It is the progressive decrease of signal strength with increasing distance ans.

Attenuation
Radio communications in the Philippines is regulated by the ans. NTC
Which of the following is not a common microwave application ans. Mobile Radio
The most widely used microwave antenna ans. Axial feed parabolic
Microwaves from 10.9 to 36 GHz is considered as ans. K
A waveguide is also a ans. High pass filter
A method of diversity reception where the signal is transmitted on two different
frequencies over the same path ans. Frequency
When the value of k increases from a value less than 1, the effective result is
flattening of the equivalent curvature ans. Flattening
Space diversity transmission means receiving on two or more ans. Antennas
operating on the same frequency
It is the progressive increase in the width of the pulse bit with increasing distance.
Ans. Dispersion
This occurs with the LOS beam is at point of grazing over a knife edge obstacle ans.
Absorption
Atmospheric condition is not controlled by ans. Frequency
When the clearance above the obstruction is equal to the radius of an even Fresnel
zone, RSL (or MRS) ans. Is decreased
A measure of traffic intensity ans. Erlang
Descending pass for a ComSat means a pass from ans. North to South
The dielectric material of an optical fiber surrounding the core ans. Cladding
DWDM with 40 wavelengths at STM-64 results to what bit rate in Gbps? ans. 400
What is the FSL in db of a satellite in communication system operating at 36,000km
above the earth at 4.0 Ghz? Ans. 32.44+20log(36000)+20log(4000)=195.6dB
At 10 pps and fastest speed, approximatedly how many seconds will it take to dial
2474000 using a telephone set with the traditional decadic rotary dial plate ans. 10
For a 20km subscriber loop, how long is the finer gauge wire to meet a supervision
limit of 1300 ohms when using 19 and 22 AWG category 3 UTP cables with distances
of 52.6 and 106.3 ohm/km ans. 15.44km C

Calculate the luminance of a signal, if the television receives 1V of red, 1V of blue

and 2V of green ans. 1.59V
The amplitude of the chrominance determines the of the picture ans. Saturation
What produces the sidebands in FM? Baseband frequency
Which one of the following emission transmit the lower sideband and half of the
upper sideband ans. A3H
The process of impressing the intelligence on the carrier is called? Ans modulation
The modulated peak value of a signal is 125V and the unmodulated carrier value is
85V. What is the modulation index? Ans. 1.47
What is the decibel (dB) attenuation of a filter with a 100-mV input and a 1-mV
output at a given frequency? Ans . -40dB
Determinne the input impedance of a T-pad with a series arm of 100 ohms and
shunt arm of 1750 ohms and terminating impedance of 450 ohms. Ans 518.478
ohms
Three identical circuits having 10dB signal-to-noise ratio each are connected in
tandem with each other, what is the overall S/N? ans 5.23dB
An 891khz carrier having an amplitude of 80V is modulated by a 4.5kHz audio signal
having an amplitude of 45V. the modulation factor is ans. 0.56
The noise figure of the first circuit in tandem connection is 10.5 dB while its power
gain is 15, what is the overall noise figure if the second circuit has a noise figure of
11dB? Ans. 10.79dB
An antenna which is not resonant at a particular frequency and so can be used over
a wide band of frequencies is called? Ans. Aperiodic
The capture area of an antenna is directly proportional to the ans. Gain of the
antenna
It consists of a number of dipoles of equal size, equally spaced along a straight line
with all dipoles fed in the same phase from the same source. Ans. Broadside array
When a transmission line uses ground return, it is called a/an line ans. Unbalanced
What quarterwave transformer will match a 100 ohm line to an antenna whose
value is 175 ohm? Ans 123.29
What is the velocity factor for a non-foam dielectric 50ohm or 75ohm flexible
coaxial cable such as RG 8,11,58 and 59? Ans. 0.66

