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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. Any material that allows the free movement of electric changes - such as electrons - to provide an electric current.
Conductor
Event Detector
Transistor
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
2. Any material that allows the free movement of electric changes - such as electrons - to provide an electric current.
Soldering
Symbol and Unit for Power
Conductor
Printed Circuit Board
3. Nano
Fuse
SI Notation
Amplitude
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
4. Kilo
Amplitude
Fuse
Resistor
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
5. Process of joining two metallic surfaces to make an electrical contact by melting solder (usually tin and lead) across them.
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
Soldering
Cold Solder Joint
Resistor
6. C and Farad (F)
Digital Multimeter
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
Clock Digital
7. Are and Ohms
LED
Breadboard
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
Transistor
8. Numbers entered as a number from one to ten multiplied by a power of ten.
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
Scientific Notation
Frequency Divider
Analog
9. Coding system of colored stripes on a resistor to indicate the resistor's value and tolerance.
Frequency Divider
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
Resistor
Resistor Color Code
10. Milli
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
Clock Digital
LED
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
11. Light-emitting diode. An electronic device that conducts current in one direction only and illuminates when it is conducting.
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
Diode
LED
Printed Circuit Board
12. An IC package similar to a DIP - but smaller - which is designed for automatic placement and soldering on the surface of a circuit board.
Digital Multimeter
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
13. Light-emitting diode. An electronic device that conducts current in one direction only and illuminates when it is conducting.
Breadboard
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
Digital Waveform
LED
14. A way of representing a physical quantity by a series of binary numbers. A digital representation can have only specific discrete values.
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
Resistor Color Code
Digital
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
15. Nano
Diode
Transistor
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
Digital Multimeter
16. A circuit the produces a digital output signal that is half the frequency of the input.
Frequency Divider
Seven-Segment Display
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
Diode
17. Mega
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
SI Prefix for 10E(-6)
Conventional Current
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
18. The unwanted formation of a conductive path of solder between conductors.
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
Solder Bridge
Capacitor
Engineering Notation
19. Kilo
Symbol and Unit for Current
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
SI Notation
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
20. Process of joining two metallic surfaces to make an electrical contact by melting solder (usually tin and lead) across them.
SI Notation
Amplitude
Frequency Divider
Soldering
21. A two terminal device that conducts in only one direction.
Printed Circuit Board
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
Diode
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
22. The instantaneous voltage of a waveform. Often used to mean maximum amplitude - or peak voltage - or a pulse.
Soldering
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
Amplitude
Soldering Iron
23. Pico
Atom
SI Prefix for 10E(-12)
Frequency Divider
SI Notation
24. Giga
Shift Register
Breadboard
Solder Bridge
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
25. A two terminal device that conducts in only one direction.
LED
Digital Waveform
SI Prefix for 10E(-6)
Diode
26. 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.
Scientific Notation
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
Analog
27. A square IC package with leads on all four sides designed for surface mounting on a circuit board.
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)
Engineering Notation
Current
Digital Waveform
28. Giga
Printed Circuit Board
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
Event Detector
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
29. Tool with an internal heating element used to heat surfaces being soldered to the point where the solder becomes molten.
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
Soldering Iron
LED
30. The smallest particle of an element that still has the same characteristics as the element.
Analog
Analog
Atom
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
31. 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.
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
Tinning
Frequency Divider
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
32. Coding system of colored stripes on a resistor to indicate the resistor's value and tolerance.
Resistor Color Code
Resistor
Soldering Iron
Engineering Notation
33. A protective device in the current path that melts or breaks when current exceeds a predetermined maximum value.
Digital Waveform
Digital
Tinning
Fuse
34. V or E and Volt (V)
Cold Solder Joint
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
Soldering
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
35. I and Ampere or Amp (A)
Symbol and Unit for Current
Soldering Iron
Seven-Segment Display
Capacitor
36. Circuit that is capable of sensing and holding a signal until the event that changed the signal can be addressed.
SI Notation
Event Detector
Atom
SI Prefix for 10E(-12)
37. 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.
Event Detector
Digital Waveform
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
38. Term derived from 'transfer resistor.' Semiconductor device that can be used as an amplifier or as an electronic switch.
Transistor
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
Capacitor
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
39. Circuit that is capable of sensing and holding a signal until the event that changed the signal can be addressed.
Digital Multimeter
Printed Circuit Board
Event Detector
SI Prefix for 10E(-12)
40. 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.
LED
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
Analog
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
41. Term derived from 'transfer resistor.' Semiconductor device that can be used as an amplifier or as an electronic switch.
Fuse
Conductor
Transistor
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
42. The smallest particle of an element that still has the same characteristics as the element.
Fuse
Conductor
Atom
Symbol and Unit for Power
43. C and Farad (F)
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
Atom
Cold Solder Joint
44. Mega
SI Prefix for 10E(-6)
Conductor
Analog
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
45. Component made of material that opposes flow of current and therefore has some value of resistance.
Clock Digital
Scientific Notation
Fuse
Resistor
46. 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.
Event Detector
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
Shift Register
47. Micro
Resistor
Conductor
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
SI Prefix for 10E(-6)
48. 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.
Amplitude
Cold Solder Joint
Tinning
Current
49. P and Watt (W)
Symbol and Unit for Power
Resistor
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
Clock Digital
50. A solder connection that exhibits poor wetting and is characterized by a grayish - porous appearance due to excessive impurities in the solder - inadequate cleaning prior to soldering - and/or the insufficient application of heat during the soldering
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
Soldering Iron
Cold Solder Joint
Amplitude