Write the letter of the correct answer next to b.

gate resistors
the number.
c. power supply voltage
1. ______A bidirectional thyristor is the
d. cathode resistor
a. 4-layer diode

b. SCR
7. ______The symbol for a silicon-controlled switch
c. triac (SCS) is

d. silicon-controlled switch

2. ______A thyristor that looks like two back-to-back 4-

layer diodes is the

a. SCR
a. b. c. d.
b. triac
8. ______A diac is equivalent to a
c. SCS
(a) pair of SCRs.
d. diac (b) pair of four-layer SCRs.
3. ______The purpose of a crowbar circuit is to protect (c) diode and two resistors.
a load from
(d) triac with two gates.
a. excessive ripple
9. ______A diac is used to
b. low-voltage
(a) protect a triac.
c. over-voltage
(b) commutate a triac.
d. all of the above (c) trigger a triac.
4. ______A diac and triac are similar in that both (d) increases the efficiency of a triac.
devices
10. ______A triac can be considered as a combination
a. can use breakover triggering
of
b. can be used in ac circuits
(a) two diodes.
c. are bidirectional
(b) two transistors.
d. all of the above
(c) two SCRs.
5. ______A device that has an unstable negative (d) one diode and one SCR.
resistance region is the

a. UJT 11. ______A diac can be turned on

(a) both by positive and negative half-cycles of the
b. diac
supply.
c. triac
(b) only by the negative half-cycle of the supply.
d. SCS
(c) only by the positive half-cycle of the supply.
6. ______A programmable unijunction transistor is
(d) by none of the above.
“programmed” by choosing the

a. RC time constant
12. ______A triac is a (b) thermistor.
(a) three-layer two-junction device. (c) quadrac.
(b) two-layer two-junction device. (d) ignitron.
(c) four-layer three-junction device.
18. ______The normal way to turn on a diac is by
(d) two-layer three-junction device.
(a) gate current.
13. ______The contruction of PUT (Programmable (b) breakover voltage.
Unijunction Transistor) is (c) either of the above.
(d) none of the above.
(a) three-layer two-junction device.
(b) two-layer two-junction device. 19. ______Which one of the followings is not a
(c) four-layer three-junction device. characteristic of the triac?
(d) two-layer three-junction device. (a) Gate current
(b) Holding current
14. ______The only similarity of PUT to a UJT is that the
(c) Peak point voltage
PUT can be used in the same oscillator to replace the
(d) Latching current
UJT.
20. ______Which one of the followings is not a
a. True
characteristic of the triac?
b. False
(a) Five terminals
c. a and b
(b) Bilateral conduction
d. no similarity and differences
(c) Negative resistance
15. ______Unijunction transistors and programmable (d) Four P-N junctions
unijunction transistors are applied to oscillators, timing
circuits, and thyristor triggering.

a. True
b. False
c. a and b
d. tralse

16. ______Thyristors include

(a) UJTs and DIACs.
(b) BJTs and FETs.
(c) PUTs and UJTs.
(d) PUTs and TRIACs.

17. ______A diac-triac built on the same chip is called a

(a) thyratron.
1 c 11 a

2 d 12 c

3 c 13 c

4 d 14 a

5 a 15 a

6 b 16 d

7 d 17 b

8 b 18 b

9 c 19 b

10 c 20 c