Communications Engineering Mastery Test 9: ECE Pre-Board

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July 4, 2017

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This is 100 items set of Practice Examination 9 in Communications Engineering

(Electronics Systems and Technology) composed of previous Board Exams Questions.
Read each questions and choices carefully! Choose the best answer. In the actual board,
you have to answer 100 items in Communications Engineering within 5 hours. You have to
get at least 70% to pass the subject. Communications Engineering is 30% of the total 100%
Board Rating along with Mathematics (20%), General Engineering and Applied Sciences
(20%) and Electronics Engineering (30%). Familiarize each and every questions to
increase the chance of passing the ECE Board Examination.

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Start the Test Yourself Exam 9
Choose the letter of the best answer in each questions.

1. What significant element of sound refers to its characteristic tonal quality?

A. Pitch

B. Tempo

C. Rhythm

D. Timbre

View Answer:
Answer: Option D

Solution:

2. What is the velocity of sound in wood?

A. 5800 m/s

B. 5000 m/s

C. 3300 m/s

D. 3700 m/s

View Answer:
Answer: Option C

Solution:

3. What is the typical loudness level of a watch ticking?

A. 0 phon

B. 40 phons

C. 20 phons

D. 60 phons

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Answer: Option C

Solution:
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4. The typical length of the rhombic antenna is ____.

A. 2λ to 8λ

B. 10λ to 20λ

C. 1λ to 3λ

D. 5λ to 10λ

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

5. What is the carrier frequency of supergroup 10?

A. 2724 kHz

B. 2356 kHz

C. 2108 kHz

D. 3100 kHz

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Answer: Option D

Solution:

6. In SPADE system, how many PCM-encoded voice band channels are there?

A. 800

B. 600

C. 300

D. 240

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

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7. The product of the radiated RF power of a transmitter and the gain of the antenna
system in a given direction relative to an isotropic radiator is called ____.

A. Effective Radiated Power (ERP)

B. Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP)

C. Radiated Power

D. Transmit Power

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Answer: Option B

Solution:

8. The product of antenna input power and the antenna power gain expressed in kW is
called __.

A. Effective Radiated Power (ERP)

B. Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP)

C. Radiated Power

D. Transmit Power

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

9. What satellite system parameter represents the quality of a satellite or an earth station
receiver?

A. Gain-to-Equivalent Noise Temperature Ratio (G/Te)

B. Energy of Bit-to-Noise Density Ratio (Eb/No)

C. Carrier-to-Noise Density Ratio (C/No)

D. Bit energy

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Answer: Option A

Solution:
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10. What noise is observable at frequencies in the range from about 8 MHz to somewhat 1.5
GHz?

A. Industrial noise

B. Atmospheric noise

C. Space noise

D. Shot noise

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

11. A special horn antenna consisting of a parabolic cylinder joined to a pyramidal horn.

A. Hoghorn

B. Cass-horn

C. Pyramidal horn

D. Conical horn

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

12. How many telegraph channels are there in the basic voice band channels?

A. 24

B. 96

C. 48

D. 672

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

13. Which of the following is oldest multiplexing scheme?

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A. Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM)

B. Time Division Multiplexing (TDM)

C. Code Division Multiplexing (CDM)

D. Space Division Multiplexing (SDM)

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Answer: Option D

Solution:

14. What carrier system multiplexes 96 voice band channels into a single 6.312 Mbps data
signal?

A. T1 carrier system

B. T2 carrier system

C. T1C carrier system

D. T3 carrier system

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Answer: Option B

Solution:

15. What is the metric subdivision of VHF band?

A. Metric

B. Millimetric

C. Decimetric

D. Centimetric

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

16. In satellite communications, what means of attitude control is using the angular
momentum of the spinning body to provide the roll and yaw stabilization?

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A. Spin stabilization

B. Radial stabilization

C. Three-axis stabilization

D. Station keeping

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

17. Which of the following is NOT a porous absorber?

A. Prefabricated tiles

B. Plasters and spray on materials

C. Acoustic blankets

D. Membrane absorber

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Answer: Option D

Solution:

18. What historical satellite broadcasted live the 1964 Olympic games from Tokyo, Japan
for the first time?

A. Syncom I

B. Syncom III

C. Syncom II

D. Syncom IV

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Answer: Option B

Solution:

19. In transmission line, which of the following is the first step in the procedure of using
stub matching?

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A. Calculate stub susceptance.

