MOC Question Bank -2017

Subject:-Basic Electronics Engineering Class: - (FE)

Name of Unit: - Diode circuits (Unit-I)

Q1. The average value of a half wave rectified voltage with a peak value 200 V is (mark1)

Ans:- A) 63.7 V

B) 127.3 V

C) 141 V

D) 0 V

Q2. When a 60Hz sinusoidal voltage is applied to the input of a half wave rectifier, (mark1)
the output frequency is
Ans:- A) 120 Hz

B) 30 Hz

C) 60 Hz

D) 0 Hz

Q3. The peak value of the input to a half wave rectifier is 10V.The practically peak (mark1)
value of the output is
Ans:- A) 10 V

B) 3.18 V

C) 10.7 V

D) 9.3 V

Q4. The average value of a full-wave rectified voltage with a peak value of 75 V is (mark 1)

Ans:- A) 53 V

B) 47.8 V

C) 37.5 V

D) 23.9 V

Q5. When a 60Hz sinusoidal voltage is applied to the input of a full wave rectifier , (mark 1)
the output frequency is
Ans:- A) 120 Hz

B) 60 Hz

C) 240 Hz
 D) 0 Hz

Q6. The total secondary voltage in a centre-tapped full-wave rectifier is 125 V rms. (mark 1)
Neglecting the diode drop, the rms output voltage is
Ans:- A) 125 V

B) 177 V

C) 100 V

D) 62.5 V

Q7. When the peak output voltage is 100V, the PIV for each diode in a centre (mark 1)
tapped full-wave rectifier is (neglecting the diode drop)
Ans:- A) 100 V

B) 200 V

C) 141 V

D) 50 V

Q8. When the rms output voltage of a bride full-wave rectifier is 20 V, the peak (mark 1)
inverse voltage across the diode is (neglecting the diode drop)
Ans:- A) 20 V

B) 40 V

C) 28.3 V

D) 56.6 V

Q9. The ideal DC output voltage of a capacitor-input filter is equal to (mark 1)

Ans:- A) the peak value of the rectified voltage

B) average value of the rectified voltage

C) the rms value of the rectified voltage

D) none of these

Q10. A certain power-supply filter produces an output with a ripple of 100mV peak- (mark 1)
to-peak and a dc value of 20 V. The ripple factor is
Ans:- A) 0.05

B) 0.005

C) 0.00005

D) 0.02

Q11. Line regulation is determined by (mark 1)

Ans:- A) load current

B) zener current and load current

C) changes in load resistances

D) changes in output voltge and input voltage

Q12. If the load resistance of a capacitor-filtered full-wave rectifier is reduced, the (mark 1)
ripple voltage
Ans:- A) increases

B) decreases

C) is not affected

D) has a different frequency

Q13. A 60 V peak full-wave rectified voltage is applied to a capacitor-input filter. If (mark 1)

f=120Hz, RL=10kΩ, and C=10µF,the ripple voltage is
Ans:- A) 0.6 V

B) 6m V

C) 5.0 V

D) 2.88 V

Q14. Load regulation is determined by (mark 1)

Ans:- A) changes in load current and input voltage

B) changes in load current and output voltage

C) changes in load resistance and input voltage

D) changes in zener current and load current

Q15. A 10 V peak-to-peak sinusoidal voltage is applied across a silicon diode and (mark 1)
series resistor. The maximum voltage across the diode is
Ans:- A) 9.3 V

B) 5 V

C) 0.7 V

D) 10 V

Q16. If the input voltage to a voltage tripler has an rms value of 12 V, the dc output (mark 1)
voltage is approximately
Ans:- A) 36 V

B) 50.9 V

C) 33.9 V
 D) 32.4 V

Q17. If one of the diodes in bridge full-wave rectifier opens, the output is (mark 1)

Ans:- A) 0 V

B) one fourth the amplitude of the input voltage

C) a half- wave rectified voltage

D) a 120 Hz voltage

Q18. If you are checking a 60Hz full-wave bridge rectifier and observe that the (mark 1)
output has a 60 Hz ripple,
Ans:- A) the circuit is working properly

B) there is an open diode

C) the transformer secondary is shorted

D) the filter capacitor is leaky

Q19. The cathode of a zener diode in a voltage regulator is normally (mark 1)

