ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

Refresher Evaluation Exam

March 16, 2006: 1:00 – 5:00 PM

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
STRICTLY NO BERASURES ALLOWED. Use Mongol Pencil 2 ONLY

1. The main purpose of an instrumentation amplifier is __________

a. To compare input signals
b. To amplify small signals those are riding on large common mode voltage
c. To reject unwanted signals
d. To trim small signals those are riding on large common mode voltage

2. In a series RLC circuit, what is the condition of the circuit if has is high impedance, low current, and low reactance voltages?
a. ideal circuit b. percent circuit
c. resonant d. non-resonant

3. The most accurate type of test equipment used for measuring high power is the _______.
a. bolometer b. wavemeter
c. calometer d. wattmeter

4. The effect on the human body of 21-40 mill-amperes 60 Hz AC or 80 milli-ampere 1 D.C. is _________.
a. respiratory failure b. mascular inhibition
c. reflex inhibition d. surprise

5. A straight line plot of collector current I and V for a transistor circuit is called the ___________.
a. Threshold line b. DC loadline
c. Loading limit d. Linear level

6. If a transformer has a turns ratio of 1:3; what is the current ratio?

a. 1:3 b. 1:9
c. 3:1 d. 9:1

7. There is a ______ degrees invention between gate and drain voltage an FET.
a. Zero b. 90
c. 180 d. 270

8. A differential circuit uses a ______.

a. Capacitor in its feedback circuit b. RLC in its feedback circuit
c. Inductor in its feedback circuit d. Resistor in its feedback circuit

9. Which of the following shells contain 2 electrons?

a. L b. N
c. M d. K

10. What amplifier is used when power from a conversion servo amplifier is too small to drive large servomotors
(Either A.C or D.C)?
a. Power b. Magnetic
c. Summing d. Output

11. An amplifier which is designed to be used with other circuit component to perform either computing functions or some type of
transfer operation?
a. Differential Amplifier b. RD Amplifier
c. Audio Amplifier d. Operational Amplifier

12. What type of LC oscillator is sometimes called a “tickler” oscillator in reference to the transformer secondary or tickler coil that
provides the feedback to keep the oscillator going?
a. Colpitts b. Clapp
c. Armstrong d. Hartley

13. The ratio of the Dc collector current Ic to the emitter current Ie is called the Dc____.
a. Delta b. Beta
c. Echo d. Alpha

14. The effect of 60 Hz AC over 100 mA or DC over 300 mA on the human body
a. Mascular Inhibition b. Respiratory Failure
c. Surprise d. Usually Fatal

15. The bit storage capacity of a Read Only Memory with a 512 organization is ______ bits.
a. 1024 b. 8192
c. 4096 d. 2048

16. The device used to produce a gradual change of impedance at the end of a waveguide is called a _______.
a. Funnel b. Load
c. Dummy d. Horn

17. In a robot, the axis that allows rotation are often referred to as amplifier.
a. Revolving b. Revolute
c. Resolute d. Rotary

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18. The most widely used combination bias system in basic transistor amplifier.
a. Limited Type b. Current Divider Type
c. Voltage-Divider Type d. Base Current Type

19. The open-loop gain of an op-am is given at 225,000. Find the gain in dB.
a. 53.52 b. 107
c. 535.2 d. 10.7

20. A _____ is a solid material formed by atoms bonding together in a fixed pattern.
a. Block b. Crystal
c. Lattice d. Pyramid

21. Elements with 5 or more valence electrons are called _________.

a. Semi-conductors b. Conductors
c. Molecule d. Insulators

22. When the resistance of the load is high with respect to the resistance of the source _____ in a circuit is achieved.
a. Maximum Power b. High Efficiency
c. Maximum Transfer d. High Voltage

23. As the input voltage varies within specified limits. The zener diode maintains a nearly constant output voltage across its terminal.
This is called _____.
a. Auto Regulation b. Specific Regulation
c. Line Regulation d. Load Regulation

24. The method of assigning more sectors to the outer disk tracks is referred to as _____ recording.
a. Random b. Zone
c. Sector d. System

25. _______ is the unit of electrical current flow.

a. Volt b. Ohm
c. Ampere d. Watt

26. According to Ohm’s Law, what happens to the circuit current if the circuit resistance increases?
a. Current doubles b. Current Decreases
c. Current Increases d. Current remains constant

