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  • Who invented the first junction transistor?


  • Options
  • A. Smith
  • B. Gomes
  • C. Fisher
  • D. Shockley
  • E. None of the above

  • Correct Answer
  • Shockley 


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    • 1. What kind of device is a diode?

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    • A. Bilateral
    • B. Linear
    • C. Nonlinear
    • D. Unipolar
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which one of the following statements is true?

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    • A. Current flows in a capacitor circuit only while ions are permitted to flow through the dielectric material
    • B. Current flows in a capacitor circuit only while the charge on the plates is large enough to force the dielectric to conduct electrons
    • C. Current can flow in a capacitor circuit, but not through the dielectric material itself
    • D. Power returned to the circuit is always greater than the power absorbed
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 3. Norton's theorem replaces a complicated circuit facing a load by an

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    • A. Ideal voltage source and parallel resistor
    • B. Ideal current source and parallel resistor
    • C. Ideal voltage source and series resistor
    • D. Ideal current source and series resistor
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. At room temperature an intrinsic silicon crystal acts approximately like

    • Options
    • A. a battery
    • B. a conductor
    • C. an insulator
    • D. a piece of copper wire
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which one of the following statements regarding ac circuits is correct?

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    • A. Current and voltage are in phase through an inductor
    • B. Current leads the voltage through an inductor
    • C. Current lags the voltage through an inductor
    • D. All of the above
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. What is the total resistance of a series circuit that contains four resistors having values of 220W, 470W, 1W, and 1.2W?

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    • A. 692.2 Ohm
    • B. 844.5 Ohm
    • C. 3890 Ohm
    • D. 1234 Ohm
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. Which one of the following statements best applies to a series RLC circuit?

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    • A. The voltage waveform for each component always has the same amplitude and phase as the applied voltage
    • B. The current waveform for each component always has the same amplitude and phase as the applied current
    • C. All of the above
    • D. The sum of the current is always less than the applied current
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 8. Reducing the amount of current through an inductor:

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    • A. reduces the value of inductance by one-half
    • B. multiplies the value of inductance by four
    • C. multiplies the value of inductance by two
    • D. has no effect on the inductance
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 9. Which one of the following statements is true for the voltage in a parallel RL circuit?

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    • A. The voltage always has the same amplitude and phase for every part of the circuit
    • B. The total voltage is equal to the sum of the voltages across the resistance and inductance
    • C. The total voltage lags the total current by less than 90
    • D. The total voltages is less than the sum of the voltages across the resistance and inductance
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 10. The total capacitive reactance of a parallel capacitor circuit is:

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    • A. equal to the sum of the individual capacitive-reactance values
    • B. equal to the sum of the individual capacitance values
    • C. equal to the source voltage divided by total current
    • D. less than the capacitance value of the smallest capacitor
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss


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