1) 

  The macroscopic bending losses show an exponential increase due to

________ in radius of curvature.
a. Increase
b. Decrease
c. Stability
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (b) Decrease
2)   Which type of mechanical splicing exhibits the permanent bonding of
prepared fiber ends with the rigid alignment of the tube?
a. Snug Tube Splicing
b. Loose Tube Splicing
c. Elastomeric Splicing
d. Precision Pin Splicing
ANSWER: (a) Snug Tube Splicing
3)   Which component of fiber-optic connector has a provision of entry for
the fiber along with the fixation to connector housing?
a. Ferrule
b. Cable
c. Connector Housing
d. Coupling Device
ANSWER: (b) Cable
4)   Which among the following is regarded as a keyed bayonet connector
along with its feasibility of easiest insertion and removal from the fiber
optic cable?
a. FC Connectors
b. LC Connectors—1.25mm
c. MT-RJ Connectors
d. ST Connectors-2.5mm
ANSWER: (d) ST Connectors
5)   How many mating cycles are being rated by typically matched SC
Connectors?
a. 500
b. 600
c. 800
d. 1000
ANSWER: (d) 1000
6)   In Stimulated Emission, which among the following parameters of
generated photon is/are similar to the photon of incident wave?
a. Phase
b. Frequency
c. Polarization & direction of travel
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (d) All of the above
7)   Consider a crystal of ruby laser whose length is 6 cm and the refractive
index is 1.8, emits the wavelength of about 0.55 μm. What will be the value
of number of longitudinal modes?
a. 3.9 x 105
b. 4.9 x 105
c. 5.6 x 105
d. 7.7 x 105
ANSWER: (a) 3.9 x 105
8)   In a laser structure, the existence of standing waves is possible at
frequencies for which the distance between the mirrors is an integral
number of ________
a. λ / 2
b. λ / 4
c. λ / 6
d. λ / 8
ANSWER: (a) λ / 2
9)   The small section of fiber which is coupled to the optical source is
known as _________
a. Flylead
b. Pigtail
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (c) Both a and b
10)   In Lambertian output pattern of LED, the source is ______ bright
from all directions.
a. Less
b. Equally
c. More
d. Unpredictably
ANSWER: (b) Equally
11)   In pyroelectric photodetectors, the consequent increase in dielectric
constant due to temperature variation by the photon absorption, is
generally measured as change in _______
a. resistance
b. inductance
c. admittance
d. capacitance
ANSWER: (d) capacitance
12)   Which type of preamplifier plays a crucial role in reducing the effect
of thermal noise?
a. Low Impedance Pre-amplifier
b. High Impedance Preamplifier-thermal noise
c. Transimpedance Preamplifier
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (b) High Impedance Preamplifier
13)   In high impedance preamplifier, how are the noise sources kept to
minimum level?
a. By reducing dark current with proper selection of photodiode
b. By reducing thermal noise of biasing resistor
c. By using high impedance amplifier
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (d) All of the above
14)   Which among the following are the disadvantages of an optical
feedback transimpedance receiver?
A. Increase in receiver input capacitance
B. Increase in dark current
C. Decrease in receiver input capacitance
D. Decrease in dark current

a. A & B
b. C & D
c. A & D
d. B & C
ANSWER: (a) A & B
15)   Which category/ies of wavelength division multiplexer comprise/s two
3dB couplers where the splitting of an incident beam takes place into two
fiber paths, followed by the recombination with second 3-dB coupler?
a. Interference filter based devices
b. Angular dispersion based devices
c. Mach-Zehnder Interferometers
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (c) Mach-Zehnder Interferometers
16)   Which among the following controls the length of Fabry-Perot
interferometer so that it can act as a tunable optical filter?
a. Transducer
b. Tachometer
c. Multimeter
d. Phase-meter
ANSWER: (a) Transducer
17)   In circulator, an optical path of signal follows _______
a. An open loop
b. A closed loop
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (b) A closed loop
18)   Which among the following is/are responsible for generating
attenuation of an optical power in fiber?
a. Absorption
b. Scattering
c. Waveguide effect
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (d) All of the above
19)   Consider the assertions/ characteristics given below. Which type of
attenuation measurement technique exhibits these characteristics?
1. Necessity of accessing both ends of fiber.
2. Measurements corresponding to specific wavelengths.
3. Requirement of spectral response over a range of wavelengths.

