ASSIGNMENT 7 - ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

Instruction: Submit your answer sheet A. the force on a wire carrying a current 17. A thermocouple
(provided) together with this in a magnetic field *
questionnaire to the office for B. electrochemical equivalent A. Gets warm when current flows
checking. C. unit magnetic poles though it. *
D. rms values B. Is a thin, straight, special wire.
Time Element: 4 hours C. Generates dc when exposed to light.
9. In what form of energy is stored in an D. Generates ac when heated.
1. A current carrying conductor is placed in a inductor?
uniform magnetic field experiences 18. A wiring diagram would most likely be
A. Magnetic * found in:
A. a mechanical push on it * B. Electrodynamic
B. an electrostatic imbalance C. Electrostatic A. An engineer’s general circuit idea
C. a strong force D. Potential energy notebook
D. all of the above B. An advertisement for an electrical
10. Since a diode permits the flow of current device
2. Which of the following is not a statement only in one direction so it can be used as C. The service/repair manual for a radio
of Kirchhoff’s law? receiver *
A. an oscillator D. A procedural flowchart
A. The algebraic sum of currents at any B. a photodiode
junction in a circuit is zero. C. a rectifier * 19. In which of the following places would a
B. In any closed circuit, algebraic sum of D. a photodetector “lantern” battery most likely be found?
emf’s is zero.
C. Resistance of a conductor is equal to 11. Slip rings are used in ______. A. A heart pacemaker
the ratio of voltage and current in that B. An electronic calculator
conductor. * A. DC dynamo C. Turbines C. An LCD wall clock
D. The current going into a junction is B. AC dynamo * D. Diodes D. A two-way portable radio *
equal to the current leaving the
junction. 12. When a ferromagnetic substance is
heated its susceptibility varies inversely as 20. In which of the following places would a
3. A potentiometer cannot be used for the the absolute temperature. This is called transistor battery be the best power-
measurement of: source choice?
A. Ohm’s law C. Faraday’s law
A. current B. Coulomb’s law D. Curie law * A. A heart pacemaker
B. voltage B. An electronic calculator *
C. internal resistance of cell 13. Magnetic effect of current was discovered C. An LCD wristwatch
D. dielectric constant * by ______. D. A two-way portable radio

