COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING PART 13

BROADCASTING AND ACOUSTICS

Multiple Choice: Encircle the letter which corresponds to your
answer.

6. A special microphone suitable for very noisy environment.

a.
b.
c.
d.

Line microphone
Differential microphone
Dynamic microphone
Ribbon microphone

1. A transducer that converts acoustic signals into electrical signals.

a.
b.
c.
d.

Microphone
Loudspeaker
Both a and b
NOTA

2. A characteristic of a microphone, which indicates the frequency

range over which the microphone will operate normally.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sensitivity
Frequency response
Dynamic range
Directional characteristic

3. An ability of the microphone to detect very slight changes of

sound.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sensitivity
Frequency response
Dynamic range
Directional characteristic

4. The range of sound intensity that would be covered by the

microphone.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sensitivity
Frequency response
Dynamic range
Directional characteristic

5. A special microphone characterized by a long perforated tube

and high sensitivity, suitable for TV applications.

7. The following are typical impedances of High impedance

microphones except:
a.
b.
c.
d.

2000 ohms
3000 ohms
1000 ohms
5000 ohms

8. In the phasing of loudspeakers, the polarities of the fields and

voice coils should be
a.
b.
c.
d.

Reverse
Alternate
Uniform
Identical

9. A device that converts an electrical signal from an amplifier into

sound.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Microphone
Loudspeaker
Both a and b
NOTA

10. A loudspeaker component, which divides the electrical signal into

the optimum frequency band for each driver.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Driver
Amplifier
Electrical network
Baffle

11. Frequency range for a loudspeaker

a.
b.
c.
d.

Line microphone
Differential microphone
Dynamic microphone
Ribbon microphone

a.
b.
c.
d.

20 Hz to 20 KHz
0 to 4 KHz
300 3400 Hz
NOTA

12. One-hundred twenty microbars of pressure variation is equal to

a.
b.
c.
d.

120 dBSPL
115.56 dBSPL
41.58 dBSPL
57.78 dBSPL

13. Enclosures designed

cancellation.
a.
b.
c.
d.

a.
b.
c.
d.
to

prevent

front

and

back

wave

Baffle
Loaded port
Acoustic labyrinth
NOTA

14. Microphones that do not require external source of power.

a.
b.
c.
d.

18. The cardioid microphones angle of coverage

Passive
Active
Generator
Modifier

180 degrees
160 degrees
360 degrees
100 degrees

19. A microphone characteristic which is otherwise known as its

rating.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sensitivity
Frequency response
Dynamic range
Directional characteristic

20. A car horn outdoors produces a sound intensity level of 90 dB at

10 ft. away. At this distance, what is the sound power in watt?
a.
b.
c.
d.

12 W
0.12 W
0.012 W
1.2 W

15. Microphone which uses the principle of piezo-electric effect.

21. Picture frames are repeated at the rate of _____ per second.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Crystal
Velocity
Carbon
Dynamic

16. Microphone
generators.
a.
b.
c.
d.

a.
b.
c.
d.
which operates on the principle of electric

Dynamic
Magnetic
Carbon
Drystal

17. Microphone directional characteristic which has a figure of 8

pattern.
a.
b.
c.
d.

30
60
525
2

Omni-directional
Bi-directional
Unidirectional
Cardioid

22. The number of scanning lines is ____ per frame.

a.
b.
c.
d.

262.5
30
525
60

23. The number of fields is ______ per frame.

a.
b.
c.
d.

30
60
525
2

24. The number of scanning lines is _____ per field.

a.
b.
c.
d.

262.5
30
525
60

25. The number of scanning lines is _____ per second.

a.
b.
c.
d.

15,750
60
30
525

26. The horizontal line scanning frequency is _____ Hz.

a.
b.
c.
d.

15,750
60
30
525

27. The vertical field scanning frequency is ______ Hz.

a.
b.
c.
d.

15,750
60
30
525

28. Video signal amplitude determines the picture quality called

_______.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Contrast
Brightness
Resolution
Color saturation

29. Light is converted to video signal by the ______ tube.

a.
b.
c.
d.

Picture
Camera
Cathode ray
Scanning

30. Video signal is converted to light by the ______ tube.

a.
b.
c.
d.

Picture
Camera
Cathode ray
Scanning

31. The bandwidth of a TV channel is _______ MHz.

a.
b.
c.
d.

6
4.5
2.5
12

32. The type of modulation on the picture carrier signal is ______.

a.
b.
c.
d.

AM
FM
PM
PCM

33. The type of modulation on the sound carrier signal is _______.

a.
b.
c.
d.

AM
FM
PM
PCM

34. The assigned band for channel 3 is ______ MHz.

a.
b.
c.
d.

