1. Which of the following is the first 8. ___________ is a satellite that rotates 15.

es 15. What is a device that detects both 21. What is the local oscillator (mixer)
active satellite? around the earth in a low-altitude vertically and horizontally polarized frequency of the satellite with an uplink
A. Echo I elliptical or circular pattern. signals simultaneously? frequency in GHz band?
B. Telstar I A. Geosynchronous satellite A. Orthomode transducer A. 3500 MHz
C. Early Bird B. Nonsynchronous satellite B. Crystal detector B. 4500 MHz
D. Sputnik I C. Prograde satellite C. Optoisolator C. 2225 MHz
D. Retrograde satellite D. Isomode detector D. 2555 MHz
2. Which of the following is the first 9. Is the geographical representation of a
commercial satellite? satellite antenna radiation pattern 16. _________ detects the satellite signal 22. What kind of battery panels are used
A. Early Bird A. Footprint relayed from the feed and converts it to in some advance satellites
B. Telstar B. Spot an electric current, amplifies and lower A. Germanium based panels
C. Explorer C. Earth its frequency. B. Silicon based panel
D. Courier D. Region A. Horn antenna C. Galium Phosphate solar panel array
B. LNA D. Galium Arsenide solar panel array
3. What is the first passive satellite 10. The smallest beam of a satellite C. Satellite receiver
transponder? antenna radiation pattern D. Satellite dish 23. Satellite engine uses
A. Sun A. Zone beam A. jet propulsion
B. Early Bird B. Hemispheric beam 17. Is a loss of power of a satellite B. ion propulsion system
C. Score C. Spot beam downlink signal due to earth’s C. liquid fuel
D. Moon D. Global beam atmosphere. D. solar jet
A. Atmospheric loss
4. The first satellite to receive and 11. A satellite beam that covers almost B. Path loss 24. A satellite batter has more power but
transmit simultaneously 42.4% of the earths surface. C. Radiation loss lighter.
A. Intelsat I A. Zone beam D. RFI A. Lithium
B. Agila I B. Hemispheric beam B. Leclanche
C. Syncorn I C. Spot beam 18. What height must a satellite be C. Hydrogen
D. Telstar I D. Global beam placed above the surface of the earth in D. Magnesium
order for its rotation to be equal to
5. A helical antenna is used for satellite 12. What is the frequency range of C- earth’s rotation? 25. What kind of battery used by older
tracking because A. circular polarization band? A. 26,426.4 miles satellites?
of A. 8.5 to 12.5 GHz B. 27,426.4 miles A. Lithium
B. maneuverability B. 3.4 to 6.425 GHz C. 23,426.4 miles B. Leclanche
C. beamwidth C. 12.95 to 14.95 GHz D. 22,426.4 miles C. Hydrogen
D. gain D. 27.5 to 31 GHz D. Magnesium
6. Repeaters inside communications 19. Point on the satellite obits closest to
satellites are known as 13. A satellite signal transmitted from a the earth. 26. VSAT was made available in
A. Trancievers satellite transponder to earth’s station. A. Apogee A. 1979
B. Transponders A. Uplink B. Perigee B. 1981
C. Transducers B. Downlink C. Prograde C. 1983
D. TWT C. Terrestrial D. Zenith D. 1977
7. Considered as the unsolved problem in D. Earthbound
satellite system 20. The earth area covered by a satellite 27. What band does VSAT first operate?
A. Coverage 14. Collects very weak signals from a radio beam. A. L-band
B. Cost broadcast satellite A. Beamwidth B. X-band
C. Access A. Helical antenna B. Bandwidth C. C-band
D. Privacy B. Satellite dish C. Footprint D. Ku-band
C. LNA D. Zone
D. TWT
28. The first Philippine Mabuhay satellite 35. INTELSAT stands for 42. The radiation patterns of earth 48. A method of multiple accessing where
has how many channels? A. Intel Satellite coverage antennas have a beamwidth of a given RF channel bandwidth is divided
A. 30 B. International Telephone Satellite approximately inot smaller frequency band.
B. 24 C. International Telecommunications A. 21˚ A. CDMA
C. 48 Satellite B. 5˚ B. ANIK-D
D. 50 D. International Satellite C. 17˚ C. TDMA
D. 35˚ D. FDMA
29. The first Philippine Agila I will have 36. The frequency of Ku band for satellite
how many transponders. communications. 43. A mobile satellite array has usually 49. What is the delay time for satellite
