The common-emitter short-circuit current gain $\beta$ of a transistor
- is a monotonically increasing function of the collector current $\mathrm{I}_{\mathrm{C}}$.
- is a monotonically decreasing function of $\mathrm{I}_{\mathrm{C}}$
- increases with $\mathrm{I}_{\mathrm{C}}$, for low $\mathrm{I}_{\mathrm{C}}$, reaches a maximum and then decreases with further increase in $\mathrm{I}_{\mathrm{C}}$
- is not a function of $\mathrm{I}_{\mathrm{C}}$