What is the free space loss in dB, between two microwave parabolic antennas
38.0km apart operating at 7.0Ghz? ans 140.89dB
Top loading is used in antenna in order to increase its ans. Effective height
Electromagnetic radiation theory was profounded by ans James Clerk Maxwell
Impedance inversion may be obtained with ans. A quarter-wave line
As a wave propagates down a transmission line, ans. Its amplitude remains the
same
Indicate the three types of transmission line energy losses ans. Radiation, i2R, and
dielectric heating
If the distance from a transmit antenna is doubled, the power density is ans.
Decreased by a factor of 4
The characteristic impedance at radio frequency of a coaxial cable with
L=0.118uH/ft and C=21pF/ft is ans. 75 ohms
The SWR for a 75 ohms line that is terminated with a 50 ohms load is ans.1.5
Which of the following statements are true? Ans all of the choices ,a.the ionosphere
&b.the upper
Indicate which one of the following terms applies to troposcatter propagation ans.
Fading
An antenna is to be installed to receive a line-of-sight wave transmitted from an
antenna located at a distance of 50mi from the installation and which is 750ft in
height. The minimum necessary height of the receiving antenna is ans. 63.5ft
The maximum usable frequency for a critical frequency of 12Mhz and an angle of
incidence of 70 degree is ans. 35 MHz
The video signal amplitude determines the quality of the picture otherwise known
as ans. Contrast
Which of the following is not a low-impedance microphone? Ans. Crystal
It is a wave motion consisting of a series or rarefactions and compressions produced
by a vibrating body in a medium ans. Sound
It is the unit of pitch ans. Mels
What is the minimum sound pressure needed to evoke auditory sensation? Ans
threshold of audibility

Calculate the horizontal resolution possible if the video modulating signal bandwidth
is equal to 5 Mhz. ans 535 lines
The horizontal synchronization pulse is % of the total horizontal trace and retrace
interval ans. 8
The video intermediate frequency is equal to ans.45.75Mhz

Spacing in DWDM is by _____ while CWDM is by ans frequency, wavelength

Is a composite signal with an infinite bandwidth ans. Digital signal
In FHSS, the pseudorandom code is applied to ans. The carrier frequency
CDMA utilizes what type of wideband technology ans. Spread spectrum
The maximum value of quantization error is always ans. Equal to half the resolution
Non-linear coding is a solution to minimizing quantization error by making the
resolution __ at low amplitude signals and __ at high amplitude signals. Ans.
Smaller, larger
Which encoding method attempts to solve the loss of synchronization in long strings
of 0s? ans B8ZS
What is the frame rate of 5- device synchronous TDM system, when the bitrate of
each channel is 1000kbps, no synchronization bits are added and bit interleaving is
used? Ans 1000frames per second
The bandwidth necessary to send an 8-QAM signal is ___ when the input bit rate is
24kbps. Ans 8khz
Which digital modulation technique is appropriate for a transmission media that has
a bandwidth of 40 khz and an input date rate to the modulator is equal to 4kbps?
Ans 1024 QAM
Calculate the minimum number of bits of information which must be given to permit
the correct selection of one event out of 32 equiprobable events ans. 5bits
A binary source sends a binary 1 with a probability of 0.3. evaluate the average
information for the source ans. 0.881 bit
A broadcast television channel has a bandwidth of 6Mhz. Calculate the maximum
data rate that could be carried in a TV channel using a 16-level code. Ignore noise.
Ans. 48Mbps 2Blog2M

Sixteen different levels (symbols) are used to encode binary date. The channel
bandwidth is 36Mhz. The maximum channel capacity is ans. 288mbps 2blog2m
An analog telephone line has a SNR of 45dB and passed audio frequencies over the
range of 300k to 3300Khz ans. 13.4536 C=Blog2(1+S/n)
In synchronous TDM, the number of timeslots in a frame is ans. Equal to the number
of sending devices
If the ASCII character L (42H) is send and the character A(41H) is received, what
type of error is this ans. Burst error
Entropy of two equiprobable messages is ans. One log22=1
In crc, there is no error if the remainder at the receiver is ans. Zero
If the dateunits is 11011001, the divisor 1010, and the remainder 110, what is the
dividend at the receiver ans. 11011001110
Entropy is basically a measure of ans. Average information
DS-1, an application of TDM, has how many voice channels? Ans 24
A measure of how much info9rmation can be transferred through a communication
system in a given period of time ans information capacity
Characteristic of sinewaves that describe the position of the waveform relative to
time zero. Ans phase
A pCM code word was obtained using a 30Khz sampling frequency what is the
maximum input frequency ans. 15Khz
Is the measurement of how fast data can pass through an entity? Ans throughput
Logical topologies can only be ans bus and ring
Is the date link sub-layer that is closest to the physical layer ans. Media access
control
The access method of Ethernet technologies is ans CSMA/CD
A fast Ethernet technology that uses CAT3 UTP ans 100BaseTX