ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
REVIEW STUDY SHEET COMPLETE SOLVED
GUIDE
●● Decimal 164 would appear as what in binary?
Answer: 10100100
●● A resistor has color stripes yellow, violet, violet, silver. It is?
Answer: 470 MegOhm +/- 10%
●● What is the total capacitance of three capacitors valued at 100uf,
100uf and 50uf when connected in series?
Answer: 25 pf
●● What is the ripple frequency of a full wave single phase bridge
rectifier operated at 60 Hz?
Answer: 120 Hz
●● What emits a voltage when heated or cooled?
Answer: Thermocouple
,●● Adding the binary numbers 101011 and 001110 will give you what
result?
Answer: 111001
●● A component that reduces in resistance as it is heated.
Answer: A negative temperature coefficient thermistor
●● An autotransformer
Answer: has a single winding
●● A dual trace oscilloscope differs from a single trace in that only the
dual trace scope:
Answer: alternates sweeps
●● If an RF signal Voltage is reduced by 6db it is then :
Answer: half the original size
●● Applying positive voltage to the P end and negative to the N end of a
germanium diode:
Answer: will forward bias it
●● You would probably prefer a digital VOM over an ordinary analog
meter:
, Answer: for most accuracy
●● You should expect the video amplifier in a radar or TV receiver to
have a frequency response of:
Answer: 0-6 MHzd
●● The radio communication mode that utilizes the basic frequency and
one of the side bands:
Answer: is called "SSB"
●● When using fiber optic to transfer a signal, the light must:
Answer: enter the "cone of acceptance"
●● The energy stored in a coil is measured in:
Answer: Henrys
●● The telephone communication term "Cellular" refers to:
Answer: small geographic areas covered by each base station
●● Integrated circuit failures often exhibit:
Answer: open or short conditions