Electronics Engineering Coaching 1 (October 2012)

1917

Year when Einstein first predicted the fact that there should be two kinds of emissions,

spontaneous and stimulated

(+) VSAT to (-) VSAT

Maximum output voltage swing of an op-amp

1 atmosphere

Every boiling point of a substance.. volume pressure

3 data work by 3 bits

3 x 3 ROM means

79xx series

Negative fixed voltage regulator

6

Ability to handle

Not a characteristic of CMOS chips

extremely high

power

Above-the-board

Turret, fork, and hook terminals are examples of what type of termination?

AC converter

A converter that changes ac-voltage to another ac-voltage level.

Access time

Total time it takes a disk drive to retrieve a sector of data

10
Accumulator

Register collector

11

Accuracy

What do you call the exactness of a particular motion in the robotic arm in free space

12

Active power

What will happen when the power factor of a circuit is increased?

increases

13

Acts as cleaning

Why is flux used in the soldering process?

agent to remove

oxide

14

Add donor impurity

To make N-type semiconductor

15

Aging battery

Rheostat is used in compensating _________ of the ohmmeter

16

Air Muscle

Effective actuator compared to a human arm

17

Allotropy

Ability to exists in more than one lattice

18

Alpha

Common base current gain (amplification factor)

19

An atom with

Ion is

unbalance charges
20

Analog

Oscilloscope is used to display _____ voltage of individual signals

21

AND

Output 1 when all inputs are 1

22

Android

Robot that resembles human

23

Android

Male humanoid

24

Angular position of

What does the arrow on a synchro schematic symbol indicate?

the rotor

25
Anode interruption

Most popular method of turning off an SCR

26

Aristotle

First formal compilation of logic principle

27

Arm

An interconnected set of links and powered joints comprising a manipulator that supports or

moves a wrist, hand or end effector

28

Armstrong oscillator

The oscillator that uses a transformer in parallel with a capacitor

29

Avalanche

Which breakdown theory explains the action that takes place in a heavily doped PN junction

breakdown

with a reverse bias above 5 volts?

30

Avalanche effect
Free electrons collides to bound electrons causing more current
31

Axis

A traveled path in space usually referred to as a linear direction of travel in any of three

dimensions.
32

Backplane

Common connection in LCD

33

Band Reject filter

What type of filter is used to block the passage of current for a narrow bandof frequency

while allowing current to flow at all frequencies above or below this band?

34

Barretter and

Two types of bolometer

Thermistor
35

Barrier potential

Increase in reverse bias; pn junction increases

36

Battery aging

Causes error in ohmmeter reading

37

Becomes capacitive

What will happen to a parallel ac-circuit if its line frequency is more than the resonant
frequency?

38

Becquerel

SI unit of radioactivity

39

BIBO

Bounded in, bounded out

Bi-directional Trigger Which of the trigger diodes has the highest holding voltage

Diac

41

BIFET op-amp

LF157A

42

BJT
Voltage regulator commonly used what control element?

43

Blavier's Test

A test for ground fault

44

Blowholes

Main disadvantage of carbon arc welding

45

Body Centered Cubic

Chromium

(BCC)

46

Both PNP and NPN

SCR is fired and conduction band

47

Bounded with
The closed-loop system that uses BIBO algorithm is ___

bounded input

Break-over devices Electronic devices used to control/trigger large-power switching devices

Breakover voltage The voltage decreased across the anode (A) and cathode (K) of an SCR from non-conducting

state to conducting state

50

Bulk Resistance

Resistance of semiconductor

51

Can handle more

An advantage of rheostat over a potentiometer

current

Can operate in low Advantage of alkaline batteries temperature

53

Capacitance

As capacitor plate area increases, all other things equal

increases

54

Capacitance

When the spacing between plates in a capacitor is made smaller and all other things being

increases

equal

Carbon composition Totally non-reactive resistor

Carbon composition Resistor type that has the color bands in the body

57

Cathode Ray

An instrument that is capable of displaying waveforms by means of fluorescence in a CRT

Oscilloscope

58

Chain drives

Transmission system of robots, constant gear ratio

59

Choke

Inductor used to impede flow of a pulsating

DC

60

Clamp meter

Ammeter with no insertion loss

61

Class A

Highest fidelity amplifier

62

Class C

Highest efficiency amplifier

63
Class D

Amplifier intended for pulse operation

64

Clock

What provides a timing signaling in a digital equipment?

