ECE126 / C11

GROUP 4

ESCALONA, Germaine ROA, Ma. Rhea Aubrey

LAFUENTE, Jasynth Meco TANQUECO, Samantha Aeriel
LIMJOCO, Kimberly VENTURA, Queennie Jhoy

TV Broadcasting

1. In which band does television channels from 2 to 6 belong to?

*A. Low band VHF
B. High band VHF
C. Low band UHF
D. High band UHF

2. A standard format adopted by the FCC for television broadcasts in the United States, Japan,
Canada, and Mexico
A. Phase Alternating Line
*B. National Television System Committee
C. Sequential Color with Memory
D. None of the choices

3. How many visible lines of resolution does the NTSC have?

A. 525
*B. 486
C. 625
D. 576

4. What is the field rate in the SECAM television standard?

A. 50 Hz
B. the same with PAL
*C. both A and B
D. None of the choices

5. How many frames per second does the PAL have?

A. 50
B. the same with SECAM
*C. both A and B
D. None of the choices

6. The picture carrier is ___ MHz less than the sound carrier
A. 4.2
*B. 4.5
C. 6
D. 15
7. In MHz, what is the channel width in Philippine television system?
A. 4.2
B. 4.5
*C. 6
D. 15

8. It is a type of scanning wherein all the horizontal scan lines are transmitted together
A. Interlaced scanning
*B. Progressive scanning
C. both A and B
D. None of the choices

9. Television broadcast starts in the

A. station
*B. TV camera
C. transmitter
D. antenna

10. Inside the TV camera, what releases electrical charges line by line producing an electric current
called a video signal?
*A. charge-coupled devices
B. prism system
C. encoder
D. image source

11. In a CCD, the number of electrons released is proportional to the

A. brightness of the incoming source
B. intensity of the incoming source
*C. both A and B
D. number of photons

12. Which of the following is not a part of a direct broadcast satellite television?
A. conventional TV set
B. dish antenna
C. coaxial cable
*D. none of these

13. It is a mode of transmission wherein it encodes the image and sound information and transmits
them as an analogue signal.
A. DTTV
B. CATV
*C. Analog terrestrial TV
D. DBS TV

14. Which is not an example of analog terrestrial TV provider?

 A. GMA
B. Cignal
C. TV 5
*D. ABS-CBN

15. Which of the following is a solid state imaging device?

A. CCTV
B. VIDICON
*C. charge-coupled device
D. iconoscope

16. The major component of the TV signal waveform is the

*A. video
B. radar
C. antenna
D. stereo

17. Invented by the Belgian physicist Joseph Plateu.

*A. Phenakistoscopes
B. Stroboscope
C. Zoetrope
D. Kinetoscope

18. It is a series of still photographs on film, projected in rapid succession onto a screen by means
of light.
A. Daguerreotype Process
B. Calotype
C. Talbotype
*D. Motion picture

19. The film is based on imagination of the writer of the film. This is mostly supplemented by
novels, comic books, epic paintings, and other forms of art that can be turned into stories.
A. Documentary
B. Experimental
*C. Fictional
D. Persistence of Vision

20. What is MPEG?

*A. Moving Picture Experts Group
B. Moving Photo Experts Group
C. Movement of Picture Experts in Group
D. Moving Picture Experiment Group

21. All Are general decoding processes except:

 A. System Decoder
B. Video Decoder
C. Audio Decoder
*D. Compression Layer

22. Begins with a sequence header, includes one or more groups of pictures, and ends with an end-
of-sequence code.
A. Group of Pictures
*B. Video Sequence
C. Picture
D. Slice

23. Pictures are coded with respect to the nearest previous I- or P-picture.
A. Intra Coded Pictures
*B. Predicted Pictures
C. Bi-directionally predicted pictures
D. Macroblock

24. Refers to the space in a single picture. It minimizes the duplication of data in each picture.
A. Discrete Cosine Transform
B. Motion Compensation
*C. Spatial Compression
D. Multiplexing

