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Critical Thinking Exam
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1. Is the set of arcs on the surface of a

sphere corresponding to the
projections of the edges of a
polyhedron.
A. Spherical wedge
B. Spherical Cap
C. Spherical Polygon
D. Spherical Polyhedron

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2. A _____ is the intersection of the

surface with a plane orthogonal to
the axis of revolution.
A. point of contact of a surface of
revolution
B. coparallel of a surface of revolution
C. parallel of a surface of revolution
D. perpendicular of a surface of
revolution

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3. _____ are functions which can be

expressed using arithmetic
operations and whose values are
either rational or a root of a rational
number.
A. Transcendental functions
B. Algebraic functions
C. Irrational functions
D. Logarithmic functions

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4. Which is not included in the 4

Triangle Congruence Postulates?
A. SSS Postulate
B. SAS Postulate
C. ASA Postulate
D. AAA Postulate

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5. Of what quadrant is A if sec A is

positive and csc A is negative?
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. IV

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6. A filter capacitor in a power supply

attempts to keep the output voltage
constant by
A. a capacitor charge and discharge
action
B. storing energy in a magnetic field
C. DC coupling action
D. none of the above

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7. An RF choke is used to
A. mix RF with audio frequencies
B. provide feedback in an oscillator
C. prevent RF from entering a power
supply
D. help determine the frequency of an
oscillator

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8. How do you call the semiconductor

made by sintering mixtures of
metallic oxides of manganese,
nickel, cobalt, copper, uranium, etc?
A. varistor
B. thermocouple
C. thermistor
D. thyristor

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9. The phase angle in an ac cycle

during which an SCR is ON is called
A. firing delay angle
B. conduction angle
C. avalanche angle
D. trigger angle

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10. What is the space between any

two orbital shells called?
A. neutron
B. valence
C. energy gap
D. repulsion level

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11. If the number of turns in an

electromagnet is doubled, the mmf
will be
A. two times the original value
B. four times the original value
C. one half of the original value
D. one fourth the original value

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12. The better advantage of a JFET

amplifier over its BJT counterpart is
its
A. impedance matching ability
B. voltage gain
C. current gain
D. low noise characteristics

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13. What happens to the D-MOSFET

channel with a negative VGS?
A. it is depleted of free electrons
B. only minority carriers are freed
C. it is widened
D. resistance is reduced

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14. Which of the following statements

describes the output signal if the input
signals are in phase with each other?
A. A sine wave in phase with the input
signals
B. A sine wave 180 degrees out of phase
with the input signals
C. A sine wave 90 degrees out of phase
with the input signals
D. Not a sine wave

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15. In addition to rectifying properties, selenium

has the property of being light sensitive. How is
selenium's resistance affected by light?
A. It decreases with an increase in light intensity
B. It increases with an increase in light intensity
C. It remains constant with variation in light
intensity
D. It increases regardless of the variation in light
intensity

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16. What is the guardband between

supergroup 1 and supergroup 2?
A. 12 kHz
B. 10 kHz
C. 8 kHz
D. 6 kHz

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17. What determines which network

configuration is most appropriate?
A. application layer
B. presentation layer
C. network layer
D. data link layer

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18. What is the most significant

advantage of modular switch than
time-and-space switch?
A. Flexible size
B. Simplified control
C. Simplified manufacturing, testing
and maintenance
D. The latter is more advantageous
than the former

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19. In ________ modulation the carrier

is a periodic train of pulses.
A. amplitude
B. analog
C. digital
D. pulse

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20. Which of the following is not a

hybrid data?
A. data in voice
B. data under voice
C. data above voice
D. data in video

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21. What is the reason why companding is

employed in PCM system?
A. to solve quantizing noise problem
B. to allow amplitude limits in the receivers
C. to protect small signals in PCM from
quantizing distortion
D. to overcome impulse noise in PCM
receivers

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22. It is non-resonant antenna several

wavelengths long, but not cut to any
particular wavelength.
A. Quagi
B. Marconi antenna
C. Long-Wire Antenna
D. Hertz antenna

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23. A type of dielectric lens shape

used to reduce excess weight and
attenuation is called _____.
A. Graded Lens
B. Zoned Lens
C. Cut Lens
D. Curved Lens

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24. The major mode of propagation for

antenna that is line of sight starts at
about what frequency?
A. 3 MHz
B. 30 MHz
C. 15 MHz
D. 1 GHz

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25. Radiation characteristics of a

dipole
A. Figure of eight
B. Omnidirectional
C. Bidirectional
D. Unidirectional

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26. When waves bend away from

straight lines of travel, it is called
______.
A. refraction
B. reflection
C. rarefraction
D. diffraction

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27. What are the two interrelated

fields considered to make up an
electromagnetic wave?
A. an electric field and a current field
B. an electric field and voltage field
C. an electric field and a magnetic
field
D. a voltage and current fields

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28. It is a control area or portion

thereof established in the form of a
corridor, the centerline of which is
defined by radio navigation aids.
A. airway
B. taxiway
C. airspace
D. attitude

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29. Notation of a geosynchronous

satellite means it
A. drift from stationary position
B. three-axis stabilization
C. wobbling
D. three-dimensional stabilization

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30. Lacking in long range atomic

order.
A. Crystalline
B. Morpheous
C. Amorphous
D. Polymorphism

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31. Metals with grain size smaller than

100 nm.
A. Microcrystalline metals
B. Minicrystalline metals
C. Nanocyrstalline metals
D. All

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32. A lens that converges parallel light

rays (assuming the outside
refractive index to be smaller)
A. Convex lens
B. Concave lens
C. Diopter lens
D. none

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33. The unit of work; the product of a

force of one Newton acting through
a distance on one meter.
A. erg
B. calorie
C. btu
D. joule

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34. It states that the illuminance on a

surface illuminated by light falling on it
perpendicularly from a point source is
proportional to the inverse square of the
distance between the surface and the
source.
A. Lambert's first law
B. Lambert's second law
C. Lambert's third law
D. none

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35. States that at a constant temperature,

the amount of a given gas dissolved in a
given type and volume of liquid is directly
proportional to the partial pressure of
that gas in equilibrium with that liquid.
A. Fouriers law
B. Grahams law
C. Biot-Savart law
D. Henrys law

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36. It is the study of matter and the

changes it undergoes
A. Physics
B. Thermodynamics
C. Chemistry
D. Mechanics

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37. A nuclide that is the product of the

radioactive decay of a given nuclide.
A. daughter nuclide
B. son nuclide
C. equivalent nuclide
D. resulting nuclide

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38. A chemical change produced by

the action of an enzyme.
A. fermentation
B. fission
C. saponification
D. hybridization

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39. An empirical equation that

describes the rate of a reaction as a
function of temperature and an
activation energy barrier.
A. Bronsted Equation
B. Arrhenius rate Equation
C. Gibbs Equation
D. Bronsted-Lowry Equation

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40. A substance composed of

antiparticles
A. Antiparticle
B. Antimatter
C. Antiobject
D. None

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