ERBA MANNHEIM PreTraining Assessment (PTA)

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Basic Electronics
1. A 10K Ohm resistor in parallel with 10k corresponds to a load of:
1 point

a. 10k
b. 20k
c. 5k

2. In a parallel-plate capacitor, how can the capacitance increased?

1 point

a. increase in plate area and distance between the plates

b. increase in plate area and decrease in distance between the plates
c. decrease in plate area and value of applied voltage

3. If a 4 μF capacitor is charged to 120 V, the charge in Coulombs will be:

1 point

a. 0.03 μC
b. 33.3 μC
c. 480 μC
4. Refer to this figure. Which symbol is correct for an LED?
1 point

5. Where should we place an Ampere-meter to measure the current on a circuit?

1 point

a. In Serial
b. In Parallel

6. What is the power in the given circuit?

1 point

a. 3.5 W
b. 175 W
c. 35 W

7. Flow of electrons is generally termed as ____________

1 point

a) Electric current
b) Electric shock
c) Semiconductor
8. A variable resistor that adjusts voltages in a circuit is
1 point

a. A capacitor
b. A flux capacitor
c. A potentiometer

9. From the technologies listed below, which one IS NOT used to manufacture
transistors?
1 point

a. FET
b. JFET
c. MOSFET
d. None of the above

10. How do you call an electronic component that works by transferring electrical
current from one coil (called primary) to another coil (called secondary)?
1 point

a. Resistor
b. Transistor
c. Transformer
d. None of the above
Fluidics/pneumatics
11. 5/2 way single solenoid valve has:
1 point

a. 5 ports 2 positions
b. 5 ports 5 positions
c. 2 ports 5 positions

12. Force = __________ x _________

1 point

a. flow x distance
b. work x time
c. pressure x area

13. What does the below hydraulic symbol mean:

1 point

a. Butterfly valve
b. 2-way valve
c. Spring loaded check valve (safety valve)

14. Circular gears P & Q start rotating at the same time at constant speeds. Gear P
makes 10 revolutions per minute and Gear Q makes 40 revolutions per minute. How
many seconds after the gears start rotating will gear Q have made exactly 6 more
revolutions than gear P?
1 point

a. 6
b. 10
c. 12
d. 15
Which of the following device cannot be used for measuring pressure of a liquid?
1 point

a. Diaphragm
b. Bellow pressure gauge
c. Manometer
d. pH meter

16. Which type of bearings is known as anti friction bearings?

1 point

a. Sliding contact bearings

b. Rolling contact bearings
c. Both a. and b.

17. Relative vs Absolute pressure: How absolute pressure is measured?

1 point

a. Gauge pressure + Atmospheric pressure

b. Gauge pressure – Atmospheric pressure
c. Gauge pressure / Atmospheric pressure

18. The amount of air flow that a compressor delivers is rated in:
1 point

a. PSI
b. GPM
c. CFM (Cubic Feet per Minute)
d. HP

19. According to Archimede's principle, if a body is immersed partially or fully in a fluid

then the buoyancy force is _______ the weight of fluid displaced by the body.
1 point

a. equal to
b. less than
c. more than

20. 1 horsepower is how many watts?

1 point

a. 745.7
b. 453
c. 60
IT (Information Technology) & Networking
21. To insure a RS232C serial link through a COM port, which of the following
combinations is used?
1 point

a. Tx, Rx, GND

b. Master, Slave, GND
c. Data, Clock, GND

22. What does RAM stand for?

1 point

a. Review Admittance Memory

b. Random Access Memory
c. Random Access Monitor

23. How to test the connection on TCP\IP?

1 point

a. Ping remote host

b. In the LIS computer executes netstat –na command to show If the TCP port is open or not.
c. all of these

24. What is Postgres?

1 point

a. It is an open source relational database management system using SQL.

b. It is an open source database system using Microsoft Access
c. None of the above

