d. 4266.67
187. What is the approximate effective length of an antenna at 10 MHz
 a. 2.65 m
 b. 9.55 m
 c. 4.62 m
 d. 8.6 m
188. Calculate effective absorbing area operating at 106 Hz for a standard
half-wave dipole.
 a. 0.265 mm2
 b. 0.1175 mm2
 c. 1.26 mm2
 d. 2.3 mm2
189. The variation of the slot antenna is _________.
 a. Isotropic antenna
 b. Notch antenna
 c. Lenz antenna
 d. Horn antenna
190. A point where the power field strength is zero.
 a. Minimum
 b. Maximum
 c. Lobe
 d. Null
191. An area of radiation which exist between adjacent nulls.
 a. Minimum
 b. Maximum
 c. Lobe
 d. Nulls
192. The property of an antenna that causes it to receive signal better from
one direction than from another.
 a. Gain
 b. Directivity
 c. Dipole
 d. Reflector
193. The 70.7% point on the polar graph is known as the _________ point
and represent the point of maximum width of the lobe
 a. Full power
 b. Half-power
 c. Quarter point
 d. Maximum point
194. A transmitting antenna has a gain of 10 and a power input of 60 watts.
What is the effective radiated power?
 a. 6 kW
 b. 60 kW
 c. 0.6 kW
 d. 600 kW
195. Marconi antenna is used in many types of mobile communications unit
because it allows transmission and receptions in _________.
 a. One direction
 b. Two direction
 c. More direction
 d. All direction
196. Used only to a small degree in the VHF band because of its large size
requirements
 a. Vee antenna
 b. Long antenna
 c. Rhombic antenna
 d. Marconi antenna
197. A resistance which accounts for the energy dissipated in the form of
heat
 a. Ohmic resistance
 b. Surge resistance
198. Antenna array having one active dipole element and two or more
parasitic element is known as _______.
 a. Marconi
 b. Horizontal antenna
 c. Ground antenna
 d. Yagi-Uda antenna
199. This antenna is a monopole in that it uses a half-wavelength radiator,
but is fed at a voltage node rather than current node.
 a. Voltage antenna
 b. Zepp antenna
 c. Quartz antenna
 d. Xylene antenna
200. Vertical antenna like those used in the AM broadcast and lower
frequency armature band rely heavily upon a good __________ for
maximum coverage.
 a. Insulation
 b. Ground system
 c. Gain
 d. Directivity
 a. Acts as a single antenna of twice the height

 b. Is unlikely to need an earth mat
 c. Acts as an antenna array
 d. Must be horizontally polarized
202. One of the following consists of non-resonant antennas
 a. Rhombic antenna
 b. Folded dipole
 c. End-fire array
 d. Broadside array
This is the:
 a. Conical horn
 c. Log-periodic
 d. Square loop
 a. Biconical
 b. Horn
 c. Helical discone
 d. None of the above
205. Indicate which of the following reasons for using a counterpoise with
antennas is false:
 a. Impossibility of a good ground connection

 b. Protection of personnel working underneath
 c. Provision of an earth for the antenna
 d. Rockiness of the ground itself
206. 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 re-radiation of the local oscillator
207. Indicate the antenna that is not wideband:
 a. Discone
 c. Helical
 d. Marconi
208. Indicates which of the following reasons for the use of an earth mat
with antennas is false.

 b. Provision of an earth for the antenna
 c. Protection of personnel working underneath
 d. Improvement f the radiation pattern of the antenna
209. Which of the following terms does not apply to the Yagi-Uda array?
 a. Good bandwidth
 b. Parasitic elements
 c. Folded dipole
 d. High gain
210. An antenna that is circularly polarized is the
 a. Helical
 b. Small circular loop
 c. Parabolic reflector
 d. Yagi-Uda
211. The standard reference antenna for the directive gain is the
 a. Infinitesimal dipole
 b. Isotropic antenna
 c. Elementary doublet
212. Top loading is sometimes used with an antenna in order to increase its
 a. Effective height
 b. Bandwidth
 c. Beamwidth
 d. Input capacitance
213. Cassegrain feed is used with a parabolic reflector to
 a. Increase the gain of the system
 b. Increase the beamwidth of the system
 c. Reduce the size of the main reflector
 d. Allow the feed to be placed at a convenient point
214. Zoning is used with a dielectric antenna in order to
 a. Reduce the bulk of the lens

 b. Increase the bandwidth of the lens
 c. Permit pin-point focusing
 d. Correct the curvature if the wavefront from a horn that is too short
215. A helical antenna is used for satellite tracking because of its
 a. Circular polarization
 b. Manoeuvrability
 c. Broad bandwidth
 d. Good front-to-back ratio
216. The discone antenna is
 a. A useful direction-finding antenna

 b. Used as a radar receiving antenna
 c. Circularly polarized like other circular antennas
 d. Useful as a HF receiving antenna
217. One of the following is not an omnidirectional antenna:
 b. Log-periodic
 c. Discone
 d. Marconi
218. How is it possible to lower the resonant frequency of a Hertz dipole
antenna?
 a. Reduce the frequency at the transmitter

 b. Connect a capacitor in series with the antenna
 c. Connect an inductor in series with the antenna
 d. Reduce the length of the antenna
219. Which of the following antennas receives signals in the horizontal plane
equally well from all directions?
 a. Horizontal Hertz antenna

 b. Vertical loop antenna
 c. Vertical Yagi antenna
 d. A vertical antenna which is a quarter-wavelength long
220. A one-quarter-wavelength shut-fed vertical Marconi antenna:
 a. Has maximum radiation in a vertical direction
 b. Must have a horizontal receiving antenna for the best reception
 c. Must use a receiving antenna which has an electric field in a horizontal
direction
 d. Must have a vertical receiving antenna for the best reception
221. A shunt-fed quarter-wavelength Marconi antenna:
 a. Has maximum RF impedance to ground at its feedpoint

 b. Has a current null at its feedpoint
 c. Has zero dc resistance to ground
 d. Uses balanced twin line as its feeder cable
222. The parasitic element of an antenna system will:
 a. Decrease its directivity

 b. Increase its directivity
 c. Give the antenna unidirectional properties
 d. Both B and C
223. If the length of the antenna is changed from 2.5 meters to 2.8 meters,
its resonant frequency will
 a. Increase
 b. Decrease
 c. Depend on the velocity factor so the resonant frequency can either be
increased or decreased
 d. Will be unchanged
224. What is the effect of adding a capacitor in series with an antenna?
 a. The antenna’s resonant frequency will increase

 b. The antenna’s resonant frequency will decrease
 c. A capacitor is never added in series with an antenna
 d. The purpose is to block dc from being applied to the antenna
225. How does the electric field strength of a broadcast station vary with the
distance from the antenna?
 a. The field strength varies inversely proportional to the distance from

the antenna
 b. The field strength is directly proportional to the square of the distance
from the antenna
 c. The field strength varies directly proportional to the square of the
distance from the antenna
 d. The field strength varies inversely as the distance from the antenna
226. Stacking elements in a transmitting antenna system
 a. Increases the field strength at the receiving antenna

 b. Increases the directivity of the transmitter antenna
 c. Decreases the size of the major lobe in the radiation pattern
 d. Both a and b
227. The rhombic antenna is primarily used for
 a. Ground wave propagation

