Question 1

1. A ripple counter's speed is limited by the propagation delay of:

each flip-flop
all flip-flops and gates
the flip-flops only with gates
only circuit gates

1 points

Question 2

1. The observation that a bubbled input OR gate is interchangeable with a bubbled

output AND gate is referred to as:

a Karnaugh map
DeMorgan's second theorem
the commutative law of addition
the associative law of multiplication

1 points

Question 3

1. A 741 OPAMP has a gain bandwidth product of 1 MHz. A noninverting amplifier

using this OPAMP and having a voltage gain of 20 dB will exhibit a -3 dB
bandwidth of

50 kHz
100 kHz
100/17 kHz
1000/7.07 kHz

1 points

Question 4

1. What are the two types of basic adder circuits?

 half adder and full adder
half adder and parallel adder
asynchronous and synchronous
one's complement and two's complement

1 points

Question 5

1. An amplifier using an OPAMP with a slew rate SR = 1 V/μsec has a gain of 40

dB. If this amplifier has to faithfully amplify sinusoidal signals form dc to 20 kHz
without any slew rate induced distortion, then the input signal level must not
exceed

795 mV
395 mV
79.5 mV
39.5 mV

1 points

Question 6

1. The force of attraction or repulsion between poles is inversely proportional to the

square of the distance between them. This is known as

Newton’s First Law

Faraday’s First Law of Electromagnetic Induction
Coulomb’s First Law
Coulomb’s Second Law

1 points

Question 7

1. A series RLC circuit has a series resonant frequency of 12,000 Hz. If R = 5 ohms
and XL at resonance is 300 ohms, find the bandwidth.

200 Hz
 250 Hz
150 Hz
100 Hz

1 points

Question 8

1. The current flowing through a heating element is 5 A when a p.d. of 35 V is

applied across it. Find the resistance of the element.

5 ohms
6 ohms
3 ohms
7 ohms

1 points

Question 9

1. The ideal OPAMP has the following characteristics

Ri = ∞, AV = ∞, Ro = 0
Ri = 0, AV = ∞, Ro = 0
Ri = ∞, AV = ∞, Ro = ∞
Ri = 0, AV = ∞, Ro = ∞

1 points

Question 10

1. When collector flows for approximately 120 of the input signal, the amplifier is

Class A
Class AB
Class B
Class C
1 points

Question 11

1. The selector inputs to an arithmetic-logic unit (ALU) determine the:

selection of the IC
arithmetic or logic function
data word selection
clock frequency to be used

1 points

Question 12

1. A real voltage source has

Zero internal resistance

Infinite internal resistance
A small internal resistance
A large internal resistance

1 points

Question 13

1. Which of the following would shield a permanent magnet field best?

Copper
Iron
Lead
Aluminum

1 points

Question 14
 1. An uncharged capacitor of 0.2 micro Farad is connected to a 100 V, d.c. supply
through a resistor of 100 kilo ohms. Determine the capacitor voltage 10 ms after
the voltage has been applied.

39.35 V
35.39 V
53.42 V
46.98 V

1 points

Question 15

1. When checking a good SCR or TRIAC with an ohmmeter it will:

show high resistance in both directions

show low resistance with positive on anode and negative on cathode, and
high resistance when reversed
show high resistance with negative on anode and positive on cathode, and
low resistance when reversed
show low resistance in both directions

1 points

Question 16

1. If the Q point is just above cut-off, the amplifier is

Class A
Class AB
Class B
Class C

1 points

Question 17

1. What causes the piezoelectric effect?

 heat or dissimilar metals
pressure on a crystal
water running on iron
a magnetic field

1 points

Question 18

1. What value of power is considered as small signal?

< 3 mW
<1W
< 10 mW
< 10 mW

1 points

Question 19

1. The range of an 8-bit two's complement word is from:

+12810 to –12810
–12810 to +12710
+12810 to –12710
+12710 to –12710

1 points

Question 20

1. The systematic reduction of logic circuits is accomplished by:

symbolic reduction
TTL logic
using Boolean algebra
using a truth table
1 points

Question 21

1. What is the logic circuit having two or more inputs but only one output with high
output if any or all inputs are high, with low input only when all inputs are low?

AND gate
OR gate
NOR gate
NAND gate

1 points

Question 22

1. What electric quantity is analogous to permeance?

Admittance
Conductance
Reluctance
Resistance

1 points

Question 23

1. When the base resistor decreases, the collector voltage will probably

Decrease
Stay the same
Increase
All of the above

1 points

Question 24
 1. The two's complement system is to be used to add the signed numbers
11110010 and 11110011. Determine, in decimal, the sign and value of each
number and their sum.

–14 and –13; –27

–113 and –114; 227
–27 and –13; 40
–11 and –16; –27

1 points

Question 25

1. When multiplying in binary the decimal values 13 × 11, what is the third partial
product?

100000
100001
0000
1011