1.

In a radio receiver with simple AGC

Ans. An increase in signal strength produces
more AGC

2. In a broadcast superheterodyne receiver, the
______
Ans. Mixer input must ber tuned to the signal
frequency

3. To prevent overloading of the last IF
amplifier in a receiver, one should use ___
Ans. Variable sensitivity

4. A superheterodyne receiver with an IF of
450 kHz is tuned to a signal at 120kHz. The
image frequency is
Ans. 2100 kHz

5. In a ratio detector
Ans. The linearity is worse than in a phase
discriminator

6. The typical squelch circuit is cuts off
Ans. An audio amplifier when the carrier is
absent

7. The controlled oscillator synthesizer is
sometimes preferred over the direct oe
because
Ans. It is relatively free of spurious
frequencies

8. The fequency generated by each decade in
a direct frequeny synthesizer is much higher
than the frequency shown; this is done to
Ans. Reduce the spurious frequency
problem

9. Indicate which of the following could not
demodulate SSB
Ans. Phase discriminator

10. If an FET is used as the forst AF amplifier in
a transistor receiver, this will have have the
effect of
Ans. Reducing the effect of negative-peak
clipping

11. The image frequency of a superheterodyne
receiver
Ans. Is not rejected by the IF tuned circuits

12. One of the main functions of the RF amplifier
in a superheterodyne receiver is to
Ans. Improve the rejection of the image
frequency

13. A receiver has poor IF selectivity. It will
therefore also have poor
Ans. Blocking

14. Three-point tracking is achived with
Ans. Padder capacitor

15. A low ratio of the ac to the dc load
impedance of a diode detector results in
Ans. Negative-peak clipping

16. One of the following cannot be used to
demodulate SSB:
Ans. Bipolar transistor balanced modulator

17. A ship-to-ship communocation system is
plagued by fading. The best solution seems
to be use of
Ans. Frequency diversity

18. A range of microwave frequiencies more
easily passed by the atmosphere than are
the others is called a
Ans. Window

19. Frequencies in the UHF range normally
propagate by means of
Ans. Space waves

20. Tropospheric scatter is used with
frequencies in the following range
Ans. UHF

21. The ground wave eventually disapperas, as
one moves away from the transmitter,
because of
Ans. Tilting

22. In electromagnetic waves, polarization
Ans. Is due to transverse nature of the
waves

23. As electromagnetic waves travel in free
space, only one of the following can happen
to them:
Ans. Attenuation

24. The absorption of radio waves the
atmosphere depends on
Ans. Their frequency

25. Electromagnetic waves are by they
Ans. Pass into a medium of different
dielectric constant

26. Diffraction of electromagnetic waves
Ans. May occur around the edge of sharp
obstacle

27. When microwave signals follow the
curvature of the earth, this is known as
Ans. Ducting

28. Helical antennas are often used for satellite
tracking at VHF because of
Ans. Faraday Effect

29. An ungrounded antenna near the ground
Ans. Acts as an antenna array

30. One of the following consists of nonresonant
antennas
Ans.the rhombic antenna

31. One of the following is very useful as a
multiband HF receiving antenna. This is the
Ans. Log-periodic

32. Which of the following antennas is best
excited from a waveguide?
Ans. Horn

33. Indicate which of the following reasons for
using a counterpoise with antennas is false:
Ans. Protection of personnel working
underneath

34. One of the following is not a reason for the
use of an antenna coupler.
Ans. To prevent radiation of the local
oscillator

35. Indicate the antenna that is not wideband
Ans. Marconi

36. Antenna that is circularly polarized is the
Ans. Helical
37. Top loading is sometimes used with an
antenna in order increase its
Ans. Effective height

38. A helical antenna is used is for satellite
tracking because of its
Ans. Circular polarization

39. The wavelength of a wave in a waveguide
Ans. Greater than in free space

40. Cylindrical cavity resonators are not used
with klystrons because they have
Ans. Harmonically related resonant
frequencies
41. A directional coupler with three or more
holes is sometimes used in preference to the
two-hole coupler
Ans. To increase the bandwidth of the
system

