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Question #401Radio Theory and Communication Principles
The output signal of a detector in a communication receiver is in
- Audio Frequency range ✓ Correct answer
- Radio frequency range
- Intermediate Frequency range
- All the above
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Question #402Radio Theory and Communication Principles
In a Radio receiver, the sensitivity is governed by
- RF ✓ Correct answer
- Detector
- AF
- None of the above
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Question #403Radio Theory and Communication Principles
The noise in a Radio receiver can be expressed as
- S/N ratio ✓ Correct answer
- N/S ratio
- Level of reference signal
- None of above
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Question #404Antennas and Radio Wave Propagation
The most suitable antenna for receiving VHF range is
- Dipole
- Log periodic
- Yagi ✓ Correct answer
- None of the above 208.Which of the following instruments can be used to determine if an antenna is resonant at the designed frequency?
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Question #405Basic Electricity and Electronics
The 'RMS value' of a sine-wave signal is:
- half the peak voltage
- 1.414 times the peak voltage
- the peak-to-peak voltage
- 0.707 times the peak voltage ✓ Correct answer
Explanation: For a sinusoidal signal, Vrms = Vpeak/√2 ≈ 0.707 Vpeak. The option text was cleaned of OCR spillover.
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Question #406Basic Electricity and Electronics
The colour bands of a 4.7KOhm 5% resistor are
- Yellow, Violet, Orange and Gold
- Yellow, Violet, Red and Gold ✓ Correct answer
- Yellow, Violet, Orange and Silver
- Yellow, Violet, Red and Silver
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Question #407Radio Theory and Communication Principles
The layer that reflects higher frequencies in HF range during the day time is
- F1 layer
- F2 layer ✓ Correct answer
- E layer
- D layer
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Question #408Basic Electricity and Electronics
The power conversion efficiency of a Full-wave rectifier is
- 40.6%
- 51.2%
- 100%
- 81.2% ✓ Correct answer
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Question #409Radio Theory and Communication Principles
The side-band system adopted for Television transmission
- Independent Sideband
- vestigial Sideband ✓ Correct answer
- Suppressed Sideband.
- All the above
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Question #410Radio Theory and Communication Principles
The oscillator that makes a communication receiver capable of receiving morse code is
- Voltage Controlled Oscillator
- Local Oscillator
- Beat Frequency Oscillator ✓ Correct answer
- Phase Locked Loop
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Question #411Basic Electricity and Electronics
The following material is considered to be a semiconductor:
- copper
- sulphur
- silicon ✓ Correct answer
- tantalum
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Question #412Basic Electricity and Electronics
The Transformers are rated in
- Watts
- Volts
- Amperes
- Volt-Amperes ✓ Correct answer
Explanation: Transformer ratings are expressed in volt-amperes (VA), not watts alone. The option text was cleaned of OCR spillover.
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Question #413Basic Electricity and Electronics
In an n-type semiconductor, the current carriers are:
- holes
- electrons ✓ Correct answer
- positive ions
- photons
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Question #414Radio Theory and Communication Principles
Impedance is a combination of:
- reactance with reluctance
- resistance with conductance ✓ Correct answer
- resistance with reactance
- reactance with radiation 222.A simple transmitter requires a 50 ohm dummy load. You can fabricate this from:
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Question #415Radio Theory and Communication Principles
The time for one cycle of a 100 Hz signal is:
- 1 second
- 0.01 second ✓ Correct answer
- 0.0001 second
- 10 seconds 224.A component is identified as a capacitor if its value is measured in:
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Question #416Basic Electricity and Electronics
Two basic types of bipolar transistors are:
- p-channel and n-channel types
- NPN and PNP types ✓ Correct answer
- diode and triode types
- Varicap and Zener types 226.A "linear amplifier" is:
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Question #417Radio Theory and Communication Principles
The "S meter" on a receiver:
- indicates where the squelch control should be set
- indicates the standing wave ratio
- indicates the state of the battery voltage
- indicates relative incoming signal strengths ✓ Correct answer
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Question #418Radio Theory and Communication Principles
The term "PTT" means:
- push to talk ✓ Correct answer
- piezoelectric transducer transmitter
- phase testing terminal
- phased transmission transponder
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Question #419Radio Theory and Communication Principles
The term "ALC" stands for:
- audio limiter control
- automatic level control ✓ Correct answer
- automatic loudness control
- automatic listening control
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Question #420Basic Electricity and Electronics
The AGC circuit is to:
- expand the audio gain
- limit the extent of amplitude generation
- minimize the adjustments needed to the receiver gain control knobs ✓ Correct answer
- amplitude limits the crystal oscillator output
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