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At what rate does a single pole roll off?

  • A.Six decibels per octave
  • B.Three decibels per octave
  • C.Twelve decibels per octave
  • D.Twenty decibels per octave

Answer: A

A single pole falls at six decibels per octave, equivalently twenty per decade. Three decibels is the drop at the break frequency itself rather than a rate, twelve per octave is two poles, and twenty per octave is not a standard figure - twenty per decade is the same slope expressed differently. Two ways of stating one slope, and one number that is a point rather than a slope, is exactly the confusion this item is built on. Checking the units of each quantity catches a wrong formula before the arithmetic begins.

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