Broadcasting
A. Identification
1. Refers to the airborne transmission
of electromagnetic audio signal or
audiovisual for the reception of the
public. Broadcasting
2. A sinusoidal voltage or current
generated in a transmitter and
subsequently modulated by a
modulating wave. Carrier Wave
3. An AM station licensed for aural or
sound transmission intended for
direction reception by the general
public and operated on a channel in
the Medium Frequency Band.
Medium Frequency Broadcast
Station
4. Means the radio frequency stage to
which the modulator is coupled and
in which carrier wave is modulated
in accordance with the system of
modulation and the characteristics of
the modulating wave. Modulated
Signal
5. Product of the square of the antenna
current and the antenna resistance at
the point where the current is
measured. Antenna Input Power
6. The maximum power at which the
transmitter can be operated
satisfactorily and is determined by
the design of the transmitter.
Maximum Rated Carrier Power
7. The process of varying the amplitude
of a high-frequency carrier wave in
accordance with the amplitude of the
modulating signal. Amplitude
Modulation
8. The area of receiving service form
the ground wave but beyond the
primary service area and subject to
some interference and fading.
Intermittent Service Area
9. The time from local sunrise to local
sunset (6 a.m. to 6 p.m. or 2200 UTC
to 1000 UTC) Daytime
10. The time between local sunset to
local sunrise (6 p.m. to 6 a.m. or 1000
UTC to 2200 UTC) Nighttime
11. The time from midnight to local
sunrise (12 midnight to 6 a.m. or 100
UTC to 2200 UTC). Used for
experimental purposes in testing and
maintaining apparatus by the
licensee, provided that no
interference is caused to other
stations maintaining a regular
operating schedule within such
period. Experimental Period
12. One of the requirements in
broadcasting where programming
schedule must be followed
(programs should start and end
within the allotted time). Timing
13. It is the power which is supplied and
fed to the antenna by the transmitter.
Licensed Power/Authorized
Operating Power
14. The maximum power that the
transmitter is capable of supplying to
the antenna and still operates
satisfactorily. Maximum Rated
Carrier Power
15. Product of the voltage and current at
the output of the radio stage,
measured without modulation. Plate
Input Power
16. A broadcast media organization in
the Philippines which provides its
members broadcasting standards.
Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng
Pilipinas (KBP)
17. The date when the broadcast media
organization mentioned above was
organized. April 27, 1973
18. An AM Broadcast Station licensed
for aural or sound transmissions
intended for direct reception by the
general public and operated on a
channel in the Medium Frequency
Band. Medium Frequency Broadcast
Band
19. The term used as a unit of frequency,
supplanting the term “cycle per
second”. Hertz
20. A sinusoidal voltage or current
generated in a transmitter and
 subsequently modulated by a
modulating wave. Carrier Wave
21. The carrier frequency at any
particular time. Operating Frequency
22. The carrier frequency authorized by
the Authority. Authorized Frequency
23. Two laws in the Philippines which
should be abided by all equipment
that are using electrical power.
Philippine Electronics Code
24. Two laws in the Philippines which
should be abided by all equipment
that are using electrical power.
Philippine Electrical Code
25. The total resistance of the
transmitting antenna system at the
operating frequency and at the point
at which the antenna current is
measured. Antenna Resistance
26. The root-mean-square (RMS) value
of the voltage of spurious origin
present in the audio frequency output
of the equipment under test. Noise
Level
27. The variation, over a specified audio
frequency range of the transmission
efficiency of the equipment under
test. Frequency Response
28. The maximum power allocation for
Metro Manila.50 kW
29. The frequency of the carrier wave.
Carrier Frequency
30. The variation of the mean carrier
amplitude resulting from the process
of amplitude modulation. Carrier
Shift
B. Matching Type
1. This is an undesired signal
occurring in one channel caused by
an electrical signal on another
channel. P. Crosstalk
2. This is the carrier frequency
allocated by the authority. X. Center
Frequency
3. A station employing frequency
modulation in the FM broadcast band
and intended to be received by the
general public. Y. FM Broadcast
Station
4. This is the FM radio broadcast
station radiating the signals which
are transmitted by an FM broadcast
translator station. K. Primary FM
Station
5. It means reception by radio of the
program of a radio station. G.
Rebroadcast
6. This is the instantaneous departure of
frequency of the emitted wave from
center frequency resulting from
modulation. E. Frequency Swing
7. The band of frequencies from 50 Hz
to 15 kHz on the FM baseband which
contains the main channel signal. A.
Main Channel
8. A signal in which the sum of all
signals which frequency modulates
the main carrier. C. Composite
Baseband Signal
9. It serves as a control signal for use in
reception of FM stereophonic
broadcast. B. Pilot Sub-carrier
10. This means the simultaneous
transmission of two or more signals
within a single channel. AA.
Multiplex Transmission
11. It is the second harmonic of the pilot
sub-carrier frequency. T.
Stereophonic Sub-carrier
12. The bandwidth per channel used in
FM. R. 200 kHz
13. The Spacing between stations used in
FM. D. 800kHz
14. The class of FM broadcast station
having a 10 kW maximum power. V.
Class B
15. Station in this service area are to be
used for relay of aural programming
materials form studio to transmitter
and between facilities in other
locations. S. Studio-to-Transmitter
Link
16. This is a station in the broadcasting
service operated for the purpose of
retransmitting the signal of an FM
radio broadcast station without
significantly altering any
 characteristic of incoming signal
other than its frequency and output
power. N. FM Broadcast Translators
17. An FM transmitter consideration in
which all instruments having more
than 1000V potential ground on the
movements shall be protected by a
cage or cover. O. Metering
Equipment
18. Station in this service area are to be
used for the transmission of aural
programming materials and
associated cues. J. Remote Pick-up
Broadcast Station
19. That portion of the radio frequency
spectrum from 88 MHz to 108 MHz.
H. FM Broadcast Band
20. The frequency band from 0Hz to a
specified upper frequency which
contains the composite baseband
signal. Q. FM Basesband
21. The band of frequencies from 23 kHz
to 53 kHz containing sound sub-
carriers and their associated
sidebands. M. Stereophonic Sound
Sub-channel
22. This is the stereo station bandwidth
of FM broadcast. F. 256 kHz
23. This is the ratio of the actual
frequency swing to the frequency
swing. Z. Percentage Modulation
24. It is the Height of the Radiation
center of the antenna above the
terrain 3 to 16 km from antenna. I.
HAAT
25. An FM transmitter consideration
having all stages or units to be
adequately shielded and filtered to
prevent interaction and radiation. W.
Wiring and Shielding
C. Multiple Choice
1. Means seeing at a distance. It is the
transmission of visual aural information
a. Television Channel
b. Television
c. Field
d. Luminance
_____2. The frequencies in the band
extending from 54 to 890 MHz which are
assignable to television broadcast station.
a. Television Channel
b. Television Broadcast Ban
c. VHF band
d. UHF band
_____3. A band of frequencies 6 MHz wide
in the television broadcast band designated
either by number or extreme lower and
upper frequencies.
a. Television Channel
b. Television Broadcast Band
c. VHF band
d. UHF band
_____4. One complete image in a video
system.
a. Interlaced Scanning
b. Frame
c. Interlace
d. Field
_____5. In am interlaced video system,
one-half of the frames, consisting of
alternate line, single frame is divided into
two fields containing all-odd or all-even
lines.
a. Interlaced Scanning
b. Frame
c. Interlace
d. Field
_____6. A video scanning system that
divides a frame into two fields to reduce
flicker.
a. Interlaced Scanning
b. Frame
c. Interlace
d. Field
_____7. A scanning process in which
successively scanned lines are spaced to
integral number of line widths, and in
which the adjacent lines are scanned during
successive cycles of the field frequency.
d. Composite Video
_____12. Transmission where a decrease in
initial light intensity causes an increase in
transmitted power.
a. Positive Transmission
b. Negative Transmission

