BASICS OF ELECTRONICS AND MICROPROCESSOR

201. The 8051 has ______ i/o ports.

A. 4.
B. 5.
C. 2.
D. 3.
ANSWER: A
202. Normally, ______________matrix keyboard is used.
A. 4*4.
B. 7*7.
C. 2*2.
D. 8*8.
ANSWER: D
203. When a key is pressed only __________ in the port goes high.
A. byte.
B. bit.
C. 2 byte.
D. 2 bit.
ANSWER: B
204. In which pc keyboards single microprocessor takes care of hardware and software?
A. IBM.
B. Windows.
C. XP.
D. Linux.
ANSWER: A
205. In refrigerators, micro processors are used for___________.
A. controlling temperature.
B. voltage control.
C. automatic on/off.
D. current control.
ANSWER: A
206. Seven segment display uses _________.
A. LED and LC
B. LED ONLY.
C. LCD ONLY.
D. Electronic waves.
ANSWER: A

207. To check the row of the pressed key in the keyboard, one of the row is made up of _____
A. high.
B. low.
C. active.
D. set.
ANSWER: A
208. The _______ equivalent number of counter is sent through output part of 8051 displays the
number of pressed key.
A. binary.
B. octal.
C. hexadecimal.
D. BC
ANSWER: D
209. The Direct access method used for magnetic tape is_________
A. direct.
B. random.
C. sequential.
D. indirect.
ANSWER: C
210. The language that the computer can understand and execute is called______.
A. machine language.
B. application software.
C. system program.
D. High level Language.
ANSWER: A
211. The difference between memory and storage is that the memory is__________ and Storage
is_________.
A. temporary, permanent .
B. permanent, temporary.
C. slow, fast.
D. volatile, non-volatile.
ANSWER: A
212. Which of the Following holds the ROM, CPU, RAM and expansion cards?
A. hard disk.
B. floppy disk .
C. mother board
D. PC Slot.
ANSWER: C
213. The language that the computer can understand and execute is called ______.
A. machine language.

B. application software.
C. system program.
D. high level language.
ANSWER: A
214. Which of the following devices can be used to directly input printed text?
A. OCR.
B. OMR.
C. MICR.
D. scanner.
ANSWER: A
215. A floppy disk contains__________.
A. circular tracks only.
B. sectors only.
C. both circular tracks and sectors.
D. no sectors.
ANSWER: C
216. CD-ROM is a______________.
A. semiconductor memory.
B. memory registers.
C. magnetic memory.
D. chip register.
ANSWER: D
217. Actual execution of instructions in a computer takes place in_____________.
A. ALU.
B. control Unit.
C. storage unit.
D. MPU.
ANSWER: A
218. Which of the following is used as a primary storage device?
A. magnetic tape.
B. PROM.
C. floppy disk.
D. MM
ANSWER: B
219. Information retrieval is faster from______________.
A. floppy disk.
B. magnetic tape.
C. hard disk.
D. US.
ANSWER: C

220. Execution of two or more programs by a single CPU is known as__________.

A. multiprocessing.
B. time sharing.
C. multiprogramming.
D. copying.
ANSWER: C
221. Pentium I is a successor of ___________.
A. 80486.
B. 80386.
C. 80786.
D. 80286.
ANSWER: A
222. The ___________have a large versatile instruction set that supports many complex
addressing modes
A. 8086.
B. 8087.
C. 8085.
D. 8088
ANSWER: A
223. The MPU of the 80486 family are best described as________.
A. CRIS
B. RIS
C. IMUL.
D. IDIV.
ANSWER: A
224. Pentium I is implemented in the year_______.
A. 1993.
B. 1992.
C. 1990.
D. 1994.
ANSWER: A
225. The internal cache memory unit of the 80486DX is ________in size and caches both code
and data.
A. 2bytes.
B. 4bytes.
C. 8bytes.
D. 10bytes.
ANSWER: C
226. How many transistors does Pentium I have?

