Choose the letter of the best answer in each

questions.
10. What is the level of the voltage between the input
terminals of an op-amp?
 c. 0.5 V
1. In which of the following are operational amplifiers  a. Virtually zero
 d. –0.5 V
(op-amps) used? 18. What is the scale multiplier (factor) of a basic
 a. Oscillators
 b. 5 V integrator?

 b. Filters
 c. 18 V  a. R / C

 c. Instrumentation circuits
 d. 22 V  b. C / R

 d. All of the above

11. What is the level of the current through the
amplifier input(s) to ground in an op-amp?
 c. –RC
2. This circuit is an example of a _____.
 a. Virtually zero
 d. –1 / RC
19. The summing amplifier contains an inverting
 b. 1.7 mA amplifier.
 c. 2.8 mA  a. True
 d. 3.3 mA  b. False
12. If Rf = R1’, the voltage gain is _____. 20. This circuit is referred to as a(n) _____.

 a. single-ended input
 b. double-ended (differential) input
 c. double-ended output
 d. common-mode operation
3. This circuit is an example of a _____.  a. 1  a. inverting amplifier
 b. –1  b. noninverting amplifier
 c. 10  c. unity follower
 d. very small  d. integrator
13. Calculate the overall voltage gain of the circuit if 21. This circuit is referred to as a(n) _____.
R1 = 100 and Rf = 1 kΩ.

 a. single-ended input
 b. double-ended (differential) input
 c. double-ended output
 d. common-mode operation
 a. inverting amplifier
4. This circuit is an example of a _____.  a. –1  b. noninverting amplifier
 b. –10  c. differentiator
 c. 11  d. integrator
 d. 9
22. This circuit is referred to as a(n) _____.
14. Calculate the overall voltage gain of the circuit if
R1 = 100 Ω and Rf = 1 kΩ.

 a. single-ended input
 b. double-ended (differential) input
 c. double-ended output
 d. common-mode operation
5. This circuit is an example of a _____.  a. inverting amplifier
 b. noninverting amplifier
 a. –1
 c. differentiator
 b. –10
 d.integrator
 c. 11 23. Which of the following circuit conditions affect(s)
 d. 9 the output offset voltage of an op-amp?
15. What is the voltage gain of the unity follower?  a. An input offset voltage, VIO
 a. 0  b. An input offset current, IIO
 b. 1 
 a. single-ended input c. Both an input offset voltage, V IO and an
 c. –1 input offset current, IIO
 b. double-ended (differential) input
 d. None of the above
 d. Infinity
 c. double-ended output 16. Calculate the input voltage if R1 = 100 Ω, Rf = 1 24. What is the level of the roll-off in most op-amps?
 d. common-mode operation kΩ, and Vout = 550 mV.  a. –6 dB / decade
6. In which of the following operations is the resulting
output signal of the differential amplifier near zero?  b. –20 dB / octave

 a. Single-ended  c. –6 dB / decade or –20 dB / octave

 b. Double-ended  d. –20 dB / decade or –6 dB / octave

25. Which of the following is (are) the result of gain
 c. Common-mode reduction by a feedback?
 d. None of the above  a. The amplifier voltage gain is a more
7. In the differential amplifier circuit, which of the stable and precise value.
following terminals are connected together?
 b. The input impedance of the circuit is
 a. Bases
 a. –50 mV
increased over that of the op-amp alone.
 b. Collectors
 b. –5 mV
 c. The output impedance is reduced over
 c. One base to another collector

that of the op-amp alone.

