General exam question G6B06
Subelement G6, CIRCUIT COMPONENTS· Group G6B
What kind of device is an integrated circuit operational amplifier?
- A.Digital
- B.MMIC
- C.Programmable Logic
- D.Analog (correct answer)
WhyAn integrated circuit operational amplifier is an analog device. An integrated-circuit operational amplifier processes continuously varying voltage signals rather than discrete logic levels, which makes it fundamentally an analog device, answer D. It isn't a digital or programmable-logic device, and while some op-amp-like functions exist in MMIC form, "op amp" as a general IC device class is categorized as analog, not as the MMIC device class specifically, so A, B, and C are wrong.
Published 2026-08-28 · Last updated 2026-08-28 · Question text is verbatim from the 2023-2027 NCVEC Element 3 pool (public domain); the explanation above is original writing, see our methodology.
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