65

Clock skew

Edge timing on multiple clock inputs

66

CMRR

Measures the tendency of the device to reject input signals common to both inputs
67

Collector and base

ICBO flows from

68

Colpitts

Oscillator that uses tapped capacitor

Colpitts and Hartley Two most popular RF oscillators

Colpitts oscillator A self-excited oscillator in which the tank is divided into input and feedback portions by a

capacitive voltage divider

71

Combination bias

What type of bias is constant and improves thermal stability?

72
Common base

Known for its stability

Common emitter or The BJT or FET used as multivibrator is arranged in the ___ configuration. common source

74

Common source

A circuit that can produce the greatest signal gain (amplification factor)

75

Common source

Both good in voltage amplifier and high input impedance

76

Commulatively

Motor used in elevators

compounded

77

Commutator

What component causes a generator to produce a DC voltage instead of an AC voltage as its

output?

78
Comparator

An op-amp used to compare two voltages and has no feedback element

79

Comparator

319 IC, 14 pins

Compton Camera Camera with imaging positron effect with multiple of silicon detector

Conformal coatings Protective materials applied to electronic assemblies to prevent damage caused by corrosion,

moisture and stress are called __________

82

Constant polarity

Characterizes a DC electromagnet

83

Continuous path

Robot program that has the ability to move a robot to any position within the range of

specific path

84

Control

Which of the following types of synchro is used in a system requiring large amounts of power
and high accuracy?

85

Controller

Heart of robot

86

Cool sub-interval

Weld interval where current is absent

87

CRT

The type of tube that is used to display signals in an oscilloscope

88

Curie

Common unit of radioactivity

89

Current transformer

For a dynamometer to be able to measure high current, ______ should be used

90

Cycle (Program)

Unit of work for robot

91

Damping

Reduction in the magnitude of oscillation due to absorption

92

Dark current

It is the current through the photodiode when it is operated in photoconductive mode in the

absence of light.

93

D'Arsonval

Most common type of meter movement

94

D'Arsonval

Permanent-magnet moving coil instrument is also known as

95

Data

Refers to the raw material processed by a computer

96

Data and clock

Inputs of D-flipflop

97

DC motors

Commutators are commonly found in __________

98

DCEP

What is the most commonly used type of current in SMAW welding system?

99

DCRP

Type of power supply used in MIG welding

100

DCSP

__ welding, base penetration is deep

101

Debye effect

Selective absorption of electromagnetic waves by a dielectric, due to molecular dipoles

102

Decrease current in

A relay can be used to _______

a circuit

103

Decreases

If the flux per pole of an ac generator is increased, the speed ________

104

Degenerate gain

The effect of adding an emitter resistor to a bipolar diff-amp

105

Dember Effect

Creation voltage in a conductor or semiconductor by illumination of one surface

106

Design engineers

Boolean algebra is used primarily by ______ to simply circuits

107

Destructive to

Disadvantage of mercury cells and batteries

environment

108

Different number of

Used to increase the capability of moving iron ac ammeter

operating coils

109

Differential

DC voltmeter used accurate measurement

Voltmeter

110

Differentially

Type of motor that when load increases, speed increases

compounded

111
Diffusion coefficien

Ability to diffuse

112

Digital computers

Computer that handle discrete data

113

Disk

Electric resistance seam welding uses _________ electrodes

114

Disks allow faster

An advantage of magnetic disks over magnetic tape is

data storage and

retrieval

115

Distance

Simplest proximity sensor cannot measure ________

116

Divide the input

A T flip-flop is used primarily for what function?

frequency by two

117

Divider

Frequency synthesizer uses _____

118
Dot pitch

Space between the dots on the screen

119

Doubles

When speed doubles, all other things being constant, generated emf ____________

120

Drift current

Main current in a normally bias npn transistor

121

Dynamo

Changes mechanical to electrical energy and vice versa

122

Dynamometer

A device used to mechanically measure the output power of a motor

123

Easy to store and

Zinc carbon is used often than hydrogen fuel cell

transport

124

ECL

Between TTL and CMOS

125

Eddy current

Core loss increases due to ___________

126

Eddy current loss

Core is laminated to reduce ___________

127

Edison cell

A secondary cell whose active positive plate consists of nickel hydroxide, and active negativ-

plate material is powdered iron oxide mixed with cadmium. Its typical output when fully

charged is VO = 1.2V

128

Edison effect

Emission of electrons from hot to cold bodies

129

Either positive or

Temperature coefficient of thermistor

negative

130

Elbow

Connection between the forearm and the upper arm

131

Electric Motor

Most popular actuator

132

Electrodynamometer

An indicating instrument whose movable coils rotate between two stationary coils, usually
used as wattmeter
133

