1.

) Is the most common technique where apartment house, hotels, schools,

condominiums, and multi-unit buildings distribute TV and FM signals to a number of
receivers, using a single head-end.

a. CCTV

b. CATV

c. MATV

d. Antenna

2.) What is the local oscillator frequency in commercial AM broadcast if it is equal to 455 kHz?
a. 0 to 1500 kHz
b. 0 to 455 kHz
c. 540 to 1600 kHz
d. 955 to 2055 kHz

3.) What is the allowable deviation ratio of commercial FM broadcast?

• a. 20
• b. 75
• c. 5
• d. 25

4.) The maximum power suggested by KBP on 919-1312 AM broadcast station in

Metro Manila is

• a. 5 kW
• b. 10 kW
• c. 15 kW
• d. 20 kW

5.) KBP radio code mandates that station must provide a minimum of ___ minutes

• a. 30
• b. 45
• c. 50
• d. 60
6.) What is the frequency tolerance of an FM Radio Broadcast station?
• a. ± 20000 Hz
• b. ± 20 Hz
• c. ± 200 Hz
• d. ± 2000 Hz

7.) The minimum frequency separation between frequency of AM broadcasting station

8.) In accordance with existing provision of law and the KBP rules and the regulations, all
stations shall actively promote the growth ands the development of Filipino music by playing
_____ OPM every clock hour.

• a. 1
• b. 2
• c. 3
• d. 4

9.) Commercial load for radio shall not exceed ____ minutes for a one-hour
program outside Metro Manila

• a. 15
• b. 20
• c. 25
• d. 30

10.) For Metro manila, the classification of prime time blocks for FM shall be
• a. 6:00 AM to 8:00 PM
• b. 6:00 AM to 12:00 NN
• c. 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM
• d. 12:00 NN to 12:00 MN

11.) For provincial station, the classification of prime time blocks for FM radio shall be
• a. 6:00 AM to 8:00 PM
• b. 6:00 AM to 12:00 NN
• c. 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM
• d. 12:00 NN to 12:00 MN
12.) All airtime classifications shall be submitted to and subject for approval by the

• a. NTC
• b. KBP-SA
• c. DOTC
• d. CCITT
13.) _____ is the time circulation for one horizontal trace
• a. 52 us
• b. 62 us
• c. 48 us
• d. 50 us

14.) Listing of the date and time of events, programs, equipment, tests, malfunctions
and corrections in communications system.
• a. Reporting
• b. Documentation
• c. Log
• d. File

15.) Where is the operating position of a radio station?

• a. On the bridge
• b. At the control point
• c. At the location of the receiver
• d. At the location of the transmitter

16.) Part of broadcast day from midnight to local sunrise

• a. Daytime
• b. Experimental
• c. Nighttime
• d. Dawntime

17.) Part of broadcast day from local sunset to local sunrise

• a. Dawntime
• b. Nighttime
• c. Daytime
• d. Experimental
18.) Which of the following filters block FM radio band for TV channels (2 to 13)?
• a. High-pass filter
• b. Low-pass filter
• c. Band pass filter
• d. Band-reject filter

19.) The FM broadcast band is from

• a. 535 to 1600 kHz
• b. 30 to 300 kHz
• c. 88 to 108 MHz
• d. 300 to 2000 MHz

20.) The type of emission used by standard AM radio broadcast

• a. A5C
• b. A0
• c. A3
• d. F3

21.) The standard AM radio broadcast belongs to which frequency band?

• a. MF
• b. HF
• c. VHF
• d. LF

22.) A measure of how well the receiver can respond to every weak signals/
• a. Selectivity
• b. Sensitivity
• c. Fidelity
• d. Quality factor

23.) What is the allowable frequency deviation of a commercial FM broadcast band?

