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1. Coupling capacitors in an amplifier determine the low-frequency response.

2. Bypass capacitors in an amplifier determine the high-frequency response.
3. Internal transistor capacitance has no effect on an amplifiers frequency response.
4. Millers theorem states that both gain and internal capacitances influence high-frequency response.
5. The midrange gain is between the upper and lower critical frequencies.
6. The critical frequency is where the gain is 6 dB less than the midrange gain.
7. dBm is a unit for measuring power levels.
8. A ten-times change in frequency is called a decade.
9. An octave corresponds to a doubling or halving of the frequency.
10. The input and output RC circuits have no effect on the frequency response.
11. A Bode plot shows the voltage gain versus frequency on a logarithmic scale.
12. Phase shift is part of an amplifiers frequency response.

SELF-TEST
Section 101
1. The low-frequency response of an amplifier is determined in part by
(a) the voltage gain
(b) the type of transistor
(c) the supply voltage
(d) the coupling capacitors
2. The high-frequency response of an amplifier is determined in part by
(a) the gain-bandwidth product
(b) the bypass capacitor
(c) the internal transistor capacitances
(d) the roll-off
3. The Miller input capacitance of an amplifier is dependent, in part, on
(a) the input coupling capacitor
(b) the voltage gain
(c) the bypass capacitor
(d) none of these
Section 102
4. The decibel is used to express
(a) power gain
(b) voltage gain (c) attenuation

(d) all of these

5. When the voltage gain is 70.7% of its midrange value, it is said to be

(a) attenuated
(b) down 6 dB
(c) down 3 Db
(d) down 1 dB
6. In an amplifier, the gain that occurs between the lower and upper critical frequencies is
called the
(a) critical gain
(b) midrange gain
(c) bandwidth gain
(d) decibel gain
7. A certain amplifier has a voltage gain of 100 at midrange. If the gain decreases by 6 dB, it is
equal to
(a) 50
(b) 70.7
(c) 0
(d) 20
Section 103
8. The gain of a certain amplifier decreases by 6 dB when the frequency is reduced from 1 kHz to
10 Hz. The roll-off is
(a) -3db/decade
(b) -6db/decade
(c) -3db/octave
(d) -6db/octave
9. The gain of a particular amplifier at a given frequency decreases by 6 dB when the frequency is
doubled. The roll-off is
(a) -12db/decade
(b) -20db/octave
(c) -6db/octave
(d) answers (b) and (c)
10. The lower critical frequency of a direct-coupled amplifier with no bypass capacitor is
(a) variable
(b) 0 Hz
(c) dependent on the bias
(d) none of these

Section 104
11. At the upper critical frequency, the peak output voltage of a certain amplifier is 10 V. The peak
voltage in the midrange of the amplifier is
(a) 7.07 V
(b) 6.37 V
(c) 14.14 V
(d) 10 V
12. The high-frequency response of an amplifier is determined by the
(a) coupling capacitors
(b) bias circuit
(c) transistor capacitances
(d) all of these
13. The Miller input and output capacitances for a BJT inverting amplifier depend on
(a) Cbc

(b)

ac

(c) Av

(d) answers (a) and (c)

Section 105
14. The bandwidth of an amplifier is determined by
(a) the midrange gain
(b) the critical frequencies
(c) the roll-off rate
(d) the input capacitance
15. An amplifier has the following critical frequencies: 1.2 kHz, 950 Hz, 8 kHz, and 8.5 kHz. The
bandwidth is
(a) 7550 Hz
(b) 7300 Hz
(c) 6800 Hz
(d) 7050 Hz
16. Ideally, the midrange gain of an amplifier
(a) increases with frequency
(b) decreases with frequency
(c) remains constant with frequency
(d) depends on the coupling capacitors
17. The frequency at which an amplifiers gain is 1 is called the
(a) unity-gain frequency (b) midrange frequency
(c) corner frequency
(d) break frequency
18. When the voltage gain of an amplifier is increased, the bandwidth
(a) is not affected (b) increases
(c) decreases
(d) becomes distorted
19. If the fT of the transistor used in a certain amplifier is 75 MHz and the bandwidth is 10 MHz,
the voltage gain must be
(a) 750
(b) 7.5
(c) 10
(d) 1
20. In the midrange of an amplifiers bandwidth, the peak output voltage is 6 V. At the lower critical
frequency, the peak output voltage is
(a) 3 V
(b) 3.82 V
(c) 8.48 V
(d) 4.24 V
Section 106
21. The dominant lower critical frequency of a multistage amplifier is the
(a) lowest fcl
(b) highest fcl
(c) average of all the fcls
(d) none of these
22. When the critical frequencies of all of the stages are the same, the dominant critical frequency is
(a) higher than any individual fcl (b) lower than any individual fcl
(c) equal to the individual fcls
(d) the sum of all individual fcls
Section 107
23. In the step response of a noninverting amplifier, a longer rise time means
(a) a narrower bandwidth
(b) a lower fcl
(c) a higher fcu
(d) answers (a) and (b)