B. Calculate load admittance

C. Connect stub to load

D. Transform conductance to resistance

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Answer: Option B

Solution:

20. What type of balun (balanced-to-unbalanced) is used in high frequency applications?

A. Transformer type balun

B. A specially configured coaxial transmission line

C. A specially configured parallel-wire line

D. A λ/2 transformer balun

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Answer: Option B

Solution:

21. ____ is defined as any radiation of energy by means of electromagnetic wave.

A. Emission

B. Radiation

C. Radio

D. Broadcasting

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

22. In what year did Hertz discover radio waves?

A. 1844

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B. 1873

C. 1887

D. 1895

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

23. Which of the following phenomena is possible is free space medium?

A. Reflection of radio wave

B. Diffraction of radio wave

C. Refraction of radio wave

D. Attenuation of radio wave

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Answer: Option D

Solution:

24. What is the reactance property at the input of a shorted quarter wavelength line?

A. A parallel LC circuit

B. A pure inductive reactance

C. A series LC circuit

D. A pure capacitive reactance

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

25. An early satellite owned by US Department of Defense that lasted only for 17 days

A. Courier

B. Echo

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C. Score

D. Westar 1

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

26. Which of the following is the consolidation of H. No. 5224 and S. No. 2683?

A. RA 9292

B. RA 5734

C. RA 7925

D. RA 6849

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

27. Who will appoint the chairman and 2 members of the board of Electronics
Engineering?

A. The Senate President

B. The President

C. The Supreme Court

D. The Commission on Appointment

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Answer: Option B

Solution:

28. How many nominees per position of the Electronics Engineering Board are nominated
by IECEP to PRC?

A. 3

B. 5

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C. 4

D. 6

View Answer:
Answer: Option B

Solution:

29. According to RA 9292, how many days after the board exam the results will be
released?

A. Within 5 days

B. Within 15 days

C. Within 20 days

D. Within 3 days

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Answer: Option B

Solution:

30. How many removal examination (s) will be given to an examinee who obtains a passing
rating in the majority of the subjects but obtains a rating in the other subject (s) below
seventy percent (70%) but not lower than sixty percent (60%)?

A. 1

B. 3

C. 2

D. Unlimited

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

31. Which of the following determines the acoustic behavior of gases?

A. Density

B. Pressure
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C. Temperature

D. All of the choices

View Answer:
Answer: Option D

Solution:

32. In what medium sound travels the faster?

A. Vacuum

B. Solid

C. Liquid

D. Gas

View Answer:
Answer: Option B

Solution:

33. For a loudness level between 110 and 120 dB, the maximum daily exposure limit is
____ minute (s).

A. 1

B. 60

C. 20

D. 45

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

34. A porous material is far more efficient at high than low frequency absorption. How to
improve sound absorption at lower frequencies using this absorber?

A. Increase the thickness

B. Decrease the thickness

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C. Mount with and airspace behind

D. Both A and C above

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Answer: Option D

Solution:

35. Which of the following describes a TDM frame?

A. A 250-μs frame

B. A 125-μs frame

C. A 500-μs frame

D. A 60-μs frame

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Answer: Option B

Solution:

36. ____ system transmits frequency-division-multiplexed voice band signals over a

coaxial cable for distances up to 4000 miles.

A. T carrier

B. X carrier

C. L carrier

D. F carrier

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

37. What is the spectrum range of U600 mastergroup?

A. 60 – 108 kHz

B. 564 – 3084 kHz

C. 312 – 552 kHz

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D. 60 -2788 kHz

View Answer:
Answer: Option B

Solution:

38. Which frequency reuse method is less effective because of Faraday’s effect?

A. Dual polarization

B. Reducing antenna beamwidth

C. Zonal rotation

D. Spin stabilization

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

39. Three telephone circuits, each having an S/N ratio of 44 dB, are connected in tandem.
What is the overall S/N ratio?

A. 44 dB

B. 39.2 dB

C. 41 dB

D. 43.52 dB

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Answer: Option B

Solution:

40. What is the noise factor if the equivalent noise temperature is 25 K?

A. 1.09

B. 0.09

C. 0.36 dBm

D. 0.36
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View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

41. A ground station is operating to a geostationary satellite at a 5° angle of elevation.

Calculate the round-trip time between ground station and satellite.

