Module 2 – Electronics Answers

1. In vector analysis, the angle between the vectors represents: Phase Difference
2. Oscillation requires: Stage with gain
3. If two sine waves have the same amplitude and frequency, but cancel out, the
180 degrees
phase difference is:
4. In voltage regulation, if the full load voltage equals the no load voltage
0%
assuming perfect voltage source, the percent regulation is:
5. A toroidal inductor: Is essentially self shielding
6. Which of the following is stable at radio frequency power amplifier? Common base
7. The maximum current a cell can deliver at 0.01 ohm load during testing: Flash current
8. The feedback element of an integrator: Capacitor
9. This refers to the Dual In Line Package (DIP) of IC: TO-116
10. Voltage regulation can be accomplished by a zener diode connected in: Parallel to the filter, reverse biased
11. In a multi-cavity klystron tube: Electrons have variable speed
12. A channel carries several signals at once. Which type of IC might be used to
A multiplexer/demultiplexer
select one of the signals for reception?
13. The type of packaging used for IC containing many op amps: SMT
14. The most widely used semiconducting material in electronic devices: Silicon
15. If a 175 V dc source is connected in series with the utility mains of a standard
A pulsating dc
wall outlet, the result is:
16. What will happen to the susceptance of a capacitor if the frequency is
It doubles
doubled, assuming all other parameters constant?
17. In alternators, damper windings are used to: Prevent hunting
18. The horizontal deflection of CRT oscilloscope is measured in: Time per unit division
19. Which of the following is not a requirement of an oscillator? Resistor IC circuit
20. The zero phase point of the sine wave is the instant in which the amplitude is: Zero to positive going
21. In electrical machines, the type of winding which is usually made up of fine
Shunt field winding
wires is:
22. The derivative of sine wave is itself a wave that: Leads the original wave by 90 degrees
23. What cell has active positive plate consisting of nickel hydroxide and active
Edison cell
negative plate of powdered iron mixed with cadmium?
24. What type of cell in which the positive plate is made up of carbon and the
Leclanche cell
negative plate of zinc?
25. Which is not true about air core versus ferromagnetic core? Air concentrates magnetic flux
26. Type of electricity generated through heat: Thermoelectricity
27. Which of the following is true about the field poles of electrical machines? They are always even in number (exist in pair)
28. If the source to gate terminal of a FET conducts: It is a sign of improper bias
29. What is the difference of the triode over the n channel FET? Triode needs more voltage
30. It is the maximum output voltage change of op amps: Slew rate
31. In a step up transformer: Primary voltage is less than the secondary
voltage
32. A platter is: A part of the hard drive
33. A cluster is a unit of: Data on the disk drive
34. Type of electron tube effective in producing microwave energy: Magnetron
35. In alternators connected in parallel, the frequency can be changed by: Changing the rpm of the prime mover
36. In alternators connected in parallel, the voltage can be changed by: Changing the field excitation
37. In mutual inductance, the net value of the set of coils: Vary, depending on the phase and extent of
mutual coupling
38. Cells that cannot be recharged or return its chemical reaction: Primary cell
39. A push pull amplifier with either pnp or npn output, the circuit configuration
Quasi-complementary push pull amplifier
of which looks like a complementary-symmetry:
40. Two class B push pull amplifier amplifiers, one amplifying the positive cycle of
the signal and the other the negative cycle, the outputs of which are Transformer coupled push pull amplifier
transformer coupled at the load:
41. When both inputs of RS flip flop are 0: The output stays as they are
42. It is a comparator which can detect voltages within a certain range, rather
Window comparator
than comparing the voltage to a reference value:
43. It is also known as Eccles Jordan circuit: Bistablemultivbrator
44. A semiconductor device that can amplify, in which the gate terminal controls
FET
the flow of current through the channel:
45. A brief high voltage spikes present on ac power line: Transient
46. Components with a p channel or n channel uses this technology: CMOS
47. The main disadvantage of CMOS is: It is susceptible to static damage
48. The disadvantage of CMOS over discrete components is: it is easily damaged by static electricity
49. The efficiency of class D amplifier: Efficiency of about 90%
50. The transistorized class C amplifier has an efficiency of: 33%
51. In positive edge triggering, the change of state occurs when: The pulse is going from low to high
52. Converts ac voltage of one frequency to another ac voltage of another
Frequency converter
frequency:
53. If the resistance R and the inductive reactance XL both are allowed to vary
from zero to unlimited values, but are always in the ratio of 3:1, the points in A ray of indefinite length
the RL plane will lie along:
54. Which of the following is not an advantage of CMOS over discrete
Greater power capability
components?
55. What is the main feature of a pot core inductor? Large inductance in small volume

