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1. What is the impedance of free space?
a) 50 Ω
b) 120π Ω
c) 75 Ω
2. What happens to the noise figure of a receiver when a 10 dB attenuator is added at the
a) Noise figure increases by 10 dB
b) Noise figure decreases by 10 dB
c) Noise figure doesn't
3. An RF system has a linear throughput gain of +10 dB and an output 3rd-order intercept
point (OIP3) of +30 dBm. What is the input 3rd-order intercept point (IIP3)?
a) +20 dBm
b) +40 dBm
c) +30 dBm
4. Which filter type has the greatest selectivity for a given order (i.e., N=5)?
b) Chebyshev (ripple=0.1 dB)
5. Which mixer spurious product is a
a) 1*LO + 5*RF
b) 6*LO - 1*RF
c) 3*LO - 2*IF
6. A 2.8 GHz oscillator is phase-locked to a 10 MHz reference oscillator that has a single-sided phase noise of
-100 dBc at 1 kHz offset. What is the single-sided phase noise of the 2.8 GHz oscillator at 1 kHz offset?
a) -48.6 dBc
b) -100 dBc
c) -51.1 dBc
7. What is the power of a 2 Vpk-pk sine
wave across a 50 ohm load?
a) -20.0 dBm
b) +10.0 dBm
c) +19.0 dBm
8. Which 2-port
S-parameter is commonly referred to as "reverse isolation" in an amplifier?
9. What are the minimum and maximum combined VSWR limits at an interface characterized by a 1.25:1
VSWR and a 2.00:1 VSWR?
a) 1.75:1 (min), 2.25:1 (max)
b) 1.60:1 (min), 2.50:1 (max)
c) 0.75:1 (min),
10. An ideal directional coupler has a directivity of 25 dB and an isolation of 40
dB. What is its coupling value?
a) 65 dB
b) 40 dB
c) 15 dB