• a. 15 kHz
• b. 75 kHz
• c. 5 kHz
• d. 100 kHz

24.) The final amplifier of either FM or AM transmitter is operated as

• a. Class A
• b. Class B
• c. Class C
• d. Class D
25.) Standard AM broadcasting use _____ for greater and efficient coverage

• a. Circular polarized wave antenna

• b. Horizontal polarized wave antenna
• c. Both vertical and horizontal polarized wave antenna
• d. Vertical polarized wave antenna
96. Receiver sensitivity means
• a. The frequency allocation of the system
• b. Input impedance of the receiver
• c. The ability of picking up weak signal
• d. The power to deliver the information

27.) The main functions of the RF amplifier in a superheterodyne receiver is to

• a. Provide improved tracking
• b. Permit better adjacent-channel rejection
• c. Improve the rejection of the image frequency
• d. All of these

28.) Local oscillator of a broadcast receiver always tunes to a frequency higher than the
incoming frequency in order
• a. To help the image frequency rejection
• b. To allow easy tracking
• c. To allow adequate frequency coverage without switching
• d. All of these

29.) CCIR transmission standards for FM sound broadcasting at VHF

• a. Rec 601.2
• b. Rec 501.2
• c. Rec 500.4
• d. Rec 450.1

30.) What is the channel number of an FM station with 88.1 MHz carrier?

• a. 201
• b. 202
• c. 203
• d. 204
31.) What is the carrier frequency of an FM station with channel number of 300?
• a. 107.5 MHz
• b. 101.1 MHz
• c. 107.9 MHz
• d. 99.5 MHz

32.) If an FM station has an effective radiated power of 100 kW then it is under what class?
• a. Class A
• b. Class B
• c. Class C
• d. Class D

33.) _____ is defined as to “send out in all direc

• a. Broadcast
• b. Announce
• c. Media
• d. All of these

34.) The ultimate Dolby surround system is the

• a. Dolby NR
• b. Dolby Prologic
• c. dBx
• d. hall matrix

35.) One of the following processes or system best describe an example of a pilot tone
system normally use in commercial broadcast FM stations.

• a. Time division
• b. Frequency division
• c. Stereo multiplex
• d. QSK
36.) What is the maximum transmitting power permitted an amateur station in
beacon operation?
• a. 10 W PEP output
• b. 100 W PEP output
• c. 500 W PEP output
• d. 1500 W PEP output

37.) What kind of emission would your FM transmitter produce if its microphone failed to
work?
• a. An unmodulated carrier
• b. A phase modulated carrier
• c. An amplitude-modulated carrier
• d. A frequency modulated carrier

38.) The main function of the RF amplifier in superheterodyne receiver is to

• a. Provide improved tracking
• b. Permits better adjacent channel rejection
• c. Improve the rejection of the image frequency
• d. All of these

39.) Local oscillator of a broadcast receiver always tunes to a frequency higher than the
incoming frequency in order
• b. To allow easy tracking
• c. To allow adequate frequency coverage without switching
• d. All of these

40.) International broadcasting (short wave) uses frequency between _____ in

accordance with international agreements.
• a. 7012 and 26100 kHz
• b. 6409 and 26100 kHz
• c. 5950 and 26100 kHz
• d. 10950 and 26100 kHz

41.) The permissible power in kW of stations II-A during nighttime is

• a. 0.25 - 50
• b. 10 - 50
• c. 1 - 5
• d. None of these
42.) A term applied to third and higher order products, which can greatly degrade the
performance of a system
• a. Composite triple beat
• b. Single dual mode
• c. Field strength
• d. Noise

43.) What is the channel number of an FM station with 88.1 MHz carrier?
• a. 201
• b. 202
• c. 203
• d. 204

44.) If an FM station has an effective radiated power of 100 kW then it is under what class?
• a. Class A
• b. Class B
• c. Class C
• d. Class D

45.) What is the range of an AM broadcast frequency tolerance above or below its assigned
frequency?

