ELECS SET A 7. In an electric heater, the inlet a. 46.

4 A
temperature is 15 degrees Celsius. b. 36.1 A
1. A coil of wire having a resistance of Water is flowing at the rate of 300 c. 50 A
3.75 ohms and carrying a current of grams per minute. The voltmeter d. 38.1 A
0.3 A is in parallel with an unknown measuring voltage across the
resistance through which there a heating element reads 10 volts and 14. An alternating current of sinusoidal
current of 1.5A. Determine the total an ammeter measuring current taken waveform has amplitude of 15
equivalent resistance. reads 10 amperes. When steady ampere, what is the average current
a. 0.625 ohms state is finally reached, what is the at a frequency of 60Hz.
b. 0.865 ohms final reading of the outlet a. 10.6 A
c. 0.489 ohms thermometer? b. 4.8 A
d. 0.689 ohms a. 57.6 deg. C c. 15 A
b. 68.4 deg. C d. 9.6 A
2. Two wires made of the same c. 72.3 deg. C
material have the same lengths but d. 42.6 deg. C 15. Which of the following waves has the
different diameters. They are highest value of peak factor?
connected in SERIES to a battery. 8. A total of 0.8 kg of water at 20 a. Square Wave
Which of the following quantity is the degrees is placed in a 1-kW electric b. Half-Wave Rectified Sine Wave
same for the two wires? kettle. How long a time in minute is c. Sine Wave
a. Current needed to raise the temperature of d. Triangular
b. Current Density water to its boiling point?
c. Voltage a. 4.46 mins 16. Find the distance between (5,3π/2,0)
d. End-to-End Potential Difference b. 5.32 mins and (5,π/2,10) in cylindrical
c. 6.34 mins coordinates.
3. A voltage divider of two resistors is d. 4.56 minsy a. 14.14
designed with a total resistance of b. 10
the two resistors equal to 50 ohms. 9. Two equal resistances are c. 5
IF the output voltage is 10% of the connected in parallel across a 150 V d. 7.07
input voltage, what are the values of DC source. What potential difference
the two resistors (in ohms) in the exists between the midpoint of one 17. Given A=(xy+y^2)a_y, find ∇ ● A
circuit? resistance and a point that is one- a. 3-2y
a. 49.5 and 0.5 third from either end of the other b. 2y-x
b. 40 and 10 resistance? c. y+2xy
c. 42.5 and 7.5 a. 24 V d. 2x+1
d. 45 and 5 b. 28 V
c. 25 V 18. Electromagnetic induction is the
4. When two resistors A and B are d. 30 V generation of:
connected in series, the total a. electricity from magnetism
resistance is 36 ohms. When 10. A series RLC circuit has R=100 b. electricity from electricity
connected in parallel, the total ohms, L=21mH and C=331.56 c. magnetism from electricity
resistance is 8 ohms. What is the microF. Find the resonant frequency d. magnetism from magnetism
ratio of resistance of A to B? in Hz.
a. 0.5 a. 50 19. Convert the magnetic flux of 4 x 10^8
b. 0.4 b. 80 Maxwells to Weber.
c. 0.8 c. 60 a. 0.4 Wb
d. 0.6 d. 70 b. 4 Wb
c. 40 Wb
5. A lead storage battery is rated at 11. The input of an AC circuit having a d. 400 Wb
12V. If the internal resistance is 0.01 power factor 0.8 lagging is 40kVA.
ohm, what is the maximum power The power drawn by the circuit is: 20. The polarity of induced voltage while
that can be delivered to the load? a. 12 kW a field is collapsing is:
a. 1200W b. 32 kW a. Independent of the force creating
b. 3600W c. 22 kW it
c. 7200W d. 64 kW b. opposite to the force creating it
d. 1800W c. identical to the force creating the
12. A series RLC circuit has R=8.66 field
6. Ten cells each of emf 1.5 volts and ohms, L=0.1062 H and C=75.8 d. present only if the force is
internal resistance of 0.2 ohm are microF. Find the power factor of the stationary
joined in parallel and connected to an circuit if the frequency is 60Hz.
external circuit resistance of 3 ohms. a. 0.9 lagging 21. As a capacitor is being charged, the
What current the load draws? b. 0.9 leading voltage across its terminals will:
a. 0.45A c. 0.86 lagging a. increase
b. 0.65A d. 0.86 leading b. decrease
c. 0.50A c. remain the same
d. 0.48A 13. The average value of the function d. oppose the source
i=50sinwt+20sin3wt A is equal to…
22. Find the vector area of a d. front to back c. 25 mV
parallelogram whose diagonals are d. 26 mV
determined by the vectors a=3i+j-2k 31. Permeability is otherwise known as 39. The breakdown mechanism in a
and b=i-3j+4k. a. Electric susceptibility lightly doped p-n junction under
