CERTC - DAVAO MONTHLY EXAM 5

Electronics Engineering
Instruction: Select the correct answer for each of the following 7. If the output voltage of a bridge rectifier is 100V, the PIV of
questions. Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box diode will be
corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet (A) 100sqrt2V (C) 100pi V
provided. (B) 200/pi V (D) 100pi/2 V*
Strictly no erasures allowed. Use pencil no. 1 only.
8. The circuit shown in the figure represents a
NOTE: Whenever you come across a caret (^) sign, it means
exponentiation.

Instruction: Select the correct answer for each of the following

questions. Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box
corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet
provided. (A) voltage controlled voltage source
(B) voltage controlled current source
Strictly no erasures allowed. Use pencil no. 1 only. (C) current controlled current source*
NOTE: Whenever you come across a caret (^) sign, it means (D) current controlled voltage source
exponentiation.
9. The equivalent resistance in the infinite ladder network shown in
ELECTRONICS the figure, is Re. The value of Re/R is ________
1. A copper wire of 2 mm diameter with conductivity of 5.8 x 10 7
Siemens/m and electron mobility of 0.0032 m 2/Vs is subjected
to an electric field of 20 mV/m. Find the current density.
A. 2.16 x 10^6 C. 3.16 x 10^6
B. 1.16 x 10^6* D. 4.16 x 10^6
A. 2.625* B. 1.5 C. 3.1261 D. 4.8142
2. In the circuit shown, the voltage Vx (in Volts) is ____.
10. The counter-emf of a d-c shunt motor running at a speed of
1,200 rpm is 96 volts. When the flux per pole of the motor is
reduced by 15 %, the counter emf went down to 91.8 volts.
What is the speed of the motor at this instant?
A. 1,350 rpm * C. 1,015 rpm
B. 1,525 rpm D. 1,258 rpm
11. How many parallel paths are there in an eight-pole triplex-wave
a. 5 b. 6 c. 7 d. 8* armature?
A. 6 * C. 8
3. In the circuit shown in the figure, the BJT has a current gain () B. 4 D. 2
of 50. For an emitter-base voltage VEB = 600 mV, the emitter-
collector voltage VEC (in Volts) is _____. 12. Voltage regulation can be accomplished by a Zener diode
connected in
A. parallel with the filter output, forward-biased.
B. parallel with the filter output, reverse-biased.*
C. series with the filter output, forward-biased.
D. series with the filter output, reverse-biased.
22 -3
13. Silicon is doped with acceptor atoms to is density of 10 m . If
it is assumed that all acceptor centers are ionized, calculate the
conductivity of the extrinsic silicon. Given that intrinsic density is
a. 1 b. 2* c. 3 d. 4
1.4 x 1016 m-3, e = 0.145 m 2/Vs and h = 0.05 m2/Vs
A. A. 80 S/m* C. 60 S/m
4. A coaxial capacitor of inner radius 1mm and outer radius 5 mm B. B. 70 s/M D. 5 S/m
has a capacitance per unit length of 172 pF/m. If the ratio of
outer to inner radius is doubled, the capacitance per unit length 14. A bipolar junction transistor (BJT) is used as a power control
(in pF/m) is ____. switch
a. 110.22 b. 120.22* c. 130.22 d. 140.22 by biasing it in the cut-off region (OFF state) or in the saturation
region (ON state). In the ON state, for the BJT
5. In the circuit shown, the Norton equivalent resistance (in ) A. both the base-emitter and base-collector junctions are
reverse biased
across terminals a b is ___________.
B. the base-emitter junction is reverse biased, and the base-
collector junction is forward biased
C. the base-emitter junction is forward biased, and the base
collector junction is reverse biased
D. both the base-emitter and base-collector junctions are
forward biased*

a. 0.33 b. 1.33* c. 2.33 d. 3.33 15. A transistor with = 100 is connected as common base was
found to have a leakage current ICBO = 1 A. If the said
6. In the circuit shown below, the Zener diode is ideal and the transistor is configured as common emitter, what is its ICEO?
Zener voltage is 6V. The output voltage Vo (in volts) is _______. A. 0.101 mA* C. 0.1 mA
B. 0.1 mAD. 0.101 A

16. A depletion type MOSFET has a drain saturation current

IDSS=10mA and a pinch-off voltage Vp=4V, what is the
maximum transconductance gmo?
a. 4 b. 5* c. 6 d. 7 A. 5 x 10-3 S C. 2.5 mS*

