Floyd: MCQ in Bipolar Junction Transistors

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• MCQ in The BJT as a Switch
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Practice Exam Test Questions

Choose the letter of the best answer in each questions.

1. The dc load line on a family of collector characteristic curves of a transistor shows the

A) saturation region.

B) cutoff region.

C) active region.

D) all of the above

2. A transistor data sheet usually identifies βDC as

A) hre.

B) hfe.

C) IC.

D) VCE.

3. When a transistor is used as a switch, it is stable in which two distinct regions?

A) saturation and active

B) active and cutoff

C) saturation and cutoff

D) none of the above

4. For a silicon transistor, when a base-emitter junction is forward-biased, it has a nominal voltage drop of

A) 0.7 V.

B) 0.3 V.

C) 0.2 V.

D) VCC.

5. The value of βDC

A) is fixed for any particular transistor.

B) varies with temperature.

C) varies with IC.

D) varies with temperature and IC.

6. The term BJT is short for

A) base junction transistor.

B) binary junction transistor.

C) both junction transistor.

D) bipolar junction transistor.

7. A BJT has an IB of 50 µA and a βDC of 75; IC is:

A) 375 mA

B) 37.5 mA

C) 3.75 mA

D) 0.375 mA

8. A certain transistor has IC = 15 mA and IB = 167 µA; βDC is:

A) 15

B) 167

C) 0.011

D) 90

9. For normal operation of a pnp BJT, the base must be ______ with respect to the emitter and ______ with respect to the collector.

A) positive, negative

B) positive, positive

C) negative, positive

D) negative, negative

10. A transistor amplifier has a voltage gain of 100. If the input voltage is 75 mV, the output voltage is:

A) 1.33 V

B) 7.5 V

C) 13.3 V

D) 15 V

11. A 35 mV signal is applied to the base of a properly biased transistor with an r’e = 8 Ω and RC = 1 kΩ. The output signal voltage at the collector is:

A) 3.5 V

B) 28.57 V

C) 4.375 V

D) 4.375 mV

12. Refer to Figure 4-1; the value of VBE is:

Figure 4-1

A) 0.6 V

B) 0.7 V

C) 1.2 V

D) 0.079 V

13. Refer to Figure 4-1; the value of VCE is:

A) 9.9 V

B) 9.2 V

C) 0.7 V

D) 19.3 V

14. Refer to Figure 4-1; the value of VBC is:

A) 9.2 V

B) 9.9 V

C) –9.9 V

D) –9.2 V

15. Refer to Figure 4-2; if VCE = 0.2 V, IC(sat) is:

Figure 4-2

A) 0.05 mA

B) 2.085 mA

C) 1.065 mA

D) 7.4 mA

16. Refer to Figure 4-2. Determine the minimum value of IB that will produce saturation.

A) 0.25 mA

B) 5.325 A

C) 1.065 A

D) 10.425 A

17. Refer to Figure 4-2. Determine the minimum value of VIN from the following that will saturate this transistor.

A) 13.21 V

B) 12.51 V

C) 0.7 V

D) 9.4 V

18. Refer to Figure 4-3. The value of βDC = 100 and VIN = 8 V. Determine IC(sat).

Figure 4-3

A) 18 mA

B) 7.92 mA

C) 1.8 mA

D) 8 A

19. Refer to Figure 4-3. In this circuit βDC = 100 and VIN = 8 V. The value of RB that will produce saturation is:

A) 92 kΩ

B) 9.1 MΩ

C) 100 kΩ

D) 150 kΩ

20. Refer to Figure 4-3. The measured voltage, VCE, is 20 V. The transistor is in

A) saturation.

B) cutoff.

C) normal.

D) not enough data.

21. Refer to Figure 4-3. You measure VCE and find it nearly equal to zero. You now know that the transistor is

A) operating in cutoff.

B) operating normally.

C) operating in saturation.

D) operating below cutoff.

22. What is the order of doping, from heavily to lightly doped, for each region?

A) base, collector, emitter

B) emitter, collector, base

C) emitter, base, collector

D) collector, emitter, base

23. What are the two types of bipolar junction transistors?

A) npn and pnp

B) pnn and nnp

C) ppn and nnp

D) pts and stp

24. Which of the following is true for an npn or pnp transistor?

A) IE = IB + IC

B) IB = IC+ IE

C) IC = IB + IE

D) none of the above

25. What is the ratio of IC to IB?

A) βDC

B) hFE

C) αDC

D) either βDC or hFE, but not αDC

26. What is the ratio of IC to IE?

A) βDC

B) βDC / (βDC + 1)

C) αDC

D) either βDC / (βDC + 1) or αDC, but not βDC

27. In what range of voltages is the transistor in the linear region of its operation?

A) 0 < VCE B) 0.7 < VCE < VCE(max) C) VCE(max) > VCE

D) none of the above

28. What does DC vary with?

A) IC

B) °C

C) both IC and °C

D) IC’, but not °C

29. What is (are) common fault(s) in a BJT-based circuit?

A) opens or shorts internal to the transistor

B) open bias resistor(s)

C) external opens and shorts on the circuit board

D) all of the above

30. What is (are) general-purpose/small-signal transistors case type(s)?

A) TO-18

B) TO-92

C) TO-39

D) TO-52

E) all of the above

31. The magnitude of dark current in a phototransistor usually falls in what range?

A) mA

B) μA

C) nA

D) pA

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