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. A straight line plot of collector current Ic and Vce for a transistor circuit is called the _____.
A. Threshold line
B. DC loadline *
C. Loading limit
D. Linear level

3. 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

4. There is a _____ degrees of inversion between gate and drain voltages of an FET.
A. Zero *
B. 90
C. 180
D. 270

5. 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. *

6. Which of the following shells contain 2 electrons?

A. L
B. N
C. M
D. K *

7. An amplifier which is designed to be used with other circuit component to perform either computing
functions or some type of transfer operation?
A. Differential amplifier
B. RD Amplifier
C. Audio amplifier
D. Operational amplifier *

8. What type of LC oscillator is sometimes called a tickler oscillator in reference to the transformer
secondary or tickler coil that provides the feedback to keep the oscillator going?
A. Colpitts
B. Clapp
 C. Armstrong *
D. Hartley

9. The ratio of the DC collector current Ic to the emitter current Ie is called the DC ______.
A. Delta
B. Beta (Bdc)
C. Echo
D. Alpha (Adc) *

10. 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 *

11. The bit storage capacity of a Read Only Memory(ROM) with a 512 x 8 organization is _____ bits.
A. 1024
B. 8192
C. 4096 *
D. 2048

12. The most widely used combination bias system in basic transistor amplifier
A. Limited type
B. Current divider type
C. Voltage-divider type *
D. Base current type

13. 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

14. A _____ is a solid material formed by atoms bonding together in a fixed pattern.
A. Block
B. Crystal *
C. Lattice
D. Pyramid

15. Elements with 5 or more valence electrons are called _____.

A. Semi-conductors
B. Conductors
C. Molecule
D. Insulators *

16. When the resistance of the load is high with respect to the resistance of the source _____ in a circuit is
achieved.
A. Maximum power
 B. High efficiency
C. Maximum transfer
D. High voltage *

17. 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

18. DC biasing is used to establish a steady level of transistor current. This is called the _____.
A. Operating coordinates
B. Threshold point
C. Range of operation
D. DC operating point *

19. 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

20. If the resistance of a circuit is doubled and the applied voltage is kept constant, the current will _____.
A. Be quadrupled
B. Remain the same
C. Be cut in half *
D. Be doubled

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

22. 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

23. 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

24. MIG is also referred as:

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

25. _____ 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

26. One cycle is equal to how many degrees of rotation of a conductor in a magnetic field?
A. 270
B. 360 *
C. 180
D. 90

27. A measuring device which will result to full scale reading at shorted terminal condition
A. Voltmeter
B. Ammeter
C. Electrostatic meter
D. Ohmmeter *

28. 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 *

29. To match the waveguide to the load, _____ devices are placed in the waveguide.
A. Standing wave
B. Resistive
C. Metal plate
D. Impedance changing *

30. What is the generic term for utilities and programs needed to operate a computer system?
A. Hardware
B. Software *
C. People water
D. Tupper ware
31. 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

32. The channel of JFET is between the _____.

A. Input and output
B. Drain and source *
C. Gate and drain
D. Gate and source

33. What is the common use of a push-pull amplifier?

A. AN OPAMP
B. A driver *
C. Wideband amplifier
D. A coupler

34. For a bipolar junction transition (BJT) to operate properly, the base-collector junction should be _____
biased.
A. Positive
B. Forward
C. Negative
D. Reverse *

35. Large centralized data-processing complexes like multi-national companies, departments and
corporations use which type of general-purpose computer that operates programs simultaneously?
A. Mini-computer
B. Micro0computer
C. Main-frame computer *
D. Super-computer

36. In parallel resonant LC circuit, what is the impedance at resonant frequency?

A. Zero
B. The maximum impedance value *
C. Infinity
D. Determined solely by the dc resistance

37. The area in which the axis motion of a robot manipulator can operate without any obstruction is called
the _____.
A. Work area
B. Range of operation
C. Range of motion
D. Work envelope *
38. 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

39. The primary purpose of a voltage regulator is to provide an output voltage with little or no _____.
A. Figure of merit
B. Value
C. Regulation
D. Variation *

40. An electron moves into the electrostatic field between a positive charge and a negative charge. Toward
which charge will the electron move?
A. Outwards
B. The negative charge
C. The center
D. The positive charge *

41. _____ 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

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

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

43. 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

44. The most common bias circuit providing Q-point stability with a single polarity supply voltage is what
type bias circuit
A. Collector feedback
B. Voltage divider *
C. Emitter
D. Base

45. The shockley diode is a thyristor that conducts when the voltage across its terminal exceed the _____
potential.
 A. Trigger
B. Breakover *
C. Operating
D. Maximum

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

47. The input resistance at the gate of an FET is _____.

A. Relatively low
B. Zero
C. Extremely high *
D. Average

48. 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

49. Term for energy that is stored in electromagnetic or electrostatic field.

A. Amperes-joules
B. Joules-coulombs
C. Potential energy *
D. Kinetic energy

50. 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 (as is)
B. Bandpass
C. Firewall *
D. Firestorm

51. 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

52. Two basic categories of voltage regulators are

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

53. 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

54. The type of feedback used to increase amplitude of output signal.

A. Negative feedback
B. Unwanted feedback
C. Positive feedback *
D. Fidelity feedback

55. A transistor constructed with three-doped semiconductor region separated by two pn junction is called a
_____.
A. Metal oxide semiconductor FET
B. Field effect transistor
C. Junction field effect transistor
D. Bipolar junction transistor *

56. A type of filter that passes a narrow band of frequencies though a current and attenuates the desired
band of frequencies that are high or lower than the desired band of frequencies.
A. Low-pass filter
B. Band-reject filter
C. Band-pass filter *
D. High-pass filter

57. 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

58. In a standalone supply of power the rationale of cells making in series is to _____.
A. Increase current capacity
B. Increase voltage output *
C. Decrease voltage output
D. Decrease internal resistance

59. 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

60. _____ 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

61. An electronic device that can be turned on and turned off by a gate pulse is called a _____.
A. Bipolar junction transistor
B. Silicon-controlled switch *
C. Silicon-controlled rectirifer
D. Shockley diode

62. Which of the following are categories of computer system software?

A. Operating system (OS)
B. Utility programs
C. Languages translator
A. A and B only *
B. B and C only
C. A and C only
D. A, B, and C

63. A hot-carrier diode is a diode that ____.

A. Emits light when forward biased
B. Switches very fast *
C. Varies resistance with temperature
D. Changes its capacitance with voltage

64. Which of the following are UJT terminals?

A. Emitter
B. Base
C. Base2
D. Gate
A. B, C and D only
B. A, B, and C only *
C. A, B and D only
D. All of the above

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

A. Boolean
B. Roman
C. Binary
D. Arabic *

66. Type of semiconductor diode varies its internal capacitance as the voltage applied to its terminals varies.
 A. A zener diode
B. A varactor diode *
C. A silicon-controlled rectifier
D. A tunnel diode

67. 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

68. The first industrial robot

A. Unimate *
C. Devol
B. Puma
D. Indubot

69. 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

70. "the science and engineering of making intelligent machines"

A. AI*
C. ROBOT
B. ROBOTICS
D. I robot