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B. 400S D. needs VGS to solve gmo 29. Given below are two statements followed by two conclusions.
Assuming these statements to be true, decide which one
17. The drain current equation ( ID) of the enhancement type logically follows.
Statements:
MOSFET is taken from the transfer characteristics and is
I. All film stars are playback singers.
defined as ID=k (VGS VT )2. What is the typical value of k II. All film directors are film stars.
A. 0.3 mA / V2* C. 1.38 x 10^-23 J/ K Conclusions:
B. 2.5 mV / oC D. 2.0 mV/oC I. All film directors are playback singers.
II. Some film stars are film directors.
18. If a full-wave bridge circuit is used with a transformer whose
secondary provides 50 V rms, the peak voltage that occurs (A) Only conclusion I follows.
across the diodes in the reverse direction is approximately (B) Only conclusion II follows.
A. 50 V pk C. 150 V pk (C) Neither
C. 70conclusion
V pk.* I or II follows.
B. 100 V pk. D. Nota* (D) Both conclusion I and II follow.*

19. A power derating factor of 3.33 mW/C above 50C means that 30. The value of x for which all the eigen-values of the matrix given
below are real is
A. you must decrease the DC power dissipation rating by
3.33 mW for every 1C rise in the operating temperature above
50C*
B. you will end up getting a power of 3.33 mW if temperature
goes beyond 50C
(A) 5 +j* (C) 5 j
C. you must increase the DC power dissipation rating by 3.33
mW for every 1C rise in the operating temperature above 50C (B) 1 5j (D) 1+5j
D. your zener diode will dissipate a nominal DC power of
31. The general solution of the differential equation
3.33 mW for temperature above 50C
dy 1 cos 2y

20. Silicon diodes are used in a two-diode full-wave rectifier circuit dx 1 cos 2x
to supply a load of 12 volts DC. Assuming ideal diodes and the (A) tan y - cot x = c (c is a constant)
load resistance is 12 ohms. Compute the efficiency of the (B) tan x - cot y = c (c is a constant)
rectifier in percentage. (C) tan y + cot x = c (c is a constant)*
A. 5.8 B. 95.7 C. 75 D. 81.2* (D) tan x + cot y = c (c is a constant)

21. The nominal output voltage of a certain regulator is 8 V. The 32. Suppose A & B are two independent events with probabilities
output changes 2 mV when the input voltage foes from 12 V to P(A) 0 and P(B) 0. Let A & B be their complements Which
18 V. Determine the line regulation and express it in units of of the following statement is FALSE?
(a) P(A B) = P(A)P(B)
%/V.
(b) P(A/B) = P(A)
A. 0.004167 % / V* C. 0.033333 %/V
(c) P(A B) = P(A) + P(B)*
B. 0.155556 %/V D. 0.266667 %/V
(d) P(A B) = P(A).P(B)
22. A BUZ73L MOSFET has an on resistance of 0.4 and is
33. You are given three coins: one has heads on both faces, the
rated at 7 A. If the supply voltage is 9 V, what is the minimum
second has tails on both faces, and the third has a head on one
resistance of a device in series that it can safely switch? face and a tail on the other. You choose a coin at random and
A. 1.286 ohms C. 0.886 ohms* toss it, and it comes up heads. The probability that the other
B. 0.486 ohms D. 0.4 ohms face is tails is
(A) 1/4 (B) 1/3* (C) (D) 2/3
23. When the gate-source voltage of a given MOSFET increases by
2 V, the drain current increases by 1.7 A. What is the 34. If A and B are square matrices of order 4 x 4 such that A = 5B
transconductance of the MOSFET? and A B , then is
A. 3.4 mho C. 1.31 mho
a. 5 b. 25 c. 625* d. none
B. 0.85 Siemens* D. 0.59 Siemens
35. If A and B are square matrices of the same order such that AB =
24. A signal of amplitude 60 mV is amplified to 500 mV, what is A and BA = A , then A and B are both
the gain at critical frequency? (A) Singular (C) Involutory
A. 11.78 B. 5.89* C. 8.33 D. 4.17 (B) Idempotent* (D) None of these

