Final Exam
Final Exam
Section, _____________________________
GENERAL DIRECTIONS:
1. Make sure that the exam paper contains _8_ pages including the cover page and answer sheet.
2. Read the instructions carefully for each part of the exam and attempt accordingly.
3. Use of pencils and Red pens are not allowed
4. Mobile phone should be switched off.
5. Any action taken by exam invigilator during exam time will not be compromised
6. Put aside any materials not allowed on the instructor’s desk.
7. Write your answers on the separate answer sheet provided.
8. Put tick mark on the space against your instructor’s name
9. Please write your name on both question paper and answer sheet.
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2. A Wien bridge oscillator uses ...........feedback.(1 mark)
(A) only positive (B) only negative
(C) both positive and negative (D) none of the above
3. An LC oscillator cannot be used to produce........... frequencies. (1marks)
(A) high (B) audio
(C) very low (D) very high.
4. An oscillator differs from an amplifier because it ...........(1mark)
(A) has more gain (B) requires no input signal
(C) requires no d.c. supply (D) always has the same input
5. An oscillator converts ............(1mark)
(A) a.c. power into d.c. power (B) d.c. power into a.c. power
(C) mechanical power into a.c. power (D) none of the above
6. When negative voltage feedback is applied to an amplifier, its voltage gain ...........(1mark).
(A) is increased (B) is reduced
(C) remains the same (D) none of the above
7. Negative feedback is employed in .......(1mark)
(A) oscillators (B) rectifiers
(C) amplifiers (D) none of the above
8. If the voltage gain of an amplifier without feedback is 20 and with negative voltage
feedback it is 12, then feedback fraction is........(1 mark)
(A) 5/3 (B) 3/5
(C) 1/5 (D) 0.033
9. A monostable multivibrator has ..............(1mark)
(A) no stable state (B) one stable state
(C) two stable states (D) none of the above
10. In a multivibrator, we have ............ feedback. (1mark)
(A) negative (B) positive
(C) both positive and negative (D) none of the above
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2. If exact dimension is required what type of etching is used and why? (3marks)
3. Explain what happen if the hysteresis width is increased (3marks)
4. State the Barkhausen criterion and explain the conditions that must be satisfied for a feedback
amplifier to produce steady oscillation. (3marks)
5. What is the nature of oscillations produced by tank circuit ? (3marks)
1. i. Draw wien bridge oscillator and Show that the gain of wien bridge oscillator using BJT amplifier
must be at least 3 for the oscillator to occur. (2-3 marks)
ii. Explain why negative feedback is incorporated in the wien bridge oscillator circuit. (2marks)
2. Derive the gain of RC high pass for sinusoidal input if its cut−off frequencyis f 1 and draw its gain-
frequency response curve. (2-2marks)
3. Explain the conditions for RC series circuits and derive its equation to act as
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