HCMC UNIVERSITY OF FINAL EXAMINATION

TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION

SEMESTER 1 – ACADEMIC YEAR 2023-2024
Faculty of International Education
Course name: Basic Electronics
Program name: EEET & ACE
Course ID: BAEL340662
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Exam code: 01 Number of pages: 8
Duration: 90 minutes.
Two handwritten A4 papers
Marks / Signature Student writes answers directly in space
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exam papers.
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ANSWER SHEET
Guidelines
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No. A B C D No. A B C D
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 SECTION 1. MULTICHOICES (3 Marks)
Directions: Choose the one word or phrase marked (A), (B), (C) or (D) that best completes the
sentence and fill in the “Answer Sheet”.
Question 1: Under normal conditions a diode conducts current when it is.
A. reverse-biased B. forward-biased
C. avalanched D. saturated
Question 2: An n-type semiconductor material.
A. is intrinsic B. has trivalent impurity atoms added
C. has pentavalent impurity atoms added D. requires no doping
Question 3: Which statement best describes an insulator?
A. A material with many free electrons. B. A material doped to have some free
C. A material with few free electrons. electrons.
D. No description fits.
Question 4: An ideal diode presents a(n) ________ when reversed-biased and a(n) ________
when forward-biased.
A. open, short B. short, open
C. open, open D. short, short
Question 5: Refer to the following figure. Determine the minimum value of I B that will
produce saturation.
A. 2.13 mA
B. 7.75 A
C. 1.06 A
D. 10.64 A

Question 6: How many layers of material does a transistor have?

A. 1 B. 2
C. 3 D. 4
Question 7: In the active region, while the collector-base junction is ________-biased, the
base-emitter is ________-biased.
A. forward, forward B. reverse, forward
C. forward, reverse D. reverse, reverse
Question 8: Which of the following is assumed in the approximate analysis of a voltage
divider circuit?
A. IB is essentially zero amperes. B. R1 and R2 are considered to be
C. RE > 10R2 series elements.
D. All of the above
Question 9: What is the typical value of the current gain of a common-base configuration?
A. Less than 1 B. Between 1 and 50
C. Between 100 and 200 D. Undefined
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Question 10: You have a need to apply an amplifier with a very high-power gain. Which of
the following would you choose?
A. common-collector B. common-base
C. common-emitter D. emitter-follower
Question 11: For a JFET, the value of VDS at which ID becomes essentially constant is the
A. pinch-off voltage B. cutoff voltage
C. breakdown voltage D. ohmic voltage
Question 12: What type(s) of VGS can a D-MOSFET operate with?
A. zero B. positive
C. negative D. any of the above
Question 13: A common-gate FET amplifier is similar in configuration to which BJT
amplifier?
A. common-emitter B. common-base
C. common-collector D. emitter-follower
Question 14: A certain amplifier has a bandwidth of 22.5 kHz with a low cutoff frequency of
600 Hz. What is the value of high cutoff frequency?
A. 600 Hz B. 23.1 kHz
C. 21.9 kHz D. 22.5 kHz
Question 15: For low-frequency response, all RC circuits in an amplifier may not have the
same critical frequency. Which RC response will determine the critical frequency of the
amplifier?
A. the lowest frequency B. the center frequency
C. the highest frequency D. the bypass frequency
Question 16: How many op-amps are required to implement this equation?

A. 1 B. 2
C. 3 D. 4
Question 17: Each diode in a center-tapped full-wave rectifier is ________ -biased and
conducts for ________ of the input cycle.
A. forward, 90º B. reverse, 180º
C. forward, 180º D. reverse, 90º
Question 18: PIV is which of the following?
A. peak input voltage B. peak inverse voltage
C. peak immediate voltage D. positive input voltage
Question 19: What type of diode circuit is used to add or restore a dc level to an electrical
signal?
A. clipper or limiter B. clamper
C. IC voltage regulator D. rectifier
Question 20: For which of the following frequency region(s) can the coupling and bypass
capacitors no longer be replaced by the short-circuit approximation?
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 A. Low-frequency B. Mid-frequency
C. High-frequency D. All of the above
SECTION 2. (7 Marks)
Question 21: (5 marks) Given a cascaded amplifier as shown in Fig. 1:
a. Determine re of BJT and gm of FET (1 mark)
b. Draw DCLL and ACLL of the BJT Q2, determine the corresponding MaxSwing (1.25 marks)
c. Sketch the small signal equivalent circuit, find Zi, Zo (1 mark)
d. Calculate the voltage gain (0.75 mark)
e. Find the cutoff low-frequency of the given circuit ignoring the influence of by-pass capacitors
(22F) (1 mark)
+30V +10V

3.3k 1F 4.7k 1F

47k 33k Vo
40M
22F

1F Q1 VGS(Th) = 3V 3.3k

Vi =125
k = 0.4x10-3 Q2

10M 1.2k 1k 22F

Figure 1

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Question 22: (1 mark) Given the regulator circuit shown in Fig. 2. Determine the function of each
component in the circuit. Demonstrate the operating principle of the circuit.

Fig. 2

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Question 23: (1 mark) Design an Op-amp circuit using more than one op-amp to calculate:
Vo = -5V1 + 3V2

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