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