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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. Numbers entered as a number from one to ten multiplied by a power of ten.
Scientific Notation
Symbol and Unit for Current
Transistor
Symbol and Unit for Current
2. The smallest particle of an element that still has the same characteristics as the element.
Engineering Notation
Solder Bridge
Atom
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
3. Insulating board containing conductive tracks for circuit connections.
Resistor Color Code
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
Frequency Divider
Printed Circuit Board
4. 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
Clock Digital
Engineering Notation
Atom
5. Are and Ohms
Conventional Current
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
6. A circuit board for wiring temporary circuits - usually used for prototypes or laboratory work.
Cold Solder Joint
Breadboard
SI Prefix for 10E(-6)
Capacitor
7. Tool with an internal heating element used to heat surfaces being soldered to the point where the solder becomes molten.
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
Soldering Iron
Digital Waveform
Diode
8. 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.
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
Seven-Segment Display
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
Analog
9. Coding system of colored stripes on a resistor to indicate the resistor's value and tolerance.
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
Solder
Resistor Color Code
10. Mega
Tinning
Transistor
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
Breadboard
11. Component made of material that opposes flow of current and therefore has some value of resistance.
SI Notation
Conductor
Solder
Resistor
12. The unwanted formation of a conductive path of solder between conductors.
Solder Bridge
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
Resistor Color Code
13. The instantaneous voltage of a waveform. Often used to mean maximum amplitude - or peak voltage - or a pulse.
Shift Register
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
Amplitude
14. The unwanted formation of a conductive path of solder between conductors.
Solder Bridge
Digital Waveform
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
Conventional Current
15. Micro
Diode
Frequency Divider
Fuse
SI Prefix for 10E(-6)
16. 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
Cold Solder Joint
Capacitor
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
Digital Waveform
17. Component made of material that opposes flow of current and therefore has some value of resistance.
SI Prefix for 10E(-12)
Resistor
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
Cold Solder Joint
18. Tera
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
Clock Digital
Soldering Iron
Shift Register
19. Any material that allows the free movement of electric changes - such as electrons - to provide an electric current.
Fuse
Digital Waveform
Conductor
Digital Waveform
20. C and Farad (F)
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
SI Notation
Atom
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
21. 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.
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
Shift Register
Clock Digital
22. 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.
Digital Multimeter
Soldering
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
Solder
23. C and Farad (F)
Seven-Segment Display
Printed Circuit Board
Conventional Current
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
24. Giga
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
25. Kilo
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
Digital Multimeter
Amplitude
Symbol and Unit for Power
26. Metallic alloy of tin and lead that is used to join two metal surfaces.
Solder
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
Engineering Notation
Tinning
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.
Solder Bridge
Conventional Current
Soldering
Analog
28. A two terminal device that conducts in only one direction.
Analog
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
Shift Register
Diode
29. Circuit that is capable of sensing and holding a signal until the event that changed the signal can be addressed.
Event Detector
Tinning
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
Engineering Notation
30. Numbers entered as a number from one to ten multiplied by a power of ten.
SI Prefix for 10E(-6)
Scientific Notation
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
Capacitor
31. Giga
SI Prefix for 10E(-6)
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
Conventional Current
SI Notation
32. Circuit that is capable of sensing and holding a signal until the event that changed the signal can be addressed.
Digital Multimeter
LED
Analog
Event Detector
33. A circuit the produces a digital output signal that is half the frequency of the input.
Frequency Divider
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
Symbol and Unit for Power
Resistor
34. Any material that allows the free movement of electric changes - such as electrons - to provide an electric current.
LED
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
Conductor
Engineering Notation
35. Micro
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
SI Prefix for 10E(-6)
36. 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.
Frequency Divider
Conventional Current
Digital
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
37. Mega
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
Seven-Segment Display
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
Diode
38. The instantaneous voltage of a waveform. Often used to mean maximum amplitude - or peak voltage - or a pulse.
Atom
Breadboard
Amplitude
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)
39. A two terminal device that conducts in only one direction.
Shift Register
Conventional Current
Resistor Color Code
Diode
40. An electrical device used to store electrical charge.
Soldering
Capacitor
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
Clock Digital
41. I and Ampere or Amp (A)
Seven-Segment Display
Conventional Current
Symbol and Unit for Current
Analog
42. A way of representing a physical quantity by a series of binary numbers. A digital representation can have only specific discrete values.
Digital Waveform
Symbol and Unit for Current
Digital
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
43. P and Watt (W)
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
Seven-Segment Display
SI Prefix for 10E(-12)
Symbol and Unit for Power
44. Process of joining two metallic surfaces to make an electrical contact by melting solder (usually tin and lead) across them.
Soldering
Solder Bridge
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)
Frequency Divider
45. 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
Cold Solder Joint
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)
Breadboard
Clock Digital
46. I and Ampere or Amp (A)
Digital Waveform
Soldering Iron
Symbol and Unit for Current
SI Notation
47. The smallest particle of an element that still has the same characteristics as the element.
Digital Multimeter
Solder Bridge
Resistor
Atom
48. 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.
Seven-Segment Display
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
Fuse
Engineering Notation
49. Pico
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
Atom
SI Prefix for 10E(-12)
50. An electrical device used to store electrical charge.
Printed Circuit Board
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
Digital Multimeter
Capacitor