a. Cutback Technique
b. Insertion Loss Technique
c. Use of OTDR Technique
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (a) Cutback Technique
20)   For neglecting the pulse dispersion in the digital systems, the rms
width of fiber impulse response must be _________one-quarter of the pulse
spacing.
a. Less than
b. Equal to
c. Greater than
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (a) Less than
21)   If a noisy channel has a bandwidth of 4 MHz with signal to noise ratio
of about 1, what would be the maximum capacity of the channel?
a. 2 Mb/sec
b. 4 Mb/sec
c. 6 Mb/sec
d. 8 Mb/sec
ANSWER: (b) 4 Mb/sec
22) In the structure of fiber optic cable, the refractive index of core is
always _______the refractive index of cladding.
a. Less than
b. Equal to
c. Greater than
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (c) Greater than
23)   The order of mode is equal to the number of field____ across the
guide.
a. Zeros
b. Poles
c. Ones
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (a) Zeros
24)   Which among the following represents the lateral shift of a light beam
on reflection at a dielectric interface?
 a. Doppler’s Shift
b. Goos-Haenchen’s Shift
c. Frequency Shift
d. Phase Shift
ANSWER: (b) Goos-Haenchen’s Shift
25)   Why are plastic clad silica fiber optic cables not used widely?
a. Difficulty in connector application due to excessive plasticity in cladding
b. Difficulty in bonding
c. Insolubility in organic solvents
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (d) All of the above
26)   In cables, water is prevented from filling the spaces with
__________resistant compounds.
a. moisture
b. pressure
c. temperature
d. stress
ANSWER: (a) moisture
27)   Which reason/s is/are responsible for the occurrence of non-linear
Cross Phase Modulation (XPM)?
a. Difference in transmission phase of peak pulse & leading or trailing edges of
pulse
b. Third-order optical non-linearity
c. Intensity dependence of refractive index
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (c) Intensity dependence of refractive index
28)   What is/ are the consequence/s of Self Phase Modulation in non-linear
optics?
a. Modification in pulse spectrum
b. Limited transmission rate
c. Dispersion effect
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (d) All of the above
29)   Which type of fiber-optic coupler causes the distribution of an optical
power from more than two input ports among the several output ports?
 a. Star Coupler
b. Tree Coupler
c. X Coupler
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (a) Star Coupler
30)   Which optical devices are adopted or applicable for routing signals
from one waveguide to another?
a. Optical Combiner
b. Optical Splitter
c. Optical Coupler
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (c) Optical Coupler
31)   Which among the following characteristics of Laser light specifies the
precise movement of all individual light waves together through time and
space?
 a. Monochromatic
b. Directional
c. Coherent
d. Brightness
ANSWER: (c) Coherent
32)   Which modes are acknowledged due to their association with
electromagnetic field and beam profile in the direction perpendicular to the
plane of pn junction?
a. Longitudinal Modes
b. Transverse Modes
c. Lateral Modes
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (b) Transverse Modes
33)   Which type of injection laser involves the use of geometry for
fabrication of the multimode injection laser with a single or small number
of lateral modes?
a. Gain guided laser
b. Index guided laser
c. Quantum well laser
d. Quantum dot laser
ANSWER: (a) Gain guided laser
34)   In the dynamic response of Injection Laser Diode (ILD), the delay
which is followed by ____ frequency damped oscillations give rise to the
