IECEP QUIZ BOWL interplanetary Spacecraft missions.

It is used
August 2012 by curiosity Mars rover to communicate
directly back to Earth.
1.) A 92-cm length of wire is cut into two parts.
Ans. Deep Space Network
Each part is formed into a square with a total
area of 269 sq. cm. Determine the length of
9.) In Thermodynamics, what is known as the
the sides of two squares.
energy that changes the temperature of a
Ans. 46 cm
substance?
Ans. Sensible Heat
2.) In the Inverse Square Law that we use in RF
and Acoustics, what is the corresponding
10.) An investment company promised to double
decrease in the intensity of the signal in dB as
your money in five years. Determine the
the distance away from the source is doubled?
effective interest rate if interest is
Ans. 6 dB
compounded quarterly?
Ans. 14.87%
3.) It determines the stability of an oscillator
circuit which states that the circuit must have
11.) It is one of the most basic topology for
a tank circuit which will produce damped
switching regulator. It is a type of dc-to-dc
oscillation; must contain an amplifier whose
converter that always produces a negative
gain must be greater than unity; and must
output voltage when driven by a positive input
have a feedback circuit which provide positive
voltage. The magnitude, however, can be
feedback
greater or less than the magnitude of the
Ans. Barkhausen Stability Criterion
input.
Ans. Buck-Boost
4.) Two boys and two girls enter a music hall and
take row seats at random in a row. What is the
12.) It is the typical transport protocol used by
probability that the girls take the two ends?
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol).
Ans. 1/6
Ans. UDP (User Datagram Protocol)

5.) It is the apparent speed of propagation along

13.) An amplifier has an input resistance 10k and
a waveguide based on the distance between
output resistance of 100 . A 5 mV input
wavefronts along the walk of the guide.
resulted to 10 V output. Determine the power
Ans. Phase Velocity
gain (in dB).
Ans. 86.02 dB
6.) A timing parameter in sequential circuits
which requires the amount of time needed for
14.) Function of the splitter connected to the
data to be held in the input line before the
home telephone and DSL modem.
clock latching action.
Ans. Low Pass Filter
Ans. Setup Time
15.) In double sideband amplitude modulation
7.) What is the absolute value where the surface
(AM), the carrier is represented by the
area and volume of a cube will be equal?
equation c(t) = 10 sin(t) and the modulating
Ans. 216
signal is m(t) = 9 cos(t). Determine the
modulating index.
8.) A world-wide network of large antennas and
Ans. 0.9
communication facilities that supports
16.) A convex quadrilateral having a symmetry
axis. It thus consists of two adjacent sides of
the same length and two adjacent sides are of
the same length. Special case is rhombus.
Ans. Kite
17.) ___ effect is the ability to generate a heat
variation due to a voltage difference across a
two dissimilar metals at the junction. It was
discovered in 1834.
Ans. Peltier
18.) Find the area bounded by the curve, y=x, the
line x=1, the line x=4, and the x-axis.
Ans. 63 sq. units
antenna from the vertex of the dish for
optimum signal reception.
Ans. 93.75 cm
24.) A person kicks a ball which rolls up a sloping
speed, comes to a halt and rolls back down
again; the ball has a constant acceleration.
The ball is initially moving at a velocity of 4.0
m/s, and after 10.0 s it has returned to where
it started. At the end, it has sped back up to
the same speed it had initially, but in the
opposite direction. What was the magnitude
of direction?
Ans. A= +0.8m/s

19.) States that if A, B and C are points on

a circle where the line AC is a diameter of
the circle, then the angle ABC is a right
angle.
Ans. Thales Theorem

20.) Getting a telecommunications franchise to

own and operate a public network on
Philippines is done via ___.
Ans. Legislation

21.) What si the air interface used in 46 wireless

systems?
Ans. OFDMA

22.) An LC tank circuit is used to resonate a

transistor oscillator circuit. If the shunt
capacitance is negligible and the resonant
circuit uses 300mH and 100pF. What is the
oscillation frequency (fo)? Express your
answer in two decimal places.
Ans. 29057.58 Hz

23.) A satellite parabolic dish is mounted to

receive fashion TV broadcast from AsiaSat-5
satellite. The satellite azimuth and elevation is
247.5 degrees and 60.3 degrees, respectively.
The dish has a diameter of 3m and depth of 60
cm. Find the distance (in cm) of the feed