1.

In instrumentation amplifier, under common mode condition the current through the
feedback resistance of buffer amplifiers will be _________
a)more b) very small c) zero d) depending upon the feedback resistance value

2. Instrumentation amplifier is mainly used to

a) amplify very low sensor output b) amplify all kind of sensor outputs
c) attenuate sensor outputs d) increase common mode gain

3. Which one of the following is more suitable for Instrumentation amplifier?

a)very low input impedance b) gain adjustment is more difficult
c) DC offset is more d) low thermal drift

4. In active low pass filters the critical frequency occurs when the gain
a) Increases by 3 dB above stop band gain
b)Decreases by 3 dB below pass band gain
c) Equal to pass band gain
d)Equal to stop band gain

5. The low pass filter the passes the frequencies

a)From 0 Hz to critical frequency
b)From critical frequency to ∞ Hz
c) In between two critical frequencies
d)From 0 Hz to ∞ Hz

6. The second order filter has the gain roll-off =

b)20 dB/Decade b) 60 dB/Decade c) 40 dB/Decade d) 10 dB/Decade

7. The gain of second order low pass filter should be equal to__________ for getting better
response.
1.586 b) 0.586 c) 1.685 d) 0.685

8. In current to voltage converter the feedback capacitor is used to

c) increase the gain b) increase the signal strength
c) improve the signal oscillation d) reduce high frequency noise

9. Which one of the following is suitable for comparator?

b)Its gain is unity b) It will accept only digital input
c) It will give only digital output d) it has infiinte output impedance

10. Time maker generator is used to convert

a) square wave to sinusodal wave b) sinusodal wave to positive pulses
c) triangular wave to sinusodal wave d) pulsating wave to triangular wave
11. The output resistance of the op-amp with feedback is
a) Same as that of the output resistance without feedback
b) Greater than that of the output resistance without feedback
c) Smaller than that of the output resistance without feedback
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: c

12. How are the saturation voltage specified on the manufacture’s datasheet?
a) Negative voltage
b) Output voltage swing
c) Supply voltage
d) None of the mentioned
View Answer

Answer: b

13. Which of the following has the same characteristic as that of non-inverting amplifier with
feedback?
a) Perfect feedback amplifier
b) Voltage follower
c) Perfect voltage amplifier
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: c

14. Which is preferred to attain higher input resistance and the output amplitude equal to input?
a) Voltage follower
b) Voltage series feedback amplifier
c) Voltage shunt feedback amplifier
d) Inverter
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Answer: a

15. The basic differential amplifier can be used as a ____________

d)inverting summing amplifier b) subtractor
c) averaging amplifier d) Non-inverting summing amplifier

16. An inverting average circuit has the gain value equal to

 c) 1/(number of inputs) b) number of inputs
c) 2*number of inputs d) 1- number of inputs

17. In regenerative comparator, the input is less than hysteresis width then the output
e) switches from +Vsat to –Vsat b) will not switch
c) switches from –Vsat to +Vsat d) switches to zero

18. The reference voltage for astable multivibrator is always

d)βvo b) +Vsat c) -Vsat d) 0V

19. In monostable multivibrator, the maximum voltage across the capacitor is

a)Vsat b) Vsat c) 0V d) 0.7V

20. In practical case, the Oscillator circuits are designed with loop gain value(Aβ) =
f) 1 b) less than 1 c) 0 d) slightly greater than 1

21. The conditions for Oscillation are

e) loop gain =1 & phase shift =180o b) loop gain = -1 & phase shift =0o
c) loop gain =1 & phase shift =360o d) loop gain = -1 & phase shift =180o

22. Which one of the following is suitable for Wien Bridge oscillator
A ≥ 29 b) A ≤ 29 c) A ≥ 3 d) A ≤ 3

23. For a Precision op-amp__________________

g) CMRR must be very low.
h) ACM =0
i) ADM =0
j) ACM >> ADM
24. Which circuit is used for obtaining desired output waveform in operational amplifier?
a) Clipper
b) Clamper
c) Peak amplifier
d) Sample and hold

