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FIRST ASIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND HUMANITIES

Electronics and Communications Engineering
Electronics Evaluation Exam
Direction: Choose the letter that corresponds to the correct answer.
1.

Which diode is also referred as a hot carrier diode?

a. schottky barrier diode
c. tunnel diode
b. PIN diode
d. varactor diode

2.

The condition of a liquid electrolyte is measured in terms of ______.

a. density
c. relative density
b. volume
d. weight

3.

4.

11. The removal of the unmasked silicon dioxide at the wafer surface in IC
fabrication.
a. passivation
c. isolation
b. stripping
d. etching
12. The time needed for a function to decay to 36.8% of its initial value.
a. time constant
c. complementary
b. steady state
d. transition period

The equivalent wye element of three equal resistors each equal to 3R and
connected in delta is ______.
a. R
c. 3R
b. R / 3
d. 2R / 3

13. Flux linkages is equals to the product of flux and ______.

a. number of turns
c. current
b. area of core
d. voltage

It means single stone.

a. monochromic
b. monolithic

14. Slew rate is the change in input ______ due to ______ change.
a. voltage , current
c. offset current ,temperature
b. offset current , voltage
d. voltage , temperature

c.
d.

planar
mesa

5.

It converts high AC frequency directly to low AC frequency.

a. frequency transformer
c. cycloconverter
b. potentiometer
d. phaseconverter

15. Which class of amplifiers that is intended for pulse operation.

a. class A
c. class AB
b. class B
d. class C

6.

Which of the amplifier circuit has the lowest input impedance?

a. common drain
c. common source
b. common gate
d. source follower

16. A rectifying metal semiconductor junction.

a. schottky barrier diode
c. hot carrier or hot electron diode
b. surface barrier diode
d. al of the above

7.

The main reason why electrons can tunnel through a PN junction is that ______.
a. they have high energy
c. depletion region is extremely thin
b. the barrier potential is low
d. impurity level is low

17. The reduction of op-amps gain due to increasing operating frequency.

a. cut-off
c. diminishing factor
b. roll-off
d. reduction step

8.

In RS flip flops, the activation of both inputs causes the flip flop to behave in
______.
a. set
c. race
b. reset
d. toggle

18. Thyratron in industrial electronics refers to ______.

a. gas filled diode
c. gas filled triode
b. vacuum tube
d. semiconductor diode

9.

In a mesh the algebraic sum of all voltage rise is equal to the algebraic sum of
all voltage drop.
a. true
c. it depends
b. false
d. sometimes

10. A vacuum that has a high gas content is called ______.

a. soft tube
c. hard tube
b. VT
d. LT

19. In choosing a motor for a particular application, ______ characteristic should be

considered.
a. speed torque
c. speed efficiency
b. speed armature current
d. speed power
20. A chart speed of a recording instrument is 25 mm/sec. One cycle of the signal
being recorded extends to 5 mm. What is the frequency of the signal?
a. 20 cps
c. 50 cps
b. 2 cps
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21. A 25 ohm resistor connected in series with a coil of 50 ohms and 150 mH
inductance will have a power factor of ______.
a. 0.85
c. 0.90
b. 0.80
d. 0.75
22. It is called as any but not all gate.
a. NAND gate
c.
b. XOR gate
d.
23. It is the angle which the stepper motor
a. pulse angle
c.
b. step angle
d.

XNOR gate
NOR gate
shaft rotates for each command pulse.
firing angle
forward angle

24. What will happen to the channel of a JFET as current flows to it?
a. widens
c. skews
b. narrows
d. nothing
25. What are electrons in motion called ______.
a. current
c. voltage
b. charge
d. dynamic elctricity
26. A ______ is generally used with a transistor to prevent excessive temperature
a. resistor
c. capacitor
b. heat sink
d. inductor
27. It is the resistance of the diode when operating at a steady state voltage.
a. dc resistance
c. dynamic resistance
b. ac resistance
d. average resistance
28. Happens when the plate is sufficiently positive to attract all the space charge
electrons.
a. cut-off
c. grid leak
b. plate current saturation
d. hi-fi amplification
29. How can we extend the rating of SCR?
a. by external cooling
c. by connecting them in series or parallel
b. by external circuitry
d. all of the above
30. The amount of the opposition to the flow of electrons is ______.
a. more for an insulator than for a conductor
c. less for longer wire
b. less for thinner wire
d. more for a conductor

33. What is the biggest advantage of using crystals in filter circuit?

a. size
c. greater accuracy and stability
b. cost
d. less fragile
34. It is a disruptive discharge between electrodes of a measuring gap, voltage
gap or protective device.
a. corona
c. fly over
b. sparkover
d. fireover
35. JK flip flop is also called as ______ flip flop.
a. toggle
c. universal
b. all around
d. exclusive
36. A capacitor is charged 0.23 watt-sec of energy at a voltage of 48 volts. Its
capacitance is equal to ______.
a. 180 microfarad
c. 200 microfarad
b. 240 microfarad
d. 220 microfarad
37. The specific reluctance of a material.
a. conductivity
c.
b. resistivity
d.

