This document contains 38 multiple choice questions related to electronics. The questions cover topics such as integrated circuits, components of circuits like resistors and capacitors, properties of devices like transistors, and concepts in electronics including Ohm's law. The questions range from basic to more advanced.
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This document contains 38 multiple choice questions related to electronics. The questions cover topics such as integrated circuits, components of circuits like resistors and capacitors, properties of devices like transistors, and concepts in electronics including Ohm's law. The questions range from basic to more advanced.
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1. How much current does an electrostatic 8.
Which of the following integrated circuit
voltmeter require through it to operate? contains the most gates? A. Zero current A. LSI B. Below one ampere B. MSI C. One ampere C. VLSI D. Very high current D. SSI View Answer: View Answer: 2. Determine the equivalent work of 166 watt 9. Which of the following is not primary type – second cell? A. 166 Joules A. Zinc chloride B. 100 Joules B. Silver zinc C. 16.6 Joules C. Silver oxide D. 10 Joules D. Carbon zinc View Answer: View Answer: 3. Characteristics of the current flow in a series 10. A Transformer consist of the following R-L-C circuit at resonance A. an inductance and resistance A. it is dc B. a parallel resonant circuit B. it is at a minimum C. a capacitor and inductor C. it is zero D. two coils wound on a common core D. it is at a maximum View Answer: View Answer: 11. What type of tube is used to display a 4. What is the value of a resistor with colours signal on an oscilloscope? from left. Orange, blue, gold and silver? A. Filament tube A. 34 ohms +/- 10% B. Cathode ray tube B. 3.6 ohms +/- 10% C. Tetrode C. 3.4 ohms +/- 10% D. Pentode D. 36 ohms +/- 10% View Answer: View Answer: 12. Meaning of the term transition region with 5. Which of the following characterizes regard to a transistor. inductance? A. the point where wire leads are connected to A. tends to oppose dc the P or N type material B. tends to oppose changes in voltage B. an area of low charge density around the P- C. tends to oppose changes in current N junction D. oppose all frequencies equally C. The area of maximum P-type charge View Answer: D. The area of maximum N-type charge 6. One of the following does not refer to the View Answer: internal component of a klystron oscillator 13. What is the resonant frequency of a circuit A. a collector plate when L of 25 micro henrys and C of 10 B. a pair of plates picofarads are in parallel? C. a pair of catcher grids A. 63.7 MHz D. a pair of buncher grids B. 10.1 MHz View Answer: C. 63.7 KHz 7. How can electrical current be inducted with D. 10.1 KHz a coil and a magnet? View Answer: A. holding the coil and the magnet perfectly 14. When should a fuse be replaced with a stationary higher rated unit? B. moving either the magnet or the coil A. Never C. placing the coil parallel to the magnetic field B. When the original value is not available D. placing the coil at right angles with the C. If it blows magnetic field D. When the fuse of the original value is small View Answer: in size View Answer: B. power is directly proportional to the 15. What is the resonant frequency of a circuit resistance and inversely as the current squared when L of 3 micro henrys and C of 40 C. power is directly proportional to both picofarads are in series? voltage squared and the resistance A. 1.33 MHz D. current varies directly as the voltage and B. 14.5 kHz inversely as the resistance C. 1.33 kHz View Answer: D. 14.5 MHz 22. A transistor acts as _________ when View Answer: saturated. 16. Find the two stable operating conditions of A. open circuit SCR B. very low resistance A. conducting and non-conducting C. very high resistance B. oscillating and quiescent D. variable resistance C. NPN conduction and PNP Conduction View Answer: D. forward conducting and reverse conducting 23. Another very useful cell similar to solar View Answer: cells however the junction is bombarded by beta particles from radioactive materials 17. A filter having a single continuous transmission band with neither the upper nor A. Alkaline cells the lower cut off frequencies being zero to B. Nucleus cells infinite is called _______ C. Selenium cells A. Band pass filter D. Lithium cells B. Longitudinal suppression filter View Answer: C. High pass filter 24. What is an element in electronics which D. Band rejection filter serves as a protection against overload? View Answer: A. Fuse 18. What physical effect will a two parallel B. Resistor wires and with the same direction of current C. Mica flowing over them? D. Semiconductor A. maintain position