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Unit I Semiconductor devices

Choose the letter of the best answer in each question.


1. How many terminals does a diode have?

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

D) 4

2. What is the resistor value of an ideal diode in the region of conduction?

A) 0

B) 5 k

C) Undefined

D) Infinity

3. What is the state of an ideal diode in the region of nonconduction?

A) An open circuit

B) A short circuit

C) Unpredictable

D) Undefined

4.The diode _____.

A) is the simplest of semiconductor devices

B) has characteristics that closely match those of a simple switch

C) is a two-terminal device

D) All of the above

5.The ideal diode is a(n) _____ circuit in the region of nonconduction.

A) open

B) short

6.Which of the following is an atom composed of?

A) Electrons

B) Protons

C) Neutrons

D) All of the above

7. How many orbiting electrons does the germanium atom have?

A) 4

B) 14

C) 32

D) 41

8.How many valence electrons does a silicon atom have?

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

D) 4

9.One eV is equal to _____ J.

A) 6.02 10
B) 1.6 10
C) 6.25 10
D) 1.66 10

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19

18

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10. Which of the following elements is most frequently used for doping pure
Ge or Si?

A) Boron

B) Gallium

C) Indium

D) All of the above

11.The diffused impurities with _____ valence electrons are called donor
atoms.

A) 4

B) 3

C) 5

D) 0

12.In what state is a silicon diode if the voltage drop across it is about 0.7 V?

A) No bias

B) Forward bias

C) Reverse bias

D) Zener region

13.What unit is used to represent the level of a diode forward current I ?


F

A) pA

B) nA

C) A

D) mA

14. Which of the following ratings is true?

A) Si diodes have higher PIV and narrower temperature ranges than Ge


diodes.

B) Si diodes have higher PIV and wider temperature ranges than Ge


diodes.

C) Si diodes have lower PIV and narrower temperature ranges than Ge


diodes.

D) Si diodes have lower PIV and wider temperature ranges than Ge


diodes.

15. It is not uncommon for a germanium diode with an Is in the order of 12


A at 25C to have leakage current of 0.1 mA at a temperature of 100C.

A) True

B) False

16. Calculate static resistance RD of a diode having ID = 30 mA and VD =


0.75 V.

A) 25

B) 40

C) 0.04

D) 0.025

17. Calculate ID if RD = 30 and VD = 0.84 V.

A) 28 mA

B) 0.028 mA

C) 2.8 A

D) 280 A

18. Refer to Figure 1.27. Calculate the dynamic resistance rd of a diode


having ID = 27.5 mA.

A) 0

B) 2

C) 5

D) 26

19. Determining rd to a high degree of accuracy from a characteristic curve


is very accurate.

A) True

B) False

20. The _____ diode model is employed most frequently in the analysis of
electronic systems.

A) ideal device

B) simplified

C) piecewise-linear

21.Calculate the power dissipation of a diode having ID = 40 mA.

A) 28 mW

B) 28 W

C) 280 mW

D) Undefined

22. Which capacitance dominates in the reverse-bias region?

A) depletion

B) conversion

C) 40 Diffusion

D) 140 None of the above

23. Which capacitance dominates in the forward-bias region?

A) Diffusion

B) Transition

C) Depletion

D) None of the above

24. At what kind of operating frequency diffusion or transition is a capacitor


represented in parallel with the ideal diode?

A) Low frequency

B) Moderate frequency

C) Mid frequency

D) Very high frequency

25. What is the value of the transition capacitance for a silicon diode when
VD = 0?

A) 1 pF

B) 3 pF

C) 5 pF

D) 10 pF

26. Which of the following devices can check the condition of a


semiconductor diode?

A) Digital display meter (DDM)

B) Multimeter

C) Curve tracer

D) All of the above

27. What does a high resistance reading in both forward- and reverse-bias
directions indicate?

A) A good diode

B) An open diode

C) A shorted diode

D) A defective ohmmeter

28. The condition of a semiconductor diode can be determined quickly using


a _____.

A) DDM

B) VOM

C) curve tracer

D) Any of the above

29. Determine the nominal voltage for the Zener diode at a temperature of
120 C if the nominal voltage is 5.1 volts at 25 C and the temperature
coefficient is 0.05%/ C.

A) 4.6 V

B) 4.86 V

C) 5.1 V

D) 5.34 V

30. Calculate the temperature coefficient in %/ C of a 10-V nominal Zener


diode at 25 C if the nominal voltage is 10.2 V at 100 C.

