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Key Concepts in Electronics and Communication

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Key Concepts in Electronics and Communication

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Q101.

In MOSFETs, the threshold voltage VTV_TVT depends on


1) Substrate doping
2) Oxide thickness
3) Work function difference
4) All of the above

Q102. The Early effect in a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) refers to


1) Reduction in base width with increase in collector voltage
2) Increase in base width with increase in collector voltage
3) Increase in emitter efficiency
4) Decrease in collector current

Q103. The condition for maximum power transfer in an AC circuit is


A) Load impedance is equal to source impedance
B) Load resistance is equal to source resistance
C) Load reactance is equal to zero
D) Load impedance is the complex conjugate of source impedance

[Link] ideal diode is


1) Should have 0 resistance in forward bias as well as reverse bias
2) Should have 0 resistance in forward bias and infinity large resistance in reverse bias.
3) should have 0 resistance in forward bias and zero resistance in reverse bias
4) should have 0 resistance in forward bias as well as in reverse bias

[Link] commonly used configuration for impedence matching


1) CC
2) CE
3) CB and CC
4) CB

Q106. The primary advantage of dynamic RAM (DRAM) over static RAM (SRAM) is:
1) Faster speed
2) Lower power consumption
3) Higher density per unit area
4) Non-volatility
Q107. : If a system is described by y(t)=x(2t)y(t) = x(2t)y(t)=x(2t), then the system is:
1) Time-invariant
2) Time-variant
3) Linear
4) Causal

Q108.

1) 0.1W
2) 0dBm
3) 30dBm
4)-30dBm

[Link] ideal open-loop gain of a non-ampis


1)1
1) 10
2) Infinite
3) Zero

Q110. : A system is said to be marginally stable if:


1) All poles are in the left half of the s-plane
2) All poles have negative real parts
3) One or more poles lie on the imaginary axis and none in the right half
4) All poles are in the right half of the s-plane

Q111. : A system is said to be marginally stable if:


1) All poles are in the left half of the s-plane
2) All poles have negative real parts
3) One or more poles lie on the imaginary axis and none in the right half
4) All poles are in the right half of the s-plan
Q112In an NPN transistor,the majoritycharge carriers in the base are
1) Electrons
2) Holes
3) Both electrons and holes
4) None of the above

[Link] of the following amplifiers has the highest efficiency?


1) ClassA
2) ClassB
3) ClassAB
4) ClassC

Q114 In afull-wave rectifier,theripple frequency is


1) Same as input frequency
2) Double the input frequency
3) Half the input frequency
4) Independent of input frequency

Q115The purpose of a Zener diode in a circuit is to


1) Act as a rectifier
2) Regulate voltage
3) Store charge
4) Amplify signals

[Link]-flopsrequiredto constructaMOD-16counter is:


1)2
2)3
3)4
d)5

[Link] equivalent ofthedecimalnumber13 is:


a) 1101
b) 1011
c) 1001
d) 1110

Q118. TRIACs are mainly used in


1) DC circuits
2) High-frequency circuits
3) AC power control applications
4) RF circuits

Q119. Which logic gate is known as the universal gate?


1) AND
2) OR
3) NOR
4) XOR

Q120. In a common-emitter amplifier, the voltage gain is approximately given by:


1) RC\RE
2) RE\RC
3) RB\RE
4)RC\RB

Q121. A junction FET can be used as a voltage variable resistor


1) At pinch off condition
2) Beyond pinch off region
3) Well below pinch off condition
4) None of the above

Q122. Which of the following logic families has the highest speed?
1) TTL
2) ECL
3) CMOS
4) DTL Light energy to electrical energy

Q123.A strain gauge is used for measuring


a) Light intensity
b) Force or strain
c) Temperature

d)Pressure

Q124. The Fourier Transform of a unit impulse function δ(t)\delta(t)δ(t) is:


1) 0
2) 1
3) jωj\omegajω
4) e−jωe^{-j\omega}e−jω

Q125. The stability of a system can be determined using:


1) Nyquist Criterion
2) Newton-Raphson Method
3) Simpson’s Rule
4) Runge-Kutta Method

Q126. What is the primary function of a Zener diode?


1) Rectification
2) Amplification
3) Voltage Regulation
4) Oscillation

Q127. In a bipolar junction transistor (BJT), the current gain in a common-emitter


configuration is represented by:
1) α (Alpha)
2) β (Beta)
3) γ (Gamma)
4) δ (Delta) Input to output
Q128. Which of the following logic gates produces a HIGH output only when both
inputs are LOW?
1) AND
2) NAND
3) NOR
4) XOR

Q129. How many flip-flops are needed to construct a MOD-16 counter?


