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FINAL Solid State Quiz

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many valence electrons are there in a germanium semiconductor?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

4

d)

none

2.

Other than germanium, what is another type of semiconductor material generally used?

a)

copper

b)

helium

c)

aluminum

d)

silicon

3.

A pure semiconductor is also referred to as

a)

a clean room device

b)

intrinsic

c)

extrinsic

d)

transistor

4.

Silicon that has been doped with a pentavalent impurity is called

a)

a p-type semiconductor

b)

an n-type semiconductor

c)

to driver

d)

an insulator

5.

In an n-type semiconductor, the free electrons are called the

a)

minority carriers

b)

majority carriers

c)

holes

6.

Silicon that has been doped with a trivalent impurity is called a(n)

a)

n-type semiconductor

b)

p-type semiconductor

c)

pn junction

d)

covalent bond

7.

The border between p-type and n-type crystal is called the

a)

pn junction

b)

p-type border Cn-type margin

c)

p junction

d)

n-type margin

8.

A silicon diode will allow a continuous current in the forward direction, if the source voltage is

a)

greater than 0.7 V

b)

equal to 7.7 V

c)

less than 0.7 V

d)

zero

9.

What is the approximate current level in a reversed-biased diode?

a)

0.7 mA

b)

0.7 A

c)

17 A

d)

zero

10.

If the current in a diode is too large

a)

the load resistor will short

b)

excessive heat may destroy the diode

c)

the diode becomes an amplifier

d)

bulk resistance becomes smaller

11.

In the forward region, the voltage at which the current starts to increase rapidly is called the

a)

depletion voltage of the diode

b)

saturation current of the diode

c)

cut-off voltage of the diode

d)

knee voltage of the diode

12.

An ideal diode acts like a switch that closes when

a)

the bias voltage is zero

b)

reverse biased

c)

forward biased

d)

taken out of the circuit

13.

What type of instrument can be used to test for a continuous path for current to flow?

a)

voltmeter

b)

ammeter

c)

oscilloscope

d)

continuity tester

14.

The time it takes to turn off a forward-biased diode is called the

a)

time constant

b)

reverse recovery time

c)

turn-off time

d)

forward off-time

15.

The Schottky diode has

a)

a large depletion layer

b)

no depletion layer

c)

a high reverse recovery time

d)

no juction

16.

What type of power supply circuit is used in high-voltage and low-current devices?

a)

clamper

b)

clipper

c)

half-wave rectifier

d)

voltage multiplier

17.

Half-wave rectifier voltage produces

a)

bi-directional current flow

b)

unidirectional current flow

c)

no current flow

d)

alternating current

18.

The output frequency of a half-wave rectifier is

a)

twice the input frequency

b)

half the input frequency

c)

equal to the input frequency

d)

four times the input frequency

19.

Phasing dots that appear at the upper ends of the transformer's schematic symbol mean that the dotted ends have the

a)

same instantaneous phase

b)

opposite instantaneous phase

c)

iron core insert

d)

connection for 60 Hz input

20.

The output signal frequency of a full-wave rectifier is

a)

half the input frequency

b)

twice the input frequency

c)

equal to the input frecuency

d)

alternating current at 60Hz

21.

What is the circuit inside electronics equipment that converts the ac input voltage to an almost perfect dc output voltage?

a)

modulator

b)

filter

c)

power supply

d)

transformer

22.

The most popular rectifier circuit is the

a)

half-wave

b)

bridge

c)

full-wave

d)

voltage doubler

23.

The voltage that must be less than the breakdown voltage of the diode as to prevent damage to the diode is the

a)

peak inverse voltage

b)

maximum diode voltage

c)

reverse surge voltage

d)

maximum peak voltage

24.

What is the type of fuse that can temporarily withstand overloads in current?

a)

overload fuse

b)

slow-blow fuse

c)

temporary blow fuse

d)

fast-acting fuse

25.

Most power supplies today use what circuit after the filter?

a)

rectifier

b)

frecuency multiplier

c)

surge resistor

d)

regulator

26.

A circuit that takes one DC input level and changes it to another DC level is a(n) ________.

a)

regulator

b)

inverter

c)

AC-DC converter

d)

DC-DC converter

27.

Which of the following transistor functions is the most common application?

a)

amplification

b)

oscillation

c)

switching

d)

filtering

28.

A key part of making a transistor amplify is proper ________.

a)

coupling

b)

impedance matching

c)

biasing

d)

loading

29.

Today, most transistors making up integrated circuits and even discrete component circuits are ________.

a)

BJTs

b)

FETs

c)

MOSFETs

d)

STEAKS

30.

Current flows from source to drain through the

a)

BJT

b)

FET

c)

PET

d)

STEAK

31.

With a JFET, the gate-source diode is

a)

always reverse-biased

b)

always forward-biased

c)

connected to the drain voltage

d)

connected to ground

32.

How effective the gate-source voltage is controlling the drain current is referred to as

a)

pinch off

b)

saturation

c)

transconductance

d)

conductance

33.

A discrete E-MOSFET widely used in applications that control motors, lamps, disk drives, and power supplies is called a(n)

a)

complementary MOS

b)

power FET

c)

digital FET

d)

analog FET

34.

The E-MOSFET is more often used as a(n)

a)

linear amplifier

b)

oscillator

c)

regulator

d)

switching device

35.

An unbiased transistor is like

a)

a biased diode

b)

two diodes connected in parallel

c)

two back-to-back diodes

d)

two diodes connected in series with a capacitor

36.

The two kinds of transistor circuits are amplifying and

a)

oscillating

b)

switching

c)

rectifying

d)

filtering

37.

A common-collector amplifier is also called a(n)

a)

collector follower

b)

base follower

c)

common follower

d)

emitter follower

38.

Class C operation means the collector current

a)

flows for 360° of the ac cycle.

b)

flows for half the cycle

c)

flows for less than half of the cycle

d)

does not flow at all

39.

What is a de amplifier that has high voltage gain, high input impedance, and low output impedance?

a)
BJT
b)

MOSFET

c)

op amp

d)

JFET

40.

The frequencies at which the voltage gain equals 0.707 of its maximum value are called the

a)

tuned RF frequencies

b)

full-power frequencies

c)

cutoff frequencies

d)

midband frequencies

41.

A reason for using decibel power gain is

a)

that logarithms compress numbers

b)

that logarithms expand numbers

c)

that a decibel equals a watt

d)

that a decibel is 10 times larger than a logarithm