1. What is Electronic?

The study and use of electrical devices that operate by controlling the flow of electrons
or other electrically charged particles.

2. What is communication?
Communication means transferring a signal from the transmitter which passes through
a medium then the output is obtained at the receiver. (or)communication says as
transferring of message from one place to another place called communication.

3. Different types of communications? Explain.

Analog and digital communication.
As a technology, analog is the process of taking an audio or video signal (the human
voice) and translating it into electronic pulses. Digital on the other hand is breaking the
signal into a binary format where the audio or video data is represented by a series of
"1"s and "0"s.
Digital signals are immune to noise, quality of transmission and reception is good,
components used in digital communication can be produced with high precision and
power consumption is also very less when compared with analog signals.

4. What is sampling?
The process of obtaining a set of samples from a continuous function of time x(t) is
referred to as sampling.

5. State sampling theorem.

It states that, while taking the samples of a continuous signal, it has to be taken care
that the sampling rate is equal to or greater than twice the cut off frequency and the
minimum sampling rate is known as the Nyquist rate.

6. What is cut-off frequency?

The frequency at which the response is -3dB with respect to the maximum response.

7. What is pass band?

Passband is the range of frequencies or wavelengths that can pass through a filter
without being attenuated.
8. What is stop band?
A stopband is a band of frequencies, between specified limits, in which a circuit, such as
a filter or telephone circuit, does not let signals through, or the attenuation is above the
required stopband attenuation level.

9. Explain RF?
Radio frequency (RF) is a frequency or rate of oscillation within the range of about 3 Hz
to 300 GHz. This range corresponds to frequency of alternating current electrical signals
used to produce and detect radio waves. Since most of this range is beyond the
vibration rate that most mechanical systems can respond to, RF usually refers to
oscillations in electrical circuits or electromagnetic radiation.

10. What is modulation? And where it is utilized?

Modulation is the process of varying some characteristic of a periodic wave with an
external signals.
Radio communication superimposes this information bearing signal onto a carrier
signal.
These high frequency carrier signals can be transmitted over the air easily and are
capable of travelling long distances.
The characteristics (amplitude, frequency, or phase) of the carrier signal are varied in
accordance with the information bearing signal.
Modulation is utilized to send an information bearing signal over long distances.

11. What is demodulation?

Demodulation is the act of removing the modulation from an analog signal to get the
original baseband signal back. Demodulating is necessary because the receiver system
receives a modulated signal with specific characteristics and it needs to turn it to base-
band.

12. Name the modulation techniques.

For Analog modulation--AM, SSB, FM, PM and SM
Digital modulation--OOK, FSK, ASK, Psk, QAM, MSK, CPM, PPM, TCM, OFDM

13. Explain AM and FM.

AM-Amplitude modulation is a type of modulation where the amplitude of the carrier
signal is varied in accordance with the information bearing signal.
FM-Frequency modulation is a type of modulation where the frequency of the carrier
signal is varied in accordance with the information bearing signal.

14. Where do we use AM and FM?

AM is used for video signals for example TV. Ranges from 535 to 1705 kHz.
FM is used for audio signals for example Radio. Ranges from 88 to 108 MHz.

15. What is a base station?

Base station is a radio receiver/transmitter that serves as the hub of the local wireless
network, and may also be the gateway between a wired network and the wireless
network.

16. How many satellites are required to cover the earth?

3 satellites are required to cover the entire earth, which is placed at 120 degree to each
other. The life span of the satellite is about 15 years.

17. What is a repeater?

A repeater is an electronic device that receives a signal and retransmits it at a higher
level and/or higher power, or onto the other side of an obstruction, so that the signal
can cover longer distances without degradation.

18. What is an Amplifier?

An electronic device or electrical circuit that is used to boost (amplify) the power,
voltage or current of an applied signal.

