SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Digital Fundamentals
Start Test
Study First
Subject
:
engineering
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
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. The phasor combination of resistive power (true power) and reactive power. The unit is the volt- amperes (VA).
Apparent power
TTL
Decode
DCE
2. Burst extended data output dynamic random- access memory
ANSI
Branch Current
Analog
BEDO DRAM
3. A unit of logic in an FPGA that is made up of multiple smaller logic modules and a local programmable interconnect that is used to connect logic modules within the CLB
Ampere
TTL
Demultiplexer
CLB (Configurable Logic Block)
4. A type of semiconductor memory having capacitive storage cells that lose stored data over a period of time and therefore must be refreshed.
Decode
AND array
Dynamic Memory
CPLD
5. The VHDL unit that describes the internal operation of a logic function; the internal functional arrangement of the elements that give a device its particular operating characteristics.
Closed circuit
Bus
Architecture
Cache memory
6. An electrical device consisting of two conductive plates separated by an insulating material and possessing the property of capacitance.
Capacitor
Dynamic Memory
Aliasing
Boolean multiplication
7. Dual in - line memory module
DIMM
Assembly language
Bitstream
Carry propagation
8. A type of inductor used to block or choke off high frequencies
Carry propagation
Ammeter
Compiler
Choke
9. Information in numeric - alphabetic - or other form.
Boolean expression
Complement
Data
Address
10. The beginning address of a segment of memory
Balanced Load
Buffer
Base address
Base
11. To decrease the binary state of a counter by one
Autotransformer
Decrement
Circuit
Bidirectional shift Register
12. The maximum value of a voltage or current
Amplitude
Binary coded decimal
Diode
Band- stop filter
13. A filter that rejects a range of frequencies lying between two critical frequencies and passes frequencies above and below that range.
Controller
Band- stop filter
Boolean expression
AHDL
14. The mathematics of logic circuits
Average value
Boolean algebra
BJT
Combinational logic
15. A theorem that states that any amount of voltage sources and current sources can be combined into a single current source with a parallel resistor.
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
16. The ability of a capacitor to store electrical charge.
Vx=(Vs * Rx) /RT
Circuit
Capacitance
ALU
17. The average of a sine wave over one half- cycle. It is 0.637 times the peak value.
Address
Atom
Average value
Bit
18. A semiconductor device that conducts current in only one direction
Digital linear tape
Diode
Control Unit
Commutative Law
19. A combination of logic gates interconnected to produce a specified Boolean function with no storage or memory capability; sometimes called combinatorial logic
Cascade
ALU
Center Tap
Combinational logic
20. A set of conductive paths hat connects the CPU to other parts of the computer to coordinate its operations and to communicate with external devices
Byte
Branch Current
CPLD
Control Bus
21. An arrangement of electrical and/or electronic components interconnected in such a way as to perform a specified function
Associative law
Bipolar
Aliasing
Circuit
22. The smallest particle of an element possessing the unique characteristics of that element.
Compiler
Base address
Atom
Clear
23. Sum of all currents entering a node is equal to the sum of all currents leaving the same node
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
24. A VHDL feature that can be used to predefine the logic function for multiple use throughout a program or programs
DAT
Counter
Bit time
Component
25. In a PLD - a matrix formed by rows of product- term lines columns of input lines with a programmable cell at each junctions. In VHDL - an array is an ordered set of individual items called elements with a single identifier name.
Assembler
Array
Dual in - line package
CPLD
26. The location of a given storage cell or group of cells in a memory; a unique memory location containing on byte
Decode
Bus contention
Address
Comparator
27. An adverse condition that could occur if two or more devices try to communicate at the same time on a bus
Capacitance
Dual in - line package
Bus contention
Complement
28. A type of semiconductor memory that stores data in the form of charge packets and is serially accessed
Counter
Dividend
Charge- coupled device
Norton's Theorem
29. Sum of all the voltage drops in series equals to the source voltage
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
30. A connection at the midpoint of a winding in a transformer
Decade
DTE
Center Tap
Associative law
31. Having two opposites charge carriers within the transistor structure
Clear
Architecture
Norton's Theorem
Bipolar
32. A combined coder and decoder
Code
Ammeter
Circuit
Collector
33. Digital Signal Processor; a special type of microprocessor that processes data in real time
DSP
Thevenin Equivalent Circuit
Decimal
Boolean algebra
34. A complex programmable logic device that consists basically of muliple SPLD arrays with programmable interconnections.
DCE
Ampere
CPLD
Bit time
35. A digital circuit capable of counting electronic events - such as pulses - by progressing through a sequence of binary states.
Bidirectional shift Register
Duty cycle
Counter
Assembly language
36. Stands for Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor and is implemented with a type of field transistor
Commutative Law
Cross - assembler
Bode Plot
CMOS
37. Characteristic of cells in a Karnaugh map in which there is a single- variable change from one cell to another cell next to it on any of its four sides
Current sinking
Data Sheet
Autotransformer
Adjacency
38. A nominally continuous electrical signal that varies in amplitude or frequency in response to changes in sound - light - heat - position - or pressure.
Balanced Load
Analog- to- digital (A/D) conversion
Analog
Analog- to- digital converter(ADC)
39. A unit of the cross - sectional area of a wire.
Bandwidth
Circular Mil (CM)
Dividend
Ammeter
40. The law that states ORing several variables and then ANDing the single variable with each of the several variables and the ORing the product
Distributive Law
DTE
Aliasing
Alphanumeric
41. A type of counter in which each stage is clocked from the output of the preceding stage.
Adder
Asynchronous counter
Dynamic Memory
Choke
42. Bipolar junction transistor; a semiconductor device used for switching or amplification. A BJT has two junctions - the base- emitter junction and the base- collector junction
DMA
Component
Controller
BJT
43. The inverse of opposite of a number - in Boolean algebra - the inverse function - expressed with a bar over the variable. The complement of a 1 is a 0 - and vice versa
Circuit
Address Bus
Complement
Carry
44. One current path in a parallel circuit; a current path that connects two nodes
Architecture
Branch
Capacitor
Bit time
45. A series of bits describing a final design that is sent to the target device during programming
Thevenin Equivalent Circuit
Bitstream
Baseline
Bit time
46. A digital counter having ten states
Decade Counter
Bitstream
AND array
ABEL(Advance Boolean Expression Language)
47. Having two stable states. Flip- flops and latches are bistable multivibrators.
Charge- coupled device
Analog- to- digital converter(ADC)
ANSI
Bistable
48. A type of IC package whose leads must pass through holes to the other side of a PC board
Circuit
Duty cycle
Assembly language
Dual in - line package
49. A method of analog- to- digital conversion using a 1- bit quantization process
Boolean algebra
Ampere
Delta Modulation
Bidirectional shift Register
50. In addition - the number to which the addend is added
Bode Plot
Balanced Bridge
Augend
Analog- to- digital converter(ADC)