Which of the

following amplifier is
considered linear?
CLASS A AND
CLASS B
The voltage gain of
a common collector
configurations

Unity
A two-transistor class
B power amplifier is
commonly called

Push-pull
amplifier
 If a transistor is
operated in such a way
that output current flows
for l6O degrees of the
input signal, then it is
operation.

Class C
Which coupling
has the best
frequency
response?
Direct
 A transistor
amplifier has high
output impedance
because
Collector has
reverse bias
 Which of the
following is
considered an
amplifier figure of
merit?

Gain-bandwidth
product
What piece of equipment
in an oscilloscope is
used to indicate pulse
condition ina
digital logic circuit?

Logic probe
What linear circuit compares
two input signals and
provides a digital level
output depending on the
relationship of the input
signals?

Comaparator
What type of coupling
is generally used in
power amplifiers?

Transformer
 Which amplifier
whose output current
flows for the entire
cycle?

Class A
The coupling capacitor
Cc must be large
enough to in an RC
coupling scheme.

Prevent
attenuation of
lowfrequency
 What is the point of
intersection of dc and
ac load lines called?

Operating point
An oscillator produces
oscillations.

Undamped
What is the operating
point in the
characteristic curve
called?

Quiescentpoint
Oscillators operate
on the principle of

Positive
feedback
 In a class A
amplifier, the
output signal is

The same as
the input
. What happens if the
input capacitor of a
transistor amplifier is
short-circuited?

Biasing
conditions will
change
 . Which is used to
establish a fixed level
of current or voltage
in a transistor?

Biasing
 Which power
amplifier has the
highest collector
efficiency?

Class C
What is a non-
linear type of
amplifier?

Class C
 An AF
transformer is
shielded to

Prevent the induction

due to stray
magnetic fields
 distortion is
otherwise known
asdistortion.

Harmonic
 What represents
common-emitter
small signal input
resistance?

hie
The ear is not
sensitive to
distortion.

Frequency
 Class C is an
amplifier whose
output current flows
for

Less than one-half

the entire input
cycle
If gain without feedback
and feedback factor are
A and þ respectively,
then gain with negative
feedback is given by

A/ 1+ Aþ
The collector current
in an common base
configuration is equal
to

Alpha times emitter

current plus
leakage current
 Which is not a
basic BJT amplifier
configuration?

Common-drain
The value of collector
load resistance in a
transistor amplifier is
____ the output
impedance of the
transistor.

Less than
What is the purpose
of RC or transformer
coupling?

To separate bias of
one stage from
another
 The bandwidth of a
single stage amplifier
is _____that of multi
stage amplifier

Morethan
 What is the time taken
by the electrons or holes
to pass from the emitter
to the collector?

Transit time
 To obtain good gain
stability in a negative
feedback amplifier,
ABis

Very much
greater than 1
The basic concept of
the electric wave filter
was originated by

Campbell and
Wagner
 The basic concept
of the electric wave
filter was originated
by
Common-base
 Which transistor
configuration offers
no phase reversal at
the output?

COMMON-BASE
COMMON-
COLLECTOR
The number of stages
that can be directly
coupled is limited
because

Change in temperature
can cause thermal in
stability
The input capacitor
in an amplifier is
called capacitor.

Coupling
 AC load line has
a/an slope
compared to that of
dc load line.

Bigger
A multistage amplifier
uses at least how
many transistors?

Two
RC coupling is used
for amplification.

Voltage
An ammeter’s ideal
resistance should
be

Zero
What circuit increases
the peak –to-peak
voltage, current or
power of a signal?

Amplifier
 When the non-linear
distortion in an amplifier
is D without feedback,
with negative voltage
feedback it will be

D/ 1+Aþ
A tuned amplifier
uses what load?

LC tank
he voltage gain over
mid- frequency range
in an RC couple
damplifier
Is constant
The input impedance of
an amplifier when
negative voltage
feedback is
applied.
Increases
The input impedance of
an amplifier when
negative current
feedback is
applied.
Decreases
. To obtain the frequency
response curve of an
amplifier is kept
constant.
Generator output
level
.A type of oscillator wherein
the frequency is determined
by the charge and discharge
of resistor-capacitor
networks used in conjunction
with amplifiers or similar
devices.

