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GLONASS  11 hrs and 15 min period; 24 satellites; 19,100 km; 64.

GPS predictable accuracies: Horizontal Vertical Time


PPS 22m 27.7m 200ns
SPS 100m 156m 340ns

WiFi  11/54 Mbps


Cable TV  minimum gain at channel 13 = 22 dB (same as trunk amplifier)

Blackouts at sunlit surface, interrupting HF communications:


R1  weak degradation, occasional loss of signal
R2  limited area, tens of minutes
R3  wide area, about 1 hour
R4  most of the surface, a few hours
R5  all, several hours

Efficiency of parabolic antenna  54-55% - general microvawe; 65% - radar


Raman scattering  energy interacts with vibration patters of lattice
WiFi range  45m – indoor; 90m – outdoor
Cable TV relay service  12.17 GHz – 13.20 GHz

Bluetooth devices:
Class I – 20 dBm, 100m
Class II – 4 dBm, 10m
Class III – 0 dBm, 10cm

CB A3E  4W
Gyrotron  USSR, 1970’s; 1kW CW; 100 GHz
Vic Hayes  “father of WiFi”
Beverage antenna  2 or more wavelengths
EO 467  March 1998; national policy for international satellite communications
EO 469  establishment of National Info tech Commission
EO 109  for improving service of LEC
CATV  3% - maximum envelope distortion; 1% - harmonic (aural) distortion
5 mW  power of cordless phone/devices
Analog cellphone  2% of main signal for minimum interference
36 dB  visual signal to system noise SNR, or to cochannel signal
D-AMPS  TDMA frame = 1944 bits
Jarred  to clear a packed single-button microphone
8-PSK  EDGE
NTC Commissioner  Abraham Abesamis
BPSK  CDMA (?)
1.4 – 3.4 sec  reverberation time of church
7.1 – 9.9  volume per person in church
Helical antenna  minimum of 3 turns, maximum of 20 turns
Lamberbian reflection  incident energy is partially absorbed and partially reflected in all directions
Noise blanking  turn off receiver to send control burst signal
Amateur stations  use VFO
Antodyne converter  LO + mixer in one; using transistor or tube
Gyroscopic/ flywheel effect  spinning satellite faces the same way
GSM downlink frequency  935 – 960 MHz
Pi/4 – DQPSK
Noise equivalent power  current required to produce power equal to internal noise of device
WEP  security of WiFi
19CP4  19” diagonal
INWG  Vinton Cerf (1st head – 1972); International Networking Group
Ultor  voltage of 35” tube = 30kV
FDDI  100 Mbps LAN signaling; can also be used with coax
Zigbee  high-level protocol for low-power digital radio
Codenames for Bluetooth  Lisbon then Seattle
Harald Blatand  Danish King; Bluetooth was named after him
Free-space optics  near-infrared laser
Vertically-stacked antennas  decreases power in vertical plane; more power in horizontal plane
Diatonic scale  full of consonant tones
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Discordant interval  interval between unpleasant tones
5-bit Baudot Code  used for TTY communication
M88  every 9000 ft. (88 mH)
GPRS  uplink – 14 kbps
10 kHz  frequency for hand-off or for ending call
FM modulating frequencies (required)  50 Hz – 16 kHz (use 16 kHz if 15 is not among choices)
D-AMPS  VSELP coding (vector-sum excited)
GSM  RPE-LPC (regular pulse excited)
High-Q loopstick  used in CB broadcast receiver
Magnetron  diode vacuum tube; powers to MW range
Cabling  to prevent moisture damage to fiber-optic cable
SSB  9 dB or 84% savings
S-unit  6 dB
CATV  6 dB – noise figure for mid, super, high band; 5 dB – noise figure for sub, 10-band (?)
674-728 MHz  extension of UHF TV band by NTC
LMDS  two-way wireless broadband service; 27-31 GHz
T-1  uses TDM + PCM
WiMax  802.16; 50 km theoretical range; 3-5 miles (5-8 km) practical range
WiBro  counterpart in South Korea
1998  IBM, Ericsson, Nokia, etc. – Bluetooth
Telecommunications Standardization Bureau  secretarial functions for ITU-T; provides standards; gets standards from different international
organizations
Opto-acoustic transducer  AF-modulated light causes crystal to vibrate at AF
Altimeter station  measures altitude
Threshold effect  phenomenon associated with strong FM signal
RS 232C  50 ft.
500 m  range of Ethernet (thick) – 10 Base 5
Standard classical Ethernet  uses coax
Active noise control  cancel out noise with signal of equal strength and opposite phase
9.6 μs  listening period for ehternet (CSMA/CD)
C3  C-message (?) for private switched networks
A and B weighting  response of human ear to low-level and high-level sounds, respectively
80%  for 100% intelligibility of voice
Articulation test  for testing voice intelligibility
Articulation efficiency  number of correct ____ syllables over total syllables
U-weighting  frequency response weighting in the presence of ultrasound
Transit  not a ground-based navigation system
Tuning screw  put in waveguide to vary capacitance/inductance
Degree of sound absorption  a.k.a. transmission loss
Cat-5 UTP cable  100 Mbps
For gigabit Ethernet  4 paors of UTP need to be used
3-point tracking  possible through padder capacitor
Drift of color bars  problem with AFPC of color oscillator
Cross color  color signal interpreted as luminance, results in dots on screen
Bipolar violation  2 consecutive 1s with same polarity
All colors at 75% modulation except gray  TV
I 1.3 MHz bandwith
Q  0.5 MHz bandwidth
Sequence in tuning  oscillator, driver, power amp
Orbit used in navigational system  circular, polar orbit
Echo suppressor  if VNL exceeds 2.5 dB
Full duplex  not used if echo suppressors are enabled
55 dBmV  CATV (multichannel _____)
SDLC  data link protocol used in system network A ____
Moderate sound level  30 dB
LEO satellites  closer to earth; more satellites used are in LEO; max 1500 km
1 TV field recorded per slant track  VCR (?)
480 p  640 x 480 progressive – digital TV
Directional coupler  samples energy in the direction of the signal transmission
Audio layers  MP1, MP2, MP3 – MPEG-1 audio layer 1-3
WAV  3-minute song, 10 MB
MP3  3-minute song, 3 MB
TWT  wide bandwidth
Length of ehternet packet  12 kb
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Randall and Boot  created cavity magnetron
PVC  used for coating indoor coax cables; fire-retardant properties
Overtone  additional tone produced other than fundamental tone
Capcode  “address” of particular pager
Z-wave  proprietary control; rival to zigbee
f-rating (cameras) F-stop number
lead time for construction of a base station  6 months to 1 year
L-band  1530-2700 MHz
P300  annual inspection fee for CATV stations
BNC and RJ-49 connectors  come with the NIC
hotspot  geographical region covered by WiFi access points
Simplex  relay required to “make it full break-in”
In a phasing SSB transmitter, what determines degree of unwanted sideband suppression?  the quality of the phase shift
Responsivity  unit in amperes/watt; amount of current produced by incident light energy
Frequency synthesizer  uses PLL to generate LO frequencies
Shared Wireless Access Protocol  allows computer, appliances, peripheral devices to access each other w/o the use of additional wires
Unshift on Space (USOS)  to ensure that figure shift/letter shift does not stay on for too long and affect the transmitted message
ISM band  2.4 GHz
Letter boxing  wide aspect ratio (w/o increase in BW)
Faraday screen/shield  against electrostatic ____
Screening out intermodulation frequencies  use of filters and wave traps
2 Gbps  data rate of single-mode step index fiber
Regenerative repeater/transponder  demodulates the receive signal, then modulates the signal again
Hybrid transformer  converts between 2-wire and 4-wire
V.32  9600 bps; full-duplex standard
Hybrid coil  allows transmissions in both directions over one line only
Network  interconnection of 2 or more stations that can communicate w/ one another
Numerically-controlled oscillator  output frequency is controlled or set by a binary number
Basic telephone exchange radio system  wireless telephone instead of wires
Frequency frogging
Chain drive  in robots; transfer power from actuator to manipulator/end effector
Ladle gripper  for liquids (end effector)
Spectral purity  absence of spurious frequencies
Purity  color beams strike proper phosphors