1) 2
2) 3
3) 4
4) 5

Q130. Which register in the 8051 microcontroller is used for counting or timing
operations?
1) PSW
2) DPTR
3) Timer Register
4) Stack Pointer

Q131. In AM(AmplitudeModulation), the modulation index is defined as


1) Ratio of carrier frequency to modulating frequency
2) Ratio of modulating signal voltage to carrier voltage
3) Ratio of side band power to total power
4) Ratio of band width to transmission power

[Link] frequency modulation(FM),the band width is given by


1) Carson’sRule
2) Nyquist Theorem
3) Fourier Transform
4) Hartley’sLaw

[Link] type of modulation requires the highest power consumption?


1) Amplitude Modulation(AM)
2) Frequency Modulation(FM)
3) Phase Modulation(PM)
4) Pulse Code Modulation(PCM)

[Link] main advantage of a super hetero dyne receiver over a TRF receiver is
1) Simpler design
2) Better selectivity and sensitivity
3) Lower power consumption
4) Reduced band width requirements

[Link] intermediate frequency(IF) used in AM receivers is typically


1) 455kHz
2) 1MHz
3) 10.7MHz
4) 5kHz
[Link] (Image Frequency Rejection Ratio) in a superheterodyne receiver is
improved by
1) Increasing the intermediate frequency
2) Using a high-Qtuned circuit
3) Increasing the modulation index
4) Reducing transmission power

Q137. Which type of wave propagation is used for long-distance HF communication?

1) Ground wave
2) Sky wave
3) Space wave
4) Surface wave

Q138. The frequency range for space wave propagation is generally above
1) 3kHz
2) 300kHz
3) 30MHz
4) 3GHz

Q139. In Pulse Code Modulation (PCM),the process of reducing the number of bits per
sample is called
1) Quantization
2) Companding
3) Encoding
4) Sampling

[Link] modulation suffers from which of the following draw backs?


1) Quantization noise
2) Granular noise
3) Aliasing
4) Low band width efficiency

[Link] key difference between synchronous and asynchronous transmission is


1) Timing control
2) Data rate
3) Error detection
4) Modulation type

[Link] digital modulation technique is most resistant to noise?


1) Amplitude Shift Keying(ASK)
2) Frequency Shift Keying(FSK)
3) Phase Shift Keying(PSK)
4) Quadrature Amplitude Modulation(QAM)

[Link] primary disadvantage of Quadrature Amplitude Modulation(QAM)is


1) Low noise immunity
2) High band width requirement
3) Low power efficiency
4) Complex implementation
[Link] multiplexing technique is best suited for analog signals?
1) Time Division Multiplexing(TDM)
2) Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM)
3) Code Division Multiplexing (CDM)
4) Space Division Multiplexing (SDM)

[Link] main advantage of Time Division Multiple Access(TDMA)is


1) Lower band width requirements
2) Efficient power utilization
3) Reduced transmission delay
4) High-speed data transmission

Q146. The radiation resistance of an ideal half-wave dipole antenna is approximately


1) 50Ω
2) 73Ω
3) 100Ω
4) 150Ω

[Link] directivity of an antenna is defined as the ratio of


1) Radiated power to input power
2) Maximum radiation intensity to average radiation intensity
3) Beam width to efficiency
4) Gain to front-to-back ratio

Q148. A Yagi-Uda antenn a is best suited for


1) Omni-directional reception
2) High gain and directional reception
3) Low-frequency operation
4) Broad band applications

Q149. The band width of a folded dipole antenna compared to a simple dipole is
1) Narrower
2) Thes ame
3) Broader
4) Negligible

[Link] a rectangular wave guide,the dominant mode of propagation is


1) TE10
2) TM11
3) TE11
4) TM10

[Link] cut-off wave length of a wave guide depends on


1) Dielectric constan to fthe medium
2) Physical dimensions of the waveguide
3) Operating frequency
4) Signal power

[Link] velocity in a wave guide is


1) Always equal to the speed of light
2) Greater than the speed of light
3) Less than the speed of light
4) Unrelated to the propagation medium

[Link] primary function of a Magnetron ina radar system is to


1) Amplify micro wave signals
2) Convert AC to DC power
3) Generate high-powe rmicro wave pulses
4) Modulate transmitted signals

[Link] of the following is taken as a reference antenna for directive gain?


