ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

Assignment 2

1. In any communication system, amplifiers compensate the attenuation of the signals, what can
we done in order to improve the efficiency of an amplifier?
a. reducing the supply voltage b. decreasing unwanted power loss
c. increasing supply current d. reducing load power

2. How does an ohmmeter behaves if its positive lead is connected to a cathode while negative
as to anode?
a. decreasing resistance b. infinite high resistance
c. unstable resistance d. very very low resistance

3. Negative feedback was developed by Harold Black and typically employed in amplifiers to
reduce what?
a. feedback fraction b. error voltage
c. distortion d. gains full control

4. Dynamic impedance of a parallel circuit is calculated by this formula.

a. L/CR b. L/C
c. RL/C d. LC/R

5. Which of the following refers to the characteristics of a magnetic line of force?

a. travels from south to north through the surrounding medium of a bar magnet
b. travels back and forth between north and south pole of a magnet
c. travels from north to south through the surrounding medium of the bar magnet
d. stay stationary between the north and the south pole of a bar magnet

6. If a transformer steps the impedance up, it steps the voltage________.

a. down b. up
c. remains the same d. fluctuating

7. Why is it that ordinary diode don t work properly at high frequencies?

a. because of forward bias b. because of reverse bias
c. because of breakdown d. because of charge storage

8. A varactor has its internal capacitance varies with the applied voltage. What will happen
then if we increase the reverse voltage being applied across the varactor?
a. the capacitance increases b. the voltage crippled
c. its reactance increases d. the varactor will emit light because it will
be burnt

9. A current surge takes place when a power supply is first tuned in because
a. transformer core is suddenly magnetized
b. the diodes suddenly start to conduct
c. the filter capacitor must be initially charged
d. arcing takes place in the switch

10. Zener diodes are used in voltage regulation, as an engineer how are you going to describe
the breakdown voltage of a zener diode?
a. its increasing exponentially
b. its almost constant
c. it destroy the zener diode
d. well measured and apply to forward biased the zener diode

11. What is the purpose of coupling capacitor in a typical transistor amplifier?

a. increase the output impedance of the transistor
b. to increase the amplifier’s gain
c. pass ac and block any dc signal
d. protect the transistor from surges

12. When a pure semiconductor is heated, its resistance__________.

a. goes up b. goes down
c. no change d. becomes conductance

13. Most of the majority carriers from the emitter _________.

a. recombine in the base b. recombine in the emitter
c. pass through the base and to the collector d.pass the base and back to emitter

14. In some design of transistor amplifier, we usually shunt a capacitor across the emitter
resistor, what is the purpose of this action ?

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a. forward bias the emitter
b. avoid voltage drop in the gain
c. reduce noise in the amplifier
d. additional stuff just to increase design’s complexity

15. For proper operation of the transistor, its collector should have___________.
a. proper forward bias
b. proper reverse bias
c. very small thickness
d. a LED, a red one for monitor and display

16. A circuit has a supply voltage of 0.65Volts forward biasing a silicon diode and a LED at
the output. What most likely will occur?
a. the LED wont light
b. the LED will blink and goes off
c. the LED light steadily
d. the LED changes its color from red, orange and then busted

17. Your functioning VOM is set to ohmmeter function, the positive lead is connected to the
anode of the LED and the negative lead is on the cathode terminal. The LED does not emit any
light. What does it imply?
a. its alright the LED will never light in that condition
b. the LED is busted
c. the battery of the VOM is depleted
d. the position of the leads is wrong so it wont light

18. It is the measure of the amount of load a machine can turn.

a. radian force b. load factor
c. torque d. tension

19. The concentration of minority carriers in case of N-type semiconductors mainly depends
upon
a. the purity of the semiconductor material b. the doping technique
c. distribution of impurities in semiconductor material d. the temperature of the material

20. As the temperature of the semiconductor increases

a. its resistivity increases
b. its conductivity increases
c. its atomic number decreases
d. its temperature coefficient becomes zero

21. A piece of silicon doped with 6 x 1015 aluminum atoms/cm3 and 3 x 1015 antimony
atoms/cm3. The resulting material will be
a. p-type with hole concentration more than electron concentration
b. p-type with electron concentration more than hole concentration
c. n-type with electron concentration more than hole concentration
d. n-type with hole concentration greater than electron concentration

22. Semiconductors are sensitive to

a. light energy b. heat
c. magnetic energy d. all of the above

23. Germanium is ________________.

a. amorphous solid b. liquid crystal
c. crystalline d. transitional soild

24. The diffusion current is proportional to

a. applied electric field
b. concentration gradient of charge carriers
c. inverse of the applied electric field
d. inverse of the concentration gradient of the charge carriers

