University of San Agustin

COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
PRE-BOARD EXAMINATION
ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
A.Y. 2017-2018
SET A
1. In a transistor-transistor-logic (TTL), if the base collector junction
of a transistor is clamped with a Schottky diode it becomes Schottky
TTL. What is the significance of having this diode? It ____.
A. increases the switching speed C. increases the noise margin
B. decreases the power dissipation D. increases the fan-out

2. Which of the bipolar logic circuits is the fastest?

A. TTL B. STTL C. SCTL D. ECL

3. An amplifier having high direct-current stability and high immunity to

oscillation, this is initially used to perform analog-computer
functions such as summing and integrating.
A. Operational amplifier (op-amp) C. Instrumentation amplifier
B. Parametric amplifier (par-amp) D. DC-amplifier

4. What is true about the breakdown voltage in a zener diode? It _____.

A. Decreases when current increases.
B. Destroys the diode.
C. Equals the current times the resistance.
D. Is approximately constant.

5. If the emitter bypass capacitor opens, the ac output voltage will

_____.
A. Decrease B. Remain the same C. Increase D. Equal Zero

6. In op-amps functional block diagram, what follows the differential

amplifier?
A. Cascode-amplifier C. Level shifter
B. Complementary amplifier D. High gain amplifier

7. An RS flip-flop constructed from NOR-gates would have an undefined

output when the inputs R/S combinations are ____.
A. LOW/LOW B. LOW/HIGH C. HIGH/LOW D. HIGH/HIGH

8. He discovered the relationship between magnetism and electricity that

serves as the foundation for the theory of electromagnetism?
A. Luigi Galvani C. Andre Marie Ampere
B. Hans Christian Oersted D. Charles Coulomb

9. Who developed the electromagnetic theory of light in 1862?

A. Heinrich Rudolf Hertz C. James Clerk Maxwell
B. Wilhelm Roentgen D. Andre Marie Ampere

10. What value of R is needed with a 0.05 pF C for an RC time constant

of 0.02 second?
A. 40 Ohms B. 4,000 Ohms C. 40,000 Ohms D. 400,000 Ohms

11. If the load resistance is open, the ac output voltage will ____.
A. Decrease B. Remain the same C. Increase D. Equal Zero

12. Combined capacitance is equal to the ____.

A. Sum of all capacitance C. Product of all capacitance
B. Difference between capacitance D. Average capacitance of
Capacitors

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13. A tuned RF amplifier is _____.
A. Narrowband C. Direct Coupled
B. Wideband D. Impedance Coupled

14. Which of the following is the statement of Ohm's law?

A. Electric current is directly proportional to both voltage and
Resistance.
B. Electric current varies directly as the voltage and inversely
as the resistance.
C. Electrical power is directly proportional to the resistance
and inversely as the current squared.
D. Electrical power is directly proportional to both voltage
squared and the resistance.

15. A rheostat is a form of _____.

A. Variable resistor C. Potentiometer
B. Variable capacitor D. Thermocouple

16. A good op-amp has ____.

A. very high input resistance C. very high output resistance
B. very low input resistance D. very low CMRR

17. A Darlington transistor has ____.

A. A very low input impedance C. A very high current gain
B. Three transistors D. All of the above

18. How many NAND gates are needed to have an AND function?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5

19. In digital electronics, there are mainly two possible voltage levels
and these make___ number system to be useful in its analysis.
A. binary B. octal C. hexadecimal D. all of these

20. What is the difference between the given binary numbers, 110.1101 and
11.01?
A. 110.0000 B. 111.1010 C. 11.1010 D. 11.1001

21. One(1) farad is theoretically equal to _____.

A. One(1)Ohm of resistance C. ratio of 1 Coulomb to 1 volt
B. ratio of 1 volt to 1 Coulomb D. None of these

22. What are the majority current carriers in the N-type silicon?
A. Free electrons C. Bounded electrons
B. Holes D. Protons

