ELECTRONICS - PERCDC PreBoard Aug 2008

1. To increase the magnitude of a number by 2^3, you must shift the number by how many times in what directions? a. two to the left c. three to the right b. two to the right d. three to the left 2. If Av(d) = 3500 and Acs = 9.25, the CMRR is: a. 1225 c. 80 dB b. 10,000 d. 10,000 or 80 dB 3. In a certain common-emitter amplifier has a voltage gain of 100, if the emitter bypass capacitor is remove, a. the circuit will become unstable b. the voltage gain will decrease c. the voltage fain will increase d. the Q-point will shift 4. All the signals are sine wave with a peak to peak amplitude of 10 mV . The differential amplifier has a gain of 10. If the input signals are 180 degrees out of phase with each other an a combined output is taken between the two output terminals, what will the amplitude of the combined output signal be and will the combined output signal be a sine wave? a. 100 mV, yes b. 100 mV, no c. 200 mV, yes d. 200 mV, no 5. What transistor configuration should be used to match a high output impedance to a low input impedance? a. common collector c. common gate b. common emitter d. common base 6. In a medium time-constant circuit, the time-constant (t), is a. equal to the pulse duration b. 1/10 of the pulse duration c. 10 times of the pulse duration d. equal to the pulse duration and pulse amplitude 7. What is the effect on the gain of an amplifier if the output-signaldeveloping impedance is increase? a. it decreases c. it remains the same b. it increases d. it cannot be determined 8. The science of Biometry is used for: a. Identification b. verification c. authentication a. A only d. A and C only c. B and C only d. A, B, and C

a. 8.484 c. 54 b. 5.4 d. 84.84 13. When testing an SCR with an ohmmeter, the SCR will conduct if what two elements are shorted together? a. Gate and anode c. gate and ground b. ground and cathode d. gate and cathode 14. If you have a 12-strand conductor and each strand has a radius of 2/12 inch, what is the circular mil area of the conductor? a. 1, 920, 000 cir. mil c. 48, 000 cir. mil b. 1, 507 965 sq. mil d. 2, 400 cir. mil 15. If an OTA has gm- 1000 microS, what is the output current when the input voltage is 25 mV? a. 25 microA c. 40 microA b. 50 microA d. 40 milliA 16. Filter response that is characterized by overshoot or ripples in the passband and with a rapid roll-off-rate greater that -20 dB/decade/pole. a. Bessel c. Butterworth b. Fourier d. Chebyshev 17. An atom that loses an electron is left as a positively charged ion, is called _________? a. crystal ion c. balanced ion b. anion d. cation 18. When you grasp a coil in your left hand with your thumb pointing in the direction of the north pole, your fingers will be wrapped around the coil in the direction of the ________ a. south pole c. current pole b. voltage potential d. magnetic field 19. An opamp usually employs negative feedback to: a. Maximize the gain b. Control the gain c. Allow oscillation over a wide band of frequencies d. No! Op amps do not employ negative feedback 20. If a certain zener diode has a zener voltage of 3.6 V, it operates in: a. regulated breakdown c. forward conduction b. zener breakdown d. avalanche breakdown 21. Name given to the IBM chess-playing computer that first defeated a human grandmaster, the Russian Gary Kasparov, in 1996. a. PACIFIC BLUE c. Deep Blue b. CRAY-1 d. UNIVAC 22. In a linear regulator, the control transistor is conducting a. a small part of the time b. half the time c. all of the time d. when the load current is excessive 23. A direct short-circuit of a battery can cause: a. An increase in its voltage b. No harms other than a rapid discharge of its energy c. The current to drop to zero d. An explosion 24. Collector-feedback bias is a. not very stable b. based on beta multiplication c. based on the principle of negative feedback d. based on the principle of positive feedback 25. In a voltage-divider biased pnp transistor, there is no base current, but the base voltage is approximately correct. The most likely problem is. a. a bias resistor is open b. the emitter resistor is open

9. In the midrange of an amplifiers bandwidth, the peak output voltage is 6V lower critical frequency, the peak output voltage is: a. 3 V c. 8.48 V b. 3.82 V d. 4.24 V 10. If firing angle in an SCR rectifier is decreased, output a. is decreased c. remains the same b. is increased d. becomes maximum 11. What is/are the functions of the hairspring? a. Supplies restoring force to the coil b. To oppose the coil movement when there is current flow c. To provide electrical connections for the coil a. A and B b. B and C c. A and C d. A, B, and C

12. In a series circuit of two resistors 5 ohms and 15 ohms is connected to an alternating voltage source of 120 volts. What is the average current (I-avg) in amperes?