A. 3.4 to 3.6 million transistors.

B. 3.1 to 3.3 million transistors.
C. 3.8 to 4.2 million transistors.
D. 4.6 to 4.8 million transistors.
ANSWER: B
227. The speed of Pentium III is ____________.
A. 450MHZ to 1.4 GHZ.
B. 250MHZ to 1.0GHZ.
C. 150MHZ to 1.3GHZ.
D. 150MHZ to 1.5GHZ.
ANSWER: A
228. The _________works on clock speed 800MHZ.
A. Pentium I&III.
B. Pentium III&IV.
C. Pentium IV&I.
D. Pentium I and Pentium II.
ANSWER: D
229. The ________microprocessor supports both a math co processor and cache memory.
A. 8279.
B. 80486.
C. 8255
D. 80386.
ANSWER: D
230. 80486 MP is tightly pipeline by how many transistors________________.
A. 2 million transistors.
B. 3million transistors.
C. 4million transistors.
D. 8 million transistors.
ANSWER: A
231. A ______ processor is typically characterized as having small instruction set limited
addressing modes and single clock execution for instructions.
A. IDI.
B. IMUL.
C. RIS.
D. CRIS.
ANSWER: C
232. During system operation the ___________memory contains recently used data or both.
A. RAM.
B. ROM.
C. Cache memory.
D. EPROM.

ANSWER: C
233. Pentium I has __________8kb cache units.
A. four.
B. two.
C. eight.
D. three.
ANSWER: B
234. The intervals of no bus activity which occur between bus cycle are known as______ .
A. Temporary state.
B. Permanent state.
C. Idle states.
D. Active state.
ANSWER: C
235. In the _________ the p6 microarchitecture is enriched with an addition 70 instructions.
A. pentium I.
B. pentium III.
C. pentium IV.
D. pentium II.
ANSWER: B
236. How many bytes of instructions code does instruction stream queue permit?
A. 32bytes.
B. 16 bytes.
C. 128 bytes.
D. 64 bytes.
ANSWER: B
237. In 8086,a word is a combination of ___________bits.
A. 8.
B. 4.
C. 16.
D. 32.
ANSWER: C
238. The bus unit is responsible for performing all _________ operations.
A. external bus.
B. internal bus.
C. internal control bus.
D. effective address bus.
ANSWER: A
239. A _________has both 32bit internal registers and a 32bit external data bus.
A. 80386DX.

B. 80386SX.
C. 80486DX.
D. 80486SX.
ANSWER: A
240. The 80386 family of micro processors represent the first _______bit members of Intel's
popular micro processor architecture.
A. 32 bit.
B. 64 bit.
C. 128 bit.
D. 16 bit.
ANSWER: A
241. Which device with its 32bit internal register and 16 bit data bus provide a lower
performance MPU for the 80386 based microcomputer system?
A. 80486SX.
B. 80486DX.
C. 80386DX.
D. 80386SX.
ANSWER: C
242. How many functional units do 80386 have?
A. 8
B. 6
C. 16
D. 4
ANSWER: B
243. The virtual ______________ was not supported by the protected mode of the 80286
microprocessor.
A. 8086mode.
B. 8085mode.
C. 8088mode.
D. 8087mode.
ANSWER: A
244. The _____________ is the 80386DX's interface.
A. interface unit.
B. bus unit.
C. execution unit.
D. internal bus.
ANSWER: B
245. The MPU and cache chips are separately ___________.
A. packaged ICS.
B. ICS.
C. Sequential bus.

D. external bus.
ANSWER: D
246. The __________microprocessor are implemented with multiple, simultaneously operating
processing units.
A. 80486SX.
B. 80386SX.
C. 80486DX.
D. 80386DX.
ANSWER: A
247. Which of the following does not represent on I/O device?
A. speaker which beeps.
B. joystick.
C. plotter.
D. ALU.
ANSWER: D
248. The communication line between the CPU, memory and peripherals is called a_____.
A. bus.
B. line.
C. medium.
D. coaxial cable.
ANSWER: A
249. Memories which can be read only are called__________ memories.
A. RAM.
B. ROM.
C. PROM.
D. EPROM.
ANSWER: B
250. One thousand bytes represent a____________.
A. megabyte.
B. gigabyte.
C. kilobyte.
D. tetra Byte.
ANSWER: C
251. The breakdown mechanism in a lightly doped p-n junction under reverse biased condition is
called
A. Avalanche breakdown.
B. Zener breakdown.
C. Breakdown by tunnelling.
D. High voltage breakdown.
ANSWER: A

