ELECTRONIC FUNDAMENTALS-I

TEST-1 DATE:01-08-2014

SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS: (30)

1. Explain with circuit diagram the half wave rectifier.
2. Explain with circuit diagram full wave rectifier.
3. Explain following diodes:-
a) Zener diode
b) LED
c) Schottky diode
4. Differentiate forward and reverse bias.

1. What is the potential barrier voltage of 5. Process of adding impurity to a intrinsic

germanium? semiconductor is called.
a) 0.3v a) Dopant
b) 0.9v b) Doping
c) 6v c) Alloying
d) 12v d) NONE
2. What is the number of valence electron
in a semi conductor? 6. In p-type semiconductor
a) 2 a) Holes is majority carrier
b) 4 b) free electrons are majority carrier
c) 6 c) holes are minority carrier
d) 8 d) only ‘2’ & ‘3’ is correct

3. Which of the following is used to make a 7. When a p – type Semiconductor is

ptype semiconductor? joined with n-type Semiconductor,
a) Iron contact surface is called
b) Antimony a) pn Junction
c) Copper b) Depletion layer
d) Indium c) Junction barrier
d) All
4. Which of the following is used to
convert AC into DC 8. Zener breakdown occurs in
a) Generator a) Heavily doped p-N junction
b) LCD b) lightly doped p-n junction
c) Switch c) p-n junction having wide
d) Diode depletion layers
 d) both 1 & 2 15. A donor impurity must have only
a) two valence electrons
9. Depletion layer acts like a b) three valence electrons
a) Conductor c) four valence electrons
b) Insulator d) five valence electrons
c) Semi conductor 16. full wave rectifier uses _____ no. of
d) NTA diodes.
a) 1
10. Value of leakage current depends b) 2
upon c) 3
a) Temperature d) 4
b) Degree of doping 17. Half wave rectifier uses _____ no. of
c) Size of depletion region diodes.
d) All a) 1
b) 2
11. Which of the following is a tetravalent c) 3
a) Germanium d) 4
b) Silver 18. In dry disk selenium rectifier current
c) Gold flows from
d) Copper a) copper to selenium
b) Silicon to selenium
12. Atoms held together by sharing of c) Iron to selenium
valence electron d) Selenium to iron
a) Always have tendency to accept 19. Which of the following diode is made by
electrons connecting metal with N type material?
b) have one or more holes a) Schotky diode
c) have a weak bond which tends to b) Photo diode
break c) Varactor
d) form a covalent bond d) LCD
20. Which of the following is used to
13. Doped silicon is called convert light energy into electrical
a) intrinsic semiconductor energy?
b) doped semiconductor a) Schotky diode
c) active semiconductor b) Photo diode
d) extrinsic semiconductor c) Varactor
d) LCD
14. Pure silicon is called
a. intrinsic semiconductor
b) doped semiconductor
c) active semiconductor
d) extrinsic semiconductor