Relaxation oscillator
 The driver
transformer has
center- tapped
secondary to provide

Two signals 180 degrees

out of phase to transistors
of push-pull circuit
 .

What is the
advantage of RC
coupling scheme?
Economy
 A type of filter which is
having a single continuous
transmission band with
neither
the upper nor the lower cut-
off frequencies being zero or
infinite is called
Band pass filter
 An instrument use
to measure ones
location in terms of
coordinates

GPS
 .Transformer
coupling is used
for amplification.

Power
What is the typical
.

value of coupling
capacitor Cc in RC
coupling?
About10µF
 An electronic
transfer from one
stage to the next is
termed as
Coupling
 .An amplifier
configuration where the
input signal is led to the
emitter terminal and the
output from the collector
terminal is called

Common base
 If the noise factor
of an ideal amplifier
expressed in dB,
then it is
0
 A feedback circuit
is ______frequency

Independent of
 .What is the basic
purpose of applying
negative feedback to
an amplifier?

To reduce
distortion
. The capacitors are
.

considered in the dc
equivalent circuit of a
transistor amplifier.

Open
Which frequency
produces the
highest noise
factor?

10kHz
. Power amplifiers
handlesignals.

Large
. The operating point
is generally located at
of dc load line in
class A
operation
The middle
 Which of the
following describes
a common collector
amplifier?
Low voltage gain
 .The general
characteristics of a
common base amplifier
are
High voltage gain, low
current gain, high
power gain and very
low input resistance
To amplify dc signals,
multistage amplifier
uses what coupling?

Direct
What oscillator is used on
order to produce
frequencies in the
microwave region?

Klystron
 .Practically, the
voltage gain of an
amplifier is expressed

In dB unit
 What coupling
provides
maximum voltage
gain?
Transformer
. The gain of an amplifier
when negative
feedback is added.

Reduces
. Feedback factor
is always

Less than1
 .

What class of operation

is used for general
amplification where no
distortion can be
tolerated?

Class A
. What class of operation is
used either where the signal
needs to be cut in half, such
as in pulse detector or noise
detectors or where push-pull
operation of two stages is
required?

Class B
.What class of operation is
used where a portion of a
signal only is required,
such as the synchronizing
pulse separator of a
television receiver?

ClassAB
 What class of operation
has little use in general
purpose amplifiers, but is
used in high
frequency oscillators?

ClassC
. Why is transformer
coupling provides
high frequency?

DC resistance is
low
. For constant- K high-
pass filter cut-off
frequency (in Hz) is
given by
1 /(4u4LC)
. Class C operation
can have percent
efficiency.
100%
. The efficiency of class
AB operation has a
maximumofbetween
percent
.
. 50 to 78.5%
 .Transformer
coupling is generally
employed when load
resistance is
Small
Adc voltage supply provides
6OV when the out put is un
loaded. When connected to
a load the output drops to
56V. Calculate the value of
the voltage regulation.
7.1%
 . The the voltage
regulation, the better
the operation of the
voltage supply circuit.

Smaller
 . In transistor
amplifiers, what
transformer is used for
impedance matching?
Step down
. If an amplifier has a
power gain of lOO,
then its dB gain is
20
 . In order to have more
voltage gain from a
transformer amplifier the
transistor used should
have
Thin base
. The final stage of
an amplifier uses
coupling.
Transformer
 The largest theoretical
voltage gain obtained
with a common collector
amplifier is

Unity
 Increasing the
overall Beta is an
advantage of

Darlington pair
 . The frequency of
oscillation is L and C
in an LC oscillator.

Inversely
proportional to
square root of
 Anoscillator
employs feedback.
Positive
What is the reason why RC
coupling is not used to
amplify extremely low
frequencies?

Electrical size of
coupling capacitor
becomes very large
. Given three amplifiers
with a gain of lO and are
connected in cascade.
How much is the overall
gain?

30
.A pair of filter common on high
fidelity system which separate
audio frequency band signals
into two separate groups, where
one is fed to the tweeter and the
other to the woofer is called
Cross over network
 . The frequency
response of
transformer coupling
is

Poor
 .

