E7 Practical Circuits Flashcards
E7A01 (C) Which is a bi-stable circuit?
C. A flip-flop
E7A02 (A) What is the function of a decade counter digital IC?
A. It produces one output pulse for every ten input pulses
E7A03 (B) Which of the following can divide the frequency of a pulse train by 2?
B. A flip-flop
E7A04 (B) How many flip-flops are required to divide a signal frequency by 4?
B. 2
E7A05 (D) Which of the following is a circuit that continuously alternates between two states without an external clock?
D. Astable multivibrator
E7A06 (A) What is a characteristic of a monostable multivibrator?
A. It switches momentarily to the opposite binary state and then returns to its original state after a set time
E7A07 (D) What logical operation does a NAND gate perform?
D. It produces logic “0” at its output only when all inputs are logic “1”
E7A08 (A) What logical operation does an OR gate perform?
A. It produces logic “1” at its output if any or all inputs are logic “1”
E7A09 (C) What logical operation is performed by an exclusive NOR gate?
C. It produces logic “0” at its output if any single input is logic “1”
E7A10 (C) What is a truth table?
C. A list of inputs and corresponding outputs for a digital device
E7A11 (D) What type of logic defines “1” as a high voltage?
D. Positive Logic
E7A12 (C) What type of logic defines “0” as a high voltage?
C. Negative logic
E7B01 (A) For what portion of a signal cycle does a Class AB amplifier operate?
A. More than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees
E7B02 (A) What is a Class D amplifier?
A. A type of amplifier that uses switching technology to achieve high efficiency
E7B03 (A) Which of the following components form the output of a class D amplifier circuit?
A. A low-pass filter to remove switching signal components
E7B04 (A) Where on the load line of a Class A common emitter amplifier would bias normally be set?
A. Approximately half-way between saturation and cutoff
E7B05 (C) What can be done to prevent unwanted oscillations in an RF power amplifier?
C. Install parasitic suppressors and/or neutralize the stage
E7B06 (B) Which of the following amplifier types reduces or eliminates even order harmonics?
B. Push-pull
E7B07 (D) Which of the following is a likely result when a Class C amplifier is used to amplify a single-sideband phone signal?
D. Signal distortion and excessive bandwidth
E7B08 (C) How can an RF power amplifier be neutralized?
C. By feeding a 180-degree out-of-phase portion of the output back to the input
E7B09 (D) Which of the following describes how the loading and tuning capacitors are to be adjusted when tuning a vacuum tube RF power amplifier that employs a Pi-network output circuit?
D. The tuning capacitor is adjusted for minimum plate current, and the loading capacitor is adjusted for maximum permissible plate current
E7B10 (B) In Figure E7-1, what is the purpose of R1 and R2?
B. Fixed bias
E7B11 (D) In Figure E7-1, what is the purpose of R3?
D. Self bias
E7B12 (C) What type of amplifier circuit is shown in Figure E7-1?
C. Common emitter
E7B13 (A) In Figure E7-2, what is the purpose of R?
A. Emitter load
E7B14 (B) Why are switching amplifiers more efficient than linear amplifiers?
B. The power transistor is at saturation or cut off most of the time, resulting in low power dissipation
E7B15 (C) What is one way to prevent thermal runaway in a bipolar transistor amplifier?
C. Use a resistor in series with the emitter
E7B16 (A) What is the effect of intermodulation products in a linear power amplifier?
A. Transmission of spurious signals
E7B17 (A) Why are odd-order rather than even-order intermodulation distortion products of concern in linear power amplifiers?
A. Because they are relatively close in frequency to the desired signal
E7B18 (C) What is a characteristic of a grounded-grid amplifier?
C. Low input impedance
E7C01 (D) How are the capacitors and inductors of a low-pass filter Pi-network arranged between the network’s input and output?
D. A capacitor is connected between the input and ground, another capacitor is connected between the output and ground, and an inductor is connected between input and output
E7C02 (C) Which of the following is a property of a T-network with series capacitors and a parallel shunt inductor?
C. It is a high-pass filter
E7C03 (A) What advantage does a Pi-L-network have over a regular Pi-network for impedance matching between the final amplifier of a vacuum-tube transmitter and an antenna?
A. Greater harmonic suppression
E7C04 (C) How does an impedance-matching circuit transform a complex impedance to a resistive impedance?
C. It cancels the reactive part of the impedance and changes the resistive part to a desired value
E7C05 (D) Which filter type is described as having ripple in the passband and a sharp cutoff?
D. A Chebyshev filter
E7C06 (C) What are the distinguishing features of an elliptical filter?
C. Extremely sharp cutoff with one or more notches in the stop band
E7C07 (B) What kind of filter would you use to attenuate an interfering carrier signal while receiving an SSB transmission?
B. A notch filter
E7C08 (A) Which of the following factors has the greatest effect in helping determine the bandwidth and response shape of a crystal ladder filter?
A. The relative frequencies of the individual crystals
E7C09 (B) What is a Jones filter as used as part of an HF receiver IF stage?
B. A variable bandwidth crystal lattice filter
E7C10 (B) Which of the following filters would be the best choice for use in a 2 meter repeater duplexer?
B. A cavity filter
E7C11 (D) Which of the following is the common name for a filter network which is equivalent to two L-networks connected back-to-back with the two inductors in series and the capacitors in shunt at the input and output?
D. Pi
E7C12 (B) Which describes a Pi-L-network used for matching a vacuum tube final amplifier to a 50 ohm unbalanced output?
B. A Pi-network with an additional series inductor on the output
E7C13 (A) What is one advantage of a Pi-matching network over an L-matching network consisting of a single inductor and a single capacitor?
A. The Q of Pi-networks can be varied depending on the component values chosen
E7C14 (C) Which mode is most affected by non-linear phase response in a receiver IF filter?
C. Digital
E7C15 (D) What is a crystal lattice filter?
D. A filter with narrow bandwidth and steep skirts made using quartz crystals
E7D01 (D) What is one characteristic of a linear electronic voltage regulator?
D. The conduction of a control element is varied to maintain a constant output voltage