6-15 sec, 14.4 kbps  group III fax
V.34 bis  33.6 kbps – Super group III fax
Analog drum scanner  when translated from light to electric, FM is used
Puncture voltage  to break dielectric
SONET  51.84 Mbpd base rate for elec/optical
Hole trap  prevents hole current because of recombination
Stadimetry  measures distance of object when L/W/H given
Ignitron  mercury-vapor controlled rectifier
Blue stuff between plate and cathode  gas in tube
Fluxgate magnetometer
5%  peak-to-peak variation in visual signal caused by low frequency interference
Christian Hulsmeyer  radar
Kendall effect  distortion caused in fax modulation
Fax  4 groups
12 dB  max variation in visual signal level (CATV) over 24 hours
Acyclic  DC voltage generated doesn’t change direction w/ respect to the generating element
46 dB  SNR of visual signal level over RMS of coherent disturbances (e.g. intermodulation or frequencies that are offset wrongly)
CATV head-end license  P3000 per year
MPD/MPSCD permit  P1200 per year
CATV operation test  every calendar year, interval should be less than 14 months; keep log of test for at least 5 years
Copy watch  keep continuous watch; type of radio communications watch
Doherty linear  high efficiency
NEC D3  numeric paging standard
Antenna tuner  Z-matching for antenna, transmission line, Tx
Unbalanced T-attenuator network  maintains high impedance
CB  36.965 – 27.405 MHz; 40 channels, 8 km
780 nm, 950 nm  used for IR communications
Used in submarine LF/VLF  trailing wire antenna
Intelsat  21 satellites; most distributed network
Zero-adjusting  for zeroing out meters
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1520 m/s  speed of sound at 25°C in sea water
Howl  feedback related
Backhaul  transmission of signal from BTS to mobile switching center, then to PSTN
Radar lock  rotating antenna
Record locking  to prevent others from accessing a record that is currently being modified by a user
GPS time accuracy  300 ns
20 ppm  aircraft stations’ transmission (frequency tolerance)
1.5 ms  line turn around
C-band (4th channel)  3.84 GHz downlink
Pantelegraph  first fax (1861)
Patch antennas  formed by using microstrip on PCB
PCS  narrowband at 900 MHz
1.9 GHz
Acoustician  practitioner of acoustics
Transduction  study of generation/measurement of sound from different transducers; branch of acoustics
Two-tone test  for testing SSB Transmitters
Beverage antenna  resistive termination at one side, signal on the other side of a long wire
CD  holes and flats (pits and lands)
Inertial navi system  strapdown system; sensors are connected to chassis of vehicle
Transit  least accuracy among navi systems
SID  system identification; lets mobile know whether it is in its home NW or is roaming
MLS  not global coverage
To increase modulation level, use peak limiter
Burst separator  on during horizontal blanking
Video pre-amp  not tuned to 3.58 MHz oscillator
CW AF filter BW  500 -1000 Hz
BFO  used for SSB and CW receivers
TV receiver  0.5 mrem/hr from 5cm
LEO satellites for complete coverage  200 satellites
100 Base Tx  uses Ethernet standard 3-level Manchester code
0.92 MHz  best frequency between color and sound carrier
Baseband w/ signaling  1 channel only
Payload pointer  used in SONET for compensating for different sizes/speeds of transmitted signals
If perfectly grounded, effective length is doubled.
Y-signal  responsible for contrast in TV signal
Acid depolarizer  e.g. nitric acid; to reduce polarization in storage battery
Nickel-zinc  short life cycle
BNC  Baby Neill-Concelman, Bayonet Nut Connector, British Naval Connector
8 to 14 _____  to ensure 0 and 1 transitions
Aperture antenna  beamwidth varies according to dimensions of horn antenna
PIN diode  AM at high frequencies
GUNN diode  resonant frequency depends on thickness
Loop test
LMDS/MMDS  30 miles range
Performance bond  P300 million; to be paid in 90 days
rbe  measure of strength of radiation compared to x-ray
2.3 GHz band  2.305 – 2320 MHz, 2345 – 2360 MHz
Header  raceway w/in or just under the floor; connects distribution ducts to terminal equipment
Q-band  used by military
WiMax  500 kbps – 2 Mbps
Bluetooth 2.0 enhanced data rate  2.1 Mbps
Ramsauer effect  absorption of slow-moving electrons by intervening material
Barnett effect  spinning ferromagnetic material
Aryton-Perry winding  cancels inductance by having current flow in 2 opposite paths
Aryton shunt  high-R shunt; preserves damping in galvanometer
Ruhmkorff coil  magnetic interrupter
Flexode  flexible diode; PN-junction can be moved to either direction
Trigistor  bistable thyristor; like a flip flop
Varhour meter  cumulative measure of reactive power
Advance wire  Cu and Ni; used of wirewound resistors
Rate effect  anode transients (?) cause pnpn to enter high-conduction state
Spark test  porosity of insulator
10-12 m2  surface area of absorbent for reverberation test
4.65 m3/person  Italian-type opera house
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80 – 8000 Hz  natural speech
160 -8000 Hz  preferred for monaural sound reproduction
Content provider  manages database that provide info from an info provider
Opt-in  subscribe to push messages
Opt-out  unsubscribe to push messages
Spam  unsolicited surveys/ads
SDLC  data link protocol used for system network architecture messages
Bit-oriented protocol  uses flag field for transparency
PAN  urgency signal for radio telegraphy
PARAMP  low noise, low power, uses varactor to produce gain
80% articulation frequency  100% intelligibility
1750 μs  envelope delay distortion for 800/3600
Flat NW  not hierarchical structure; comp. determines most direct route
Sonometer  mechanical resonance of vibration of variable length string
Phonoelectrocardioscope  sound of heartbeat + ECG
Psyhogalvanometer  measures electric currents in response to emotional stress
KOH  electrolyte for NiCAD; potassium hydroxide
SiO2  used for surface passivation of microelectronic circuits; silicon dioxide
PbSO4  conversion of electrolyte in lead acid; lead sulfate
5 mils or 125 μm  fiber thickness
Photoswitch  fast switch tripped by radiation
Rhumbatron  lumped L and C, produces GHz of oscillator at kW of power
AFPC on color oscillator  uses crystal-ringer circuit (TV receiver); if with problems, drifting color bars results
Return code  affects future functions in computer program
Color-under  color signal translated to lower frequency
Fiber grating  produced by applying UV light; changes in refractive index of fiber
Blaise Pascal  17th century adding machine
Ionosphere  the higher the altitude, the lower the index of refraction
DLP  13 dB below TLP
BPF  demux of FDM
V.24  describes family of interchange circuits
250 mV  outdoor _____ radio _____devices (?); for wireless data network
C3  C-weighted line conditioning for private switched networks
Paging  signal to mobile (?) that informs of call status change
Private key  “symmetric key cryptography”
UPT  Universal Personal Telecomm (?) terminal; can operate anywhere
Hemispheric beam  global coverage
Used for aviation  dynamic microphone
Dynamic and ribbon  use permanent magnets
Dielectric constant of glass  7.8
IMT2000  generic 3G specification
Why is attenuation loss better than dispersion loss?  attenuation loss can be made up by optical amplifier, dispersion loss has to be fixed by
regenerative repeaters (expensive)
Synchronous demodulation  to get the color signal from the color oscillator
1880 – 1900 MHz  for new CMTS (?)
825 -845 MHz, 870 – 890 MHz  for existing CMTS
In 2 GHz range  2110 – 2170 MHz, 2010 – 2025 MHz
P300 million performance bond; paid 90 days after effectivity of circular
4  CATV; cascading amplifiers; maximum number of amplifiers
GSM or TDMA  8 time slots
Hyperframe  largest time block in GSM
Communications
PLASMONS Surface electrons
NIB (Neodymium Iron Boron) Magnetic field strength
Iodine vapor Filament
Krysder Law Hard-disk?
Schottky defect Ionic [1 anion, 1 cation missing]
Vic Hayes Father of Wi-Fi
Larry Roberts ARPANET
Ted Nelson Hypertext
Bob Metcalfe Ethernet
Douglas Engalbert Mouse
Marc Andreesen Mosaic

