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FECsum_Midterm Quiz 1

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is known for experimenting with mechanical resistance and developing Coulomb's Law for electrostatic charges?

a)

Michael Faraday

b)

Alessandro Volta

c)

Luigi Galvani

d)

Charles Coulomb

2.

Which scientist demonstrated that electricity affects magnetism and initiated the study of electromagnetism?

a)

Hans Christian Oersted

b)

James Clerk Maxwell

c)

Andre Ampere

d)

Georg Simon Ohm

3.

Who invented the battery and was very interested in electrical experiments in the late 1700s?

a)

Michael Faraday

b)

Alessandro Volta

c)

William Gilbert

d)

Luigi Galvani

4.

Which scientist discovered X-rays in 1895?

a)

Wilhelm Röntgen

b)

Thomas Alva Edison

c)

Guglielmo Marconi

d)

Nikola Tesla

5.

Who invented the Audion tube, the first triode vacuum tube?

a)

Lee De Forest

b)

Harold Stephen Black

c)

Walter Schottky

d)

Edwin Howard Armstrong

6.

Which scientist developed a theory of quantum surface states of electrons that led to the invention of the junction transistor?

a)

William Bradford Shockley

b)

Walter H. Brattain

c)

Phil Taylor Farnsworth

d)

John Bardeen

7.

Who wrote the 'Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism' in 1873?

a)

Heinrich Rudolph Hertz

b)

Gustav Robert Kirchhoff

c)

James Clerk Maxwell

d)

James Prescott Joule

8.

Which inventor and engineer invented AC generators, distribution systems, and AC induction motors?

a)

John Ambrose Fleming

b)

Guglielmo Marconi

c)

Phil Taylor Farnsworth

d)

Nikola Tesla

9.

Who demonstrated the electromagnetic radiation predicted by Maxwell and was the first to demonstrate the photoelectric effect?

a)

Wilhelm Röntgen

b)

Heinrich Rudolph Hertz

c)

Michael Faraday

d)

Thomas Alva Edison

10.

Which scientist invented regenerative feedback and electronic oscillators, and patented FM radio in 1933?

a)

Philo Taylor Farnsworth

b)

Harold Stephen Black

c)

Walter H. Brattain

d)

Edwin Howard Armstrong

11.

A diode allows the flow of current in only one direction

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

12.

The ____________ in the diode contains excess electrons

a)

P-TYPE

b)

N-TYPE

c)

DEPLETION REGION

13.

During forward biasing, the resistance across the diode is __________.

a)

HIGH

b)

LOW

14.

During reverse biasing, the resistance across the diode is __________.

a)

HIGH

b)

LOW

15.

During forward biasing, the cathode of the diode is connected to the _ terminal of the voltage source.

a)

+

b)

-

16.

During reverse biasing, current cannot flow freely through the diode.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

17.

What is the junction between the p-type and n-type regions of a diode called?

a)

Depletion zone

b)

Conduction band

c)

Valence band

d)

Energy gap

18.

The unit for inductance is ___________

a)

Ohm

b)

Henry

c)

Farad

d)

Ampere

19.

Which of the following is not an expression for power?

a)

P=VI

b)

P=I2R

c)

P=V2/R

d)

P=I/R

20.

The resistance of a 100 W, 200 V lamp is

a)

100 ohm

b)

200 ohm

c)

400 ohm

d)

1600 ohm

21.

According to Kirchhoff’s voltage law,

a)

The algebraic sum of all the e.m.f.s in the circuit is zero

b)

Algebraic sum of all the voltage drops in the circuit is zero

c)

Algebraic sum of e.m.f.s plus algebraic sum of voltage drops is equal to zero

d)

All of these

22.

The S.I. unit of power is

a)

Henry

b)

Coulomb

c)

Watt

d)

Watt-hour

23.

Which is the best conductor of electricity?

a)

Iron

b)

Silver

c)

Copper

d)

Carbon

24.

A closed switch has a resistance of

a)

zero

b)

about 50 ohms

c)

about 500 ohms

d)

infinity

25.

Identify this type of bias.

a)

Forward Biased

b)

Reverse Biased

c)

Forward-Reverse Biased

d)

Reverse-Forward Biased

26.

Please indicate whether the diode in each circuit is in forward or reverse bias.

a)

Forward bias

b)

Reverse bias

27.

Please indicate whether the diode in each circuit is in forward or reverse bias.

a)

Forward bias

b)

Reverse bias

28.

Please indicate whether the diode in

each circuit is in forward or reverse bias.

a)

Forward bias

b)

Reverse bias

29.

Please indicate whether the diode in the circuit is in forward or reverse bias.

a)

Forward bias

b)

Reverse bias

30.

Please indicate whether the diode in

each circuit is in forward or reverse bias.

a)

Forward bias

b)

Reverse bias

31.

It is a type of wave-shaping circuit that doesn't alter the waveform's shape.

a)

rectifier

b)

clipper

c)

clamper

d)

bridge circuit

32.

A diode bridge contains how many diodes?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

33.

It is a type of diode that can be used in the reverse bias condition.

a)

LED

b)

Zener diode

c)

Gunn diode

d)

Silicon diode

34.

What is the most common application of a Zener diode?

a)

amplifier

b)

rectifier

c)

voltage regulator

d)

charger

35.

Which of the following elements are required to construct a basic clipper circuit?

  1. 1. Resistor

  2. 2. Diode

  3. 3. Capacitor

  4. 4. Inductor

a)

1, 2, and 3

b)

1, 2, 3, and 4

c)

1 and 2

d)

2, 3, and 4

36.

In which of the following types of clippers is an additional DC component added?

a)

Series Unbiased clipper

b)

Shunt Unbiased clipper

c)

Series biased clipper

d)

Both (a) and (b)

37.

Which of the following is an operation of clippers?

a)

Generates new waves

b)

Acts as a half-wave rectifier

c)

Acts as voltage limiters

d)

All of the above

38.

What is the circuit in the given diagram called?

a)

Clipper

b)

Clamper

c)

Half-wave rectifier

d)

Full-wave rectifier

39.

What is the circuit in the given diagram called?

a)

Clipper

b)

Clamper

c)

Half wave rectifier

d)

Full wave rectifier

40.

What type of diode circuit is used to clip off portions of signal voltages above or below certain levels?

a)

clipper or limiter

b)

clamper

c)

voltage regulator

d)

none of the above