SPECIAL TOPICS – OPAMPS AND ICS, FEEDBACK AMPLIFIERS AND OSCILLATORS

1. An amplifier basically constructed from two transistors and whose output is proportional
to the difference between the voltages applied to its two inputs.
A. differential amplifier
B. cascode amplifier
C. complementary amplifier
D. quasi-complementary amplifier
ANSWER: A

2. It is a very high-gain differential amplifier with very high input impedance and very low
output impedance.
A. par-amp
B. op-amp
C. differential amp
D. complementary amp
ANSWER: B

3. Ideally, op-amps have infinite input resistance and ________ output resistance.
A. infinite
B. zero
C. variable
D. a highly stabilized
ANSWER: B

4. When the same signal is applied to both inverting and non-inverting input terminals of
an ideal op-amp, the output voltage would be
A. zero (0) V
B. +VSAT
C. –VSAT
D. offset voltage
ANSWER: A

5. The operating mode of an op-amp, when both inputs are tied together or when the input
signal is common to both inputs.
A. differential mode
B. rejection mode
C. double-ended mode
D. common mode
ANSWER: D

6. What do you call of the gain of an op-amp if operated in common mode input?
A. differential gain
B. common gain
C. double-ended gain
D. rejection gain
ANSWER: B

7. When one input of the op-amp is connected to ground and the other is to the signal
source, its operation is called
A. single-ended output
 B. double-ended output
C. single-ended input
D. double-ended input
ANSWER: C

8. If op-amps are operated in differential mode, its gain is technically termed as

A. common-mode differential gain
B. differential gain
C. open-loop gain
D. closed-loop gain
ANSWER: B

9. The ratio of the differential gain and common gain of an op-amp

A. differential-common mode ratio
B. common-mode ratio
C. differential-mode rejection ratio
D. common-mode rejection ratio
ANSWER: D

10. An operational amplifier has a common-mode voltage gain of 10 and a differential-mode

voltage gain of 20,000, calculate its common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR).
A. 200
B. 2,000
C. 20,000
D. 200,000
ANSWER: B

11. Calculate the CMRR of an op-amp having a common-mode gain of 10 and a

differential-mode gain of 100,000.
A. 1000 dB
B. 100 dB
C. 80 dB
D. 40 dB
ANSWER: C

12. What is the maximum output voltage swing of an op-amp?

A. +V to -V (supply voltage)
B. +VSAT to -VSAT
C. +½V to -½V
D. depends on the input signal
ANSWER: B

13. The µA741 op-amp has a CMRR of 90dB and a differential-mode voltage amplification
of 200,000.What is the op-amp’s common-mode voltage gain?
A. 31,622.778
B. 632.40
C. 6.324
D. 0.158
ANSWER: C

14. The current needed at the input of an op-amp to operate it normally

 A. input bias current
B. input offset current
C. input threshold current
D. input holding current
ANSWER: A

15. Ideal op-amp requires no input current, but real op-amp needs a very small input
current called input bias current. At both inputs, the bias currents have a slight
difference. What do you call this difference?
A. differential input current
B. differential bias
C. input offset difference
D. input offset current
ANSWER: D

16. The change in input offset current due to temperature change

A. delta input offset current
B. slew rate
C. input offset current drift
D. PSRR
ANSWER: C

17. It is known through experiment that the input bias currents at the non-inverting (IB+)
and inverting (IB-) inputs of a certain op-amp is 100 nA and 80 nA, respectively.
Determine the op-amp’s input offset current.
A. -20 nA
B. 20 nA
C. 90 nA
D. 180 nA
ANSWER: B

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

A. Cutoff
B. roll-off
C. diminishing factor
D. reduction step
ANSWER: B

19. A reduction of op-amp’s voltage gain by a factor of two each time the frequency
doubles.
A. 2 dB/octave
B. 2 dB/decade
C. 6 dB/octave
D. 6 dB/decade
ANSWER: C

20. Frequency at which the voltage gain of op-amp reduces to unity.

A. unity-gain frequency
B. cutoff frequency
C. bandwidth point
D. unity-gain bandwidth product
 ANSWER: D

21. The low and high cutoff frequencies of an amplifier is also called
A. corner frequencies
B. 0.707 frequencies
C. 3-dB frequencies
D. all of these are correct
ANSWER: D

22. The maximum output voltage rate of change of an op-amp.

A. rise time
B. maximum voltage swing
C. differential rate
D. slew rate
ANSWER: D

23. Two comparators using op-amps, configured such that it can detect voltage levels
within a certain range of values rather than simply comparing whether a voltage is
above or below a certain reference.
A. analog comparator
B. regenerative comparator
C. parallel comparator
D. window comparator
ANSWER: D

