1. Which of the following amplifier is considered 7.

Which of the following is considered an

linear? amplifier figure of merit?
A. Class A A. Gain-bandwidth product
B. Class B B. Beta (β)
C. Class C C. Alpha (α)
D. Either A or B D. Temperature

2. The voltage gain of a common collector 8. What piece of equipment in an oscilloscope is

configuration is used to indicate pulse condition in a digital logic
A. Unity circuit?
B. Zero A. Probe
C. Very high B. Test prods
D. Moderate C. Connector
D. Logic probe
3. A two-transistor class B power amplifier is
commonly called 9. What linear circuit compares two input signals
A. Push-pull amplifier and provides a digital level output depending on
B. Dual amplifier the relationship of the input signals?
C. Symmetrical amplifier A. Comaparator
D. Differential amplifier B. Controller
C. Compressor
4. If a transistor is operated in such a way that D. Switch
output current flows for 160 degrees of the input
signal, then it is _________ operation. 10. What type of coupling is generally used in
A. Class A power amplifiers?
B. Class C A. Transformer
C. Class B B. Direct
D. Class AB C. RC
D. Inductive
5. Which coupling has the best frequency
response? 11. Which amplifier whose output current flows
A. Direct for the entire cycle?
B. RC A. Class A
C. Transformer B. Class B
D. Transistor C. Class C
D. Class AB
6. A transistor amplifier has high output
impedance because 12. The coupling capacitor Cc must be large
A. Emitter is heavily doped enough to ___________ in an RC coupling
B. Collector is wider than emitter or base scheme.
C. Collector has reverse bias A. Pass dc between the stages
D. Emitter has forward bias B. Dissipate high power
C. Prevent attenuation of low frequency
D. Prevent attenuation of high frequency
 D. Coupling
13. What is the point of intersection of dc and ac
load lines called? 20. Which power amplifier has the highest
A. Operating point collector efficiency?
B. Cut off point A. Class A
C. Saturation point B. Class C
D. Breakdown C. Class B
D. Class AB
14. An oscillator produces _________ oscillations.
A. Damped 21. What is a non-linear type of amplifier?
B. Modulated A. Class C
C. Undamped B. Class AB
D. Sinusoidal C. Class B
D. Class A
15. What is the operating point in the
characteristic curve called? 22. An AF transformer is shielded to
A. Quiescent point A. Keep the amplifier cool
B. Load point B. Prevent the induction due to stray magnetic
C. Biasing point fields
D. Saturation point C. Protect from rusting
D. Prevent electric shock
16. Oscillators operate on the principle of
A. Positive feedback 23. Amplitude distortion is otherwise known as
B. Negative feedback _________ distortion.
C. Signal feedthrough A. Intermodulation
D. Attenuation B. Harmonic
C. Phase
17. In a class A amplifier, the output signal is D. Resonant
A. Distorted
B. The same as the input 24. What represents common-emitter small signal
C. Clipped input resistance?
D. Smaller in amplitude than the input A. hie
B. hfe
18. What happens if the input capacitor of a C. hib
transistor amplifier is short-circuited? D. hoe
A. Biasing conditions will change
B. Transistor will be destroyed 25. The ear is not sensitive to ________ distortion.
C. Signal will not reach the base A. Frequency
D. Biasing will stabilize B. Amplitude
C. Harmonic
19. Which is used to establish a fixed level of D. Phase
current or voltage in a transistor?
A. Biasing
B. Loading 26. Class C is an amplifier whose output current
C. Load line flows for
A. Less than one-half the entire input cycle 32. The bandwidth of a single stage amplifier is
B. The entire input cycle ________ that of multistage amplifier.
C. Twice the entire input cycle A. Equal to
D. Greater than one-half the entire input cycle B. Less than
C. More than
27. If gain without feedback and feedback factor D. Independent
are A and β respectively, then gain with negative
feedback is given by 33. What is the time taken by the electrons or
A. A/ 1-A β holes to pass from the emitter to the collector?
B. A/ 1+ A β A. Transit time
C. 1+A β / A B. Recombination
D. (1+A β) A C. Transient time
D. Duty cycle
28. The collector current in an common base
configuration is equal to 34. To obtain good gain stability in a negative
A. Alpha times emitter current plus leakage feedback amplifier, AB is
current A. Equal to 1
B. Alpha times base current plus leakage current B. Very much greater than 1
C. Beta times emitter current plus leakage current C. Less than 1
D. Beta times collector current plus leakage D. Zero
current
35. The basic concept of the electric wave filter
29. Which is not a basic BJT amplifier was originated by
configuration? A. Campbell and Wagner
A. Common-drain B. Norton
B. Common-base C. Foster
C. Common-emitter D. Bode and Darlington
D. Common-collector
36. Which configuration has the lowest current
30. The value of collector load resistance in a gain?
transistor amplifier is _______ the output A. Common-base
impedance of the transistor. B. Common-collector
A. Equal to C. Common-emitter
B. More than D. Emitter follower
C. Less than
D. Not related 37. Which transistor configuration offers no phase
reversal at the output?
31. What is the purpose of RC or transformer A. Common-base
coupling? B. Common-collector
A. To block ac C. Common-emitter
B. To separate bias of one stage from another D. Both A and B
C. To increase thermal stability
D. To block dc 38. The number of stages that can be directly
coupled is limited because
A. Change in temperature can cause thermal B. Attenuator
instability C. Amplifier
B. Circuit becomes heavily and costly D. Filter
C. It becomes difficult to bias the circuit
D. Circuits’ resistance becomes too large 45. When the non-linear distortion in an amplifier
is D without feedback, with negative voltage
39. The input capacitor in an amplifier is called feedback it will be
__________ capacitor. A. D/ 1+ A β
A. Coupling B. 1+ A β / D
B. Stray C. D (1+A β)
C. Bypass D. D (1-A β)
D. Electrolytic
46. A tuned amplifier uses what load?
40. AC load line has a/an _________ slope A. Resistive
compared to that of dc load line. B. Capacitive
A. Zero C. LC tank
B. Smaller D. Inductive
C. Bigger
D. Infinite 47. The voltage gain over mid- frequency range in
an RC coupled amplifier
41. A multistage amplifier uses at least how many A. Changes instantly with frequency
transistors? B. Is constant
A. One C. Is independent of the coupling
B. Three D. Is maximum
C. Four
D. Two 48. The input impedance of an amplifier _______
when negative voltage feedback is applied.
42. RC coupling is used for ________ A. Decreases
amplification. B. Becomes zero
A. Voltage C. Increases
B. Current D. Is unchanged
C. Signal
D. Power 49. The input impedance of an amplifier _______
when negative current feedback is applied.
43. An ammeter’s ideal resistance should be A. Remains unchanged
A. Zero B. Decreases
B. Unity C. Increases
C. Infinite D. Becomes zero
D. The same with the circuits resistance

