Transmission Fundamentals

a. transfer maximum voltage to the load

b. transfer maximum power to the load
c. reduce the load current
1. What is the opposition to the transfer of energy which is considered the dominant d. transfer maximum current to the load
characteristic of a cable or circuit that emanates from its physical structure? 9. Which indicate the relative energy loss in a capacitor?
a. Conductance a. Quality factor
b. Resistance b. Reactive factor
c. Reactance c. Dissipation factor
d. Impedance d. Power factor
2. When load impedance equals to Z of the line, it means that the load _____ all the
o
10. What is the standard test tone?
power. a. 0 dB
a. reflects b. 0 dBW
b. absorbs c. 0 dBm
c. attenuates d. 0 dBrn
d. radiates 11. The energy that neither radiated into space nor completely transmitted.
3. impedance matching ratio of a coax balun. a. Reflected waves
a. 1:4 b. Captured waves
b. 4:1 c. Incident waves
c. 2:1 d. Standing waves
d. 3:2 12. Micron is equal to _______ meter.
4. Which stands for dB relative level? a. 10 -10

a. dBrn b. 10 -9

b. dBa c. 10 -6

c. dBr d. 10 -3

d. dBx 13. 1 Angstrom (A) is equal to _______.

5. Standard test tone used for audio measurement. a. 10 micron
-3

a. 800 Hz b. 10 m
-10

b. 300 Hz c. 10 micron
-6

c. 100 Hz d. 10 m
-6

d. 1000 Hz 14. Why is it impossible to use a waveguide at low radio frequencies?

6. When VSWR is equal to zero, this means a. Because of the size of the waveguide
a. that no power is applied b. Due to severe attenuation
b. that the load is purely resistive c. Due to too much radiation
c. that the load is a pure reactance d. All of these
d. that the load is opened
7. _______ is the ratio of reflected voltage to the forward travelling voltage. 15. ________ is the transmission and reception of information.
a. SWR a. Modulation
b. VSWR b. Communications
c. Reflection coefficient c. Radiation
d. ISWR d. Emission
8. Transmission line must be matched to the load to ______. 16. What is the loss of the circuit in dB if the power ration of output to input is 0.01?
 a. 20 c. 18 ohms
b. -20 d. 23 ohms
c. 40 24. What is the average power rating of RG-58 C/u?
d. -40 a. 25 W
17. Transmission lines are either balanced or unbalanced with respect to b. 50 W
a. Negative terminal c. 75 W
b. Reference d. 200 W
c. Ground 25. A coaxial cable used for high temperatures.
d. Positive terminal a. RG-58C
18. The standing wave ratio is equal to _______ if the load is properly matched with b. RG-11A
the transmission line. c. RG-213
a. Infinity d. RG-211
b. 0 26. If you have available number of power amplifiers with a gain of 100 each, how
c. -1 many such amplifiers do you need to cascade to give an overall gain of 60dB?
d. 1 a. 2
19. ________ is the advantage of the balanced transmission line compared to b. 3
unbalanced line. c. 4
a. Low attenuation d. 5
b. Easy installation 27. You are measuring noise in a voice channel at a -4 dB test point level, the meter
c. Low radiation loss reads -73 dBm, convert the reading into dBrnCO.
d. Tensile strength a. 12
20. _______ is the method of determining the bandwidth of any processing system. b. 16
a. Fourier series c. 18
b. Spectral analysis d. 21
c. Frequency analysis 28. The velocity factor for a transmission line
d. Bandwidth analysis a. depends on the dielectric constant of the material used
21. What causes the attenuation present in a waveguide? b. increases the velocity along the transmission line
a. The air dielectric filling the guide c. is governed by the skin effect
b. The coating of silver inside d. is higher for a solid dielectric than for air
c. Losses in the conducting walls of the guide
d. Radiation loss 29. Impedance inversion can be obtained by
a. a short-circuited stub
b. an open-circuited stub
22. A device that converts a balanced line to an unbalanced line of a transmission line. c. a quarter-wave line
a. Hybrid d. a half-wave line
b. Stub 30. Transmission lines when connected to antennas have
c. Directional coupler a. capacitive load
d. Balun b. resistive load whose resistance is greater than the characteristic
23. What is the approximate line impedance of a parallel-strip line spaced 1 cm apart impedance of the line
with the length of 50 cm? c. resistive load whose resistance is less than the characteristic impedance
a. 10 ohms of the line
b. 15 ohms d. resistive load at the resonant frequency
31. One of the following is not a bounded media. b. 0.77
a. Coaxial line c. 0.97
b. Two-wire line d. 0.76
c. Waveguide 39. A quarter wave transformer is connected to a parallel wire line in order to match
d. Ocean the line to a load of 1000 ohms. The transformer has a characteristic impedance of
32. The impedance measured at the input of the transmission line when its length is 316.23 ohms. The distance between centers is 4 inches. What is the percentage
infinite. reduction in the diameter of the line?
a. Input impedance a. 85%
b. Open circuit impedance b. 83%
c. Characteristic impedance c. 86%
d. Short circuit impedance d. 90%
33. The following are considered primary line constants except 40. The concept used to make one Smith chart universal is called
a. conductance a. ionization
b. resistance b. normalization
c. capacitance c. rationalization
d. complex propagation constant d. termination
34. The dielectric constants of materials commonly used in transmission lines range 41. What are the basic elements of communications system?
from about a. Source, transmission channel, transmitter
a. 1.2 to 2.8 b. Transmitter, receiver, transmission channel
b. 2.8 to 3.5 c. Information, transmission channel, receiver
c. 3.5 to 5.2 d. Sender and receiver
d. 1.0 to 1.2
35. Typically, the velocity factor (V ) of the materials used in transmission lines range
F

from
a. 0.6 to 0.9 42. ________ is the transmission of printed material over telephone lines.
b. 0.1 to 0.5 a. Internet
c. 1.0 to 0.9 b. Data communication
d. 0.6 to 0.8 c. Telegraphy
36. For an air dielectric two-wire line, the minimum characteristic impedance value is d. Facsimile
a. 85 ohms 43. ________ is a continuous tone generated by the combination of two frequencies of
350 Hz and 440 Hz used in telephone sets.
b. 85 ohms
a. DC tone
c. 90 ohms
b. Ringing tone
d. 88 ohms
c. Dial tone
37. 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 d. Call waiting tone
a. inductive 44. ________ are unidirectional amplifiers having 20-25 decibel gain that are placed
about 75 km apart used to compensate for losses along the telephone line.
b. capacitive
a. VF repeaters
c. resistive
b. Loading coils
d. equivalent to a parallel resonant LC circuit
c. Loop extenders
38. A transmitter operating at 30 MHz with 4 W output is connected via 10 m of RG-
8A/u cable to an antenna that has an input resistance of 300 ohms. Find the reflection d. Echo suppressors
coefficient. 45. ________ is a component in the telephone set that has the primary function of
a. 0.71 interfacing the handset to the local loop.
 a. Resistor
b. Capacitor
c. Varistor
d. Induction coil
46. Pulse dialing has ________ rate.
a. 20 pulses/min
b. 10 pulses/min
c. 10 pulses/sec
d. 80 pulses/sec
47. ________ is a telephone wire that connects two central offices.
a. 2-wire circuit
b. Trunk line
c. Leased line
d. Private line
48. The central switching office coordinating element for all cell sites that has cellular
processor and a cellular switch. It interfaces with telephone company zone offices,
control call processing and handle billing activities.
a. MTSO
b. Cell site
c. PTSN Answer Keys:
d. Trunk line
49. ________ in a cellular system performs radio-related functions for cellular site. 1. Impedance
a. Switching system
2. absorbs
b. Base station
c. Operation and support system 3. 4:1
d. Mobile station 4. dBr
50. A technology used to increase the capacity of a mobile phone system. 5. 1000 Hz
a. Frequency re-use
6. that no power is applied
b. Cell splitting
c. TDM 7. Reflection coefficient
d. FDM 8. transfer maximum power to the load
9. Dissipation factor
10. 0 dBm
11. Standing waves
12. 10-6
13. 10-10 m
14. Because of the size of the waveguide
15. Communications
16. 20
17. Ground 50. Frequency re-use
18. 1
19. Low attenuation
20. Spectral analysis
21. Losses in the conducting walls of the guide
22. Balun
23. 10 ohms
24. 50 W
25. RG-211
26. 3
27. 21
28. depends on the dielectric constant of the material used
29. a quarter-wave line
30. resistive load at the resonant frequency
51. If the grade of service of a telephone system indicated P = 0.05, what does it
31. Ocean
mean?
32. Characteristic impedance a. Completed calls of 5%
33. complex propagation constant b. Lost calls of 5%
34. 1.2 to 2.8 c. Lost calls of 95%
d. Lost calls of 105%
35. 0.6 to 0.9
52. ________ is the Out-of-Band signaling between Toll Central Offices (Bell System
36. 85 ohms Standard).
a. 3, 825 Hz
37. equivalent to a parallel resonant LC circuit
b. 3, 700 Hz
38. 0.71
c. 2, 600 Hz
39. 83% d. 800 Hz
40. normalization 53. In a telephone system, the customers telephone directory numbering is from 000
to 999, what is the capacity of a telephone system numbering from 000 to 999?
41. Transmitter, receiver, transmission channel
a. 100 lines
42. Facsimile b. 1000 lines
43. Call waiting tone c. 10, 000 lines
44. VF repeaters d. 100, 000 lines
54. If the SWR is infinite, what type of load transmission line has?
45. Induction coil a. Purely reactive
46. 10 pulses/sec b. Purely resistive
47. Trunk line c. Purely capacitive
d. Purely inductive
48. MTSO
55. Not more than _______ digits make up an international telephone number as
49. Base station recommended by CCITT REC. E. 161.
 a. 8 63. A voice-grade circuit using the PTN ha an ideal passband of
b. 10 a. 0 to 4 Hz
c. 11 b. 0 to 4 MHz
d. 12 c. 0 to 4 kHz
56. One (1) Erlang is equal to _______. d. 0 to 4 GHz
a. 360 CCS 64. ________ is the minimum-quality circuit available using the PTN.
b. 36 CCS a. Basic voice grade (VG)
c. 3.6 CCS b. Basic voice channel (VC)
d. 100 CCS c. Basic voice band (VB)
57. Standard tariff for flat rate telephone service beyond the normal flat rate in that d. Basic telephone channel
area. 65. Direct distance dialing (DDD) network is called
a. WATS a. Private-line network
b. OTLP b. PT network
c. TIP c. Dial-up network
d. DTWX d. Trunk network
58. The standard analog telephone channel bandwidth. 66. What is the advantage of sidetone?
a. 300-3400 Hz a. Transmission efficiency is increased
b. 1200 Hz b. Speaker increases his voice resulting in a strengthened signal
c. 200-3200 Hz c. No dissipation of energy in the balancing network
d. 300-3000 Hz d. Assure the customer that the telephone is working
59. Type of switching in which a pair of wire from the telephone set terminates in a 67. ________ is a special service circuit connecting two private branch exchanges
jack and the switch is supervised by an operator. (PBX).
a. Crossbar switching a. Phantom line
b. Manual switching b. Tie trunk
c. Electronic switching c. Tandem trunk
d. Step-by-step switching d. Private line
60. Every time when the telephone is idle, the handset is in the _______ state. 68. The published rates, regulation, and descriptions governing the provision of
a. On-hook communications service for public use.
b. Off-hook a. Toll rate
c. Busy b. Tariff
d. Spare c. Bulk billing
61. _______ is a component in the telephone set that has the primary function of d. Detailed billing
compensating for the local loop length. 69. What is the power loss of a telephone hybrid?
a. Resistor a. 1 dB
b. Varistor b. 2 dB
c. Capacitor c. 3 dB
d. Induction coil d. 6 dB
62. What kind of receiver is used in conventional telephone handset? 70. Telephone channel has a band-pass characteristic occupying the frequency range
a. Carbon of _______.
b. Electromagnetic a. 300-400 Hz
c. Ceramic b. 300-3400 Hz
d. Capacitor c. 300-3000 Hz
 d. 300-2700 Hz b. disconnected
71. The first Strowger step-by-step switch was used in _______. c. completed
a. 1875 d. incomplete
b. 1890
c. 1897 79. Short-circuited stubs are preferred to open circuited stubs because the latter are
d. 1913 a. more difficult to make and connect
b. made of a transmission line with a different characteristic impedance
72. What is the phase delay of an 800 Hz voice signal if the phase shift is 15 degrees? c. liable to radiate
a. 52 sec d. incapable of giving a full range of reactances
b. 1.25 sec 80. What is the ratio of the reflected voltage to the incident voltage?
c. 83.33 sec a. VSWR
d. 26 sec b. ISWR
73. What is the CCITT recommendation for a preparation of loss plan, a variable loss c. SWR
plans and a fixed loss plan? d. Coefficient of reflection
a. G. 133 81. One method of determining antenna impedance.
b. G. 141 a. Sub matching
c. G. 132 b. Trial and error
d. G. 122 c. Smith chart
74. What is the diameter of a copper wire to be used in a 16 km loop with a dc loop d. Quarter-wave matching
resistance of 100 ohms/km?
82. ________ is a single conductor running from the transmitter to the antenna.
a. 0.838 mm
a. Single-wire line
b. 0.465 mm
b. Microstrip
c. 1.626 mm
c. Twin-lead
d. 2.159 mm
d. Coaxial line
75. What kind of cell is appropriate for load management, fast moving mobiles and
83. Coaxial cable impedance is typically _______.
low-usage areas?
a. 150 to 300 ohms
a. Pico cells
b. 50 to 75 ohms
b. Micro cells
c. 30 to 45 ohms
c. Nano cells
d. 300 to 600 ohms
d. Umbrella cells
84. Waveguide becomes compulsory above what frequencies?
76. In cellular networks, standard base station antennas are placed by _______.
a. Above 3 GHz
a. adaptive array
b. Above 10 kHz
b. flat plate antenna
c. At 300 MHz
c. dipole array
d. Above 10 GHz
d. focused antenna
85. Nominal voice channel bandwidth is _______.
77. What is the basis of the first generation wireless local loop?
a. 20 to 30 kHz
a. Digital cellular technology
b. 0 to 3 kHz
b. Analogue cellular technology
c. 4 kHz
c. PSTN
d. 55 kHz above
d. AMPS technology
78. When the calling party hears a busy tone on his telephone, the call is considered
a. lost
86. Echo suppressors are used on all communications system when the round trip b. transversely across the wide dimension of the waveguide
propagation time exceeds _______. c. in the metal walls parallel to the direction of propagation
a. 50 ms d. in the metal walls perpendicular to the direction of propagation
b. 30 ms 94. For dominant mode of a rectangular waveguide, the distance between two
c. 100 ms instantaneous consecutive positions of maximum field intensity (in a direction parallel
d. 1 ms to the walls of the waveguide) is referred to as half of the
87. A radio transmission line of 300 ohms impedance is to be connected to an antenna a. free-space wavelength
having an input impedance of 150 ohms. What is the impedance of a quarter-wave b. cutoff wavelength in the wide dimension
matching line? c. guide wavelength
a. 212 ohms d. group wavelength
b. 250 ohms 95. The guide wavelength, in a rectangular waveguide is
c. 200 ohms a. equal to the free-space wavelength at the cutoff frequency
d. 150 ohms b. equal to the free-space wavelength for the same signal frequency
88. Quarter-wavelength line is used as _______. c. less than the free-space wavelength at the cut-off frequency
a. impedance transformer d. greater than the free-space wavelength at the same signal frequency
b. lecher line 96. Using the TE10 mode, microwave power can only be transmitted in free rectangular
c. transmission line guide provided
d. harmonic suppressor a. the wider dimension is less than one-half of the wavelength in free space
89. The transmission lines which can convey electromagnetic waves only in higher b. the narrow dimension is less than one-quarter of the wavelength in free
modes is usually called space
a. coaxial cable c. the wide dimension is greater than one-half of the guide wavelength
b. waveguide d. the wide dimension is greater than one-half of the wavelength in free
c. power lines space
d. twisted wire of telephone line 97. If the signal frequency applied to a rectangular guide is increased and the
90. Why is nitrogen gas sometimes used in waveguide? dominant mode is employed
a. To increase the distributed capacitance a. the free space wavelength is increased
b. To keep the waveguide dry b. the phase velocity increased
c. To reduce the skin effect at the walls of the guide c. the guide wavelength is increased
d. To raise the guides wave impedance d. the group velocity, Vg, is increased
91. The apparent speed of propagation along a waveguide based on the distance 98. If a 6 GHz signal is applied to a rectangular waveguide and the reflection angle is
between wavefronts along the walls of the guide is called 20o, what is the value of the guide wavelength?
a. group velocity a. 6.10 cm
b. phase velocity b. 5.32 cm
c. normal velocity c. 4.78 cm
d. abnormal velocity d. 5.00 cm
92. How do you couple in and out of a waveguide? 99. The inner dimensions of a rectangular wavelength are 1.75 cm by 3.5 cm. The
cutoff wavelength for the dominant mode is
a. Wrap a coil of wire around one end of the waveguide
a. 1.75 cm
b. Insertion of an E-probe into the waveguide
b. 3.5 cm
c. Insertion of an H-loop into the waveguide
c. 7.0 cm
d. Both B and C
d. 0.4375 cm
93. A rectangular waveguide is operating in the dominant TE10 mode. The associated
flux lines are established 100. A signal whose wavelength is 3.5 cm is being propagated along a guide whose
inner dimensions are 2 cm by 4 cm. What is the value of the guide wavelength?
a. transversely across the narrow dimension of the waveguide
 a. 3.12 cm 56. 36 CCS
b. 3.89 cm 57. WATS
c. 3.57 cm
58. 300-3400 Hz
d. 6.30 cm
59. Manual switching
60. On-hook
61. Varistor
62. Electromagnetic
63. 0 to 4 kHz
64. Basic voice grade (VG)
65. Dial-up network
66. Assure the customer that the telephone is working
67. Tie trunk
68. Tariff
69. 3 dB
70. 300-3400 Hz
71. 1897
72. 52 sec
73. G. 122
74. 0.465 mm
75. Umbrella cells
76. adaptive array
77. Analogue cellular technology
78. completed
79. liable to radiate
80. Coefficient of reflection
81. Quarter-wave matching

