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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. I and Ampere or Amp (A)
Printed Circuit Board
Resistor Color Code
SI Prefix for 10E(-6)
Symbol and Unit for Current
2. The unwanted formation of a conductive path of solder between conductors.
Solder Bridge
SI Notation
LED
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
3. Tool with an internal heating element used to heat surfaces being soldered to the point where the solder becomes molten.
LED
Diode
SI Prefix for 10E(-12)
Soldering Iron
4. 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.
Clock Digital
Shift Register
Seven-Segment Display
Symbol and Unit for Power
5. Mega
Analog
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
6. Metallic alloy of tin and lead that is used to join two metal surfaces.
Seven-Segment Display
Solder
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
LED
7. I and Ampere or Amp (A)
Clock Digital
Symbol and Unit for Current
Digital Multimeter
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
8. Tool with an internal heating element used to heat surfaces being soldered to the point where the solder becomes molten.
Breadboard
Solder Bridge
Soldering Iron
Amplitude
9. 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
Engineering Notation
Transistor
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
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.
Printed Circuit Board
Conventional Current
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
Clock Digital
11. V or E and Volt (V)
Soldering
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
Atom
Digital
12. C and Farad (F)
Transistor
Resistor
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
13. Light-emitting diode. An electronic device that conducts current in one direction only and illuminates when it is conducting.
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
Engineering Notation
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
LED
14. Pico
SI Prefix for 10E(-12)
Printed Circuit Board
Frequency Divider
Seven-Segment Display
15. A series of logic 1s and 0s plotted as a function of time.
Capacitor
Digital Waveform
Atom
Resistor
16. 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.
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
Printed Circuit Board
Seven-Segment Display
Clock Digital
17. Process of joining two metallic surfaces to make an electrical contact by melting solder (usually tin and lead) across them.
Soldering
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
Atom
18. 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
Current
Transistor
Symbol and Unit for Power
19. Insulating board containing conductive tracks for circuit connections.
Solder
Capacitor
Printed Circuit Board
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
20. A circuit board for wiring temporary circuits - usually used for prototypes or laboratory work.
Breadboard
Solder Bridge
Amplitude
Resistor
21. Abbreviation of System International - a system of practical units based on the meter - kilogram - second - ampere - Kelvin - mole - and candela.
SI Notation
Solder Bridge
Engineering Notation
Conventional Current
22. 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
Analog
Engineering Notation
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
23. Pico
Soldering
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
Engineering Notation
SI Prefix for 10E(-12)
24. Term derived from 'transfer resistor.' Semiconductor device that can be used as an amplifier or as an electronic switch.
Fuse
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
Transistor
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
25. Giga
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
Engineering Notation
Scientific Notation
Resistor
26. Are and Ohms
Capacitor
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
Digital Multimeter
27. Metallic alloy of tin and lead that is used to join two metal surfaces.
Solder
Soldering
Frequency Divider
Current
28. An electrical device used to store electrical charge.
Soldering Iron
Conventional Current
Soldering
Capacitor
29. The unwanted formation of a conductive path of solder between conductors.
Shift Register
SI Notation
Solder Bridge
Resistor Color Code
30. 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.
Solder
Digital Waveform
Resistor
Shift Register
31. F and Hertz (Hz) or Cycles per sec.
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
Tinning
Event Detector
SI Prefix for 10E(-12)
32. Tera
Shift Register
Fuse
Engineering Notation
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
33. An IC package similar to a DIP - but smaller - which is designed for automatic placement and soldering on the surface of a circuit board.
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
Transistor
Atom
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
34. A movement of electrical charges around a closed path or circuit.
Current
Symbol and Unit for Power
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
Seven-Segment Display
35. Mega
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
LED
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
36. Circuit that is capable of sensing and holding a signal until the event that changed the signal can be addressed.
Analog
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
Event Detector
37. Process of joining two metallic surfaces to make an electrical contact by melting solder (usually tin and lead) across them.
Frequency Divider
Digital
Resistor Color Code
Soldering
38. Nano
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
Printed Circuit Board
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
39. Tera
Breadboard
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
Scientific Notation
40. P and Watt (W)
LED
Symbol and Unit for Power
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
Resistor
41. Component made of material that opposes flow of current and therefore has some value of resistance.
Shift Register
Resistor
Event Detector
Frequency Divider
42. 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.
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
Seven-Segment Display
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
43. Numbers entered as a number from one to ten multiplied by a power of ten.
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
Breadboard
Scientific Notation
Digital Waveform
44. Insulating board containing conductive tracks for circuit connections.
Symbol and Unit for Current
Printed Circuit Board
Symbol and Unit for Power
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
45. A circuit the produces a digital output signal that is half the frequency of the input.
Frequency Divider
Seven-Segment Display
Digital Waveform
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
46. Kilo
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
Diode
Conventional Current
Cold Solder Joint
47. 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.
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
Transistor
Conventional Current
48. Any material that allows the free movement of electric changes - such as electrons - to provide an electric current.
Engineering Notation
Conductor
Shift Register
Scientific Notation
49. An IC package similar to a DIP - but smaller - which is designed for automatic placement and soldering on the surface of a circuit board.
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
SI Notation
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
50. Component made of material that opposes flow of current and therefore has some value of resistance.
Solder
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
Resistor
Digital Waveform