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1. What is a varistor?
A.a voltage-dependent resistor
B. a voltage-dependent diode
C. a current-dependent resistor
D.a current-dependent diode Answer: Option A
3. What circuit activity may shift a characteristic curve so that diode operating points are
different?
A.higher power (heat)
B. higher resistance
C. lower voltage
D.lower current Answer: Option A
A. open
B. short
C. nothing
B. forward biased
C. reverse biased
B. 108.0 V
C. 115.7 V
A. 0 mA
B. 23 mA
C. 18 mA
D.13 mA
Answer: Option D
10. The characteristic curve for the complex model of a silicon diode shows that
A. the barrier potential is 0 V
Answer: Option C
11. Since diodes are destroyed by excessive current, circuits must have:
A. higher voltage sources
C. more dopants
12. A diode for which you can change the reverse bias, and thus vary the capacitance is
called
A. varactor diode
B. tunnel diode
C. zener diode
C. high resistance when reverse biased and low resistance when forward biased
D.high resistance when forward biased and low resistance when reverse biased
Answer: Option C
15. The peak inverse voltage (PIV) across a non conducting diode in a bridge rectifier equals
approximately:
D.four times the peak value of the secondary voltage Answer: Option C
A. 1 mA
B. 0.975 mA
C. 0.942 mA
A. free electrons
B. negative ions
C. valence electrons
18. Shunting the ac component away from the load is the task of a:
A.transformer B. filter
A. 0 mA
B. 7 mA
C. 8.3 mA
A. trivalent-doped material
C. anode lead
25. When checking a diode, low resistance readings both ways indicate the diode is:
A. open
B. satisfactory
C. faulty
A. triangle
B. vertical line
C. zig-zag line
A. shut down
28. With full-wave rectification, current through the load resistor must be:
A. in opposite directions
29. A characteristic curve is the result of a current versus voltage plot of diode activity, which
begins at the:
A. 3rd quadrant
B. current plot
C. graph origin
A. cycles of input
B. capacitor polarity
31. With a 12 V supply, a silicon diode, and a 370-ohm resistor in series, what voltage will be
dropped across the diode?
A. 0.3 V
B. 0.7 V
C. 0.9 V
32. If the frequency of the applied ac signal to a half-wave rectifier is 60 Hz, the frequency of the
pulsating dc output will be
A. 30 pps
B. 60 pps
C. 90 pps
33. What is the peak output voltage for this half-wave rectifier?
A. 1 V
B. 7.8 V
C. 10.9 V
A. semiconductors
B. conductors
C. insulators
D. The distance is the same for all of the above. Answer: Option A
C. 1% D. 5% Answer: Option B
37. With a half-wave rectified voltage across the load resistor, load current flows for what part
of a cycle?
A. 0 degrees
B. 90 degrees
C. 180 degrees
38. Which of the following circuits would require the least amount of filtering?
A. A half-wave rectifier
B. A full-wave rectifier
C. A bridge rectifier
C. nothing
40. The voltage where current may start to flow in a reverse-biased pn junction is called the
A. breakdown voltage
B. barrier potential
C. forward voltage
41. Providing a constant output regardless of ac input or load resistance changes is the function
of a:
A. transformer B. filter
42. When a diode is destroyed it has infinite impedance. When damaged by heat it will
probably:
A. short
B. conduct more
C. conduct less
43. The area at the junction of p-type and n-type materials that has lost its majority carriers is
called the
A. barrier potential
B. depletion region
C. n region
B. cathode, anode
C. + anode, cathode
45. At any given time in an intrinsic piece of semiconductor material at room temperature
A. electrons drift randomly
B. recombination occurs
D. small current package, large current package, clip package Answer: Option D
48. The mimicking of an open/closed switch by a diode allows alternating current to be:
A. rectified B. regulated