More BOARD EXAM QUESTIONS ON POWER ELECTRONICS

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1. A half-wave signal has a period of 1. 16.7 ms 2. 8.3 ms 3. 16.7 us 4. 8.3 us 2. A full-wave signal has a period of 1. 16.7 us 2. 8.3 us 3. 8.3 ms 4. 16.7 ms 3. For a full-wave rectifier, the output frequency 1. equals one-half the input frequency 2. equals the line frequency 3. equals two times the input frequency 4. is three times the line frequency 4. The frequency of a half-wave signal is 1. twice the line frequency 2. equal to the line frequency 3. one-half the line frequency 4. one forth the line frequency 5. The average dc voltage of the of a half-wave rectifier circuit is_______of the value of the
peak input voltage. 1. 63.6 % 2. 31.8 % 3. 4.8 % 4. 6.2 % 6. The average dc voltage of the of a full-wave rectifier circuit is_______of the value of the peak input voltage. 1. 31.8 % 2. 48.1 % 3. 63.6 % 4. 1 % 7. If three shielded 100 mH coils are connected in parallel, what is the total effective inductance? 1. 100 mH 2. 300 mH 3. 33.333 mH

4. 67.777 mH 8. If a sine wave voltage varies from 0-200v, how much is its instant voltage at 90?
A. 200 V B. Half of its maximum voltage C. 100 V D. Minimum Voltage 9. A half wave rectifier circuit utilizing one half of an ac input cycle have a ripple frequency in its output equivalent to A. 60 cps B. 120 cps C. 110 cps D. 240 cps 10. If a full-wave rectifier has a dc voltage of 0.636 Vmax, then a half-wave rectifier has a dc voltage of 1. 0.318 Vrms 2. 0.318 Vmax 3. 0.318 Vp-p 4. 0.318 Vave 11. What is the maximum efficiency of half-wave rectification? 1. 76 % 2. 82 % 3. 41 % 4. 33 % 12. The relation of the voltage across an inductor to its current is__________. 1. leading the current by 90 2. lagging the current by 90 3. leading the current by 180 4. in phase with the current 13. The maximum instantaneous value of a varying current, voltage, or power equal to 1.414 times the effective value of a sine wave 1. RMS value 2. Peak value 3. Effective value 4. Peak to peak value 14. A bridge rectifier works on how much of the ac cycle A. 90 B. 270 C. 180 D. 360 15. What is the output of a half wave rectifier? 1. Half wave rectified signal 2. 100% ac signal 3. Square wave signal 4. Sinusoidal signal 16. An advantage of a full wave rectifier of a half wave rectifier. 1. Each diode can cool off during half a each input cycle. 2. The ripple frequency is lower 3. The tube will conduct during both halves of the input signal 4. The output voltage is lower with more ripple 17. Find the ripple factor (kr) of a sinusoidal signal with ripple of 4 volts and an average of

30. 0.094 0.013 0.130 0.94 18. Device that increases power content from an input signal. 1. Attenuator 2. Amplifier 3. Oscillator 4. Transformer 19. How many half wave rectifiers will make up a half wave voltage doubler? 1. 6 2. 2 3. 8 4. 4 20. In a half wave rectifier, if a resistance equal to load resistance is connected in parallel with the diode then 1. Circuit will stop rectifying 2. Output voltage would be halved 3. Output voltage would be doubled 4. Output voltage will remain unchanged 21. A _______ is an electronic circuit that converts AC to DC but where the DC output peak value can be greater than the AC input peak value. 1. voltage multiplier 2. rectifier 3. clamper 4. clipper 22. What is the process by which AC is converted to pulsating DC? 1. Charging 2. Rectification 3. Filtering 4. Clipping 23. The purpose of the rectifier section in a power supply. 1. Change pulsating DC to pure DC 2. Increase the AC value 3. Change AC to pulsating DC 4. Lower the AC value 24. Which of the following refers to a type of a full-wave rectifier in electronics? 1. Forward the reversed biased rectifier 2. Bridge and center tapped rectifier 3. Primary rectifier 4. Single and two diode rectifier 25. The output of a half-wave rectifier 1. Forward voltage 2. Pulsating DC voltage 3. Reverse voltage 4. DC voltage 26. Find the direct current voltage from a full-wave rectifier with 120 V peak rectified voltage 1. 6.0 V 2. 76.39 V

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3. 60 V 4. 7.639 V 27. Given the two voltages:

S(t) = 10 cos (wt + 30 ) volts Q(t) = 15 cos ( wt + 45 ) volts Find V(t) = S(t) + Q(t) A. V(t) = 5.9 cos ( wt + 71 ) volts B. V(t) = 24.8 cos ( wt + 39 ) volts C. V(t) = 25 cos ( wt + 75 ) volts D. V(t) = 13.6 cos ( wt + 75 ) volts 28. What is the average voltage E(ave) output of a full-wave rectifier with an output of 100 volts peak? 1. 14.14 V 2. 6.37 V 3. 141.4 V 4. 63.7 V 29. The condition under which there is no power loss due to reflection at a source/load junction to the fact that the load impedance is matched to the source impedance. 1. Alignment 2. Hexode 3. Half-power point 4. Maximum power 30. Which of the following characterizes inductance? 1. Tends to oppose DC 2. Tends to oppose changes in voltage 3. Tends to oppose changes in current 4. Opposes all frequencies equally

