Chapter 11 Transmission Lines

1 The chief advantage of coaxial cable over openwire line is

a. Minimized radiation losses
b. Low cost
c. Low noise pick up
d. Low resistive losses

8 A nonlossy transmission line terminated with a

short circuit has an
a. In-phase reflected voltage that is equal in
magnitude to the incident voltage
b. Opposite-phase reflected voltage that is equal
in magnitude to the incident voltage
c. In-phase reflected voltage that is smaller in
magnitude than the incident voltage
d. Opposite-phase reflected voltage that is
smaller in magnitude than the incident voltage

2 Unshielded twisted-pair cable is

a. Seldom used due to noise problems
b. Increasingly used in computer networking
c. More costly than coaxial cable
d. All the above
3 The ratio of actual velocity to free-space velocity
is called
a. Velocity factor
b. Relative dielectric constant
c. Velocity of propagation
d. Delay time
4 In a balanced line, the same current flows in each
line but is
a. 45 out of phase
b. 90 out of phase
c. 180 out of phase
d. 270 out of phase
5 What is the length of a quarter-wavelength
section of RG-8A/U coaxial cable at a frequency of
144.2 Mhz if its velocity factor is 0.69.
a. 52.1 cm
b. 35.9 cm
c. 143.6 cm
d. 2.08 m
6 A nonlossy transmission line that is terminated
with a resistive load that is equal to the
characteristic impedance of the line
a. Has the same impedance at all points along the
line
b. Has a VSWR of 1:1
c. Has the same voltage at points along the line
d. Has a reflection coefficient at the load equal to
zero
e. All the above
7 A flat line indicates
a. No reflection
b. VSWR = 1
c. No physical imperfections
d. a and b

9 A manufacturer's specification dealing with

crosstalk and attenuation is
a. ACR
b. CAS
c. CAA
d. AAC
10 A 50-

transmission line that has a load

impedance of 300

has a VSWR of

a. 6:1
b. 1:6
c. 0.666:1
d. 1.5:1
11 The input impedance of a quarter-wavelength
section of a 50transmission line that is
terminated with a short is
a. 50
b. 0

(a short)

c. Infinite (open)
d. 100

12 A device that is used to match an unbalanced

transmission line to a balanced transmission line
is called a
a. Quarter-wavelength matching transformer
b. Balun
c. Shorted-stub section
d. Slotted line
13 A 50-

transmission line with a 300-

load

impedance has a reflection coefficient of

a. 6

b. 0.166
c. 0.714
d. 1.4
14 A cable has an inductance of 1 nH/ft and
capacitance of 1 nF/ft. The delay introduced by a
1-ft section is
a. Not able to be calculated with the given
information
b.

c.

d.

15 A transmission line can be used as a(n)

a. Inductor
b. Capacitor
c. Filter
d. Matching section
e. All the above
Chapter 12 Wave Propagation
1 An antenna can be thought of as a(n)
a. Oscillator
b. Capacitor
c. Transducer
d. Frequency multiplexer
2 A wave that is characterized by having its
direction of propagation perpendicular to its
oscillation is known as
a. Isotropic
b. Transverse
c. Polarized
d. Refractive
3 Which is not an effect of our environment on
wave propagation?
a. Radiation
b. Reflection
c. Refraction
d. Diffraction
4 A point in space that radiates electromagnetic
energy equally in all directions is called
a. Transverse
b. Isotropic point source
c. Omnisphere

d. Shadow zone
5 The process of waves, which traveling in straight
paths, bending around an obstacle is
a. Radiation
b. Reflection
c. Refraction
d. Diffraction
6 Which is not one of the basic modes of getting a
radio wave from the transmitting to receiving
antenna?
a. Ground wave
b. Shadow wave
c. Space wave
d. Satellite link
e. Sky wave
7 The type of wave that is most affected by the D,
E, and F layers of the ionosphere is:
a. Ground wave
b. Space wave
c. Sky wave
d. Satellite
8 The largest frequency that will be returned to
earth when transmitted vertically under given
ionospheric conditions is called the
a. Critical frequency
b. Maximum usable frequency (MUF)
c. Optimum working frequency (OWF)
d. Skip zone
9 The characteristic impedance of free space is
a. Not known
b. Infinite
c. 50
d. 377

