Viva questions 1) Define Electrical energy. The energy associated with flow of electrons is called electrical energy.

2) Define power. 3) Define charge. 4) What is meant by linear and nonlinear elements? 5) What is meant by active and passive elements? 6) What is meant by Unilateral and bi lateral elements? 7) Define ideal voltage source. 8) Define ideal current source. 9) What is meant by source transformation? 10) What are ideal elements? 11) Define form factor. 12) Define peak factor. 13) Define Ohms Law. 14) Define KCL 15) Define KVL. 16) State superposition theorem. 17) State Thevenins theorem. 18) State Nortons theorem. 19) State maximum power transfer theorem. 20) State reciprocity theorem. 21) Steps to solve Superposition Theorem 22) Steps to solve Thevenins Theorem 23) Steps to solve Nortons Theorem 24) What is the load current in a Nortons circuit? 25) What is the load current in a Thevenins circuit? 26) What is the max power in a circuit? 27) Steps to solve Maximum power transfer Theorem 28) What is a Dual Network? 29) Steps to draw a Dual Network. 30) What is transient? 31) Why transients occurs in electric circuits? 32) What is free and forced response? 33) What is complementary function? 34) What is particular solution? 35) Define time constant of RL circuit. 36) Define time constant of RC circuit. 37) Define quality factor. 38) What are half power frequencies? 39) Write the characteristics of series resonance. 40) What is anti resonance? 41) Write the characteristics of parallel resonance. 42) What is Band width and Selectivity? 43) Properties of a series RLC circuit. 44) Properties of a parallel RLC circuit. 45) What is critical resistance? 46) What is critical damping. 47) What is critical resistance? 48) What is natural and damped frequency? 49) What does series aiding mean?

50) What does series opposing mean? 51) What are coupled circuits? 52) What are coupled coils? 53) Define self-inductance. 54) Define mutual inductance. 55) Define coefficient of coupling. 56) What is DOT convention? 57) State dot rule for coupled coils. 58) Define Potential. 59) Define Current density. 60) Define Electron volts. 61) What are valence electrons? 62) What is forbidden energy gap? 63) What are conductors? Give examples? 64) What are insulators? Give examples? 65) Give the energy band structure of Insulator. 66) Give the energy band structure of Semi conductor. 67) Give the energy band structure of conductor. 68) What are Semiconductors? Give examples? 69) What are the types of Semiconductor? 70) What is Intrinsic Semiconductor? 71) Give the expression for concentration of electrons. 72) Give the expression for concentration of Holes. 73) Define Mass action law. 74) What is Extrinsic Semiconductor? 75) What are the types of Extrinsic Semiconductor? 76) What is P-type Semiconductor? 77) What is N-type Semiconductor? 78) What is doping? 79) Why n - type or pentavalent impurities are called as Donor impurities? 80) Why P type or trivalent impurities called as acceptor impurity? 81) Give the expression for the Fermi level energy in n type semiconductor. 82) Give the expression for the Fermi level energy in P type semiconductor. 83) What is mobility? What is its unit? 84) Define Conductivity. 85) Give the relationship between mobility and conductivity. 86) Define drift current? 87) Give the expression for drift current density due to electron. 88) Give the expression for drift current density due to holes. 89) Define the term diffusion current ? 90) Give the expression for diffusion current density due to electron. 91) Give the expression for diffusion current density due to holes. 92) Define mean life time of a hole or and electron. 93) What is depletion region in PN junction? 94) Give the other names of depletion region? 95) What is barrier potential? 96) What is meant by biasing a PN junction? 97) What are the types of biasing a PN junction? 98) What is forward bias and reverse bias in a PN junction? 99) What is reverse bias in a PN junction? 100)What is Reverse saturation current? 101)What is the total current at the junction of pn junction diode? 102)What is the diffusion length for holes (Lp)?

103) State the law of junction relating the boundary value of injected minority carrier concentration with applied voltage? 104)Give the diode current equation? 105)What is the static resistance of a diode? 106)Define dynamic resistance. 107)Define dynamic conductance 108)Define the term transition capacitance? 109) Give the Poissons equation relating the potential and the charge density? 110)Define the term diffusion capacitance. 111)What are break down diodes? 112)What is break down? What are its types? 113) What is Zener breakdown? 114)What is avalanche break down? 115)How does the avalanche breakdown voltage vary with temperature? 116) How does the Zener breakdown voltage vary with temperature? 117)What is transistor? List out its advantages. 118)Define Early effect or Base width modulation. 119)Define Punch through effect. 120)What is the biasing status of two transistor junctions for its various operating regions? 121) What is the relationship between and ? 122)Why CE configuration is widely used? 123)Compare between BJT & JFET. 124)Compare between JFET & MOSFET 125)Define pinch off voltage. 126)Compare between N channel JFET & P channel JFET. 127)Why JFET is called as unipolar device? 128)Define drain resistance. 129)Define transcondutance. 130)Define amplification factor. 131)Mention some applications of JFET. 132)Why the input impedance of JFET is more than that of a BJT? 133)What is meant by G-S threshold voltage of JFET? 134) Why is the input Impedance of a MOSFET is higher than that of JFET? 135)Why D-MOSFET is commonly known as Normally ON-MOSFET ? 136)What are the applications of MOSFET? 137)What is a varactor diode? 138)What is a tunnel diode? 139)What is tunneling phenomenon? 140) What is a photo diode? 141) What is a LED? 142)What does UJT stands for? Justify the name UJT. 143)What is intrinsic stand- off ratio of an UJT? 144)What is interbase resistance of UJT? 145)Give the expression for peak point voltage for UJT? 146)What are the regions in the VI characteristics of UJT? 147)What is meant by negative resistance region of UJT? 148)Mention the applications of UJT. 149)What is a TRIAC? 150)Give the application of TRIAC. 151)What are the different operating modes of TRIAC? 152)What is a DIAC? 153)Give some applications of DIAC. 154)What is a SCR?

155)Define break over voltage of SCR. 156)Why SCR cannot be used as a bidirectional switch. 157)How turning on of SCR is done? 158)How turning off of SCR is done? 159)Define holding current in a SCR. 160)List the advantages of SCR. 161)List the application of SCR. 162) What is meant by latching? 163) Define forward current rating of a SCR. 164)List the important ratings of SCR. 165)Compare SCR with TRIAC. 166)Differentiate BJT and UJT.