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Junior Instructor - Electronic Mechanic question paper 2018

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Date of test
04/10/2018
Question paper code
49/2018/OL
Questions
100
Answer key
Provisional Answer Key
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Online (computer based)

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  1. 1.
    Who repealed the vernacular press act?
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    Lord Ripon
    Lord Ripon repealed the Vernacular Press Act in 1882.
  2. 2.
    The pioneer of Indian Communism is
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    M.N. Roy
    M.N. Roy was a prominent Indian revolutionary and the founder of the Communist Party of India in Tashkent.
  3. 3.
    'Kanya Van Samrudhi Yojana' is launched by
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    Maharashtra
    Kanya Van Samrudhi Yojana is a scheme launched by the Government of Maharashtra.
  4. 4.
    The 'Woods Dispatch' of 1854 is associated with
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    Establishment of Universities in India
    Wood's Dispatch of 1854 is often referred to as the Magna Carta of English education in India, leading to the establishment of universities.
  5. 5.
    The percentage of earth surface covered by India is
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    2.4%
    India covers approximately 2.4% of the total geographical area of the world.
  6. 6.
    The first indigenously built atomic power station in India was
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    Kalpakkam
    Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) at Kalpakkam was the first fully indigenously built nuclear power station in India.
  7. 7.
    The place where salt satyagraha took place in Kerala?
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    Payyannur
    Payyannur was the main center of the Salt Satyagraha in Kerala.
  8. 8.
    23rd May 1931 is associated with
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    Bhagat Singh
    This date is associated with the martyrdom of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, and Sukhdev.
  9. 9.
    The 8th Five Year Plan in India was implemented between
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    1992-97
    The 8th Five Year Plan was implemented from 1992 to 1997.
  10. 10.
    The forced labour without remuneration in pre-modern Kerala was known as
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    Uzhiyam
    Uzhiyam was a system of forced labor without payment in pre-modern Kerala.
  11. 11.
    At which place, Vaikunda Swamikal attained enlightenment and assumed the title 'Vaikundar'?
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    Tiruchendur
    Vaikunda Swamikal attained enlightenment at Tiruchendur.
  12. 12.
    In which year Sri. Brahmananda Sivayogi formed a new philosophy or religion called Anandadarsha?
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    1892
    Brahmananda Sivayogi founded the Anandadarsha in 1892.
  13. 13.
    Which among the following works of Thycaud Ayya showed his scholarship as a Vedantist?
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    Brahmotharakandam
    Brahmotharakandam is a work by Thycaud Ayya that reflects his Vedantic knowledge.
  14. 14.
    In the year 1922, Sri Narayana Guru built a temple at Murukkumpuzha and consecrated not an idol but a mere inscription. Which among the following words are not inscribed in it?
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    Compassion
    The inscription contained Truth, Love, and Mercy.
  15. 15.
    The Cochin Legislative Council that came into existence in 1925 was inaugurated in ________
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    Tripunithura
    The Cochin Legislative Council was inaugurated at Tripunithura.
  16. 16.
    Who has won the Men's Singles French Open Tennis tournament in 2018?
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    Rafael Nadal
    Rafael Nadal won the 2018 French Open Men's Singles title.
  17. 17.
    The first fish on earth known to be truly warm blooded is _________
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    Opah
    The Opah (Lampris guttatus) is the first fish discovered to be fully warm-blooded.
  18. 18.
    Which of the following was selected as the best motion picture and took home the Oscar 2018?
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    Moonlight
    Moonlight won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2017 (awarded in 2017, though the question context refers to the 2018 ceremony, the provided key indicates B).
  19. 19.
    The place where International Bhuddhist conference was held in 2018?
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    Lumbini
    The International Buddhist Conference in 2018 was held in Lumbini, Nepal.
  20. 20.
    NASA's _________ discovered ancient components necessary for life on Mars.
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    The Curiosity
    NASA's Curiosity rover discovered organic molecules in Martian rocks.
  21. 21.
    The software used for high performance numerical computation and visualization
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    MATLAB
    MATLAB is a high-performance language for technical computing.
  22. 22.
    VHSIC Hardware Description Language is commonly called
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    VHDL
    VHDL stands for VHSIC Hardware Description Language.
  23. 23.
    In D'Arsonval Movement the torque exerted on the pivoted coil is proportional to the applied
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    Current
    Deflecting torque in a D'Arsonval movement is directly proportional to the current flowing through the coil.
  24. 24.
    LVDT is used to measure
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    Displacement
    Linear Variable Differential Transformer (LVDT) is an electromechanical transducer used to measure linear displacement.
  25. 25.
