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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. V or E and Volt (V)
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
SI Prefix for 10E(-6)
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
2. 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
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
Atom
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
Cold Solder Joint
3. P and Watt (W)
Transistor
Symbol and Unit for Power
Clock Digital
SI Prefix for 10E(-6)
4. 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
Solder Bridge
SI Prefix for 10E(-6)
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
5. Pico
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
SI Prefix for 10E(-12)
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
Current
6. 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/
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
Conventional Current
Digital Multimeter
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
7. 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.
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
Conventional Current
Clock Digital
Resistor
8. A way of representing a physical quantity by a series of binary numbers. A digital representation can have only specific discrete values.
Digital
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
Symbol and Unit for Current
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
9. Kilo
Soldering
Digital
SI Prefix for 10E(-12)
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
10. Milli
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
Clock Digital
11. Pico
Digital Multimeter
Fuse
SI Prefix for 10E(-12)
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
12. Abbreviation of System International - a system of practical units based on the meter - kilogram - second - ampere - Kelvin - mole - and candela.
Scientific Notation
SI Notation
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
Engineering Notation
13. A two terminal device that conducts in only one direction.
Breadboard
Symbol and Unit for Power
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
Diode
14. Term derived from 'transfer resistor.' Semiconductor device that can be used as an amplifier or as an electronic switch.
Digital Multimeter
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
Conventional Current
Transistor
15. Giga
Capacitor
Solder Bridge
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
Solder
16. A circuit the produces a digital output signal that is half the frequency of the input.
Current
Frequency Divider
Breadboard
Resistor Color Code
17. P and Watt (W)
Current
Seven-Segment Display
Symbol and Unit for Power
Engineering Notation
18. 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.
Breadboard
Analog
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
Digital Waveform
19. Abbreviation of System International - a system of practical units based on the meter - kilogram - second - ampere - Kelvin - mole - and candela.
Amplitude
SI Notation
Symbol and Unit for Power
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
20. Any material that allows the free movement of electric changes - such as electrons - to provide an electric current.
Conductor
SI Notation
Printed Circuit Board
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
21. Giga
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
SI Notation
Cold Solder Joint
Fuse
22. Component made of material that opposes flow of current and therefore has some value of resistance.
Resistor
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
SI Prefix for 10E(-12)
Soldering
23. Insulating board containing conductive tracks for circuit connections.
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)
Printed Circuit Board
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
24. Insulating board containing conductive tracks for circuit connections.
Printed Circuit Board
Digital Waveform
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
Conventional Current
25. Any material that allows the free movement of electric changes - such as electrons - to provide an electric current.
SI Prefix for 10E(-6)
Soldering
Conductor
Solder Bridge
26. F and Hertz (Hz) or Cycles per sec.
LED
Shift Register
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
Clock Digital
27. 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(6)
Fuse
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
28. Coding system of colored stripes on a resistor to indicate the resistor's value and tolerance.
Printed Circuit Board
Symbol and Unit for Current
Clock Digital
Resistor Color Code
29. The unwanted formation of a conductive path of solder between conductors.
Soldering Iron
Atom
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
Solder Bridge
30. The smallest particle of an element that still has the same characteristics as the element.
Atom
SI Notation
Fuse
Digital
31. A circuit the produces a digital output signal that is half the frequency of the input.
Soldering
Cold Solder Joint
Frequency Divider
Clock Digital
32. Kilo
Engineering Notation
Frequency Divider
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
Digital
33. Light-emitting diode. An electronic device that conducts current in one direction only and illuminates when it is conducting.
Symbol and Unit for Current
LED
Resistor Color Code
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
34. A protective device in the current path that melts or breaks when current exceeds a predetermined maximum value.
Fuse
Resistor
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
35. Coding system of colored stripes on a resistor to indicate the resistor's value and tolerance.
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)
Shift Register
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
Resistor Color Code
36. Are and Ohms
Soldering
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
37. 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.
Cold Solder Joint
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
Scientific Notation
Seven-Segment Display
38. An IC package similar to a DIP - but smaller - which is designed for automatic placement and soldering on the surface of a circuit board.
Conventional Current
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
Resistor Color Code
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
39. The instantaneous voltage of a waveform. Often used to mean maximum amplitude - or peak voltage - or a pulse.
Seven-Segment Display
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
Amplitude
Resistor Color Code
40. C and Farad (F)
Digital Waveform
Clock Digital
Diode
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
41. Tool with an internal heating element used to heat surfaces being soldered to the point where the solder becomes molten.
Current
Soldering Iron
Capacitor
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
42. 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
Digital Waveform
Analog
Symbol and Unit for Power
43. 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.
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
Conductor
Shift Register
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
44. Light-emitting diode. An electronic device that conducts current in one direction only and illuminates when it is conducting.
LED
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
Conventional Current
45. C and Farad (F)
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
Frequency Divider
Solder
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)
46. Tera
Conductor
Atom
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
SI Notation
47. A square IC package with leads on all four sides designed for surface mounting on a circuit board.
Tinning
Breadboard
SI Notation
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)
48. Term derived from 'transfer resistor.' Semiconductor device that can be used as an amplifier or as an electronic switch.
Transistor
Atom
Clock Digital
Seven-Segment Display
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.
Clock Digital
Digital
LED
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
50. Mega
Printed Circuit Board
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
SI Prefix for 10E(12)