c. the base-emitter junction is open a. A only b. A and C c B and C d. A, B, and C

38. What are the conditions that require circuit protection? a. Direct current b. Excessive current c. excessive heat a. A and B only b. A and C only c. B and C only d. A, b, and C

26. In which of the following places would a transistor battery be the best power source choice? a. A heart pacemaker c. an LCD wristwatch b. An electronic calculator d. a two-way portable radio 27. The induced EMF in any circuit is always in a direction to oppose the effect that produced it. a. Lens law c. Halls effect b. Faradays law d. Oersteds law 28. The Wien-bridge oscillators positive feedback circuit is? a. an RL circuit c. a voltage divider b. an LC circuit d. a lead-lag circuit 29. What type clamper (with bias) clamps the most negative extremity of the output waveform to a negative potential? a. Negative with a positive bias b. Negative with a negative bias c. Positive with negative bias d. Positive with positive bias 30. How do you describe the part of the final approach, where the aircraft climbs again before it touches down? a. flare c. GA b. end of descent d. TOD 31. Will a 10-A fuse blow for a steady rate of charge flow through it of 45 000 C/h? a. it will definitely blow b. it will blow after 2 hours c. it will now blow d. it depends upon the type of fuse 32. These are used to keep magnetic objects apart while minimizing the interaction between them. a. paramagnetic materials c. Ferromagnetic materials b. Diamagnetic materials d. Electromagnetic materials 33. A 4-layer diode turns on when the anode to cathode voltage exceeds a. .7 V b. the gate voltage c. the forward-breakover voltage d. the forward-blocking voltage 34. The junction of three or more elements where current division does take place a. simple mode c. connection b. splice d. principal mode 35. In an FET, drain current in the constant current region increases when a. drain-to-source voltage decreases b. drain-to-source voltage increases c. gate-to-source voltage decreases d. gate-to-source voltage increases 36. A logic circuit whose output depends not only on its current inputs, but also to its previous output is called a ______ circuit. a. sequential c. random b. npn-sequential d. combinational 37. Cell that uses hydrogen as its fuel a. Voltaic cell c. Electrolytic cell b. Battery d. Fuel cell

39. Which of the following is an indication of cut-off operation? a. VCE = .7 V c. VCE = VCC b. VCE = 0 V d. IC = IC (sat) 40. Which of the following is the characteristic feature of the Kuba spot welding robot? a. it has small work volume b. it is a gantry robot c. it has 6 degrees of freedom d. it possesses poor repeatability 41. A cell or battery that keeps up a constant current-delivering capability almost until it dies is said to have: a. A large ampere-hour rating b. Excellent energy capacity c. A flat discharge curve d. Good energy storage per unit volume 42. A voltage divider circuit of two resistors is designed with a total resistance of the two resistors equal to 50.0 ohms. If the output voltage is 10 percent of the input voltage, obtain the value of the two resistors in the circuit. a. 5 and 45 ohms c. 20 and 30 ohms b. 9 and 41 ohms d. 11 and 39 ohms 43. The positive going-slope of a saw-tooth wave is called a. jump c. attack b. release d. ramp 44. When a voltage is first applied to a series LR circuit, how much opposition does the inductance have to the flow of current compared tot that of circuit resistance? a. small c. large b. negligible d. very large 45. Two FET amplifiers are cascaded. The first stage has voltage gain of 7 and the second stage has a voltage gain of 9. The overall voltage gain a. 25 c. 16 b. 63 d. 23 46. The change in the direction of a compass needle, when a currentcarrying wire is brought near is: a. Electromagnetic deflection b. Electromagnetic force c. Magnetic force d. Electroscopic force 47. A thermocouple: a. Gets warm when current flows through it b. Is a thin, straight special wire c. Generates DC when exposed to light d. Generates AC when heated. 48. The critical frequency of an RC circuit is 32.847 Khz, with a resistor value of -----Kohms, what is the value of the capacitor that must be used? a. 300 uF c. 300 pF b. 20 uF d. 20pF 49. The amount of difference in potential between the electrodes of the voltaic cell will depends principally on the ________ a. metals used c. electrolyte used b. size of the cell d. all of these