25. Light falls on one end of a long open-circuited n-type semiconductor bar. For low level
injection, the hole current is due predominantly to
a. drift b. diffusion
c. both drift and diffusion d. light gyration

26 At absolute zero, a pure semiconductor behaves like an insulator because

a. forbidden energy gap is reduced
b. drift velocity of free electrons is very small
c. no free electrons are available for current conduction

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d. recombination of holes and electrons is slow

27. In a color TV, there is sound but no picture but the screen is illuminated, which of
the following functional elements will most likely have failed?
a. Rf amplifier b. tuner
c. video detector d. deflection am[plifiers

28. ________is a device that stay on once triggered and store one of two conditions as a
digital circuit.
a. latch b. gate
c. oscillator d. integrator

29. For a good 0.05 uF paper capacitor, the ohmmeter reading should
a. Go quickly to 100 ohms approximately and remain there
b. show low resistance momentarily and back off to a very high resistance
c. show high resistance momentarily and then a very low resistance
d. the pointer does not move at all

30. Which of the following is true?

a. air capacitors have a black band to indicate the outside foil
b. mica capacitors are available in capacitance values of 1 to 10 uF
c. electrolytic capacitors must be connected in the correct polarity
d. ceramic capacitors must be connected in the correct polarity

31. Capacitance increases with

a. larger plate area and greater distance between plates
b. smaller plate area and greater distance between plates
c. larger plate area and lesser distance between plates
d. smaller plate area and greater distance between plates

32. Inductive reactance is measured in ohms because it

a. reduces the amplitude of the alternating current
b. increases the amplitude of the alternating current
c. increases the amplitude of direct current
d. has a back emf that opposes direct current

33. When current in a conductor increases, Lenz Law says that the self induced voltage will
a. tend to increase the amount of current
b. aid the applied voltage
c. produce current opposing the increasing current
d. aid the increasing current producing higher concentration

34. Direct current voltage is characterized by____________.

a. its value cannot be stepped up or down by transformer
b. easier to amplify
c. reverses polarity
d. signal input and output for amplifiers

35. A capacitive reactance close to zero indicates

a. a high resistance
b. large capacitance at high frequency
c. small capacitance at low frequency
d. small resistance

36. The dominant critical frequency of a 741-op amp is being controlled by_____________.
a. a coupling capacitor
b. a compensation capacitor
c. a bypass capacitor
d. a filter capacitor

37. When carrying out a soldering procedure in electronics work, it is necessary to

a. to use acid flux
b. use least amount of solder
c. clean all parts after soldering
d. use adequate but not excessive amount of heat

38. Defined as the ratio of the amount of magnetic flux linking a secondary coil compared
to the flux generated by the primary coil
a. coefficient of magnetism
b. magnetic coefficient
c. coefficient of coupling
d. coefficient of self inductance

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39. How are networks able to transform one impedance to another?
a. resistance in the networks substitute for resistance in the load
b. matching network can cancel the reactive part of an impedance and change the value of the
resistive part of an impedance
c.the matching network introduces negative resistance to cancel the resistive part of an
impedance
d. matching network introduces transconductance to cancel the reactive part of the impedance

40. A law which states that the ratio of the thermal conductivity to the electric
conductivity is proportional to the absolute temperature for all metals
a. Wiedeman-Licuanan law
b. Wiedeman-Franz law
c. Wiedeman-Childs law
d. Wiedeman-Sisters law

41. What is the purpose of flux?

a. removes oxides from the surface to be joined
b. prevents oxidation during soldering
c. acid cleans printed circuit connections
d. both a and b

42. Why would the rate at which electrical energy is used in an circuit be less than the
product of the magnitude of the ac voltage and current?
a. because there are only resistances in the circuit
b. because there are no reactances on the circuit
c. because there is a phase angle that is greater than zero between the current and voltage
d. because there is a phase angle that is equal to zero between the current and voltage

43. An insulating element or material has the capability of _______.

a. storing high voltage
b. preventing short circuit between the conducting wires
c. storing high current
d. conducting small amount of current

44. Residual magnetism is_____________.

a. the external magnetic field when the current is flowing through the exciting coil
b. the flux density which exist in the iron core when the magnetic field intensity is reduced
to zero
c. the flux density which exist in the iron core when the magnetic field intensity is at its
maximum value
d. the flux density when the core is saturated

45. Load regulation is a measure of power supplies ability to keep a constant output under
conditions of changing
a. line voltage
b. current demand
c. temperature
d. oscillator frequency