Electron Beam

Uses high temperature metals like columbium

Welding

134

Electron energy level

It is required for the electron to stay in its orbits

135
Electronics

Branch of engineering that deals with the applications of electronic devices

136

Electrostatic

Common cause of damage in MOSFET

137

Electrostatic

The type of deflection an oscilloscope used

deflection
138

Elemental

4 valence electrons

semiconductor

139

Elementary

It consist of a single coil rotated in a magnetic field and produces an AC voltage

generator

140

Encapsulated

A module which is difficult to repair because it is completely imbedded in solid material is

one which has been

141

Energy

Lenz law is a consequence of Law of conservation of _______

142

EPROM

Type of an IC that can have its memory changed

143

Error signal

Which of the following term applies to the output of a control transformer?

144

Eutectic alloy

Which of the following alloys will melt directly to liquid and have no plastic or semiliquid

state?

145

Excellent efficiency

Air as an inductor core material

146

Execute

What does ALU do during E-time?

147

Exothermic

A chemical reaction wherein energy is released during the process is a/an __________

reaction

148

Extension

The icons in the computer are determined by

149

Fahrenheit scale

First recognized temperature scale

150

FET

Example of a solid-state device

151

Field strength

The most commonly used method of speed control of a dc motor is by varying

152

Filter

Circuit after rectifier

153

Fixed bias

Most unstable type of bias

154

Flash Memory

Fastest nonvolatile memory available

155

Flash Welding

Fast welding
156

Flat packs

Heating the leads and lifting them up with tweezers is the preferred method of removing

which of the following components?

157

Float charging

What refers to a method in which the charger and the battery are always connected to each

other for supplying current to the load?

158

Fluorescent lamp

Discharges gases
159

Flux and Speed

Factor(s) that affect iron losses in a dc motor

160

Flux Cored Arc

What is a semi-automatic or automatic arc welding process that requires a continuously-fed

Welding (FCAW)

consumable tubular electrode containing flux and a constant-voltage or less commonly, a

constant-current welding power supply

161

Flywheel effect

Ability of an oscillator to sustain oscillation

162

Focus

Being controlled at the potentials between anode in an oscilloscope

163

Forced commutation

Turning off an SCR is through anode current interruption and___________

164

Forearm

Robot part connecting elbow and wrist

165

Foreground

Program running in real-time

166

Forge Welding

Oldest welding process

(FOW)

167

Form Factor

Ratio of RMS of pulsating quantity to its mean value

168

Fouling

A lacing shuttle on which the cord can be wound keeps the cord from______

169

Free electrons

Referred to as the "escaped valence electrons"

170

Freezing

Chemical reactions that release energy are called exothermicreactions; ____ is an example of
exothermic reaction.

171

Frequency

Can vary with AC but not with DC

172

From the collector

In a common-base circuit, the output is taken

173

Gallium

Examples of trivalent impurities are boron, indium and _________

174

Gallium Arsenide

Compound used in CRAY-1's microprocessor

175

Gallium Arsenide

For high-speed integrated circuit, which semiconductor material given below is best to be
used?

176

GaP

Compound used in LED that emits green light

177

Gas Metal Arc

Also known as metal inert gas stick welding

Welding (GMAW)

178

Gas Tungsten Arc

It is an arc welding process that uses a nonconsumable tungsten electrode to produce the

Welding (GTAW)

weld

179

Gate

Control grid tube corresponds to ____ of FET

180

George Box

Device used to reduce jamming signals

181

Grandfather file

The original file copy inside the computer retrieved for reassembling

182

Gray Code

Which of the code below is considered as minimum-change code

183

Grosh's Law

The law that the processing power of a computer is proportional to the square of its cost .