A. 36 A. 6/4 GHz how many elements? transmissions from earth transmitter to
B. 48 B. 14/11 GHz A. 6 earth receiver?
C. 24 C. 12/14 GHz B. 88 A. 0.5 s
D. 12 D. 4/8 GHz C. 12 B. 1s
D. 14 C. 5 ms
30. How may satellite orbital slots are 37. A satellite cross-link means 44. In a typical mobile satellite array D. 0.25 s
requested by the Philippine Government A. Earth-to-satellite link antenna if three elements are activated,
from ITU? B. Satellite-to-earth link how many elements are deactivated? 50. As the height of a satellite orbit gets
A. 2 C. Satellite-to-satellite link A. 3 lower, the speed of the satellite
B. 4 D. None of these B. 11 _________.
C. 6 C. 5 A. increases
D. 8 38. Earth station uses what type of D. 9 B. decreases
antenna C. remains the same
31. The location of AsiaSat I. A. Despun antenna 45. What circuit is responsible in D. None of the above
A. 105.5˚ East B. Helical antenna activating and deactivating adjacent
B. 151.5˚ East C. Toroidal antenna antenna elements in a mobile satellite 51. The main function of a
C. 115.5˚ East D. Cassegrain antenna array? communications satellite is a/ an
D. 170.5˚ East A. Radial divider A. repeater
39. What is the delay time for satellite B. Divider/combiner B. reflector
32. AsiaSat I covers how many countries transmission from earth transmitter to C. Radial combiner C. beacon
in Asia? earth receiver? D. Radial multiplexer D. observation platform
A. 38 A. 0.5 s
B. 10 B. 1.0 s 46. Most mobile satellite array uses 52. The key electronic component in a
C. 28 C. 5 ms ___________ in transforming 50 to 150 Ω communications satellite is the
D. 15 D. 0.25 ms impedance.
A. stub A. telemetry equipment
33. The owner of AsiaSat 2 is 40. The bandwidth of C-band satellite B. balun B. on-board computer
A. Asia Satellite Telecommunications frequency band in U.S. C. quarter-wavelength transformer C. command and control system
Company (ASTC) A. 500 GHz D. microstrip tapers. D. transponder
B. Japan Satellite System (JSAT) B. 1000 GHz
C. China Great Wall Industry Corporation C. 1000 MHz 47. The switching from one element to 53. A circular orbit around the equator
D. Singapore Satellite Commision D. 500 MHz the other element in a typical mobile with a 24-h period is called a/an
satellite array. A. elliptical orbit
34. What is the approximate path loss 41. The most common device used as an A. Series B. geostationary orbit
from satellite-to-earth station? LNA is B. Radial C. polar orbit
A. 100 dB A. zener diode C. Matrix D. transfer orbit
B. 150 dB B. tunnel diode D. Shunt
C. 175 dB C. IMPATT
D. 200 dB D. Shockley diode
54. A satellite stay in orbit because the D. telemetry, tracking, and command B. bandpass filter D. QPSK
following two factors are balanced subsystem C. mixer
A. Satellite weight and speed D. input signals 75. Which of the following is not a typical
B. Gravitational force and centrifugal 61. What is the basic technique used to output from a GPS receiver?
force stabilize a satellite? 68. The HPAs in most satellite are
C. Centripetal force and speed A. Gravity-forward motion balance A. TWTs A. Latitude
D. Satellite weight and the pull of the B. Spin B. Klystrons B. Speed
moon and sun C. Thruster control C. Vacuum tubes C. Altitude
D. Solar panel orientation D. Magnetrons D. Longitude
55. What is the height of a satellite in a
synchronous equatorial orbit? 62. The jet thrusters are usually fired to 69. The physical location of a satellite is 76. The total space loss of transmission
A. 42000 mi A. maintain altitude determined by its and reception for two ground stations
B. 6800 mi B. put the satellite into the transfer orbit A. distance from the earth with uplink frequency 8GHz and a
C. 22,300 mi C. inject the satellite in the B. latitude and longitude downlink of 6 GHz with angle of
D. 35,860 mi geosynchronous orbit C. reference to the stars elevations of 3˚ and 7˚ A respectively is
D. bring the satellite back to earth. D. position relative to the sun A. 403 dB
56. Most satellites operate in which B. 100 dB
frequency band? 63. Most commercial satellite activity 70. The receive GCE system in an earth C. 20 dB
A. 30 to 300 MHz occurs in which band(s)? station performs what function(s)? D. 215 dB
