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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.
Event Detector
Engineering Notation
Resistor
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)
2. P and Watt (W)
Shift Register
Transistor
Symbol and Unit for Power
Engineering Notation
3. Abbreviation of System International - a system of practical units based on the meter - kilogram - second - ampere - Kelvin - mole - and candela.
SI Prefix for 10E(-6)
SI Notation
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
Conventional Current
4. Giga
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
Diode
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
Current
5. I and Ampere or Amp (A)
Tinning
Symbol and Unit for Current
Breadboard
Conventional Current
6. Coding system of colored stripes on a resistor to indicate the resistor's value and tolerance.
Resistor Color Code
Soldering
Scientific Notation
Digital Multimeter
7. The instantaneous voltage of a waveform. Often used to mean maximum amplitude - or peak voltage - or a pulse.
Fuse
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
Amplitude
Clock Digital
8. Electronic test equipment that can perform multiple tasks. Typically one capable of measuring voltage - current - and resistance. More sophisticated modern digital multimeters also measure capacitance - inductance - current gain of transistors - and/
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
Soldering Iron
Digital Multimeter
Resistor Color Code
9. Coding system of colored stripes on a resistor to indicate the resistor's value and tolerance.
Symbol and Unit for Power
Symbol and Unit for Current
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
Resistor Color Code
10. A series of logic 1s and 0s plotted as a function of time.
Current
SI Prefix for 10E(-12)
Digital Waveform
LED
11. Milli
Atom
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
Clock Digital
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
12. A two terminal device that conducts in only one direction.
Diode
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
Solder
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
13. 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.
Engineering Notation
Transistor
Printed Circuit Board
Clock Digital
14. A circuit the produces a digital output signal that is half the frequency of the input.
Frequency Divider
Capacitor
SI Prefix for 10E(-12)
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
15. Metallic alloy of tin and lead that is used to join two metal surfaces.
Conventional Current
Solder
Soldering Iron
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
16. Term derived from 'transfer resistor.' Semiconductor device that can be used as an amplifier or as an electronic switch.
Transistor
Cold Solder Joint
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
17. A circuit board for wiring temporary circuits - usually used for prototypes or laboratory work.
Frequency Divider
Tinning
Digital Multimeter
Breadboard
18. Mega
Solder Bridge
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
Digital Waveform
SI Notation
19. 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.
Breadboard
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
LED
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
20. A protective device in the current path that melts or breaks when current exceeds a predetermined maximum value.
Digital Waveform
Fuse
Printed Circuit Board
Resistor Color Code
21. C and Farad (F)
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
Transistor
Resistor Color Code
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
22. 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
Clock Digital
Cold Solder Joint
Seven-Segment Display
Symbol and Unit for Current
23. Process of joining two metallic surfaces to make an electrical contact by melting solder (usually tin and lead) across them.
Resistor Color Code
Soldering
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
SI Notation
24. C and Farad (F)
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
Frequency Divider
Cold Solder Joint
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
25. Any material that allows the free movement of electric changes - such as electrons - to provide an electric current.
Conductor
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
Solder Bridge
26. 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
Scientific Notation
Fuse
Digital
27. Are and Ohms
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
Diode
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
Breadboard
28. V or E and Volt (V)
Breadboard
Symbol and Unit for Power
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
29. 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.
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
Tinning
Soldering
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
30. Light-emitting diode. An electronic device that conducts current in one direction only and illuminates when it is conducting.
LED
Soldering Iron
Cold Solder Joint
Seven-Segment Display
31. A square IC package with leads on all four sides designed for surface mounting on a circuit board.
Atom
Fuse
Conventional Current
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)
32. Tera
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
Soldering
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
33. An electrical device used to store electrical charge.
Capacitor
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
Resistor Color Code
Event Detector
34. Component made of material that opposes flow of current and therefore has some value of resistance.
Resistor
Capacitor
Tinning
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
35. Milli
Soldering Iron
Printed Circuit Board
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
Seven-Segment Display
36. Giga
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
Engineering Notation
Atom
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
37. 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.
Seven-Segment Display
Conductor
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)
LED
38. F and Hertz (Hz) or Cycles per sec.
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
Capacitor
39. Circuit that is capable of sensing and holding a signal until the event that changed the signal can be addressed.
Event Detector
Transistor
Scientific Notation
Symbol and Unit for Current
40. A circuit board for wiring temporary circuits - usually used for prototypes or laboratory work.
Breadboard
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
Symbol and Unit for Current
Frequency Divider
41. An electrical device used to store electrical charge.
Diode
Soldering Iron
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
Capacitor
42. Component made of material that opposes flow of current and therefore has some value of resistance.
Resistor
Digital
Tinning
Amplitude
43. A protective device in the current path that melts or breaks when current exceeds a predetermined maximum value.
Fuse
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
Event Detector
Diode
44. P and Watt (W)
Symbol and Unit for Power
Event Detector
Digital
Atom
45. 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.
Frequency Divider
Atom
Soldering
Shift Register
46. I and Ampere or Amp (A)
Digital Waveform
Symbol and Unit for Current
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
Soldering Iron
47. Electronic test equipment that can perform multiple tasks. Typically one capable of measuring voltage - current - and resistance. More sophisticated modern digital multimeters also measure capacitance - inductance - current gain of transistors - and/
Digital Multimeter
Symbol and Unit for Current
SI Notation
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
48. Numbers entered as a number from one to ten multiplied by a power of ten.
Capacitor
Amplitude
Scientific Notation
Atom
49. Pico
SI Prefix for 10E(-12)
SI Prefix for 10E(-6)
Cold Solder Joint
Fuse
50. 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
Analog
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)