ASSOCIATE CET PRACTICE EXAM

QUESTIONS (CORRECTLY ANSWERED)

_______ is a term describing many op-amp circuits. Correct Answer -Inverting

_____________ will cause a generator to produce DC voltage rather than AC.

Correct Answer -The commentator

"Microwave," as used in radio electronics, refers to: Correct Answer -1GHz -

100GHz radio frequencies

0 dBm V is what levle of received TV signal? Correct Answer -1000 microvolts

0 dBm, when referring to audio signals means: Correct Answer -decibels

referenced to 1 milliwatt

8.33 meters is the full wavelength in air for what RF frequency? Correct Answer
-36 MHz

A __________ is a reference antenna that all other antennas with gain are
compared to. Correct Answer -Dipole

A "video signal" is defined as: Correct Answer -Baseband including visual

information.

A 10W signal is received at 5W. This is a ____________dB loss. Correct Answer

-3
A block in a digital diagram is called a NOR. Which is true? Correct Answer -It
is a NOT OR or inverted OR

A byte is: Correct Answer -8 bits

A capacitor (3/8" x 1/8" ceramic or mica) marked 47K is: Correct Answer -
47pf+/- 10%

A capacitor opposes any change in: Correct Answer -voltage

A capacitor will charge to what percent of full charge in one RC time? Correct
Answer -63.2

A component that reduces in resistance as it is heated: Correct Answer -Is a

negative temperature coefficient thermistor

A current carrying conductor is placed in a magnetic field perpendicular to the

lines flux. It tends to move in_________ direction to the force of magnetic lines of
flux, as determined by flemings left hand rule. Correct Answer -a perpendicular

A differential amplifier whose two input signals are equal, but 180 degree out of
phase, will have a ___________ output signal. Correct Answer -maximum

A differential amplifier with two identical in phase signals on the inputs will have
an output __________. Correct Answer -of zero

A digital storage oscilloscope: Correct Answer -uses micro processing and

memory to allow close analysis of signals; is specially designed for analyzing
digital signals; converts analog input signals to a digital display
A disadvantage of LCD is: Correct Answer -environmental temperature
sensitivity

A dual trace oscilloscope differs from a single trace in that only the dual trace
scope: Correct Answer -alternates sweeps

A dual trace oscilloscope may have: Correct Answer -a Z input for intensity
modulation

A free running oscillator is also called a monostable multivibrator. Correct

Answer -false

A fuse which has its fusible wire wrapped around an insulator is: Correct Answer
-a slo-blo type fuse

A fuse, marked 250v, 650ma can be used in circuits with an "open fuse" supply
voltage of: Correct Answer -125 volts

A high frequency antenna ________ than a low frequency one. Correct Answer -
is shorter

A light emitting diode will light when: Correct Answer -it is forward biased

A logic probe: Correct Answer -indicates high and low voltage conditions

A MOSFET: Correct Answer -amplifies signal voltage variations

A PC has Conventional RAM and ROM memory area (in a PC it is 0 to 640
kilobytes); Upper memory area (640 Kb to 1 meg) and extended memory area
(above 1 megabyte). What other names for internal memory types do PCs have?
Correct Answer -Tape drive

A pi filter is an inductor with: Correct Answer -a capacitor at each end to

common

A PLL, or phase locked loop circuit, contains a VCO, or voltage controlled

oscillator. The output of the VCO is a _________. Correct Answer -AC variable
frequency signal

A power source such as a generator to what component in a water supply system?