27. What is the 7’s complement of 157028.

a. 627058 b. 731868
c. 627068 d. 731648

28.DC biasing is used to establish a steady level of transistor current. This is called the ______.
a. Operating Coordinates b. Threshold point
c. Range of Operation d. DC operating point

29. Arc blow can be avoided in electric welding by ______.

a. Increasing arc length b. Welding away from earth ground connection
c. Using bare electrodes d. Using AC welding machine

30. The distance covered or traveled by a waveform during the time interval of one complete cycle.
a. Frequency b. Wavelength
c. Time slot d. wave time

31. ______ is the non-linear distortion characterized by the appearance at the system output of frequencies equal to the sums or
differences of two or more frequencies at the input.
a. Differential distortion b. Inter modulation distortion
c. Mutual distortion d. Modulated distortion

32. Find the phase angle between the voltage across the current through the circuit when Xc is 25 ohms, R 100 ohms and Xl is 50
ohms.
a. 76 degrees with the voltage leading the current b. 14 degrees with the voltage leading the current
c. 14 degrees with the voltage lagging the current d. 76 degrees with the voltage lagging the current

33. If the resistance of a circuit is doubled and the applied voltage is kept constant, the current will ______.
a. be quadrupled b. remain the same
c. be cut in half d. be doubled

34. Phanastron can be a ____________.

a. JK flipflop b. D flipflop
c. T flipflop d. RS flipflop

35. A computer crime in which money is embezzled in small amounts of overtime is

a. the salami technique b. Trojan Horse
c. blue collar crime d. data diddling

36. List the advantage of a voltage divider in DC biasing: _____and ______.

a. Unstable, uses two supply voltages b. Unstable. uses one supply voltage
c. Stable, uses one supply voltages d. Stable, uses two supply voltages

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37. _____ is a kind of oscilloscope which consist of a narrowband if filter and a local oscillator (receiver) capable of showing
transmitter carriers, spacing, harmonics and sidebands.
a. Polygraph b. Harmonic analyzer
c. Spectrum analyzer d. Computerized tomography

38. One cycle is equal to how many degrees of rotation of a conductor is a magnetic field?
a. 270 b. 360
c. 180 d. 90

39. A measuring device which will result to full scale reading at shorted terminal condition.
a. Voltmeter b. Ammeter
c. Electrostatic meter d. Ohmmeter

40. Which of the following are the buses for information transfer internally and externally in a microprocessor?
a. Address line b. Data Bus
c. Control Bus

a. A and C only b. A and B only

c. B and C only d. A, B and C

41. If the voltage gain for each input of a summing amplifier with a 4.8 kilo-ohm feedback resistor is unity,
the input resistors must have a value of _____ kilo-ohm.
a.4.8 times the number of inputs b. 48
c. 4.8 divided by the number of inputs d. 4.8

42. Another name for an antivirus:

a. vaccine b. worm
c. drugs d. Trojan Horse

43. What is the generic term for utilities and programs needed to operate computer system?
a. Hardware b. Software
c. People ware d. Tupper ware

44. The computer worm the infected computer systems world-wide in 10 minutes, making it the fastest computer virus ever known is
called ______.
a. Claw Hammer b. Sledge Hammer
c. SLQ Hammer d. SARS virus

45. The channel of a JFET is between the _______.

a. Input and output b. Drain and source
c. Gate and drain d. Gate and source

46. What is the common use of a push-pull amplifier?

a. AN OPAM b. A Driver
c. Wideband Amplifier d. A Coupler

47. For a bipolar junction transition (BJT) to operate properly, the base-collector junction should be _____ biased.
a. Positive b. Forward
c. Negative d. Reverse

48. Large centralized data-processing complexes like multi-national companies, departments and corporation use which type of
general-purpose computer that operates programs simultaneously?
a. Mini-computer b. Micro-computer
c. Main-Frame computer d. Super computer

49. In parallel resonant LC circuit, what is the impedance at resonant frequency?

a. Zero b. Maximum impedance value
c. Infinity d. determined solely by the dc resistance

50. The area in which the axis motion of a robot manipulator can operate without any obstruction is called the _____.
a. Work area b. Range of operation
c. Range of motion d. Work envelope