 b. Skywave propagation
 c. Space wave propagation
 d. Tropospheric propagation
228. If the antenna current is doubled, the field strength at a particular
position is
 a. Doubled
 b. Halved
 c. Multiplied by a factor of four
 d. Multiplied by a factor of 1.414
229. A vertical loop antenna has a
 a. Unidirectional radiation pattern in the horizontal plane

 b. Unidirectional radiation pattern in the vertical plane
 c. Bidirectional radiation pattern in the horizontal plane
 d. Omnidirectional radiation pattern in the horizontal plane
230. In order to get maximum radiation to all surrounding points in the
horizontal plane, the antenna used is a(an)
 a. Vertical loop
 b. Vertical quarter-wavelength rod
 c. Array which includes parasitic elements
 d. Horizontal Hertz dipole
231. The physical length of a Hertz dipole resonant at a 100 MHz is
 a. 9.84 ft
 b. 4.92 ft
 c. 4.68 ft
 d. 2.46 ft
232. What is meant by the term antenna gain?
 a. The numerical ration relating the radiated signal strength of an

antenna to that of another antenna
 b. The ratio if the signal in the forward direction to the signal in the back
direction
 c. The ratio of the amount of power produced by the antenna compared
to the output power of the transmitter
 d. The final amplifier gain minus the transmission losses
233. What is meant by the term antenna bandwidth?
 a. Antenna length divided by the number of elements

 b. The frequency range over which an antenna can be expected to
perform well
 c. The angle between the half-power radiation points
 d. The angle formed between two imaginary-lines drawn through the
ends of the elements
234. What is the wavelength of a shorted stub used to absorb even
harmonics?
 a. ½ λ
 b. 1/3 λ
 c. ¼ λ
 d. 1/8 λ
235. What is a trap antenna?
 a. An antenna for rejecting interfering signals

 b. A highly sensitive antenna with maximum gain in all directions
 c. An antenna capable of being used on more than one band because of
the presence of parallel LC networks
 d. An antenna with a large capture area
236. What is the disadvantage of using a trap antenna?
 a. It has a high directivity in the high-frequency bands

 b. It has a high gain
 c. It minimizes harmonic radiation pattern
 d. It may be used for multi-band operation
237. What is the disadvantage of using a trap antenna?
 a. It will radiate harmonics

 b. It can only be used for single band operation
 c. It is too sharply directional at lower frequencies
 d. It must be neutralized
238. What is the principle of a trap antenna?
 a. Beamwidth may be controlled by nonlinear impedance

 b. The traps form a high impedance to isolate parts of the antenna
 c. The effective radiated power can be increased if the space around the
antenna sees a high impedance
 d. The traps increase the antenna gain
239. What is a parasitic element of an antenna?
 a. An element polarized 90 degrees opposite the driven element

 b. An element dependent on the antenna structure for support
 c. An element that receives its excitation from mutual coupling rather
than from a transmission line
 d. A transmission line that radiates radio-frequency energy
240. How does a parasitic element generate an electromagnetic field?
 a. By the RF current received from a connected transmission line

 b. By interacting with the earth’s magnetic field
 c. By altering the phase of the current on the driven element
 d. By currents induced into the element from a surrounding electric field
241. How much power will an antenna having a radiation resistance of 50 Ω
radiate when fed with a 20 A current?
 a. 20, 000 W
 b. 1000 W
 c. 2 kW
 d. 10 kW
242. Determine the Q of an antenna if it has a bandwidth of 0.06 MHz and is
cut to a frequency of 30 MHz.
 a. 50
 b. 100
 c. 150
 d. 250
243. How does the length of the reflector element of a parasitic element
beam antenna compare with that of the driven element?
 a. It is about 5% longer
 b. It is about 5% shorter
 c. It is twice as long
 d. It is one-half as long
244. How does the length of the director element of a parasitic element
beam antenna compare with that of the driven element?
 a. It is about 5% longer
 b. It is about 5% shorter
 c. It is twice as long
 d. It is one-half as long
245. What is meant by the radiation resistance for an antenna?
 a. Losses in the antenna elements and feedline

 b. The specific impedance of the antenna
 c. An equivalent resistance that would dissipate the same amount of
power as that radiated from an antenna
 d. The resistance in the trap coils to received signals
246. What are the factors that determine the radiation resistance of an
antenna?
 a. Transmission line length and height of antenna

 b. The locations of the antenna with respect to nearby objects and the
length/diameter ratio of the conductors
 c. It is a constant for all antennas since it is a physical constant
 d. Sunspot activity and the time of day
247. In a half-wave dipole, where are the current nodes?
 a. At the ends
 b. At the feedpoint
 c. Three-quarters of the way from the feedpoint towards the end
 d. One-half of the way from the feedpoint toward the end
248. What is the advantage of using top loading in a shortened HF vertical
antenna?
 a. Lower Q
 b. Greater structural strength
 c. Higher losses
 d. Improved radiation efficiency
249. What is the beamwidth of a symmetrical pattern antenna with a gain of
30 dB as compared to an isotropic radiator?
 a. 3.2 degrees
 b. 6.4 degrees
 c. 37 degrees
 d. 60.4 degrees
250. A microwave communications uses plane reflectors as passive
repeaters. The diameter of the parabolic antenna is 18 ft while the effective
area is 310 sq ft. Determine the reflector coupling factor.
 a. 0.76
 b. 0.906
 c. 0.92
 d. 0.706
251. It is a metallic conductor system capable of radiating and capturing

electromagnetic energy
 a. transmission lines
 b. antenna
 c. waveguides
 d. load
252. A directional antenna with two or more elements is known as
 a. folded dipole
 b. ground plane
 c. loop
 d. array
253. The ratio of the focal length to the diameter of the mouth of the
parabola is called _____.
 a. aperture
 b. focal point
 c. foci
 d. major axis
254. The impedance of a dipole is about
 a. 50-ohm
 b. 73-ohm
 c. 93-ohm
 d. 300-ohm
255. A special type of transmission line that consist of conducting metallic
tube through which high frequency electromagnetic energy is propagated
 a. medium
 b. microstrip
 c. stripline
 d. waveguide
256. Calculate the angle of declination for an antenna using a polar mount at
a latitude of 45 degrees
 a. 3.2 degrees
 b. 1.3 degrees
 c. 4.2 degrees
 d. 6.81 degrees
257. The cone angle of the flare angle of a conical horn antenna is
approximately
 a. 55 degrees
 b. 45 degrees
 c. 40 degrees
 d. 50 degrees
258. Electrical energy that has escaped into free space in the form of
transverse electromagnetic waves
 a. Radio waves
 b. Frequency
 c. Signal
 d. Wavelength
259. The length of the ground plane vertical at 146 MHz is
 a. 1.6 ft
 b. 1.68 ft
 c. 2.05 ft
 d. 3.37 ft
260. Using a small reflector to beam waves to the larger parabolic reflector
is known as
 a. Focal feed
 b. Horn feed
 c. Cassegrain feed
 d. Coax feed
261. The plane parallel to the mutually perpendicular line in the electric and
magnetic fields is called _______.
 a. wavefront
 b. point source
 c. isotropic source
 d. rays
262. What is the beamwidth of a parabolic antenna with a diameter of 5
meters and an operating frequency of 10 GHz?
 a. 0.5 degrees
 b. 0.675 degrees
 c. 0.348 degrees
 d. 3.48 degrees
263. The horizontal radiation pattern of a dipole is a
 a. circle
 b. figure of eight
 c. clover leaf
 d. narrow beam
264. The size of antenna is inversely proportional to _______.
 a. frequency
 b. power
 c. radiation resistance
 d. wavelength
265. A popular half – wave antenna is the
 a. Ground plane
 b. End-fire
 c. Collinear
 d. Dipole
266. Calculate the gain of a parabolic antenna using a 2.5-m radius dish
operating at 10 GHz.
 a. 166.673 dB
 b. 83.7 dB
 c. 52.2 dB
 d. 45.6 dB
267. It is the ratio of the radiated to the reflected energy
 a. Radiation resistance
 b. Radiation efficiency
 c. Radiation constant
 d. Radiation antenna
268. The feed mechanism in a parabolic antenna that radiates the
electromagnetic energy.
 a. Primary antenna
 b. Reflectors
 c. Secondary antenna
 d. Focal point
269. It is a polar diagram or graph representing field strengths or power
densities at various angular positions relative to an antenna
 a. Side lobe
 b. Front lobe
 c. Radiation pattern
 d. Radiation constant
270. For a transmit antenna with a radiation resistance of 72 ohms, an
effective antenna resistance of 8 ohms, a directive gain of 20 and an input
power of 100W, determine the antenna gain.
 a. 12.55 dB
 b. 10.43 dB
 c. 11.21 dB
 d. 9.78 dB
271. The radiation pattern plotted in terms of electric field strength or power
density
 a. absolute radiation pattern