4. A field exerting a force of 1 dyne on a unit A. Faraday C. Fleming 21. An interactive solar power system:
pole is known as _____. B. Oersted * D. Ampere
A. Allows a homeowner to sell power to
A. magnetic moment C. magnetic force 14. Exchange coupling is particularly the utility *
B. declination D. oersted * important for _____. B. Lets the batteries recharge at night
C. Power lights but not electronic
5. In case of a triode valve, the amplification A. diamagnetism devices
is due to ______. B. ferromagnetism * D. Is totally independent from the utility
C. paramagnetism
A. anode C. grid * D. anti-ferromagnetism 22. A hot-wire ammeter:
B. cathode D. Choice A or B
15. There is an increase in thermionic current A. Can measure ac as well as dc *
6. Transistor is preferred over a triode valve when the: B. Registers current changes very fast
for use as amplifier because it: C. Can indicate very low voltages
A. area of filament is decreased D. Measures electrical energy
A. can handle large power B. area of filament is increased *
B. has a higher input impedance * C. temperature is decreased 23. A primitive device for indicating the
C. either choice A or B D. work function is increased presence of an electric current is:
D. neither choice A nor B
16. Thermionic emission in a tube determines A. An electrometer
7. The ratio of intensity of magnetization to the value of: B. A galvanometer *
the magnetic force is known as: C. A voltmeter
A. space charge limited current D. A coulometer
A. permeability B. temperature scattered value of the
B. magnetic induction current * 24. When a charge builds up without a flow of
C. magnetic intensity C. voltage saturated value of the current current, the charge is said to be:
D. magnetic susceptibility D. any of the above
A. Atomic C. Molecular
8. Ampere’s law is concerned with B. Electronic D. Static *
25. A voltage typical of a dry cell is: B. Corresponds to a unique capacitance B. Is equal to output power divided by
C. Corresponds to a unique combination driving power *
A. 12 V C. 6 V of resistance and capacitance C. Depends on the nature of the load
B. 1.5 V * D. 117 V D. Corresponds to a unique combination D. Is equal to driving voltage divided by
of resistance and reactance * output voltage
26. NICAD batteries are most extensively
used: 34. When R = 0 in a series RLC circuit, but 42. A disadvantage of gallium-arsenide
the net reactance is not zero, the devices is that:
A. In disposable flashlights impedance vector:
B. In large lanterns A. The charge carriers move fast
C. As car batteries A. Always points straight up B. The material does not react to
D. In handheld radio transceivers * B. Always points straight down ionizing radiation.
C. Always points straight towards the C. It is expensive to produce *
27. A material with high permeability: right D. It must be used at high frequencies
D. None of the above *
A. Increases magnetic field quantity 43. Selenium works especially well in:
B. Is necessary if a coil is to produce a 35. A vector pointing “southeast” in the GB
magnetic field plane would indicate:
A. Photocells *
C. Always has high retentivity B. High-frequency detectors
D. Concentrates magnetic lines of flux * A. Pure conductance, zero susceptance C. Radio-frequency power amplifiers
B. Conductance and inductive D. Voltage regulators
28. If two waves have the same frequency susceptance *
and the same phase, the composite wave: C. Conductance and capacitive 44. Holes flow the opposite way from
susceptance electrons because:
A. Has a magnitude equal to the D. Pure susceptance, zero conductance
difference between the two originals A. Charge carriers flow continuously
B. Has a magnitude equal to the sum of 36. The apparent power in a circuit is 100
B. Charge carriers are passed from
the two originals * watts, and the imaginary power is 40
atom to atom *
C. Is complex, with the same frequency watts. The true power is:
C. They have the same polarity
as the originals D. No! Holes flow in the same direction
D. Is zero A. 92 watts * C. 100 watts as electrons
B. 140 watts D. 82 watts
29. A ferromagnetic core is placed in an 45. A diode audio limiter circuit:
inductor mainly to: 37. A transformer steps a voltage down from
117 V to 6.00 V. What is its primary-to-
A. Is useful for voltage regulation
A. Increase the current carrying capacity secondary turns ratio?
B. Always uses Zener diodes
B. Increase the inductance * C. Rectifies the audio to reduce
C. Limit the current A. 1:380 C. 380:1 distortion
D. Reduce the inductance B. 1:19.5 D. 19.5:1 * D. Can cause objectionable signal
distortion *
30. At a frequency of 400 Hz, the most likely 38. In a transformer, a center tap would
form for an inductor would be: probably be found in:
46. The capacitance of a varactor varies with:

A. Air-core A. The primary winding

A. Forward voltage
B. Solenoid B. The secondary winding
B. Reverse voltage *
C. Toroidal * C. The unbalanced winding
C. Avalanche voltage
D. Transmission line D. The balanced winding *
D. Forward break over voltage
31. The derivative of a sine wave: 39. An autotransformer: 47. A fuse with a nothing but a straight wire
inside is probably:
A. Is shifted in phase by 1/2 cycle from A. Works automatically
the sine wave B. Has a center-tapped secondary A. A slow-blow type
B. Is a representation of the rate of C. Has one tapped winding * B. A quick-break type *
change * D. Is useful only for impedance C. Of a low current rating
C. Has instantaneous rise and fall times matching D. Of a high current rating
D. Rises very fast, but decays slowly
40. A toroidal-core coil:
48. Bleeder resistors are:
32. If the wave X lags wave Y by 1/3 cycle,
then: A. Has lower inductance than an air-
A. Connected in parallel with filter
core coil with the same number of
capacitors *
A. Y is 120 degrees earlier than X * turns
B. Of low ohmic value
B. Y is 90 degrees earlier than X B. Is essentially self-shielding *
C. Effective for transient suppression
C. Y is 60 degrees earlier than X C. Works well as a loopstick antenna
D. Effective for surge suppression
D. Y is 30 degrees earlier than X D. Is ideal as a transmission-line
transformer
49. A disadvantage of a MOS component is
that:
33. Each point in the RC plane: 41. The efficiency of a generator:

