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Broadcast Engineering 1

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Broadcasting is the process of transmitting information (voice, music or video signal) by radio or through television for reception by the ________ .

a)

receiver

b)

antenna

c)

general public

d)

private owners of radio/TV

2.

AM is a method of impressing ______ on a radio signal

a)

music

b)

voice

c)

acoustic

d)

sound

3.

Commercial and public AM broadcasting is authorized in the ___________ band worldwide

a)

short wave

b)

medium wave

c)

long wave

d)

all ofvthe choices

4.

Radio broadcasting was made possible by the invention of the amplifying _______

a)

audion

b)

triode

c)

vacuum tube

d)

all of the choices

5.

Lee de Forest invented the vacuum tube in _______, which led to the development of inexpensive AM radio receivers and transmitters during World War I.

a)

1916

b)

1906

c)

1896

d)

1926

6.

Commercial AM broadcasting developed from _______ around 1920

a)

amateur contests

b)

radio enthusiast

c)

amateur broadcasts

d)

telephone broadcasts

7.

Broadcasting period after World War II is now known as the ____________.

a)

"Golden Age of Broadcasting"

b)

"Golden Age of Radio"

c)

"Golden Age of Radio and TV"

d)

"Golden Age of AM Radio"

8.

Today, AM competes with FM, as well as with various digital radio broadcasting services distributed from ________ and satellite transmitters

a)

ground wave

b)

airwave

c)

terrestrial

d)

omni-directional antennas

9.

The _______ audio bandwidth and _______ levels of interference experienced with AM transmission have led AM broadcasters to specialize in spoken-word programming

a)

narrow, lower

b)

wide, higher

c)

wide, lower

d)

narrow, higher

10.

AM operating frequency

a)

3 – 30 kHz

b)

30 – 300 kHz

c)

300 – 3000 kHz

d)

3000 – 30000 kHz

11.

AM propagation

a)

MIDDLE WAVE

b)

SPACE WAVE

c)

GROUND WAVE

d)

SHORT WAVE

12.

Polarization of AM antenna

a)

vertical

b)

horizontal

c)

circular

d)

elliptical

13.

AM antenna is ________

a)

unidirectional

b)

bidirectional

c)

omnidirectional

d)

multidirectiona

14.

_________ broadcasting is broadcasting that is deliberately aimed at a foreign, rather than a domestic, audience

a)

AM

b)

International

c)

FM

d)

TV

15.

lInternational broadcasting is broadcast more usually via __________ radio.

a)

longwave

b)

mediumwavw

c)

shortwave

d)

direct satellite

16.

International broadcasting broadcasting services have operated external services since the _______.

a)

1910s

b)

1920s

c)

1930s

d)

1950s

17.

International Broadcasting is a radio broadcast system in the ___________ range that is designed to reach a international audience

a)

low frequency

b)

middle frequency

c)

high frequency

d)

very high frequency

18.

International Broadcasting is in the frequency range of:

a)

300 – 3000 KHz

b)

3000 – 30000 KHz

c)

30 – 300 MHz

d)

300 – 3000 MHz

19.

Propagation in International Broadcasting

a)

ground wave

b)

space wave

c)

sky wave

d)

line-of-sight

20.

Antenna polarization in International broadcast

a)

horizontal

b)

vertical

c)

unidirectional

d)

all of the choices

21.

FM broadcasting is radio broadcasting using frequency modulation (FM) technology. It was invented in 1933 by American engineer _______

a)

Lee De Forest

b)

Neil Armstrong

c)

Fred Marconi

d)

Edwin Armstrong

22.

FM radio stations use the ______ frequencies

a)

MF

b)

HF

c)

VHF

d)

SHF

23.

FM is a radio broadcast system in the very high frequency range that is designed to reach a wide audience, i.e. within a ________ boundaries

a)

national

b)

regional

c)

horizon

d)

international

24.

FM operates at the frequency range of:

a)

30 – 300 MHz

b)

3 - 30 GHz

c)

30 - 300 GHz

d)

3 - 30 MHz

25.

FM is using ________ polarized antenna

a)

vertical

b)

elliptical

c)

circular

d)

all of the choices

26.

_____ broadcast is a radio broadcast system in the very high and ultra high frequency range that is designed to transmit video signal and reach a wide audience

a)

AM

b)

FM

c)

International

d)

TV

27.

TV propagates thru:

a)

skywave

b)

groundwave

c)

spcewave

d)

line-of-sight

28.

TV frequency spectrum is ______

a)

3 – 30 MHz

b)

30 – 300 MHz

c)

300 – 3000 MHz

d)

3000 – 30000 MHz

29.

Antenna used in TV is _______ polarized

a)

horizontally

b)

vertically

c)

circularly

d)

elliptically

30.

TV uses ____ propagation

a)

spacewave

b)

groundwave

c)

LOS

d)

skywave