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PULLAIAH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY::KURNOOL

UNIT-I
1. Emitter bypass capacitor CE provides_________ to the circuit
a) High reactance path
b) low reactance path
c) open circuit
d) a & c
2. An amplifier at low frequency region behaves like
a) Low-pass circuit
b) High-pass circuit
c) Band pass circuit
d) Band reject circuit
3. CE short circuit current gain at low frequency (f=0) is given as
a) hfe
b) 1
c) -1
d) 0
4. The hybrid-π trans conductance gm is
|I C|
a) V T
|I C|
2
b) V T
|I C|q
c) KT
d) a & c
5. Critical capacitance with smallest equivalent resistance that determines the lower cutoff of CB
amplifier is
a) input coupling capacitor
b) emitter bypass capacitor if C1 = C2
c) C2 output coupling capacitor
d) None.
6. The miller input capacitance in CB AMP IS
a) Large compared to miller capacitance in CE
b) very large because of +ve voltage gain in CB
c) Small because of +ve voltage gain in CB
d) Is not negligible compare to other capacitance
7. Identify the correct statement regarding the voltage gain of a CE transistor amplifier
a) it increases with increase in ac load R
b) it is independent of ac load R and is large
c) it decreases with increase in ac load R
d) it is always approximately unity
8. Identify the incorrect statement
a) frequency distortion in an amplifier is mainly due to the reactive component circuit
 b) amplitude distortion is also referred to as non-linear distortion
c) distortion in amplifier due to unequal phase shifts at different frequencies is called delay
distortion
d) phase shift distortion is same as frequency distortion
9. Input and output capacitors in a transistors amplifier are not referred to as
a) inter electrode capacitors
b) coupling capacitors
c) blocking capacitors
d) dc de-coupling capacitors
10. In CE amplifier, phase difference between input signal and output signal is
a) 00
b) 1800
c) 2700
d) 900

UNIT-II
11.Cascode amplifier is a combination of
a) CE-CE
b) CC-CC
c) CE-CB
d) CE-CC
12.The Range of audio frequency amplifiers is
a) 20-200kHz
b) 20-20kHz
c) 2-2000kHz
d) 200-200kHz
13.The following coupled amplifier provides excellent impedance matching
a) RC coupled amplifier
b) Transformer coupled amplifier
c) Direct coupled amplifier
d) Darlington pair circuit
14.Which of the following circuit provides large input resistance
a) Darlington pair
b) Common collector amplifier
c) Common emitter amplifier
d) Common base amplifier
15. RC coupled amplifier works best in ______ frequency range
a) LOW
b) HIGH
c) MID
d) ALL
16. Darlington pair is a combination of
a) CC-CC
b) CC-CE
c) CC-CB
d) CE-CB
17.Head Phones consists of
a) Transformer coupled amplifier
 b) RC coupled amplifier
c) Direct coupled amplifier
d) none
18. Resultant phase shift of odd no of CE amplifier stages at mid band frequency is
a) 3600
b) 1800
c) 450
d) 900
19. Major drawback of Darlington transistor pair
a) low current gain compared to single emitter follower
b) dependence of Av on transistor selected
c) low i/p impedance compared to single emitter follower
d) dependence of h -parameters on quiescent conditions
20.An amplifier that amplifies specific frequency of signal is called
a) Oscillator
b) Tuned amplifier
c) Amplifier
d) Power amplifier

UNIT-III
21. In -ve feedback amplifier, phase difference between input signal and feedback signal is
a) 900
b) 1800
c) 2700
d) ALL
22.The gain of an amplifier is decreased to 1000 with negative feedback from its gain of 5000. Calculate the
feedback factor in dB.
a) -60
b) -62
c) 60
d) 62
23.Emitter follower is a _____________ circuit.
a) Voltage feedback
b) Current feedback
c) Both voltage and current feedback
d) None of the above
24.Loop Gain is given as
a) Aβ
b) A/β
c) β/A
d) A-β
25.Amplifier present in voltage series feedback is
a) Transresistance amplifier
b) Transconductance amplifier
c) Voltage amplifier
d) Current amplifier
26.Amplifier present in Current series feedback is
 a) Transresistance amplifier
b) Transconductance amplifier
c) Voltage amplifier
d) Current amplifier
27. A feedback circuit usually employs __________ network.
a) Capacitive
b) Inductive
c) Resistive
d) None of the above
28.The gain of an amplifier with feedback is known as _________ gain.
a) open loop
b) closed loop
c) resonant
d) None of the above
29.When negative voltage feedback is applied to an amplifier, its voltage gain __________
a) remains the same
b) is reduced
c) is increased
d) None of the above
30.Ideal Voltage Amplifier has

