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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. C and Farad (F)
Frequency Divider
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
SI Prefix for 10E(-6)
Breadboard
2. V or E and Volt (V)
Scientific Notation
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
Engineering Notation
3. Tera
Shift Register
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
Digital Multimeter
4. The unwanted formation of a conductive path of solder between conductors.
Scientific Notation
Amplitude
Solder Bridge
Resistor
5. Abbreviation of System International - a system of practical units based on the meter - kilogram - second - ampere - Kelvin - mole - and candela.
Digital
SI Notation
Symbol and Unit for Power
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
6. Milli
Digital Multimeter
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
7. 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
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
Printed Circuit Board
8. The smallest particle of an element that still has the same characteristics as the element.
Atom
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
Fuse
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
9. Circuit that is capable of sensing and holding a signal until the event that changed the signal can be addressed.
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
Event Detector
Printed Circuit Board
10. 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.
Breadboard
Conventional Current
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
Symbol and Unit for Current
11. F and Hertz (Hz) or Cycles per sec.
Transistor
SI Prefix for 10E(-6)
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
12. Nano
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
Seven-Segment Display
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
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.
Clock Digital
Engineering Notation
Soldering Iron
Event Detector
14. A series of logic 1s and 0s plotted as a function of time.
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
Soldering
Digital Waveform
Resistor Color Code
15. A circuit the produces a digital output signal that is half the frequency of the input.
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
Frequency Divider
Soldering
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
16. An electrical device used to store electrical charge.
Digital
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
Atom
Capacitor
17. A circuit board for wiring temporary circuits - usually used for prototypes or laboratory work.
Breadboard
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
Seven-Segment Display
18. A series of logic 1s and 0s plotted as a function of time.
Symbol and Unit for Current
Printed Circuit Board
Soldering
Digital Waveform
19. Micro
Resistor Color Code
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
SI Prefix for 10E(-6)
Transistor
20. Micro
Digital
Conductor
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
SI Prefix for 10E(-6)
21. The instantaneous voltage of a waveform. Often used to mean maximum amplitude - or peak voltage - or a pulse.
Clock Digital
Amplitude
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
Cold Solder Joint
22. Numbers entered as a number from one to ten multiplied by a power of ten.
Resistor Color Code
Scientific Notation
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
23. 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.
Current
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
Solder Bridge
24. Light-emitting diode. An electronic device that conducts current in one direction only and illuminates when it is conducting.
Shift Register
Event Detector
LED
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
25. F and Hertz (Hz) or Cycles per sec.
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
Atom
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
26. Milli
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
Capacitor
Analog
Clock Digital
27. An IC package similar to a DIP - but smaller - which is designed for automatic placement and soldering on the surface of a circuit board.
Capacitor
Soldering
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
Atom
28. Are and Ohms
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
SI Prefix for 10E(-12)
Shift Register
Scientific Notation
29. Term derived from 'transfer resistor.' Semiconductor device that can be used as an amplifier or as an electronic switch.
Amplitude
Breadboard
LED
Transistor
30. 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.
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
Fuse
Tinning
Engineering Notation
31. Process of joining two metallic surfaces to make an electrical contact by melting solder (usually tin and lead) across them.
Soldering
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
SI Prefix for 10E(-6)
32. C and Farad (F)
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
Transistor
Clock Digital
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
33. 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
Analog
Amplitude
Transistor
34. 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.
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
Analog
Event Detector
Symbol and Unit for Current
35. Tool with an internal heating element used to heat surfaces being soldered to the point where the solder becomes molten.
Shift Register
Cold Solder Joint
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
Soldering Iron
36. Kilo
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
Conventional Current
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)
37. Mega
Engineering Notation
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
Diode
38. A square IC package with leads on all four sides designed for surface mounting on a circuit board.
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)
Resistor Color Code
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
Conventional Current
39. Component made of material that opposes flow of current and therefore has some value of resistance.
Resistor
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
Cold Solder Joint
Symbol and Unit for Current
40. Metallic alloy of tin and lead that is used to join two metal surfaces.
Conventional Current
Solder
SI Prefix for 10E(-12)
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
41. A way of representing a physical quantity by a series of binary numbers. A digital representation can have only specific discrete values.
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
Analog
Solder
Digital
42. Signal in the form of a rectangular pulse train or a square wave.
SI Prefix for 10E(-6)
Clock Digital
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
Diode
43. A movement of electrical charges around a closed path or circuit.
Soldering
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
Current
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
44. Insulating board containing conductive tracks for circuit connections.
Printed Circuit Board
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
Cold Solder Joint
Amplitude
45. The instantaneous voltage of a waveform. Often used to mean maximum amplitude - or peak voltage - or a pulse.
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
Amplitude
Symbol and Unit for Current
Symbol and Unit for Power
46. The smallest particle of an element that still has the same characteristics as the element.
Atom
SI Prefix for 10E(-12)
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
Amplitude
47. I and Ampere or Amp (A)
SI Notation
Solder
Breadboard
Symbol and Unit for Current
48. Process of joining two metallic surfaces to make an electrical contact by melting solder (usually tin and lead) across them.
Soldering
Resistor Color Code
Clock Digital
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
49. Abbreviation of System International - a system of practical units based on the meter - kilogram - second - ampere - Kelvin - mole - and candela.
Amplitude
Frequency Divider
Engineering Notation
SI Notation
50. Are and Ohms
Seven-Segment Display
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
SI Prefix for 10E(-12)
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)