Which of the following

camera tubes uses lead

oxide (PbO) for the
photoconductive target
plate?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plumbicon
Vidicon
Saticon
image orthicon

Lead oxide PbO plumbicon

Camera signal output w/o
sync is called
a.
b.
c.
d.

non-composite video
black burst
generator lock video
composite video

Camera output w/o sync

non-composite video
A low contrast picture in
which white seems flat and
lacking in detail suggests
a.
b.
c.
d.
width

low beam current

high gain in pre-amplifier
excessive gamma
insufficient scanning

White seems flat - a low

beam current
Which of the ff camera
tubes has minimum lag?
(Board Nov.2006)
a.
b.
c.
d.

plumbicon
vidicon
saticon
iconoscope

Cam tube minimum lag

plumbicon
The part of the visible
spectrum where camera
pick-up tubes have the
greatest output
a.
b.
c.

yellow-green
red
blue

d.

infrared

Greatest output - yellow

green
Precise scanning size and
linearity are most
important in (Board
Nov.2006)
a.
a single-tube color
pickup
b.
a plumbicon
c.
a black-and-white camera
d.
a saticon

Important: precise and

linear - a single-tube
color pickup
Beam alignment magnets
for the camera tube are
adjusted while rocking
which control?
a.
b.
c.
d.

electrical focus
optical focus
beam current
shading

Beam alignment control electrical focus

Special effects and
production switching are
done by the
a.
b.
c.
d.

SEG
CCU
ENG camera
sync generator

Special effects switching

- SEG syempre
The gamma of the picture
tube is
a.
b.
c.
d.

2.2
0.4545
1.0
1.4

Memorize: gamma - 2.2

If the camera cannot be

placed far away enough to
include everything in the
scene, change the lens to
one with
a.
b.
c.
d.

shorter focal length

lower f rating
higher f rating
longer focal length

If camera cannot be
placed far away enough shorter focal length
para mas lalaki ang
room
A typical value of vidicon
dark current is
a.
b.
c.
d.

0.2uA
About 200uA
8mA
800mA

Vidicon dark current 0.2uA

A lens has an 8-cm focal
length and 4-cm diameter.
Its f rating is
a.
b.
c.
d.

2
4
8
32

(f) 2 divide lang!

In the sawtooth
waveform for linear
scanning
a.
the complete cycle
includes trace and retrace
b.
the linear rise is for
flyback
c.
the sharp reversal in
amplitude produces trace
d.
the beam moves faster
during trace than retrace

Sawtooth cycle - the

complete cycle includes
trace and retrace

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Given a 635-us vertical

retrace time, the number
of complete horizontal lines
scanned during vertical
flyback is
a.
b.
c.
d.

10
20
30
63

Memorize: 635-us
vertical retrace time 10
One-half line spacing
between the start positions
for scanning even and odd
fields produces
a.
b.
c.
d.

exact interlacing
linear scanning
line pairing
fishtailing

spacing bet even and

odd fields - exact
interlacing
The number of lines
scanned per frame in the
raster on the picture tube
screen
a.
b.
c.
d.

525
262
20
10

Lines per frame 525

In the frame for which
interlaced scanning is
used, alternate lines are
skipped during vertical
scanning because
a.
the vertical scanning
frequency is doubled from 30
to 60 Hz
b.
the trace is slower than
the retrace
c.
the horizontal scanning is
slower than vertical scanning
d.
the frame has a 4:3
aspect ratio

Reason for odd even

interlacing - the vertical
scanning freq is doubled
from 30 to 60 Hz

scanning raster but the

sync pulses are needed for
a.
b.
c.
d.

If the horizontal flyback is

10 percent, this time
equals
a.
b.
c.
d.

