LONG QUIZ 4Q

• Electronic Component


  Any basic discrete device or physical entity in an electronic system used to affect electrons or their associated fields
• Electronic Circuit


  A structure to direct and control electric currents that perform some useful function. It is composed of individual electronic components, such as resistors, transistors, capacitors, inductors, diodes, led and integrated circuit
• Passive Devices


  • They contribute no power gain (amplification) to a circuit or system
  • They have no control action and do not require any input other than a signal to perform their function
  • They have no "brains"
• Capacitors


  It stores electrical energy in the form of electrostatic charge
• Resistors


  They are used mainly to control current and voltage within the circuit (Measured in Ohms)
• Inductors

  • They are charged with a magnetic field and when that field collapses it produces current in the opposite direction
  • They are used in Alternating Current circuits to oppose changes in the existing current
• Active Devices

  • They are capable of controlling voltages or currents and can create a switching action in the circuit
  • They have "smarts"
• Diodes

  They are basically a one-way valve for electrical current, letting it flow in one direction (from positive to negative) and not in the other direction
• LEDs

  They are simply diodes that emit light of one form or another
• Transistors

  They perform two basic functions: 1) Act as a switch turning current on and off, 2) Act as an amplifier
• Integrated Circuits (ICs)

  They are complex circuits inside one simple package
• Automated testing


  Using an automation tool to execute your test case suite
• Debugging

  The process of finding and resolving of defects that prevent correct operation of computer software or a system
• Inspection


  An organized examination or formal evaluation exercise which involves the measurements, tests and gauges applied to certain characteristics in regard to an object or activity
• Platform testing


  A set of specifications defining test methods for diverse components of computer and electronic system to be marketed as complete product
• Prototyping


  The activity of creating prototype of software applications, a draft version of a product that allows you to explore your ideas and show the intention behind a feature
• Passive testing


  Software testing technique that observes the system without interaction
• Active testing

  Involves interaction with the system
• Dynamic testing


  A kind of software testing technique using which the dynamic behavior of the code is analyzed
• In-circuit testing


  An example of white box testing where an electrical probe tests a populated printed circuit board (PCB), checking of shorts, opens, resistance, capacitance, and other basic quantities which will show whether the assembly was correctly fabricated
• Electric current


  A flow of electric charge, often carried by moving electrons in a wire
• Conductors


  A substance in which electrical charge carriers, usually electrons, move easily from atom to atom with the application of voltage
• Electricity


  The presence and flow of electric charge