1. What is the polarization of a discone antenna?  C.

1 dB
 A. Vertical  D. 0dB
 B. Horizontal 9. Very low signal strength in antenna.
 C. Circular  A. Minor lobes
 D. Spiral  B. Null
2. If the antenna increases 3.3 times how much  C. Antenna patterns
does the radiated power increase?  D. Major lobes
 A. 3.3 times 10. What is the gain of the Hertzian dipole over
 B. 10.89 times isotropic antenna?
 C. 9.9 times  A. 1.64 dB
 D. 6.6 times  B. 2.15 dB
3. When speaking of antennas. ______ is a  C. 1.76 dB
section which would be a complete antenna by  D. 1.55 dB
itself. 11. ______ is the measurement of a unilateral
 A. image antenna properties of directivity
 B. top loading  A. Phase angle
 C. bay  B. Antenna gain
 D. quarterwave  C. Beamwidth
4. In what range of frequencies are most  D. Bandwidth
omnidirectional horizontally polarized antennas 12. In testing transmitter to prevent interfering
used? with other stations, which type of antenna must
 A. VHF, UHF be used?
 B. VLF, LF  A. Void antenna
 C. SH, EHF  B. Dummy antenna
 D. MF, HF  C. Hertzian antenna
5. If the current ratios of the two or more  D. Isotropic antenna
elements must be held 5% and the phase angle 13. The best solution to fading is _____.
to 3° the antenna is called a  A. space diversity
 A. end fire array  B. frequency diversity
 B. critical phased array  C. polarization diversity
 C. broadband array  D. wavelength diversity
 D. wideband array 14. _____ is the amount of uncertainty in a
6. A device that converts high frequency current system of symbols
into electromagnetic wave.  A. Bandwidth
 A. Antenna  B. Enthalpy
 B. Loudspeaker  C. Entropy
 C. Microphone  D. Quantum
 D. Transducer 15. If an antenna has a gain of 3 dB, it increases
7. Which is a non-resonant antenna? the output of the transmitter by
 A. Rhombic antenna  A. 10,000 times
 B. Folded dipole  B. 1000 times
 C. End-fire array  C. 100 times
 D. Yagi-Uda antenna  D. 1 million times
8. Gain of a half-wave dipole antenna over 16. Top loading is used in an antenna in order to
isotropic. increase its ______.
