Electronic Devices and Circuits MCQs [set-

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1. A transistor has how many pn junctions?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer: B

2. In an npn transistor, the majority carriers in the emitter are

A. free electrons
o m
B. holes
. c
C. neither
te
D. both
a
Answer: A

q M
c silicon depletion layer is
3. The barrier potential across each
A. 0v M
B. 0.3v
C. 0.7v
D. 1v
Answer: C

4. The base of an npn transistor is thin and

A. heavily doped
B. lightly doped
C. metallic
D. doped by a pentavalent material
Answer: B

5. The emitter of a transistor is generally doped the heaviest because it

A. has to dissipate maximum power
B. has to supply the charge carriers
 C. is the first region of the transistor
D. must possess low resistance
Answer: A

6. When a transistor is fully switched ON, it is said to be

A. shorted
B. saturated
C. open
D. cut-off
Answer: B

7. A FET consists of a
A. source
B. drain
C. gate
D. all the above
Answer: D

8. The extremely high input impedance of a MOSFET is primarily due to the

A. absence of its channel
B. negative gate- source voltage
C. depletion of current carriers
D. extremely small leakage current of its gate capacitor
Answer: D

9. When a transistor is used as a switch, it is stable in which two distinct regions?

A. saturation and active
B. active and cutoff
C. saturation and cutoff
D. none of the above
Answer: C

10. The term BJT is short for

A. base junction transistor
B. binary junction transistor
C. both junction transistor
D. bipolar junction transistor
Answer: D

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11. What are the two types of bipolar junction transistors?
A. npn and pnp
B. pnn and nnp
C. ppn and nnp
D. pts and stp
Answer: A

12. The magnitude of dark current in a phototransistor usually falls in what range?
A. ma
B. ma
C. na
D. pa
Answer: C

13. Junction Field Effect Transistors (JFET) contain how many diodes?
A. 4
B. 3
C. 2
D. 1
Answer: D

14. When not in use, MOSFET pins are kept at the same potential through the use
of:
A. shipping foil
B. nonconductive foam
C. conductive foam
D. a wrist strap
Answer: C

15. A MOSFET has how many terminals?

A. 2 or 3
B. 3
C. 4
D. 3 or 4
Answer: D

16. A very simple bias for a D-MOSFET is called:

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 A. self biasing
B. gate biasing
C. zero biasing
D. voltage- divider biasing
Answer: C

17. Hybrid means

A. mixed
B. single
C. biunique
D. none of the above
Answer: A

18. There are h- parameters of a transistor.

A. two
B. four
C. three
D. none of the above
Answer: B

19. The h- parameter approach gives correct results for

A. large signals only
B. small signals only
C. both small and large signals
D. none of the above
Answer: B

20. If the operating point changes, the h-parameters of transistor

A. also change
B. do not change
C. may or may not change
D. none of above
Answer: A

21. The dc load line on a family of collector characteristic curves of a transistor

shows the
A. saturation region.

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 B. cutoff region.
C. active region.
D. all of the above
Answer: D

22. When a transistor is used as a switch, it is stable in which two distinct regions?
A. saturation and active
B. active and cutoff
C. saturation and cutoff
D. none of the above
Answer: C

23. The value of ?DC

A. is fixed for any particular transistor.
B. varies with temperature.
C. varies with ic.
D. varies with temperature and ic.
Answer: D

24. A BJT has an IB of 50 µA and a ?DC of 75; IC is:

A. 375 ma
B. 37.5 ma
C. 3.75 ma
D. 0.375 ma
Answer: C

25. A certain transistor has IC = 15 mA and IB = 167 µA; ?DC is:

A. 15
B. 167
C. 0.011
D. 90
Answer: D

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