6.4 us
83 us
10us
56 us

Memorize 10% horizontal

flyback - 6.4 us
Which of the ff is not
true? (Board Nov.2006)
a.
The keystone effect
produces a square raster
b.
People look too tall and
too thin on a square raster on
the 'line pairing indicates poor
interlacing
c.
A person can appear to
have one shoulder wider beck of
nonlinear
d.
Not true effect produces
a square raster

The keystone effect

produces a square
raster - kais triangle
ang product ng
keystone
The width of a vertical
sync pulse with its
serrations includes the
time of
a.
lines
b.
c.
d.

Six half-lines or three

Five lines
Three half-lines
Five half-lines

Width of a vertical sync

pulse time - six half-lines
or three lines
Sawtooth generator
circuits produce the

Timing
Linearity
Keystoning
Line pairing

Sync pulses timing

Which of the following
frequencies is wrong?
a.
31,500 Hz for the
vertical scanning frequency
b.
15,750 Hz for horizontal
sync and scanning
c.
60 Hz for vertical sync
and scanning
d.
31,500 Hz for equalizing
pulses & serrations in the vet
sync

Wrong freq for the

vertical scanning freq31,500 Hz for the
vertical scanning
frequency
Brightness variations of
the picture information are
in which signal?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Y
Q
R
-Y

Brightness information
Y
The hue 180 degrees out
of phase with red is
a.
b.
c.
d.

Cyan
Yellow
Green
Blue

Hue 180 deg out of

phase with red cyan
Greater p-p amplitude of
the 3.58-MHz chrominance
signal indicates more
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a.
b.
c.
d.

Saturation
White
Yellow
Hue

Greater p-p amplitude

saturation amplitude of
the 3.58-MHz
chrominance signal
The interfering beat
frequency of 920 kHz is
between the 3.5 MHz color
subcarrier and the
________
a.
4.5-MHz intercarrier
sound
b.
Picture carrier
c.
Lower adjacent sound
d.
Upper adjacent picture

Between 3.58 MHZ color

subcarrier and __ 4.5-MHz
inter carrier sound
The hue of color sync
phase is
a.
b.
c.
d.

Yellow-green
red
cyan
blue

Hue of color sync phase yellow-green

Which signal has color
information for 1.3-MHz
bandwidth? (Board
Nov.2006)
a.
b.
c.
d.

I
Y
R-Y
B-Y

Color info for 1.3-MHz

bandwidth I
Which of the ff is false?
a.
a fully saturated color
is mostly white
b.
the I video hues are
orange is cyan

c.
the transmitter matrix
output includes Y, I, and Q video
d.
a three-gun picture tube
can serve as a matrix

False statement - a fully

saturated color us
mostly white
The color with the most
luminance is
a.
b.
c.
d.

yellow
red
green
blue

Most luminance yellow

What is the hue color 90
degrees leading sync burst
phase
a.
b.
c.
d.

cyan
Blue
Yellow
Orange

90 deg leading sync burst

phase cyan
The average voltage
value of the 3.58-MHz
modulated chrominance
signal is
a.
color
b.
c.
d.
color

If the 3.58 MHz C

amplifier in the receiver
does not operate, the
result will be
a.
b.
c.
d.

no color
no red
too much blue
too much yellow

3.58 MHz C amplifier not

operating - no color
How many octaves is the
frequency range of 1 to 8
MHz? (Board Nov.2006)
a.
b.
c.
d.

3
1
2
8

# of octaves in 1 to 8
MHz - 3
Which system can be
used for both recording
and playback?
a.
b.
c.
d.

VHS
CED
VHD
laser disk

the brightness of the

zero for most colors
close to black for yellow
the saturation of the

Average of the 3.58-MHz

chrominance signal - the
brightness of the color
The second IF value for
color in receivers, for any
station is
a.
b.
c.
d.

2nd IF for color RX 3.58 MHz

3.58 MHz
0.5 MHz
1.3 MHz
4.5 MHz

For recording and

playback VHS
How many TV fields are
recorded on one slant track
of tape?
a.
b.
c.
d.

