291. Which of the items below describes an RF amplifier which will amplify a weak signal voltage in relatively the same proportion as it will amplify a stronger signal voltage?
Class A amplifier
Linear amplifier
Non-linear amplifier
Inverting amplifier
Correct answer: (B) Linear amplifier
292. Which of the items below is a special precaution necessary in handling FET and CMOS devices?
They have fragile leads that it might break off
The are light sensitive
The are susceptible to damage and static charges
They have microwelded semiconductor junctions that are susceptible to breakage
Correct answer: (C) The are susceptible to damage and static charges
293. Which of the items below is not a good conductor?
Electrolytes
Ionized gases
Silicon
Silver
Correct answer: (C) Silicon
294. Which of the items below is not a pentavalent atom?
Phosphorus
Aluminum
Antimony
Arsenic
Correct answer: (B) Aluminum
295. Which of the items below is not taking place inside a silicon crystal?
Some free electrons and holes are being created by thermal energy
Other free electrons and holes are recombining
Some free electrons and holes exist in an in-between state
Some free electrons disappears in the lattice due to vaporization
Correct answer: (D) Some free electrons disappears in the lattice due to vaporization
296. Which of the items below is not true with a of a transistor?
It is the current gain of a common-base configuration
It is the ratio of the change in collector current to the change in emitter current
It is usually having a value of unity in some approximations
It is the ratio of the change in collector current to the change in base current.
Correct answer: (D) It is the ratio of the change in collector current to the change in base current.
297. Who invented the feedback amplifier in 1928?
Henry Brattain
Mark Twain
Harold Black
Bell Labs
Correct answer: (C) Harold Black
298. With pnp voltage divider bias, you must use
Ground
Negative power supplies
Positive power supplies
Resistors
Correct answer: (B) Negative power supplies
299. Zener diodes can be primarily classified as
Forward and reverse biased
Varactor and rectifying
Voltage regulation and voltage reference
Gaseous and hot-carrier
Correct answer: (C) Voltage regulation and voltage reference
300. Zener effect only depends on the
High-speed minority carriers
High-speed majority carriers
Intensity of the electric field
Intensity of the magnetic field
Correct answer: (C) Intensity of the electric field