A. Corresponds to a unique inductance A. Depends on the driving power source

 A. It is easily damaged by static 57. Which type of IC is used to determine
electricity * whether voltage levels are the same or A. A videotape recorder
B. It needs a high input voltage not? B. A ceramic filter
C. It draws a large amount of current C. Tape memory
D. It produces a great deal of electrical A. An op amp D. A hard drive *
noise B. A timer
C. A comparator * 66. An advantage of parallel data transfer
50. The input impedance of a MOSFET: D. A multiplexer/demultiplexer over serial transfer is:

A. Is lower than that of a JFET. 58. A reason CDs don’t wear out with A. Higher speed. *
B. Is lower than that of a bipolar repeated playback is: B. Narrower bandwidth.
transistor C. Lower frequency.
C. Is between that of a bipolar transistor A. the magnetic fields are strong D. Higher power.
and a JFET B. Nothing touches the disk *
D. Is extremely high * C. The data is analog 67. A simple power supply filter can be made
D. The magnetic particle density is high using:
51. Ferromagnaetic coil cores are not
generally good for use in RF oscillators 59. One difference between a triode and an A. A capacitor in parallel with the
because: N-Channel FET is that: rectifier output. *
B. A resistor in parallel with the rectifier
A. The inductances are too large A. Triodes work with lower voltages output.
B. It’s hard to vary the inductance of B. Triodes are more compact C. An inductor in parallel with the
such a coil C. Triodes need more voltage * rectifier output.
C. Such coils are too bulky D. Triodes don’t need filaments D. A capacitor in series with the rectifier
D. Air-core coils have better thermal output.
stability * 60. The inputs of an R-S flip-flop are known 68. What does a high resistance reading in
as: both forward- and reverse-bias directions
52. An oscillator might fail to start for any of
the following reasons except: indicate?
A. Low and High C. Asynchronous
B. Synchronous D. Set and reset *
A. Low power supply voltage A. A good diode
B. Low stage gain B. An open diode *
61. When both inputs of R-S flip-flop are 0: C. A shorted diode
C. In-phase feedback *
D. Very low output impedance D. A defective ohmmeter
A. The outputs stay as they are *
B. Q = 0 and –Q = 1 69. What does a reading of a large or small
53. An advantage of FSK over simple on-off
C. Q = 1 and –Q = 0 resistance in forward- and reverse-biased
keying for RTTY is:
D. The resulting outputs can be absurd conditions indicate when checking a
transistor using an ohmmeter?
A. Better frequency stability 62. A disadvantage of a half-wave rectifier is
B. Higher speed capability the fact that: A. Faulty device *
C. Reduced number of misprints *
B. Good device
D. On-off keying is just as good as FSK A. The voltage is excessive C. Bad ohmmeter
B. The current output is low D. None of the above
54. The bipolar transistors or JFETs in a C. The output is hard to filter *
multivibrator are usually connected in: D. It needs many diodes 70. Which of the following techniques can be
used in the sinusoidal ac analysis of
A. Class-B 63. A simple power supply filter can be built transistor networks?
B. A common-emitter or common- with:
source arrangement *
A. Small-signal
C. Class-C A. A capacitor in series with the dc B. Large-signal
D. A common-collector or common-drain output C. Small- or large-signal *
arrangement B. An inductor in parallel with the dc D. None of the above
output
55. Which of the following is not an advantage C. A rectifier in parallel with the dc 71. The input impedance of a BJT amplifier is
of CMOS? output purely _____ in nature and can vary from
D. A capacitor in parallel with the dc a few _____ to _____.
A. Relative immunity to noise pulses output *
B. Low current requirements A. resistive, ohms, megohms *
C. Ability to work at high speed 64. Which of the following bipolar-transistor B. capacitive, microfarads, farads
D. Ability to handle high power levels * circuits can provide the most C. inductive, millihenrys, henrys
