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