The simplest
variable frequency
sinusoidal
oscillator is the

Armstrong
. circuit
 . Which of the
following is provided
by a CB transistor
amplifier?

Currentgain
. In the initial stages
of a multi stage
amplifier, coupling
is used
RC
 The three amplifiers are
connected in a multistage
arrangement each with a
voltage gain of
3O.Compute for the over
all voltage gain.

90
 .If Avis5OAi is
2OO,what is the power
gain of a common
emitter amplifier?

10,000
 .The gain of an
amplifier with
feedback is known as
gain.

Closed loop
 .Negative
feedback is
employed in

Amplifiers
 .The gain of an
amplifier is expressed
in dB unit because

Human ear response

is logarithmic
 . What is the typical
value of the emitter
bypass capacitor CE in
a multistage amplifier?

About50µF
 .In a multistage
amplifier, if the stages
have R and C
component only,
operation is apparent
Class A
 .In practice, what is
normally varied in order
to change the frequency
of oscillation?

Capacitance
. What is the main
consideration in
the output stage of
an amplifier?
Power gain
 Transformer coupling
provides high gain because

Impedance
matching can be
achieved
 When negative
voltage feedback is
applied to an
amplifier ,its output
impedance
Decreases
 An LCoscillator
cannot be used to
producefrequencies.

Verylow
 . At ransistor
converts

Dc power into ac
power
.Hartley oscillator
is commonly used
in which of the
following?

Radio receivers
 An oscillator
oscillates due to

Positive feedback
Generally tuned
amplifiers are
operated in

Class C
. A tune damplifier
is used in what
application?

Radio frequency
. What is the ratio of
output to input
impedance of a
CEamplifier?
Moderate
 For a constant output
frequency,the simple
stsinusoidaloscillator is
the .

Crystaloscillator
. The frequency stability of
the oscillator output is
maximum in
oscillator.

Wienbridge
 . Transformer
coupling
introduces what
type of distortion?
Frequency
 A pulsating dc
.

applied to power
amplifiers causes

Hum in the circuit

 .What is the
disadvantage of
impedance matching?

It gives distorted
output
 In a phase-shift
oscillator, RC
sections are generally
used.
Three
 In phase-shift
oscillator, what are the
frequency determining
elements?

R andC
When the gain is 2O
without feedback and
l2 with negative
feedback, feedback
factor is
0.033
The input impedance of
which amplifier
depends strongly on
load resistance?

CC
What capacitors are
used in transistor
amplifiers?

Electrolytic
An important limitation
of crystal oscillator is

Its lowoutput
What type of feedback
is used in Wien bridge
oscillator?

Both positive and

negative
Which of the items below
is not a description of the
two-stage amplifier?
The output resistance is
equal to the output
resistance of the first
stage unless feedback
isapplied.
What is the most
costly coupling?

Transformer
 When the output of an
amplifier is lO V and
lOOmV from the output
is feedback to the input,
feedback factor is

. 0.01
 What is the
piezoelectric effect in
acrystal?

Voltage is developed
because of
mechanicalstress
The input resistance of
a common emitter
amplifier is affected by

Re, re and þ
What is the typical Q of
a crystal?

More than10,000
What is the axis that
connects the corners
of acrystal?

x
 Determine the
attenuationindBforaT-pad
for which Rl=R2=4Ofi and
R3=36fi.The pad connects
a 5O fi generator to a 5O fi
load.
A. 9.83 dB
 What is usually
employed at the output
stage of an amplifier?

Push-pull amplifier
 Why is it that the size
of a power transistor is
made considerably
large?

To dissipate
moreheat
 When crystal
frequency increases
with temperature, it has
temperature
co- efficient.
Positive
 What is the purpose of
the bypass capacitor in
a common-emitter
amplifier?

It increases
voltage gain
An emitter follower
is equivalent to

Common collector
amplifier
The crystal oscillator
frequency is very
stable due to of the
crystal.
High Q
The bandwidth of an
amplifier when
negative feedback is
applied.
Increases
 The term l+Aþ in the
expression for gain
with negative feedback
is known as

Sacrifice factor
 Emitter follower
employs negative
feedback

. 100%
What application where
one would most likely
find a crystal
oscillator?
Radio transmitter
 What is the most
important
consideration in power
amplifiers?