252. In a CE connected transistor amplifier with voltage gain Av, the capacitance Cbc is
amplified by a factor
A. Av
B. (1+Av)
C. (1+Av)1/2
D. Av2
ANSWER: B
253. For a large values of |VDS|, a FET behaves as
A. Voltage controlled resistor.
B. Current controlled current source.
C. Voltage controlled current source.
D. Current controlled resistor.
ANSWER: C
254. Removing bypass capacitor across the emitter-leg resistor in a CE amplifier causes:
A. Increase in Current gain.
B. Decrease in Current Gain.
C. Increase in voltage gain.
D. Decrease in voltage Gain.
255. When a step-input is given to an op-amp integrator, the output will be
A. A ramp.
B. A sinusoidal wave.
C. A rectangular wave.
D. A triangular wave with dc bias.
ANSWER: A
256. Hysteresis is desirable in Schmitt-trigger, because
A. Energy is to be stored/discharged in parasitic capacitances.
B. Effects of temperature would be compensated.
C. Devices in the circuit should be allowed time for saturation and desaturation.
D. It would prevent noise from causing false triggering.
ANSWER: C
257. In a full-wave rectifier without filter, the ripple factor is
A. 0.482
B. 1.21
C. 1.79
D. 2.05
ANSWER: A
258. A Minterm of the Boolean-function, f(x, y, x) is:
A. X+Y+Z

B. XYZ
C. XZ
D. (Y+Z)X
ANSWER: B
259. The minimum number of flip-flops required to construct a mod-75 counter is:
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
ANSWER: C
260. Space charge region around a p-n junction
A. does not contain mobile carriers
B. Contains both free electrons and Holes.
C. contains one type of mobile carriers depending on the level of doping of the p or n regions
D. Contains electrons only as free carriers.
ANSWER: A
261. The important characteristic of emitter-follower is
A. high input impedance and high output impedance
B. high input impedance and low output impedance
C. low input impedance and low output impedance
C. low input impedance and high output impedance.
ANSWER: B
262. In a JFET, at pinch-off voltage applied on the gate
A. The drain current becomes almost zero
B. The drain current begins to decrease
C. The drain current is almost at saturation value.
D. The drain-to-source voltage is close to zero volts.
ANSWER: C
263. When an amplifier is provided with current series feedback, its
A. Input impedance increases and output impedance decreases
B. Input and output impedances both decrease
C. Input impedance decreases and output impedance increases
D. Input and output impedances both increase
ANSWER: D
264. The Open loop gain of the Op-amp is:
A. 10-1
B. 10
C. 105

D. 102
ANSWER: C
265. The value of ripple factor of a half-wave rectifier without filter is approximately
A. 1.2
B. 0.2
C. 2.2
D. 2.0
ANSWER: A
266. The fan-out of a MOS-logic gate is higher than that of TTL gates because of its:
A. Low Input Impedance
B. High output Impedance
C. Low Output Impedance
D. High Input Impedance.
ANSWER: D
267. In an intrinsic semiconductor, the Fermi-level is
A. closer to the valence band
B. midway between conduction and valence band
C. closer to the conduction band
D. within the valence band
ANSWER: C
268. The reverse saturation current of a silicon diode
A. doubles for every 10C increase in temperature
B. does not change with temperature
C. halves for every 1C decrease in temperature
D. increases by 1.5 times for every 2C increment in temperature.
ANSWER: A
269. The common collector amplifier is also known as:
A. Collector follower
B. Base follower
C. Emitter follower
D. source follower
ANSWER: C
270. In classA amplifier, the output current flows for
A. a part of the cycle or the input signal.
B. the full cycle of the input signal.
C. half the cycle of the input signal.
D. 3/4th of the cycle of the input signal.

ANSWER: B
271. In an amplifier with negative feedback
A only the gain of the amplifier is affected
B only the gain and bandwidth of the amplifier are affected
C only the input and output impedances are affected.
D. All of the four above will be affected.
ANSWER: D
272. Wien bridge oscillator can typically generate frequencies in the range of
A 1KHz 1MHz
B 1 MHz 10MHz
C 10MHz 100MHz
D 100MHz 150MHz
ANSWER: A
273. A differential amplifier, amplifies:
A. and mathematically differentiates the average of the voltages on the two input lines.
B. and differentiates the input waveform on one line when the other line is grounded
C. the difference of voltages between the two input lines
D. and differentiates the sum of the two input waveforms.
ANSWER: C
274. The power conversion efficiency of an output stage is defined as_______.
A. (Load power + supply power) / supply power
B. (Load power + supply power) / (load power-supply power)
C. Load power / supply power
D. Supply power / load power.
ANSWER: C
275. Electrical conductivity of insulators is the range _____________.
A. 10-10(-mm)-1
B. 10-10(-cm)-1
C. 10-10(-m)-1
D. 10-8(-m)-1
ANSWER: A
276. Flow of electrons is affected by the following:
A. Thermal vibrations
B. Impurity atoms
C. Crystal defects.
D. all
ANSWER: D