19. Example for negative feedback and positive feedback?

Example for – ve feedback is ---Amplifiers And for +ve feedback is – Oscillators

20. What is Oscillator?

An oscillator is a circuit that creates a waveform output from a direct current input. The
two main types of oscillator are harmonic and relaxation. The harmonic oscillators have
smooth curved waveforms, while relaxation oscillators have waveforms with sharp
changes.
21. What is an Integrated Circuit?
An integrated circuit (IC), also called a microchip, is an electronic circuit etched onto a
silicon chip. Their main advantages are low cost, low power, high performance, and
very small size.

22. What is crosstalk?

Crosstalk is a form of interference caused by signals in nearby conductors. The most
common example is hearing an unwanted conversation on the telephone. Crosstalk can
also occur in radios, televisions, networking equipment, and even electric guitars.

23. What is resistor?

A resistor is a two-terminal electronic component that opposes an electric current by
producing a voltage drop between its terminals in proportion to the current, that is, in
accordance with Ohm's law:
V = IR.

25. What is inductor?

An inductor is a passive electrical device employed in electrical circuits for its property
of inductance. An inductor can take many forms.

26. What is conductor?

A substance, body, or device that readily conducts heat, electricity, sound, etc. Copper
is a good conductor of electricity.

27. What is a semi conductor?

A semiconductor is a solid material that has electrical conductivity in between that of a
conductor and that of an insulator(An Insulator is a material that resists the flow of
electric current. It is an object intended to support or separate electrical conductors
without passing current through itself); it can vary over that wide range either
permanently or dynamically.

28. What is diode?

In electronics, a diode is a two-terminal device. Diodes have two active electrodes
between which the signal of interest may flow, and most are used for their
unidirectional current property.
29. What is transistor?
In electronics, a transistor is a semiconductor device commonly used to amplify or
switch electronic signals. The transistor is the fundamental building block of computers,
and all other modern electronic devices. Some transistors are packaged individually but
most are found in integrated circuits

30. What is op-amp?

An operational amplifier, often called an op-amp , is a DC-coupled high-gain electronic
voltage amplifier with differential inputs[1] and, usually, a single output. Typically the
output of the op-amp is controlled either by negative feedback, which largely
determines the magnitude of its output voltage gain, or by positive feedback, which
facilitates regenerative gain and oscillation.

31. What is a feedback?

Feedback is a process whereby some proportion of the output signal of a system is
passed (fed back) to the input. This is often used to control the dynamic behaviour of
the system.

32. Advantages of negative feedback over positive feedback.

Much attention has been given by researchers to negative feedback processes, because
negative feedback processes lead systems towards equilibrium states. Positive feedback
reinforces a given tendency of a system and can lead a system away from equilibrium
states, possibly causing quite unexpected results.

33. What is Barkhausen criteria?

Barkhausen criteria, without which you will not know which conditions, are to be
satisfied for oscillations.
“ Oscillations will not be sustained if, at the oscillator frequency, the magnitude of the
product of the
transfer gain of the amplifier and the magnitude of the feedback factor of the feedback
network ( the magnitude of the loop gain ) are less than unity” .
The condition of unity loop gain -A? = 1 is called the Barkhausen criterion. This
condition implies that
A?= 1and that the phase of - A? is zero.

34. What is CDMA, TDMA, FDMA?

Code division multiple access (CDMA) is a channel access method utilized by various
radio communication technologies. CDMA employs spread-spectrum technology and a
special coding scheme (where each transmitter is assigned a code) to allow multiple
users to be multiplexed over the same physical channel. By contrast, time division
multiple access (TDMA) divides access by time, while frequency-division multiple access
(FDMA) divides it by frequency.
An analogy to the problem of multiple access is a room (channel) in which people wish
to communicate with each other. To avoid confusion, people could take turns speaking
(time division), speak at different pitches (frequency division), or speak in different
directions (spatial division). In CDMA, they would speak different languages. People
speaking the same language can understand each other, but not other people.
Similarly, in radio CDMA, each group of users is given a shared code. Many codes
occupy the same channel, but only users associated with a particular code can
understand each other.