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56. In a reverse biased semiconductor, capacitance depends on: The width of the depletion region
57. A type of memory that requires the removal of it from the circuit to be able to
EPROM
change its memory content.
58. Which of the following are the basic requirements for a power supply: All of the above
(transformer, rectifier, filter)
59. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a sine wave? The electrons flow in the same direction
60. A type of distortion in which undesired harmonic frequencies of the input
Harmonic distortion
signal appears at the output:
61. Due to its small size as compared to discrete components, CMOS can attain: Faster switching capability
62. For a circuit to oscillate, it must have a: Positive feedback enough to overcome losses
63. In an ideal op amp, no voltage exists between the inputs but in actual, there
Input offset voltage
exist a very small voltage. What do you call this voltage?
64. Approximate the noise gain of an inverting amplifier using op amp if it has 5
6
inputs.
65. Common collector configuration is usually used in the output stage of op
A very low output resistance
amps to have:
66. If the resistance R increases in an RC circuit, but the capacitance and the
gets longer and rotate counterclockwise
frequency are non zero and constant, then the vector in the RC plane will:
67. A screen grid enhances tube operation by: Decreasing the grid to plate capacitance
68. On a CRT oscilloscope, the signal to be analyzed is applied to: Vertical deflection or plate
69. The power output of generators depends on the following factors except: The type of natural energy of the source used
70. It is used to isolate the positive plate and the negative plate of the battery: Separator
71. Silver cadmium has: Nominal open voltage of 1.05 V
72. A transistor configuration in which the output of one is directly coupled and
Darlington Pair
amplified by the second resulting to a very high gain.
73. It is defined as the ratio of the differential gain to the common mode gain: Common mode rejection ratio
74. Which of the following is a polarized capacitor? Electrolytic
75. The effect of the input offset current and the input offset voltage can be
Feedback resistance small
minimized by making:
76. It is used to maintain constant voltage drop over varying current: Gas filled regulator
77. A spectrum analyzer displays: Signal strength in terms of frequency
78. It is the ratio of the change in the drain voltage to the change in gate voltage: Transconductance
79. If a capacitor has negative temperature coefficient: Its capacitance increases as the temperature
decreases
80. If X is low, what is the state of X And Y? Low
81. It is a type of LAN in which each PC stores its own data: Peer to peer LAN
82. What is the disadvantage of voltage multipliers? Poor regulation
83. The output of a rectifier is: A pulsating dc
84. Without an input signal, a BJT has the least Ic when: E-B is reverse biased
85. Alternators have the least tendency to hunt if driven by: Steam turbine
86. Op amps used at high slew rate, about 2000V/s and high frequency above 50
High frequency, high slew rate
Mhz applications:
87. The class of amplifier in which the drain current flows 50 % of the cycle: Class B
88. Which of the following is the most efficient class of amplifier? Class C
89. If the center conductor of a coaxial cable is made to have a smaller diameter,
all other things being equal, what will happen to the Zo of the transmission Zo increases
line?
90. The state in which no drain current flows throughout the cycle: Pinch off
91. The gain of the inverting amplifier is defined as the ratio of the feedback
resistor to the input resistor. These resistor values could be changed as long
Input bias current
as the ratio is the same. What parameter helps to determine the values of Rf
and Ri?
92. It converts ultrasonic vibrations into electrical signals. Piezoelectric transducer
93. Transistors are usually biased at the cutoff in: Power amplifier
94. In a transistor class A amplifier, the quiescent point is always placed: At the center
95. Which gain is considered in the analysis of voltage comparators? Open loop gain
96. It has two active devices that turn on and off each other alternately: Multivibrator
97. Bleeder resistors are: placed in parallel of the filter capacitor
98. It is used in generators driven by a variable speed prime mover. Constant speed drive
99. Transistors in multivibrators are usually biased in a: Common source or common emitter
configuration
100. In cathode ray tubes, electrostatic deflection means: the beam is bent by electric field

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