Answer Keys: 82. Single-wire line

83. 50 to 75 ohms

51. Lost calls of 5% 84. Above 3 GHz

52. 3, 700 Hz 85. 4 kHz

53. 1000 lines 86. 50 ms

54. Purely reactive 87. 212 ohms

55. 12 88. impedance transformer

89. waveguide d. none of these
90. To keep the waveguide dry 102. If a rectangular waveguide is to be excited in the dominant mode, the E-probe
should be inserted
91. phase velocity a. at the sealed end
92. Both B and C b. at a distance of one quarter wavelength from the sealed end
93. transversely across the narrow dimension of the waveguide c. at a distance of one-half wavelength from the sealed end
d. at a distance of three-quarters of a wavelength from the sealed end
94. guide wavelength
103. A quarter-wave line is connected to an RF generator and is shorted out at the far
95. greater than the free-space wavelength at the same signal frequency end. What is the input impedance to the line generator?
96. the wide dimension is greater than one-half of the wavelength in free space a. A low value of resistance
b. A high value of resistance
97. the group velocity, Vg, is increased
c. A capacitive resistance which is equal in the value to the lines surge
98. 5.32 cm impedance
99. 7.0 cm d. An inductive resistance which is equal to the value to the lines surge
impedance
100. 3.89 cm
104. 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
b. that the line is non-resonant
c. a reflection coefficient of zero at the load
d. that the load is matched to the line
105. If a quarter-wave transmission line is shorted at one end
a. there is minimum current at the shorted end
b. the line behaves as a parallel-tuned circuit in relation to the generator
c. the line behaves as a series-tuned circuit in relation to the generator
d. there is a minimum voltage at the shorted end
106. A 50-ohm transmission line is feeding an antenna which represents a 50 ohm
resistive load. To shorten the line, the length must be
a. 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
107. The outer conductor of the coaxial cable is usually grounded
a. at the beginning and at the end of the cable
b. only at the beginning of the cable and only at the end of the cable
101. The frequency range over which a rectangular waveguide is excited in the c. only at the end of the cable
dominant mode is limited to d. at the middle of the cable
a. the difference between the frequency for which the reflection angle is 108. A feature of an infinite transmission line is that
90o and the frequency for which angle is zero a. its input impedance at the generator is equal to the lines surge
b. the difference between the frequency for which the free-space impedance
wavelength is equal to the cutoff value and the frequency for which the free- b. its phase velocity is greater than the velocity of light
space wavelength is equal to the guide wavelength c. no RF current will be drawn from the generator
c. the difference between the frequency at which the cutoff wavelength is d. the impedance varies at different positions on the line
twice the narrow dimension 109. When the surge impedance of a line is matched to a load, the line will
 a. transfer maximum current to the load a. hybrid circuit
b. transfer maximum voltage to the load b. balun
c. transfer maximum power to the load c. directional coupler
d. have a VSWR equal to zero d. quarter-wave transformer matching circuit
110. A lossless line is terminated by a resistive load which is not equal to the surge 118. What length for which the input power has been halved for a transmission line
impedance. If the value of the reflection coefficient is 0.5, the VSWR is with an attenuation of 6 dB/km?
a. 2 a. 1.5 km
b. 3 b. 0.5 km
c. 4 c. 63 km
d. 15 d. 2 km
111. Ratio of the mismatch between the antenna and the transmitter power. 119. Ina waveguide, _______ is a specific configuration of electric and magnetic fields
a. Standing wave pattern that allows a wave to propagate.
b. Reflection coefficient a. set-up
c. SWR b. coupler
d. Index of refraction c. channel
112. Emission designation for a facsimile. d. mode
a. H3E and A4E 120. A rectangular waveguide has dimensions of 3 cm x 5 cm. What is the dominant
b. R3E and A4E mode cut-off frequency?
a. 2 GHz
c. F4E and J3E
b. 3 GHz
d. F3C and A3E
113. Commonly used telephone wire. c. 2.5 GHz
a. AWG #19 d. 3.5 GHZ
b. AWG #18 121. ________ are transmission lines which can convey electromagnetic waves only
in higher order modes?
c. AWG #30
a. Coaxial cables
d. AWG #33
b. Twisted pairs of telephone wire
114. What is the distance traveled by a wave in the time of one cycle?
c. Power cables
a. Frequency
d. Waveguides
b. Hop
122. The amount of uncertainty in a system of symbols is also called
c. Wavelength
a. bandwidth
d. Crest
b. loss
115. The velocity factor is inversely proportional with respect to the _______.
c. entropy
a. square of the dielectric constant
d. quantum
b. square root of the dielectric constant
123. The twists in twisted wire pairs
c. dielectric current
a. reduced electromagnetic interference
d. square root of refractive index
b. occur at a 30-degree angle
116. ________ is a hollow structure that has no center conductor but allows waves to
propagate down its length. c. eliminate loading
a. Waveguide d. were removed due to cost
b. Hybrid 124. An example of a bounded medium is
a. coaxial cable
c. Pipe
b. waveguide
d. Directional coupler
117. To connect a coaxial line to a parallel wire line, _______ is used. c. fiber-optic cable
 d. all of the above 132. Which is the desirable SWR on a transmission line?
125. Loading means the addition of a. 0
a. resistor b. 1
b. capacitor c. 2
c. bullet d. Infinity
d. inductance 133. A 50ohm coax is connected to a 73-ohm antenna. What is the SWR?
126. What is the most commonly used transmission line for high frequency a. 0.685
application? b. 1
a. Two-wire balance line c. 1.46
b. Single wire d. 2.92
c. Three-wire line 134. What is the most desirable reflection coefficient?
d. Coaxial a. 0
127. The characteristic impedance of a transmission line does not depend upon its b. 0.5
a. length c. 1
b. conductor diameter d. Infinity
c. conductor spacing 135. What is the ratio expressing the percentage of incident voltage reflected on a
d. dielectric material transmission line?
a. Velocity factor
b. Standing-wave ratio
128. One of the following is not a common transmission line impedance. c. Reflection coefficient
a. 50 ohms d. Line efficiency
b. 75 ohms 136. The minimum voltage along a transmission line is 260 V, while the maximum is
c. 120 ohms 390 V, the SWR is
d. 300 ohms a. 0.67
129. For maximum absorption of power at the antenna, the relationship between the b. 1.0
characteristic impedance of the line Zoand the load impedance ZL should be c. 1.2
a. Zo = ZL d. 1.5
b. Zo > ZL 137. One meter is one wavelength at a frequency of
c. Zo < ZL a. 150 MHz
d. Zo = 0 b. 164 MHz
130. The mismatch between antenna and transmission line impedance cannot be c. 300 MHz
corrected for by
d. 328 MHz
a. using LC matcging network
138. At very high frequencies, transmission lines act as
b. adjusting antenna length a. Tuned circuits
c. using a balun b. Antennas
d. adjusting the length of transmission line c. Insulators
131. ________ is a pattern of voltage and current variations along a transmission line
d. Resistors
not terminated in its characteristic impedance.
139. A shorted quarter-wave line at the operating frequency acts like a/an
a. An electric field
a. Capacitor
b. Radio waves
b. Inductor
c. Standing waves
c. Series resonant circuit
d. A magnetic field
d. Parallel resonant circuit
140. A shorted half-wave line at the operating frequency acts like a/an b. Centering the video fine tuning on TVRO channels
a. Capacitor c. Moving the feedhorn rotor to the precise angle
b. Inductor d. Moving the actuator exactly onto the desired satellite beam
c. Series resonant circuit 148. A network that has an input of 75dB and an output of 35dB. The loss of the
d. Parallel resonant circuit network is
141. A medium least susceptible to noise? a. -40db
a. Shielded pair b. 40db
b. Twisted pair c. 40dBm
c. Fiber-optic d. -4dBm
d. Coaxial 149. Important useful quantities describing waveforms.
a. Time and frequency
b. Voltage and current
142. A medium most widely used in LANs? c. Frequency and voltage
a. Parallel-wire line d. Power and frequency
b. Twisted pair 150. Halving the power means
c. Fiber-optic cable a. 6-dB gain
d. Coaxial b. 3-dB loss
143. The most commonly used transmission line in television system. c. 3-dB gain
a. Parallel-wire line d. 6-dB loss
b. Coaxial cable
c. Waveguide
d. Open-wire ceramic supports
144. The impedance of a TV transmission line depends on several factors. Which is
not one of those factors?
a. Diameter
b. Length of the wire
c. Dielectric material
d. Separation between conductors
145. DC blocks are used in coaxial transmission line for the purpose of
a. passing DC while blocking AC
b. passing AC voltage but prevent DC
c. preventing AC voltage from reaching the pre-amplifier
d. preventing AC power supply voltage from being shorted by a balun or
band splitter
146. _______ is a type of interference caused by off-air TV channels 2 and 4, plus a
satellite dish operating on channel 3.
a. Adjacent channel interference
b. Ghost
c. Co-channel interference
d. Crosstalk
147. Dithering (in TVRO communication) is a process of
a. Reducing the effect of noise on the TVRO video signal
 124. all of the above
125. inductance
126. Coaxial
127. length
128. 120 ohms
129. Zo = ZL
130. adjusting the length of transmission line

