Here is the glossary-style question bank containing only the strictly definitional and short-note terminology questions extracted from the 2015–2025 exam papers.
Broad theory, circuit design, and comparison questions have been excluded to keep this optimized for conceptual and terminology revision.
1. Tuned Amplifiers
Term / Concept Name Year(s) of Appearance Tuned Amplifier 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Quality Factor / Q-factor 2015, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2023
2. Oscillators
Term / Concept Name Year(s) of Appearance Oscillator 2015, 2016, 2022 Sinusoidal Oscillator 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024 Barkhausen Criterion 2016, 2017 Piezoelectric Crystal 2015
3. Feedback Amplifiers
Term / Concept Name Year(s) of Appearance Nonlinear Distortion 2021
4. Operational Amplifiers (Op-Amps)
Term / Concept Name Year(s) of Appearance Op-Amp 2017, 2020, 2023, 2024 IC (Integrated Circuit) 2016 CMRR (Common-Mode Rejection Ratio) 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022 Slew Rate 2015, 2021, 2022 Input Offset Voltage 2015, 2023, 2025 Input Offset Current 2015 Input Bias Current 2015 Virtual Ground & Virtual Short 2017 Integrator Circuit 2023
5. Multivibrators and 555 Timers
Term / Concept Name Year(s) of Appearance Multivibrator 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024 Speed-up Capacitor 2017
6. Filters
Term / Concept Name Year(s) of Appearance Order of Filter 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023 Filter 2024 Cut-off Frequency 2016, 2017 Transition Time 2015 Settling Time 2015 Symmetrical Triggering 2015 Unsymmetrical Triggering 2015 Notch Filter 2015 20 dB/decade and 40 dB/decade (in stopband) 2018
7. Wave Shaping Circuits
Term / Concept Name Year(s) of Appearance Comparator 2023, 2024 Schmitt Trigger 2015, 2017, 2020 Clipper / Clipping Circuit 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021 Clamper / Clamper Circuit 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
8. Phase Locked Loop (PLL)
Term / Concept Name Year(s) of Appearance Phase Locked Loop (PLL) 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023