B. 300 MHz to 3 GHz A. L A. Modulation and multiplexing
C. 3 GHz to 30 GHz B. C and Ku B. Up conversion 77. The maximum propagation delay of a
D. Above 300 GHz C. X C. Demodulation and demultiplexing geostationary satellite is
57. The main power sources for a satellite D. S and P D. Down conversion A. 278 ms
are 71. Which of the following types of HPA is B. 239 ms
A. batteries 64. How can multiple earth stations share not used in earth stations? C. 300 ms
B. solar cells a satellite on the same frequencies? A. TWT D. 250 ms
C. fuel cells A. Frequency reuse B. Transistor
D. thermoelectric generators B. Multiplexing C. Klystron 78. The total propagation delay time from
C. Mixing D. Magnetron transmission to reception of signals from
58. The maximum height of an elliptical D. Frequency hopping a ground transmitter to ground receiver
orbit is called the 72. What is the common up-converter with angle of elevation at 10 degrees
A. Perigee 65. What is the typical bandwidth of a and down-converter IF? respectively is
B. Apex satellite band? A. 36 MHz A. 273 ms
C. Zenith A. 36 MHz B. 40 MHz B. 239 ms
D. Apogee B. 40 MHz C. 70 MHz C. 275 ms
C. 70 MHz D. 500 MHz D. 260 ms
59. Batteries are used to power all D. 500 MHz
satellite subsystems 73. What type of modulation is used on 79. A satellite which simply reflects the
A. at all times 66. Which of the following is not usually a voice and video signals? signal without further amplification
B. only during emergencies part of a transponder are defined by the A. AM A. Passive satellite
C. during eclipse periods A. LNA B. FM B. Active satellite
D. to give the solar arrays a rest B. Mixer C. SSB C. Geostationary satellite
C. Modulator D. QPSK D. Domestic satellite
60. The satellite subsystem that monitors D. HPA
and controls the satellite is the 74. What modulation is normally used 80. Essentially a satellite ___________ is
A. propulsion subsystem 67. The satellite communications with digital data? a radio repeater in the sky
B. power subsystem channels in a transponder are defined by A. AM
C. communications subsystem the B. FM A. transponder
A. LNA C. SSB B. comparator
C. duplexer 87. A satellite position is measured by its 93. The first intelsat satellite that was 99. Descending pass for a satellite means
D. billboard __________ angle with respect to the launched in 1965 was named a pass from
horizon. A. Early Bird I A. North to South
81. Satellite the orbits in a circular A. elevation B. Echo B. South to North
pattern with an angular velocity equal to B. depression C. Telstar I C. East to West
that of the earth C. azimuth D. Courier D. West to East
A. Geostationary D. critical
B. Early Bird I 94. The first satellite launched for a 100. Geostationary stationary satellites
C. Syncorn I 88. The ________ angle measures the geosynchronous orbit but unfortunately are located ___________ with respect to
D. Stationary satellite satellite position clockwise from the lost during orbit injection the equator.
direction of true north. A. Syncom I A. 0˚ longitude
82. Satellite that provide services within a A. azimuth B. Telstar I B. 0˚ latitude
single country B. elevation C. Sputnik I C. 90˚ latitude
A. Domsat C. depression D. Early Bird I D. 45˚ latitude
B. Comsat D. critical
C. Regional 95. When the elevation angle of a 101. It is a celestial body that orbits
D. Global 89. incidentally propose the geostationary satellite is 23˚ and the around a planet.
geostationary scheme or orbit of the transmitting frequency is 3840 MHz, A. Primary body
83. The round-trip propagation delay satellite in 1940s what is the free space loss in dB? B. Satellite
between two earth stations through a A. Arthur Clarke A. 196 dB C. Heavenly bodies
geosynchronous satellite is B. Carl Friedrich Gauss B. 200 dB D. Quasars
A. 500 to 600 ms C. Samuel Morse C. 150 dB
B. 300 to 400 ms D. Stephen Gray D. 100 dB 102. It is a position and timing service
C. 600 to 700 ms that is available to all GPS users on a
D. 400 to 500 ms 90. When the satellite are spaced 4˚ of 96. What is the propagation delay when a continuous, worldwide basis with no
the 360˚ complete circle, how many signal is transmitter by an earth station to direct charge.