Answer keys: 131. Standing waves

132. 1

101. the difference between the frequency at which the cutoff wavelength is twice the 133. 1.46
narrow dimension 134. 0
102. at a distance of one quarter wavelength from the sealed end 135. Reflection coefficient
103. A high value of resistance 136. 1.5
104. an impedance mismatch between the line and the load 137. 300 MHz
105. the line behaves as a parallel-tuned circuit in relation to the generator 138. Antennas
106. any convenient value 139. Parallel resonant circuit
107. at the beginning and at the end of the cable 140. Series resonant circuit
108. its input impedance at the generator is equal to the lines surge impedance 141. Coaxial
109. transfer maximum power to the load 142. Twisted pair
110. 3 143. Coaxial cable
111. SWR 144. Length of the wire
112. F3C and A3E 145. preventing AC power supply voltage from being shorted by a balun or band
113. AWG #19 splitter

114. Wavelength 146. Adjacent channel interference

115. square root of the dielectric constant 147. Reducing the effect of noise on the TVRO video signal

116. Waveguide 148. 40db

117. balun 149. Frequency and voltage

118. 0.5 km 150. 3-dB loss

119. mode
120. 3 GHz
121. Waveguides
122. entropy
123. reduced electromagnetic interference
 d. 80 dBW
157. A coaxial cable is a good example of a/an
a. Unbounded medium
b. Transmission channel
c. Non-metallic medium
d. Bounded medium
158. If a quarterwave transformer is required to match a 180 ohm load to a
transmission line with and impedance of 300 ohms, what should be the characteristic
impedance of the matching ransformer? Assume that the matching transformer is to
be connected directly to the load.
151. One Neper (Np) is how many decibels? a. 180 ohms
a. 8.866
b. 232 ohms
b. 8.686
c. 300 ohms
c. 8.688
d. 480 ohms
d. 8.868 159. A transmitter of 100W RF power output, 100% modulated is operating on a
152. A signal is amplified 100 times in power. The dB gain is frequency of 169MHz. The antenna transmission line consists of a 50 ohms coaxial
a. 20 dB cable 150ft long. The coaxial inner conductor outer diameter is 0.162in. determine the
b. 119 dB outside diameter of the outer conductor if the outer conductor has a thickness of 0.05
c. 15 dB in(assume K=1).
a. 1.0 in
d. 25 dB
153. Which of the following is used to measure SWR? b. 0.9 in
a. Spectrum analyzer c. 0.7 in
b. Reflectometer d. 0.5 in
c. Oscilloscope 160. In the preceding problem , calculate the line current.
a. 1.7A
d. Multimeter
154. 214-056 twin lead which is commonly used for TV lead-in has a characteristic b. 1.3A
impedance of c. 1.5A
a. 52 ohms d. 1.0A
b. 75 ohms 161. Determine also the total attenuation of the line in the preceding problem.
c. 600 ohms a. 2.0dB
d. 300 ohms b. 1.5 dB
155. What is the characteristic impedance of a transmission line which is to act a s a c. 2.5 dB
quarterwave matching transformer between a 175 ohms transmission line and 600 d. 1.0 dB
ohms load? 162. What is the maximum subscriber loop length, in ft, of a telephone system if the
a. 300.04 ohms signaling resistance is 1800ohms using a telephone cable pair of gauge #26 with loop
b. 324.04 ohms resistance of 83.5 ohms per 100ft. Assume the telephone set resistance is equal to
c. 310.04 ohms 200 ohms.
a. 15,161.7 feet
d. 320.04 ohms
156. What is the EIRP in dBW of a 50dB antenna connected to a transmitter with an b. 19,161 feet
output of 10kW through a transmission line with loss of 5dB? c. 15,300 feet
a. 85 dBW d. 20,000 feet
b. 955 dBW 163. If the same subscriber loop above limits the voice attenuation to a maximum of
c. 90 dBW 6dB, what is the maximum allowable subscriber loop length, in feet, using the same
gauge #26 telephone wire? Assume a 2.7dB loss per mile.
 a. 20,000 ft b. 70.7 + j1.19 ohms
b. 13,900 ft c. 87.5 j5 ohms
c. 15,280 ft d. 70.7 j1.97 ohms
d. 11,733 ft 171. A TV antenna receives a signal measured at 200mV and is immediately amplified
164. The input is 0.1W and the network gain is 13dB, the output is by a preamplifier with a 15dB gain. This amplified signal then passes through a coaxial
a. 2.0 W cable with 3dB loss, what is the resulting input to the TV set, in dBmV?
a. 1.98
b. 2.5 W
b. 13.98
c. 1.5 W
c. -1.98
d. 1.8 W
165. Known as one-tenth of a neper. d. -13.98
a. dB 172. The characteristic impedance of a transmission line does not depend upon
its___________.
b. dBm
a. Conductor spacing
c. dBp
b. Conductor diameter
d. dNp
c. Length
166. the input impedance of a quarterwave short-circuited transmission line at its
resonant frequency is d. Conductor radius
a. 0 ohms 173. What does a power difference of -3dB mean?
a. A loss of one third of the power
b. Infinite or an open circuit
b. A loss of one half of the power
c. Ohm
c. A loss of three watts of power
d. 70 ohms
167. The ratio of the largest rms value to the smallest rms value of the voltage in the d. No significant change
line is called 174. Which of the following is an advantage of the balance transmission line?
a. SWR a. Easy installation
b. ISWR b. Outer shield eliminates radiation losses
c. VSWR c. Low attenuation
d. Coefficient of reflection d. None of these
168. An open-wire, two-wire transmission line is to be connected to a dipole antenna 175. Waveguides are used mainly for microwave transmission because
through a quarter-wave matching stub. At a frequency of 10 MHz, compute the length a. They are bulky at lower frequencies
of the dipole b. Losses are heavy at lower frequencies
a. 20 meters c. They depend on straight line propagation
b. 7.5 meters d. No generators are powerful enough to excite them
c. 15 meters 176. The input is 1W and the network loss is 27dB, the output is
d. 25 meters a. 1 mW
169. From the preceding problem, compute also the length of the quarterwave stub. b. 3 mW
a. 15 meters c. 2 mW
b. 7.5 meters d. 4 mW
c. 20 meters
d. 25 meters
170. To find the characteristic impedance of a coaxial cable, measurements are made
with (a) the far end open circuited and (b) far end short circuited, the corresponding 177. A combiner has two inputs +30dBm and +30dBm, what is the resultant output?
readings being a) Ro=3ohms and Xc=55 ohms, capacitive b) RS = 10 ohms and XL = 90 a. +36 dBm
ohms, inductive. What is the characteristic impedance Zo of the line?
b. +30 dBm
a. 75.7 - j2.0 ohms
 c. +60 dBm 185. What is the characteristic impedance of a transmission line which has a
d. +33 dBm capacitance of 40nF/ft and an inductance of 0.5mH/ft
178. The ratio of the smallest to the largest rms current value is called a. 111.8 ohms
a. SWR b. 110.8 ohms
b. VSWR c. 112.8 ohms
c. ISWR d. 109.8 ohms
d. Coefficient of reflection 186. The input power to a loss-free cable is 5W. If the reflected power is 7dB down on
the incident power, the output power to the load is
179. If the ratio of the maximum current to minimum current in a transmission line is
2:1 then the ratio of the maximum voltage to minimum voltage is a. 4 W
a. 4:1 b. 5 W
b. 1:2 c. 6 W
c. 1:4 d. 7 W
d. 2:1 187. To be properly matched the ratio of a maximum voltage along a transmission line
should be equal to
180. Two wires of 600 ohms characteristic impedance is to be constructed out of a
number 12 wire (81 mils). Find the attenuation of the line at 0.6GHz per 100feet length a. 1
a. 0.05 dB b. 10
b. 0.55 dB c. 50
c. 0.44 dB d. 2
d. 0.35 dB 188. A coaxial line with an outer diameter of 6mm has a 50 ohms characteristic
impedance. If the dielectric constant of the insulation is 1.60., calculate the inner
181. In the preceding problem, determine the spacing between wires from center to
diameter.
center.
a. 2.09 cm
a. 6 in
b. 2.09 in
b. 4 in
c. 2.09 mm
c. 5 in
d. 2.09 mm
d. 3 in
189. If an amplifier has equal input and out impedance, what voltage ratio does the
182. A lossless transmission line has a shunt capacitance of 100nF/m and a series
gain of 50dB represent?
inductance of 4mH/m. What is the characteristic impedance?
a. 316.2
a. 500 ohms
b. 325.2
b. 400ohms
c. 320.1
c. 300 ohms
d. 315.0
d. 200 ohms
183. A ten times power change in transmission system is equivalent to
a. 10 dBm
b. 1 dB 190. What is the inductance per foot of a cable that has a capacitance of 50 pF/ft and
c. 20 dB a characteristic impedance of 60 ohms?
d. 100 dB a. 0.167uH/ft
184. A type of transmission line employed where balanced properties are required. b. 0.178 uH/ft
a. Balun c. 0.19 uH/ft
b. Parallel-wire line d. 0.18 uH/ft
c. Coaxial line 191. The ratio between the energy absorbed by a surface to the total energy received
d. Quarterwave line by the surface.
a. Reflection coefficient
 b. Absorption coefficient d. 660 ohms
c. Linear coefficient 199. In the preceding problem, what is the attenuation in dB per 100ft of the line for a
d. Thermal coefficient frequency of 4 MHz?
192. When the diameter of the conductors of a wire transmission line is held constant, a. 0.05
the effect of decreasing the distance between the conductors is b. 0.03
a. Increase the surge impedance c. 0.04
b. Increase the radiation resistance d. 0.06
c. Decrease the SWR 200. What is the SWR when a transmission line is terminated in a short circuit?
d. Decrease the impedance a. Zero
193. The higher the gauge number if a conductor b. One
a. The bigger the diameter c. Infinite
b. The higher the resistance or the smaller the diameter d. indeterminate
c. The higher the resistance
d. None of the above
194. A short length transmission line used to reduce/eliminate standing waves in the
main transmission line.
a. Stub
b. Balun
c. /4 transformer
d. slot
195. ratio of reflected power to incident power?
a. Incidence
b. Reflectance
c. Reflection index
d. None of these
196. A quarter wave transformer is used to match a 600 ohms lad antenna to a ling of
52 ohms impedance, the characteristic impedance of the matching transformer is
a. 200 ohms
b. 150 ohms
c. 176 ohms Answer keys:
d. 300 ohms
151. 8.686
197. What is the capacitance of 55 miles #44 copper wire spaced 18 inches? From
wire tables, #44 wire has a radius to 0.10215 in. 152. 20 dB
a. 0.476 uF 153. Reflectometer
b. 0.476 nF
154. 300 ohms
c. 0.476 pF
d. 0.476 fF 155. 324.04 ohms
198. A two-transmission line consists of No. 12 wire AWG (81mils). The distance 156. 85 dBW
between wire centers is 10 inches. What is the characteristic impedance of the line?
157. Bounded medium
a. 650 ohms
b. 300 ohms 158. 232 ohms
c. 600 ohms 159. 0.5 in
160. 1.7A 193. The higher the resistance or the smaller the diameter
161. 1.5 dB 194. /4 transformer
162. 19,161 feet 195. Reflectance
163. 11,733 ft 196. 176 ohms
164. 2.0 W 197. 0.476 uF
165. dNp 198. 660 ohms
166. Infinite or an open circuit 199. 0.03
167. VSWR 200. Infinite
168. 15 meters
169. 7.5 meters
170. 70.7 j1.97 ohms
171. -1.98
172. Length
173. A loss of one half of the power
174. Low attenuation
175. No generators are powerful enough to excite them
176. 2 mW
177. +33 dBm
178. ISWR
179. 2:1
180. 0.44 dB
181. 6 in
201. If the 10% of the microwave power is reflected at the mismatch, find the return
182. 200 ohms
loss.
183. 1 dB a. 0.1 dB
184. Parallel-wire line b. 10 dBm
c. -10 dB
185. 111.8 ohms
d. -10 dBm
186. 4 W 202. If the return loss is 20 dB, find the present reflected power.
187. 1 a. 1%
188. 2.09 mm b. 10%
c. 5%
189. 316.2
d. 20%
190. 0.18 uH/ft 203. Convert ten times bigger to the equivalent numerical dB
191. Absorption coefficient a. 20 dB
192. Decrease the impedance b. 15 dB
 c. 5 dB b. Minimum
d. 10 dB c. Average
204. Convert one-half as large to equivalent numerical dB d. Zero
a. 3 dB 211. If five signals entered to an X-device at 3 dBm each, find the output power in
b. -3 dB dBm.
c. 2 dB a. 12 dBm
d. -2 dB b. 11 dBm
205. Special semiconductor diode use for electronically adjustable attenuation c. 10 dBm
a. Ideal diode d. 8 dBm
b. PIN diode 212. Given incident power of 0.4 mW and insertion loss of 3 dB, find the transmitted
c. Zener diode power.
a. 0.2 mW
d. Tunel diode
