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MCQs in Feedback and Oscillator Circuits

ThisistheMultipleChoiceQuestionsinFeedbackandOscillatorCircuits
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Types|MCQsinPracticalFeedbackCircuits|MCQsin
FeedbackAmplifier|MCQsinOscillatorOperation|MCQsin
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Practice Exam Test Questions

Choosetheletterofthebestanswerineachquestions.
1.Whichofthefollowingimprovementsis(are)aresultofthenegative
feedbackinacircuit?
A.Higherinputimpedance
B.Betterstabilizedvoltagegain
C.Improvedfrequencyresponse
D.Alloftheabove

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2.Whichofthefollowingimprovementsis(are)aresultofthenegative
feedbackinacircuit?
A.Loweroutputimpedance
B.Reducednoise
C.Morelinearoperation
D.Alloftheabove

3.Whichofthefollowingis(are)feedback?
A.Voltageseries
B.Voltageshunt

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4.Whatistheratiooftheinputimpedancewithseriesfeedbacktothat
withoutfeedback?
A.1+A
B.A
C.
D.1

5.Whatistheratiooftheoutputimpedancewithseriesfeedbackto
thatwithoutfeedback?
A.1
B.1+A
C.A
D.A

6.Thefrequencydistortionarisingbecauseofvaryingamplifiergain
withfrequencyisconsiderablyreducedinanegativevoltagefeedback
amplifiercircuit.
A.True
B.False

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7.Determinethevoltagegainwithfeedbackforavoltageseries
feedbackhavingA=100,R1 =15k,Ro=20k,andafeedbackof
=0.25.
A.3.85
B.3.85
C.9.09
D.9.09

8.Determinetheinputimpedancewithfeedbackforavoltageseries
feedbackhavingA=100,R1 =15k,Ro=20k,andafeedbackof
=0.25.

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A.110k

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C.390k

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D.510k

9.Determinetheoutputimpedancewithfeedbackforavoltageseries
feedbackhavingA=100,R1 =15k,Ro=20k,andafeedbackof
=0.25.
A.0.2k
B.392.16k
C.1.82k
D.769.23

10.Anamplifierwithagainof500andafeedbackof=0.1hasa
gainchangeof15%duetotemperature.Calculatethechangeingain
ofthefeedbackamplifier.
A.0.2%
B.0.3%
C.0.4%
D.0.5%

11.Referringtothisfigure,calculatetheamplificationgainwith
feedbackforthefollowingcircuitvalues:R1 =80k,R2 =20k,Ro
=10k,RD=61k,andgm=4000S.
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A.4.36

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B.4.25

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C.6.35
D.20.85

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12.Referringtothisfigure,calculatetheamplificationgainwherethe
opampgain(A)is200,000,R1=1.5k,andR2 =400.

A.4.25
B.4.50
C.4.75
D.5.00

13.Referringtothisfigure,calculatethevoltagegainwithfeedback
Avf.

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A.4.85

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B.4.20

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C.4.17

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D.4.00

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14.Referringtothisfigure,calculatethevoltagegainwithoutfeedback
forthefollowingcircuitvalues:RD=4k,RS=1k,RF=15k,and
gm=5000S.

A.20.0
B.21.5
C.23.5
D.25.5

15.Referringtothisfigure,calculatethevoltagegainwiththe
feedbackforthefollowingcircuitvalues:RD=4k,RS=1k,RF=
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15k,andgm=5000S.

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A.11.2

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B.8.57
C.6.75

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D.3.25

16.Whichofthefollowingis(are)thedeterminingfactor(s)ofthe
stabilityofafeedbackamplifier?
A.A
B.Phaseshiftbetweeninputandoutputsignals
C.BothAandthephaseshiftbetweeninputandoutput
signals
D.Noneoftheabove

17.AtwhatphaseshiftisthemagnitudeofAatitsmaximuminthe
Nyquistplot?
A.90
B.180
C.270
D.0

18.AtwhatphaseshiftisthemagnitudeofAatitsminimuminthe
Nyquistplot?
A.90
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B.180
C.270
D.0

19.TheNyquistplotcombinesthetwoBodeplotsofgainversus
frequencyandphaseshiftversusfrequencyonasingleplot.
A.True
B.False

20.TheamplifierisunstableiftheNyquistcurveplottedencloses

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(encircles)the1point,anditisstableotherwise.

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21.Whichofthefollowingisrequiredforoscillation?
A.A>1
B.Thephaseshiftaroundthefeedbacknetworkmustbe
180.
C.BothA>1andthephaseshiftaroundthefeedback
networkmustbe180.
D.Noneoftheabove

22.Aninputsignalisneededforanoscillatortostart.
A.True
B.False

23.OnlytheconditionA=_____mustbesatisfiedforselfsustained
oscillationstoresult.
A.0
B.1
C.1
D.Noneoftheabove

24.Givengm=5000S,rd=40k,R=10k,andA=35.
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DeterminethevalueofRDforoscillatoroperationat1kHz.

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A.8.05k
B.8.48k
C.10.8k
D.12.3k

25.IntheICphaseshiftoscillator,whatshouldtheratiooffeedback
resistorRftoR1 be?
A.Zero
B.Greaterthan29
C.Lessthan29
D.Anyvalue

26.Thiscircuitisa_____oscillator.

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A.phaseshift
B.Wienbridge

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C.Colpitts

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D.Hartley

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27.Foraphaseshiftoscillator,thegainoftheamplifierstagemustbe
greaterthan_____.
A.19
B.29
C.30
D.1

28.IntheWienbridgeoscillator,whichofthefollowingis(are)
frequencydeterminingcomponents?
A.R1 andR2
B.C1 andC2
C.R1 ,R2 ,C1 ,andC2
D.Noneoftheabove

29.Calculatetheresonantfrequencyofthisoscillator.