a. Interlaced Scanning c. Monochrome Transmission

b. Frame d. Digital Transmission

c. Interlace _____13. Transmission of TV signal which

can be reproduced graduations of single
d. Field color only.
_____8. The signal that provides brightness a. Positive Transmission
information in a video system
b. Negative Transmission
a. Chrominance
c. Monochrome Transmission
b. Luminance
d. Digital Transmission
c. Pixel
_____14. Horizontal blanking or fly-back,
d. Composite Video no picture is scanned during this period.
_____9. Picture element, smallest area of a. Horizontal Trace
light or shade in an image.
b. Scanning
a. Chrominance
c. Horizontal Retrace
b. Luminance
d. Horizontal Scanning
c. Pixel
_____15. Picture information is scanned
d. Composite Video during this period.
_____10. The colorimetric difference a. Horizontal Trace
between any color and a reference color
having specific chromaticity. b. Scanning

a. Chrominance c. Horizontal Retrace

b. Luminance d. Horizontal Scanning

c. Pixel _____16. Scanning the picture element

from left to right and from top
d. Composite Video
to bottom.
_____11. A video system in which luma,
sync, and chroma signals are combined. a. Horizontal Trace

a. Chrominance b. Scanning

b. Luminance c. Horizontal Retrace

c. Pixel d. Horizontal Scanning

_____17. The process of analyzing a. RGB Color
successively, according to a predetermined
method. b. Color Burst

a. Horizontal Trace c. Resolution

b. Scanning d. Synchronization

c. Horizontal Retrace _____23. A color video system in which

the three primary colors are transmitted
d. Horizontal Scanning separately.
_____18. Vertical blanking or fly-back, no a. RGB Color
picture is scanned during this period.
b. Color Burst
a. Vertical Trace
c. Resolution
b. Video Resolution
d. Vertical Resolution
c. Vertical Retrace
_____24. The maintenance of one operation
d. Vertical Resolution in step with another.
_____19. Scanning the picture from top to a. RGB Color
bottom.
b. Color Burst
a. Vertical Trace
c. Resolution
b. Video Resolution
d. Synchronization
c. Vertical Retrace
d. Vertical Resolution
_____20. Depends directly upon the
number of scanning lines. _____25. The amount of detail produced by
a video system.
a. Vertical Trace
a. RGB Color
b. Video Resolution
b. Color Burst
c. Vertical Retrace
c. Resolution
d. Vertical Resolution
d. Synchronization
_____21. A measure of the ability of a
video camera to reproduce fine detail. D. Enumeration
1-5 Uses of AM
a. Vertical Trace 1. Am Broadcast
2. Citizen’s Band Radio
b. Video Resolution
3. Aircraft Communications
c. Vertical Retrace 4. International shortwave
broadcast via sky wave
d. Vertical Resolution
5. TV picture
_____22. Several cycles of color sub- 6-8 Service Areas
carrier on the back porch of the horizontal 6. Primary Service Area
sync, for color synchronization. 7. Secondary Service Area
8. Intermittent Service Area
9-10 Antenna site consideration
9. Location in relation to the
population to be served and to
other communication
installations and airports
10. Conductivity of the soil at the
immediately adjacent to the site
or Conductivity of the path
between the site and the target
area.
11-13 Three technical standards
implemented by the Technical Standards
Committee of the Kapisanan ng mga
Brodkaster sa Pilipinas
11. Technical Standards and
Operating Requirements for
Medium Frequency Broadcast
Stations in the Philippines
12. Technical Standards and
Operating Requirements for FM
Broadcast Stations in the
Philippines
13. Technical Standards and
Operating Requirements for
Television in the Philippines
14-16 The important considerations in
the formulation of Technical Standards
for domestic broadcasting
14. The prevention of harmful
signal interferences
15. The provision for better signal
quality
16. The proper utilization of the
broadcast spectrum
17-18 Consideration of the Antenna
system
17. Location of antenna site
18. Antenna design
19-20 Two agencies/organization
which authored the implementation of
Technical Standards and Operation
Requirements of Broadcasting in the
Philippines
19. Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster
sa Pilipinas (KBP)
20. National Telecommunications
Commision (NTC)
QUESTIONS FOR MIDTERM EXAM IN
BROADCASTING:
1. The final power amplifier in an FM
transmitter usually operates class
________
C station render service over wide area
2. A form of telecommunication for the
transmission of transient images of fixed
or moving objects.
Television
3. Term in communications which is
referred as, "to send out in all
directions".
Broadcast
4. The frequency tolerance of an AM radio
broadcast station.
20 Hz
5. Where does the AM broadcast band
located in the spectrum band?
MF band
6. Where d¤es the FM broadcast band
located in the spectrum band'?
VHF band
7. Service area of a broadcast station
within ground wave coverage where no
fading of transmitted signals ls
observed.
Primary area
8. Refers to frequency band limits of the
standard FM broadcast band.
88 -108 MHz
9. How many VHF televison channels do
we have in the country?
12
10. What is used as standard channel
spacing for AM broadcast in the
Philippines?
9 kHz
11. It is the process of varying the amplitude
of a high-frequency carrier wave in
accordance with the amplitude of the
modulating signal.
Amplitude Modulation
12. Over-modulation occurs when the
amplitude of the modulating signal
exceeds that of the __________.
Carrier
13. The channel in which the dominant
with operating power from 10-50 kW.
Clear Channel
14. The maximum power that the
transmitter capable of supplying to the
antenna and still operate satisfactorily.
Maximum rated carrier power
15. The maximum permissible power in
Metro Manila.
50kW
16. It is the time of day in AM broadcasting
which starts from local sunrise to local
sunset (6 am to 6 pm).
Daytime
17. It is a requirement in broadcasting in
which programming schedule must be
followed.
Timing
18. Another requirement in broadcasting in
which the audio signal must modulate
the transmitter properly.
Modulation Depth
19. It is the period in AM broadcasting from
midnight to local sunrise (12 midnight
to 6 am). Experimental Period
20. Night time period in AM broadcasting
starts from _______ UTC to ________
UTC.
1000 UTC – 2200 UTC
21. An entry of the time the station begins
to supply power to the antenna and the