• a. 25 kHz
• b. 20 Hz
• c. 60 kHz
• d. 120 kHz
46.) How would you best describe an example of a pilot tone system used in
commercial frequency modulation broadcast radio stations?
• a. Frequency simplex
• b. Time division
• c. Stereo multiplex
• d. QSK

47.) What type of emission is produced when a frequency modulated transmitter is

modulated by a facsimile signal?
• a. A3F
• b. F3F
• c. A3C
• d. F3C

48.) What is the highest assigned carrier frequency for standard AM broadcast?
• a. 107 kHz
• b. 535 kHz
• c. 540 kHz
• d. 1600 kHz

49.) One of the following refers to the standard frequency band limits of AM broadcast band.
• a. 30 - 300 MHz
• b. 88 - 108 MHz
• c. 3 - 30 MHz
d. 535 - 1605
• kHz

50.) What do you call the service area of a standard AM broadcast where fading is
not allowed?
• a. Secondary
• b. Tertiary
• c. Primary
• d. Experimental

51.) In basic transmitter, ____ is a kind of transmitter that develops type B

• a. Arc
• b. Spark
• c. Alexanderson
• d. High end
52.) What frequency standard can be used to calibrate the tuning dial of the receiver?

• a. A sweep generator
• b. A deviation meter
• c. A calibrated voltmeter
• d. Signals from WWV and WWVH

53.) In stereo FM, a 38 kHz subcarrier is used for the L-R signal. It is derive from a
pilot subcarrier of
• a. 9.5 kHz
• b. 38 kHz
• c. 19 kHz
• d. 76 kHz

54.) An area characterized to have no interference but with fading or intermittent

variations in intensity is
• a. Primary service area
• b. Intermediate service area
• c. Tertiary service area
• d. Secondary service area

55.) Where does the FM broadcast band located in the spectrum band?

• b. UHF band
• c. HF band
• d. WHF band
56.) As part of the KBP Technical Requirement for FM which polarization was
not recommended for use?
• a. Horizontal
• b. Vertical
• c. Circular
• d. Elliptical

57.) Two FM broadcast stations are in Quezon City and another in Manila proper may
be authorized to operate with a frequency separation less than 800 kHz.

• a. True
• b. False
• c. Cannot tell
• d. Sometimes

58.) For Philippines AM broadcasting, according to standards, the maximum

allowed modulation for satisfactory operation
• a. 75%
• b. 85%
• c. 90%
• d. 100%

59.) A third symbol radio emission represents telephone transmission including

sound broadcasting.
• a. W
• b. F
• c. C
• d. E

60.) Which broadcast parameter of the primary FM station is allowed to be changed in the
operation of FM broadcast translator?
• a. Frequency
• b. Power
• c. Information content
• d. A and B
61.) Input power, as defined by KBP, in the product of the voltage and current at the
output of the last radio stage, measured…
• a. At 85 % modulation
• b. Without modulation
• c. At 90% modulation
• d. At 100% modulation

62.) If DZFE 89.7’s antenna height above average t angle of the radio horizon?
• a. 0.17°
• b. 0.21°
• c. 0.27°
• d. 0.31°

63.) The method of generating FM used by broadcasting station is

• a. Direct
• b. All of these
• c. Indirect
• d. Insertion

64.) The maximum power suggested by KBP on 919-1312 AM broadcast station in

Metro Manila
• a. 10 kW
• b. 20 kW
• c. 15 kW
• d. 5 kW

65.) Production of radiation by transmitting station

• b. Emission
• c. Radiation
• d. Transmission
66.) A form of single emission where the degree of carrier suppression enables the carrier
to be reconstituted and be used for demodulation.
• a. Half carrier single sideband emission
• b. Full carrier single sideband emission
• c. Reduced carrier single sideband emission
• d. Double sideband emission

67.) When does a broadcast station conduct an equipment test?

• a. During day time
• b. At any time
• c. During night time
• d. During experimental period

68.) The lowest resistance grounding on earth.