 b. relative radiation pattern
 c. absolute front lobe pattern
 d. absolute side lobe pattern
272. Calculate the characteristic impedance of a quarter – wavelength
section used to connect a 300-ohm antenna to a 75-ohm line
 a. 150 ohms
 b. 120 ohms
 c. 130 ohms
 d. 110 ohms
273. Plots of field strength or power density with respect to the value at a
reference point
 a. absolute front lobe pattern

 b. relative front lobe pattern
 c. relative front lobe pattern
 d. relative radiation pattern
274. What must be the height of a vertical radiator one half wavelength high
if the operating frequency is 1100 kHz?
 a. 120 m
 b. 136 m
 c. 115 m
 d. 124 m
275. Lobes adjacent to the front lobe
 a. Diagonal lobes
 b. Side lobes
 c. Front lobes
 d. Back lobes
276. Lobes in a direction exactly opposite of the front lobe
 a. Side lobes
 b. Adjacent lobes
 c. Front lobes
 d. Back lobes
277. Calculate the efficiency of an antenna that has a radiation resistance of
73 ohms and an effective dissipation resistance of 5 ohms
 a. 98.3%
 b. 93.6%
 c. 90.7%
 d. 95.5%
278. The line bisecting the major lobe, or pointing from the center of the
antenna in the direction of maximum radiation is called _______.
 a. line of shoot
 b. diagonal shoot
 c. bisecting shoot
 d. antenna shoot
279. The ammeter connected at the base of a Marconi antenna has a certain
reading. If this reading is increased 2.77 times, what is the increase in
output power?
 a. 3.45
 b. 1.89
 c. 2.35
 d. 7.67
280. Refers to a field pattern that is close to the antenna.
 a. Induction field
 b. Far field
 c. Radiation field
 d. Capture field
281. A half-wave dipole is driven with a 5-W signal at 225 MHz. A receiving
dipole 100 km. Calculate the received power into a 73-ohm receiver.
 a. 23.5 pW
 b. 7.57 pW
 c. 5.64 pW
 d. 1.26 pW
282. It is the resistance that, if it replaced the antenna, would dissipate
exactly the same amount of power that the antenna radiates.
 a. Directive gain
 b. Antenna efficiency
 d. Antenna resistance
283. What is the effective radiated power of a television broadcast station if
the output of the transmitter is 1000W, antenna transmission line loss is
50W, and the antenna power gain is 3?
 a. 1250 W
 b. 2370 W
 c. 2130 W
 d. 2850 W
284. It is the ratio of the power radiated by an antenna to the sum of the
power radiated and the power dissipated.
 a. radiation resistance
 b. coupling coefficient
 c. antenna efficiency
 d. antenna beamwidth
285. It is the ratio of the power radiated by the antenna to the total input
power.
 a. antenna efficiency
 b. reflection coefficient
 c. standing wave ratio
 d. radiation resistance
286. If a 500 kHz transmitter of a constant power produces field strength of
100 uV/m at a distance of 100 mi from the transmitter, what would be the
theoretical field strength at a distance of 200 mi from the transmitter?
 a. 45 uV/m
 b. 100 uV/m
 c. 50 uV/m
 d. 35 uV/m
287. An antenna that transmits or receives equally well in all directions is
said to be _____.
 a. omnidirectional
 b. bidirectional
 c. unidirectional
 d. quasidirectional
288. It is the ratio of the power density radiated in a particular direction to
the power density radiated to the same point by a reference antenna,
assuming both antennas are radiating the same amount of power
 a. power gain
 b. directive gain
 c. total gain
 d. system gain
289. If the field intensity of 25 mV/m develops 2.7 V in a certain antenna,
what is its effective height?
 a. 110 m
 b. 100 m
 c. 98 m
 d. 108 m
290. The magnetic field of an antenna is perpendicular to the earth. The
antenna’s polarization ______.
 a. is vertical
 b. is horizontal
 c. is circular
 d. cannot be determined from the information given
291. If the power of a 500 kHz transmitter is increased from 150 W to 300
W, what would be the percentage change in field intensity at a given
distance from the transmitter?
 a. 141%
 b. 150%
 c. 100%
 d. 133%
292. It is the same with directive gain except that the total power fed to the
antenna is used and the antenna efficiency is taken into account.
 a. system gain
 b. power gain
 c. directive gain
 d. total gain
293. A hip-radio telephone transmitter operates on 2738 kHz. At a certain
point distant from the transmitter, the 2738 kHz signal is measured field of
147 mV/m. The second harmonic field at the same point is measured as 405
uV/m. To the nearest whole unit in decibels, how much has the harmonic
emission been attenuated below the 2738 kHz fundamental?
 a. 43.2 dB
 b. 51.2 dB
 c. 35.1 dB
 d. 25.1 dB
294. It is the equivalent power that an isotropic antenna would have to
radiate to achieve the same power density in the chosen direction at a given
point as another antenna.
 a. EIRP
 b. ERP
 c. IRL
 d. RSL
295. When the energy is applied to the antenna at a point of high –
circulating current.
 a. voltage-fed antenna
 b. power-fed antenna
 c. current-fed antenna
 d. impedance-fed antenna
296. For a transmit antenna with a power gain of 10 and an input power of
100 W, determine the EIRP in watts.
 a. 30 dBW
 b. 40 dBW
 c. 50 dBW
 d. 20 dBW
297. If energy is applied at the geometrical center of antenna, the antenna
is said to be _____.
 a. center-fed
 b. end-fed
 c. quarterwave-fed
 d. halfwave-fed
298. For a transmit antenna with a power gain of 10 and an input power of
100 W, determine the power density at a point 10 km from the transmit
antenna
 a. 0.574 uW/m^2
 b. 0.796 uW/m^2
 c. 1.24 uW/m^2
 d. 0.981 uW/m^2
299. For a transmit antenna with a radiation resistance of 72 ohms, an
effective antenna resistance of 8 ohms, a directive gain of 20 and an input
power of 100 W, determine the antenna efficiency.
 a. 90%
 b. 96%
 c. 98%
 d. 96%
300. The fields surrounding the antenna do not collapse their energy back
into the antenna but rather radiate it out in space.
 a. induction field
 b. near field
 c. radiation field
 d. magnetic field
301. For receive power density of 10 uW/m2 and a receive antenna with a
capture area of 0.2 m2, determine the captured power.
 a. 0.5 uW
 b. 2 uW
 c. 1 uW
 d. 1.5 uW
302. The property of interchangeability for the transmitting and receiving
operations is known as ______.
 a. efficiency
 b. accuracy
 c. reciprocity
 d. polarization
303. The length of a doublet at 27 MHz is _____.
 a. 8.67 ft
 b. 17.3 ft
 c. 18.2 ft
 d. 34.67 ft
304. Refers to the orientation of the electric field radiated from an antenna.
 a. efficiency
 b. beamwidth
 c. polarization
 d. accuracy
305. At frequencies below 2 MHz, what type of antenna is usually used?
 a. Marconi antenna
 b. Hertzian antenna
 c. Hertz antenna
 d. Elementary doublet
306. The angular separation between two half-power points in the major
lobe of the antenna’s plane radiation pattern.
 a. bandwidth
 b. polarization
 c. efficiency
 d. beamwidth
307. Hertz antenna are predominantly used with frequencies above
 a. 3 MHz
 b. 4 MHz
 c. 5 MHz
 d. 2 MHz
308. Defined as the frequency range over which antenna operation is
satisfactory
 a. beamwidth
 b. channel
 c. bandwidth
 d. baseband
309. One of the following is not an omnidirectional antenna.
 b. Log-periodic
 c. Discone
 d. Marconi
310. The point on the antenna where the transmission line is connected is
called _______.
 a. center feed
 b. end feed
 c. feedpoint
 d. voltage feed
311. A popular vertical antenna is the _____>
 a. collinear
 b. dipole
 c. ground plane
 d. broadside
 a. a useful direction-finding antenna

