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OSCILLATORS

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the two components in an oscillator

a)

amplifier and rectifier

b)

inverter and amplifier

c)

amplifier and feedback

d)

inverter and feedback

2.

Name two RC oscillators

4 lines
3.

Name two LC oscillators

4 lines
4.

Which crystal is used in crystal oscillators

4 lines
5.

Write two conditions of barkhausen criteria

4 lines
6.

What happens to the voltage gain when negative voltage feedback is applied to an amplifier?

a)

Is increased

b)

Is reduced

c)

Remains the same

d)

None of the above

7.

Emitter follower is a _________ circuit

a)

Voltage feedback

b)

Current feedback

c)

Both voltage and current feedback

d)

Current Series feedback

8.

Negative feedback is employed in _______

a)

Oscillator

b)

Amplifier

c)

Rectifier

d)

Converter

9.

What is the ratio of the input impedance with series feedback to that without feedback?

a)

1 + βA

b)

Β

c)

βA

d)

1

10.

How many combinations of feedback connections are available?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

11.

An oscillator converts ______

a)

a.c. power into d.c. power

b)

d.c. power into a.c. power

c)

Mechanical power into a.c. power

d)

None of the options are correct

12.

An oscillator differs from an amplifier because it

a)

Has more gain

b)

Requires no input signal

c)

Requires no d.c. supply

d)

Always has the same input

13.

What is the condition for oscillation?

a)

A phase shift around the feedback loop of 180°

b)

A phase shift around the feedback loop of 0°

c)

A gain around the feedback loop of one-third

d)

A gain around the feedback loop of less than 1

14.

The gain of an amplifier without feedback is 100 db. If a negative feedback of 3 db is applied, the gain of the amplifier will become

a)

3 db

b)

5 db

c)

103 db

d)

97 db

15.

The piezoelectric effect in a crystal is____________

a)

A voltage developed because of mechanical stress

b)

A change in resistance because of temperature

c)

A change in frequency because of temperature

d)

A change in frequency

16.

In an RC phase shift oscillator R=200KΩ and C=100pF.Find the frequency of oscillator.

a)

3.24KHz

b)

2.3KHz

c)

4.24KHz

d)

5.1KHz

17.

Identify the high frequency oscillators.

a)

Hartley Oscillator

b)

Colpitts Oscillator

c)

Both Hartley and Colpitts Oscillator

d)

Crystal oscillator

18.

Which of the following oscillator types provides extremely stable output frequency.

a)

Colpitt's oscillator

b)

Wein bridge oscillator

c)

Crystal oscillator

d)

Hartley oscillator

19.

How many RC sections are used in a phase shift oscillator?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

4

d)

3

20.

Hartley oscillator is commonly used in _________

a)

Radio receivers

b)

Radio transmitters

c)

TV receivers

d)

Frequency receiver

21.

An oscillator produces……………. oscillations

a)

Damped

b)

Undamped

c)

Modulated

d)

None of the above

22.

An oscillator employs ……………… feedback

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

c)

Neither positive nor negative

d)

Data insufficient

23.

One condition for oscillation is ………….

a)

A phase shift around the feedback loop of 180

b)

A gain around the feedback loop of one-third

c)

A phase shift around the feedback loop of 0

d)

A gain around the feedback loop of less than 1

24.

A second condition for oscillations is ……………….

a)

A gain of 1 around the feedback loop

b)

No gain around the feedback loop

c)

The attention of the feedback circuit must be one-third

d)

The feedback circuit must be capacitive

25.

Which among the below-mentioned oscillators does not adopt any kind of feedback mechanism?

a)

Wein bridge oscillator

b)

UJT relaxation oscillator

c)

Phase-shift oscillator

d)

All of the above

26.

Which of the following is the main advantage of using oscillators?

a)

Suitability for low voltages

b)

High output voltage

c)

Constant frequency of oscillations

d)

High frequency

27.

In oscillator circuits the energy feedback to its input terminal from output is

a)

Always in phase with the input signal

b)

2700 out of phase with the input signal

c)

1800 out of phase with the input signal

d)

900 out of phase with the input signal

28.

Oscillations occur with

a)

Positive feedback having unity loop

b)

Positive feedback having unity loop gain

c)

Negative feedback having unity loop gain

d)

None of the above

29.

What is an oscillator

a)

To produces a sinusoidal waveform on its output

b)

To produces a non sinusoidal waveform on its output

c)

To produces a periodic waveform on its output

d)

To produces a periodic waveform on its input

30.

Name the condition for an Oscillator

a)

Ohm's law

b)

Barkhausen Criteria

c)

Zener Breakdown

d)

None

31.

Determine the amplitude from the graph. What is the amplitude?

a)

5 cm

b)

6 cm

c)

7.5 cm

d)

8 cm

32.

A single RC network provides ......................phase shift

a)

180 degree

b)

60 degree

c)

90 degree

33.

Identify the LC OScillators?

a)

Hartley Oscillator

b)

Phase Shift OScillator

c)

Clapps Oscillator

d)

Amstrong Oscillator

34.

What are the applications of LC Oscillator?

a)

Sine wave generator

b)

Radio Recievers

c)

Radio Transmitter

d)

Television systems

35.

Colpitts oscillator consists of _____ capacitor and _______ inductor

a)

one, one

b)

one, two

c)

two, two

d)

two, one

36.

Hartley oscillator consists of _____ capacitor and _______ inductor

a)

two, two

b)

one, two

c)

one, one

d)

two, one

37.