1
2
4
60

# of TV fields on one
slant track of tape- 1
The video heads rotate at
high velocity to increase
the
a.

writing speed

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b.
c.
d.

tape speed
reel rotation
tape tension

High velocity to increase

- writing speed
A typical frequency for
the FM luminance signal in
VCR recording is
a.
b.
c.
d.

3.5 MHz
0.1 MHz
10 MHz
680 kHz

FM luminance frequency
- 3.5 MHz

a.
cancel chroma
crosstalk
b.
separate white from
black
c.
clip the sync from
blanking
d.
separate alternating from
direct current

Comb filter is used to cancel chroma crosstalk

Switching for each field is
required for the
a.
b.
c.
d.

video heads
audio head
control-track head
erase head

Switching each field video heads

Servo control of speed
and phase is used for the
Which of the following
applies to the color-under
technique?
a.
chroma frequencies
are reduced
b.
chroma amplitudes are
decreased
c.
luminance frequencies
are decreased
d.
chroma and luminance
frequencies are reduced

Color-under - chroma
frequencies are reduced
What oscillator frequency
is needed to heterodyne
629 kHz up to 3.58 MHz?
a.
b.
c.
d.

4.21 MHz
3 MHz
6.3 MHz
10 MHz

To heterodyne 629 KHz

up to 3.58 MHz - 4.21
MHz

a.
b.
c.
d.

video head scanner

control head
erase head
audio head

Servo control of speed

and phase is for - video
head scanner
The part that rotates to
meter out the tape at
constant speed is the
a.
b.
c.
d.

capstan
control head
erase head
entrance guide

Part that rotates

capstan
To make the tape speed
the same in playback
recording the tape speed is
regulated by the
a.
b.
c.
d.

control-track pulses
audio track
video slant tracks
erase heads

Tape speed regulators control-track pulses

Tilting the video head
gaps is necessary with the
a.
b.
c.
d.

zero guard bands

color-under
FM luminance signal
long-play tapes

Tilting is necessary zero guard bands

Which system uses a
laser light beam for
playback?
a.
b.
c.
d.

VLP
CED
VHD
Betamax

Uses laser light VLP

In the CED system, the
disk capacitance varies
with the
a.
pit depth
b.
disk size
c.
speed of rotation
d.
wavelength of the
scanning light

Disk capacitance varies

with - pit depth
The modulated picture
carrier wave includes the
composite video signal as
the
a.
symmetric envelope of
amplitude variations
b.
average carrier level
c.
lower sideband w/o the
upper sideband
d.
upper envelope w/o the
lower envelope

Composite video signal symmetric envelope of

amplitude variations

A comb filter is used to

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Which of the following

statements is true?
a.
negative transmission
means that the carrier
amplitude decrease for white
b.
negative transmission
means that the carrier amplitude
decrease for black
c.
vestigial sideband
transmission-both upper and
lower SB transmitted
d.
vestigial SB transmissionmodulated picture carrier has
only upper envelope

True statement negative transmission

means decreases for
white
With a 0.5-MHz video
signal modulating the
picture carrier
a.
both upper and lower
frequencies are transmitted
b.
only the upper side
frequency is transmitted
c.
no side frequencies are
transmitted
d.
only the lower side
frequency is transmitted

0.5-MHZ video
modulating the picture
carrier - both upper and
lower frequencies are
transmitted
In all standard television
broadcast channels, the
difference between the
picture and sound carrier
frequencies is
a.
b.
c.
d.

4.5 MHz
0.25 MHz
1.25 MHz
6 MHz

Picture minus sound

carrier frequency - 4.5
MHz

The difference between

the sound carrier
frequencies in two
adjacent channels is
a.
b.
c.
d.

6 MHz
0.25 MHz
1.25 MHz
4.5 MHz

Difference bet sound

carrier in 2 adjacent
channel - 6 MHz
Line-of-sight transmission
is a characteristic off
propagation for the
a.
VHF band and higher
frequencies
b.
VHF band but not the
UHF band
c.
radio frequencies below 1
MHz
d.
AM picture signal but not
the FM sound signal

LOS transmission - VHF

band and higher
frequencies
In channel 14 (470 to
476 MHz), the 3.58-MHz
color signal is transmitted
at (Board Nov.2006)
a.
b.
c.
d.

