MCQ in Electronic Circuits Part 5 | ECE Board Exam

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This is the Multiples Choice Questions Part 5 of the Series in Electronic (Audio/RF)
Circuit/Analysis/Design as one of the Electronics Engineering topic. In Preparation for
the ECE Board Exam make sure to expose yourself and familiarize in each and every
questions compiled here taken from various sources including but not limited to past
Board Exam Questions in Electronics Engineering field, Electronics Books, Journals
and other Electronics References.

MCQ Topic Outline included in ECE Board Exam Syllabi

MCQ in Amplifiers
MCQ in Oscillators
MCQ in Rectifier
MCQ in Filters
MCQ in Voltage Regulation

Continue Practice Exam Test Questions Part 5 of the Series

Choose the letter of the best answer in each questions.

201. What is the device in a transistor oscillator?

A. LC tank circuit

B. Biasing circuit

C. Transistor

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D. Feedback circuit

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Answer: Option C

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

A. 20 V

B. 10 V

C. 2.5 V

D. 5 V

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Answer: Option D

Solution:

203. The common base (CB) amplifier has a ___________ compared to CE and CC
amplifier.

A. Lower input resistance

B. Larger current gain

C. Larger voltage gain

D. Higher input resistance

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Answer: Option A

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204. When a FET with a lower transconductance is substituted into a FET amplifier
circuit, what happens?

A. The current gain does not change

B. The voltage gain decreases

C. The circuit disamplifies

D. The input resistance decreases

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Answer: Option B

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205. At zero signal condition, a transistor sees ___________ load.

A. dc

B. ac

C. both dc and ac

D. resistive

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

206. What is the gain of an amplifier with negative feedback if the feedback factor is
0.01?

A. 10

B. 1,000

C. 100

D. 500

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

207. The current gain of an emitter follower is

A. Equal to 1

B. Greater than 1

C. Less than 1

D. Zero

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Answer: Option C

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208. The current in any branch of a transistor amplifier that is operating is

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A. ac only

B. the sum of ac and dc

C. the difference of ac and dc

D. dc only

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Answer: Option B

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209. An ideal differential amplifiers common mode rejection ratio is

A. Infinite

B. Zero

C. Unity

D. Undetermined

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

210. An open fuse circuit has a resistance equal to

A. Zero

B. Unity

C. At least 100Ω at standard

D. Infinity

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Answer: Option D

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211. What is the purpose of dc conditions in a transistor?

A. To reverse bias the emitter

B. To forward bias the emitter

C. To set up operating point

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D. To turn on the transistor

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Answer: Option C

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212. The ac variations at the output side of power supply circuits are called
___________.

A. Ripples

B. Pulses

C. Waves

D. Filters

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Answer: Option A

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213. What is the purpose of the emitter capacitor?

A. To forward bias the emitter

B. To reduce noise in the amplifier

C. To avoid drop in gain

D. To stabilize emitter voltage

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Answer: Option C

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214. A common emitter circuit is also called __________ circuit.

A. Grounded emitter

B. Grounded collector

C. Grounded base

D. Emitter follower

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Answer: Option A
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215. The output signal of a common-collector amplifier is always

A. Larger than the input signal

B. In phase with the input signal

C. Out of phase with the input signal

D. Exactly equal to the input signal

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Answer: Option B

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216. 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 1.5 V rms

A. 5%

B. 10%

C. 50%

D. 6%

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Answer: Option D

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217. What is the ideal maximum voltage gain of a common collector amplifier?

A. Unity

B. Infinite

C. Indeterminate

D. Zero

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Answer: Option A

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218. The output power of a transistor amplifier is more than the input power due to
additional power supplied by

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A. Transistor

B. Collector supply

C. Emitter supply

D. Base supply

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Answer: Option B

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219. When a transistor amplifier feeds a load of low resistance, its voltage gain will be

A. Low

B. Very high

C. High

D. Moderate

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Answer: Option A

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220. The capacitors are considered ___________ in the ac equivalent circuit of a

transistor amplifier.

A. Open

B. Partially open

C. Short

D. Partially short

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Answer: Option C

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221. For highest power gain, what configuration is used?

A. CC

B. CB

C. CE
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D. CS

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Answer: Option C

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

A. High input voltage

B. High input resistance

C. High output resistance

D. Its being an amplifier circuit

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Answer: Option B

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223. Which of the item below does not describe a common emitter amplifier?

A. High voltage gain

B. High current gain

C. Very high power gain

D. High input resistance

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Answer: Option D

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224. CC configuration is used for impedance matching because its

A. Input impedance is very high

B. Input impedance is very low

C. Output impedance is very low

D. Output impedance is zero

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Answer: Option A

Solution:
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225. Which of the following is the other name of the output stage in an amplifier?

A. Load stage

B. Audio stage

C. Power stage

D. RF stage

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Answer: Option C

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226. When amplifiers are cascaded

A. The gain of each amplifier is increased

B. A lower supply voltage is required

C. The overall gain is increased

D. Each amplifier has to work less

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Answer: Option C

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227. In a common emitter amplifier, the capacitor from emitter to ground is called the

A. Coupling capacitor

B. Bypass capacitor

C. Decoupling capacitor

D. Tuning capacitor

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Answer: Option B

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228. A class A power amplifier uses ________ transistor(s).