50. To obtain the frequency response curve of an

amplifier ________ is kept constant.
44. What circuit increases the peak –to-peak A. Generator output level
voltage, current or power of a signal? B. Amplifier output
A. Power supply
C. Generator frequency A. Current
D. Amplifier frequency B. Power
C. Voltage
51. A type of oscillator wherein the frequency is D. Signal
determined by the charge and discharge of
resistor-capacitor networks used in conjunction 57. What is the typical value of coupling capacitor
with amplifiers or similar devices. Cc in RC coupling?
A. Sine wave oscillator A. About 100 pF
B. Beta generating circuit B. About 0.1µF
C. Relaxation oscillator C. About 10 µF
D. Simply an oscillator D. About 0.01µF

52. The driver transformer has center- tapped 58. An electronic transfer from one stage to the
secondary to provide next is termed as ________
A. Forward bias to transistors of push-pull circuit A. Doping
B. Two signals 180 degrees out of phase to B. Mixing
transistors of push-pull circuit C. Coupling
C. Impedance matching D. Connecting
D. Two signals in phase with each other
59. An amplifier configuration where the input
53. What is the advantage of RC coupling scheme? signal is led to the emitter terminal and the output
A. Good impedance matching from the collector terminal is called
B. Economy A. Common base
C. High efficiency B. Common emitter
D. Simplicity C. Clipper
D. Common collector
54. A type of filter which is having a single
continuous transmission band with neither the 60. If the noise factor of an ideal amplifier
upper nor the lower cut-off frequencies being zero expressed in dB, then it is
or infinite is called A. 0
A. Band stop filter B. 0.1
B. Low pass filter C. 1
C. High pass filter D. 10
D. Band pass filter
61. A feedback circuit is ________ frequency
55. An instrument use to measure ones location in A. Independent of
terms of coordinates B. Strongly dependent on
A. GPS C. Moderately dependent on
B. ILS D. Relatively dependent on
C. FANS
D. GSM 62. What is the basic purpose of applying negative
feedback to an amplifier?
56. Transformer coupling is used for _________ A. To increase gain
amplification. B. To reduce distortion
C. To keep the temperature within limits C. Low voltage gain, high current gain, very high
D. To increase input signal power gain and low input resistance
D. None of the choices
63. The capacitors are considered __________ in
the dc equivalent circuit of a transistor amplifier. 69. To amplify dc signals, multistage amplifier uses
A. Short what coupling?
B. Partially short A. RC
C. Open B. Direct
D. Partially open C. Transformer
D. Resistor
64. Which frequency produces the highest noise
factor? 70. What oscillator is used on order to produce
A. 10 kHz frequencies in the microwave region?
B. 500 Hz A. Wien bridge
C. 1 kHz B. Hartley
D. 100 Hz C. Klystron
D. Crystal
65. Power amplifiers handle __________ signals.
A. Very small 71. Practically, the voltage gain of an amplifier is
B. Small expressed
C. Large A. In volts unit
D. Very large B. In dB unit
C. As an absolute value
66. The operating point is generally located at D. As a whole number
_________ of dc load line in class A operation
A. The middle 72. What coupling provides maximum voltage
B. Saturation point gain?
C. Cut off point A. RC
D. End point B. Direct
C. Transformer
67. Which of the following describes a common D. Resistor
collector amplifier?
A. Low voltage gain 73. The gain of an amplifier __________ when
B. Low current gain negative feedback is added.
C. Low power gain A. Increases
D. Low input resistance B. Remains unchanged
C. Reduces
D. Becomes infinite