• a. Sand
• b. Limestone
• c. Surface loam soil
• d. Clay

69.) The frequency spectrum of the stereophonic FM signal

• a. 67 kHz
• b. 59.5 kHz –74.5 kHz
• c. 19 kHz –38 kHz
• d. 30 kHz - 53 kHz

70.) The service are in standard AM broadcast is described as ______ if there is no fading of
signal.
• a. Class A
• b. Secondary
• c. Class B
• d. Primary

71.) The vertical field-scanning frequency is ______ Hz.

• a. 30
• b. 60
• c. 525
• d. 15,750
72.) A class A FM station is limited in antenna height of ______ feet above average terrain
• a. 1000
• b. 2000
• c. 4000
• d. 5000

73.) With which emission type is the capture-effect more pronounced?

• a. CW
• b. FM
• c. SSB
• d. AM

74.) A class D FM station shall have an authorized power not exceeding ______
watts
• a. 20
• b. 15
• c. 10
• d. 5

75.) The purpose of pre-emphasis and de-emphasis in FM broadcasting is to:

• a. increase the high frequency amplitude
• b. improve the audio harmonic
• c. decrease the low frequency amplitude
• d. improve the S/N ratio

76.) The type of modulation of the sound carrier signal is

• a. Pulse motion
• b. Phase modulation
• c. Amplitude modulation
• d. Frequency modulation

77.) Class B FM station should have an ERP not exceeding ______ kW

• a. 50
• b. 40
• c. 30
• d. 20
78.) What is a frequency discriminator?
• a. An FM generator
• b. A circuit for detecting FM
• c. A circuit for filtering two closely adjacent signals
• d. An automatic bandwidth circuit

79.) Class B FM station shall have an authorized transmitter power not

exceeding ______ kW
• a. 10
• b. 100
• c. 1000
• d. 10000

80.) Type of radio communication transmission utilizing frequency modulation technique

• a. television video

• b. broadcasting in 535-1606 kHz

• c. single sideband HF transmission

• d. television audio

81.) One of the early radio transmitters which produced keyed carrier generating
purer waveform than spark transmitter, used for high powered RF transmission and
are limited to radio frequency of about 500 kHz.
• a. Arc transmitter
• b. Hartley transmitter
• c. Spark transmitter
• d. Frequency transmitter

82.) A class C FM station has an authorized power not exceeding ______watts of ERP.
• a. 500
• b. 750
• c. 1000
• d. 2000

83.) A class B FM station is limited in antenna height of ____ feet.

• a. 1000
• b. 500
c. 250
• d. 100
84.) The effective radiated power of a class A FM station should not exceed ______ kW.
• a. 125
• b. 30
• c. 10
• d. 1

85.) Which frequency band is the standard AM radio broadcast?

• a. HF
• b. UHF
• c. MF
• d. VHF

86.) How do you eliminate radio frequency variation of an oscillator transmitter caused
by its supply voltage?

• a. use of a regulated power supply

• b. use of a new power supply
• c. use of high capacitor in the supply circuit
• d. loosen power supply shielding

87.) The channel spacing in the Philippine FM broadcast standards

• a. 400 kHz
• b. 800 kHz
• c. 600 kHz
• d. 200 kHz

88.) What is the primary purpose of an RF amplifier in a receiver?

• a. to vary the receiver image rejection by utilizing the AGC

• b. to provide most of the receiver gain

• c. to develop the AGC voltage

• d. to improve the receiver’s noise figure

89.) The final power amplifier in an FM transmitter usually operates class

• a. AB
• b. C
• c. B
• d. A
80.) The intermediate frequency used in for FM broadcasting Philippine standards.
• a. 455 kHz
• b. 10.7 MHz
• c. 11.4 MHz
• d. 12.5 MHz

81.) In basic radio transmitter, the main advantage of a single-tube transmitter is

• A. Frequency instability
• B. Non-portable
• C. Heating effect
• D. Bulky

82.) Class of FM station where its authorized power should not exceed 15 kW.
• A. Class A
• B. Class B
• C. Class C
• D. Class D

83.) After the IF stages have been aligned, the next stage to align in FM receiver is

• A. Local oscillator
• B. Limiter stage
• C. RF amplifier
• D. Mixer stage

84.) The frequency spectrum of the stereophonic FM signal.