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Seymour Cray Supercomputer
Gilbert Hyatt Designed microprocessor
Ted Hoff Invented Microprocessor
“Internet” 1982
“WWW” 1991
Samarium Cobalt Oxidation
Ayton-Perry 2 conductors in parallel
Ramsauer Slow electrons
Phonoelectrocardiophone ECG & Heart sound signals
Psychogalvanometer Emotional Stress
Rhumbatron Oscillator
Rate effect
Ruhmkorff
Return code
Spark test
twister Voltage generated twisted wires
flexode Flexible diode
Vanhour meter Integrate
Electrical resolver 1 winding- stator, 2 winding- rotor
65 nm Tulsa Intel microprocessor
Sonometer Frequency meters
Advance wire Electric heating wires
Aging Coefficient
Intel 4004 First functional microprocessor
RFID
Active 2 W ( 4 W ERP)
Passive 500 mW
RFID tag
Proximity Reader
P100/ 1000 units Imported RFID tags
“Low Power” P100 – single fixed payment
“High Power” P300 – single fixed Payment
Ripple freq of 50 Hz 10 microfarad capacitor
Mica Best insulator
Wimax 45 m – indoor, 90 m – outdoor
05-08-2005 VOIP
07-08-2005 3G
Burell Smith Macintosh Motherboard
108.8% Conductivity of Annealed Silver
trigistor pnpn device used as flip-flop or multivibrator
Moore’s Law 18 months
Harddisk- increase by a factor of 1000 10.5 years
Norio Taniguchi? nanotech
Bioelectrogenesis
Laryngaphone Microphone directly placed at the throat to capture sound
Harddisk- double 13 months
Perminvar Ni-43%, Iron-34%, Cobalt – 23%