    All pass filters are used for
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    Phase correction
    All-pass filters pass all frequencies with equal gain while changing the phase relationship.
  26. 26.
    A network designed to attenuate certain frequencies and allow other to pass without attenuation is called
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    Filter
    An electronic filter is a circuit that removes unwanted frequency components or passes specific frequencies.
  27. 27.
    The instrument used to display a signal in frequency domain is
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    Spectrum Analyser
    A spectrum analyzer displays signal amplitude versus frequency (frequency domain).
  28. 28.
    IC 7447 is
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    Decoder IC
    IC 7447 is a BCD to 7-segment decoder/driver IC.
  29. 29.
    The element used to separate transmitting and receiving signals in a single antenna system
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    Duplexer
    A duplexer is an electronic device that allows bi-directional communication over a single channel.
  30. 30.
    Which one is not an internal part of PLC?
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    DIMM
    DIMM (Dual In-line Memory Module) is typically associated with general computer RAM, not standard internal PLC core architecture.
  31. 31.
    In an SCR Holding current is
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    Less than Latching current
    Holding current is the minimum anode current required to maintain the SCR in the ON state, and it is less than the latching current.
  32. 32.
    The synchronous speed of a synchronous motor is directly proportional to
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    Frequency of input voltage
    Synchronous speed Ns=120fPN_s = \frac{120f}{P}, which is directly proportional to the supply frequency ff.
  33. 33.
    Bandwidth of an FM radio station
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    200 KHz
    Standard commercial FM broadcast stations use a total channel bandwidth of 200 kHz.
  34. 34.
    Number of Flip Flips required to construct a MOD-12 counter
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    4
    The number of flip-flops nn satisfies 2n≥MOD2^n \ge \text{MOD}. For MOD-12, 24=16≥122^4 = 16 \ge 12, hence 4 flip-flops are required.
  35. 35.
    The IC 8279 is
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    Keyboard and Display Interface
    Intel 8279 is a programmable keyboard and display interface controller.
  36. 36.
    Which logic family has the lowest propagation delay?
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    Schottky TTL
    Schottky TTL uses Schottky diodes to prevent transistor saturation, resulting in very low propagation delay.
  37. 37.
    Anti-fuse is related to
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    ASIC
    An anti-fuse is an electrical device that acts as an open circuit until it is permanently programmed into a low-resistance state, commonly used in FPGAs and ASICs.
  38. 38.
    ____________ is not a microprocessor.
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    8051
    8051 is a microcontroller, not a microprocessor.
  39. 39.
    What is the total power of an AM signal with 100 Watts carrier power and 100% depth of modulation?
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    150 watts
    Total power Pt=Pc(1+m22)=100×(1+122)=150 WP_t = P_c (1 + \frac{m^2}{2}) = 100 \times (1 + \frac{1^2}{2}) = 150 \text{ W}.
  40. 40.
    Foster-Seeley demodulator is
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    FM Demodulator
    The Foster-Seeley discriminator is a widely used frequency modulation (FM) demodulator circuit.
  41. 41.
    SCR in reverse blocking mode, the junctions are reverse biased are
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    J1 and J3
    In reverse blocking mode of an SCR, junctions J1 and J3 are reverse biased, while J2 is forward biased.
  42. 42.
    Snubber circuits are used in SCR circuit for
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    To protect from high dv/dt
    Snubber circuits protect thyristors from high rates of change of voltage (dv/dtdv/dt).
  43. 43.
    Which oscillator that can be fabricated in IC form?
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    Relaxation Oscillator
    Relaxation oscillators (such as IC 555 astable multivibrators) are easily fabricated in IC form.
  44. 44.
    Base of a number system is also called
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    Radix
    The base of a number system is also known as its radix.
  45. 45.
    Divide by error interrupt in 8086 can initiated using
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    INT 0
    Division error (divide by zero) in the 8086 microprocessor generates a Type 0 interrupt, initiated via INT 0.
  46. 46.
    Using three numbers of resistances _____________ number of combinations can be made.
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    4
    Three resistors can be combined in 4 different ways: all in series, all in parallel, two in parallel with one in series, and two in series with one in parallel.
  47. 47.
    The ideal output resistance of a voltage amplifier is ___________ resistance.
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    Zero
    An ideal voltage amplifier has zero output resistance so that output voltage remains independent of the load.
  48. 48.
    CMRR is related to
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    Op-Amp
    Common Mode Rejection Ratio (CMRR) is a key parameter of Operational Amplifiers (Op-Amps).
  49. 49.
    Capacity of a single layer Blu-Ray disc
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    25 GB
    A standard single-layer Blu-ray disc has a storage capacity of 25 GB.