54 60
60 66
66 72
76 82

35. The difference between the picture and the sound carrier
frequencies for channel 7 is ___MHz.
a.
b.
c.
d.

6
4.5
2.5
3.58

36. Scanning in the receiver is timed correctly by ______ pulses.

a.
b.
c.
d.

Scanning
Blanking
Sync
Equalizing

42. A local system consisting of cameras and several monitors or

receivers connected by coaxial cables.
a.
b.
c.
d.

CATV
CCTV
MATV
CATV

37. Retraces are not visible because of ______ pulses.

43. The number of homes connected to the CATV network.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Scanning
Blanking
Sync
Equalizing

38. Black on the picture tube screen results from _____ beam
current.
a.
b.
c.
d.

0
1
100%
maximum

a.
b.
c.
d.

Homes passed
Penetration
Churn
Head end

44. The number of residences, which could be possibly connected to

a CATV system.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Homes passed
Penetration
Churn
Head end

39. The color subcarrier frequency is approximately _____ MHz.

a.
b.
c.
d.

6
4.5
2.5
3.58

40. ______ is the device that prevents aural RF from entering the
video transmitter and vice versa.

45. The proportion of the CATV customers ceasing and taking up the
service.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Homes passed
Penetration
Churn
Head end

46. The source point for service on the CATV network.

a.
b.
c.
d.

Diplexer
Duplexer
Modulator
Demodulator

41. The amount of color saturation in the picture depends on the

amount of ________ signal.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Chrominance
Luminance
Contrast
Hue

a.
b.
c.
d.

Hub site
Head end
Trunk Amplifier
Line Extender

47. The following are parts of the CATV Head end except:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Modulator
Processor
Combiner
Fiber node

48. The following are possible DVD structural variations except

a.
b.
c.
d.

DVD-5
DVD-8
DVD-9
DVD-10

54. The black and white or monochrome brightness signal in TV is

called
a.
b.
c.
d.

RGB
Color subcarrier
Luminance
Chrominance

49. The following are parts of the MATV Distribution section except:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Amplifiers
Splitters
Matching transformers
Equalizers

50. Video compression technique used by DVD

a.
b.
c.
d.

MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-3
JPEG

51. The following are forms of DVD Copy protection except

a.
b.
c.
d.

Analog
Digital
DIVX
DIVD

52. The AM broadcast band in the Philippines is

a.
b.
c.
d.

535 1605 kHz

88 108 MHz
600 1600 kHz
700 1500 kHz

53. In TV broadcasting in the Philippines, the aspect ratio of the

picture frame is
a.
b.
c.
d.

4:3
4:1
2:1
3:4

55. The time taken for the density of a sound energy in the room to
drop by one millionth of its initial value.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Echo
Reverberation time
Hang-over
Dispersion

56. The average or overall illumination on the TV picture tube screen

and depends on high voltage and DC grid bias
a.
b.
c.
d.

Brightness
Contrast
Chrominance
Blanking

57. Pitch is a sound characteristic which depends on the

fundamental frequency. The unit of pitch is
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mel
Sone
Sabine
Phon

58. The time required to return to the left side to begin scanning the
next horizontal line in a TV screen
a.
b.
c.
d.

Reverberation time
Retrace or flyback
Blanking time
Sync

59. Color TV is made possible through the combination of the

primary colors of
a.
b.
c.
d.

White red green

Blue yellow green
Red green blue
Red white blue

64. The sixth octave of 16 Hz sound signal is

a.
b.
c.
d.

96 Hz
256 Hz
512 Hz
1024 Hz

65. Which of the following camera tubes has minimum lag?

60. In CATV systems, the coaxial cables that feed individual houses
are called
a.
b.
c.
d.

Drops
Inserts
Splitters
Multiplexers

61. Radio spectrum is conserved by using _______ modulation for

the video and TV signals.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Vestigial
Amplitude
Phase
Frequency

62. The TV receiver picture IF is 41.25 MHz and the sound IF is

______ MHz.
a.
b.
c.
d.

47.25
45.75
54.75
57.55

63. The sound energy per unit area at right angles to the direction of
propagation, per unit time is
a.
b.
c.
d.

Loudness
Coherence
Sound pressure
Sound intensity

a.
b.
c.
d.

Vidicon
Plumbicon
Saticon
Iconoscope

66. In a standard commercial TV broadcast, the picture carrier signal

is located _____ above the lower end frequency of the channel.
a.
b.
c.
d.

0.75 MHz
0.25 MHz
4.2 MHz
1.25 MHz

67. Special effects and production switching are done by the

a.
b.
c.
d.

CCU
ENG
SEG
Sync Gen

68. The hue 180 degrees out of phase with red is

a.
b.
c.
d.

