C.

A 50- line is terminated in a 25 resistance. Find the SWR?

A.
0.5
C. 4
B.
2*
D. 0.25
2. A transmitter supplies 50 W to a load through a line with an SWR of
2:1. Find the power absorbed by the load
A.
44.4 W *
C. 50.5 W
B.
30.3 W
D. 35.4 W
3. A transmitter is required to deliver 100 W to an antenna through 45
m coaxial cable with a loss of 4 dB/100m. What must be the output
power of the transmitter, assuming the line is matched.
A.
66.23 W
C. 125 W
B.
151 W *
D. 100 W
4. What is the capacitance of 55 miles No. 4 copper wire spaced 18
inches? From the wire tables, we find that No. 4 copper has a radius
of 0.10215 in.
A.
0.476 F *
C. 0.583 F
B.
0.245 F
D. 0.135 F
5. A coaxial line with an outer diameter of 6 mm has a 50
characteristic impedance. If the dielectric constant of the insulation is
1.60, calculate the inner diameter.
A.
3.09 mm
C. 4.9 mm
2.09 mm *
D. 3.67 mm
6. A cable has inductance of 15 nH/m and 85 pF/m at a specified
frequency. What is the surge impedance of the line?
13.3 *
C. 12.6
15.8
D. 10.4
7. What is the SWR if the line has 75 impedance and is terminated
with a 30 load?
0.4
C. 5
2.5 *
D. 0.2
8. What is the coefficient of reflection for a 100 characteristic line and
a 300 load?
0.5 *
C. 0.25
2
D. 4
9. The chief advantage of coaxial cable over open-wire line is
minimized radiation loss *
low noise pick up
low cost
low resistive losses
10. Unshielded twisted-pair cable is
A. seldom used due to noise problems
increasingly used in computer networking *
more costly than coaxial cable
all of the above
11. The ratio of actual velocity to free-space velocity is called
velocity factor *
velocity of propagation
relative dielectric constant
delay time
12. In a balanced line, the same current flows in each line but is
A. 45 out of phase
B. 180 out of phase *
C. 90 out of phase
D. 270 out of phase
13. What is the length of a quarter-wavelength section of RG-8A/U
coaxial cable at a frequency of 144.2 MHz if its velocity factor is
0.69.
52.1 cm
C. 43.6 cm
35.9 cm *
D. 2.08 m
14. A nonlossy transmission line that is terminated with a resistive load
that is equal to the characteristic impedance of the line.
A. has the same impedance at all points along the line
B. has the same voltage at points along the line
C. has a reflection coefficient at the load equal to zero
all of the above *
15. A flat line standing wave graph indicates
no reflection
no physical imperfection
SWR = 1
Both A & C *
16. A nonlossy transmission line terminated with a short circuit has an
A. In-phase reflected voltage that is equal in magnitude to the
incident voltage
B. Opposite-phase reflected voltage that is equal in magnitude to
the incident voltage *
1.

In-phase reflected voltage that is smaller in magnitude than the

incident voltage
D. Opposite-phase reflected voltage that is smaller in magnitude
than the incident voltage
17. A 50-ohm transmission line that has a load impedance of 300-ohm
has a VSWR of
6:1 *
C. 0.666:1
1:6
D. 5:1
18. The input impedance of a quarter-wavelength section of a 50-ohm
transmission line that is terminated with a short is
50 ohm
C. infinite (open) *
0 ohm (a short)
D. 100 ohm
19. A device that is used to match an unbalanced transmission line to a
balanced transmission line is called a
balun *
slotted line
shorted stub section
none of the above
20. A 50-ohm transmission line with a 300-ohm load impedance has a
reflection coefficient of
6
C. 0.714 *
0.166
D. 1.4
21. A transmission line can be used as a(n)
inductor
matching section
capacitor
all of the above *
22. A transmission line is the conductive connection between system
elements that carry ______ power.
radiated
C. high-level
signal *
D. current
23. The characteristic impedance of a transmission line can be
calculated from its electrical or ____ characteristics.
physical *
C. metallic
insulating
D. balun
24. The velocity constant is a ratio of _____ velocity to velocity in free
space.
relative
C. angular
actual *
D. reflection
25. A nonresonant line is terminated with a ____ load equal in value to
its characteristic impedance.
reactive
C. resistive *
impedance
D. shorted
26. An abrupt reversal in the direction of voltage and current is termed
____.
reflection *
C. VSWR
SWR
D. match
27. The electrical length of a transmission line is given in ____.
meters
C. microns
feet
D. wavelength *
28. Magnetic field losses occur when ____ are induced in a nearby
conductor.
currents *
C. pulses
voltages
D. distortion
29. When the transmission line is matched to the load, it
transfers maximum current to the load
transfers maximum voltage to the load
transfers maximum power to the load *
reduces the load current
30. What would the SWR of a short transmission line be if it is properly
terminated?
1:1 *
C. 1:2
1:4
D. 1:3
31. Under what condition will a short transmission line have no reflected
power?
A. if it is terminated equal to the surge impedance *
B. if it is terminated greater than the surge impedance
C. if it is terminated less than the surge impedance
if it is terminated by a dummy load
32. What is the impedance of a twin lead transmission line?
300 *
C. 75
600
D. 50
33. What device can indicate impedance mismatch in an antenna
system?
SWR meter *
C. ammeter
Power meter
D. voltmeter
34. How does lengthening a coaxial line affect its impedance value?