time it stops.
Operating Log Entries
22. An entry of the time each station
identification announcement is made
such as call letters, frequency and
location.
Program Log Entries
 23. The type of emission of an AM 6. Video modulation for television is
broadcast station in Philippine a. Amplitude modulation
Standards. b. Frequency modulation
A3E c. Vestigial sideband
24. The antenna polarization of am d. Both amplitude modulation and
broadcasting. vestigial sideband
Vertical 7. Audio modulation for television is
25. The channel in which several stations a. Amplitude modulation
may operate with powers not lower than b. Frequency modulation
500W or more than 5kW. c. Vestigial sideband
Regional channel d. Bothe amplitude modulation and
vestigial sideband
Multiple Choice: 8. Brightness of an image is known as
1. The aspect ratio HDTV is ________. a. Radiance
b. Chrominance
a. 4:3
c. Reflectance
b. 18:5
d. Luminance
c. 14:8
9. At what position on the color triangle
d. 16:9
2. All airtime classifications shall be will saturated yellow be located?
submitted to and subject for approval by a. Between red and blue
b. Between red and green
the ________.
c. Between blue and green
a. NTC
d. At the center
b. KBP-SA
10. Type of emission produced when a
c. DOTC
frequency modulated transmitter is
d. CCITT
modulated by a TV signal.
3. Listing of the date and time of events, a. A3F
programs, equipment, tests, b. F3F
c. A3C
malfunctions and corrections in
d. F3C
communications system.
11. Video signal amplitude determine the
a. Reporting
picture quality called
b. Documentation
a. Chrominance
c. Log
b. Brightness
d. File
c. Contrast
4. The major component of the TV signal
d. Luminance
waveform is the 12. Vestigial sideband modulation is
a. Video
commonly used in
b. Radar
a. TV broadcasting
c. Stereo
b. Monaural broadcasting
d. Antenna
c. Stereo broadcasting
5. Television camera pickup tube is called
d. HF point-to-point communications
a. Vidicon
13. A measure of how well the receiver can
b. Image orthicon
respond to every weak signals
c. Plumbicon
d. All of the above a. Selectivity
b. Sensitivity
 c. Fidelity b. Announce
d. Quality factor c. Media
14. Standard AM broadcasting use _____ d. All of these
for greater and efficient coverage 21. In amplitude modulation, bandwidth is -
a. Circular polarized wave antenna __________ the audio signal frequency
b. Horizontal polarized wave antenna a. Thrice
c. Both vertical and horizontal polarized b. Four times
wave antenna c. Twice
d. Vertical polarized wave antenna d. None of the above
15. Receiver sensitivity means 22. At 100% modulation, the power in each
a. The frequency allocation of the sideband is ………………… of that of
system
carrier
b. Input impedance of the receiver
a. 50%
c. The ability of picking up weak
signal b. 40%
d. The power to deliver the information c. 60%
16. The main functions of the RF amplifier d. 25%
in a superheterodyne receiver is to 23. Over modulation results in ________.
a. Provide improved tracking a. Weakening of the signal
b. Permit better adjacent-channel b. Excessive carrier power
rejection c. Distortion
c. Improve the rejection of the image d. None of the above
frequency 24. In radio transmission, the medium of
d. All of these transmission is ________.
17. The _____ of a television system is a a. Space
measure of its ability to delineate picture b. Antenna
detail c. Cable
d. None of the above
a. Contrast
b. Resolution 25. Superheterodyne principle refers to
c. Hue a. Using a large number of amplifier
d. Pixels stages
18. MDS means b. Using a push-pull circuit
a. Multipoint Distribution Service c. Obtaining lower fixed
b. Multipoint Digital Service intermediate frequency
c. Maritime Data Standards d. None of the above
d. Multipoint Drop Standards 26. If a radio receiver amplifies all the
19. The video signal amplitude determines
signal frequencies equally well, it is said
the quality of the picture otherwise
to have high ________.
known as
a. Sensitivity
a. Hue
b. Selectivity
b. Luminance
c. Distortion
c. Chrominance
d. Contrast d. Fidelity
20. _____ is defined as to “send out in all 27. AVC stands for ________.
direction” a. Audio voltage control
a. Broadcast b. Abrupt voltage control
 c. Automatic Volume control a. Crystal
d. Automatic voltage control b. Wien-bridge
28. The major advantage of FM over AM is c. Phase-shift
___________. d. Hartley
a. Reception is less noisy 30. The function of ferrite antenna is to
b. Higher carrier frequency a. Reduce stray capacitance
c. Smaller bandwidth b. Stabilise d.c. bias
d. Small frequency deviation c. Increase the Q of tuned circuit
29. In a radio receiver, we generally d. Reduce noise
use____________ oscillator as a local
oscillator
1. Armstrong method is used for the generation d) Both phase and frequency
of
8. The diode detector in an AM radio receiver is
a. Direct FM usually found ………….
b. Indirect FM
a) Before the first RF stage
c. SSB-SC
b) After the first RF stage
d. DSB-SC
c) After several stages of amplification
2. What is the maximum frequency deviation d) None of the above
allowed in commercial FM broadcasting?
9. In amplitude modulation, bandwidth is
a. 100 KHz ……………. the audio signal frequency
b. 75 KHz
a) Thrice
c. 15 KHz
b) Four times
d. 120 KHz
c) Twice
3. The range of modulating frequency for d) None of the above
Narrow Band FM is
10. In an AM wave, the majority of the power is
a. 30 Hz to 15 KHz in …………….
b. 30 Hz to 30 KHz
a) Lower sideband
c. 30 Hz to 3 KHz
b) Upper sideband
d. 3 KHz to 30 KHz
c) Carrier
4. The transmitted power in an FM system is d) None of the above
______.
11. In TV transmission, picture signal is
a. Dependent on the number of sidebands ……………… modulated
b. Dependent on the carrier power and
a) Frequency
sidebands
b) Phase
c. Always constant
c) Amplitude
5. The modulation index of a wideband FM d) None of the above
system is _____.
12. In TV transmission, sound signal is
a. >1 ………………… modulated
b. <1
a) Amplitude
c. =1
b) Frequency
d. none of these
c) Phase
6. In amplitude modulation, bandwidth is d) None of the above
……………. the audio signal frequency
13. The _____ of a television system is a
a) Thrice measure of its ability to delineate picture detail
b) Four times
a. Contrast
c) Twice
b. Resolution
d) None of the above
c. Hue
7. Man made noise are …………. variations. d. Pixels

