License Exam Quiz #377

de Steve, AE8AT 

This week the quiz started out random, but all the questions ended up being skewed somewhat to the digital side.

T8B03 Which of the following are provided by satellite tracking programs?

A. Maps showing the real-time position of the satellite track over Earth

B. The time, azimuth, and elevation of the start, maximum altitude, and end of a pass

C. The apparent frequency of the satellite transmission, including effects of Doppler shift

D. All these choices are correct

G7C11 Which of these functions is performed by software in a software-defined radio (SDR)?

A. Filtering

B. Detection 

C. Modulation

D. All these choices are correct

E7F14 Which of the following would allow a digital signal processing filter to create a sharper filter response?

A. Higher data rate

B. More taps

C. Lower Q

D. Double-precision math routines

Answers:

T8B03 = D

G7C11 = D

E7F14 = B