a. 4.33 b. Electric conductivity reverse biased condition is called
b. 8.66 c. Magnetic susceptibility a. avalanche breakdown
c. 17.32 d. Magnetic conductivity b. Zener breakdown
d. 5.20 c. breakdown by tunnelling
32. Determine the mmf required to d. high voltage breakdown
23. Which of the following is a vector? produce a flux density of 0.25 T in an
a. Kinetic Energy air gap of length 12 mm. 40. If line frequency is 60 Hz, the output
b. Entropy a. 2387 A frequency of a bridge rectifier is
c. Electric Field Intensity b. 3287 A a. 30 Hz
d. Work c. 7328 A b. 60 Hz
d. 8237 A c. 120 Hz
24. Given A=2i+4j and B=6j-4k, find the d. 240 Hz
smaller angle between them. 33. In a full-wave rectifier without filter,
a. 41.9 the ripple factor is 41. Which of the following has the lowest
b. 42.6 a. 0.482 forward voltage drop in a diode?
c. 82.9 b. 1.21 a. Ge
d. 97.1 c. 1.79 b. Se
d. 2.05 c. Si
25. What is the magnitude of a unit d. GaAs
vector? 34. The 7912 regulator IC provides____.
a. 0 a. 5 V 42. If the filter capacitance is decreased,
b. 1 b. -5 V the ripple will
c. 2 c. 12 V a. increase
d. -1 d. -12 V b. decrease
c. stay the same
26. Calculate the distance between two 35. When the peak output voltage is 100 d. none of the choices
alpha particles when the electrostatic V, the PIV for each diode in a center-
force experience by each particle is tapped full-wave rectifier is 43. Calculate the ripple factor of a
9kN. (neglecting the diode drop) capacitor filter for a peak rectified
a. 0.23 fm a. 100 V voltage of 30V, capacitor C=70uF,
b. 0.32 fm b. 200 V and a load current of 60mA.
c. 1.03 fm c. 141 V a. 5.6%
d. 3.01 fm d. 50 V b. 6.7%
c. 7.8%
27. If a wire coil has 100 turns and 36. The reason why germanium isn’t d. 8.9%
carries 1.50 A of current, what is the used as much as silicon for
magnetomotive force? semiconductor manufacturing is 44. A half-cycle average voltage of 12 V
a. 61 Gb _______. is equal to what rms voltage?
b. 130 Gb a. Germanium is normally harder to a. 13.33 V
c. 150 Gb find than silicon that is very b. 8.48 V
d. 188 Gb abundant c. 18.84 V
b. Germanium is normally more d. 7.64 V
28. A material with high permeability temperature sensitive than
a. always has high retentivity. silicon 45. The forward characteristic of a diode
b. is necessary if a coil is to c. The power capability for has a slope of approximately
produce a magnetic field. germanium is way lesser than 20mA/V at a desired point. The
c. increases magnetic field quantity silicon approximate incremental resistance
d. concentrates magnetic lines of d. Germanium is more expensive of the diode is
flux than silicon a. 50 ohms
b. 20 ohms
29. Find the curl of the gradient of a 37. If a diode has a low resistance for c. 10 ohms
scalar function U. both forward and reverse bias, then d. 35 ohms
a. 0 the diode is _____.
b. 1 a. shorted (not sure) 46. What is the order of doping, from
c. ∇U b. open lightly to heavily doped, for each
d. (∇^2)U c. good region?
d. defective ohmmeter a. base, collector, emitter
30. The direction of a magnetic field b. emitter, collector, base
within a magnet is 38. The thermal voltage at room c. emitter, base, collector
a. from south to north temperature is equal to? d. collector, emitter, base
b. from north to south a. 23 mV
c. back to front b. 24 mV 47. A depletion-type MOSFET is a
 a. Normally on device d. Mobility of electrons is greater 64. Calculate the CMRR of an op-amp
b. Normally off device than that of holes having a common-mode gain of 10
c. Current-controlled device and a differential-mode gain of
d. None of the choices 56. When transistors are used in digital 100,000.
circuits they usually operate in the: a. 40dB
48. In a JFET, a pinch-off voltage applied a. active region b. 80dB
on the gate b. breakdown region c. 100dB
a. c c. saturation and cutoff regions d. 1000dB
b. the drain current is almost at d. linear region
saturation value 65. An oscillator of the LC type that has
c. the drain current begins to 57. With the E-MOSFET, when gate a split capacitor in the circuit is
decrease input voltage is zero, drain current is: a. Colpitts
d. the drain-to-source voltage is a. at saturation b. Hartley
close to zero volts b. zero c. Wein bridge
c. Idss d. RC phase shift
49. This is used to plot gain and phase d. widening the channel