68. The general characteristics of a common base 74. Feedback factor is always
amplifier are A. Less than 1
A. High voltage gain, low current gain, high power B. Equal to 1
gain and very low input resistance C. More than 1
B. High voltage, high current gain, high power gain D. Zero
and low input resistance
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75. What class of operation is used for general B. image
amplification where no distortion can be C. image
tolerated? D. image
A. Class A
B. Class B 81. Class C operation can have ________ percent
C. Class AB efficiency.
D. Class C A. 100%
B. 78.5%
76. What class of operation is used either where C. 50%
the signal needs to be cut in half, such as in pulse D. 70%
detector or noise detectors or where push-pull
operation of two stages is required? 82. The efficiency of class AB operation has a
A. Class A maximum of between ________ percent.
B. Class B A. 90 to 100%
C. Class AB B. 60 to 80%
D. Class C C. 50 to 78.5%
D. 40.5 to 60%
77. What class of operation is used where a
portion of a signal only is required, such as the 83. Transformer coupling is generally employed
synchronizing pulse separator of a television when load resistance is
receiver? A. Large
A. Class A B. Very large
B. Class B C. Small
C. Class AB D. Zero
D. Class C
84. A dc voltage supply provides 60V when the
78. What class of operation has little use in output is unloaded. When connected to a load the
general purpose amplifiers, but is used in high output drops to 56V. Calculate the value of the
frequency oscillators? voltage regulation.
A. Class A A. 8.1%
B. Class AB B. 7.1%
C. Class B C. 5%
D. Class C D. 12%

79. Why is transformer coupling provides high 85. The __________ the voltage regulation, the
frequency? better the operation of the voltage supply circuit.
A. DC resistance is low A. Smaller
B. Collector voltage is stepped up B. Bigger
C. Collector voltage is stepped down C. Moderate
D. AC resistance is high D. Biggest

