The gain of an amplifier is expressed in db because ___________
A. It is a simple unit
B. Calculations become easy
C. Human ear response is logarithmic
D. None of the above
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RC coupling is not used to amplify extremely low frequencies because
A. There is considerable power loss
B. There is hum in the output
C. Electrical size of coupling capacitor becomes very large
D. None of the above
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A current amplification of 2000 is a gain of ___________
A. 3 db
B. 66 db
C. 20 db
D. 200 db
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If the power level of an amplifier reduces to half, the db gain will fall by .
A. 5 db
B. 2 db
C. 10 db
D. 3 db
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The number of stages that can be directly coupled is limited because
A. Changes in temperature cause thermal instability
B. Circuit becomes heavy and costly
C. It becomes difficult to bias the circuit
D. None of the above
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In the initial stages of a multistage amplifier, we use ___________
A. RC coupling
B. Transformer coupling
C. Direct coupling
D. None of the above
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A radio receiver has ___________ of amplification
A. One stage
B. Two stages
C. Three stages
D. More than one stages
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RC coupling is used for ___________ amplification
A. Voltage
B. Current
C. Power
D. None of the above
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Transformer coupling is used for ___________ amplification
A. Power
B. Voltage
C. Current
D. None of the above
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The lower and upper cut off frequencies are also called ___________ frequencies
A. Sideband
B. Resonant
C. Half-resonant
D. Half-power
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The upper or lower cut off frequency is also called ___________ frequency
A. Resonant
B. Sideband
C. 3 db
D. None of the above
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The best frequency response is of ___________ coupling
A. RC
B. Transformer
C. Direct
D. None of the above
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1 db corresponds to ___________ change in voltage or current level
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In an RC coupled amplifier, the voltage gain over mid-frequency range ___________
A. Changes abruptly with frequency
B. Is constant
C. Changes uniformly with frequency
D. None of the above
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In an RC coupling scheme, the coupling capacitor CC must be large enough ___________
A. To pass d.c. between the stages
B. Not to attenuate the low frequencies
C. To dissipate high power
D. None of the above
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An advantage of RC coupling scheme is the ___________
A. Good impedance matching
B. Economy
C. High efficiency
D. None of the above
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When a multistage amplifier is to amplify d.c. signal, then one must use coupling
A. RC
B. Transformer
C. Direct
D. None of the above
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The power output of an audio system is 18 W. For a person to notice an increase in the output (loudness or sound intensity) of the system, what must the output power be increased to ?
A. 2 W
B. 6 W
C. 68 W
D. None of the above
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A gain of 1,000,000 times in power is expressed by ___________
A. 30 db
B. 60 db
C. 120 db
D. 600 db
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A gain of 1000 times in voltage is expressed by ___________
A. 60 db
B. 30 db
C. 120 db
D. 600 db
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