VACUUM & SEMICON

Review Questions
1. A vacuum tube has electrodes confined
inside an evacuated ________.
a. Glass envelope only
b. Metal envelope only
c. Either glass or metal envelope
d. Plastic envelope
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2. Calculate the velocity needed by an
electron to be emitted from the surface of
a tungsten material hose or! function
is ".#2 e$
a. 1.% Mm&s
b. 2.% Mm&s
c. %.% Mm&s
d. ".% Mm&s
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%. 'n hich of the folloing applications
vacuum tubes in a radio transmitter are
used to
a. Public addressing system
b. (adio receivers
c. (adio transmitters
d. electroplating
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". )he emission of electrons in a vacuum
tube diode is achieved by
a. Electrostatic field
b. Magnetic field
c. heating
d. Electron bombardment
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#. *hen an electron moves through a
potential difference of 1+ $olts, the
energy ac-uired by it ill be
a. 1+ ergs
b. 1+ .oules
c. 1+ atts
d. 1+ e$
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/. 0econdary emission of electrons occurs
hen the metal surface is
a. Cooled to very lo temperature
b. heated
c. 0ub.ected to electric as ell as
magnetic field
d. 1ombardment ith high energy
electrons
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2. *hich of the folloing electron
emission process is idely used in
vacuum tubes3
a. Photo electric emission
b. 4igh filed emission
c. )hermionic emission
d. 0econdary emission
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5. Generally metals ith lo or! function
have
a. 6o melting point
b. 7on8crystalline structure
c. 4igh hardness
d. 6o specific gravity
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9. *hich of the folloing emitter
material has the loest or!
function3
a. :;ide coated
b. )horiated tungsten
c. Pure tungsten
d. copper
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1+. )he or! function of the o;ide
coated emitter material is ________.
a. 1 e$
b. 2./% $
c. %.95 e$
d. ".#2 e$
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11. *hich of the folloing material
usually needs less than 1+++ $ as
plate voltage3
a. :;ide coated
b. )horiated tungsten
c. Pure tungsten
d. All of the above
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12. 'n case of indirectly heated tubes, the
heater filament is usually made of
a. manganin
b. tungsten
c. invar
d. gold
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1%. 'n case of indirectly heated
cathode, the cathode is in the shape
of ______.
a. *ire filament
b. cylinder
c. Metal strip
d. circular
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1". )he surface of the anode is usually
blac!ed and roughened to
a. <issipate heat produced at he anode
b. Arrest scaping electrons
c. (etard fast electrons emitted by
cathode
d. Eliminate outside interference
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1#. A control grid is provided in the pentode tube to
a. Collect electrons from the space charge
b. Control the number of electrons moving from
cathode to plate
c. (estrict the secondary emission from the plate
d. Accelerate the electron emission from the plate
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1/. )he grid of the triode is normally
maintained at _________.
a. 7egative potential ith respect to cathode
b. Positive potential ith respect to cathode
c. =ero potential
d. 0ame potential as that of the anode
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12. *hat is the smallest element of a matter3
a. neutron
b. electrons
c. protons
d. atom
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15. )he definite discrete amount of anergy
re-uired to move an electron from a loer
shell to a higher shell
a. -uanta
b. 7egative energy
c. -uantum
d. Positive energy
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19. *hat ill happen to an atom if an
electron is either ta!en out or ta!en into
the same atom3
a. 1ecomes negative ion
b. 1ecomes an ion
c. 1ecomes positive ion
d. 7othing ill happen
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2+. *hen an atom gains additional ______, it
results to a negative ion
a. atom
b. neutron
c. electron
d. proton
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21. Amount of additional energy re-uired for
electronic emission of metals
a. electronvolt
b. *or! function
c. 1and gap
d. Me$
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22. Emission of electrons from a material by
application of a very high voltage
a. 0econdary emission
b. )hermionic emission
c. 4igh field emission
d. Photoelectric emission
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2%. Another name of vacuum tube diode
a. >leming valve
b. audion
c. thyratron
d. detector
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2". 4o many electrodes does a pentode
have3
a. four
b. to
c. three
d. five
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2#. *hat is the gain of a vacuum tube having
the folloing parameters? amplification
factor is 5+, e;ternal plate8load resistance
of %+,+++ ohms and the tubes internal
plate resistance is 1+,+++ ohms3
a. /+
b. 2+
c. %+
d. "+
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2/. )riodes are usually rated by their
a. @
b. gm
c. rp
d. $oltage gain
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22. *hich terminal of the tetrode is nearest
to its anode3
a. 0creen grid
b. cathode
c. 0uppressor grid
d. Control grid
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25. *hich of the $) devices is secondary
emission a ma.or problem3
a. triode
b. pentode
c. tetrode
d. he;ode
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29. )he _____ grid in an electron tube is
here the input signal is usually applied
a. screen
b. control
c. 1ias
d. suppression
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%+. A heptode tube has ho many grids3
a. 2
b. 1
c. #
d. %
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%1. ______ is a gaseous tube hich uses a
pool of li-uid mercury as its cathode
a. thyratron
b. phanatron
c. !lystron
d. ignitron
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%2. )hyratrons in industrial electronics refer
to _______