206. A 50 ohm line is probed and found to have a SWR of 2.6, what are the two b. 0.3 mW
possible quarter wave transformers sizes that may be used to match the load to the c. 0.4 mW
line of the transformer are properly positioned. d. 0.5 mW
a. 22 ohm, 82 ohm 213. The reflected voltage and reflected current along the transmission line are
b. 31 ohm, 80.5 ohm always:
c. 26.2 ohm, 12.71 ohm a. 180o out of phase
d. 12.32 ohm, 26.7 ohm b. In phase
207. A balanced load of 900 ohm pure resistance is fed through a balanced 600 ohm c. Same value
transmission line which is 90 electrical degree long. The balanced 600 ohm d. 90o in phase
transmission line is in turn fed from a 50 ohm coaxial line by means of a half-wave
balancing section. What is the standing wave ratio on the 600 ohm line? 214. If the direction of the reflection coefficient is 90o, the nature of the lien is,
a. 1.0 a. Resistive
b. 2.5 b. Purely inductive
c. 1.5 c. Purely capacitive
d. 2.0 d. None of these
208. Given cascaded circuit; first stage is a filter circuit with insertion loss of 3 dB, 215. What are the three types of microwave transmission line?
followed by an amplifier with a gain of 10 dB and followed by cable having an insertion
a. Coaxial cable, open wire line, waveguide
loss of 1 dB. If the input power of the filter circuit is 1 mW, find the total insertion loss.
a. 6 dBm b. Coaxial cable, stripline, waveguide
b. 5 dBm c. Open-wire line, waveguide, coaxial line
c. 7 dBm d. None of these
216. If the incident power is -27 dBm and insertion loss of 20 dB, find for the
d. 2 dBm
transmitted power.
209. For a short circuited line or open circuited line, the standing wave ratio value is
a. 12 dBm
always _____.
a. Unity b. 7 dBm
b. Infinity c. 2 dBm
c. Zero d. 0 dBm
217. Energy applied to a transmission line may become dissipated before reaching the
d. Cannot be determined
load.
210. If the voltage reading at a particular section of a transmission line is maximum,
a. Radiation
the current reading should be:
a. Maximum b. Conductor heating
 c. Dielectric heating c. When the transmission line used is coaxial cable
d. All of the above d. None of these
218. The velocity of light is very nearly 3 x 108 m/s in a vacuum and ___ in all other 226. In a two-stage amplifier, amplifier 1 has a noise figure of 3 dB and a gain of 20
media. dB. The second amplifier has a noise figure of 6 dB. Find the total noise figure.
a. Higher a. 3.1 dB
b. Slower b. 4.2 dB
c. Same c. 2.6 dB
d. All of these d. 2.27 dB
219. At a point exactly a quarter-wavelength from the load, the current is ______. 227. If the return loss is 13 dB, find the equivalent SWR.
a. 180 degrees in of phase a. 1.6
b. 180 degrees out of phase b. 3.2
c. Permanently zero c. 1.56
d. None of these d. 2.6
220. Is a piece of transmission line which is normally short-circuited at the far end.
a. Terminator
b. Stub
c. Quarter wave transformer 228. Which of the following will you choose in order to minimize mismatch?
d. None of these a. SWR = 1.4
221. For high frequencies, the best dielectric may be_______. b. T1 = 0.81
a. Polyethylene c. Return loss = 20 dB
b. Polyethylene foam d. None of these
c. Teflon 229. If the equipment has input power of 33 dBm, what is the gain of the resulting
output power is 10 dBm.
d. None of these
a. -26 dBm
222. Characteristic impedance are sometimes called _______.
b. -23 dBm
a. Ohmic resistance
c. -33 dBm
b. Surge impedance
d. 33 dBm
c. Wave impedance
230. A stripline transmission line is built on a 4 mm thick printed wiring board that has
d. None of these a relative dielectric constant of 5.5. Calculate the characteristics impedance of the
223. A transmission line is connected to a mismatched load. Calculate the VSWR in width of the strip is 2 mm.
dB if the reflection coefficient is 0.25 a. 256 ohms
a. 2.6 dB
b. 321 ohms
b. 1.67 dB
c. 126 ohms
c. 4.3 dB
d. 425.35 ohms
d. 3.6 dB 231. A 50 ohms transmission line is connected to a 30 ohm resistive load. Calculate
224. Is a power tool for the RF design reflection coefficient.
a. Calculator a. 0.35
b. Graphical solution b. 0.25
c. Smith chart c. 0.10
d. None of these d. 0.15
225. When will the system encounter a tremendous increase of interference. 232. The term _________ implies a sine wave of constant amplitude, phase and
a. When return loss is 0 dB frequency.
b. When the incident power is higher than the reflected a. Steady state
 b. State of constant 240. It can be measured, and includes losses due to reflection and absorption inside
c. State of calamity the component
d. Constant sine wave a. Fading
233. Is defined as the ratio of the reflected signal to the incident signal. b. Attenuation
a. VSWR c. Insertion loss
b. SWR d. Return loss
c. Reflection coefficient
d. None of these
241. A component that samples the microwave signal traveling in one direction down a
234. It is a measure of one way loss of power in a transmission line due to reflection
transmission line
from the load.
a. Isolator
a. Return loss
b. Directional coupler
b. Transmission loss
c. Combiner
c. Propagation loss
d. attenuator
d. None of these
242. A transmission line having air dielectric is operated at a frequency of 110 MHz.
235. If the velocity factor is equal to 0.66, the speed of light will be_____.
What is the phase shift constant of the line is degrees per inch?
a. Increase
a. 2.56
b. Decrease
b. 3.35
c. Same
c. 4.6
d. None of these
d. 1.25
236. In 1939, _________ published a graphical device for solving transmission line
243. Consider the three networks in series, the first is an attenuator with a 12 dB loss,
design.
the second network is an amplifier with 35 dB gain, and the third has an insertion loss
a. Phillip A. Smith of 10 dB. The input of the first network is 4 mW; what is the output of the third network
b. Phillip R. Smith in watts?
c. Phillip H. Smith a. 0.798 W
d. Phillip S. Smith b. 0.00798 W
237. In order to make the smith chart universal, the impedances along the pure c. 0.0798 W
resistance line are _________. d. 798 W
a. Normal 244. Is a power level related to 1 mW.
b. Normalized a. dB
c. Open circuit b. dBm
d. Short circuit c. dBM
238. Calculate the gain off an amplifier with an input power 10 kW and an output d. dBW
power of 200 kW.
245. A transmission unit used in a number of Northern European countries as an
a. 15 dB alternative to the decibel is ________.
b. 13 dB a. Attenuation
c. 20 dB b. Loss
d. 10 dB c. Neper
239. A perfect termination for a transmission line. d. dB loss
a. Receiving end 246. Adding two +30 dBm will produce how much dBm at the output.
b. Load a. 60 dBm
c. Antenna b. 15 dBm
d. Terminal end c. 23 dBm
 d. 33 dBm
247. Determines how the voltage or current decreases with distance
a. Phase-shift coefficient
b. Attenuation coefficient 201. -10 dB
c. Propagation coefficient 202. 1%
d. Numerical coefficient 203. 10 dB
248. Determines the phase angle of the voltage or current variation with distance
204. -3 dB
a. Phase-shift coefficient
b. Attenuation coefficient 205. PIN diode
c. Propagation coefficient 206. 31 ohm, 80.5 ohm
d. Numerical coefficient 207. 1.5
249. Determines variation of voltage or current with distance along transmission line
208. 6 dBm
a. Phase-shift coefficient
b. Attenuation coefficient 209. Infinity
c. Propagation coefficient 210. Minimum
d. Numerical coefficient 211. 10 dBm
250. The R, L, G, and C in the transmission line are called________.
a. Passive elements 212. 0.2 mW
b. Active elements 213. 180o out of phase
c. Line primary constant 214. Purely inductive
d. Reactances
215. Coaxial cable, stripline, waveguide
216. 7 dBm
217. All of the above
218. Slower
219. Permanently zero
220. Stub
221. Teflon
222. Surge impedance
223. 4.3 dB
224. Smith chart
225. When return loss is 0 dB
226. 3.1 dB
227. 1.56
228. T1 = 0.81
229. -23 dBm
230. 321 ohms
231. 0.25
232. Steady state
233. Reflection coefficient
234. Transmission loss
235. Decrease
236. Phillip H. Smith
237. Normalized
238. 13 dB
239. Load
240. Insertion loss
241. Directional coupler
242. 3.35
243. 0.0798 W
244. dBm
245. Neper
246. d. 33 dBm
247. Attenuation coefficient
248. Phase-shift coefficient
249. Propagation coefficient
250. Line primary constant
251. What is the characteristic impedance of a single wire with diameter d = 0.25 mm
placed at the center between parallel planes separated by 1 mm apart? The wire is
held by a material with a velocity factor of 0.75?
a. 75 ohms
b. 120 ohms
c. 100 ohms
d. 300 ohms
252. There is an improper impedance match between a 30 W transmitter and the
antenna and 5 W is reflected. How much power is actually transmitted?
a. 35 W
b. 25 W
c. 30 W
d. 20 W
253. What is the actual length in feet of a one quarter-wavelength of a coax with a
velocity factor of 0.69 at 40 MHz?
a. 6.15
b. 4.244
c. 5.904
d. 16.974
254. 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 at the generator?
a. A low value of resistance
b. A high value of resistance
c. A capacitive reactance which is equal in value to the lines surge
impedance
d. A value of resistance equal to the characteristic impedance of the line
255. A coaxial cable has a capacitance of 90pF/m and a characteristic impedance of
75 ohms. Find the inductance of a 2m length.
a. 1.013 uH
b. 450 nH
c. 506.25 nH
d. 225 nH
256. If the SWR on a transmission line has high value, the reason could be
a. An impedance mismatch between the line and the load
b. That the line is nonresonant
c. A reflection coefficient of zero at the load
d. A high degree of attenuation between the load and the position where the
SWR is measured
257. Calculate the velocity factor of a coaxial cable used as a transmission line with
the characteristic impedance of 50 ohms; capacitance is 40 pF/m and an inductance
equal to 50 microH/m.
 a. 0.7450 c. 1194 watts
b. 0.7504 d. 5.459 watts
c. 0.0745 265. When surge impedance of a line is matched to a load, the line will
d. 0.0475 a. Transfer maximum current to the load
258. If a quarter-wave transmission line is shorted at one end b. Transfer maximum voltage to the load
a. There is minimum current at the shorted end c. Transfer maximum power to the load
b. The line behaves as a parallel-tuned circuit in relation to the generator d. Have a VSWR equal to zero
c. The line behaves as a series tuned circuit in relation to the generator 266. A lossless line is terminated by a resistive load which is not equal to the surge
d. There is a maximum voltage at the shorted end impedance. If the value of the reflection coefficient is 0.5, the VSWR is
259. What is the velocity factor for a cable with a Teflon dielectric (relative permittivity a. 2
= 2.1)? b. 3
a. 0.69 c. 1.5
b. 0.476 d. 5
c. 2.1 267. The best insulation at UHF is
d. 1.449 a. Black rubber
260. A 50-ohm transmission line is feeding an antenna which represents a 50-ohm b. Bakelite
resistive load. To shorten the line, the length must be c. Paper
a. Any convenient value d. Mica
b. An odd-multiple of three-quarters of a wavelength 268. Neglecting line losses, the RMS voltage along an RF transmission line having no
c. An even multiple of a quarter of a wavelength standing waves
d. An odd multiple of an eight of a wavelength a. Is equal to the impedance
261. A feature of an infinite transmission line is that b. Is one-half of the surge impedance
a. Its input impedance at the generator is equal to the lines surge c. Is the product of the surge impedance and the lien current
impedance d. Varies sinusoidally along the line
b. Its phase velocity is greater than the velocity of light 269. What length of standard RG-8/U coaxial cable would be required to obtain a 30
c. The impedance varies at different positions on the line degree-phase shift at 250 MHz?
d. The input impedance is equivalent to a short circuit a. 0.792 m
262. The outer conductor of the coaxial cable is usually grounded b. 0.99 m
a. At the beginning and at the end of the cable c. 0.066 m
