Explore topic-wise MCQs in Electrical Engineering.

This section includes 259 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Electrical Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

An incandescent lamp is operating at a temperature of 1000K at an operating frequency of 5.2×1014 Hz. Calculate the ratio of stimulated emission rate to spontaneous emission rate.

A. 3×10-13
B. 1.47×10-11
C. 2×10-12
D. 1.5×10-13
Answer» C. 2×10-12
2.

A GaAs injection laser has a threshold current density of 2.5*103Acm-2 and length and width of the cavity is 240μm and 110μm respectively. Find the threshold current for the device.

A. 663 ma
B. 660 ma
C. 664 ma
D. 712 ma
Answer» C. 664 ma
3.

The ring and star topologies are combined in a                  configuration.

A. mesh
B. fringe
C. data
D. singular
Answer» B. fringe
4.

As compared to planar LED structure, Dome LEDs have                              External power efficiency                        effective emission area and                            radiance.

A. greater, lesser, reduced
B. higher, greater, reduced
C. higher, lesser, increased
D. greater, greater, increased
Answer» C. higher, lesser, increased
5.

may be used for measurement of the absolute optical attenuation on a fiber link.

A. silicon photodiodes
B. ingaasp photodiodes
C. optical power meters
D. gyrators
Answer» D. gyrators
6.

When considering source-to-fiber coupling efficiencies, the                  is an important parameter than total output power.

A. numerical aperture
B. radiance of an optical source
C. coupling efficiency
D. angular power distribution
Answer» C. coupling efficiency
7.

Almost                    of the transmitter power is wasted in the use of external modulators.

A. half
B. quarter
C. one-third
D. twice
Answer» B. quarter
8.

compensates for distortion of the signal due to the combined transmitter, medium and receiver characteristics.

A. amplification
B. distortion
C. equalization
D. dispersion
Answer» D. dispersion
9.

A single mode fiber has mode field diameter 10.2μm and V=2.20. What is the core diameter of this fiber?

A. 11.1μm
B. 13.2μm
C. 7.6μm
D. 10.1μm
Answer» E.
10.

in the laser occurs when photon colliding with an excited atom causes the stimulated emission of a second photon.

A. light amplification
B. attenuation
C. dispersion
D. population inversion
Answer» B. attenuation
11.

The time domain dispersion measurement setup involves                            as the photo detector.

A. avalanche photodiode
B. oscilloscope
C. circulator
D. gyrator
Answer» B. oscilloscope
12.

The phase frequency response of the system should be                          in order to minimize inter-symbol interference.

A. non-linear
B. linear
C. more
D. less
Answer» C. more
13.

waveguides are plagued by high losses.

A. circular
B. planar
C. depleted
D. metal-clad
Answer» E.
14.

In case of field measurements, the equipment must have                        power consumption keeping in mind the battery operation.

A. low
B. high
C. negligible
D. maximum
Answer» B. high
15.

Determine the output current of RAPD having multiplication factor of 39 and photocurrent of 0.469μA.

A. 17.21
B. 10.32
C. 12.21
D. 18.29
Answer» E.
16.

mode is temporary, selective and continuous.

A. cell switching
B. buffer switching
C. cache
D. circuit switching
Answer» E.
17.

15, n2 = 1.11 and an operating wavelength of 0.7μm. Find the radius of curvature?

A. 8.60μm
B. 9.30μm
C. 9.1μm
D. 10.2μm
Answer» C. 9.1μm
18.

Compute multiplication factor of RAPD with output current of 10 μAand photocurrent of 0.369μA.

A. 25.32
B. 27.100
C. 43 d) 22.2
Answer» C. 43 d) 22.2
19.

The maximum bit rate that may be obtained on an optical fiber link is 1/3Γ.

A. true
B. false
Answer» C.
20.

The                              system is best developed and is used for fabricating both lasers and LEDs for the shorter wavelength region.

A. inp
B. gasb
C. gaas/gasb
D. gaas/alga as dh
Answer» E.
21.

Compute the photocurrent of RAPD having multiplication factor of 36.7 and output current of 7μA.

A. 0.01 μa
B. 0.07 μa
C. 0.54 μa
D. 0.9 μa
Answer» B. 0.07 μa
22.

couplers combine the different wavelength optical signal onto the fiber or separate the different wavelength optical signal output from the fiber.

A. 3-port
B. 2*2-star
C. wdm
D. directional
Answer» D. directional
23.

Determine Responsivity of a silicon RAPD with 80% efficiency, 0.7μm wavelength.

A. 0.459
B. 0.7
C. 0.312
D. 0.42
Answer» B. 0.7
24.

An optical fiber has a core radius 2μm and a numerical aperture of 0.1. Will this fiber operate at single mode at 600 nm?

A. yes
B. no
Answer» B. no
25.

When the dimensions of the guide are reduced, the number of                        also decreases.