56. An absolute limit on IS component density amplification? D. None of the above
is:
A. Common emitter * 72. The _____ configuration is frequently
A. The current level needed B. Common base used for impedance matching.
B. The maximum attainable impedance C. Common collector
C. The size of the semiconductor atoms* D. Common gate A. fixed-bias
D. No! There is no limit on component
B. voltage-divider bias *
density 65. A platter is a part of a device known as: C. emitter-follower
 D. collector feedback B. Voltage-controlled oscillator 92. The tail of a diff amp acts like a
C. Passive filter *
73. What is the voltage gain of a feedback D. Comparator A. Battery C. Current source *
pair connection? B. Transistor D. DDiode
83. What is the typical value of quality factor
A. 1 * C. –1 for crystal oscillators? 93. What usually controls the open-loop cutoff
B. 100 D. –100 frequency of an op amp?
A. 20,000 * C. 1000
74. The transfer curve is not defined by B. 100 D. 10 A. Stray-wiring capacitance
Shockley's equation for the _____. B. Base-emitter capacitance
84. How many diodes conduct in the full-wave C. Collector-base capacitance
A. JFET bridge rectifier while the capacitor is being D. Compensating capacitance *
B. depletion-type MOSFET charged? *
C. enhancement-type MOSFET * 94. The 741C has a unity-gain frequency of
D. BJT A. 1 C. 2 *
B. 3 D. 4 A. 10 Hz C. 1 MHz *
75. What is the approximate current level in B. 20 kHz D. 15 MHz
the gate of an FET in dc analysis? 85. Which of the following diodes has a
negative-resistance region? 95. How many types of negative feedback are
A. 0A * C. 0.7 mA there?
B. 0.3 mA D. 1 A A. Schottky C. Varactor
B. Tunnel * D. Power A. One C. Two
76. What is the range of gm for JFETs? B. Three D. Four *
86. A thyristor is a _____-layer semiconductor
A. 1 µS to 10 µS material device. 96. The approximation that distorts digital
B. B. 100 µS to 1000 µS signals the least is the
C. C. 1000 µS to 5000 µS * A. 2 C. 3
D. D. 10000 µS to 100000 µS B. 4 * D. 5 A. Butterworth C. Elliptic
B. Chebyshev D. Bessel *
77. The larger capacitive elements of the 87. How many terminals does a
design will determine the ________ cutoff programmable unijunction transistor (PUT)
97. Sallen-Key filters are also called ____ filters.
frequency. have?
A. VCVS * C. MFB
A. low * C. mid A. 4 C. 3 *
B. Biquadratic D. State-variable
B. high D. flat B. 2 D. 1
98. If GBW is limited, the Q of the stage will
78. A change in frequency by a factor of 88. Norton’s theorem replaces a complicated
________ is equivalent to 1 octave. circuit facing a load by an
A. Remain the same C. Double
B. Decrease D. Increase *
A. 20 C. 10 A. Ideal voltage source and parallel
*
B. 5 D. 2 * resistor
99. The output of a relaxation oscillator is a
B. Ideal current source and parallel
79. An IC unit made using both _____ and resistor *
C. Ideal voltage source and series A. Sine wave C. Ramp
_____ transistors is called a _____ circuit. B. Square wave * D. Spike
resistor
A. A. bipolar, MOSFET, BiFET D. Ideal current source and series
resistor 100. The quantity that remains constant in a
B. B. bipolar, MOSFET, BiMOS *
pulse-width modulator is
C. C. TTL, MOSFET, TailFET
D. D. unipolar, MOSFET, iMOS 89. One way to short a device is
* A. Pulse width
80. In which of the following operations is the B. Duty cycle *
A. With a cold-solder joint
resulting output signal of the differential C. Period
B. With a solder bridge *
amplifier near zero? D. Space
C. By disconnecting it
D. By opening it
A. Single-ended *
B. Double-ended 90. A silicon controlled rectifier has
C. Common-mode
D. None of the above A. Two external leads
81. Which type of amplifier uses pulse (digital) B. Three external leads *
signals in its operation? C. Four external leads
D. Three doped regions
A. Class A C. Class B or AB
B. Class C D. Class D * 91. The usual way to protect a load from
excessive supply voltage is with a
82. Which of the following is not a linear/digital
IC? A. Crowbar * C. Zener diode
B. Four-layer diode D. Thyristor
A. Phase-locked loop

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