 b. used as a radar receiving antenna
 c. circularly polarized with other circular antennas
 d. useful as a UHF receiving antenna
313. The feedpoint presents and ac load to the transmission line called
 a. antenna output impedance

 b. antenna input impedance
 c. feedpoint impedance
 d. center feed impedance
 a. circular polarization
 b. maneuverability
 c. broad bandwidth
 d. good front to back ratio
315. The simplest type of antenna.
 a. Elementary doublet
 b. Half-wave dipole
 c. Quarterwave dipole
 d. 5/8 wavelength dipole
 a. reduce the bulk of the lens

 b. increase the bandwidth of the lens
 c. permit pin-point focusing
 d. correct the curvature of the wavefront from a horn that is too short
317. It is an electrically short dipole
 a. short dipole
 b. quarterwave dipole
 c. half-wave dipole
 d. yagi antenna
318. Cassegrain feed is used with parabolic reflector to
 a. increase the gain of the system

 b. increase the bandwidth of the system
 c. reduce the size of the main reflector
 d. allow the feed to be placed at a convenient point
319. The half-wave dipole is generally referred to as ______.
 a. Yagi antenna
 b. Hertzian antenna
 c. Marconi antenna
 d. Hertz antenna
 a. effective height
 b. bandwidth
 c. beamwidth
 d. input capacitance
321. What is the directivity of a Hertz antenna?
 a. 1.64
 b. 2.18
 c. 2.15
 d. 1.75
322. The standard reference antenna for the directive gain is the _______.
 a. infinitesimal dipole
 b. isotropic antenna
 c. elementary doublet
 d. half-wave dipole
323. An antenna which is one-quarter wavelength long, mounted vertically
with the lower end either connected directly to ground or grounded through
the antenna coupling network.
 a. loop antenna
 b. hertzian dipole
 c. monopole antenna
 d. turnstile antenna
 a. helical
 b. small circular loop
 c. parabolic reflector
 d. Yagi – Uda
325. It is a wire structure placed below the antenna and erected above the
ground.
 a. ground plane
 b. counterpoise
 c. ground lines
 d. top hat
326. Which of the following terms does not apply to the Yagi-Uda array?
 a. good bandwidth
 b. parasitic elements
 c. folded dipole
 d. high gain
327. It effectively cancels out the capacitance component of the antenna
input impedance.
 a. ground plane
 b. top hat
 c. loading coil
 d. shunt capacitance
328. Indicate which of the following reasons for the use of an earth mat with
antenna is false:
 a. impossibility of a good ground conduction

 b. provision of an earth for an antenna
 c. protection of personnel working underneath
 d. improvement of the radiation pattern of the antenna
329. A metallic array that resembles a spoke wheel placed at the top of an
antenna, it increases the shunt capacitance to ground reducing the overall
antenna capacitance.
 a. loading coil
 b. top loading
 c. series capacitance
 d. series inductors
330. Indicate the antenna that is not wideband:
 a. discone
 b. folded dipole
 c. helical
 d. marconi
331. It is formed when two or more antenna elements are combined to form
a single antenna.
 a. antenna elements
 b. antenna array
 c. driven elements
 d. parasitic elements
332. 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 re-radiation of local oscillators
333. It is an individual radiator, such as a half or quarter-wave dipole.
 a. antenna element
 b. antenna array
 c. reflector
 d. director
antennas is false:
 a. impossibility of a good ground connection

 b. protection of personnel working underneath
 c. provision of an earth for the antenna
 d. rockiness of the ground itself
335. Type of antenna element that is directly connected to the transmission
lines and receives from or is driven by the source.
 a. driven array
 b. parasitic array
 c. driven element
 d. parasitic element
 a. biconical
 b. horn
 c. helical
 d. discone
337. Type of antenna element that is not connected to the transmission
lines.
 a. parasitic array
 b. driven array
 c. parasitic array
338. One of the following is very useful as a multi-band HF receiving
antenna. This is the:
 a. conical horn
 b. folded dipole
 c. log-periodic
 d. square loop
339. A parasitic element that is longer than the driven element from which it
receives energy.
 a. driven element
 b. director
 c. parasitic elements
 d. reflector
340. One of the following consists of non-resonant antennas.
 a. rhombic antenna
 b. folded-dipole antenna
 c. end-fire antenna
 d. broadside antenna
341. A parasitic element that is shorter than its associated driven element.
 a. redirector
 b. director
 c. reflector
342. An ungrounded antenna near the ground.
 a. acts as a single antenna near the ground

 b. is unlikely to need an earth mat
 c. acts as an antenna array
 d. must be horizontally polarized
343. It is a non-resonant antenna capable of operating satisfactorily over a
relatively wide bandwidth, making it ideally suited for HF transmission.
 a. turnstile antenna
 b. loop antenna
 c. rhombic antenna
 d. discone antenna
344. A wide – bandwidth multi-element driven array is the ______.
 a. end-fire
 b. log-periodic
 c. yagi
 d. collinear
345. It is a linear array antenna consisting of a dipole and two or more
parasitic elements: one reflector and one director.
 a. broadside antenna
 b. end-fire antenna
 c. yagi-uda antenna
 d. phased array antenna
346. An antenna which is consists of a cone that is truncated in a piece of
circular waveguide.
 a. pyramidal horn antenna