Correct Answer -A pump

A power supply which measures 50 volts when under no load and 40 volts under a
full load has what percent regulation using the % of regulation formula: (%=(EnL -
EfL) / EfL x 100)? Correct Answer -25

A power supply whose output voltage does not change whether the load is light or
heavy, would have what percent of regulation? Correct Answer -0

A printer directly connected to a personal computer would use a _______

connection. Correct Answer -USB or parallel Centronics

A resistor has color stripes yellow, violet, violet, silver. It is: Correct Answer -
470 MegOhm +/- 10%

A ripple counter: Correct Answer -is two or more logical flip-flops connected
sequentially with the input pulses toggling the first
A schematic used in electronic servicing: Correct Answer -is much like a road
map for following signals

A series DC motor maintains a constant speed with changing loads? Correct

Answer -may be damaged by excessive speed

A small power drill or electrics mixer would probably be powered by a/an ______
motor. Correct Answer -series

A solid stat regulator: Correct Answer -varies conduction to maintain a level

output voltage

A techician must be knowledgeable about "ESD": Correct Answer -because static

discharge can destroy many components

A thermistor: Correct Answer -changes resistance with temperature

A three input NAND has two low inputs and one high input. The output is:
Correct Answer -High

A track on a computer removable disk is: Correct Answer -divided into sectors

A transformer on a schematic has two leads connected to the primary and three to
the secondary, one on each end and one in the middle. This is a Correct Answer -
center tapped secondary transformer

A triac in a power control circuit: Correct Answer -acts as an on/off switch

A triac is frequently used: Correct Answer -to electronically turn equipment on
and off

A variable capacitor depends on: Correct Answer -the plate separation being
adjustable

A zener diode is rated 6.3 v. This tells you: Correct Answer -it conducts to limit
voltage across it to 6.3 v

AC power outlet strips with surge suppressors will include at least one: Correct
Answer -MOV

Adding armature winding in parallel to a generator's existing windings: Correct

Answer -improves its voltage stability

Adding the binary numbers 101011 and 001110 will give you what result?
Correct Answer -111001

An "audio signal" is often defined as: Correct Answer -frequencies in the 20 Hz

to 15,000 Hz range

An 8-bit binary code allows ______ logical combinations. Correct Answer -256

An antenna that is longer than another: Correct Answer -will have a lower
resonant frequency

An autotransformer: Correct Answer -has a single winding

An electrolytic capacitor in series between the power transformer and the rectifiers
in a power supply: Correct Answer -is part of a voltage doubler circuit

An inductor in an electronic circuit: Correct Answer -resists AC current flow

An inductor opposes any change in: Correct Answer -current

An LCD operates by polarizing the light through filters. The fluid rotates
____________ degrees. Correct Answer -90

An LED: Correct Answer -can be used as a fiber optic signal source

Analog radio receiver signal compression: Correct Answer -reduces the high
frequency received signal amplitude

Applying positive voltage to the P end and negative to the N end of a germanium
diode: Correct Answer -will forward bias it

Audio signals, such as the output from DVD players, satellite receivers and
preamplifiers, usually are of what amplitude for input to a TV, modulator or other
equipment? Correct Answer -1 volt peak to peak

Carbon microphones are much like variable: Correct Answer -Resistors

Class AB operation of an audio amplifier means that current flows through the
active device(tube, transistor, FET, IC) for ________ degrees of the input signal
wave. Correct Answer -more than 180 but less than 360
Coaxial cable line losses at RF frequencies are due to: Correct Answer -wire
resistance, capacitive and inductive reactance

Common Intermediate Frequencies (IF's) for AM and FM commercial broadcast

receivers are: Correct Answer -455 kHz and 10.7 MHz

Connecting 3 capacitors of: .05uF, 20uF, and 40uF in series results in a total
capacitance of: Correct Answer -.0498uF

Correctly connecting a properly rated zener diode across a power supply load will:
Correct Answer -limit the output DC

Decimal 50 would appear as _____ in Hex. Correct Answer -32

Decimal 164 would appear as ________ in binary? Correct Answer -10100100

Diodes are made from one type of material. Correct Answer -false

Doubling the power in a transmitter output signal is ______ dB gain. Correct

Answer -3

Fm utilizes ______ where AM utilizes signal level variations. Correct Answer -

frequency variations

Germanium diodes: Correct Answer -normally drop about .3 V with forawrd

current
High voltage should be discharged before servicing a product. After disabling.
After disabling AC input power, discharge an HV PS by: Correct Answer -
draining through a large value resistor to chassis ground

