Unit-1 MOS devices and modeling

1. When transistors are used in digital circuits they usually operate in the:
A. active region

B. breakdown region

C. saturation and cutoff regions

D. linear region
2. Three different Q points are shown on a dc load line. The upper Q point represents the:
A. minimum current gain

B. intermediate current gain

C. maximum current gain

D. cutoff point
3. A current ratio of IC/IE is usually less than one and is called:
A. Beta

B. Theta

C. Alpha

D. Omega
4. With the positive probe on an NPN base, an ohmmeter reading between the other transistor
terminals should be:
A. Open

B. Infinite

C. low resistance

D. high resistance
5. In a C-E configuration, an emitter resistor is used for:
A. Stabilization

B. ac signal bypass

C. collector bias

D. higher gain
6. Voltage-divider bias provides:
A. an unstable Q point

B. a stable Q point

C. a Q point that easily varies with changes in the transistor's current gain

D. a Q point that is stable and easily varies with changes in the transistor’s current gain
7. The ends of a load line drawn on a family of curves determine:
A. saturation and cutoff

B. the operating point

C. the power curve

D. the amplification factor

8. The C-B configuration is used to provide which type of gain?
A. Voltage

B. Current

C. Resistance

D. Power
9. The Q point on a load line may be used to determine:
A. VC

B. VCC

C. VB

D. IC
10. A transistor may be used as a switching device or as a:
A. fixed resistor

B. tuning device

C. Rectifier

D. variable resistor
 Unit-2 Analog CMOS sub circuits

1.The small signal o/p resistance for current source is

a. ro = 1/λio
b. ro = λio
c. ro = 1/λ
d. none

2. current sinks are made by using

a. p-channel mosfet

b. n-channel mosfet

c. both a & b

d. none

3. current gain for band gap reference voltage is

a. gm1

b. gm2

c. gm1/gm2

d. gm2/gm1

4. The output response of cascode amplifier is

a. Ro = ro(1+gmR)

b. Ro = ro(gmR)

c. Ro = ro(1/gmR)

d .Ro = ro

5. slew rate is defined as

a. di/ds

b. dv/dt

c. di/dt

d. dp/dt
6. common mode rejection ratio is defined as

a. Ad / Acm

b. Acm/ Ad

c. both a &b

d. none

7. power supply rejection ratio is defined as

a. ∆Vsupply / ∆Vout

b. Vout / Vin

c. ∆Vin / ∆Vout

d. Vin /Vout
 Unit-3 CMOS amplifier

1. The small signal o/p response for active load inverter is

a. Rout = 1/gm2

b. Rout = 1/gm1

c. Rout = 1/gm1+gm2

d. Rout = gm2

2. An ideal operational amplifier has

a. infinite output impedance

b. zero input impedance

c. infinite bandwidth

d. All of the above

3. A non inverting closed-loop op-amp circuit generally has a gain factor:

a. less than one

b. greater than one

c. of zero

d. equal to one

4. In order for an output to swing above and below a zero reference, the op-amp circuit
requires:
a. a resistive feedback network

b. zero offset

c. a wide bandwidth

d. a negative and positive supply

5. Op-amps used as high- and low-pass filter circuits employ which configuration?
a. Non inverting

b. Comparator

c. open-loop

d. Inverting
6. push-pull amplifier is used for

a. to pull output to Vdd

b. to pull output to Vss

c. both a&b

d. none

7. Maximum conversion efficiency of class a amplifier is

a. 25%

b. 35%

c. 50%

d. 75%
 UNIT-4 CMOS OPAMP

1) An ideal operational amplifier has

a)infinite
A) output impedance
b)zero input impedance
c)infinite bandwidth
d)All of the above

2) Depending on the value of input and reference voltage a comparator can be named as
a) Voltage follower
b) Digital to analog converter
c) Schmitt trigger
d) Voltage level detector

3) How the op-amp comparator should be chosen to get higher speed of operation?
a) Large gain
b) High slew rate
c) Wider bandwidth
d) None of the mentioned

4) How to obtain high rate of accuracy in comparator?

a) All of the mentioned
b) High voltage gain
c) High CMRR
d) Input offset

5) How to keep the output voltage swing of the op-amp comparator within specific limits?
a) External resistors or diodes are used
b) External zeners or diodes are used
c) External capacitors or diodes are used
d) External inductors or diodes are used

6)Zero crossing detectors is also called as

a) Square to sine wave generator
b) Sine to square wave generator
c) Sine to triangular wave generator
d) All of the mentioned
 Unit -5 Comparators

1) A digital-to-analog converter is an application of the scaling adder

a) Voltage-to-current converter
b) Current –to-voltage converter
c) Band width circuit
d) Non inverting amplifier

2) A zero-level detector is a
a) Peak detector
b) limiter
c) Comparator with sine wave input
d) Comparator with a trip point referenced to zero

3) A Schmitt trigger is
a) a comparator with only one trigger point.
b) a comparator with hysteresis.
c) a comparator with three trigger points.
d) none of the above.

4) A comparator with a Schmitt trigger has

a) Two trigger levels
b) A fast response
c) A slow response
d) One trigger level

5) In a flash A/D converter, the priority encoder is used to

a) Select the first input.
b)Select the highest value input.
c) Select the lowest value input.
d)Select the last input.

6) Which of the following devices is (are) a component of a digital-to-analog converter (DAC)?

a. Integrator
b.Comparator
c. Digital counter
d.All of the above

7)To reduce the effects of noise resulting in erratic switching of output states of a comparator,
you can use
a) The upper trigger point.
b)The lower trigger point.
c) Nonzero-level detection.
d)Hysteresis
8) A (n) ________ amplifier is a summing amplifier with a closed-loop gain equal to the
reciprocal of the number of inputs.
a) Averaging
b)Scaling
c) none of the above

9) ________ is a mathematical process for determining the rate of change of a function.

a) Integration
b)Differentiation
c) Summing
d)Comparatoring

10) In a comparator with output bounding, what type of diode is used in the feedback loop?
a)Scotty
A)
b) junction
c) zener
d) varactor