rs Booklet Series | BB | L-04 TEACHERS RECRUITMENT BOARD, CHENNAI - 6 WRITTEN COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR LECTURERS OF GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING COLLEGES / POLYTECHNICS, 2005 - 2006 Question Paper L-04 - ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING Time Allowed : 3 Hours | {Maximum Marks : 190 SECTION - A (2 Marks each ) An amplifier A has 6 dB gain and 50 @ input and output impedances. The nolse figure of this amplifier in fig. 1 19 3 4B. A cascade of two such amplifiers as in fig. (2) will have a noise figure of > pp \ \ avr: § son = = 50a My = son 1 43° i Met, fg. 2 a A) 6dB By sdB sn QO 1248 €D) none of these, H 50a ( Qo . c )) none of these (furn-Wer2 & Ina J- K Flip-flop J = Rand K = 1. Assuming the flip-flop was initially cleared and then clocked for 6 pulses the sequence at the Q output will be A) 010000 B) 011001 ,0) 010010 py? 010101. ‘The gate delay of an NMOS inverter is dominated by charge time rather than discharge time because the driver transistor has larger threshold voltage than load transistor ° driver transistor has larger leakage currents compared to load OY the load transistor has a smaller W/L ratio compared to the driver wansistor D) none of these. re ) none pert (5. Boolean function of A + BC is reduced form of / a) AB+ BCT BY (A+B). (A+C) # « OQ AB+ABC xv 5g? (A+C).B One year in Earth and Mars A) differs B) remains the same @f} differs and in Mars it is more than 365 days D}_ decreases in Mars compared to earth. CDMA is newest and latest used access method using satellites and popular in applications and not much In applications. A) commercial, military B)~ military, commercial ©) military, defence D) research, commercial.3 104 ‘The order in which the following satellite communication is accessed is g \\ eared =) ° 6 | FDMA = TDMA CDMA 4 ey B) CDMA FDMA TDMA : © FDMA CDMA TDMA £ ¥ \y D) Cellular Telephony AMPS FDMA. > (9.\ jis X(t) = cos 3 t+ sin jt periodic ? If so tts period ts s pm a. > @ «= -A_ not, can't find its period 8) pertodtc, 24 ath 3 ~\ _/ © “pertodte, D) periodic, 12n. so xD , y (10)” a voice graded channel of the telephonic network has a BW of 3-4 kilz, Chanel i ~~ capacity of the channel for a signal to noise ratio of 30 dB ts a load ; SY s AY 33888-56928 bits/sec B) 1000 bits/sec aves © 10 bits/sec D) 10-8 bits/sec (DB, A memory system of size 16 k byte ts required to be designed using memory ~~ chips which have 12 address lines and 4 data lines each. The number of such, chips required to design the memory system 1s ‘ a J A 2 Boa / @ » Q 8 Dd) 16. fy {257 “the following sequence of instructions are exceuted by an 8085 uP. 49 TY, 1000 «Lx I Sp 27 FF = 7 >’ 7 1008 CALL 1006 oo 1006 Pop Hi t ? i Content of stack pointer and HL register pair on execution of these instructions ns. are ~ A) Sp=27FF — HL= 1003 B) Sp=27 FD HL= 1003 Cf) sp=27 FF HL= 1006 DY Sp=27 FD HL= 1006. (Turn overal . a seo SREB amc aM HE 5 1-04 4 H113:/ a 10-bit ADC has a full scale output voltage of 10:24V designed to have 1 _ = 38 accuracy. If the ADC 1s calibrated at 25°C and operating temperature . ranges from °C to 50°C then max. net temperature co-efficient of the ADC ¢ should not exceed AQ £200p VC B) =400pv/"C 5 56 Vi ©) 2600nv/C Dy © G4. The autocorrelation function of an energy signal has Fs no symmetry B) > even symmetry e ©) conjugate symmetry D)¢ odd symmetry 15 The critical frequency of an tonospheric layer is 10 MHz. What is the maximum launching angle from the horizon for which 20 MHz wave will be reflected by the 20. x layer ? | A 0 3) 30 Zo D) 90 Pe v {165 Some unknown material has a conductivity of 10 © mho/m and a perm in x10-7H/ ‘The skin depth for the material at 1 GHz is ‘ 15-9 pm ° B) 209nm ¢ 25-9 um D) 309m F =R ST+ RS T+ RST Boolean function F has 3 variables R, S, T. The reduced t : expression of F in SOP form x : Ay! RST+RT war B) RST+RT 23. 