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