GURUKUL INDEPENDENT PU COLLEGE, KALABURAGI

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CHAPTER: TRANSISTOR AMPLIFIERS

CLASS: PUII SUB: ELECTRONICS

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER FOR THE FOLLOWING

SINGLE STAGE AMPLIFIERS

Q1. A single stage transistor amplifier contains and associated circuitry

1. Two transistors
2. One transistor
3. Three transistor
4. None of the above
Q2. The phase difference between the output and input voltages of a CE
amplifier is
………………..

1. 180o
2. 0o
3. 90o
4. 270o
Q3. It is generally desired that a transistor should have input
impedance

1. Low
2. Very low
3. High
4. Very high
Q4. When an a.c. signal is applied to an amplifier, ,the operating point
moves along
…………….

1. ac. load line

2. dc. load line
3. both d.c. and a.c. load lines
4. none of the above
Q5. If the collector supply is 10V, then collector cut off voltage under
d.c. conditions is
………….

1. 20 V
2. 5 V
3. 2 V
 4. 10 V
Q6. In the zero signal conditions, a transistor sees. .load

1. a.c.
2. d.c.
3. both d.c. and a.c.
4. none of the above
Q7. The input capacitor in an amplifier is the. . . .capacitor

1. Coupling
2. Bypass
3. Leakage
4. None of the above
Q8. The point of intersection of d.c. and a.c. load lines is called
……………..

1. Saturation point
2. Cut off point
3. Operating point
4. None of the above
Q9. The slope of a.c. load line is.......that of d.c. load line

1. The same as
2. More than
3. Less than
4. None of the above
Q10. If a transistor amplifier draws 2mA when input voltage is 10 V,
then its input impedance is ………..

1. 20 kΩ
2. 2 kΩ
3. 10 kΩ
 4. 5 kΩ
Q11. When a transistor amplifier is operating, the current in any branch
is ……………

1. Sum of a.c. and d.c.

2. ac. only
3. dc. only
4. difference of a.c. and d.c.
Q12. The purpose of capacitors in a transistor amplifier is to
………………

1. Protect the transistor

2. Cool the transistor
3. Couple or bypass a.c. component
4. Provide biasing
Q13. In the d.c. equivalent circuit of a transistor amplifier, the
capacitors are considered
……………..

1. Short
2. Open
3. Partially short
4. None of the above
Q14. In a CE amplifier, voltage gain =.....x RAC/Rin

1. α
2. (1 + α)
3. (1+ β)
4. β
Q15. In practice, the voltage gain of an amplifier is expressed
……………..

1. As volts
2. As a number
3. In db
 4. None of the above
Q16. If the power and current gains of a transistor amplifier are 16500
and 100 respectively, then voltage gain is ………

1. 165
2. 165 x 104
3. 100
4. None of the above
Q17. If RC and RL represent the collector resistance and load resistance
respectively in a single stage transistor amplifier, then a.c. load is ……..

1. RL + RC
2. RC || RL
3. RL – RC
4. RC
Q18. In a CE amplifier, the phase difference between voltage across
collector load RC and signal voltage is ………..

1. 180o
2. 270o
3. 90o
4. 0o
Q19. In the a.c. equivalent circuit of a transistor amplifier, the
capacitors are considered
………….

1. Short
2. Open
3. Partially open
4. None of the above
Q20. In a single stage transistor amplifier, RC and RL represent
collector resistance and load resistance respectively. The transistor sees
a d.c. load of ………..
 1. RC + RL
2. RC || RL
3. RL
4. RC
Q21. The purpose of d.c. conditions in a transistor is to …………..

1. Reverse bias the emitter

2. Forward bias the collector
3. Set up operating point
4. None of the above
Q22. An amplifier has a power gain of 100. Its db gain is ……………

1. 10 db
2. 20 db
3. 40 db
4. None of the above
Q23. In order to get more voltage gain from a transistor amplifier, the
transistor used should have …………..

1. Thin base
2. Thin collector
3. Wide emitter
4. None of the above
Q24. The purpose of a coupling capacitor in a transistor amplifier is to
……….

