COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING PART 6

ANTENNAS

b.
c.

Multiple Choice.
Encircle the letter which
corresponds to your answer.

d.
6.

1.

An ungrounded
ground

antenna

near

the

One of the following is not a reason for

the use of an antenna coupler:
a.

a.
b.
c.
d.
2.

One of the following

nonresonant antennas:
a.
b.
c.
d.

3.

Acts as a single antenna of

twice the height
Is unlikely to need an earth mat
Acts as an antenna array
Must be horizontally polarized
consists

b.
c.

of

The rhombic antenna

The folded dipole
The end-fire array
The broadside array

d.
7.

8.
a.
b.
c.
d.
4.

Conical horn
Folded dipole
Log-periodic
Square loop

b.
c.

a.
b.
c.
d.

Biconical
Horn
Helical
Discone

d.
9.

5.

Indicate which of the following reasons

for using a counterpoise with antennas is
false:
a.

Impossibility of a good ground

connection

antenna

that

is

not

Discone
Folded dipole
Helical
Marconi

Indicate which one of the following

reasons for the use of an earth mat with
antennas is false:
a.

Which of the following antennas is best

excited from a waveguide?

To make the antenna look

resistive
To provide the output amplifier
with
the
correct
load
impedance
To
discriminate
against
harmonics
To prevent reradiation of the
local oscillator

Indicate the
wideband
a.
b.
c.
d.

One of the following is very useful as a

multiband HF receiving antenna. This is
the:

Protection of personnel working

underneath
Provision of an earth for the
antenna
Rockiness of the ground itself

Impossibility of a good ground

connection
Provision of an earth for the
antenna
Protection of personnel working
underneath
Improvement of the radiation
pattern of the antenna

Show which of the following terms does

not apply to the Yagi-Uda array
a.
b.
c.
d.

Good bandwidth
Parasitic elements
Folded dipole
High gain

10. An antenna that is circularly polarized is

the
a.
b.
c.
d.

Helical
Small circular loop
Parabolic reflector
Yagi-Uda

11. The standard reference antenna for the

directive gain is the
a. Infinitesimal dipole
b. Isotropic antenna
c. Elementary doublet
d. Half-wave dipole
12. Top loading is sometimes used with an
antenna in order to increase its
a.
b.
c.
d.

Effective height
Bandwidth
Beamwidth
Input capacitance

13. Cassegrain feed is used with a parabolic

reflector to
a.
b.
c.
d.

Increase the gain of the system

Increase the beamwidth of the
system
Reduce the size of the main
reflector
Allow the feed to be placed at
a convenient point

14. Zoning is used with a dielectric antenna

in order to
a.
b.
c.
d.

Reduce the bulk of the lens

Increase the bandwidth of the
lens
Permit pin-point focusing
Correct the curvature of the
wavefront from a horn that is
too short

15. A helical antenna is used for satellite

tracking because of its

a.
b.
c.
d.

Circular polarization
Maneuverability
Broad bandwidth
Good front-to-back ratio

21. __________ is a device that detects both

vertically and horizontally polarized
signals simultaneously.

16. The discone antenna is

a.
b.
c.
d.

A
useful
direction-finding
antenna
Used as a radar receiving
antenna
Circularly polarized like other
circular antennas
Useful as a UHF receiving
antenna

17. One of the following

omnidirectional antenna
a.
b.
c.
d.

is

not

an

Half-wave dipole
Log-periodic
Discone
Marconi

a.
b.
c.
d.

pointing

Right angle
Angle of elevation
Bandwidth
Azimuth

20. Which is a properly terminated antenna?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Rhombic
Hertz
Marconi
Dipole

22. How much does the radiated power of

an antenna increases if its current
increased by 3.3 times?
a.
b.
c.
d.

6.6 times
3.3 times
10.89 times
9.9 times

a.
b.
c.
d.

Incident waves
Captured waves
Standing waves
Modulated waves

24. What is the estimated medium wind

loading in the Philippines for antenna
tower design?

Horizontal
Vertical
Omni
Directional

19. __________ is the horizontal

angle of an antenna.

Crystal
Orthomode transducer
Light transducer
Optoisolator

23. What do you call the energy that was

not radiated into space or completely
transmitted?

18. The polarization of a discone antenna is

__________.
a.
b.
c.
d.

a.
b.
c.
d.

a.
b.
c.
d.