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A.1560.34Hz
B.3120.70Hz

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C.4681.07Hz
D.6241.37Hz

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30.CalculatetheresonantfrequencyofthisWienbridgeoscillatorifR1
=25k,R2 =40k,C1 =0.001F,andC2 =0.002F.

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A.1560.3Hz
B.1779.4Hz
C.3120.7Hz
D.3558.8Hz

31.CalculatethevalueofC1 =C2 fortheWienbridgeoscillatorto

operateatafrequencyof20kHz.AssumeR1 =R2 =50kandR3 =
3R4 =600?

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A.1.59pF
B.15.9pF

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C.159pF

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D.1.59nF

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32.Thiscircuitisa_____oscillator.

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A.phaseshift
B.Wienbridge
C.Colpitts
D.Hartley

33.Whichofthefollowingoscillatorsis(are)tunedoscillators?
A.Colpitts
B.Hartley
C.Crystal
D.Alloftheabove

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34.Thiscircuitisa_____oscillator.

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C.Colpitts
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D.Hartley

35.Whatisthetypicalvalueofqualityfactorforcrystaloscillators?
A.20,000
B.1000
C.100
D.10

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1.Negativefeedbackresultsin_____.
A.decreasedvoltagegain
Bincreasedvoltagegain
C.oscillationinthecircuit
D.Noneoftheabove

2.Positivefeedbackresultsin_____.
A.decreasedvoltagegain
B.increasedvoltagegain

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C.oscillationinthecircuit
D.Noneoftheabove

3.Seriesfeedbackconnectionstendto_____theinputresistance.
Shuntfeedbackconnectionstendto_____theinputresistance.
A.decrease,increase
B.increase,decrease
C.increase,increase
D.decrease,decrease

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4.Voltagefeedbackconnectionstendto_____theoutputimpedance.
Currentfeedbackconnectionstendto_____theoutputimpedance.

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A.decrease,increase
B.increase,decrease

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C.increase,increase
D.decrease,decrease

5.Withfeedback,,theoverallgainofthecircuitisreducedbyafactor
_____whereAisthegainwithoutthefeedback.
A.
B.A
C.A
D.1+A

6.Anamplifierwithnegativefeedbackhas_____bandwidththan(as)
theamplifierwithoutfeedback.
A.thesame
B.less
C.more
D.Noneoftheabove

7.Afeedbackamplifierhasa_____upper3dBfrequencyanda
_____lower3dBfrequencycomparedtoanamplifierwithout
feedback.
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A.smaller,higher
B.higher,smaller
C.smaller,smaller
D.higher,higher

8.WhatisthegainattheoriginoftheNyquistplot?
A.Zero
B.Anegativevalue
C.Apositivevalue

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D.Undefined

9.InaNyquistplot,asthefrequencyincreases,thephaseshift
betweeninputandoutputsignals_____.
A.remainsthesame

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B.decreases
C.increases
D.Noneoftheabove

10.AnamplifierisstableiftheabsolutemagnitudeofAis_____.
A.
B.lessthan1
C.greaterthan1
D.Noneoftheabove

11.IntheBarkhausencriterion,theloopgainAisequalto_____.
A.
B.200,000
C.0
D.1

12.Inpractice,Aismade_____andthesystemisstartedoscillating
byamplifyingnoisevoltage,whichisalwayspresent.

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A.greaterthan1
B.smallerthan1
C.equalto1
D.Noneoftheabove

13.Inthephaseshiftoscillator,thegainoftheamplifierstagemustbe
_____.
A.0
B.lessthan29
C.greaterthan29

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D.

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14.Inthephaseshiftoscillator,theoperatingfrequencyisdetermined
by_____.

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A.resistanceonly
B.capacitanceonly
C.LCcombinations
D.RCcombinations

15.IntheWienbridgeoscillatorwithR1 =R2 =RandC1 =C2 =C,a

ratioofR3 toR4 willprovidesufficientloopgainforthecircuitto
oscillate.

A.0
B.0.5
C.1
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D.2

16.IntheColpittsoscillator,thefrequencyisdeterminedby_____.
A.resistanceonly
B.inductanceonly
C.capacitanceonly
D.bothinductanceandacapacitance

17.IntheColpittsoscillator,theelementsX1 andX2 are_____andX3

isa(n)_____.

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A.inductors,capacitor
B.capacitors,inductor
C.capacitors,resistor
D.inductors,resistor

18.InaHartleyoscillator,theelementsX1 andX2 are_____andX3 is

a(n)_____.

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A.inductors,capacitor
B.capacitors,inductor
C.capacitors,resistor
D.inductors,resistor

19.Crystaloscillatorsareusedwhenevera(n)_____levelofstabilityis
required.
A.lower
B.average
C.greater

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D.Noneoftheabove

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20.SincethecrystallossesrepresentedbyRaresmall,theequivalent
crystalQ(qualityfactor)is_____.

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A.verylow
B.low
C.medium
D.high

21.Theseriesresonantimpedanceofacrystaloscillatoris_____.
A.verylow
B.low
C.medium
D.veryhigh

22.Theparallelresonantimpedanceofacrystaloscillatoris_____.
A.verylow
B.low
C.medium
D.veryhigh

23.Attheseriesresonantfrequency,theamountofpositivefeedback
is_____.
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A.verylarge
B.large
C.small
D.verysmall

24._____isafrequencydeterminingcomponentinaunijunction
oscillator.
A.Totalresistance
B.Totalcapacitance
C.Intrinsicstandoffratio

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D.Alloftheabove

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25.Typically,aunijunctiontransistorhasastandoffratiofrom_____
to_____.

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A.0.0,0.2
B.0.2,0.4
C.0.4,0.6
D.0.6,0.8

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