84. The signal path from earth station parking spaces or orbit slots are a geosynchronous satellite about 38,500 A. PPI
satellite available? km above earth’s equator and then B. PPS
A. Uplink signal A. 90 received by the same earth station? C. SPS
B. Reflected signal B. 85 A. 256 msec D. SSP
C. Incident signal C. 95 B. 128 msec
D. Downlink signal D. 80 C. 300 msec 103. The geometric shape of a non-
91. The control routine necessary to keep D. 400 msec circular orbit of a satellite is ____.
85. Designed to receive a signal from a the satellite in position is referred to as A. Ellipse
transmitting station on the ground and A. station keeping 97. What is the free space attenuation of B. Parabolic
retransmit it to a receiving station B. station tracking a satellite communications system C. Hyperbolic
located elsewhere C. station monitoring operating at 36,000 km above the earth D. Paraboloid
A. Communication satellite D. station maintaining at 5.0 GHz?
B. Repeater A. 198 dB 104. The circuit that provides
C. Relay station 92. Refers to the satellite orientation with B. 202 dB channelization in a transponder is the
D. Transponder respect to the earth C. 142 dB A. Mixer
A. Satellite altitude D. 138 dB B. Local oscillator
86. The signal path from satellite to B. Satellite position C. Bandpass filter
earth-based receiver. C. Satellite location 98. Which of the following is the most D. HPA
A. Downlink signal D. Satellite orbit common application of satellite?
B. Uplink signal A. Surveillance 105. The three axes referred to the three-
C. Incident signal B. Military application axis attitude stabilization are; except
D. Reflected signal C. Communications A. Pitch
D. Newscasting B. Yaw
C. Roll and an efficiency of 60%. Calculate the C. SSB
D. Speed 112. In satellites, it includes control gain. D. QPSK
106. A ground station is operating to a mechanism that support the payload A. 41 dB
geostationary satellite at a 5 degrees operation. B. 19 dB 123. Kepler’s 2nd law is known as
angle of elevation. Calculate the round- A. Bus C. 29 dB A. Law of gravity
trip time between ground station to B. Payload D. 9 dB B. Law of areas
satellites in a geostationary orbit. C. Ground segment C. Newton’s law of motion
A. 456.45 ms D. Space segment 118. Which of the following is not a D. Harmonic law
B. 275.58 ms typical output from the GPS receiver?
C. 137.79 ms 113. A satellite transmitter operates at a A. Latitude 124. A receiving antenna with a gain of 40
D. 126.89 ms 4 GHz with a transmitter power of 7W B. Speed dB looks at a sky with a noise
and an antenna gain of 40 dBi. The C. Altitude temperature of 15 K. the loss between
107. The escape velocity of the earth is receiver has antenna gain of 30 dBi, and D. Longitude the antenna and the LNA input, due to
approximately the path length is 40,000 km. calculate the feedhorn is 0.4 dB, and the LNA has a
A. 30,000 km/hr the signal strength at the receiver. 119. The law that states that a satellite noise temperature of 40K. Calculate the
B. 25,000 mi/hr A. -88 dBm will orbit a primary body following an G/T?
C. 35,000 m/s B. -98 dBm elliptical path. A. 13.4 dB
D. 25,000 km/hr C. -77 dBm A. 1st law of Kepler B. 39 dB
D. -79.8 dBm B. 2nd law of Kepler C. 20.6 dB
108. A satellite radio repeater is called C. 3rd law of Kepler D. 11.2 dB
____. 114. The satellite subsystem that D. 4th law of Kepler
A. Repeater monitors and controls the satellite is the 125. The operational satellites of Navstar
B. Transponder A. Propulsion system 120. Telephone communication takes GPS are revolving around Earth in ____
C. Satellite B. Power subsystem place between two earth stations via a orbital planes.
D. Mixer C. Communications subsystem satellite that is 40,000 km from each A. 4
D. Telemetry, tracking, and command station. Suppose Bill, at station 1, asks a B. 3
109. Calculate the angle of declination for subsystems question and Sharon, at station 2, C. 5
an antenna using a polar mount at a answers immediately, as soon as she D. 6
latitude of 45 degrees. 115. Standard positioning service has hears the question. How much time
A. 3.2 degrees time transfer accuracy to Universal elapses between the end of Bill’s 126. Kepler’s 3rd law is also known as
B. 1.3 degrees Transfer Mercator Grid within ____. question and the beginning of Sharon’s A. Law of gravity
C. 4.2 degrees A. 140 nanoseconds reply, as heard by Bill? B. Law of areas
D. 6.81 degrees B. 340 nanoseconds A. 0.26 sec C. Newton’s law of motion
C. 230 nanoseconds B. 3.2 sec D. Harmonic law
110. The time transfer accuracy used with D. 530 nanoseconds C. 0.52 sec
reference to the Universal Transmitter D. 1.6 sec 127. The basic technique used to stabilize
Mercator Grid is ____. 116. A satellite remains in orbit because 121. In GPS, it is accomplished by a satellite is
A. UTC the centrifugal force caused by its manipulating navigation message orbit A. Gravity-forward motion balance
B. UTMG rotation around the Earth is data (epsilon) and/or the satellite clock B. Spin
C. GMT counterbalanced by Earth’s ____. frequency (dither). C. Thruster control
D. UTM A. Centripetal force A. Selective availability D. Solar panel orientation
B. Inertia B. Reverse error notification
111. It is caused by the inertia of the C. Gravitational pull C. Forward error notification 128. Calculate the length of the path to a
satellite balanced by the earth’s D. Speed D. Two dimensional reporting geostationary satellite from an earth