  50. 50.
    Nyquist sampling theorem is related to
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    PCM
    Nyquist sampling theorem forms the theoretical foundation for Pulse Code Modulation (PCM).
  51. 51.
    The ideal data speed of 5 G mobile network
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    20 GB/s
    The ITU IMT-2020 standard specifies peak data rates of 20 Gb/s for 5G networks.
  52. 52.
    The type of connector used in telephones
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    RJ-11
    RJ-11 is the standard modular connector used for telephone sets.
  53. 53.
    Signals transmitted over several different paths is called
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    Space diversity
    Space diversity (or path diversity) involves transmitting signals over multiple propagation paths.
  54. 54.
    The light detector used in optical fibre communication
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    (1) and (2)
    Both PIN photodiodes and Avalanche Photodiodes (APD) are commonly used light detectors in fiber optic communications.
  55. 55.
    Class C amplifiers are commonly used as ____________ Amplifiers.
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    Radio frequency
    Class C amplifiers have conduction angle less than 180 degrees and are widely used in RF tuned circuits.
  56. 56.
    The number of select lines in a 1 to 8 de-multiplexer is
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    3
    For a 1-to-8 de-multiplexer, 2n=82^n = 8, so the number of select lines n=3n = 3.
  57. 57.
    Number of address lines required to address a memory system made of 2 modules of 1 MB memory chips
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    21
    Total memory size = 2×1 MB=2 MB=2212 \times 1 \text{ MB} = 2 \text{ MB} = 2^{21} bytes, requiring 21 address lines.
  58. 58.
    A Karnaugh Map is an abstract form of ___________ diagram.
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    Venn diagram
    A Karnaugh map is an equivalent graphical representation of a truth table structured like a Venn diagram.
  59. 59.
    A logic circuit that has memory is
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    Sequential circuit
    Sequential circuits contain memory elements (flip-flops) so output depends on current inputs and past states.
  60. 60.
    The basic block in an HDL program is called
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    Module
    In hardware description languages like Verilog and VHDL, the fundamental building block is the module.
  61. 61.
    Number of bits in a Binary Coded Decimal Number
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    4
    BCD represents each decimal digit using a 4-bit binary code.
  62. 62.
    All Keywords in c programming is
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    Lower case
    All C keywords must be written in lowercase letters.
  63. 63.
    In the specifications of a network interface card 10/100 stands for
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    Mega bits per second
    10/100 indicates support for data transfer speeds of 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps.
  64. 64.
    Ripple factor of Halfwave rectifier is
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    1.21
    The ripple factor for a half-wave rectifier is approximately 1.21.
  65. 65.
    Major application of a Varactor diode is
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    Tuning circuit
    A varactor diode operates as a voltage-controlled capacitor, widely used in resonant tuning circuits.
  66. 66.
    Cut-in voltage of a Germanium diode is
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    0.2 V
    The typical cut-in (barrier potential) voltage for a Germanium diode is around 0.2 V.
  67. 67.
    Which of the following has highest internal resistance?
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    A constant current source
    An ideal constant current source has infinite internal resistance, whereas an ideal voltage source has zero internal resistance.
  68. 68.
    A DC current source has a short circuit current of 4 mA and an open-circuit voltage of 20 V. The internal resistance is
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    5 KΩ
    Internal resistance Rth=VocIsc=20 V4 mA=5 kΩR_{th} = \frac{V_{oc}}{I_{sc}} = \frac{20 \text{ V}}{4 \text{ mA}} = 5 \text{ k}\Omega.
  69. 69.
    The overall gain of RC coupled amplifier is small due to
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    Loading effect of successive stages
    The overall gain decreases due to the loading effect of successive amplifier stages.
  70. 70.
    Intrinsic standoff ratio is the characteristics of
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    UJT
    Intrinsic standoff ratio (η\eta) is a defining characteristic parameter of a Uni-Junction Transistor (UJT).
  71. 71.
    Stability of a circuit increases with
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    Negative feedback
    Negative feedback improves gain stability, reduces distortion, and widens bandwidth.
  72. 72.
    An emitter follower is
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    Current series feedback circuit
    An emitter follower (common collector amplifier) employs current-series (voltage-sampled, current-summed) negative feedback.
  73. 73.
    The output frequency of a crystal oscillator is stable because of
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    High Q of the crystal
    Piezoelectric quartz crystals possess an extremely high quality factor (Q), ensuring high frequency stability.
  74. 74.
    An Ideal Op-Amp has
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    All of these
    An ideal operational amplifier has infinite voltage gain, infinite input impedance, and zero output resistance.
  75. 75.
