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Answer: b
5. If the input to the circuit of figure is a sine wave the output will be
a. A half wave rectified sine wave
b. A full-wave rectified sine wave
c. A triangular wave
d. A square wave
Answer: d
a. Zero
b. (V1 – V2) sin ωt
c. –(V1 + V2) sin ωt
d. (V1 + V2) sin ωt
Answer: c
Answer: c
9. The positive part of the output signal in a transistor circuit starts clipping, if Q point of the
circuit moves
(a) toward the saturation point
(b) toward the cutoff point
(c) toward the center of the load line
(d) none of the above
Answer: b
10. For a transistor amplifier with self- biasing network, the following components are used:
R1 = 4KΩ, R2 = 4KΩ and RE = 1KΩ, the approximate value of stability factor will be
(a) 4
(b) 3
(c) 2
(d) 1.5
Answer: b
11. The voltage divider biasing circuit is used in amplifiers quite often because it
(a) limits the ac signal going to base
(b) makes the operating point almost independent of β
(c) reduces the dc base current
(d) reduces the cost of the circuit
Answer: b
12. If the cutoff frequency is 20 Hz and the mid-band open-loop voltage gain is 1,000,000 the
unity-gain frequency is
a. 20 Hz
b. 1 MHz
c. 2 MHz
d. 20 MHz
Answer: d
14. The input signal for an instrumentation amplifier usually comes from
a. An inverting amplifier
b. A resistor
c. A differential amplifier
d. A wheat- stone bridge
Answer: d
Answer: a
Answer: b
18. Which of the following components are used for bias compensation in transistor circuit
(a) resistors
(b) rectifier diodes
(c) thermistors
(d) both (b) and (c) above
Answer: d
19. The amplifier circuit shown below uses a silicon transistor. The capacitors CC and CE can
be assumed to be short at signal frequency and the effect of output resistance R0 can be
ignored. If CE is disconnected from the circuit, which one of the following statements is
TRUE?
(a) The input resistance Ri increases and the magnitude of voltage gain AV decreases.
(b) The input resistance Ri decreases and the magnitude of voltage gain AV increases.
(c) Both input resistance Ri and the magnitude of voltage gain AV decrease.
(d) Both input resistance Ri and the magnitude of voltage gain AV increase.
Answer (a)
20. The cascode amplifier is a multistage configuration of
(a) CC-CB
(b) CE-CB
(c) CB-CC
(d) CE-CC
Answer (b)
21. The current gain of a bipolar transistor drops at high frequencies because of
(a) Transistor capacitances
(b) High current effects in the base
(c) Parasitic inductive elements
(d) The Early effect
Answer (a)
22. From measurement of the rise time of the o/p pulse of an amplifier whose input is a small
amplitude square wave, one can estimate the following parameter of the amplifier.
(a) Gain-bandwidth product
(b) Slew-Rate
(c) Upper-3-dB frequency
(d) Lower-3-dB frequency
Answer (c)
24. Generally, the gain of a transistor amplifier falls at high frequency due to the
(a) Internal capacitance of the device
(b) Coupling capacitor at the input
(c) Skin effect
(d) Coupling capacitor at the output
Answer (a)
25. The most commonly used amplifier in sample and hold circuit is
a. a unity gain inverting amplifier
b. a unity gain non inverting amplifier
c. an inverting amplifier with a gain of 10
d. an inverting amplifier with a gain of 100
Ans. (b)