reluctivity
permeability

38. The power dissipated as heat in an AC circuit depends on ______.

a. resistance
c. capacitive reactance
b. inductive reactance
d. impedance
39. When an input signal is common to both inverting and non-inverting inputs of
an ideal op-amp, the output voltage will be ______.
a. 0 V
c. -Vsat
b. + Vsat
d. infinity
40. The phenomenon by which a substance attracts pieces of iron is called ______.
a. magnetism
c. naturalism
b. electromagnetism
d. materialism
41. A way of correcting the power factor of an inductive circuit is by adding ______.
a. more inductors
c. resistors
b. capacitors
d. transistors

31. Can an SCR be used with a AC source?

a. yes, if voltage is less than 220 V
c. it depends
b. no, scr will keep turning off
d. yes, unconditionally

42. Specifies the number of standard loads that the output of the gate can drive
without impairment of its normal operation is called ______.
a. noise margin
c. fan - out
b. propagation delay
d. power dissipation

32. The conductance of a circuit having three 10 ohms resistors in parallel.

a. 3.33 S
c. 0.333 S
b. 0.30 S
d. 30 S

43. Floating battery systems are widely used for ______.

a. power stations
c. telephone exchange installation
b. emergency lightings
d. all of the above

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44. A synchronous motor is also called as ______.
a. selsyn
c. servomotor
b. universal motor
d. synchronous capacitor
45. A simple pi-network with inductors on each leg and a capacitor in the center is
a ______.
a. high pass filter
c. low pass filter
b. band pass filter
d. notch filter
46. The power dissipation of a class C amplifier
a. very high
c. the
b. very low
d. the
47. Which I not an application of clipper?
a. circuit transient protection
c.
b. changing the shape of the waveform

is normally ______.
same as class B
same as class A

a.
b.

2.5
0.02

56. An Op-amp can amplify ______.

a. AC signal only
b. DC signal only

c.
d.

0.4
50

c.
d.

both DC and Ac signal

neither AC or Dc signal

57. What user program that has the ability to move a robot axis to any position
within its range?
a. point to point
c. continuous path
b. positive stop
d. pick and place

detection
d.
oscillator

48. Which terminal ca be interchanged in a triac?

a. gate, anode
c. gate, cathode
b. anode, cathode
d. any
49. The main purpose of performing the open circuit test on a transformer is to
measure its ______.
a. copper loss
c. core loss
b. total loss
d. radiation loss
50. Transistor configuration known to have super beta.
a. cascade
c. cascode
b. darlington
d. differential
51. In order to protect technicians and equipment operates from deadly electric
shock, we use a/an ______ transformer.
a. step up
c. isolation
b. step down
d. absorber
52. Ideally the midrange gain of an amplifier.
a. increases with frequency
c. remains constant
b. decrease with frequency
d. depends on the coupling capacitor
53. ______ describes how often the robot doing the same program can repeat its
moves to a given point.
a. Accuracy
c. Payload
b. Repeatability
d. Cycle time
54. ______ are also called control motors and have high torque capabilities
a. Stepper motor
c. Servomotor
b. Single phase motor
d. Three-phase motor
55. An amplifier with differential voltage gain of 200 and CMRR of 80 db has a
common mode voltage gain of ______.

58. D flip-flops are most frequently used in ______.

a. switch contact debouncing
c. frequency dividing
b. storage register
d. counting
59. If the admittance of a parallel AC circuit is increased the circuit current.
a. remains constant
c. is increased
b. is decreased
d. nota
60. The load line position is dependent of ______.
a. the load resistance
c. the input current
b. the supply voltage
d. a and b
61. Two resistors Ra = 100 ohms and Rb = 200 ohms are connected in series, if
the voltage across Rb is 20V the voltage across Ra is ______ volts.
a. 5
c. 15
b. 10
d. 20
62. A device that measures the acid content of a cell.
a. hydrometer
c. pyrometer
b. acid meter
d. hygrometer
63. An operational amplifier is generally a ______.
a. cascaded amplifier
c. current mirror
b. differential amplifier
d. complementary amplifier
64. A three-phase full wave rectified signal will have a frequency of approximately
______ times the input frequency.
a. two
c. three
b. four
d. six
65. What doe SCS stand for ______.
a. silicon controlled switch
b. sensitive controlled switch

c.
d.

simplified controlled switch

all of the above

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66. When a transistor is saturated Vce is approximately equal to ______.
a. 0
c. infinite
b. Vcc
d. 0.5 Vcc

77. Diacs are primarily used as ______.

a. pulse generator.
c.
b. triggering device
d.

