ASSOCIATE CET EVALUATION EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔In VOM's voltage multiplier resistors are important: - ✔✔in the voltage scales
✔✔In a series tuned circuit, to increase the resonant frequency, you need to: -
✔✔decrease the inductance
✔✔A MOSFET: - ✔✔amplifies signal voltage variations
✔✔Toroid cores are used in transformers for: - ✔✔concentrating the magnetic flux
✔✔A PLL, or phase locked loop circuit, contains a VCO, or voltage controlled oscillator.
The output of the VCO is a _________. - ✔✔AC variable frequency signal
✔✔A variable capacitor depends on: - ✔✔the plate separation being adjustable
✔✔While anode and cathode voltages are maintained, the gate level on an SCR drops
below the trigger point. What happens? - ✔✔The SCR stays on
✔✔The combination of resistance and reactance which restricts the flow of alternating
current is called: - ✔✔Impedance
✔✔The output of a thermocouple would most likely be measured in: - ✔✔millivolts
✔✔The Z axis on an oscilloscope is: - ✔✔intensity
✔✔When soldering transistor or IC chip legs, a _____________ should be used to
prevent overheating of the small discrete components. - ✔✔heat sink clip
✔✔Which of the below would normally be used for the core of a transformer? -
✔✔Ferrite
✔✔The "1" in binary number 100000 carries a weight of: - ✔✔32
✔✔You would choose an LCD if you needed: - ✔✔a low current digital display
✔✔Germanium diodes: - ✔✔normally drop about .3 V with forawrd current
✔✔RF signal propagation what is normally considered "line of sight" would be: -
✔✔UHF
✔✔8.33 meters is the full wavelength in air for what RF frequency? - ✔✔36 MHz
, ✔✔Decimal 164 would appear as ________ in binary? - ✔✔10100100
✔✔A resistor has color stripes yellow, violet, violet, silver. It is: - ✔✔470 MegOhm +/-
10%
✔✔what is the total capacitance of three capacitors valued at 100pf, 100pf, and 50pf
when connected in a series? - ✔✔25 pf
✔✔what is the ripple frequency of a full wave single phase bridge rectifier operated at
60Hz? - ✔✔120Hz
✔✔When heated or cooled, a ________emits a voltage. - ✔✔theromcouple
✔✔Which wire size is physically largest? - ✔✔#8
✔✔Adding the binary numbers 101011 and 001110 will give you what result? -
✔✔111001
✔✔A component that reduces in resistance as it is heated: - ✔✔Is a negative
temperature coefficient thermistor
✔✔An autotransformer: - ✔✔has a single winding
✔✔A dual trace oscilloscope differs from a single trace in that only the dual trace scope:
- ✔✔alternates sweeps
✔✔If an RF signal voltage is reduced by 6 dB, it is then: - ✔✔half the original size
✔✔Applying positive voltage to the P end and negative to the N end of a germanium
diode: - ✔✔will forward bias it
✔✔You would probably prefer a digital VOM over an ordinary analog meter: - ✔✔for
most accuracy
✔✔You should expect the video amplifier in a radar or TV receiver to have a frequency
response of: - ✔✔0-6 MHz
✔✔The radio communication mode that utilizes the basic frequency and one of the side
bands: - ✔✔is called "SSB"
✔✔When using fiber optics to transfer a signal, the light must: - ✔✔Enter the "cone of
acceptance"
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔In VOM's voltage multiplier resistors are important: - ✔✔in the voltage scales
✔✔In a series tuned circuit, to increase the resonant frequency, you need to: -
✔✔decrease the inductance
✔✔A MOSFET: - ✔✔amplifies signal voltage variations
✔✔Toroid cores are used in transformers for: - ✔✔concentrating the magnetic flux
✔✔A PLL, or phase locked loop circuit, contains a VCO, or voltage controlled oscillator.
The output of the VCO is a _________. - ✔✔AC variable frequency signal
✔✔A variable capacitor depends on: - ✔✔the plate separation being adjustable
✔✔While anode and cathode voltages are maintained, the gate level on an SCR drops
below the trigger point. What happens? - ✔✔The SCR stays on
✔✔The combination of resistance and reactance which restricts the flow of alternating
current is called: - ✔✔Impedance
✔✔The output of a thermocouple would most likely be measured in: - ✔✔millivolts
✔✔The Z axis on an oscilloscope is: - ✔✔intensity
✔✔When soldering transistor or IC chip legs, a _____________ should be used to
prevent overheating of the small discrete components. - ✔✔heat sink clip
✔✔Which of the below would normally be used for the core of a transformer? -
✔✔Ferrite
✔✔The "1" in binary number 100000 carries a weight of: - ✔✔32
✔✔You would choose an LCD if you needed: - ✔✔a low current digital display
✔✔Germanium diodes: - ✔✔normally drop about .3 V with forawrd current
✔✔RF signal propagation what is normally considered "line of sight" would be: -
✔✔UHF
✔✔8.33 meters is the full wavelength in air for what RF frequency? - ✔✔36 MHz
, ✔✔Decimal 164 would appear as ________ in binary? - ✔✔10100100
✔✔A resistor has color stripes yellow, violet, violet, silver. It is: - ✔✔470 MegOhm +/-
10%
✔✔what is the total capacitance of three capacitors valued at 100pf, 100pf, and 50pf
when connected in a series? - ✔✔25 pf
✔✔what is the ripple frequency of a full wave single phase bridge rectifier operated at
60Hz? - ✔✔120Hz
✔✔When heated or cooled, a ________emits a voltage. - ✔✔theromcouple
✔✔Which wire size is physically largest? - ✔✔#8
✔✔Adding the binary numbers 101011 and 001110 will give you what result? -
✔✔111001
✔✔A component that reduces in resistance as it is heated: - ✔✔Is a negative
temperature coefficient thermistor
✔✔An autotransformer: - ✔✔has a single winding
✔✔A dual trace oscilloscope differs from a single trace in that only the dual trace scope:
- ✔✔alternates sweeps
✔✔If an RF signal voltage is reduced by 6 dB, it is then: - ✔✔half the original size
✔✔Applying positive voltage to the P end and negative to the N end of a germanium
diode: - ✔✔will forward bias it
✔✔You would probably prefer a digital VOM over an ordinary analog meter: - ✔✔for
most accuracy
✔✔You should expect the video amplifier in a radar or TV receiver to have a frequency
response of: - ✔✔0-6 MHz
✔✔The radio communication mode that utilizes the basic frequency and one of the side
bands: - ✔✔is called "SSB"
✔✔When using fiber optics to transfer a signal, the light must: - ✔✔Enter the "cone of
acceptance"