b. Only at the beginning of the cable d. 0.124 m
c. Only at the end of the cable 270. Nitrogen is placed in transmission lines to
d. The outer conductor must never be grounded a. Improve the skin-effect of microwaves
263. What is the impedance of a balance 4-wire with a diameter of 0.25 cm and b. Reduce arcing in the line
spaced 2.5 cm apart using an insulator with a dielectric constant of 2.56? c. Reduce the standing wave ratio of the line
a. 100 ohms d. Prevent moisture from entering the line
b. 160.5 ohms 271. Referred to the fundamental frequency, a shorted stub line attached to the
c. 88.93 ohms transmission line to absorb even harmonics could have a wavelength of
d. 25.8 ohms a. 1.41 wavelength
264. An attenuator has a loss of 26 dB. If a power of 3 W is applied to the attenuator, b. wavelength
find the output power. c. wavelength
a. 1.65 watts d. 1/6 wavelength
b. 7.54 milliwatts 272. Nitrogen gas in concentric RF transmission lines is used to
 a. Keep moisture out 279. A properly connected transmission line
b. Prevent oxidation a. Is grounded at the transmitter end
c. Act as insulator b. Is cut to a harmonic of the carrier frequency
d. Both A and B c. Is cut to an even harmonic of the carrier frequency
273. If a transmission line has a power loss of 6 dB per 100 feet, what is the power at d. Has a standing wave ratio as near as 1:1 as possible
the feed point to the antenna at the end of a 200 foot-transmission line fed by a 100 280. If a wavelength transmission is shorted at one end, the impedance at the open
watt transmitter? will be
a. 70 watts a. Zero
b. 50 watts b. Infinite
c. 25 watts c. Decreased
d. 6 watts d. Increased
274. Two adjacent minima on a slotted line are 20 cm apart. Find the wavelength 281. The characteristic impedance of a transmission line does not depend upon its
assuming a velocity factor of 95 %. a. Length
a. 38 m b. Conductor diameter
b. 43.7 m c. Conductor spacing
c. 46 cm d. None of the above
d. 40 cm 282. Which of the following is not a common transmission line impedance?
275. What would be the approximate series impedance of a quarter-wave matching a. 50 ohms
line used to match a 600 ohm-feed to 70 ohm-antenna?
b. 75 ohms
a. 205 ohms
c. 120 ohms
b. 210 ohms
d. 300 ohms
c. 25.88 ohms
283. A ratio expressing the percentage of incident voltage reflected on a transmission
d. 102.5 ohms line is known as the
276. Which of the following represents the best SWR? a. Velocity factor
a. 1:1 b. Standing wave ratio
b. 1:2 c. Reflection coefficient
c. 1:15 d. Line efficiency
d. 2:1 284. A series tuned circuit operating at a frequency of 1 GHz is to be constructed from
a shorted section of Teflon-dielectric coaxial cable. What length should be used?
277. An optical domain reflectometer display shows a discontinuity 1.4 microsecond s ( relative dielectric = 2.1)
from the start. If the line has a velocity factor of 0.92, how far is the fault from the a. 0.325m
reflecto meter? b. 0.10 m
a. 168 m
c. 0.217 m
b. 193.2 m
d. 0.143 m
c. 210 m 285. A 75 ohm line is terminated in a 30 ohm resistance. Find the SWR.
d. 386 m a. 0.6
278. A high SWR creates losses in a transmission line. A high standing wave ratio b. 0.429
might be caused by
c. 2.5
a. Improper turns ratio between primary and secondary in the plate tank
transformer d. 0.4
b. Screen grid current flow 286. A generator sends 50 mW down a 50 ohm line. The generator is matched to the
line but the load is not. If the coefficient of reflection is 0.6, how much power is
c. An antenna electrically too long for its frequency reflected?
d. An impedance mismatch a. 18 mW
 b. 20 mW b. Poor directivity
c. 30 mW c. High SWR
d. 32 mW d. Narrow bandwidth
287. At very high frequencies, transmission lines are used as 294. A shorted half-wave line at the operating frequency acts like a(an)
a. Tuned circuits a. Capacitor
b. Antennas b. Inductor
c. Insulators c. Series resonant circuit
d. Resistors d. Parallel resonant circuit
288. Transmission line shielding is grounded 295. A load impedance of 100+j25 ohms is normalized on a 100 ohm-line. The
a. At the input only normalized value is
b. At both the input and output a. 2 + j0.5 ohms
c. At the output only b. 0.25 - j1 ohms
d. If the antenna is a Marconi design c. 0.94 - j24 ohms
289. A shorted quarter-wave line at the operating frequency acts like a(an) d. 1 + 0.25 ohms
a. Series resonant circuit 296. A pattern of voltage and current variations along a transmission line not
b. Parallel resonant circuit terminated in its characteristic impedance is called
a. Electric field
c. Capacitor
b. Radio waves
d. Inductor
c. Standing waves
d. Magnetic field
290. A transmitter is required to deliver 100 W to an antenna through 5 m of coaxial 297. A 75-j50 ohms is connected to a coaxial transmission line of ZO = 75 ohms, at 10
cable with a loss of 3 dB / 100 m. What must be the output power of the transmitter, GHz. The best method of matching consists in connecting
assuming the line is matched? a. A short-circuited stub at the load
a. 136 W b. An inductance at the load
b. 153 W c. A capacitance at some specific distance from the load
c. 151 W d. A short-circuited stub at some specific distance from the load
d. 116.815 W 298. Calculate the impedance seen looking into a 75 ohm line 1 m long terminated in
291. A generator sends 50 mW down a 50 ohm line. The generator is matched to the a load impedance of 100 ohms, if the line has a velocity factor 0f 0.8 and operates at a
line but the load is not. If the coefficient of reflection is 0.25, how much power is frequency of 30 MHz.
dissipated in the load? a. 72 - j21 ohms
a. 46.9 mW b. 75 - j25 ohms
b. 37.5 mW c. 40 - j30 ohms
c. 3.125 mW d. 50 - j25 ohms
d. 12.5 mW 299. The velocity factor of a transmission line
292. Determine the Q of an antenna if it has a bandwidth of 0.06 MHz and is cut to a a. Depends on the dielectric of the material used
frequency of 30 MHz. b. Increases the velocity along the transmission line
a. 50 c. Is governed by the skin effect
b. 100 d. Is higher for a solid dielectric than for air
c. 150 300. A transmitter supplies 50 W to a load through a line with an SWR of 4:1. Find the
d. 250 power absorbed by the load.
293. The main disadvantage of the two-hole directional coupler is a. 32 W
a. Low directional coupling b. 5.6 W
 c. 44.4 W 269. 0.066 m
d. 18 W 270. Prevent moisture from entering the line
271. wavelength
272. Both A and B
273. 6 watts
274. 43.7 m
275. 205 ohms
276. 1:1
277. 193.2 m
278. An impedance mismatch
279. Has a standing wave ratio as near as 1:1 as possible
280. Infinite
281. Length
Answer keys:
282. 120 ohms
283. Reflection coefficient
251. 75 ohms
284. 0.10 m
252. 30 W
285. 2.5
253. 4.244
286. 18 mW
254. A high value of resistance
287. Tuned circuits
255. 1.013 uH
288. At both the input and output
256. An impedance mismatch between the line and the load
289. Parallel resonant circuit
257. 0.0745
290. 136 W
258. The line behaves as a parallel-tuned circuit in relation to the generator
291. 46.9 mW
259. 0.69
292. 50
260. Any convenient value
293. Narrow bandwidth
261. Its input impedance at the generator is equal to the lines surge impedance
294. Series resonant circuit
262. At the beginning and at the end of the cable
295. 1 + 0.25 ohms
263. 100 ohms
296. Standing waves
264. 7.54 milliwatts
297. A short-circuited stub at some specific distance from the load
265. Transfer maximum power to the load
298. 72 - j21 ohms
266. 3
299. Depends on the dielectric of the material used
267. Mica
300. 32 W
268. Is the product of the surge impedance and the lien current
 A. Transmission medium
B. Channel allocation
C. Frequency allocation
D. Any of these
306. It is a metallic conductor system used to transfer electrical energy from one point
to another using electrical current flow.
A. Transmitter
B. Multiplexers
C. Receiver
D. Transmission line
307. A kind of wave where the displacement is in the direction of propagation.
A. Transverse
B. Longitudinal
C. Reverse
D. Perpendicular
308. Calculate the capacitance per meter of a 50-ohm load cable that has an
inductance of 55 nH/m.
A. 13 pF
B. 18 pF
301. Category of media with some form of conductor that provides a conduit in which
electromagnetic signals are contained. C. 20 pF
A. Guided D. 22 pF
B. Balanced 309. The desirable SWR on a transmission line is
C. Unguided A. 0
D. Unbalanced B. 1
302. The conductive connections between elements which carry signals. C. 2
A. Transmission Lines D. Infinity
B. Antenna 310. A kind of wave where the direction is displacement is perpendicular to the
direction of propagation.
C. Frequency allocations
A. Transverse
D. Load
B. Longitudinal
303. Calculate the characteristic impedance for a line that exhibits an inductance of 4
nH/m and 1.5 pF/m C. Reverse
A. 36.6 ohms D. Perpendicular
B. 51.6 ohms 311. A short-circuited half-wavelength line acts like a
C. 22 ohms A. Parallel resonant circuit
D. 24.5 ohms B. Series Resonant Circuit
304. Category of media which are wireless C. Oscillator
A. Guided D. LC circuit
B. Balanced 312. Electromagnetic waves that travel along a transmission line from the source to
the load.
C. Unguided
A. Reverse waves
D. Unbalanced
B. Transverse waves
305. It is a medium or any physical facility used to propagate electromagnetic signals
between two locations in a communications system. C. Incident waves
 D. Longitudinal waves C. 13.2 ohms
313. Electromagnetic waves that travel from the load back toward the source. D. 18 ohms
A. Incident waves 321. Currents that flow in opposite direction in a balanced wire pair is called
B. Transverse waves A. Longitudinal currents
C. Forward waves B. Reverse circuit currents
D. Reflected waves C. Transverse circuit currents
314. Sound travels approximately D. Metallic circuit currents
A. 2200 feet per second 322. Currents that flow in same direction in a balanced wire pair is called
B. 1100 feet per second A. Longitudinal currents
C. 550 feet per second B. Reverse circuit currents
D. 600 feet per second C. Transverse circuit currents
315. Determine the surge impedance for a parallel wire, air dielectric with a ratio of the D. In-phase currents
spacing between conductors and the diameter of 3. 323. A circuit device used to connect a balanced transmission line to an unbalanced
A. 250 ohms load
B. 210 ohms A. Slotted lines
C. 180 ohms B. Stub
D. 215 ohms C. Balun
316. The rate at which the periodic wave repeats D. Quarterwave lines
A. Wavelength 324. The most common type of balun used in relatively high frequency
B. Amplitude A. Narrowband
C. Period B. Choke
D. Frequency C. Sleeve
317. The distance of one cycle occurring in space D. All of these
A. Wavelength 325. A pattern of voltage and current variations along the transmission line not
B. Amplitudes terminated in its characteristic impedance is called
C. Period A. An electric fluid
D. Frequency B. Radio waves
318. Classification of transmission line where both conductors carry current; one C. Standing waves
conductor carries the signal, the other conductor is the return path D. A magnetic field
A. Differential transmission lines 326. A type of parallel-conductor transmission lines consists of simply of two parallel
B. Unbalanced lines wires, closely-spaced and separated by air.
C. Coaxial cables A. Twisted pair
D. Balun B. Open-wire lines
319. A shorted half-wave line at the operating frequency acts like C. Coaxial cables
A. Capacitor D. Twin pair
B. Inductor 327. A type of parallel-conductor transmission lines which is essentially the same as
C. Series resonant circuit open-wire transmission line except that the spacers between the conductors are
replaced with a continuous solid dielectric that ensures uniform spacing along the
D. Parallel resonant circuit entire cable
320. What is the characteristic impedance of a coaxial line, air dielectric with a ratio of A. Twisted pair