a) Amplitude 14. CCIR standards for the internal exchange of

b) Frequency programmes on film for television used
c) Phase
 a. Rec 265-6 a. 3
b. Rec 407-4 b. 5
c. Rec 408-5 c. 9
d. Rec 450-1 d. 4
15. Cable TV systems originate from 22. Which is considered to be the resolution of a
High Definition Channel?
a. Germany
b. Dallas, Texas a. 720p
c. Pennsylvania b. 1080p
d. Japan c. 240p
d. 480p
16. MDS means
23. What is the result of noise that deteriorate
a. Multipoint Distribution Service
audio and video signals?
b. Multipoint Digital Service
c. Maritime Data Standards a. ghost
d. Multipoint Drop Standards b. reflection
c. apparition
17. The video signal amplitude determines the
d. destruction
quality of the picture otherwise known as
24. What is the aspect ratio of a 1080p image if
a. Hue
shown as broadcasted in a television?
b. Luminance
c. Chrominance a. 4:3
d. Contrast b. 10:8
c. 16:9
18. _____ is defined as to “send out in all
d. 18.5:9
direction”
25. what do you call the process of changing
a. Broadcast
from analog tv to digital tv?
b. Announce
c. Media a. exploration
d. All of these b. change
c. replace
19. Brightness variations of the picture
d. migrate
information are in which signal?
26. Which American company was the first
a. I organization to create a radio network and
b. Q commercial advertising or commonly known as
c. Y toll broadcasting? AT &T OR AMERICAN
d. R-Y TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
20. Greater peak-to-peak amplitude of the 3.58-
MHz chrominance signal indicates more
27. The coefficient of Modulation is also known
a. White as PECENT MODULATION
b. Yellow
c. Hue 28. The AM Radio Carrier Frequency are in the
d. Saturation frequency range of 535kHz to 1605 kHz
21. How many programs can be in 1 channel for
digital tv braodcasting?
29. Am is propagated by Ground Wave, which
diffracts the curve of the earth covering a
distance few hundred miles from the transmitter.
30. AM Receiver usually makes out or detects
amplitude changes in the radio waves at a
specific frequency
31-35. Enumerate 5 FM broadcasting
advantages over Am broadcasting
31. Improved signal to noise ratio
32. Smaller geographical interference between
neighboring stations.
33. Less radiated power.
34. Well defined service areas for given
transmitter power.
35. Efficient power usage
36-40. Enumerate 5 different types of
technology used in television.
36. Plasma technology
37. LCD technology
38. LED technology
39. CRT technology
40. OLED TECHNOLOGY

