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ECOR 1044 CD
It is most beneficial to you to write this mock midterm UNDER EXAM CONDITIONS. This
means:
 Complete the midterm in 1 hour and 30 minutes.
 Work on your own and attempt every question.
 Keep your notes and textbook closed.
After the time limit, go back over your work with a different colour or on a separate piece of
paper and try to do the questions you are unsure of. Record your ideas in the margins to remind
yourself of what you were thinking when you take it up at PASS.
The purpose of this mock exam is to give you practice answering questions in a timed setting
and to help you to gauge which aspects of the course content you know well, and which are in
need of further development and review. Use this mock exam as a learning tool in preparing for
the actual exam.
Please note:
 Complete the mock exam before attending the take-up session. During the session you
can work with other students to review your work.

 Often, there is not enough time to review the entire exam in the PASS workshop. Decide
which questions you want to review the most – the Facilitator may ask students to vote
on which questions they want to discuss in detail.

 Facilitators will not distribute an answer key for mock exams. The Facilitator’s role is to
help students work together to compare and assess the answers they have. If you are
not able to attend the PASS workshop, you can work alone or with others in the class.

 PASS worksheets and mock exams are designed as a study aid only for use in PASS
workshops. Worksheets and mock exams may contain errors, intentional or otherwise. It
is up to the student to verify the information contained within by attending the PASS
workshop.
Good Luck writing the Mock Exam!

Take-up Session #1: Monday April 22, 6:05 – 7:55 pm (ME 3269)

Take-up Session #2: Tuesday April 23, 2:05 pm – 3:55 pm (ME 3269)

Office Hour: Tuesday April 23, 12:05 – 12:55 pm (ML 413)

Contact Information: braedenkloke@cmail.carleton.ca

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Table of Contents
Multiple Choice Questions:......................................................................................................2
Further Studies......................................................................................................................11
Labs................................................................................................................................................11
Op Amps........................................................................................................................................12
Boolean Algebra and K-Maps..........................................................................................................12
ADC................................................................................................................................................12
References............................................................................................................................12

Multiple Choice Questions:

1. Digital signals represent continuous values.

a. True
b. False

2. What is a group of 4 bits is called?

a. bit
b. byte
c. nibble
d. snippet

3. How long is a word?

a. 16 bits
b. 32 bits
c. 64 bits
d. None of the above

4. For a 16-bit word, what is the maximum state we can represent?

a. 15
b. 16
c. 1057
d. 1058
e. 65535
f. 65536

5. Convert 111111 to decimal.

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a. 31
b. 32
c. 63
d. 64

6. Convert decimal 21 to binary.

a. 1011
b. 1101
c. 10101
d. 11001

7. What is the correct order of operations for an analog to digital conversion?

a. Encoding, Sampling, Quantizing
b. Encoding, Quantizing, Sampling
c. Sampling, Encoding, Quantizing
d. Sampling, Quantizing, Encoding

8. What is the minimum sampling frequency to avoid aliasing when converting a 250Hz
analog signal into a digital signal?
a. 125Hz
b. 250Hz
c. 500Hz
d. None of the above

9. Which of the following would improve the accuracy of an A/D conversion?

a. Increasing the resolution and sampling rate
b. Increasing the resolution and decreasing the sampling rate
c. Decreasing the resolution and increasing the sampling rate
d. Decreasing the resolution and sampling rate
Discussion: What is resolution? What is sampling rate?

10. For a -4V to 4V signal with a 4-bit ADC, what is the quantization step-size?
a. 0.25
b. 0.5
c. 1
d. 2

11. For a range of -2V to 6V, and a 4-bit resolution, what is the binary value for 1.65V?
a. 0011

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b. 0100
c. 0111
d. 1000
Further Studies: Additional ADC questions are included at the end of this document.

12. What is the positive terminal of LED called?

a. Anode
b. Binode
c. Cathode
d. Diode

13. True or false, the positive terminal of an LED is longer than the negative terminal.
a. True
b. False

14. True or false, for a light dependent resistor (LDR), the resistance increases as the light
intensity increases.
a. True
b. False

15. What will increasing the length of an electric signal pulse do?
a. Increase sampling rate
b. Decrease sampling rate
c. Increase power
d. Decrease power
Discussion: What concept is this referring to?

16. For a system with a duty cycle of 75%, what is the relationship of ON to OFF pulses?
a. ON Pulse = OFF Pulse
b. 3 x (ON Pulse) = OFF Pulse
c. ON Pulse = 3 x (OFF Pulse)
d. None of the above

17. How is the speed of a DC motor controlled?

a. Sampling Rate
b. Resolution
c. Pulse Width Modulation
d. Accelerometer

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18. What is the angle of rotation for a servo motor?

a. 45 degrees
b. 90 degrees
c. 180 degrees
d. 360 degrees

19. Which motor is the choice for many precision motion control applications?
a. AC motors
b. DC motors
c. Servo motors
d. Stepper motors
Discussion: Justify your answer.

20. Select all that are true, which of the following are considered implementable
complimentary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) gates?
a. AND
b. OR
c. NAND
d. NOR

21. Simplify F= AB+ B

a. A
b. B
c. AB
d. A + B

22. Simplify F= A B+ A
a. A
b. B
c. AB
d. A + B

23. Simplify F=( A +C)( A+ B)( A+C )

a. BC + AC
b. AB+ A C
c. A B+ AC
d. A B+ A C

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24. Convert the following equation to an expression with 3 letters and inversion bars only
over individual letters.

