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Note: Some material based on books have quoted passages.
 This
quiz is based on the information presented in Klystrons, Traveling Wave Tubes, Magnetrons, Crossed-Field
Amplifiers, and Gyrotrons, by A.S. Gilmour, Jr., published by Artech House.
Note: Some of these books are available as prizes in the monthly
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1. What is an important property of a metal to be useful as an electron emission source
for tube cathodes? a) High atomic number b) Low atomic number c) High work function
d) Low work function 2. What is a primary obstacle that must be dealt with when
designing a beam former for an electron gun? a) DoD security clearances b) Inter-electron
repulsion forces c) Rare earth magnet scarcity d) Relativistic time dilation 3.
Which two forces must be exactly balanced in order to form an electron beam with uniform flux density? a)
Space charge and centrifugal forces b) Gravity and centripetal forces c) Kinetic and potential energy
forces d) Nuclear weak and nuclear strong forces 4. Name the two major
classes of linear-beam tubes. a) Cathode ray tube and anode ray tube b) Triode and pentode c)
Laser and phaser d) Klystron and traveling wave tube 5. In which ways can a
conventional klystron be tuned? a) Synchronously tuned b) Efficiency tuned c) Broadband tuned
d) All the above
6. What are the two basic types of traveling wave tubes (TWTs)? a) Forward-bias and
reverse-bias b) Narrowband and broadband c) Helix and coupled-cavity d) Glass tube and metal tube
7. What are the two basic kinds of cross-field amplifiers (CFAs)?
a) Cross beam and perpendicular beam b) Injected beam and distributed emission c)
Reticulated beam and focused beam
d) Mad beam and upset beam 8. What is the primary difference between a gyrotron
device and a linear-beam device? a) Electrons in a gyrotron rotate along path rather than just linear
motion of a linear-beam b) A gyrotron uses a rotating motor whereas linear-beam does not c) Gyrotrons use
a radioactive source of electrons rather than noble metals of al inear-beam d) There is no major difference
9. What is one of the most common problems that plague microwave tubes? a) Radiation leakage
b) Low efficiency c) Large physical size d) Electrical breakdown 10. How
is the transition between the vacuum of a tube cavity and the outside world accomplished? a) A waveguide
or coaxial window. b) The entire transmission path is pressurized c) The entire transmission path is
evacuated d) The entire transmission path is backfilled with dry nitrogen
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