184

Guard

The safety feature of robotic system that protects human from danger is called _______

185

Gunn diode

Most popular microwave diode

186

Gunnplexer

Gunn diode in horn antenna

187

Gynoid

Female humanoid

188

Gyro

Device for maintaining orientation, based on the principles of conservation of angular

momentum

189

Half of the cycle

Half-wave rectifier works only in

190

Hallwachs effect

The ability of ultraviolet radiation to discharge a negatively charged body in a vacuum.

191

Hans Christian

Who discovered magnetic effect?

Oersted

192

Hartley

An oscillator that employs a tapped coil in a tuned circuit

193

Hartley oscillator

A self-excited oscillator in which the tank is divided into input and feedback portions by an

inductive voltage divider or a tapped coil

194

Has higher

The advantage of ICs compared to discrete components

attainable switching

speed

195
Hay Bridge

Refers to an ac bridge for measuring the inductance and Q of an inductor in terms of

resistance, frequency and a standard capacitance.

196

Heat sub-interval

Weld interval with current flowing

197

Heaviside bridge

AC bridge that measures mutual inductance

198

Higher than

In series resistance, the net resistance is _______ the largest resistance

199

Hold interval

After the welding interval, it goes to _________ intervalwherein the electrode pressure is

maintained on the metal surfaces

200

Holding Current

The minimum amount of current needed for an SCR to conduct continuously

201

Hopping

Robot with one leg and small feet

202

HTL

Fastest IC logic; unsaturated logic gate

203

Humanoid

Robot that acts like human

204

Hydraulic turbines

Low speed alternators are driven by

205

Hydrogen

What is the lightest element?

206

Hysteresis

The loss in a transformer due to the changing field is called

207

Impedance

Total opposition to current flow

208

Improve bead

The ultimate goal of electrode coating is ______

quality
209

In a high power DC

The logical place for a wire-wound resistor

circuit

210

Indices

Crystal lattice, used to ___ crystal orientation

211

Induction

Characteristic of a parallel resonant circuit operating below the resonant frequency

212

Input bias current

The current needed at the input of an op-amp to operate it normally

213

Inverter

Used to change DC voltage to AC voltage

214

Ion

Atom that has unbalanced charges

215

Ionization Chamber

Gas-filled enclosure containing positive and negative electrodes that measures the amount

radiation passing through the enclosure according to the degree of ionization caused by the

radiation

216

Is never repulsive

Force between a magnet and a piece of ferromagnetic metal that has not been magnetized

______

217

It will drop to zero

A power supply has a capacitance filtering, what will happen to the ripple voltage if the load

is removed?

218

I-time
When the control unit gets an instruction

219

Its magnetizing

At very low frequencies, transformers woks poorly because

current will be very

high

220

Jogged

If a power supplied is controlled by sudden outburst, the motor is __________

221

Joshi effect

The change in the current passing through a gas or vapor when the gas or vapor is irradiated

with visible light

222

Junction

A common connection between circuit elements or conductors from different branches

223

Karel Capek

Who coined the word "robot"?

224

Kelvin Double Bridge

This is a special bridge for measuring very low resistance (0.1 ohms or less). The arrangement

of the bridge reduces the effects of contact resistance, which causes significant error when

such low resistances are connected to conventional resistances bridges.

225

Kernel

Main program in the operating system

226

Keyboard

With GUI (Graphic user interface), we give commands with three difference ways EXCEPT

227

Knife
What is the preferred tool to use to strip an aluminum wire?

228

LASCR

Device with smallest amount of turn off time

229

Layer build-up

The most complex to produce and difficult to repair printedcircuit boards are those made

using which of the following methods?

230

Lead acid

Battery used in uninterrupted power supply (UPS)

231

Lenz' Law

States that the polarity of the induced voltage will oppose the change in magnetic flux

causing the induction

232

Less heat

Regulator dissipate less energy therefore

233

Level 0

A faulty transistor would be identified as what level of packaging?

234

Level shifters

Amplifiers that add or subtract a known voltage from the input in order to compensate for DC

offset voltages.

235

Limit cycle

______ is peculiar to non-linear system

236

Linear-taper

Potentiometer used in meter sensitivity

potentiometer

237

Load

What determines the amount of slip in an induction motor?