F=( A +B)( A+ C)
a. A B+ AC
b. A B+ A C
c. A B+ A C
d. A B+ A C

25. As seen in [1], determine the Boolean expression for the following Karnaugh Map shown
in Figure KM2.

Figure KM2
a. C
b. C
c. BC
d. BC

26. As seen in [1], determine the Boolean expression for the following Karnaugh Map shown
in Figure KM4.

Figure KM4

a. AB+ A C D+ B D

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b. AB+ A C D+ B D
c. A B+ A C D+ B D
d. A B+ A C D+ B D

27. For a closed-loop system, how do you calculate the error to be input into the controller?
a. SP – PV
b. SP - SSE
c. PV - SP
d. PV – SSE

28. Rise time is the amount of time the system takes to go from ________ of the steady-
state or final value.
a. 0% to 100%
b. 10% to 90%
c. 20% to 80%
d. 25% to 75%

29. When designing a PID controller, which control would you add to improve rise time?
a. Proportional control
b. Derivative control
c. Integral control
d. None of the above

30. When designing a PID controller, which control would you add to improve the
overshoot?
a. Proportional control
b. Derivative control
c. Integral control
d. None of the above

31. When designing a PID controller, which control would you add to eliminate the steady-
state error?
a. Proportional control
b. Derivative control
c. Integral control
d. None of the above

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32. Which category of loop response describes that the system responds in a controlled but
sluggish manner.
a. Under damped
b. Over damped
c. Critically damped
d. None of the above

33. Which design philosophy focuses on rapid innovation?

a. Waterfall
b. Bauhaus
c. Skunkworks
d. Google

34. What type of obsolescence is not taught in this course?

a. Aesthetic
b. Economic
c. Legal
d. Physical
Discussion: What is obsolescence?

35. Transistors replacing vacuum tubes is an example of what type of obsolescence?

a. Economic
b. Functional
c. Legal
d. Technical
Discussion: Justify your answer.

36. A young couple with three kids moving from an apartment to a house is an example of
what type of obsolescence?
a. Economic
b. Functional
c. Legal
d. Technical
Discussion: Justify your answer.

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37. Human call centre and customer service jobs being replaced by AI is an example of
what type of obsolescence?
a. Economic
b. Functional
c. Legal
d. Technical
Discussion: Justify your answer.

38. Which failure handling approach is usually accomplished through redundancy?

a. Fail Operational
b. Fail-Over to Reduced Capability System
c. Fail Safe
d. None of the above

39. Which failure handling approach can be performed manually or by a mechanical

backup?
a. Fail Operational
b. Fail-Over to Reduced Capability System
c. Fail Safe
d. None of the above

40. Which failure handling approach refers to when a system no longer delivers the original
function but transitions to a safe mode?
a. Fail Operational
b. Fail-Over to Reduced Capability System
c. Fail Safe
d. None of the above
Discussion: Provide an example for each of the above failure handling approaches.

41. When should you implement a fail-safe design?

a. Always
b. When the likelihood of failure is costly
c. When the likelihood of failure outweighs the cost of implementing a fail-safe
design
d. When the cost and likelihood of failure outweighs the cost of implementing a fail-
safe design

42. As seen in [2], given the following fault tree and probabilities, what is the probability of
P?

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a. 4.41 x 10-6
b. 4.41 x 10-10
c. 4.41 x 10-12
d. None of the above

43. When calculating the Doppler Effect, what does a positive relative velocity imply?
a. The source and target are holding a constant distance from each other
b. The source and target are approaching each other
c. The source and target are moving away from each other
d. None of the above

44. What does a gyroscope measure?

a. Velocity
b. Position
c. Attitude
d. None of the above

45. Which of the following is a drawback for GPS?

a. Poor long-term accuracy NOTE: good long-term accuracy
b. Subject to outages and potential for jamming
c. Continuous growth of position errors if not aided
d. None of the above

46. Which of the following is a drawback for INS?

a. Poor short-term accuracy
b. Self-Contained

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c. Subject to outages and potential for jamming

d. None of the above

47. Select all that are true, what are the ideals or “golden rules” for op amps?
a. V+ = V-
b. i+ = i- = 0
c. i+ = i- = infinity
d. None of the above

48. As shown in [3], for the following circuit, assuming an ideal op-amp, find the current I 0.

a. 0.84 mA
b. 1 mA
c. 8.4 mA
d. None of the above

Further Studies
Hey! Thanks for doing my mock. Come to my office hour if you need help with any of the
following!
Here are some additional things to study beyond my mock:

Labs
My mock does not cover material presented in your labs. Sit down with the lab you struggled the
most on and try to redo it!

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Op Amps
Op amps were covered in the last lecture but we can be sure there will be at least one op amp
question on the final! Try the practice problems presented in [3].

Boolean Algebra and K-Maps

Check out this free online Boolean Algebra and K-Map solver to generate random questions for
you to practice: https://www.boolean-algebra.com/

ADC
Here are some additional practice problems from my Week 4 Workshop:

Problem 1:
For a range of 0V to 8V, and a 3-bit resolution, what is the binary value for 1.65V?

Problem 2:
For a range of -2V to 6V, and a 3-bit resolution, what is the binary value for 1.65V?

Problem 3:
For a range of -2V to 6V, and a 4-bit resolution, what is the binary value for 1.65V?

References

[1] M. Feuerherm. (2024). Karnaugh Maps [PDF]. Available:

https://brightspace.carleton.ca/d2l/le/content/273856/viewContent/3655981/View
[2] M. Feuerherm. (2024). Economics and Safety Analysis Practice Problems [PDF].
Available: https://brightspace.carleton.ca/d2l/le/content/273856/viewContent/3655973/
View
[3] M. Feuerherm. (2024). Operational Amplifier Practice Problems [PDF]. Available:
https://brightspace.carleton.ca/d2l/le/content/273856/viewContent/3655974/View

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