Identification:
_______________1. A sinusoidal voltage or
current generated in a transmitter and
subsequently modulated.
_______________2. The total resistance of the
transmitting antenna system at the operating
frequency.
_______________3. The RMS value of the
inverse distance field at 1 mile from the antenna
in all directions in the horizontal plane.
_______________4. It is the requirement of
broadcasting that a program material shall not
have any reasonable distortion.
_______________5. It is the type of propagation
that is utilized by the medium frequency
broadcast stations in the Philippines.
_______________6. Serves as control signal for
use in reception of FM stereophonic broadcast.
_______________7. Reception by radio of the
program of a radio station and the
simultaneous/subsequent retransmission of such
program by a broadcast station.
_______________8. Undesired signal occur in
the channel caused by electrical signal.
_______________9. Instantaneous departure of
the frequency of the emitted wave from the
center frequency resulting from modulation.
_______________10. Band from 0Hz to a
specified upper frequency which contains the
composite baseband signal.
_______________11. Means seeing at a
distance
_______________12. The signal that provides
brightness information in a video system.
_______________13. A station in broadcasting
service transmitting simultaneously visual and
aural signals intended to be received by the
general public.
_______________14. Measure of the ability of a
video camera to produce fine detail.
_______________15. The colorometric
difference between any color and a reference
color having specific chromaticity (color signal).
_______________16. Baseline display and
resolution for both analog and digital.
_______________17. Deliver cinema-quality
and HIFI digital surround sound to the home.
_______________18. Thin and light height can
be hung on walls and uses LCD or plasma
screen technology.
_______________19. Projects a 16:9 on 4:3 in
TV.
_______________20. Projects 4:3 on 16:9 in
TV.
Multiple Choice:
21. Which does not belong to the group
a. The prevention of harmful signal
interference
b. The proper utilization of the broadcast
spectrum
c. The proper space to facilitate access to
all equipment for operation a
maintenance purposes.
d. The provisions of better signal quality
so that listener may enjoy a clear and
more realistic sound reproduction.
22. Refers to the period of time that is between
10:00 pm- 10:00 am GMT
a. Daytime
b. Nighttime
c. Primetime
d. Experimental Period
23. What is the frequency of Channel 2 in
meduim frequency broadcast station in the
Philippines
a. 521 KHz
b. 539 KHz
c. 540 KHz
 d. 530kHz 31. Television standard used in eastern European
countries, Middle East and Northern Africa and
24. What is the frequency interval of each
France
channel in the medium frequency band in the
Philippines? a. PAL
b. NTSC
a. 10 KHz c. SECAM
b. 18 KHz d. CRT
c. 9 KHz 32. Refers to extent to which a color departs
d. 8 KHz from while the “neutral” condition.
25. It is the are in which the ground wave of 1 a. HUE or tint of color
mV/m is subjected to interference and fading. b. Brightness
c. Saturation
a. Secondary service area d. Luminance
b. Intermittent service area 33. A vidicon type of camera tube that is suited
c. Primary service area for routine diagnostic procedures since it
d. Tertiary service area provides high contrast with excellent resolution.
26. Bandwidth per channel in FM a. Resistron
b. Iconoscope
a. 100Khz c. Newvicon
b. 200Khz d. Pasecon
c. 300Khz 34. It is the most common type of camera tube.
d. 400Khz
27. Which does not belong in the group a. Resistron
b. Newvicon
a. Antenna system c. Silicon vidicon
b. Interlocks on doors d. Vidicon
c. Enclosure 35. Scanning the picture from top to bottom
d. STL
28. What is intermediate frequency in FM a. V-trace
b. V-retrace
a. 10.8Mhz c. H-trace
b. 10.9Mhz d. H-retrace
c. 10.7Mhz 36. Which does not belong to the group
d. 10Mhz
29. What is the type of emission in stereo FM a. Photoemission
b. Resistron
a. F3E c. Vidicon
b. F8E d. Saticon
c. A3E 37. They developed integrated services digital
d. A8E broadcasting(ISDB).
30. It is the band of frequencies from 50Hz-
15KHz on FM baseband which contains the a. ATSC
main channel signal. b. DVB
c. DBEG
a. Main channel d. CCIT
b. FM baseband 38. Is a completely new type of intelligent TV,
c. FM broadcast combining the function of personal computer
d. CCC and video deck.
 a. Hi Vision signal booster that operates kn the same
b. HDTV frequency as the primary FM station.
c. SDTV
d. ISTV _______________51. The type of transmission
39. HDTV known in Japan used in Analog TV broadcasting is vestigial
sideband.
a. Hi Vision
b. HDTV _______________52. The channel bandwidth of
c. SDTV an analog TV is 9MHz.
d. ISTV
40. Intelligent home storage system for the _______________53. PAL is used kn
receiver in the digital age to realize the TV Philippines as TV standards.
anytime function _______________54. In standard aspect ratio of
a. Hi Vision 4:3, the picture is wider than its height by a
b. Home Server factor of 1.33.
c. EDTV
_______________55. The type of receiver used
d. DTV.
in TV broadcasting is superheterodyne receiver.

True or False: _______________56. Photovoltaic is one of the

_______________41. KBP stands for
“Kasamahan ng mga Brodkaster sa Pilipinas”.
_______________42. There are more than 31
channels in FM than AM.
_______________43. AM can be use for
vestigial sideband transmission.
_______________44. According to KBP
manual, Channel 16 have a frequency of 666
KHz and Channel 53 have a frequency of 999
KHz.
_______________45. The type of emission used
for AM is J3E.
_______________46. Class B FM broadcast
stations antenna is 500ft.
_______________47. Antenna polarization in
Fm is circularly polarized.
_______________48. FM broadcast operating
requirements include transmitter lo
image production
_______________57. Digital TV means sending
digital audio and digital video and data to
destination
_______________58. Data services in Digital
TV include newspaper, local info, shopping,
banking, business, internet etc.
_______________59. Ghosting is one of the
benefit of converting current analog
transmission to digital.
_______________60. DVB-C(cable) is one of
the areas of transmission standard addressed bu
the DUN system in digital broadcasting.
Enumeration:
61-63) Three classes of standard broadcast
station
64-67) Classification of powers