Ans:- A) more positive than the anode

B) more negative than the anode

C) at +0.7 V

D) grounded

Q20. If a certain 12 V zener diode, a 10 mA change in zener current produces a 0.1V (mark 1)
change in zener voltage. The zener impedance for this current range is
Ans:- A) 1Ω

B) 100 Ω

C) 10 Ω

D) 0.1 Ω

Q21. The data sheet for a particular zener gives Vz=10V at Izt=500mA. Zz for these (mark 1)
conditions is
Ans:- A) 50 Ω

B) 20 Ω

C) 10 Ω

D) Unknown

Q22. No load condition means that (mark 1)

Ans:- A) the load has infinite resistance

B) the load has zero resistance

C) the output terminals are open

D) answers A and C

Q23. Which of the following is not an essential element of a dc power supply (mark 1)

Ans:- A) Rectifer

B) Voltage regulator

C) Filter

D) Voltage amplifier

Q24. An LED (mark 1)

Ans:- A) emits light when reverse biased

B) senses light when reverse biased

C) emits light when forward biased

D) act as a variable resistance

Q25. Compared to a visible red LED, an infrared LED (mark 1)

Ans:- A) produces light with shorter wavelengths

B) produces light of all wavelengths

C) produces only one colour of light

D) produces light with longer wavelengths

Q26. The internal resistance of a photodiode (mark 1)

Ans:- A) increases with light intensity when reverse biased

B) decreases with light intensity when reverse biased

C) increases with light intensity when forward biased

D) decreases with light intensity when reverse biased

Q27. What is true about the breakdown voltage in a Zener diode? (mark 1)

Ans:- A) It decreases when current increases.

B) It destroys the diode.

C) It equals the current times the resistance.

D) It is approximately constant.
Q28. An infrared LED is optically coupled to a photodiode. When the LED is turned (mark 1)
off, the reading on an ammeter in series with the reverse biased photodiode
will
Ans:- A) not change

B) decrease

C) increase

D) fluctuate

Q29. In order for a system to function properly, the various types of circuits that (mark 1)
make up the system must be
Ans:- A) properly biased

B) properly connected

C) properly interfaced

D) all of the above

Q30. Which of these is the best description of a Zener diode? (mark 1)

Ans:- A) It is a rectifier diode.

B) It is a constant voltage device.

C) It is a constant current device.

D) It works in the forward region.

Q31. The voltage across the Zener resistance is usually (mark 1)

Ans:- A) Small

B) Large

C) Measured in volts

D) Subtracted from the breakdown voltage

Q32. In a semiconductor, holes exist in band (mark 1)

Ans:- A) the conduction

B) the forbidden energy

C) no

D) the valency

Q33. In a reverse biased p-n junction, almost no current flows because (mark 1)

Ans:- A) electrons and holes recombine before they can cross the junction
 B) only minority carriers, whose densities are very small, contribute
to the current, when they cross the junction
C) the electric field in the neutral regions is very small

D) all the applied voltage appears across the ohmic contacts.

Q34. A Zener diode (mark 1)

Ans:- A) Is a battery

B) Has a constant voltage in the breakdown region

C) Has a barrier potential of 1 V

D) Is forward biased

Q35. If the series resistance increases in an unloaded Zener regulator, the Zener current (mark 1)

Ans:- A) Decreases

B) Stays the same

C) Increases

D) Equals the voltage divided by the resistance

Q36. Diodes are used to clip voltages in circuits because they act as (mark 1)

Ans:- A) current sources under certain bias conditions

B) voltage sources under certain bias conditions

C) inductors that can remove current spikes

D) Dependent current sources whose current is clipped by the load

resistor value.