10 The area between the point where the ground

wave ends and first sky wave returns is called the
a. Quiet zone
b. Skip zone
c. Null Zone
d. All the above
e. a and b
11 The refraction and reflection action of a skywave
between the ionosphere and ground is known as
a. Space diversity
b. Skip

c. Tropospheric scattering
d. Fading
12 A satellite communication system used by
companies such as K-Mart to quickly verify credit
cards and check inventory data is called
a. VSAT
b. MSAT
c. SATCOM
d. WESTAR

4 The angular separation between the half-power

points on an antenna's radiation pattern is the
a. Bandwidth
b. Front-to-back ratio
c. Lobe distribution
d. Beamwidth
5 The input impedance at the center of a dipole
antenna is approximately
a. 36.6

13 A common type of radio wave interference is

a. EMI
b. Fading
c. Reflections
d. All the above
14 Diversity reception does not include:
a. Space diversity
b. Time diversity
c. Frequency diversity
d. Angle diversity
15 When installing a receiving antenna, you can
often overcome diffraction problems by finding a
a. Null zone
b. Downlink
c. Hot spot
d. Skip zone
Chapter 13 Antennas
1 The process of interchangeability of receiving and
transmitting operations of antennas is known as
a. Polarization
b. Reciprocity
c. Efficiency
d. Counterpoise

b. 50
c. 73
d. 300

6 As the height of a half-wavelength antenna is

reduced below a quarter-wavelength, the
radiation resistance
a. Increases
b. Decreases
c. Remains the same
d. All the above
7 A dipole antenna is being fed with a 300
transmission line. If a quarter-wave matching
transformer is to be used as the non-resonant
matching section, what must be the characteristic
impedance of the cable used in the matching
transformer?
a. 186.5
b. 103.9
c. 122.5

2 A half-wave dipole antenna is also known as

d. 147.9
a. Marconi antenna
b. Hertz antenna
c. Vertical antenna
d. Phased array
3 An antenna that is a quarter-wavelength long
connected such that the ground acts as a
reflecting quarter-wavelength section is called a
a. Hertz antenna
b. Dipole antenna
c. Marconi antenna
d. All the above

8 An impedance-matching device that spreads the

transmission line as it approaches the antenna is
called a
a. Delta match
b. Quarter-wave matching device
c. Director
d. Counterpoise
9 A loading coil is often used with a Marconi
antenna in order to

a. Tune out the capacitive reactance portion of

the input impedance of the antenna
b. Tune out the inductive reactance portion of the
input impedance of the antenna
c. Raise the input impedance of the antenna
d. Decrease the losses of the antenna

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10 Standard AM broadcast stations usually use what

type of transmitting antennas?
a. Driven collinear array
b. Marconi array
c. Yagi-Uda
d. Log-periodic
11 The type of antenna often found in small AM
broadcast receivers is a
a. Ferrite loop antenna
b. Folded dipole antenna
c. Slot antenna
d. Log-periodic antenna
12 The folded dipole antenna has
a. Greater bandwidth than a half-wave dipole
b. A 288input impedance
c. Less bandwidth than a half-wave dipole
d.. a and b
e. b and c
13 The Yagi-Uda antenna consists of
a. A driven director and parasitic reflector
b. A driven reflector and parasitic director
c. A parasitic director and reflector
d. All the above
14 A grid-dip meter measures the resonant
frequency of tuned circuits
a. By connection in series with the inductance
b. By connection in parallel with the inductance
c. Without power being applied to the tuned
circuit
d. By connection in series with the capacitance
15 When troubleshooting antennas, the level of
VSWR that indicates a problem is
a. Greater than 1
b. Less than 1
c. Greater than 1.5
d. Less than 0.5

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