Increase
C. it depends
No effect *
D. decrease
35. What causes power to be reflected back down a feedline?
Impedance mismatch *
Skin effect
High resistance
Due to dielectric constant
36. What is the common velocity factor of open wire line?
0.66
C. 0.75
0.975 *
D. 0.355
37. When load impedance equals to Zo of the line, it means that the load
______all the power.
A. reflects
C. absorbs *
B. attenuates
D. radiates
38. What is the impedance matching ratio of a coax balun?
1:4
C. 4:1 *
2:1
D. 3:2
39. When VSWR is equal to zero, this means
A. that no power is applied *
B. that the load is purely resistive
C. that the load is a pure reactance
D. that the load is opened
40. What is the ratio of reflected voltage to the forward traveling voltage?
A. SWR
B. VSWR
C. Reflection coefficient *
D. ISWR
41. Transmission line must be matched to the load to __________.
A. transfer maximum voltage to the load
B. transfer maximum power to the load *
C. reduce the load current
D. transfer maximum current to the load
42. The energy that neither radiated into space nor completely
transmitted.
A. Reflected waves
C. Captured waves
B. Incident waves
D. Standing waves *
43. What is the transmission and reception of information?
A. Modulation
C. Communications *
B. Radiation
D. Emission
44. Transmission lines are either balanced or unbalanced with respect to
A. negative terminal
C. reference
B. ground *
D. positive terminal
45. The standing wave ratio is equal to __________ if the load is
properly matched with the transmission line.
A. Infinity
C. 0
B. -1
D. 1 *
46. What is the advantage of the balanced transmission line compared
to unbalanced line?
A. Low attenuation *
C. Easy installation
B. Low radiation loss
D. Tensile strength
47. What device converts a balanced line to an unbalanced line of a
transmission line?
Hybrid
C. Stub
Directional coupler D. Balun *
48. The velocity factor of a transmission line
A. depends on the dielectric constant of the material used *
B. increases the velocity along the transmission line
is governed by the skin effect
D. is higher for a solid dielectric than for air
49. Which one of the following is not a bounded media?
Coaxial line
C. Two-wire line
Waveguide
D. Ocean *
50. The impedance measured at the input of the transmission line when
its length is infinite.
Input impedance
Open circuit impedance
Characteristic impedance *
Short circuit impedance
51. The following are considered primary line constants except
conductance
resistance
capacitance
complex propagation constant *

52. For an air dielectric two-wire line, the minimum characteristic

impedance value is
85
C. 83 *
90
D. 88
53. When a quarter-wave section transmission line is terminated by a
short circuit and is connected to an RF source at the other end, its
input impedance is
inductive
capacitive
resistive
D. equivalent to a parallel resonant LC circuit *
54. If the SWR is infinite, what type of load transmission line has?
Purely reactive * C. Purely resistive
Purely capacitive D. Purely inductive
55. What is the ratio of the reflected voltage to the incident voltage?
VSWR C. ISWR
SWR D. Reflection coefficient*
56. What is a single conductor running from the transmitter to the
antenna called?
Single-wire line * C. Microstrip
Twin-lead
D. Coaxial line
57. Coaxial cable impedance is typically ________.
150 to 300
C. 50 to 75 *
30 to 45
D. 300 to 600
58. Quarter-wavelength line is used as __________.
impedance transformer *
lecher line
transmission line
harmonic suppressor
59. The transmission lines which can convey electromagnetic waves
only in higher modes is usually called
coaxial cable
waveguide *
power lines
twisted wire of telephone line
60. A quarter-wave line is connected to an RF generator and is shorted
out at the far end. What is the input impedance to the line generator?
A low value of resistance
A high value of resistance *
C. A capacitive resistance which is equal in the value to the lines
surge impedance
D. An inductive resistance which is equal to the value to the lines
surge impedance
61. If the SWR on a transmission line has a high value, the reason could
be
A. an impedance mismatch between the line and the load. *
that the line is non-resonant
C. a reflection coefficient of zero at the load
that the load is matched to the line.
62. A 50-ohm transmission line is feeding an antenna which represents a
50 resistive load. To shorten the line, the length must be
any convenient value *
B. an odd multiple of three-quarters of a wavelength
C. an odd multiple of half a wavelength
D. an even multiple of a quarter of a wavelength
63. A radio transmission line of 300 impedance is to be connected to
an antenna having an input impedance of 150 . What is the
impedance of a
quarter-wave matching line?
212 *
C. 250
200
D. 150
PROBLEM SOLVING:
64. A 50- short-circuited line is 0.1 in length, at a frequency of 500
MHz. Calculate (a) the equivalent inductive reactance and (b) the
equivalent inductance.

65. A 30-m long lossless transmission line with Z0 = 50

operating at 2MHz is terminated with a
load ZL = 60 + j40 . Find the standing
wave ratio.