VIVA QUESTIONS II

1. What is a rectifier. Differentiate between Half Wave and Full Wave rectifier
2. Explain the working of a half wave rectifier
3. Explain the working of full wave rectifier and full wave bridge rectifier.
4. Differentiate between full wave and full wave bridge rectifier
5. Explain the following 1. ripple factor 2. efficiency 3. regulation
6. 12. Explain the advantages of OPAMP over transistor amplifiers.
7. 13. Explain the block diagram of OPAMP.
8. 14. List the OPAMP ideal characteristics.
9. 15. Give the symbol of OPAMP
10. 16. Explain the various applications of OPAMP
11. 17. Define the following 1. CMRR 2. Slew rate 3. Virtual ground concept
4.Voltage gain
12. 18. Explain the working of various OPAMP circuits/applications
13. 19. Give the applications of Integrator and differentiator circuits.
14. 20. Define UTP and L TP
15. 21. Explain the working of OPAMP schmitt trigger circuit
16. 22. Mention the applications of schmitt trigger
17. 23. What is a square wave generator/ Regenerative comparator
18. 24. Give the hysterisis curve of a schmitt trigger
19. 25. What is a voltage regulator
20. 26. Give the applications of voltage regulator
21. 27. Give the block diagram of a simple voltage regulator
22. 28. What is a zener diode. Give its advantages
23. 32. Define load regulation and line regulation
24. 34. What is a bipolar and unipolar devices. Give examples
25. 35. Differentiate between voltage and current controlled devices. Give examples
26. 36. Differentiate between Uni directional and bidirectional devices. Give
examples
27. 37. Define resolution
28. 38. Explain the need of D/ A and A/D converters.
29. 40. Explain the working of R-2R ladder DAC
30. 41. Define linearity, accuracy, settling time
31. 42. What is a multivibrator.
32. 43. What is a bistable multivibrator.
33. 44. Give the applications of monostable and astable multivibrators

34. 45. Give the block diagram of 555 timer and explain its working
35. 46. Explain the working of 555 timer as astable and monostable multivibrator
36. 47. Why astable multivibrator is called as free running multivibrator
37. 48. Define duty cycle.
38. 49. List the applications of 555 timer
39. 50. Explain 555 timer as astable multivibrator to generate a rectangular wave of
40. duty cycle of less than 0.5
41. 51. Define a logic gate.
42. 52. What are basic gates
43. 53. Why NAND and NOR gates are called as universal gates.
44. 54. State De morgans theorem
45. 55. Give examples for SOP and POS
46. 56. Explain how transistor can be used as NOT gate
47. 57. Explain AND and OR gate using diodes
48. 58. Realise logic gates using NAND and NOR gates only
49. 59. Define LSI, MSI , SSI
50. 60. List the applications of EX-OR and EX~NOR gates
51. 61. What is a truth table
52. 62. What is a half adder
53. 63. Differentiate between half adder and half subtractor
54. 64. What is a full adder
55. 65. Differentiate between combinational and sequential circuits. Give examples
56. 66. Give the applications of combinational and sequential circuits
57. 67. Give the block diagram of sequential circuits
58. 68. Define flip flop
59. 69. What is an excitation table/functional table
60. 70. Differentiate between flip flop and latch
61. 71. What is race around condition
62. 72. How do you eliminate race around condition
63. 73. Give the block diagram of parallel adders
64. 74. What are BCD Give there applications or uses
65. 75. What is minterm and max term
66. 76. Explain the working of 7485 adder chip. Explain how it can be used as EX-3
to
67. BCD conversion and viceversa
68. 77. Define multiplexer/ data selector
69. 78. What is a demultiplexer

70. 79. Give the applications of mux and demux

71. 80. What is a encoder and decoder
72. 81. Compare mux and encoder
73. 82. Compare demux and decoder
74. 83. What is a priority encoder
75. 84. What is a code converter
76. 85. How IC 74153 and 74139 can be used as full adder and full subtractor
77. 86. What are counters. Give their applications
78. 87. Compare synchronous and asynchronous counters
79. 88. What is a ripple counter
80. 89. What is modulus of a number.
81. 90. What is a shift register
82. 91. Explain how a shift register can be used as ring and johnson counter
83. 92. Give the applications of johnson and ring counters
84. 93. What is an up counter and down counter
85. 94. Give the internal block diagram of IC 7490 and explain
86. 95. What is common cathode and common anode LED
87. 96. What is LCD and LED.
88. 97. What is a static and a dynamic display.
89. 98. List the types of LCD's and LED's.
90. 99. What does LS stand for, in 74LSOO
91. 100. Define Fan In , Fan Out, Propagation delay
92. 101. Mention the different logic families
93. 102. Which is the fastest logic.
94. 103. What is positive logic and negative logic
95. 104. Explain the block diagram of a CRO
96. 105. What are Lissajous Patterns
97. 106. How do you measure voltage, current and frequency of a signal using CRO
107.Explain 1. Phase measurement 2. Frequency measurement of an unknown
98. signal using Lissajous Patterns
99. 108. What is the need for diodes in Astable multivibrator
100. 109. Give the ideal characteristics of a diode
101. 110. Give the application of voltage or emitter follower and also give its
Advantages