SUPARCO

POST: ASSISTANT MANAGER (ELECTRONICS (SPS-8))

Time allowed 2 hours
1/2 ve marking
calculator allowed
WRITTEN TEST (TECHNICAL SECTION ONLY)

BASIC ELECTRICAL: Basic terms, series & parallel combination.

Current, voltage, resistance, power, capacitor, resistor & inductor
concepts & related problems etc.
BASIC
ELECTRONICS:
Transistor
basic
terms,
transistor
configuration (CE, CC, CB with regard of i/p & o/p impedance &
power, current & voltage gain). Basics of transistor biasing
(voltage divider biasing), switching & amplification. Amplifier
frequency response. Effect of Coupling & bypass capacitor,
harmonic distortion in amplifiers. Temperature coefficient of
resistance. Diode basics terms, rectifier with types & related
problems.
INTEGRATED ELECTRONICS: Opamp, configuration & related
terms like slew rate, gain, CMRR, Applications of Opamp, analog
filters & responses.
DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING: Nyquist sampling theorem, ADC
conversion process, signal representation (Fourier series) &
types.
ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS: Superposition, Thevinian & Norton
theorems, reactance (capacitive, inductive). RC time constant.
Basic concepts from RC, RLC, RL series & parallel circuit. Mutual
inductance & KWH. VDR, CDR, KVL, KCL & related problems.
COMMUNICATION:
Basics
of
Communication,
Modulation
techniques (AM, FM, ASK, FSK, QPSK, PCM etc), Communication
transmitters and receivers, Multiplexing techniques (FDM, TDM),
Noise, SNR, channel capacity Telecommunication technologies &
their data rates.

Junaid Shaikh (05ES42)

 ELECTROMAGNETISM: Antenna terms, electric & magnetic fields,

Path
loss,
Electromagnetic
spectrum
ranges,
frequency,
wavelength & related problems.
CONTROL ENGINEERING: Open & Closed Loop system basic
concepts, stability from transfer function & poles & zeros of a
system. Closed loop transfer function of a control system, stability
of a discrete time control system, Nyquist stability criteria, root
locus approach, bode plot, 2nd order system & its response at
different values of damping ratio (finding related terms including
value of K & steady state error) & PID controllers types & use.
INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS: THYRISTOR, SCR, TRIAC, DIAC,
Protection techniques for power devices, 3-phase & I-phase
controlled rectifiers, switching regulator & inverter basics. Duty
cycle & harmonic distortion in power devices. Speed (RPM)
control & load regulation of dc motor & types of power electronic
devices & circuits.
CELLULAR COMMUNICATION: Cellular terms like re-use distance,
Hands off & ON, co-channel interference, frequency hopping, cell
site, cellular coverage enhancement techniques
MICROPROCESSOR: Basic terms, finding no of address lines &
memory problems. Registers, interrupts & addressing modes of
8085 & 8088 microprocessors.

Junaid Shaikh (05ES42)