IECEP-Manila Form 1 S.

2011 TEST QUESTIONS

1. Please Use One Page per Question.

2. Fill-out all needed information.
3. Submissions with incomplete data will not be considered.

PROFILE OF CONTRIBUTOR
Name of School De La Salle University

Address 2401 Taft Ave., Manila 1004

Signature over Printed Ann E. Dulay, Assistant Professor

Name , Position

Area of Specialization Laws and Ethics, Analog and Digital Electronics,

Microelectronics, Power Line Communications

Please indicate the subject:

( ) General Engineering and Applied Science
(x ) Electronics System & Technologies
QUESTION:
The sensitivity of a radio receiver is given in terms of dBm. If the receiver is
receiving 200 mW, what is the corresponding dBm of this signal?

Choices:

a. 46dBm b. -46 dBm c. 23 dBm d. -23 dBm

ANSWER:
C

SOLUTION ( IF PROBLEM -SOLVING)

dBm for 200 mW = 10 log (200mW/1mW) = 23 dBm

Reference: Schweber, William Electronic Communication Systems: A Complete

Course 4th Ed. Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2002

Endorsed by:

School Representative IECEP Manila

IECEP-Manila Form 1 S.2011 TEST QUESTIONS
1. Please Use One Page per Question.
2. Fill-out all needed information.
3. Submissions with incomplete data will not be considered.

PROFILE OF CONTRIBUTOR
Name of School De La Salle University

Address 2401 Taft Ave., Manila 1004

Signature over Printed Ann E. Dulay, Assistant Professor

Name , Position
Area of Specialization Laws and Ethics, Analog and Digital Electronics,
Microelectronics, Power Line Communications

Please indicate the subject:

( ) General Engineering and Applied Science
(x ) Electronics System & Technologies Antenna and Noise
QUESTION:
An antenna with a noise temperature of 75 Kelvin is connected to a receiver input
with a noise temperature of 300 K. Given the reference temperature T0 = 290 K,
find the noise figure of the system.

Choices:

a. 0.97 dB b. 3.6 dB c. 6.02 dB d. 7.2 dB

ANSWER:B

SOLUTION ( IF PROBLEM -SOLVING)

The total noise temperature of the antenna and receiver is NT tot = 75+ 300 = 375.
The noise temperature is given by:
NT T 0 NR 1 where: NT noise temp, NR = Noise ratio
Rearranging the above to find NR gives:
NR = (375/290) +1 = 2.29
The Noise figure is the decibel equivalent of the noise ratio, such that:
NF = 10 log NR = 3.6 dB

Reference: Schweber, William Electronic Communication Systems: A Complete

Course 4th Ed. Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2002

Endorsed by:

School Representative IECEP Manila

IECEP-Manila Form 1 S.2011 TEST QUESTIONS

1. Please Use One Page per Question.

2. Fill-out all needed information.
3. Submissions with incomplete data will not be considered.

PROFILE OF CONTRIBUTOR
Name of School De La Salle University

Address 2401 Taft Ave., Manila 1004

Signature over Printed Ann E. Dulay, Assistant Professor

Name , Position

Area of Specialization Laws and Ethics, Analog and Digital Electronics,

Microelectronics, Power Line Communications

Please indicate the subject:

( ) General Engineering and Applied Science
(x ) Electronics System & Technologies AM Modulation
QUESTION:The modulation index of an AM radio station is 0.75. If the carrier
power is 500W, what is the total transmitted power?
Choices:

a. 391 W b. 438 W c. 641 W d. 688 W

ANSWER:
C

SOLUTION ( IF PROBLEM -SOLVING)

The modulation index m is related to the total transmitted power Pt by:

m2
Pt Pc1 where Pt = total transmitted power, Pc = carrier power
2

Reference: Schweber, William Electronic Communication Systems: A Complete

Course 4th Ed. Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2002

Endorsed by:

School Representative IECEP Manila

IECEP-Manila Form 1 S.2011 TEST QUESTIONS

1. Please Use One Page per Question.

2. Fill-out all needed information.
3. Submissions with incomplete data will not be considered.

PROFILE OF CONTRIBUTOR
Name of School De La Salle University

Address 2401 Taft Ave., Manila 1004

Signature over Printed Ann E. Dulay, Assistant Professor

Name , Position
Area of Specialization Laws and Ethics, Analog and Digital Electronics,
Microelectronics, Power Line Communications

Please indicate the subject:

( ) General Engineering and Applied Science
(x ) Electronics System & Technologies
QUESTION:An FM transmitter system is using a 1MHz crystal oscillator to
generate a very stable 108MHz final carrier frequency. The output of the crystal
oscillator is fed to a x36 multiplier circuit then mixed with a 34.5 MHz signal. The
sum output of the mixer is filtered out, while the difference is fed to another
multiplier in order to generate the final carrier frequency. What is the multiplier
value?
Choices: a. 108 b. 3 c. 1.5 d. 72
ANSWER: D
SOLUTION ( IF PROBLEM -SOLVING)
Basic Block Diagram of the FM carrier generator:
1 MHz carrier > x 36 > Mixer > Multiplier > 108MHz carrier

First Multiplier output:

1MHz x 36 = 36 MHz
Mixer output:
36MHz + 34.5 MHz = 70.5MHz (filtered output)
36MHz 34.5 MHz = 1.5 MHz (difference fed to the next multiplier)
Multiplier stage:
Output = 108MHz
Output = 1.5MHz x n
N = 108/1.5
= 72
Reference: Schweber, William Electronic Communication Systems: A Complete
Course 4th Ed. Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2002
Endorsed by:

School Representative IECEP Manila