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MCQs of DC-DC converters - Switching Voltage Regulators

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11.
Find the expression for output voltage for a step-up chopper, assume linear variation of load current and δ as the duty cycle.
(a) Vs
(b) Vs/δ
(c) Vs/(1-δ)
(d) Vs/√2
Answer:

Option (c)

12.
Find the output voltage for a step-up chopper when it is operated at a duty cycle of 50 % and Vs = 240 V.
(a) 240 V
(b) 480 V
(c) 560 V
(d) 120 V
Answer:

Option (b)

13.
If a step up chopper’s switch is always kept off then (ideally)
(a) Vo = 0
(b) Vo = ∞
(c) Vo = Vs
(d) Vo > Vs
Answer:

Option (c)

14.
For a step-down chopper, find the rms value of output voltage. Let δ be the duty cycle and Vs be the input voltage.
(a) δ x Vs
(b) Vs/δ
(c) √δ x Vs
(d) Vs/2
Answer:

Option (c)

15.
A step-up chopper has input voltage of 220 V and output voltage of 660 V. If the conducting time of the IGBT based chopper is 100 μs, compute Toff width of the output voltage pulse.
(a) 100 μs
(b) 150 μs
(c) 50 μs
(d) Insufficient data
Answer:

Option (c)

16.
For a step-up chopper, when the duty cycle is increased the average value of the output voltage
(a) increases
(b) decreases
(c) remains the same
(d) none of the mentioned
Answer:

Option (a)

17.
For a step-down chopper, when the duty cycle is increased the average value of the output voltage
(a) increases
(b) decreases
(c) remains the same
(d) none of the mentioned
Answer:

Option (a)

18.
The expression for a step-up/step-down chopper with α as the duty cycle and Vs as the dc input voltage is
(a) Vs/1 – δ
(b) δ x Vs
(c) Vs (δ/1-δ)
(d) Vs (δ/1+δ)
Answer:

Option (c)

19.
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
Answer:

Option (c)

20.
A step down chopper has Vs = 230 V and R = 10 Ω. For a duty cycle of 0.4, the power taken by the chopper is 2097 Watts. Find the chopper efficiency. Take the voltage drop across the chopper switch as 2 V.
(a) 98 %
(b) 89.96 %
(c) 99.14 %
(d) 96.54 %
Answer:

Option (c)

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