Cyan
Yellow
Green
Magenta

69. Greater peak-to-peak amplitude of the 3.58 MHz chrominance

signal indicates more
a.
b.
c.
d.

White
Yellow
Hue
Saturation

70. The difference between sound carrier and color subcarrier

frequencies is
a.
b.
c.
d.

4.5 MHz
1.25 MHz
0.92 MHz
0.25 MHz

76. Equalizing TV pulses are sent during

a.
b.
c.
d.

Horizontal blanking
Vertical blanking
Horizontal retrace
Sync

77. Intensity can also be called

71. The video heads rotate at high velocity to increase the
a.
b.
c.
d.

Tape speed
Writing speed
Reel rotation
Tape tension

72. How many TV fields are recorded on one slant track of tape?
a.
b.
c.
d.

1
2
4
60

a.
b.
c.
d.

Volume
Loudness
Sharpness
Pitch

78. The loudness of sound depends upon the energy of motion

imparted to the ______ molecules of the medium transmitting the
sound.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Moving
Vibrating
Doping
Traveling

73. A radio station has a frequency of 100 MHz. The wavelength is

79. The relative highness and lowness of sound
a.
b.
c.
d.

3 meters
3.3 meters
30 meters
300 meters

74. A system which supplies TV signals to homes by means of

distributed cable network
a.
b.
c.
d.

CATV
MATV
CCTV
HDTV

a.
b.
c.
d.

Treble
Pitch
Tone
Timbre

80. What is the interval between any two frequencies that have a
ratio of 2:1?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Frequency spectrum
Octave
Overtones
Harmonics

75. Mixing green and blue light in TV systems result to

81. The number of lines per field in the United States TV system is
a.
b.
c.
d.

Cyan
Yellow
Magenta
White

a.
b.
c.
d.

262
525
30
60

82. The number of frames per second in the United States TV

system is
a.
b.
c.
d.

60
262
4.5
30

83. The number of lines per second in the United States

monochrome TV system is
a.
b.
c.
d.

31,500
15,750
63.5
525

84. The channel width in the United States TV system, in MHz, is

a.
b.
c.
d.

41.25
6
4.5
3.58

d. 45.75
88. Indicate which voltages are not found in the output of a normal
monochrome receiver video detector
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sync
Video
Sweep
Sound

89. The carrier transmitted 1.25 MHz above the bottom frequency in
a United States TV channel is the
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sound carrier
Chroma carrier
Intercarrier
Picture carrier

90. In television, 4:3 represents the

a. Interlace ratio
b. Maximum horizontal deflection
c. Aspect ratio
d. Ratio of the two diagonals

85. Interlacing is used in television to

a. Produce the illusion of motion
b. Ensure that all the lines on the screen are scanned, not
merely the alternate ones
c. Simplify the vertical sync pulse train
d. Avoid flicker
86. The signals sent by the TV transmitter to ensure correct
scanning in the receiver are called
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sync
Chroma
Luminance
Video

87. In the United States color television system, the intercarrier

frequency, in MHz, is
a. 3.58
b. 3.579545
c. 4.5

91. Indicate which of the following signals is not transmitted in color

TV.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Y
Q
R
I

92. An odd number of lines per frame forms part of every one of the
worlds TV systems. This is
a. Done to assist interlace
b. Purely an accident
c. To ensure that line and frame frequencies can be obtained
from the same original source
d. Done to minimize interference with the chroma subcarrier

93. The function of the serration in the composite video waveform is

to
a. Equalize the charge in the integrator before the start of
vertical retrace
b. Help vertical synchronization
c. Help horizontal synchronization
d. Simplify the generation of the vertical sync pulse
94. The width of the vertical sync pulse in the United States TV
system is
a.
b.
c.
d.

21H
3H
H
0.5H

95. Indicate which of the following frequencies will not be found in

the output of a normal TV receiver tuner:
a.
b.
c.
d.

4.5 MHz
41.25 MHz
45.75 MHz
42.17 MHz

96. The video voltage applied to the picture tube of a television

receiver is fed in
a.
b.
c.
d.

Between grid and ground

To the yoke
To the anode
Between grid and cathode

97. The circuit that separates sync pulses from the composite video
waveform is
a.
b.
c.
d.

The keyed AGC amplifier

A clipper
An integrator
A differentiator

98. The output of the vertical amplifier, applied to the yoke in a TV

receiver, consists of
a.
b.
c.
d.

Direct current
Amplified vertical sync pulses
A sawtooth voltage
A sawtooth current

99. The HV anode supply for the picture tube of a TV receiver is

generated in the
a.
b.
c.
d.

Main transformer
Vertical output stage
Horizontal output stage
Horizontal deflection oscillator

100.
Another name for the horizontal retrace in a TV receiver is
the
a.
b.
c.
d.

Ringing
Burst
Damper
Flyback