shift as a function of frequency on a 66. A DIAC is simply
complex plane. 58. When a step-input is given to an op- a. the SCR
a. Nyquist plot amp integrator, the output will be b. a TRIAC without a gate terminal
b. Bode plot a. ramp c. a three-junction device
c. Bessel plot b. sinusoidal wave d. a single junction
d. Chebyshev plot c. a rectangular wave
50. What configuration provides the d. a triangular wave with dc bias 67. The triggering device to use for a
greatest possible amplification? TRIAC is _____.
a. common-emitter 59. A typical value of open loop voltage a. UJT
b. common-collector gain for a 741 op amp is b. PUT
c. common-base a. 100 c. DIAC
d. more than one of the choices b. 0.5 d. Shockley Diode
c. 200,000
51. In a P-channel JFET, d. 1,000 68. In a step down chopper using pulse
a. the drain is negative relative to width modulation, Ton = 1.5 x 10-3
the source 60. A chopper and Toff = 0.5 x 10-3 s. the chopping
b. the source-gate junction is a. converts constant voltage dc into frequency is
forward-biased ac and then into variable voltage a. 333.33
c. the drain is forward-biased dc b. 250
d. the gate must be at dc ground b. converts constant voltage dc into c. 500
variable voltage dc d. 1000
52. If Vcc=+18V, voltage-divider resistor c. converts ac of one frequency into
R1=4.7kΩ and R2=1500 Ω, what is ac of another frequency 69. An SCR is triggered at 40º in the
the base bias voltage? d. converts ac to dc positive half cycle only. The average
a. 0.7 V anode current is 50 A. If the firing
b. 2.90 V 61. In order to produce oscillations, we angle is changed to 80º, the average
c. 4.35 V can use _______ as an input signal. anode current is likely to be
d. 8.70 V a. Another signal source to be cut a. 50 A
off b. 25 A
53. A JFET has a drain saturation b. Excitement c. Less than 50 A but more than 25
current of 10 mA and a pinch-off c. Internal noise A
voltage of -4V. Calculate the d. None of these d. Less than 25 A
maximum transconductance.
a. 2.5mS 62. A voltage-series amplifier is a: 70. A thyristor half wave controlled
b. 5mS a. Transconductance amplifier converter has a supply voltage of
c. 25mS b. Current amplifier 220 V at 60 Hz and a load resistance
d. 50mS c. Voltage amplifier of 120 Ω. What is the average value
d. Transimpedance amplifier of the value of the load current when
54. BJTs are _______ devices. firing delay is 30 deg?
a. Power-controlled 63. Suppose that your boss asked you of a. 0.73 A
b. Voltage-controlled doing a circuit that can be turned on b. 0.77 A
c. Current-controlled and off by inputting a pulse. The most c. 1.22 A
d. Resistance-controlled feasible electronic device to use is a: d. 1.54 A
a. SCS
55. N-channel FETs are superior to P- b. SCR 71. When an amplifier is provided with
channel FETs, because c. Shockley current series feedback, its
a. They consume less power d. DIAC a. Input impedance increases and
b. They have high switching time output impedance decreases
c. They have higher input b. Input impedance and output
impedance impedance both decrease
 c. Input impedance decreases and b. 10100101 minimum value to ensure that the
output impedance increases c. 01011010 diode will turn on? Use Ge diode/s.
d. Input impedance and output d. 10010110
impedance both increase
80. The logic gate which detects equality
72. A thyristor half-wave-controlled of two bits is
converter has a supply voltage of a. XNOR
220 V at 60 Hz and a load resistance b. XOR
of 120 Ω. What is the load power c. NOR
when the firing delay angle is 40 d. NAND
deg?
a. 188 W 81. Convert 1232122 (base 4) to base 8.
b. 198 W a. 15332
c. 208 W b. 15632
d. 218 W c. 67332
d. 67632
73. A typical value of open loop voltage
gain for a 741 op amp is 82. If a 3-input NOR gate has eight input a. 1.5V
a. 100 possibilities, how many of those b. 2V
b. 0.5 possibilities will result in a LOW c. 3.5 V
c. 200,000 output? d. 4V
d. 1,000 a. 1
b. 2 87. Assuming the transistor below has
74. Convert ECE (base 16) to base 4. c. 7 very large β, determine I1.
a. 320332 d. 8
b. 232023
c. 121012 83. Convert 233222 (base 4) to
d. 212021 hexadecimal.
a. ECE
75. A J-K flip-flop is in a “no change” b. BEA
condition when _______. c. ADE
a. J = 1, K = 1 d. CAD
b. J = 1, K = 0
c. J = 0, K = 1 84. The circuit shown below is
d. J = 0, K = 0 functionally equivalent to

