TRANSISTORS AND AMPLIFIERS
1. In a PNP circuit, the collector:
A. Has an arrow pointing inward.
B. Is positive with respect to the
emitter.
C. Is biased at a small fraction of
the base bias.
D. Is negative with respect to
the emitter.
2. It is the voltage lying on the
horizontal axis of the collector
curve at which the base currents
will intersect if they are projected
to the left.
A. thermal voltage
B. cut-off voltage
C. saturation voltage
D. early voltage
3. The output is in phase with the
input in a:
A. Common-emitter circuit.
B. Common-base circuit.
C. Common-collector circuit.
D. More than one of the
above.
4. The purpose of emitter
capacitor (i.e. capacitor across
RE) is to ______.
A. forward bias the emitter
B. reduce noise the amplifier
C. Avoid voltage drop in gain
D. none of the choices
5. What is the term for partially
bypassing the capacitor in a
voltage divider bias BJT?
A. Parby C.
Cleaning
B. Swamping D. Clearing
6. The gain of a transistor in a
common-emitter circuit is 100 at
a frequency of 1000 Hz. The gain
is 70.7 at 335 kHz. The gain
drops to 1 at 210 MHz. The alpha
cutoff is:
A. 1 kHz. B. 335
kHz.
C. 210 MHz. D. None of the
above.
7. A measure of how well an
amplifier maintains its design
values (Q-point, Gin, etc)
A. Sensitivity C. Efficiency
B. Selectivity D. Stability
8. If DC is 100, the value of a DC
is
A. 99 C. 101
B. 0.99D. 0.01
9. What is the layer which
protects junctions in transistors
called?
A. insulating C. Protector
B. Conducting D. Passivating
10. When the transistor is
operated at higher frequency, the
appropriate model to be used is
A. Hybrid pi or Giacolleto
model
B. EbersMoll Model
C. Hybrid parameter model
D. Z parameter model
11. A JFET
A. Is a voltage-controlled
device
B. Is a current-controlled device
C. Has a low input resistance
D. Has a very large voltage gain
12. The gate controls
A. The width of the channel
B. The drain current
C. The gate voltage
D. All of the above
13. The transconductance
increases
when the drain current
approaches
A. 0 C. IDSS
B. ID(sat) D. IS
14. The easiest way to bias a
JFET
in the ohmic region is with
A. Voltage-divider bias
B. Self-bias
C. Gate bias
D. Source bias
15. When the input signal is
large,
a source follower has
A. A voltage gain of less than 1
B. Some distortion
C. A high input resistance
D. All of these
16. The input impedance of a
MOSFET:
A. Is lower than that of a JFET.
B. Is lower than that of a bipolar
transistor.
C. Is between that of a bipolar
transistor and a JFET.
D. Is extremely high.
17. An advantage of MOSFETs
over JFETs is that:
A. MOSFETs can handle a
wider range of gate voltages.
B. MOSFETs deliver greater
output power.
C. MOSFETs are more rugged.
D. MOSFETs last longer.
18. The channel in a zero-biased
JFET is normally:
A. Pinched off.
B. Somewhat open.
C. All the way open.
D. Of P-type semiconductor
material.
19. When an enhancement-mode
MOSFET is at zero bias:
A. The drain current is high with
no signal.
B. The drain current fluctuates
with no signal.
C. The drain current is low with
no signal.
D. The drain current is zero
with no signal.
20. An enhancement-mode
MOSFET can be recognized in
schematic diagrams by:
A. An arrow pointing inward.
B. A broken vertical line
inside the circle.
C. An arrow pointing outward.
D. A solid vertical line inside the
circle.
21. It consists of two types of
amplifier, npn and pnp. It is
sometimes known as compound
transistor.
A. Darlington pair
B. Cascode Amplifier
C. Sziklai pair
D. Push-pull amplifier
22. In which of the following FET
amplifier types does drain
current flow for 50 percent of the
signal cycle?
A. Class A. C. Class AB2.
B. Class AB1. D. Class B.
23. Which of the following
amplifier types produces the
least distortion of the signal
waveform?
A. Class A. C. Class AB2.
B. Class AB1. D. Class B.
24. Which bipolar amplifier type
has some distortion in the signal
wave, with collector current
during most, but not all, of the
cycle?
A. Class A. C. Class AB2.
B. Class AB1. D. Class B. A. By increasing the bias. D. A class-B amplifier cannot
B. By using two transistors in work well for hi-fi audio
push-pull.
25. How can a class-B amplifier C. By using tuned circuits in the
be made suitable for hi-fi audio output.
applications?