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SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

Colegio de Dagupan
Dagupan City
Transmission Media and Antenna
Final EXAMS
1st Semester SY 2013-2014
SET A
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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
Turn off your cell phones.
Use black or blue pen only.
Strictly NO ERASURES on test I.
NO PERMIT, NO EXAM.
Anyone caught cheating, shall have zero marks on the exam.
Use the official test booklet. You may use the questionnaire as your scrap paper.
I MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the letter that best corresponds to your answer. (2
points each)
1. The core of an optical fiber has a
A. lower refractive index than air
B. lower refractive index than the cladding
C. higher refractive index than the cladding
D. similar refractive index with the cladding
2. The bandwidth of optical fiber.
A. 900 MHz
C. 900 THz

B. 900 PHz
D. 900 EHz

3. Dispersion is used to describe the


A. splitting of white light into its component colors
B. propagation of light in straight lines
C. bending of a beam of light when it goes from one medium to another
D. bending of a beam light when it strikes a mirror
4. ______ dispersion is caused by the difference in the propagation times of light rays that make
different paths down a fiber.
A. Material dispersion
B. Wavelength dispersion
C. Modal dispersion
D. Delay dispersion
5. Which of the following is used as an optical transmitter in the Fiber Optical Communications?
A. APD
B. LSA diode
C. PIN diode
D. LED
6. The numerical aperture of a fiber if the angle of acceptance is 15 degrees, is
A. 0.17
B. 0.26
C. 0.50
D. 0.75
7. The inner portion of the fiber cable is called
A. cladding
B. coating
C. inner conductor
D. core
8. The laser frequency when the light has the wavelength 800 nm is
A. 375 x 1012 Hz
B. 475 x 1015 Hz
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C. 375 x 10 Hz
D. 375 x 1018 Hz
9. Total internal reflection takes place if the light ray strikes the interface at an angle with what
relationship to the critical angle?
A. Less than
B. Greater than
C. Equal to
D. Zero
10. Which of the following is not a common type of fiber-optic cable?
A. Single mode step index
B. Multimode graded index
C. Single-mode graded index
D. Multimode step-index

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11. The core of a fiber optic is made of


A. air
C. diamond

B. glass
D. quartz

12. The core of a fiber optic is surrounded by


A. white braid shield
B. Kevlar
C. cladding
D. plastic insulation
13. The speed of light in a plastic compared to the speed of light in air is
A. slower
B. faster
C. the same
D. either lower or faster
14. The main benefit of light wave communications over microwaves or any communications
media is
A. lower cost
B. better security
C. wider bandwidth
D. freedom from interference
15. Refraction is the
A. bending of light waves
C. distortion of light waves

B. reflection of light waves


D. diffusion of light waves

16. A fiber-optic cable has a loss of 15dB/km. The attenuation in a cable 1000 ft. long is
A. 4.57 dB
B. 9.3 dB
C. 24 dB
D. 49.29 dB
17. Which light emitter is preferred for high-speed data in the fiber-optic system?
A. Incandescent
B. LED
C. Neon
D. Laser
18. Light in traveling in air to optical fiber follows which of the following principles.
A. Huygens principle
B. Reflection theory
C. Light theory
D. Snells law
19. What is the unit of wavelength?
A. micrometer
C. mils

B. angstroms
D. fathom

20. Calculate the velocity of light in medium which has relatively permittivity of 2.5
A. 1.89 x 108 m/s
B. 5.67 x 108 m/s
C. 3.43 x 107 m/s
D. 2.85 x 106 m/s
II PROBLEM SOLVING. Provide the solution of your answer for the following
problems. (10 points each)
1. A step index fiber core (n1 = 1.41) is surrounded by cladding (n2 = 1.11). What is the cone
half-angle? What is the numerical aperture?
2. The measured power through the 1-km test cable is 3 dB, while it is 9 dB through the 3 km
cable under test. Calculate the attenuation factor for this cable.
3. Determine the angle of refraction when the angle of incidence is 35 degrees traveling from
glass (n = 1.4) to air.
4. A step-index multimode fiber has a core index of 1.55 and a cladding index of 1.51, find the
intermodal dispersion per Kilometer of length and the total dispersion in a 12.5km length of
fiber.
5. A Step-index fiber operating at 1.5 m is found to have a material dispersion of 2.81 ns, a
waveguide dispersion of 0.495 ns and a intermodal dispersion of 3.6 ns. Find the maximum
allowed bit rate for the fiber with a pulse width of 2.5 ns if it is to operate as a single mode
fiber.
III. State completely the Philosophy and the objectives of the our School.( 10 pts)

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