I=1 amp, R=10,000 ohms. What is the value of voltage? Correct Answer -10,000
volts

If a 12v product is dissipating 50w, how much load resistance does the device
represent? Correct Answer -2.9 ohms

If a class A differential amplifier is using only one of its two possible inputs, what
will the output signal shape be? Correct Answer -exactly the same as the one
input

If an RF signal voltage is reduced by 6 dB, it is then: Correct Answer -half the

original size

If R=200 ohms and I=.02 amps. What is the value of P (power). Correct Answer -
.08 watts

If you increase the value of a capacitor, the capacitive reactance will: Correct
Answer -decrease

If you increase the value of an inductor, the the inductive reactance will: Correct
Answer -increase

Impedance (Z, in ohms) includes: Correct Answer -Resistance, capacitive

reactance and inductive
In a 3 input AND gate: Correct Answer -3 input must be high for a high output

In a motor, the counter emf voltage induced in the armature ________ the source
current. Correct Answer -causes a decrease in

In a series tuned circuit, to increase the resonant frequency, you need to: Correct
Answer -decrease the inductance

In a typical electrical generator, a small AC voltage applied to the field windings is

able to control the output level of the generator. Correct Answer -false

In checking a capacitor to see if it is shorted, open or leaky, you would use the
________Ohm meter range. Correct Answer -Highest

In electronic devices, what term refers to residual magnetism? Correct Answer -

Hysteresis

In personal computer technology, ROM indicates: Correct Answer -memory that

may only be read from

In VOM's voltage multiplier resistors are important: Correct Answer -in the
voltage scales

Information travels through optic fiber via the flow of: Correct Answer -photons

Integrated Circuit failures often exhibit: Correct Answer -open or short

conditions
Its is desired to raise the power to a speaker from 15W to 30W. This is a: Correct
Answer -3 dB increase

Laminations used for the core of a transformer: Correct Answer -must be

insulated from each other.

Lead free type solder for electronics work is made from: Correct Answer -silver
and tin

Moving one plate of a capacitor further away from the other will: Correct
Answer -decrease capacitance

Of these choices, the display of a DMM would probably be: Correct Answer -
LCD

Ohm's law provides equations relating to: Correct Answer -volts, amps, and
resistance

One significant difference between a TV antenna and a CB antenna would be:

Correct Answer -TV is polarized horizontal while CB is veritcal

Ordinary alpha/numeric information tansmitted by a computer is converted to

binary using: Correct Answer -an encoder

Permanent, non-volatile, non-removable data storage in a computer is: Correct

Answer -ROM

Phototransistors: Correct Answer -can be sensitive to invisible light

RF signal propagation what is normally considered "line of sight" would be:
Correct Answer -UHF

Sideband frequencies are produced when a radio carrier frequency is: Correct
Answer -modulated

Solder flux mainly: Correct Answer -removes oxides on metals to be soldered

Soldering stations used for electronics circuit board work have historically been
Correct Answer -30 watts

Some variable capacitors are made so that the plates interleave. The capacitance
varies as the plates open and close. As they open: Correct Answer -the
capacitance decreases

Standing waves on a transmission cable: Correct Answer -can be caused by poor

termination

Switching power supplies: Correct Answer -are sometimes called DC to DC

converters

The "1" in binary number 100000 carries a weight of: Correct Answer -32

The 9 pin DB9 connector serial port on a PC is commonly called the ______
standard. Correct Answer -RS232
The antenna used to compare the gain of other antennas is called
_______________. Correct Answer -dipole

The audio detector circuit in an AM radio most commonly is a: Correct Answer -

Diode

The average of a full sine wave rectified voltage is: Correct Answer -.637 x peak

The capacitor in a power supply capacitive filter: Correct Answer -is in parallel
with the load

The combination of resistance and reactance which restricts the flow of alternating
current is called: Correct Answer -Impedance