238

Local cell

A galvanic cell resulting from difference in potential between adjacent areas on the surface

a metal immersed in an electrolyte

239

Logarithmic-taper

Potentiometer used in stereo compact-disk players

potentiometer

240

Loop

When applying Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law, a closed path is commonly referred to as a ______
241

Low back EMF

High current for starting a motor

242

Low cost

Advantage of a non-servo controlled robot

243

Low drift

What is an advantage of CCO over VFO?

244

Low value

The slip speed of an induction motor is 100% until the rotor moves and then falls to a ____

245

MAG

Active gas welding

246

Magnet wire

What is the common name for enamel insulated wire

247

Magnetic field

The space outside a magnet where its poles has a force of attraction or repulsion on another

magnetic pole

248

Magnetic pole

In a magnet, what do you call the point in which the magnetic lines of force is maximum?

249

Main storage

Also known as primary storage

250

Making permanent

High retentivity material is used for

magnet
251

Manual Metal Arc

Other name for SMAW

Welding

252

Maxicomputer

Which of the following is NOT a classification of computers?

253

Maximizes coupling

What does a shell core do in a transformer?

254

Maximum forward

Two important characteristics of a junction diode

current and PIV

255

Maxwell bridge

This refers to a four-arm ac bridge used for measuring inductance against a standard
capacitance

256

Measurement

What is the process of determining the magnitude of something in terms of a recognized

standard?

257

Medium to low

Plastic insulation is normally used for what levels of voltage

258

Meissner effect

At superconductivity, the material appears to become diamagnetic

259

Memory

The process of allocating main memory separate from one another is called _________

management

260

Metal film

Type of resistor that has less reactance than wire wound

261

Mica

Insulator or dielectric for an electric iron

262

Michael Faraday

Who discovered electromagnetic induction?

263

Microcircuit

Component containing IC

264

Microcomputers

Desktop and personal computers are also known as

265

Microswitch

Most accurate snap switch

266

Microwave oscillator

IMPATT diode is used as

267

MIG

Inert gas welding

268

MIG

AC welding machine cannot be used in __________

269

Millman's Theorem

The theorem which deals with the computation of the common voltage when different
voltage sources with resistance are connected in parallel.

270

Momentary position

Actuator maintains its position as long as it can

271

Monolithic

IC is made up of

272

Mossbauer effect

A certain condition wherein a nucleon can be stimulated to emit a very sharply defined
beams of gamma rays.

Motion of charge Magnetic flux can always be attributed to particles

274

Moving iron

Cheapest, most rugged material for analog meter

galvanometer

275

Multiprocessing

Running a program using many CPU

276

Near the wire

The magnetic flux around a straight, current carrying wire, is stronger

277

Negative feedback

A feedback being used for the operational amplifier circuits

278

Noise figure

Weak signal amplifier, most important factor

279

Non-interlaced

Used for fast animation

monitor

280

NOR

Output 1 when all inputs are 0

281

N-type material

Substrate used in p-channel IGFET enhancement type

282

Off-line

Robot programming wherein the establishing of the required sequence of functional and
Programming

required positional steps is written on a remotecomputer console

283

Ohmic

Left of pinch-off region is ______ region

284

On-Line

Test equipment that continuously monitors performance and automatically isolates fault to

removable assemblies is what category of equipment?

285

Op-code

The first byte in a machine level instruction

286

Operating program

Set of programs that are between applications software and hardware

287

Optical disk

Laser beam technology is used for

288

Optoelectronics

Combination of electronics and fiber optics

289

Optoisolator

LED/IRED and photodiode combination

290

OR

Output 0 when all inputs are 0

291

OTA

Voltage to current amplifier

292

Overhead

Most hazardous welding

293

Parallel

How do you connect a voltmeter in a circuit?

294

Parallel

Information is written _______ to the edges of magnetic audio tape

295

Parallel winding

Lap winding is also known as _______

296

Parallel; series

Most efficient filter uses capacitor in ________ and choke in ________

297

Passivation

___ is the process making a material “passive” in relation to another material prior to using
the materials together

298

Payload

Maximum weight a robot can handle

Peak inverse voltage The maximum reverse biased voltage that will be exposed in a diode in a rectifier

(PIV)
300

Pen-based computer

Computer which supports handwriting inputs

301

Pentavalent

Arsenic, Antimony and Bismuth are classified as _____

302

Period

The interval of a pulse from start to end is the _____ of the pulse.