generation of relaxation oscillations.
a. Low
b. Medium
c. High
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (c) High
35)   The spectral response of an ideal photodetector depicts its efficiency as
a function of _________
a. amplitude
b. frequency
c. period
d. wavelength
ANSWER: (d) wavelength
36)   According to frequency response of photo-detector, the modulation
frequency at which the output current decreases to ________of peak value.
a. one-third
b. one-fourth
c. half
d. one-tenth
ANSWER: (c) half
37)   Which photodiodes are crucially applicable to overcome the
bandwidth-quantum efficiency trade-off along with its resemblence to the
pyramid structure?
a. Mushroom Waveguide Photodiode
b. Traveling Wave Photodiode
c. Resonant Cavity Photodiode
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (a) Mushroom Waveguide Photodiode
38)   When an optical signal is incident on a photo-detector, which noise
originate/s due to statistical nature of production and collection of
photoelectrons?
a. Dark Current Noise
b. Quantum Noise
c. Surface Leakage Current noise
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (b) Quantum Noise
39)   In an eye-diagram, digital signals with very bad interference
resembles the shape of _____
a. circle
b. rectangle
c. triangle
d. straight line
ANSWER:(d)  straight line
40)   On which factor/s do/does the response time of photodiode depend/s?
a. Diffusion time of photo carriers outside the depletion region
b. Diffusion time of photo carriers within the depletion region
c. RC time constant
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (d) All of the above
41)   Which nature of charge carriers give rise to the current fluctuations
thereby resulting into the generation of shot noise?
a. Continuous
b. Discrete
c. Sampled
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (b) Discrete
42)   Which among the following parameters is/are decided by the front-
end of a receiver?
a. Sensitivity
b. Bandwidth
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (c) Both a and b
43)   In an optical network, increase in the number of lasers ________the
bit rate.
a. Increases
b. Stabilizes
c. Decreases
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (a) Increases
44)   Which band/s specify/ies the operation range of Erbium doped fiber
amplifier (EDFA)?
a. By O band
b. By C band
c. By S band
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (b) By C band
45)   Basically, solitons are pulses which propagates through the fiber
without showing any variation in ______
a. Amplitude
b. Velocity
c. Shape
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (d) All of the above
46)   Why is an electrical isolation required between several portions of an
electronic circuit?
a. Provision of high voltage protection
b. Reduction in noise level
c. Both a & b
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (c) Both a & b
47)   For measuring the shape of input pulse in time-domain intermodal
dispersion method, the test fiber is replaced by another fiber whose length
is less than ___ of the test fiber.
a. 1%
b. 5%
c. 10%
d. 20%
ANSWER: (a) 1%
48)   In chromatic dispersion, which parameter for the modulation of the
received signal is measured with the help of a vector voltmeter?
a. Amplitude
b. Frequency
c. Phase
d. Period
ANSWER: (c) Phase
49)   Which among the following stages is/are adopted in Splice Loss
Experiment?
a. Translational
b. Rotational
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (c) Both a and b
50)   Which among the following misalignments give/gives rise to the
occurrence of splice loss?
a. Longitudinal separation between the end-faces of fiber
b. Angular tilt between fiber ends
c. Transverse offset between fiber ends
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (d) All of the above