 b. circular horn antenna
 c. rectangular horn antenna
 d. circular horn antenna
347. Which antenna has a unidirectional radiation pattern and gain?
 a. dipole
 b. ground plane
 c. yagi
 d. collinear
348. An antenna formed by placing two dipoles at right angles to each other,
90 degrees out of phase.
 a. discone antenna
 b. turnstile antenna
 c. bicone antenna
 d. 5/8 wavelength antenna
349. The radiation pattern of collinear and a broadside antenna is ________.
 b. bidirectional
 c. unidirectional
 d. clover-leaf shaped
350. What is the bandwidth ratio of log-periodic antenna?
 a. 10:1
 b. 5:1
 c. 20:1
 d. 1:10
351. Which beam width represents the best antenna directivity?
 a. 7 degrees
 b. 12 degrees
 c. 19 degrees
 d. 28 degrees
352. It is the ratio of the highest to the lowest frequency over which an
antenna will satisfactorily operate.
 a. channel ratio
 b. bandwidth ratio
 c. reflection ratio
 d. dynamic range
353. An antenna has a power gain off 15. The power applied to the antenna
is 32 W. The effective radiated power is ________.
 a. 15 W
 b. 32 W
 c. 120 W
 d. 480 W
354. It is simply a single-turn coil of wire that is significantly shorter than
one wavelength and carries RF current.
 a. turnstile antenna
 b. loop antenna
 c. rhombic antenna
 d. long-wire antenna
355. A coax has an attenuation of 2.4 dB per 100 ft. The attenuation of 275
ft
 a. 2.4 dB
 b. 3.3 dB
 c. 4.8 dB
 d. 6.6 dB
356. It is group of antenna arrays that when connected together, function as
a simple antenna whose beamwidth and direction can be changed
electronically without having to physically move any of the individual
antennas or antenna elements within the array.
 a. end-fire array
 b. broadside antenna
 c. phased array antenna
 d. log-periodic antenna
357. Conductors in multi-element antennas that do not receive energy
directly from the transmission line are known as ______.
 a. parasitic element
 b. driven element
 c. the boom
 d. receptor
358. It is a broadband VHF or UHF antenna that is suited for applications for
which radiating circular rather than horizontal or vertical polarized
electromagnetic waves are required.
 a. discone antenna
 b. bicone antenna
 c. log-periodic antenna
 d. helical antenna
359. Mode of propagation of helical antenna where electromagnetic radiation
is in the direction at right angles to the axis of the helix.
 a. normal mode
 b. axial mode
 c. helix mode
 d. helical mode
360. Mode of propagation of helical antenna where the radiation of the
antenna in the axial direction and produces a broadband relatively
directional pattern.
 a. helical mode
 b. normal mode
 c. axial mode
 d. helix mode
361. In a Yagi antenna, maximum direction of radiation is toward the
 a. director
 c. reflector
 d. sky
362. It is defined as the ratio of the antennas maximum gain in the forward
direction to its maximum gain in its backward direction
 a. side-to-back ratio
 b. front-to-side ratio
 c. back-to-side ratio
 d. front-to-back ratio
363. The horizontal radiation pattern of a vertical dipole is a ____________.
 a. figure of eight
 b. circle
 c. narrow beam
 d. clover leaf
364. An antenna that provides extremely high gain and directivity and very
popular for microwave radio and satellite communications link.
 a. helical antenna
 b. parabolic antenna
 c. hyperbolic antenna
 d. log-periodic antenna
365. Part of a parabolic antenna that houses the primary antenna which
radiates electromagnetic waves toward the reflector.
 a. feed mechanism
 b. focal point
 c. center feed
 d. feed antenna
366. It is a passive device that simply reflects the energy radiated by the
feed mechanism into a concentrated, highly directional emission in which the
individual waves are all in phase with each other.
 a. director
 b. parabolic segment
 c. reflector
 d. feed mechanism
367. The energy near the edge of the parabolic dish that does not reflect but
rather is diffracted around the edge of the dish.
 a. spillover
 b. corona
 c. dissipated power
 d. copper loss
368. Determines the angular aperture of the reflector, which indirectly
determines how much the primary radiation is reflected by the parabolic
dish.
 a. numerical aperture
 b. V number
 c. aperture number
 d. aperture angle
369. For a 2-m diameter parabolic reflector with 10W of power radiated by
the feed mechanism operating at 6 GHz with a transmit antenna efficiency of
55% and an aperture efficiency of 55%, determine the beamwidth.
 a. 1.25 degrees
 b. 2.25 degrees
 c. 1.5 degrees
 d. 1.75 degrees
370. Type of feed mechanism where the primary radiating source is located
just behind a small opening at the vertex of the paraboloid rather than at
the focus.
 a. cassegrain feed
 b. center feed
 c. horn feed
 d. antenna feed
371. Discone radiation pattern is
 b. unidirectional
 c. figure-of-eight
 d. bidirectional
372. Which is properly terminated antenna?
 a. dipole
 b. marconi
 c. hertz
 d. rhombic
373. An example of a marconi antenna is _______.
 a. quarter wave vertical tower

 b. collinear
 c. yagi
 d. rhombic
374. At the ends of a half-wave antenna, what values of current and voltage
exist compared to the remainder of the antenna?
 a. minimum voltage and maximum current
 b. minimum voltage and minimum current
 c. equal voltage and current
 d. maximum voltage and minimum current
375. Radiation resistance is the ratio of ______.
 a. radiated power to the antenna center current

 b. radiated power to the square of the antenna center current
 c. voltage to any point of the antenna
 d. square of voltage to the square of current at any point in the antenna
376. Consists of basic antenna connected to a transmission line plus one or
more additional conductors
 a. parasitic array
 b. directors
 c. driven array
 d. reflectors
377. Which of the following is not a driven array?
 a. yagi
 b. broadside
 c. collinear
 d. end fire
378. What is used to determine phase difference between two broadcast
antennas?
 a. a phase monitor
 b. a frequency monitor
 c. an amplitude monitor
 d. a power monitor
379. In antennas, which gives more forward gain?
 a. reflector
 c. parasitic element
 d. director
380. Which of the following is longer?
 a. director
 b. reflector
 c. driven element
381. Which is closer to the driven element?
 a. parasitic element
 c. director
 d. reflector
382. How much do they differ in length from a half-wavelength?
 a. 5%
 b. 10%
 c. 15%
 d. 20%
383. How much more feed-point impedance does a folded dipole have than a
normal dipole?
 a. two times as much

 b. three times as much
 c. four times as much
 d. five times as much
384. How is it possible to produce 70-ohm twin lead?
 a. by folding more parasitic element

 b. by manufacturing
 c. by increasing the radiation resistance
 d. by increasing the length of the antenna
385. With similar size parabolic, plane reflector, and corner-reflector beams,
which has greater gain?
 a. plane reflector
 b. parabolic
 c. corner-reflector beam
 d. V-beam
386. With similar size, which has the narrowest lobes?
 a. parabolic
 b. V-beam
 c. corner-reflector beam
 d. plane reflector
387. Why would the wires of V-beam be closer together when used on
higher frequencies?
 a. main lobe lays farther to wire

