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This set of Electronic Devices and Circuits Multiple Choice

Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Signals”.
1. A cosine wave voltage signal has a 10V RMS value and

60Hz frequency. Also at time, t=0, the value of the voltage
signal is equal to its RMS value. Which of the following is
the correct mathematical representation of the voltage
signal?
a) 10 cos(60t)
b) 10 cos (120πt)
c) 14.14 cos(60t + π/4)
d) 14.14 cos(120πt + π/4)
View Answer
Answer: d
Explanation: Only equation 14.14 cos(120πt + π/4) satisfies
all the given parameters.
2. Which of the following is a characteristic of digital signal?

a) It takes quantized value
b) Its waveform is a continuous function
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c) The maximum number of signals that can be produced

by N bits is 2N-1
d) There is no loss of value after converting an analog
signal to digital signal
View Answer
Answer: a
Explanation: Digital signal is non continuous and has
discrete sets of possible value which it can take.
3. Consider an N-bits ADC (Analog to Digital Converter)

whose analog input varies from 0 to Vmax, then which of
the following is not true?
a) The least significant bit correspond to a change of
Vmax/2N -1 in the analog signal
b) The resolution of the ADC is Vmax/2N -1
c) The maximum error in the conversion (or quantization
error) is Vmax/2(2N -1)
d) None of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer: d
Explanation: None of the statements are true.
4. In compact disc (CD) audio technology, the signal is

sampled at 44kHz. Each sample is represented by 16bits.
What is the speed of the system in bits/second?
a) 1.34 bits/second
b) 2,750 bits/second
c) 704,000 bits/second
d) 1,441,792,000 bits/second
View Answer
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Answer: c
Explanation: 44000 X 16 = 704000 bits/s
5. An electrical signal can be represented in either Thevenin

form or Norton From. However, Thevenin representation is
preferred when
a) The load resistance is very large as compared to the
source resistance
b) The load resistance is very low compared to the source
resistance
c) There is no preferred case.
d) Both of the cases mentioned are the preferred case
View Answer
Answer: a
Explanation: a is preferred in Thevenin’s case and b in
Norton’s case
6. An electrical signal can be represented in either Thevenin

form or Norton From. However, Norton representation is
preferred when
a) The load resistance is very large as compared to the
source resistance
b) The load resistance is very low as compared to the
source resistance
c) There is no preferred case
d) Both of the cases mentioned are the preferred case
View Answer
Answer: b
Explanation: a is preferred in Thevenin’s case and b in
Norton’s case
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Consider the DAC (digital to Analog Converter) shown

below. Where b1, b2….bn can be either 0 or 1. (Q.7 to Q.9)
7. What will be the value of the output current io, if the

digital signal is in the form of b1b2b3…bn
a) Vref/2R (b1/2+ b2/4 + b3/8….+bn/(2N))
b) 2Vref/R (b1/2+ b2/4 + b3/8….+bn/(2N))
c) Vref/R (b1/2+ b2/4 + b3/8….+bn/(2N))
d) none of the above
View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: It is the total current that will flow individual
resistances.
8. Which is the Most Significant Bit and Least Significant Bit

in this case?
a) MSB: bN, LSB: bN
b) MSB: bN, LSB: b1
c) MSB: b1, LSB: bN
d) MSB: b1, LSB: b1
View Answer
Answer: b
Explanation: LSB will have maximum resistance (hence
least contribution to the total current) and MSB will have
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least resistance (Hence maximum contribution to the total

current).
9. For vref = 10V, n = 6, and R= 5000 ohm, which of the

following is true?
a) The maximum value of the output current is 1.9375 mA
b) The change in the output current if the LSB is changed
from 0 to 1 is 0.03125 mA
c) The change in the output current is the MSB is change
from 0 to 1 is 0.5 mA
View Answer
Answer: b
Explanation: According to the figure, the LSB is given by 10
/ 50006 mA.
10. What is the binary representation of 57?

