SPECIAL TOPICS VACUUM TUBES AND SEMICONDUCTOR THEORY, DIODE CIRCUITS AND

APPLICATIONS,

1. What will happen to an atom if an electron is either taken out or taken ito the same atom?
a. Becomes negative ion c. becomes an ion
b. Becomes positive ion d. nothing will happen
2. Emission of electrons from a material by an application of a very high voltage
a. Secondary b. thermionic c. high field d. photoelectric
3. Another name for vacuum tube diode.
a. Fleming valve b. audion c. thyratron d. detector
4. Which terminal of the tetrode is nearest to its anode?
a. Screen grid b. cathode c. suppressor grid d. control grid
5. _____ are electrons at the outermost shell.
a. Valence b. inside the shell c. outside shell d. conductor
6. A good material conductor should have ____ valence electrons.
a. 21 b. 10 c. 1 d. 3.5
7. The name of a pure semiconductor material that has an equal number of electrons and holes.
a. N-type b. pure type c. intrinsic d. P-type
8. The arrow in the schematic symbol for a diode points which way?
a. Towards the cathode c. in the direction of current flow
b. Towards the anode d. towards magnetic north
9. The cathode of a semiconductor diode indicates a ____ charge during conduction.
a. Positive b. either, depending on design c. neutral d. negative
10. In order to simply a circuit, in the analysis and computation, the diode is normally assumed as
a. Zero b. ideal c. imaginary d. infinite
11. It is the maximum permissible reverse voltage for the diode.
a. PIV b. Barrier voltage c. maximum voltage d. tolerable voltage
12. What is another name for clamper?
a. Slicer b. limiter c. clipper d. DC restorer
13. Circuit that is used to produce a DC output voltage that is some integral multiple of the peak of
the AC input voltage.
a. Integrator b. restorer c. differentiator d. multiplier
14. What is the process which AC is converted to pulsating DC?
a. Charging b. rectification c. filtering d. clipping
15. How many diodes will you use to have a basic full wave bridge rectifier?
a. 3 b. 1 C. 2 D. 4
16. Find the DC voltage from a full wave rectifier with 120 v peak rectified voltage?
a. 60 v b. 7.639 v c. 76.39 v d. 6 v
17. What is the maximum efficiency of a full wave rectifier?
a. 50% b. 40.6% c. 81.2% d. 10%
18. A full wave rectifier circuit utilizing a full input cycle has a ripple frequency in its output equal to
a. 60 Hz b. 120 Hz c. 110 Hz d. 220 Hz
19. It is the remaining variation in the output of a power supply filter
a. Residual voltage b. ripple c. offset voltage d. persistent voltage
20. A DC voltage supply is measured at 50 volts and drops to 45 volts when the load is connected.
What is the value of voltage regulation?
a. 5% b. 50% c. 60% d. 11.11%
21. What type of bias is required for an LED to produce luminescence?
a. Reverse b. zero c. forward d. inductive
22. What special type of diode is capable of both amplification and oscillation?
a. Point contact b. junction c. zener d. tunnel
23. What is the principal characteristic of tunnel diode?
a. A very high PIV c. high forward current rating
b. A high forward resistance d. a negative resistance region
24. It is a circuit that uses 2 diodes to provide DC output voltage equal to twice the AC voltage.
a. Doubler b. regulator c. multiplier d. all of these
25. When the peak output voltage is 100v, the PIV for each diode in the full wave center tapped
rectifier is
a. 100v b. 200v c. 141 v d. 50v