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This Section covers below lists of topics :

  1. Sinusoidal Oscillators MCQs.
  2. Transistor Oscillators MCQs.
  3. Tuned collector oscillators MCQs
  4. Hartley oscillators MCQs
  5. Colpitt’s oscillators MCQs
  6. Phase Shift Oscillators,RC Phase Shift Oscillators MCQs
  7. Wein Bridge Oscillators MCQs
  8. Crystal Oscillators MCQs

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1. The quantity that remains constant in a pulse-position modulator is

  • Pulse width
  • Period
  • Duty cycle
  • Space

2. When a PLL is locked on the input frequency, the VCO frequency

  • Is less than f0
  • Is greater than f0
  • Equals f0
  • Equals fin

3. The bandwidth of the low-pass filter in a PLL determines the

  • Capture range
  • Lock range
  • Free-running frequency
  • Phase difference

4. To generate 1kHz frequency of oscillations, the most suitable circuit is

  • Hartley oscillator
  • colpitts oscillator
  • tuned collector oscillator
  • wein Bridge oscillator

5.

Both positive and negative feedback is employed in

  • Hartley oscillator
  • colpitts oscillator
  • Wien Bridge oscillator
  • RC phase shift oscillator

6. The application where one would most likely to find Quartz oscillator would be

  • Radio transmitter
  • Radio receiver
  • Digital clock
  • Audio signal generator

7. The most important characteristics of Crystal oscillator is

  • It’s high efficiency
  • That it requires very low DC supply
  • That its output frequency is is substantially constant
  • It is low cost

8. To generate 1MHz signal, the most suitable circuit is

  • Wein Bridge oscillator
  • Colpitts oscillator
  • Phase shift oscillator
  • Crystal oscillator

9.

The loop gain of the oscillator to start with is

  • Slightly more than one
  • More than hundred
  • Less than 1
  • None of these

10. An oscillator is an electronic device which converts

  • Mechanical energy into electrical energy
  • Electrical power into mechanical power
  • DC power into AC power
  • AC power into DC power and vice versa

11. To obtain undamped oscillations

  • Negative feedback is required
  • Positive feedback is required
  • Both positive and negative feedback is required
  • None of these

12. In RC phase shift oscillator will not produce any oscillations until and unless the voltage gain of its internal amplifier is

  • More than 3 but less than 10
  • Less than 20
  • More than 29
  • None of these

13. An oscillator is a

  • Rotating device
  • Static electronic device
  • Rotating electronic device
  • Electro mechanical device

14. An oscillator always needs an amplifier with

  • Positive feedback
  • Negative feedback
  • Both types of feedback
  • An LC tank circuit

15. The voltage that starts an oscillator is caused by

  • Ripple from the power supply
  • Noise voltage in resistors
  • The input signal from a generator
  • Positive feedback

16. The Wien-bridge oscillator is useful

  • At low frequencies
  • At high frequencies
  • At high frequencies
  • At small input signals

17. A lag circuit has a phase angle that is

  • Between 0 and +90 degrees
  • Greater than 90 degrees
  • Between 0 and -90 degrees
  • The same as the input voltage

18. A coupling circuit is a

  • Lag circuit
  • Lead circuit
  • Lead-lag circuit
  • Resonant circuit

19. A lead circuit has a phase angle that is

  • Between 0 and +90 degrees
  • Greater than 90 degrees
  • Between 0 and -90 degrees
  • The same as the input voltage

20. A Wien-bridge oscillator uses

  • Positive feedback
  • Negative feedback
  • Both types of feedback
  • An LC tank circuit

21. Initially, the loop gain of a Wien-bridge oscillator is

  • 0
  • 1
  • Low
  • High

22. A Wien bridge is sometimes called a

  • Notch filter
  • Twin-T oscillator
  • Phase shifter
  • Wheatstone bridge

23. To vary the frequency of a Wien bridge, you can vary

  • One resistor
  • Two resistors
  • Three resistors
  • One capacitor

24. The phase-shift oscillator usually has

  • Two lead or lag circuits
  • Three lead or fagcircuits
  • A lead-lag circuit
  • A twin-T filter

25. For oscillations to start in a circuit, the loop gain must be greater than 1 when the phase shift around the loop is

  • 90 degrees
  • 180 degrees
  • 270 degrees
  • 360 degrees

26. The most widely used LC oscillator is the

  • Armstrong
  • Clapp
  • Colpitts
  • Hartley

27. Heavy feedback in an LC oscillator

  • Prevents the circuit from starting
  • Causes saturation and cutoff
  • Produces maximum output voltage
  • Means B is small

28. When Q decreases in a Colpitts oscillator, the frequency of oscillation

  • Decreases
  • Remains the same
  • Increases
  • Becomes erratic
  • Capacitive coupling
  • Transformer coupling
  • Resistive coupling
  • Power coupling

30. The Hartley oscillator uses

  • Negative feedback
  • Two inductors
  • A tungsten lamp
  • A tickler coil

31. To vary the frequency of an LC oscillator, you can vary

  • One resistor
  • Two resistors
  • Three resistors
  • One capacitor

32. Of the following, the one with the most stable frequency is the

  • Armstrong
  • Clapp
  • Colpitts
  • Hartley

33. The material with the piezoelectric effect is

  • Quartz
  • Rochelle salts
  • Tourmaline
  • All the above

34. Crystals have a very

  • Low Q
  • High Q
  • Small inductance
  • Large resistance

35. The series and parallel resonant frequencies of a crystal are

  • Very close together
  • Very far apart
  • Equal
  • Low frequencies

36. The kind of oscillator found in an electronic wristwatch is the

  • Armstrong
  • Clapp
  • Colpitts
  • Quartz crystal

37. A monostable 555 timer has the following number of stable states:

  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

38. An astable 555 timer has the following number of stable states:

  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

39. The pulse width out of a one-shot multivibrator increases when the

  • Supply voltage increases
  • Timing resistor decreases
  • UTP decreases
  • Timing capacitance increases

40. The output waveform of a 555 timer is

  • sinusoidal
  • triangular
  • rectangular
  • elliptical

41. The quantity that remains constant in a pulse-width modulator is

  • Pulse width
  • Period
  • Duty cycle
  • Space
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