1)   In an optical fiber communication system, which among the following is

not a typical transmitter function?
a. Coding for error protection
b. Decoding of input data
c. Electrical to optical conversion
d. Recoding to match output standard
ANSWER: (d) Recoding to match output standard
2)   Which among the following is provided by an optical receiver for the
regeneration of data signal with minimum error?
a. Photo-diode
b. Signal Processing Circuits
c. Linear Circuitry
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (c) Linear Circuitry
3)   For a sine wave, the frequency is represented by the cycles per ______
a. Second
b. Minute
c. Hour
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (a) Second
4)   Which property/ies of PCM stream determine/s the fidelity to original
analog signal?
a. Sampling rate
b. Bit depth
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (c) Both a and b
5)   In single-mode fibers, how does the fraction of energy traveling through
bound mode appear in the cladding?
a. As a crescent wave
b. As a gibbous wave
c. As an evanescent wave
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (c) As an evanescent wave
6)   What is the typical value of refractive index for an ethyl alcohol?
a. 1
b. 1.36
c. 2.6
d. 3.4
ANSWER:(b) 1.36
7)   If a light travels in a certain medium and it gets reflected off an
optically denser medium with high refractive index, then it is regarded as
_______
a. External Reflection
b. Internal Reflection
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (a) External Reflection
8)   In an optical fiber, the concept of Numerical aperture is applicable in
describing the ability of __________
a. Light Collection
b. Light Scattering
c. Light Dispersion
d. Light Polarization
ANSWER:(a) Light Collection
9)   Which among the following do/does not support/s the soot formation
process?
a. OVPO
b. MCVD
c. PCVD
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (c) PCVD
10)   Which type of photonic crystal fiber exhibit/s its/their similarity to the
periodic crystalline lattice in a semiconductor?
a. Index guiding fiber
b. Photonic bandgap fiber
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (b) Photonic bandgap fiber
11)   Which type of fiber optic cable has/have its/their core with the size of
about 480 μm to 980 μm & made up of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA)?
a. Glass fiber optic cable
b. Plastic fiber optic cable
c. Plastic clad silica fiber optic cable
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (b) Plastic fiber optic cable
12)   In multifiber cable system, which form of outer jacket/s consist/s of
polyolefin compounds and are regarded as halogen free?
a. OFNR
b. OFNP
c. LSZH
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (c) LSZH
13)   During the design of FOC system, which among the following reasons
is/are responsible for an extrinsic absorption?
a. Atomic defects in the composition of glass
b. Impurity atoms in glass material
c. Basic constituent atoms of fiber material
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (b) Impurity atoms in glass material
14)   Which among the following represent/s the measure/s to minimize the
inhomogenities for Mie scattering reduction?
a. Extrusion Control
b. Increase in relative R.I. difference
c. Removal of imperfections due to glass manufacturing process
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (d) All of the above
15)   In Kerr effect, induced index change has its proportionality with
respect to _________
a. square of electric field
b. cube of electric field
c. cube root of electric field
d. one-fourth power of electric field
ANSWER: (a) square of electric field
16)   Which among the following is regarded as an inelastic scattering of a
photon?
a. Kerr Effect
b. Raman Effect
c. Hall Effect
d. Miller Effect
ANSWER: (b) Raman Effect
17)   Which kind/s of misalignment assist/s in the reduction of overlap
region in fiber?
a. Angular
b. Longitudinal
c. Lateral
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (c) Lateral
18)   Which is the correct order of sequential steps for an electric arc fusion
technique?
A. Pressing of fiber ends for fusion
B. Application of heat for smoothening of end-surfaces
C. Alignment of broken fiber edges