50. A utility meters motor speed works directly from: a. The number of ampere hours being used at the time b. The number of watt hours being used at the time c. The number of watts being used at the time d. The number of kilowatt hours being used at the time 51. The power returned to the source by the reactive elements of the circuit a. True power c. Real power b. Reactive power d. Apparent power 52. How many kilowatt will a generator put out if it is driven by a 75 horsepower engine? a. 55.95 c. 50.59 b. 74.60 d. 64.55 53. In atomic hydrogen welding, electrodes are long lived because a. two are used at a time b. arc is in the shape of a fan c. ac supply is used d. it is non-pressure process 54. An inductance of 2.0 mH has a current i=5.0(1-e^(-5000t)) A. Find the corresponding voltage and the maximum stored energy. a. 12.5 mJ c. 25 mJ b. 50 mJ d. 75.5 mJ 55. While the output of a rectifier is a pulsating DC and most electronic circuits require DC for proper operation, hence a filter circuit is required between the output of the rectifier and the load. What is the most basic type of filter? a. RC capacitor-input filter b. Capacitor filter c. LC capacitor-input filter d. LC choke filter 56. What are the two stages in a typical isolation amplifier? a. 1st and 2nd stages c. transformer and final b. buffer and final d. input and output 57. In what direction are electrostatic lines of force drawn? a. leaving positive, entering negative b. leaving negative, entering positive c. leaving either positive or negative, entering positive d. leaving either positive or negative, entering either negative or positive 58. A VU meter is never used for measurement of: a. Sound c. Power b. Decibels d. Energy 59. A device formed by sandwiching a dielectric material by two conducting plate a. inductor c. photodiode b. condenser d. transmission line 60. In optical coupler output circuits, photodarlington has a disadvantage of ___________ a. slower switching speed c. less isolation voltage b. lower output current d. less sensitive to light 61. A type of single-layer inductor in which adjacent turns do not parallel each other around the circumference, but zigzag oppositely as a strand does in the woven pattern of a basket that reduces distributed capacitance. a. basket-weave coil c. shaggy coil b. braided coil d. shielded coil 62. Transfer Gain is a parameter that applies to optically isolated AC linear coupler and is the ratio at output voltage to input current. Its typical value is a. 100 mV/mA c. 200 mV/mA b. 150 mV/mA d. 250 mV/mA

63.One of the earliest diode existing consisting of a fine wire in contact substance called galena. a. point contact diode b. cat whisker

even before the vacuum tubes with a small piece of mineral c. crystal diode d. all of the above.

64. When two adjacent parallel conductors carry current in opposite directions, the magnetic field about one conductor has what effect on the magnetic filed about the other conductor? a. it deforms the other field b. it cancels the other field c. It combines with the other field d. It crosses on the other field 65. Which law states, a term ANDed with itself or ORed with itself is equal to the term, (AA = A, A + A = A). a. Idempotent Law c. Associative Law b. Commutative Law d. Double Negative Law 66. Calculate the phase shift for an RC lag circuit at 10 Hz if it has a critical frequency fc = 100 Hz. a. -0.573 degrees c. -45 degrees b. -5.71 degrees d. -84.3 degrees 67. A manipulator is also known as a: a. Track drive c. Vision system b. Robot arm d. Robot controller 68. Another name for step-recovery diode. a. charge-storage diode c. varactor diode b. tunnel diode d. PIN diode 69. A process in which crystals or layers of semiconductors are grown on a larger piece of material. a. doping c. epitaxy b. grinding d. layering 70. A gunn diode oscillator connected directly to a microwave horn antenna is known as a. gunn-horn c. gunnplexer b. hog-horn d. all of the above 71. After being closed for a long time, the switch in the circuit of 1-a is opened at t=0. Find the current across the inductor L1 for t>0 if R1 = 20 ohms, R2 = 10 ohms, R3 = 50 ohms, V1 = 100 V and L1 = 0.2 H. a. IL = 3[1-e^(-340t)] c. IL = 3[e^(-800t)] b. IL = 2[1-e^(-500t)] d. IL = 2[1-e^(-400t)] 72. Referring to Fig. 1-a, find the current across the inductor L1 10ms after the switch is opened at t=0 if R1=40 ohms, R2=15 ohms, R3 = 70 ohms, V1=100 and L1 = 0.3 H a. 12.13 mA c. 63.36 mA b. 14.67 mA d. 67.24 mA 73. Referring to Fig. 2-a, when the switch is opened at t=0, find t1 if IL(t1) = 0, & IL.if R1=20 ohms, R2=10 ohms, R3=50 ohms, V1=100V and L1=0.2 H. a. 3.177 ms c. 7.183 ms b. 1.733 ms d. 0.173 ms 74. What effect does inductance have on steady direct current? a. opposes the change in current b. opposes the change in voltage c. opposes the change in both voltage and current d. no effect 75. The ratio of the lines of force produced by one coil to the lines of force cut by the other coil that link another coil a. coefficient of inductance c. L/R constant b. coefficient of coupling d. RC constant

