MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. In a PN junction with no external voltage, the electric field between acceptor and
donor ions is called a
 A.Peak
B.Barrier 
C.Threshold
D.Path

2. In a PN junction the potential barrier is due to the charges on either side of the
junction, these charges are
   A.Majority carriers
   B.Minority carriers
   C.Both (a) and (b)
   D.Fixed donor and acceptor ions

3. 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

4. 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

5. How many orbiting electrons does the germanium atom have

A.4
B.14
C.32
D.41
6. How many terminals does a diode have
A.1
B.2
C.3
D.4

7. What unit is used to represent the level of a diode forward current IF?
A.pA
B.nA
C.A
D.Ma

8. The diffused impurities with ________ valence electrons are called donor atoms.
A.4
 B.3
C.5
D.0

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

A.1
B.2
C.3
D.4

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. When PN junction is in forward bias, by increasing the battery voltage

A.Circuit resistance increases
B.Current through P-N junction increase
C.Current through P-N junction decreases
D.None of the above happens

12. When a PN junction is reverse-biased

A.Holes and electrons tend to concentrate towards the junction
B.The barrier tends to break down
C.Holes and electrons tend to move away from the junction
D.None of the above

13. A PN junction
A.Has low resistance in forward as well as reverse direction
B.Has high resistance in forward as well as reverse directions
C.Conducts in forward direction only
D.Conducts in reverse direction only
14. The depletion layer of a PN junction diode has
A.Only free mobile holes
B.Only free mobile electrons
C.Both free mobile holes as well as electrons
D.Neither free mobile electrons nor holes

15. Mobile electrons of P-side of the PN junction diode constitute

A.Minority current carriers
B.Majority current carriers
C.Depending upon voltage they may be either majority or minority current
carriers
D.None of the above
16. Which of the following isn’t a type of rectifier?
A Precision Half-wave Rectifier
B Bridge Rectifier
C Peak Rectifier
D None of the mentioned

17. The diode rectifier works well enough if the supply voltage is much than greater
than 0.7V. For smaller voltage (of few hundreds of millivolt) input which of the
following can be used?
A Superdiode
B Peak rectifier
C Precision rectifier
D None of the mentioned

18. A simple diode rectifier has ‘ripples’ in the output wave which makes it unsuitable
as a DC source. To overcome this one can use
A A capacitor in series with a the load resistance
B A capacitor in parallel to the load resistance
C Both of the mentioned situations will work
D None of the mentioned situations will work

19. In a full wave rectifier, the current in each diode flows for
a. whole cycle of the input signal
b. half cycle of the input signal
c. more than half cycle of the input signal
d. none of these
20. in a full wave rectifier, if the input frequency is 50 Hz, then output frequency will
be
a. 50 Hz
b. 75 Hz
c. 100 Hz
d. 200 Hz
21. In a center tap full wave rectifier, if Vm is the peak voltage between center tap
and one endof the secondary, the maximum voltage coming across the reverse
bias diode is
a. Vm
b. 2 Vm
c. Vm/2
d. Vm/√2
22. Which rectifier requires four diodes?
a. half-wave voltage doubler
b. full-wave voltage doubler
c. full-wave bridge circuit
d. voltage quadruple
23. . The basic reason why a full wave rectifier has a twice the efficiency of a half
wave rectifier is that
a. it makes use of transformer
b. its ripple factor is much less
c. it utilizes both half-cycle of the input
d. its output frequency is double the line frequency

24. The bridge rectifier is preferred to an ordinary two diode full wave rectifier
because
a. it needs much smaller transformer for the same output
b. no center tap required
c. less PIV rating per diode
d. all the above
25. A circuit that removes positive or negative parts of waveform is called
a. clamper
b. clipper
c. diode clamp
d. limiter
26. 2. A circuit that adds positive or negative dc voltage to an input sine wave is
called
a. clamper
b. clipper
c. diode clamp
d. limiter
27. Zener diode has a
A. High forward voltage rating
B. Negative resistance
C. High amplification
D. Sharp breakdown voltage at low reverse voltage

28. Zener diode is used as

A. An amplifier
B. A voltage regulator
C. A coupler
D. A rectifier

29. Zener diode is operated in

A Breakdown region
B. Forward characteristics region
C Both A and B
D None of these.