_______________49. The type of emission in 68-70) Three important requirements in AM

FM mono is F3E broadcasting

_______________50. A primary FM station is a 71-77) FM transmitter considerations

station in the broadcasting service utilizing a 78-80) FM Auxiliary services
81-83) Three television standard used in 26. B
different countries 27. D
28. C
84-86) Three variable colors of a television set 29. B
30. B
87-89) Image production in tube
31. C
90-94) Characteristics of camera tube 32. C
33. A
95-96) 2 DTV formats 34. D
35. A
Problem Solving: 36. A
1. Find the maximum number of pixel per 37. C
line if the number of active pixels in a 38. D
line(picture width) is 6. 39. A
2. An analog tv has a 100 number of pixel 40. B
in line (width) and 100 number of pixel 41. F
in line (height). What is the total number 42. F
of pixels. 43. T
3. Suppose the signal from a color camera 44. T
has R=0.8, G=0.4 and B=0.2, calculate 45. F
the values of Y, I and Q for the 46. F
transmitted signal. 47. T
48. F
49. T
ANSWER KEY: 50. F
51. T
1. Carrier wave 52. F
2. Antenna resistance 53. F
3. Effective field 54. T
4. Fidelity 55. T
5. Ground wave propagation 56. T
6. Pilot sub carrier 57. T
7. Rebroadcast 58. T
8. Crosstalk 59. F
9. Frequency swing 60. T
10. Fm Baseband 61. Clear channel
11. Television 62. Regional channel
12. Luminance 63. Local channel
13. Television broadcast system 64. Licensed power
14. Video resolution 65. Maximum rated carrier power
15. Chrominance 66. Plate input power
16. Standard definition TV(SDTV) 67. Antenna input power
17. High definition TV (HDTV) 68. Timing
18. Flat panel TV 69. Fidelity
19. Letter box 70. Modulation depth
20. Pillar box 71. Location and layout
21. C 72. Antenna system
22. A 73. Construction
23. C 74. Enclosure
24. C 75. Interlocks on doors
25. B 76. Wiring and shielding
77. Metering equipment/indicating
instrument
78. Studio-to-Link (STL)
79. Remote pick-up broadcast station
80. Communication, coordination and
control link
81. Phase alteration by Line(PAL)
82. National TV standard committee(NTSC)
83. Sequential color with memory(SECAM)
84. Brightness
85. Hue
86. Saturation
87. Photoemission
88. Photovoltaic
89. Photoconduction
90. Light transfer capability
91. Spectral response
92. Sensitivity
93. Resolving power
94. Lag characteristic
95. SDTV
96. EDTV/HDTV
97. 7.1856
98. 10,000 pixels
99. Up to 100 (Y= 0.98 I=0.304 Q=0.022)
1. Which of the following is the first
component of any MATV system to receive a. Normal
broadcast signals? b. Wide angle
c. Telephoto
a. Filter d. Zoom
b. LNA
c. RF amplifier 7. What class of TV camera lens used to
d. Antenna cover long distances?

2. Is the most common technique where a. Normal

apartment house, hotels, schools, b. Wide angle
condominiums, and multi-unit buildings c. Telephoto
distribute TV and FM signals to a number of d. Zoom
receivers, using a single head-end.
8. What is the local oscillator frequency in
a. CCTV commercial AM broadcast if it is equal to
b. CATV 455 kHz?
c. MATV
d. Antenna a. 0 to 1500 kHz
b. 0 to 455 kHz
3. TV channel 2, 4 and 5 belong to c. 540 to 1600 kHz
d. 955 to 2055 kHz
a. Low band UHF
b. High band VHF 9. What is the allowable deviation ratio of
c. Mid band UHF commercial FM broadcast?
d. Low band VHF
a. 20
4. A mechanism or device which enables the b. 75
TV camera to move in lateral and tilting c. 5
motion d. 25

a. Panning device 10. The maximum power suggested by KBP

b. Scanner on 919-1312 AM broadcast station in Metro
c. Tilting Manila is
d. Pan/tilt device
a. 5 kW
5. Which of the following is a solid state b. 10 kW
imaging device? c. 15 kW
d. 20 kW
a. VIDICON
b. ICONOSCOPE 11. KBP radio code mandates that station
c. Charge couple device must provide a minimum of ___ minutes
d. CCTV
a. 30
6. What class of TV camera lens used to b. 45
cover short distances? c. 50
 d. 60 all stations shall actively promote the growth
ands the development of Filipino music by
12. What is the chroma subcarrier signal playing _____ OPM every clock hour.
frequency for color television?
a. 1
a. 3.8 MHz b. 2
b. 6.8 MHz c. 3
c. 7.8 MHz d. 4
d. 8.8 MHz
18. Commercial load for radio shall not
13. What is the frequency tolerance of an exceed ____ minutes for a one-hour
FM Radio Broadcast station? program outside Metro Manila

a. ± 20000 Hz a. 15
b. ± 20 Hz b. 20
c. ± 200 Hz c. 25
d. ± 2000 Hz d. 30

14. The minimum frequency separation 19. Commercial load for radio shall not
between frequency of AM broadcasting exceed _____ minutes for a one-hour
station program outside Metro Manila.

a. 9 kHz a. 15
b. 18 kHz b. 16
c. 36 kHz c. 17
d. 72 kHz d. 20

15. The aspect ratio HDTV is 20. Program interruption for airing of
commercial in Metro Manila shall not
a. 4:3 exceed _____ breaks in every program hour
b. 18:5
c. 14:8 a. 5
d. 16:9 b. 6
c. 7
16. A newscast is a distinct unit of a d. 8
program with a minimum news content of
_____ minute(s) excluding intro, extro, 21. Program interruption for the airing of
headline and commercial load commercial outside Metro Manila shall not
exceed _____ breaks in every program hour
a. 1
b. 2 a. 5
c. 3 b. 6
d. 4 c. 7
d. 8
17. In accordance with existing provision of
law and the KBP rules and the regulations,
22. For Metro manila, the classification of c. Condenser
prime time blocks for FM shall be d. Crystal

a. 6:00 AM to 8:00 PM 28. Facsimile permits remote duplications of

b. 6:00 AM to 12:00 NN which of the following items?
c. 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM
d. 12:00 NN to 12:00 MN a. Map
b. Pictures
23. For provincial station, the classification c. Printed page
of prime time blocks for FM radio shall be d. All of these

a. 6:00 AM to 8:00 PM 29. Television has a lot of features in

b. 6:00 AM to 12:00 NN common with
c. 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM
d. 12:00 NN to 12:00 MN a. FM stereo
b. Telephone service
24. All airtime classifications shall be c. Motion picture
submitted to and subject for approval by the d. Magazine

a. NTC 30. The major component of the TV signal

b. KBP-SA waveform is the
c. DOTC
d. CCITT a. Video
b. Radar
25. _____ is the time circulation for one c. Stereo
horizontal trace d. Antenna

a. 52 us 31. For NTSC TV system, the image is

b. 62 us scanned from
c. 48 us
d. 50 us a. Top to bottom
b. Left to right
26. Listing of the date and time of events, c. Right to left
programs, equipment, tests, malfunctions d. Choices A and B above
and corrections in communications system.
32. One completes NTSC scanning cycle
a. Reporting called field consists of how many lines
b. Documentation
c. Log a. 500
d. File b. 525
c. 625
27. Which of the following is not a low d. 60
impedance microphone?
33. The field rate in the NTSC television
a. Dynamic system
b. Velocity
 a. 30 Hz a. Beam focusing
b. 120 Hz b. Beam deflection
c. 60 Hz c. Beam production
d. 15.75 Hz d. Beam modulation

