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WorksheetsFINAL Solid State Quiz
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 21mins
How many valence electrons are there in a germanium semiconductor?
1
2
4
none
Other than germanium, what is another type of semiconductor material generally used?
copper
helium
aluminum
silicon
A pure semiconductor is also referred to as
a clean room device
intrinsic
extrinsic
transistor
Silicon that has been doped with a pentavalent impurity is called
a p-type semiconductor
an n-type semiconductor
to driver
an insulator
In an n-type semiconductor, the free electrons are called the
minority carriers
majority carriers
holes
Silicon that has been doped with a trivalent impurity is called a(n)
n-type semiconductor
p-type semiconductor
pn junction
covalent bond
The border between p-type and n-type crystal is called the
pn junction
p-type border Cn-type margin
p junction
n-type margin
A silicon diode will allow a continuous current in the forward direction, if the source voltage is
greater than 0.7 V
equal to 7.7 V
less than 0.7 V
zero
What is the approximate current level in a reversed-biased diode?
0.7 mA
0.7 A
17 A
zero
If the current in a diode is too large
the load resistor will short
excessive heat may destroy the diode
the diode becomes an amplifier
bulk resistance becomes smaller
In the forward region, the voltage at which the current starts to increase rapidly is called the
depletion voltage of the diode
saturation current of the diode
cut-off voltage of the diode
knee voltage of the diode
An ideal diode acts like a switch that closes when
the bias voltage is zero
reverse biased
forward biased
taken out of the circuit
What type of instrument can be used to test for a continuous path for current to flow?
voltmeter
ammeter
oscilloscope
continuity tester
The time it takes to turn off a forward-biased diode is called the
time constant
reverse recovery time
turn-off time
forward off-time
The Schottky diode has
a large depletion layer
no depletion layer
a high reverse recovery time
no juction
What type of power supply circuit is used in high-voltage and low-current devices?
clamper
clipper
half-wave rectifier
voltage multiplier
Half-wave rectifier voltage produces
bi-directional current flow
unidirectional current flow
no current flow
alternating current
The output frequency of a half-wave rectifier is
twice the input frequency
half the input frequency
equal to the input frequency
four times the input frequency
Phasing dots that appear at the upper ends of the transformer's schematic symbol mean that the dotted ends have the
same instantaneous phase
opposite instantaneous phase
iron core insert
connection for 60 Hz input
The output signal frequency of a full-wave rectifier is
half the input frequency
twice the input frequency
equal to the input frecuency
alternating current at 60Hz
What is the circuit inside electronics equipment that converts the ac input voltage to an almost perfect dc output voltage?
modulator
filter
power supply
transformer
The most popular rectifier circuit is the
half-wave
bridge
full-wave
voltage doubler
The voltage that must be less than the breakdown voltage of the diode as to prevent damage to the diode is the
peak inverse voltage
maximum diode voltage
reverse surge voltage
maximum peak voltage
What is the type of fuse that can temporarily withstand overloads in current?
overload fuse
slow-blow fuse
temporary blow fuse
fast-acting fuse
Most power supplies today use what circuit after the filter?
rectifier
frecuency multiplier
surge resistor
regulator
A circuit that takes one DC input level and changes it to another DC level is a(n) ________.
regulator
inverter
AC-DC converter
DC-DC converter
Which of the following transistor functions is the most common application?
amplification
oscillation
switching
filtering
A key part of making a transistor amplify is proper ________.
coupling
impedance matching
biasing
loading
Today, most transistors making up integrated circuits and even discrete component circuits are ________.
BJTs
FETs
MOSFETs
STEAKS
Current flows from source to drain through the
BJT
FET
PET
STEAK
With a JFET, the gate-source diode is
always reverse-biased
always forward-biased
connected to the drain voltage
connected to ground
How effective the gate-source voltage is controlling the drain current is referred to as
pinch off
saturation
transconductance
conductance
A discrete E-MOSFET widely used in applications that control motors, lamps, disk drives, and power supplies is called a(n)
complementary MOS
power FET
digital FET
analog FET
The E-MOSFET is more often used as a(n)
linear amplifier
oscillator
regulator
switching device
An unbiased transistor is like
a biased diode
two diodes connected in parallel
two back-to-back diodes
two diodes connected in series with a capacitor
The two kinds of transistor circuits are amplifying and
oscillating
switching
rectifying
filtering
A common-collector amplifier is also called a(n)
collector follower
base follower
common follower
emitter follower
Class C operation means the collector current
flows for 360° of the ac cycle.
flows for half the cycle
flows for less than half of the cycle
does not flow at all
What is a de amplifier that has high voltage gain, high input impedance, and low output impedance?
MOSFET
op amp
JFET
The frequencies at which the voltage gain equals 0.707 of its maximum value are called the
tuned RF frequencies
full-power frequencies
cutoff frequencies
midband frequencies
A reason for using decibel power gain is
that logarithms compress numbers
that logarithms expand numbers
that a decibel equals a watt
that a decibel is 10 times larger than a logarithm