80. For constant- K high-pass filter cut-off 86. In transistor amplifiers, what transformer is
frequency (in Hz) is given by used for impedance matching?
A. Step up C. Independent of the values of
B. Power D. Proportional to square of
C. Step down
D. Isolation 93. An oscillator employs _________ feedback.
A. Positive
87. If an amplifier has a power gain of 100, then its B. Negative
dB gain is C. Both positive and negative
A. 10 D. Neither positive nor negative
B. 40
C. 20 94. What is the reason why RC coupling is not
D. 100 used to amplify extremely low frequencies?
A. There is considerable power loss
88. In order to have more voltage gain from a B. Electrical size of coupling capacitor becomes
transformer amplifier the transistor used should very large
have C. There is a hum in the output
A. Thin collector D. Electrical size of coupling capacitor becomes
B. Thin base very small
C. Wide emitter
D. Thin emitter 95. Given three amplifiers with a gain of 10 and
are connected in cascade. How much is the overall
89. The final stage of an amplifier uses _______ gain?
coupling. A. 24
A. Direct B. 10,000
B. RC C. 30
C. Transformer D. 20
D. Impedance
96. A pair of filter common on high fidelity system
90. The largest theoretical voltage gain obtained which separate audio frequency band signals into
with a common collector amplifier is two separate groups, where one is fed to the
A. 100 tweeter and the other to the woofer is called
B. 10 A. Equalizer
C. Unity B. Synthesizer
D. Infinite C. Cross over network
D. Hybrid
91. Increasing the overall Beta is an advantage of
A. Clap oscillator 97. The frequency response of transformer
B. Crystal oscillator coupling is
C. Darlington pair A. Good
D. CE amplifier B. Excellent
C. Poor
92. The frequency of oscillation is __________ L D. Very good
and C in an LC oscillator.
A. Inversely proportional to square root of 98. The simplest variable frequency sinusoidal
B. Directly proportional to oscillator is the
A. Complicated Colpitts circuit C. Amplifiers
B. Crystal circuit D. Receivers
C. Armstrong circuit
D. Phase shift circuit 105. The gain of an amplifier is expressed in dB
unit because
99. Which of the following is provided by a CB A. It is a simple unit
transistor amplifier? B. Calculations become easy
A. Voltage gain C. Human ear response is logarithmic
B. Power gain D. It is the most appropriate unit
C. Current gain
D. Gain stability 106. What is the typical value of the emitter
bypass capacitor CE in a multistage amplifier?
100. In the initial stages of a multistage amplifier, A. About 0.1 µF
________ coupling is used. B. About 50 µF
A. Link C. About 100 pF
B. RC D. About 0.01 µF
C. Transformer
D. Impedance 107. In a multistage amplifier, if the stages have R
and C component only, _______ operation is
101. The three amplifiers are connected in a apparent.
multistage arrangement each with a voltage gain A. Class B
of 30. Compute for the overall voltage gain. B. Class C
A. 90 C. Class A
B. 27,000 D. Class AB
C. 10
D. 30 108. In practice, what is normally varied in order
to change the frequency of oscillation?
102. If Av is 50 Ai is 200, what is the power gain of A. Capacitance
a common emitter amplifier? B. Inductance
A. 1,000 C. Resistance
B. 10,000 D. Impedance
C. 100
D. 100,000 109. What is the main consideration in the output
stage of an amplifier?
103. The gain of an amplifier with feedback is A. Power output
known as _______ gain. B. Voltage gain
A. Closed loop C. Power gain
B. Resonant D. Current gain
C. Open loop
D. Unity 110. Transformer coupling provides high gain
because
104. Negative feedback is employed in A. Transformer is very efficient
A. Oscillators B. Impedance matching can be achieved
B. Rectifiers C. Transformer steps up the voltage
D. Transformer steps up the current C. Intermediate frequency
D. Low frequency
111. When negative voltage feedback is applied to
an amplifier, its output impedance 118. What is the ratio of output to input
A. Remains unchanged impedance of a CE amplifier?
B. Decreases A. Very low
C. Increases B. Very high
D. Becomes zero C. Moderate
D. Approximately 1
112. An LC oscillator cannot be used to produce
______ frequencies. 119. For a constant output frequency, the simplest
A. High sinusoidal oscillator is the _______.
B. Very high A. Crystal oscillator
C. Audio B. Phase-shift circuit
D. Very low C. Colpitts circuits
D. Hartley circuit
113. A transistor converts
A. Dc power into ac power 120. The frequency stability of the oscillator
B. Ac power into dc power output is maximum in _________ oscillator.
C. High resistance into low resistance A. LC
D. Low resistance into high resistance B. Crystal
C. Phase-shift
114. Hartley oscillator is commonly used in which D. Wien bridge
of the following?
A. Radio receivers 121. Transformer coupling introduces what type of
B. TV receivers distortion?
C. Radio transmitters A. Amplitude
D. CATV B. Frequency
C. Phase
115. An oscillator oscillates due to D. Intermodulation
A. Negative feedback
B. Positive feedback 122. A pulsating dc applied to power amplifiers
C. Both positive and negative feedback causes
D. Neither positive nor negative feedback A. Burning of transistor
B. Hum in the circuit
116. Generally tuned amplifiers are operated in C. Excessive forward voltage
A. Class C D. Excessive reverse voltage
B. Class A
C. Class B 123. What is the disadvantage of impedance
D. Class AB matching?
A. It gives distorted output
117. A tuned amplifier is used in what application? B. It requires a transformer
A. Radio frequency C. It gives low power output
B. Audio frequency D. It is expensive
 B. Negative
124. In a phase-shift oscillator, _________ RC C. Both positive and negative
sections are generally used. D. Either positive or negative
A. Three
B. Four 131. Which of the items below is not a description
C. Two of the two-stage amplifier?
D. Five A. The input resistance is equal to the input
resistance of the first stage unless feedback is
125. In phase-shift oscillator, what are the applied
frequency determining elements? B. Its output resistance is equal to the output
A. L and C resistance of the final stage unless feedback is
B. R, L and C applied
C. R and C C. Its noise level is equal to the accumulated noise
D. R and L of the two stages, either by multiplying the noise
voltage amplitudes together or by adding the
126. When the gain is 20 without feedback and 12 noise decibel levels together
with negative feedback, feedback factor is D. The output resistance is equal to the output
A. 0.033 resistance of the first stage unless feedback is
B. 3/5 applied.
C. 5/3
D. 1/5 132. What is the most costly coupling?
A. RC coupling
127. The input impedance of which amplifier
B. Direct
depends strongly on load resistance?
C. Transformer
A. CE
D. Inductive
B. CC
C. CB 133. When the output of an amplifier is 10V and
D. CD 100mV from the output is fed back to the input,
feedback factor is
128. What capacitors are used in transistor
A. 10
amplifiers?
B. 0.1
A. Paper
C. 0.01
B. Electrolytic
D. 0.15
C. Mica
D. Mylar 134. What is the piezoelectric effect in a crystal?
129. An important limitation of crystal oscillator is A. Voltage is developed because of mechanical
A. Its low output stress
B. Its high Q B. Change in resistance because of temperature
C. Less availability of quartz crystal C. Change of frequency because of temperature
D. Its high output D. Current is developed due to force applied

