ECE 003 – Question Bank / Midterm Exam a.

215degrees
b.205degrees
Multiple Choice: Select the best answer and shade your c. 155degrees
answer on provide answer sheet. Erasure and more d. 115degrees
than one answer is wrong.
7. An AC voltage 240sin314t volts is applied to an SCR
1. The input to a chopper is 300V. The output required half-wave rectifier. If the SCR has a forward breakdown
is 196V. If the conducting time of thyristor is 200us. voltage of 180V, find the time during which SCR remains
Compute the chopping frequency. off.
a. 4.2kHz a. 1ms
b. 3.3kHz b. 1.3ms
c. 1.25kHz c. 2.7ms
d. 800Hz d. 3.6ms

2. A chopper circuit drives an inductive load from 100V 8. A half-wave rectifier circuit employing an SCR is
DC supply. Given the load resistance as 4Ω, the average adjusted to have a gate current of 1mA. The forward
load current is 15A, and the operating frequency is breakdown voltage of SCR is 34V for Ig=1mA. If the
200Hz. Compute the off time of the chopper. sinusoidal voltage of 200V peak-to-peak is applied, find
A. 1ms the firing angle. Assume load resistance of 100Ω and the
b. 1.5ms holding current to be zero.
c. 2ms a. 10degrees
d. 2.5ms b. 20degrees
c. 30degrees
3. A boost converter with a 20kHz switching frequency d. 40degrees
is operating with a 46% duty cycle. The connected load
is 10.6 ohms. Determine the value of critical inductance 9. A half wave rectifier circuit employing a
so that current IL is continuous. N SCR is adjusted to 1mA. The forward breakdown
a. 35.5uH voltage of SCR is 100V for Ig=1mA. If the sinusoidal
b. 17.3uH voltage of 200V peak is applied, find the conduction
c. 21.9uH angle. Assume load resistance of 100Ω and the holding
d. 53.3uH to be zero.
a. 140degrees
4. A 220Ω resistor is connected in series with the gate of b. 150degrees
an SCR. The gate current required to fire the SCR is c. 160degrees
12mA. What is the input voltage (in series with the d. 170degrees
resistor) required to fire SCR?
a. 3.33V 10. A half-wave rectifier circuit employing an SCR is
b. 1.94V adjusted to have a gate current of 1mA. The forward
c. 1.54V breakdown voltage of SCR is 100V for Ig=1mA. If the
d. 0.14V sinusoidal voltage of 200V peak is applied, find the
average current. Assume load resistance of 100Ω and
5. An SCR has a forward breakover voltage of 175V the holding current to be zero.
when a gate pulse of 2mA is made to flow. Find the a. 0.59A
firing delay angle if a sinusoidal voltage of 700V peak is b. 0.75A
applied. c. 1A
a. 14degrees d. 2.33A
b. 20degrees
c.30degrees 11. The best choice to control a small variable speed ac
d.40degrees motor is a(n)_____
a. Triac
6. A load resistor is switched to an ac supply by an SCR b. Diac
at a firing delay angle of 25degrees, what is the c. SCR
conduction angle of the SCR? d. SCS
 b. Is approximately zero
c. Decreases with more anode anode current
d. Equals the source voltage

20. Which of the following devices can be driven into its

12.The best choice to shut down a dc power supply in conducting or nonconducting state by applying the
case of an abnormally high voltage condition is proper pulse to its gate terminal?
a(n)____. a. Shockley diode
a. Triac b. SBS
b. Diac c. GTO device
c. SCR d. Triac
d. SCS
21. What is an SCR crowbar circuit?
13. Each of the following has a gate EXCEPT______ a. Protects against under voltage conditions
a. Triac b. Detect when a circuit is overheating
b. Diac c. Protect against overvoltage conditions
c. JFET d. Control three phase ac motors
d. SCR
22. Once the diac is conducting, the only way to turn it
14. An SCS has a unique ability to____ off is with____
a. Be turned on of off with a pulse a. Low-current dropout
b. Be turned off only with a pulse b. Breakover
c. Control a PUT c. A negative gate voltage
d. Be turned on or off with a pulse at the anode d. A positive gate voltage

15. A thyristor can be used as_____. 23. The diac is equivalent to____
a. A Resistor a. Two four-layered diodes in parallel
b. An Amplifier b. Two SCRs in parallel
c. A Switch c. Two four-layered diodes in inverse parallel
d. A Power Source d. Two SCRs in inverse parallel