51. The BEST choice electronic device to turn in a device at a particular voltage is a/an ______.
a. SCR b. SCS
c. DIAC d. PUT

52. What term is used to describe the ability of a system to distinguish between targets that are close
together?
a. Radar sensitivity b. Target designation
c. Radar agility d. Target resolution

53. What do you call a concept which describes the relationship of all functional components of a computer such a CPU and
input/output devices?
a. Engineering development b. Architecture
c. Prototyping d. Pre-production modeling

54. The use of feedback to achieve the desired response of a dynamic system in the presence of uncertainties, disturbance or
constraints is called ______.
a. Synchronization b. Response
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 c. Regulation d. Servomechanism

55. The primary purpose of a voltage regulator is to provide an output voltage with little or no ______.
a. Figure of merit b. Value
c. Regulation d. Variation

56. A program whose sabotage depends on certain conditions is called a:

a. bug b. worm
c. vaccine d. bomb

57. In waveguide theory, what causes the current-carrying area at the center conductor of the coaxial line to be restricted to a small
layer at the surface?
a. Dielectric losses b. Standing wave
c. Skin effect d. Copper losses

58. This peak current specified for a given number of cycles or portion of a cycle.
a. Surge current b. Maximum Current
c. Peak Surge Current d. High Current

59. An electron moves into the electric field between a positive charge and negative charge. Toward which charge will the electron
move?
a. Outwards b. the negative charge
c. the center d. the positive charge

60. _____ is the definite discrete amount of energy of required to move an electron from a lower shell to a higher shell
a. Quantum b. Positive energy
c. Quanta d. Surge energy

61. A person who illegally access a computer system

a. hijacker b. theft
c. hacker d. pirate

62. Monolithic integrated circuits are usually referred to as ______.

a. Selenium rectifiers b. Substrates
c. Silicon chips d. Hybrids

63. ______ is an intermodulation condition that occurs when a carrier is modulated by an undesired signal.
a. Short modulation b. Cross modulation
c. Under modulation d. Over modulation

64. In microwave tubes what is the basic principle of the operations of a klystron?
a. Strong electrostatic field b. Energy transfer and amplification
c. Oscillation d. Velocity modulation

65. An English scientist who drew up plans for the first programmable computer in 1830.
a. Vannevar Bush b. William Oughtred
c. Charles Babbage d. Herman Hollerith

66. In an optical coupler, this parameter is the ratio of the output current to the input current through the LED, expressed in
percentage. What is this ratio?
a. DC current coupling ratio b. AC current transfer ratio
c. AC current coupling ratio d. DC current transfer ratio

67. ______ refers to the difference between the carrier frequencies of an FM signal and the instantaneous frequency of its
modulated wave
a. Differential frequency b. Frequency deviation
c. Modulated frequency d. Frequency band

68. The most widely used abrasive is ________.

a. Tungsten b. Graphite
c. Silicon carbide (carburandum) d. Alumina

69. The most common bias circuit providing Q-point stability with a single polarity supply voltage is what type bias circuit.
a. Collector feedback b. Voltage divider
c. Emitter d. Base

70. What happens to the portion of the wavefront that do not satisfy the boundary conditions, when a wavefront is radiated into a
waveguide?
a. It collapses b. It decreases to zero
c. It is reflected feedback d. It increases to maximum

71. The schokley diode is a thyristor that conducts when the voltage across its terminal exceeds the ______ potential.
a. Trigger b. Breakover
c. Operating d. Maximum

72. The value of the drain-to-source voltage of an FET at which the drain current becomes constant when the gate-to-source
voltage is zero is called _______ voltage.
a. Breakdown b. Cut off
c. Threshold d. Pinch off

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73. Insulators are characterized by a _______ energy gap between its conduction band and valence band.
a. Very narrow b. Wide
c. Very wide d. Narrow

74. ________ is an electrical current the flows in one direction only.

a. Normal current b. Direct current
c. Alternating current d. Eddy current

75. The input resistance at the gate of an FET is _______.

a. Relatively low b. Zero
c. Extremely high d. Average

76. It is generated in a DC motor as armature coils out the field flux and opposes the applied voltage, and limits the flow of armature
current.
a. Electromotive force b. Field excitation
c. Counter-electromotive force d. Armature excitation