1. MPSC Inspection fee – P 820


2. Soliton – pulse that does not change shape in fiber optics
3. ESN – 32 bits
4. THF – 300 to 3000 GHz
5. Max. envelope peak distortion – 3%
6. GPS Precision position – 22m
7. 3G – 70%
8. TACS – 1985, 1G
9. 10 lines – vertical flyback
10. pink noise – equal power per octave
11. 260 nodes – IBM token ring
12. 150 dB – permanent damge to hearing
13. 300 to 400 ms – maximum voice delay
14. 14 hours – regular duplicate, network programming per week; 6 to 11 pm
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15. 10 Base T – 100m
16. 99% emission withing transmitter
17. 128 kbps – Hash
18. CB antenna and receiver need a Low pass filter
19. L band – navigation, maritime and aeronautical comm.
20. Cell site reliable range – 1 to 10 miles
21. repeater - how long does it find a repeater until the phone drops out? – 1 to 5 sec
22. cold cathode gas discharge tube – 10 mrem, 30cm
23. Haat of class B FM – 500 ft
24. international calling frequency for VHF radiotelephony – 158.6 MHz
25. TRF receivers – amplifies RF before demodulation
26. Class I – with auxiliary equipment
27. CDMA – satellite (GPS)
28. 15 years – cable operation
29. 3 years – RA 9292, register without being a part of an organization
30. EO 205 – CATV
31. 16 dB – hend end station RF input output impedance matching
32. 3 channels (30 kHz bandwidth) – D AMPS
33. LORAN C/D – 460 m
34. Narrowband voice mod SSB bandwidth – 1300 Hz

