Malvino Chapter 23 MCQ With Answers

Malvino Chapter 23


1 . An oscillator always needs an amplifier with

a. Positive feedback
b. Negative feedback
c. Both types of feedback
d. An LC tank circuit
a

2. The voltage that starts an oscillator is caused by

a. Ripple from the power supply
b. Noise voltage in resistors
c. The input signal from a generator
d. Positive feedback
b
3. The Wien-bridge oscillator is useful

a. At low frequencies
b. At high frequencies
c. With LC tank circuits
d. At small input signals
a

4. A lag circuit has a phase angle that is

a. Between 0 and +90 degrees
b. Greater than 90 degrees
c. Between 0 and -90 degrees
d. The same as the input voltage
c

5. A coupling circuit is a

a. Lag circuit
b. Lead circuit
c. Lead-lag circuit
d. Resonant circuit
b

6. A lead circuit has a phase angle that is

a. Between 0 and +90 degrees
b. Greater than 90 degrees
c. Between 0 and -90 degrees
d. The same as the input voltage
a

7. A Wien-bridge oscillator uses

a. Positive feedback
b. Negative feedback
c. Both types of feedback
d. An LC tank circuit
c


8. Initially, the loop gain of a Wien-bridge oscillator is

a. 0
b. 1
c. Low
d. High
d

9. A Wien bridge is sometimes called a

a. Notch filter
b. Twin-T oscillator
c. Phase shifter
d. Wheatstone bridge
a

10. To vary the frequency of a Wien bridge, you can vary

a. One resistor
b. Two resistors
c. Three resistors
d. One capacitor
b

11. The phase-shift oscillator usually has

a. Two lead or lag circuits
b. Three lead or fag circuits
c. A lead-lag circuit
d. A twin-T filter
b

12. For oscillations to start in a circuit, the loop gain must be greater than 1 when the phase shift around the loop is

a. 90 degrees
b. 180 degrees
c. 270 degrees
d. 360 degrees
d

13. The most widely used LC oscillator is the

a. Armstrong
b. Clapp
C. Colpitts
d. Hartley
c

14. Heavy feedback in an LC oscillator

a. Prevents the circuit from starting
b. Causes saturation and cutoff
c. Produces maximum output voltage
d. Means B is small
b

15. When Q decreases in a Colpitts oscillator, the frequency of oscillation

a. Decreases
b. Remains the same
c. Increases
d. Becomes erratic
a



16.  Link coupling refers to

a. Capacitive coupling
b. Transformer coupling
c. Resistive coupling
d. Power coupling
b

17. The Hartley oscillator uses

a. Negative feedback
b. Two inductors
c. A tungsten lamp
d. A tickler coil
b

18. To vary the frequency of an LC oscillator, you can vary

a. One resistor
b. Two resistors
c. Three resistors
d. One capacitor
d


19. Of the following, the one with the most stable frequency is the

a. Armstrong
b. Clapp
c. Colpitts
d. Hartley
b

20. The material with the piezoelectric effect is

a. Quartz
b. Rochelle salts
c. Tourmaline
d. All the above
d

21. Crystals have a very

a. Low Q
b. High Q
c. Small inductance
d. Large resistance
b

22. The series and parallel resonant frequencies of a crystal are

a. Very close together
b. Very far apart
c. Equal
d. Low frequencies
a

23. The kind of oscillator found in an electronic wristwatch is the

a. Armstrong
b. Clapp
c. Colpitts
d. Quartz crystal
d


24. A monostable 555 timer has the following number of stable states:

a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3
b

25. An astable 555 timer has the following number of stable states:

a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3
a

26. The pulse width out of a one-shot multivibrator increases when the

a. Supply voltage increases
b. Timing resistor decreases
c. UTP decreases
d. Timing capacitance increases
d
27. The output waveform of a 555 timer is

a. sinusoidal
b. triangular
c. rectangular
d. elliptical
c

28. The quantity that remains constant in a  pulse-width modulator is

a. Pulse width
b. Period
c. Duty cycle
d. Space
b

29. The quantity that remains constant in a pulse-position modulator is

a. Pulse width
b. Period
c. Duty cycle
d. Space
d

30. When a PLL is locked on the input frequency, the VCO frequency

a. Is less than f0
b. Is greater than f0
c. Equals f0
d. Equals fin
d

31. The bandwidth of the low-pass filter in a PLL determines the

a. Capture range
b. Lock range
c. Free-running frequency
d. Phase difference
a

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