a)
Ri=∞ , Ro =0

b)
Ri=0 , R o=0

c)
Ri=∞ , Ro =∞

d)
Ri=0 , R o=∞

UNIT-IV
31. Bandwidth of an amplifier with lower & higher cutoff frequency f L,fH and quanlity factor Q is
a) fH - fL
b) fH / Q
c) (fH - fL)/1.414
d) Q - fL
32. Hartley oscillator is commonly used in ______
a) Radio receivers
b) Radio transmitters
c) TV receivers
d) None of the above
33. In a positive feedback amplifier, the phase difference between input signal and feedback signal is
a) 00
b) 1800
c) 2700
d) 900
34.The condition for maintenance of oscillations in Hartley oscillator is
a) hfe = L2/L1
b) hfe = (L1+M)/L2
c) hfe = L1/(L2+M)
d) hfe = (L1+M)/(L2+M)
35. The condition for maintenance of oscillations in Colpitt’s oscillator is
a) hfe = C1/C2
b) hfe = C2/C1
c) hfe = C2 X C1
d) hfe = C2 + C1
36.In a wien bridge oscillator, R=100 kΩ and fr=10 kHz find value of capacitor C.
a) 150pF
b) 159pF
c) 160pF
d) 170pF
37.Frequency of Oscillation of Hartley Oscillator is
1
f r=
a)
2 π √(L1 +L2 +2 M )C

1
f r=
b)
2 π √(L1 +L2 +2 M )

1
f r=
c) √( L1 + L2+2 M )C
d) none
38.Frequency of Oscillation of BJT RC Phase shift oscillator is

1
f r=
a)
2 π √(L1 +L2 +2 M )C

1
f r=
b) 2 π RC √ 6
1
f r=
c) 2 π RC √ 6+4 K
d) none

39. The gain of the amplifier with positive feedback is

UNIT-V
41. The input power to a device is 10KW at a voltage of 1KV. The output power is 500W and output
impedance is 20Ω find the power gain in Watts.
a) 0.06
b) 0.09
 c) 0.05
d) 0.08
42. Find the magnitude gain corresponding to a voltage gain of 100dB.
a) 1000
b) 100
c) 10000
d) 100000
43.The main feature(s) of a large-signal amplifier is the circuit’s _________________.
a) power efficiency
b) maximum power limitations
c) impedance matching to the output device
d) All of the above
44. What is the ratio of the secondary voltage to the primary voltage with the turn ratio in the
windings?
N2
a)
N1
2
N1
b)
N2( )
1/ 3
N1
c)
N2( )
e) N 2 X N 1
45. Class ________ amplifiers are normally operated in a push-pull configuration in order to produce
an output that is a replica of the input
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) AB

46. Which type of power amplifier is biased for operation at less than 180º of the cycle?
a) Class A
b) Class B or AB
c) Class C
d) Class D

47. What is the maximum temperature rating for silicon power transistors?
a) 50º to 80º
b) 100º to 110º
c) 150º to 200º
d) 250º to 300º
48. What is the maximum efficiency of a class A circuit with a direct or series-fed load connection?
a) 90%
b) 78.5%
c) 50%
d) 25%
49. Which class of amplifier operates in the linear region for only a small part of the input cycle?
a) A
 b) B
c) C
d) AB
50.What is the mode of operation of transistor if the output collector current flows for entire cycle of input ac
signal
a) Class A
b) Class B
c) Class AB
d) Class C