Chapter 19: Television

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. NTSC stands for:
a. National Television Systems Commission
b. National Television Systems Committee
c. National Television Systems Council
d. Nippon Television Systems Commission


ANS: B

2. The NTSC specification was drawn up by the:
a. FCC c. EIA
b. IRE d. IEEE


ANS: C

3. RGB stands for:
a. Red-Green Burst c. Red-Green Bandwidth
b. Red-Green Brightness d. Red-Green-Blue


ANS: D

4. The number of scan lines in an NTSC signal is:
a. 525 c. 1024
b. 625 d. 1250


ANS: A

5. The number of NTSC frames sent per second is:
a. 25 c. 50
b. 30 d. 60


ANS: B

6. The number of NTSC fields sent per second is:
a. 25 c. 50
b. 30 d. 60


ANS: D

7. The aspect ratio of a standard TV receiver is:
a. 3 : 4 c. 525 : 625
b. 4 : 3 d. 625 : 525


ANS: B

8. Luminance refers to:
a. brightness c. chroma
b. contrast d. raster


ANS: A

9. Luminance is measured in:
a. foot-candles c. IRE units
b. lumins d. NTSC units


ANS: C

10. The maximum luminance level is called:
a. max white c. all white
b. peak white d. whiter than white


ANS: B

11. The blanking level corresponds to a luminance of:
a. white c. whiter than white
b. black d. blacker than black


ANS: B

12. The sync pulse level corresponds to a luminance of:
a. white c. whiter than white
b. black d. blacker than black


ANS: D

13. The vertical blanking pulse is serrated to:
a. maintain horizontal sync c. equalize the DC level
b. maintain vertical sync d. all of the above


ANS: A

14. When measured in lines, horizontal resolution:
a. is greater than vertical resolution
b. is about the same as vertical resolution
c. is less than vertical resolution
d. horizontal resolution is not measured in lines


ANS: B

15. The smallest picture element is called a:
a. dot c. pixel
b. pic d. none of the above


ANS: C

16. In a color TV receiver, Y I Q refers to:
a. luminance signal, in-phase color component, quadrature phase color component
b. composite color signal, in-phase color component, quadrature phase color component
c. composite video signal, in-phase video component, quadrature video color component
d. a method of demodulating stereo sound


ANS: A

17. Compared to the luminance signal, the horizontal resolution for color is:
a. much greater c. much less
b. about the same d. resolution does not apply to color


ANS: C

18. The modulation used for the video signal in a standard NTSC color TV receiver is:
a. SSB c. suppressed-carrier AM
b. vestigial sideband AM d. FM


ANS: B

19. The modulation used for the audio signal in a standard NTSC color TV receiver is:
a. SSB c. suppressed-carrier AM
b. vestigial sideband AM d. FM


ANS: D

20. The modulation used for the chroma signal in a standard NTSC color TV receiver is:
a. SSB c. suppressed-carrier AM
b. vestigial sideband AM d. FM


ANS: C

21. The function of the "color burst" is to:
a. detect the presence of a color video signal
b. regenerate the color sub-carrier
c. to synchronize the color demodulation line by line
d. all of the above


ANS: D

22. SAP stands for:
a. separate audio program c. sync amplitude pulse
b. separate audio pulse d. sync audio pulse


ANS: A

23. The horizontal output transformer is also called:
a. the isolation transformer c. the flyback transformer
b. the video transformer d. the yoke


ANS: C

24. Compared to a monochrome CRT, the accelerating voltage on a color CRT is:
a. about the same c. much lower
b. much higher d. color CRTs use magnetic acceleration


ANS: B

25. Deflection in CRTs used in TV receivers is done:
a. magnetically for both vertical and horizontal
b. electrostatically for both vertical and horizontal
c. electrostatically for vertical and magnetically for horizontal
d. magnetically for vertical and electrostatically for horizontal


ANS: A

26. AFPC stands for:
a. allowed full picture chroma c. automatic frequency and picture control
b. automatic frequency and phase control d. none of the above


ANS: B

COMPLETION

1. ____________________ is a conductive coating on both the inside and outside of the CRT in a TV.

ANS: Aquadag

2. The ____________________ standard for TV has been in use since 1953.

ANS: NTSC

3. Video systems form pictures by a ____________________ process.

ANS: scanning

4. During the horizontal blanking interval, the electron beam ____________________ from right to left.

ANS: retraces

5. The NTSC specifies a ____________________ video signal.

ANS: composite

6. The ____________________ ratio of a CRT screen is the ratio of width to height.

ANS: aspect

7. Brightness information is called ____________________.

ANS:
luma
luminance

8. Color information is called ____________________.

ANS:
chroma
chrominance

9. The blanking period before the sync pulse is called the front ____________________.

ANS: porch

10. Odd and even fields are identified by the ____________________ of the vertical sync pulse.

ANS: position

11. Each horizontal scan line takes ____________________ microseconds, not including blanking.

ANS: 62.5

12. Horizontal blanking lasts ____________________ microseconds.

ANS: 10

13. Vertical blanking lasts about ____________________ milliseconds.

ANS: 1.3

14. Picture elements are called ____________________.

ANS: pixels

15. The maximum number of scan lines under NTSC is ____________________.

ANS: 525

16. The human eye is most sensitive to the color ____________________.

ANS: green

17. The color sub-carrier frequency is approximately ____________________ MHz.

ANS: 3.58

18. SAP stands for ____________________ audio program.

ANS: separate

19. The second anode of a CRT is often called the ____________________.

ANS: ultor

20. The accelerating voltage for a color CRT is about ____________________ kV.

ANS: 20 to 30

21. The inside of a CRT's face-plate is coated with ____________________ to generate the picture.

ANS: phosphor

22. The horizontal output transformer is called the ____________________ transformer.

ANS: flyback

23. A good way to separate luma from chroma is to use a ____________________ filter.

ANS: comb

24. The color ____________________ turns off the color circuitry when a color TV is receiving a
monochrome signal.

ANS: killer

25. Signal levels in cable TV systems are usually measured in ____________________.

ANS: dBmV

26. The antenna for a CATV system is located at the ____________________ end.

ANS: head

27. A ____________________ shows a color-bar signal with predetermined levels and phases.

ANS: vectorscope

28. Color intensity is called ____________________.

ANS: saturation

29. The ____________________ of the chroma signal represents the color hue.

ANS: phase

30. The ____________________ controls in a color TV adjust the electron beams to strike the correct color
phosphor dots.

ANS: purity

31. The ____________________ controls in a color TV adjust the electron beams to strike the correct triad of
phosphor dots.

ANS: convergence