ASSIGNMENT

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1. A waveguide is a:
a) Device used to determine the wavelength of a signal
b) Hollow metal tube used for transmission line of RF
c) Plastic tubular transmission line for high RF network
d) Braided wire used for transmission of HF
2. The input impedance of a waveguide is a function of:
a) Frequency
c) depth of probe or loop insertion
b) Probe or loop
d) mode of propagation
e) all of these
3. A tapered termination of a length of waveguide that provides the impedance of transformation
between waveguide impedance and free space impedance:
a) Isotropic radiator
c) dipole
b) Horn radiator
d) parabolic reflector
e) none of these
4. The ratio of maximum radiation intensity over the average radiation intensity:
a) Aperture gain
c) transmission gain
b) Directivity gain
d) power gain
e) none of these
5. For low attenuation, the best transmission medium is:
a) Flexible waveguide
c) rectangular waveguide
b) Rigid waveguide
d) coaxial cable
e) quad wire
6. Waveguide is similar to a coaxial cable with the center wire removed
a) True
b) False
7. A signal propagated in a waveguide has a full wave of electric intensity change between the two
(2) further walls, and no component of the electric field in the direction of propagation. The
mode is:
a) TE 1,1
b) TE 1,0
c) TM 2,2
d) TM 2,3
e) TE 2,0
8. When electromagnetic waves are propagated in a waveguide, they:
a) Travel along the broader walls of the guide
b) Are reflected from the walls but not travel along them
c) Travel through the dielectric without touching the walls
d) Travel along the four walls of the waveguide
e) None of these
9. The wavelength of a wave in waveguide:
a) Is greater than in free space
b) Is inversely proportional to the phase velocity
c) depends on a waveguide dimensions and free space wavelength
d) Is directly proportional to the group velocity
e) None of these
10. When a particular mode is excited in a waveguide, there appears an extra electric component in
the direction of propagation. The resulting mode is:
a) Transverse electric
c) longitudinal

b) Transverse magnetic
d) transverse electromagnetic
e) none of these
11. A waveguide mode in which there is no component of electric field in the direction of
propagation given in British/European standards:
a) H-mode
b) E-mode
c) TE-mode
d) M-mode
e) L-mode
12. Waveguide are used mainly for microwave transmission because:
a) They depend on straight line propagation
b) They are bulky at lower frequencies
c) They are cheaper than ordinary wires and coaxial cables
d) No generators are powerful enough to excite them
e) Losses are heavy at lower frequencies
13. A waveguide assembly that lets the radar transmitter and receiver share an antenna is called
a) Transistor b) diplexer
c) flip-flop
d) duplexer
e) toggle switch
14. Microstrip is similar to the:
a) Rectangular waveguide
c) circular waveguide
b) flat coaxial transmission line
d) elliptical waveguide
e) all of these
15. In a magnetron, the electrons travel in a cycloidal path because
a) The anode is negative
c) permanent magnets supply a strong field
b) The cathode is positive
d) the cavities are resonant
e) none of these
16. Which microwave tube uses buncher and catcher cavities
a) Magnetron
b) klystron
c) TWT
d) reflex klystron
e) cyclotron
17. A microwave tube amplifier which uses an axial magnetic field. This is the:
a) Reflex klystron
c) coaxial magnetron
b) Cross-field amplifier
d) cyclotron
e) travelling wave magnetron
18. In microwave systems, a parametric amplifier must be cooled
a) Because it cannot operate at room temperature
b) Because parametric amplification generates a lot of heat
c) To improve the noise performance
d) To increase bandwidth
e) None of these
19. A ruby maser amplifier must be cooled
a) Because it cannot operate at room temperature
b) Because maser amplification generates a lot of heat
c) To improve noise performance
d) To increase bandwidth
e) None of these
20. Which of the following antennas is best excited from waveguide?
a) Biconical b) horn
c) helical
d) discone
e) isotropic radiator
21. When electromagnetic waves are reflected at an angle from a wall, their wavelength along the
wall is:
a) The same as in free space
b) Shortened because of Doppler effect
c) Smaller because of absorption
d) The same as the wavelength perpendicular to the wall
e) Greater than in the actual direction of propagation
22. The multicavity klystron:
a) Is not a good low level amplifier because of noise
b) Is not suitable for pulsed operation
c) Is used for TV electron guns