76. With regard to an AND gate, which

statement is true?
a. An AND gate has two inputs and a. 1 mA
one output. b. 2 mA
b. An AND gate has two or more c. 3 mA
inputs and two outputs. d. 4 mA
c. If one input to a 2-input AND gate
a. NOR gate
is HIGH, the output reflects the 88. Determine Vd.
b. OR gate
other input.
c. EX-OR gate
d. A 2-input AND gate has eight
d. NAND gate
input possibilities.
85. For the circuit shown, find the
77. Use Boolean algebra to find the most
minimum value of Zener diode
simplified SOP expression for F =
current.
ABC + CD + ACD + ABC + ABCD
a. F = ABD + ABC + CD
b. F = CD + AD
c. F = BC + AB
d. F = AC + AD

78. First commercial computer was

introduced in 1953 that uses valves.
a. IBM-1400 a. 1.75V
b. UNIVAC a. 1 mA
b. 2.75V
c. IBM-701 b. 2 mA
c. 3.75V
d. ENIAC c. 3 mA
d. 4.75V
d. 4 mA
79. Convert the binary number
11000110 to Gray code. 86. If you will change the supply voltage
a. 11000101 in the circuit below, what must be the
89. Determine the output current.

a. 3 mA a. 20V
b. 4 mA b. 16V
c. 5 mA c. 4V
d. 6 mA d. 0.4V

a. 30 uA 93. The greatest gain occurs at what 96. For the figure below, find the value of
b. 60 uA point? Vce.
c. 120 uA
d. 240 uA

90. This circuit is a ______ ooscillator.

a. 6.9V
b. 7.9V
a. A c. 8.9V
b. B d. 9.9V
c. C
d. D 97. Referring to this transfer curve,
determine ID at VGS = 2.
94. If R2 is replace by a potentiometer
set at 2 kilo-ohms, calculate Vce.
a. Phase-shift
b. Wien bridge
c. Colpitts
d. Hartley

91. Determine the resonant frequency.

a. 1650 Hz
b. 1560 Hz
c. 5601 Hz a. 10,2V
a. 0.111 mA
d. 5106 Hz b. 11.2V
b. 0.444 mA
c. 12.2V
c. 1.333 mA
92. Calculate IL for this circuit d. 13.2V
d. 4.444 mA
95. In figure, ID = 4 mA. Then VDS.
98. Determine the Vo if V1 = 25 mV and
V2 = 40 mV.
 a. -125 mV
b. 5 mV
c. 125 mV
d. 225 mV

99. Determine the resonant frequency.

a. 25.94 Hz
b. 35.94 Hz
c. 45.94 Hz
d. 55.94 Hz

100. What is the logic function of this

circuit?

a. Positive logic AND gate

b. Positive logic OR gate
c. Negative logic AND gate
d. Negative logic OR gate
ELECS SET B 5. What is the rms voltage of the c. Nothing
waveform below? d. Not enough data
1. Twelve capacitors each having a 10. If you will change the supply voltage
capacitance of 9 µF, are connected to in the circuit below what must be the
form a cube. Find the equivalent minimum value to ensure that the diode
capacitance of the cube along the face will turn on? Use Ge diode/s
diagonal

a. 10 V
b. 7.07 V
c. 5V
d. 14.14 V

6. If the switch is moved to position 1 in

a. 4/3uF the given circuit, how long will it take for
b. 12/7uF a. 1.5V
the current to reach half of its maximum b. 2V
c. 12uF value?
d. 5/6uF c. 3.5V
d. 4V
2. In the given circuit, find the resistance
R. 11. Two similar diodes are connected in
parallel and their parallel combination is
connected in series with a 0.5 kilo-ohm
resistor and supply of 15 V. Determine
a. 26 us the current through one the diodes. Use
b. 532 us Si diode/s
c. 74 us
d. 106 us