View Answer: B. repel each other 25. If two 0.25 micro farad capacitors are C. no physical effect connected in series, what will be the total D. attract each other effective capacitance? View Answer: A. 0.125 microfarad 19. Determine which item is not a storage B. 0.0624 microfarad device C. 2.5 microfarad A. Card readers D. 0.50 microfarad B. CD-ROM View Answer: C. Diskettes 26. In semiconductor technology the D. Magnetic tape characteristics of a transistor in a cut off refers View Answer: to a condition when 20. Find the frequency in kilocycles per second A. the transistor is at its operating point in the armature of a 10 pole, 1,200 rpm B. no current flow from emitter to collector generator C. there is no base current A. 100 D. maximum current flows from emitter to B. 1000 collector C. 10 View Answer: D. 0.100 27. Find the current that flows through the View Answer: filament of a 400 watts flat iorn connected to a 220v power line 21. Ohm’s law refers to ________. A. 50 ma A. A current is directly proportional to both voltage and resistance B. 5 a C. 5 ma D. 500 ma B. SSI View Answer: C. MSI 28. An electronic device draws 300 watts from D. VLSI its 24 volt power source. Find the effective View Answer: resistance 35. which of the following cannot be used to A. 1.92 ohms make a magnet B. 19.2 ohms A. Carbon C. 1.25 ohms B. Cobalt D. 12.50 ohms C. Iron View Answer: D. Lodestone 29. _______ is not a type of flip flop View Answer: A. RS 36. The two general types of heating methods B. Latch in industrial electronics are C. D A. frequency and induction heating D. Register B. induction and dielectric heating View Answer: C. coil and dielectric heating 30. Which are the principal characteristics of a D. coil and frequency heating tunnel diode? View Answer: A. a very high PIV 37. ________ signal represent the true signal B. a high forward current rating in the truth table C. a high forward resistance A. Two D. a negative resistance region B. One View Answer: C. Zero 31. What is the flux density in gauss (G) D. Four having a flux of 12,000 Mx through a View Answer: perpendicular area of 6 m squared? 38. The arrow in the schematic symbol for a A. 2000 G diode points in which way? B. 72000 G A. towards the cathode C. 72 G B. in the direction of the current flow D. 200 G C. towards the anode View Answer: D. towards the magnetic north 32. What is the distinguishing feature of a View Answer: class C amplifier? 39. In applying the right hand rule by holding a A. output is present for less than 180 degrees conductor with your right hand so that the of the input signal cycle thumb represents the current, the encircling B. output is present for the entire signal cycle fingers around the conductor represent C. output is present for exactly 180 ________ D. output is present for more than 180 degrees A. Electric lines of force but less than 360 degrees of the input signal B. Electromagnetic field intensity View Answer: C. Magnetic lines of force 33. How many nodes are needed to completely D. Electronic field of force analyze a circuit according to Kirchhoff’s View Answer: current law? 40. Which of the following describes the action A. two of a capacitor B. all nodes in the circuit A. converts ac into dc C. one less than the total number of nodes in B. stores electrical energy the circuit C. opposes changes in the current flow D. one D. creates a dc resistance View Answer: View Answer: 34. What is the process of designing more than 41. What do you call the phenomenon whereby 100 gates on a single chip? substance attracts particle of iron A. LSI A. Permeability B. Static circuit B. Magnetism C. Tank circuit C. Naturalism D. Hartley circuit D. Electromagnetism View Answer: View Answer: 49. Find the half power bandwidth of a parallel 42. Low sensitive dc voltmeter provides resonant circuit which has a resonant accurate reading when measuring _____ frequency of 3.6 MHz and a Q of 218. circuits A. 606 kHz A. At any resistance B. 58.7 kHz B. Low resistance C. 16.5 kHz C. Zero resistance D. 47.3 kHz D. High resistance View Answer: View Answer: 50. Which type of meter requires its own 43. What should be the resolution of a digital power source voltmeter having a three digit 0-3 V? A. an voltmeter A. 15 V B. an ammeter B. 3 mv C. an ohmmeter C. ½ micro volt D. a wattmeter D. 30 mv View Answer: View Answer: 51. In order to have the best efficiency and 44. The impedance in the study of electronics stability, where on the load line should a solid is represented by resistance and ______ state power amplifier to be operated? A. Inductance and capacitance A. just below the saturation point B. Inductance B. at 1.14 times the saturation point C. Reactance C. just above the saturation point D. Capacitance D. at the saturation point View Answer: View Answer: 45. One of the following is characteristics of a 52. Group of magnetically aligned atoms direct current dc supply voltage A. Lattice A. its output reverses polarity B. Crystal B. its value cannot be stepped up or down by C. Domain transformer D. Range C. easier to amplify View Answer: D. fluctuates 53. How many nickel-cadmium cells are View Answer: needed in series for a 10v battery? 