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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 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.
Clock Digital
Digital
SI Prefix for 10E(-6)
Shift Register
2. A protective device in the current path that melts or breaks when current exceeds a predetermined maximum value.
Event Detector
Symbol and Unit for Power
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
Fuse
3. A protective device in the current path that melts or breaks when current exceeds a predetermined maximum value.
Cold Solder Joint
Fuse
Tinning
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
4. An IC package similar to a DIP - but smaller - which is designed for automatic placement and soldering on the surface of a circuit board.
Event Detector
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
Cold Solder Joint
5. 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.
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
Conventional Current
SI Notation
Current
6. The smallest particle of an element that still has the same characteristics as the element.
Atom
Printed Circuit Board
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
Frequency Divider
7. P and Watt (W)
Symbol and Unit for Power
LED
Soldering Iron
LED
8. Nano
Digital Multimeter
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
Digital Waveform
9. Signal in the form of a rectangular pulse train or a square wave.
Breadboard
Event Detector
Digital
Clock Digital
10. A series of logic 1s and 0s plotted as a function of time.
Scientific Notation
Transistor
Digital Waveform
Amplitude
11. An electrical device used to store electrical charge.
Symbol and Unit for Power
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
SI Notation
Capacitor
12. Milli
Digital
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
Transistor
13. 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 Capacitance
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
Soldering
Digital Multimeter
14. Tool with an internal heating element used to heat surfaces being soldered to the point where the solder becomes molten.
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
Printed Circuit Board
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
Soldering Iron
15. Tool with an internal heating element used to heat surfaces being soldered to the point where the solder becomes molten.
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)
Digital
Soldering Iron
16. 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.
Tinning
Seven-Segment Display
Digital
Digital Multimeter
17. 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.
Capacitor
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
Analog
Atom
18. Coding system of colored stripes on a resistor to indicate the resistor's value and tolerance.
Transistor
Transistor
Resistor Color Code
Atom
19. 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/
Transistor
Seven-Segment Display
Digital Multimeter
Seven-Segment Display
20. A square IC package with leads on all four sides designed for surface mounting on a circuit board.
Fuse
Frequency Divider
Printed Circuit Board
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)
21. Giga
Solder Bridge
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
Atom
Transistor
22. A circuit the produces a digital output signal that is half the frequency of the input.
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
Diode
Frequency Divider
Resistor
23. 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
Fuse
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
Printed Circuit Board
24. The instantaneous voltage of a waveform. Often used to mean maximum amplitude - or peak voltage - or a pulse.
Amplitude
Analog
Capacitor
Seven-Segment Display
25. F and Hertz (Hz) or Cycles per sec.
Scientific Notation
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
Cold Solder Joint
Symbol and Unit for Power
26. 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
Digital
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
27. Metallic alloy of tin and lead that is used to join two metal surfaces.
Soldering Iron
Solder
Symbol and Unit for Current
Symbol and Unit for Power
28. Are and Ohms
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
Current
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)
29. 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.
Clock Digital
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
Conventional Current
30. Pico
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
SI Prefix for 10E(-12)
Shift Register
Soldering Iron
31. A two terminal device that conducts in only one direction.
Fuse
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
Diode
Solder Bridge
32. Mega
Symbol and Unit for Power
Capacitor
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
33. Tera
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
SI Prefix for 10E(-12)
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
Solder
34. Tera
Conductor
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
Current
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
35. An electrical device used to store electrical charge.
Frequency Divider
Digital Multimeter
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
Capacitor
36. Term derived from 'transfer resistor.' Semiconductor device that can be used as an amplifier or as an electronic switch.
Soldering Iron
Symbol and Unit for Power
Frequency Divider
Transistor
37. 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.
Analog
Solder
Engineering Notation
Frequency Divider
38. Abbreviation of System International - a system of practical units based on the meter - kilogram - second - ampere - Kelvin - mole - and candela.
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
Solder Bridge
Shift Register
SI Notation
39. 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
Atom
Symbol and Unit for Current
Amplitude
40. Pico
SI Prefix for 10E(-12)
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
Digital Multimeter
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
41. V or E and Volt (V)
Symbol and Unit for Current
Soldering Iron
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
42. Circuit that is capable of sensing and holding a signal until the event that changed the signal can be addressed.
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
Shift Register
Event Detector
Frequency Divider
43. Kilo
Scientific Notation
Frequency Divider
Soldering
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
44. A circuit the produces a digital output signal that is half the frequency of the input.
Printed Circuit Board
Frequency Divider
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
Soldering
45. Numbers entered as a number from one to ten multiplied by a power of ten.
Solder
Scientific Notation
Amplitude
SI Notation
46. Light-emitting diode. An electronic device that conducts current in one direction only and illuminates when it is conducting.
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
Scientific Notation
LED
Atom
47. 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.
Tinning
Resistor
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
Solder Bridge
48. Numbers entered as a number from one to ten multiplied by a power of ten.
Solder
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
Scientific Notation
Soldering Iron
49. Mega
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
SI Prefix for 10E(-6)
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
SI Prefix for 10E(-6)
50. 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.
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
Engineering Notation
Soldering Iron