Description : What noise type is observable between 8 MHz to somewhat above 1.43 GHz or up to 1.5 GHz? A. Solar noise B. Space noise C. Galactic noise D. Cosmic noise
Last Answer : B. Space noise
Description : Indicate the noise whose sources are in category different from that of the other three? A. Solar noise B. Cosmic noise C. Atmospheric noise D. Galactic noise
Last Answer : C. Atmospheric noise
Description : Form of interference caused by rain or dust storms. A. Precipitation static B. Shot-noise C. Galactic noise D. Impulse noise
Last Answer : A. Precipitation static
Description : _________ is measured on a circuit when it is correctly terminated but does not have any traffic. A. White noise B. Galactic noise C. Impulse noise D. Atmospheric noise
Last Answer : A. White noise
Description : Indicate the false statement. A. Industrial noise is usually of the impulse type B. Static is caused by lightning discharges in thunderstorms and other natural electric disturbances occurring in the ... another source of man-made noise D. Flourescent lights are another source of man-made noise
Last Answer : C. Distant stars are another source of man-made noise
Description : Distances of stars are measured in – (1) Galactic unit (2) Stellar mile (3) Cosmic kilometre (4) Light year
Last Answer : (4) Light year Explanation: Light year is a unit of length used informally to express astronomical distances. It is most often used when expressing distances to stars and other distances on a galactic scale. It is equal to just under 10 trillion kilometres.
Description : Distances of stars are measured in (1) Galactic unit (2) Stellar mile (3) Cosmic kilometre (4) Light year
Last Answer : Light year
Description : The physical location of a satellite is determined by its A. distance from the earth B. latitude and longitude C. reference to the stars D. position relative to the sun
Last Answer : B. latitude and longitude
Description : Which of the following is not a source of industrial noise? A. Automobile ignition B. Sun C. Electric Motors D. Leakage from high voltage line
Last Answer : B. Sun
Description : A large emission of hydrogen from the sun that affects communications. A. Solar flare B. Cosmic disturbance C. Ballistic disturbance D. Solar noise
Last Answer : A. Solar flare
Description : Man-made noise is usually from _______. A. transmission over power lines and by ground wave B. sky-wave C. space-wave D. troposphere
Last Answer : A. transmission over power lines and by ground wave
Description : 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
Last Answer : C. Space noise
Description : What do you call the random noise seen on radar display screen? A. Impulse noise B. Atmospheric noise C. Grass D. Johnson noise
Last Answer : C. Grass
Description : What do you call the single booster installed on the antenna dish of satellite receiver? A. Low noise amplifier B. Single amplifier C. Noise amplifier D. Rectifier
Last Answer : A. Low noise amplifier
Description : What would it take to build a massive inter galactic space station and house even one hundred thousand people, not even 1% of the US population?
Last Answer : Make it really, really, really big. Call it ‘planet’.
Description : What do you call the energy that was not radiated into space or completely transmitted? A. Incident waves B. Captured waves C. Standing waves D. Modulated waves
Last Answer : C. Standing waves
Description : What do you call the electrical conduction in a photosensitive material which is not exposed to radiation? A. Dark conductance B. Pure conductance C. Black out D. Super conductance
Last Answer : A. Dark conductance
Description : Why do some stars end up as black holes? -Space
Last Answer : Gravity wins out over the internal pressure of the star, because that pressure was produced by a normal, hot gas, and that gas is losing energy as the star radiates energy from the surface. The star may thus end up as a black hole.
Description : In Astrophysics, what name is given to a hypothetical hole in outer space from which stars and energy emerge? (1) Black hole (2) Ozone hole (3) Asteroid belt (4) White hole
Last Answer : (4) White hole Explanation: A White Hole is a hypothetical hole in outer space from which energy, stars, and other celestial matter emerge or explode. It is a theoretical celestial object into which matter is funneled from a black hole.