23. A graphical representation in transistor wherein the emitter current

is plotted against the variable emitter base voltage VEB for constant
value of collector-base voltage VCB.
A. Static curve C. Output characteristic curve
B. Input characteristic curve D. Semi-logarithmic curve

24. What is the maximum efficiency of a class-B push-pull amplifier?

A. 25.5 percent C. 78.5 percent
B. 50.67 percent D. 100 percent

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25. The transistor configuration used at the output complementary stage
of most op-amps.
A. cascode configuration C. common collector
B. common emitter D. common base

26. The nucleus of an atom consists of _____.

A. Protons C. Protons and Neutrons
B. Neutrons D. Electrons and Protons

27. The SI unit for measurement of electric charge is _____.

A. Volt B. Coulomb C. Ohm D. Farad

28. When the resistances are connected in parallel circuit then _____.
A. branch currents are additive C. conductance are additive
B. powers are additive D. All of the above

29. The ____ is responsible for the current to flow in a closed circuit.
A. Electric charge C. Resistance
B. Potential difference D. All of the above

30. Resistance of a wire is directly proportional to its

A. Length C. Area of cross section
B. Diameter D. All of the above

31. A JFET _____.

A. Is a voltage-controlled device C. Has a low input resistance
B. Is a current-controlled device D. Has a very large voltage gain

32. If an amplifier has a power gain of 100, what is the gain in decibel?
A. 10 B. 20 C. 40 D. 100

33. What is the LARGEST theoretical voltage gain that can be obtained with
a common-collector amplifier?
A. 100 B. 10 C. Unity D. Infinite

34. In actual practice, which of the following is normally varied in order

to change the frequency of oscillation?
A. Capacitance B. Inductance C. Resistance D. Impedance

35. It is very high-gain differential amplifier with very high input

impedance and very low output impedance.
A. Par-amp C. Differential amplifier
B. Op-amp D. Complementary amplifier

36. A transistor converts____.

A. DC power to AC power C. High resistance to low resistance
B. AC power to DC power D. Low resistance to high resistance

37. The time interval that a waveform is HIGH(or LOW)is the ____ of a
signal.
A. Pulse Width C. Pulse Position
B. Pulse Length D. Duty Cycle

38. A Logic gate whose output is HIGH when one or all of its inputs is
LOW.
A. OR gate B. NOR gate C. AND gate D. NAND gate

39. An operational amplifier must have at least how many usable

terminals?
A. 3 B. 5 C. 8 D. 14

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40. Electronics methodology in solving application problems using
circuits, in which there are only two possible voltage levels at any
point.
A. Digital electronics C. State diagramming
B. Switching techniques D. Bi-stable electronics

41. The Inductor doesn’t allow sudden changes in _____.

A. Voltage B. Current C. Resistance D. Inductance

42. The insulating medium between the two plates of capacitor is known as
_______.
A. Electrode C. Conducting medium
B. Capacitive medium D. Dielectric

43. The ____ is responsible for the current to flow in a closed circuit.
A. Electric charge C. Resistance
B. Potential difference D. All of the above

44. Resistance of a wire is directly proportional to its ____.

A. Length C. Area of cross section
B. Diameter D. All of the above

45. An element in electronic circuit which serves as a protection against

overload?
A. Resistor B. Transistor C. Semi-conductor D. Fuse

46. The low frequency response of an amplifier is determined in part by

the ____.
A. Voltage gain C. Supply voltage
B. Type of transistor D. Coupling capacitors

47. What happens to the capacitive reactance as frequency decreases?

A. Increases C. Decreases
B. Remains the same D. Cannot be determined

48. For class B operation, the collector current flows _____.

A. The whole cycle C. Less than half a cycle
B. Half the cycle D. Less than a quarter of a cycle

49. A circuit with a fixed emitter current is called _____.

A. Base bias C. Transistor bias
B. Emitter bias D. Two-supply bias

50. When a signal is applied to both inverting and no-inverting input

terminals of an ideal op-amp, the output voltage would be ___.
A. Zero (0) V B. +V SAT C.-V SAT D. to offset voltage

