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b. 00 latitude
c. 450 longitude
d. 900 latitude
9. To cover all inhabited regions of the earth, the number of polar-orbit satellites
required is
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 5
10. The height above mean sea level of a satellite in a geosynchronous orbit around
Earth is:
a. 35,786 miles
b. 35,786 NM
c. 35,786 feet
d.
35,786 km
11. The location of a satellite is generally specified in terms of
a. azimuth & elevation
b. latitude & longitude
c. true north
Bearing
d.
12. A point in the orbit of an object orbiting the earth that is located closest to
Earth.
a. perigee
b. apogee
c.
apex
d. subsatellite
point
13. Find the velocity of a satellite in a circular orbit 500 km above the earths
surface.
a.
76 km/s
b.
76 m/s
c.
7.6 km/s
d. 7.6 km/s2
14. Find the orbital period of a satellite in a circular orbit 36,000 km above the
earths surface if the earths radius is 6400 km.
a.
1440 mins
b. 24 days
c.
3,600 sec
d. 1440 sec
15. The outline of a communications satellite antenna pattern on the earth is known
as:
a. beam
b. propagation pattern
c. spot
d. footprint
16. Calculate the length of the path to a geostationary satellite from an earth
station where the angle of elevation is 30. (earths radius = 6400 km, height of
satellite above earth is 36 X 103 km)
a. 36,000 km
b. 36,000 mi
c. 39,000 km
d. 39,000 mi.
17. A satellite access technique where each earth station transmits a short burst of
information during a specific time slot.
a. FDMA
b. DAMA
c.
TDMA
d. SCADA
18. An earth station antenna look angle is determined by :
a. azimuth & elevation b. longitude & latitude c. bearing
d. true north
d. an uplink
c. an inclined
d. an equilateral
22. The signal from a satellite is aimed at a specific area called the __________.
a. period
b. footprint
c. orbit
d. uplink
23. Which orbit has the highest altitude?
a. GEO
b. MEO
HEO
c. LEO
d.
d. below
c. a polar
d.
d. GPS
d. all of the
d. broadband
c. Teledesic
d. GPS
d. GPS
d. GPS
33. As the height of a satellite orbit gets lower, the speed of the satellite
a. Increases
b. Decreases
c. Remains the same
None of the above
34. The main functions of a communications satellite is a a(a)
a. Repeater
b. Reflector
c. Beacon
platform
d.
d. Observation
d. above
d. Thermoelectric
d. Apogee
d. S and P
47. How can multiple earth stations share a satellite on the same frequency
a. Frequency reuse
b. Multiplexing
c. Mixing
d. They
cant
48. The typical bandwidth of a satellite band is
a. 36 MHz
b. 40 MHz
c. 70 MHz
d. 500 MHz
d. HPA
c. Vacuum tubes
d.
d. 500 MHz
d. QPSK
d. QPSK
58. Which of the following is not a typical output from a GPS receiver?
a. Latitude
b. Speed
c. Altitude
d. Longitude
59. A geostationary satellite
a. is motionless in space (except for its spin)
b. is not really stationary at all, but orbits the Earth within a 24-hr period
c. appears stationary over the Earths magnetic pole
d. is located at a height of 35,800 km to ensure global coverage
60. Indicate the correct statement regarding satellite communications.
a. If two earth stations do not face a common satellite, they should communicate
via a double-satellite hop.
b. Satellites are allocated so that it is impossible for two earth stations not to face
the same satellite
c. Collocated earth stations are used for frequency diversity
d. A satellite earth station must have as many receive chains as there are
carriers transmitted to it
61. Satellite used for intercontinental communications are known as
a. Comsat
b. Domsat
c. Marisat
d. Intelsat
62. The height of the geosynchronous orbit above the equator is about:
a. 3,578 km
b. 35,780 km
c. 357,800 km
d. depends
on satellite velocity
63. The high and low points of a satellite's orbit are called, respectively,:
a. apogee and perigee b. perigee and apogee
c. uplink and downlink
downlink and uplink
d.
64. The area on the earth that is "covered" by a satellite is called its:
a. earth station
b. downlink
c. footprint
d. plate
65. The velocity required to stay in orbit:
a. is constant
c. is lower close to the earth than far from
the earth
b. is zero (freefall)
d. is higher close to the earth than far from
the earth
66. An antenna is aimed by adjusting the two "look angles" called:
a. azimuth and elevation
c. declination and elevation
b. azimuth and declination
d. apogee and perigee
67. The power per transponder of a typical Ku-band satellite is in the range:
a. 5 to 25 watts
b. 50 to 250 watts
c. 500 to 2500 watts
depends on its orbit
d.
68. The power level for an earth station to transmit to a satellite is on the order of:
a. 101 watts
b. 102 watts
c. 103 watts
d. 104 watts
69. The "payload" on a communications satellite consists of:
a. transponders b. batteries
c. solar cells
d. all of the above
70. "Station-keeping" refers to:
a. antenna maintenance b. power-level adjustments
d. none of these
71. DBS stands for:
a. decibels of signal
b. down-beam signal
direct-broadcast satellite
c. orbital adjustments
c. direct-broadcast system d.
d. low-noise
d. EIRP drop
b. low-earth orbit
d.
d.
a. LEO
b. MEO
c. GEO
d. CEO
d. spherical