RADAR is an acronym for:
A. Radio Detection and Repulsion
B. Radio Device and Ranging
C. Radio Detection and Ranging
D. Ranging Detection and Retrieve
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A method of communication in which communication takes place in both the directions, but only in one direction at a time?
A. Half duplex
B. Full duplex
C. Simplex
D. Half Simplex
E. Full Simplex
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Which of the following statements is NOT true:
A. A high PRF pulse Doppler radar has no ambiguities in Doppler frequency
B. A high PRF pulse Doppler radar has no range ambiguities
C. A high PRF pulse Doppler radar provides an accurate measurement of target's radial velocity
D. An MTI radar has many Doppler ambiguities
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The INSAT operates in
A. Q band
B. S band
C. C band
D. Ku band
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Tropospheric scatter communication is use for which frequency band?
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The type of radar that is used to eliminate clutter in navigational applications is
A. Pulse radar
B. Tracking radar
C. MTI radar
D. Monopulse radar
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A radar system uses magnetron as high power RF source. Its transmitter emits 300 kW RF power at 10% duty factor. If the efficiency of radar transmitter during pulse is 60% and the power required during pulse off period is 1 kW. The average power dissipation in radar is-
A. 50.9 kW
B. 301 kW
C. 20.9 kW
D. 150.5 kW
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Match
List-I with
List-II and select the correct answer as per the options:
List-I
List-II
a. To ensure all bursts arrive the satellite in their correct time slots
1. Loop back
b. Initial portion of a traffic burst that carries information similar to that carried in the reference burst
2. Network synchronization
c. In refers to the fact that an earth station receives its own transmission, from which it can determine range
3. Burst code word
d. It is used to establish burst timing in TDMA
4. Preamble
A. a-3, b-2, c-4, d-1
B. a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
C. a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
D. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
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The basic rate of SONET is
A. 2.048 Mbps
B. 51.84 Mbps
C. 1.544 Mbps
D. 155 Mbps
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Random satellite moves in
A. random paths
B. polar orbits
C. geostationary orbits
D. equatorial plane
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If the PRF is 1200 and the pulse width is 1.5 µs, the duty cycle will be
A. 12.5%
B. 8%
C. 0.18%
D. 0.12%
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Consider the following statements regarding communication by geostationary satellites:
1. A back and forth telephone transmission involves nearly half a second.
2. Since the ground station antenna points towards a fixed direction, large corrections are necessary to compensate for orbital variation and atmospheric diffraction.
3. Since the satellite antenna is limited in size, the earth are illuminated by the beam is also small.
4. As there is no Doppler shift, no correction for frequency is necessary.
Select the correct answer out of these statements.
A. 1, 2, 3 and 4 are correct
B. 1, 2 and 3 are correct
C. 2 and 3 are correct
D. 1 and 4 are correct
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One of the following is tracking radar
A. Monostatic radar
B. Bistatic radar
C. Monopulse radar
D. Secondary surveillance radar
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A biostatic radar system shown in figure has following parameters; f = 5 GHz, G
dt = 34 dB, G
dr = 22 dB. To obtain a return power of 8pW the minimum necessary radiated power should be
A. 1.394 kW
B. 2.046 kW
C. 1.038 kW
D. 3.46 kW
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A satellite transmits signals at a frequency of 6 GHz to a user 40000 km away. The free space path loss incurred by the signal is nearly:
A. 100 dB
B. 150 dB
C. 200 dB
D. 300 dB
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A fixed radar station transmits 100 kW at 3 GHz. The smallest ocean-going ship has a radar cross-section of 200 m2 . The radar antenna gain is 16 dB. If detection requires a minimum of 1 nW/m2 at the radar antenna, the effective range of the radar is nearly
A. 7.1 km
B. 8.4 km
C. 70.7 km
D. 84.0 km
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A vertical wire of 1 m length carries a current of 1 A at 10 MHz. The total radiating power is nearly
A. 0.13 W
B. 0.88 W
C. 7.3 W
D. 73 W
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What are the celestial bodies revolving around the planets called as?
A. Satellites
B. Star
C. Comets
D. Meteors
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A geostationary satellite located at about 35000 km from earth can cover
A. Complete surface of the earth
B. One hemisphere in one pass
C. One side of the earth
D. An area depending on antenna used
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A low earth orbit satellite can provide large signal strength at an earth station because
A. Path loss is low
B. These orbits are immune to noise
C. Large solar power can be generated at these orbits
D. Lower microwave frequencies in S-band can be used
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