AMPLIFIER FREQUENCY AND RESPONSE FILTERS

1. The input power to a device is 10,000 W at a voltage of 1000 V. The output power is 500 W and the output
impedance is 20 ohms. Find the voltage gain in decibels.
A. -13 dB
B. -10 dB
C. -20 dB
D. -3 dB

2. Two stages have voltage gains of 100 and 200. The total decibel voltage gain is
A. 46 dB
B. 86 dB
C. 66 dB
D. 106 dB

3. A two-pole high-pass active filter would have a roll-off rate of

A. 40 dB/decade
B. 20 dB/decade
C. —40 dB/decade
D. —20 dB/decade

4. The voltage gain of an op amp is unity at the

A. Cutoff frequency
B. Unity-gain frequency
C. Generator frequency
D. Power bandwidth

5. If funity is 10 MHz and midband open-loop voltage gain is 1,000,000, then the open-loop cutoff frequency of the
opamp is
A. 10 Hz
B. 50 Hz
C. 20 Hz
D. 100 Hz

6. The center frequency of a band pass filter is always equal to

A. The bandwidth
B. Geometric average of the cutoff frequencies
C. Bandwidth divided by Q
D. 3-dB frequency

7. Determine the quality factor of a bandpass filter with a lower cutoff frequency of 20.1 kHz and an upper cutoff
frequency of 20.3 kHz.
A. 10
B. 10.1
C. 101
D. 202

8. For a passive bandpass filter using RLC circuit, which of the following below is the expression for its bandwidth?
A. BW = 1 /(2*pi*sqrt(L*C))
B. BW = 1 /(2*pi*f*C)
C. BW = R/(2*pi*L)
D. BW = R/(2*pi*f*L)

9. The bandwidth in a filter equals the critical frequency.

A. low-pass
B. high-pass
C. band-pass
D. band-stop

10. The common-mode voltage gain is

A. Smaller than the voltage gain
B. Equal to the voltage gain
C. Greater than the voltage gain
D. None of the above

11. The typical input stage of an op amp has a

A. Single-ended input and single-ended output
B. Single-ended input and differential output
C. Differential input and single-ended output
D. Differential input and differential output

12. Which of the following statements relating to operational amplifiers is true?

1. It has a high open-loop voltage gain at low frequency, a low input impedance and low output impedance.
2. It has a high open-loop voltage gain at low frequency, a high input impedance and low output impedance.
3. It has a low open-loop voltage gain at low frequency, a high input impedance and low output impedance.
4. It has a high open-loop voltage gain at low frequency, a low input impedance and high output impedance.
A.4
B.2
C.3
D. 1

13. What is the level of the roll-off in most op-amps?

A. —6 dB/decade
B. —20 dB/octave
C. —6 dB/decade or —20 dB/octave
D. -20 dB/decade or —6 dB/octave

14. The typical CMRR of 741 op-amp is about

A. 70 dB
B. 90 dB
C. 80 dB
D. 100 dB

15. For an op-amp having a slew rate SR = 5 V/ms, what is the maximum closed-loop voltage gain that can be used
when the input signal varies by 0.2 V in 10 ms?
A. 150
B. 200
C. 250
D. 300

16. Determine the output voltage of an op-amp for input voltages of Vi1 =150 pV and Vi2= 140 pV. The amplifier has
a differential gain of AD = 4000 and the value of CMRR is 40 dB.
A. 32.6 mV
B. 45.8 mV
C. 51.9 mV
D. 66.7 mV
17. A comparator with a trip point of zero is sometimes called a
A. Threshold detector
B. Zero-crossing detector
C. Positive limit detector
D. Half-wave detector

18. Decreasing the gain in the given circuit could be achieved by

A. reducing the amplitude of the input voltage
B. increasing the value of the feedback resistor
C. increasing the value of the input resistor
D. removing the feedback resistor

19. Calculate the output voltage if Vi = V2 = 0.15 V. A. 0 V B. 4.65 V C. 6.45 V D. —6.45 V 20. Calculate the input
voltage if the final output is 10.08V V.
A. -1.05 V
B. 0.525 V
C. 0.168 V
D. 4.2 V

21. The output Vo in figure is

A. -100 V
B. -100 mV
C. 10 V
D. 10 mV

22. Which of the following op-amp circuits has zero resistance in the feedback path?
A. Inverting amplifier
B. Summing amplifier
C. Source follower
D. Integrating amplifier

23. The input impedance of op-amp circuit of figure is

A. 120 k ohm
B. 10 k ohm
C. infinity
D. 10 k ohm

24. Refer to the given figure. The roll-off of the circuit shown is about
A. 20 dB/decade
B. 40 dB/decade
C. 60 dB/decade
D. 80 dB/decade