a) 0011 1101
b) 0101 1001
c) 0111 1001
d) 0011 1001
View Answer
Answer: d
Explanation: The binary equivalent of 57 is 00111001.
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Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Amplifiers”.
1. An amplifier operating from ±3V provide a 2.2V peak sine

wave across a 100 ohm load when provided with a 0.2V
peak sine wave as an input from which 1.0mA current is
drawn. The average current in each supply is measured to
be 20mA. What is the amplifier efficiency?
a) 20.2%
b) 25.2%
c) 30.2%
d) 35.2%
View Answer
Answer: a Explanation:
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2. In order to prevent distortion in the output signal after

amplification, the input signal must be
a) Higher than the positive saturation level of the amplifier
b) Lower than the negative saturation level of the amplifier
c) Must lie with the negative and the positive saturation
level of the amplifier
d) Both higher than the positive saturation level of the
amplifier and lower than the negative saturation level of the
amplifier
View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: Higher than the positive saturation and lower
than the negative saturation level of the amplifier are the
desired characteristics in order to prevent distortion.
3. The voltage gain of the amplifier is 8 and the current gain

is 7. The power gain of the amplifier is
a) 56 db
b) 17.481 db
c) 34.963 db
d) 1 db
View Answer
Answer: b
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Explanation: The power gain is given by 10 log (7 X 8) db.
4. Statement 1: Voltage gain of -5 means that the output

voltage has been attenuated.
Statement 2: Voltage gain of -5db means that the output
voltage has been attenuated.
a) Statement 1 and Statement 2 are true
b) Statement 1 and Statement 2 are false
c) Only Statement 1 is true
d) Only Statement 2 is true
View Answer
Answer: d
Explanation: A negative voltage gain means that a phase
difference of 1800 has been introduced in the output
waveform when compared to the input waveform. A voltage
gain of -5db means that the signal has been attenuated.
5. Which of the following isn’t true?

a) Both transformer and amplifier can provide voltage gain
b) Both transformer and amplifier can provide current gain
c) Both transformer and amplifier can provide power gain
View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: For an ideal transformer the power input is
always equal to the power output. In real conditions there is
slight loss of power when transferring the power from an
input source to an output source. Amplifiers only provide
power gain.
6. Symmetrically saturated amplifiers operating in clipping
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mode can be used to convert a sine wave to a

a) Square wave
b) Pseudo Square wave
c) Sawtooth wave
d) Triangular wave
View Answer
Answer: b
Explanation: Clipping circuits with low peak values of the
output signals are used to generate pseudo square waves if
the input signal is very large as compared to the output
signal.
7. What is meant by stability of the an amplified signal?

a) The amplified signal must have a finite amplitude
b) The amplified signal should not have self oscillation
c) The input and the output signal must be proportional
d) The ratio of the input and the output signal must be finite
View Answer
Answer: b
Explanation: The ability of the amplifier to prevent self
oscillation is a measure of its stability.
8. If Av, Ai and Ap represents the voltage gain, current gain

and power gain ratio of an amplifier which of the below is
not the correct expression for the corresponding values in
decibel?
a) Current gain: 20 log Ai db
b) Voltage gain: 20 log Av db
c) Power gain: 20 log Ap db
d) Power gain: 10 log Ap
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View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: Power gain is given by 10 log Ap db.
9. An amplifier has a voltage gain of 100 V/V and a current

gain of 1000A/A. the value of the power gain decibel is
a) 30 db
b) 40 db
c) 50 db
d) 60 db
View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: Power gain in db is given by 10 log (100 X
1000) db.
10. The units of voltage gain is

a) It has no units, it is a ratio
b) Decibels (db)
c) All of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer: a
Explanation: Voltage gain (Vo) = output voltage/input
voltage (Vi). It is also expresses as 20 log (Vo/Vi) db.