200 kph
250 kph
300 kph
100 kph

25. The minimum number of turns a helix

antenna must have.
a.
b.
c.
d.

4
5
3
6

26. When testing transmitter to prevent

interfering with other stations, which type
of antenna must be used?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Dummy antenna
Herztian antenna
None
Void antenna

27. A device that radiates electromagnetic

energy
and/or
intercepts
electromagnetic radiation.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Antenna
Transmitter
Transmission line
Transceiver

28. Determine the gain of a 6 ft parabolic

dish operating at 1800 MHz
a.
b.
c.
d.

15.5 dB
30 dB
11.2 dB
28.17 dB

29. Radiation characteristic of a dipole.

a. figure of eight
b. omnidirectional
c. bi-directional
d. unidirectional
30. An antenna which is not resonant at
particular frequencies and so can be
used over a wide band of frequencies is
called
a.
b.
c.
d.

aperiodic
cassegrain
top-loaded
boresight

31. Two wires that are bent 90 degrees

apart.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Rhombic
Hertz
dipole
log-periodic

32. Harmonic suppressor connected to an

antenna.

a.
b.
c.
d.

tank circuit
m-derived filter
low-pass filter
high-pass filter

33. Theoretical gain of a Herztian dipole.

a.
b.
c.
d.

0 dB
1.76 dB
2.15 dB
3 dB

34. A helical antenna is used for satellite

tracking because of
a.
b.
c.
d.

Maneuverability
Good front-to-back
Circular polarization
Broad bandwidth

35. A convenient method of determining

antenna impedance.
a.
b.
c.
d.

reactance circle
stub matching
Smith chart
trial and error

36. Unity gain antenna.

a.
b.
c.
d.

half-wave dipole
rhombic
dummy
isotropic

38. Which of the following refers to the

smallest beam of satellite antennas
radiation pattern?
a.
b.
c.
d.

39. A region in front of a parabolic antenna.

Transmission zone

b.
c.
d.

Fraunhofer
Fresnel
All of these

isotropic antenna
reference antenna
TVRO
Yagi antenna

a.
b.
c.
d.

a.
b.
c.
d.

42. Radio wave concentration in the

direction of the signal emitted by a
directional antenna.

a.
b.
c.
d.

effective
isotropic
reflected
power
effective isotropic refracted
power
efficient and ideal radiated
power
effective
isotropic
radiated
power

a.
b.
c.
d.

Rated power
ERP
Peak envelope power
Carrier power

adding C in series
top loading
adding L in series
all of these

figure of eight
bi-directional
omnidirectional
unidirectional
47. The capture area of an antenna is
directly proportional to the
a.

37. EIRP stands for __________.

Altimeter
Multimeter
Reflectometer
Wavemeter

46. What makes an antenna physically long

but electronically short?

41. Radiation pattern of a discone

a.
b.
c.
d.

a.
b.
c.
d.

to

45. The product of the power supplied to

the antenna and its gain relative to a
half-wave dipole in a given direction.

40. An antenna that can only receive a

television signal.
a.
b.
c.
d.

driven elements
parasitic elements

44. An electronic equipment used

measure standing wave ratio:

Global beam
Zoom beam
Spot beam
Hemispheric beam

a.

c.
d.

Back lobe radiation

Transmitted signal
Side lobe radiation
Major lobe radiation

b.
c.
d.

43. The reflector and director of an antenna

array are considered as:
a.

transcendental

b.

feed-points

elements

distance between transmitter

and receiver
power density of the signal
gain of the antenna
frequency of the received signal

48. A type of an undergrounded antenna is

a/an __________ antenna.
a.
b.
c.

Hertz
Isotropic
Parabolic

d.

Marconi

49. What is meant by antenna gain?

a.
b.

c.
d.

The ratio of the signal in the

forward direction to the signal in
the backward direction
The ratio of the amount of
power
produced
by
the
antenna compared to the
output power of the transmitter
The final amplifier gain minus the
transmission line losses (including
any phasing lines present)
The numeric ratio relating the
radiated signal strength of an
antenna to that of another
antenna

50. 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.
a.
b.
c.
d.