46. What kind of voltage is applied to the A. 8 horizontal deflection plates of the oscilloscope B. 12 A. Trigger voltage C. 5 B. Signal voltage D. 10 C. Sweep voltage View Answer: D. Supply voltage 54. Five picofarads is equivalent to ______ View Answer: A. 5 x 10 to the -12th 47. Loop currents should be assumed to flow in B. 50 x 10 to the -12th which direction? C. 5 x 10 to the -10th A. Straight D. 500 x 10 to the -10th B. Either c or d arbitrarily selected View Answer: C. Counter clockwise 55. In order to obtain the best temperature D. Clockwise stability, what should be the operating voltage View Answer: of the reference diode in a linear voltage 48. ______ is a parallel LC circuit regulator? A. Parallel resisting circuit A. approximately 6.0 volts B. approximately 3.0 volts B. a battery C. approximately 2.0 volts C. a capacitor D. approximately 10.0 volts D. an inductor View Answer: View Answer: 56. What determines the resonant frequency of 63. When comparing rms voltage and average a crystal? voltage, which of the following statement is A. external components true, assuming sine waves? B. the temperature of the crystal A. either the rms voltage or the average C. the size and thickness of the crystal voltage might be larger material B. the rms voltage is always greater than the D. the hermetic seal average voltage View Answer: C. there will always be a very large difference between the rms voltage and the average 57. What is the most important specification voltage for semiconductor diode? D. the average voltage is always greater than A. Forward resistance the rms voltage B. Reverse resistance View Answer: C. Peak inverse voltage 64. Which are the three terminals of a TRIAC D. Current capacity A. gate, anode 1 and anode 2 View Answer: B. gate, source and sink 58. the term cut-off for a transistor refers to C. base, emitter and collector ____ D. emitter, base 1 and base 2 A. the transistor is at its operating point View Answer: B. no current flow from the emitter to collector 65. In semiconductor application, which of the C. maximum current flow from emitter to following statement is not true? collector A. An ohmmeter test across the base collector D. there is no base point terminal of a transistor should show low View Answer: resistance in one polarity and high resistance 59. What technique is used to increase gain in in the opposite polarity linear IC’s B. A triac is a bi-directional A. resistor ratio design C. An ohmmeter test across a diode show low B. use of transistor with narrow bases resistance in one polarity and high resistance C. use of high resistance transistor in the opposite polarity D. use of transistor with wide bases D. An ohmmeter test across the base collector View Answer: of a transistor should show low resistance for both polarity 60. One advantage of hydraulic actuator in industrial robots include _____ View Answer: A. great force capability handling heavy loads 66. What do you call an amplifier which has an output current flowing during the whole input B. lower operating cost than the other type current cycle? C. low initial cost than that the other types A. Class AB amplifier D. clean no oil leaks B. Class B amplifier View Answer: C. Class A amplifier 61. When resistors are connected in series D. Class C amplifier what happens? View Answer: A. the effective resistance is decreased 67. PNP transistor has the following B. nothing arrangement C. the tolerance is decreased A. P type base, N type emitter, P type collector D. the effective resistance is increased B. P type emitter, N type base, P type collector View Answer: C. P type collector, N type base, P type emitter 62. ________ is used to store electrical energy D. P type emitter, N type collector, P type base in an electro static field? View Answer: A. a transformer 68. How many Maxwell’s is 4000 lines of View Answer: magnetic force? 