Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory

11th Edition Boylestad Test Bank

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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1) The input power to a device is 5000 W at 400 V. The output power of the device is 750 W, and the 1)
output impedance is 25 Ω. Calculate the power gain in decibles.
A) 16.478 dB B) 8.239 dB C) -8.239 dB D) -16.478 dB

2) The input power to a device is 5000 W at 400 V. The output power of the device is 750 W, and the 2)
output impedance is 25 Ω. Calculate the voltage gain in decibles.
A) 4.6556 dB B) -9.311 dB C) 9.311 dB D) -4.6556 dB

3) To fix the frequency boundaries of relatively high gain, 0.7 Amid was chosen to be at the cutoff 3)
levels. The corresponding frequencies, f1 and f2 , are generally called ________.
A) cutoff frequencies B) half-power frequencies
C) corner frequencies D) All of the above

4) What is the proper equation for calculating the low frequency break point due to the capacitor CS 4)
for this BJT amplifier?

1 1
A) fLs = B) fLs =
2π RS + R1  R2 CS 2π R S + R1 + R2 CS
1 1
C) fLs = D) fLs =
2π RS + Ri CS 2π R S  Ri CS

5) Ri is calcualted as 5)
A) RS +R1  R2  βre B) RS +R1  R2  βRE
C) RS +R1  R2  β(RE + 1) D) None of the above

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6) What is the proper equation for calculating the low frequency break point due to the capacitor CC 6)
for this BJT amplifier.

1 1
A) fLC = B) fLC = =
2π(ro + RL)CC 2π Ro + RL CC
1 1
C) fLC = D) fLC =
2πRCCC 2π RC  RL CC

7) If several identical stages of amplifiers, each having the exact same upper and lower cutoff 7)
frequencies, are connected in cascade, then the bandwidth of the resulting amplifier will ________.
A) increase
B) remain unchanged
C) be equal to the sum of all the individual bandwidths
D) decrease

8) When using square-wave testing on two different amplifiers, you see the waveforms shown here. 8)
What comments can you make about the frequency response of the two amplifiers?

A) Amplifier A has poor low frequency response, while amplifier B has poor high frequency
response.
B) Amplifier A has poor low frequency response, while amplifier B has poor low frequency
response.
C) Amplifier A has poor high frequency response, while amplifier B has poor low frequency
response.
D) Amplifier A has poor high frequency response, while amplifier B has poor high frequency
response.

9) The base-10 logarithm of 100,000 is ________. 9)

A) 6 B) 5
C) 4 D) None of the above

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10) The base-10 logarithm of 1780.331 ________. 10)
A) 33.5 B) 3.2505
C) 0.335 D) None of the above

11) Which of the following are properties of logarithms? 11)

A) logn (1/b) = -logn b B) logn 0 = 1
C) logn (a/b) = logn a+logn b D) None of the above

12) Which of the following are properties of logarithms'? 12)

A) logn (1/b) = logn b B) logn 1 = 0
C) logn (a/b) = log n a + logn b D) None of the above

13) Which of the following are properties of logarithms? 13)

A) logn 1 = 0 B) logn (1/b ) = -logn b
C) logn (a/b) = log n a - logn b D) All of the above

14) The term semi-log refers to a graphical scale that has ________. 14)
A) a linear vertical axis and a log horizontal axis
B) a log-log structure
C) a linear axis and a log axis
D) All of the above

15) The common log of the ratio of two power levels is called a ________. 15)
A) big bel B) bel
C) decibel D) None of the above

16) The gain in decibels of a power gain of 10,000,000 is ________. 16)

A) 70 dB B) 5 dB C) 6 dB D) 80 dB

17) An amplifier has a midband power gain of 24,500. What is the value of the power gain in dB for 17)
the circuit?
A) 43.9 dB B) 87.78 dB
C) 4.39 dB D) None of the above

18) An amplifier has values of Pin = 20 mW and Pout = 60 W. What is the value of the power gain in 18)
dB for the circuit?
A) 69.5 dB B) 34.8 dB
C) 3000 dB D) None of the above

19) An amplifier normally has a power gain of 12,000. If the power gain of the circuit drops by 3 dB, 19)
the value of the new power-gain will be approximately ________.
A) 9,000 B) zero C) 6,000 D) 4,000

20) Negative dB values represent ________. 20)

A) power values that do not change B) power losses
C) power gain D) None of the above

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21) Which of the following is an advantage of using dB representations of gain values? 21)
A) Using db values, we can represent large gain values with relatively small numbers.
B) Positive and negative dB values represent gain and loss values that are reciprocals of each
other.
C) In multistage amplifiers, gain calculations are simplified by the use of dB values.
D) All of the above