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Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Circuit Models
for Amplifier”.
1. Buffer amplifier needs to have

a) Low input resistance and low output resistance
b) High Input resistance and high output resistance
c) Low input resistance and high output resistance
d) High input resistance and low output resistance
View Answer
Answer: d
Explanation: Buffer amplifiers are used to connect high
input resistance source to a low output resistance load.
2. The ideal values for the input resistance (Ri) and the
output resistance (Ro) of a transconductance amplifier are
a) Ri = 0 and Ro = 0
b) Ri = ∞ and R0 = ∞
c) Ri = 0 and R0 = ∞
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d) Ri = ∞ and Ri = 0
View Answer
Answer: b
Explanation: It is a desired characteristics of
transconductance amplifier ideally.
3. An amplifier has a voltage gain of 40db. The value of

AVO is
a) 10
b) 100
c) 20
d) 200
View Answer
Answer: b
Explanation: The expression is given by 10 log AVO = 40.
Solving for Avo gives 100 as the answer.
4. The output voltage of a voltage amplifier has been found

to decrease by 20% when a load resistance of 1 kΩ is
connected. What is the value of the amplifier output
resistance?
a) 50Ω
b) 200Ω
c) 250Ω
d) 350Ω
View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: 250 / (1000 + 250) X 100% = 20%. Hence the
output resistance is 250 ohm.
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5. Which of the following is a transresistance amplifier?
a)
b)
c)
d)
View Answer
Answer: d
Explanation: Figure d is the correct representation rest are
voltage, current, transconductance amplifiers.
6. The signal to be amplified is current signal and the output

desired is a voltage signal. Which of the following amplifier
can perform this task?
a) Voltage amplifier
b) Current amplifier
c) Transconductance amplifier
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d) Transresistance amplifier
View Answer
Answer: d
Explanation: It is a characteristic of transconductance
amplifier.
7. You are given two amplifiers, A and B, to connect in

cascade between a 10-mV, 100-kΩ source (S) and a 100-Ω
load (L). The amplifiers have voltage gain, input resistance,
and output resistance as follows: for A, 100 V/V, 10 kΩ, 10
kΩ, respectively; for B, 1 V/V, 100 kΩ, 100 Ω, respectively.
Your problem is to decide how the amplifiers should be
connected so that the voltage gain is maximum.
a) SABL
b) SBAL
c) Both have the same voltage gain
d) None as neither combination is able to amplify the input
signal
View Answer
Answer: a
Explanation: None
8. A transconductance amplifier with Ri = 2 kΩ, Gm = 40

mA/V, and Ro = 20 kΩ is fed with a voltage source having a
source resistance of 2 kΩ and is loaded with a 1-kΩ
resistance. Find the voltage gain realized.
a) 18.05 V/V
b) 19.05 V/V
c) 20.05 V/V
d) 21.05V/V
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View Answer
Answer: b Explanation:
9. The ratio of the short circuit current gain of a current

amplifier (Ai) to the open circuit voltage gain of a voltage
amplifier (AV), given that both amplifiers have the same
value of the input resistance (Ri) and output resistance (R0),
is
a) Ri
b) Ro
c) Ri / R0
d) Ro / Ri
View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: It is a standard mathematical relation.
10. The ratio of the open circuit voltage of a voltage

amplifier (AV) to the short circuit transconductance of a
(Gm) of a transconductance amplifier, given that both have
the same value of the internal resistance (Ri) and the output
resistance (R0), is
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a) Ri
b) R0
c) 1/Ri
d) 1/R0
View Answer
Answer: b
Explanation: It is a standard mathematical relation.


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Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Frequency
Response of Amplifier”.
1. Consider a voltage amplifier having a frequency

response of the low-pass STC type with a dc gain of 60 dB
and a 3-dB frequency of 1000 Hz. Then the gain db at
a) f = 10 Hz is 55 db
b) f = 10 kHz is 45 db
c) f = 100 kHz is 25 db
d) f = 1Mhz is 0 db
View Answer
Answer: d
Explanation: Use standard formulas for frequency response
and voltage gain.
2. STC networks can be classified into two categories: low-

pass (LP) and high-pass (HP). Then which of the following
is true?
a) HP network passes dc and low frequencies and
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attenuate high frequency and opposite for LP network