• A. 67 kHz
• B. 59.5 to 74.5 kHz
• C. 19 to 38 kHz
• D. 30 to 53 kHz

85.) The method of generating FM used by broadcast station is

• A. Direct
• B. Indirect
• C. Insertion
• D. All of these
86.) The FM broadcast band is divided into _____ channels are suggested by KBP.
• A. 200
• B. 100
• C. 50
• D. 25

87.) The frequency spectrum of the stereophonic FM signal.

• A. 67 kHz
• B. 59.5 kHz to 74.5 kHz
• C. 19 kHz to 38 kHz
• D. 30 kHz to 53 kHz

88.) What is the best site of an AM broadcast transmitter?

• A. Marshy land
• B. Dry land
• C. Highly elevated
• D. Average terrain
89.) The maximum power allocation of AM transmitter in Metro Manila in kW is
• A. 10 kW
• B. 20 kW
• C. 40 kW
• D. 30 kW

90.) In AM broadcast, the current carrier shift at any percentage of modulation shall not
exceed
• A. 5%
• B. 15%
• C. 20%
• D. 2.5%

91.) In AM broadcast, the transmitter must be capable of maintaining the

operating frequency within the limits of ______.
• A. +/- 10 Hz
• B. +/- 20 Hz
• C. +/- 25 Hz
• D. +/- 75 Hz

92.) The minimum FM broadcast transmitter power in metro manila and metro cebu is
• A. 25 kW
• B. 10 kW
• C. 1 kW
• D. 30 kW

93.) The maximum power suggested by KBP on 919-1312 AM broadcast station in

Metro Manila
• A. 10 kW
• B. 20 kW
• C. 15 kW
• D. 5 kW

94.) What are the frequency limits of the standard AM broadcast band?
• A. 565 to 1605 kHz
• B. 535 to 1605 kHz
• C. 575 to 1615 kHz
• D. 535 to 1615 kHz
95.) What is the width of an AM broadcast channel?
• A. 30 kHz
• B. 25 kHz
• C. 15 kHz
• D. 200 kHz

96.) The following are designations of service areas of AM broadcast station, except:
• A. Primary
• B. Secondary
• C. Tertiary

97.) The following are parts of the AM broadcast day, except:

• A. Daytime
• B. Night time
• C. Mid-day
• D. Experimental period

98.) .The highest peaks of modulation in AM should be held between what two percentages?
• A. 85 - 100%
• B. 65 - 70%
• C. 50 - 75%
• D. 75 - 90%

99.) What is the name of the second transmitter used when a station operates 24
hours a day?
• A. Alternate
• B. Reserve
• C. Spare
• D. Diversity

100.) What term is used to indicate intercom operation in a broadcast station?

• A. Communication
• B. Talk-back
• C. Respond
• D. Remote talk
101.) What is the minimum time broadcast station logs must be held?
• A. One year
• B. Two years

• C. Three years

• D. Five years

102.) What classes of operators are restricted on technical work in a broadcast station?
• A. 3rd phone
• B. 2nd phone
• C. 4th phone
• D. 2nd and 3rd phone

103.) If improper transmitter indications are given at the remote-control point, what should be
done?
• A. First phone operator to transmitter
• B. Second phone operator to transmitter
• C. Third phone operator to transmitter
• D. Fourth phone to transmitter

104.) How often must IDs be made in a broadcast station?

• A. Quarter of an hour
• B. Half an hour
• C. On the hour
• D. On the day

105.) . Where must station license be posted?

• A. Tower
• B. Modulators
• C. Transmitter

106.) What device is usually used today to measure the frequency of a broadcast station?
• A. Multivibrators
• B. Counter
• C. Ripper
• D. Wave meter
107.) What stylus material is used in broadcast station?

• A. Ruby
• B. Gamet
• C. Emerald
• D. Diamond