277. Fermi energy level for intrinsic semiconductors lies:

A. At middle of the band gap
B. Close to conduction band
C. Close to valence band
D. None.
ANSWER: C
278. Fermi energy level for p-type extrinsic semiconductors lies:
A. At middle of the band gap
B. Close to conduction band
C. Close to valence band
D. None.
ANSWER: B
279. Fermi energy level for n-type extrinsic semiconductors lies:
A. At middle of the band gap
B. Close to conduction band
C. Close to valence band
D. None.
ANSWER: B
280. Mobility of holes is ___________ mobility of electrons in intrinsic semiconductors:
A. Equal
B. Greater than
C. Less than
D. Cannot define
ANSWER: D
281. Fermi level for extrinsic semiconductor depends on
A. Donor element
B. Impurity concentration
C. Temperature
D. All
ANSWER: D
282. Value of dielectric constant for a material __________.
A. Equal to 1
B. Greater than 1
C. Less than 1
D. Zero
ANSWER: A
283. Dielectric constant for most polymers lies in the range of _______.
A. 1-3
B. 2-5

C. 4-7
D. 6-10
ANSWER: C
284. Example for piezo-electric material
A. Rochelle salt
B. Lead zirconate
C. Potassium niobate
D. Barium Titanium oxide
ANSWER: B
285. A differential amplifier amplifies the ---------- between two input signals.
A. Addition
B. Subtraction
C. Multiplication
D. None of the above
ANSWER: B
286. Noise of input signal in differential amplifier
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remains same
D. None of the above
ANSWER: A
287. Which of the following Boolean rules is correct?
A. A + 0 = 0
B. A + 1 = 1
C. A+ A = AA
D.A+AB = A bar + B
ANSWER: B
288. The waveform of the output voltage for the circuit shown in Fig.1 (RC >> 1) is:
A. Sinusoidal Wave
B. Square Wave
C. Series of spikes
D. Triangular wave
ANSWER: D
289. Most of linear ICs are based on the two transistor differential amplifier because of its
A. input voltage dependent linear transfer characteristic
B. High voltage gain.
C. High Input resistance
D. High CMRR
ANSWER: D

290. If the feedback signal is returned to the input in series with the applied voltage: than:
A. Decrease
B. Increases
C. Does not change
D. Becomes Infinity.
ANSWER: B

291. 291. Which of the following parameters is used for distinguishing between a small signal
and a larlalarge-signal amplifier ?

A. Instability
B. Bandwidth
C. Overall Gain
D. Distortion.
ANSWER: B
292. Which of the following parameters is used for distinguishing between a small signal and a
large signal amplifier?
A. Voltage gain
B. Frequency Response
C. Harmonic Distortion.
D. Input/Output Impedances.
ANSWER: D
293. Field effect transistor has
A. large input impedance.
B. large output impedance.
C. large power gain.
D. large votage gain.
ANSWER: A
294. The overall bandwidth of two identical voltage amplifiers connected in cascade wil:
A. Remain the same as that of a single stage
B. Be worse than that of a single stage.
C. Be better than that of a single stage
D. Be better if stage gain is low and worse if stage gain is high
ANSWER: B

295. The logic gate which detects equality of two bits is

A. EX-OR
B. EX-NOR
C. NOR
D. NAND
ANSWER: B
296. When a sinusoidal voltage wave is fed to a Schmitt trigger, the output will be
A. triangular wave.
B. asymmetric square wave.
C. Rectangular wave
D. Trapezoidal wave.
ANSWER: B
297. For generating 1 kHz signal, the most suitable circuit:
A. Colpitts
B. Hartley
C. Tuned Collector
D. Wien Bridge
ANSWER: D
298. Negative feedback in an amplifier
A. Reduces the voltage gain.
B. Increases the voltage gain
C. Does not affect the voltage gain
D. Converts the amplifier into an oscillator
ANSWER: A
299. N-channel FETs are superior to P-channel FETs, because
A. They have a higher input impedance
B. They have high switching time
C. They consume less power
D. Mobility of electrons is greater than that of holes.
ANSWER: D
300. A zener diode:
A. Has a high forward voltage rating
B. Has a sharp breakdown at low reverse voltage.
C. Is useful as an amplifier
D. Has a negative resistance.
ANSWER: B