Malvino Power Amplifiers 5.

The ac base voltage of an emitter follower is

across the

a. Emitter diode
1. An emitter follower has a voltage gain that is
b. DC emitter resistor
a. Much less than one
c. Load resistor
b. Approximately equal to one
d. Emitter diode and external ac emitter
c. Greater than one
resistance
d. Zero

2. The total ac emitter resistance of an emitter

6. The output voltage of an emitter follower is
follower equals
across the
a. re’
a. Emitter diode
b. re
b. DC collector resistor
c. re + re’
c. Load resistor
d. RE
d. Emitter diode and external ac emitter
resistance

3. The input impedance of the base of an

emitter follower is usually
7. If Beta = 200 and re = 150 ohm, the input
a. Low impedance of the base is approximately

b. High a. 30 kohm

c. Shorted to ground b. 600 n

d. Open c. 3 kohm

d. 5 kohm

4. The dc emitter current for class A emitter

followers is
8. The input voltage to an emitter follower is
a. The same as the ac emitter current usually

b. VE divided by RE a. Less than the generator voltage

c. Vc divided by Rc b. Equal to the generator voltage

d. The same as the load current c. Greater than the generator voltage

d. Equal to the supply voltage

9. The ac emitter current is closest to a. Left voltage swing

a. VG divided by re b. Upward current swing

b. Vin divided by re’ c. Positive half cycle of input

c. VG divided by re’ d. Negative half cycle of input

d. Vin divided by re

14. If an emitter follower has VCEQ = 5 V, ICQ =

1 mA, and re = 1 kohm, the maximum peak-to-
10. The output voltage of an emitter follower is
peak unclipped output is
approximately
a. 1 V
a. 0
b. 2 V
b. VG
c. 5 V
c. Vin
d. 10 V
d. Vcc

15. If the load resistance of an emitter follower

is very large, the external ac emitter resistance
11. The ac load line of an emitter follower is equals
usually
a. Generator resistance
a. The same as the dc load line
b. Impedance of the base
b. More horizontal than the dc load line
c. DC emitter resistance
c. Steeper than the dc load line
d. DC collector resistance
d. Vertical

12. If the input voltage to an emitter follower is

16. If an emitter follower has re’ = 10 ohm and
too large, the output voltage will be
re = 90 ohm, the voltage gain is approximately
a. Smaller
a. 0
b. Larger
b. 0.5
c. Equal
c. 0.9
d. Clipped
d. 1

13. If the Q point is at the middle of the dc load

17. A square wave out of an emitter follower
line, clipping will first occur on the
implies
a. No clipping b. Only dc voltages

b. Clipping at saturation c. Both dc and ac voltages

c. Clipping at cutoff d. Neither dc nor ac voltages

d. Clipping on both peaks

22. If R1 is open in an emitter follower, which of

these is true?
18. A Darlington transistor has
a. DC base voltage is Vcc
a. A very low input impedance
b. DC collector voltage is zero
b. Three transistors
c. Output voltage is normal
c. A very high current gain
d. DC base voltage is zero
d. One VBE drop

23. Usually, the distortion in an emitter follower

19. The ac load line of the emitter follower is
is
a. The same as the dc load line
a. Very low
b. Different from the dc load line
b. Very high
c. Horizontal
c. Large
d. Vertical
d. Not acceptable

20. If the generator voltage is 5 mV in an

24. The distortion in an emitter follower is
emitter follower, the output voltage across the
load is closest to a. Seldom low

a. 5 mV b. Often high

b. 150 mV c. Always low

c. 0.25 V d. High when clipping occurs

d. 0.5 V

25. If a CE stage is direct coupled to an emitter

follower, how many coupling capacitors are
there between the two stages?
21. If the load resistor of Fig. 12-la in your
a. 0
textbook is shorted, which of the following are
different from their normal values: b. 1

a. Only ac voltages c. 2
d. 3 a. Thermal runaway

26. A Darlington transistor has a Beta of 8000. If b. Destroying the compensating diodes
RE = 1 kohm and RL = 100 ohm, the input
c. Crossover distortion
impedance of the base is closest to
d. Excessive current drain
a. 8 kohm

b. 80 kohm

c. 800 kohm
31. The zener current in a zener follower is
d. 8 Mohm
a. Equal to the output current

b. Smaller than the output current

27. The transistors of a class B push-pull emitter
follower are biased at or near c. Larger than the output current
a. Cutoff d. Prone to thermal runaway
b. The center of the dc load line

c. Saturation 32. In the two-transistor voltage regulator, the

output voltage
d. The center of the ac load line
a. Is regulated

b. Has much smaller ripple than the input

28. Thermal runaway is
voltage
a. Good for transistors
c. Is larger than the zener voltage
b. Always desirable
d. All of the above
c. Useful at times

d. Usually destructive
33. For a class B push-pull emitter follower to
work properly, the emitter diodes must

29. The ac resistance of compensating diodes a. Be able to control the quiescent current

a. Must be included b. Have a power rating greater than the output

power
b. Is usually small enough to ignore
c. Have a voltage gain of I
c. Compensates for temperature changes
d. Match the compensating diodes
d. Is very high

34. The maximum efficiency of a class B push-

30. A small quiescent current is necessary with a
pull amplifier is
class B push-pull amplifier to avoid
a. 25 percent 16. c. 0.9

b. 50 percent 17. d. Clipping on both peaks

c. 78.5 percent 18. c. A very high current gain

d. 100 percent 19. b. Different from the dc load line

20. a. 5 mV

35. The ac emitter resistance of an emitter 21. a. Only ac voltages

follower
22. d. DC base voltage is zero
a. Equals the dc emitter resistance
23. a. Very low
b. Is larger than the load resistance
24. d. High when clipping occurs
c. Has no effect on MPP
25. a. 0
d. Is usually less than the load resistance
26. c. 800 kohm

27. a. Cutoff

28. d. Usually destructive

1. b. Approximately equal to one
29. b. Is usually small enough to ignore
2. c. re + re’
30. c. Crossover distortion
3. b. High
31. b. Smaller than the output current
4. b. VE divided by RE
32. d. All of the above
5. d. Emitter diode and external ac emitter
33. d. Match the compensating diodes
resistance
34. c. 78.5 percent
6. c. Load resistor
35. d. Is usually less than the load resistance
7. a. 30 kohm

8. a. Less than the generator voltage

9. d. Vin divided by re

10. c. Vin

11. c. Steeper than the dc load line

12. d. Clipped

13. d. Negative half cycle of input

14. b. 2 V

15. c. DC emitter resistance