Test B (Electronics & Electricity) LET Review—Gary M.

Nugas
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Encircle the letter that corresponds to your answer.

1. Which one above is the standard schematic symbol for a resistor?

a. (4) b. (3) c. (2) d. (1)

2. A device used to provide a variable resistance in a circuit is a

a. relay b. choke coil c. potentiometer d. fuse

3. Which one of the following circuits is represented by the above schematic diagram?
a. series-parallel circuit c. series circuit
b. parallel circuit d. open circuit

4. Capacitance is measured in
a. farads b. amperes c. ohms d. reactance

5. Which of the following is a source of electric potentials?

a. fuse b. conductor c. switch d. battery

6. In an AC circuit with resistors, coils, and capacitors, the total opposition to the current flow is the
a. resistance b. reactance c. conductance d. impedance

7. Which of the following semiconductor schematic symbols represents an NPN transistor?

a. c.

b. d.

8. If the voltage and current conditions in the primary and secondary windings of a step-down transformer are
compared, the secondary winding will have
a. higher voltage and lower current. c. lower voltage and higher current.
b. higher voltage and higher current. d. lower voltage and lower current

9. Which of the following devices is constructed specifically for the storing of electrical charges?
a. resistor b. transistor c. insulator d. capacitor
10. The movement of one coulomb of charge past a certain point in one second is represented by
a. an ohm b. an ampere c. a farad d. a volt.
11. One characteristic of batteries is that they are
a. electromechanical devices c. series connected
b. sources of alternating current d. composed of cells

12. Cells are connected in series to

a. increase the current capacity c. decrease the voltage output
b. increase the voltage output d. decrease the internal resistance

13. Cells are connected in parallel to

a. increase the current capacity c. decrease the voltage output
b. increase the voltage output d. decrease the current capacity

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14. Which of the following cells is not a primary cell?
a. carbon-zinc b. alkaline c. zinc chloride d. lead-acid
15. The main difference between a primary cell and a secondary cell is that
a. a primary cell can be recharged and a secondary cell cannot.
b. a secondary cell can be recharged and a primary cell cannot
c. a primary cell has an unlimited shelf life and a secondary cell does not.
d. primary cells produced a dc voltage and secondary cells produce an ac voltage.

16. A device which can be used in place of a circuit breaker is a

a. capacitor b. transformer c. fuse d. rheostat

17. Which of the following schematic symbols represents an earth ground?

18. Which one of the following schematic symbols represents a fixed capacitor?

19. Which one of the following devices relies on a magnetic field for its operation?
a. fuse b. lamp c. cell d. loudspeaker

20. What kind of component is a resistor?

a. combined b. discrete c. integrated d. hybrid
21. What color in the color coding scheme has an equivalent of 5 in the second band?
a. brown b. green c. red d. yellow

22. What is the color of the tolerance representing ± 10%?

a. gold b. black c. orange d. silver

23. What is the value of a resistor with the following colors: green, black, silver, gold?
a. 500 ohms ± 5% b. 50 ohms ± 5% c. 5.0 ohms ± 5% d. 0.5 ohms ± 5%

24. A carbon composition resistor having only three color stripes has a tolerance of
a. ±5% b. ±20% c. ±10% d. ±100

25. A resistor with a power rating of 25 W is most likely a

a. carbon-composition resistor c. surface-mount resistor
b. metal-film resistor d. wire-wound resistor
26. When checked with an ohmmeter, an open resistor measures
a. infinite resistance c. zero resistance
b. its color-coded value d. less than its color-coded value.
27. One precaution to observe when checking resistors with an ohmmeter is to
a. check high resistances on the lowest ohms range.
b. check low resistances on the highest ohms range.
c. disconnect all parallel paths.
d. make sure your fingers are touching each test lead.
28. A chip resistor is marked 394. Its resistance value is
a. 39.4 Ω b. 394 Ω c. 390, 000 Ω d. 39,000 Ω

29. A carbon-film resistor is color-coded with red, violet, black, and gold stripes. What are its resistance and
tolerance?
a. 27 Ω ± 5% b. 270 Ω ± 5% c. 270 Ω ± 10% d. 27 Ω ± 10%

30. A potentiometer is a
a. three-terminal device used to vary the voltage in a circuit.
b. two-terminal device used to vary the current in a circuit.
c. fixed resistor.
d. two-terminal device used to vary the voltage in a circuit.
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31. A metal-film resistor is color-coded with brown, green, red, brown, and blue stripes. What are its
resistance and tolerance?
a. 1500 Ω ± 1.25% b. 152 Ω ± 1% c. 1521 Ω ± 0.5% d. 1520 Ω ± 0.25%

32. Which of the following resistors has the smallest physical size?
a. wire-wound resistors. c. surface-mount resistors
b. carbon-composition resistors d. potentiometers

33. Which of the following statements is true?

a. Resistors always have axial leads.
b. Resistors are always made from carbon
c. There is no correlation between the physical size and a resistance value.
d. the shelf life of a resistor is about 1 year.
34. If a thermistor has a negative temperature coefficient (NTC), its resistance
a. increases with an increase in operating temperature.
b. decreases with a decrease in operating temperature.
c. decreases with an increase in operating temperature.
d. is unaffected by its operating temperature.