The component that effectively becomes a short when turned on, and is turned off
by disconnecting the path from the anode to cathode is the: Correct Answer -
silicon controlled rectifier

The digital method of representing characters by using combinations of zeros and

ones is called: Correct Answer -binary

The effective voltage of a 100V peak to peak sine wave is: Correct Answer -
35.35

The energy stored in a coil is measured in: Correct Answer -Joules

The fact than an inductor opposes any change in current is true of: Correct
Answer -AC and DC signals
The fast charging rate for a NiCad or Ni-MH battery should not exceed _______%
of its AHr, or ampere hour rating? Correct Answer -10

The fifth color band on a 5% resistor is yellow. This tells you: Correct Answer -
Tolerance

The gain of an op-amp is inversely related to band width as input frequency

increases. Correct Answer -Always

The gain of an-amp connected as an inverting amplifier is determined by the

external _______. Correct Answer -feedback and input resistors

The noise level in a radio receiver is generated mostly in the: Correct Answer -
RF section

The normal open circuit voltage for each nickelcadmium cell is approximatley
________. Correct Answer -1.2

The output of a thermocouple would most likely be measured in: Correct Answer
-millivolts

The power transformer in a power supply: Correct Answer -might step voltages
up or down

The radio communication mode that utilizes the basic frequency and one of the
side bands: Correct Answer -is called "SSB"
The rechargeable cells currently used in many consumer portable products would
be: Correct Answer -Lithium ion

The ripple frequency for a half wave rectifier operating from 60 Hz electrical
power is: Correct Answer -60 Hz

The rotor in an induction motor is not connected to AC or DC power. Correct

Answer -True

The telephone communication term "cellular" refers to: Correct Answer -small
geographic areas covered by each base station.

The time required to dicharge a capacitor depends on the _____________ across its
terminals. Correct Answer -the combination of LRC

The velocity factor in an RF transmission line is determined by: Correct Answer

-the dielectric material between center conductor

The vertical axis of an oscilloscope display is also called the: Correct Answer -Y
axis

The Z axis on an oscilloscope is: Correct Answer -intensity

Three capacitors, of 470 pf, 560 pf and .47 pf are in parallel with each other. The
total is: Correct Answer -1030.47 pf

Three series inductors have values of 20 mH, 30 mH and 40 mH respectively. Total

inductance is: Correct Answer -90 mH
To simplify the following of an electrical signal path through circuity, you could:
Correct Answer -use block diagram

To test an SCR with an ohmmeter: Correct Answer -With + to anode and - to

cathode, short gate and anode together. Should go from near "open" to near "short."

To trace a logic path, you might use: Correct Answer -A logic pulser

Toroid cores are used in transformers for: Correct Answer -concentrating the
magnetic flux

Using a resistor instead of an inductor in a power supply pi filter: Correct Answer

-all of the above

Using the R x 100 range and testing between the source and drain of an N channel
JFET: Correct Answer -readings should be equal in both directions

VHF or UHF antennas dont use waveguides as feed lines because: Correct
Answer -the large dimersions at these wavelengths makes other transmissions lines
more practical

voltage is: Correct Answer -potential difference between two points

What decimal number is represented by the binary number 01101010? Correct

Answer -106
what is the ripple frequency of a full wave single phase bridge rectifier operated at
60Hz? Correct Answer -120Hz

what is the total capacitance of three capacitors valued at 100pf, 100pf, and 50pf
when connected in a series? Correct Answer -25 pf

What should be used first to clean a corroded plated soldering iron tip? Correct
Answer -Flux, cloth after heating

What specification should NOT be of concern regarding wire conductors?