TV Broadcast Receiver

25. First circuit in the receiver; particularly designed for low-noise amplification.
A. Tuner
B. Video Detector
*C. Radio Frequency Amplifier
D. Video Signal

26. Develops the luminance component of the picture signal and applies it through video amplifiers
simultaneously to all three electron guns of the color picture tube.
A. Tuner
*B. Video Detector
C. Radio Frequency Amplifier
D. Video Signal

27. Connects the radio frequency amplifier to one of several individual circuits, each circuit tuned
to its respective channel and selects desired broadcast signal.
*A. Tuner
B. Video Detector
 C. Radio Frequency Amplifier
D. Video Signal

28. Shoots electron beam onto the screen, line by line which causes the phosphors to glow.
A. Tuner
B. Video Signal
C. Crystals
*D. Electron Gun

29. This refers to a part of the process of displaying images on a computer monitor
or television screen via raster scanning.
A. Electron Beam
B. Vertical Blanking Interval
*C. Horizontal Blanking Interval
D. Video Signal

30. It is a technique for doubling the perceived frame rate of a video display without consuming
extra bandwidth.

*A. Interlaced Video

B. Vertical Blanking Interval
C. Horizontal Blanking Interval
D. Progressive Scanning

31. It is a way of displaying, storing, or transmitting moving images in which all the lines of
each frame are drawn in sequence.
A. Interlaced Video
B. Vertical Blanking Interval
C. Horizontal Blanking Interval
*D. Progressive Scanning

32. It tells the television when to move the beam back at the end of each line.
A. Intensity Information
B. Vertical- Retrace Signals
*C. Horizontal- Retrace Signals
D. Progressive Scanning

Monochrome Transmission

33. It is the first and basic equipment in a TV.

A. antenna
B. radio
*C. camera
D. stereo

34. What was the name of the first TV camera tube?

A.Vidicon
*B. Iconoscope
C. Image Orthicon
D. Kinescope

35. Which camera tube requires electron multipliers?

A. Vidicon
B. Iconoscope
*C. Image Orthicon
D. Kinescope

36. It is a video camera tube in which photocathode emissions create an electron image.
*A. Image Dissector
B. Image Orthicon
C. Vidicon
D. Iconoscope

37. He invented the iconoscope and the kinescope.

A. Philo Taylor Farnsworth
*B. Vladimir Zworikyn
C. Eadweard Muybridge
D. Charles H. Townes

38. It is a camera tube based on the photo conductive properties of semiconductors wherein it
decreases in resistance with the amount of incident light.
*A.Vidicon
B. Iconoscope
C. Image Orthicon
D. Kinescope

39. This block is used for audio modulation in monochrome tv transmitter.

A. television camera
B. antenna
C. video amplifier
*D. microphone

40. Which of the following is not an advantage of an image orthicon?

*A. Can operate nearly 1500 to 6000 hrs
B. High sensitivity
C. Its spectral response is close to eyes
D. It produces no lag

41. It is the one who generates the carrier frequency that has passed through several frequency
multiplier and amplifier stages.
A. FM sound transmitter
*B. Crystal Controlled Oscillator
C. Scanning and synchronizing circuit
D. RF amplifier

TV COVERAGE MAPPING

42. _____ are designed to indicate the service areas of radiocommunication transmitting
stations.
A. Tower Mapping
B. Cell Site Mapping
C. BTS Mapping
*D. Coverage Mapping

43. The area where indoor antennas are enough to provide an acceptable television reception.
*A. City Grade
B. Grade A
C. Grade B
D. Grade C

44. the larger area where TV receivers require at least an external antenna for acceptable
reception
A. City Grade
*B. Grade A
C. Grade B
D. Grade C

45. area that includes those where TV receivers require an external antenna 30 feet in height for
acceptable reception
A. City Grade
B. Grade A
*C. Grade B
D. Grade C