51. Conversion from binary to octal number system needs a grouping of

bits by _____.
A. two B. three C. four D. five

52. Convert the given binary number 1010011.01 to octal system.

A. 511.1 B. 511.2 C. 123.1 D. 123.2

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53. According to Kirchhoff’s voltage law,______.
A. The algebraic sum of all the e.m.f’s in the circuit is zero
B. Algebraic sum all the voltage drops in the circuit is zero
C. Algebra1ic sum of EMF’s plus algebraic sum of voltage drops is
Equal to zero
D. All of these

54. One coulomb of charge is equal to a charge of ____ electrons.

A. 1.095 x 10-19 C. 6.242 x 1018
B. 1.625 x 10-31 D. 6.025 x 10-19

55. The current gain of a transistor is defined as the ratio of the

collector current to the ____.
A. Base current C. Supply current
B. Emitter current D. Collector current

56. When the base resistor decreases, the collector voltage probably will
_____.
A. Decrease C. Increase
B. Stay the same D. Do all of the above

57. What do you call of the gain of an op-amp if operated in common mode
input?
A. Differential gain C. Double-ended gain
B. Common gain D. Rejection gain

58. The Resistivity of a wire depends on the _______.

A. length C. cross section area
B. material D. none of the above

59. The diode with a forward voltage drop of approximately 0.25 V is the
____.
A. Step-recovery diode C. Back diode
B. Schottky diode D. Constant-current diode

60. The SI unit for measurement of electric charge is ______.

A. Volt B. Coulomb C. Ohm D. Farad

61. In a normally biased NPN transistor, the electrons in the emitter have
enough energy to overcome the barrier potential of the ______.
A. Base-emitter junction C. Collector-base junction
B. Base-collector junction D. Recombination path

62. What is the hexadecimal equivalent of the binary number 1010011.01?

A. 53.4 B. 53.1 C. A6.1 D. A6.4

63. Energy in a capacitor can be stored in form of _______.

A. 1/2 CV² B. 2 CV² C. 1 CV² D. 1/2 CV

64. A 5 mH, a 4.3 mH, and a 0.6 mH inductor are connected in parallel. The
total inductance is ____.
A. 9.9 mH C. 9.9 mH or greater than 5 mH
B. greater than 5 mH D. less than 0.6 Mh

65. Which of the following electronic devices operates by virtue of

movement of electrons within a solid piece of semiconductor material?
A. Transistor C. Solid-state device
B. Junction diode D. Each of the above

66. Which of the following electronic devices is a minute piece of

semiconductor material that can produce complete electronic circuit
functions?
A. Zener diode C. Integrated Circuit
B. Light-emitting diode D. Field effect transistor
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67. Which of the following devices is frequently used to regulate power
supply voltages at precise levels?
A. Junction diode C. Esaki diode
B. Tunnel diode D. Zener diode

68. Which of the following terms is defined as the process by which an

atom gains or loses electrons?
A. Quanta C. Loss of energy
B. Ionization D. Remaining energy

69. What is the total number of PN junctions in a transistor?

A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four

70. Which class of amplifier has the highest efficiency?

A. A B. B C. C D. AB

71. The frequency at which series resonance occurs?

A. XL = XC B. Z = XL C. XL = R D. XC = R

72. CMOS stands for _____.

A. Common Mode Oscillating System
B. Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
C. Complementary Mica-Oxide Silicon
D. Complementary Metal-Oxide Substrate

73. Find the value of the resistor with the following color codes:
Brown, White, Orange, Red.
A. 1.9K Ohms ± 10% C. 19K Ohms ± 2%
B. 19K Ohms ± 20% D. 190K Ohms ± 10%

74. A half-wave rectifier circuit utilizing one-half of an AC input cycle

has a ripple frequency in its output equivalent to ____.
A. 120 Hz B. 60 Hz C. 110 Hz D. 240 Hz

75. The region in an electronic transistor that is very lightly doped and
very thin.
A. Collector B. Emitter C. Base D. Collector-base