303

Peripheral

The equipment used in conjunction with the robot for acomplete robotic system. This

equipment

includes grippers, conveyors, parts, feeders that are needed with the robot.

304

Photodiode

Light-activated diode
305

Pierce

Oscillator that uses quartz

306

Pinch point

The area where human can be trapped in the workspace of robot in which there is no avenue

of escape

307

Plasma arc welding

Bead weld in wineglass

308

Plus to minus

Holes flow from

309

Porcelain

In electrical power distributions, what insulator is generally used?

310

Positive feedback

An oscillator should have __________

311

Positive half cycle

Half-wave rectifier works only in

312

Precession

What gyro characteristic provides the bases of the operation at a rate gyro?

313

Precession

The ability of a gyro to maintain a position in space is referred to by what term?

314

Pressure

Process used in cold welding

315

Primary storage

Memory is another name for

316

Principal node

A node in which KCL is applicable

317

Prompt

Signal that the computer is waiting for command by the user

318

Protect drive circuits

Purpose of installing thyrectors across the incoming power lines to the speed control system

from high voltage

is to _________

transient

319

Proximity effect
The redistribution of current in a conductor brought about by the presence of another

conductor

320

Proximity sensing

Ability for a robot to tell when an object is near it

321

Psychrometer

An instrument used to measure relative humidity

322

Pulsating DC

Output of a rectifier circuit without a filter

323

Pure argon

Gas shielding used in TIG

324

Push out gently

For the removal of imbedded TOs in which of the following are free, which of the following

methods is recommended?

325

Pyrometer

Device used to measure high temperatures beyond the extent of mercury thermometer

326

Quantum detector

Variation in number of incident photon

327

Quarter adder

An adder which can add up two binary digits but will not produce a carry.

328

Quartz crystal

The component used in most stable type of oscillator

329

R = 0, S = 0
NOR store

330

R = 1, S = 0

NAND set

331

Radio-frequency

Bridge used to measure both inductive and capacitive impedances at higher frequencies

bridge

332

Raman effect

Change in the wavelength of light that occurs when a light beam is deflected by molecules

333

Ramp

The sawtooth wave that gradually increases and rapidly decays is ________

334

Ramsauer effect
Absorption of slow-moving/ low energy electrons into something

335

Rate effect

A four-layer semiconductor device, tends for a switch to conduct undesirably as a result of a

transient spike
336

Relative signal

In amplifiers, decibel is used to indicate _________

strength

337

Release interval

Next to hold interval is __________ interval in automatic welding system

338

Reluctance

Resistance in the magnetic path to the magnetic lines of force

339

Remove all

What is the first step in the repair of burned or scorched boards?

discolored

components

340

Removing

Most damage to PCB occurs at which of the following times?

components

341

Resistance

Which has the greatest effect on the figure of merit on the circuit?

342

Resistors in series

With no mutual inductance, total inductance is like

343

Reverse bias

Photodiode when not used as photovoltaic cell

344

Revolute

Rotational joints of robot

345

RF Probe

The frequency-measuring capability of a digital multimeter can be extended using which of

the following device?

346

Rf/Ri

Closed-loop voltage gain of an inverting op-amp

347

Right hand rule

Tells the direction of magnetic field produced by electric current

348

Ripples

The AC variations at the output of a power supply circuit

349

RISC

Computer that is fast because of fewer instructions

350

Roboticist

Person that studies robots

351

Robotics

Science of designing, building and applying robots

352

Roll

Type of motion of robotic end that is rotational

353

Rosin

When electrical and electronic components are soldered, what type of flux must be used?
354

Rotary converter

Used to convert ac voltage to dc voltage, or vice versa

355

Sallen Key filter

Second order filter

356

Scale factor

Internal attenuation factor

357

Schering bridge

A type of four-arm capacitance bridge in which the unknown capacitance is compared with a
standard capacitance. This bridge is frequently employed in testing electrolytic capacitors, to

which a dc polarizing voltage is applied during the measurement. What is this bridge?