75. What is the simplest type of switch? A. 200 A. Relay B. 4000 B. Toggle switch C. 2000 C. Knife switch D. 400 D. AND View Answer: View Answer: 69. Solve for the base current if collector 76. Single device that converts chemical current is 600 ma and the current gain is 20 energy into electrical energy is called ______ A. 30 mA A. Generator B. 3 mA B. Battery C. 12 mA C. Solar D. 1.2 mA D. Cell View Answer: View Answer: 70. Meters with moving coil are normally used 77. How long will a battery needed to operate for measuring _______ a 240 watts equipment, whose capacity is 100 A. only dc ah and 24 volts rating? B. both ac and dc A. 5 hrs C. % value of dc B. 10 hrs D. only ac C. 1 hr View Answer: D. 10 hr 71. What is the law whereby the force of View Answer: attraction or repulsion between poles is 78. How many electrodes does a pentode inversely proportional to the square of the have? distance between them? A. 4 A. Newton’s first law B. 2 B. Newton’s second law C. 3 C. Norton’s law D. 5 D. Coulomb’s law View Answer: View Answer: 79. What do you call the quantity of 72. _________ includes two of the actuator magnetism retained by a magnetic material type used in industrial robots after the withdrawal of a magnetizing force? A. Pneumatic and jointed arm A. Left over magnetism B. Hydraulic and pneumatic B. Coercivity C. Electric and spherical C. Hysteresis D. Hydraulic and cylindrical D. Residual magnetism View Answer: View Answer: 73. find the total force producing magnetic flux 80. Low sensitive DC voltmeter provides of a circuit having a 40 v applied across a relay inaccurate result when measuring _________ coil with 80 turns on 2 ohms resistance circuits A. 16,000 At A. high resistance B. 160.0 At B. low resistance C. 16.00 At C. at any resistance D. 1600 At D. zero resistance View Answer: View Answer: 74. What do you call a logic gate that has an 81. _______ is the air space between poles of output of 1 only if a single output is 1? magnet A. XOR A. Air gap B. NOT B. Free zone C. XNOR C. Free space D. AND D. Vacuum View Answer: C. Dielectric 82. What happens in the resistance of a D. Electromotive conductor wire when its temperature is View Answer: lowered? 89. The basic difference between a feedback in A. decreased biasing an amplifier circuit is B. steady A. biasing circuits may employ positive C. zero feedback while amplifier circuits use negative D. increased feedback View Answer: B. biasing circuits have high input impedance 83. For the greatest accuracy, what should the while amplifier circuits have low output input impedance of a VOM be? impedance A. 1000ohms/v C. in biasing circuits DC negative feedback is provided while amplifiers employ AC negative B. 50,000ohms/v feedback C. as large as possible D. in biasing circuits AC negative feedback is D. as low as possible provided while amplifier use DC negative View Answer: feedback 84. Determine the percentage error of reading View Answer: of an ammeter due to ammeter insertion 90. What happens if the grid is made more ammeter parameters include 70 ohms internal positive than the saturation point? resistance and a load resistor of 1.4 kohms A. no other amplification takes place A. 7.5 B. the tube stops conducting B. 4.76 C. the tube elements might be damaged C. 3.76 D. electrons are drawn to the grid and not D. 2.9 reach the plate View Answer: View Answer: 85. Refers to digital interface in which data 91. What is another term for magnetic lines of character are individually synchronized and force? may be sent at a time A. Flux A. Half duplex B. Magnetic Force B. Asynchronous C. Armature C. Synchronous D. Lodestone D. Simplex View Answer: View Answer: 92. The speed of a dc shunt motor can be 86. A transistor in which N type and P type slowed down under one of the condition below materials are used is called _______ A. Increased armature resistance A. Unijunction B. Decreased field voltage B. TTL C. Increased field voltage C. Bipolar D. Increased armature voltage D. FET View Answer: View Answer: 93. Which of the following is not a basic part of 87. What is the higher voltage level in digital an atom gates and flip-flop circuits? A. Electron A. Yes or one B. Proton B. One or zero C. Neutron C. Zero or no D. Coulomb D. Yes or no View Answer: View Answer: 94. Find the normal operating voltage and 88. Refers to a force of field that exist between current of LED ions where they either repel or attract each A. 60 v and 20 mA other B. 5 v and 50 mA A. Resisting field C. 0.7 v and 60 mA B. Potential field D. 1.7 v and 20 mA View Answer: 95. With the same voltage applied which of the following allows more current? A. 25 ohms B. 250 ohms C. 0.25 ohms D. 2.5 ohms View Answer: 96. Refers to dry storage cell A. Carbon-zinc cell B. Edison cell C. Mercury cell D. Nickel-cadmium cell View Answer: 97. If 12 v are applied to a circuit that consumes 78 w, what is the current flow through the circuit? A. 6.5 A B. 936 A C. 0.15 A D. 9.36 A View Answer: 98. Which of the following does not refer to electric energy? A. Joule B. Watt second C. Volt coulomb D. Volt ampere View Answer: 99. What is the other term for the secondary cells considering its capability to accept recharging A. Reaction cell B. Primary cell C. Storage cell D. Dry cell View Answer: 100. Ion is ________ A. an atom with unbalanced charges B. free electron C. proton D. nucleus without protons