Collector
efficiency
 When the gain versus
frequency curve of a
transistor amplifier is not
flat,
distortion is present.
Frequency
 In a Colpitt’s
oscillator,feedback is
obtained

From the center of

split capacitors
 When the collector
resistor in a common
emitter amplifier is
increased invalue
the voltage gain

Increases
The output signal of CE
amplifier is always

Out of phase with

the input signal
 What is the purpose of
capacitors in a
transistor amplifier?

To couple or by pass
accomponent
What is the phase difference
between voltage across
collector load and signal
voltage in a common emitter
amplifier?

0°
When CE configuration
is used for an
oscillator, the voltage
fed back must

Be inverted
by180°
Class B operation has
a maximum possible
frequency of percent.

78.5%
 What is the most stable
sine-wave oscillator which
uses piezo-electric quartz
crystal?

Crystal oscillator
To sustain oscillations,
the power gain of the
amplifier maybe

Equal to or greater
than1
a phase shift oscillator,
l8O° phase-shift is
obtained

Three RCsections
Feedback circuit
usually employs
____network

Resistive
Emitter follower is
used for

Impedance
matching
One of the items below
is a characteristic of
cascaded amplifiers?

Increased overall
gain
Logic analyzer is
used to

To sample and display

systems signal
Quartz crystal is most
commonly used in
crystal oscillators
because
It has superior
electrical properties
 The operating
frequency of a Wien-
bridge oscillator is
given by

1/2uRC
Which operation gives
the maximum
distortion?

ClassC
Low efficiency of a
power amplifier
results in

More battery
consumption
In an LC oscillator, the
frequency of
oscillations is given by

1/(2u4LC)
Class A operation has a
maximum possible
efficiency of
_____percent.
50%
 Which of the following
amplifier below is a choice
when higher power gain is
a requirement?

Common emitter
The signal generator
generally used
inlaboratories is
______oscillator
Wien-bridge
A buffer amplifier is
used for

Minimum loading
and minimum
mismatch
Parasitic oscillations
are caused by
Transistor inter
electrode
capacitance
 Which is a fixed-
frequency oscillator

Crystaloscillator
 The approximate
operating frequency of
a phase shift oscillator
is given by

1/(2uRC46)
The frequency of the
ripple voltage at the
output of a full-wave
rectifier at 6O cycles.
120cycles
Cascaded amplifiers
total decibel gain is
equal to
The product of the
individual gains
 In an LC oscillator, if
the value of L is
increased four times,
then the frequency of
oscillation is
Decreased 2times
 A class A power
amplifier is otherwise
known as
Single ended
amplifier
The power input to a
power amplifier is
quantity.
dc
When shock-excited, a
crystal will produce
alternating emf longer
than an LC circuit
because

has fewerlosses
 The stability of a
regulated power supply
is equivalent to

change of output
voltage over the change
in supply voltage
What oscillator circuit
uses a tapped coil in
the tuned circuit?

Hartley
If you move towards an
oscillating circuit, its
frequency changes
because of

Hand capacitance
Which of the following
is not a FET amplifier
configuration?

Common base
amplifier
 The number of
transistor in a single
stage amplifier is

One
Series current negative
feedback occurs when
the feedback voltage is
proportional to the
output
Current
Which of the following
is NOT an oscillator
requirement?

Attenuator
 An amplifier with
efficiency of 85% is
likely to be

ClassC
 What is the phase
difference between the
output and the input
voltage of a CE
amplifier?
180°
 Class C operation is
preferred in oscillators
because it

Is more efficient
 What type of oscillator which is
composed of one or more
amplifying devices with some
frequency determining networks
introducing positive feedback at a
particular frequency so that
oscillation is sustained at that
frequency?

Sine wave oscillator

 What is the desired
input impedance of a
transistor?

High
What is the maximum
collector efficiency of
class B?
When a transistor is
cutoff

Maximum voltage
appears across
transistor
 In an LC circuit, when
the capacitor energy is
maximum, the inductor
energy is

Minimum
 What is the
approximate gain of an
amplifier with negative
feedback?
The reciprocal of
feedback factor
The operating point in
a transistor amplifier
moves along when an
ac signal is applied
An oscillator converts

dc power into ac
power
What is the device in a
transistor oscillator?

