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1. What type of radio propagation where signals travel along the surface of the
earth?
a. Knife Edge
b. ground wave
c. E-layer
d. Line of Sight
2. What is the thickest layer of the ionosphere?
a. D
b. E
c. F2
d. F1
3. When the transmitting and receiving antennas are line of sight with each
other, the mode of propagation is ____ wave.
a. Space or direct b. sky
c. surface
d. ground
4. The lowest layer in the ionosphere.
a. D
b. E
c. F1
d. F2
5. Distance traveled by a wave in the time of one cycle.
a. Crest
b. frequency c. wavelength
d. hop
6. Circular polarization is used to counter
a. Faradays rotation
b. wave propagation
c. antenna radiation
d. density of ionization
7. The velocity of the signal in air is 140 and becomes 100 as it passes through
another medium. What is the index of refraction of the second medium.
a. 1.4
b. 0.715
c. 1.33
d. 1.5
8. It is defined as the upper portion of the atmosphere which absorbs large
quantities of radiant energy from the sun, becoming heated and ionized.
a. Troposcatter
b. stratosphere
c. ionosphere
d. LOS
9. Any small element of space in the path of a wave can be considered as a
source of secondary wavelets.
a. Faradays Law c. Fresnels Law of Optics
b. Huygens Principle
d. De Morgans Principle
10.An antenna is to be installed to receive a LOS wave transmitted from an
antenna located at a distance of 40 miles from this installation and which is
500 ft. in height. Determine the necessary height for the receiving antenna.
a. 35 ft
b. 100 ft
c. 220 ft
d. 500 ft
11.Line of sight communications is not a factor in which frequency range?
a. UHF
b. HF
c. SHF
d. Microwave
12.The intrinsic impedance of free space is
a. 1 ohm
b. 4pi ohms c. 120 pi ohms
d. 3 x 10 exp8
ohms
13.In the HF range, the received signals are mainly by
a. Ground waves b. Sky wavesc. Space waves
d. supperrefraction
14.A law of refraction in wave propagation
a. Huygens principle
b. Snells Law
c. Faradays Law
d. Maxwells
Equation
15.A law of diffraction in wave propagation
a. Huygens principle
b. Snells Law
c. Faradays Law
d. Maxwells
Equation
16.A zone of silence in wave propagation
a. Skip zone
b. skip distance
c. troposcatter
superrefraction
d.
31.A 20-dB reduction in the strength of a radio wave due to reflection is called:
a. fading
b. frequency diversity
c. diffraction
d. spatial
diversity
32.The troposphere is the:
a. highest layer of the atmosphere
b. middle layer of the atmosphere
atmosphere
d. V/C
56.The maximum horizontal distance between the transmitter and the receiver
for line of sight propagation is known as:
a. radio horizon
b. range
c. single hop distance
d. service
region
57.The electric field is perpendicular to the earths surface, the polarization is:
a. vertical
b. normal
c. horizontal
d. circular
58.In what major RF band is ground wave basically applied?
a. MF
b. HF
c. VHF
d. UHF
59.The highest frequency that can be set back to earth by the ionosphere, if
wave is sent vertically upward.
a. maximum usable frequency (muf)
b.propagating frequency
c. critical frequency
d. cut-off frequency
60.Travel in a straight line from the transmitting antenna to the receiving
antenna.
a. ground wave
b. scatter
c. space wave
d. sky wave
61.It is the distance between two wave fronts having the same phase at any
given instant.
a. wavefront
b. wavelength
c. wave distance
d. field
intensity
62.The maximum horizontal distance between the transmitter and the receiver
for line of sight propagation is known as:
a. radio horizon
b. range
c. single hop distance
d. service
region
63.The electric field is perpendicular to the earths surface, the polarization is:
a. vertical b. normal
c. horizontal
d. circular
64.In what major RF band is ground wave basically applied?
a. MF
b. HF
c. VHF
d. UHF
65.The highest frequency that can be set back to earth by the ionosphere, if
wave is sent vertically upward.
a. maximum usable frequency (muf) b.propagating frequency
c. critical frequency
d. cut-off frequency
66.Travel in a straight line from the transmitting antenna to the receiving
antenna.
a. ground wave
b. scatter c. space wave
d. sky wave
67.It is the distance between two wave fronts having the same phase at any
given instant.
a. wavefront
b. wavelength
c. wave distance
d.
field intensity
d. none of these
d.
74.The height above the earths surface from which a refracted wave appears to
have been reflected.
a. actual height
b. virtual height
c. average height d. mean
height
75.Electromagnetic waves that are directed above the horizon level.
a. ground waves
b. surface waves
c. sky waves
space waves
d.
c. True Electromagnetic
d. none of the above
95. VLF waves are used for some type of services because
a. of the low powers required
b. the transmitting antennas are of
convenient size
c. they are very reliable
d. the penetrate the ionosphere easily
96.Indicate which of the following frequencies cannot be used for reliable
beyond-the-horizon terrestrial communications without repeaters:
a. 20 kHz
b. 15 MHz
c. 900 MHz
d. 12 GHz
97.High-frequency waves are
a. absorbed by the F2 layer
b. reflected by the D layer
c. capable of use for long-distance communications on the moon
d. affected by the solar cycle
98.Distances near the skip distance should be used for the sky-wave propagation
a. to avoid tilting
b. to prevent sky-wave and upper ray interference
c. to avoid the Faraday effect
d. so as nor to exceed the critical frequency
99.A ship-to-ship communications system is plagued by fading. The best solution
seems to be use of
a. a more directional antenna
b. a broadband antenna
c. frequency diversity
d. space diversity
100.
The ground wave eventually disappears, as one moves away from the
transmitter, because of
a. interference from the sky wave
b. loss of line-of-sight conditions
c. maximum single-hop distance limitation
d. tilting