 b. main lobe lays closer to wire
 c. secondary lobes closer to wire
 d. secondary lobes farther to wire
388. How the V-beam is made unidirectional?
 a. impedance terminated
 b. capacitive terminated
 c. inductive terminated
 d. resistor terminated
389. Why might a rhombic be better than a V-beam?
 a. it is resistor terminated
 b. more acreage needed
 c. less acreage needed
 d. it is unidirectional
390. Why is the usual rhombic not frequency – sensitive?
 a. unidirectional
 b. with its characteristic impedance
 c. less acreage required
 d. main lobe is greater than back lobe
391. In what direction is the null of small diameter loop in relation to the
plane of the loop?
 a. 45 degrees angle
 b. 180 degrees angle
 c. 360 degrees angle
 d. 90 degrees angle
392. When is a loop unidirectional?
 a. when horizontal
 b. when vertical
 c. when circular
 d. when unidirectional
393. Why are verticals sometimes top-loaded?
 a. to resonate on high frequency

 b. to decrease the electrical length
 c. to resonate on low frequency
 d. to look better
394. Why is pi-network superior to direct coupling to an antenna?
 a. reduce harmonic radiation

 b. better frequency response
 c. better radiation of energy
 d. reduce power dissipation
395. Why might L networks be used between an antenna and transmission
line?
 a. step impedance up
 b. step impedance down
 c. better radiation of energy
 d. reduce power radiation
396. Why are antenna ammeters often shorted out or disconnected from the
antenna except when readings are desired?
 a. to replace it with dummy

 b. not to interface with transmission
 c. for proper reception of signals
 d. to protect from lightning
397. Device to split transmission line current to two or more antenna towers
 a. splitter
 b. coupler
 c. isolator
 d. phasor circuit
398. What method can be used to determine the feed-point impedance of a
vertical antenna?
 a. resistance substitution
 b. impedance matching
 c. dissipated resistance measurement
 d. grounding the antenna
399. In what unit is field intensity measured?
 a. volts
 b. amperes
 c. watts/m
 d. mV/m
400. How fast does low-frequency field strength attenuate?
 a. directly proportional to distance

 b. inversely proportional to distance
 c. directly proportional to time
 d. inversely proportional to time
 a. Acts as a single antenna of twice the height

 b. Is unlikely to need an earth mat
 c. Acts as an antenna array
 d. Must be horizontally polarized
402. 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
This is the:
 a. Conical horn
 c. Log-periodic
 d. Square loop
 a. Biconical
 b. Horn
 c. Helical
 d. Discone
antennas is false:

 b. Protection of personnel working underneath
 c. Provision of an earth for the antenna
 d. Rockiness of the ground itself
406. 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
407. Indicate the antenna that is not wideband
 a. Discone
 c. Helical
 d. Marconi
408. Indicate which one of the following reasons for the use of an earth mat
with antennas is false:

 b. Provision of an earth for the antenna
 c. Protection of personnel working underneath
 d. Improvement of the radiation pattern of the antenna
409. Show which of the following terms does not apply to the Yagi-Uda array
 a. Good bandwidth
 b. Parasitic elements
 c. Folded dipole
 d. High gain
 a. Helical
 b. Small circular loop
 c. Parabolic reflector
 d. Yagi-Uda
411. The standard reference antenna for the directive gain is the
 a. Infinitesimal dipole
 b. Isotropic antenna
 c. Elementary doublet
 a. Effective height
 b. Bandwidth
 c. Beamwidth
 d. Input capacitance
413. Cassegrain feed is used with a parabolic reflector to
 a. Increase the gain of the system

 b. Increase the beamwidth of the system
 c. Reduce the size of the main reflector
 d. Allow the feed to be places at a convenient point
 a. Reduce the bulk of the lens

 b. Increase the bandwidth of the lens
 c. Permit pin-point focusing
 d. Correct the curvature of the wavefront from a horn that is too short
 a. Circular polarization
 b. Maneuverability
 c. Broad bandwidth
 d. Good front-to-back ratio
 a. A useful direction-finding antenna
 b. Used as a radar receiving antenna
 c. Circularly polarized like other circular antennas
 d. Useful as a UHF receiving antenna
417. One of the following is not omnidirectional antenna
 b. Log-periodic
 c. Discone
 d. Marconi
418. The polarization of a discone antenna is ______________.
 a. Horizontal
 b. Vertical
 c. Omni
 d. Directional
419. _____________ is the horizontal pointing angle of an antenna.
 a. Right angle
 b. Angle of elevation
 c. Bandwidth
 d. Azimuth
420. Which is a properly terminated antenna?
 a. Rhombic
 b. Hertz
 c. Marconi
 d. Dipole
421. ____________ is a device that detects both vertically and horizontally
polarized signals simultaneously.
 a. Crystal
 b. Orthomode transducer
 c. Light transducer
 d. Optoisolator
422. How much does the radiated power of an antenna increases if its
current increased by 3.3 times?
 a. 6.6 times
 b. 3.3 times
 c. 10.89 times
 d. 9.9 times
423. What do you call the energy that was not radiated into space or
completely transmitted?
 a. Incident waves
 b. Captured waves
 c. Standing waves
 d. Modulated waves
424. What is the estimated medium wind loading in the Philippines for
antenna tower design?
 a. 200 kph
 b. 250 kph
 c. 300 kph
 d. 100 kph
425. The minimum number of turns a helix antenna must have
 a. 4
 b. 5
 c. 3
 d. 6
426. When testing transmitter to prevent interfering with other stations,
which type of antenna must be used?
 a. Dummy antenna
 b. Herztian antenna
 c. None
 d. Void antenna
427. A device that radiates electromagnetic energy and/or intercepts
electromagnetic radiation
 a. Antenna
 b. Transmitter
 c. Transmission line
 d. Transceiver
428. Determine the gain of a 6 ft parabolic dish operating at 1800 MHz
 a. 15.5 dB
 b. 30 dB
 c. 11.2 dB
 d. 28.17 dB
429. Radiation characteristic of a dipole
 a. figure of eight
 b. omnidirectional
 c. bi-directional
 d. unidirectional
430. An antenna which is not resonant at particular frequencies and so can
be used over a wide band of frequencies is called
 a. Aperiodic
 b. Cassegrain
 c. Top-loaded
 d. Boresight
431. Two wires that are bent 90 degrees apart.
 a. Rhombic
 b. Hertz
 c. Dipole
 d. Log-periodic
432. Harmonic suppressor connected to an antenna
 a. Tank circuit
 b. M-derived filter
 c. Low-pass filter
 d. High-pass filter
433. Theoretical gain of a Herztian dipole
 a. 0 dB
 b. 1.76 dB
 c. 2.15 dB
 d. 3 dB
434. A helical antenna is used for satellite tracking because of
 a. Maneuverability
 b. Good front-to-back
 c. Circular polarization
 d. Broad bandwidth
435. A convenient method of determining antenna impedance
 a. Reactance circle
 b. Stub matching
 c. Smith chart
 d. Trial and error
436. Unity gain antenna.
 b. Rhombic
 c. Dummy
 d. Isotropic
437. EIRP stands for ______________________.
 a. Effective isotropic reflected power
 b. Effective isotropic refracted power
 c. Efficient and ideal radiated power
 d. Effective isotropic radiated power
438. Which of the following refers to the smallest beam of satellite antenna’s
radiation pattern?
 a. Global beam
 b. Zoom beam
 c. Spot beam
 d. Hemispheric beam
439. A region in front of a parabolic antenna
 a. Transmission zone
 b. Fraunhofer
 c. Fresnel
 d. All of these
440. An antenna that can only receive a television signal.
 a. Isotropic antenna
 b. Reference antenna
 c. TVRO
 d. Yagi antenna
441. Radiation pattern of a discone
 a. Figure of eight
 b. Bi-directional
 c. Omnidirectional
 d. Unidirectional
442. 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
443. The reflector and director of an antenna array are considered as:
 a. Transcendental elements
 b. Feed-points
 c. Driven elements
 d. Parasitic elements
444. An electronic equipment used to measure standing wave ratio:
 a. Altimeter
 b. Multimeter
 c. Reflectometer
 d. Wavemeter
445. 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
446. What makes an antenna physically long electronically short?
 a. Adding C in series
 b. Top loading
 c. Adding L in series
 d. All of these
447. The capture area of an antenna is directly proportional to the
 a. Distance between transmitter and receiver