gravitational pull. station where the angle of elevation is 30
A. Centrifugal force 117. A TVRO installation for use with C- 122. The modulation normally used with degrees.
B. Centripetal force band satellite (download frequency at 4 digital data is A. 55 x 10^3 km
C. Speed GHz), has a diameter of about 3.5 meters A. AM B. 13 x 10^3 km
D. Earth’s rotation B. FM C. 23 x 10^3 km
D. 39 x 10^3 km 135. Power amplification in a D. 10,400 miles B. Geocenter
transponder is usually provided by 142. The input circuit to a transponder is C. Orbit
129. Navstar GPS is a ____. A. klystron the ____. D. Center
A. LEO B. TWT A. BPF
B. MEO C. Transistor B. HPA 149. In satellite communications, the
C. HEO D. Magnetron C. LPA type of modulation used in voice and
D. GEO D. Any of these video signals is
136. Which of the following clocks is A. AM
130. The satellite is orbiting in the same developed for Galileo satellite? 143. The access scheme used by GPS B. FM
direction as the Earth’s rotation and at A. Cesium Atomic Frequency Standard A. FDMA C. SSB
angular velocity greater than that of the B. Rubidium Atomic Frequency Standard B. OFDMA D. QPSK
Earth. C. Ruby Atomic Frequency Standard C. TDMA
A. Retrograde D. Hydrogen Frequency Standard D. CDMA 150. In satellite communications, type of
B. Synchronous 137. Master control station of GPS is orbit which is virtually all orbits except
C. Posigrade located in ____. 144. The point in an orbit which is located those travel directly above the equator or
D. Asynchronous A. Colorado farthest from earth directly over the North or the South
B. California A. Perigee poles.
131. Find the orbital period of the C. Alaska B. Apogee A. Equatorial orbit
satellite in a circular orbit 500 km above D. New York C. Line of apsides B. Polar orbit
the Earth’s surface D. Point of shoot C. Geosynchronous orbit
A. 1.6 hrs 138. Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite D. Inclined orbit
B. 3.2 hrs orbits around the earth at a height 145. Using very narrow beamwidth
C. 2.4 hrs approximately ____. antennas to isolate signals on the same
D. 6.4 hrs A. 3,000 miles to 6,000 miles frequency is known as ____.
B. 4,000 miles to 8,000 miles A. Spatial isolation
132. Satellite orbiting in the opposite C. 6,000 miles to 12,000 miles B. Footprint
direction as the Earth’s rotation and at D. 8,000 miles to 10,000 miles C. Frequency reuse
angular velocity less than that of the D. Boresight
Earth 139. A satellite stays in orbit because the
A. Asynchronous following two factors are balanced 146. The point in an orbit which is located
B. Synchronous A. Satellite weight and speed closest to Earth
C. Posigrade B. Gravitational pull and inertia A. Point of shoot
D. Retrograde C. Centripetal force and speed B. Apogee
D. Satellite weight and the pull of the C. Line of apsides
133. A transponder that demodulates the moon and sun D. Perigee
baseband signals and then demodulates a
carrier is known as ____ transponder. 140. A ____ circuit in the transponder 147. The most popular satellite frequency
A. Single-conversion performs the frequency conversion. range is 4 to 6 GHz and is called the ____
B. Double-conversion A. HPA band.
C. Regenerative B. Mixer A. C
D. Degenerative C. Local oscillator B. L
D. LPA C. Ka
134. Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite orbits D. Ku
around the earth at a height of 141. Geosynchronous satellites are high-
approximately ____. altitude earth-orbit satellites with heights 148. All satellites rotate around the earth
A. 3000 miles about ____. in an orbit that forms a plane that passes
B. 1000 miles A. 22,300 miles through the center of gravity of earth
C. 575 miles B. 21,000 miles called ____.
D. 370 miles C. 8,000 miles A. Focus