a. A, B, C
b. B, A, C
c. C, B, A
d. C, A, B
ANSWER: (c) C, B, A
19)   Which splicing technique involves the alignment and locking of
broken fiber edges by means of positioning devices & optical cement?
a. Fusion
b. Mechanical
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
ANSWER:(b) Mechanical
20)   By using Springroove splicing technique, what is the value of mean
insertion loss for multi mode graded index fiber?
a. 0.01
b. 0.03
c. 0.05
d. 0.09
ANSWER: (c) 0.05
21)   In the fiber optic link, power transfer from one fiber to another and
from fiber to detector must take place with _________coupling efficiency.
a. maximum
b. stable
c. minimum
d. unpredictable
ANSWER: (a) maximum
22)   In spontaneous emission, the light source in an excited state undergoes
the transition to a state with _______
a. Higher energy
b. Moderate energy
c. Lower energy
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (c) Lower energy
23)   Which among the following is a key process adopted for the laser
beam formation as it undergoes the light amplification?
a. Spontaneous Emission
b. Stimulated Emission
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (b) Stimulated Emission
24)   While coupling of LEDs with fiber, on which factor/s does the size of
source and lighting angle generated within the semiconductor depend/s?
a. Geometry of die
b. Refractive index of semiconductor
c. Encapsulation Medium
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (d) All of the above
25)   Which among the following results in the removal of LED lens
interface for achieving high coupling efficiency?
a. Spherical lens
b. Cylindrical lens
c. Integral lens LED
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (c) Integral lens LED
26)   For a photo-diode with responsivity of 0.50 A/W & optical power of
about 12μW, what would be the value of generated photocurrent?
a. 3 μA
b. 6 μA
c. 9 μA
d. 12 μA
ANSWER: (b) 6 μA
27)   Which component of an optical receiver is a linear frequency shaping
filter used for the compensation of signal distortion and Inter Symbol
Interference (ISI)?
a. Photodetector
b. Amplifier
c. Equalizer
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (c) Equalizer
28)   In digital receivers, which codes are used to designate the sampled
analog signals after their quantization into discrete levels?
a. Binary
b. Decimal
c. ASCII
d. Excess-3
ANSWER: (a) Binary
29)   Which feature of an eye-diagram assists in the measurement of
additive noise in the signal?
a. Eye opening (height, peak to peak)
b. Eye overshoot/ undershoot
c. Eye width
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (a) Eye opening (height, peak to peak)
30)   Which method determines the dispersion limitation of an optical link?
a. Link power budget
b. Rise time budget
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (b) Rise time budget
31)   Which phenomenon causes the dynamic line width broadening under
the direct modulation of injection current?
a. Modal Noise
b. Mode-partition Noise
c. Frequency Chirping
d. Reflection Noise
ANSWER: (c) Frequency Chirping
32)   Speckle pattern is generated due to interference of nodes from a
coherent source especially when the coherence time of source is _________
the intermodal dispersion time in the fiber.
a. Less than
b. Greater than
c. Equal to
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (b) Greater than
33)   Which among the following is/are determined by the fiber
characterization?
a. Fiber integrity & performance for desired transmission rate
b. Installation practices
c. Service Implementation
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (d) All of the above
34)   From the tests carried out in fiber characterization, which among the
following measures the total light reflected back to the transmitter caused
by the fiber as well as the components like connector pairs and mechanical
splices?
a. ORL
b. OTDR
c. LTS
d. PMD
ANSWER: (a) ORL
35)   In fiber fault location, the equation of length (l) for time difference (t)
is expressed as L = ct / 2n1 . Which factor in this equation implies that the
light travels a length from source to break point and then through another
length on the return trip?
a. L
b. c
c. t
d. 2
ANSWER: (d) 2
36)   Which line code in PCM indicates the return of signal to zero between
each pulse & takes place even due to occurrence of consecutive 0’s & 1’s in
the signal?
a. Return-to-zero (RZ)
b. Non-Return to zero space
c. Return to zero inverted
d. Non-return to zero inverted
ANSWER: (a) Return-to-zero (RZ)
37)   In the structure of fiber, the light is guided through the core due to
total internal ______
a. reflection
b. refraction
c. diffraction
d. dispersion
ANSWER: (a) reflection
38)   In the structure of a fiber, which component provides additional
strength and prevents the fiber from any damage?
a. Core
b. Cladding
c. Buffer Coating
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (c) Buffer Coating
39)   Which is the transmission medium for VLF electromagnetic waves
especially applicable for aeronautical and submarine cables?
a. Paired wires
b. Coaxial cable
c. Waveguide
d. Wireless
ANSWER: (a) Paired wires
40)   Which rays exhibit the variation in the light acceptability ability of the
fiber?
a. Meridional
b. Skew
c. Leaky
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (b) Skew
41)   If a fiber operates at 1400nm with the diameter of about 10 μm, n1 =
1.30, Δ = 0.80% , V = 3.5, then how many modes will it have?
a. 6.125
b. 9.655
c. 12.95
d. 16.55
ANSWER: (a) 6.125
42)   Which kind of dispersion phenomenon gives rise to pulse spreading in
single mode fibers?
a. Intramodal
b. Intermodal
c. Material
d. Group Velocity
ANSWER: (a) Intramodal
43)   With respect to single mode and graded index fibers, which parameter
specifies the propagation of polarization modes with different phase
velocities & the difference between their effective refractive indices?
a. Mode field diameter
b. Birefringence
c. Fiber beat length
d. Spot Size
ANSWER: (b) Birefringence
44)   On which of the following factor/s do/does the ‘Hydrogen Effect’
depend/s?
a. Type of fiber & Cable Design
b. Operating Wavelength
c. Installation Method
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (d) All of the above
45)   Consider the statements given below. Which among them is not a
drawback of double crucible method?
a. Utility in mass production of fibers
b. High attenuation
c. High OH content in drawn fiber
d. Addition of impurity while the fiber is drawn
ANSWER: (a) Utility in mass production of fibers
46)   Consider the assertions given below. Which is the correct sequential
order of process adopted in glass fiber preparation?
A. Drawing of fiber
B. Production of pure glass
C. Pulling of fiber
D. Conversion of pure glass into preform