ROM  digital data stored in semiconductor memory matrix


Throughput  rate of which computer processes information
Quantum coupler  uses laser to change spin of electrons
Optical computer  uses laser instead of electric current
Molecular + dot  uses 1 molecule + 1 electron
Access arm  mechanism for read/write on disk
Latency time  time to spin within a particular sector
9-track format  format for commercial tape recording
Ferromagnetism  forces between atomic moments
Product of residual flux and coercive magnetizing force  hysteresis loss (?), hysteresis factor (?)
Oxy/imeter  for measuring oxygenation of blood via the earlobe
Isaac Asimov  coined “robotics” in his novel Runaround, 1942
Manipulator  robot arm
End effector  robot hand
Glitch  change in volume
Nanobots
Series-wound generator at constant speed terminal voltage first increases then decreases
Magnetic amplifier  uses multiple saturable –core reactors; low fidelity, time lag, not for high frequencies
Stalling  result when the countertorque of a synchronous motor is exceeded
Controlling voltage of a DC motor  vary Ra, flux/pole, voltage
Controller  motor starter with variable speed control
Azimuthal quantum number  magnitude of angular momentum vector
Leptons and quarks  “real fundamental particles” of matter
Isotopes  varies when number of neutrons varies
Form feed  moves while paper/page out of printer
Light pen  writes on screen
Interrupt  signal that external device wants to send data to computer
Firmware  permanent ROM programming
Cache memory
Browser
OS memory  contains BIOS memory
Electrotherapy  treat with electric current
Weston saturated cell  used as reference cell in large laboratories
Sacrifice factor  also known as throw-away factor
In fluorescent settings, a fast moving wheel appears to be still. What is this called?  stroboscopic effect (?), flicker effect(?)
Alpha  double charge; easily stopped
Gamma  no change; no ionization; biological damage
Selenium  material used for photovoltaic cells
1. Calculate the Antenna power gain for a beamwidth of 10 degrees.
A. 20 dB C. 2.6 dB
B. 26 dB D. 2.0 dB

2. Calculate the minimum length of a pair of conductors to be considered a transmission line, if its operating frequency is 800 MHz.
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A. 37.5 mm C. 37.5 cm
B. 375 mm D. 3.75 cm

3. What is the purpose of the indirectly-heated cathode in a cathode ray tube?


A. beam modulation C. beam focusing
B. beam production D. beam deflection

4. The time transfer accuracy used with reference to the Universal Transmitter Mercator Grid is_____.
A. UTC C. GMT
B. UTMG D. UTM

5. A transmitter operates at frequency 144 MHz. the transmitter is using (a) doubler, two tripler and a quadrupler. Calculate its crystal oscillator
frequency.
A. 2 KHz C. 2000 MHz (2000 KHZ)
B. 3000 KHz D. 3 KHz

6. Brightness of an image is known as _____.


A. Luminance C. Reflectance
B. Chrominance D. Radiance

7. The principle of data reduction which says that when reducing a s….. of data into the form of an underlying mode, one should be maximally
non-committal with respect to missing data.
A. Jaynes maximum entropy principle
B. Maximum entropy principle
C. Kullback principle of minimum discrimination
D. Minimum discrimination principle

8. In a satellite system, Johannes Kepler stated that “the square of the periodic time of orbit is proportional to the cube of the mean distance
between the primary and the satellites”. This is also known as _____.
A. Kepler’s 3rd Law C. Kepler’s 2nd Law
B. Kepler’s 1st Law D. Kepler’s Law of Areas

9. Calculate the time delay in nanosecond introduced by a 100 ft coaxial cable with a dielectric constant of 2.3.
A. 230 C. 154
B. 152 D. 15.2

10. The velocity of sound is a function of _____.


A. temperature and volume C. medium and temperature
B. medium and volume D. medium and velocity

11. The frequency stability of cellular mobile telephone transmitter authorized by NTC for use in the Philippines is _____.
A. 3.0 KHz plus or minus 2.0 ppm
B. 2.5 KHz plus or minus 2.5 ppm
C. 5.2 KHz plus or minus 2.5 ppm
D. 5.0 KHz plus or minus 2.0 ppm

12. What height must a satellite be placed above the surface of the earth in order for its rotation to be equal to the earth’s rotation?
A. 23,426.4 mi C. 22,426.4 mi
B. 27,426.4 mi D. 26,426.4 mi

13. Determine the wavelength of radio waves propagated using a frequency of 30 MHz.
A. 15 meters C. 30 meters
B. 10 meters D. 9 meters

14. For vertical scanning in a TV system, the field rate is _____ Hz.
A. 262 and 1/2 C. 60
B. 30 D. 525

15. The actual data rate for terrestrial digital TV transmission to allow for the addition of synchronizing and error-correction bit is _____.
A. 32.28 Mbps C. 48 Mbps
B. 8 Mbps D. 64 Mbps

16. According to the NTC memorandum circular, a spectrum user fee of PhP10… per indoor radion station used for Wireless Data Network shall be
paid by the Public Telecom Entity (PTE) with a data rate in excess of _____ Mbps.
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A. 0.64 C. 4.8
B. 0.44 D. 11

17. What are the letter-number designations of carrier and one SB?
A. J3E C. A3E
B. H3E D. F3E

18. What layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model handles the transmission of bits over a communications channel?
A. physical layer C. data link layer
B. transport layer D. network layer

19. Under R.A. 9292, Electronics Technicians may apply for registration without examination within _____ years, after the effectivity of the
Republic Act.
A. 7 C. 12
B. 10 D. 5

