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Assignment 2

This document contains a 30 question multiple choice quiz about semiconductors and diodes. The questions cover topics such as the composition of atoms, doping of semiconductors, pn junctions, biasing of diodes, current-voltage characteristics of diodes, and common diode failures. The student is asked to select the letter of the correct answer for each question.

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ECE -005

Assignment #2
Introduction to Semiconductor

Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

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) the value of ac voltage in the signal.


 B) the condition of current through a pn junction.
 C) the value of dc voltages for the device to operate properly.
 D) the status of the diode.
7. Doping of a semiconductor material means

 A) that a glue-type substance is added to hold the material together.


 B) that impurities are added to increase the resistance of the material.
ECE -005
Assignment #2
Introduction to Semiconductor

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 C) that impurities are added to decrease the resistance of the material.
 D) that all impurities are removed to get pure silicon.
8. The forward voltage across a conducting silicon diode is about

 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.
ECE -005
Assignment #2
Introduction to Semiconductor

Encircle the letter of the correct answer.


14. The boundary between p-type material and n-type material is called
 A) a diode.
 B) a reverse-biased diode.
 C) a pn junction.
 D) a forward-biased diode.
15. Reverse breakdown is a condition in which a diode

 A) is subjected to a large reverse voltage.


 B) is reverse-biased and there is a small leakage current.
 C) has no current flowing at all.
 D) is heated up by large amounts of current in the forward direction.
16. As the forward current through a silicon diode increases, the voltage across the
diode
 A) increases to a 0.7 V maximum.
 B) decreases.
 C) is relatively constant.
 D) decreases and then increases.
17. Which statement best describes an insulator?

 A) A material with many free electrons.


 B) A material doped to have some free electrons.
 C) A material with few free electrons.
 D) No description fits.
18. As the forward current through a silicon diode increases, the internal resistance
 A) increases.
 B) decreases.
 C) remains the same.
19. A silicon diode measures a low value of resistance with the meter leads in both
positions. The trouble, if any, is
 A) the diode is open.
 B) the diode is shorted to ground.
 C) the diode is internally shorted.
 D) the diode is working correctly.
20. Single-element semiconductors are characterized by atoms with ____ valence
electrons.
 A) 3
 B) 4
 C) 5
ECE -005
Assignment #2
Introduction to Semiconductor

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 D) 2
21. Effectively, how many valence electrons are there in each atom within a silicon
crystal?
 A) 2
 B) 4
 C) 8
 D) 16
22. What occurs when a conduction-band electron loses energy and falls back into a
hole in the valence band?
 A) doping
 B) recombination
 C) generation
 D) none of the above
23. What types of impurity atoms are added to increase the number of conduction-
band electrons in intrinsic silicon?
 A) bivalent
 B) octavalent
 C) pentavalent
 D) trivalent
 E) none of the above
24. What factor(s) do(es) the barrier potential of a pn junction depend on?
 A) type of semiconductive material
 B) the amount of doping
 C) the temperature
 D) all of the above
25. Under normal conditions a diode conducts current when it is

 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.
ECE -005
Assignment #2
Introduction to Semiconductor

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 A) decreases
 B) remains constant
 C) increases
28. An ideal diode presents a(n) _____ when reversed-biased and a(n) _____ when
forward-biased.
 A) open, short
 B) short, open
 C) open, open
 D) short, short
29. The most common type of diode failure is a(n) _____.

 A) open
 B) short
 C) resistive

30. The forward characteristics curve of a diode grows in _____ form.


linear

exponential

logarithmic

sinusoidal

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