b) LP network passes dc and low frequencies and attenuate
high frequency and opposite for HP network
c) HP network passes dc and high frequencies and
attenuate low frequency and opposite for LP network
d) LP network passes low frequencies only and attenuate
high frequency and opposite for HP network
View Answer
Answer: b
Explanation: By definition a LP network allows dc current
(or low frequency current) and an LP network does the
opposite, that is, allows high frequency ac current.
3. Single-time-constant (STC) networks are those networks

that are composed of, or can be reduced to
a) One reactive component (L or C) and a resistance (R)
b) Only capacitive component (C) and resistance (R)
c) Only inductive component (L) and resistance (R)
d) Reactive components (L, C or both L and C) and
resistance (R)
View Answer
Answer: a
Explanation: STC has only one reactive component and
one resistive component.
4. The signal whose waveform is not effected by a linear

circuit is
a) Triangular Waveform signal
b) Rectangular waveform signal
c) Sine/Cosine wave signal
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d) Sawtooth waveform signal

View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: Only sine/cosine wave are not affected by a
linear circuit while all other waveforms are affected by a
linear circuit.
5. Which of the following is not a classification of amplifiers

on the basis of their frequency response?
a) Capacitively coupled amplifier
b) Direct coupled amplifier
c) Bandpass amplifier
View Answer
Answer: d
Explanation: None of the options provided are correct.
6. General representation of the frequency response curve

is called
a) Bode Plot
b) Miller Plot
c) Thevenin Plot
d) Bandwidth Plot
View Answer
Answer: a
Explanation: General representation of frequency response
curves are called Bode plot. Bode plots are also called semi
logarithmic plots since they have logarithmic values values
on one of the axes.
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7. Under what condition can the circuit shown be called a

compensated attenuator.
a) C1R1 = C2R2
b) C1R2 = C2R1
c) C1C2 = R1R2
d) R1 = 0
View Answer
Answer: a Explanation: Standard condition of a

compensated attenuator. Here is the derivation for the
same.
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8. When a circuit is called compensated attenuator?

a) Transfer function is directly proportional to the frequency
b) Transfer function is inversely proportional to the
frequency
c) Transfer function is independent of the frequency
d) Natural log of the transfer function is proportional to the
frequency
View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: Transfer function does not has frequency in its
mathematical formula.
9. Which of the following is true?

a) Coupling capacitors causes the gain to fall off at high
frequencies
b) Internal capacitor of a device causes the gain to fall off at
low frequencies
c) All of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer: d
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Explanation: Both the statements are false.
10. Which of the following is true?

a) Monolithic IC amplifiers are directly coupled or dc
amplifiers
b) Televisions and radios use tuned amplifiers
c) Audio amplifiers have coupling capacitor amplifier
d) All of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer: d
Explanation: These all are practical applications of different
types of amplifiers.


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Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Sinusoidal
Steady State Analysis”.
1. i(t) = ?
a) 20 cos (300t + 68.2) A

b) 20 cos(300t – 68.2) A
c) 2.48 cos(300t + 68.2) A
d) 2.48 cos(300t – 68.2) A
View Answer
Answer: d Explanation:
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2. Vc(t) = ?
a) 0.89 cos (1000t – 63.43) V

b) 0.89 cos (1000t + 63.43) V
c) 0.45 cos (1000t + 26.57) V
d) 0.45 cos (1000t – 26.57) V
View Answer
Answer: a Explanation:
3. Vc(t) = ?
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a) 2.25 cos (5t + 150) V

b) 2.25 cos (5t – 150) V
c) 2.25 cos (5t + 140.71) V
d) 2.25 cos (5t – 140.71) V
View Answer
Answer: d Explanation:
4. i(t) = ?
a) 2 sin (2t 5.77) A

b) cos (2t 84.23) A
c) 2 sin (2t 5.77) A
d) cos (2t 84.23) A
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View Answer
5. In the bridge shown, Z1 = 300 ohm, Z2 = 400 – j300

ohm, Z3 = 200 + j100 ohm. The Z4 at balance is
a) 400 + j300 ohm

b) 400 – j300 ohm
c) j100 ohm
d) -j900 ohm
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View Answer
Answer: b
Explanation: Use Z1 x Z4 = Z2 x Z3.
Circuit for Q.6 and Q.7
6. i1(t) = ?
a) 2.36 cos (4t 41.07) A
b) 2.36 cos (4t 41.07) A
c) 1.37 cos (4t 41.07) A
d) 2.36 cos (4t 41.07) A
View Answer
Answer: c Explanation:
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7. i2(t) = ?
a) 2.04 sin (4t 92.13) A
b) 2.04 sin (4t 2.13) A
c) 2.04 cos (4t 2.13) A
d) 2.04 cos (4t 92.13) A
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8. In a two element series circuit, the applied voltage and
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the resulting current are v(t) = 60 + 66 sin (1000t) V, i(t) =