474.83 MHz
471.25 MHz
473.25 MHz
475.25 MHz

3.58 MHz color signal

transmission - 474.83
MHz
The difference between
the sound carrier and color
sub- carrier frequencies is
a.
b.
c.
d.

0.92 MHz
0.25 MHz
4.5 MHz
1.25 MHz

The maximum deviation

of the FM sound signal, in
kilohertz is
a.
b.
c.
d.

25
10
75
100

Max FM deviation 25
Which of the following
applies for monochrome
picture?
a.
chroma amplifier off
b.
chroma amplifier on
picture tube off
c.
delay time open
d.
picture tube off

Monochrome picture chroma amplifier off

Which is not tuned to
3.58 MHz?
a.
b.
c.
d.

video preamplifier
chroma amplifier
burst amplifier
color demodulator input

Not tuned to 3.5 MHz video preamplifier

The contrast control is in
the _______
a.
b.
c.
d.

Y video amplifier
chroma amplifier
color killer
delay line

Contrast control - Y
video amplifier
The color level control is
in the
a.
b.
c.
d.

BPA
AFPC
Demodulator
G-Y amplifier

Color level control BPA

Sound minus color - 0.92

MHz
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The color oscillator does

not operate. The trouble is
a.
b.
c.
d.

no color
incorrect hues
excessive confetti
no picture

Color oscillator
malfunction - no color
The balance for Y video
signals to the three guns in
the picture tube is set by
the
a.
b.
c.
d.

drive controls
screen controls
tint control
contrast control

Sets Y video signal

balance - drive controls
Which signal needs a 0.8
us time delay?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Y video
3.58-MHz chroma
B-Y video
color burst

Needs 0.8 us time delay

- Y video
The output of the burst
separator feeds the
a.
AFPC for color
oscillator
b.
color demodulators
c.
G-Y adder
d.
Y video amplifier

Burst separators feed AFPC for color oscillator

The output of the color
oscillator feeds the
a.
b.
c.
d.

color demodulators
chroma BPA
picture tube
burst separator

Color oscillator feeds this

- color demodulators

Drafting color bars in the

picture indicate trouble in
the Y
a.
AFPC for color
oscillator
b.
Chroma BPA
c.
Color killer
d.
Y video amplifier

Drafting color bars

trouble - AFPC for color
oscillator
The beat frequency
between the 3.58-MHz
color subcarrier and the
4.5-MHz sound signal is
a.
b.
c.
d.

0.92 MHz
3.58 MHz
4.8 MHz
4.5 MHz

Beat freq bet 3.58 MHz

and 4.5MHz - 0.92
Which control varies the
phase angle of the
demodulated color video
signal?
a.
b.
c.
d.

tint
color level
drive
picture

Varies phase angle tint

Which of the following
stages must be on during
horizontal flyback time?
a.
b.
c.
d.

burst separator
Y video filter
chroma BPA
R-Y video amplifier

On stage during
horizontal flyback - burst
separator
Which of the following
stages has bias from the
ACC and color-killer
circuits?

a.
b.
c.
d.

chroma BPA
R-Y demodulator
R-Y video amplifier
color oscillator

Has bias from ACC chroma BPA

A crystal-ringer circuit is
used for the
a.
AFPC on color
oscillator
b.
Y video amplifier
c.
color demodulators
d.
chroma BPA

Uses crystal-ringer circuit

- AFPC on color
oscillator
With a 2 MHz video signal
modulating the picture
carrier signal9for channel
4(66-72 MHz), which of
the ff. frequencies area
transmitted?
a.
267.25 MHz carrier freq.
69.25 MHz upper side freq.
b.
66 MHz carrier freq. 68
MHz upper side freq.
c.
71.75 MHz carrier freq.
69-73 MHz side freq.
d.
367.25 MHz carrier freq.
65.25-69.25 MHz side freq.