End-fire array
Yagi antenna
Log-periodic antenna
Broadside array

51. A type of array antenna which consists

of one half-wave driven dipole, one
reflector and one director.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Log periodic dipole array

Yagi-uda
Hertzian dipole
Broadside collinear

52. It is a measure of the microwave power

radiated from an antenna as a function
of angular direction from the antenna
axis.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Polarization
Sidelobes
Beamwidth
Antenna pattern

53. What is the gain of four identically

polarized antennas stacked one above
the other fed in phase?
a.
b.
c.
d.

4 dB over
antenna
10 dB over
antenna
3 dB over
antenna
6 dB over
antenna

the gain of one

the gain of one
the gain of one
the gain of one

b.
c.
d.

centrally polarized
horizontally polarized
vertically polarized

58. The frequency of operation of a dipole

antenna cut to length of 3.4 m.
a.
b.
c.
d.

42.9 MHz
53.5 MHz
38.5 MHz
61.3 MHz

59. Two or more antennas separated by 9

wavelengths are used.

54. Gain of an isotropic antenna.

a.
b.
c.
d.

1 dB
1 dB
0 dB
2 dB

55. 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.
b.
c.
d.

4.75
1.81
4.24
2.6

56. Top loading is used in an antenna in

order to increase its __________.
a.
b.
c.
d.

bandwidth
beamwidth
input capacitance
effective height

57. A horizontal antenna is

a.

perpendicularly polarized

a.
b.
c.
d.

Frequency diversity
Space diversity
Hybrid diversity
Polarized diversity

60. A convenient method of determining

antenna impedance.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Trial and error

Stub matching
Smith chart
Reactance circle

61. 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.
b.
c.
d.

radiation
wavelength
bandwidth
beamwidth

62. 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

b.
c.
d.

antenna efficiency
antenna total ratio
antenna back lobe ratio

63. Where does the maximum current and

minimum voltage values on a resonant
Hertz dipole exist?
a.
b.
c.
d.

center of the antenna

ends of the antenna
near the center of the antenna
near the end of the antenna

64. How can the antenna efficiency of a HF

grounded vertical antenna be made
comparable to that of a half-wave
antenna?
a.
b.
c.
d.

by isolating the coax shield from

ground
by installing a good ground
radial system
by shortening the vertical
by isolating the coax shield from
ground

65. 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.
b.
c.
d.

reflector
center loading
dipole
loading coil

66. What is meant by the term antenna

bandwidth?
a.
b.
c.

The angle between the halfpower radiation points

The angle formed between two
imaginary lines drawn through
the ends of the elements
The frequency range over which
an antenna can be expected
to perform well

d.

Antenna length divided by the

number of elements

67. Where does the voltage node of a halfwave antenna exist?

a.
b.
c.
d.

hertz
ground plane
whip
marconi

a.

b.

b.
c.
d.

c.

A non-directional transmitting
antenna
An antenna used for hand-held
ratio
One which is used as a
reference
for
gain
measurements
A non-radiating load for a
transmitter used for testing

70. Best description of a collinear and

broadside antenna radiation pattern.
a.
b.
c.
d.

bidirectional
omnidirectional
unidirectional
perfect circle

71. What is a
antenna?

driven

element

d.

a.
b.
c.
d.

b.
an

b.
c.

Always
the
forwardmost
element
Always the rearmost element
The element fed by the
transmission line

properly

whip
non-resonant
isotropic
resonant

Minimum voltage and maximum

current
Maximum voltage and minimum
current
Minimum voltage and minimum
current
Equal voltage and current

whip antenna
yagi antenna
rhombic antenna
dipole antenna

75. What is meant by the term radiation

resistance for an antenna?

c.
a.

not

74. Refers to a type of beam antenna which

uses two or more straight elements
arranged in line with each other.

a.

of

is

73. At the ends of a half-wave antenna,

what values of current and voltage exist
compared to the remainder of the
antenna?
a.

69. What is a dummy antenna?

The element connected to the

rotator

72. Antenna
which
terminated
a.
b.
c.
d.

at feed point
near the feed point
near the center
at center

68. This is a flexible vertical rod antenna

commonly used on mobiles.
a.
b.
c.
d.

d.

d.

