1. A thyristor can be used as a. A resistor b. An amplifier c. A switch d. A power source 2.

Positive feedback means that the returning signal a. Opposes the original change b. Aids the original change c. Is equivalent to negative feedback d. Is amplified 3. A latch always uses a. Transistors b. Negative feedback c. Current d. Positive feedback 4. To turn on a four-layer diode, you need a. A positive trigger b. Low-current drop-out c. Breakover d. Reverse-bias triggering 5. The minimum input currents that can turn on a thyristor is called the a. Holding current b. Trigger current c. Breakover current d. Low-current drop-out 6. The only way to stop a four-layer diode that is conducting is by a. A positive trigger b. Low-current drop-out c. Breakover d. Reverse-bias triggering 7. The minimum anode current that keeps a thyristor turned on is called the a. Holding current b. Trigger current c. Breakover current d. Low-current drop-out

8. A SCR has a. Two external leads b. Three external leads c. Four external leads d. Three doped regions 9. An SCR is usually turned on by a. Breakover b. A gate trigger c. Breakdown d. Holding current 10. SCRs are a. Low-power devices b. Four-layer diodes c. High-current devices d. Bidirectional 11. The usual way to protect a load from excessive supply voltage is with a a. Crowbar b. Zener diode c. Four-layer diode d. Thyristor 12. An RC snubber protects an SCR against a. Supply overvoltages b. False triggering c. Breakover d. Crowbarring 13. When a crowbar is used with a power supply, the supply needs to have a fuse or a. Adequate trigger current b. Holding current c. Filtering d. Current limiting 14. The photo-SCR responds to a. Current b. Voltage c. Humidity d. Light

15. The diac is a a. Transistor b. Unidirectional device c. Three-layer diode d. Bidirectional device 16. The triac is equivalent to a. A four-layer diode b. Two diacs in parallel c. A thyristor with a gate lead d. Two SCRs in parallel 17. The unijunction transistor acts as a a. Four-layer diode b. Diac c. Triac d. Latch 18. Any thyristor can be turned on with a. Breakover b. Forward-bias triggering c. Low-current drop-out d. Reverse-bias triggering 19. A Schockley diode is the same as a. A four-layer diode b. An SCR c. A diac d. A triac 20. The trigger voltage of an SCR is closest to a. 0 b. 0.7V c. 4V d. Breakover voltage 21. Any thyristor can be turned off with a. Breakover b. Forward-bias triggering c. Low-current drop-out d. Reverse-bias triggering

22. Exceeding the critical rate of rise produces a. Excessive power dissipation b. False triggering c. Low-current drop-out d. Reverse-bias triggering 23. A four-layer diode is sometimes called a a. Unijunction transistor b. Diac c. Pnpn diode d. Switch 24. A latch is based on a. Negative feedback b. Positive feedback c. The four-layer diode d. SCR action 25. An SCR can switch to the on state if a. Its forward breakover voltage is exceeded b. IGT is applied c. The critical rate of voltage rise is exceeded d. All of the above 26. To properly test an SCR using an ohmmeter a. The ohmmeter must supply the SCRs breakover voltage b. The ohmmeter cannot supply more than 0.7V c. The ohmmeter must supply the SCRs reverse breakover voltage d. The ohmmeter must supply the SCRs holding current

27. The maximum firing angle with a single RC phase control circuit is a. 45 b. 90 c. 180 d. 360 28. A triac is generally considered most sensitive in a. Quadrant I b. Quadrant II c. Quadrant III d. Quadrant IV 29. An IGBT is essentially a a. BJT on the input and MOSFET on the output b. MOSFET on the input and MOSFET on the output c. MOSFET on the input and BJT on the output d. BJT on the input and BJT on the output 30. The maximum on-state output voltage of an IGBT is a. VGS(ON) b. VCE(SAT) c. RDS(ON) d. VCES 31. A PUT is considered programmable by using a. External gate resistors b. Applying preset cathode voltage levels c. An external capacitor d. Doped pn junctions