7 | n ©) RST+RT D) RT+RST a 18. A system having a unit impulse response h(n ) Is excited by a signal y x(n)= 2" u(n). Then output y(n) is | a N41 Bio | oa | c infinity D) _ none of these.al L 8 Loa have a © 16-4 A abit abit egiater which sit 1 bt to right of every clock pulse is initialised to values 1000 for 84,8 .82.%3- The D input Is derived from and 8 6, and @, through 2 XOR gates as in ag. srature 2 ADC fy .. -T, yo? <(— “< B) il imum D) 1010. by the | 20. The power spectral density ofa determinisation signal Is given by t (om ‘py where fis the frequency. The auto correlation function of this signal sn the time domain Is v-0 A) arectangular pulse B) ) Voltage attenuation by a 25 cm length of waveguide having a = 1 em and —~ b= 0-5 cm in which a 1 GHz signal is propagated in the dominant mode is A 681 dB B) 3405 dB O)¢ 30 4B D) none of these. (a0 For the TE ,, wave the cut-off frequency is ge’ ‘A “ independent of the dimension b & B) independent of the dimension a ©) depending on both dimensions a and b D) independent of both dimensions a and b. \ b oO | i9 L04 SECTION - B (1 Mark each ) latch the following List - I with List- I correctly and select your answer using the codes given below : ‘List -I List - 0 al b) ® 3 a) toa value Codes : a aol BR 2 ut-off a 1 Dp) 1 2 3 4. ‘Who among the following was called "Deshbandhu" ? @ A “C.R Das B) Gandhyt vand ©) Nehrujt D) — Rafayt. as’ Which of the following ts the largest single source of the Government's earning ~ from tax revenue ? A Excise B) Customs a Corporation tax D) Income tax. 44> For election to the post of the President of India, a candidate must have | completed the age of j A) 25 years B) “35 years i ©) 30 years D) 40 years. {Tum over48. 49, 10 Bauxite ts an ore of ( A)4 tron B) Lead ©). Alumintum D) — Magnestum, Math the following List - I with List- II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below : List -1 List - 1 Cotton textiles 1. { a) Chittaranjan b) Jamshedpur 2. Iron and steel industry c) Nepa Nagar 3. Newsprint © e ) Mumbat 4. Rall Engine. ¢ Codes : a bie A 1 2 8 BS 4 2 1 oO 2 38 4 1 | m4 2 3 2 ‘ ‘The Sepoys revolted openly in 1857 at A { Meerut B) Kanpur ©) Berhampur D) _Barrackpore. In which month are kharif crops sown ? e Ay April B) June . ©) September DB) November. . “SEBI" stands for A) State Earnings Board of India B) Securities and Exchange Bank of India ©} Securities and Exchange Board of India D) State Exchange Bank of India. é Women first participated in the Olympics in the year ° A) 1896 By 1906 ©) 1904 D) 1900.Fusing / u . Loa ra ff (Sif ‘The resonant frequency of the series circuit shown in fig. 1s | o—arm__am—_| (—o | 2H 2H op | 1 1 a. By pf He 4 ams Yan 1 1 oO Dp) = ie > ami awl oa (53: The open circuit impedance matrix of port network shown sn Nf 7 “yf yh 29 Sr ° yo F108 ‘% | 3h a “21 -2 -8 a [733] » [7 78 o 1 2-1 off 4] py, [7 ~a] N/\ (oa {The transfer function of a simple RC network functioning as a controller 1s 8 » +2, 3 S+2, G.AS)= SyP, ‘The condition for the R. network to act as a phase lead controller is, A PY Ry? 2, 54. Relative to a given fixed tree of a network A) Link currents form an independent set B) Link currents form a dependent set ©) Branch voltage forms a dependent set D) none of these. (88. One cycle of a particular a.c. waveform occurs every half second. The frequency of this waveform ts A‘ 2H B) 0-5 Hz C) 05 sec D) none of these.L-04 12 (56. ‘The frequency of earth's solar radiation in Hz is wel, - A) 24108 B) 24% 60x 60 ‘oat OV 1-15 x 10-8 D) none of these. 