25. A transistor has an hfe of 80. When the base current is

8 6 2
increased by 15 A, the collector current increases by____
36. The eigen values of A 6 7 4 are
A. 15mA B. 1mA C. 1.2Ma* D. 15uA
2 4 3
MATHEMATICS (A) 0, 3, -15 (C) 0, 3, 15*
(B) 0, -3 , -15 (D) 0, -3, 15
n
1
26. The value of n 2
n0
is 2 1 3
a. 1 b. 2* c. 3 d. 4 37. If the rank of the matrix, A 4 7 is 2, then the
1 4 5
27. A fair die with faces {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} is thrown repeatedly till 3 is value of is
observed for the first time. Let X denote the number of times the (A) - 13 (B) 13* (C) 3 (D)None
dies is thrown. The expected value of X is _____.
a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6* 38. If 2 and 4 are the eigen values of A then the eigenvalues of A T
are
28. If a^2 + b^2 + c^2 = 1, then ab + bc + ac lies in the interval (A) , 1/4 (C) 4, 16
(A) [1,2 / 3] (C) [-1,1/ 2] (B) 2, 4* (D) None of these
(B) [-1/ 2,1]* (D) [2,- 4]

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D. 2 y i xyk
x y 2 dydx is equal to
1 x
2 B. xy
2

39.
0 x
a. 7/60 b. 3/35* c. 4/49 d. none 54. Find the slope of the curve y=2(1+3x)2 at point (0,3)
A. 1020 C. 12*
40. The maximum value of (1/x)^x is B. D. 18
a. e b. e^(1/e)* c. (1/e)^e d. none 2
55. A point moves on the curve y=x . How fast is "y" changing when
41. The minimum value of (x^2 + (250/x)) is x=2 and x is decreasing at a rate 3?
(A) 75* (B) 50 (C) 25 (D) 0 A. 12 * C. 18
B. 16 D. 14
42. The odds against a husband who is 45 years old, living till he is 2
56. locate the centroid of the area bounded by the parabola y =4x,
70 are 7:5 and the odds against his wife who is 36, living till she
the line y=4 and the y-axis
is 61 are 5:3. The probability that at least one of them will be
A. 6/6, 4 C. 6/5, 3*
alive 25 years hence, is
B. 4/8, 6 D. 7/3, 4
(A) 61/96* (B) 5/32 (C) 13/64 (D)None
4
57. Evaluate lim(iz +3z 2 -10i)
43. A can solve 90% of the problems given in a book and B can z 2 i

solve 70%. What is the probability that at least one of them will A. -12+6i* C. 12+6i
solve a problem, selected at random from the book? B. 12-6i D. -12-6i
(A) 0.16 (B) 0.63 (C) 0.97* (D) 0.20
58. Find the length of the curve r=8 sin theta
44. Evaluate log( ii ) A. 8 C. 8 pi*
A. 0.2079j C. -0.682j* B. 4 D. 4 pi
B. -0.0207j D. 0.702j
59. What is the order and degree of the following DE.
1
45. Determine the Laplace transform of t 2 4
dy d y 2 y ( 4) 0
6 2

dx dx 2
A. 2 C. 2 1
1
s2 s2 A. 2,4 C. 4,1*
B. * D. 2 1
B. 1,6 D. 3,1
1
s2 3s 2
8 t < 2 60. determine a point of inflection for the graph y=x^3 + 6x^2
46. Determine the Laplace transform of the function f(t) = . A. (-2,16)* C. (-1,5)
6 t > 2
B. (0,0) D. (2,32)
A. (8-2es)/s B. (2-8e-s) C. (8s-e-s)/s D. (8-2e-s)/s*
2
61. Where does the normal line to the curve y=x-x at the point (1,0)
47. Find the differential equation of the family of parabolas having intersect the curve a second time?
their vertices at the origin and their foci on the y-axis A. (-3,-12) C. (-2,-6)
A. xy ' 2 y 0 C. xy ' 2 y 0 * B. (0,0) D. (-1,-2)*
B. y ' 2xy y 0 D. xy ' 2 y xy 0
1
62. Determine the inverse Laplace transform of .
48. Evaluate the Laplace transform of t 4s2 8s
1 1 t
A. C. * A. e t sinh t * C. e co sh t
3 3 4 4
s 2
2s 2
1 1
B. e2t sinh t D. e2t co sh t
B. D. 2 2
1 1
2s 2 s2

