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1. The disadvantage of half wave rectifier is that the output is

difficult to filter.
2. If the ac input to a half wave rectifier has an rms value of 400/√2
volts, then diode PIV rating is 400V.
3. The ripple factor of a half wave rectifier is 1.21.
4. There is a need of transformer for center-tap full wave
rectifier.
5. The PIV rating of each diode in a bridge rectifier is one half that
of the equivalent centre tap rectifier.
6. For the same secondary voltage, the output voltage from a
centre tap rectifier is one-half than that of bridge rectifier.
7. If the PIV rating of a diode is exceeded, the diode is
destroyed.
8. The maximum efficiency of a half wave rectifier is 40.6%.
9. The most widely used rectifier is bridge full wave rectifier.
10.The maximum efficiency of a full wave rectifier is 81.2%.
11.The ripple factor of a full wave rectifier is 0.48
12.Transistor biasing represents dc conditions.
13.Transistor biasing is done to keep proper direct current in
the circuit.
14.Operating point represents zero signal values of Ic and Vce.
15.If biasing is not done in the amplifier circuit, it results in
unfaithful amplification.
16.Transistor biasing is generally provided by a biasing circuit.
17.For faithful amplification by a transistor circuit, the value of Vbe
should not fall below 0.7 V for silicon transistor.
18. For faithful amplification by a transistor circuit, the value of Vce
should not fall below 1 V for silicon transistor.
19.The circuit that provides the best stabilization of operating point
is potential divider bias.
20.For proper amplification by a transistor circuit, the operating
point should be located at the middle of the dc load line.
21.Thermal runaway occurs when the transistor is not biased.
22.When the temperature changes, the operating point is shifted
due to change in ICBO.
23.Transformer coupling is generally used in power amplifiers.
24.A class A power amplifier uses one transistor.
25.Class C power amplifier has the highest collector efficiency.

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26.A 2 transistor class B power amplifier is commonly called push-

pull amplifier.
27.When a negative voltage feedback is applied to an amplifier, its
voltage gain is reduced.
28.A feedback circuit usually employs resistive network.
29.The gain of an amplifier with feedback is known as closed loop
gain.
30.Negative feedback is employed in amplifiers.
31.The name op-amp stand for operational amplifiers.
32.The basic purpose of applying negative feedback is to reduce
distortion.
33.An oscillator converts dc power into ac power.
34.An oscillator produces undamped oscillations.
35.An oscillator employs positive feedback.
36.An oscillator differs from an amplifier because it requires no
input signal.
37.One condition for oscillation is a phase shift around a feedback
loop is 0°.
38.A second condition for oscillations is a gain of 1 around the
feedback loop.
39.Crystal oscillator is a fixed frequency oscillator.
40.In a summing amplifier the output voltage is negative sum of
all input voltages.
41.A circuit in which the output voltage is the integral of the input
voltage is the integrator.
42.The current to voltage converter is used in digital to analog
converters.
43.The filter circuit which uses transistors or opamps in addition to
resistors and capacitors are called as active filters.
44.The frequency at which the gain decreases down by 3dB is
called the cut-off frequency.
45.NE/SE555 is a monolithic timing circuit that can produce
accurate and highly stable time delays or oscillations.
46.The supply voltage for IC 555 is of +5V to +18V.
47.A monostable multivibrator is also called as a one-shot
multivibrator.
48.An Astable multivibrator is also called as a free-running
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49.Arithmetic circuits, such as adders and subtractors are called

combinational circuits.
50.The basic addition circuit is called a half adder.
51.Adders can be wired together to form parallel adders.
52.A 4 bit parallel adder adds two 4 –bit binary numbers at one
time.
53.A half adder circuit is used for adding only the 1s column of a
binary addition problem.
54.A full adder must be used for the 2s,4s, 8s and more significant
bits in binary addition.
55.The RS flip-flop has active LOW inputs.
56.The set and reset inputs of the clocked RS flipflop are active
HIGH inputs.
57.When both JK inputs are HIGH then JK flipflop in toggle mode.
58.When both JK inputs are HIGH then JK flipflop in HOLD mode.
59.In ripple counters the JK flip flop is operated in toggle mode.
60.The decade counter is also called as mod-10 counter.
61.A counter that triggers all the flip flops at the same instant is
called a synchronous counter.
62.Clock inputs are connected in parallel on a synchronous
counter.
63.The clear (CLR) input to the shift register is active LOW.
64.The decimal number 29 is the same as 11101 in binary.
65. The decimal number 29 is same as 0010 1001 in 8421 BCD
code.
66. The 74147 encoder has a priority feature.
67.The letter LED stands for Light Emitting Diode.
68. The power for the LED segments in a LED display is given by a
display driver IC.
69. A decoder is a code translator.
70. The RBI and RBO inputs of the 7447 are commonly used for
blanking leading zeroes on calculators.
71.The lamp test, blanking and zero blanking inputs of the 7447 are
active LOW inputs.
72. The letters RAM stands for Random Access Memory.
73.A RAM is also called a read/ write memory.
74.A disadvantage of the RAM is that it is volatile; it loses data
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75.Copying information into a storage location is called writing

into memory.
76. ROM stand for Read Only Memory.
77. ROM never forget data and are called non-volatile memory.
78. The letter PROM stands for programmable Read Only
Memory.
79.The letter EPROM stands for Erasable programmable Read
Only Memory.
80.The letter EEPROM stands for Electrically Erasable
programmable Read Only Memory.
81. Erasing EPROMs can be done by shining ultraviolet light
through a special window in the top of the IC.
82.A special encoder that converts from analog to digital
information is called analog-to-digital-converter.
83.A special decoder that converts from digital to analog
information is called digital-to-analog converter.
84.A D/A converter consist of a resistor network and a summing
amplifier.
85. One application for an A/D converter is a digital voltmeter.
86.A logic circuit that gates one out of several inputs to single
output is known as a multiplexer.
87. A demultiplexer is a logic circuit that accepts one data input
and distributes it over several outputs.
88. The minimum number of selection inputs required for selecting
one out of 32 inputs is 5.
89. A logic circuit required for converting BCD code to 7 segment
code is known as BCD to 7 segment decoder.
90. Flip flop is a memory element.
91.Number of flip flops required for storing n-bit of information is n.
92. In as SR flip flop S=R=1 is not permitted.
93. Preset and clear inputs are used in flip flops for making Q=1
and 0 respectively.
94. A flip flop has two states.
95. Registers and counters can be designed using flip-flops.
96. The minimum number of flip-flops required for a decade counter
is 4.
97. The modulo of a 4 bit binary counter is 16.
98. The count of a 4 bit down counter is 0000. When clock is
applied its count will be 1111.

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99.The speed of an asynchronous counter is lower than that of a

synchronous counter.
100. A ripple counter is asynchronous sequential counter.

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