Critical Thinking Exam K

1. C(n, 3) = P(n, 2). What is n?

a. 8

b. 9

c. 10

d. 11

Ans. a. 8

2. What is the angle between vectoes u = (-2 , 5) and v = (3, 2)?

a. 168.1

b. 7.81

c. 78.1

d. 75.1

Ans. c. 78.1

3. What is the probability of getting a sum of 6 or sum of 9 in a single throw of 2 dice?

a. 5/324

b. 5/9

c. 15/36

d. 1/4

Ans. d. 1/4

4. Find the coefficient of x^32 in the expression (x^4 - 1/x^3)^15.

a. 1365

b. 1536
c. 1635

d. 1356

Ans. a. 1365

5. Given f = 1 MHz and f2 = 10 Hz, f/f2 represents how many decades?

a. 2

b. 3

c. 4

d. 5

Ans. d. 5

6. Determine the CMRR given Av(d) = 3500 and Acm = 0.35.

a. 1225

b. 10 000

c. 80 dB

d. Both b and c

Ans. d. Both b and c

7. Determine the ripple factor of a 100mV peak to peak wave with 20V dc.

a. 0.005

b. 0.05

c. 0.2

d. 0.00005

Ans. a. 0.005
8. A piston cylinder device initially contain a volume of 0.8 m^3 with a pressure of 110 kPa at 80C. The
air is compressed to 0.2 m^3. If the temperature is constant, determine the work done during the
process.

a. - 211 kJ

b. - 122 kJ

c. - 212 kJ

d. - 112 kJ

Ans. b. - 122 kJ

9. How much heat is necessary to raise the temperature of a 0.80 kg mass at 15C to 78.3C? (c = 0.6
cal/g C)

a. 10 kcal

b. 20 kcal

c. 30 kcal

d. 40 kcal

Ans. c. 30 kcal

10. How much pressure is needed to convert 225mL at 1 atm to 100mL?

a. 2.25 atm

b. 0.44 atm

c. 22.5 atm

d. 101.325 kPa

Ans. a. 2.25 atm

11. How much energy do you need to change a ball with an initial velocity of V to a velocity with 2V?

a. Q

b. 2Q
c. 3Q

d. 4Q

Ans. c. 3Q

12. What is the minimun number of bits given a signal to noise ratio of 40 dB?

a. 6

b. 7

c. 8

d. 9

Ans. b. 7

13. In a BFSK, what is the deviation given a mark frequency of 49 kHz, a space frequency if 51 kHz and a
bit rate of 2 kbps?

a. 500 Hz

b. 1 kHz

c. 2 kHz

d. 4 kHz

Ans. b. 1 kHz

14. A line of sight radio link operates at a frequency of 6 GHz has a separation of 40 km between its
antenna. An obstacle in the path is located 10 km from the transmitting antenna. How much must the
beam clear the obstacle?

a. 19.3 m

b. 11.6 m

c. 23.1 m

d. 22.3 m

Ans. b. 11.6 m