Q37. A simple half-wave rectifier made with a single diode and a single load resistor (mark 1)
converts an ac voltage to
Ans:- A) an essentially constant DC voltage

B) a sinusoidal voltage which has a dc shift

C) a waveform that has only the positive, or the negative, half of the
input sinusoid
D) another ac voltage that is phase-shifted by 180 degrees from the
original voltage

Q38. The equivalent dc output voltage of a full-wave rectifier is the equivalent dc (mark 1)
output voltage of a half-wave rectifier
Ans:- A) equal to

B) not related to
 C) half

D) double

Q39. Ripple in a full-wave rectifier, With a capacitor connected across the output, is (mark 1)
--------- the ripple in a full-wave rectifier.
Ans:- A) greater than

B) less than

C) equal to

D) exactly half of

Q40. A crystal diode is a (mark 1)

Ans:- A) passive

B) bilateral

C) linear

D) nonlinear

Q41. A crystal diode has (mark 1)

Ans:- A) one PN junction

B) two pn junction

C) three pn junction

D) none of the above

Q42. A crystal diode has forward resistance of the order of ----- (mark 1)

Ans:- A) kilo-ohm

B) mega-ohm

C) ohm

D) none of the above

Q43. If the arrow of crystal diode symbol is positive with respect to bar, then diode (mark 1)
is ----- biased
Ans:- A) forward

B) Reverse

C) either forward or reversed

D) none of the above

Q44. An ideal diode is one which behaves as a perfect ----- when forward biased. (mark 1)
Ans:- A) insulator

B) conductor

C) semiconductor

D) none of above

Q45. The d.c resistance of a diode is ----- its a.c resistance. (mark 1)

Ans:- A) greater than

B) less than

C) more than

D) none of the above

Q46. If the doping level of a crystal diode increased, the breakdown voltage-- (mark 1)

Ans:- A) remains the same

B) is increased

C) is decreased

D) none of above

Q47. The doping level in a zener diode is ----- that of a crystal diode (mark 1)

Ans:- A) either less or greater than

B) same as

C) Less than

D) more than

Q48. A zener diode is always ----- connected. (mark 1)

Ans:- A) Forward

B) Reverse

C) either reverse or forward

D) none of the above

Q49. In the breakdown region, a zener diode behaves like a ----- source. (mark 1)

Ans:- A) constant voltage

B) constant current

C) constant resistance

D) none of the above

Q50. A zener diode is ------ device. (mark 1)

Ans:- A) linear

B) a non-linear

C) bilateral

D) none of the above

Q51. A zener diode has ----- breakdown voltage. (mark 1)

Ans:- A) undefined

B) same as input

C) Zero

D) Sharp

Q52. Zener diode are used as ---- (mark 1)

Ans:- A) Amplifier

B) voltage regulation

C) Oscillator

D) Rectifier

Q53. A pn junction that radiates energy as light instead of heat is called ----- (mark 1)

Ans:- A) zener diode

B) photo diode

C) LED

D) crystal diode

Q54. When the light increase, the reverse current in a photo diode. (mark 1)

Ans:- A) is undefined

B) same as

C) Decrease

D) Increases

Q55. A photo diode is normally. (mark 1)

Ans:- A) reversed-bias

B) forward-bias

C) either forward or reverse bias

 D) none of above

Q56. Mains A.C. power is converted to d.c power for ----- (mark 1)

Ans:- A) lighting purpose

B) Heaters

C) increase electric efficiency

D) using in electronic component

Q57. If the load resistance increases in a Zener regulator, the Zener current (mark 1)

Ans:- A) Decreases

B) Stays the same

C) Increases

D) Equals the source voltage divided by series resistance

Q58. If the input of a half wave rectifier has an rms value of 400/√2 v, then diode (mark 1)
PIV ratings........
Ans:- A) 400/√2

B) 400*√2

C) 400 v

D) 200

Q59. The ripple factor of a half wave rectifier is...... (mark 1)

Ans:- A) 2

B) 0.48

C) 1.21

D) 2.5

Q60. The ripple factor of a bridge rectifier is...... (mark 1)

Ans:- A) 0.812

B) 1.21

C) 0.406

D) 0.5

Q61. The maximum efficiency of a half wave rectifier is........ (mark 1)

Ans:- A) 81.2%
 B) 40.6%

C) 100%

D) 50%

Q62. The disadvantage of a half-wave rectifier is that the.......... (mark 1)

Ans:- A) components are expensive

B) output is difficult to filter

C) diodes must have higher ratings

D) complex in design

Q63. The ripple factor of a power supply is measure of----- (mark 1)

Ans:- A) its filter efficiency

B) its voltage regulation

C) diode ratings

D) regulation efficiency

Q64. The ......... filter circuit result in the best voltage regulation. (mark 1)