 A. 2.15 dB  A. practical height
 B. 1.76 dB  B. beamwidth
  C. effective height  A. The frequency of the radiated wave
 D. input capacitance  B. The direction of the radiated wave
17. A horizontal antenna is _____.  C. The direction of the magnetic field
 A. vertically polarized vector
 B. horizontally polarized  D. The direction of the electric field
 C. centrally polarized vector
 D. circularly polarized 25. _____ is the horizontal pointing angle of an
18. All elements in a beam _____ antennas are antenna
in line  A. Azimuth
 A. collinear  B. Angle of elevation
 B. yagi  C. Right angle
 C. broadside array  D. Beamwidth
 D. log-periodic 26. A dipole antenna requires to be fed with 20
19. Which does not use vertical polarization kW of power to produce a given signal strength
antenna? to a particular distant point. If the addition of a
 A. AM Broadcasting reflector makes the same field strength available
 B. FM Broadcasting with an input power of 11kW. What is the gain in
 C. Mobile Communications dB, obtained by the use if the reflector. (Gain
 D. Satellite Communications referred to this particular dipole).
20. Lightning rods must be mounted a top  A. 4.75
structure not less than ___ above the highest  B. 2.6
point.  C. 1.81
 A. 10 cm  D. 4.24
 B. 20 cm 27. What is the estimated medium wind loading
 C. 30 cm in the Philippines for antenna tower design?
 D. 40 cm  A. 300 kph
21. _____ is an antenna with a number of half-  B. 100 kph
wave antenna on it.  C. 200 kph
 A. Antenna array  D. 250 kph
 B. Tower 28. Discone radiation pattern is ______.
 C. Omni-directional  A. omnidirectional/vertical polarized
 D. Rhombic  B. unidirectional
22. Which antenna radiates an omnidirectional  C. bidirectional
pattern in the horizontal plane with vertical  D. figure of eight
polarization? 29. _____ is an open-ended slot antenna
 A. Marconi antenna  A. Helical antenna
 B. Discone antenna  B. Rhombic antenna
 C. Horn antenna  C. Notch antenna
 D. Helical antenna  D. Cassegrain antenna
23. An antenna with very high gain and very 30. Which antenna is a properly terminated?
narrow beamwidth.  A. Marconi
 A. Helical antenna  B. Rhombic
 B. Discone antenna  C. Dipole
 C. Horn antenna  D. Yagi-Uda
 D. Parabolic dish antenna 31. What is the radiation characteristic of a dipole
24. What determines antenna polarization? antenna?
 A. Omnidirectional
  B. Bidirectional  A. Vertically
 C. Unidirectional  B. negatively
 D. Hemispherical  C. horizontally
32. What is the theoretical gain of a Hertzian  D. circularly
dipole? 40. The length of a Marconi antenna to operate
 A. 1.76 dB with 985 kHz is ______.
 B. 2.15 dB  A. 200 ft
 C. 3 dB  B. 500 ft
 D. 0 dB  C. 250 ft
33. An antenna with unity gain  D. 999 ft
 A. Rhombic 41. What is the front-to-back ratio of an antenna
 B. Half-wave dipole which radiates 500 watts in a northernly direction
 C. Isotropic and 50 watts in a southernly direction?
 D. Whip  A. 25000 dB
34. How will you increase the gain of an  B. 10 dB
antenna?  C. 100 dB
 A. By adding several antennas in parallel  D. 20 dB
 B. By focusing the radiated energy in one 42. If 4 kW in antenna produces 50 μV/m in a
desired direction receiving antenna, a 15 kW will produce _____.
 C. By making antenna rods thicker  A. 200 μV/m
 D. By making the antenna size larger  B. 10 μV/m
35. An antenna which is one-tenth wavelength  C. 100 μV/m
long  D. 20 μV/m
 A. Hertzian dipole 43. If the radiated power increase 10.89 times,
 B. Loop antenna the antenna current increases by ______.
 C. Marconi antenna  A. 3.3 times
 D. Elementary doublet  B. 6.6 times
36. What is the minimum number of turns a helix  C. 1.82 times
antenna must have?  D. 10.89 times
 A. 3 44. The frequency of operation of a dipole
 B. 5 antenna cut to a length of 3.4 m.
 C. 4  A. 88 MHz
 D. 6  B. 44 MHz
37. What is the gain of isotropic antenna?  C. 22 MHz
 A. 10  D. 11 MHz
 B. 1 45. Comparing the signal strength arriving at the
 C. 10 driven element from the desired direction to the
 D. 100 signal strength reaching the driver from the
38. Which of the following improves antenna opposite direction.
directivity?  A. Directivity
 A. Driven element  B. Sensitivity
 B. Reflector element  C. Beamwidth
 C. Director element  D. Front-to-back ratio
 D. Parasitic element 46. What is the capture area of a dipole operated
39. The antenna radiates _____ polarized waves at 75 MHz?
when the transmitter antenna is horizontally  A. 4 mm
installed.  B. 2 m2
  C. 2.088 m2  C. Isotropic
 D. 4.088 m2  D. Dummy
47. _____ of an antenna is a measure of how the 54. The power fed to a two-bay turnstile antenna
antenna concentrates its radiated power in a is 100 watts. If the antenna has a 2 dB power
given direction. gain, what is the effective radiated power?
 A. Efficiency  A. 317 watts
 B. Power  B. 158 watts
 C. Gain  C. 200 watts
 D. Polarization  D. 400 watts
48. Shortening effect of an antenna that makes it 55. What is the gain, in dB of a helical antenna
appear as if it were 5% longer. with diameter of λ/3, 10 turns at pitch of λ/4, used
 A. End effect at 100 MHz?
 B. Flywheel effect  A. 16
 C. Skin effect  B. 41.1
 D. Capture effect  C. 31.4
49. Harmonic suppressor connected to an  D. 1.25
antenna. 56. How is it possible to lower the resonant
 A. Low-pass filter frequency of Hertz dipole antenna?
 B. High-pass filter  A. By reducing the frequency at the
 C. M-derived filter transmitter
 D. Constant-K  B. By connecting a capacitor in series
50. A simple half-wavelength antenna radiates with the antenna
the strongest signal  C. By the connecting a resistor in series
 A. at 45 degrees to its axis with the antenna
 B. parallel to its axis  D. By connecting an inductor in series
 C. at right angles to its axis with the antenna
 D. at 60 degrees to its axis 57. Which of the following antennas receive
51. The current maximum in a Marconi antenna signals in the horizontal plane equality well from
is found at all directions?