A. propagating nodes
B. electrons
C. holes
D. volume of photons
Answer» B. electrons
26.

The planar waveguides may be fabricated from glasses and other isotropic materials such as                        and

A. octane and polymers
B. carbon monoxide and diode
C. fluorides and carbonates
D. sulphur dioxide and polymers
Answer» E.
27.

The trans-impedance front end configuration operates as a                      with negative feedback.

A. current mode amplifier
B. voltage amplifier
C. attenuator
D. resonator
Answer» B. voltage amplifier
28.

The                        incorporates a line receiver in order to convert the optical signal into the electrical regime.

A. attenuator
B. transmitter
C. repeater
D. designator
Answer» D. designator
29.

is a multi-functional element of optical network.

A. hop
B. optical node
C. wavelength
D. optical attenuation
Answer» C. wavelength
30.

is also known as frequency- shaping filter.

A. resonator
B. amplifiers
C. attenuator
D. equalizer
Answer» E.
31.

Devices such as                        are used to simulate the steady-state mode distribution.

A. gyrators
B. circulators
C. mode scramblers
D. attenuators
Answer» D. attenuators
32.

In the                      topology, the data generally circulates bi-directionally.

A. mesh
B. bus
C. star
D. ring
Answer» C. star
33.

In the given equation, state what αr suggests?

A. radius of curvature
B. refractive index difference
C. radiation attenuation coefficients
D. constant of proportionality
Answer» D. constant of proportionality
34.

43 μm. Determine the number of longitudinal modes.

A. 1×102
B. 3×106
C. 2.9×105
D. 2.2×105
Answer» E.
35.

The fundamentals of optical networking are divided into                areas.

A. two
B. one
C. four
D. three
Answer» E.
36.

is fully depleted by employing electric fields.

A. avalanche photodiode
B. p-i-n diode
C. varactor diode
D. p-n diode
Answer» B. p-i-n diode
37.

A single mode fiber has refractive indices n1=1.50, n2 = 2.23, core diameter of 8μm, wavelength = 1.5μm cutoff wavelength = 1.214μm. Find the radius of curvature?

A. 12 mm
B. 20 mm
C. 34 mm
D. 36 mm
Answer» D. 36 mm
38.

A high-impedance amplifier has an effective input resistance of 4MΩ. Find the maximum bandwidth that may be obtained without equalization if the total capacitance is 6 pF and total effective load resistance is 2MΩ.

A. 13.3 khz
B. 14.2 khz
C. 15.8 khz
D. 13.9 khz
Answer» B. 14.2 khz
39.

A                                is a series of logical connections between the source and destination nodes.

A. cell circuit
B. attenuation circuit
C. virtual circuit
D. switched network
Answer» D. switched network
40.

Considering the values given below, calculate the mode separation in terms of free space wavelength for a laser. (Frequency separation = 2GHz, Wavelength = 0.5 μm)

A. 1.4×10-11
B. 1.6×10-12
C. 1×10-12
D. 6×10-11
Answer» C. 1×10-12
41.

Determine the Responsivity of optical power of 0.4μW and photocurrent of 0.294 μA.

A. 0.735
B. 0.54
C. 0.56
D. 0.21
Answer» B. 0.54
42.

is essentially a crude form of Amplitude shift keying.

A. analog modulation
B. digital intensity modulation
C. photodetector
D. receiver structure
Answer» C. photodetector
43.

The measured output power at ports 2,3 and 4 are 0.003, 23.0 and 24.5 μW respectively. Determine the excess loss.

A. 0.22 db
B. 0.33 db
C. 0.45 db
D. 0.12 db
Answer» B. 0.33 db
44.

Often                      pulse shape is obtained from APD.

A. negligible
B. distorted
C. asymmetric
D. symmetric
Answer» D. symmetric
45.

A                            coupler comprises a number of cascaded stages, each incorporating three or four-port FBT couplers to obtain a multiport output.

A. star
B. ladder
C. wdm
D. three-port
Answer» B. ladder
46.

is caused by surface tension effects between the two fiber ends during fusing.

A. pre-fusion
B. diffusion
C. self-alignment
D. splicing
Answer» D. splicing
47.

offers the potential for improving the coherent optical receiver sensitivity by increasing the choice of signalling frequencies.

A. mfsk
B. mdsk
C. mpsk
D. mask
Answer» B. mdsk
48.

measurements give an indication of the distortion to the optical signals as they propagate down optical fibers.

A. attenuation
B. dispersion
C. encapsulation
D. frequency
Answer» C. encapsulation
49.

is used when the optical emission results from the application of electric field.

A. radiation
B. efficiency
C. electro-luminescence
D. magnetron oscillator
Answer» D. magnetron oscillator
50.

In                  the optical channel bandwidth is divided into non-overlapping frequency bands.

A. time division multiplexing
B. frequency division multiplexing
C. code division multiplexing
D. de-multiplexing
Answer» C. code division multiplexing