130. What type of feedback is used in Wien bridge

oscillator? 135. The input resistance of a common emitter
A. Positive amplifier is affected by
A. Re, re and β B. Negative
B. Rc and re C. Zero
C. β and re D. Infinite
D. α and re
142. What is the purpose of the bypass capacitor
136. What is the typical Q of a crystal? in a common-emitter amplifier?
A. 100 A. It increases voltage gain
B. 50 B. It decreases voltage gain
C. 1000 C. It provides ac grounding
D. More than 10,000 D. No effect in the circuit

137. What is the axis that connects the corners of 143. An emitter follower is equivalent to
a crystal? A. Common emitter amplifier
A. X B. Common collector amplifier
B. Mechanical C. Common base amplifier
C. Y D. Hybrid connection
D. Z
144. The crystal oscillator frequency is very stable
138. Determine the attenuation in dB for a T-pad due to __________ of the crystal.
for which R1=R2=40Ω and R3= 36 Ω. The pad A. Rigidity
connects a 50 Ω generator to a 50 Ω load. B. Ductility
A. 9.83 dB C. High Q
B. 83.93 dB D. Low Q
C. 10.83 dB
D. 11.93 dB 145. The bandwidth of an amplifier ________
when negative feedback is applied.
139. What is usually employed at the output stage A. Decreases
of an amplifier? B. Remains unchanged
A. Class A power amplifier C. Becomes infinite
B. Push-pull amplifier D. Increases
C. Pre-amplifier
D. Differential amplifier 146. The term 1+ A β in the expression for gain
with negative feedback is known as
140. Why is it that the size of a power transistor is A. Gain factor
made considerably large? B. Sacrifice factor
A. To provide easy handling C. Feedback factor
B. To dissipate more heat D. Quality factor
C. To simply construction
D. To facilitate connections 147. Emitter follower employs ________ negative
feedback.
141. When crystal frequency increases with A. 50%
temperature, it has ________ temperature co- B. 25%
efficient. C. 75%
A. Positive D. 100%
 154. What is the purpose of capacitors in a
148. What application where one would most transistor amplifier?
likely find a crystal oscillator? A. To protect the transistor
A. Radio transmitter B. To cool the transistor
B. AF generator C. To couple or bypass ac component
C. Radio receiver D. To provide biasing
D. Oscilloscope
155. What is the phase difference between
149. What is the most important consideration in voltage across collector load and signal voltage in
power amplifiers? a common emitter amplifier?
A. Collector efficiency A. 0°
B. Biasing the circuit B. 270°
C. To keep the transformer cool C. 180°
D. Amplifier distortion D. 90°

150. When the gain versus frequency curve of a 156. When CE configuration is used for an
transistor amplifier is not flat, _______ distortion oscillator, the voltage fed back must
is present. A. Be inverted by 180°
A. Amplitude B. Be taken from a capacitor
B. Frequency C. Have a 0° phase shift
C. Intermodulation D. Taken from an inductor
D. Phase
157. Class B operation has a maximum possible
151. In a Colpitt’s oscillator, feedback is obtained frequency of ______ percent.
A. By magnetic induction A. 100%
B. By a tickler coil B. 78.5%
C. From the center of split capacitors C. 75%
D. From the center of split inductors D. 2.2%

152. When the collector resistor in a common 158. What is the most stable sine-wave oscillator
emitter amplifier is increased in value the voltage which uses piezo-electric quartz crystal?
gain A. Crystal oscillator
A. Increases B. Wien-bridge oscillator
B. Decreases C. DC restorer
C. Remain the same D. Hartley and Colpitts oscillator
D. Becomes erratic