a. A gas8filled diode
b. A vacuum tube
c. A gas8filled triode
d. An electron triode
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%%. _____ is a lo fre-uency oscillation
hich sometimes occurs under fault
condition in electron tube circuits
a. Ping pong
b. .itter
c. glitch
d. Motor boating
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%". _____ are electrons at the outer shell
a. $alence electrons
b. 'nside the shell electrons
c. :utside shell electrons
d. Conductor electrons
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%#. A good material conductor should have
____ valence electrons
a. 21
b. 1+
c. 1
d. %.#
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%/. )he difference in energy beteen the
valence and conduction bands of a
semiconductor is called
a. 1and gap
b. E;trinsic photo effect
c. conductivity
d. Energy density
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%2. *hat elements posses four valence
electrons3
a. insulators
b. 0emi8insulators
c. semiconductors
d. conductors
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%5. *hat to elements isely used in
semiconductor devices that e;hibit both
metallic and non8metallic characteristics3
a. Galena and Germanium
b. 0ilicon and Gold
c. Galena and 1ismuth
d. 0ilicon and Germanium
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%9. )his happens hen a free electrons
returns to the valence shell
a. hole
b. ioniAation
c. recombination
d. lifetime
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"+. _____ has a unit of electronvolt Be$C
a. current
b. Charge
c. Energy
d. Potential difference
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"1. )he name of a pure semiconductor
material that has an e-ual number of
electrons and holes
a. 78type
b. Pure type
c. intrinsic
d. P8type
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"2. *hat type of material is formed hen
trivalent material is doped ith silicon or
germanium3
a. 7 type
b. 7 D P type
c. P7 type
d. P type
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"%. *hich is the ma.ority carrier in an 78type
semiconductor3
a. electron
b. Positive ion
c. 7egative ion
d. hole
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"". )he in hich a high velocity beam of
electrons or ions is made to stri!e a metal
surface and the impinging ions gives
sufficient energy to enable them to
overcome the barrier and escape.
a. )hermionic emission
b. Photoelectric emission
c. 0econdary emission
d. 4igh filed emission
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"#. *hat is the purpose of screen grid 3
a. )o reduce interelectrode capacitance
b. )o increase amplification factor
c. )o decrease secondary emission current
d. )o turn off the vacuum tube
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"/. 't is usually connected to the cathode
thus having substantially negative potential
to overcome the effects of the secondary
emission.
a. suppressor
b. screen
c. control
d. plate
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"2. (educing the plate and screen grid
voltages of an amplifier ill _____ control
grid cut8off voltage.
a. unstable
b. increase
c. 0tay stable
d. decrease
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"5. 4 do you call an eight element vacuum
tube3
a. octode
b. pentode
c. he;ode
d. heptode
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"9. *hat is the output of a1++8@ $) amplifier
having a load resistance of 1+ !E, and
plate resistance of #!E and input of 1
$rms3
a. +.""*
b. +.//@*
c. +.//*
d. 1*
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#+. 0hell ith the most number of electrons.
a. 7
b. M
c. 6
d. F
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#1. _____ is an orderly pattern of combined
silicon atoms.
a. Covalent bond
b. $alence orbit
c. semiconductor
d. crystal
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#2. An electronic semiconductor behaves as
_____ at absolute temperature.
a. A variable resistor
b. A conductor
c. A super conductor
d. An insulator
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#%. )he amount of time beteen the creation
of a hole and its disappearance is called
a. doping
b. lifetime
c. recombination
d. )hermal energy
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#". A hole in the semiconductor is defined as
a. A free electron
b. An incomplete part of an electron pair
bond
c. A free proton
d. A free neutron
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##. 0emiconductor hose electron and hole
concentration are e-ual.
a. <oped semiconductor
b. E;trinsic semiconductor
c. 'ntrinsic semiconductor
d. E-ual semiconductor
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#/. Arsenic and phosphorus are e;amples of
pentavalent impurity hen added to a
semiconductor creates
a. 1ound electrons
b. $alence electrons
c. >ree electrons
d. holes
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#2. *hich is not a trivalent atom3
a. Al
b. 1i
c. 'n
d. 1
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#5. *hich of the folloing refers to an
electron in the conduction band3
a. Electrons driven by photons
b. Electrons that loses its charge easily
c. )hose electrons ith loer energy than
those in the valence band
d. )hose electrons ith higher energy than
those in the valence band
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#9. )he valence electron of a copper atom
e;periences hat !ind of attraction toard
the nucleus3
a. none
b. ea!
c. strong
d. 'mpossible to say
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/+. )he valence of a conductor is also called a
a. 1ound electron
b. >ree electron
c. nucleus
d. proton
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/1. *hat happens to the resistance of the
copper ire hen it is heated3
a. increases
b. (emains the same
c. decreases
d. 1ecomes Aero
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/2. *hen the temperature of an e;trinsic
semiconductor increases the pronounced
effect is on
a. Ma.ority carriers
b. Minority carriers
c. Gunction capacitance
d. Ma.ority and minority carriers
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/%. A semiconductor has _______
temperature coefficient of resistance.
a. negative
b. positive
c. Aero
d. Either positive or negative