Assignment 2
Assignment 2
Assignment 2
Assignment #2
Introduction to Semiconductor
1. An atom is made up of
A) protons.
B) neutrons.
C) electrons.
D) all of the above
2. The maximum number of electrons in each shell of an atom is
A) 2.
B) 2n2 where n is the number of the shell.
C) 4.
D) 8.
3. An n-type semiconductor material
A) is intrinsic.
B) has trivalent impurity atoms added.
C) has pentavalent impurity atoms added.
D) requires no doping.
4. A diode conducts when it is forward-biased, and the anode is connected to the
__________ through a limiting resistor.
A) positive supply
B) negative supply
C) cathode
D) anode
5. The wide end arrow on a schematic indicates the __________ of a diode.
A) ground
B) direction of electron flow
C) cathode
D) anode
6. The term bias in electronics usually means
A) 0.3 V.
B) 1.7 V.
C) –0.7 V.
D) 0.7 V.
9. You have an unknown type of diode in a circuit. You measure the voltage across it
and find it to be 0.3 V. The diode might be
A) a silicon diode.
B) a germanium diode.
C) a forward-biased silicon diode.
D) a reverse-biased germanium diode.
10. A reverse-biased diode has the _____ connected to the positive side of the source,
and the _____ connected to the negative side of the source.
A) cathode, anode
B) cathode, base
C) base, anode
D) anode, cathode
11. The movement of free electrons in a conductor is called
A) voltage.
B) current.
C) recombination.
D) equilibrium.
12. A silicon diode is forward-biased. You measure the voltage to ground from the
anode at _____, and the voltage from the cathode to ground at _____.
A) 0 V, 0.3 V
B) 2.3 V, 1.6 V
C) 1.6 V, 2.3 V
D) 0.3 V, 0 V
13. There is a small amount of current across the barrier of a reverse-biased diode.
This current is called
A) forward-bias current.
B) reverse breakdown current.
C) conventional current.
D) reverse leakage current.
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Introduction to Semiconductor
A) reverse-biased.
B) forward-biased.
C) avalanched.
D) saturated.
26. For a forward-biased diode, as temperature is _____, the forward current _____
for a given value of forward voltage.
A) decreased, increases
B) increased, increases
C) increased, decreases
D) decreased, decreases
27. For a forward-biased diode, the barrier potential _____ as temperature
increases.
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Introduction to Semiconductor
A) open
B) short
C) resistive
exponential
logarithmic
sinusoidal