22) An amplifier has an output power of 500 W. What is the value of the power gain in dB for the 22)
circuit?
A) 56.99 dB
B) 53.98 dB
C) 26.99 dB
D) Cannot be determined from the information given

23) An amplifier delivers 500 W to a 600 Ω load. What is the gain in dBm? 23)
A) 53.98 dBm
B) 26.99 dBm
C) 56.99 dBm
D) Cannot be determined from the information given

24) An amplifier has values of power gain = 49 dB and voltage gain = 30 dB. The operating frequency 24)
of the circuit is increased until the power gain drops to 42 dB. What is the dB voltage gain at this
frequency?
A) 25.7 dB
B) 42 dB
C) 23 dB
D) Cannot be determined from the information given

25) What frequency is two decades above 5 kHz? 25)

A) 25 kHz
B) 105 kllz
C) 500 kHz
D) Cannot be determined from the information given

26) What frequency lies four octaves above 1 kHz? 26)

A) 9 kHz B) 8 kHz
C) 16 kHz D) None of the above

27) The roll-off rate for a BJT amplifier is approximately ________. 27)
A) 6 dB per decade B) 20 dB per octave
C) 6 dB per octave D) None of the above

28) The low-frequency response of a BJT amplifier is affected by ________. 28)

A) the supply voltage B) the coupling and bypass capacitor values
C) the BJT internal capacitances D) All of the above

29) Miller capacitance affects 29)

A) only non-inverting amplifiers B) both high and low-frequencies
C) the high-frequency response D) the low-frequency response

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30) The input value of f1 for a FET amplifier normally is ________ the input value of f1 for a 30)
comparable BJT amplifier.
A) much lower than B) less than or equal to
C) similar to D) greater than

31) The BJT gain-bandwidth product is approximately ________. 31)

A) β mid α [1-α] B) αmidβ
C) αmidα D) None of the above

32) The BJT gain-bandwidth product (fT) is ________. 32)

A) inversely related to ( Cbe + Cbc) B) inversely related to re
C) not related to DC bias conditions D) All of the above

33) The high-frequency response of a BJT amplifier is affected by ________. 33)

A) the BJT internal capacitances B) the coupling and bypass capacitor values
C) the supply voltage D) All of the above

34) Two identical amplifiers are cascaded. The overall bandwidth of the multistage amplifier is 34)
________ the bandwidth of each individual stage.
A) greater than B) equal to
C) less than or equal to D) less than

35) The Miller effect tends to ________ of an inverting amplifier. 35)

A) increase the input capacitance and decrease the output capacitance
B) decrease both the input and output capacitances
C) decrease the input capacitance and increase the output capacitance
D) increase both the input and output capacitances

36) Which one of the following equations provides the Miller effect input capacitance for a BJT 36)
amplifier?
1 1 1
A) 1 - Av Cf B) C) 1 - C D)
2πR Th iCi Av f 1 - Av Cf

37) Which one of the following equations provides the Miller effect output capacitance for a BJT 37)
amplifier?
1 1 1
A) B) C) 1 - Av Cf D) 1 - C
1 - Av Cf 2πR Th iCi Av f

38) Which network tends to determine the upper cutoff frequency of a FET amplifier? 38)
A) the output B) neither C) both D) the input

39) A 3-dB drop in β occurs at ________. 39)

A) GdB B) fβ C) fLs and fLo D) fHi

40) Human hearing responds ________ to changes in loudness. 40)

A) exponentially B) inversely C) logarithmically D) linearly

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41) In order to double the sound level perceived by a human ear, the power of the acoustical source 41)
must be increased by a factor of ________.
A) 2 B) 10 C) 3 dB D) 4

42) Parasitic capacitance values primarily affect the ________ frequency range while coupling 42)
capacitors affect the ________ range.
A) low, low B) low, high C) hjigh, high D) high. low

43) At mid frequencies capacitve elements ________ 43)

A) are ignored
B) primarily affects low frequency response
C) affects both low and high frequency response
D) primarily affects low frequency response

44) An amplifier with a gain of 40 has a bandwidth of 150 kHz. The unity gain frequency of this 44)
amplifer is ________.
A) 6 MHz B) 212 kHz C) 190 kHz D) 150 kHz

45) An amplifier has a GBP value of 150 MHz at 600 kHz. At 200 kHz its gain will be ________. 45)
A) 200 B) 3 C) 750 D) 150

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