7. Calculate the distance between two

alpha particles when the electrostatic
force experienced by each particle is 9
a. 15 ohms kN.
b. 40 ohms
c. 25 ohms
a. 2.7 mA
d. 50 ohms
b. 7.2 mA
c. 14.3 mA
3. Find the node voltage v2
d. 28.6 mA

12. Determine β

a. 3 + j4 ohms
b. 4 + j3 ohms
c. 4 - j3 ohms
d. 3 - j4 ohms
a. 10V
b. 13.33V
c. 23.33V
d. 20V a. 70
b. 80
4. What is the circuit’s total current? 8. In figure, V0 = c. 90
a. zero d. 100
b. 5.7 V
c. 6.9 V 13. Determine VGS for the JFET with
d. 12.6 V voltage-divider bias in the figure below,
given that for this particular JFET the
9. What is wrong with this circuit? parameter values are such that VD = 4V

a. 4.57 mA
b. 5.288 mA
c. 9.327 mA
d. 11.570 mA

a. The Zener is open

b. The Zener is shorted
 21. If the input voltage is 1.5 V, determine
17. Determine the Vo if V1 = 25 mV and the power dissipated by the 1 kilo-ohm
V2 = 50 mV resistance

a. 1.44 mW
b. 2.44 mW
c. 3.44 mW
e. -125 mV
a. -1.8 V d. 4.44 mW
f. 75 mV 22. Calculate the output voltage if V1 =
b. -2.8 V g. 125 mV
c. -3.8 V 300 mV and V2 = 700 mV.
h. 375 mV
d. -4.8 V
18. Calculate the approximate frequency
14. Find the value of βdc if the circuit of oscillation
below.

a. 0V
b. -12V
c. 12V
d. -4V

23. This circuit is an example of a(n)

a. 24
b. 69 a. 200 Hz
c. 79 b. 218.3 Hz
d. 109 c. 100 kHz
d. 109.1 kHz
15. Determine the minimum value of VIN
from the following that will saturate this 19. Determine the frequency of
transistor oscillation of the circuit below e. Dc voltmeter
f. Display driver
g. Instrumentation amplifier
h. None of the above

24. Identify the symbol for an DIAC

a. 6.5 kHz
b. 15.9 kHz
c. 1.59 kHz
d. 65 kHz
a. 12.51V
b. 13.51V 20. Determine the frequency of
c. 0.7V oscillation of the circuit below:
d. 9.4V a. A
b. B
16. Calculate ICsat c. C
d. D