25. The clipping level in op-amp is determined by

a) AC supply voltage
b) Control voltage
c) Reference voltage
d) Input voltage

26. What happens if the input voltage is higher than reference voltage in a positive
clipper?
a) Output voltage = Reference voltage
b) Output voltage = DC Positive voltage
c) Output voltage = Input voltage
d) All of the mentioned

27. Which one of the following is more suitable for weighted resistor type D/A?
k) Requires only 2 resistance value b) Suitable for IC fabrication
c) Accurate conversion is obtained d) Various range of resistance values required

28. The essential component in a basic Sample and Hold circuit is

a) inductor b) capacitor c) resistor d) op-amp

29. What is the alternate method to measure the values of non-sinusoidal waveform
other than ac voltmeter?
a) Clipper
b) Clamper
c) Peak detector
d) Comparator

30. In the sample and hold circuit, the period during which the voltage across capacitor
is equal to input voltage
a) Sample period
b) Hold period
c) Delay period
d) Charging period

31. During which period the op-amps output of sample and hold circuits is processed?
a) None of the mentioned
b) Sample and hold period
c) Sample period
d) Hold period

32. Which IC is mostly preferred for sample and hold circuit?

a) µ771
b) IC741
c) LF398
d) µ351

33. Which one of the following is more suitable for flash type ADC?
 l) Very high resolution b) fast conversion period c) used in digital multi-meters
d) requires minimum components

34. ____________ ADC contains DAC in it.

f) Flash type b) Dual slope c) Integral type d) Successive aproximation

35. Which one of the following is more suitable for dual slop ADC?
a)Conversion time is more b) very low resolution c) requires more components
d) it has a differentiator circuit.

36. The primary disadvantage of the flash analog-to digital converter (ADC) is
that:
 a long conversion time is required
 a large number of output lines is required to simultaneously decode the input
voltage
 it requires the input voltage to be applied to the inputs simultaneously
 a large number of comparators is required to represent a reasonable sized
binary number

37. Which is not an analog-to-digital (ADC) conversion error?

 differential nonlinearity
 incorrect code
 missing code
 offset

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38. The trigger input required to the 555-timer monostable operation= _________
m) greater than (2/3)Vcc b) greater than (1/3)Vcc and less than (2/3)Vcc
c) less than (1/3)Vcc d) greater than (1/3)Vcc

39. In 555-timer, when upper comparator triggers (+V sat) then

g) Output resets b) the timing capacitor stated charging
c) filp flop set to high d) the transistor Q1 goes to cut-off region

40. In 555-timer based monostable operation the external timing capacitor charges
through external resistance R and it discharges through _____________
b) external resistance b) internal 5KΩ resistance
c) internal and external resistance d) internal transistor Q1
 41. In 555-timer astable operation, the output across the timing
capacitor C is a ___ wave
a) square b) saw tooth c) rectangular d) triangular

42. To obtain 50% duty cycle we need add ___________ with the 555-
timer astable circuit configuration
h) One more capacitor b) a resistance in series with Ra
c) a resistance in series with Rb d) a diode across Rb

43. In 555-timer astable operation, the external timing capacitor

charges through external resistance Ra and R b and it discharges
through _____________
c) external resistance Ra and Rb
d) internal 5KΩ resistance
c) external resistance Rb and internal transistor Q1
d) external resistance Ra
44. The 555-timer based astable operation can be used to
b) detect missing pulse b) generate FSK
c) divide frequency d) generate linear ramp

45. The 555-timer based monostable operation can be used to

a) detect missing pulse b) generate FSK
c) modulate pulse-position d) Schmitt Trigger

46. The Schmitt trigger in VCO is designed with an output voltage variation of
c) 0.5Vcc to 0.25Vcc b) Vcc to 0.5Vcc
c) 0.5Vcc to 0 c d) Vcc to 0.25Vcc