87. Which of the following equations 1s correct ? x A 1=0xt By 128 wes © e=1 D)__ none of these. In MKS units, watt is A) Qoules / sec B) joules-sec j ©) Joules / sec? 1D) none of these. )\ The voltage Vin fig. is equal to wv |. The vector product is | 4 : | a A) commutative B)’ anticommutative ©) unity D) zero |» eBB) differentiative D) _ non - conservative. tee i or o (EE \vxvx B=? er , & v aS av (y-B)-v25 B) Vx (v.a)-va oO v2a- v(v 3) Dp ov (vx a). Waveguides are mainly used for microwave signals because A) they depend on straight line propagation which applies to microwaves only B) losses would be too heavy at lower frequencies © there are no generators powerful enough to excite them at lower frequencies 1D)’ they would be too bulky at lower frequencies. ‘The main difference between the operation of transmission lines and wave- guides ts that A) the latter are not distributed like transmission lines B) the former can use stubs and quarter wave transformers unlike the latter )- transmisston lines use the principal mode of propagation and do not suffer from LF cut-off. D) terms such as impedance matching and SWR cannot be applied to wave- guides, [ Turn over———EEE eee ‘ 1-04 14 ¢ (68) Cylindrical cavity resonators are not used with Klystron because they have A) a@ that is too low & By’ a shape whose resonant frequency {s too difficult to calculate ©) harmonically related resonant frequencies D) too heavy losses (69. Indicate the false statement ab vx B= pgd+ne® => A §B.al B) ugd+ngeg JB.as sa at y [OCR Doe (70. ‘The standard reference antenna for the directive gain Is the ~ A) infinitesimal dipole B)“ fsotropte antenna ©) elementary doublet D) __ half-wave dipole. Gh. ‘The most common modulation system used for telegraphy 1s ~ —/ frequency shift keying B) two tone modulation ©) pulse code modulation D) _ single tone modulation. @3. Indicate which of the following Is a digital system : A) __ pulse position modulation By pulse code modulation ©) __ pulse width modulation D) pulse frequency modulation. ‘The code that provides parity checks is a Bandot B):- ASCII Cc) EBCDIC D) CCITT - 2. (742 The biggest disadvantage of PCM is. A) its inability to handle analog signals B) / the high error rate which its quantizing noise introduces ©) ts incompatibility with TOM D) the large BW that is required for it (=) | é 79.15 L048 A geo-stationary satellite ‘< 4) ts motionless in space ( except for its spin } #8). 1s not really stationary at all, but orbits the earth within a 24 hr period ©) appears stationary over the Earth's magnetic pole \ D) 1s located at a height of 35800 km to ensure global coverage. és Satellites used for intercontinental communications are known as A) Comsat B) —Domsat e /e 4 _/ 9 Marisat D) Intelsat. / 7) Global positioning system makes use of . number of satellites. B) 24 . dD) 6. (ot (78; TDM4s a natural extension of 1 Ne PCM B) PPM ©) PAM. Db) PWM. 79. In CDMA, any transmitter, at any frequency to transmit, is allowed without ‘ confusion, which is A) fully true By” partially true ©) wrong D) totally wrong. Must popular mechanism for communication using satellites is ( in present scenario) A)“ FDMA B) TDMA ©) CDMA ft D) Advanced Mobile Phone System ( AMPS ). (81, tna communication system noise 1s most likely to affect the signal © fy. at the transmitter B) / in the channel ©) in the information source D) at destination. 