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Electronics Paper 2, Nov/Dec. 2009  
Questions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Main
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Question 8

(a)     Define the term rectification.
(b)     Draw the circuit diagram of a bridge stabilized power supply.

  1.      State one advantage of the bridge rectifier over the centre-tapped rectifier.
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OBSERVATION

The expected answers were:

  1.    Rectification is the process of converting a.c. to d.c.

 

 

 

 

 

Transformer
Bridge
Filter
Zener
Load

  1. (i)  It does not use a centre-tap transformer
  2. (ii)  It has a larger output.

The question was on power supply. A good number attempted the question. The performance was however poor.

Majority of the candidates could not define the term rectification properly and draw the circuit diagram for a stabilized power supply unit.
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