35. With the four-band resistor color code, gold in the third stripe corresponds to a
a. fractional multiplier of 0.01.
b. fractional multiplier of 0.1.
c. decimal multiplier of 10.
d. resistor tolerance of ± 10%.

36. A surface-mount resistor has a coded value of 4R7. This indicates a resistance of
a. 4.7 Ω b. 4.7 kΩ c. 4.7 MΩ d. none of the above.

37. Reading from left to right, the colored bands on a resistor are yellow, violet, brown and gold. If the resistor
measures 513 Ω with an ohmmeter, it is
a. well within tolerance. c. right on the money.
b. out of tolerance d. close enough to be considered within tolerance

38. From what part of the ohmmeter do you derive resistance reading?
a. range multiplier b. reading scale c. test probes d. pointer

39. What is the lowest range multiplier in an ohmmeter?

a. R x 1 b. R x 10 c. R x 100 d. R X 1K
40. Which instrument serves as three measuring instruments in one?
a. Audio generator b. oscilloscope c. signal generator d. VOM

41. Which device produces simple wave forms?

a. Audio amplifier b. VOM c. signal tracer d. signal generator

42. It shows the relationship between the various component groups or stages in
the operation of the circuit.
a. Wiring diagram c. Pictorial diagram
b. Block diagram d. Schematic diagram

43. Another name for connection diagram.

a. wiring diagram c. pictorial diagram
b. Block diagram d. schematic diagram

44. It is a picture or a sketch drawn to show the component of a circuit and how these components are
connected together.
a. Wiring diagram c. Pictorial diagram
b. Block diagram d. Schematic diagram
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45. Which of the following factors affect the capacitance of a capacitor?

a. the area of the plates c. the type of dielectric used
b. the distance between the plates d. all of the above

46. The basic unit of capacitance is the

a. farad b. henry c. tesla d. ohm

47. A capacitor consists of

a. two insulators separated by a conductor c. two conductors separated by an insulator
b. a coil of wire wound on an iron core d. none of the above

48. A capacitance of 82,000 pF is the same as

a. 0. 082 𝜇𝐹 b. 82 𝜇𝐹 c. 82 𝑛𝐹 d. both a and c

49. One of the main functions of a capacitor is to

a. block ac and pass dc. C. block dc and pass ac
b. block both dc and ac d. pass both dc and ac

50. When checked with an ohmmeter, a shorted capacitor will measure

a. infinite ohms c. somewhere of 1 to 10 MΩ
b. zero ohms d. none of the above

51. The equivalent capacitance of a 10- 𝜇𝐹 and a 40- 𝜇𝐹 capacitor in series is

a. 50- 𝜇F b. 125- 𝜇F c. 8- 𝜇F d. 400- 𝜇F

52. How much is the total capacitance for 0.01 𝜇F in parallel with 0.02 uF?
a. 0.03 𝜇F b. 0.0002 𝜇F c. 1. 05 𝜇F d. 0.06 𝜇F

53. The base unit of inductance is the

a. tesla b. henry c. reactance d. Lenz

54. A transformer cannot be used to

a. step-up or down an AC voltage c. match impedance
b. step-up or down a DC voltage d. transfer power from primary to secondary

55. The interaction between two inductors physically close together is called
a. counter EMF c. mutual inductance
b. self-inductance d. hysteresis

56. SMDs as electronic components means

a. Silicon-mount devices c. silicon-mounting devices
b. surface-mounting devices d. surface-mount devices

57. A semiconductor device that allows current to pass through it in only one direction is
a. transistor b. varistor c. diode d. doper

58. To forward-bias a diode,

a. the anode voltage must be positive with respect to its cathode.
b. the anode voltage must be negative with respect to its cathode.
c. the cathode voltage must be positive with respect to its anode.
d. either a or b.
59. The majority carriers in an N-type semiconductors are
a. electrons b. holes c. positive ions d. negative ions