2.3sin (1000t + 68.3) 3 A. The nature of the elements would
be
a) R C
b) L C
c) R L
d) R R
View Answer
Answer: a
Explanation: RC circuit causes a positive shift in the circuit.
9. P = 269 W, Q = 150 VAR (capacitive). The power in the

complex form is
a) 150 – j269 VA
b) 150 + j269 VA
c) 269 – j150 VA
d) 269 + j150 VA
View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: S = P – jQ.
10. Q = 2000 VAR, pf = 0.9 (leading). The power in

complex form is
a) 4129.8 j2000 VA
b) 2000 j4129.8 VA
c) 2000 j41.29.8 VA
d) 4129.8 j2000 VA
View Answer
Answer: d
Explanation: Use cos T = 0.9 or T = 25.84 degrees.
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Q = S sin T or S = 4588.6 VA
p = S cos T or P = 0.9 X 4588.6 4129.8 VA.


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This set of Electronic Devices and Circuits Multiple Choice

1. A cosine wave voltage signal has a 10V RMS value and

2. Which of the following is a characteristic of digital signal?

c) The maximum number of signals that can be produced

3. Consider an N-bits ADC (Analog to Digital Converter)

4. In compact disc (CD) audio technology, the signal is

5. An electrical signal can be represented in either Thevenin

6. An electrical signal can be represented in either Thevenin

Consider the DAC (digital to Analog Converter) shown

7. What will be the value of the output current io, if the

8. Which is the Most Significant Bit and Least Significant Bit

least resistance (Hence maximum contribution to the total

9. For vref = 10V, n = 6, and R= 5000 ohm, which of the

10. What is the binary representation of 57?

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1. An amplifier operating from ±3V provide a 2.2V peak sine

2. In order to prevent distortion in the output signal after

3. The voltage gain of the amplifier is 8 and the current gain

Explanation: The power gain is given by 10 log (7 X 8) db.

4. Statement 1: Voltage gain of -5 means that the output

5. Which of the following isn’t true?

6. Symmetrically saturated amplifiers operating in clipping

mode can be used to convert a sine wave to a

7. What is meant by stability of the an amplified signal?

8. If Av, Ai and Ap represents the voltage gain, current gain

9. An amplifier has a voltage gain of 100 V/V and a current

10. The units of voltage gain is

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This set of Electronic Devices and Circuits Multiple Choice

1. Buffer amplifier needs to have

3. An amplifier has a voltage gain of 40db. The value of

4. The output voltage of a voltage amplifier has been found

5. Which of the following is a transresistance amplifier?

6. The signal to be amplified is current signal and the output

7. You are given two amplifiers, A and B, to connect in

8. A transconductance amplifier with Ri = 2 kΩ, Gm = 40

9. The ratio of the short circuit current gain of a current

10. The ratio of the open circuit voltage of a voltage

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This set of Electronic Devices and Circuits Multiple Choice

1. Consider a voltage amplifier having a frequency

2. STC networks can be classified into two categories: low-

attenuate high frequency and opposite for LP network

3. Single-time-constant (STC) networks are those networks

4. The signal whose waveform is not effected by a linear

d) Sawtooth waveform signal

5. Which of the following is not a classification of amplifiers

6. General representation of the frequency response curve

7. Under what condition can the circuit shown be called a

Answer: a Explanation: Standard condition of a

8. When a circuit is called compensated attenuator?

9. Which of the following is true?

Explanation: Both the statements are false.

10. Which of the following is true?