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1The impedance of a capacitor is directly proportional to the frequency and the capacitor effectively blocks ac voltage.
A)True
B)False



2Coupling capacitors can be approximated as ac shorts.
A)True
B)False



3The ac collector voltage of a common-emitter transistor circuit is inverted 360° out of phase with the input voltage.
A)True
B)False



4A bypass capacitor is similar to a coupling capacitor because it appears open to ac and shorted to dc.
A)True
B)False



5Integrated circuit means all components like resistors, capacitors, and transistors are created and connected on a chip, a piece of semiconductor material.
A)True
B)False



6Distortion is undesirable in high-fidelity amplifiers because it changes the sound of voice and music.
A)True
B)False



7One way to reduce distortion in a transistor amplifier is to keep the base ac input voltage large.
A)True
B)False



8The ac equivalent circuit model called the Ebers-Moll looks like a T on its side and is sometimes called a T model.
A)True
B)False



9The common-emitter amplifier can be recognized by noting that the emitter is at ac ground.
A)True
B)False



10The common-collector amplifier has its at ac ground.



11The impedance of a capacitor is proportional to the frequency.



12A capacitor is used to connect an ac signal into an amplifier without disturbing its operating point.



13The reactance of a coupling capacitor at dc voltage is .



14The ac output voltage of an amplifier divided by the ac input voltage is referred to as the amplifier’s gain.



15 is the term that describes components such as resistors, capacitors, and transistors that are separately inserted and connected to get a final circuit.



16The stretching and compressing of alternate half cycles at the output of a transistor amplifier is called .



17In transistor amplifier notation, lowercase letters and subscripts are used for quantities.



18In a well-designed coupling circuit, the coupling capacitor approximates
A)an ac open
B)a dc short
C)a dc open
D)an ac short



19The ac output measured at the collector of a common-emitter amplifier is
A)in phase with the input voltage
B)180° out of phase with the input voltage
C)270° out of phase with the input voltage
D)90° out of phase with the input voltage



20When all components are simultaneously created and connected on a piece of semiconductor material, it is referred to as what kind of circuit?
A)discrete
B)integrated
C)chat
D)protection



21Distortion is undesirable in high-fidelity amplifiers because
A)it changes the sound of voice and music
B)it amplifies the sound of voice and music
C)it trips a circuit breaker
D)cannot be heard in either speaker



22The ac base-emitter voltage divided by the ac emitter current equals
A)ac resistance
B)dc resistance
C)reactance
D)impedance



23The simplest way to analyze an amplifier is to split the analysis into what two parts?
A)schematics and values
B)amplifiers and oscillators
C)dc and ac
D)semiconductors and conductors



24What is an amplifier called when its collector is at ac ground?
A)common-emitter
B)common-collector
C)common-base
D)common-amplifier



25Coupling capacitors prevent the ac source and load resistance from
A)changing the amplifier gain
B)changing the operating point
C)changing the supply voltage
D)changing the input resistance







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