1: What is the role of emitter bypass capacitance in the transistor amplifying circuit

a) To prevent damage of emitter resistance from variation in voltage

b) To prevent emitter from over voltage
c) To increase gain
d) To increase load to transistor circuit
Answer: c

2. Which of the following is a best biasing method for transistor bias

a) emitter bias
b) voltage divider bias
c) fixed bias
d) collector feedback bias
Answer: b

3. Which type of feedback is used by Hartley oscillator?

a) Voltage series feedback

b) Current series feedback
c) Voltage shunt feedback
d) Current shunt feedback
Answer: a

4. Frequency distortion occurs due to level of _________ is varied with frequency.

a) Amplitude
b) Amplification
c) Distortion
d) Output

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

6. If the op-amp in the figure, is ideal then V0 is

a. Zero
b. (V1 – V2) sin ωt
c. –(V1 + V2) sin ωt
d. (V1 + V2) sin ωt
Answer: c

7. As compared to transistor amplifier JFET amplifier has

a. Higher voltage gain, less input impedance
b. Less voltage gain, less input impedance
c. Less voltage gain, higher input impedance
d. Higher voltage gain, higher input impedance

Answer: c

8. A transconductance amplifier has

a. High input impedance and low output impedance
b. Low input impedance and high output impedance
c. High input and output impedances
d. Low input and output impedances
Answer: a

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

13.A Schmitt trigger uses

a. Positive feedback
b. Negative feedback
c. Compensating capacitors
d. Pull up resistors
Answer: a

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

15. The voltage follower has a

a. Closed-loop voltage gain of unity
b. Small open-loop voltage gain
c. Closed-loop bandwidth of zero
d. Large closed-loop output impedance

Answer: a

16. Input impedance of MOSFET is

a. Less than FET but more than BJT
b. More than BJT and FET
c. More than FET but less than BJT
d. Less than that of FET and BJT

Answer: b

17. The ideal value of stability factor of a biasing circuit is

(a) 1
(b) 5
(c) 10
(d) 100
Answer: a

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)

23. The quiescent collector current IC of a transistor is increased by changing resistances. As

a result.
(a) gm will not be affected
(b) gm will decrease
(c) gm will increase
(d) gm will increase or decrease depending upon bias stability.
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)