25. The circuit shown below is

functionally equivalent to

e. 4.46 kHz
f. 5.46 kHz
e. 36.29 mA g. 6.46 kHz
f. 5.45 mA h. 7.46 kHz a. NOR gate
g. 1.86 mA
b. OR gate
h. 4.72 mA
c. EX-OR gate
 d. NAND gate c. The drain current begins to current is 50 A. If the firing angle is
decrease changed to 160º, the rms current is likely
26. For a phase shift oscillator using op- d. The drain-to-source voltage is to be
amps, the ratio of the feedback resistor to close to zero volts a. 25 A
the input resistor should be ___ b. 50 A
a. Less than 29 33. A junction FET has IDSS=10mA and c. Less than 25 A
b. Greater than 29 Vp=-4V. What must be the VGS applied d. Less than 50 A
c. Zero for the JFET to have maximum
d. Can be any value transconduction? 40. A thyristor full-wave controlled
a. 0V converter has a supply voltage of 220 V
27. A thyristor half wave controlled b. 4V at 60 Hz and a load resistance of 120 Ω.
converter has a supply voltage of 220 V c. -4V What is the load power when firing delay
at 60 Hz and a load resistance of 120 Ω. d. 2V is 30 deg?
What is the average value of the value of a. 186W
the load current when the firing delay 34. In the active region, while the b. 196W
angle is 60 deg? collector-base junction is ___-biased, the c. 773W
a. 0.73 A base-emitter is ___-biased d. 783W
b. 0.77 A a. Forward, forward
c. 0.62 A b. Forward, reverse 41. A current of 80 A flows for 1 hr, in a
d. 1.54 A c. Reverse, forward resistance across which there is a
d. Reverse, reverse voltage of 2 V. determine the square of
28. For a system to work, as oscillator the the velocity with which a weight of 1
total phase shift of the loop gain must be 35. The magnitude of dark current in a tonne must move in order that its kinetic
equal to phototransistor usually falls in what energy shall be equal to the energy
a. 45 deg range? dissipated in the resistance.
b. 90 deg a. mA a. 1125 m/s
c. 180 deg b. µA b. 1152 m/s
d. 360 deg c. nA c. 2215 m/s
d. pA d. 2251 m/s
29. Suppose there is binary digital black 36. When an amplifier is provided with 42. Two parallel plate capacitors have
box with two inputs, called X and Y, and current series feedback, its plates of an equal area, dielectric of
an output called Z. If X = 0 and Y = 1, a. Input impedance increases and relative permittivities, er1 and er2, and
then Z = 0. In all the other instances, Z = output impedance decreases plate spacing of d1 and d2. Find the ratio
1. Which of the following logical b. Input and output impedance both of their capacitances if er1/er2 = 2 and
expressions represents the contents of decrease d1/d2 = 0.25
the black box? c. Input impedance decreases and a. 1
a. X + (-Y) output impedance increases b. 2
b. X * (-Y) d. Input and output impedance both c. 4
c. X – (*Y) increase d. 8
d. X = (-Y)
37. When checking a good CR or TRIAC 43. In a small inductance
30. Computer memory is typically with an ohmmeter it will: a. Energy is stored and released
measured in a. Show high resistance in both slowly
a. Kilobits, megabits, and gigabits directions b. The current flow is always large
b. Kilobits per second, megabits b. Show low resistance with c. The current flow is always small
per second, and gigabits per positive on anode and negative d. Energy is stored and released
second on cathode, and high resistance quickly
c. Kilobytes, megabytes, and when reversed
gigabytes c. Show high resistance with 44. A material with a high dielectric
d. Kilobytes per second, negative on anode and positive constant
megabytes per second, and on cathode, and low resistance a. Acts to increase capacitance per
gigabytes per second when reversed unit volume
By by d. Show low resistance in both b. Acts to decrease capacitance
directions per unit volume
c. Has no effect on capacitance
31. When VGS = 0 V, a JFET is: 38. Determine the voltage gain, with d. Causes a capacitor to become
a. Saturated feedback for voltage-series feedback polarized
b. An analog device having A = -100, Ri = 10kΩ, and Ro = 20
c. An open switch kΩ for feedback of β=-0.155 45. In a purely inductive circuit,
d. Cut off a. -9.09 a. Current leads voltage by 90º
32. In a JFET, at pinch-off voltage b. -8.08 b. Current leads voltage by less
applied on the gate c. -7.07 than 90º
a. The drain current becomes d. -6.06 c. Current lags voltage by 90º
almost zero d. Current lags voltage by less than
b. The drain current is almost at 39. An SCR is triggered at 80º in the 90º
saturation value positive half cycle, only. The rms anode
46. The peak value of a triangular or of 0.25 ohms, is connected to a load
sawtooth waveform is ___ times its rms resistance R. Determine the maximum 62 Like ferromagnetic materials,
value power transferred to the load. antiferromagnetic materials become
a. 1.732 a. 27W paramagnetic above a transition
b. 0.500 b. 108W temperature, known as the
c. 0.577 c. 54W a. Neel temperature
d. 0.707 d. 216W b. Curie temperature
c. Absolute zero
