Chapter 12

1.

An integrated circuit (IC) op-amp has

-two inputs and one output
2.
Which of the following characteristics does
not necessarily apply to an op-amp?
-low power
3.
A differential amplifier
-answer a and c
4.
When an op-amp is operated in the singleended mode, the output is grounded
-one input is grounded and a signal is applied to
the other
5.
In the differential mode
-opposite polarity signals are applied to the inputs
6.
In the common mode,
-an identical signal appears on both inputs
7.
Common-mode gain is
-very low
8.
If Av(d) = 3500 and Acm = 0.35, the CMRR is
-answers b and c
9.
With zero volts on both inputs, an op-amp
ideally should have an output equal to
-zero
10.
Of the valued listed, the most realistic
value for open-loop gain of an op-amp is
-1
11.
certain op-amp has a bias current of 50A
and 49.3A. The input offset current is
-99.3A
12.
The output of a particular op-amp
increases 8 V in 12 s. The slew rate is
-1.5 V/s
13.
The purpose of offset nulling is to
-zero the output error voltage
14.
For an op-amp with negative feedback, the
output is
-fed back to the inverting input

15.
The use of negative feedback
-answer a and c
16.
Negative feedback
-increases the input impedance and
the bandwidth
17.
certain inverting amplifier has an Ri of 0.1
k and an Rf of 100 k. The closed loop
gain is
-101
18.
If the feedback resistor in Question 17 is
open, the voltage gain is
-increases
19.
A certain inverting amplifier has a closedloop gain of 25. The op-amp has an openloop gain of 100,000. if another op-amp
with an open loop gain of 200,000 is
substituted in the configuration, the
closed-loop gain
-remains at 25
20.
A voltage follower
-has all of these
21.
The bandwidth of an ac amplifier having a
lower critical frequency of 1 kHz and an
upper critical frequency of 10
-9 kHz
22.
The bandwidth of a dc amplifier having an
upper critical frequency of 100 kHz is
-100 kHz
23.
The midrange open-loop of an op amp
-extends from 0 Hz to the upper
critical frequency
24.
The frequency at which the open-loop gain
is equal to 1 is called
-the unity-gain frequency
25.
Phase shift through an op-amp is caused
by
-the internal RC circuits
26.
Each RC circuit in an op-amp
-answer a and b
27.
When negative feedback is used, the gainbandwidth product of an op-amp
-stays the same

28.
If a certain op-amp has a midrange openloop gain of 200,000 and a unity gain
frequency of 5 MHz, the gain-bandwidth
product is
-5,000,000 Hz
29.
If a certain op-amp has a closed-loop gain
of 20 and an upper critical frequency of 10
MHz, the gain-bandwidth
-answer a and c
Chapter13
1.
In a zero-level detector, the output
changes state when the input
-crosses zero
2.
The zero-level detector is one application
of a
-comparator
3.
Noise on the input of a comparator can
cause the output to
-change back and forth erratically
between two states
4.
The effect the noise can be reduced by
-answer b and d
5.
A comparator with hysteresis
-has two trigger points
6.
In a comparator with hysteresis
-a portion of the output is feedback
to the noninverting input
7.
Using the output bounding in a
comparator
-limits the output levels
8.
A summing amplifier can have
-any number of inputs
9.
If the voltage gain for each input of a
summing amplifier with a 4.7 k feedback
resistor is unity, the input resistor must
have a value of
-4.7 k
10.

An average amplifier has five inputs. The

ratio RfIRi must
-0.2
11.
In a scaling adder, the input resistors are
-each proportional to the weight of its
input
12.
In an integrator, the feedback element is a
-capacitor
13.
For a step input, the output of an
integrator is
a ramp
14.
The rate of change of an integrators
output voltage in response to a step input
is set by
-all of these
15.
In a differentiator, the feedback element is
-resistor
16.
The output of a differentiator is
proportional to
-answer a and b
17.
When you apply a triangular waveform to
the input of a differentiator, the output is
a square waveform
Chapter 14
1.
To make a basic instrumentation amplifier,
it takes
-three op-amps and seven resistors
2.
Typically, an instrumentation amplifier has
an external resistor used for
-setting the voltage gain
3.
Instrumentation amplifiers are used
primarily in
-high-noise environments
4.
Isolation amplifiers are used primarily in
remote, isolated locations systems that
isolate a single signal from many different
signals
-answer c and d
5.
The three parts of a basic isolation
amplifier are

-input, output, and power

6.
The stage of most isolation amplifiers are
connected by
-transformers
7.
The characteristics that allows an isolation
amplifier to amplify small signal voltages
in the presence of much greater noise
voltages is its
-CMRR
8.
The term OTA means
-operational transconductance
amplifier
9.
In an OTA, the transconductance is
controlled by
-a bias current
10.
The voltage gain of an OTA circuit is set by
-the transconductance and the load
resistor
11.
An OTA is basically a
-voltage-to-current amplifier
12.
The operation of a logarithmic amplifier is
based on
-the logarithmic characteristics of a
pn junction
13.
If the input to a log amplifier is x, the
output is proportional to
-ex
14.
If the input to an antilog amplifier is x, the
output is proportional to
-ex
15.
The logarithm of the product of two
numbers is equal to the
-sum of the logarithms of each of the
numbers
16.
If you subtract In y from In x, you get
-In(x/y)
Chapter 16
1.
An oscillator differs from an amplifier
because
-it requires no input signal
2.
Wien-bridge oscillators are based on

-positive feedback
3.
One condition for oscillation is
-a phase shift around the feedback loop of 0
4.
A second condition for oscillation is
-a gain of 1 around the feedback loop
5.
In a certain oscillator, AV = 50. The
attenuation of the feedback circuit must
be
-0.02
6.
For an oscillator to properly start, the gain
around the feedback loop must initially be
-greater than 1

7.
In a Wien-bridge oscillator, if the
resistance in the positive
-increases
8.
The Wien-bridge oscillators positive
feedback circuit is
-a lead-lag circuit
9.
A phase-shift oscillator has
-three RC circuits
10.
Colpitts, Clapp, and Hartley are names
refer to
-types of LC oscillators
11.
An oscillator whose frequency is charged
by a variable dc voltage is known as
-a VCO
12.
The main feature of a crystal oscillator is
-stability
13.
The operation of a relaxation oscillator is
based on
-the charging and discharging of a capacitor
14.
Which of the following is not an input or
output of the 555 timer?
-clock
Chapter 18
1.
In the case of line regulation,

-when the input voltage changes, the output

voltage stays constant
2.
All of the following are parts of a basic
voltage regulator except
-voltage-follower
3.
The basic series regulator, Vout is
determined by
-answers b and c
4.
The main purpose of current limiting in a
regulator is
-protection of the regulator from excessive current
5.
In a linear regulator, the control transistor
is conducting
-all of the time

6.
In a switching regulator, the control
transistor is conducting
-part of the time
7.
The LM317 is an example of an IC
-answers d and e only
8.
An external pass transistor is used for
-increasing the current that the regulator can
handle