35. explain different types of feedback

Types of feedback:
Negative feedback: This tends to reduce output (but in amplifiers, stabilizes and
linearizes operation). Negative feedback feeds part of a system's output, inverted, into
the system's input; generally with the result that fluctuations are attenuated.
Positive feedback: This tends to increase output. Positive feedback, sometimes referred
to as "cumulative causation", is a feedback loop system in which the system responds
to perturbation (A perturbation means a system, is an alteration of function, induced by
external or internal mechanisms) in the same direction as the perturbation. In contrast,
a system that responds to the perturbation in the opposite direction is called a negative
feedback system.
Bipolar feedback: which can either increase or decrease output.

36. What are the main divisions of power system?

The generating system,transmission system,and distribution system

37. What is Instrumentation Amplifier (IA) and what are all the advantages?
An instrumentation amplifier is a differential op-amp circuit providing high input
impedances with ease of gain adjustment by varying a single resistor.

38. What is meant by impedance diagram.

The equivalent circuit of all the components of the power system are drawn and they
are interconnected is called impedance diagram.

39. What is the need for load flow study.

 The load flow study of a power system is essential to decide the best operation existing
system and for planning the future expansion of the system. It is also essential for
designing the power system.

40. What is the need for base values?

The components of power system may operate at different voltage and power levels. It
will be convenient for analysis of power system if the voltage, power, current ratings of
the components of the power system is expressed with referance to a common value
called base value.
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1. Question 14. What Are The Various Criteria To Choose The Microcontroller?
Answer :
The important criteria to be considered in choosing micro controllers are:
o Availability of software development tools like compilers, debuggers,
assemblers
o Meeting the computing needs of the task at hand efficiently at low-cost.
o Wide availability
o Reliable sources/manufacturers
o The amount of RAM and ROM on chip
o The number of I/O pins and the timer on the chip
o Power consumption
o Speed of the device
o Packaging
o Cost per unit.
2. Question 15. List Some Of The 8051 Microcontroller Manufacturers?
Answer :
o Intel
o Philips
o Infineon
o Maxim/Dellas semiconductor
o Atmel
3. Question 16. What Is Difference Between Microprocessor And Microcontroller?
Answer :
The microprocessor has no ROM, RAM and no I/O ports on the chip itself.Whereas
the microcontroller has a CPU in addition to a fixed amount of RAM,ROM, I/O ports
and a timer all on a single chip.
4. Question 17. List Out Some Of The Features Of The 8051?
Answer :
o ROM - 4K bytes
o RAM - 128 bytes
 o Timer - 2 no
o I/O Pins - 32
o Serial Port - 1
o Interrupt sources - 6
5. Question 18. What Are The Various Types Of Memories Used In
Microcontroller/microprocessor?
Answer :
ROM - Read Only Memory
RAM - Random Access Memory
PROM - Programmable Read Only Memory
EPROM - Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
EEROM - Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
6. Question 19. What Is Meant By Flipflop?
Answer :
o A Flip-flop is a basic electronic circuit used for storing information in a
digital machine.
o It is a bistable device. It means it has two stable states.
o It has one or more inputs and two complement outputs.
7. Question 20. What Is A Bus?
Answer :
Group of lines connecting the microprocessor with other components of a computer
system is called a bus. It is a communication path over which electrical signals
representing binary digits ( 0, 1) are transmitted. For a single bit to transmit, one line
is used. The width of the bus is number of lines that are used to constitute that bus.
8. Question 21. What Is Data Bus?
Answer :
Data Bus: Group of lines that transmit data in and out of the microprocessor is called
the data bus. Here the data can flow in both directions between the microprocessor and
the peripheral devices. Hence the data bus is bidirectional. The width of the data bus