42. A ferrite is
Ans. A nonconductor with magnetic
properties

43. The maximum power that may be handled
by ferrite component is limited by the
Ans. Curie temperature

44. A PIN diode is
Ans. Suitable for use as a microwave switch

45. A duplexer is used
Ans. To allow the one antenna to be used for
reception or transmission without mutual
interference

46. For some applications, circular waveguides
may be preferred to rectangular ones
because of
Ans. Lower attenuation

47. In order to reduce cross-sectional
dimensions, the waveguide to use is
Ans. Ridged

48. A parametric amplifier must be cooled
Ans. To improve the noise performance

49. A ruby maser amplifier must be cooled
Ans. Because it cannot operate at room
temperature

50. A disadvantage of microstrip compared with
stripline is that microstrip
Ans. Is more likely to radiate

51. The transmission system using two ground
planes is
Ans. Stripline

52. Surface acoustic waves propagate in
Ans. Quartz crystal

53. SAW devices may be used as
Ans. Filters

54. For best low-level noise performance in the
X-band, an amplifier should use
Ans. A step-recovery diode

55. The biggest advantage i the TRAPATT didoe
over the IMPATT diode is its
Ans. Higher effieciency

56. Indicate which of the following diodes will
produce the highest pulsed power output:
Ans. RIMPATT

57. Indicate which of the following diodes does
not use negative resistance in its operation
Ans. Backward

58. One of the following is not used as a
mircowave mixer or detector
Ans. PIN diode

59. One of the following microwave diodes is
suitable for very low-power oscillators only:
Ans. Tunnel

60. The transferred-electon bulk effect occurs in
Ans. Gallium arsenide

61. The gain-bandwidth frequency of a
microwave transistor, fT is the frequency at
which the
Ans. Beta of the transistor falls to unity

62. For a microwave transistor to operate at the
highest frequencies, the (indicate the false
answer)
Ans. Emitter area must be large

63. If high-order frequency multiplication is
required from a diode multiplier,
Ans. A step-recovery diode must be used

64. A parametric amplifier has an input and
output frquency of 2.25 GHz, and is pumped
at 4.5 GHz. It is a
Ans. Degenerate amplifier

65. Traveling-wave parametric amplifiers are
used to
Ans. Provide greater bandwidth

66. A parametric amplifier sometimes uses a
circulator to
Ans. Pervent noise feedback

67. The nondegenerate one-port parametric
amplifier should gave a high ratio of pump to
signal frequency because this
Ans. Yields a low noise figure

68. The tunnel diode
Ans. Uses a high doping level to provide a
narrow junction

69. A tunnel didode loosely coupled to its cavity
in order to
Ans. Increase the frequency stability

70. He negative resistance in a tunnel diode
Ans. Is available between the peak and
valley points

71. The biggest advantage of gallium antimonide
over germanium for tunnel-diode use is that
the former has a
Ans. Larger voltage swing

72. Negative resistance is obtained ith a Gunn
doode because of
Ans. Electron transfer o a less mobile energy
level

73. For Gunn diodes, gallium arsenide is
preferred to silicon because the former
Ans. Has a suitable empty energy band,
which silicon does not have

74. The biggest disadvantage of the IMPATT
diode is its
Ans. High noise

75. The magnetic field is used with a ruy maser
to
Ans. Provide frequency adjustment

76. The ruby maser has been preferred to the
ammonia maser for microwave amplification,
because the former has
Ans. A much greater bandwidth

77. Parametric amplifiers and masers are similar
to each other in that both (indicate false
statement)
Ans. Must be cooled down to a few kelvins

78. A maser RF amplifier is not really suitable for
Ans. Radar

79. The ruby laser differs fromt he ruby maser in
that the former
Ans. Is an oscillator