A. Two

B. One

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C. Three

D. Four

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Answer: Option B

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

A. 50%

B. 78.5%

C. 25%

D. 30%

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

230. What is the maximum collector efficiency of a transformer coupled class A power
amplifier?

A. 30%

B. 80%

C. 45%

D. 50%

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Answer: Option D

Solution:

231. Class C amplifiers are used as

A. AF amplifiers

B. Small signal amplifiers

C. RF amplifiers

D. IF amplifiers
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Answer: Option C

Solution:

232. Find the voltage drop developed across a D’ Arsonval meter movement having an
internal resistance of 1 kΩ and a full deflection current of 150 uA.

A. 150 µV

B. 150 mV

C. 150 V

D. 200 mV

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Answer: Option B

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233. If the capacitor from emitter to ground in a common emitter amplifier is removed,
the voltage gain

A. Increases

B. Decreases

C. Becomes erratic

D. Remains the same

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Answer: Option B

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234. Comparatively, power amplifier has _________ β.

A. Large

B. Very large

C. Small

D. Very small

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Answer: Option C

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235. The driver stage usually employs __________ amplifier.

A. Class A power

B. Class C

C. Push-pull

D. Class AB

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Answer: Option A

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236. The push-pull circuit must use ___________ operation.

A. Class A

B. Class B

C. Class C

D. Class AB

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Answer: Option B

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237. A complementary-symmetry amplifier has

A. One PNP and one NPN transistor

B. Two PNP transistors

C. Two NPN transistors

D. Two PNP and two NPN transistors

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Answer: Option A

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238. Power amplifiers generally use transformer coupling because transformer coupling
provides

A. Cooling of the circuit

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B. Distortionless output

C. Impedance matching

D. Good frequency response

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Answer: Option C

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239. The output transformer used in a power amplifier is a/an __________

transformer

A. 1:1 ratio

B. Step-down

C. Step-up

D. Isolation

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Answer: Option B

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240. Transformer coupling can be used in ___________ amplifiers

A. Only power

B. Only voltage

C. Either power or voltage

D. Neither power nor voltage

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Answer: Option C

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241. When negative current feedback is applied to an amplifier, its output impedance

A. increases

B. remains unchanged

C. decreases

D. becomes zero
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Answer: Option A

Solution:

242. The quiescent current of a FET amplifier is

A. IDS

B. i d

C. ID

D. Id

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

243. The total decibel voltage gain of two cascaded voltage amplifier where individual
voltage gains are 10 and 100 is

A. 20

B. 60

C. 800

D. 1000

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Answer: Option B

Solution:

244. The frequency response of the combined amplifier can be compared with

A. An OR gate

B. A negative feedback amplifier

C. A positive filter

D. An AND gate

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Answer: Option D

Solution:
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245. Minimum interference with frequency response can be given by

A. Direct coupling

B. RC coupling

C. Transformer coupling

D. Instrumentation and control

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Answer: Option A

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246. The impedance of a load must match the impedance of the amplifier so that

A. Minimum power is transferred to the load

B. The efficiency can be maintained at low level

C. The signal-to-noise ratio is maximized

D. Maximum power is transferred to the load

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Answer: Option D

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247. The ratio output rms power in watts to the input dc power in watts in the different
amplifier class is called _________.

A. Gain

B. Amplification factor

C. Efficiency

D. Phase power

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Answer: Option C

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248. Consider a zener diode with a slope resistance of 10 Ω in series with a 90 Ω resistor
fed from a dc supply containing a ripple voltage of 20 mV peak-to-peak. Compute for
the ripple voltage in load

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A. 1 mV p-p

B. 2 mV p-p

C. 1 V p-p

D. 6 mV p-p

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Answer: Option B

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249. The __________ of a common collector configuration is unity

A. Voltage gain

B. Current gain

C. Power gain

D. Input impedance

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

250. Transmit time is the time taken by the electrons on holes to pass from

A. Emitter to collector

B. Collector to emitter

C. Base to emitter

D. Base to collector

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

Questions and Answers in Electronic Circuits

Following is the list of practice exam test questions in this brand new series:

MCQ in Electronic Circuits

PART 1: MCQs from Number 1 – 50 Answer key: PART 1
PART 2: MCQs from Number 51 – 100 Answer key: PART 2
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PART 3: MCQs from Number 101 – 150 Answer key: PART 3
PART 4: MCQs from Number 151 – 200 Answer key: PART 4
PART 5: MCQs from Number 201 – 250 Answer key: PART 5
PART 6: MCQs from Number 251 – 300 Answer key: included
PART 7: MCQs from Number 301 – 350 Answer key: included
PART 8: MCQs from Number 351 – 400 Answer key: included
PART 9: MCQs from Number 401 – 415 Answer key: included
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