The conductive connections between elements which carry signals.

Calculate the characteristic impedance for a line that exhibits an inductance of 4 nH/m and 1.5 pF/m

Category of media which are wireless

It is a medium or any physical facility used to propagate electromagnetic signals between two locations in a communications system.

It is a metallic conductor system used to transfer electrical energy from one point to another using electrical current flow.

A kind of wave where the displacement is in the direction of propagation.

Calculate the capacitance per meter of a 50-ohm load cable that has an inductance of 55 nH/m.

The desirable SWR on a transmission line is

A kind of wave where the direction is displacement is perpendicular to the direction of propagation.

A short-circuited half-wavelength line acts like a

Electromagnetic waves that travel along a transmission line from the source to the load.

Electromagnetic waves that travel from the load back toward the source.

Sound travels approximately

Determine the surge impedance for a parallel wire, air dielectric with a ratio of the spacing between conductors and the diameter of 3.

The rate at which the periodic wave repeats

The distance of one cycle occurring in space

Classification of transmission line where both conductors carry current; one conductor carries the signal, the other conductor is the return path

A shorted half-wave line at the operating frequency acts like

What is the characteristic impedance of a coaxial line, air dielectric with a ratio of the diameter of the outer and inner conductor equal to 1.5?

Currents that flow in opposite direction in a balanced wire pair is called

Currents that flow in same direction in a balanced wire pair is called

A circuit device used to connect a balanced transmission line to an unbalanced load

The most common type of balun used in relatively high frequency

A pattern of voltage and current variations along the transmission line not terminated in its characteristic impedance is called

A type of parallel-conductor transmission lines consists of simply of two parallel wires, closely-spaced and separated by air.

A type of parallel-conductor transmission lines which is essentially the same as open-wire transmission line except that the spacers between the conductors are replaced with a continuous solid dielectric that ensures uniform spacing along the entire cable

What is the range of size of wires of a twisted pair?

What is the characteristic impedance of a coaxial line, polyethylene dielectric with the ratio of the diameter of the outer and the inner conductor of 2.5?

In AWG, the higher the wire gauge ______

Type of twisted pair wire cable that consists of two copper wires where each wire is separately encapsulated in PVC insulation.

A shorted quarter-wave line at the operating frequency acts like

The minimum number of twist for UTP is

A delay line using RG-8A/U cable is to exhibit a 5-ns delay. Calculate the required length of the cable.

An open-circuited quarter-wavelength line acts like a

Level for category of UTP cable which is suitable only for voice grade telephone signals and very low-speed data applications

An antenna is being fed by a properly terminated two-wire transmission line. The current in the line at the input end is 3 A. The surge impedance of the line is 500 ohms. How much power is being supplied to the line?

Level or Category of UTP cable which was developed for IEEE 802.5 token ring local area networks operating at a transmission rates of 4Mbps

If the period of one complete cycle of a radio wave is 0.000001 s, what is the wavelength?

If the two towers of a 950-kHz antenna are separated by 120 electrical degrees, what is the tower separation in feet?

Category of UTP used for virtually any voice or data transmission rate up to 16 Mbps, has a minimum of 3 turns per inch.

The mismatch between the antenna and transmission line impedances cannot be corrected for by

Category of UTP that was designed for data transmission rates up to 20 Mbps

Variation of CAT5 cables that are intended for data transmission rates up to 250 Mbps

A type of twisted-pair wherein its wires and dielectric are enclosed in a conductive metal sleeve called a foil.

It is the name given to the area between the ceiling and the roof in a single-story building or between the ceiling and the floor of the next higher level in a multistory building.

It consists of center conductor surrounded by dielectric material, then a concentric shielding, and an environmental protection outer jacket.

In a transmission line, it refers to the woven stranded mesh or braid that surround some types of coaxial cables

A coaxial cable with one layer of foil insulation and one layer of braided shielding.

At very high frequencies, transmission lines are used as