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A: Actually it begins to conduct almost as soon as there available current. but the current is such a low value that it is considered not to be conducting at all. And the 0.7 volts drop is a chosen value to indicate that the diode is fully conducting and the voltage drop across is .7 volts there about. It can have any value lower then that and it all depends on the current flowing at the time.

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