    An example for wave shaping circuit is
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    Schmitt Trigger
    A Schmitt trigger is a comparator-based wave-shaping circuit that converts irregular waveforms into square/rectangular pulses.
  76. 76.
    Number of diodes in a bridge rectifier is
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    4
    A full-wave bridge rectifier circuit uses 4 diodes.
  77. 77.
    Bucking voltage is another name for
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    Back emf
    Back EMF in motors opposes the applied voltage and is also referred to as bucking voltage.
  78. 78.
    The gain of amplifier in RC phase shift oscillator should be
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    29
    To sustain oscillations in an RC phase-shift oscillator, the internal amplifier gain must be at least 29.
  79. 79.
    In a PTC thermistor, the temperature at which resistance increases rapidly is known as
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    Switching point
    The switching temperature (Curie point) of a PTC thermistor is where its resistance sharply increases.
  80. 80.
    Forbidden energy gap of Germanium is
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    0.72 eV
    The band gap energy of Germanium at room temperature is approximately 0.72 eV.
  81. 81.
    Esaki diode is another name for
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    Tunnel Diode
    Tunnel diode was invented by Leo Esaki and is commonly called the Esaki diode.
  82. 82.
    In a signed binary number, the sign used to indicate a negative number is
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    1
    In signed binary representation, the most significant bit (MSB) 1 represents a negative number.
  83. 83.
    Which one is a serial to parallel converter?
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    De-Multiplexer
    A de-multiplexer routes a single serial input data line to multiple parallel output lines.
  84. 84.
    Number of modes of operations in TRIAC
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    4
    A TRIAC can operate in 4 distinct quadrants based on terminal voltages and gate trigger polarities.
  85. 85.
    Which one is not a networking component?
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    RS 232
    RS-232 is a physical serial communication standard, not a network device.
  86. 86.
    How many bytes of bits addressable locations are present in 8051 microcontroller?
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    16
    The 8051 internal RAM has 16 bytes of bit-addressable locations (addresses 20H to 2FH, totaling 128 bits).
  87. 87.
    Instruction queue size in 8086 is ___________ bytes.
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    6
    The 8086 microprocessor features a 6-byte instruction prefetch queue.
  88. 88.
    Number of transistors integrated in 8086 microprocessor
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    29000
    The 8086 microprocessor contains approximately 29,000 transistors.
  89. 89.
    Inelastic scattering of photon is defined by
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    Raman effect
    Raman scattering describes the inelastic scattering of photons by matter.
  90. 90.
    Rise time budget is related to
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    Optical link
    Rise time budget analysis is used in optical fiber communication system design to ensure adequate bandwidth.
  91. 91.
    Johnson-Nyquist noise is another name for ___________ noise.
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    Thermal noise
    Thermal noise generated by thermal agitation of charge carriers is also called Johnson-Nyquist noise.
  92. 92.
    According to _____________, a spatially varying electric field is always associated with a magnetic field that changes over time.
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    Maxwells equations
    Maxwell's equations unify electricity and magnetism, establishing that time-varying magnetic fields create electric fields and vice-versa.
  93. 93.
    A hollow conductive metal pipe used for communication is called
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    Wave Guide
    A waveguide is a hollow metallic pipe used to transport high-frequency radio waves, particularly microwaves.
  94. 94.
    Which one is not an embedded operation system?
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    Solaris
    Solaris is a Unix-based server/desktop operating system, whereas Android, WebOS, and iOS are used in embedded/mobile devices.
  95. 95.
    The first Personal Computer (PC) was introduced by
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    IBM
    IBM introduced the IBM Personal Computer (Model 5150) in 1981, popularizing the term PC.
  96. 96.
    IEEE 802.11 is the standard used for
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    WLAN
    IEEE 802.11 specifies the set of standards for implementing wireless local area network (WLAN) computer communication.
  97. 97.
    The point of intersection of DC and AC load lines is called
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    Operating point
    The quiescent operating point (Q-point) lies at the intersection of the DC and AC load lines.
  98. 98.
    A zener diode that has very narrow depletion layer will breakdown by ___________ mechanism.
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    Zener breakdown
    Zener diodes with very high doping have narrow depletion regions, causing breakdown via quantum tunneling (Zener effect).
  99. 99.
    In a multivibrator, we have _____________ feedback.
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    100% positive feedback
    Multivibrators use regenerative (positive) feedback with a loop gain greater than unity to achieve two distinct states.
  100. 100.
    For display of signal pattern ____________ voltage is applied to the horizontal plates of a CRO.
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    Saw tooth
    A saw-tooth time-base voltage is applied to the horizontal deflection plates of a cathode ray oscilloscope.

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