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d) Has a high repeller voltage to ensure a rapid transit time

e) Needs long transit through the buncher cavity to ensure correct modulation
The TWT is sometimes preferred to the multicavity klystron amplifier because the former
a) Is more efficient
c) has a greater bandwidth
b) Produces a higher output level
d) has a higher number of modes
e) all of these
The transit time in the repeller space of a reflex klystron must be (n + ) cycles to ensure that:
a) Electrons are accelerated by the gap voltage on their return
b) Returning electrons give energy to the gap oscillations
c) It is equal to the period of the cavity oscillations
d) The repeller is not damaged by striking electrons
e) To generate stronger magnetic field strength
A microwave antenna:
a) Provides gain for the signal
b) Is generally omnidirectional is design
c) Is used for cooking
d) Provides loss for a signal
e) None of these
Flanges are necessary in waveguides:
a) To join waveguide components
c) to join waveguide to another waveguide
b) To join waveguides
d) all of these
e) none of these
The biggest advantage of the TRAPATT diode over the IMPATT diode is its:
a) Lower noise
c) higher efficiency
b) Lesser sensitivity to harmonics
d) ability to operate at HF
e) all of these
In microwave systems, isolators are used to:
a) Absorb echoes
c) ensure good match
b) Absorb unwanted intermodulation products
d) all of these e) none of these
The functions of a TWT is to:
a) Amplify to any type of signal
c) amplify microwave signals only
b) Amplify distortion
d) attenuate all signals
e) none of these
The glass tube of a TWT may be coated with a aquadag to:
a) Help focusing
c) improve bunching
b) Provide attenuation
d) increase gain
e) reduce noise
A material wrapped around the parabolic antenna aperture to eliminate sidelobes interfering
nearby microwave stations is called:
a) Radome
b) shield
c) shroud
d) dust cover
e) bass drum
Air-filled TE mode waveguide will always have wave impedance equal to or greater than 377.
a) True
b) false
A rectangular waveguide has a width of 2.54cm and a height of 1.524cm. Its cutoff frequency is
_____ GHz.
a) 3
b) 5.9
c) 2.54
d) 11.8
e) none of these
Conventional transistors cannot be used for microwave frequencies because of :
a. Internal capacitance
c) both (a) and (b)
b. Long transit time
d) neither (a) nor (b)
Coaxial Cables are not generally used for long microwave transmission lines due to its:
a) Radiation losses
b) high attenuations
c) large size
d) high cost
The most common cross-section of a waveguide is a(an):
a) Eclipse
b) square
c) rectangle
d) triangle

37. The microwave signal carried by a waveguide is made up of ____ that bounce off the walls of
the waveguide as they propagate along its length:
a) Electrons
b) holes
c) air pressure
d) electric and magnetic fields
38. When the electric field in a waveguide is perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation,
the mode is:
a) Vertical polarization
c) transverse electric
b) Transverse magnetic
d) horizontal polarization
39. The diameter of a parabolic antenna should be at least how many wavelengths at the operating
frequency?
a) 5
b) 1
c) 10
d) 2
40. The technique of feeding a parabolic antenna by using a small reflector to beam waves to the
larger parabolic reflector is known as:
a) Cassegrain feed
b) coax feed
c) horn feed
d) focal feed
41. A _____ is a vacuum tube which uses a cavity resonator to velocity modulate an electron beam
which imparts energy to another cavity producing power amplification:
a) Gunn
b) klystron
c) IMPATT
d) Schottky
42. A ____ is a diode vacuum tube used as a microwave oscillator in radar and microwave ovens to
produce powers up to the megawatt range:
a) Varactor
b) klystron
c) magnetron
d) IMPATT
43. The gain and directivity of a parabolic reflector antenna is directly proportional to its:
a) Height
b) weight
c) diameter
d) operating frequency
44. If a horn antenna is made longer:
a) The gain increases
c) both (a) & (b)
b) The beamwidth decreases
d) neither (a) nor (b)
45. Stripline and microstrip transmission lines used to create microwave resonant circuits and filters
are made with:
a) Coax
b) PCBs
c) parallel lines
d) twisted pair
46. The angle between electric and magnetic fields in a waveguide is:
a) 90o
b) 0o
c) 360o
d) 180o
47. The common dielectric found in rectangular waveguides used in microwave radio is:
a) Helium
b) polyethylene
c) air
d) none of these
48. Waveguide has a characteristic that resembles a:
a) High-pass filter
c) band-pass filter
b) Low-pass filter
d) band-stop filter
49. Probe type coupling is similar to:
a) Capacitive coupling
c) resistive coupling
b) Conductive coupling
d) inductive coupling
e) none of these
50. A loop should not be placed in which wall?
a) a wall
b) b wall
c) back closed wall