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The velocity factor of a transmission line

depends on the dielectric constant of the material used

Impedance inversion may be obtained with

a quarter-wave line

For transmission-line load matching over a range of frequencies, it is best to use a

double stub

The main disadvantage of the two-hole directional coupler is

narrow bandwidth

To couple a coaxial line to a parallel-wire line, it is best to use a

Balun

Indicate the three types of transmission line energy losses.

Radiation, I2R, and dielectric heating

Indicate the true statement below. The directional coupler is

a coupling device for matching impedance

An ungrounded antenna near the ground

acts as a single antenna of twice the height

Full-duplex transmission means

Two-way simultaneous transmission

A passive _________ is an electronic device which reduces signal strength by a specified amount in dB.

Attenuator

The signal quality of the calls is constantly monitored by the base station, when the quality of the calls drops below a certain specified level. The base request the MTSO to try and find a better cell site.

Roaming

A digital identification associated with a cellular system.

MIN

Cause a herringbone pattern in facsimile

Crosstalk

A device that converts a 2-wire circuit to a 4-wire circuit.

Hybrid circuit

______ of a data reduction says that when reducing a set of data into the form of an underlying mode, one should be maximally non-committal with respect to missing data.

Jaynes maximum entropy principle

Combination of madulator, channel, and detector.

Discrete channel

How many simultaneous calls does each DECT system can support?

12

If you find that an SAW filter output is 6 dB down from the input of a receiver during test, ______

This is normal.

What is a leased line?

A permanent circuit for a private use within a communication network

What is the number of channels of a cellular system with an allocated spectrum of 25 MHz and with a channel of 30 kHz bandwidth?

833

GSM uses what digital modulation technique?

GMSK

What is the power output of Personal Communication System (PCS)?

10 mW

The signals designed to keep the receivers and transmitters aligned.

Pilot carrier signals

If the spacing of a two-wire open air transmission line is 12 inches and the conductor diameter is 0.25 inch, the characteristic impedance is

547

The impedance of the quarterwave transformer used to match a 600 Ω line to a 300 Ω load is

424

When a line and a load are match the reflection coefficient is

Zero

When line is terminated in an open circuit load, the reflection coefficient is

Unity

A 300 ohms line is terminated in a resistance load of 200 ohms, the VSWR is

1.5

If the reflection coefficient is 0.5, the standing wave ratio is

3

To least the fault of the given line, a signal is fed to the line, 30 µs later the signal returned. What is the distance of the fault?

4500 m

The telephone set is powered by the central office on the ring side at

– 42 to -52 Vdc

The physical connection between the telephone set and the switching equipment is called the

Subscriber loop

A cell in the cellular telephone system means

Small area

What is the typical power output of a cellular phone?

3W

The number of transmit/receive channels in the cellular system is

666

When the message is transferred from one cell site transmitter to another cell site transmitter as the caller crosses a boundary __________ process takes place.

Hand off

What is the frequency deviation of the cellular telephone system?

±12 kHz

What type of connector arrangement wherein a customer may move to another location and still retain the same telephone number.

TPS

The transmission of information from multiple sources occurring on the same facility but not as the same time.

TDM

Termination refers to

Load connected to the output end of a transmission line

Under ordinary circumstances, the CCITT recommends that the number of circuits in tandem must not exceed

12

The GSM cellular radio system uses GMSK in a 200-kHz, with a channel data rate of 270.833 kbps. Calculate the frequency shift between mark and space in kHz?

135.4165

A multiple access technique used in GSM cellular system.

TDMA

The central office detects a request for service from a telephone by

A flow of loop current

What type of transmitter is most commonly used in a conventional telephone handset?

Carbon

In digital multiplexing systems, bit interleaving is used in

Higher level systems

A technique that divides the group of channels into smaller groupings or segments of mutually exclusive frequencies; cell sites, which are within the reuse distance is assigned their own segment of the channel group

Segmentation

In a spread spectrum system, the tendency for a stronger signals to interfere with the reception of weaker signals.

near-far effect

Technique used in spread spectrum that adds a high-bit rate pseudorandom code to a low bit rate information signal to generate a high-bit rate pseudorandom signal closely resembling noise that contains both the original data signal and pseudorandom noise.

direct-sequence

Circular waveguides use TM01 mode because:

of its circular symmetry