ACTIVITY#3

NAME: __________________________________ YR. & SEC: ____________ DATE:_________

1. A single phase full converter gives maximum and minimum D. bidirectional device
output voltage at firing angles of 10. Which of the following symbols is the symbol for Silicon
A. 0 and 180° respectively Bilateral Switch?
B. 180° and 0° respectively A. C.
C. 0 and 90° respectively
D. 90° and 0° respectively
2. The gate current required to turn on an SCR is
A. few amperes
B. D.
B. a few mA
C. almost equal to anode current
D. about 50% of anode current
3. Current derating may be necessary when thyristors are
11. The PUT is actually a type of:
operating in
A. UJT thyristor
A. series
B. TRIAC
B. series or parallel
C. FET device
C. parallel
D. SCR
D. none of the above
12. A UJT has:
4. An SCR is a:
A. two base leads
A. 3-layer device
B. one emitter lead
B. 4-junction device
C. two emitter leads and one base lead
C. 3-junction device
D. one emitter lead and two base leads
D. none of the above
13. A Triac:
5. Which is the TRIAC?
A. can trigger only on positive gate voltages
A. C. B. can trigger only on negative gate voltages
C. cannot be triggered with gate voltages
D. can be triggered by either a positive or a negative gate
voltage
B. D.
14. A series dissipative regulator is an example of a:
A. linear regulator
B. switching regulator
C. shunt regulator
6. When checking a good SCR or TRIAC with an ohmmeter it D. dc-to-dc converter
will: 15. Calculate the voltage regulation of a power supply having
A. show high resistance in both directions VNL = 50 V and VFL = 48 V.
B. show low resistance with positive on anode and negative on A. 4.17%
cathode, and high resistance when reversed B. 6.2%
C. show high resistance with negative on anode and positive on C. 5.2%
cathode, and low resistance when reversed D. 7.1%
D. show low resistance in both directions
16. In a series linear regulator, the control element is a(n)
7. In conduction state, the voltage drop across a SCR is about ________ in series with the load.
A. 30 V A. inductor
B. 1μ V B. transistor
C. 100 V C. capacitor
D. 1 V D. resistor
8. The symbol represents a: 17. What type of regulator offers inherent short-circuit
protection?
A. shunt regulators
B. series regulators
A. UJT
C. three-terminal regulators
B. Shockley Diode
D. switching regulators
C. SUS
D. SBS 18. For UJT, it is the region between the peak and valley points.
A. Active region
9. The DIAC is a:
B. Negative resistance region
A. transistor
C. Trigger region
B. three-layer device
D. Saturation region
C. unidirectional device

“Education is not the learning of fact, but the training of mind to think” –Albert Einstein
Prepared by: Reviewed by:

Joemer G. Mendoza, ECE Jenadel D.L. Antipolo, RECE

Instructor Program Head
Approved by:

Marlon Bautista, REE

ean, College of Engineering
19. The ratio of the emitter to base1 resistance to the interbase
resistance of a UJT.
A. Aspect ratio
B. Current gain B. D.
C. Voltage gain
D. Intrinsic standoff ratio
20. Which device can be modeled by a diode and two resistors?
A. BJT 29. A thyristor half-wave controlled converter has a supply
B. DIAC voltage of 240V at 50Hz and a load resistance of 100Ω. What
C. SCR are the average values of load current when the firing delay
D. UJT angle is 140 °.
21. What is the breakover voltage of a PUT if it is connected to A. 126 mA
a 15 V supply across the gate terminal? B. 146 mA
A. 10.7 V C. 166 mA
B. 23.7 V D. 186 mA
C. 15.7 V 30. For the circuit in no.29, find the values of rms current,
D. 5.3 V when firing delay angle is 30 °.
22. The lowest current that can prevent the transition of a UJT A. 1.473 A
from conduction to blocking region. B. 1.673 A
A. Switching current C. 1.873 A
B. Emitter current D. 2.073 A
C. Valley current 31. What measuring instrument uses the interaction of
D. Peak current magnetic fields of two coils to measure current or voltage or
23. A UJT has η = 0.65 and is connected to a 20 V supply. What power
is its VEB1? A. Electrodynamometer
A. 12 V B. PMMC
B. 13.6 V C. D’Arsonoval meter movement
C. 12.7 V D. Iron Vane
D. 14 V 32. The necessary probe commonly used on the oscilloscope
24. The angle of an AC supply voltage during which an SCR is when measuring high frequency circuits or high impedance
“off”. circuits is the
A. Conduction angle A. Noise probe
B. Firing delay angle B. Low capacitance probe
C. Right angle C. Demodulator probe
D. Off angle D. Voltage divider
25. The region where breakover voltage of the SBS drops to 1 V 33. Which of the following ac bridges can be used to measure
instantaneously. inductance?
A. Falldown region A. De Sauty bridge
B. Fallback region B. Wien bridge
C. Breakback region C. Schering bridge
D. Breakdown region D. Heaviside bridge
26. Given the relaxation oscillator below. Determine RB1 and RB2 34. Which of the following is the most common bolometric
at IE =0 A. detector?
A. RB1 =3kΩ and RB2 = 2kΩ A. Thermistor
B. RB1 =2kΩ and RB2 = 3kΩ B. Thermocouple
C. RB1 =4kΩ and RB2 = 1kΩ C. PMMC
D. RB1 =1kΩ and RB2 = 4kΩ D. AC ammeter
35. Calculate the value of C1 = C2 for the Wien bridge oscillator
to operate at a frequency of 20 kHz. Assume R1 = R2 = 50 kΩ
and R3 = 3R4 = 600?

27. The minimum gate current which can turn on SCR is called :
A. trigger current
B. junction current
C. holding current A. 1.59 pF
D. breakover current B. 15.9 pF
C. 159 pF
28. Which is the DIAC?
D. 1.59 nF
A. C.
36. A meter-sensitivity control in test instrument would C. Do not use a dc megger to measure circuits that are powered
probably be a by ac
A. linear –taper potentiometer D. All of the above
B. Wirewound resistor 39. ___________ is an instrument used to measure the
C. Logarithmic taper potentiometer direction of the earths magnetic line of force in respect to the
D. Set of switchable fixed resistors plane horizon.
37. Initially, the close loop gain of a Wien Bridge oscillator A. Inclinometer
oscillator should be: B. Indicator
A. Greater than 3 C. GPS
B. Less than 3 D. Altimeter
C. approximately = 1 40. What instrument depend on current in one or more fixed
D. 0 coils acting on one or more pieces of soft iron at least one of
38. The following is not a safety precaution should be observed which is movable
when megger is used except A. iron vane
A. Always start with the highest scale selection of the meter B. wattmeter
B. Do not touch the meter leads when a measurement is being C. moving magnet instrument
taken D. electrodynamometer