Ans:- A) choke input

B) capacitor input

C) resistance input

D) L-C input

Q65. Avalanche breakdown results basically due to (mark 1)

Ans:- A) impact ionisation

B) strong electric field across the junction

C) emission of electrons

D) rise in temperature

Q66. When the source voltage increases in a Zener regulator, which of these currents (mark 1)
remain approximately constant ?
Ans:- A) Series current

B) Zener current

C) Load current

D) None of these
Q67. In a full-wave rectifier without filter, the ripple factor is (mark 1)

Ans:- A) 0.482

B) 1.21

C) 1.79

D) 2.05

Q68. If the average output voltage of a bridge rectifier is 100V, the PIV of diode will (mark 1)
be
Ans:- A) 100√2 V
B) 200/ π V

C) 100π V

D) 100π/2 V

Q69. In the voltage regulator shown below, if the current through the load (mark 1)
decreases,

Ans:- A) The current through R1 will increase

B) The current through R1 will decrease

C) Zener diode current will increase

D) Zener diode current will decrease

Q70. Regulation of a DC power supply is given by (mark 1)

Ans:- A) product of no-load output voltage and full-load current

B) ratio of full-load output voltage and full-load current

C) change in output voltage from no-load to full-load

D) change in output impedance from no-load to full-load

Q71. The depletion region in a Junction Diode contains (mark 1)

Ans:- A) only charge carriers (of minority type and majority type)

B) no charge at all

C) vacuum, and no atoms at all

 D) only ions i.e., immobile charges

Q72. An ideal voltage source of 12 V provides a current of 150 mA to a load (mark 1)

connected across it. If the load impedance is halved, the new load current will
be
Ans:- A) 0.3 A

B) 0.15 A

C) 0.6 A

D) 1.2 A

Q73. Ratings on a capacitor are given 25µF, 12 V. Also a plus sign is written near one (mark 1)
of its terminals. The capacitor is
Ans:- A) mica capacitor

B) ceramic capacitor

C) electrolytic capacitor

D) paper capacitor

Q74. A resistor used in colour TV has the following colour bands: yellow, violet, (mark 1)
orange and silver. Its nominal value is
Ans:- A) 4.7 KΩ, ±10 %

B) 4.7 KΩ ,±5 %

C) 47 KΩ, ±10 %

D) 470 KΩ, ±5 %

Q75. If the Zener diode in a Zener regulator is connected with the wrong polarity, the load (mark 1)
voltage will be closest to
Ans:- A) 0.7V

B) 18V

C) 10V

D) 14V

Q76. The percentage voltage regulation of voltage supply providing 100V unloaded and 95V (mark 1)
at full load is
Ans:- A) 5.3%

B) 0.53%

C) 5.0%

D) None of the above

Q77. A 10-V dc regulator power supply has a regulation of 0.005 per cent. Its output voltage (mark 1)
will vary within an envelope of ……………millivolt.
Ans:- A) ±2.5

B) ±5

C) ±0.5

D) ±0.05

Q78. At room temperature, the current in an intrinsic semiconductor is due to (mark 1)

Ans:- A) Holes

B) Electronics

C) Ions

D) holes and electronics

Q79. A half wave rectifier has an input voltage of 240 V r.m.s. If the step-down (mark 1)
transformer has a turn’s ratio of 8:1, what is the peak load voltage? Ignore
diode drop.
Ans:- A) 27.5 V

B) 86.5 V

C) 30 V

D) 42.5 V

Q80. An ideal voltage regulator has a voltage regulation of (mark 1)

Ans:- A) 0

B) 50

C) 1

D) 100

Q81. A voltage doubler circuit is fed by a voltage Vm Sin ωt. The output voltage will be nearly (mark 1)
2 Vm only if
Ans:- A) load resistance is small

B) load resistance is large

C) load resistance neither small nor large

D) either (a) or (c)

Q82. A crystal diode utilises………. Characteristic for rectification (mark 1)

Ans:- A) reverse

B) forward
 C) forward or reverse

D) none of the above

Q83. When a crystal diode is used as a rectifier, the most important consideration is (mark 1)