47. A 3 µF capacitor will be discharged 55. How do fixed resistors usually fail? d. Inferred zero
through a 10kΩ resistor by closing a a. Slowly over time
certain switch. If the initial charge of the b. By increasing their value 63. A substance with high retentivity
capacitor is 15 V, what is the voltage c. By becoming an open circuit a. Can make a good ac
across the resistor 5 ms after the switch d. By increasing their value and electromagnet
is closed? becoming an open circuit b. Repels both north and south
e. 1.3 V e. magnetic poles
f. 2.3 V 56. What color is a 340 kΩ resistor with c. Is always a diamagnetic material
g. 12.7 V 5% tolerance? d. Is well suited to making a
h. 13.7 V a. Orange, yellow, yellow, silver permanent magnet
b. Orange, yellow, yellow, gold
48. In a series resonant circuit, the c. Orange, blue, orange, gold 64. The capacitance of a diode in reverse
impedance of the circuit is d. Orange, red, green, gold bias is known as the ___ and it ___ when
a. Zero the reverse bias voltage increases.
b. Minimum a. Diffusion, increases
c. Maximum b. Diffusion, decreases
d. None of these c. Transition, increases
57. In a voltage divider network, the total d. Transition, decreases
49. N-channel FETs are superior to P- resistance:
channel FETs, because a. Is not important 65. When the peak output voltage is 100
a. They consume less power b. Should be large to minimize V, the PIV for each diode in a center-
b. They have high switching time current drain tapped full-wave rectifier is (neglecting
c. They have higher input c. Should be as small as the power the diode drop)
impedance supply will allow a. 100 V
d. Mobility of electrons is greater d. Should be such that the current b. 200 V
than that of holes is kept to 100 mA c. 141 V
d. 50 V
50. The highest output impedance is 58. A 10-ohm and 15-ohm resistors are
obtained in case of BJT amplifiers for in series across a dc voltage source. If 66. A dc voltage supply provides 50 V
a. CB configuration the 10-ohm resistor has a voltage drop of when the output is unloaded. When
b. CE configuration 30 V, how much is the applied voltage? connected to a load, the output drops to
c. CC configuration a. 30V 46 V. Calculate the value of voltage
d. CE with RE configuration b. 45V regulation.
c. 75V a. 8.7%
51. This is used to plot gain and phase d. Cannot be determined b. 8%
shift as a function of frequency on a c. 10%
complex plane. 59. A current of 25 A is most likely drawn d. 11.1%
a. Nyquist plot by
b. Bode plot a. Flashlight bulb 67. If line frequency is 60 Hz, the output
c. Bessel plot b. A typical household frequency of a bridge rectifier is
d. Chebyshev plot c. A utility power plant a. 30 Hz
d. A small radio set b. 60 Hz
52. Given k = 0.3 mA/V^2 and Id(on) = 2 c. 120 Hz
mA with Vgs(on) = 3 V, determine Vt. 60. An advantage of a rheostat over a d. 240 Hz
a. 0.418 V potentiometer is the fact that
b. 1.261 V a. A rheostat can handle higher 68. With decrease in temperature, the
c. 1.795 V frequencies electrical conductivity would
d. 1.992 V b. A rheostat is more precise a. Increase in metals but decrease
c. A rheostat can handle more in intrinsic semiconductor
53. With a PNP circuit, the most positive current b. Decrease in metals but increase
voltage is probably: d. A rheostat works better with dc in intrinsic semiconductor
a. Ground c. Decrease in metals as well as in
b. Vc 61. Which of the following is not a vector intrinsic semiconductor
c. Vbe quantity? d. Increase in metals as well as in
d. Vcc a. Weight intrinsic semiconductor
b. Nuclear spin
54. A voltage source comprising six 3V c. Momentum
cells, each having an internal resistance d. Potential energy
69. To repair a damaged power supply c. 0.75 leading
with which you are not completely 76. Which of the following is a vector? d. 0.75 lagging
familiar, you should a. Kinetic energy
a. Short out all the diodes before b. Entropy 85. What will happen to the susceptance
beginning your work c. Electric field intensity of a capacitor if the frequency is doubled
b. Remove the fuse before d. Work and all other factors remain constant?
beginning your work a. It will decrease to half its former
c. Leave it alone and have a 77. Calculate the distance between two value
professional work on it alpha particles when the electrostatic b. It will not change
d. Install bleeder resistors before force experienced by each particle is 9 c. It will double
beginning your work kN. d. It will quadruple
a. 0.23 fm
70. Calculate the ripple factor of a b. 0.32 fm 86. What will happen to a series ac-circuit
capacitor filter for a peak rectified voltage c. 1.03 fm if its line frequency is more than the
of 30V, capacitor C=70µF, and a load d. 3.01 fm resonant frequency?
current of 60mA. a. Becomes capacitive
a. 5.6% 78. Which of the following units can b. Becomes inductive
b. 6.7% represent magnetic flux density? c. Becomes purely resistive
c. 7.8% a. The volt-turn d. Nothing