depends on the architecture of the microprocessor. For an example, an 8 bit processor
can operate on 8 bits of data at a time and has a 8 bit wide data bus.
9. Question 22. What Is Address Bus?
Answer :
Address Bus:Group of lines used by the microprocessor to send the address of the
device or the memory location which the microprocessor needs to access.The address
bits flow in one direction, ie, from the microprocessor to the peripheral devices.Hence
the address bus is unidirectional.The width of the address bus determines the
maximum number of memory locations that the microprocessor can access.
10. Question 23. What Is Multiplexing?
Answer :
Multiplexing:Using a single bus for two different functions is called multiplexing.For
an example, in 8085 microprocessor the low order 8 bits of the address and data are
 transmitted using AD7- AD0 lines.These lines are also used as low order address bus
during execution of instructions.Thus the same lines are used for transmitting address
and data.This is called as multiplexing.These lines are called as multiplexed
address/data bus.
11. Question 24. What Is A Microprocessor?
Answer :
Microprocessor is a program-controlled device, which fetches the instructions from
memory, decodes and executes the instructions. Most Micro Processor are single- chip
devices.
12. Question 25. What Are The Flags In 8086?
Answer :
In 8086 Carry flag, Parity flag, Auxiliary carry flag, Zero flag, Overflow flag, Trace
flag, Interrupt flag, Direction flag, and Sign flag.
13. Question 26. Why Crystal Is A Preferred Clock Source?
Answer :
Because of high stability, large Q (Quality Factor) & the frequency that doesn’t drift
with aging. Crystal is used as a clock source most of the times.
14. Question 27. In 8085 Which Is Called As High Order / Low Order Register?
Answer :
Flag is called as Low order register & Accumulator is called as High order Register.
15. Question 28. What Is Tri-state Logic?
Answer :
Three Logic Levels are used and they are High, Low, High impedance state. The high
and low are normal logic levels & high impedance state is electrical open circuit
conditions. Tri-state logic has a third line called enable line.
16. Question 29. What Happens When Hlt Instruction Is Executed In Processor?
Answer :
The Micro Processor enters into Halt-State and the buses are tri-stated.
17. Question 30. Which Stack Is Used In 8085?
Answer :
LIFO (Last In First Out) stack is used in 8085.In this type of Stack the last stored
information can be retrieved first
18. Question 31. What Is Program Counter?
Answer :
Program counter holds the address of either the first byte of the next instruction to be
fetched for execution or the address of the next byte of a multi byte instruction, which
has not been completely fetched. In both the cases it gets incremented automatically
one by one as the instruction bytes get fetched. Also Program register keeps the
address of the next instruction.
19. Question 32. What Are The Various Registers In 8085?
 Answer :
Accumulator register, Temporary register, Instruction register, Stack Pointer, Program
Counter are the various registers in 8085
20. Question 33. What Is 1st / 2nd / 3rd / 4th Generation Processor?
Answer :
The processor made of PMOS / NMOS / HMOS / HCMOS technology is called 1st /
2nd / 3rd / 4th generation processor, and it is made up of 4 / 8 / 16 / 32 bits.
21. Question 34. Name The Processor Lines Of Two Major Manufacturer?
Answer :
High-end: Intel – Pentium (II, III, 4), AMD – Athlon. Low-end: Intel – Celeron, AMD
– Duron. 64-bit: Intel – Itanium 2, AMD – Opteron.
22. Question 35. What’s The Speed And Device Maximum Specs For Firewire?
Answer :
IEEE 1394 (Firewire) supports the maximum of 63 connected devices with speeds up
to 400 Mbps. Where’s MBR located on the disk? Main Boot Record is located in
sector 0, track 0, head 0, cylinder 0 of the primary active partition.
23. Question 36. Where Does The Cpu Enhanced Mode Originate From?
Answer :
Intel’s 80386 was the first 32-bit processor, and since the company had to backward-
support the 8086. All the modern Intel-based processors run in the Enhanced mode,
capable of switching between Real mode (just like the real 8086) and Protected mode,
which is the current mode of operation.