31. Is the frequency of a ripple voltage at the output of a full wave rectifier operating at 120 cycles. A. 60 cycles B. 120 cycles C. 480 cycles D. 240 cycles 32. If an ac signal has an average voltage of 18v, what is the rms voltage? A. 12.762v B. 19.98v C. 25.38v D. 16.2v 32. Refers to one of the main components of the alternating current power supply which converts the high voltage a-c to fluctuating voltage direct current voltage. A. Voltage Regulator B. Rectifier C. Filter D. Power Transformer 34. Refers to the measure of a power supply filters effectively. A. Surge current B. Average voltage value C. Peak voltage value

D. Ripple factor 35. What is the maximum efficient of half wave rectification? A. 76 % B. 82 % C. 41 % D. 33 % 36. The energy stored in capacitor is given by? A. 2 Q^2 / C B. C^2 (V) C. CV^2 / 2 D. CV 37. With a half wave rectified voltage across the load resistor, the load current flows for what part of a cycle? A. 180 degrees B. 360 degrees C. 90 degrees D. 0 degrees 38. The ripple will is the filter capacitance is increased. A. decreased B. increased C. stay the same D. become zero 39. What is the reciprocal of quality factor? A. Power Factor B. Reactive factor C. Dissipation factor D. 1 / Q factor 40. Silicon diode are used in a two diodes full wave rectifier circuit to supply a load of 12 volts dc. Assuming ideal diodes and the load resistance is 12 ohms, compute the efficiency of the rectifier in percentage. A. 5.8 B. 75 C. 95.7 D. 81.2 41. If a sine wave voltage varies from 0-200v how much is its instant voltage at 90%? A. 200v B. Half of its maximum voltage C. 100v D. Minimum voltage 42. The ac variation at the output side of the power supply circuit are called. A. Ripples B. Pulses C. Waves D. Filters
43.The graph between an alternating quantity and time is called A.sinewave B. curve C. waveform D. a plot 44. For a linear circuit, ______voltage or current is used to calculate average power A. rms

B. peak C. average D. instantaneous 45. What is the rms value of a square wave? A. equals its peak value B. equals its peak-to-peak value C. peak is divided by square root of two D. peak divided by pi 46. The rms value of a triangular or sawtooth waveform is_______ times its peak value A. 0.577 B. 0.500 C. 0.25 D. 0.707 47. Which of the following is the peakiest? A. square wave B. sinusoidal wave C. triangular wave D. rectangular wave 48. For maximum power transfer, what is the relation between load resistance R(L) and internal resistance of the voltage source? A. R(L) = 2 r B. R(L) = 1.5 r C. R(L) = r D. R(L) = 3 r 49. Which of the following is the most popular wave form? A. sinusoidal B. Square wave C. Triangular D. Sawtooth 50. When the net resistance in a series coil-capacitor circuit is zero at frequency f, the nature of its reactance of frequency 2f is A. inductive B. capacitive C. resistive D. infinite 51. The factor 0.707 for converting peak to rms applies only to A. square waves B. triangle waves C. sawtooth waves D. sine waves 52. For triangular and sawtooth waveform the rms voltage or current equals A. 0.707 times peak value B. 0.577 times peak value C. 0.577 times average value D. 0.707 times rms value 53. In ac wave , 30 degrees of phase is _____ of a cycle. A. B. 1/12 C. 1/3 D. 1/30 54. When the frequency of an ac wave decreases, the value of XL in a coil. A. approaches zero B. gets larger positively

C. gets larger negatively D. stays constant 55. What is the most common non sinusoidal waveform? A. Square wave B. Triangular wave C. Trapezoidal wave D. Sawtooth wave 56. A series RL circuit has R of 10ohms and XL of 5ohms. Its impedance in rectangular form is given by; A. 10+j5 B. 10+j10 C. 10-j5 D. 10-j10 57. How many degrees of the phase represents one full cycle? A. 360 B. 180 C. 270 D. 90 58. The power factor of a certain circuit in which the voltage lags behind the current is 80%. To increase the power to 100%, it is necessary to add the circuit. A. inductance B. capacitance C. resistance D. impedance 59. The wavelength of an alternating current waveform depends upon the ____of the variation. A. period B. number C. frequency D. amplitude 60. For the greater accuracy the value of the phase angle 0 should be determined from A. cos B. tan C. sin D. sec 61. The power factor of a circuit is equal to A. RZ B. XC / Z C. XL / Z D. R / Z SOLUTIONS

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SOLUTIONS Solutions: 1. A 2. C 3. C 4. B

5. B 6. C 7. C L(T)= L / 3 = 100 mH / 3 L(T)= 33.33 mH 8. A V= Vm sin 0 V= 200 sin 90 V= 200 V 9. A 10. B 11. C 12. A 13. B 14. D 15. A 16. C 17. A

Ripple factor (kr)=V ripple(rms) / Vave = (4 2) / 30 = 0.094

18. B 19. B 20. A 21. A 22. B 23. C 24. B 25. B 26. B V(DC)= 2Vm / Pi = 0.639 Vm = (0.639)(120V) = 76.44 V 27. B V(t)= S(t) + Q(t) = 10 angle 30 + 15 angle 45 V(t)= 8.66 + j5 + 10.6 + j10.6 V(t)= 19.26 + j15.6 = 24.78 angle 39 V(t)= 24.8 cos (wt + 39) 28. D E(ave) = 2V(m) / Pi E(ave) = 0.639Vm E(ave) = 0.639 (100) E(ave) = 63.7 V 29. D 30. C 31. A

For the full rectifier, Output ripple voltage frequency = 2 x input frequency = 2 (120) = 240 cycles per second
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Vrms = 1.11 Vave Vrms = 1.1 (18v) Vrms = 19.98 V

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