20. What is the effective height of a broadcast antenna if the voltage induced in the antenna is 2.7 volts and the measured field intensity received
in the antenna site is 27 mV/m?
A. 29.7 meters C. 72.9 meters
B. 100 meters D. 127 meters

21. The IEEE standard used for high speed wireless Ethernet access known as Wi-Fi’s is _____.
A. 803.12 C. 802.116
B. 803.116 D. 801.11

22. Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite operates in the _____ frequency band.
A. 2-18 GHz C. 1.2 – 1.66 GHz
B. 1.0 – 2.5 GHz D. 6 – 12 GHz

23. Known as the data transfer scheme that used handshaking principle.
A. Synchronous data transfer scheme
B. Asynchronous data transfer scheme
C. DMA data transfer scheme
D. Uninterrupted data transfer scheme
24. What is the delay time for satellite transmissions from earth transmitter to earth receiver.
A. 5000 ms C. 500 ms
B. 50 ms D. 500 us

25. The normal design limitation of a telephone loop is its value of 1 resistance Rz, the maximum value of Rloop must not exceed _____.
A. 5400 ohms C. 2300 ohms
B. 1300 ohms D. 2800 ohms

26. A microwave communications uses plane reflectors as passive repeaters. The diameter of the parabolic antenna is 18 ft while the effective is
310 ft. Determine the reflector coupling factor.
A. 0.76 C. 0.92
B. 0.906 D. 0.706

27. Calculate the approximate height of a GEO satellite using Kepler law (A = 42241.0979, P = 0.9972)
A. 34,416.40 Km C. 36,000 Km
B. 35,790 Km D. 421,164 Km

28. In Satellite Communications, satellites using frequencies between GHz uplink and 17-20 GHz downlink are known to be operating in _____
band.
A. Ka C. x
B. Ku D. v

29. Determine the bandwidth efficiency of a 16 QAM modulator using input rate.
A. 4 Mbps C. 5 Mbps
B. 2 Mbps D. 3 Mbps

30. Determine the shot noise for a diode with a forward bias of 1…. A 110 KHz bandwidth. (q = 1.6x10 raised to minus 19 C)
A. 0.006 uArms C. 0.004 uArms
B. 0.005 uArms D. 0.007 uArms

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31. The relative permittivity of silicon is _____.
A. 11.7 C. 1.18
B. 1.17 D. 11.8

32. A third generation Wireless technology known to deliver broadband data speed to mobile communication device is _____.
A. EDGE C. WiFi
B. Bluetooth D. GPRS

33. Which among the IEEE standards, refers to the global specifications of Wireless LAN?
A. 802.3 C. 802.11x
B. 802.14 D. 802.11b

34. In telecommunications, short haul connection refers to a connection exceeding _____ kilometers.
A. 200 C. 250
B. 150 D. 300

35. A satellite communication system uses SPADE. The digital modulation technique used in SPADE is _____.
A. QPSK C. 8 QAM
B. 16 QAM D. BPSK

36. One of the following is NOT a system specification for third generation wireless system.
A. TD/CDMA C. CDMA 2000
B. WCDMA D. IMT 2000
37. The meaning of MP3 is _____.
A. Motion Picture Production, layer 3
B. Motion Picture Experts Group 1, Audio Player 3
C. Music Production layer 3
D. Music Production level 3

38. A receiver produces a noise power of 250 mW with no signal. The output increases to 5W when the signal is applied. Calculate the (S+N)/N
power ration in dB.
A. 13 C. 13.22
B. 10 D. 20

39. A non-coherent light source for optical communications system.


A. ILD C. LED
B. PIN Diode D. APD

40. One of the following is NOT classified as a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) by the NTC.
A. Automatic Teller Machine
B. VSAT
C. Videophone Terminal Equipment
D. ISDN Terminal Equipment

41. Bluetooth Wireless Technology uses _____ technique to produce the spreading function of spectrum signals.
A. Hybrid Direct-sequence C. hybrid-frequency hopping
B. direct sequence D. frequency hopping

42. Calculate the maximum theoretical data rate for one satellite transponder used for binary data transmissions.
A. 36 Mbps C. 144 Mbps
B. 72 Mbps D. 64 Mbps

43. The tunnel diode _____.


A. has a tiny hole through its center to facilitate tunneling
B. uses a high doping level to provide a narrow junction
C. works by quantum tunneling exhibited by gallium arsenide
D. is joint-contact diode with high reverse resistance

44. What is the characteristic impedance of a basic parallel-wire line, its diameter is 0.023 inches with spacing of (0.40 inches correct given) 0.14
inches apart, if it uses a dielectric material made of continuous polyvinyl chloride?
A. 238.7 ohms C. 234 ohms
B. 99 ohms D. 188 ohms (PVC = 3.4)(ans = 162.47)
http://www.asiinstr.com/technical/Dielectric%20Constants.htm

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45. A transistor amplifier has a measured S/N power of 70 at its input 21 at its output. Determine the noise figure of the transistor.
A. 5.1 dB C. 52 dB
B. 51.2 dB D. 5.2 dB

