Exam

Name___________________________________
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) A ________ diode maintains a constant voltage across it when operating in the breakdown
condition.
1)
A) zener B) germanium
C) silicon D) None of the above.
2) When a zener diode is forward- biased, it 2)
A) emits visible light. B) exhibits a voltage drop of V
Z
+0.7 V.
C) conducts no current. D) operates like a rectifier diode.
3) A tunnel diode has ________ characteristic(s). 3)
A) an extremely wide depletion region B) extremely light doping
C) a linear D) a negative resistance
4) Typically, the maximum V
F
for an LED is between 4)
A) 0 V and 0.7 V. B) 1 V and 1.4 V.
C) 3.2 V and 10 V. D) 1.2 V and 3.2 V.
5) Refer to the figure above. Measurements show that V
RL
has increased. Which of the following
faults, if any, could have caused this problem?
5)
A) V
in
has decreased. B) The zener shorts.
C) R opens. D) The zener opens.
6) Refer to the figure above. As long as the zener is in regulation 6)
A) V
RL
will be equal to 0.7 V. B) there is no current through R
L
.
C) there is no current through the zener. D) the current (I
RL
) remains constant.
7) Refer to the figure above. If the load current increases, I
R
will ________ and I
Z
will ________. 7)
A) increase, remain the same B) remain the same, increase
C) remain the same, decrease D) decrease, remain the same
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8) For zener diodes, the temperature coefficient is 8)
A) always negative.
B) negative for breakdown voltages less than 5 V and positive for breakdown voltages greater
than 6 V.
C) always positive.
D) always zero.
9) When the source voltage increases in a zener regulator, the current that remains approximately
constant is the
9)
A) series current. B) total current. C) load current. D) zener current.
10) The capacitance of a varactor diode 10)
A) remains constant as the bias voltage varies.
B) is usually 1000F or more.
C) increases as the reverse bias voltage increases.
D) decreases as the reverse bias voltage increases.
11) A photodiode is normally 11)
A) forward- biased. B) used to regulate voltage.
C) reverse- biased. D) not biased.
12) LED color is determined by 12)
A) the LED current.
B) the impurities added during doping to control wavelength.
C) the material used for the incandescent filament.
D) the applied LED voltage.
13) A Schottky diode 13)
A) has a metal- to- semiconductor junction.
B) has no limit on maximum current.
C) has a forward voltage drop of about 2 V.
D) cannot operate properly at high frequencies.
14) All of the following are characteristics of a laser diode except 14)
A) contains a pn junction. B) emits monochromatic light.
C) emits light of a single color. D) emits incoherent light.
TRUE/FALSE. Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
15) BJT transistors have two pn junctions. 15)
16) A BJT transistor has the base- emitter junction reverse- biased for proper operation. 16)
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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
17) Refer to the figure above. The value of I
C
at cutoff is 17)
A) 0 mA. B) 10.65A. C) 2.13 mA. D) 10 mA.
18) Refer to the figure above. If the collector resistor value is changed to 4.7 k and
dc
=200, I
C(sat)
would
be
18)
A) 8.426 mA. B) 8 mA. C) 4.26 mA. D) 4.26A.
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19) Refer to (b) in the figure above. The symbol is for 19)
A) a zener diode.
B) an LED.
C) a Schottky diode.
D) a photodiode.
E) a tunnel diode.
TRUE/FALSE. Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
20) The ratio I
E
/I
C
is
dc
. 20)
21) Proper operation of a BJT requires that the base- collector junction should be reverse- biased. 21)
22) The formula for I
C
is I
C
= I
E
- I
B
. 22)
23) When a transistor is checked out- of- circuit, a very low resistance reading should be obtained
between the C and E leads of a good transistor.
23)
24) Phototransistors come in both two and three terminal configurations. 24)
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
25) A BJT has an I
B
of 75A and a
dc
of 100. The value of I
C
is 25)
A) 175A. B) 75 mA. C) 7.5 mA. D) 10 mA.
26) A certain transistor has an I
C
= 12 mA and an I
B
= 125A.
dc
is 26)
A) 96. B) 15. C) 12. D) 150.
27) Normal operation of an NPN BJT requires the base to be ________ with respect to the emitter, and
________ with respect to the collector.
27)
A) positive, positive B) positive, negative
C) negative, positive D) negative, negative
28) A transistor amplifier has an input voltage of 67 mV and an output voltage of 2..48 V. The voltage
gain is
28)
A) 37. B) 67. C) 17. D) 27.
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29) A 22 mV signal is applied to the base of a properly biased transistor that has an r'
e
= 7 and an
R
C
= 1.2 k. The output voltage at the collector is
29)
A) 3.77 V. B) 7 V. C) 22 mV. D) 17.1 V.
30) Refer to the figure above. This circuit is operating 30)
A) in saturation.
B) incorrectly because the bias voltages are wrong.
C) in cutoff.
D) in the active region.
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