47. In VCO, the output across the timing capacitor C is a __________ wave
a) square b) saw tooth c) rectangular d) triangular

48. When PLL is operating at lock-in range, low pass filter output =
d) AC signal with a frequency =fo, b) AC signal with a frequency =fo+fs
c) DC signal d) AC signal with a frequency =fo+2fs

49. Which one of the following is suitable for PLL

a) It has an adder circuit b) It has a Schmitt trigger circuit
c) It has a high pass filter d) VCO gets an external modulating input
 50. When a modulated input is given to PLL, we can obtain demodulated output at
e) PLL output , b) VCO output c) phase detector output d) LPF output

51. __________ controls the lock-in range and capture range of PLL.
b) Low pass filter b) VCO
c) Phase comparator d) Amplifier

52. In AM detector using PLL, the phase detector is basically a multiplier which
produces ________components of frequencies at its output.
a. Sum
b. Difference
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above

53. In VCO IC 566, the value of charging & discharging is dependent on the voltage
applied at ______.
a. Triangular wave output
b. Square wave output
c. Modulating input
d. All of the above

54. In PLL, the capture range is always _________the lock range.

a. Greater than
b. Equal to
c. Less than
d. None of the above

55. In the locked state of PLL, the phase error between the input & output is
_________.
a. Maximum
b. Moderate
c. Minimum
d. All of the above

56. In communication circuits, PLL is currently applicable for __________

a. Demodulation applications
b. Tracking a carrier or synchronizing signal
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above

57. Basically, PLL is used to lock _______

 a. Its output frequency
b. Phase to the frequency
c. Phase of the input signal
d. All of the above

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11. In fixed voltage regulator 78XX series, the XX indicates
n)output voltage b) input voltage
d) output current d) input current

12. The input capacitance is connected to fixed voltage regulator to

i) improve the transient respsonce b) reduce the inductive effect
c) improve the stablity d) reduce the ripple

13. If we need an output voltage of 6V from three terminal IC regulators, then the input voltage
should be
e)less than 6V b) equal to 6V
c) greater than or equal to 8V d) less than 8V

14. Load regulation =

a)Change in output current for change in input current
b)Change in output voltage for change in input voltage
c) Percentage change in output voltage for change in input voltage
d)Change in output voltage for change in load current

15. The IC 723 regulator’s reference amplifier produces a fixed voltage of

a)37V b) 2V c) 7V d) 7.15V

16. The IC 723 general purpose regulator does not have

j) constant current source b) error amplifer
c) variable ouput option d) short circuit current limits

17. In IC 723 general purpose regulator, current boosting is achieved by adding

f) transistor b) resistance
c) voltage divider network d) Capacitor

18. The current limiting circuit in µA78S40 switching regulator is activated when ______
potential appears across the resistance Rsc
a)330 mV b) 220 mV c) 110 mV d) 440 mV
19. In µA78S40 switching regulator, the initial switching frequency is set by
k)Comparator b) timing capacitor CT
c) SR-flipflop d)

20. Which one of the following is suitable for µA78S40 switching regulator
g) input voltage range = 60V to 100V b) used only for step-up operations
c) output range 2V to 40V d) fixed frequency operation

21. The forward voltage drop across the internal power diode of µA78S40 switching regulator
is used to determine
a) switching frequency b) inductor ON time
e) c) charging time of capacitance d) efficiency of the regulator

22. LM 380 power amplifier has

b)very low peak current capacity b) low total harmonic distortion
c) internally fixed gain of 500 d) narrow supply voltage range

23. The output stage of LM 380 power amplifier is

h) quasi –complementary emitter follower b) PNP emitter
follower
c) NPN emitter follower d) differential amplifier

24. LM 380 power amplifier, the common emitter stage has a capacitor to
b) provide temperature compensation b) decouple the input from
supply voltage
c) increase the gain d) establish upper cut-off
frequency