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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. Pico
SI Prefix for 10E(-12)
Cold Solder Joint
Digital Waveform
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
2. Milli
SI Notation
Conductor
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
Fuse
3. A square IC package with leads on all four sides designed for surface mounting on a circuit board.
Transistor
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)
Symbol and Unit for Current
4. P and Watt (W)
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
Symbol and Unit for Power
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
5. 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
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
Digital Waveform
6. A two terminal device that conducts in only one direction.
SI Prefix for 10E(-6)
Diode
Conventional Current
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
7. A movement of electrical charges around a closed path or circuit.
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
Scientific Notation
Atom
Current
8. C and Farad (F)
LED
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
Breadboard
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
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.
Analog
Seven-Segment Display
Symbol and Unit for Current
Solder Bridge
10. The smallest particle of an element that still has the same characteristics as the element.
Scientific Notation
Conductor
Analog
Atom
11. Process of joining two metallic surfaces to make an electrical contact by melting solder (usually tin and lead) across them.
Soldering
Atom
Solder
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
12. An IC package similar to a DIP - but smaller - which is designed for automatic placement and soldering on the surface of a circuit board.
Digital Waveform
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
Clock Digital
SI Prefix for 10E(-6)
13. Insulating board containing conductive tracks for circuit connections.
Printed Circuit Board
Transistor
Capacitor
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)
14. V or E and Volt (V)
Fuse
Solder Bridge
Resistor
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
15. F and Hertz (Hz) or Cycles per sec.
Capacitor
Resistor
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
Breadboard
16. Tool with an internal heating element used to heat surfaces being soldered to the point where the solder becomes molten.
Current
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
Tinning
Soldering Iron
17. C and Farad (F)
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
Digital
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.
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
Current
Analog
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
19. Micro
Fuse
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
SI Prefix for 10E(-6)
Seven-Segment Display
20. Light-emitting diode. An electronic device that conducts current in one direction only and illuminates when it is conducting.
Solder Bridge
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
Atom
LED
21. 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.
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
Scientific Notation
Shift Register
Engineering Notation
22. A protective device in the current path that melts or breaks when current exceeds a predetermined maximum value.
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
Current
Fuse
Scientific Notation
23. Term derived from 'transfer resistor.' Semiconductor device that can be used as an amplifier or as an electronic switch.
Printed Circuit Board
Transistor
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
24. V or E and Volt (V)
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
Capacitor
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
Solder Bridge
25. 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.
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
Engineering Notation
Symbol and Unit for Current
26. Metallic alloy of tin and lead that is used to join two metal surfaces.
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
Solder
Diode
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
27. The smallest particle of an element that still has the same characteristics as the element.
Atom
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
Event Detector
28. Kilo
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
Symbol and Unit for Current
Capacitor
Engineering Notation
29. A circuit board for wiring temporary circuits - usually used for prototypes or laboratory work.
SI Prefix for 10E(-12)
Breadboard
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
Soldering Iron
30. Mega
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
Conductor
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
Small Outline IC (SOIC)
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.
Capacitor
Seven-Segment Display
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
Tinning
32. Numbers entered as a number from one to ten multiplied by a power of ten.
Scientific Notation
Printed Circuit Board
Digital
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
33. Micro
Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
Amplitude
Event Detector
SI Prefix for 10E(-6)
34. Component made of material that opposes flow of current and therefore has some value of resistance.
Resistor
Diode
Engineering Notation
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
35. I and Ampere or Amp (A)
Symbol and Unit for Current
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
Transistor
Solder
36. An electrical device used to store electrical charge.
Capacitor
LED
Resistor
Solder Bridge
37. Process of joining two metallic surfaces to make an electrical contact by melting solder (usually tin and lead) across them.
Engineering Notation
Symbol and Unit for Voltage
Soldering
Conductor
38. Nano
SI Prefix for 10E(-9)
Solder Bridge
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)
Atom
39. Circuit that is capable of sensing and holding a signal until the event that changed the signal can be addressed.
Diode
Event Detector
SI Prefix for 10E(-12)
Frequency Divider
40. Milli
Transistor
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
Digital Waveform
Clock Digital
41. Light-emitting diode. An electronic device that conducts current in one direction only and illuminates when it is conducting.
LED
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)
Engineering Notation
SI Prefix for 10E(12)
42. Component made of material that opposes flow of current and therefore has some value of resistance.
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
Resistor
Digital
SI Prefix for 10E(3)
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.
Resistor
Printed Circuit Board
SI Prefix for 10E(6)
Tinning
44. Are and Ohms
Symbol and Unit for Resistance
Conductor
Event Detector
Soldering Iron
45. The instantaneous voltage of a waveform. Often used to mean maximum amplitude - or peak voltage - or a pulse.
Scientific Notation
Amplitude
Symbol and Unit for Current
Current
46. 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
Solder Bridge
SI Prefix for 10E(9)
LED
47. A series of logic 1s and 0s plotted as a function of time.
Symbol and Unit for Frequency
Engineering Notation
Digital Waveform
Amplitude
48. Signal in the form of a rectangular pulse train or a square wave.
Clock Digital
Symbol and Unit for Current
SI Prefix for 10E(-3)
Symbol and Unit for Capacitance
49. 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.
Engineering Notation
Scientific Notation
Shift Register
Tinning
50. Any material that allows the free movement of electric changes - such as electrons - to provide an electric current.
Analog
Soldering Iron
Capacitor
Conductor