Ideal Op-Amp Characteristics and Applications

Comprehensive quiz covering properties of ideal operational amplifiers including infinite input impedance, infinite voltage gain, infinite bandwidth, zero slew rate, and virtual ground. Also covers practical op-amp configurations like inverting amplifiers, voltage followers, and differential amplifiers.

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The supply voltage to an opamp is +-15volts. The opamp is connected as an inverting amplifier of gain -20. The output voltage for an input voltage of 20mV is:

  1. -400 mV
  2. + 400 mV
  3. -200 mV
  4. +200 mV
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The advantage of having an infinite bandwidth in an Ideal op amp is

  1. Signals can be amplified without attenuation
  2. Output common-mode noise voltage is zero
  3. Output voltage occurs simultaneously with input voltage changes
  4. Output can drive infinite number of device
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

An ideal Opamp is an ideal

  1. Current controlled current source
  2. current controlled voltage source
  3. Voltage controlled voltage source
  4. Voltage controlled current source
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The slew rate of an ideal opamp is

  1. Infinite
  2. Zero
  3. Half of the voltage gain
  4. 10 times the voltage gain
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

An opamp has a supply voltage of 9V AND -9V at its power terminals. What is the maximum output voltage one can obtain by varying the voltage across the inverting and non inverting terminals 

  1. Greater than 9V
  2. 9V
  3. 18V
  4. Can be infinity depending on the voltage gain of the opamp
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

An AC signal with frequencies 1000 Hz, 1500 Hz and 2500 Hz are fed to the inverting terminal of an opamp. The voltage level of all these signals are 2V. If 1000 Hz signal is amplified by 20 times, then

  1. 2500 Hz signal will get amplified by 50 times
  2. 2500 Hz signal will get amplified by 20 times
  3. 1500 Hz signal will get amplified by 15 times
  4. 2500 Hz signal will get amplified by 10 times
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The ideal opamp has the following characteristics

  1. Input resistance = Infinity; Voltage gain = Infinity
  2. Input resistance = zero; Voltage gain = Infinity
  3. Input resistance = zero; Voltage gain = zero
  4. Input resistance = Infinity; Voltage gain = zero
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The open loop voltage gain in an opamp 

  1. reduces if voltage across the inverting and non inverting terminal are same
  2. reduces if voltage across the inverting terminal is zero
  3. increases if voltage across the inverting and non inverting terminal are same
  4. remains the same, if voltage across any of these terminals are changed
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following electrical characteristics is not exhibited by an ideal op-amp?

  1. Infinite voltage gain
  2. Infinite bandwidth
  3. Infinite output resistance
  4. Infinite slew rate
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

An infinite impedance for an ideal opamp implies

  1. Opamp doesn't draw any current through its terminals
  2. Opamp draws only 10 micro amperes for its function
  3. Opamp's inverting terminal draws no current
  4. Opamp's non inverting terminal draws no current
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A voltage follower 

  1. has a voltage gain of 1
  2. is noninverting
  3. has no feedback resistor
  4. has all of these
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The voltage between the input terminals of an ideal op amp is

  1. Zero
  2. Very small
  3. Very large
  4. Equal to the input voltage
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

As the supply voltage increases, the voltage gain of the circuit _____ and the power consumption _____.

  1. increases, increases
  2. increases, decreases
  3. decreases, decreases
  4. decreases, increases
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Open loop gain of an amplifier can be represented by the formula

  1. $\dfrac{V _0}{V _i}$
  2. $V _0+V _i$
  3. $V _0-V _i$
  4. $V _0 \times V _i$
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following AC parameters of an Op-amp results in reduction of output voltage if it becomes excessive?

  1. Transient Response
  2. Slew Rate
  3. Bandwidth
  4. All of the above
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

 Of the values listed, the most realistic value for open-loop voltage gain of an OP-amp is

  1. 1
  2. 2000
  3. 80 dB
  4. 100000
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In a differential connection, the signals that are opposite at the inputs are _____ amplified, and those that are common to the two inputs are _____ amplified.

  1. slightly, slightly
  2. slightly, highly
  3. highly, highly
  4. highly, slightly
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Current cannot flow to ground through

  1. A mechanical ground
  2. An ac ground
  3. A virtual ground
  4. An ordinary ground
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Why are the Op-amps with open loop configuration not used in linear applications?

  1. High risk of distortion
  2. High risk of clipping of output signal
  3. Both a & b
  4. works as an attenuator
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

 A certain inverting amplifier has a closed-loop voltage gain of 25. The Op-amp has an open-loop voltage gain of 100,000. If an Op-amp with an open-loop voltage gain of 200,000 is substituted in the arrangement, the closed-loop gain ..

  1. doubles
  2. drops to 12.5
  3. remains at 25
  4. increases slightly
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Since the input impedance of an ideal operational amplifier is infinite.

  1. Its input current is zero
  2. Its output resistance is high
  3. Its output voltage becomes independent of load resistance
  4. It becomes a current controlled device