46. Coverage mapping is also known as ____

A. Tower Mapping
B. Cell Site Mapping
C. BTS Mapping
*D. Propagation Mapping
47. Often companies will construct low power _______ to fill in bad reception areas that
become apparent once the high power transmitter's coverage map has identified where the
network is deficient.
*A. Sattelite Station
B. BTS Station
C. BTS Tower
D. BSC

48. For MF / Mediumwave, the BBC defines the daytime service area boundary as a minimum
field strength of __ mV/m.
A. 1
*B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

49. For VHF(FM) / Band II, the BBC defines the service area boundary for stereo services as
corresponding to an average field strength of ___ dB.
A. 48
B. 50
C. 52
*D. 54

50. The receiving antenna height of __m dates from the 1950s when receivers were relatively
insensitive and used rooftop antennas.
A. 30
B. 15
*C. 15
D. 20
GROUP 5

1. A ______ is equivalent to 525 scanning lines.

a. Cycle
b. Frame *
c. Field
d. Image

2. A _____ represents one set of 262 ½ scanning lines.

a. Cycle
b. Frame
c. Field*
d. Image

3. Picture frames are repeated at the rate of ____ per second.

a. 40
b. 30*
c. 20
d. 50

4. First show in color that is experimentally broadcasted by NBC or National Broadcasting Company
on November 23, 1953.
a. Tournament of Rose Parade
b. Colgate Comedy Hour*
c. Evening with Fred Astaire
d. Speech of President Dwight D. Eisenhower

5. First coast-to-coast broadcast in color.

a. Tournament of Rose Parade*
b. Colgate Comedy Hour
c. Evening with Fred Astaire
d. Speech of President Dwight D. Eisenhower

6. How wide is the open-reel tape of AMPEX’s quadruplex VR-1000A, the first commercially
released video tape recorder?
a. 2 inches*
b. 3 inches
c. 3.5 inches
d. 4 inches

7. The technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and

reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.
a. Broadcasting
b. Communications
 c. Video Recording*
d. Color Television

8. Image capture format that record the image in alternating odd and even sets of lines.
a. Imaging
b. Interlaced*
c. Refraction
d. Progressive

9. How many different images per second does the interlaced video captures?
a. 50
b. 60*
c. 70
d. 80

10. Image capture format that records each frame as distinct, with both fields being identical.
a. Imaging
b. Interlaced
c. Refraction
d. Progressive*

11. What is the meaning of NTSC?

a. National Television System Corporation
b. National Television Support Committee
c. National Television Support Corporation
d. National Television System Committee*

12. The oldest existing standard that was developed in USA and first used in 1954.
a. NTSC*
b. PAL
c. SECAM
d. ISDB

13. Uses the same bandwidth and resolution.

a. NTSC and PAL
b. PAL and SECAM*
c. NTSC and SECAM
d. ISDB and NTSC

14. Meaning of ATSC

a. Advanced Television Systems Committee*
b. Advanced Television Support Committee
c. Advanced Television Systems Corporation
d. Advanced Television Support Corporation
15. Set of internationally open standards for digital television.
a. DVB*
b. DTT
c. ATSC
d. DTMB

16. What is the deciding factor in the Philippines’ selection of new terrestrial broadcasting system?
a. Incorporation of an emergency warning system*
b. Cost
c. Features of the standard
d. Bandwidth and resolution

17. What is the broadcasting system used in the Philippines for analog television?
a. NTSC*
b. PAL
c. SECAM
d. ISDB-T

18. What is the broadcasting system used in the Philippines for digital television?
a. NTSC
b. ATSC
c. DVB
d. ISDB-T*

19. When was digital television introduced in the Philippines?

a. 1953*
b. 1954
c. 1955
d. 1956

20. When was the new broadcasting system for digital television was approved in the Philippines?
a. November 2011
b. November 2013*
c. October 2011
d. October 2013

21. Definition of VCD

e. Video Compact Disc *
f. Video Compressed Disc
g. Video Closed Disc
h. Video Condensed Disc
22. VCD is specifically designed to hold _______ video data.
e. MPEG-1
f. MPEG-2
g. MPEG-3
h. MPEG-4*

23. Definition of MPEG

e. Mixing Picture Experts Group
f. Moving Photo Experts Group
g. Moving Picture Expert Group*
h. None of the choices.

