UNIT-III

1. A chopper may be thought as a

(a) Inverter with DC input
(b) DC equivalent of an AC transformer
(c) Diode rectifier
(d) DC equivalent of an induction motor

2. The load voltage of a chopper can be controlled by varying the

(a) duty cycle

(b) firing angle
(c) reactor position
(d) extinction angle

3. For a buck converter to reduce the conduction losses in diode

a. A high on - resistance switch can be added in parallel

b. A low on - resistance switch can be added in parallel
c. A high on - resistance switch can be added in series
d. A low on - resistance switch can be added in series
4. For a step-up/step-down chopper, if the duty cycle > 0.5 then
a) Vo = Vs
b) Vo < Vs
c) VO > Vs
d) None of the mentioned
5. Buck-Boost acts as Buck converter for duty cycle is equal to
a. >0.5
b. <0.5
c. =0.5
d. None of the above
6. A step - down choppers can be used in
7. The values of duty cycle (δ) lies between
8. Duty cycle of a chopper is given by
9. Buck-Boost acts as Boost converter for duty cycle is equal to _________
10. For a step-down chopper, when the duty cycle is increased the average value of the output
voltage
UNIT-IV
1. Single phase half bridge inverters requires
a) two wire ac supply
b) two wire dc supply
c) three wire ac supply
d) three wire dc supply
2. The voltage in a single phase half wave inverter varies between
a) Vs and 0
b) Vs/2 and 0
c) Vs/2 and –Vs/2
d) Vs and –Vs
3. The output of a single-phase half bridge inverter on R load is ideally
a) a sine wave
b) a square wave
c) a triangular wave
d) constant dc
4. Single-phase full bridge inverters requires
a) 4 SCRs and 2 diodes
b) 4 SCRs and 4 diodes
c) 2 SCRs and 4 diodes
d) 2 SCRs and 2 diodes
5. Find the conduction time of the diodes if the SCRs are fired at 0 and T/2
respectively in a single phase half wave inverter with R load.
a) 0
b) T/2
c) 2/T
d) insufficient data
6. In a single phase full wave bridge inverter, when the output is Vs or –Vs
a) one SCR and one diode are conducting
b) four SCRs are conducting
c) two SCRs are conducting
d) two diodes are conducting
7. The fundamental component of output voltage for a half wave bridge inverter is
given by
a) (4Vs/π) sinωt
b) (2Vs/π) sinωt
c) (Vs/2π) sinωt
d) (Vs)
8. The fundamental component of output voltage for a full wave bridge inverter is
given by
a) (2Vs/π) sinωt
b) (4Vs/π) sinωt
c) (Vs/2π) sinωt
d) (Vs)
9. The Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) is the ratio of
a) rms value of all the harmonic components to the rms value of the fundamental
component
b) average value of all the harmonic components to the rms value of the
 fundamental component
c) rms value of all the third harmonic component to the rms value of the
fundamental component
d) rms value of all the fundamental component to the rms value of all the
harmonic components
d) contribution of each harmonic to the total output
10. In the three-phase bridge inverter, each step consists of
a) 30°
b) 60°
c) 90°
d) will depend on the value of the firing angle
11. For a half wave bridge inverter, the output voltage is
12. For a full wave bridge inverter, the output voltage (Vo) is given as
13. Inverters converts
14. The output voltage from a single phase full wave bridge inverter varies from
15. The output current wave of a single-phase full bridge inverter on RL load is
16. The total harmonic distortion (THD) is the measure of
17. A three-phase bridge inverter requires minimum of _____________ switching
devices
18. In a single-phase half wave inverter ________ SCR(s) are/is gated at a time.
19. In the 180° mode VSI, ___________ devices conduct at a time.

20. In the 120° mode VSI, ___________ devices conduct at a time.

UNIT-V

1. In AC voltage controllers the

a) variable ac with fixed frequency is obtained
b) variable ac with variable frequency is obtained
c) variable dc with fixed frequency is obtained
d) variable dc with variable frequency is obtained
2. In the principle of phase control
a) the load is on for some cycles and off for some cycles
b) control is achieved by adjusting the firing angle of the devices
c) control is achieved by adjusting the number of on off cycles
d) control cannot be achieved
3. A single-phase half wave voltage controller consists of
a) one SCR is parallel with one diode
b) one SCR is anti parallel with one diode
c) two SCRs in parallel
d) two SCRs in anti parallel
4. A cycloconverter is a _________
a) one stage power converter
b) one stage voltage converter
 c) one stage frequency converter
d) none of the mentioned
5. Applications of cycloconverters include
a) speed control of ac drives
b) induction heating
c) static VAr compensation
d) all of the mentioned
6. In the below given voltage controller circuit

a) the positive half cycle at the load is same as the supply Vs

b) the negative half cycle at the load is same as the supply Vs
c) the positive and negative half cycles at the load are identical to the supply
d) none of the mentioned
7. The below shown controller circuit is a

a) half wave controller

b) full wave controller
c) none of the mentioned
d) will depend upon the firing angle
8. In the below given voltage controller circuit

a) only the negative cycle can be controlled

b) only the positive cycle can be controlled
c) both the cycles can be controlled
d) none of the mentioned
9. In the positive half cycle from ωt = 0 to π

a) P1 and P2 are forward biased

b) N1 and P2 are forward biased
c) P1 and N2 are forward biased
d) None of the mentioned
10. In AC voltage controllers the
(a) Variable ac with fixed frequency is obtained
(b) Variable ac with variable frequency is obtained
(c) Variable dc with fixed frequency is obtained
(d) Variable dc with variable frequency is obtained

11. Earlier then the semiconductor technology, ___________ devices were used for
voltage control applications
12. The AC voltage controllers are used in __________ applications.
13. AC voltage controllers convert
14. The single phase mid-point type cycloconverter uses __________ number of
SCRs
15. The single phase bridge type cycloconverter uses __________ number of SCRs.
16. The positive converter is used to to generate only
17. The negative converter is used to to generate only
18. In half wave ac voltage controller only wave can be controlled
19. In full wave ac voltage controller wave can be controlled
20. In a single phase cyclo converter, In the positive half cycle from ωt = 0 to π
Thyristors are forward biased