the diameter of the outer and inner conductor equal to 1.5?
B. Open-wire lines
A. 24.3 ohms
C. Coaxial cables
B. 25.6 ohms
 D. Twin lead C. Oscillator
328. What is the range of size of wires of a twisted pair? D. LC circuit
A. AWG 16 to AWG 26 336. Level for category of UTP cable which is suitable only for voice grade telephone
B. AWG 14 to AWG 25 signals and very low-speed data applications
C. AWG 10 to AWG 20 A. Level 1 or Cat 1
D. AWG 12 to AWG 28 B. Level 3 or Cat 3
329. What is the characteristic impedance of a coaxial line, polyethylene dielectric with C. Level 2 or Cat 2
the ratio of the diameter of the outer and the inner conductor of 2.5? D. Cat 4
A. 43.5 ohms 337. An antenna is being fed by a properly terminated two-wire transmission line. The
B. 23.4 ohms current in the line at the input end is 3 A. The surge impedance of the line is 500
C. 36.2 ohms ohms. How much power is being supplied to the line?
A. 3.1 kW
D. 29.8 ohms
330. In AWG, the higher the wire gauge ______ B. 2.5 kW
A. The higher the diameter and the lower the resistance C. 1.6 kW
B. The smaller the diameter and the higher the resistance D. 4.5 kW
C. The smaller the diameter and the higher the conductance 338. Level or Category of UTP cable which was developed for IEEE 802.5 token ring
local area networks operating at a transmission rates of 4Mbps
D. The larger the diameter and the higher the resistance
A. Level 1 or Cat 1
331. Type of twisted pair wire cable that consists of two copper wires where each wire
is separately encapsulated in PVC insulation. B. Level 3 or Cat 3
A. Shielded twisted pair C. Level 2 or Cat 2
B. Twin lead D. Cat 4
C. Unshielded twisted pair 339. If the period of one complete cycle of a radio wave is 0.000001 s, what is the
wavelength?
D. Open wire frame
A. 300 m
332. A shorted quarter-wave line at the operating frequency acts like
B. 200 m
A. Series resonant circuit
C. 100 m
B. Parallel resonant circuit
D. 400 m
C. Capacitor
340. If the two towers of a 950-kHz antenna are separated by 120 electrical degrees,
D. Inductor what is the tower separation in feet?
333. The minimum number of twist for UTP is A. 231 ft.
A. Two twist per foot B. 235 ft.
B. Two twist per meter C. 176 ft.
C. Three twist per foot D. 345 ft.
D. Three twist per meter 341. Category of UTP used for virtually any voice or data transmission rate up to 16
334. A delay line using RG-8A/U cable is to exhibit a 5-ns delay. Calculate the required Mbps, has a minimum of 3 turns per inch.
length of the cable. A. Category 5e
A. 4.57 ft. B. Category 4
B. 1.23 ft. C. Category 5
C. 6.2 ft. D. Category 3
D. 3.4 ft.
335. An open-circuited quarter-wavelength line acts like a
A. Parallel resonant circuit 342. The mismatch between the antenna and transmission line impedances cannot be
B. Series resonant circuit corrected for by
 A. Using an LC matching network B. Temporary shielding
B. Adjusting antenna length C. Dual shielding
C. Using a balun D. Interference shielding
D. Adjusting the length of transmission line 350. At very high frequencies, transmission lines are used as
343. Category of UTP that was designed for data transmission rates up to 20 Mbps A. Tuned circuits
A. Category 5e B. Antennas
B. Category 4 C. Insulators
C. Category 5 D. Resistors
D. Category 3
344. Variation of CAT5 cables that are intended for data transmission rates up to 250
Mbps
A. Category 5e
B. Category 2
C. Category 6
D. Category 3
345. A type of twisted-pair wherein its wires and dielectric are enclosed in a conductive
metal sleeve called a foil.
A. STP
B. Twin lead
C. UTP
D. Unshielded Twin lead
346. It is the name given to the area between the ceiling and the roof in a single-story
building or between the ceiling and the floor of the next higher level in a multistory
building.
A. Attic
B. Rooftop
C. Plenum
D. Ceiling
347. It consists of center conductor surrounded by dielectric material, then a
concentric shielding, and an environmental protection outer jacket.
A. Twisted pair
B. Coaxial cable
C. Twin lead
D. Open wire
348. In a transmission line, it refers to the woven stranded mesh or braid that surround
some types of coaxial cables
A. Grounding
B. Shielding Answer keys:
C. Degaussing
D. Any of these
349. A coaxial cable with one layer of foil insulation and one layer of braided shielding. 301. Guided
A. Backup shielding 302. Transmission Lines
303. 51.6 ohms 336. Level 1 or Cat 1
304. Unguided 337. 4.5 kW
305. Transmission medium 338. Level 2 or Cat 2
306. Transmission line 339. 300 m
307. Longitudinal 340. 345 ft.
308. 22 pF 341. Category 3
309. 1 342. Adjusting the length of transmission line
310. Transverse 343. Category 4
311. Series Resonant Circuit 344. Category 5e
312. Incident waves 345. STP
313. Reflected waves 346. Plenum
314. 1100 feet per second 347. Coaxial cable
315. 215 ohms 348. Shielding
316. Frequency 349. Dual shielding
317. Wavelength 350. Tuned circuits
318. Differential transmission lines
319. Series resonant circuit
320. 24.3 ohms
321. Metallic circuit currents
322. Longitudinal currents
323. Balun
324. All of these
325. Standing waves
326. Open-wire lines
327. Twin lead
328. AWG 16 to AWG 26
329. 36.2 ohms
330. The smaller the diameter and the higher the resistance
331. Unshielded twisted pair
332. Parallel resonant circuit 351. A coaxial cable with two layers of foil insulation and two layers of braided
shielding.
333. Two twist per foot
A. Quad shielding
334. 3.4 ft. B. Double shielding
335. Series resonant circuit C. Triple shielding
 D. Shielding D. 75 ohms
352. A type of coaxial cable that has a tubular outer conductor surrounds the center 359. Determine the characteristic impedance for an RG-59A coaxial cable with the
conductor coaxially and the insulating material is air. following specifications: L=0.118 uH/ft and C = 21 pF/ft
A. Rigid air coaxial cable A. 150 ohms
B. Gas-filled coaxial cable B. 72 ohms
C. Solid coaxial cable C. 75 ohms
D. Flexible cable D. 100 ohms
353. If the length of an open-circuited stub is less than quarter-wavelength but greater 360. It is used to express the attenuation or signal loss and the phase shift per unit
than 0, the stub behaves as length of the transmission line.
A. Inductor A. Propagation coefficient
B. Capacitor B. Propagation constant
C. Resistor C. Propagation factor
D. Complex D. Any of these
354. Type of coaxial cable where the outer conductor is braided, flexible, and coaxial 361. For matched condition, what is the relationship of load and characteristic
to the center conductor. impedance?
A. Gas-filled coaxial cable A. Greater than
B. Rigid air coaxial cable B. Less than
C. Solid flexible coaxial cable C. Equal
D. Flexible cable D. Impossible to say
355. A 50-ohm coax is connected to a 73-ohm antenna. The SWR is 362. It is defined simply as the ratio of the actual velocity of propagation of an
A. 0.685 electromagnetic wave through a given medium to the velocity of propagation through a
B. 1 vacuum or free space.
A. Velocity factor
C. 1.46
B. Velocity propagation
D. 2.92
356. Defined as the impedance seen looking at an infinitely long line or the impedance C. Index of refraction
seen looking into a finite length of the line that is terminated in a purely resistive load D. Phase delay
with the resistance equal to the characteristic impedance of the line. 363. It is simply the permittivity of the material
A. Input impedance A. Permittivity
B. Surge impedance B. Insulation constant
C. Output impedance C. Dielectric constant
D. Circuit impedance D. Resistivity
357. Determine the characteristic impedance for an air dielectric two-wire parallel 364. For a given length of RG 8A/U coaxial cable with distributed capacitance of 96.6
transmission line with a D/r ratio of 12.22 pF/m, a distributed inductance of 241.56 nH/m, and a relative dielectric constant of
A. 150 ohms 2.3, determine the velocity of propagation.
B. 120 ohms A. 1.07 x 10^8 m/s
C. 75 ohms B. 2.3 x 10^7 m/s
D. 300 ohms C. 3.28 x 10^8 m/s
358. Determine the characteristic impedance for an RG-59A coaxial cable with the D. 2.07 x 10^8 m/s
following specifications: d = 0.025 inches, D = 0.15 inches, and dielectric constant of 365. For a given length of RG 8A/U coaxial cable with distributed capacitance of 96.6
2.23 pF/m, a distributed inductance of 241.56 nH/m, and a relative dielectric constant of
A. 120 ohms 2.3, determine the velocity factor
B. 72 ohms A. 1.2
C. 150 ohms B. 0.66
 C. 0.7 373. The difference in potential between two conductors of a metallic transmission line
D. 0.5 causes ______.
366. If the length of an open-circuited stub is greater than quarter-wavelength but less A. Conductor loss
than half-wavelength, the stub behaves as B. Dielectric heating
A. Inductor C. Radiation loss
B. Capacitor D. Corona
C. Resistor 374. If the length of a short-circuited stub is greater than quarter-wavelength but less
D. Complex than half-wavelength, the stub behaves as
367. Delay line is a function of what two parameters? A. Inductor
A. Resistance and capacitance B. Capacitor
B. Resistance and susceptance C. Resistor
C. Inductance and resistance D. Complex
D. Inductance and capacitance 375. If the separation between the conductors in a metallic transmission line is an
appreciable fraction of a wavelength, the electrostatic and electromagnetic fields that
368. How is the time delay calculated in a coaxial cables with a dielectric constant of
surround the conductor cause the line to act as if it were an antenna and transfer
0.66?
energy to any nearby material. This energy radiated is called ______.
A. 0.56 sec
A. Radiation loss
B. 0.67 sec
B. Power loss
C. 0.45 sec
C. Coupling loss
D. 1.2 sec
D. Corona
369. Three feet is one wavelength at a frequency of
376. The minimum voltage along a transmission line is 260 V, while the maximum is
A. 100 MHz 390 V. The SWR is
B. 164 MHz A. 0.67
C. 300 MHz B. 1.0
D. 328 MHz C. 1.2
370. When current flows through a conductor, the loss introduced as a function of D. 1.5
resistance and current is called _______.
377. It occurs whenever a connection is made to or from a transmission line or when
A. Inductance loss two sections of transmission line are connected together.
B. Conductor loss A. Power loss
C. Voltage loss B. Coupling loss
D. Skin effect C. Radiation loss
371. For maximum absorption of power at the antenna, the relationship between the D. Resistance loss
characteristic impedance of the line Zo and the load impedance ZL should be
378. Which of the following is not a common transmission line impedance?
A. Zo = ZL
A. 50 ohms
B. Zo > ZL
B. 75 ohms
C. Zo < ZL
C. 120 ohms
D. Zo = 0
D. 300 ohms
372. The ratio of the AC resistance and the DC resistance.
379. It is a luminous discharge that occurs between the two conductors of a
A. Impedance ratio transmission line when the difference in potential between them exceeds the
B. Susceptance ratio breakdown voltage of a dielectric insulator.
C. Resistance ratio A. Resistance loss
D. Conductance ratio B. Corona
C. Radiation loss
 D. Power loss B. 0.6
380. Voltage that propagates down the load. C. 0.5
A. Reflected voltage D. 0.7
B. Standing wave ratio 388. A ratio expressing the percentage of incident voltage reflected on a transmission
C. Incident voltage line is known as the
D. Reflection voltage A. Velocity factor
381. Voltage that propagates from the load towards the source. B. Standing wave ratio
A. Reflected voltage C. Reflection coefficient
B. Standing wave ratio D. Line efficiency
C. Reflection coefficient 389. There is an impedance inversion in every ______.
D. Incident voltage A. Half wavelength
382. A transmission line with no reflected power. B. Quarter wavelength
A. Flat C. Full wavelength
B. Resistive D. Three-eights of a wavelength
C. Non resonant line 390. The characteristic impedance of a transmission line does not depend upon its
D. Any of these A. Length