 b. Power density of the signal
 c. Gain of the antenna
 d. Frequency of the received signal
448. A type of an undergrounded antenna is a/an ________________.
 a. Hertz
 b. Isotropic
 c. Parabolic
 d. Marconi
449. What is meant by antenna gain?
 a. The ratio of the signal in the forward direction to the signal in the
backward direction
 b. The ratio of the amount of power produced by the antenna compared
to the output power of the transmitter
 c. The final amplifier gain minus the transmission line losses (including
any phasing lines present)
 d. The numeric ratio relating the radiated signal strength of an antenna
to that of another antenna
450. It consists of a number of dipoles of equal size, equally spaces along a
straight line with all dipoles fed in the same phase from the same source.
 a. End-fire array
 b. Yagi antenna
 c. Log-periodic antenna
 d. Broadside array
451. A type of array antenna which consists of one half-wave driven dipole,
one reflector and one director.
 a. Log periodic dipole array

 b. Yagi-uda
 c. Herztian dipole
 d. Broadside collinear
452. It is measure of the microwave power radiated from an antenna as a
function of angular direction from the antenna axis.
 a. Polarization
 b. Sidelobes
 c. Beamwidth
 d. Antenna pattern
453. What is the gain of four identically polarized antennas stacked one
above the other fed in phase?
 a. 4 dB over the gain of one antenna

 b. 10 dB over the gain of one antenna
 c. 3 dB over the gain of one antenna
 d. 6 dB over the gain of one antenna
454. Gain of an isotropic antenna.
 a. 1 dB
 b. -1 dB
 c. 0 dB
 d. 2 dB
455. A dipole antenna requires to be fed with 20 kW of power to produce a
given signal strength to a particular distant point. If the addition of a
reflector makes the same field strength available with an input power of 11
kW, what is the gain in dB obtained by the use of the reflector? (Gain
referred to this particular dipole)
 a. 4. 75
 b. 1.81
 c. 4.24
 d. 2.6
456. Top loading is used in an antenna in order to increase its
__________________.
 a. Bandwidth
 b. Beamwidth
 c. Input capacitance
 d. Effective height
457. A horizontal antenna is
 a. Perpendicularly polarized
 b. Centrally polarized
 c. Horizontally polarized
 d. Vertically polarized
458. The frequency of operation of a dipole antenna cut to length of 3.4 m.
 a. 42.9 MHz
 b. 53.3 MHZ
 c. 38.5 MHz
 d. 61.3 MHz
459. Two or more antennas separated by 9 wavelengths are used.
 a. Frequency diversity
 b. Space diversity
 c. Hybrid diversity
 d. Polarized diversity
460. A convenient method of determining antenna impedance.
 a. Trial and error

 b. Stub matching
 c. Smith chart
 d. Reactance circle
461. Width measured in degrees of a major lobe between end of the lobe at
which the relative power is one half (-3 dB) its value from the peak of the
lobe.
 a. Radiation
 b. Wavelength
 c. Bandwidth
 d. Beamwidth
462. An increase in the effective power radiated by an antenna in a certain
desired direction at the expense of power radiated in other directions.
 a. Antenna gain
 c. Antenna total ratio
 d. Antenna back lobe ratio
463. Where does the maximum current and minimum voltage value on a
resonant Hertz dipole exist?
 a. Center of the antenna

 b. Ends of the antenna
 c. Near the center of the antenna
 d. Near the end of the antenna
464. How can the antenna efficiency of a HF grounded vertical antenna be
made comparable to that of a half-wave antenna?
 a. By isolating the coax shield from ground

 b. By installing a good ground radial system
 c. By shortening the vertical
 d. By isolating the coax shield from ground
465. Known as the technique for adding a series inductor at or near the
center of an antenna element in order to cancel the capacitive reactance of
an antenna.
 a. Reflector
 b. Center loading
 c. Dipole
 d. Loading coil
466. What is meant by the term antenna bandwidth?
 a. The angle between the half-power radiation points

 b. The angle formed between two imaginary lines drawn through the
ends of the elements
 c. The frequency range over which an antenna can be expected to
perform well
 d. Antenna length divided by the number of elements
467. Where does the voltage node of a half-wave antenna exist?
 a. At feed point
 b. Near the feed point
 c. Near the center
 d. At center
468. This is a flexible vertical rod antenna commonly used on mobiles.
 a. Hertz
 b. Ground plane
 c. Whip
 d. Marconi
469. What is a dummy antenna?
 a. A non-directional transmitting antenna
 b. An antenna used for hand-held ratio
 c. One which is used as a reference for gain measurements
 d. A non-radiating load for a transmitter used for testing
470. Best description of a collinear and broadside antenna radiation pattern.
 a. Bidirectional
 b. Omnidirectional
 c. Unidirectional
 d. Perfect circle
471. What is a driven element of an antenna?
 a. Always the forward most element

 b. Always the rearmost element
 c. The element fed by the transmission line
 d. The element connected to the rotator
472. Antenna which is not properly terminated
 a. Whip
 b. Non-resonant
 c. Isotropic
 d. Resonant
473. At the ends of a half-wave antenna, what values of current and voltage
exist compared to the remainder of the antenna?
 a. Minimum voltage and maximum current

 b. Maximum voltage and minimum current
 c. Minimum voltage and minimum current
 d. Equal voltage and current
474. Refers to a type of beam antenna which uses two or more straight
elements arranged in line with each other.
 a. Whip antenna
 b. Yagi antenna
 c. Rhombic antenna
 d. Dipole antenna
475. What is meant by the term radiation resistance for an antenna?
 a. Losses in the antenna elements and feed line

 b. An equivalent resistance that would dissipate the same amount of
power as that radiated from an antenna
 c. The resistance in the trap coils to received signal
 d. The specific impedance of the antenna
476. Which of the following parts of the radio receiver represents the
component that extracts the desired RF signal from the electromagnetic
wave?
 a. Detector
 b. Antenna
 c. Crystal
 d. AF amplifier
477. Determine the dB of a receiving antenna which delivers a microvolt
signal to a transmission line over that of an antenna that delivers a 20
microvolt signal under identical circumstances.
 a. -26 dB
 b. 26 dB
 c. 3 dB
 d. 10 dB
478. What is the term for the ratio of the radiation resistance of an antenna
to the total resistance of the system?
 a. Antenna efficiency
 b. Radiation conversion loss
 c. Beamwidth
 d. Effective radiated power
479. One of the following prevents a transmitter from emitting a signal that
interferes with other station on frequency during the test.
 a. Use of shielded antenna radiator