30. Diode which has zero breakdown voltage is known as

a. Zener diode
b. Schottkey diode
c. Backward diode
 d. Tunnel diode

31. If the decimal number is a fraction then its binary equivalent is obtained by
________ the number continuously by 2.
a) Dividing
b) Multiplying
c) Adding
d) Subtracting
32. The representation of octal number (532.2)8 in decimal is ________
a) (346.25)10
b) (532.864)10
c) (340.67)10
d) (531.668)10
33. The decimal equivalent of the binary number (1011.011)2 is ________
a) (11.375)10
b) (10.123)10
c) (11.175)10
d) (9.23)10
34. An important drawback of binary system is ________
a) It requires very large string of 1’s and 0’s to represent a decimal number
b) It requires sparingly small string of 1’s and 0’s to represent a decimal number
c) It requires large string of 1’s and small string of 0’s to represent a decimal
number
d) It requires small string of 1’s and large string of 0’s to represent a decimal
number
35. The decimal equivalent of the octal number (645)8 is ______
a) (450)10
b) (451)10
c) (421)10
d) (501)10
36. The largest two digit hexadecimal number is ________
a) (FE)16
b) (FD)16
c) (FF)16
d) (EF)16
37.  Representation of hexadecimal number (6DE)H in decimal:
a) 6 * 162 + 13 * 161 + 14 * 160
b) 6 * 162 + 12 * 161 + 13 * 160
c) 6 * 162 + 11 * 161 + 14 * 160
d) 6 * 162 + 14 * 161 + 15 * 160
38. The given hexadecimal number (1E.53)16 is equivalent to ____________
a) (35.684)8
b) (36.246)8
c) (34.340)8
d) (35.599)8
39. The octal number (651.124)8 is equivalent to ______
a) (1A9.2A)16
b) (1B0.10)16
c) (1A8.A3)16
d) (1B0.B0)16
40. The octal equivalent of the decimal number (417)10 is _____
a) (641)8
b) (619)8
c) (640)8
d) (598)8
41. Convert the hexadecimal number (1E2)16 to decimal:
a) 480
b) 483
c) 482
d) 484
42.  (170)10 is equivalent to
a) (FD)16
b) (DF)16
c) (AA)16
d) (AF)16
43. Convert (214)8 into decimal:
a) (140)10
b) (141)10
c) (142)10
d) (130)10
44. Convert (0.345)10 into an octal number:
a) (0.16050)8
b) (0.26050)8
c) (0.19450)8
d) (0.24040)8
45.  Convert the binary number (01011.1011)2 into decimal:
a) (11.6875)10
b) (11.5874)10
c) (10.9876)10
d) (10.7893)10
46. Octal to binary conversion: (24)8 =?
a) (111101)2
b) (010100)2
c) (111100)2
d) (101010)2
47. Convert binary to octal: (110110001010)2 =?
a) (5512)8
b) (6612)8
c) (4532)8
d) (6745)8
 48. Binary coded decimal is a combination of __________
a) Two binary digits
b) Three binary digits
c) Four binary digits
d) Five binary digits
49. The decimal number 10 is represented in its BCD form as __________
a) 10100000
b) 01010111
c) 00010000
d) 00101011
50. Code is a symbolic representation of __________ information.
a) Continuous
b) Discrete
c) Analog
d) Both continuous and discrete

ANSWER KEY

1 B 1 B 21 B 31 B 4 C
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2 D 1 C 22 C 32 A 4 C
2 2

3 D 1 C 23 C 33 A 4 A
3 3

4 A 1 D 24 D 34 A 4 B
4 4

5 C 1 A 25 B 35 C 4 A
5 5

6 B 1 D 26 A 36 C 4 B
6 6

7 D 1 A 27 D 37 A 4 B
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8 C 1 A 28 B 38 B 4 C
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9 D 1 B 29 A 39 A 4 C
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