76. A transformer has 60 volts applied to its primary and 420 volts appearing across it secondary. If there are 800 turns on the primary, what is the number of turns in the secondary? a. 2300 turns c. 1300 turns b. 5600 turns d. 2500 turns 77. How do we refer to errors caused by faulty logic and coding mistakes? a. virus c. worm b. bugs d. glitch 78. What are the three most common sized of floppy disks? a. 8 inch b. 5 1/4 inch c. 3 1/2 inch d. 8 3/4 inch a. B, C, and D only b. A, B, and C only c. A, C, and D only d. A, B, and C only

c. 1 if Z = 0, and 0 if Z = 1 d. Always 1 89. A broadband power amplifier is: a. Generally easy to use b. More efficient that a tuned power amplifier c. Less likely than a tuned power amplifier to amplify unwanted signals d. Usable only at audio frequencies 90. Which bipolar amplifier type has some distortion in the signal wave, with collector current during the most, but not all, of the cycle? a. Class A c. Class AB2 b. Class AB1 d. Class B 91. Which is true about filters in a power supply: a. The capacitor is recharged four times as often with a fullwave rectifier as compared to a half-wave rectifier. b. the capacitor is recharged four times as often with a halfwave rectifier as compared with a full-wave rectifier c. the capacitor is recharged twice as often with a half-wave rectifier, as compared with a full-wave rectifier d. the capacitor is recharged twice as often with a full-wave rectifier, as compared with a half-wave rectifier. 92. When a filter choke is placed on the rectifier side of the capacitor, the circuit is: a. capacitor-input filter c. choke-input filter b. capacitor filter d. choke filter 93. A device that can deliver high voltage AC from a low voltage Dc source: a. transformer c. converter b. inverter d. power supply 94. It is the transfer of heat due to motion of elevated temperature particles in a material (liquid and gases). a. Conduction c. Convection b. Radiation d. Capillary action 95. It states that if a current flows through a thermocouple, one junction is heated (puts out energy) and the other junction is cooled (absorbs energy). a. Seebeck effect c. Peltier effect b. Thompson effect d. Skin effect 96. A motion control in which the load is moved between sequences of numerically defined positions where it is stopped before it is moved to the next positions: a. Sequencing c. Point-to-point b. Speed d. Torque 97. A dialogue box control which is represented by a text box set up to only accept numbers. a. rounders c. number box b. sliders d. spinners 98. An oft-quoted attribute of ICs is that their density doubles every 18 months as a result of improvements in process technology. This is known as: a. Shockleys Law c. Noyce Law b. Moores Law d. Jaques Law 99. An empty folder in a computer has actual size of a. 1 Kbytes c. 902 Bytes b. 1 Kbits d. 902 Bits 100. It is an interface between the CPU and the memory (RAM and ROM), it helps the CPU keep running even though the RAM may be too slow. a. glidepoint c. cache b. trackpoint d. java

79. When S1 is off and S2 is off, the load is energized; When S1 is turned on and S2 is still off, the load turns off; When S1 is still turned on and S2 is turned on and the load is energized again; When S1 is turned off again and S2 is still turned on, the load turns off. This can be done typically by using: a. 2 DPDT switch c. 2 SPDT switch b. 2 SPST switch d. 2 TPDT switch 80. A triode has a gm = 350 uS, a u = 20 and a plate resistance equal to 1.2 Kohms, solve for the grid voltage if there are 9.362 x 10^12 electrons flowing in the plate in 1 second. a. 2.84 mV c. 4.28 mV b. 6.56 mV d. 5.66mV 81. What type of bias is required for proper operation of a photodiode a. Reverse bias c. Forward bias b. No bias d. Either forward or reverse 82. The normal cell voltage of a fully charged alkaline battery is ______ volts. a. 1.5 c. 1.0 b. 1.4 d. 2.0 83. What is a normal indication on a megger when checking insulation? a. Zero c. Infinity b. One d. Constant 84. The region throughout which a robot arms can accomplish tasks is called its: a. coordinate geometry c. reference frame b. reference axis d. work envelope 85. A thryrector ca be used to: a. adjust the frequency of a voltage-controlled oscillator b. generate coherent IR energy c. receive modulated-light signals d. suppress transients in a power supply 86. In a typical PNP transistor circuit, the power supply is connected so that a. the collector is positive with respect to the emitter b. the collector is negative with respect to the emitter c. the collector is at the same potential as the emitter d. the positive terminal runs directly to the base 87. _________ load regulation is considered ideal for a power supply. a. 100 percent b. zero percent b. 50 percent c. 10 percent 88. If X = 1 and Y = 1, the X + YZ is: a. Always 0 b. 0 if Z = 0, and 1 if Z = 1