159. To sustain oscillations, the power gain of the

153. The output signal of CE amplifier is always amplifier may be
A. Out of phase with the input signal A. Between 0.1 and 0.5
B. Equal to the input signal B. Any value form 0.5 upward
C. In phase with the input signal C. Equal to or greater than 1
D. Larger than the input signal D. Infinite
160. In a phase shift oscillator, 180° phase-shift is B. image
obtained C. image
A. A transformer D. image
B. LC tank circuit
C. Three RC sections 167. Which operation gives the maximum
D. Three LC sections distortion?
A. Class A
161. Feedback circuit usually employs ________ B. Class C
network C. Class B
A. Resistive D. Class AB
B. Inductive 168. Low efficiency of a power amplifier results in
C. Capacitive A. Low forward bias
D. Active B. Less battery consumption
C. More battery consumption
162. Emitter follower is used for D. Low power output
A. Impedance matching
B. Voltage gain 169. In an LC oscillator, the frequency of
C. Current gain oscillations is given by
D. Power gain A. image
B. image
163. One of the items below is a characteristic of C. image
cascaded amplifiers? D. image
A. Doubles transconductance
B. Total gain is lessen 170. Class A operation has a maximum possible
C. Increased overall gain efficiency of ______ percent.
D. Increased overall amplification ratio A. 100%
B. 50%
164. Logic analyzer is used to C. 75%
A. Verify the logic operation of the gates in a D. 25%
circuit
B. To display the fall time 171. Which of the following amplifier below is a
C. To sample and display systems signal choice when higher power gain is a requirement?
D. To analyze the logic operation of the system A. Common base
B. Common emitter
165. Quartz crystal is most commonly used in C. Common collector
crystal oscillators because D. Hybrid connection
A. It is easily available
B. It has superior electrical properties 172. The signal generator generally used in
C. It is quite inexpensive laboratories is ________ oscillator
D. It is very rugged A. Crystal
B. Wien-bridge
166. The operating frequency of a Wien-bridge C. Hartley
oscillator is given by D. Phase-shift
A. image
173. A buffer amplifier is used for C. Increased 2 times
A. Maximum loading and minimum mismatch D. Increased 4 times
B. Minimum loading and minimum mismatch
C. Maximum loading and maximum mismatch 180. A class A power amplifier is otherwise known
D. Minimum loading and maximum mismatch as
A. Single ended amplifier
174. Parasitic oscillations are caused by B. Darlington amplifier
A. Output negative feedback C. Symmetrical amplifier
B. Push-pull operation D. Differential amplifier
C. Poor interstage coupling
D. Transistor interelectrode capacitance 181. The power input to a power amplifier is
__________ quantity.
175. Which is a fixed-frequency oscillator A. ac
A. Phase-shift oscillator B. Pulsating dc
B. Colpitt’s oscillator C. dc
C. Hartley oscillator D. sinusoidal
D. Crystal oscillator
182. When shock-excited, a crystal will produce
176. The approximate operating frequency of a alternating emf longer than an LC circuit because
phase shift oscillator is given by A. has greater mechanical strength
A. image B. has fewer losses
B. image C. is small-sized
C. image D. is very rigid
D. image
183. The stability of a regulated power supply is
177. The frequency of the ripple voltage at the equivalent to
output of a full-wave rectifier at 60 cycles. A. change of output voltage over the change in
A. 120 cycles supply voltage
B. 60 cycles B. change in supply voltage over the change of
C. 240 cycles output voltage
D. 480 cycles C. product of the output voltage and supply
voltage
D. the difference of an output voltage to its supply
178. Cascaded amplifiers total decibel gain is voltage
equal to
A. The sum of the individual gains 184. What oscillator circuit uses a tapped coil in
B. The product of the individual gains the tuned circuit?
C. The difference of the individual gains A. Hartley
D. The quotient of the individual gains B. Colpitts
C. Crystal
179. In an LC oscillator, if the value of L is D. Pierce
increased four times, then the frequency of
oscillation is 185. If you move towards an oscillating circuit, its
A. Decreased 2 times frequency changes because of
B. Decreased 4 times
A. Hand capacitance C. 0°
B. Movement of the body D. 90°
C. Noise of foot
D. Stray capacitance 192. Class C operation is preferred in oscillators
because it
186. Which of the following is not a FET amplifier A. Is more efficient
configuration? B. Gives larger outputs
A. Common base amplifier C. Produces square waves
B. Common drain amplifier D. Increases stability
C. Common source amplifier 193. What type of oscillator which is composed of
D. Common gate amplifier one or more amplifying devices with some
frequency determining networks introducing
187. The number of transistor in a single stage positive feedback at a particular frequency so that
amplifier is oscillation is sustained at that frequency?
A. Two A. Sine wave oscillator
B. Three B. Square-wave generator
C. One C. Relaxation oscillator
D. Four D. Limiter