 b. Use of low height antenna
 c. Use of dummy antenna
 d. Use of grounded antenna
480. In high frequency radio transmission, the lower the radio frequency the
_______________ of the antenna.
 a. Longer the length

 b. Bigger the diameter
 c. Shorter length
 d. Smaller the diameter
481. Which of the following antenna where its beamwidth is determined by
the dimensions of its lens or reflector?
 a. Whip antenna
 b. Aperiodic antenna
 c. Aperture antenna
 d. Long wire antenna
482. What measure will you adopt on the antenna system of a VHF or UHF
mobile transceivers that has very low height antenna?
 a. Increase transmitter to antenna cable

 b. Use directional antenna
 c. Check grounding system
 d. Provide loading coil
483. In order to have an effective radio antenna, the design of its radiator
must have a minimum length equivalent to ________________.
 a. λ/10
 b. λ/4
 c. λ/14
 d. λ/6
484. What is a parasitic element of an antenna?
 a. An element dependent on the antenna structure for support.

 b. A transmission line that radiates radio-frequency energy.
 c. An element that receives its excitation from mutual coupling rather
than from a transmission line.
 d. An element-polarized 90 degrees opposite the driven element.
485. At what position does a maritime ship main antenna have when it is
open circuited and that any auxiliary is/are connected to the main receiver?
 a. AA
 b. Emergency transmitter
 c. Direction finder
 d. Ground
486. Due to the presence of parallel LC networks in the trap antenna, one of
the following is a disadvantage of using this kind of antenna.
 a. Radiate harmonics
 b. Reduce power
 c. Reduce beamwidth
 d. Allow entry of interference
487. How do you compare the length of the reflector element of a parasitic
beam antenna with that of its driven element?
 a. Same length
 b. Reflector element is 5% longer
 c. Reflector element is half shorter
 d. Reflector element is 5% shorter
488. Which of the following statements refers to a reason why intelligence
signal cannot be transmitted directly on their frequency?
 a. Their frequencies are high and are susceptible to noise
 b. Their frequencies are high and need very large antennas
 c. Their frequencies are low and need very large antennas
 d. Their frequencies are low and need very small antennas
489. What is the purpose of a certain antenna component composed of a
parallel LC networks inserted in the antenna called traps?
 a. Cancel the capacitive reactance of an antenna

 b. Enhance directivity
 c. Produce resonant system at specific frequency
 d. Provide a multiband operation
490. Refers to the numerical ratio relating to the radiated signal strength of
an antenna to that of another antenna.
 a. Antenna loss
 b. Antenna gain
 c. Antenna bandwidth
 d. Antenna efficiency
491. How much longer or shorter does the length of the director element of
parasitic beam antenna compared with that of the driven element?
 a. About 5% shorter
 b. Around 10% longer
 c. One half longer
 d. Around 5% longer
492. Refers to the ratio of radiated to reflected energy.
 a. Front-to-back ratio
 c. Radiation efficiency
 d. Signal-to-noise ratio
493. A half-wave dipole antenna
 a. Hertz
 b. Marconi
 c. Parabolic
 d. Vertical monopole
494. When conductors are spread out in a straight line to a total length of
one-quarter wavelength, the antenna is called what?
 a. Marconi
 b. Vertical monopole
 c. Quarter-wave dipole
 d. All of these
495. What do you call of a polar diagram or graph representing field
strengths or power densities at various angular positions relative to an
antenna?
 a. Venn diagram
 b. Figure-8 pattern
 c. Lissajous figure
 d. Radiation pattern
496. ________________ is the ratio of the front lobe power to the back lobe
power.
 a. Front-to-side ratio
 b. Front-to-back ratio
 c. Back-to-front ratio
 d. Minor-to-major ratio
497. It is defined as the area within a distance D2/λ from the antenna,
where λ is the wavelength and D is the antenna diameter in the same units.
 a. Far field
 b. Near field
 c. Green field
 d. Radiation field
498. What is the ratio of the power radiated by the antenna to the total
input power?
 a. Power gain
 b. Directive gain
 c. Antenna efficiency
 d. Radiation efficiency
499. _________________ of an antenna refers to the orientation of the
electric field radiated from it.
 a. Radiation
 b. Bandwidth
 c. Beamwidth
 d. Polarization
500. Pertains to a wire structure placed below the antenna and erected
above the ground. It is a form of capacitive ground system.
 a. Image
 b. Counterpoise
 c. Antenna orientation
 d. Antenna polarization

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1. What is the polarization of a discone antenna?

 A. end fire array

 A. The frequency of the radiated wave

 A. By adding several antennas in parallel

 A. at 45 degrees to its axis

51. The current maximum in a Marconi antenna is found at

 A. the base of the antenna

 A. By reducing the frequency at the transmitter

 A. Horizontal Hertz antenna

 A. its resonant frequency will be lowered its distributed inductance will

 A. has maximum radiation in a vertical direction

 A. has maximum RF impedance to ground at its feedpoint

 A. decrease its directivity

 A. The antenna’s resonant frequency will increase

 A. The field strength of a standard broadcast station vary with the

 A. increases the field strength at the receiving antenna

 A. ground wave propagation

 A. in the northern hemisphere

 A. Sharper directional pattern

 A. lower quality factor

 A. in the vertical direction

 A. add an inductor in parallel

 A. a more omnidirectional reception

 A. Always the rearmost element

 A. Antenna length divided by the number of elements

 A. add an inductor in series

 A. when comparing the gains of directional antennas

 A. It will radiate harmonics

 A. Antenna open circuit stops transmission

 A. As low as possible on the vertical radiator

 A. make the antenna more omnidirectional

101. Stacking antenna elements

 A. increases sensitivity to weak signals

 A. By installing a good ground radial system

 A. Efficiency = (radiation resistance / transmission resistance)

 A. adding a capacitor in series and reducing the physical length

 A. Transmission line length and height of antenna

 A. acts as a single antenna of twice the height

 A. Impossibly of a good ground connection

 A. To make the antenna look resistive

 A. impossibility of a good ground connection

 a. Field strength meter

 a. Log periodic antenna

151. A discone antenna is a radiator whose impedance can be directly

 a. Using many director

 a. Long wire antennas

 a. 3.5 square meters

201. An ungrounded antenna near the ground

 a. Acts as a single antenna of twice the height

 a. Impossibility of a good ground connection

 a. To make the antenna look resistive

 a. Impossibility of a good ground connection

 a. Reduce the bulk of the lens

 a. A useful direction-finding antenna

 a. Reduce the frequency at the transmitter

 a. Horizontal Hertz antenna

 a. Has maximum RF impedance to ground at its feedpoint

 a. Decrease its directivity

 a. The antenna’s resonant frequency will increase

 a. The field strength varies inversely proportional to the distance from

 a. Increases the field strength at the receiving antenna

 a. Ground wave propagation

 a. Unidirectional radiation pattern in the horizontal plane

 a. The numerical ration relating the radiated signal strength of an