EASY ROUND

MATHEMATICS
What is the 11th term in the expansion (x + y)15
 ANSWER
• 3003x5y10
 GEAS
In 1812, A British Scientist discovered that when the angle of incidence is equal
to the polarizing angle, the reflected ray and the refracted ray are perpendicular
to each other. Who is this British Scientist?
 ANSWER
• Sir David Brewster
 GEAS
A hydraulic press contains 0.25 m3 (250 L) of oil. Find the decrease in the
volume of the oil when it is subjected to a pressure increase ∆p = 1.6 x 107 Pa
(about 160 atm or 2300 psi). The bulk modulus of the oil is B = 5.0 x 109 Pa
(about 5.0 x 104 atm) and its compressibility is k = 1/B = 20 x 10-6 atm-1
 ANSWER
• -0.0032 or -0.32 %
 ELECTRONICS
• The maximum efficiency of Class B amplifier
 ANSWER
• 78.50 %
 MATHEMATICS
• Suppose f is a continuous function defined on the interval [a, b], with f(a)
and f(b) of opposite sign. This theorem implies that a number p exists in (a,
b) with f(p) = 0. Although the procedure will work when there is more than
one root in the interval (a, b), we assume for simplicity that the root in this
interval is unique. The method calls for a repeated halving (or bisecting) of
subintervals of [a, b] and, at each step, locating the half containing p. What is
this theorem?
 Answer
• Intermediate Value Theorem
 ELECTRONICS
• What is the term for energy that is stored in an electromagnetic or
electrostatic field?
 ANSWER
• Potential Energy
 EST
• What type of circuit varies the tuning of an amplifier tank circuit to produce
FM signals?
 ANSWER
• Phase Modulator
 EST
• If the signals of two repeater transmitters mix together in one or both of
their final amplifiers and unwanted signals at the sum and difference
frequencies of the original signals are generated and radiated, what is this
called?
 ANSWER
• Intermodulation Interference
 Mathematics
• Find the eigenvalues of the matrix below
 Answer
• -0.8 and -2
 Electronics

• In an RF oscillator circuit designed for high stability, the positive feedback is

drawn from two capacitors connected in series.
• These two capacitors would most likely be
 Answer
• Silver Mica
AVERAGE ROUND
 GEAS
• A siren on a tall pole radiates sound waves uniformly in all directions. At a
distance of 15.0 m from the siren, the sound intensity is 0.250 W /m2. At
what distance is the intensity 0.010 W /m2?
 Answer
• 75 m
 EST
• Adding one bit to the word length, is equivalent to adding ____ dB to the
dynamic range of the digitizer:
 Answer
• 6 dB
 GEAS
• Find the gradient of the scalar defined by V = x 2 y + xyz.
 Answer
• ∇V = y 2x + z ax + x x + z ay + xyaz
 Mathematics
• Determine the derivative of the function y = xx in terms of x
 Answer
• x x (lnx + 1)
 Electronics
• When extremely low ripple is required, or when the voltage supplied to the
load must remain constant under conditions of large fluctuations of current
and line voltage, a closed-loop amplifier is used to regulate the power supply.
There are two main categories of electronic regulators. They are:
 Answer
• Linear and switching
 EST
• Calculate the thermal noise power available from any resistor at room
temperature for a bandwidth of 1 MHz. Calculate also the corresponding
noise voltage given R = 50 ohms
 Answer
• P = 4 × 10-15 W and EN = 0.895 µV
 Mathematics
• It is a curve or geometric figure, each part of which has the same statistical
character as the whole
 Answer
• Fractals
 EST
• The first letter in the types of radio emission indicates
 Answer
• Type of modulation
 GEAS
• It is the ability of the material to undergo large permanent deformations in
compressions
 Answer
• Malleability
 EST
• The type of IP address given below is

204.67.118.54
 Answer
• Class C
DIFFICULT ROUND
 ELECTRONICS
• In figure which diode will conduct and what will be the value of V0?
 Answers
• 5V
 GEAS
• It is the quantity of electric charge per unit length, surface area or volume
 Answer
• Charge Density
 Mathematics
1

• Let 𝐻 𝑠 = (𝑠2 + 𝜔2 )2. Find ℎ(𝑡)

Answer
 Electronics
• In an oscillator where positive feedback is provided through a capacitor in
series with a crystal, that type of oscillator is a:
 Answer
• Pierce Oscillator
 Mathematics
• Determine the impulse response for the cascade of two linear time-invariant
1 𝑛
systems having impulse responses ℎ1 𝑛 = 𝑢(𝑛) and ℎ2 𝑛 =
2
1 𝑛
𝑢(𝑛)
4
• Use convolution theorem
 Answer
1 𝑛 1 𝑛
• 2
2−
2
𝑢(𝑛)
 GEAS
• Given the vectors A = 10ax − 4ay + 6az and B = 2ax + ay , find the scalar
projection of B on A
 Answer
• 1.3
 GEAS
• High-energy subatomic particles coming from space interact with atoms in
the earth’s upper atmosphere, in some cases producing unstable particles
called muons. A muon decays into other particles with a mean lifetime of 2.2
µs as measured in a reference frame in which it is at rest. If a muon is
moving at 0.990 relative to the earth, what will an observer on earth measure
its mean lifetime to be?
 Answer
• 15.6 µs
 GEAS
• The 50-g bullet traveling at 600 m/s strikes the 4-kg block centrally and is
embedded within it. If the block slides on a smooth horizontal plane with a
velocity of 12 m/s in the direction shown prior to impact, determine the
velocity v2 and direction with respect to x of the block and embedded bullet
immediately after impact.
 Answer
• 16.83 m/s θ = 52.4o
 EST
• In this method, when a frame is traveling between switches, an extra header
is added to the MAC frame to define the destination VLAN. The frame tag is
used by the receiving switches to determine the VLANs to the receiving the
broadcast message.
 Answer
• Frame Tagging
 Mathematics
• Determine the convolution of f(t) = u(t) and f(t) = t u(t)
 Answer
• 0.5 t2 or 0.5 t2 u(t)