c. 550 mV
 d. All of the above
d. Emitters
8. Which of the following circuits is referred to as a  d. 50 mV 26. What is the open-loop gain of an op-amp at the
BiMOS circuit? 17. Calculate the output voltage if R1 = R2 = R3 = 100 gain-bandwidth product of the op-amp?
Ω, Rf = 1 kΩ, and V1 = V2 = V3 = 50 mV.
 a. Bipolar and FET  a. 200,000
 b. Bipolar and MOSFET  b. 50,000
 c. Opposite-type MOSFETs  c. 200
 d. None of the above  d. 1
9. An IC unit made using both _____ and _____ 27. What is the cutoff frequency of an op-amp if the
transistors is called a _____ circuit. unity-gain frequency is 1.5 MHz and the open-loop
gain is 100,000?
 a. bipolar, MOSFET, BiFET
  a. 5 Hz
 b. bipolar, MOSFET, BiMOS a. –1.5 V
  b. 10 Hz
 c. TTL, MOSFET, TailFET b. 1.5 V
 c. 15 Hz
  d. 20 Hz  D. 270º  D. None of the above
28. What is the slew rate of an op-amp if the output 4. In double-ended (differential) input operation, 16. The feedback component of an integrator is a(n)
voltages change from 2 V to 3 V in 0.2 ms? _____. _____.
 a. 5 V/ms  A. an input is applied between the two  A. resistor
 b. 3 V/ms
input terminals
 B. capacitor
 c. 2 V/ms  B. two separate signals are applied to the  C. inductor
input terminals
 d. 1 V/ms
 C. either an input is applied between the
 D. diode
29. For an op-amp having a slew rate SR = 5 V/ms, 17. _____ is the unit for the slew rate, SR.
two input terminals or two separate signals are
what is the maximum closed-loop voltage gain that can
be used when the input signal varies by 0.2 V in 10
applied to the input terminals  A. V/ms
ms?  D. None of the above  B. ms/V
 a. 150
5. An input applied to either input terminal will result  C. V
in _____.
  D. V/s
b. 200
 A. outputs from both output terminals,
 c. 250 which have opposite polarities
18. The maximum frequency at which an op-amp may
operate depends on the _____.
 d. 300  B. outputs from both output terminals,  A. bandwidth (BW)
30. Calculate the output impedance of an inverting op- which have the same polarities
amp using the 741 op-amp (ro = 75 Ω, AOL = 200  B. slew rate (SR)
 C. a single output from one of the output
V/mV) if R1 = 100 Ω and Rf = 1 kΩ.
terminals  C. unity-gain bandwidth
 a. 0.011
 D. None of the above  D. All of the above
 b. 0.00375 6. In a differential connection, the signals that are 19. As the supply voltage increases, the voltage gain of
 c. 0.0375 opposite at the inputs are _____ amplified, and those the circuit _____ and the power consumption _____.

 d. 0.375
that are common to the two inputs are _____ amplified.  A. increases, increases
31. What is the difference output voltage of any signals  A. slightly, slightly  B. increases, decreases
applied to the input terminals?  B. slightly, highly  C. decreases, decreases
 a. The differential gain times the  C. highly, highly  D. decreases, increases
difference input voltage.
 D. highly, slightly 20. As the frequency increases, the input impedance of
 b. The common-mode gain times the 7. In a differential amplifier circuit, if an input signal is an op-amp _____ and the output impedance _____.
common input voltage. applied to either input with the other input connected to  A. increases, increases
 c. The sum of the differential gain times ground, the operation is referred to as _____.
 B. increases, decreases
the difference input voltage and the common-  A. double-ended
 C. decreases, decreases
mode gain times the common input voltage.


B. single-ended
 d. The difference of the differential gain
 C. common-mode
D. decreases, increases
times the difference input voltage and the 21. Inverting amplifier connection is more widely used
common-mode gain times the common input  D. All of the above because it has _____.
voltage. 8. If two opposite-polarity input signals are applied, the  A. higher gain

32. What is the difference voltage if the inputs are an operation is referred to as _____.
B. better frequency stability
ideal opposite signal?


A. double-ended
 a. The differential gain times twice the

C. unit gain
input signal.
B. single-ended
 D. None of the above
 b. The differential gain times the input
 C. common-mode 22. The output offset voltage is determined by _____.
signal.  D. All of the above  A. the input offset voltage and input offset
 c. The common-mode gain times twice the
9. If the same input is applied to both inputs, the current
input signal.
operation is called _____.
 B. the closed-loop gain
 