383. It is a vector quantity that represents the ratio of reflected voltage to incident B. Conductor diameter
voltage or the reflected current and the incident current C. Conductor spacing
A. Reflection coefficient D. None of these
B. Reactive load diagram 391. ______ are used to match transmission lines to purely resistive loads whose
C. Standing wave ratio resistance is not equal to the characteristic impedance of the line.
D. Traveling waves A. Stub
384. With a mismatched line, two electromagnetic waves traveling in opposite B. Slotted lines
direction, present on the line on the same time. C. Quarter-wavelength transformer
A. Standing wave ratio D. Short circuited lines
B. Reflection coefficient 392. To match a transmission line with a reactive load _______.
C. Standing waves A. Use stub matching
D. Traveling waves B. Use a slotted line
385. The two traveling waves sets up an interference pattern called _______. C. Used a Q-section
A. Standing wave ratio D. Use an open circuited lines
B. Reflection coefficient 393. A technique that can be used to locate an impairment in metallic cable.
C. Standing waves A. TDR
D. Traveling waves B. Wattmeter
386. It is defined as the ratio of the maximum voltage to the minimum voltage or the C. Voltmeter
maximum current to the minimum current of a standing wave in a transmission line. D. SWR meter
A. Standing wave ratio 394. A pulse is transmitted down a cable that has a velocity of propagation of 0.8c.
B. Normalized impedance The reflected signal is received 1us later. How far down the cable is the impairment?
C. Reflection coefficient A. 240 m
D. Any of these B. 15 m
387. For a transmission line with an incident voltage of 5V and a reflected voltage of C. 60 m
3V, determine the reflection coefficient. D. 120 m
A. 0.4
395. Using TDR, a transmission line impairment is located 3000m from the source.
For a velocity propagation of 0.9 c, determine the time elapsed from the beginning of
the pulse to the reception of the echo
A. 11.11 us
B. 10.12 us
C. 22.22 us
D. 21.14 us
396. A flat conductor separated from a ground plane by an insulating dielectric
material.
A. Stripline
B. Waveguide
C. Microstrip
D. Coaxial cable
397. A flat conductor sandwich between two ground planes.
A. Stripline
B. Waveguide Answer keys:
C. Microstrip
D. Coaxial cable 351. Quad shielding
398. Indicate the false statement. The SWR on a transmission line is infinity; the line is 352. Rigid air coaxial cable
terminated in
A. A short circuit 353. Capacitor
B. A complex impedance 354. Solid flexible coaxial cable
C. An open circuit 355. 1.46
D. A pure reactance
356. Surge impedance
399. The most commonly used transmission line is a
A. Two-wire balance line 357. 300 ohms
B. Singe wire 358. 72 ohms
C. Three-wire line 359. 75 ohms
D. Coax
360. Any of these
400. A short-circuited half-wavelength line acts like a
A. Parallel resonant circuit 361. Equal
B. Series resonant circuit 362. Velocity factor
C. Oscillator 363. Dielectric constant
D. LC circuit
364. 2.07 x 10^8 m/s
.
365. 0.66
366. Inductor
367. Inductance and capacitance
368. 0.67 sec
369. 328 MHz
370. Conductor loss
371. Zo = ZL
372. Resistance ratio
373. Dielectric heating
374. Capacitor
375. Radiation loss
376. 1.5
377. Coupling loss
378. 120 ohms
379. Corona
380. Incident voltage
381. Reflected voltage
382. Any of these
401. A (75 - j50)-ohm is connected to a coaxial transmission line of Zo = 75 ohms, at
383. Reflection coefficient 10 GHz. The best method of matching consists of connecting
384. Traveling waves A. A short-circuited stub at the load
B. An inductive at the load
385. Standing waves
C. A capacitance at some specific distance from the load
386. Standing wave ratio
D. A short-circuited stub at some specific distance from the load
387. 0.6 402. The velocity factor of a transmission line
388. Reflection coefficient A. Depends on the dielectric constant of the material used
B. Increases in velocity along the transmission line
389. Quarter wavelength
C. Is governed by the skin effect
390. Length D. Is higher for a solid dielectric than for air.
391. Quarter-wavelength transformer 403. Impedance inversion may be obtained with
392. Use stub matching A. A short-circuited stub
B. An open-circuited stub
393. TDR
C. A quarter-wave line
394. 120 m D. A half-wave line
395. 22.22 us 404. The most desirable reflection coefficient is
396. Microstrip A. 0
B. 0.5
397. Stripline
C. 1
398. A complex impedance D. Infinity
399. Coax 405. Short circuited stubs are preferred to open-circuited stub because the latter are
A. More difficult to make and connect
400. Series resonant circuit
B. Made of a transmission line with different characteristic impedance
C. Liable to radiate
D. Incapable of giving a full range of reactance
406. For transmission-line load matching over a range of frequencies, it is best to use 414. A transmission line containing of two conductors that have equal resistance per
a unit length
A. Balun A. Unbalanced line
B. Broadband directional coupler B. Open-wire line
C. Double stub C. Balanced line
D. Single stub of adjustable position D. Coaxial cable
407. The main disadvantage of the two-hole directional coupler is
A. Low directional coupling
B. Poor directivity
C. High SWR 415. Which of the following determines the characteristics of a transmission line?
D. Narrow bandwidth A. Inductance
408. To couple a coaxial line to a parallel-wire line, it is best to use a B. Capacitance
A. Slotted line C. Physical dimension
B. Balun D. Length
C. Directional coupler 416. Category of UTP that was designed for data transmission rates up to 20 Mbps
D. Quarter-wave transformer A. Category 5e
409. A short-circuited quarter-wavelength line acts like a B. Category 4
A. Parallel resonant circuit C. Category 5
B. Series resonant circuit D. Category 3
C. Oscillator 417. Level 2 or category 2 UTP cables comply with IBMs _______ specification.
D. LC circuit A. Type 1
410. If the length of a short-circuited stub is less than a quarter-wavelength but greater B. Type 3
than 0, the stub behaves as C. Type 2
A. Inductor D. Type 4
B. Capacitor 418. Level 3 or Category 3 UTP cables should have at least ____ twist per inch.
C. Resistor A. 1
D. Complex B. 2
411. The depth of penetration of current density resulting from skin effect C. 3
A. Skin depth D. 4
B. Wire depth 419. Which of the following is NOT a color code for Category 5 UTP?
C. Line depth A. Blue/white stripe and blue
D. Medium depth B. Orange/white stripe and orange
412. Transmission line must be matched to the load to C. Red/white stripe and red
A. Transfer maximum voltage to the load D. Brown/white stripe and brown
B. Transfer maximum current to the load 420. Shielded-screen twisted-pair cable or SSTP is also known as ________.
C. Reduce the load current A. Cat 5e
D. Transfer maximum power to the load B. Cat 7
413. Referred to the dielectric constant of a transmission line material C. Cat 6
A. Inductance and capacitance D. Cat 8
B. Velocity factor 421. An open-circuited transmission line quarter wavelength long is equivalent to
C. Characteristic impedance A. Parallel resonant circuit
D. Propagation velocity B. Series resonant circuit
 C. Inductive D. Infinite impedance
D. Capacitive 429. If a load and a line have mismatched impedances, power not absorbed by the
422. A short-circuited transmission line more than quarter-wavelength long but shorter load will be _____.
than half wavelength is equivalent to _______. A. Absorbed
A. Series resonant circuit B. Rejected
B. Inductive C. Reflected
C. Capacitive D. Removed
D. Parallel resonant circuit 430. Two wire line is usually operated in the:
423. A short-circuited transmission line less than quarter-wavelength long. a. Balanced mode
A. Inductive b. Unbalanced mode
B. Capacitive c. High frequency
C. Parallel resonant circuit d. None of these
D. Series resonant circuit 431. When the load impedance doesnt not match the line impedance, part of the
424. The quarter-wavelength transformer line acts as a transformer with a 1:1 turns energy in the incident wave is ________ at the load.
ratio when the load resistance is with what relationship with the characteristic a. Forwarded
impedance of the quarter-wavelength transformer? b. Reflected
A. Equal c. Same
B. Less than d. None of these
C. Greater than 432. In practice, the transmission lines are almost connected to antennas that have a
D. None of these _____.
425. The characteristic impedance of a microstrip is equal to _____ ohms. a. Resistive load whose resistance is greater than the characteristic
A. 50 to 200 impedance of the line
B. 25 to 50 b. Resistive load whose resistance is less than the characteristic impedance
C. 100 to 200 of the line
c. Resistive load at the resonant frequency
D. 50 to 75
426. The quarter-wavelength transformer line acts as a step down transformer when d. Capacitive load
the load resistance is with what relationship with the characteristic impedance of the 433. When the transmission line is matched to the load, it
quarter-wavelength transformer? a. Transfers maximum current to the load
A. Equal b. Transfers maximum voltage to the load
B. Less than c. Transfers maximum power to the load
C. Greater than d. Reduces the load current
D. None of these 434. Conventional transmission media include
427. The typical value of the velocity factor of an open-wire transmission line is a. Twisted cable pair
A. 0.8 b. Waveguide
B. 0.7 c. Fiber optic cable
C. 0.6 d. All of these
D. 0.9 435. To couple a coaxial line to a parallel wire line, it is best to use a _____
428. If a transmission line is not terminated in its characteristic impedance, _______ a. Slotted line
will develop along the line. b. Directional coupler
A. Traveling waves c. Balun
B. Standing waves d. All of these
C. Surge impedance 436. Impedance inversion may be obtained with
 a. An open circuited stub b. The reflected power
b. A short circuited stub c. The power dissipation
c. A quarterwave line d. The carrier power
d. A half-wave line 444. What is the velocity factor for non-foam dielectric 50 or 75 ohm flexile coaxial
437. To be properly matched, the ratio of maximum to minimum voltage along a cable such as RG 8, 11, 58 and 59?
transmission line should be equal to a. 270
a. 50 b. 0.10
b. 10 c. 0.66
c. 2 d. 0.30
d. 1 445. The measure of the superiority of a material over a vacuum as a path for
438. When ZL Zo, the power sent down the line toward the load is called the magnetic lines of force is
a. The incident power a. Permittivity
b. The reflected power b. Permeability
c. The power dissipation c. Conductivity
d. The carrier power d. Resistivity
439. For transmission line load matching over a range of frequencies, it is best to use 446. The number of standing waves on the wire is equal to the length of the wire
a divided by a half wavelength. The principle which allows antennas to operate at
a. Balun different frequencies which are integral multiples of the fundamental frequency is
called_______.
b. Broadband directional coupler
a. Harmonic operation
c. Double stub
b. Decimonic operation
d. Single adjustable stub
c. Electromagnetic reverberation
440. A short section of a transmission line, open or shorted that is used to match the
impedance of the line to that of an antenna or transmitter. d. Asynchronous operation
a. Slotted line 447. A coax line has an attenuation of 2.4 dB per 100 ft. the attenuation for 2.75 ft. is
_____ dB.
b. Stub
a. 2.4
c. Wavetrap
b. 4.8
d. Lecher wire
c. 3.3
441. The property of a material that determines how much electrostatic energy can be
stored per unit volume when voltage is applied d. 6.6
a. Permeability 448. When a quarter wave stub is used to match a 600 ohm antenna to a line of 52
ohms, the impedance of the matching stub must be ____ ohms.
b. Magnetic effect
a. 176
c. Capacitance
b. 200
d. Permittivity
c. 150
442. The value of the total opposition of the transmission media to the flow of