46. Crosstalk in telephony, refers to the unwanted coupling between signal paths and contribute to noise in the telephone receiver. Calculate
crosstalk coupling loss in dBx (one unit of crosstalk in dB above reference coupling) if the crosstalk coupling is 20 dBx.
A. 60 C. 80
B. 70 D. 90

47. The critical maximum value of the external incident angle for which light will propagate in the fiber is known as __________.
A. acceptance angle
B. critical angle
C. internal incident angle
D. critical internal incident angle

48. For an 8 PSK modulation with an input data rate equal to 10 MHz, carrier frequency of 70 MHz, determine the bit rate in the hi-ph channel.
A. 5 Mbps C. 3.33 Mbps
B. 20 Mbps D. 10 Mbps

49. In data communications, network, coaxial cable “RG 11” used for type of application?
A. IBM 3270 computer terminals
B. Thick Ethernet
C. Cable TV Systems
D. Thin Ethernet

50. Calculate the peak envelope power of a single sideband (SSB) transmitter that produces a peak-to-peak voltage of 240 volts across a 100 ohms
antenna load.
A. 144 W C. 72 W
B. 120 W D. 24 W

51. A digital transmission has an error of probability of 10 raised to minus 5 power, and is 1000 million bits long. Calculate the exp… error rate
(BER).
A. 500 C. 100,000
B. 5 billion D. 10,000

52. The best terrain between antennas is _____, which will prevent re.. effects on the hop.
A. rocky C. forested
B. plain and flat D. water surface

53. Best description of a collinear and broadside antenna radiation


A. Bidirectional C. Perfect Circle
B. Omnidirectional D. Unidirectional

54. The Rules and Regulation governing CATV systems in the Philippines defines the specified zone of a TV broadcast station to be the area
extending ______ km from reference point in the community to which the station is licensed or authorized.
A. 56 km (same sa coaching?) C. 72 km
B. 75 km D. 60 km

55. What is the carrier frequency of an FM station with a channel number 300?
A. 101.1 MHz C. 107.9 MHz
B. 107.5 MHz D. 99.5 MHz

56. The velocity of sound in dry air medium is 331.45 m/s. Calculate the velocity if there is an increase of temperature equal to 10 degrees
Centigrade.
A. 341.52 m/s C. 332.52 m/s
B. 337.52 m/s D. 332 m/s

57. The input current in a matched transmission line is 50 mA while the current is 2 mA. The line is 1 mile long. Calculate the attenuation coefficient
in dB per meters.
A. 0.01738 C. 0.00279
B. 0.002 D. 27.96

58. Determine the maximum quantization error for an 8-bit linear sign-magnitude PCM code for a maximum decoded voltage of 1.27 Vp.
A. 0.05 V C. 0.005 V
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B. 0.001 V D. 0.01 V

59. One of the following statements is false, regarding making the.. (IL?) very high.
A. the image rejection will be very good.
B. There is no need to make the local oscillator extremely stable.
C. Tracking will be greatly improved.
D. The selectivity will be poor.

60. Another name used for optical density is ______.


A. light density C. light flux
B. flux density D. radiant flux

61. The hue 180 degrees out of phase with red is _______.
A. cyan C. blue
B. green D. yellow

62. The composite video signal of TV is composed of the following s…


A. camera signal with blanking pulses
B. camera signal with blanking and sync
C. blanking signal, horizontal and vertical synchronizing signal
D. camera signal, horizontal and vertical synchronizing signal

63. In analog CMTS (AMPS), the narrowband control channel using 395 voice channels is channel ________.
A. 12 C. 25
B. 30 D. 21

64. A frequency modulation system requires a signal-to-noise ratio at the detector output. The modulating frequency is 2 kHz and deviation is 50
kHz. Determine the required minimum S/N at the input.
A. 120 dB (12 dB ang answer ko) C. 80 dB
B. 25 dB D. 83.3 dB

65. Which of the following is contained in a fiber optic transmitter?


A. an output circuit
B. light detector
C. fiber-to-detector connector
D. light source

66. In a PLL frequency demodulator, this information or the modulating signal is the _____ signal.
A. phase-shift C. VCO
B. error D. input

67. A satellite earth station designed to receive satellite signals. Such stations may be used to receive data, such as stock market prices or new-wire
service or television programs.
A. transmit-receive earth station
B. receive only earth station
C. receive-only satellite earth station
D. transmit-only earth station

68. A typical separation distance between satellites in a geostational orbit is 183.3 miles. In terms of degrees, it is equivalent to ______ degrees.
A. 7 C. 4
B. 6 D. 5

69. What is the cut-off frequency of a rectangular waveguide that has width of 0.6 m and a height of 0.36 m?
A. 0.9845 GHz C. 9.8425 MHz
B. 9842.5 KHz D. 9842.5 MHz

70. For an earth station transmitter with an output power of 10 kW, a back-off loss of 3 dB, a total branching and feeder loss of 4 dB, transmit
antenna gain of 40 dB, determine the EIRP.
A. 73 dBW C. 44 dBW
B. 37 dBW D. 70 dBW