d. 8.9% b. The ampere-turn
c. The gauss 87. A coil of inductance 0.20 H and
71. A certain charge Q is divided into two d. The gauss-turn resistance 50 ohms is connected in
parts q and Q – q, which are then parallel with a 20 µF capacitor across a
separated by a certain distance. What 79. A vector operator that describes the 20 V, variable frequency supply.
must q be in terms of Q to maximize the infinitesimal circulation of a vector field in Calculate the resonant frequency.
electrostatic repulsion between two three-dimensional Euclidean space. a. 69 Hz
charges? a. Divergence b. 79 Hz
a. Q/√2 b. Gradient c. 89 Hz
b. Q/2 c. Laplacian d. 99 Hz
c. Q/3 d. Curl
d. Q/4 88. A capacitor is connected in series
80. Two unit vectors are inclined at an with a voltmeter of resistance 750 kilo-
72. A magnetizing force of 8000 A/m is angle, so that their resultant is also a unit ohms and a battery. When the voltmeter
applied to a circular magnetic circuit of vector, the angle is reading is steady the batter is replaced
mean radius 30 cm by passing a current a. 30 deg. with a shorting link. If it takes 17 s for the
through a coil around a circuit. If the coil b. 60 deg. voltmeter reading to fall to one-thirds of
is uniformly wound around the circuit and c. 90 deg. its original value, determine the
has 750 turns, find the current in the coil. d. 120 deg capacitance of the capacitor/
a. 5.1A a. 20.6 µF
b. 10.1A 81. Convert the binary number 11000110 b. 30.6 µF
c. 15.1A to Gray code. c. 55.9 µF
d. 20.1A a. 11000101 d. 65.9 µF
b. 10100101
73. Given the electric field (E) is defined c. 01011010 89. In parallel configuration,
as the negative gradient of voltage (V), d. 10010110 susceptances
calculate the E if V = 2x2y – 5z at point (- a. Simply add up
4, 3 ,6). 82. Convert 8765 (base 9) to base 3 b. Add like capacitances in series
a. 41 i – 23 j – 15 k a. 22112012 c. Add like inductances in parallel
b. 23 i – 32 j – 10 k b. 22212012 d. Must be changed to reactances
c. 12 i – 24 j – 5 k c. 11221021 before you can work with them
d. 48 i – 32 j + 5 k d. 11121021
90. Given vectors A=<2, M, N> and
74. Permeability is otherwise known as 83. Determine the total discharge time for B=<3, 4, L>, find the value of M if A and
a. Electric susceptibility the capacitor in a clamper having C = B are parallel everywhere
b. Electric conductivity 0.001 µF and R = 50 kΩ. a. 2/3
c. Magnetic susceptibility a. 5 ms b. 8/3
d. Magnetic conductivity b. 25 ms c. 5/3
c. 2.5 ms d. 7/3
75. Which is a true statement about the d. 0.5 ms
vectors, V1 = i + 2j + k and V2 = i + 3j – 91. In order to produce oscillations, we
7k? 84. The apparent power of a series RC can use ___ as an input signal.
a. The vectors coincide network is to be 4000 W. If R = 6 ohms, a. Another signal source to be cut
b. The angle between them is 17.4 and Xc = 8 ohms, calculate the power off
degrees factor of the network. b. Excitement
c. The vectors are parallel a. 0.6 leading c. Internal noise
d. The vectors are orthogonal b. 0.6 lagging d. None of these
 terminals, but the output indication does
92. A voltage-series amplifier is a: not change. What is wrong?
a. Transconductance amplifier a. The output of the gate appears to
b. Current amplifier be open
c. Voltage amplifier b. The dim indication on the logic
d. Transimpedance amplifier probe indicates that the supply
voltage is probably low
93. Suppose that your boss asked you of c. The dim indication is a result of a
doing a circuit that can be turned on and bad ground connection on the
off by inputting a pulse. The most feasible logic probe
electronic device to use is a: d. The gate may be a tristate device
a. SCS
b. SCR 100. First commercial computer
c. Shockley introduced in 1953 that uses valves.
d. DIAC a. IBM-1400
b. UNIVAC
94. A dc to dc chopper operates from a c. IBM-701
48 V battery source into a resistive load d. ENIAC
of 24 ohms. The frequency of the chipper
is set to 250 Hz. Determine the rms load
current when chopper on-time is 2ms.
a. 1A
b. 1.4A
c. 1.7A
d. 2A

95. Assertion (A): An op-amp has high

voltage gain, high input impedance and
low output impedance.
Reason (R): Negative feedback
increases output impedance.
a. Both A and R are correct and R
is correct explanation for A
b. Both A and R are correct but R is
not correct explanation for A
c. A is correct R is wrong
d. A is wrong R is correct

96. How many op-amps are required to

implement this equation
𝑅𝑓 𝑅𝑓 𝑅𝑓
𝑉𝑜 = 𝑉1 + 𝑉2 + 𝑉3
𝑅1 𝑅2 𝑅3
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

97. What is the open-loop gain of an op-

amp at the gain-bandwidth product of the
op-amp?
a. 200,000
b. 50,000
c. 200
d. 1
98. The fan-out of a MOS-logic gate is
higher than that of TTL gates because of
its
a. Low input impedance
b. Low output impedance
c. High input impedance
d. High output impedance

99. A logic probe is placed on the output

of a gate and the display indicator is dim.
A pulse is used on each of the input