1) Half wave dipole
2) Elementary dipole
3) isotropic
4) infinitesimal dipole

[Link] is produced in LED because of


1) Stimulated emission
2) Spontaneous emission
3) Photo electric effect
4) collision

Q156. The function of a duplexer in a radar system is to


1) Separate the transmitter and receiver sections
2) Amplify received signals
3) Improved etection range
4) Reduce noise interference

[Link] major advantage of a TWT over a klystron lies in its


1) Higher bandwidth
2) Higher gain
3) Higher frequency
4) Higher out put

Q158.A geostationary satellite orbits at an altitude of approximately


1) 500km
2) 10,000km
3) 35,786km
4) 50,000 km

[Link] r is the radius of a circular orbit of a satellite then orbital period of the
satellite is propotional to
1) r
2) 2r
3) r2
4) r3

[Link] excitation of a linear Array results in


1) Maxium gain,maxium side lobe
2) Minium beam width,maxium side lobe
3) Minium beam width,minium side lobe
4) Maxium gain,no side lobe

[Link] an ideal transmission line with matched load,the VSWR and reflection
coefficient are respectively
1) 1 and 1
2) 0 and 1
3) Infinity and 0
4) 1 and 0

[Link] intrinsic impedence of free space is


1) 60 π
2)120 π
3) 4 π
4) infinity

[Link]-emphasis circuit is used


1) To attenuate higher frequencies at receiver
2) To attenuate lower frequencies at receiver
3) To attenuate lower frequencies at transmitter
4) To amplify higher frequencies at transmitter

[Link] key advantage of Code Division Multiple Access(CDMA)over GSM is


1) Higher data rate
2) Better security and capacity
3) Lower power consumption
4) Simpler technology

Q165. A super heterodyne radio receiver with an intermediate frequeny of 455 KHz is
tuned to a station operating at 1200KHz,the associate image frequency is
1) 555 KHz
2) 1110 KHz
3) 2110 KHz
4) 4220 KHz

[Link] octal equivalent to the binary number(101101)₂ is


1) 45₈
2) 55₈
3) 65₈
4) 75₈

[Link] of the following Radar cannot be used for range measurement?


1) Pulsed
2) CW
3) MTI
4) FM CW

[Link] A scope in RADAR systems displays


1) Target azimuth angle and range
2) A target range alone
3) Target azimuth angle alone
4) None of the above

Q169. A geostationary satellite completes one orbit in


1) One hour
2) 28 days
3) 24 hours
4) 10 hours

[Link] of the following blocks is not common in both AM and FM receivers?


1) RF amplifier
2) Mixer
3) IF amplifier
4) Slope detector

[Link] of the following antenna structure is best for generating circularly


polarized radiation
1) Helical antenna
2) Log-periodic antenna
3) Rhombic antenna
4) Dipole antenna

[Link] emitter follower amplifier has


1)very small input impedence
2) Current gain that is always less than 1
3) Voltage gain that is always less than 1
4) Very large output impedance

[Link] of the following circuit works like a flipflop?


1) Schmitt Trigger
2) Monostable multivibrator
3) Bistable multivibrator
4) Astable multivibrator

Q174. Which of the following memory unit needs periodic refreshing?


1) ROM
2) EPROM
3) Static ROM
4) Dynamic RAM

[Link] primary difference between synchronous and asynchronous counters is


1) Speed of operation
2) Power consumption
3) Type of flip-flops used
4) Number of states

[Link] megabyte is equivalent to


1) 210 bytes
2) 220 bytes
3) 230 bytes
4) 216 bytes

[Link] ROM is primarily used in


1) Hard drives
2) USB drives
3) Cache memory
4) Registers

Q178. What is the minium number of JK FLIP-FLOP requires to realize a modulo-5


synchronous counter
1)5
2)2
3)4
4)3

[Link] emitter coupled logic the switching speed is very high because?
1) Negative logic is used
2) The transistors are not saturated when conducting
3) Emitter coupled transistors are used
4) Multi emitter transistors are used

[Link]-weighted DAC uses


1) Equal resistor values
2) Weighted resistor values
3) Capacitors
4) Inductors

Q181.A 10-bit ADC has a range of -5V to +5V,the resolution of the ADC is
approximately
1) 10 mV
2) 100 mV
3) 0.5 V
4) 1V

Q182. For emitter coupled logic the switching speed is very high because
1)negative logic is used
2)The transistor are not saturated when conducting
3)emitter coupled transistors are used
4)multi emitter transistors are used

[Link] gate with positive logic will operate as


1) NOR with negative logic
2) AND with negative logic output
3) AND with negative logic
4) OR with negative logic input

[Link] figure of meri to a logic family is given by


1) Gain band width product
2) (propogationdelaytime)*(powerdissipation)
3) (fanout)*(propogationdelaytime)
4) (noisemargin)*(powerdissipation)

[Link] main advantage of CMOS over TTLcircuitis


1) Extremely low cost
2) Increased speed of operation
3) Much reduced power dissipation
4) Very small physical size

Q186. Theregistersizeof8086is
1) 8bits
2) 16bits
3) 12bits
4) 20bits

[Link] asa default counter in case of string and loop instruction?