Last Answer : White hole
Description : Stacking antenna elements A. increases sensitivity to weak signals B. will suppress odd harmonics C. decrease signal to noise ratio D. increases selectivity
Last Answer : A. increases sensitivity to weak signals
Description : Strong interference from one particular station can be eliminated by the use of A. noise limiters B. squelch circuits C. negative feedback D. wave traps in the antenna circuitry
Last Answer : D. wave traps in the antenna circuitry
Description : Which of the following low noise transistors is commonly used at microwave frequencies? A. MOSFET B. GASFET C. MESFET D. JFET
Last Answer : C. MESFET
Description : The major cause of atmospheric or static noise are A. Thunderstorms B. Airplanes C. Meteor showers D. All of these
Last Answer : A. Thunderstorms
Description : What is the primary cause of atmospheric noise? A. Thunderstorm B. Lightning C. Thunderstorm and lightning D. Weather condition
Last Answer : B. Lightning
Description : Which of the following is not a way of minimizing if not eliminating noise? A. Use redundancy B. Increase transmitted power C. Reduce signaling rate D. Increase channel bandwidth
Last Answer : D. Increase channel bandwidth
Description : The total noise power present in a 1-Hz bandwidth . A. Noise density B. Noise figure C. Noise limit D. Noise intensity
Last Answer : A. Noise density
Description : A noise whose source is within the solar system. A. Solar noise B. Thermal noise C. Cosmic noise D. Johnson Noise
Last Answer : A. Solar noise
Description : External noise originating outside the solar system A. Cosmic noise B. Solar noise C. Thermal noise D. Lunar noise
Last Answer : A. Cosmic noise
Description : ___________ is device that measures the internal open circuit voltage of an equivalent noise generator having an impedance of 600Ω and delivering noise power to a 600 Ω load. A. Psophometer B. Barometer C. Reflectometer D. Voltmeter
Last Answer : A. Psophometer
Description : Crosstalk due to incomplete suppression of sidebands or to intermodulation of two or more frequency-multiplexed channels which is unintelligible is classified as A. Impulse noise B. Thermal noise C. Quantizing noise D. Miscellaneous noise
Last Answer : D. Miscellaneous noise
Description : Sources of impulse noise induced in communication channels. A. Erroneous digital coding bit caused by an error on a transmission facility B. Transients due to relay operation C. Crosstalk from dc signaling systems D. All of these
Last Answer : D. All of these
Description : Noise that occurs via capacitive or inductive coupling in a cable. A. Crosstalk B. Quantizing noise C. Reference noise D. Tone interference
Last Answer : A. Crosstalk
Description : Noise consisting of irregular pulses of short duration and relatively high amplitude, A. Quantizing noise B. Tone interference C. Impulse noise D. Cross talk
Last Answer : C. Impulse noise
Last Answer : A. Quantizing noise
Description : Noise occurring in the presence of signal resulting from a mismatch between the exact value of an analog signal and the closet available quantizing step in a digital coder. A. Quantizing noise B. Thermal noise C. Impulse noise D. Crosstalk
Description : The square of the thermal noise voltage generated by a resistor is proportional to A. its resistance B. its temperature C. the bandwidth over which it is measured D. All of the above
Last Answer : D. All of the above
Description : Which of the following types of noise becomes of great importance at frequencies? A. Shot noise B. Random noise C. Impulse noise D. Transit-time noise
Last Answer : D. Transit-time noise
Description : What is the noise voltage across a 300Ω input resistance to a TV set with a 6MHz bandwidth and temperature of 30˚C? A. 2.3 µV B. 3.8µV C. 5.5µV D. 5.4µV
Last Answer : C. 5.5µV
Description : The transistor with the lowest noise figure in the microwave region is a A. MOSFET B. Dual-gate MOSFET C. JFET D. MESFET
Last Answer : D. MESFET
Description : Which noise figure represents the lowest noise in receiver? A. 1.6 dB B. 2.1 dB C. 2.7 dB D. 3.4 dB
Last Answer : A. 1.6 dB
Description : Which circuit contributes most of the noise in a receiver? A. IF amplifier B. Demodulator C. AF amplifier D. Mixer
Last Answer : D. Mixer
Description : Noise at the input to the receiver can be as high as several A. microvolts B. milivolts C. volts D. kilo volts
Last Answer : A. microvolts
Description : Noise can be reduced by A. widening the bandwidth B. narrowing the bandwidth C. increasing temperature D. increasing transistor current levels
Last Answer : B. narrowing the bandwidth
Description : Most internal noise comes from A. Shot noise B. Transit-time noise C. Thermal agitation D. Skin effect
Last Answer : C. Thermal agitation
Description : A receiver connected to an antenna whose resistance is 50 Ω has an equivalent noise resistance of 30Ω. Calculate its equivalent noise temperature if the noise figure is equal to 1.6. A. 17.4 K B. 174K C. 1.74K D. 17K
Last Answer : B. 174K
Description : Calculate the noise figure of the receiver whose RF amplifier has an input resistance of 1000Ω and an equivalent shot-noise resistance of 2000Ω, a gain of 25 and load resistance of 125 kΩ. Given that the bandwidth is 1. ... to an antenna with an impedance of 75Ω. A. 30.3 B. 3.03 C. 303 D. .303
Last Answer : A. 30.3
Description : Calculated the noise figure of the amplifier whose Req equals 2518Ω (RT=600Ω) if its driven by a generator whose output impedance is 50Ω. A. 39.4 B. 3.94 C. 394 D. 0.394
Last Answer : A. 39.4
Description : Indicate the false statement. Noise figure is defined as A. the ratio of the S/N power supplied at the input terminal of a receiver or amplifier to the S/N power supplied to the output or ... under test, both working at the same temperature over the same bandwidth and fed from the same source
Last Answer : C. an unwanted form of energy tending to interfere with the proper and easy reception and reproduction of wanted signals
Description : One of the following is not a useful quantity for comparing the noise performance receivers. A. Input noise voltage B. Equivalent noise resistance C. Noise temperature D. Noise figure.
Last Answer : A. Input noise voltage