a. B, D, A, C
b. A, B, C, D
c. C, A, D, B
d. D, B, A, C
ANSWER: (a) B, D, A, C
47)   At which level of temperature does the oxidation process occur in
MCVD?
a. Low
b. Moderate
c. High
d. Unpredictable
ANSWER: (c) High
48)   Assuming no ISI, the maximum possible bandwidth of a multimode
graded index fiber with 5 MHz, shows the total pulse broadening of 0.1s for
the distance of about 12km. What would be the value of bandwidth length
product?
a. 40 MHz
b. 60 MHz
c. 90 MHz
d. 120 MHz
ANSWER: (b) 60 MHz
49)   In Rayleigh scattering of light in glass, at which type of temperature
does the glass attain the state of thermal equilibrium and exhibits its
relativity to annealing temperature?
a. Junction
b. Fictive
c. Breakdown
d. Decomposition
ANSWER: (b) Fictive
50)   Which type of scattering occurs due to interaction of light in a medium
with time dependent optical density variations thereby resulting into the
change of energy (frequency) & path?
a. Stimulated Brilliouin Scattering (SBS)
b. Stimulated Raman Scattering (SRS)
c. Mie Scattering
d. Rayleigh Scattering
ANSWER: (a) Stimulated Brilliouin Scattering (SBS)

1. Founded the wave theory of light

a. Francesco Grimaldi

b. Edward Appleton

c. James Clerk Maxwell

d. Christian Huygens
View Answer:
Answer: Option D
Solution:
2. Proposed the use of clad glass fiber as a dielectric waveguide

a. Karpon and Keck

b. Karpon and Bockham

c. Bockham and Kao

d. Kao and Keck

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Answer: Option C
Solution:
3. Developed the first laser

a. Charles Townes

b. Theodore Maiman

c. Gordon McKenzie

d. Albert Einstein

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Answer: Option B
Solution:
4. The band of light wavelengths that are too long to be seen by the human eye

a. Amber

b. Visible

c. Infrared

d. Ultraviolet

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Answer: Option C
Solution:
5. The band of light wavelengths that are too short to be seen by the human eye

a. Amber

b. Visible

c. Infrared

d. Ultraviolet

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Answer: Option C
Solution:
6. Which color has the shortest wavelength of light?

a. Red

b. Yellow

c. Blue

d. Green

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Answer: Option C
Solution:
7. What generates a light beam of a specific visible frequency?

a. Laser

b. Maser

c. Infrared

d. Flashlight

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Answer: Option A
Solution:
8. Which of the following materials is sensitive to light?

a. Photoresist
b. Photosensitive

c. Light Sensitive

d. Maser

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Answer: Option A
Solution:
9. The core of an optical fiber has a

a. Lower refracted index than air

b. Lower refractive index than the cladding

c. Higher refractive index than the cladding

d. Similar refractive index with the cladding

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Answer: Option C
Solution:
10. Is the different angle of entry of light into an optical fiber when the diameter of the core is
many times the wavelength of the light transmitted.