What is the significant advantage of Clapps Oscillator?

a)

Improves the input impedence

b)

Improves the output impedence

c)

Improves CMRR

d)

Improves the frequency stability

38.

Crystals in Oscillators are made using?

a)

Gold

b)

Quartz

c)

Silver

d)

Mercury

39.

Quartz crystal works on the principle of?

a)

Piezo electric Effect

b)

Piezo resistive Effect

c)

Piezo capacitive Effect

d)

Piezo inductive Effect

40.

In a Hartley oscillator the condition for sustained oscillation is β=L1/L2. If there exists mutual inductance M between coils L1 & L2 , then the condition will get modified as β =

a)

M L1 / L2

b)

L1 / M L2

c)

L1 + M / L2 + M

d)

L1- M / L2 - M

41.

In the Colpitts oscillator, the frequency is determined by _______ .

a)

resistance only

b)

inductance only

c)

capacitance only

d)

both inductance and a capacitance

42.

The Colpitt’s oscillator provides better performance than Hartley oscillator in _________.

a)

all frequency region

b)

mid frequency region

c)

high frequency region

d)

low frequency region

43.

In an RC phase shift oscillator if R1 = R2 = R3= 200 KΩ and C1 = C2 = C3 =100 pF, then frequency of oscillation is ______________.

a)

3.0 KHz

b)

3.24 MHz

c)

3.24 KHz

d)

2.43 KHz

44.

A crystal has L=0.33 H, Cs= 0.065 pF, Cp=1.0 pF and R=5.5 KΩ, then parallel resonant frequency is exceeds the series resonant frequency by_________________.

a)

3.2 %

b)

3.1 %

c)

2.5 %

d)

1.3 %

45.

The main advantage of crystal oscillator is that its output is ____________.

a)

a constant frequency

b)

dc

c)

50 Hz to 60 Hz

d)

variable frequency

46.

A quartz crystal has L=0.08 H, C1= 0.08 pF, C2=1.0 pF and R=5000Ω, the parallel resonating frequency is ____________.

a)

629 KHZ

b)

654 KHz

c)

654 MHz

d)

629 MHz

47.

A quartz crystal has L=0.5 H, Cs= 0.06 pF, Cp=1.0 pF and R=5 KΩ, the series resonance frequency & quality factor are _______________respectively.

a)

919 KHz, 577

b)

946 KHz, 594

c)

946 MHz, 577

d)

919 MHz, 594

48.

The essential condition for sustained oscillations are________.

a)

|Aβ|= 1, Aβ=0°

b)

|Aβ|˂ 1, Aβ=0°

c)

|Aβ| ˃ 1, Aβ=0°

d)

|Aβ| ˃ 1, Aβ=0°

49.

An R-C Phase shift oscillator will not produce any oscillations until & unless the voltage gain of internal amplifier is________.

a)

unity

b)

less than unity

c)

around 3

d)

more than 29

50.

In Wien bridge oscillator using common emitter amplifier, the phase shift produced by the feedback network is _____________.

a)

b)

90°

c)

180°

d)

360°

51.

In a wien bridge oscillator with R=5 KΩ and C=0.01 µF, the frequency of oscillation will be__________________.

a)

7.8 KHz

b)

3.2 KHz

c)

2.5 KHz

d)

780 Hz

52.

Consider the following statement regarding an R-C phase shift oscillator.

1. The amplifier gain is positive.

2. The amplifier gain is negative

3. The phase shift introduce by the feedback network

is 180°

4. The phase shift introduce by the feedback network

is 360°

Of these statements

a)

1 & 3 are correct

b)

2 & 3 are correct

c)

2 & 4 are correct

d)

1& 4 are correct

53.

For generating a 1 MHz signal, the most suitable oscillator circuit is_______________.

a)

Colpitts oscillator

b)

phase shift oscillator

c)

Wien bridge oscillator

d)

blocking oscillator

54.

In an R-C phase shift oscillator, the minimum number of R-C network to be connected in cascade will be________.

a)

one

b)

two

c)

three

d)

four

55.

In a colpitts oscillator, the values of the inductor & capacitors in the tank circuit are:

L= 40 mH, C1=100 pF & C2=500 pF and it provide output voltage of 10 V, then the feedback voltage is___________.

a)

5 V

b)

2 V

c)

50 V

d)

10 V

56.

In colpitts oscillator, C1= 0.2 µF and C2 = 0.02 µF and provides frequency of oscillation is 10KHz. The voltage gain required to produce oscillation is__________.

a)

0.1

b)

10

c)

100

d)

1000

57.

In Hartley oscillator, the inductor L2=0.4 mH & C=0.004 µF provides the frequency of oscillator is 120 KHz. The value of inductor L1 is _____________.

a)

0.04 mH

b)

0.04 µH

c)

0.4 H

d)

0.4 mH

58.

The Hartley oscillator uses C = 500 pF and tapped inductors L1 = 36 µH & L2=12 µH. The feedback factors (β) will be_______________.

a)

0.33

b)

3

c)

24

d)

48

59.

The frequency of oscillaton of R-C phase shift oscillator for R=10 KΩ, C=0.01 µF & Rc = 2.2KΩ is ___________.

a)

550 KHz

b)

470 Hz

c)

370 KHz

d)

607 Hz

60.

f the crystal frequency changes with temperature, we say that crystal has ………….. temperature coefficient

a)

Positive

b)

Zero

c)

Negative

d)

None of the above