RAGHU ENGINEERING COLLEGE

ECE DEPARTMENT
ANTENNAS AND WAVE PROPAGATION

1. What is the impedance of free space?

a) 50 Ω
b) 120π Ω
c) 75 Ω

2. What is meant by dBi as applied to antennas?

a) Isolation in decibels
b) Physical size relative to intrinsic antennas
c) Gain relative to an isotropic radiator

3. What is meant by the front-to-back ratio of a Yagi antenna?

a) The physical size of the front half of the antenna vs. the back half
b) The number of driven elements vs. number of director elements
c) Power radiated in the front main lobe vs. power in opposite direction
d) The weight proportion of the front half of the antenna vs. the back half

4. For which region of space does antenna

gain normally apply?
a) Near field
b) Far field
c) At the feed point
d) Everywhere

5. For which type of antenna does the

pattern to the right describe?

a) Parabolic
b) Yagi
c) 1/2-wave dipole Elevation Pattern Azimuth Pattern
d) 1/4-wave vertical whip

6. Where is the approximate transition point between near field and far field?
a) λ / (2p)
b) λ
c) 5λ
d) 10λ

7. What is the name given to the point where the RF input signal interfaces to the antenna?
a) ICP (input connection point)
b) Feed-point
c) BNC connector
d) N connector

8. What is an isotropic radiator?

a) An antenna that radiates equally in all directions
b) An antenna with equal dimensions
c) An antenna designed to broadcast in the troposphere
d) None of the above

9. On a center-fed 1/2-wave dipole, where is the voltage potential the highest?

a) In the center
b) At the tips
c) Equal everywhere
d) Nowhere - dipoles operate on current

10. What composite field (composed of E and H fields) is propagated into free space?
a)Radiation field b)Induction field

11.If a transmitting antenna is placed close to the ground, how should the antenna be polarized to
give the greatest signal strength?
a)Vertical polarization b)Horizontal polarization.

12. On an open-ended transmission line, the voltage is always zero at what distance from each
end of the line?
a)0 b)/2 c)/4 d)none

13.What is the term used to identify the points of high current and high voltage on an antenna?
a)voltage and current loops b) voltage and current nodes c)none

14. The various properties of a transmitting antenna can apply equally to the same antenna when
it is used as a receiving antenna. What term is used for this property?
a)Maximum power transfer b)Reciprocity c)Thevinin d)none

15. The direction of what field is used to designate the polarization of a wave?
a)Electric field b)Magnetic field c)none

16. If a wave's electric lines of force rotate through 360 degrees with every cycle of rf energy,
what is the polarization of this wave?
a)Linear polarization b)Horizontal polarization c)circular polarization

17. What is the radiation resistance of a half-wave antenna in free space?

a)33ohms b)43ohms c)63ohms d)73ohms
18. A radiating source that radiates energy stronger in one direction than another is known as
what type of radiator?
a)directional b)isotropic c)non directional

19. What terms are often used to describe basic half-wave antennas?
a)loop antenna b)dipole antenna

20. If a basic half-wave antenna is mounted vertically, what type of radiation pattern will be
produced in horizontal plane?
a)directional b)non directional

21.Effective length of wire antenna is always greater than the actual length (Yes/No)

22. The Far Field is indicated by the presence of

a) 1/r b) 1/r2 c)1/r3

23. The radiation resistance of a quarter-wave monopole is

a) 35.5oms b)36.5oms c)37.5oms

24. The Current distribution in Hertzian dipole is

a) constant b) triangular c)sinusoidal

25. Effective area of antenna is function of frequency (Yes /No)

26. If current element is Z directed , vector magnetic potential is

a) X directed b) Y directed c) Z directed

27. The Directional Pattern of a Horizontal half wave centre fed dipole is
a) Circle b) figure of eight

28.Effective area of a Hertzian dipole operating at 100MHz is

a) 2 m2 b) 1.07m2 c) 3.07m2

29.The normalized radiation intensity of a given antenna is given by

𝑈 = sin3 𝜙 .The intensity exists only in the 0, 0 region, and zero else where.Then
Half power beam width is
a)74 o b)90o c)120o

30. A very small thin wire of length /100 has a radiation resistance of
(a)  0 
(b) 0.08 
(c) 7.9 
(d) 790 

31. A quarter-wave monopole antenna operating in air at frequency 1 MHz must have an
overall length of
(a) l>>
(b) 300 m
(c) 150 m
(d) 75 m

Answers
1.b 2.c 3.c 4.b 5.c 6.a 7.b 8.a 9.b 10.a 11.a 12.c
13.a 14.b 15.a 16.c 17.d 18.a 19.b 20.b 21. No. 22.a 23.b.
24.a. 25.Yes. 26. c. 27.b. 28.b. 29.a 30.b 31.d