a. Acceptance angle

b. Modes

c. Sensors

d. Aperture

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Answer: Option B
Solution:
11. The loss in signal power as light travels down a fiber is called

a. Dispersion

b. Scattering

c. Absorption
d. Attenuation

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Answer: Option D
Solution:
12. The bandwidth of optical fiber

a. 900M Hz

b. 900 PHz

c. 900 THz

d. 900 EHz

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Answer: Option C
Solution:
13. If a mirror is used to reflect light, the reflected light angle is ____ as the incident angle

a. Smaller

b. Larger

c. The same

d. Independent

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Answer: Option C
Solution:
14. What is a specific path the light takes in an optical fiber corresponding to a certain angle and
number of reflection

a. Mode

b. Grade

c. Numerical Aperture

d. Dispersion

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Answer: Option A
Solution:
15. Is the width of the range of wavelengths emitted by the light source

a. Bandwidth

b. Chromatic Dispersion

c. Spectral width

d. Beamwidth

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Answer: Option C
Solution:
16. Which theory states that the light wave behaves as if it consists of many tiny particles?

a. Huygen’s theory

b. Wave theory of light

c. Nyquist theory

d. Quantum theory

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Answer: Option D
Solution:
17. Fiber optic cables operate at frequencies near

a. 20 MHz

b. 200 MHz

c. 2G Hz

d. 800 THz

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Answer: Option D
Solution:
18. When a beam of light enters one medium from another, which quantity will not change?
a. Direction

b. Speed

c. Frequency

d. Wavelength

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Answer: Option C
Solution:
19. Dispersion is used to describe the

a. Splitting of white light into its component colors

b. Propagation of light in straight lines

c. Bending of a beam of light when it goes from one medium to another

d. Bending of a beam light when it strikes a mirror

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Answer: Option A
Solution:
20. Luminance efficiency is minimum for a

a. Fluorescent tube

b. High wattage light bulb

c. Mercury vapor lamp

d. Low wattage light bulb

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Answer: Option D
Solution:
21. An object farther from a converging lens than its focal point always has a/an _____ image.

a. Inverted

b. The same in size

c. Virtual

d. Smaller size

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Answer: Option A
Solution:
22. An object nearer to a converging lens than its focal point always has a/an ______ image.

a. Inverted

b. The same in size

c. Virtual

d. Smaller size

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Answer: Option C
Solution:
23. The real image formed by a spherical mirror is ____ relative to its object

a. Erect

b. Inverted

c. Smaller

d. Larger

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Answer: Option D
Solution:
24. The wavelength of light has no role in

a. Diffraction

b. Interference

c. Polarization

d. Reflection
View Answer:
Answer: Option C
Solution:
25. Longitudinal waves do not exhibit

a. Polarization

b. Refraction

c. Reflection

d. Diffraction

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Answer: Option A
Solution:
26. ________ dispersion is caused by the difference in the propagation times of light rays that
take different paths down a fiber.

a. Material dispersion

b. Wavelength dispersion

c. Modal dispersion

d. Delay dispersion

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Answer: Option C
Solution:
27. What is the average insertion loss of fusion splice in fiber optics?

a. 0.09 dB

b. 0.9 dB

c. 0.19 dB

d. 0.009 dB

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Answer: Option A
Solution:
28. What is the insertion loss of connector-type splices for a single mode fiber optics?

a. 0.51 dB

b. 0.31 dB

c. 0.49 dB

d. 0.38 dB

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Answer: Option D
Solution:
29. What is the lifetime of LEDs?

a. 200,000 minutes

b. 200,000 hours

c. 150,000 minutes

d. 150,000 hours

View Answer:
Answer: Option B
Solution:
30. What is the lifetime of ILDs?

a. 50,000 hours

b. 75,000 hours

c. 100,000 hours

d. 125,000 hours

View Answer:
Answer: Option A
Solution:
31. Photodiodes used as fiber optic directors are

a. Unbiased to generate a voltage same as a solar cell

b. Forward bias

c. Reversed bias

d. Thermoelectrically cooled

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Answer: Option C
Solution:
32. What type of fiber has the highest modal dispersion?