A) 0.0238

B) 0.0251

C) 0.0267

D) 0.0321

(BJT & application)


1. In what decade was the first transistor created?

A)

1930s

B)

1940s

C)

1950s

D)

1960s

2. How many layers of material does a transistor have?

A)

B)

C)

D)

3. What is the ratio of the total width to that of the center layer for a
transistor?

A)

1:15

B)

1:150

C)

15:1

D)

150:1

4. Which of the following is (are) the terminal(s) of a transistor?

A)

Emitter

B)

Base

C)

Collector

D)

All of the above

5. List the types of bipolar junction transistors.

A)

ppn, npn

B)

pnp, npn

C)

npp, ppn

D)

nnp, pnp

6. Transistors are _____-terminal devices.

A)

B)

C)

D)

7. How many carriers participate in the injection process of a unipolar


device?

A)

B)

C)

D)

8. Which component of the collector current I is called the leakage current?


C

A)

Majority

B)

Independent

C)

Minority

D)

None of the above

9. For a properly biased pnp transistor, let I = 10 mA and I = 10.2 mA. What
is the level of I ?
C

A)

0.2 A

B)

200 mA

C)

200 A

D)

20.2 mA

10. Calculate minority current I if I = 20.002 mA and I majority = 20 mA.


CO

A)

2 A

B)

0.002 A

C)

2 nA

D)

2 pA

11. Which of the following regions is (are) part of the output characteristics
of a transistor?

A)

Active

B)

Cutoff

C)

Saturation

D)

All of the above

12. In which region are both the collector-base and base-emitter junctions
forward-biased?

A)

Active

B)

Cutoff

C)

Saturation

D)

All of the above

13. How much is the base-to-emitter voltage of a transistor in the "on" state?

A)

0V

B)

0.7 V

C)

0.7 mV

D)

Undefined

14. In the active region, while the collector-base junction is _____-biased, the
base-emitter is _____-biased.

A)

forward, forward

B)

forward, reverse

C)

reverse, forward

D)

reverse, reverse

15. What is equal to?


dc

A)
B)
C)

I /I
I /I
I /I

D)

None of the above

16. What are the ranges of the ac input and output resistance for a commonbase configuration?

A)

10 100 , 50 k 1 M

B)

50 k 1 M, 10 100

C)

10 100 k, 50 1 k

D)

None of the above

17. For what kind of amplifications can the active region of the commonemitter configuration be used?

A)

Voltage

B)

Current

C)

Power

D)

All of the above

18. Use this table of collector characteristics to calculate ac at V = 15 V


and I = 30 A.
CE

A)

100

B)

106

C)

50

D)

400

19. Calculate dc at V = 15 V and I = 30 A.


CE

A)

100

B)

116

C)

50

D)

110

20. Which of the following configurations can a transistor set up?

A)

Common-base

B)

Common-emitter

C)

Common-collector

D)

All of the above

21. Determine the value of when = 100.

A)

1.01

B)

101

C)

0.99

D)

Cannot be solved with the information provided

22. What is the most frequently encountered transistor configuration?

A)

Common-base

B)

Common-collector

C)

Common-emitter

D)

Emitter-collector

23. for this set of collector characteristics is within _____ percent of .


dc

ac

A)

B)

C)

D)

10

24. = ________
dc

A)
B)
C)

I /I
I /I
I /I

D)

None of the above

25. What is (are) the component(s) of most specification sheets provided by


the manufacturer?

A)

Maximum ratings

B)

Thermal characteristics

C)

Electrical characteristics

D)

All of the above

26. What is (are) the component(s) of electrical characteristics on the


specification sheets?

A)

On

B)

Off

C)

Small-signal characteristics

D)

All of the above

27. Most specification sheets are broken down into _____.

A)

maximum ratings

B)

thermal characteristics

C)

electrical characteristics

D)

All of the above

28. An example of a pnp silicon transistor is a 2N4123.

A)

True

B)

False

29. Which of the following equipment can check the condition of a transistor?

A)

Current tracer

B)

Digital display meter (DDM)

C)

Ohmmeter (VOM)

D)

All of the above

30. Which of the following can be obtained from the last scale factor of a
curve tracer?
A) h
B)
C)
D)
FE

dc

ac

ac

31. Calculate for I = 15 mA and V = 5 V.


ac

A)

200

B)

180

C)

220

D)

None of the above

CE

32. What range of resistor values would you get when checking a transistor
for forward- and reverse-biased conditions by an ohmmeter?

A)

100 to a few k, exceeding 100 k

B)

Exceeding 100 k, 100 to a few k

C)

Exceeding 100 k, exceeding 100 k

D)

100 to a few k, 100 to a few k

33. What does a reading of a large or small resistance in forward- and


reverse-biased conditions indicate when checking a transistor using an
ohmmeter?

A)

Faulty device

B)

Good device

C)

Bad ohmmeter

D)

None of the above

34. A transistor can be checked using a(n) _____.

A)

curve tracer

B)

digital meter

C)

ohmmeter

D)

Any of the above

35. How many individual pnp silicon transistors can be housed in a 14-pin
plastic dual-in-line package?

A)

B)

C)

10

D)

14

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