Multiple Choice Questions and Answers on Multistage Transistor Amplifiers
Multiple Choice Questions and Answers on Multistage Transistor Amplifiers
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Q1. A radio receiver has …………… of amplification
- One stage
- Two stages
- Three stages
- More than one stages
Answer : 4
Q2. RC coupling is used for ………………. amplification
- Voltage
- Current
- Power
- None of the above
Answer : 1
Q3. In an RC coupled amplifier, the voltage gain over mid-frequency range …………….
- Changes abruptly with frequency
- Is constant
- Changes uniformly with frequency
- None of the above
Answer : 2
Q4. In obtaining the frequency response curve of an amplifier, the …………
- Amplifier level output is kept constant
- Amplifier frequency is held constant
- Generator frequency is held constant
- Generator output level is held constant
Answer : 4
Q5. An advantage of RC coupling scheme is the ………….
- Good impedance matching
- Economy
- High efficiency
- None of the above
Answer : 2
Q6. The best frequency response is of ………. coupling
- RC
- Transformer
- Direct
- None of the above
Answer : 3
Q7. Transformer coupling is used for ………….. amplification
- Power
- Voltage
- Current
- None of the above
Answer : 1
Q8. In an RC coupling scheme, the coupling capacitor CC must be large enough ………..
- To pass d.c. between the stages
- Not to attenuate the low frequencies
- To dissipate high power
- None of the above
Answer : 2
Q9. In RC coupling, the value of coupling capacitor is about ……….
- 100 pF
- 0.1 µF
- 0.01 µF
- 10 µF
Answer : 4
Q10. The noise factor of an ideal amplifier expressed in db is …………..
- 0
- 1
- 1
- 10
Answer : 1
Q11. When a multistage amplifier is to amplify d.c. signal, then one must use …….. coupling
- RC
- Transformer
- Direct
- None of the above
Answer : 3
Q12. ………….. coupling provides the maximum voltage gain
- RC
- Transformer
- Direct
- Impedance
Answer : 2
Q13. In practice, voltage gain is expressed ……………
- In db
- In volts
- As a number
- None of the above
Answer : 1
Q14. Transformer coupling provides high efficiency because …………
- Collector voltage is stepped up
- c. resistance is low
- collector voltage is stepped down
- none of the above
Answer : 2
Q15. Transformer coupling is generally employed when load resistance is ………
- Large
- Very large
- Small
- None of the above
Answer : 3
Q16. If a three-stage amplifier has individual stage gains of 10 db, 5 db and 12 db, then total gain in db is ……….
- 600 db
- 24 db
- 14 db
- 27 db
Answer : 4
Q17. The final stage of a multistage amplifier uses ………………
- RC coupling
- Transformer coupling
- Direct coupling
- Impedance coupling
Answer : 2
Q18. The ear is not sensitive to ………….
- Frequency distortion
- Amplitude distortion
- Frequency as well as amplitude distortion
- None of the above
Answer : 1
Q19. RC coupling is not used to amplify extremely low frequencies because ………
- There is considerable power loss
- There is hum in the output
- Electrical size of coupling capacitor becomes very large
- None of the above
Answer : 3
Q20. In transistor amplifiers, we use ……………. transformer for impedance matching
- Step up
- Step down
- Same turn ratio
- None of the above
Answer : 2
Q21. The lower and upper cut off frequencies are also called ………………… frequencies
- Sideband
- Resonant
- Half-resonant
- Half-power
Answer : 4
Q22. A gain of 1,000,000 times in power is expressed by …………….
- 30 db
- 60 db
- 120 db
- 600 db
Answer : 2
Q23. A gain of 1000 times in voltage is expressed by …………..
- 60 db
- 30 db
- 120 db
- 600 db
Answer : 1
Q24. 1 db corresponds to ………….. change in power level
- 50%
- 35%
- 26%
- 22%
Answer : 3
Q25. 1 db corresponds to …………. change in voltage or current level
- 40%
- 80%
- 20%
- 25%
Answer : 1
Q26. The frequency response of transformer coupling is ………….
- Good
- Very good
- Excellent
- Poor
Answer : 4
Q27. In the initial stages of a multistage amplifier, we use ………..
- RC coupling
- Transformer coupling
- Direct coupling
- None of the above
Answer : 1
Q28. The total gain of a multistage amplifier is less than the product of the gains of individual stages due to …………
- Power loss in the coupling device
- Loading effect of the next stage
- The use of many transistors
- The use of many capacitors
Answer : 2
Q29. The gain of an amplifier is expressed in db because ………..
- It is a simple unit
- Calculations become easy
- Human ear response is logarithmic
- None of the above
Answer : 3
Q30. If the power level of an amplifier reduces to half, the db gain will fall by …….
- 5 db
- 2 db
- 10 db
- 3 db
Answer : 4
Q31. A current amplification of 2000 is a gain of …………….
- 3 db
- 66 db
- 20 db
- 200 db
Answer : 2
Q32. An amplifier receives 0.1 W of input signal and delivers 15 W of signal power. What is the power gain in db?
- 8 db
- 6 db
- 5 db
- 4 db
Answer : 1
Q33. The power output of an audio system is 18 W. For a person to notice an increase in the output (loudness or sound intensity) of the system, what must the output power be increased to ?
- 2 W
- 6 W
- 68 W
- None of the above
Answer : 3
Q34. The output of a microphone is rated at -52 db. The reference level is 1V under specified conditions. What is the output voltage of this microphone under the same sound conditions?
- 5 mV
- 2 mV
- 8 mV
- 5 mV
Answer : 4
Q35. RC coupling is generally confined to low power applications because of ………
- Large value of coupling capacitor
- Low efficiency
- Large number of components
- None of the above
Answer : 2
Q36. The number of stages that can be directly coupled is limited because ……..
- Changes in temperature cause thermal instability
- Circuit becomes heavy and costly
- It becomes difficult to bias the circuit
- None of the above
Answer : 1
Q37. The purpose of RC or transformer coupling is to …………
- Block a.c.
- Separate bias of one stage from another
- Increase thermal stability
- None of the above
Answer : 2
Q38. The upper or lower cut off frequency is also called ………….. frequency
- Resonant
- Sideband
- 3 db
- None of the above
Answer : 3
Q39. The bandwidth of a single stage amplifier is …………. that of a multistage amplifier
- More than
- The same as
- Less than
- Data insufficient
Answer : 1
Q40. The value of emitter capacitor CE in a multistage amplifier is about ……..
- 1 µF
- 100 pF
- 0.01 µF
- 50 µF
Answer : 4
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