16. What is minimum input current that can turn on a 24. The most efficient voltage regulator and is therefore
thyristor? used in high current high-voltage applications
a. Holding Current a. Series regulators
b. Switching Current b. Shunt regulators
c. Breakdown Current c. Hybrid regulators
d. Low-current dropout current d. Switching regulators

17. What is the minimum current that keeps a latch 25. The triac is equivalent to____
closed? a. A four-layer diode
a. Pick-up current b. Two diacs in parallel
b. Critical rate of current rise c. A thyristor with a gate lead
c. Trigger Current d. Two SCRs in inverse parallel
d. Holding Current
26. The SCS differ from SCR because______.
18. What is the only way to turn on a four-layer diode? a. It dowes not have a gate terminal
a. A trigger input applied to the gate b. Of its less holding current
b. Forward breakover voltage c. It can handle much higher currents
c. Low-current dropout d. It has two gate terminals
d. Peak point voltage

19. What is the voltage across a conducting SCR?

a. Equals the breakover voltage
27. One of the very important characteristics of the GTO
is ________.
a. Improved current handling characteristics
b. Improved noise characteristics a. GTO
c. Improved blocking region characteristics b. Darlington transistor
d. Improved turn-off time c. LASCR
d. Triac
28. This is the symbol for a(n)_________.
33. The LASCR is a device whose state is controlled by
a. light intensity
b. light amplitude
c. special wavelength
a. SCR d. the light-area product
b. Triac
c. GTO 34. The region of the SCR forward operating curve that
d. diac represents the nonconducting region of operation is
called the__________.
29. The LASCR is a device that can be turned on a. forward off-state region
by______. b. forward dropout region
a. Noise intensity of dB level c. forward blocking region
b. harmonic content of the signal present at the gate d. breakdown region
c. Light Intensity
d. Wavelength of the light input 35. If an SCR starts to conduct when a gate current is
established, when the gate circuit is interrupted the
30. What are the two methods that are commonly used SCR_____
to return an SCR to its non-conducting state? a. Will turned off
a. Anode current interruption and forced commutation b. Anode current will increase
b. Current holding and forced commutation c. Will continue to conduct
c. Anode current interruption and current holding d. Gate current will increase
d. Forced commutation and current dropout
36. An SCR will turn off when the voltage across it
31. This is the symbol for a(n)________ is____
a. Increased to the supply voltage
b. Decreased to near zero volts
c. Timed out
d. Decreased by the value of the gate voltage

a. SCR 37. A triac is used for ac because_____.

b. SCS a. It conducts in both alternations
c. diac b. It is remain on when the ac voltage reaches zro
d. triac c. It can deliver less power to the load in a cycle
d. The internal circuit has capacitor
32. This is the symbol for a(n)______
38. The best device to be used to control a dc motor is
a. Triac
b. PUT
c. SCR
d. Diac
39. If the gate circuit is open on a triac used for ac
motor control, what will happen to motor?
a. Can never trun on
b. Will constantly run at a half-speed
c. Will constantly run at full-speed
d. Will run at 60RPM

True or False. Shade C if the answer is true and D is

false.

40. Bourdon tubes are most often used to measure

pressures in the range from 10 to 300psi.
41. In PLC programming, if “MAKE” inputs (NO inputs)
are connected in series, it is connected in AND
operation.
42. In PLC programming, to implement latching, the coil
output that is energize must be represented input in
parallel to the input.
43. In PLC programming, if two “BREAK” (NC inputs)
inputs are connected in series, it is connected in OR
operation.
44. A Linear variable differential transformer is an
electromechanical transducer that gives a dc output
voltage proportional to physical displacement
45. A strain gauge is made up of a metal wire or metal
foil strip which is wafer-like and can be stuck onto
surfaces like a postage stamp to measure pressure.
46. A thermistor is a two dissimilar metal alloys, joined
in one end that measures temperature by the voltage
across two other ends.
47. Bellows is a deformed metal tube with an oval cross
section to measure air pressure.
48. Bourdon tube is essentially a series of metal
diaphragms connected together. When subjected to
fluid pressure, a metal diaphragm will distort slightly
because of the elasticity of the material used to
construct it.
49. Photovoltaic cell is a passive device, not capable of
producing energy: its resistance varies in relation to the
light intensity at its surface.
50. LDR is an energy source whose output voltage varies
in relation to the light intensity at its surface.