2)Indicate the incorrect statement. Modulation 1s used to A) reduce the bandwidth used B) allow the use of practicable antenna ©) separate differing transmissions D)’ ensure that intelligence may be transmitted over long distances. &, /lndicate the incorrect statement. t a) is cs e / e e ew RZ) e (8) The square of the thermal noise voltage generated by a resistor is proportional to A) tts resistance * Ke a B) its temperature * C)’ ‘Boltzmann's constant *” 3 D) the bandwidth over which it is measured Ina low level AM system amplifier following the modulated stage must be AV/ near devices B) _ harmonic devices © class C amplifier D) non-linear devices. If a carrier of a 100 percent modulated AM wave Is suppressed, the percentage power saving will be A 50 B) 150 ©) 100 D)* 66-66. ‘The modulation index of an AM wave ts changed from 0 to 1. The transmitted power is v ww A) unchanged B) haved /©) doubled D)/\ increased by 50 percent. Vestigial sideband modulation is normally used for | HF point to pont communications B) monaural broadcasting ~NTV broadcasting D) stereo broadcasting. 93.7 L04 In the spectrum of a frequency modulated wave \ AV’! the carrter frequency disappears when the modulation index is large * B) the amplitude of any sideband depends on the modulation index. © the total number of sidebands depends on the modulation index D) the carrier frequency cannot disappear. ‘The difference between phase and frequency modulation Bi Sz a A) 1s purely theoretical because they are the same in practice B) {8 too great to make the two systems compatible ‘onal @® Gites tn the poorer audio response of phase modulation D)~/ lies in the different definitions of the modulation index. ‘The image frequency of superheterodyne receiver io A) s created within the recelver itself B) 1s due to insufficient adjacent channel rejection OV 1s not rejected by the IF tuned ctrcutts D) 1s independent of the frequency to which the receiver is tuned. Gi) The lowest ripple frequency of a half-wave rectifier is, where f is the “p_ frequency of input sinusoidal voltage, alas ier BBs ntage oO 1as By Ss. 62.) Transformer utilisation factor of a full-wave rectifier 1s a an BY 0-693 i+gt RB) ‘ 0.693 nitted oO 0-286! De ‘ 1+ R 93. In a half-wave rectifier using capacitive filter, as arc tan WCR, increases cut-in angle A) increases B) decreases ©) remains unaltered D) increases, reaches a maximum and then decreases. j [Tum over104 18 +} 94, Current gain of small signal amplifier ( transistor ) stage equals BL ie T+h,& a D) eh ey, 93. In an FET, dm | A) increases with inerease of Vos, BY decreases with Increase of Vos ©) isindependent of the value of Vos. S &l@ D) first increases with increase of Vos. reaches a maximum and then decreases with further increase of Vos. é oe (96.) ‘The other name for clipper is A)/ voltage miter B) comparator ©) sampler D) rectifier. ca Which ts not a controlled rectifier ? A) Thryatron rectifier @? excitron rectifiers ©) Silicon controlled rectifier D) Full-wave rectifier. OX ‘Transformer coupling provides high efficiency because the A) collector voltage is stepped up B)/ de resistance in the collector circuit is low ©) collector voltage 1s stepped down JD flux linkages are incomplete. (001 In practical osillators the magnitude of loop gain AB is kept ... unity and the amplitude of oscillations is limited by the on-set of non-linearity of amplifying device. E A) slightly less than B) very higher than c ©)* slightly larger than D) as. BDA : aero a (100. Slew rate is the time rate of change of the ... under large signal conditions. | (at open loop amplifier output voltage < | |B) closed loop amplifier output voltage | | i ©) open toop amplifier output current P) closed loop amplifier output current ay (ior Zener diodes are widely used for A) rectification B) 7 voltage regulation hts then © amplifiers D) switches. e F ” (YA astm econo as poor enna vox A) of use in the formation of semiconductor devices 3 ” B) not of use in the formation of semiconductor devices ©) of use in the formation of CMOS process~ oe ) “of use in the formation of display devices. °F (fos) ‘The electron-volt ( eV) s the 3 QYynse im kinetic energy of an electron which has