24. Standard for lossy compression of video and audio

a. MPEG-1*
b. MPEG-2
c. MPEG-3
d. MPEG-4

25. Describes a combination of lossy video compression and lossy audio data compression methods
a. MPEG-1
b. MPEG-2*
c. MPEG-3
d. MPEG-4

26. Designed to handle HDTV signals at 1080p in the range of 20 to 40 megabits per second
a. MPEG-1
b. MPEG-2
c. MPEG-3*
d. MPEG-4

27. A method of defining compression of audio and visual digital data.

a. MPEG-1
b. MPEG-2
c. MPEG-3
d. MPEG-4*

28. One of the biggest disadvantage of MPEG-4

a. Piracy*
b. Hard to use
c. Does not support all format
d. Not suitable for streaming

29. MPEG-1 compresses data at ratios of _________

 a. 100:1
b. 200:1*
c. 400:1
d. 800:1

30. These are filename extensions for MPEG-4 except:

a. .mp4
b. .m4a
c. .m4p
d. .m4o*

31. 1st field-sequential color system patent

a. Polumordvinov *
b. McCreary
c. Baird
d. Ives

32. Demonstrated the first field-sequential color television in 1928 using mechanical television but
of poor quality
a. Polumordvinov
b. McCreary
c. Baird*
d. Ives

33. FCC approved CBS color television and broadcast standards but failed to deliver the service to 12
million television sets.
a. 1952
b. 1950*
c. 1951
d. 1953

34. The Federal Communications Commision (FCC) adopted RCA compatible system which is the
reformed National Television Systems Committee (NTSC) system
a. 1952
b. 1950
c. 1951
d. 1953*

35. The analog color system implemented in Japan

a. SECAM
b. PAL
c. NTSC*
d. ISDBT
36. The human phenomena where the brain retains the impression of illumination for about one-
tenth of a second after the source of light is removed from the eye
a. Image Analysis
b. Persistence*
c. Resolution
d. Aperture

37. All of these comprise the composite picture signal waveform EXCEPT:
a. Scanning pulses*
b. Luminance information
c. Synchronization pulses
d. Blanking pulses

38. In a chrominance signal, a change in ________ corresponds to a change in saturation.

a. Time
b. Phase
c. Waveform
d. Amplitude*

39. In a chrominance signal a change in time of its alternations corresponds to a shift in ________
a. Hue*
b. Saturation
c. Luminance
d. Beamwidth
40. All of these comprise the color transmitter EXCEPT:
a. Low-pass filter
b. modulator
c. image sensor*
d. signal generator

41. All of these comprise the color receiver EXCEPT:

a. Band-pass filter
b. Modulator*
c. Demodulator
d. Synchronization Separator

42. Image capture format used more widely over broadcasting

a. Imaging
b. Interlaced*
c. Refraction
d. Progressive
43. Complete images appear on the screen typically every 1/60 of a second. This gives the viewer
the sense of a clearer and natural display.
a. Imaging
b. Interlaced
c. Refraction
d. Progressive*

44. The standard-definition television (SDTV) has around _______ picture elements.
a. 400,000
b. 200,000*
c. 800,000
d. 600,000

45. The High-definition television (HDTV) has around _______ picture elements.
a. 400,000
b. 200,000
c. 800,000*
d. 600,000

46. DVD was invented and developed by

a. Sony
b. Panasonic
c. Omega
d. Both a and b*

47. DVD was invented and developed in

a. 1990
b. 1995*
c. 1997
d. 1992

48. How much bigger in storage capacity has digital video disk (DVD) have over the conventional
compact disk (CD)?
a. Around triple
b. Around 15 times*
c. Around twice
d. Around 5 times