A. double-ended
d. The common-mode gain times the input C. both the input offset voltage and the
signal.  B. single-ended closed-loop gain
33. What is the difference voltage if the inputs are an  C. common-mode  D. None of the above
ideal in-phase signal?
 D. All of the above 23. The ratio of the unity-gain frequency to the cutoff
 a. The differential gain times twice the 10. The main feature of the differential amplifier is the frequency is numerically equal to the level of _____.
input signal. _____ gain when opposite signals are applied to the  A. CMRR
 b. The differential gain times the input inputs as compared to the _____ gain resulting from
 B. common-mode gain
signal. common inputs.
 c. The common-mode gain times twice the  A. very large, large  C. closed-loop gain
input signal.  B. very small, large  D. open-loop gain
 d. The common-mode gain times the input  C. very small, very large
24. When both input signals are the same, a common
signal element due to the two inputs can be defined as
signal.
34. At what input voltage level does the output voltage  D. very large, very small the _____ of the two signals.
level become numerically equal to the value of the 11. An IC unit containing a differential amplifier built  A. difference
differential gain of the amplifier? using both bipolar and FET transistors is referred to as
a _____ circuit.  B. sum
 a. Vi1 = –Vi2 = 0.25 V 
 A. CMOS C. average of the sum
 b. V i1 = –V i2 = 0.50 V 
 B. BiFET D. product
 c. V i1 = –V i2 = 0.75 V 25. The common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR) is
 C. BiMOS
 d. V i1 = –Vi2 = 1.00 V
defined by _____.
35. At what input voltage level does the output voltage  D. None of the above  A. Ad / Ac

level become numerically equal to the value of the 12. An IC unit containing a differential amplifier built
using opposite-type MOSFET transistors is referred to B. Ac / Ad
common-mode gain of the amplifier?
as a _____ circuit. 

C. Ad × Ac
a. Vi1 = –Vi2 = 0.25 V
 A. CMOS 

D. Ad + Ac
b. Vi1 = –Vi2 = 0.50 V
 B. BiFET 26. Ideally, the value of the CMRR is _____.
 c. Vi1 = –Vi2 = 0.75 V Practically, the _____ the value of CMRR, the better
 C. BiMOS
 d.Vi1 = –Vi2 = 1.00 V
the circuit operation.
Fill in the blanks.  D. None of the above  A. zero, smaller

1. An operational amplifier is a _____ gain and _____ 13. A _____ differential amplifier is particularly well
suited for battery operation due to its low power B. infinite, larger
bandwidth differential amplifier.
consumption. 

C. zero, larger
A. very low, narrow
 A. BiFET 

D. infinite, smaller
B. low, wide
 B. BiMOS
 C. medium, narrow
 C. CMOS
 D. very high, wide
2. An operational amplifier has a _____ input  D. BJT
impedance and a _____ output impedance. 14. An ideal op-amp circuit has _____input impedance,
_____ output impedance, and _____ voltage gain.
 A. high, low
 A. zero, infinite, infinite
 B. high, high
 B. infinite, zero, zero
 C. low, low
 C. zero, zero, infinite
 D. low, high
3. The output signal of an op-amp is _____ out of  D. infinite, zero, infinite
phase with its input signal connected to the inverting 15. The _____ amplifier is the most widely used
input terminal. constant-gain amplifier circuit.
 A. 0º  A. inverting
 B. 90º  B. noninverting
 C. 180º  C. differential

1. All of the above
2. single-ended input
3. double-ended (differential) input
4. double-ended output
5. common-mode operation
3. 180º
4. either an input is applied between
the two input terminals or two
separate signals are applied to the
input terminals
5. outputs from both output
terminals, which have opposite
polarities

6. Common-mode 6. highly, slightly

7. Emitters 7. single-ended

8. Bipolar and MOSFET 8. double-ended

9. bipolar, MOSFET, BiMOS 9. common-mode

10. Virtually zero 10. very large, very small

11. Virtually zero 11. BiFET

12. 1 12. CMOS

13. –10 13. CMOS

14. 11 14. infinite, zero, infinite

15. 1 15. inverting

16. 50 mV 16. capacitor

17. –1.5 V 17. V/ms

18. –1 / RC 18. All of the above

19. True 19. increases, increases

20. inverting amplifier 20. decreases, decreases

21. integrator 21. None of the above

22. differentiator 22. the input offset voltage and input

offset current
23. Both an input offset voltage,
VIO and an input offset current, IIO 23. closed-loop gain

24. –20 dB / decade or –6 dB / 24. average of the sum

octave
25. Ad / Ac
25. All of the above
26. infinite, larger
26. 1
27. 15 Hz
28. 5 V/ms
29. 250
30. 0.00375
31. The sum of the differential gain
times the difference input voltage
and the common-mode gain times
the common input voltage.

32. The differential gain times twice

the input signal.

33. The common-mode gain times

the input signal.
34. V i1 = –V i2 = 0.50 V
35. Vi1 = –Vi2 = 0.50 V

FILL-IN-THE-BLANKS
Questions
1. very high, wide
2. high, low