fallen through a potential of one volt ‘ B) fall in kinetic energy of a hole which has fallen through a potential of one volt ©) fall in potential energy of an electron and equal to one volt. AD) rise In potential energy of a hole and equal to one volt. if 104. The energy gap or forbidden energy gap in a semiconductor ts found for Germanium A Eg (T) = 0.0785 - 2.23 x 10-4 T B) Eg(T)= 121-360 10°*T OC 072ev (DY £4 (7) = 0-785 - 2-23 x 10-4 T. ,0 ed 20 < } A185) ovine ofa charge carer equals ts * { | Aid speed divided by the applied electric fleld “©” average speed divided by the applied electric fleld p> + % B) acceleration divided by the applied voltage + ° instantaneous speed divided by applied voltage. % (66) 1m any specimen Hail voltage is proportional to 2 OF ey “ x \¢ i 8 ot a. py Cr eye BF 1 ig {9 107. Light falls on one end of a tong open eircuted n-type semiconductor bar. For « + “ low level injection the hole current ts due predominantly to ¢ aa AL drift By diffusion . I N ' ke C) both drift and diffusion D) length of bar. oo fos! ‘As the magnitude of the reverse collector junction voltage increases, the | 3% effective base width y | 3 ¢ A) increases Bh) decreases 2 ©) remains unaffected 1D) becomes zéro or bridged. , £109. FET has offset voltage of about J. pre AL 02V B) O06V 6 rs (SAO ov D) ov. 8 a at & In enhancement MOSFET drain current is enhanced on application of eo A) gate voltage B) negative gate voltage ~ ©) increase in temperature D)”” drain - source voltage. « ‘SY a Pit gu i In the signal flow graph of fig. below the gain € will be a df c o & “A S J ae u Y me aL 22 ‘9 ») is 24 44 CP 33 Day ww, v “| he ‘A second order system has a transfer function given by G(S)= 21 104 a 2 “S?+¥8S+ 25° £3 If the system initially at rest is subjected to a unit step input at t= a the second,/”,:/ peak in the response will occur at ry \y A) nsec B) sec eos pe A\® 8 3 sec D) § sec. ON & | 3.\The open loop transfer function of a feedback control system Is | G(S)H(S)=-¢g2y7s The gain margin of the system ts A 2 By 4 A. v ror @ o 8 D) 16. “ » 14. ¥ 3, the Ais. hot i e ® ‘ i "| Y | % | (Ae. ; & i) 1e characteristic equation of a feedback control system is given by 3 4 5S? K=0 jKiset) ye S9+ 5S? +(K+6)S+ = 8) eH) where K > 0 is a scalar variable parameter. In the root-locus diagram of the system, the asymptotes of the root-locus for large values of K meet at a point in the S plane whose coordinates are x y KC se ) A (-3,0) B) (-2,0) a oO /(-1,0) Dd (20). SM [}-f3 31 [2]-( glen 2[ 2] A) The system is completely controllable B) “The system is not completely controllable and observable ©) The system ts completely observable D) The system is not completely observable. A process with open loop model is controlled by a PID controller cis)=* For this process t +1 A) the integral mode improves transient performance “4 BY the integral mode improves steady state performance o> ©) the derivative mode Improves transient performance Cw D) the derivative mode improves steady state performance.1-04 22 117. A linear discrete time system has the characteristic equation 2° - 0:81 z= 0. The system is at © A) stable wt B)/ marginally stable ©) unstable D) _ stability cannot be assessed from the given information. 118. In a synchro-error detector the output voltage 1s proportional to [ w(t) ]" where w ( t) 1s the rotor velocity and n equals a -2 B 1 o1 py 2, (129) the transfer fanetion ofa zero order Hold system i a (Ore) B) (sJQ-¢* Oe fse" ao v(ae* L\ (029, ‘The Nyquist plot of a loop transfer function G (Jw ) H (jw) of a system encloses “~~ the (1, jo) point. The gain margin of the system is A) Z less than zero B) zero at ©) greater than zero D) infinity. (a ‘The z-transform of the following real exponential sequence x(nT)=a" nT>0 x(NT)=0 nn T<0, n> 01s given by A l-2'H: |z|>a a/ta fa at l2l>a ©) 1 forallz D) l-az-!: |z) ISR"“a) distributive systems 8) memoryless sys (9), association systems b) distributive casual systems. (= Fourter transform 1s used for ~ A) aperiodic signal B) periodic signal 4 CY’ aperiodic and periodic signals.) transition signals. ~E 1 ‘The discrete time Fourter transform is always periodic in W with period + “Ae BS an OQ 4x D) nx where n is odd greater than 2. 