Fundamental of Electrical Engineering MCQs

Materials used in heat sink should have:

A. high thermal conductivity
B. large surface area
C. high melting point
D. All of these

A thyristor can termed as:

A. AC switch
B. DC switch
C. Both a and B
D. Square wave switch

Which of the following is used in heat sink:

A. Iron
B. Aluminium
C. Carbon
D Silver

How can we protect SCR from thermal conditions:

A. Use of snubber circuit.
B. Using heat sink.
C. Using CB and fuse.
D. Using equalizing circuit

Thyristor is nothing but a:

A. Controlled transistor
B. Controlled switch
C. Amplifier with higher gain
D. Amplifier with large current gain

Gate circuit or triggering circuit of a thyristor is:

A. lower power circuit.
B. high power circuit.
C. magnetic circuit.
D. may be low power or high power circuit

After proper turn on of thyristor:

A. gate signal is always present
B. gate signal must be removed
C. gate signal should present
D. none of the above.

What is used to protect a thyristor from high di / dt conditions:

A. Fuse.
B. Snubber circuit
C. Inductor
D. Voltage clamping device

COOLMOS device can be used in application up to power range of:

A. 1 KVA
B. 2 KVA
C. 500 VA
D. 100 KVA

Snubber circuit is used with SCR:

A. in series
B. in parallel
C. either series or parallel
D. anti parallel

Why resistor is used in Snubber circuit:

A. To minimize the loss
B. To minimize the charging current
C. To minimize the discharging current
D. All of these

What may happen high dV / dt:

A. Unwanted turn ON
B. Breakdown of J2 junction
C. Both A and B
D. Anyone of these

Thermal voltage VT can be given by:

A. Kq/T
B. KT/q
C. qT/K
D. (K2/q)(T + 1/T – 1)

IGBT combines the advantages of:

A. BJTs and SITs
B. BJTs and MOSFETs
C. SITs and MOSFETs
D. None of these

Which of the following is used in SCR to protect from high dV / dt:

A. Snubber circuit
B. Fuse
C. Equalizing circuit
D. Circuit breaker

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