a. Step-index multimode

b. Graded index multimode

c. Step-index single mode

d. Graded index mode

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Answer: Option A
Solution:
33. Laser light is ______ emission.

a. Coherent

b. Stimulated

c. Spontaneous

d. Coherent and stimulated

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Answer: Option D
Solution:
34. A dielectric waveguide for the propagation of electromagnetic energy at light frequencies

a. Stripline

b. Microstrip

c. Laser beam
d. Fiber optics

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Answer: Option D
Solution:
35. Is a non-coherent light source foe optical communications system.

a. ILD

b. LED

c. APD

d. PIN Diode

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Answer: Option B
Solution:
36. Which type of laser is the simplest to modulate directly by changing its excitation?

a. Semiconductor

b. Ruby

c. Helium-neon

d. Neodymium-YAG

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Answer: Option A
Solution:
37. Which laser emits light in the visible range 400 to 700 nm?

a. Argon-ion

b. Nitrogen

c. Carbon-dioxide

d. Neodymium-YAG

View Answer:
Answer: Option A
Solution:
38. Which is the proper measurement of average power emitted by a pulsed laser?

a. Energy x time

b. Pulse energy x repetition rate

c. Pulse energy / repetition rate

d. Peak power x pulse length

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Answer: Option B
Solution:
39. What is the photon energy for an infrared wave with frequency of 10^12 Hz?

a. 10.6 x 10^34 joules

b. 6.63 x 10^-34 joules

c. 6.63 x 10^-22 joules

d. 10.6 x 10^22 joules

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Answer: Option C
Solution:
40. A positive lens with a focal length of 10 cm forms a real image of an object 20 cm away from
the lens. How far is the real image from the lens?

a. 5 cm

b. 10 cm

c. 15 cm

d. 20 cm

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Answer: Option D
Solution:
41. Which of the following factor does not harm laser efficiency?
a. Atmospheric absorption

b. Excitation energy not absorbed

c. Problems in depopulating the lower laser level

d. Inefficiency in populating the upper laser level

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Answer: Option A
Solution:
42. Which of the following contributes to the broadening of laser emission bandwidth?

a. Doppler shift of moving atoms and molecules

b. Amplification within the laser medium

c. Coherence of the laser light

d. Optical pumping of the laser transition

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Answer: Option A
Solution:
43. The first laser emitted

a. Pulses of 694 nm red light

b. A continuous red beam

c. Pulses of white light from a helical flash lamp

d. Spontaneous emission

View Answer:
Answer: Option A
Solution:
44. What is the stage of the sand becoming a silicon?

a. Liquid

b. Gas
c. Molten

d. Hot

View Answer:
Answer: Option C
Solution:
45. Which of the following is used as an optical transmitter on the Fiber Optical
Communications?

a. APD

b. LSA diode

c. PIN diode

d. LED

View Answer:
Answer: Option D
Solution:
46. Which of the following is used as an optical receiver in fiber optics communications

a. APD

b. Tunnel diode

c. Laser diode

d. LED

View Answer:
Answer: Option A
Solution:
47. The numerical aperture of a fiber if the angle of acceptance is 15 degrees, is

a. 017

b. 0.26

c. 0.50

d. 0.75
View Answer:
Answer: Option B
Solution:
48. The inner portion of the fiber cable is called

a. Cladding

b. Coating

c. Inner conductor

d. Core

View Answer:
Answer: Option D
Solution:
49. Which type of laser is the simplest to modulate directly by changing its excitation?

a. Semiconductor

b. Ruby

c. Helium-neon

d. Neodymium-YAG

View Answer:
Answer: Option A
Solution:
50. The laser frequency when the light has the wavelength 800 nm is

a. 375 x 10^12 Hz

b. 475 x 10^15 Hz

c. 375 x 10^9 Hz

d. 375 x 10^18 Hz

View Answer:
Answer: Option A