188. Series current negative feedback occurs when 194. What is the desired input impedance of a
the feedback voltage is proportional to the output transistor?
A. Voltage A. Low
B. Impedance B. Very low
C. Current C. High
D. Power D. Very high

189. Which of the following is NOT an oscillator 195. What is the maximum collector efficiency of
requirement? class B?
A. Attenuator A. 50%
B. Amplifier B. 90%
C. Tank circuit C. 60.5%
D. Feedback D. 78.5%

190. An amplifier with efficiency of 85% is likely to 196. When a transistor is cut off
be A. Maximum current flows
A. Class A B. Maximum voltage appears across load
B. Class B C. Maximum voltage appears across transistor
C. Class AB D. Minimum current flows
D. Class C
197. In an LC circuit, when the capacitor energy is
191. What is the phase difference between the maximum, the inductor energy is
output and the input voltage of a CE amplifier? A. Maximum
A. 180° B. Minimum
B. 270° C. Half-way between maximum and minimum
D. Zero 204. When a FET with a lower transconductance is
substituted into a FET amplifier circuit, what
198. What is the approximate gain of an amplifier happens?
with negative feedback? A. The current gain does not change
A. The feedback factor B. The voltage gain decreases
B. The reciprocal of feedback factor plus one C. The circuit disamplifies
C. The reciprocal of feedback factor D. The input resistance decreases
D. The feedback factor plus one
205. At zero signal condition, a transistor
199. The operating point in a transistor amplifier sees______ load.
moves along ________ when an ac signal is A. dc
applied B. ac
A. dc load line C. both dc and ac
B. ac load line D. resistive
C. both dc and ac load lines
D. cut-off 206. What is the gain of an amplifier with negative
feedback if the feedback factor is 0.01?
A. 10
200. An oscillator converts B. 1,000
A. ac power into dc power C. 100
B. dc power into ac power D. 500
C. mechanical power into ac power
D. electrical power into mechanical power 207. The current gain of an emitter follower is
A. Equal to 1
201. What is the device in a transistor oscillator? B. Greater than 1
A. LC tank circuit C. Less than 1
B. Biasing circuit D. Zero
C. Transistor
D. Feedback circuit 208. The current in any branch of a transistor
amplifier that is operating is
202. When the collector supply is 5V, then A. ac only
collector cut off voltage under dc condition is B. the sum of ac and dc
A. 20 V C. the difference of ac and dc
B. 10 V D. dc only
C. 2.5 V
D. 5 V 209. An ideal differential amplifiers common
mode rejection ratio is
203. The common base (CB) amplifier has a A. Infinite
______ compared to CE and CC amplifier. B. Zero
A. Lower input resistance C. Unity
B. Larger current gain D. Undetermined
C. Larger voltage gain
D. Higher input resistance 210. An open fuse circuit has a resistance equal to
A. Zero
B. Unity C. 50%
C. At least 100Ω at standard D. 6%
D. Infinity
217. What is the ideal maximum voltage gain of a
211. What is the purpose of dc conditions in a common collector amplifier?
transistor? A. Unity
A. To reverse bias the emitter B. Infinite
B. To forward bias the emitter C. Indeterminate
C. To set up operating point D. Zero
D. To turn on the transistor
218. The output power of a transistor amplifier is
212. The ac variations at the output side of power more than the input power due to additional
supply circuits are called _______. power supplied by
A. Ripples A. Transistor
B. Pulses B. Collector supply
C. Waves C. Emitter supply
D. Filters D. Base supply