76. Which of the following is NOT used in hexadecimal digital symbol?

A. H B. F C. A D. C

77. When you demagnetized properly by applying an AC field and gradually

reduced it to zero, the process is called ____.
A. Degaussing B. Decaying C. Damping D. Magnetizing

78. The symbol ”Q” refers to ____.

A. Resonance Quotient C. Quick Tune
B. Quantization value D. Quality factor

79. Which Flip-flop whose next output state does NOT depend on the present
output state?
A. JK B. T C. RS D. D

80. What determines the sharpness of a resonance curve of a tuned circuit?

A. Resonant frequency C. Quality factor
B. Inductor D. Capacitor

81. When the resistances are connected in parallel circuit then _____.
A. branch currents are additive C. conductance are additive
B. powers are additive D. All of the above

82. Which of the following circuit generates a signal?

A. Rectifier C. Detector
B. Power supply D. Oscillator

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83. The binary equivalent of the hexadecimal number ECE.5
A. 110 1100 1110.0101 C. 1101 1100 1101.101
B. 1110 1100 1110.101 D. 1101 1100 1101.0101

84. Method(s) used in simplifying Boolean algebra.

A. Karnaugh map C. Quine-McCluskey tabular method
B. Map-entered variable technique D. All of the above

85. When one input of the op-amp is connected to ground and the other is
to the signal source, its operation is called ____.
A. single-ended output C. single-ended input
B. double-ended output D. double-ended input

86. The ratio of the differential gain and common gain of an op-amp.
A. Differential-common mode ration
B. Common-mode ration
C. Differential-mode rejection ratio
D. Common-mode rejection ratio

87. Convert (1111 1111 1111 1111)2 to decimal number.

A. 32 767 B. 32 768 C. 65 535 D. 65 536

88. In a parallel circuit, each resistor has ____.

A. the same current C. the same power
B. the same voltage D. all of the these

89. Why is a resistor often included in a parallel resonant circuit?

A. To increase the Q and decrease the skin effect.
B. To decrease the Q and increase the resonant frequency.
C. To increase the Q and decrease the bandwidth.
D. To decrease the Q and increase the bandwidth.

90. What type of semiconductor material contains fewer free electrons than
pure germanium or silicon crystals?
A. P-type B. N-type C. Bipolar type D. Any of these

91. What is the term for energy that is stored in an electromagnetic or

electrostatic field?
A. Potential energy C. Kinetic energy
B. Ampere-joules D. Joule-coulombs

92. What unit measures electrical energy stored in an electrostatic field?

A. Coulomb B. Watt C. Volt D. Farad

93. In what direction is the magnetic field oriented about a conductor in

relation to the direction of electron flow?
A. In the direction determined by the left-hand rule.
B. In all directions.
C. In the same direction as the current.
D. In the direction opposite of the current.

94. What two elements widely used in semiconductor devices exhibit both
metallic and non-metallic characteristics?
A. Galena and germanium C. Silicon and germanium
B. Galena and bismuth D. Silicon and gold

95. The Beta()of a bipolar transistor is equal to ____.

A. /(1-) B. x(1-) C. /(1+) D. /(1+)

96. What phenomena causes most of an RF current to flow along the surface
of a conductor?
A. Piezoelectric effect C. Resonance effect
B. Skin effect D. Miller effect

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97. The relative permittivity of a vacuum is ____.
A. zero C. Unity
B. 8.854 x 10-6 D. None of these

98. What is meant by the term “back EMF”?

A. A current that opposes applied EMF.
B. A voltage that opposes applied EMF.
C. An opposing EMF equal to the product of the Resistance and
Capacitance percentage of the applied EMF.
D. A current equal to the applied EMF.

99. In a capacitor, the electric charge is stored in the ____.

A. Metal plates C. Dielectric
B. Dielectric and metal plates D. None of the above

100. The force which sets up or tends to set up magnetic flux in a

Magnetic circuit.
A. Dynamic force C. Electromotive force
B. Magnetomotive force D. Delta force

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