ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

1. In a series RLC circuit, what is the condition of the circuit if there is high impedance, low current, and
low reactance voltages?
A. Ideal circuit
B. Percent circuit
C. Resonant
D. Non-resonant *

2. If a transformer has a turns ratio of 1:3, what is the current ratio?

A. 1:3
B. 1:9
C. 3:1 *
D. 9:1

3. A differential circuit uses a _____.

A. Capacitor in its feedback circuit
B. RLC in its feedback circuit
C. Inductor in its feedback circuit
D. Resistor in its feedback circuit. *

4. The effect of 60 Hz A. C. over 100 mA or DC over 300 mA on the human body.

A. Mascular inhibition
B. Respiratory failure
C. Surprise
D. Usually fatal *

5. The open-loop gain of an op-amp is given at 225,000. Find the gain in dB.
A. 53.5
B. 107 *
C. 535
D. 10.7

6. As the input voltage varies within specified limits, the zener diode maintains a nearly constant output
voltage across its terminal. This is called _____.
A. Auto regulation
B. Specific regulation
C. Line regulation *
D. Load regulation

7. Find the phase angle between the voltage across and the current through the circuit when Xc is 25
ohms, R 100 ohms and Xl is 50 ohms.
A. 76 degrees with the voltage leading the current
B. 14 degrees with the voltage lagging the current
C. 14 degrees with the voltage leading the current *
D. 76 degrees with the voltage lagging the current

8. To produce thin film resistors, which of the following materials is the most widely used?
 A. Titanium
B. Tantalum
C. Nichrome *
D. Chromium cermets

9. Which of the following are techniques used to eliminate bonding wire and to improve packaging in IC
production?
A. Flip chips
B. Beam lead chips
C. Flat pack
D. DIP
A. A,B, and C only
B. A and C only
C. A and B only *
D. A,B,C, and D

10. List the two advantages of a voltage divider in DC biasing

A. Unstable, uses two supply voltages
B. Unstable, uses one supply voltage
C. Stable, uses one supply voltages *
D. Stable, uses two supply voltages

11. MIG is also referred as:

A. SMAW
B. GMAW *
C. GTAW
D. OAW

12. _____ is a kind of oscilloscope which consist of narrowband if filter and a local oscillator (receiver)
capable of showing transmitter carriers, spacing, harmonics and sidebands.
A. Polygraph
B. Harmonics analyzer
C. Spectrum analyzer *
D. Computerized tomography

13. If the voltage gain for each input of a summing amplifier with a 4.8 kilo-ohm feedback resistor is unity,
the input resistors must have a value of _____ kilo-ohm.
A. 4.8 times the number of inputs
B. 48
C. 4.8 divided by the number of inputs
D. 4.8 *

14. The computer worm that infected computer systems world-wide in 10 minutes, making it the fastest
computer virus ever known is called _____.
A. Claw Hammer
B. Sledge Hammer
C. SQL Hammer *
D. SARS Virus
15. The use of feedback to achieve the desired response of a dynamic system in the presence of
uncertainties, disturbance or constraints is called _____.
A. Synchronization
B. Response
C. Control *
D. Servomechanism

16. _____ is the definite discrete amount of energy required to move an electron from a lower shell to a
higher shell
A. Quantum *
B. Positive energy
C. The center
D. The positive charge

17. Monolithic integrated circuits are usually referred to as _____.

A. Selenium rectifiers
B. Thin films
C. Silicon chips *
D. Hybrids

18. An English scientist who drew up plans for the first programmable computer in 1830
A. Vannevar Bush
B. William Oughtred
C. Charles Babbage *
D. Herman Hollerith

19. Insulators are characterized by a _____ energy gap between its conduction bands an valence band.
A. Very narrow
B. Wide
C. Very wide *
D. Narrow

20. It is the generated in a D. C. motor as armature coils out the field flux opposes the applied voltage, and
limits the flow of armature current.
A. Electromotive force
B. Field excitation
C. Counter-electromotive force *
D. Armature excitation

21. What do you call the “Filter” between a corporate network and the internet that keeps the corporate
network secure from intruders while giving corporate users uninhibited access to the internet?
A. Bandstep
B. Bandpass
C. Firewall *
D. Firestorm

22. Which of the following circuit conditions requires circuit protection?

 A. Direct short/shot circuit
B. Excessive heat
C. Excessive current
A. A and C only
B. A, B and C only *
C. B and C only
D. A and B only

23. Two basic categories of voltage regulators are

A. Differential, integral
B. Capacitive, inductive
C. Linear, switching *
D. Centrifugal, centripetal

24. A measure of the energy absorbed from radiation by tissue or other biological material and is a equal to
the transfer of 1 x 10^-2 Joules energy per kilogram of material is called a _____.
A. Radical
B. Rad *
C. Radian
D. Radius

25. Which of the following are circuit control devices?

A. Switches
B. Solenoid
C. Relays
A. B and C only
B. A and NB only
C. A, B, and C *
D. A and C only

26. The specified value of holding current for an SCR means that
A. the device will turn on when the anode current exceeds this value
B. the device will turn off when the anode current falls below this value *
C. the device may be damaged if the anode current exceeds this value
D. the gate current must equal or exceed this value to turn the device on