1) AX
2) BX
3) CX
4) DX

Q188. The number of address and datalines of 8086are


1) 20&16
2) 16&16
3) 8&8
4) 16&20

Q189. Sizeoftheindexregisterin8086is
1) 16bits
2) 8bits
3) 32bits
4) 20bits

[Link] flag in the 8086 micro processor is affected by arithmetic operations like
addition and subtraction?
1) Trap flag
2) Parity flag
3) Over flow flag
4) Direction flag

Q191. In the OSI model,encryption anddecryption arefunctionsofthe --------- layer


1) Transport layer
2) Session layer
3) Application layer
4) Presentation layer

[Link]=1005H,Offsetaddress=5555H,thenphysicaladdress is
1) 655AH
2) 155A5H
3) 4550H
4) 56555H

[Link] many bytes of bit addressable memory are present in 8051 microcontroller?
a) 8bytes
b) 32 bytes
c) 16 bytes
d) 123 bytes

Q194. Which addressing mode is used in pushing and popping anyelementonorfrom


the stack?
a) Immediate
b) Direct
c) Indirect
d) register

[Link] many datalines does 8051has?


a) 4
b) 8
c) 32
d) 16

[Link] transmission involved in communication between ac omputer anda keyboard


a) simplex
b) halfduplex
c) fullduplex
d) automatic

Q197. Which topology requires a centra lcontroller or hub?


1) Mesh
2) Star
3) Bus
4) Ring

[Link] protocol suits the current Internet?


1) TCP/IP
2) NCP
3) UNIX
4) ACM

Q199. Which of the following data communication system is used with in a


building,plant,campus,or between nearby buildings?
1) MAN
2) BRIDGE
3) WAN
4) LAN

[Link] Internet model consists of how many layers?


1)3
2)5
3)7
4)8

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Class C amplifiers have the highest efficiency among common amplifier classes, as they conduct for less than one-half cycle of the input signal, significantly reducing power losses compared to Class A, B, and AB amplifiers .

Dynamic RAM (DRAM) offers higher density per unit area compared to Static RAM (SRAM), making it more cost-effective for large memory implementations. This allows DRAM to be used extensively in memory-intensive applications, despite having slower speeds due to its need for periodic refresh cycles .

In AC circuits, using the load impedance as the complex conjugate of the source impedance ensures maximum power transfer. This relationship neutralizes the reactive components, allowing for the most efficient transfer of power from source to load without reflection or dissipation in reactance .

Superheterodyne receivers improve selectivity and sensitivity by converting incoming frequencies to a fixed intermediate frequency (IF). This allows for consistent and optimized filtering and amplification, leading to sharper selectivity and the ability to operate efficiently over a wide frequency range compared to TRF receivers, which rely on multiple tunings and are prone to more variability and drift .

The Presentation Layer in the OSI model is responsible for data translation, encryption, and decryption, ensuring that data is presented in a readable format to the receiving system. This allows secure and standard data exchanges between different systems .

The voltage gain of a common-emitter amplifier is given by RC/RE because RC represents the load in the collector and RE provides feedback for bias stability. This relationship enables designers to control the amplifier's gain by adjusting these resistances, balancing gain with stability and biasing needs .

The Early effect in a BJT refers to the reduction in base width as the collector voltage increases. This phenomenon results in an increase in collector current due to a reduced base width modulating the conductivity. It improves the transistor's ability to conduct more current, but it can also lead to a non-linear response in amplification applications .

The threshold voltage (V_T) in a MOSFET is determined by substrate doping, oxide thickness, and work function difference. The substrate doping affects the threshold through the charge balance in the MOS structure, the oxide thickness influences the gate capacitance, and the work function difference between the gate material and the substrate dictates the built-in potential of the MOS structure .

A junction FET can be used as a voltage variable resistor well below the pinch-off condition, where the drain-source current varies with the gate voltage. This characteristic is useful in analog circuits for applications like tone controls and automatic gain controls .

Frequency Modulation (FM) provides higher bandwidth and better noise immunity than Amplitude Modulation (AM) because FM encodes information in frequency changes rather than amplitude changes. This makes FM less susceptible to amplitude noise and distortion, which commonly affects AM signals, and allows for wider bandwidth usage, supporting higher fidelity and clarity .

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