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Digital Electronics Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A square IC package with leads on all four sides designed for surface mounting on a circuit board.
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)
Cold Solder Joint
Breadboard
2. Kilo
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
Resistor
Breadboard
Solder
3. Milli
Fuse
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
Event Detector
Analog
4. Are and Ohms
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
Scientific Notation
Tinning
5. An array of seven independently controlled light-emitting diodes (LED) or liquid crystal display (LCD) elements - shaped like a figure-8 - which can be used to display decimal digits and other characters by turning on the appropriate elements.
Solder
Seven-Segment Display
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
Symbol and Unit for Current
6. A protective device in the current path that melts or breaks when current exceeds a predetermined maximum value.
Soldering Iron
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
Fuse
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
7. Insulating board containing conductive tracks for circuit connections.
Printed Circuit Board
Transistor
LED
Seven-Segment Display
8. An electrical device used to store electrical charge.
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
Capacitor
9. The instantaneous voltage of a waveform. Often used to mean maximum amplitude - or peak voltage - or a pulse.
Shift Register
Amplitude
Breadboard
Solder Bridge
10. An electrical device used to store electrical charge.
Capacitor
Resistor
Resistor
Solder Bridge
11. An IC package similar to a DIP - but smaller - which is designed for automatic placement and soldering on the surface of a circuit board.
Fuse
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
Transistor
Analog
12. Kilo
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
Symbol and Unit for Current
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
13. Micro
SI Prefix for 10E(-6)
Fuse
Capacitor
Digital Multimeter
14. Light-emitting diode. An electronic device that conducts current in one direction only and illuminates when it is conducting.
Solder
LED
Solder
SI Prefix for 10E(-6)
15. V or E and Volt (V)
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
Soldering Iron
Symbol and Unit for Current
16. Abbreviation of System International - a system of practical units based on the meter - kilogram - second - ampere - Kelvin - mole - and candela.
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
Diode
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
SI Notation
17. Component made of material that opposes flow of current and therefore has some value of resistance.
Printed Circuit Board
Resistor
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
Breadboard
18. The process of applying a thin coat of solder to materials prior to their being soldered; for example - application of a light coat of solder to the filaments of a conductor to hold the filaments in place prior to soldering the conductor.
Transistor
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
Digital Multimeter
Tinning
19. Signal in the form of a rectangular pulse train or a square wave.
Clock Digital
Solder Bridge
Symbol and Unit for Current
Printed Circuit Board
20. The direction of current flow associated with positive charge in motion. The current flow direction is from a positive to negative potential - which is in the opposite direction of electron flow.
Conventional Current
Soldering
Event Detector
Engineering Notation
21. Nano
Atom
Atom
Breadboard
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
22. A two terminal device that conducts in only one direction.
Digital Multimeter
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
Event Detector
Diode
23. A group of flip-flops (typically 4 or 8) that are arranged so that the values stored in the flip-flops are shifted from one flip-flop to the next for every clock.
Shift Register
LED
Solder Bridge
Resistor
24. A protective device in the current path that melts or breaks when current exceeds a predetermined maximum value.
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
Fuse
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
Digital
25. Numbers entered as a number from one to ten multiplied by a power of ten.
Transistor
Diode
Analog
Scientific Notation
26. An array of seven independently controlled light-emitting diodes (LED) or liquid crystal display (LCD) elements - shaped like a figure-8 - which can be used to display decimal digits and other characters by turning on the appropriate elements.
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
Seven-Segment Display
Capacitor
Engineering Notation
27. A way of representing some physical quantity - such as temperature or velocity - by a proportional continuous voltage or current. An analog voltage or current can have any value within a defined range.
Amplitude
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
Analog
Event Detector
28. The unwanted formation of a conductive path of solder between conductors.
Solder Bridge
Solder
Capacitor
SI Prefix for 10E(-12)
29. A circuit board for wiring temporary circuits - usually used for prototypes or laboratory work.
Breadboard
Digital Multimeter
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
Fuse
30. Metallic alloy of tin and lead that is used to join two metal surfaces.
Solder
Cold Solder Joint
Shift Register
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
31. A floating point system in which numbers are expressed as products consisting of a number greater than one multiplied by an appropriate power of ten that is some multiple of three.
Resistor
SI Notation
Engineering Notation
Soldering
32. The smallest particle of an element that still has the same characteristics as the element.
Atom
Resistor Color Code
Diode
Digital Multimeter
33. Tera
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
Symbol and Unit for Current
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
Fuse
34. A series of logic 1s and 0s plotted as a function of time.
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
Digital Waveform
Seven-Segment Display
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)
35. Nano
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
Soldering
SI Prefix for 10E(-12)
LED
36. The smallest particle of an element that still has the same characteristics as the element.
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
Atom
Conductor
Digital Waveform
37. A movement of electrical charges around a closed path or circuit.
Current
Capacitor
SI Prefix for 10E(-6)
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
38. I and Ampere or Amp (A)
Resistor Color Code
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
Atom
Symbol and Unit for Current
39. Mega
Diode
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
Soldering Iron
40. A very common IC package with two parallel rows of pins intended to be inserted into a socket of through holes drilled in a printed circuit board.
Seven-Segment Display
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
Clock Digital
41. I and Ampere or Amp (A)
Capacitor
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
Symbol and Unit for Current
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
42. A two terminal device that conducts in only one direction.
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
SI Notation
Resistor Color Code
Diode
43. Tool with an internal heating element used to heat surfaces being soldered to the point where the solder becomes molten.
Fuse
Digital Multimeter
Seven-Segment Display
Soldering Iron
44. Signal in the form of a rectangular pulse train or a square wave.
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
Capacitor
Clock Digital
Scientific Notation
45. Abbreviation of System International - a system of practical units based on the meter - kilogram - second - ampere - Kelvin - mole - and candela.
Capacitor
Analog
SI Notation
Resistor
46. Milli
Diode
Resistor Color Code
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
47. Tool with an internal heating element used to heat surfaces being soldered to the point where the solder becomes molten.
Digital Waveform
Soldering Iron
Solder
Solder
48. Process of joining two metallic surfaces to make an electrical contact by melting solder (usually tin and lead) across them.
Soldering
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
Engineering Notation
Conductor
49. A floating point system in which numbers are expressed as products consisting of a number greater than one multiplied by an appropriate power of ten that is some multiple of three.
Digital Multimeter
Conventional Current
Engineering Notation
Diode
50. Circuit that is capable of sensing and holding a signal until the event that changed the signal can be addressed.
Seven-Segment Display
Event Detector
Solder Bridge
Small Outline IC (SOIC)