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