1. Increase the output impedance of transistor

2. Protect the transistor
3. Pass a.c. and block d.c.
4. Provide biasing
Q25. The purpose of emitter capacitor (i.e. capacitor across RE) is to
……….
 1. Avoid voltage gain drop
2. Forward bias the emitter
3. Reduce noise in the amplifier
4. None of the above
Q26. The ratio of output impedance of a CE amplifier is ……………

1. About 1
2. Low
3. High
4. Moderate
Q27. If a transistor amplifier feeds a load of low resistance (e.g.
speaker), then voltage gain will be ………….

1. High
2. Very high
3. Moderate
4. Low
Q28. If the input capacitor of a transistor amplifier is short-circuited,
then………

1. Transistor will be destroyed

2. Biasing conditions will change
3. Signal will not reach the base
4. None of the above
Q29. The radio wave picked up by the receiving antenna is amplified
about...........................................................................................times
to have reasonable sound output

1. 1000
2. million
3. 100
4. 10000
Q30. A CE amplifier is also called....circuit
 1. Grounded emitter
2. Grounded base
3. Grounded collector
4. None of the above
Q31. The d.c. load of a transistor amplifier is generally that of a a.c.
load

1. The same as
2. Less than
3. More than
4. None of the above
Q32. The value of collector load RC in a transistor amplifier is the
output
impedance of the transistor.

1. The same as
2. Less than
3. More than
4. None of the above
Q33. A single stage transistor amplifier with collector load RC and
emitter resistance RE has a d.c. load of ……….

1. RC
2. RC || RE
3. RC – RE
4. RC + RE
Q34. In transistor amplifiers, we generally use capacitors.

1. Electrolytic
2. Mica
3. Paper
4. Air
Q35. A single stage transistor amplifier with no load sees an a.c. load of
……..
 1. RC + RE
2. RC
3. RC || RE
4. RC/RE
Q36. The output power of a transistor amplifier is more than the input
power because the additional power is supplied by …………

1. Transistor
2. Biasing circuit
3. Collector supply VCC
4. None of the above
Q37. A transistor converts ……………

1. c. power into a.c. power

2. c. power into d.c. power
3. high resistance into low resistance
4. none of the above
Q38. A transistor amplifier has high output impedance because ………..

1. Emitter is heavily doped

2. Collector has reverse bias
3. Collector is wider than emitter or base
4. None of the above
Q39. For highest power gain, one would use...configuration

1. CC
2. CB
3. CE
4. none of the above
Q40. CC configuration is used for impedance matching because its
……………..
 1. Input impedance is very high
2. Input impedance is low
3. Output impedance is very low
4. None of the above

MULTISTAGE AMPLIFIERS

Q1. A radio receiver has........of

amplification

1. One stage
2. Two stages
3. Three stages
4. More than one stages

Q2. RC coupling is used for..........amplification

1. Voltage
2. Current
3. Power
4. None of the above

Q3. In an RC coupled amplifier, the voltage gain over mid-frequency

range …………….

1. Changes abruptly with frequency

2. Is constant
3. Changes uniformly with frequency
4. None of the above

Q4. In obtaining the frequency response curve of an amplifier, the

…………

1. Amplifier level output is kept constant

2. Amplifier frequency is held constant
3. Generator frequency is held constant
4. Generator output level is held constant

Q5. An advantage of RC coupling scheme is the ………….

1. Good impedance matching

2. Economy
3. High efficiency
4. None of the above
Q6. The best frequency response is of coupling

1. RC
2. Transformer
3. Direct
4. None of the above

Q7. Transformer coupling is used for...amplification

1. Power
2. Voltage
3. Current
4. None of the above

Q8. In an RC coupling scheme, the coupling capacitor CC must be large

enough ………..

1. To pass d.c. between the stages

2. Not to attenuate the low frequencies
3. To dissipate high power
4. None of the above

Q9. In RC coupling, the value of coupling capacitor is about ……….

1. 100 pF
2. 0.1 µ F
3. 0.01 µ F
4. 10 µ F

Q10. The noise factor of an ideal amplifier expressed in db is …………..

1. 0
2. 1
3. 1
4. 10
Q11. When a multistage amplifier is to amplify d.c. signal, then one
must use ……..
coupling

1. RC
2. Transformer
3. Direct
4. None of the above

Q12.............coupling provides the maximum voltage gain

1. RC
2. Transformer
3. Direct
4. Impedance

Q13. In practice, voltage gain is expressed ……………

1. In db
2. In volts
3. As a number
4. None of the above

Q14. Transformer coupling provides high efficiency because …………

1. Collector voltage is stepped up

2. c. resistance is low
3. collector voltage is stepped down
4. none of the above

Q15. Transformer coupling is generally employed when load resistance

is ………

1. Large
2. Very large
3. Small
4. None of the above
Q16. If a three-stage amplifier has individual stage gains of 10 db, 5 db
and 12 db, then total gain in db is ……….