213. What is the purpose of the emitter capacitor? 219. When a transistor amplifier feeds a load of
A. To forward bias the emitter low resistance, its voltage gain will be
B. To reduce noise in the amplifier A. Low
C. To avoid drop in gain B. Very high
D. To stabilize emitter voltage C. High
D. Moderate
214. A common emitter circuit is also called
________ circuit. 220. The capacitors are considered _________ in
A. Grounded emitter the ac equivalent circuit of a transistor amplifier.
B. Grounded collector A. Open
C. Grounded base B. Partially open
D. Emitter follower C. Short
D. Partially short
215. The output signal of a common-collector
amplifier is always 221. For highest power gain, what configuration is
A. Larger than the input signal used?
B. In phase with the input signal A. CC
C. Out of phase with the input signal B. CB
D. Exactly equal to the input signal C. CE
D. CS
216. Calculate the ripples of the filter output if a
dc and ac voltmeter is used and measures the 222. What is the most important characteristic of
output signal from a filter circuit of 25 VDC and a common collector amplifier?
1.5 Vrms A. High input voltage
A. 5% B. High input resistance
B. 10% C. High output resistance
D. Its being an amplifier circuit 229. What is the maximum collector efficiency of a
resistance loaded class A power amplifier?
223. Which of the item below does not describe a A. 50%
common emitter amplifier? B. 78.5%
A. High voltage gain C. 25%
B. High current gain D. 30%
C. Very high power gain
D. High input resistance 230. What is the maximum collector efficiency of a
transformer coupled class A power amplifier?
224. CC configuration is used for impedance A. 30%
matching because its B. 80%
A. Input impedance is very high C. 45%
B. Input impedance is very low D. 50%
C. Output impedance is very low
D. Output impedance is zero 231. Class C amplifiers are used as
A. AF amplifiers
225. Which of the following is the other name of B. Small signal amplifiers
the output stage in an amplifier? C. RF amplifiers
A. Load stage D. IF amplifiers
B. Audio stage
C. Power stage 232. Find the voltage drop developed across a D’
D. RF stage Arsonval meter movement having an internal
resistance of 1 kΩ and a full deflection current of
226. When amplifiers are cascaded 150uA.
A. The gain of each amplifier is increased A. 150 µV
B. A lower supply voltage is required B. 150 mV
C. The overall gain is increased C. 150 V
D. Each amplifier has to work less D. 200 mV

227. Ina common emitter amplifier, the capacitor

from emitter to ground is called the
A. Coupling capacitor 233. If the capacitor from emitter to ground in a
B. Bypass capacitor common emitter amplifier is removed, the voltage
C. Decoupling capacitor gain
D. Tuning capacitor A. Increases
B. Decreases
228. A class A power amplifier uses ________ C. Becomes erratic
transistor(s). D. Remains the same
A. Two
B. One 234. Comparatively, power amplifier has _______
C. Three β.
D. Four A. Large
B. Very large
C. Small
D. Very small 241. When negative current feedback is applied to
an amplifier, its output impedance
235. The driver stage usually employs ________ A. increases
amplifier. B. remains unchanged
A. Class A power C. decreases
B. Class C D. becomes zero
C. Push-pull
D. Class AB 242. The quiescent current of a FET amplifier is
A. IDS
236. The push-pull circuit must use ______ B. id
operation. C. ID
A. Class A D. Id
B. Class B
C. Class C 243. The total decibel voltage gain of two
D. Class AB cascaded voltage amplifier where individual
voltage gains are 10 and 100 is
237. A complementary-symmetry amplifier has A. 20
A. One PNP and one NPN transistor B. 60
B. Two PNP transistors C. 800
C. Two NPN transistors D. 1000
D. Two PNP and two NPN transistors
244. The frequency response of the combined
238. Power amplifiers generally use transformer amplifier can be compared with
coupling because transformer coupling provides A. An OR gate
A. Cooling of the circuit B. A negative feedback amplifier
B. Distortionless output C. A positive filter
C. Impedance matching D. An AND gate
D. Good frequency response

239. The output transformer used in a power 245. Minimum interference with frequency
amplifier is a/an _______ transformer response can be given by
A. 1:1 ratio A. Direct coupling
B. Step-down B. RC coupling
C. Step-up C. Transformer coupling
D. Isolation D. Instrumentation and control

240. Transformer coupling can be used in 246. The impedance of a load must match the
___________ amplifiers impedance of the amplifier so that
A. Only power A. Minimum power is transferred to the load
B. Only voltage B. The efficiency can be maintained at low level
C. Either power or voltage C. The signal-to-noise ratio is maximized
D. Neither power nor voltage D. Maximum power is transferred to the load
247. The ratio output rms power in watts to the
input dc power in watts in the different amplifier
class is called _________.
A. Gain
B. Amplification factor
C. Efficiency
D. Phase power

248. Consider a zener diode with a slope

resistance of 10 Ω in series with a 90 Ω resistor fed
from a dc supply containing a ripple voltage of
20mV peak-to-peak. Compute for the ripple
voltage in load
A. 1 mV p-p
B. 2 mV p-p
C. 1 V p-p
D. 6mV p-p

249. The ________ of a common collector

configuration is unity
A. Voltage gain
B. Current gain
C. Power gain
D. Input impedance

250. Transmit time is the time taken by the

electrons on holes to pass from
A. Emitter to collector
B. Collector to emitter
C. Base to emitter
D. Base to collector