25. The brain of any computer system is a:

1 point

a. CPU
b. Database
c. System Software

26. What is a Virtual Network Computing (VNC) ?

1 point

a. A desktop sharing system to remotely view and control another desktop over a network
connection.
b. A Virtual protocol network that used only in production lines.
c. None of these
27. Which one of the following protocol is not used in internet?
1 point

a. HTTP
b. DHCP
c. DNS
d. none of these

28. A _____ is a device that forwards packets between networks by processing the
routing information included in the packet.
1 point

a. bridge
b. firewall
c. router
d. all of these

29. IP assigned for a client by DHCP server is

1 point

a. for a limited period

b. for unlimited period
c. not time dependent
d. none of these

30. What is a 'subnet mask'?

1 point

a. It is a firewall that blocks unwanted network traffic

b. It is system that switches network traffic automatically
c. It is a number that defines the boundaries of a local and nonlocal network
d. It is another name for a static IP address
Optics
31. What are the different colors of visible light?
1 point

a. Red, orange, yellow,

b. green, blue, violet.
c. All of them

32. How does an electro-optical sensor (Opto Sensor) work?

1 point

a. Converts light rays into electronic signals

b. Transfers electrical signals between two isolated circuits by using light
c. A remote control fiber optical sensor

33. What does LED stand for:

1 point

a. Light-Emitting Diode
b. Light Emitting Display
c. Light Emitting Direct

34. Which unit is NOT a measure of light intensity(power)?

1 point

a. Lumens
b. Watts
c. Lux
d. Joules

35. Light may be propagated along a fiber-optic cable in which of the following
modes?
1 point

a. multimode step index

b. single-mode step index
c. multimode graded index
d. all of the above

36. As light wavelength decreases, the energy in each photon...

1 point

a. Decreases
b. Stays the same
c. Increases
37. Special lenses on cameras that allow only certain colors to pass through are called
1 point

a. filters
b. pupils
c. prisms

38. What is a Photodiode?

1 point

a. A electronic device which is used to sense certain characteristics of its surroundings

b. A semiconductor device that converts light into an electrical current
c. A Light-emitting photodiode

39. Photometry: What is Beer Lambert law?

1 point

a. Light absorbance is proportional to the concentrations of the attenuating species in the material
sample.
b. Light absorbance of a material sample is directly proportional to its thickness (path length)
c. All of the above

40. What does CCD image sensor stands for:

1 point

a. Charge coupled Device image sensor

b. Complementary Charge Device image sensor
c. Coupled Complementary Device
Chemistry /Others
41. What is the cell name of our immune system?
1 point

a. Red blood cell (RBC)

b. White blood cell (WBC)
c. Platelet (PLT)

42. What is the name of the molecules used to kill bacteria?

1 point

a. Antigen
b. Toxin
c. Antibody

43. Electrophoresis is a technique of separation which operates according to which

molecular criteria:
1 point

a. Size & polarity of molecules

b. Solubility
c. Size and electrical charge

44. Electrophoresis of proteins are well separated in a PH acide

1 point

a. True
b. False

45. Bands resolution (thin bands) in electrophoresis is stimulated by:

1 point

a. High ionic strength

b. Low ionic strength

46. What are GLPs?

1 point

a. Good Manufacturing Practices

b. Good Laboratory Practice standards
c. Great Listening Procedures

47. To take some notes during my lab visit:

1 point

a. I can use draft patient results document

b. I can use lab’s paper
c. All of above
d. None of above
48. Which of the following are GLP regulations or requirements?
1 point

a. 21CFR58
b. 40CFR160
c. 21CFR211
d. a & c Only
e. a & b Only

49. After a preventative maintenance or a repair:

1 point

a. A service report is provided to the Customer

b. A service report is provided on request only
c. No service report is required

50. Defective parts under warranty:

1 point

a. Need to be discarded immediately

b. Need to be decontaminated prior shipment to manufacturer
c. Need a decontamination and a RGA (Return Goods Authorization form) prior shipment to
manufacturer
d. None of above

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