1. 600 db
2. 24 db
3. 14 db
4. 27 db

Q17. The final stage of a multistage amplifier uses ………………

1. RC coupling
2. Transformer coupling
3. Direct coupling
4. Impedance coupling

Q18. The ear is not sensitive to ………….

1. Frequency distortion
2. Amplitude distortion
3. Frequency as well as amplitude distortion
4. None of the above

Q19. RC coupling is not used to amplify extremely low frequencies

because ………

1. There is considerable power loss

2. There is hum in the output
3. Electrical size of coupling capacitor becomes very large
4. None of the above

Q20. In transistor amplifiers, we use....transformer for impedance

matching

1. Step up
2. Step down
3. Same turn ratio
4. None of the above
Q21. The lower and upper cut off frequencies are also called..frequencies

1. Sideband
2. Resonant
3. Half-resonant
4. Half-power

Q22. A gain of 1,000,000 times in power is expressed by …………….

1. 30 db
2. 60
db 3.
120 db
4. 600
db

Q23. A gain of 1000 times in voltage is expressed by …………..

1. 60 db
2. 30
db 3.
120 db
4. 600
db

Q24. 1 db corresponds to......change in power level

1. 50%
2. 35%
3. 26%
4. 22%

Q25. 1 db corresponds to.....change in voltage or current level

1. 40%
2. 80%
3. 20%
4. 25%

Q26. The frequency response of transformer coupling is ………….

 1. Good
2. Very good
3. Excellent
4. Poor

Q27. In the initial stages of a multistage amplifier, we use ………..

1. RC coupling
2. Transformer coupling
3. Direct coupling
4. None of the above

Q28. The total gain of a multistage amplifier is less than the product
of the gains of individual stages due to …………

1. Power loss in the coupling device

2. Loading effect of the next stage
3. The use of many transistors
4. The use of many capacitors

Q29. The gain of an amplifier is expressed in db because ………..

1. It is a simple unit
2. Calculations become easy
3. Human ear response is logarithmic
4. None of the above

Q30. If the power level of an amplifier reduces to half, the db gain will
fall by …….

1. 5 db
2. 2 db
3. 10 db
4. 3 db

Q31. A current amplification of 2000 is a gain of …………….

 1. 3 db
2. 66 db
3. 20
db 4.
200 db

Q32. An amplifier receives 0.1 W of input signal and delivers 15 W of

signal power. What is the power gain in db?

1. 8 db
2. 6 db
3. 5 db
4. 4 db

Q33. The power output of an audio system is 18 W. For a person to

notice an increase in the output (loudness or sound intensity) of the
system, what must the output power be increased to ?

1. 2W
2. 6W
3. 68 W
4. None of the above

Q34. The output of a microphone is rated at -52 db. The reference level
is 1V under specified conditions. What is the output voltage of this
microphone under the same sound conditions?

1. 5 mV
2. 2 mV
3. 8 mV
4. 5 mV

Q35. RC coupling is generally confined to low power applications

because of ………

1. Large value of coupling capacitor

2. Low efficiency
3. Large number of components
4. None of the above
Q36. The number of stages that can be directly coupled is limited
because ……..

1. Changes in temperature cause thermal instability

2. Circuit becomes heavy and costly
3. It becomes difficult to bias the circuit
4. None of the above

Q37. The purpose of RC or transformer coupling is to …………

1. Block a.c.
2. Separate bias of one stage from another
3. Increase thermal stability
4. None of the above

Q38. The upper or lower cut off frequency is also called frequency

1. Resonant
2. Sideband
3. 3 db
4. None of the above

Q39. The bandwidth of a single stage amplifier is that of a multistage

amplifier

1. More than
2. The same as
3. Less than
4. Data insufficient

Q40. The value of emitter capacitor CE in a multistage amplifier is

about ……..

1. 1 µ
F 2.
100 pF
3. 0.01 µ F
4. 50 µ F