46. Emitter region in a n NPN transistor is heavily doped than base region so that
a. flow across the base region will be mainly holes
b. flow across the base region will be mainly electrons
c. base current is low
d. base current is high

47. IGFET is a _______________.

a. linear device b. square law device
c. half power device d. bipolar device

48. For a half wave rectifier having an input of 50 Hz signal, what is the ripple frequency
of the output?
a. 25 Hz b. 50 Hz
c. 100 Hz d. 75 Hz

49. In an emitter follower circuit, where is the output taken from?

a. base b. emitter
c.collector d. drain

50. The atomic number of germanium is 32, the number of electrons in the outermost shell is
a. 2 b. 4
c. 6 d. 8

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51. The BEST choice electronic device to turn in a device at a particular voltage is a/an
______.
a. SCR b. SCS
c. DIAC d. PUT

52. What term is used to describe the ability of a system to distinguish between targets that
are close together?
a. Radar sensitivity b. Target designation
c. Radar agility d. Target resolution

53. What do you call a concept which describes the relationship of all functional components
of a computer such a CPU and input/output devices?
a. Engineering development b. Architecture
c. Prototyping d. Pre-production modeling

54. The use of feedback to achieve the desired response of a dynamic system in the presence of
uncertainties, disturbance or constraints is called ______.
a. Synchronization b. Response
c. Regulation d. Servomechanism

55. The primary purpose of a voltage regulator is to provide an output voltage with little or
no ______.
a. Figure of merit b. Value
c. Regulation d. Variation

56. A program whose sabotage depends on certain conditions is called a:

a. bug b. worm
c. vaccine d. bomb

57. In waveguide theory, what causes the current-carrying area at the center conductor of the
coaxial line to be restricted to a small layer at the surface?
a. Dielectric losses b. Standing wave
c. Skin effect d. Copper losses

58. This peak current specified for a given number of cycles or portion of a cycle.
a. Surge current b. Maximum Current
c. Peak Surge Current d. High Current

59. An electron moves into the electric field between a positive charge and negative charge.
Toward which charge will the electron move?
a. Outwards b. the negative charge
c. the center d. the positive charge

60. _____ is the definite discrete amount of energy of required to move an electron from a
lower shell to a higher shell
a. Quantum b. Positive energy
c. Quanta d. Surge energy

61. A person who illegally access a computer system

a. hijacker b. theft
c. hacker d. pirate

62. Monolithic integrated circuits are usually referred to as ______.

a. Selenium rectifiers b. Substrates
c. Silicon chips d. Hybrids

63. ______ is an intermodulation condition that occurs when a carrier is modulated by an

undesired signal.
a. Short modulation b. Cross modulation
c. Under modulation d. Over modulation

64. In microwave tubes what is the basic principle of the operations of a klystron?
a. Strong electrostatic field b. Energy transfer and amplification
c. Oscillation d. Velocity modulation

65. An English scientist who drew up plans for the first programmable computer in 1830.
a. Vannevar Bush b. William Oughtred
c. Charles Babbage d. Herman Hollerith

66. In an optical coupler, this parameter is the ratio of the output current to the input
current through the LED, expressed in percentage. What is this ratio?

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 a. DC current coupling ratio b. AC current transfer ratio
c. AC current coupling ratio d. DC current transfer ratio

67. ______ refers to the difference between the carrier frequencies of an FM signal and the
instantaneous frequency of its modulated wave
a. Differential frequency b. Frequency deviation
c. Modulated frequency d. Frequency band

68. The most widely used abrasive is ________.

a. Tungsten b. Graphite
c. Silicon carbide (carburandum) d. Alumina

69. The most common bias circuit providing Q-point stability with a single polarity supply
voltage is what type bias circuit.
a. Collector feedback b. Voltage divider
c. Emitter d. Base

70. What happens to the portion of the wavefront that do not satisfy the boundary conditions,
when a wavefront is radiated into a waveguide?
a. It collapses b. It decreases to zero
c. It is reflected feedback d. It increases to maximum

71. The schokley diode is a thyristor that conducts when the voltage across its terminal
exceeds the ______ potential.
a. Trigger b. Breakover
c. Operating d. Maximum

72. The value of the drain-to-source voltage of an FET at which the drain current becomes
constant when the gate-to-source voltage is zero is called _______ voltage.
a. Breakdown b. Cut off
c. Threshold d. Pinch off

73. Insulators are characterized by a _______ energy gap between its conduction band and
valence band.
a. Very narrow b. Wide
c. Very wide d. Narrow

74. ________ is an electrical current the flows in one direction only.