358

Schmitt Trigger

A comparator with hysteresis immunity

359

Schottky effect

In an electric tube due to the influence of the potential gradient of the cathode emission

current

360

SCR

Example of an active device

361

SCR, Diac, Triac

Most common/popular thyristor

362

Screening

_______ mammogram is used for women with no signs of breast cancer

363

Seebeck effect

Another term for thermoelectric effect

364

Seek time

Time it takes for a magnetic head to position itself over a specific track
365

Seismic mass

The movement in acceleration transducers is called

366

Separator

Materials used to insulate the positive plates from negativeplates are technically called

367

Sequencer

A controller that operates an application though a fixed sequence of events

368

Sequential circuits

A function table is like a truth table for

369

Series

Motor with the highest torque

370

Series regulator

A type of linear regulator used in applications requiring efficient utilization of the primary

power source.
371

Series winding

Wave winding is also known as _______

372

Server

Computer that connects the user's computer system to the Internet

373

Servomechanism

It is a closed loop feedback control system in which one or more of the system signals

represent mechanical motion

374

Seymour Cray

Who invented CRAY-1

375

Shell

Another name for an operating environment

376

Shielded Metal Arc

Welding process where in the heat generated melts the tip of the electrode and the base of

Welding (SMAW)

metals in an immediate area of arc

377

Shoulder

The manipulator arm linkage joint that is attached to the base

378

Shunt

Voltage regulator connected in parallel with load

379

Signal diode

Diode used as an envelope detector

380

Silicon

Most widely used semiconductor

381

Silver

Type of solder suited for applications in which high-current and high-temperature are
required

382

Single-ended

When one input of the op-amp is connected to ground and the other is to the signal source,

its operation is called; Op-amp with 2 shorted inputs

383

Slew Rate

What is the maximum output voltage rate of change of an op-amp?

384

Small scale

543 transistors in a single chip

integration
385

SOHO

Business software

386

Sorting

Arranging data in sequence

387

Source, Gate, and

Three terminals of the JFET which corresponds to the E-B-C of the BJT
Drain

388

Spin axis direction

A gyro resist all forces that attempt to change its

389

Spintronics

Spin nature of electronics

390

Spooling

Characteristic of shared systems to avoid mixing up of print outs or programs

391

Spot welding

Dependent on resistance and forged pressure

392

Square wave

In electronic converters, what signal is mostly used to trigger the active device?

393

Squared

Moving-iron instrument has what scale?

394

Squared pulse

Voss-McCartney is a noise generator that produces modulated________

395

Squirrel cage

Winding used for heavy load

winding

396

Standby interval

After release interval

397

Star connected

Armature winding is always

398

Stefan-Boltzmann

Quantity emitted by blackbody

Law

399

Stepper motor
A brushless electrical motor that divides the rotation by a number of steps

400

Stores electric field

Function of a capacitor

401

Storing energy as a

An inductor works by

magnetic field

402
Substrate

The arrow in a MOSFET indicates a ________

403

Substrate (SS)

The base material of a MOSFET which extends as an additional terminal

404

Suite

A bundle of basic software designed to work together

405

Supervisor program

Management of an operating system is handled by

406

Sweat Joints

Stirring the lead during desoldering prevents which of the following unwanted results?

407

Sweep

Voltage applied to the horizontal deflecting plates in the oscilloscope

408

Switching

Most efficient voltage regulator; used in high-current, high-voltage applications

409

Switching

Regulator that dissipates less power and less heat

410

Tachometer

Mechanical rotation frequency measuring device

411

Ted Hoff

Who designed the microprocessor in 1969?

412

Teraflops

Trillion floating points

413

Tetrahedral

Crystal lattice of silicon and germanium

Texture of the skin Which of the following is NOT used in biometrics?

The magnetic flux in What significant advantage, in some applications, of a toroidal coil over solenoid is a toroid is practically

all within the core

416

The same

Period of two signals with the same frequency but opposite phase
417

Thermal Inertia

Defines the capacity of a soldering iron to generate and maintain a satisfactory soldering

temperature while giving up heat to the joint.

418

Thermocouple

Ammeter used in high-frequency applications

419

Thevenin's Theorem

Electrical circuit theorem that was first enunciated by Helmholtz

420

Thickness

Determines the frequency of the crystal

421

Thickness of weld

In the process of electroslag welding, theoretically there is no upper limit to the

lead

422

Thin film

Vacuum evaporation and cathode sputtering are two methods used to produce which of the

following types of components

423

Thomson effect

The liberation or absorption of heat when an electric currentflows from a warmer to a cooler

part of a conductor is called

424

Through-the-board

When a TO or DIP is replaced on a printed circuit board, what type of termination is normally

used?

