Microwave Communication General Knowledge Multiple Choice Questions(MCQs) & Answers | Microwave Communication General Knowledge Quiz

1 The highest frequency which a conventional vacuum-tube oscillator can generate is not limited by the

A Electron transit time

B Distributed lead inductance

C Inter-electrode capacitance

D Degree of emission from the cathode

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Answer: Degree of emission from the cathode

2 Microwave frequencies are normally regarded as those in the range of

A 1 to 500 MHz

B 1000 to 10,000 GHz

C 1 to 100 GHz

D 10 to 1000 GHz

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Answer: 1 to 100 GHz

3 Which of the following is used as an oscillator device in the SHF band?

A Thyratron tube

B Tunnel diode

C Klystron tube

D Both B and C

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Answer: Both B and C

4 What is the purpose of the electromagnetic field which surrounds a traveling-wave tube?

A To accelerate the electron

B To velocity modulate the electron beam

C To keep the electrons from spreading out

D To slow down the signal on the helix

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Answer: To keep the electrons from spreading out

5 A traveling-wave tube (TWT) amplifies by virtue of

A The absorption of energy by the signal from an electron stream

B The effect of an external magnetic field

C The energy contained the cavity resonators

D The energy liberated form the collector

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Answer: The absorption of energy by the signal from an electron stream

6 A high-power microwave pulse of the order of megawatts can be generated by a

A traveling-wave tube

B magnetron

C reflex klystron

D Gunn diode

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Answer: magnetron

7 Coupling into and out of a traveling-wave tube can be accompanied by a

A Direct coax-helix match

B Cavity match

C Waveguide match

D All of the above

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Answer: All of the above

8 At what position is the input signal inserted into a traveling-wave tube?

A At the cathode end of the helix

B At the collector

C At the collector end of the helix

D At the control grid of the electron gun

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Answer: At the cathode end of the helix

9 The cavity resonator

A Is equivalent to an LC resonant circuit

B In a reflect klystron has its output taken from the reflector plate

C Produces a frequency which is independent of the cavity size.

D Has a low Q factor for narrow operation.

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Answer: Is equivalent to an LC resonant circuit

10 A shipboard equipment which measures the distance between the ship’s bottom and the ocean floor.

A Fathometer

B Echosounder

C LORAN

D SONAR

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Answer: SONAR

11 In microwave transmission using digital radio, what causes most intersymbol interference?

A Delayed spreading

B Rayleigh fading

C Random Doppler shift

D Slow fading

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Answer: Delayed spreading

12 Which causes multipath or frequency-selective fading?

A Small reflector

B Nearer reflector

C Further reflector

D Large reflector

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Answer: Large reflector

13 Which of the reception problems below that is not due to multipath?

A Delayed spreading

B Rayleigh fading

C Random Doppler shift

D Slow fading

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Answer: Slow fading

14 What do you call an attenuation that occurs over many different wavelengths of the carrier?

A Rayleigh fading

B Rician fading

C Wavelength fading

D Slow fading

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Answer: Slow fading

15 Theoretically electromagnetic radiation field strength varies in inverse proportion to the square of the distance, but when atmospheric attenuation effects and the absorption of the terrain are taken into account the attenuation can be as high as the inverse _______ power of the distance.

A Third

B Fourth

C Fifth

D Sixth

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Answer: Sixth

16 Rainfall is an important factor for fading of radio waves at frequencies above

A 10 GHz

B 100 GHz

C 1 GHz

D 100 MHz

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Answer: 10 GHz

17 the antenna separations (in meters) required for optimum operation of a space diversity system can be calculated from: where R = effective earth radius (m) and L = path length (m)

A S = 2λR/L

B S = 3λR/L

C S = λR/RL

D S = λR/L

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