Debre Berhan University

Institute of Technology, College of Engineering

Department of Electrical and computer Engineering

Microwave Devices and Systems Exam

1. For a normal mode EM wave propagating in a hollow rectangular wave guide
a. the phase velocity is greater than the group velocity
b. the phase velocity is equal to velocity of light in free space
c. the phase velocity is less than the velocity of light in free space
d. the phase velocity may be either greater than or less than the group velocity

2. The cut-off frequency of a waveguide depends upon

a. The cross sectional area of the waveguide
b. The dimensions and the dielectric property of the medium in the waveguide
c. The characteristic impedance of the waveguide
d. The transverse and axial components of the fields

3. Standard air filled rectangular waveguides of dimensions a = 2.29cm and b = 1.02cm

are designed for radar applications. It is desired that these waveguides operate only in
the dominant TE10 mode with the operating frequency at least 25% above the cut-off
frequency of the TE10 mode but not higher than 95% of the next higher cutoff frequency.
The range of the allowable operating frequency f is
a. 8.19GHZ ≤ f ≤ 13.1 GHZ
b. 8.19 GHZ ≤ f ≤ 12.45 GHZ
c. 6.55 GHZ ≤ f ≤ 13.1 GHZ
d. 1.64 GHZ ≤ f ≤ 10.24 GHZ

4. Consider an air-filled rectangular waveguide with dimensions a = 2.286 cm and b =

1.016 cm. The increasing order of the cut-off frequencies for different modes is
a. TE01<TE10<TE11<TE20
b. TE20<TE11<TE10<TE01
c. TE10<TE20<TE01<TE11
d. TE10<Te11<TE20<TE01
5. A coaxial cable is made of two brass conductors. The spacing between the conductors is
filled with Teflon (εr=2.1, tanδ=0). Which one of the following circuits can represent the
lumped element model of a small piece of this cable having length Δz?
a.

b. Answer B

c.

d.
6. The modes in a rectangular waveguide are denoted by TEmn/TMmn where m and n are
the Eigen numbers along the larger and smaller dimensions of the waveguide
respectively. Which one of the following statements is TRUE?
a. The TMmn 10 mode of the waveguide does not exist
b. The TEmn 10 mode of the waveguide does not exist
c. The TMmn 10 and the TEmn 10 modes both exist and have the same cut-off
frequencies
d. The TMmn 10 and the TMmn 01 modes both exist and have the same cut-off
frequencies.

7. The primary reason behind identically zero magnetic field outside a coaxial cable is:
a. Maximization of magnetic lines of force
b. Work done along a closed path is equal to total current flow
c. Force between magnetic elements
d. Magnetic polarization
8. The main function of helix structure in a Travelling Wave Tube (TWT) is:
a. To reduce axial velocity of RF field
b. To reduce noise figure of TWT
c. To properly focus Electron beam
d. To reduce axial velocity of electron
9. Given two statements below, one is labelled as assertion A and the other is labelled as
reason R.
Assertion A: A reflex klystron is a single cavity high power generator of efficiency 90%
 Reason R: the loop gain is unity with a phase shift of multiple of 2π
With the in sight of the above statements, which one is the most appropriate answer?
a. Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are correct and R is Not the correct explanation of A
c. A is correct but R is not correct
d. A is not correct but R is correct
10. For a low loss line when both conductor and di-electric loss is small, the assumption
that could be made is:
a. R < < ωL and G < < ωC
b. R > > ωL and G > >ωC
c. R < <ωC and G < < ωL
d. R > >ωC and G > >ωL
11. When a load is matched to a transmission line, the condition that is satisfied when
matched is:
a. ZL=Z0
b. ZL=2Z00
c. ZL=Zin
d. ZL=2Zin
12. In TE mode of a circular waveguide, EZ=0. The wave equation is:
a. ∇2HZ+k2HZ=0
b. ∇2HZ-k2HZ=0
c. ∇2HZ-HZ=0
d. ∇2HZ+HZ=0
13. Any passively realizable reflection coefficient can be plotted as a unique point on the
smith chart. This statement implies that:
a. Reflection co-efficient less than or equal to 1 can be plotted
b. Reflection co-efficient greater than or equal to 1 can be plotted
c. Transmission co-efficient has to be less than or equal to one for the point to be
located
d. T=Г+1
14. Normalized impedance of 0.3+j0.4 lies in the:
 a. Upper half of the impedance smith chart
b. Lower half of the impedance smith chart
c. Horizontal line of the chart
d. vertical line of the chart
15. The wave impedance of a TM mode in a parallel plate waveguide is a:
a. Function of frequency
b. Independent of frequency
c. Proportional to square of frequency
d. Inversely proportional to square of frequency
16. The fringe effect can be neglected in a parallel plate waveguide is because of:
a. The dielectric material used
b. Width of the plates is greater than the distance between the plates
c. Material of the parallel plate waveguide used
d. Material of the parallel plate transmission used
17. The device used to get the measurement of S parameters of n- port micro wave network
is:
a. CRO
b. Network analyzer
c. Circulator
d. Attenuator
18. Scattering matrix for a reciprocal network is:
a. Symmetric
b. Unitary
c. Skew symmetric
d. Identity matrix

19. If the reflection co efficient of a 2 port network is 0.5 then the return network loss in the
network is:
a. 6.5 dB
b. 0.15 dB
c. 6.02 dB
 d. 10 dB
20. A cylindrical cavity resonator can be constructed using a circular waveguide by:
a. shorted at both the ends
b. open at both the ends
c. matched at both the ends
d. Shorted the input and open output ends
21. The mode of the circular cavity resonator used in frequency meters is:
a. TE011 mode
b. TE101 mode
c. TE111 mode
d. TM111 mode
22. Coupled line couplers are:
a. symmetric couplers
b. asymmetric couplers
c. in phase couplers
d. type of hybrid coupler
23. The reason for nonexistence of magnetic monopoles is
a. The magnetic field cannot be split
b. Due to permeability
c. Due to magnetization
d. Due to magneto statics