49. ______ is much like the CD-RW, wherein the data stored in the disc can be erased or rewritten
over and over again.
a. DVD -R
b. DVD-W
c. DVD
d. DVD-RW*
50. Which of the following has the largest storage capacity?
a. Floppy disc
b. Blu-Ray Disc*
c. DVD
d. CD-Rom
GROUP 6 (CATV)
1. What does CATV stand for during when it was first invented?
a. Cable TV
*b. Community Antenna TV
c. Cable Antenna TV
d. Common Antenna TV

2. The ___ is the umbrella organization of cable television operators in the Philippines.
a.PATA
b.PBTA
*c.PCTA
d.PDTA

3. Who first invented CATV in Pennsylvania?

a. Gerald Levin
*b. John Walson
c. Charles Dolan
d. Johnny Walson

4. The ___ established a more favorable regulatory framework for the industry, stimulating
investment in cable plant and programming on an unprecedented level.
*a. 1984 Cable Act
b. 1994 Cable Act
c. 1894 Cable Act
d. 1874 Cable Act

5. What is the first cable television system in the Philippines?

*a. NUVUE
b. NUVEU
c. NUVU
d. NUVE

6. What is the largest cable television provider in the Philippines?

a. Cignal
*b. Sky Cable
c. Destiny Cable
d. Cablelink
7. When did Sky Cable began its operations?
a. 1892
b. 1972
c. 1982
*d. 1992

8. Where was the first cable television system in the Philippines established?
a. Subic
b. Olongapo
*c. Baguio
d. Manila

9. A system where the modulated RF picture and sound carrier signals are distributed in a
cable network, instead of wireless system.
a. CCTV
b. MATV
*c. CATV
d. SATV

10. Which of the following is not a benefit of cable TV?

*a. Lower-cost reception
b. Greater stability
c. Less noise, stronger signal
d. Premium cable channels

11. The width of the vertical sync pulse in the Philippine TV system is
a. 21H
*b. 3H
c. H
d. 0.5H

12. The total bandwidth of an NTSC TV signal is

a. 3.58 MHz
b. 4.5 MHz
*c. 6 MHz*
d. 10.7 MHz
13. Interlacing is used in television to
a. produce the illusion of motion
b. ensure that all lines on the screen are scanned, not merely the alternate ones
c. simply the vertical sync pulse train
*d. avoid flicker

14. Coaxial cable for distribution system has an impedance of

a. 50 ohms
*b. 75 ohms
c. 150 ohms
d. 300 ohms

15. If the subscriber’s building does not have a cable service drop
a. They will have to buy on their own
b. *The cable company will provide one
c. They will not be serviced
d. They will have to pay extra

16. It brings the signal to the customer’s building through service drop, and overhead or
underground cable
a. *Coaxial cable
b. Waveguide
c. Antenna
d. Satellite dish

17. Indicate which of the following frequencies will not be found in the output of a normal
TV receiver tuner.
a. *4.5 MHz
b. 41.25 MHz
c. 45.75 MHz
d. 42.17 MHz

18. The cable converter output or the TV receiver is usually on channel

a. *3
b. 6
c. 7
d. 9

19. It is the standard cable used in the USA

a. *RG-6
b. RG-59
c. RG-54
d. RG-85
 20. It provides an enhanced viewing experience with features such as crystal-clear picture
quality
a. *Digibox
b. Remote control
c. Router
d. Television

21. A cable that has a smaller conductor and cannot achieve the same quality as RG-6
a. *RG-59
b. RG-9
c. RG-8
d. RG79

22. A cable that has a larger conductor compared to RG-59

a. RG-7
b. *RG-6
c. RG-58
d. RG-60

23. On May 11, 2012 , which company purchased Destiny Cable Inc., Uni-Cable TV and
Solid Broadband Corp
a. Sky Cable*
b. Smart Telecommunications
c. PLDT
d. Cable link