electromagnetic field energy is called d. 300
a. Characteristic impedance 449. The characteristic impedance of a transmission line is determined by
a. Its length
b. Velocity factor
b. Its height above ground
c. Standing waves
c. Its physical construction
d. Reflected waves
443. When mismatch is great, this power actually cause damage to the transmitter or d. The operating frequency
the line itself. 450. When the diameter of two conductors of a two-wire transmission line is held
a. The incident power constant, the effect of decreasing the distance between the conductors is to
a. Decrease the impedance
 b. Increase the surge impedance 408. Balun
c. Increase the radiation resistance 409. Parallel resonant circuit
d. Decrease SWR
410. Inductor
411. Skin depth
412. Transfer maximum power to the load
413. Inductance and capacitance
414. Balanced line
415. Physical dimension
416. Category 4
417. Type 3
418. 3
419. Red/white stripe and red
420. Cat 7
421. Series resonant circuit
422. Capacitive
423. Inductive
424. Equal
425. 50 to 200
426. Greater than
427. 0.8
428. Standing waves
429. Reflected
430. Balanced mode
431. Reflected
432. Resistive load whose resistance is less than the characteristic impedance of the
line
433. Transfers maximum power to the load
401. A short-circuited stub at some specific distance from the load
434. All of these
402. Depends on the dielectric constant of the material used
435. Balun
403. A quarter-wave line
436. A quarterwave line
404. 0
437. 1
405. Liable to radiate
438. The incident power
406. Double stub
439. Double stub
407. Narrow bandwidth
440. Stub b. 4:1
441. Permittivity c. 1:2
d. 2:1
442. Characteristic impedance
453. Transmission lines are either balanced or unbalanced with respect to
443. The reflected power a. Negative terminal
444. 0.66 b. Input
445. Permeability c. Ground
d. Positive terminal
446. Harmonic operation
454. The load is properly matched with the transmission line if the standing wave ratio
447. 6.6 is equal to
448. 176 a. 50
b. 10
449. Its length
c. 5
450. Decrease the impedance d. 1
455. The radiation resistance of a quarterwave antenna is
a. 49 ohms
b. 288 ohms
c. 72 ohms
d. 144 ohms
456. A radio transmission line of 500 ohms impedance is to be connected to an
antenna having an impedance of 200 ohms. What is the impedance of a quarter wave
matching line?
a. 300
b. 316
c. 316.5
d. 361
457. The VSWR for a line terminated in its Zo is
a. 0
b. 1
c. 1.5
d. Infinity
458. Which of the following is used to measure SWR?
a. Multimeter
b. Reflectometer
451. Considering a coaxial transmission line, maximum voltage on the line divided by
the minimum voltage equals the c. Spectrum analyzer
a. Characteristic impedance d. Oscilloscope
b. ISWR 459. A 75 j50 ohm load is connected to a coaxial transmission line of Zo = 75 ohms
at 10 GHz. The best method of matching consists in connecting
c. VSWR
a. A short circuited stub at the load
d. Inductive reactance
b. A capacitance at some specific distance from the load
452. In a transmission line, if the SWR or maximum current to a minimum current ratio
of 2:1, the ratio of the maximum voltage to the minimum voltage is c. An inductance at the load
a. 1:4 d. A short-circuited stub at some specific distance from the load
460. For a two-wire line, Zo is higher when c. Loss
a. The wire size is small with respect to the spacing of the conductors d. Standing waves
b. The spacing is varied in accordance with the frequency 468. Transmission lines when connected to antenna have
c. The D:d ratio is smaller a. Capacitive load
d. The wire is large with respect to the spacing of the conductors b. Resistive load whose resistance is less than characteristic impedance
461. A resultant wave due to the combination of incident and reflected wave c. Resistive load at the resonant frequency
a. Electromagnetic wave d. Resistive load whose resistance is greater than the characteristic
b. Sine wave impedance of the line
c. Standing wave 469. At matched condition, SWR is equal to
d. Current a. Zero
462. For transmission line load matching over a range of frequencies, it is best to use b. One
a c. 100
a. Balun d. Infinite
b. Broadband directional coupler 470. An HF transmission line has a characteristic impedance of 600 ohms and is
c. Double stub terminated by an antenna. The SWR along the line when the antenna impedance is
d. Single stub 500 ohms is
463. If the load impedance matches the characteristic impedance of the line, there are a. 1.2:1
_____ standing waves. b. 1:2.1
a. More c. 2:1
b. Less d. 1:2
c. No 471. A characteristic of an infinite transmission line is that
d. Ten(10) a. The impedance in equals impedance out
464. VSWR stands for b. It carries waves at the velocity of light
a. Voltage sending wave ratio c. It can be connected to mismatched loads
b. Voltage receiving wave ratio d. The impedance varies with the length of the line
c. Very small wave radiation 472. A quarter wave transmission line shorted at the end:
d. Voltage standing wave ratio a. Has the characteristics of parallel tuned circuit
465. Reflections on a transmission line can occur when b. Has the characteristics of a series tuned circuit
a. Impedance of the source and load are matched c. Has a minimum current at the end
b. Impedance of the source and the load are mismatched d. Reflects a low impedance to the supply
c. Resonance conditions are obtained 473. The outer conductor of a coaxial transmission line is usually grounded at the:
d. Power transfer between source and load is maximum a. Input and output
466. A transmission line with characteristic impedance (Zo) of 300 ohms is terminated b. Output only
in a resistance load (RI). If by measurement, the minimum and maximum voltage c. Input only
through the load are 12 and 20 micro volts, respectively, what is the SWR? d. Point of infinite resistance
a. 1.67 474. A certain feedline has a high SWR. It can be caused by:
b. 0.6 a. An impedance mismatched
c. 6.7 b. Use of non-resonant line
d. 3.67 c. Matching the load to the line
467. A measure of the mismatched between line and load impedance is called as d. Excessive transmitter output
a. Reflection coefficient 475. If the input impedance of an antenna is 300 ohms and it is fed with a 600 ohm
b. Standing wave ratio balanced transmission line, the SWR on the line is
 a. 4 c. Three-wire line
b. 3 d. Coax
c. 2 483. The characteristic impedance of a transmission line does not depend upon its
d. 0.5 a. Length
476. A radio transmission line of 300 ohms impedance to be connected to an antenna b. Conductor diameter
having an input impedance of 150 ohms. The impedance if a quarter wave matching c. Conductor spacing
line is ___ ohms d. Thickness of armor
a. 212 484. What is the impedance of a balance 4-wire with a diameter of 0.25cm and
b. 450 spaced 2.5 cm apart using an insulator with a dielectric constant of 2.56?
c. 600 a. 100 ohms
d. 150 b. 65 ohms
477. The ratio of the reflected voltage to the incident voltage on the transmission line c. 75 ohms
is termed as d. 50 ohms
a. Reflection coefficient 485. It is required to match a 73-ohm antenna to a 600 ohm polyethylene coaxial
b. Standing wave ratio feeder line, with a velocity factor of 0.66 by means of a quarter wave matching a
c. Loss transformer. At a frequency of 150 MHz, the impedance of the matching section
d. Standing waves is____ ohms.
478. Indicate the three types of transmission line energy losses a. 209.28
a. Radiation, I2R and dielectric Heating b. 310.5
b. Conductor heating, dielectric heating and radiation resistance c. 150.28
c. I2R, RL and temperature d. 450.82
d. Dielectric separation insulation breakdown and radiation 486. If the terminating impedance is exactly equal to the characteristic impedance of
the transmission line, the return loss is____
479. Termination means
a. Zero
a. Load connected to the output end of a transmission line
b. Infinity
b. Result of disconnecting a line from a transmitter
c. One
c. Looking back impedance of a line with no load
d. Negative
d. Result of cutting both ends of a conductor
487. The characteristic impedance of a transmission line is the impedance measured
480. When transmission line uses ground return, it is called a/n _____ line.
at the ____ when its length is infinite.
a. Ungrounded
a. Shorted end of the line
b. Unbalanced
b. Midsection
c. Grounded
c. Input
d. Balanced
d. Output
481. Permeability is the measure of superiority of a material over a vacuum as a path
488. The characteristic impedance of a transmission line is 70 ohms and has a load of
of magnetic lines of force. The permeability of free space is equal to _____
35 ohms. The SWR and reflection coefficient are _____ and _____ respectively
henry/meter
a. 2 and 0.333
a. 1.257 x 10-6
b. 1 and 0.666
b. 1.527 x 10-6
c. 2 and 0.666
c. 7.251 x 10-6
d. 1 and 0.333
d. 5.217x10-6
489. It is required to match a 200 ohm load to a 300 ohm transmission line to reduce
482. The most commonly used transmission line is a
the SWR and attain resonance. A quarter wave transformer used, directly connected
a. Two-wire balanced line to the load has a Zo of ____ ohms.
b. Single line a. 245
 b. 425 497. The minimum voltage along a transmission line is 260 volts, while the maximum
c. 524 is 390 volts. The SWR is
d. 254 a. 0.67
490. What quarter wave transformer will match a 100 ohm-line to an antenna whose b. 1.0
value is 175 ohms? c. 1.2
a. 150 ohms d. 1.5
b. 137.5 ohms 498. A single conductor running from the transmitter to the antenna
c. 132.29 ohms a. RG-8/U
d. 16.58 ohms b. Single line wire
491. The mismatch between antenna and transmission line impedance cannot be c. Twin-lead
corrected by d. Microstrip
a. Using an LC network 499. What characteristic impedance is needed to match a 50-ohm line to a 300 ohm-
b. Adjusting antenna length load?
c. Using a balun a. 221 ohms
d. Adjusting the length of the transmission line b. 122 ohms
492. A pattern of voltage and current variation along a transmission line not terminated c. 212 ohms
in its characteristic impedance is called d. 112 ohms
a. An electric field 500. Indicate the false statement. The SWR on a transmission line is infinity; the line is
b. Radio waves terminated in
c. Standing waves a. Short circuit
d. Magnetic field b. A complex impedance
493. The most desirable value of SWR on a transmission line is c. An open circuit
a. 0 d. A pure reactance
b. 1
c. 2
d. Infinity
494. In transmission lines, the most desirable reflection coefficient is
a. Zero
b. 0.5
c. 1
d. Infinity
495. At very high frequencies, transmission lines are used as _____.
a. Tuned circuits
b. Antennas
c. Insulators
d. Resistors
496. What is the reflection coefficient of a 100 ohm characteristic impedance line and
a 300 ohm load?
a. 0.25
b. 0.3
c. 0.5
d. 0.75
 472. Has the characteristics of parallel tuned circuit
473. Input and output
474. An impedance mismatched
475. 2
476. 212
477. Reflection coefficient
478. Radiation, I2R and dielectric Heating
479. Load connected to the output end of a transmission line
451. VSWR 480. Unbalanced
452. 2:1 481. 1.257 x 10-6
453. Ground 482. Two-wire balanced line
454. 1 483. Thickness of armor
455. 72 ohms 484. 100 ohms
456. 316 485. 209.28
457. 1 486. Zero
458. Reflectometer 487. Input
459. A short-circuited stub at some specific distance from the load 488. 2 and 0.333
460. The wire size is small with respect to the spacing of the conductors 489. 245
461. Standing wave 490. 132.29 ohms
462. Double stub 491. Using an LC network
463. No 492. Standing waves
464. Voltage standing wave ratio 493. 1
465. Impedance of the source and the load are mismatched 494. Zero
466. 1.67 495. Tuned circuits
467. Standing wave ratio 496. 0.5
468. Resistive load at the resonant frequency 497. 1.5
469. One 498. Single line wire
470. 1.2:1 499. 122 ohms
471. The impedance in equals impedance out 500. A complex impedance