Transistor
 When the collector
supply is 5V, then
collector cut off voltage
under dc condition

5V
 The common base (CB)
amplifier has a compared
to CE and CC
amplifier.

Lower input
resistance
When a FET with a lower
trans conductance is
substituted into a FET
amplifier
circuit, what happens?
The voltage gain
decreases
 At zero signal
condition, a transistor
sees load.

dc
What is the gain of an
amplifier with negative
feedback if the
feedback factor is
O.Ol?

100
 The current gain of
an emitter follower is

Less than 1
 The current in any
branch of a transistor
amplifier that is
operating is
the sum of ac and
dc
 An ideal differential
amplifiers common
mode rejection ratio is

Infinite
 An open fuse circuit
has a resistance equal
to

Infinity
What is the purpose of
dc conditions in a
transistor?

To set up
operating point
The ac variations at the
output side of power
supply circuits are
called .
Ripples
What is the purpose of
the emitter capacitor?

To avoid drop in
gain
 A common emitter
circuit is also called
circuit.

Grounded emitter
The output signal of a
common-collector
amplifier is always

In phase with the

input signal
 Calculate the ripples of
the filter output if a dc and
ac voltmeter is used and
measures the output
signal from a filter circuit
of 25 VDC and l.5 Vrms

6%
 What is the ideal
maximum voltage gain
of a common collector
amplifier?

Unity
 The output power of a
transistor amplifier is
more than the input
power due to additional
power supplied by
Collector supply
 When a transistor
amplifier feeds a load
of low resistance, its
voltage gain will be

Low
 The capacitors are
considered in the ac
equivalent circuit of a
transistor amplifier.

Short
 For highest power
gain, what
configuration is used?

CE
 What is the most
important characteristic
of a common collector
amplifier?

High input
resistance
 Which of the item
below does not
describe a common
emitter amplifier?
High input
resistance
 CC configuration is
used for impedance
matching because its

Input impedance is
very high
Which of the following
is the other name of
the output stage in an
amplifier?

Power stage
When amplifiers are
cascaded

The overall gain is

increased
 Ina common emitter
amplifier, the capacitor
from emitter to ground
is called the
Bypass capacitor
A class A power
amplifier uses
transistor(s).

One
 What is the maximum
collector efficiency of a
resistance loaded class
A power amplifier?

25%
 What is the maximum
collector efficiency of a
transformer coupled
class A power amplifier

50%
Class C amplifiers are
used as

RF amplifiers
 Find the voltage drop
developed across a D’
Arsonval meter movement
having an
internal resistance of l kfi
and a full deflection
current of l5OuA.

150mV
 If the capacitor from
emitter to ground in a
common emitter
amplifier is removed,
the voltage gain
Decreases
Comparatively, power
amplifier has þ.

Small
The driver stage
usually employs
amplifier.

Class A power
The push-pull circuit
must use operation.

Class B
 A complementary-
symmetry amplifier has

One PNP and one

NPN transistor
 Power amplifiers
generally use transformer
coupling because
transformer coupling
provides
Impedance
matching
The output transformer
used in a power
amplifier is a/an
transformer

Step-down
 24O. Transformer
coupling can be used
in amplifiers

Either power or
voltage
When negative current
feedback is applied to
an amplifier, its output
impedance

increases
The quiescent current
of a FET amplifier is

ID
The total decibel voltage
gain of two cascaded
voltage amplifier where
individual voltage gains
are lO and lOO is

60
 The frequency
response of the
combined amplifier can
be compared with
An AND gate
Minimum interference
with frequency
response can be given
by

Direct coupling
 The impedance of a
load must match the
impedance of the
amplifier so that

Maximum power is
transferred to the
load
 The ratio output rms
power in watts to the
input dc power in watts in
the different
amplifier class is called .

Efficiency
 Consider a zener diode with a
slope resistance of lO fi in
series with a 9O fi resistor fed
from a dc supply containing a
ripple voltage of 2OmV peak-
to-peak. Compute for the ripple
voltage in load
2 mV p-p
 The of a common
collector configuration
is unity
Voltage gain
25O. Transmit time is
the time taken by the
electrons on holes to
pass from
Emitter to collector