24. Question 37. How Many Bit Combinations Are There In A Byte?
Answer :
Byte contains 8 combinations of bits.
25. Question 38. Have You Studied Buses? What Types?
Answer :
There are three types of buses.
o Address bus: This is used to carry the Address to the memory to fetch either
Instruction or Data.
o Data bus : This is used to carry the Data from the memory.
o Control bus : This is used to carry the Control signals like RD/WR, Select
etc.
26. Question 39. What Is The Maximum Clock Frequency In 8086?
Answer :
5 Mhz is the Maximum clock frequency in 8086.
27. Question 40. What Is Meant By Maskable Interrupts?
Answer :
An interrupt that can be turned off by the programmer is known as Maskable interrupt.
28. Question 41. What Do You Mean By The Term Embedded Controllers?
 Answer :
The devices that has all the functional blocks on chip, including the program and data
memory and there is no external data/address bus provided. For example,
ATMEL89C2051.
29. Question 42. Discuss The Advantages Of Microcontroller Over Microprocessor
In Control Applications?
Answer :
The first main advantage is that the ALUs can be assembled together horizontally to
form computers that can handle very large data at a time. Another advantage is bit
slice design that makes use of possible bipolar chip technology that is very fast.
30. Question 43. What Are Risc And Cisc Processors?
Answer :
RISC chips requires lesser hardware implementations, which makes them simpler to
design and hence lesser costs of production.
31. Question 44. Discuss The Criteria For Selecting A Micro-controller Device?
Answer :
It must have ram and rom to support its inbuilt functions. It must have +5v supply,
must be fast and should have programmable and data memory.
32. Question 45. Discuss The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Harvard And Von
Neuman Architectures?
Answer :
Harvard architecture uses separate memories for program and data memory whereas
Von Neuman uses same program and data memory.Therefore Harvard is faster
compared to other one.
33. Question 46. Name 2 Register That Consists Of 16 Bit?
Answer :
o Program counter
o Data pointer
34. Question 47. Name Few General Purpose Registers?
Answer :
Accumulator, B-register, R0- R7
35. Question 48. What Are Sfr?
Answer :
The 128 bytes of on-chip additional RAM locations from 80H to 0FFH are reserved
for the special functions and therefore these are called as special function register.
36. Question 49. Can An Rc Circuit Be Used As Clock Source For 8085?
Answer :
Yes, it can be used, if an accurate clock frequency is not required. Also, the
component cost is low compared to LC or Crystal
37. Question 50. Which Interrupt Has The Highest Priority?
Answer :
 TRAP has the highest priority
38. Question 51. What Are Hardware Interrupts?
Answer :
TRAP, RST7.5, RST6.5, RST5.5, INTR
39. Question 52. What Does Quality Factor Mean?
Answer :
The Quality factor is also defined, as Q. So it is a number, which reflects the lossness
of a circuit. Higher the Q, the lower are the losses.
40. Question 53. What Is Stack Pointer?
Answer :
Stack pointer is a special purpose 16-bit register in the Microprocessor, which holds
the address of the top of the stack.
41. Question 54. What Are Level-triggering Interrupt?
Answer :
RST 6.5 & RST 5.5 are level-triggering interrupts.
42. Question 55. What Is The Difference Between Primary & Secondary Storage
Device?
Answer :
In primary storage device the storage capacity is limited. It has a volatile memory. In
secondary storage device the storage capacity is larger. It is a nonvolatile memory.
Primary devices are: RAM / ROM. Secondary devices are: Floppy disc / Hard disk.
43. Question 56. Name 5 Different Addressing Modes?
Answer :
o Immediate
o Direct
o Register
o Register indirect
o Implied addressing modes
44. Question 57. What Is Clock Frequency For 8085?
Answer :
3 MHz is the maximum clock frequency for 8085.
45. Question 58. What Is The Difference Between 8086 And 8088?
Answer :
The BIU in 8088 is 8-bit data bus & 16- bit in 8086.Instruction queue is 4 byte long in
8088and 6 byte in 8086.
46. Question 59. Give Example For Non-maskable Interrupts?
Answer :
Trap is known as Non-Maskable interrupts, which is used in emergency condition.
47. Question 60. What Is Sim And Rim Instructions?
Answer :
SIM: is Set Interrupt Mask. Used