67. ______ system are characterized by the ability to compare the actual value of
the controlled variable to its desired value and automatically take action based
on that comparison.
a. open loop
c. hexadecimal
b. closed loop
d. reciprocity

78. The process of causing a flip flop to go to R = 0 , S = 1 state is called ______.

a. set
c. reset
b. toggle
d. delay

68. The number of degrees of an AC cycle during which the SCR turns ON.
a. obtuse angle
c. firing delay angle
b. stepping angle
d. conduction angle
69. The stationary part of a darsonval
a. permanent magnet
b. electromagnet
70. PET Scan means ______.
a. Positive Emission Tomography
b. Proton Emission Tomography

meter is ______.
c. soft iron
d. copper
c.
d.

Positron Emission Tomography

Positio Emission Tomography

71. A wire has a resistance of 5 ohms at room temperature and a temperature

coefficient of = 4 x 10 -13 / o C, calculate the resistance at 75 o C.
a. 8.925 ohms
c. 6.952 ohms
b. 7.952 ohms
d. 6.05 ohms
72. A multimeter is used to measure (except) ______.
a. voltage
c. conductance
b. current
d. resistance
73. When the light increases the reverse minority carrier current in a photodiode
______.
a. decreases
c. is unaffected
b. increases
d. reverses direction
74. The foundation of circuit analysis is ______.
a. coulombs law
c. ohms law
b. joules law
d. kirchhoffs law
75. Biasing is done to keep ______ in the circuit.
a. proper dc current
c. the base current small
b. proper ac current
d. the collector current small
76. The process by which an EMF and hence current is generated or induced in a
conductor when there is a change in the magnetic flux linking the conductor is
called ______.
a. electromagnetic interference c. mutual induction
b. faradays law
d. electromagnetic induction

surge protector
power thyristors

79. A ______ converts DC power to AC power.

a. rectifier
c. oscillator
b. filter
d. amplifier
80. The true complement of 7779 is ______.
a. 111
c. 222
b. 112
d. 223
81. If a mechanical stress is applied across a tourmaline a ______ will be developed.
a. current
c. voltage
b. resistance
d. piezoelectric effect
82. It is the unit of illumination in cgs.
a. lux
c.
b. candela
d.

phot
foot-candle

83. The value of the feedback fraction is always ______.

a. equal to one
c. more than one
b. less than one
d. equal to zero
84. In a series RC circuit , Vc ______ Vr by ______ degrees.
a. lags, 45
c. leads , 45
b. lags, 90
d. leads , 90
85. It is a modern obstetric medicine used for guiding pregnancy and child birth.
a. MRI
c. Sonography
b. CT Scan
d. nota
86. ______ is the term use for storing data in the memory.
a. writing
c. copywriting
b. reading
d. loading
87. Systems used in UPS is/are ______.
a. continuous and standby
c.
b. continuous and intermittent
d.

continuous only
intermittent only

88. The equivalent of decimal 15 in octal.

a. 15
c.
b. 16
d.

17
18

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89. The lagging effect between flux density of the material and the magnetizing
force applied is called ______.
a. hysteresis
c. eddy current
b. reluctance
d. elastance
90. The duty cycle of a square pulse is ______.
a. 50%
c. 30%
b. 100%
d. 45%
91. In a loaded zener regulator, which is the largest current?
a. series current
c. load current
b. zener current
d. none of these
92. When a donor dopant is added to an intrinsic semiconductor, it becomes ______
semiconductor.
a. intrinsic
c. p-type
b. n-type
d. nota
93. Which of the following is a reflected code?
a. 8421 code
c. gray code
b. excess 3 code
d. biquinary code
94. When an atom gains an electron atom becomes cation.
a. cation
c. crystal
b. anion
d. neutral
95. Another name for data selector.
a. multiplexer
b. demultiplexer

c.
d.

decoder
encoder

96. Developed in the early to mid 1970s this instrument is fast and patient
friendly and has the unique ability to image a combination of soft tissue, bone
ad blood vessels.
a. magnetic resonance imaging c. ultrasound
b. x-ray
d. computed axial tomography
97. The rotation frequency of a rotating machinery such as radar antennas can be
measured by ______.
a. tachometer
c. stroboscope
b. darsonal meter
d. vtvm
98. The power factor of a series LC circuit is always ______.
a. unity or zero
c. unity or leading
b. unity or lagging
d. lagging or leading
99. A discharge battery is charged at 8.0A for 2 hrs, after which it is discharged
through an unknown resistor. If discharged period is 6 hrs and the terminal
voltage remains fixed at 12 V find the value of the unknown resistor if
efficiency is 80%.

a.
b.
100.
a.
b.

5.6 ohms
6.5 ohms

c.
d.

5.5 ohms
6.6 ohms

______ % is the efficiency of a class ______ amplifier.

25, A
c. 90, C
78.9, B
d. 50, AB