425

Thyrector

Used for high voltage surge protection

426

TIG

Titanium gas welding

427

Tin/Lead 50/50

Solder used in electronic circuits with melting point of 220 degrees Celsius

428

Tin/Lead 63/37

Solder used in electronic circuits with melting point of 180degrees Celsius and below;

commonly used soldering

429

Tinning

Coating the material to be soldered with light coat of solder

430

To increase

The main purpose why a ferromagnetic core is place in an inductor

inductance

431

Torque and Control

What are the 2 general classifications of synchro system?

432

Torque control

Keep torque constant

433

Tracks are diagonal

Magnetic video tape

with the edges

434

Transfer function

What is the ratio of two exponential functions of time?

435

Transfer rate

The speed at which a disk drive and a disk drive controller working togerther can transfer

data to the host computer is what disk recording specification?

436

Transistor

All logic gates are made up of

437

Translation

A movement such that all axes remain parallel to what they were

438

Transputer

Computer in a chip

439

Trigger hold off

The time when the oscilloscope does not trigger

440

Trivalent

What are examples of acceptor impurities?

441

TTL

IC which is least susceptible to noise

442

TTL

The base technology for NAND gate

443

Tunnel diode

A diode that is widely used in the design of oscillator, switching networks and pulse generator
and has a negative resistance region

444

Turbine-driven

An alternator using a gas turbine as a prime mover should have what type of rotor?

445

Twice

Peak-to-peak voltage is _______ of Vpeak

446

Two

What is the minimum number of synchro devices needed for a simple synchro transmission
system?

447

Two or more

Number of inputs of a summing amplifier

448

Two transistor in

Class B amplifier most suitable for Hi-fi audio

push-pull

449

Type of sampling

The difference between series and shunt regulators is ___

circuit

450

UJT

Which of the following components has a negative resistance region

451

Ultrasonic welding

Industrial welding technique whereby high-frequency ultrasonic acoustic vibrations are

locally applied to work pieces being held together under pressure to create a solid – state

weld
452

Universal motor

Motors used for AC and DC

453

Upper arm

The portion of a jointed arm that is connected to the shoulder

454

Uses solar panels

A stand-alone solar power system

and batteries
455

Utilities

Prewritten standard file-handling programs are called

456

Vacuum evaporation

To deposit highly reactive material into a substrate, which of the following method is used?

457

Varley Loop

Method of locating ground faults and short circuits in telephone cable

458

Vibration

Plug-in DIPs are susceptible to loosening because of which of the following causes?

459

Virtual storage

The technique whereby part of the program stored on disk and is brought into memory for

execution as needed is called ____

460

Viscosity

Resistance to flow in liquids

461

V-MOSFET

Which FET has a wide and short effective channel?

462

Voltage divider

Most used combination bias

463

Voltage follower

An operational amplifier has its output tied directly to the input terminal is a/an
464

Voltohmmeter

Combination of voltmeter, milliammeter and ohmmeter

465

Walk-through

Continuous path of robot

466

Wall effect

The rise in ionization due to electrons being released by the walls of the chamber in the
ionization chamber

467

Wattmeter

Which dynamometer instrument has a uniform scale?

468

Wattmeter

Dynamometers are mostly used as

469

Weld interval

After squeeze interval

470

White noise

Sound heard when tuned to non-existent channel

471

Wien bridge

What do you call of that frequency-sensitive bridge in which two adjacent arms are

resistances and the other two arms are RC combinations?

472

Wien-bridge and

What are the two most common audio oscillators?

Phase Shift
473

Will attract pure

An AC electromagnet

unmagnetized iron

474

Wire stripper

The preferred method for removing insulation from most types of insulated wire is by using

what tool?

475

Wire-wound

High power and high current resistor

476

Workmanship

Visual inspection of a completed repair is conducted to evaluate which of the following

Quality

aspects of the repair?

477

XNOR

Even parity checker

478

Zeeman effect

Splitting of spectral line of gas by magnetic field

479

Zener diode

Voltage reference element in most voltage regulators

480

Zero

Full-scale deflection of ohmmeter