34. What is the horizontal synchronous 40. Video modulation for television is
blanking pulse rate?
a. Amplitude modulation
a. 30 Hz b. Frequency modulation
b. 60 Hz c. Vestigial sideband
c. 15.75Hz d. Both amplitude modulation and
d. 120 Hz vestigial sideband

35. What is the vertical blanking pulse rate? 41. Audio modulation for television is

a. 30 Hz a. Amplitude modulation
b. 60 Hz b. Frequency modulation
c. 15.75 Hz c. Vestigial sideband
d. 120 Hz d. Both amplitude modulation and
vestigial sideband
36. The pulses riding on the vertical
blanking pulse 42. What is the maximum frequency
deviation for audio modulation in TV
a. Equalizing (sync) pulses transmission?
b. Serrated vertical sync pulses
c. Black level pulses a. 25 kHz
d. Choices A and B above b. 30 kHz
c. 50 kHz
37. Television camera pickup tube is called d. 75 kHz

a. Vidicon 43. The video carrier and the audio carrier

b. Image orthicon are separated by ____ MHz.
c. Plumbicon
d. All of the above a. 4.5
b. 5.5
38. The television picture tube magnetic c. 6.5
fields can be used for d. 7.5

a. Beam focusing 44. In a practical image scanned at the

b. Beam deflection NTSC rate, the spectrum will include
c. Beam production components clustered at the fundamentals
d. Beam modulation and harmonics of _____ kHz

39. What is the purpose of an indirectly- a. 15.75

heated cathode in a cathode ray tube? b. 30
c. 12.25
 d. 45.5 d. 470 – 980 MHz

45. Brightness of an image is known as 51. What is the approximate bandwidth

occupied by the chrominance video signal
a. Radiance for color TV?
b. Chrominance
c. Reflectance a. 0.8 MHz
d. Luminance b. 1.8 MHz
c. 8.1 MHz
46. The colors at the vertices of the color d. 1.6 MHz
triangle are referred to as
52. The colors found around the perimeter of
a. Primary the color triangle are said to be
b. White
c. Desaturated a. Saturated
d. All of the above b. Dark
c. Light
47. A color signal which originate in the d. Monochrome
camera itself with color television pickup?
53. At what position on the color triangle
a. Red will saturated yellow be located?
b. Green
c. Blue a. Between red and blue
d. All of these b. Between red and green
c. Between blue and green
48. What are the three separate signals d. At the center
derived from a matrix in a color TV
transmitter? 54. What is the phase difference between the
I and Q color signal carriers?
a. Y, I and Q
b. P, D and Q a. 0°
c. M, N and O b. 45°
d. R, S and T c. 60°
d. 90°
49. Range of a VHF television transmitter
55. _____ is the most effective filter for
a. 54 – 98 MHz separating luminance and chrominance
b. 54 – 216 MHz frequency components.
c. 54 – 128 MHz
d. 54 – 166 MHz a. Low pass
b. Band pass
50. Range of a UHF television transmitter c. Notch
d. Comb
a. 470 – 670 MHz
b. 470 – 770 MHz
c. 470 – 890 MHz
56. The chrominance processing circuits can c. Shielding
be deactivated when monochrome d. Any of these
broadcasts are received by the
62. In transmitter amplifier design, an even-
a. Color killer order harmonics can be prevented or
b. SAW filter reduced by
c. NOT gate
d. All of the above a. Using a push-pull amplifier
b. Operating class C
57. What is the standard video level, in c. Operating class AB
percent PEV, for blanking? d. All of these

a. 25 % 63. The vertical and horizontal pulses are

b. 0 % separated at the
c. 12.5 %
d. 75 % a. Sync separator
b. AFC
58. What is the percent video level, in c. High voltage
percent PEV, for black? d. AGC

a. 0 % 64. The reason why buffer stage is included

b. 25 % in a transmitter is to
c. 12.5 %
d. 70 % a. Present a constant load to the oscillator
stage
59. What is the standard video level, in b. Present a low impedance to the
percent PEV, for white? oscillator stage
c. Stop the oscillator from generating
a. 0 % parasitic oscillations
b. 12.5 % d. All of these
c. 25 %
d. 70 % 65. Where is the operating position of a
radio station?
60. One should first perform _____ before a
convergence setup is performed. a. On the bridge
b. At the control point
a. Gray tracking c. At the location of the receiver
b. Screen setting d. At the location of the transmitter
c. Alignment
d. Degaussing 66. The alignment of the three color guns to
a common point is known as
61. If there are too many harmonics, one
should check the a. Blooming
b. Confetti
a. Coupling c. Demodulation
b. Tuning of circuits d. Convergence
 d. Burst separator
67. A _____ is equivalent to 525 scanning
lines 73. The presence of color bars is an
indication that there is a problem in the
a. Field _____ circuit
b. Frame
c. Cycle a. Horizontal
d. Interface set b. Reactor
c. Burst separator
68. A _____ represents one set of 262 ½ d. Chroma amplifier
scanning lines
74. Type of emission produced when a
a. Field frequency modulated transmitter is
b. Frame modulated by a TV signal
c. Cycle
d. Interface set a. A3F
b. F3F
69. The number of scanning lines is _____ c. A3C
per second d. F3C

a. 14750 75. What is emission A3F?