27. _____ is the total number of magnetic lines of force in a magnetic field.
A. Magnetic potential
B. Magnetic flux *
C. Magnet flux intensity
D. Flux density

28. The symbols 1, 2 and 3 through 9 are what type of numerals?

A. Boolean C. Binary
B. Roman D. Arabic *
29. It states that the voltage produced in a thermocouple is proportional to the temperature between the
two junctions.
A. Seebeck effect *
C. Peltier effect
B. Thompson effect
D. Skin effect

30. This refers to a four-arm ac bridge used for measuring inductance against a standard capacitance
A. Maxwell bridge *
B. slide-wire bridge
C. resistance bridge
D. Wheatstone bridge

ELECTRONICS SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES

31. Water vapor causes significant attenuation of electromagnetic waves at higher frequencies. The first
absorption band due to peaks at approximately ________.
A. 22 GHz * C. 119 GHz
B. 60 GHz D. 6 Ghz

32. A 150-pound conical-shaped satellite and was the first artificial satellite used for relaying terrestrial
communications.
A. Courier C. Echo
B. Molniya D. Score *

33. __________ is the process of converting an infinite number of possibilities to a finite number of
conditions.
A. Sampling C. Quantization *
B. Conversion D. Encoding

34. A coaxial cable that is made to radiate by using a shield that does not cover the cable completely.
Typically there are slots in a spiral shield. It is useful when radio communication is required in areas such
as tunnels and underground malls.
A. Leaky Feeders * C. Slotted Coaxial Line
B. Rake-Type Coaxial Cable D. all of the above

35. A small length of wire, connected at only one end and used as a capacitance to ground.
A. Gimmick * C. Capacitive Hat
B. Loading Coil D. Coaxial Cable

36. An antenna that is characterized by very wide bandwidth, covering approximately a 10:1 frequency
range, and an omnidirectional pattern in the horizontal plane.
A. Log Periodic C. Broadside Array
B. Discone * D. Horn Antenna
37. A varactor-tuned oscillator uses an inductance of 25 microH with a varactor having a maximum
capacitance of 45 pF in the frequency-determining circuit. Calculate the range of frequencies for this
oscillator, with a tuning voltage that varies from 1V to 10V.
A. 7.67 to 9.90 MHz C. 6.24 to 10.20 MHz*
B. 1.43 to 2.15 MHz D. 5.34 to 6.72 MHz

38. A quartz watch is guaranteed accurate to 15 seconds per month. Assuming a month has 30 days,
calculate the accuracy of the crystal oscillator in the watch in parts per million.
A. 6.7 ppm C. 1.5 ppm
B. 3.6 ppm D. 5.8 ppm*

39. An AM transmitter uses high-level modulation. The power amplifier runs from a 12V source, putting out
a carrier power of 75 W, at an efficiency of 75%. What is the dc current drawn by this stage from the
power supply?
A. 100A C. 8.33A*
B. 7.88 A D. 125 A

40. The range of frequencies over which a PLL will cause the input of the VCO signals to remain
synchronized is known as the ________ range.
A. capture C. acquisition
B. lock* D. any of these

41. If the length of a short-circuited stub is less than quarter-wavelength but greater than 0, the stub
behaves as
A. inductor* C. resistor
B. capacitor D. complex

42. The coding rate for video cd with stereo channels using PCM 16 bits per sample at frequency of 20 KHz
before error correction is
A. 1.28 Mbps C. 1.41 Mbps*
B. 12.8 Mbps D. 14.1 Mbps

43. A telephone line has a bandwidth of 3.2 kHz and signal-to-noise ratio of 34 dB. A signal is transmitted
down this line using a four-level code. What is the maximum data rate neglecting Hartley’s theorem?
A. 72.6 kbps C. 36.3 kbps *
B. 12.8 kbps D. 25.6 kbps

44. The radio wavelength known as _____ falls within the ultra high frequency range.
A. centimetric C. decimetric*
B. decametric D. myriametric

45. The output phase of a binary input Logic 0 of BPSK is

A. Sin ωct C. Cos ωct
B. –Sin ωct * D. -Cos ωct

46. A reactance modulator looks like a capacitance of 35 pF in parallel with the oscillator-tuned circuit
whose inductance is 50 µH and capacitance is 40 pF. What is the center frequency of the oscillator prior
to FM?
 A. 1.43 MHz C. 3.56 MHz
B. 2.6 MHz * D. 3.8 MHz

47. An FM signal has a frequency deviation of 5KHz and modulating frequency of 3 KHz. The signal-to-noise
at the input to the receiver detector is 20dB. Calculate the approximate signal-to-noise ratio in dB at the
output.
A. 50 C. 100
B. 33.9 D. 24.4*

48. How many repeaters could be eliminated from a system spanning 2000km if the repeater spacing could
be increased to 45km from 40kms?
A. 5* C. 8
B. 6 D. 4

49. Find the noise temperature of an antenna on a satellite if it looks at the earth (giving it a sky noise
temperature of 290 K) and is coupled to the reference plane by a waveguide with loss of 0.3 dB.
A. 290 °C C. 17 °C*
B. 563 °K D. 280 °K

50. What is the duty cycle of a radar pulse if the pulse width is 1 us, the pulse repetition rate is 900, and the
average power is 18 W?
A. 0.09% * C. 0.90%
B. 0.99% D. 1.00%