 A. the base of the antenna  A. Horizontal Hertz antenna
 B. the center of the antenna  B. Vertical loop antenna
 C. some point between the base and the  C. Vertical Yagi antenna
center of the antenna  D. A vertical antenna which is a quarter-
 D. the top of the antenna wavelength long
52. If an antenna is too short for the wavelength 58. If the length of a Hertz dipole is decreased
being used, the effective length can be increased  A. its resonant frequency will be lowered
by adding: its distributed inductance will be increased
 A. capacitance in series  B. its distributed inductance will be
 B. inductance in series decreased
 C. resistance in parallel  C. its resonant frequency will be
 D. resistance in series increased
53. Which of the following antennas is used for  D. its distributed capacitance between
testing and adjusting a transmitter for proper the antenna and ground will be increased.
modulation, amplifier operation and frequency 59. A final amplifier of a radio transmitter draws
accuracy? 250 mA of plate current when the plate supply
 A. Elementary voltage is 1400 volts. If the plate circuit efficiency
 B. Real is 80% and the transmitter is connected to an
antenna having a feed impedance of 70 ohms,  D. A capacitor is never added in series
what is the antenna current at the feed-point? with an antenna
 A. 4.0 A 65. How does the electric field strength of a
 B. 2.2 A standard broadcast station vary with the distance
 C. 1.25 A from the antenna?
 D. 2.0 A  A. The field strength of a standard
60. A one-quarter wavelength shunt-fed vertical broadcast station vary with the distance
Marconi antenna from the antenna
 A. has maximum radiation in a vertical  B. The field strength is directly
direction proportional to the distance from the
 B. must have a horizontal receiving antenna
antenna for the best reception  C. The field strength remains constant
 C. must use a receiving antenna for the regardless of the distance from the antenna
best reception  D. The field strength varies inversely as
 D. must have a vertical receiving the distance from the antenna
antenna for the best reception 66. Stacking elements in a transmitting antenna
61. A shunt-fed quarter-wavelength Marconi system
antenna  A. increases the field strength at the
 A. has maximum RF impedance to receiving antenna
ground at its feedpoint  B. increases the directivity of the
 B. has a current null at its feedpoint transmitter antenna
 C. has a zero DC resistance to ground  C. decrease the size of the lobe in the
 D. has zero RF resistance to ground radiation pattern
62. The parasitic element of an antenna system  D. both A and B
will 67. A vertical loop antenna has a
 A. decrease its directivity  A. unidirectional radiation pattern in the
 B. increase its directivity horizontal plane
 C. give the antenna unidirectional  B. unidirectional radiation pattern in the
properties vertical plane
 D. both B and C  C. omnidirectional radiation pattern in the
63. If the length of an antenna is changed from horizontal plane
2.5 meters to 2.8 meters, its resonant frequency  D. a bidirectional radiation pattern in the
will horizontal plane
 A. increase 68. In order to get maximum radiation to all
 B. depend on the velocity factor so the surrounding points in the horizontal plane, the
resonant frequency can either be increased antenna used is a
or decreased  A. vertical loop
 C. will be unchanged  B. vertical quarter-wavelength rod
 D. decrease  C. array which includes parasitic
64. What is the effect of adding a capacitor in elements
series with an antenna?  D. a horizontal Hertz dipole
 A. The antenna’s resonant frequency will 69. What is the electrical wavelength of a 500
increase MHz signal?
 B. The antenna’s resonant frequency will  A. 60 centimeters
decrease  B. 6 meters
 C. The antenna will be physically 5%  C. 0.06 meter
longer than its electrical length  D. 60 meters
70. If the antenna current is doubled, the field 78. The purpose of stacking elements on an
strength at a particular position is antenna.
 A. doubled  A. Sharper directional pattern
 B. halved  B. increased gain
 C. multiplied by a factor of four  C. Improved bandpass
 D. divided by a factor of four  D. All of these
71. The rhombic antenna is primarily used for 79. The advantage of using top loading in a
 A. ground wave propagation shortened HF vertical antenna is
 B. space wave propagation  A. lower quality factor
 C. ionosphere scatter propagation  B. greater structural strength
 D. sky wave propagation  C. higher losses
72. What antenna radiates equally in all  D. improved radiation efficiency
directions? 80. Where are the voltage nodes in a half-wave
 A. Vertical antenna antenna?
 B. isotropic antenna  A. At the ends
 C. Horizontal antenna  B. Three-quarters of the way from the
 D. Dipole antenna feed point toward the end
73. Actual height of antenna should be at least  C. One-half of the way from the feed
 A. one wavelength point toward the end
 B. half wavelength  D. At the feed point
 C. quarter wavelength 81. A theoretical reference antenna that provides
 D. three-fourth wavelength a comparison for antenna measurements.
74. Which antenna is not properly terminated?  A. Marconi antenna
 A. Resonant  B. Isotropic radiator
 B. Non-resonant  C. Yagi-Uda array
 C. Isotropic  D. Whip antenna
 D. Whip 82. A Hertz antenna is operating on a frequency
75. ______ is an antenna array which is highly of 2182 kHz and consists of a horizontal wire that
directional at right angles to the plane of the is hanged between two towers. What is the
array? frequency of its third harmonic?