A. 275 s

B. 275 ms

C. 137.5 s

D. 137.5 ms

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Answer: Option B

Solution:

42. Calculate the reverberation time of a living room 8 ft high, 13 ft wide and 20 ft long.
The total absorption of the building structure inside the room is 180.7 sabines with four
persons present in the room.

A. 0.5 ms

B. 0.05 s

C. 0.5 s

D. 5 ms

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

43. What is the number of levels required in a PCM system with S/N ratio of 40 dB?

A. 64

B. 128

C. 256

D. 512
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View Answer:
Answer: Option B

Solution:

44. A radio communications link is to be established via the ionosphere. The maximum
virtual height of the layer is 100 km at the midpoint of the path and the critical frequency is
2 MHz. The distance between stations is 600 km. determine the optimum working
frequency?

A. 6.32 MHz

B. 2.1 MHz

C. 5.4 MHz

D. 1.8 MHz

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

45. Part of a microwave link can be approximated by free space conditions. The antenna
gain are each 40 dB, the frequency is 10 GHz, and the path length is 80 km. Calculate the
receive power for a transmitted power of 10 W?

A. 0.871 μW

B. 871 μW

C. 0.871 mW

D. 871 nW

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

46. What is the approximate critical frequency of the E layer?

A. 4 MHz

B. 5 MHz

C. 6 MHz
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D. 3 MHz

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

47. What is the approximate single-hop nighttime range of F2 layer?

A. 3840 km

B. 3000 km

C. 4130 km

D. 2350 km

View Answer:
Answer: Option C

Solution:

48. What ionospheric layer has a daytime approximate critical frequency of 8 MHz?

A. F2 layer

B. F1 layer

C. E layer

D. D layer

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

49. Determine the additional absorption (sabines) contributed by 10 persons in a room.

A. 47

B. 4.7

C. 0.47

D. 470

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View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

50. A frequency of 3000 Hz has how many octaves above 1000 Hz?

A. 1.6 octaves

B. 2.1 octaves

C. 1 octave

D. 3 octaves

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

51. The loudness level increased from 40 to 56 phons. What is the increase in loudness
sensation?

A. 3 times

B. 4.5 times

C. 2 times

D. 4 times

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

52. In the North American TDM system, what is the transmission rate in Mbps of T3
carrier system?

A. 44.736

B. 6.312

C. 3.152

D. 274.176

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View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

53. What is the data rate in Mbps of a single satellite transponder considering an S/N of 30
dB?

A. 35.8

B. 3.58

C. 358

D. 3580

View Answer:
Answer: Option C

Solution:

54. What condition occur when the refractive index of the air decreases with height much
more rapidly the normal?

A. Refraction

B. Superrefraction

C. Subrefraction

D. Diffraction

View Answer:
Answer: Option B

Solution:

55. What do you call the increase of temperature with height?

A. Temperature inversion

B. Normal inversion

C. Ducting

D. Superrefraction

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View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

56. ____ is a term given to the region where superrefraction occurs.

A. Strata

B. Duct

C. Isothermal region

D. Tropospheric region

View Answer:
Answer: Option B

Solution:

57. Which of the following wavelengths where absorption of electromagnetic waves

becomes peak due to vibrational resonances in the water vapor molecule?

A. 1.35 cm and 1.7 mm

B. 1.5 mm and 5 mm

C. 1.35 dm and 1.7 cm

D. 1.5 cm and 5mm

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

58. Oxygen molecule absorption peaks to electromagnetic wave are at what wavelengths?

A. 1.35 cm and 1.7 mm

B. 5 mm and 2.5 mm

C. 5 cm and 2.5 cm

D. 1.35 mm and 1.7 μm

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Answer: Option B

Solution:

59. What instrument normally measures the virtual height of ionosphere?

A. Ionosonde

B. Altimeter

C. Field meter

D. Radar

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

60. The angle of elevation of the antenna beam is 20°. Calculate the transmission-path
distance for an ionospheric transmission that utilizes a layer of virtual height 200 km. Use
flat-earth approximation.

