Worksheetssemiconductor
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
A semiconductor is formed by ……… bonds.
Covalent
Electrovalent
Co-ordinate
A semiconductor has ………… temperature coefficient of resistance.
Positive
Zero
Negative
The most commonly used semiconductor is ………..
Germanium
Silicon
Carbon
A semiconductor has generally ……………… valence electrons.
3
6
4
When a pure semiconductor is heated, its resistance …………..
Goes up
Goes down
Remains the same
When a pentavalent impurity is added to a pure semiconductor, it becomes ………
An insulato
p-type semiconductor
n-type semiconductor
Addition of pentavalent impurity to a semiconductor creates many ……..
Free electrons
Holes
Valence electrons
A pentavalent impurity has ………. Valence electrons
3
5
4
A trivalent impurity has ….. valence electrons
4
5
3
Addition of trivalent impurity to a semiconductor creates many ……..
Holes
Free electrons
Valence electrons
A hole and electron in close proximity would tend to ……….
Repel each other
Attract each other
Have no effect on each other
In a semiconductor, current conduction is due to ……..
Only holes
Only free electrons
Holes and free electrons
The random motion of holes and free electrons due to thermal agitation is called ……….
Diffusion
Pressure
Ionisation
A forward biased pn junction diode has a resistance of the order of
Ω
kΩ
MΩ
The battery connections required to forward bias a pn junction are ……
+ve terminal to p and –ve terminal to n
-ve terminal to p and +ve terminal to n
-ve terminal to p and –ve terminal to n
The barrier voltage at a pn junction for germanium is about ………
5 V
3 V
Zero
A reverse bias pn junction has …………
Very narrow depletion layer
Almost no current
Very low resistance
A pn junction acts as a ……….
Controlled switch
Bidirectional switch
Unidirectional switch
The leakage current across a pn junction is due to …………..
Minority carriers
Majority carriers
Junction capacitance
With forward bias to a pn junction , the width of depletion layer ………
Decreases
Increases
Remains the same
At room temperature, an intrinsic silicon crystal acts approximately as ……
A battery
A conductor
An insulator
Under normal conditions a diode conducts current when it is ……………
reverse biased
forward biased
avalanched
A semiconductor in its purest form is called.......
A.Insulator
B.Superconductor
C.Intrinsic semiconductor
An intrinsic semiconductor at absolute zero.........
A.Becomes extrinsic semiconductor
B.Behaves like an insulator
C.Disintegrates into pieces
A semiconductor has.... temperature co-efficient of resistance.
A.Zero
B.Positive
C.Negative