24. The feedback element of a differentiator constructed from op-amp is

A. a resistor
B. an inductor
C. a capacitor
D. an RC network
ANSWER: A

25. An active integrator uses an op-amp, what is its feedback element?

A. Resistor
B. capacitor
C. inductor
D. RC network
ANSWER: B

26. The voltage gain of an op-amp voltage follower.

A. unity
B. Rf/Ri
C. 1 + Rf/Ri
D. depends on the type of op-amp
ANSWER: A

27. Calculate the closed-loop voltage gain of an inverting amplifier having a feedback and
an input resistance of 100 kΩ and 10 kΩ, respectively.
A. 10
B. 11
C. 100
 D. 110
ANSWER: A

28. A unity-gain summing amplifier has three inputs, V1 = 1.0 mV, V2 = 1.5 mV, and V3 =
2.5 mV, calculate the total output voltage.
A. 2.5 mV
B. 3.5 mV
C. 4.0 mV
D. 5.0 mV
ANSWER: D

29. Which condition must exist for a circuit to oscillate?

A. It must have a negative feedback sufficient to cancel the input
B. It must have a gain of less than 1
C. It must have a positive feedback sufficient to overcome losses
D. It must be neutralized
ANSWER: C

30. Circuits that produces alternating or pulsating current or voltage.

A. Damper
B. Generator
C. oscillator
D. mixer
ANSWER: C

31. What do you call the oscillator circuit that uses a tapped coli in the tuned circuit?
A. Pierce
B. Colpitts
C. Hartley
D. Ultraudion
ANSWER: C

32. What determines the resonant frequency of a crystal?

A. external components
B. the temperature of the crystal
C. the size and thickness of the crystal material
D. the hermitic seal
ANSWER: C

33. A self-excited oscillator in which the tank is divided into input and feedback portions by
a capacitive voltage divider.
A. Hartley capacitor
B. Colpitts oscillator
C. Relaxation oscillator
D. Klystron oscillator
ANSWER: B

34. A self-excited oscillator in which the tank is divided into input and feedback portions by
an inductive voltage divider or a tapped coil.
A. Hartley oscillator
 B. Copitts oscillator
C. Relaxation oscillator
D. Klystron oscillator
ANSWER: A

35. A circuit usually containing two transistors or tubes in an RC-coupled amplifier, the two
active devices switch each other alternately on and off.
A. Multivibrator
B. Signal generator
C. Oscillator
D. Thyristor
ANSWER: A

36. A multivibrator that generates one output pulse for each input trigger pulse.
A. monostable
B. astable
C. bistable
D. tristate
ANSWER: A

37. Monostable multivibrator is also known as

A. one shot
B. single shot
C. direct shot
D. one shot or single shot
ANSWER: D

38. What determines the pulse time in a monostable multivibrator?

A. resistor combinations
B. capacitor combinations
C. inductor combinations
D. resistor and capacitor combinations
ANSWER: D

39. A multivibrator having two stable state

A. monostable
B. bistable
C. astable
D. unstable
ANSWER: B

40. Is also known as Eccles/Jordan circuit

A. Monostable multivibrator
B. bistable multivibrator
C. astable multivibrator
D. unstable multivibrator
ANSWER: B

41. Flip-flop is actually a _______ multivibrator.

A. Monostable
B. bistable
 C. astable
D. unstable
ANSWER: B

42. Considered as a free-running multivibrator

A. monostable
B. bistable
C. astable
D. unstable
ANSWER: C

43. Filter that is characterized by a relatively flat passband and slow roll-off rate
a. Butterworth
b. Elliptic
c. Chebyshev
b. Notch

44. Filter that is characterized by ripple at the passband and fast roll-off rate
a. Butterworth
b. Elliptic
c. Chebyshev
b. Notch

45. An LC circuit resonates at 2000 kHz and has a Q of 100. Find the lower and upper cut-
off frequencies.
a. 1980 kHz, 2020 kHz
b. 1950 kHz, 2050 kHz
c. 1990 kHz, 2010 kHz
d. 1900 kHz, 2100 kHz

46. What is the resonant frequency of a circuit when L is 1 microhenry and C is 10

picofarads are in series?
a. 50.3 MHz
b. 15.9 MHz
c. 15.9 kHz
d. 50.3 kHz

47. What happens to the input resistance of an amplifier employing voltage-series

feedback?
a. It is increased
b. It remains the same
c. It is decreased
d. Equals infinity

48. What happens to the output resistance of an amplifier employing voltage-shunt

feedback?
a. It is increased
 b. It remains the same
c. It is decreased
d. Equals infinity

49. If the gain of an amplifier without feedback is 10 and with negative feedback is 8, then
the feedback fraction is
a. 0.025
b. 0.9
c. 0.8
d. 0.225

50. _____ is the progressive decay with time in the amplitude of the free oscillation in a
circuit.
a. Decrement
b. Pulse decay time
c. Damping
d. Dancing