f ( x ) dx=4 and g( x ) dx=2 , find [3f ( x ) 2g( x )+1] dx

7 7 7
63. If
49. Determine the interval of convergence for the given power 1 1 1

A. 23 C. 25
series n x
n2 n
B. 22* D. 24
n 1 3

A. 2 x 3 C. 2 x 2 * 64. Solve the DE y '' y ' 2 y 0 with the following conditions, y(0)=1,
B. 1 x 1 D. 3 x 3 y(0)=2
A. 3 e t 3 cos3t 1 sin 3t C. 3 e t 3 cos3t 1 sin 3t
1 10 10 10 10 10 10
50. What is the power series of the 2 B. e 2t
D. 4 cos3t 6 sin 6t 4 e 3t
1 2x 7 7 7
2n
x ( 2) n 65. What is the inverse of the matrix A?
A. n 0 C. cos sin
n 0 x 2 n A
sin cos
n 2n n n
B. ( 2) x * D. ( 1) x cos sin cos sin
n0 n 0 A. C. *
C. sin cos sin cos
51. Which of the following is not homogeneous? sin cos
2 2 B. D. none of the above
sin cos
A. x C. y tan(x/y)
B. tanx * D. xlnx-xlny
66. Determine the wronskian of e2x, cosx, sinx
52. Water is flowing into a vertical cylindrical tank at the rate of 24 x x
3 A. 3e C. -3e
ft /min. If the radius of the tank is 4 ft., how fast is the surface
B. 2ex D.5e2x *
rising?

A. 0.567 ft/min C. 0.655 ft/min
67. Evaluate the zlim z 2 z 1 3i
B. 0.477ft/min* D. 0.456 ft/min (12 i )
2
z 2z 2

53. The divergence of F 2 xy i 2 x zj xyzk

2 2 A. -4i C. 1-2i
A. 4 y xy 2
C. 2 y xy * 2 B. 1-1.5i* D. 2-i

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12 15 B. 4! D. 6-1!
68. Determine the adjoint of the matrix
28 19 82. Evaluate (5.5)
19 12 59 44
A. 28 15

C.
28 15
A. 945 2 C. 945
3 3
19 14 19 15 954
B. 28 12 D. * B. D. 945
28 12 3 3
4 3
69. y(t) -7 y(t) + 10 y(t) = 0; y(0) = 7; y(0) = 26 83. Find the multiplicative inverse of matrix cdc
2t 2t 2t 5t 1 6
A. y=3e +5e C. y=3e +4e *
B. y=3e -5e
2t 2t 2t
D. y=4e +5e
2t 1 2
4 3
A. C. 7 7
70. Under favorable conditions a single cell of the bacterium 6 1 4 1
21 21
Escherichia coli divides into two about every 20 minutes. If this
same rate of division is maintained for 10 hours, how many 2 1 1 2
7 7 7
organisms will be produced from a single cell? B. D. 5
A. 1,072,000,000 * C. 1,092,000,000
1 4
4 1
B. 1,080,000,000 D. 2,000,000,000 21 21 21 21

71. Find the equation of the line tangent to the curve y=x^3- 84. Calculate the divergence of (x,xy,z)
6x^2+5x+2 at its point of inflection A. x-1 C. x+1
A. 7x-y=10 C. 7x+y=10* B. 0 D. 2
B. -7x+y=10 D. -7x-y=10
2s 18
85. Find the inverse Laplace transform of as a function of x.
72. Given a Cauchy Euler Second Order Differential Equation: s2 9
2
9x y + 3xy + y = 0, determine the general solution. A. 2cos x sin 3x C. 3cos 2x 2sin 6x
1/3 1/3
A. y = C1x + C2x Inx*
5/3 1/3
C. y = C1x + C2x Inx B. 2cos 3x 6 sin3x * D. 6cos x 3sin 2x
1/3 2/3 2/3 1/3
B. y = C1x + C2x Inx D. y = C1x + C2x Inx 3
86. Evaluate the Laplace transform of 2t 2
73. Evaluate ln(3+4i) 3
A. 1.71-0.937i C. 1.61-0.927i* A. 3 C. 3 5 *
2s 2 4s 2
B. 2.71-0.457i* D. 3.41-0.854i
B.
3 C. 4 5
x
3s 2 3s 2
74. What is the power series of e about x=0?
1 x
87. A pair of fair dice is thrown. Find the probability that the sum is
A. 1 2 x 5 x 2 8 x 3 ... C. 2 x 5 x 2 8 x 3 ...
2 3 2 3 10 or greater if a 5 appears on at least one of the dice.
A. 6/11 B. 5/11 C. 4/11 D. 3/11*
B. 1 2 x 5 x 8 x ... *
2 3
D. 2 x 5 x 8 x 3 ...
2