Satellite TV
24. Who is the first man to receive a satellite-transmitted program from NASA?
A. Stephen Einstein
*B. Stephen Birkill
C. Stephen Hopkins
D. Stephen Jobs

25. These are provided by the direct-to-home satellite television provider.

A. National Channels
B. Local Channels
C. Broadcasting
*D. Programming Sources
26. It is a kind of artifact that occurs when the surrounding pixels appear averaged together to
look like larger blocks.
*A. Blocking
B. Blurring
C. Ringing
D. Mosquito Noise

27. Frame that provides the least compression.

A. Bidirectional frame
B. Predicted frame
*C. Intraframe
D. Artifacts frame

28. It is the central hub of satellite tv system.

A. Satellite Receiver
*B. Broadcast Center
C. Programming Sources
D. Program Distributor

29. In what year did Cignal first debut their first digital direct-broadcast satellite television
service?
A. 2008
B. 2010
*C. 2009
D. 2011

30. What satellite orbit is widely used for satellite broadcasting?

A. HAP
B. LEO
C. MEO
*D. GEO

31. What frequency band is commonly used nowadays for direct broadcast satellite service?
*A. Ku
B. C
C. S
D. X
32. An orbit which is less than 1500 km above surface of earth is called
A. *Geostationary orbit
B. Low earth orbit
C. Artificial satellite
D. Natural satellite

33. Which of the following is the first commercial satellite?

A. Early bird
B. *Telstar
C. Explorer
D. Courier

34. What is the first passive satellite transponder?

A. Sun
B. *Early bird
C. Score
D. Moon

35. The following is an advantage of a satellite tv except

a. Amazing Qualitiy
b. Access to many Channels
c. Available Everywhere
d. *Weather

36. ______ is an advantage of a satellite TV.

a. *Available Everywhere
b. Weather
c. Installation cost
d. Not possible everywhere

37. The dish antenna must have a clear path to ___________ skies.
a. Northern
b. b. Western
c. *Southern
d. Eastern

38. The satellite dish is located _________ the house.

a. Inside
b. *Outside
c. Below
d. Beneath

39. All of the satellite television channels are ________

 *a. Digital
b. Local
c. Analog
d. Binary

40. The following are disadvantages of satellite tv except:

a. Weather
b. Installation cost
c. Not possible everywhere
*d. Quality

41. _______ is a disadvantage of satellite tv.

*a. Weather
b. Availability
c. Channels
d. Quality

42. What is the best quality of a satellite tv below:

a. 360p
b. 480p
c. 720p
*d. 1080p

43. The digital satellite standard developed in Japan is?

*a. ISDB-S
b. PAL
c. IDSB-S
d. IBSD-S

44. What standard is used by satellite TV providers in the Philippines today to provide
HDTV services?
*a.DVB-S2*
b.DVB-S
c.IBSD-S
d.DSB-S2

45. The first all-digital Direct-To-Home (DTH) television broadcasting service via satellite in
the Philippines
a. Dream Satellite TV*
b. Sky Satellite TV
c. Destiny Satellite TV
d. Cignal Satellite TV
46. This is the only standard used for UHDTV Services.
 *a. DVB-S2X
b. DSB-S2X
c. DBS-S2X
d. UHD-S2X

47. The codec used for DVB-S2 is?

*a. H.264
b. H.265
c. H.266
d. H.267

48. DVB-SH means?

*a. Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite services to Handhelds
b. Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite services to HDMI
c. Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite Hashing
d. Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite for Harvard Graphics

49. Dream Satellite TV ended operations in?

a. December 31, 2017*
b. December 30, 2017
c. December 31, 2014
d. December 30, 2014

50. DVB-S was developed by the DVB project from 1993 - 1997 and was released in?
*a. 1995
b. 1998
c. 1999
d. 2000