Ans:- A) forward characteristic

B) doping level

C) reverse characteristic

D) PIV rating

Q84. If the input voltage in Figure below is increased, the peak inverse voltage (mark 1)
across the diode will

A) Increase

B) Decrease

C) not change

D) cannot say

Q85. If the turns ratio of the transformer in Figure below is decreased, the forward (mark 1)
current through the diode will

Ans:- A) increase

B) Decreases

C) not change

D) cannot say

Q86. If the frequency of the input voltage in figure below is increased, the output (mark 1)
voltage will
Ans:- A) increase

B) Decrease

C) not change

D) cannot say

Q87. If the PIV rating of the diodes in Figure below is increased, the current through (mark 1)
RL will

vAns:- A) increase

B) Decrease

C) not change

D) cannot say

Q88. If one of the diodes in Figure below opens, the average voltage to the load will (mark 1)

Ans:- A) increase

B) Decrease

C) not change

D) cannot be specified

Q89. If the value of R L in Figure below is decreased, the current through each diode (mark 1)
 will

Ans:- A) increase

B) Decrease

C) not change

D) cannot be specified

Q90. If the capacitor value in Figure below is decreased. the output ripple voltage (mark 1)
will

Ans:- A) Increase

B) Decrease

C) not change

D) cannot be specified

Q91. If the line voltage in Figure below is increased, ideally the +5 V output will (mark 1)

Ans:- A) Increase

B) Decrease

C) not change
 D) cannot be specified

Q92. If the bias voltage in Figure below is decreased, the positive portion of the (mark 1)
output voltage will

Ans:- A) Increase

B) Decrease

C) not change

D) cannot be specified

Q93. If the bias voltage in Figure below is increased. the negative portion of the (mark 1)
output voltage will

Ans:- A) Increase

B) Decrease

C) not change

D) cannot be specified

Q94. If the value of R j in Figure below is decreased. the positive output voltage will (mark 1)

Ans:- A) Increase

B) Decrease

C) not change
 D) cannot be specified

Q95. If the input voltage in Figure below is increased, the peak negative value of the (mark 1)

output voltage will

Ans:- A) Increase

B) Decrease

C) not change

D) cannot be specified

Q96. A circuit that removes positive or negative parts of waveform is called (mark 1)

Ans:- A) Clamper

B) Clipper

C) diode clamp

D) limiter

Q97. A circuit that adds positive or negative dc voltage to an input sine wave is (mark 1)
called
Ans:- A) clamper

B) clipper

C) diode clamp

D) limiter

Q98. Voltage multipliers are circuits best used to produce (mark 1)

Ans:- A) low voltage and low current

B) low voltage and high current

C) high voltage and low current

D) high voltage and high current

Q99. Half wave voltage multiplier can provide any degree of voltage multiplication (mark 1)
by cascading diodes and capacitors.
Ans:- A) only doubler

B) any multiplication
 C) only Tripler

D) none of these

Q100. Consider the following statements: A clamper circuit (mark 1)

1. adds or subtracts a dc voltage to a waveform
2. does not change the waveform
3. amplifies the waveform
Which are correct?
Ans:- A) 1,2

B) 1,2,3

C) 1,3

D) 2,3

Q101. The circuit given in the figure is: (mark 1)

Ans:- A) positive clipper

B) negative clipper

C) dual clipper

D) either positive clipper or negative clipper

Q102. In the figure below D1 turns on when (mark 1)

Ans:- A) Vi is more positive than V1

B) Vi is less than V1

C) Vi is between V1 and V2

D) none of these

Q103. In the given Figure D2 turns ON when (mark 1)

Ans:- A) Vi is more positive than V1

B) Vi is less positive than v1

C) Vi is more negative than V2

D) Vi is less negative than V2

Q104. A voltage tripler circuit uses (mark 1)

Ans:- A) 2 diodes and 2 capacitors

B) 2 diodes and 3 capacitors

C) 3 diodes and 3 capacitors

D) 3 diodes and 2 capacitors

Q105. A voltage doubler circuit is fed by a voltage Vm Sin ωt. The output voltage will (mark 1)
be nearly 2 Vm only if
Ans:- A) load resistance is small

B) load resistance is large

C) load resistance neither small nor large

D) load resistance either small or large