 A. Broadside array  A. 727 kHz
 B. End-fire array  B. 6546 kHz
 C. Turnstile array  C. 436 kHz
 D. Log-periodic array  D. 6.546 kHz
76. The directivity pattern of an isotropic radiator 83. In horizontal-dipole antenna, the polarization
is is
 A. a figure-8  A. in the vertical direction
 B. a sphere  B. in the horizontal direction
 C. a unidirectional cardioid  C. circular
 D. a parabola  D. measured at the center of the antenna
77. An isotropic radiator is 84. Increasing the electrical length of an antenna
 A. in the northern hemisphere means
 B. an antenna high enough in the air  A. add an inductor in parallel
 C. an antenna whose directive pattern is  B. add a capacitor in series
substantially incredible  C. add an inductor series
 D. a hypothetical, omnidirectional  D. add a resistor is series
antenna
85. Stacking antennas at various angles results 92. To electrically decrease the length of an
in antenna.
 A. a more omnidirectional reception  A. add an inductor in series
 B. a more unidirectional reception  B. add an inductor in parallel
 C. a more omnidirectional reception  C. add a resistor in series
 D. an overall reception signal increase  D. add a capacitor in series
86. What is driven element? 93. Strong interference from one particular
 A. Always the rearmost element station can be eliminated by the use of
 B. Always the forward most element  A. noise limiters
 C. The element fed by the transmission  B. squelch circuits
line  C. negative feedback
 D. The element connected to the rotator  D. wave traps in the antenna circuitry
87. What is antenna bandwidth? 94. It is useful to refer to an isotropic radiator.
 A. Antenna length divided by the number  A. when comparing the gains of
of elements directional antennas
 B. The angle between the half-power  B. when testing a transmission line for
radiation points standing wave ratio
 C. The angle formed between two  C. when (in the northern hemisphere)
imaginary lines drawn through directing the transmission
 D. The frequency range over which an  D. when using a dummy load to tune a
antenna can be expected to operate transmitter
satisfactorily 95. A disadvantage of using a trap antenna.
88. To lengthen an antenna electrically, add a  A. It will radiate harmonics
 A. resistor  B. It can only be used for single-bad
 B. battery operation
 C. condult  C. It is too sharply directional at lower
 D. coil frequencies
89. What is the gain of an antenna over a half-  D. It must be neutralized
wavelength dipole when it has 6 dB gain over an 96. The input terminal impedance at the center of
isotropic radiator? a folded dipole antenna is
 A. 6.0 dB  A. 72 Ω
 B. 8.1 dB  B. 300 Ω
 C. 3.9 dB  C. 50 Ω
 D. 10.0 dB  D. 73 Ω
90. What is the usual electrical length of a driven 97. When a capacitor is connected in series with
element in an HF beam antenna? a Marconi antenna?
 A. ¼ wavelength  A. Antenna open circuit stops
 B. ¾ wavelength transmission
 C. ½ wavelength  B. An inductor of equal value must be
 D. 1 wavelength added
91. What happens to the bandwidth of an  C. No change occurs to antenna
antenna as it is shortened through the use of  D. Antenna resonant frequency
loading coils? increases
 A. It is increased 98. Where are the current nodes in a half-wave
 B. It is decreased antenna?
 C. No change occurs  A. At the ends
 D. It becomes flat  B. At the center
  C. Three-quarters of the way from the
feed point toward the end
 D. One-half of the way from the feed
point toward the end
99. For a shortened vertical antenna, where
should a loading coil be placed to minimize
losses and produce the most effective
performance?
 A. As low as possible on the vertical
radiator
 B. Near the center of the vertical radiator
 C. As close to the transmitter as possible
 D. At a voltage node
100. The effect of adding parasitic elements of a
Hertz dipole is to
 A. make the antenna more
omnidirectional
 B. reduce its resonant frequency
 C. increase the antenna’s power gain
 D. All of these