The knee voltage of a diode is approximately equal to the
A. Applied voltage
B. Barrier potential
C. Breakdown voltage
D. Forward voltage
E. None of the above
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A zener regulator has an input voltage from 15 to 20 V and a load current from 5 to 20 mA. If the zener voltage is 6.8 V, what value should the series resistor have?
A. 310 Ohm
B. 400 Ohm
C. 410 Ohm
D. 550 Ohm
E. None of the above
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The rms value of a sine waveform is:
A. the number of cycles completed in one second
B. the time required to complete one full cycle
C. equal to 0.707 times the peak amplitude
D. equal to 1.41 times the peak amplitude
E. None of the above
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Which one of the following is a direct statement of Ohm's law?
A. The voltage drop across a resistance is proportional to the value of resistance and the amount of current flowing through it
B. The total resistance of a parallel circuit is less than the value of the smallest resistance
C. The algebraic sum of voltages in a loop is equal to zero
D. The algebraic sum of currents entering and leaving a point is equal to zero
E. None of the above
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A high-pass filter:
A. passes lower-frequency signals and reduces higher-frequency signals
B. passes higher-frequency signals and reduces lower-frequency signals
C. has no effect on ac signals
D. increases the level of all frequencies by a significant amount
E. None of the above
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Which one of the following statements is true for the voltages in a series RC circuit?
A. The total voltage is equal to the sum of the voltages across the resistance and capacitance
B. The voltage always has the same amplitude and phase for every part of the circuit
C. The total voltage is less than the sum of the voltages across the resistance and capacitance
D. The total voltage is greater than the sum of the voltages across the resistance and capacitance
E. None of the above
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A battery is a device composed of one or more:
A. chemical cells
B. voltage generators
C. solar cells
D. piezoeletric cells
E. None of the above
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Doubling the operating voltage of a purely capacitive circuit:
A. has no effect on the capacitive reactance
B. doubles the amount of capacitive reactance
C. multiplies the capacitive reactance by 7
D. cuts the capacitive reactance in half
E. None of the above
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How much current flows through a 0.02-H choke that is operating from a 12-V ac, 100-Hz source?
A. 0.02 A
B. 0.955 A
C. 10:00 AM
D. 2.02 A
E. None of the above
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The transistor has a collector current of 10 mA and a base current of 40 mA. What is the current gain of the transistor?
A. 250 µA
B. 350 µA
C. 0.25 µA
D. 300 µA
E. None of the above
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What is the phase shift between total current and voltage in the circuit of a 100 ohm resistor connected in parallel with a capacitor that has a reactance of 100 ohm
A. 180 degree
B. 30 degree
C. 45 degree
D. 75 degree
E. None of the above
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Molecule is
A. The smallest particle of a substance that retains the properties of that substance
B. A atom that has a shortage of electrons in its outer orbit
C. A atom that has an excessive number of electrons in its outer orbit
D. A atom that flows whenever there is an imbalance of electrical charges between two points
E. None of the above
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What form of energy is used for creating static electricity?
A. Solar energy
B. Mechanical energy
C. Chemical energy
D. Light energy
E. None of the above
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Suppose the zener diode has a breakdown voltage of 10 V and zener resistance of 8.5 W, what is the additional voltage when the current is 20 mA?
A. 0.17 V
B. 10.17 V
C. 20 V
D. 18.8 V
E. None of the above
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A transistor has a current gain of 125 and a base current of 30 µA. What is the collector current?
A. 3.75 mA
B. 3.2 mA
C. 0.05 mA
D. 13 mA
E. None of the above
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A dielectric material is:
A. a good conductor
B. a good insulator
C. a poor conductor of electrostatic fields
D. a good conductor of magnetic fields
E. None of the above
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A certain electromagnet has 1000 turns of wire. How much current must flow through the coil in order to generate an mmf of 100 ampere-turns?
A. 0.1 A
B. 1000 A
C. 10:00 AM
D. 100 A
E. None of the above
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If a load resistance is 1 kW, a stiff current source has a resistance of
A. At least 10 Ohm
B. Less than 10 Ohm
C. More than 100 k Ohm
D. Less than 100 k Ohm
E. None of the above
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A flashlight battery has internal resistance of 1W. For what values of load resistance does the flashlight battery appear stiff?
A. 60 Ohm
B. 50 Ohm
C. 100 Ohm or more
D. 10 Ohm
E. None of the above
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The number of free electrons and holes in intrinsic semiconductor increases when the temperature
A. Decreases
B. Increases
C. Stays the same
D. 0o C
E. None of the above
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