2 3 2 3
88. Three machines A, B and C produce respectively 60%, 30% and
75. One of the roots of i1/3 is _____. 10% of the total number of items of a factory. The percentages
3 1 1 3 of defective output of these machines are respectively 2% 3%
A. i* C. i and 4 %. An item is selected at random and is found defective.
2 2 2 2
Find the probability that the item was produced by machine C.
1 3 3 1
B. i D. i A. 3/25 B. 3/17 C. 4/25* D. 4/17
2 2 2 2
89. The probability is 0.02 that an item produced by a factory is
76. Determine the inverse Laplace transform of defective. A shipment of 10,000 items is sent to its warehouse.
100 Find the standard deviation.
I(s)
s2 500s 10625 A. 24 B. 14* C. 18 D. 26
A. i(t) 2e 25t sin100t C. i(t) e25t sin100t
90. A series RL circuit supplied with 12 Vdc contains R = 20 ohms
B. i(t) e25t cos100t D. i(t) te25t cos100t
and L = 0.2 H. Calculate the current flowing in the circuit after
0.02 sec, assuming no initial current at the conductor.
77. You run a canoe-rental business on a small river in Ohio. You A. 0.52 A* B. 0.25 A C. 0.50 A D. 0.35 A
currently charge $12 per canoe and average 36 rentals a day.
An industry journal says that, for every fifty-cent increase in 91. A tank contains 1000 L of brine with 15 kg of dissolved salt.
rental price, the average business can expect to lose two rentals Pure water enters the tank at a rate of 10 L/min. The solution is
a day. Use this information to attempt to maximize your income. kept thoroughly mixed and drains from the tank at the same
What should you charge? rate. How much salt is in the tank after 20 minutes?
A. 10.10 C. 10.50* A. 12.28 kg* B. 13.38 kg C. 14.48 kg D. 10.08 kg
B. 8.50 D. 9.50
78. Determine the radius of convergence of the power series 92. If an error of 1% is made in measuring the edge of a cube, what

n3
3n x n
is the approximate percentage error in the computed volume?
n=1
A. 1% B. 2% C. 3%* D. 4%
A. -3 x < 3 C. -3 < x 3
93. A direct current generator has an electromotive force of E volts
B. -3 < x < 3 D. 3* and an internal resistance of r ohms. E and r are constants.
What value of external resistance R should be inserted across
79. Find the laplace transform of [2/(s + 1)] [4/(s + 3)]. the supply to produce maximum power?
A. [2e(exp -t) 4e(exp -3t)]* C. [e(exp -2t) + e(exp -3t)] A.R = r* B. R = 2r C. R = 3r D. R = 4r
B. [e(exp -2t) e(exp -3t)] D. [2e(exp -t) + 4e(exp 3t)]
94. A certain radioactive material is known to decay at a rate
80. Determine the integrating factor of the differential equation proportional to the amount present. If after one hour it is
( )
3xy - y2 dx + x(x - y)dy = 0 . observed that 10% of the material has decayed, find the time
2 x required for 30% of the original amount to decay.
A. lnx B. x C. x* D. e
A. 3.39 hours* C. 2.29 hours
81. Evaluate (6)
B. 4.49 hours D. 5 hours
A. 7! C. 5!*
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95. Which of the two events are not mutually exclusive?
A. Rolling a die and getting a 6 or a 3
B. Drawing a card from a deck and getting a club or an ace*
C. Tossing a coin and getting a head or a tail
D. Tossing a coin and getting a head and rolling a die and
getting an odd number

96. Which of the following events are dependent?

A. Tossing a coin and rolling a die
B. Rolling a die and then rolling a second die
C. Sitting in the sun all day and getting sunburned*
D. Drawing a card from a deck and rolling a die

97. Given f(x) = x 4 x 3 4, when f(x) is divided by x k , the

remainder is K. Find the value of K.
A. 5 C. 7
B. 8 D. 4 *

98. If 1and -2 are rational roots of the equation

x 4 x3 4x 2 6x 12 0. what is the second depressed
equation?
2
A. x +6=0 * C. x2+9=0
2
B. x2+7=0 D. x +10=0

99. A and B working together can finish a piece of work in 20 days.

After working for 4 days, A quits and B finishes the work in 24
days more, Find the no. of days that B could finish the work
alone.
A. 30 days * C. 20 days
B. 40 days D. 10 days

100. Determine the positive value of x so that x,x2-5 and 2x will be a

harmonic progression.
A. 5 C. 3 *
B. 9 D. 4

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