Losses in the antenna elements

and feed line
An equivalent resistance that
would dissipate the same
amount of power as that
radiated from an antenna
The resistance in the trap coils to
received signal
The specific impedance of the
antenna

76. Which of the following parts of the radio

receiver represents the component that
extracts the desired RF signal from the
electromagnetic wave?
a.
b.
c.
d.

detector
antenna
crystal
AF amplifier

77. Determine the dB gain 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
78. What is the term for the ratio of the
radiation resistance of an antenna to
the total resistance of the system?
a.
b.
c.
d.

antenna efficiency
radiation conversion loss
beamwidth
effective radiated power

79. One of the following prevents a

transmitter from emitting a signal that
interferes with other station on frequency
during the test.
a.
b.
c.
d.

use of shielded antenna radiator

use of low height antenna
use of dummy antenna
use of grounded antenna

81. Which of the following antenna where its

beamwidth is determined by the
dimensions of its lens or reflector?
a.
b.
c.
d.

82. What measure will you adopt on the

antenna system of a VHF or UHF mobile
transceivers that has very low height
antenna?
a.
b.
c.
d.

a.
b.
c.
d.

/10
/4
/14
/ 6

84. What is a parasitic element of an

antenna?
a.
b.

80. In high frequency radio transmission, the

lower the radio frequency the __________
of the antenna.
d.
longer the length
bigger the diameter
shorter length
smaller the diameter

increase transmitter to antenna

cable
use directional antenna
check grounding system
provide loading coil

83. In order to have an effective radio

antenna, the design of its radiator must
have a minimum length equivalent to
__________.

c.

a.
b.
c.
d.

whip antenna
aperiodic antenna
aperture antenna
long wire antenna

An element dependent on the

antenna structure for support.
A transmission line that radiates
radio-frequency energy.
An element that receives its
excitation from mutual coupling
rather than from a transmission
line.
An
element
polarized
90
degrees opposite the driven
element.

circuited and that any auxiliary antenna

is/are connected to the main receiver?
a.
b.
c.
d.

86. 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.
b.
c.
d.

radiate harmonics
reduce power
reduce beamwidth
allow entry of interference

87. 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
88. Which of the following statements refers
to a reason why intelligence signal
cannot be transmitted directly on their
frequency?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Their frequencies are high

are susceptible to noise
Their frequencies are high
need very large antennas
Their frequencies are low
need very large antennas
Their frequencies are low
need very small antennas

and
and
and
and

89. What is the purpose of a certain

antenna component composed of a
parallel LC networks inserted in the
antenna called traps?
a.

85. At what position does a maritime ship

main antenna have when it is open

AA
Emergency transmitter
Direction finder
Ground

b.

Cancel
the
capacitive
reactance of an antenna
Enhance directivity

c.
d.

Produce resonant system at

specific frequency
Provide a multiband operation

90. Refers to the numerical ratio relating to

the radiated signal strength of an
antenna to that of another antenna.
a.
b.
c.
d.

antenna loss
antenna gain
antenna bandwidth
antenna efficiency

91. How much longer or shorter does the

length of the director element of
parasitic beam antenna compared with
that of the driven element?
a.
b.
c.
d.

about 5% shorter
around 10% longer
one half longer
around 5% longer

92. Refers to the ratio of radiated to

reflected energy.
a. front-to-back ratio
b. antenna efficiency
c. radiation efficiency
d. signal-to-noise ratio
93. A half-wave dipole antenna
a.
b.
c.
d.

hertz
marconi
parabolic
vertical monopole

94. When conductors are spread out in a

straight line to a total length of onequarter wavelength, the antenna is
called what?
a.
b.
c.
d.

marconi
vertical monopole
quarter-wave dipole
all of these

95. 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.
b.
c.
d.

Venn diagram
Figure-8 pattern
Lissajous figure
Radiation pattern

96. __________ is the ratio of the front lobe

power to the back lobe power.
a.
b.
c.
d.

front-to-side ratio
front-to-back ratio
back-to-front ratio
minor-to-major ratio

97. It is defined as the area within a distance

D2/ from the antenna, where is the
wavelength and D is the antenna
diameter in the same units.
a.
b.
c.
d.

far field
near field
green field
radiation field

98. What is that ratio of the power radiated

by the antenna to the total input
power?
a.
b.
c.
d.

power gain
directive gain
antenna efficiency
radiation efficiency

99. __________ of an antenna refers to the

orientation of the electric field radiated
from it.
a.
b.
c.
d.

radiation
bandwidth
beamwidth
polarization

100. Pertains to a wire structure placed below

the antenna and erected above the
ground. It is a form of capacitive ground
system.
a.
b.
c.
d.

image
counterpoise
antenna orientation
antenna polarization