A Zener voltage regulator will cease to act as a voltage regulator if Zener current becomes ___________
A. Less than load current
B. Zero
C. More than load current
D. None of the above
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If the load resistance decreases in a Zener regulator, then Zener current ___________
A. Decreases
B. Stays the same
C. Increases
D. None of the above
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A Zener regulator ___________ in the power supply
A. Increases the ripple
B. Decreases the ripple
C. Neither increases nor decreases the ripple
D. Data insufficient
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Zener diode are generally made of ___________
A. Germanium
B. Silicon
C. Carbon
D. None of the above
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In an unregulated power supply, if load current increases, the output voltage ___________
A. Remains the same
B. Decreases
C. Increases
D. None of the above
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If the load current drawn by unregulated power supply increases, the d.c. output voltage ___________
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Stays the same
D. None of the above
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A 30 V Zener will have depletion layer width ___________ that of 10 V Zener
A. More than
B. Less than
C. Equal to
D. None of the above
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A Zener voltage regulator is used for ___________ load currents
A. High
B. Very high
C. Moderate
D. Small
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A Zener diode that has very narrow depletion layer will breakdown by mechanism
A. Avalanche
B. Zener
C. Both avalanche and Zener
D. None of the above
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In a Zener voltage regulator, the changes in load current produce changes in ___________
A. Zener current
B. Zener voltage
C. Zener voltage as well as Zener current
D. None of the above
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Two similar 15 V Zeners are connected in series. What is the regulated output voltage?
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An ideal regulated power supply is one which has voltage regulation of ___________
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If the input a.c. voltage to regulated or ordinary power supply increases by 5% what will be the approximate change in d.c. output voltage?
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The load voltage is approximately constant when a Zener diode is ___________
A. Forward biased
B. Unbiased
C. Reverse biased
D. Operating in the breakdown region
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A power supply has a voltage regulation of 1%. If the no-load voltage is 20 V, what is the full-load voltage?
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In a regulated power supply, two similar 15 V zeners are connected in series. The input voltage is 45 V d.c. If each Zener has a maximum current rating of 300 mA, what should be the value of the series resistance?
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As the junction temperature increases, the voltage breakdown point for Zener mechanism ___________
A. Is increased
B. Is decreased
C. Remains the same
D. None of the above
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As the junction temperature increases, the voltage breakdown point for avalanche mechanism ___________
A. Remains the same
B. Decrease
C. Increases
D. None of the above
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For increasing the voltage rating, zeners are connected in ___________
A. Parallel
B. Series-parallel
C. Series
D. None of the above
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When load current is zero, the Zener current will be
A. Zero
B. Minimum
C. Maximum
D. None of the above
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