Sei sulla pagina 1di 5

Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

on Power Electronics...PART-1
Q.1) which of following device is used for triggering of TRIAC?
1. SCR
2. FET
3. MOSFET
4. DIAC
Q.2) A thyristor can be termed as
1 AC switch
2 DC switch
3 Either 1 and 2
4 Square wave switch
Q.3) which semiconductor power device, out of the following is not a current
triggered device?
1 Thyristor
2 GTO
3 TRIAC
4 MOSFET
Q.4) A DIAC has …………… PN junctions
1 Four
2 Two
3 Three
4 None of the above
Q.5) Why SCR is considered to be a semi-controlled device?
1 It can be turned ON only during one half cycle of an alternating voltage wave.
2 It can be turned ON but not OFF with a gate pulse.
3 It can be turned OFF but not ON with a gate pulse.
4 It can be turned ON and OFF with gate pulse.
Q.6) which of the following devices does not belong to the transistor family?
1 IGBT
2 MOSFET
3 GTO
4 BJT
Q.7) The device that does not have the gate terminal is ……………….
1. TRIAC
2. FET
3. SCR
4. DIAC
Q.8) Thyristor are not made using Germanium, because
1. It is stable semiconductor
2. Group 5 elements cannot be doped with it
3. Its current handling capacity is less than silicon
4. It has high leakage current
Q.9) How much semiconductor layers are in DIAC?
1. Three
2. Two
3. Four
4. None of the above
Q.10) UJT has how much junctions?
1. Two PN junctions
2. One PN junction
3. Three PN junctions
4. None of the above
Q.11) The normal way to turn on a DIAC is by ………………..
1. Gate current
2. Gate voltage
3. Breakover voltage
4. None of the above
Q.12) A DIAC is …………………. switch
1. An A.C.
2. A D.C.
3. A mechanical
4. None of the above
Q.13) In a UJT, the p-type emitter is ……………. doped
1. Lightly
2. Heavily
3. Moderately
4. None of the above
Q.14) To turn on UJT, the forward bias on the emitter diode should be
…………… the peak point voltage
1. Less than
2. Equal to
3. More than
4. None of the above
Q.15) Which of following does not cause permanent damage to an SCR?
1. High current
2. High rate of rise of current
3. High temperature rise
4. High rate of rise of voltage
Q.16) Current in SCR to turn on Transient can be reduced by
1. Connecting a small inductor in series with the anode.
2. Connecting a small inductor in parallel with the anode
3. Connecting a capacitor in series with the anode
4. Connecting a capacitor in parallel with the anode.
Q.17) The main reason for connecting a pulse transformer at the output stage of
a thyristor triggering circuit is to
5. Amplify the power of the triggering pulse.
6. Provide electrical isolation
7. Reduce the turn on time of the thyristor
8. Avoid spurious triggering of the thyristor due to noise.
Q.18) A UJT is sometimes called …………. Diode
1. Low resistance
2. High resistance
3. Single-base
4. Double-base
Q.19) Which of following device exhibits negative resistance region?
1. DIAC
2. TRIAC
3. Transistor
4. UJT
Q.20) The UJT may be used as ……………….
1. An amplifier
2. A sawtooth generator
3. A rectifier
4. None of the above
Q.21) A DIAC is simply ………………
1. A single junction device
2. A three junction device
3. A TRIAC without gate terminal
4. None of the above
Q.22) After peak point, the UJT operates in the ……………. region
1. Cut-off
2. Saturation
3. Negative resistance
4. None of the above

Q.23) Which of the following is not a characteristic of UJT?


1. Intrinsic stand-off ratio
2. Negative resistance
3. Peak-point voltage
4. Bilateral conduction
Q.24) The TRIAC is ……
1. Like a bidirectional SCR
2. A four-terminal device
3. Not a thyristor
4. Answers (1) and (2)
Q.25) A TRIAC has three terminals viz ………………
1. Drain, source, gate
2. Two main terminal and a gate terminal
3. Cathode, anode, gate
4. None of the above
Q.26) A TRIAC is equivalent to two SCRs …………..
1. In parallel
2. In series
3. In inverse-parallel
4. None of the above
Q.27) The V-I characteristics for a TRIAC in the first and third quadrants are
essentially identical to those of ………………. in its first quadrant
1. Transistor
2. SCR
3. UJT
4. none of the above
Q.28) A TRIAC passes which of following half cycle to load?
1. Only positive
2. Only negative
3. Both positive and negative
4. None of the above
Q.29) A DIAC has ………….. Terminals
1. Two
2. Three
3. Four
4. None of the above

Q.30) A TRIAC has …………….. semiconductor layers


1. Two
2. Three
3. Four
4. Five
Q.31) Between the peak point and the valley point of UJT emitter characteristics
we have ………….. region
1. Saturation
2. Negative resistance
3. Cut-off
4. None of the above
Q.32) UJT is ……….. Device.
1. Voltage controlled device
2. Current controlled device
3. Relaxation Oscillator
4. None of the above

Q.33) Thyristor as a solid state relay is useful


1. Only for AC control
2. Only for DC control
3. Both AC and DC
4. None of the above

Q.34) which one of the following is used as the main switching element in a
SMPS operating in 20 kHz to 100 kHz?
1. Thyristor
2. MOSFET
3. TRIAC
4) UJT

Q.35) The most suitable device for high frequency inversion in SMPS is
1. BJT
2. IGBT
3. MOSFET
4. GTO

Potrebbero piacerti anche