25. In a certain four-input summing amplifier, all the input resistors and the feedback resistor has a value of 2.2k0. If
all the input voltages are 2V, what is the output voltage?
A. -8V
B. -2V
C. -2.2V
D. -10V

26. To obtain very high input and output impedance in a feedback amplifier, the type of feedback utilized
A. voltage series
B. current series
C. voltage shunt
D. current shunt

27. Determine the voltage gain with feedback for voltageseries feedback having A = -100, Ri = 10 kohm, and Ro = 20
kohm for feedback of ß = -0.1.
A. -9.09
B. 9.09
C. -1.96
D. 1.96

28. Determine the input and output impedance with feedback for current-shunt feedback having A = -100, Ri = 10
kohm, and Ro = 20 kohm for feedback of ß = -0.1.
A. 909.09 Ω, 1.82 kΩ
B. 909.09 Ω, 220 kΩ
C. 110 kΩ, 392.16 Ω
D. 110 kΩ, 1.82 Ω

29. If an amplifier with gain of -1000 and feedback of ß = - 0.1 has a gain change of 20% due to temperature,
calculate the change in gain of the feedback amplifier.
A. 2%
B. 1%
C. 0.2%
D. 0.5%

30. What appropriate conclusions can be drawn from the following statements? Statement
A: Negative feedback reduces the bandwidth of an amplifier Statement
B: Negative feedback stabilizes the gain of an amplifier
A. Both A and B are true and B is correct explanation of A
B. Both A and B are true but B is not a correct explanation of A
C. A is true but B is false
D. A is false but B is true

31. For a system to work as oscillator the total phase shift of the loop gain must be equal to
A. 90°
B. 45°
C. 270°
D. 360°

32. In the phase-shift oscillator, the gain of the amplifier stage must be
A. 0
B. greater than 29
C. less than 29
D. Infinite

33. The material that has the piezoelectric effect is

A. Quartz
B. Tourmaline
C. Rochelle salts
D. All of the above

34. Which of the following oscillators is suitable for frequencies in the range of megahertz?
A. RC phase shift
C. Hartley
B. Wien bridge
D. Both (a) and (c)

35. The most widely used LC oscillator is the

A. Armstrong
C. Colpitts
B. Clapp
D. Hartley

36. In what type of oscillator is the feedback signal derived from an inductive voltage driver in the LC circuit?
A. Hartley
C. Collins
B. Armstrong
D. Colpitts

37. In a Hartley oscillator, the elements X1 and X2 are and X3 is a(n).

A. inductors, capacitor
B. capacitors, inductor
C. capacitors, resistor
D. inductors, resistor

38. In the phase-shift oscillator, the operating frequency is determined by

A. resistance only
B. capacitance only
C. LC combinations
D. RC combinations

39. Since the crystal losses represented by R are small, the equivalent crystal Q (quality factor) is
A. very low
C. medium
B. low
D. high

40. Refer to this figure. This circuit is

A. a sine-wave oscillator.
B. a monostable multivibrator.
C. an astable multivibrator.
D. a VCO.

41. A circuit that can change the frequency of oscillation with an application of a dc voltage is sometimes called
A. a voltage-controlled oscillator.
B. a crystal oscillator.
C. a Hartley oscillator.
D. an astable multivibrator.

42. What is the relationship between the series and parallel resonant frequencies of a quartz crystal?
A. They are equal.
B. Parallel resonant frequency is approximately 1 kHz higher than series resonant frequency.
C. Series resonant frequency is approximately 1 kHz higher than parallel resonant frequency.
D. none of the above
43. The pulse width out of a one-shot multivibrator increases when the
a. Supply voltage increase
b. Timing resistor decreases
c. UTP decreases
d. Timing capacitance increases

44. Refer to this figure. Determine the resonant frequency.

A. 123.4 kHz
B. 45.94 kHz
C. 61.7 kHz
D. 23.1 kHz

45. Calculate the value of Cl = C2 for the Wien bridge oscillator to operate at a frequency of 20 kHz. Assume R1 = R2
= 50 kohms and R3 = 3R4 = 600 ohms.
A. 1.59 pF
C. 159 pF
B. 15.9 pF
D. 1.59 nF

46. Calculate the frequency of the square wave generated by the circuit as shown in the figure.
A. 2.2 kHz
B. 4.4 kHz
C. 2.2 MHz
D. 4.4 MHz

47. Determine the frequency of oscillation given VBB=12V, R1=0.1kΩ, R2=0, RT=50kΩ, CT=0.1pF, n=0.6
A. 281.27 Hz
B. 218.27 MHz
C. 218.27 kHz
D. 281.27 MHz