Correct Answer -Length

When a transformer is designed, what most determines the output voltage from the
secondary? Correct Answer -the ratio of primary to secondary turns

When a voltage is applied to a capacitor: Correct Answer -current is maximum at

first, then reduces as the capacitor becomes charged

When heated or cooled, a ________emits a voltage. Correct Answer -

theromcouple

When soldering high voltage connections: Correct Answer -leave the terminal
with smooth and rounded covering of solder

When soldering transistor or IC chip legs, a _____________ should be used to

prevent overheating of the small discrete components. Correct Answer -heat sink
clip
When using fiber optics to transfer a signal, the light must: Correct Answer -
Enter the "cone of acceptance"

When working with and testing lead acid batteries: Correct Answer -always wear
eye protection, never cause a spark and charge in a ventilated room

Which frequency will have a higher loss when using coaxial cable transmission
line? Correct Answer -1 GHz

Which is LEAST likey to cause ESD damage to a MOSFET? Correct Answer -

flux

Which motor maintains constant speed with changing loads? Correct Answer -
Shunt

Which of the below would be considered "basic" components of a non switching

power supply? Correct Answer -filter, rectifier, transformer

Which of the below would normally be used for the core of a transformer?
Correct Answer -Ferrite

Which of these can be used to control the output level of a generator? Correct
Answer -a small DC voltage applied to the field winding

Which of these circuits would most likely use a Zener diode? Correct Answer -a
power regulator

Which of these components most closely compares to the output of a solar cell?
Correct Answer -A NiCad battery
Which of these IC or semiconductor devices normally requires the most careful
handling to avoid damage by static electricity? Correct Answer -CMOS

Which of these is a good indication of the quality of an analog meter? Correct

Answer -the ohms per volt rating

Which of these signal parameters does a spectrum analyzer show? Correct

Answer -Magnitude and frequency

Which of these statements is most true relating to schematic diagrams of electronic

devices? Correct Answer -They represent signal paths

Which of these terms would you most expect to see when referring to types of
resistors? Correct Answer -metal film

Which of these would be an important electrical consideration in the use of a

transformer? Correct Answer -The operating frequency

Which of these would be considered a component of "basic" power supply?

Correct Answer -Diode rectifer

Which of these would you likely find in a DC motor speed control circuit?
Correct Answer -an op-amp

Which of these would you normally choose to cause an LED to light? Correct
Answer -3 V DC
Which one of the following in a PC would be part of disk operations? Correct
Answer -SATA or IDE controller

Which propagation condition would be significant for UHF signal to be received at

a distance of 500 miles? Correct Answer -Tropospheric ducting

Which video system has the highest resolution? Correct Answer -XVGA

Which wire gauge has the largest diameter? Correct Answer -20

Which wire size is physically largest? Correct Answer -#8

Which would least likely be a high voltage (above 1,000v) capacitor? Correct
Answer -Electrolytic

While anode and cathode voltages are maintained, the gate level on an SCR drops
below the trigger point. What happens? Correct Answer -The SCR stays on

With + voltage to drain or source and a - voltage to the gate on an N channel JFET,
internal resistance of the JEFT will be: Correct Answer -high

With a given filter type, pure filtering is easiest with: Correct Answer -high
frequencies

You are servicing a power supply and have disconnected power. It has several 250
uF capacitors connected in parallel. To avoid shock, these capacitors: Correct
Answer -Should be discharged to chassis ground, through a suitable resistor.
You are troubleshooting audio reproduction equipment and measure the signal to
be input into the audio amplifier. What approximate RMS level would you except
that signal to be? Correct Answer -1,000 millivolts

You should expect the video amplifier in a radar or TV receiver to have a

frequency response of: Correct Answer -0-6 MHz

You supect the unit has an internal short. To prevent further damage when you
apply power, you should: Correct Answer -insert a low resistance high wattage
(100 ohm, 10w) resistor in series with the power input

You would choose an LCD if you needed: Correct Answer -a low current digital
display

You would most likely prefer an analog VOM over a DMM for: Correct Answer
-intermittent functuations

You would probably prefer a digital VOM over an ordinary analog meter:
Correct Answer -for most accuracy

You would use the formula (Lt=L1+L2+L3): Correct Answer -to find total
inductance in a series circuit

You would want to use a dual trace oscilloscope to measure: Correct Answer -
signal differences between two points