ASSIGNMENT 3
Textbook Assignment: "Transmission Lines and Waveguides," chapter 3, pages 3-1 through 3-32.
3-1. A transmission line is designed to perform which of the following functions?
- Disperse energy in all directions
- Detune a transmitter to match the load
- Guide electrical energy from point to point
- Replace the antenna in a communications system
3-2. The conductance value of a transmission line represents which of the following values?
- Expected value of current flow through the insulation
- Expected value of voltage supplied by the transmitter
- Value of the lump and distributed constants of the line divided by impedance
- Value of the lumped constants of the line as seen by the source and the load
3-3. Distributed constants in a transmission line are distributed in which of the following ways?
- Between ground and any single point on the line
- Along the length of the line
- According to the thickness of the line
- According to the cross-sectional area of the line
3-4. Leakage current in a two-wire transmission line is the current that flows through what component?
- The resistor
- The inductor
- The insulator
- The conductor
3-5. Conductance is the reciprocal of what electrical property?
- Inductance
- Resistance
- Capacitance
- Reciprocity
3-6. A transmission line that has current flowing through it has which of the following fields about it?
- Electric only
- Magnetic only
- Both electric and magnetic
- Capacitive
3-7. A measurement of the voltage to current ratio (EinIout at the input end of a transmission ine is called the
- input-gain. rate
- voltage-gain ratio
- output impedance
- input impedance
3-8. The characteristic impedance (2.) of a transmission. line is calculated by using which of the following ratios?
- Rsource to Rload of the line
- Imax to Imin at every point along the line
- E to I at every point along the line
- Ein to Eout of the line
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