77. The person responsible for the research design and development of a complete information system.
a. Programmer b. People ware
c. System analyst d. Computer operator

78. Ina robotic system, how many degrees of freedom can be given to a manipulator by adding a wrist?
a. Four b. Six
c. Three d. Two

79. Term for energy that is store in electromagnetic or electrostatic field.

a. Amperes-joules b. Joules-coulombs
c. Potential energy d. Kinetic energy

80. What do you call the “filter” between a corporate network and the internet that keeps the corporate network secure from
intruders while giving corporate users unhibited access to the internet?
a. Bandstep b. Bandpass
c. Firewall d. Firestorm

81. Which of the following circuit conditions requires circuit protection>

1. Direct short/ short circuit
2. Excessive heat
3. Excessive current
a. 1 and 3 only b. 2 and 3 only
c. 1,2 and 3 d. 1 and 2 only

82. Hashing to get an address is the process of applying a formula to a

a. key b. record
c. file d. character

83. A measure of the energy absorbed from radiation by tissue or other biological material and is equal to the transfer of 1 x10-3 joul
of energy per kilogram of material is called a________.
a. radical b. radian
c. rad d.grad

84. The type of feedback used to increase amplitude of output signal

a. Negative feedback b. positive feedback
c. unwanted feedback d. fidelity feedback

85. A transistor constructed with three-doped semiconductor region separated by two pn junction is called in _____
a. metal oxide semiconductor FET b. field effect transistor
c. junction field effect transistor d. bipolar junction transistor

86. A type of filter that passes a narrow band of frequencies through a current and attenuates all other frequencies that are higher
or lower than the desired band of frequencies
a. low-pass filter b. band-reject filter
c. band-pass filter d. high-pass filter

87. Which of the following are circuit control devices?

A Switches
B Solenoid
C Relays
a. B and C only b. A and B only
c. A, B and C d. A and C only

88. What is an electric measuring equipment used in navigation which uses time measurement concept for a wave to travel from a
place receiving station and back?
a. Tacar b. ODR
c. ILS d. DME

89. In a stand alone supply of power the rational of cells making in series is to _____
a. Increase current capacity b. increase voltage output
c. Decrease voltage output d. Decrease internal resistance

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90. _____ is the total number of magnetic lines of force in a magnetic field
a. Magnetic potential b. Magnetic flux
c. Magnet flux intensity d. Flux density

91. An electronic device that can be turned on and turned off by a gate pulse is called a _______
a. Bipolar junction transistor b. Silicon-controlled switch
c. Silicon-controlled rectifier d. Shockley diode

92. Which of the following are categories of computer system software?

A Operating system (OS)
B Utility programs
C Language translator
a. A and B only b. B and C only
c. A and C only d. A, B and C

93. A hot-carrier diode is a diode that _____

a. emits light when forward biased b. switches very fast
c. varies resistance with temperature d. changes its capacitance with voltage

94. Which of the following are UJT terminals?

A Emitter
B Base 1
C Base 2
D Gate
a. B, C and D only b. A, B and C only
c. A, B and D only d. A, B, C and D

95. An amplifier exhibits three critical frequencies in its low-frequency response;

F1 c = 130 Hertz, F2 c = 167 Hertz, and F3 c = 75 Hertz
Which is the dominant frequency?
a. none of these b. 167 Hertz
c. 130 Hertz d. 75 Hertz

96. A 36 ohms resistor is in parallel with a 160µH inductor and in parallel again with a 1µF capacitor. If the operating frequency is
10 KHz, what is the equivalent impedance?
a. 21.4 ohms b. 25.2 ohms
c. 32.4 ohms d. 19.7 ohms

97. In a transformer, the principle of electromagnetic induction is also known a _____

a. Coupling action b. transformation
c. matching action d. transformer action

98. The symbols 1, 2 and 3 through 9 are what type of numerals?

a. Boolean b. Roman
c. Binary d. Arabic

99. Type of semiconductor diode varies its internal capacitance as the voltage applied to its terminals varies
a. A zener diode b. A varactor diode
c. A silicon-controlled rectifier d. A tunnel diode

100. Of all the charging modes, it is consider as trickle charge and is accomplished with low current.
a. normal b. floating
c. equalizing d. fast

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