71. At 0 degree elevation, a geostationary satellite can cover a maximum of ______ percent of the earth’s surface.
A. 66 C. 46
B. 42.5 D. 33.33
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72. What is the common up-converter and down-converter IF?
A. 36 MHz C. 70 MHz
B. 40 MHz D. 500 MHz

73. Luminance signals are adjusted to match the brightness sensation of human vision for color television. Thus is _______.
A. 29% red, 59% green, and 12% blue
B. 30% red, 59% green, and 11% blue
C. 29% red, 60% green, and 11% blue
D. 30% red, 58% green, and 12% blue

74. The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), requires manual installation of Navigational Satellite Aids Equipment, particularly,
NAVTEX receiver and EPIRB equipment to passenger and General C… Vessels engaged in coastwise trade with a gross tonnage of _______.
A. 120 C. 150
B. 80 D. 100

87. In a spread-spectrum frequency hopping system, a ________ circuit selects frequency modulated by the synthesizer.
A. frequency synthesizer C. PSN code generator
B. FSK oscillator D. frequency shifter

88. Which is the most positive element in the electron guin of TV receivers?
A. screen grid C. 1st anode
B. 2nd anode D. control grid

89. A signal which varies between three levels.


A. Alternate mark inversion C. Bipolar code
B. RZ D. NRZ

90. An object nearer to a converging lens than its focal point always a/an _______ image.
A. the same size C. virtual
B. inverted D. smaller

91. The radio transceiver in the SRRS in the Philippines has a maximum transmitted output power of _________.
A. 4 W C. 3 W
B. 5 W D. 6 W

92. What synchronizes the horizontal line of the TV picture tube?


A. HSC C. HFC
B. HAFC D. HAC

93. The ratio of the separation distance between two co-channel cell, the cell radius is known as co-channel _________.
A. reduction interference ratio
B. interference ratio
C. interference reduction factor
D. reduction ratio

94. What causes a herringbone pattern in facsimile?


A. noise
B. crosstalk
C. phase jitter
D. single-frequency interference

95. A rectangular waveguide has the following cross sectional dimension width is 0.8 in., while the height is 0.6 in., as fed by a coaxial at 12 GHz
frequency. Calculate the cut-off wavelength.
A. 3.05 cm C. 1.44 cm
B. 4.06 cm D. 5.08 cm

96. In FDM, how many voice band channels are there in a jumbo group?
A. 7200 C. 10,800
B. 3600 D. 1000

97. Using NTSC standard, what is the aural carrier frequency of UHF TV channel 28?
A. 558.75 MHz C. 553.75 MHz
B. 559.75 MHz D. 555.25 MHz
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98. A parametric amplifier must be cooled _______.
A. to provide better amplification
B. to be operational because it cannot operate at room temperature
C. to improve the noise performance
D. to increase the bandwidth

99. Which of the following frequencies is wrong?


A. 60 Hz for vertical sync and scanning
B. 15,750 Hz for horizontal sync scanning
C. 31,500 Hz for equalizing pulses and serrations in the vertical sync pulse
D. 31,000 Hz for the vertical scanning frequency

100. An optic fiber is made of glass with a refractive index of 1.54, and clad with another glass with refractive index of 1.50. Launching takes place
from air. Calculate the numerical aperture of the fiber.
A. 0.352 C. 0.0352
B. 0.00352 D. 3.52

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7925

AN ACT TO PROMOTE AND GOVERN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHILIPPINE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND THE DELIVERY OF PUBLIC
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3846

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF RADIO STATIONS AND RADIO COMMUNICATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6849

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE INSTALLATION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC TELEPHONES IN EACH AND EVERY MUNICIPALITY IN THE
PHILIPPINES, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Telecoms

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 59

PRESCRIBING THE POLICY GUIDELINES FOR COMPULSORY INTERCONNECTION OF AUTHORIZED PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS IN
ORDER TO CREATE A UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE AND FULLY INTEGRATED NATIONWIDE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND THEREBY
ENCOURAGE GREATER PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 467

PROVIDING FOR A NATIONAL POLICY ON THE OPERATION AND USE OF INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS IN THE COUNTRY

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 109

POLICY TO IMPROVE THE PROVISION OF LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIER SERVICE

Related Cable Laws

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 469

AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 190 DATED 19 JULY 1994 APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE NATIONAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PLAN 2000
AND ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 205, S. 1987

REGULATING THE OPERATION OF CABLE ANTENNA TELEVISION (CATV) SYSTEMS IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

General Broadcast Law

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 576-A

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REGULATING THE OWNERSHIP AND OPERATION OF RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1987

AN ACT CREATING THE VIDEOGRAM REGULATORY BOARD

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1986

CREATING THE MOVIE AND TELEVISION REVIEW AND CLASSIFICATION BOARD

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 468

PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION OF A NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE PROMOTION OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCE IN THE COUNTRY

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 196

VESTING THE JURISDICTION, CONTROL AND REGULATION OVER THE PHILIPPINE COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE CORPORATION WITH THE
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

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