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The nucleus of a copper atom contains how many protons?
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The net charge of a neutral copper atom is
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Assume the valence electron is removed from a copper atom. The net charge of the atom becomes
Pregunta 4
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The valence electron of a copper atom experiences what kind of attraction toward the nucleus ?
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None
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Weak
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Strong
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Impossible to say
Pregunta 5
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How many valence electrons does a silicon atom have?
Pregunta 6
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Which is the most widely used semiconductor?
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Copper
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Germanium
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Silicon
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None of the above
Pregunta 7
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How many protons does the nucleus of a silicon atom contain?
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Silicon atoms combine into an orderly pattern called a
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Covalent bond
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Crystal
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Semiconductor
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Valence orbit
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An intrinsic semiconductor has some holes in it at room temperature. What causes these holes?
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Doping
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Free electrons
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Thermal energy
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Valence electrons
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When an electron is moved to a higher orbit level, its energy level with respect to the nucleus
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The merging of a free electron and a hole is called
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Covalent bonding
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Lifetime
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Recombination
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Thermal energy
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At room temperature, an intrinsic silicon crystal acts approximately like
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A battery
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A conductor
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An insulator
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A piece of copper wire
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The amount of time between the creation of a hole and its disappearance is called
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Doping
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Lifetime
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Recombination
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Valence
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The valence electron of a conductor can also be called a
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Bound electron
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Free electron
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Nucleus
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Proton
Pregunta 15
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A conductor has how many types of flow?
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A semiconductor has how many types of flow?
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When a voltage is applied to a semiconductor, holes will flow
Pregunta 18
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For semiconductor material, its valence orbit is saturated when it contains
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One electron
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Equal (+) and (-) ions
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Four electrons
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Eight electrons
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In an intrinsic semiconductor, the number of holes
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Equals the number of free electrons
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Is greater than the number of free electrons
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Is less than the number of free electrons
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None of the above
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Absolute zero temperature equals
Pregunta 21
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At absolute zero temperature, an intrinsic semiconductor has
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At room temperature, an intrinsic semiconductor has
Pregunta 23
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The number of free electrons and holes in an intrinsic semiconductor decreases when the temperature
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Decreases
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Increases
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Stays the same
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None of the above
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The flow of valence electrons to the right means that holes are flowing to the
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Left
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Right
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Either way
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None of the above
Pregunta 25
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Atoms
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Crystals
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Negative charges
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Positive charges
Pregunta 26
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Trivalent atoms have how many valence electrons?
Pregunta 27
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An acceptor atom has how many valence electrons?
Pregunta 28
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If you wanted to produce a p-type semiconductor, which of these would you use?
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Acceptor atoms
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Donor atoms
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Pentavalent impurity
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Silicon
Pregunta 29
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Electrons are the minority carriers in which type of semiconductor?
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Extrinsic
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Intrinsic
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n-type
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p-type
Pregunta 30
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How many free electrons does a p-type semiconductor contain?
Pregunta 31
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Silver is the best conductor. How many valence electrons do you think it has?
Pregunta 32
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Suppose an intrinsic semiconductor has 1 billion free electrons at room temperature. If the temperature drops to 0°C, how many holes are there?
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Fewer than 1 billion
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1 billion
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More than 1 billion
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Impossible to say
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An external voltage source is applied to a p-type semiconductor. If the left end of the crystal is positive, which way do the majority carriers flow?
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Left
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Right
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Neither
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Impossible to say
Pregunta 34
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Which of the following doesn't fit in the group?
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Conductor
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Semiconductor
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Four valence electrons
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Crystal structure
Pregunta 35
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Which of the following is approximately equal to room temperature?
Pregunta 36
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How many electrons are there in the valence orbit of a silicon atom within a crystal?
Pregunta 37
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Negative ions are atoms that have
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Gained a proton
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Lost a proton
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Gained an electron
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Lost an electron
Pregunta 38
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Which of the following describes an n-type semiconductor?
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Neutral
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Positively charged
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Negatively charged
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Has many holes
Pregunta 39
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A p-type semiconductor contains holes an
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Positive ions
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Negative ions
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Pentavalent atoms
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Donor atoms
Pregunta 40
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Which of the following describes a p-type semiconductor?
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Neutral
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Positively charged
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Negatively charged
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Has many free elctrons
Pregunta 41
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When compared to a germanium diode, a silicon diode's reverse saturation current is
Pregunta 42
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What causes the depletion layer?
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Doping
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Recombination
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Barrier potential
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Ions
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What is the barrier potential of a silicon diode at room temperature?
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0.3 V
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0.7 V
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1 V
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2 mV per degree Celsius
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When comparing the energy gap of germanium and silicon atoms, a silicon atom's energy gap is
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About the same
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Lower
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Higher
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Unpredictable
Pregunta 45
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In a silicon diode, the reverse current is usually
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Very small
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Very large
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Zero
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In the breakdown region
Pregunta 46
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While maintaining a constant temperature, a silicon diode has its reverse-bias voltage increased. The diode's saturation current will
Pregunta 47
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The voltage where avalanche occurs is called the
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Barrier potential
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Depletion layer
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Knee voltage
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Breakdown voltage
Pregunta 48
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The width of a diode's depletion layer will decrease when the diode is
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Forward biased
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First formed
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Reverse biased
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Not conducting
Pregunta 49
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When the reverse voltage decreases from 10 to 5 V, the depletion layer
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Becomes smaller
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Becomes larger
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Is unaffected
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Breaks down
Pregunta 50
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When a diode is forward biased, the recombination of free electrons and holes may produce
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Heat
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Light
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Radiation
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All of the above
Pregunta 51
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A reverse voltage of 10 V is across a diode. What is the voltage across the depletion layer?
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0 V
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0.7 V
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10 V
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None of the above
Pregunta 52
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The energy gap in a silicon atom is the distance between the valence band and the
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Nucleus
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Conduction band
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Atom's core
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Positive ions
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The reverse saturation current doubles when the junction temperature increases
Pregunta 54
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The surface-leakage current doubles when the reverse voltage increases