Subject : Basic Electronics Engineering
Practice Questions for Unut 2 and Unit 3 ( upto CB BJT)
1. Explain Full wave Bridge Rectifier with a neat diagram (7)
2. Explain Zener Breakdown and Avalanche Breakdown with suitable diagram. (7)
3. Why biasing is important in transistor. (3)
4. Draw the circuit of CB configuration of transistor. Sketch the input and output characteristics,
Explain active, saturation and cut off region. Derive expression for rin and ro (7)
5. Explain clipping circuits with diagram and waveforms. (4)
6. Draw the symbol of NPN and PNP transistor. What are the uses of transistor? (3)
7. State the advantages of transistor. (3)
8. Enumerate the different types of Clipping circuits with their different names and input output
waveforms. (7)
9. Why are junction transistors called bi polar devices? (3)
10. Draw the circuit of common base mode of BJT and it's output characteristics, derive the
expression for gain, collector current, rin and rout. (7)
11. Explain various currents in a bipolar junction transistor and derive the relationship between
them. (3)
12. What is an Early Effect and how can it account for the CB input characteristics.? (3)
13. Why does the value of alpha, the current gain of CB mode of transistor with the increase in the
reverse bias voltage of collector junction. (3)
14. Explain Zener Diode as a voltage regulator. (4)
15. Ilustrate the need of clipper circuits and explain negative and positive clippers with necessary
diagrams and waveforms. (7)
16. Describe the need of biasing the transistor. (3)
17. Explain series positive clipper with diagram and waveforms. (3)
18. Draw and explain bridge [Link] advantages and disadvantages of a bridge rectifier over
cenre tapped full wave rectifier. (7)
19. Draw circuit diagram of a full wave rectifier with RC filter and the related waveforms. (4)
20. Draw voltage multiplier circuit for getting peak output voltage upto four times the input peak
voltage. (3)
21. State the applications of rectifiers. Compare half wave rectifier, full wave rectifier Centre-tapped
rectifier and full wave bridge rectifier. (7)
22. Explain properties and applications of Common Base Transistor. (3)
23. Explain half wave rectifier with RC filter with necessary circuit diagram and input-output
waveforms. (4)
24. Explain negative clamper with circuit diagram and waveforms. (3)
25. Explain positive clamper with circuit diagram and waveforms. (3)
26. Explain operation of a voltage doubler with a [Link] and necessary waveforms. (3)
27. Briefly explain the different regions of operation of a BJT (3)
28. Describe full wave rectifier with LC filter with necessary waveforms and state it's limitations. (5)
29. Briefly explain a DC power supply system with the help of a block diagram. (3)
30. Compare Half wave Rectifier and Full ave Rectifier for the following parameters
i. Average DC voltage (ii) PIV (iii) Ripple Factor (iv) Rectifier Efficiency