b. 15570
c. 15750 a. RTTY
d. 16550 b. SSB
c. TV
70. Picture frames are repeated at the rate of d. Modulated CW
_____ per second
76. What is emission F3F?
a. 25
b. 30 a. Facsimile
c. 40 b. Modulated CW
d. 50 c. Television
d. RTTY
71. Lack of raster is an indication of no
77. Cause of slow rising white “hum bars” is
a. AGC the television
b. High voltage
c. Video signal a. Pad filter
d. Television signal b. Bad rectifier
c. Bad picture tube
72. The sound and video signals are d. High voltage transformer
separated at the _____ of the TV receiver
78. Adjusting the _____ may eliminate color
a. IF stage confetti
b. Video amplifier
c. Video detector a. Color chroma amplifier
 b. Color killer a. TV broadcasting
c. Color detector b. Monaural broadcasting
d. Color oscillator c. Stereo broadcasting
d. HF point-to-point communications
79. Video signal amplitude determine the
picture quality called 85. Which of the following filters block FM
radio band for TV channels (2 to 13)?
a. Chrominance
b. Brightness a. High-pass filter
c. Contrast b. Low-pass filter
d. Luminance c. Band pass filter
d. Band-reject filter
80. Part of broadcast day from midnight to
local sunrise 86. The FM broadcast band is from

a. Daytime a. 535 to 1600 kHz

b. Experimental b. 30 to 300 kHz
c. Nighttime c. 88 to 108 MHz
d. Dawntime d. 300 to 2000 MHz

81. Part of broadcast day from local sunset 87. The type of emission used by standard
to local sunrise AM radio broadcast

a. Dawntime a. A5C
b. Nighttime b. A0
c. Daytime c. A3
d. Experimental d. F3

82. What causes snow in television? 88. The standard AM radio broadcast
belongs to which frequency band?
a. High Q in the tuned circuit
b. Excessive gain a. MF
c. Random noise in the signal b. HF
d. Insufficient wave traps c. VHF
d. LF
83. Vestigial sideband is known as _____
type of emission 89. When were UHF channels (14 – 83) of
television added?
a. CF3
b. C3F a. 1902
c. B8E b. 1945
d. A3E c. 1947
d. 1952
84. Vestigial sideband modulation is
commonly used in 90. When was colored TV standards
established in the United States?
 a. Circular polarized wave antenna
a. 1904 b. Horizontal polarized wave antenna
b. 1945 c. Both vertical and horizontal polarized
c. 1953 wave antenna
d. 1960 d. Vertical polarized wave antenna

91. What synchronizes the horizontal line of 96. Receiver sensitivity means
the TV picture tube?
a. The frequency allocation of the system
a. HFC b. Input impedance of the receiver
b. HSC c. The ability of picking up weak signal
c. HAFC d. The power to deliver the information
d. All of these
97. The main functions of the RF amplifier
92. A measure of how well the receiver can in a superheterodyne receiver is to
respond to every weak signals/
a. Provide improved tracking
a. Selectivity b. Permit better adjacent-channel rejection
b. Sensitivity c. Improve the rejection of the image
c. Fidelity frequency
d. Quality factor d. All of these

93. What is the allowable frequency 98. Local oscillator of a broadcast receiver
deviation of a commercial FM broadcast always tunes to a frequency higher than the
band? incoming frequency in order

a. 15 kHz a. To help the image frequency rejection

b. 75 kHz b. To allow easy tracking
c. 5 kHz c. To allow adequate frequency coverage
d. 100 kHz without switching
d. All of these
94. The final amplifier of either FM or AM
transmitter is operated as 99. Type of filter used in TV receivers that
separates the chroma signal from the
a. Class A colorplexed video signal but leaves intact
b. Class B the Y-component
c. Class C
d. Class D a. Comb filter
b. Bandpass filter
95. Standard AM broadcasting use _____ c. Color filter
for greater and efficient coverage d. Low pass filter

100. What is the first letter-symbol for

emission of unmodulated carrier?

a. A
 b. N
c. H
d. F

Answer Key

1. Antenna 37. All of the above 70. 30

2. CCTV 38. Beam modulation 71. High voltage
3. Low band VHF 39. Beam production 72. Video detector
4. Pan/tilt device 40. Both amplitude 73. Reactor
5. Charge couple device modulation and vestigial 74. F3F
6. Wide angle sideband 75. TV
7. Telephoto 41. Frequency modulation 76. Television
8. 955 to 2055 kHz 42. 25 kHz 77. Pad filter
9. 5 43. 4.5 78. Color killer
10. 20 kW 44. 15.75 79. Contrast
11. 45 45. Luminance 80. Experimental
12. 3.8 MHz 46. Primary 81. Nighttime
13. ± 2000 Hz 47. All of these 82. Random noise in the
14. 36 kHz 48. Y, I and Q signal
15. 16:9 49. 54 – 216 MHz 83. C3F
16. 1 50. 470 – 890 MHz 84. TV broadcasting
17. 4 51. 1.8 MHz 85. Band-reject filter
18. 15 52. Saturated 86. 88 to 108 MHz
19. 17 53. Between red and green 87. A3
20. 6 54. 90° 88. MF
21. 6 55. Comb 89. 1952
22. 6:00 AM to 8:00 PM 56. Color killer 90. 1953
23. 6:00 AM to 8:00 PM 57. 75 % 91. HAFC
24. KBP-SA 58. 70 % 92. Sensitivity
25. 52 us 59. 0 % 93. 75 kHz
26. Log 60. Degaussing 94. Class C
27. Crystal 61. Any of these 95. Vertical polarized
28. All of these 62. Using a push-pull wave antenna
29. Motion picture amplifier 96. The ability of picking
30. Video 63. Sync separator up weak signal
31. Choices A and B above 64. Present a constant load 97. Improve the rejection
32. 525 to the oscillator stage of the image frequency
33. 60 Hz 65. At the control point 98. To allow adequate
34. 15.75Hz 66. Convergence frequency coverage
35. 60 Hz 67. Frame without switching
36. Choices A and B 68. Field 99. Comb filter
above 69. 15750 100. N