The document contains 22 multiple choice questions about basic electronic components and concepts. It asks about components that can act as insulators, switches, amplifiers, rectifiers, and one-way valves. It also asks about integrated circuits, oscillators, transistors, logic gates, and digital vs analog representation of information. Key components identified include diodes, transistors, integrated circuits, oscillators, and logic gates. Methods of information representation discussed are digital using binary pulses and analogue using a range of voltages.
The document contains 22 multiple choice questions about basic electronic components and concepts. It asks about components that can act as insulators, switches, amplifiers, rectifiers, and one-way valves. It also asks about integrated circuits, oscillators, transistors, logic gates, and digital vs analog representation of information. Key components identified include diodes, transistors, integrated circuits, oscillators, and logic gates. Methods of information representation discussed are digital using binary pulses and analogue using a range of voltages.
The document contains 22 multiple choice questions about basic electronic components and concepts. It asks about components that can act as insulators, switches, amplifiers, rectifiers, and one-way valves. It also asks about integrated circuits, oscillators, transistors, logic gates, and digital vs analog representation of information. Key components identified include diodes, transistors, integrated circuits, oscillators, and logic gates. Methods of information representation discussed are digital using binary pulses and analogue using a range of voltages.
1. What discrete electric component can act/function as an insulator? -diode 2. What discrete electric component can act as an electronic switch? -transistor 3. What discrete electric component can act as an amplifier? -transistor 4. What discrete electric component can act like a one-way valve to electric component? -diode 5. What discrete electric component can function as an rectifier? -diode 6. What microelectronic semiconductor device has been responsible for many of the exciting developments in electronic in recent years? -integrated circuit 7. What discrete electric component converts the ac into a dc output? -diode 8. What device produce alternating current and voltages and the main electronic part of digital watches, clocks, counter, and other timers? -oscillator 9. What enables the equipment require to be made incredibly small and cheaply? -integrated circuit 10. What electric component led to the creation of the first integrated circuit (IC)? -transistor 11. In what method is information represented by a train of electrical pulses which are described by the binary number system such as 1s or 0s? -digital method 12. In what method is information represented by a continuous range of voltages (on currents) between 0 and a maximum? -analogue method 13. Of which binary function gives microprocessors the ability to perform many tasks, from simple word processing to video editing? -truth table 14. What is the heart of every communication transmitter? -oscillator 15. What integrated circuit (IC) is the simplest? -logic gate 16. What integrated circuits are the “brain” of pocket calculators? -Digital ICs 17. What integrated circuits include amplifier-type circuits of many kinds for both audio and radio frequencies? -linear ICs 18. Of which binary function gives microprocessors the ability to perform many task, from simple word processing to video editing? -truth table 19. What logic/gate circuit acts in the same way as when two switches are place in series? -AND gate 20. What gate is the result when an AND gate is combined with a NOT gate? -NAND gate 21. What electric component is NOT gate? -transistor 22. What logic gate is the result of combining an OR gate with a NOT gate -NOR gate