128. Group delay at each frequency is equal to the negative of the slope of the phase at that frequency and defined as a’ ~ ap (lu } B gw ilu) } O a {lau } bf {lace} {Turn over a> bos 24 4 (229. Convolution of two diserete signals 1s | ad AN x, (n)@X,(n) = LY x(k) x,(n-k) | B) x, (n)@X,(n) = Y x, Ck) x,(n-k) i . } O X,(n@xX,(n)= Y x(k) x, (n-k) koa A\D) x(n) @Xy(n) = YX, (n-k) xg). e yas 130. The N point circular convolution of x(n) with h(n) must be A) / equivalent to the linear convolution of sequence x(n) with h(n) { ms BY\ equal to the linear convolution of sequence x(n-1) with h(n-1) ce ©) equivalent to the linear convolution of x(n) with h( n= 1) D) equal to the non-linear convolution of sequence of x(n) with h(n). fisy. ‘The MSB of a signed binary indicates its A) radix B) one SEXO 20 Die sign. / 2) i a olla SAS ec dt (1001001001), is. on i A 2 B) 10 ot i a . sO 16 DY 8 ce @ , Lf ‘ a (5 A+B+C=? . fat. eh < - 2 |‘ A A+B+CG gc 26 By AaB. ~eY eT Ce AT nee © A+B+e we DY’ A-B-G ow 3: doe CZ Gp woten ts the fastest series in 54 TTL logic family ? Boge 4 Coy AV ECL B) RTL a 1 j d ©) Advanced Schottky D) TL. / / dss) The minterm AB C D is a, A+B+C+D B) A+B+C+D CO) A+B+C+d oe D) A+B+@4D.25 L-04 sod. ‘A canonical SOP logic expression of 4 variables contains each term with . literals, ¥ AY 4-1 B44 - o 3 Dd 4 , “ 13 In a logte circuit, hazard can be detected by observing A” Pr table B) Truth table ©) K-map~ D) State table. 138. What is the type of display device used in calculators ? AY’ Nixie tube 617 segment LED/LCD l ff 8 digit display D) 10 digit display. 69 A The number of fiip-flops needed for a counter to count 0 to 32 is ae, | as B) 5 Ae co) 32 D6. | -volatile memories come in small sizes and are used to store A) complex data on power outage s B) most important system variables on power outage ©)\all read only memories on power outage ) et 1D) all RAMs back up supplied on power outage. (9 ¥, \ | x4 (F8}. A square matrix A and its transpose AT have Xx ( ~ a ~~ 7 the same eigenvalue B) inverse of 4's eigenvalue ©) square of the 4's eigenvalue D) the product of eigenvalues of a matrix A and AT is equal to unity. 1 142. Which of the following functions is strictly decreasing in ( 0 3) ? A sinx B) ¢ cos x 1 ©) tanx Dd) eX.26 9143. At X= 0 the function | X | has A amaximum _)aminimum ©) Fnetther minimum nor maximum _D) no minimum “ (ay, ‘The order and degree of the differential equation ¥ = x-4 + (= y are a 12 B) 21 oO 2.2 Dot Bionomial distribution applies to # A) rare events B) repeated two alternatives, 4 ©) three events DJ Impossible events. |,~” Mode of a normal distribution Is ce aus ” Tie on Dd) 0. 147. The probability of a random variable X lies in the interval (w+ 0, #~ 6) 1s A 0.9844 B) 0.6826 ©) 0.9973 D) 0-0027. (as) The integrating factor of SE — y cot x= sin xis Af log sinx B) — log sin x ,O) sin x D)y cosec x. (A. The first moment about the mean is always ~* A unity B) zero ©) magnitude of the discriminated value with average 1D) absolute value of mean. 150, X?- ¥?= a? represents a family of concentric circles with centre at origin A) ais the parameter of this family of curves B), a? is the parameter of this family of curves Q 4. | the parameter of this family of curves Vt + y? a? Db = is the parameter of this family of curves.