A. 966 km

B. 2100 km

C. 1100 km

D. 405 km

View Answer:
Answer: Option C

Solution:

61. If temperature change is 19°C, what amount of change to sound velocity is possible?

A. 11.53 ft/s

B. 11.53 m/s

C. 19.304 ft/s

D. 19.304 m/s

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Answer: Option B

Solution:

62. In the above problem, what is the new velocity of sound assuming dry air medium?

A. 343 ft/s

B. 3430 m/s

C. 343 m/s

D. 342 m/s

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

63. In acoustics, if the volume of the room is 200 m3 then at what frequency the coefficient
of absorption is measured?

A. 120 kHz

B. 120 Hz

C. 100 Hz

D. 150 Hz

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Answer: Option B

Solution:

64. What is the approximate bandwidth of an FM system with 10 kHz of modulating

frequency and a 150 kHz of frequency deviation?

A. 300 kHz

B. 320 kHz

C. 150 kHz

D. 200 kHz

View Answer:
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Answer: Option B

Solution:

65. Which of the following layers of the ionosphere has no effect on sky wave propagation
during daytime?

A. D

B. E

C. F1

D. F2

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

66. What phenomenon causes the radio-path horizon distance to exceed the geometric
horizon?

A. Diffraction

B. Ducting

C. Reflection

D. Refraction

View Answer:
Answer: Option D

Solution:

67. How to maximize the skip distance?

A. Using the smallest possible radiation angle and highest possible frequency

B. Using the smallest possible radiation angle and lowest possible frequency

C. Using the biggest possible radiation angle and highest possible frequency

D. Using the biggest possible radiation angle and lowest possible frequency

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

68. For a space wave transmission, the radio horizon distance of a receiving antenna with a
height of 64 meters is approximately

A. 8 km

B. 32 km

C. 64 km

D. 256 km

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Answer: Option B

Solution:

69. What bandwidth is needed to support a capacity of 128 kbps when the signal power to
noise power ratio in decibels is 100?

A. 19224 Hz

B. 3853 Hz

C. 19244 Hz

D. 3583 Hz

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Answer: Option B

Solution:

70. Which of the following systems uses frequency band 870-885 MHz as a transmit band
of its base station?

A. TACS

B. NTT

C. NMT

D. AMPS

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View Answer:
Answer: Option B

Solution:

71. A transmitted signal 5 meters in wavelength is received by an antenna coil having a 50-
Ω resistance and a 0.01 H inductance. What is the capacitance of the tuner shunting the
antenna coil at this point?

A. 0.704 fF

B. 0.704 μF

C. 0.704 nF

D. 0.704 mF

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

72. Which of the following is the basic component of a communications satellite receiver?

A. On-board computer

B. Reflector

C. Telemetry

D. Transponder

View Answer:
Answer: Option D

Solution:

73. The reverberation time of a 184.2 cubic meters broadcast studio is 0.84 sec. Find the
absorption effect of the materials used in metric sabines.

A. 35.3

B. 10.96

C. 379.8

D. 109.6
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View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

74. What is the highest frequency that can be sent straight upward and be returned to
earth?

A. MUF

B. Gyro frequency

C. Skip frequency

D. Critical frequency

View Answer:
Answer: Option D

Solution:

75. What is the most important specification of loudspeakers and microphones?

A. Frequency response

B. Power density

C. Field Strength

D. Gain

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

76. Atmospheric attenuation is an attenuation which is due to

A. mist and fog

B. gasses in the atmosphere

C. water vapor and oxygen

D. rain

View Answer:
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Answer: Option C

Solution:

77. Satellite orbits around the earth are ____ orbits.

A. circular

B. either elliptical or circular

C. elliptical

D. circular only

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Answer: Option B

Solution:

78. How does spatial isolation technique in satellite communications avoid interference?

A. Use of different polarity antennas

B. Use of different types of antennas

C. Employment of highly directional spot-beam antennas

D. Use of low gain antennas

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

79. An area on earth covered by a satellite radio beam is called ____.

A. SSP

B. Region

C. footprint

D. primary area

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Answer: Option C

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Solution:

80. The American concert pitch A is equivalent to which if the following frequencies?

A. 440 Hz

B. 435 Hz

C. 260 Hz

D. 255 Hz

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

81. The international pitch A is equivalent to ___ Hz.

A. 435

B. 440

C. 260

D. 255

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

82. The speed of the satellite increases as its height in orbit gets

A. lower

B. higher

C. closer to the moon

D. closer to the sun

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

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83. What is the effective radiated power of a repeater with 50 watts transmitter power
output , 4 dB feedline loss, 3 dB duplexer and circulator loss, and 6 dB antenna gain?

