1000+ Digital and Electronics Principles Quiz Questions & Answers - 2

Question: 6

The number of free electrons and holes in an intrinsic semiconductor increases when the temperature

(A) increases

(B) decreases

(C) stays the same

(D) none of these

Question: 7

When the graph of current versus voltage is a straight line, the device is referred to as

(A) active

(B) passive

(C) linear

(D) nonlinear

Question: 8

At room temperature an intrinsic semiconductor has

(A) many free electrons

(B) no holes

(C) many holes

(D) a few free electrons and holes

Question: 9

The Norton current is sometimes called the

(A) thevenin voltage

(B) shorted load current

(C) open load current

(D) thevenin current

Question: 10

What do microprocessors understand?

(A) binary numbers

(B) pascal language

(C) fortran languages

(D) instructions