a. Normal current b. Direct current
c. Alternating current d. Eddy current

75. The input resistance at the gate of an FET is _______.

a. Relatively low b. Zero
c. Extremely high d. Average

76. It is generated in a DC motor as armature coils out the field flux and opposes the applied
voltage, and limits the flow of armature current.
a. Electromotive force b. Field excitation
c. Counter-electromotive force d. Armature excitation

77. The person responsible for the research design and development of a complete information
system.
a. Programmer b. People ware
c. System analyst d. Computer operator

78. Ina robotic system, how many degrees of freedom can be given to a manipulator by adding a
wrist?
a. Four b. Six
c. Three d. Two

79. Term for energy that is store in electromagnetic or electrostatic field.

a. Amperes-joules b. Joules-coulombs
c. Potential energy d. Kinetic energy

80. What do you call the “filter” between a corporate network and the internet that keeps the
corporate network secure from intruders while giving corporate users unhibited access to
the internet?
a. Bandstep b. Bandpass
c. Firewall d. Firestorm

81. Which of the following circuit conditions requires circuit protection>

1. Direct short/ short circuit

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 2. Excessive heat
3. Excessive current
a. 1 and 3 only b. 2 and 3 only
c. 1,2 and 3 d. 1 and 2 only

82. Hashing to get an address is the process of applying a formula to a

a. key b. record
c. file d. character

83. A measure of the energy absorbed from radiation by tissue or other biological material and
is equal to the transfer of 1 x10-3 joul of energy per kilogram of material is called
a________.
a. radical b. radian
c. rad d.grad

84. The type of feedback used to increase amplitude of output signal

a. Negative feedback b. positive feedback
c. unwanted feedback d. fidelity feedback

85. A transistor constructed with three-doped semiconductor region separated by two pn

junction is called in _____
a. metal oxide semiconductor FET b. field effect transistor
c. junction field effect transistor d. bipolar junction transistor

86. A type of filter that passes a narrow band of frequencies through a current and attenuates
all other frequencies that are higher or lower than the desired band of frequencies
a. low-pass filter b. band-reject filter
c. band-pass filter d. high-pass filter

87. Which of the following are circuit control devices?

A Switches
B Solenoid
C Relays
a. B and C only b. A and B only
c. A, B and C d. A and C only

88. What is an electric measuring equipment used in navigation which uses time measurement
concept for a wave to travel from a place receiving station and back?
a. Tacar b. ODR
c. ILS d. DME

89. In a stand alone supply of power the rational of cells making in series is to _____
a. Increase current capacity b. increase voltage output
c. Decrease voltage output d. Decrease internal resistance

90. _____ is the total number of magnetic lines of force in a magnetic field
a. Magnetic potential b. Magnetic flux
c. Magnet flux intensity d. Flux density

91. An electronic device that can be turned on and turned off by a gate pulse is called a
_______
a. Bipolar junction transistor b. Silicon-controlled switch
c. Silicon-controlled rectifier d. Shockley diode

92. Which of the following are categories of computer system software?

A Operating system (OS)
B Utility programs
C Language translator
a. A and B only b. B and C only
c. A and C only d. A, B and C

93. A hot-carrier diode is a diode that _____

a. emits light when forward biased b. switches very fast
c. varies resistance with temperature d. changes its capacitance with voltage

94. Which of the following are UJT terminals?

A Emitter
B Base 1
C Base 2

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 D Gate
a. B, C and D only b. A, B and C only
c. A, B and D only d. A, B, C and D

95. An amplifier exhibits three critical frequencies in its low-frequency response;

F1 c = 130 Hertz, F2 c = 167 Hertz, and F3 c = 75 Hertz
Which is the dominant frequency?
a. none of these b. 167 Hertz
c. 130 Hertz d. 75 Hertz

96. A 36 ohms resistor is in parallel with a 160µH inductor and in parallel again with a 1µF
capacitor. If the operating frequency is 10 KHz, what is the equivalent impedance?
a. 21.4 ohms b. 25.2 ohms
c. 32.4 ohms d. 19.7 ohms

97. In a transformer, the principle of electromagnetic induction is also known a _____

a. Coupling action b. transformation
c. matching action d. transformer action

98. The symbols 1, 2 and 3 through 9 are what type of numerals?

a. Boolean b. Roman
c. Binary d. Arabic

99. Type of semiconductor diode varies its internal capacitance as the voltage applied to its
terminals varies
a. A zener diode b. A varactor diode
c. A silicon-controlled rectifier d. A tunnel diode

100. Of all the charging modes, it is consider as trickle charge and is accomplished with low
current.
a. normal b. floating
c. equalizing d. fast