60. A reverse-biased diode acts like a(n)

a. closed switch b. open switch c. small resistance d. none of these
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61. In the figures at the right, identify the forward-biased diode(s).

a. D1
b. D2
c. D1 and D3
d. D2 and D3

62. When used as a voltage regulator, a zener diode is normally

a. forward-biased b. reverse-biased c. covalent bonding d. coupling

63. A semiconductor device that can amplify an AC signal or be used as an electronic switch is
a. diode b. transformer c. transistor d. inductor

64. In a transistor, which is the largest of all the doped regions?

a. the emitter region b. the collector region c. the gate region d. the base region

65. For a transistor to function as an amplifier,

a. both the EB and CB junctions must be forward-biased.
b. both the EB and CB junctions must be reversed-biased.
c. the EB must be forward-biased and the CB junction must be reversed-biased.
d. the CB junction must be forward-biased and the EB junction must be reverse-biased.

66. The current carrier of a P-type semiconductor material is

a. ion b. neutron c. electron d. hole

67. The N-type regions in an NPN bipolar junction transistor are

a. collector and base c. collector and emitter
b. base and emitter d. collector, base, and emitter

68. The N-region in a PNP transistor is the

a. base b. collector c. emitter d. case

69. With bar magnets,

a. like poles attract each other and unlike poles repel each other.
b. unlike poles attract each other and like poles repel each other.
c. there are no north or south poles on the ends of the magnet.
d. none of the above.

70. The tesla (T) is a unit of

a. flux density b. magnetic flux c. permeability d. magnetomotive force

71. The electric or magnetic effect of one body on another without any physical contact between them is called
a. its permeability b. induction c. the Hall effect d. hysteresis

72. A commercial permanent magnet will last indefinitely if it is not subjected to

a. a strong demagnetizing field c. high temperatures
b. physical shock d. all of the above

73. What is the name for a nonmetallic material that has the ferromagnetic properties of iron?
a. lodestone b. toroid c. ferrite d. solenoid

74. The ability of a material to concentrate magnetic flux is called its

a. induction b. permeability c. Hall effect d. diamagnetic.

75. If the north (N) pole of a permanent magnet is placed near a piece of soft iron, what is the polarity of the
nearest induced pole?
a. south S) pole c. It could be either a north (N) or a south (S) pole
b. north (N) d. It cannot be determined
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76. A magnet that requires current in a coil to create the magnetic field is called a (n)
a. permanent magnet c. solenoid
b. electromagnet d. both b and c
77. The point at which a magnetic material loses its ferromagnetic properties is called the
a. melting point b. freezing point c. Curie temperature d. leakage point

78. A material that becomes strongly magnetized in the same direction as the magnetizing field is classified as
a. diamagnetic b. ferromagnetic c. paramagnetic. D. toroidal.

79. The gauss (G) is a unit of

a. flux density b. magnetic flux c. permeability d. none of the above

80. A toroid
a. is an electromagnet.
b. has no magnetic poles.
c. uses iron for the core around which the coil is wound.
d. all f the above.

81. When a small voltage is generated across the width of a conductor carrying current in an external magnetic
field, the effect is called
a. the Doppler effect b. the Miller effect c. the Hall effect d. the Schultz effect

82. The geographic North Pole of the earth has

a. no magnetic polarity c. north magnetic polarity
b. south magnetic polarity d. none of the above.

83. With an electromagnet,

a. more current and more coil turns mean a stronger magnetic field.
b. less current and fewer coil turns mean a stronger magnetic field.
c. if there is no current in the coil, there is no magnetic field.
d. both a and c.

84. It is the process of removing excess copper from the surface of a PCB leaving the circuit lines .
a. soldering b. etching c. drilling d. none of these

85. PCB in electronic means

a. Printing chloride band c. Printed Circuit board
b. Printed Circuit band d. Printing circuit board

86. What is the 2nd step in making a printed circuit board?

a. laying out the artwork c. laying out the artwork directly on the printed circuit board
b. preparing the schematic diagram d. etching

87. Which of the following can be used as an etching solution?

a. parachloride b. metallic chloride c. ferric chloride d. diachloride

88. Which of the following is NOT an example of resist materials?

a. lacquer-based paints b. nail polish c. ink d. none of these

89. It refers to a small circular piece of foil to which a solder connection is made.
a. pad b. block c. area d. doll

90. In laying out the artwork for the PCB, paper cutout patterns are referred to as
a. pads b. dolls c. etchants d. burrs

91. Which of the following components is NOT an off-board component?

a. heat sinks b. ammeters c. power source plugs d. transistors