A. 158 W

B. 39.7 W

C. 251 W

D. 69.9 W

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Answer: Option B

Solution:

84. A cellular standard known as the cdmaOne.

A. IS-95

B. IS-136

C. IS-54

D. IS-100

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

85. What is the effective radiated power of a repeater with 50 watts transmitter power
output, 5 dB feedline loss, 4 dB duplexer and circulator loss, and 7 dB antenna gain?

A. 300 W

B. 315 W

C. 31.5 W

D. 69.9 W

View Answer:
Answer: Option C

Solution:

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86. Which Ethernet system is restricted only to 100 m?

A. 10 Base T

B. 20 Base 2

C. 10 Base 5

D. 10 Base 1

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

87. What is the effective radiated power of a repeater with 75 watts transmitter power
output, 4 dB feedline loss, 3 dB duplexer and circulator loss, and 10 dB antenna gain?

A. 600 W

B. 75 W

C. 18.75 W

D. 150 W

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Answer: Option D

Solution:

88. Which of the following regulates the ownership and operation of radio and television
stations in the country?

A. PD 576-A

B. PD 756

C. PD 657

D. PD 677

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

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89. What is the effective radiated power of a repeater with 75 watts transmitter power
output, 5 dB feedline loss, 4 dB duplexer and circulator loss, and 6 dB antenna gain?

A. 37.6 W

B. 237 W

C. 150 W

D. 23.7 W

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

90. In GSM cellular system, the speech coding rate is ____.

A. 13 kbps

B. 8 kbps

C. 15 kbps

D. 20 kbps

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

91. What is the effective radiated power of a repeater with 100 watts transmitter power
output, 5 dB feedline loss, 4 dB duplexer and circulator loss, and 10 dB antenna gain?

A. 800 W

B. 126 W

C. 12.5 W

D. 1260 W

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Answer: Option B

Solution:

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92. Which NTC memorandum circular governs the rules and regulations about the
manufacture, acquisition, sale and service of radio communication equipment?

A. MC No. 2-05-88

B. MC No. 2-04-88

C. MC No. 2-07-88

D. MC No. 2-09-88

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

93. What is the effective radiated power of a repeater with 120 watts transmitter power
output, 5 dB feedline loss, 4 dB duplexer and circulator loss, and 6 dB antenna gain?

A. 601 W

B. 240 W

C. 60 W

D. 379 W

View Answer:
Answer: Option C

Solution:

94. What do you call a short bit sequence sent typically 128 bits in digital signatures?

A. Hash

B. Public key

C. Private key

D. Password

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

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95. What medium is used by IBM token ring network that operates at either 4 Mbps or 16
Mbps?

A. Twisted pair

B. Coaxial cable

C. Fiber-optic

D. Parallel-wire line

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

96. What is known as the final stage in the evolution of the GSM standard?

A. WAP

B. GPRS

C. EDGE

D. Bluetooth

View Answer:
Answer: Option C

Solution:

97. According to KBP revised radio code which airtime below is classified class D for AM
stations?

A. 6:00 AM to 12:00 NN

B. 12:00 NN to 6:00 PM

C. 9:00 PM to 12 Midnight

D. 12:00 Midnight to 5:00 AM

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Answer: Option D

Solution:

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98. Encryption of data is important to ensure its privacy. It is most commonly achieved by
using a ____.

A. public-key encryption

B. private-key encryption

C. password-key encryption

D. character set encryption

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

99. The speech coding rate in D-AMPS is ____.

A. 8 kbps

B. 13 kbps

C. 15 kbps

D. 20 kbps

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

100. Which of the following principal musical intervals is considered dissonant?

A. 7:8

B. 1:2

C. 5:8

D. 3:5

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

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