Channel 4 (66-72 MHz)

transmitted - 267.25 MHz
carrier freq. 69.25 MHz
upper side freq.
What is the contrast of
picture?
a.
b.
c.
d.

video amplifier
composite video
BPA chroma
BPA

Contrast of picture video amplifier

What is the audio signal
output?
a.
b.

FM detector
AFPC

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c.
d.

AGC
Demodulator

Audio signal output - FM

detector
What is the gain control
of RF and IF?
a.
b.
c.
d.

AGC
AFPC
Modulator
demodulator

Gain control of RF and IF

AGC
IF conversion is...
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mixer
Modulator
Demodulator
AGC

IF conversion - mixer
Help's the
synchronization of picture..
a.
b.
c.
d.

Problems in TV snowy
picture the cause is
a.
b.
c.
d.

RF amplifier
Local oscillator
IF amplifier
Modulator

Snowy picture - RF
amplifier
Adjacent-channel
selectivity
a.
b.
c.
d.

IF wave traps
IF amplifier
pre-amplifier
demodulator

Adjacent channel
selectivity - IF wave
traps
Baseband video signal
a.
b.
c.
d.

video detector
video heads
capstan
AGC

Sync separator
AGC
AFPC
Modulator

Baseband video signal video detector

Synchronization of
picture - sync separator

Which of the ff. is a

midband cable TV channel
is

Brightness of raster
a.
b.
c.
d.

high-voltage supply
low-voltage supply
modulator
AGC

Brightness of raster high-voltage supply

DC electrode voltages
a.
b.
c.
d.

low-voltage supply
high-voltage supply
modulator
demodulator

Dc electrode voltages low-voltage supply

a.
b.
c.
d.

A or 14
B or 14
B or 15
A or 15

Midband cable TV - A or
14
Coaxial cable for
distribution systems has an
impedance of
a.
b.
c.
d.

150 ohms
100 ohms
75 ohms
120 ohms

Coax cable impedance 150 ohms

The cable converter

output for the TV receiver
is usually on channel
a.
b.
c.
d.

3
4
7
2

Cable converter TV
channel 3
A tap for the subscriber
drop line has a
a.
b.
c.
d.

high tap loss

low tap loss
moderate tap loss
zero tap loss

Tap subscriber drop line high tap loss

The most popular plug for
the RG-59U coaxial cable is
a.
b.
c.
d.

F connector
E connector
G connector
H connector

Popular plug RG-59U - F

connector
Which of the ff. is true?
a.
Weak signal cause snow
in the picture
b.
Strong signal cause
iceberg in the picture
c.
Weak signal causes the
picture look small or thin
d.
Strong signal causes the
picture look small or thin

True - Weak signal

cause snow in the
picture
The upstream signal in
two-way cable systems has
the freq. of
a.
b.
c.
d.

5 to 30 MHz
10 to 25 MHz
10 to 100 MHz
8 to 20 MHz

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upstream signal in twoway cable -5 to 30 MHz

A typical value for the IF
signal, in megahertz for
up-down cable converter is
a.
b.
c.
d.

612.754
625.25
675.25
630.25

Typical IF signal up-down

converter - 612.75
Frequency synthesis is
used for the
a.
VCO in the upconverter
b.
VCO in the mid-converter
c.
VCO in the downconverter
d.
none of these

Frequency synthesis VCO in the up-converter

For in-band
descramblers, the decoding
pulses are sent on the
a.
b.
c.
d.

sound carrier
video carrier
sound and video carrier
none of these

In-band descramblers are

sent - sound carrier
A trunk cable run has a
loss of -20 dBmv. To make
up for thi9this loss, the
voltage gain of the next
amplifier should at least be
a.
b.
c.
d.

10
20
5
30

loss of -20 dBmv should

at least - 10

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