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 ECE Board Exam November 1996 7. ECE Board Exam November 1996
What is a medium of communication with a What do you expect when you use the two 20
computer where programs are written in k-ohms, 1 watt resistor in parallel instead of
mnemonics? one 10 k-ohms, 1 watt?
A. Assembly Language A. Provide more power
B. High level Language B. Provide lighter current
C. Machine Language C. Provide less power
D. Low level Language D. Provide wider tolerance
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The arrow in the symbol of a transistor Find the required battery capacity needed to
indicates the direction of operate an equipment of 30 Amperes at 5
A. Electron current in the collector hours.
B. Donor ion current A. 6
C. Electron current in the emitter B. 30
D. Hole current in the emitter C. 3
View Answer: D. 150
3. ECE Board Exam November 1996 View Answer:
Digital ICs are mostly 9. ECE Board Exam November 1996
A. hybrid What does ALU which carries arithmetic and
B. thick film logic operations process?
C. thin film A. Binary coded decimal numbers
D. monolithic B. Hexadecimal numbers
View Answer: C. Octal numbers
4. ECE Board Exam November 1996 D. Binary numbers
A ___________ is a program which converts View Answer:
instruction written in a source language into 10. ECE Board Exam November 1996
machine code which can be read and acted A static memory will store information
upon by the computer. A. as long as power is applied to the memory
A. source code B. even when power is not applied to the
B. assembler memory
C. application software C. as long as power is applied and the memory
D. compiler is refreshed periodically
View Answer: D. when power is applied at regular intervals
5. ECE Board Exam November 1996 View Answer:
What is the total resistance of a two equal 11. ECE Board Exam November 1996
valued resistor in series? The conductance of a circuit having three (3)
A. Twice as one 10 ohms resistors in parallel is
B. The sum of their reciprocal A. 3.33 S
C. The difference of both B. 0.30 S
D. The product of both C. 0.333 S
View Answer: D. 30 S
6. ECE Board Exam November 1996 View Answer:
What two elements widely used in 12. ECE Board Exam November 1996
semiconductor devices exhibit both metallic Protons are about _______ heavier than
and non-metallic characteristics? electrons.
A. Galena and Germanium A. 1,800 times
B. Silicon and Gold B. less than thrice
C. Galena and Bismuth C. less
D. Silicon and Germanium D. twice
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In half-wave rectifier, if a resistance equal to 19. ECE Board Exam November 1996
load resistance is connected in parallel with the A ______ is composed of voltage-controlled
diode then oscillator, a phase comparator and a low pass
A. circuit will stop rectifying filter, where the oscillator generates the output
B. output voltage would be halved frequency in response to an error voltage
C. output voltage would be doubled produced by the comparator.
D. output voltage will remain unchanged A. JK flip-flop
View Answer: B. error detection
14. ECE Board Exam November 1996 C. voltage-to-frequency converter
______ refers to a function of a decade D. phase-locked loop
counter digital IC. View Answer:
A. Producing one output pulse for every 10 20. ECE Board Exam November 1996
input pulses How are the networks able to transform one
B. Adding two decimal numbers impedance to another?
C. Producing 10 output pulses for every input A. Resistance in the networks substitute for
pulse resistances in the load
D. Decoding a decimal number for display on B. The matching network can cancel the
seven segment reactive part of an impedance and change the
View Answer: value of the resistive part of an impedance
15. ECE Board Exam November 1996 C. The matching network introduces negative
resistance to cancel the resistive part of an
What is the time interval to undertake a
impedance
refresh operation in a typical dynamic RAM?
D. The matching network introduces
A. 2 ms
transconductance to cancel the reactive part of
B. 200 ns an impedance
C. 50 µs View Answer:
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View Answer: Which of the following demodulates an RF
16. ECE Board Exam November 1996 modulated wave?
Electric energy refers to _________. A. RF amp
A. Joules divided by time B. IF amp
B. Volt-coulomb C. Mixer
C. Volt-ampere D. Detector
D. Watt View Answer:
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17. ECE Board Exam November 1996 The ideal internal resistance of an ammeter
What is the process by which AC is converted should be
to pulsating DC? A. equal to the circuit’s resistance
A. Charging B. zero
B. Rectification C. infinity
C. Filtering D. higher than the circuit’s resistance
D. Clipping View Answer:
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18. ECE Board Exam November 1996 What type of bias is required for an LED to
_______ frequency is reached when the produce luminescence?
capacitive and inductive reactance in a tuned A. Reverse bias
circuit are equal. B. Zero bias
A. Infinite C. Forward bias
B. Resonant D. Inductive bias
C. Pulsating View Answer:
D. Zero 24. ECE Board Exam November 1996
What is the resonant frequency of a circuit A. Conduction voltage
when L of 2 microhenrys and C of 30 B. Breakdown voltage
picofarads are in series? C. Voltage flow
A. 20.5 kHz D. Voltage drop
B. 20.5 MHz View Answer:
C. 2.65 kHz 31. ECE Board Exam November 1996
D. 2.65 MHz Type of power-line frequency meter composed
View Answer: of vibrating iron reeds placed in alternating
25. ECE Board Exam November 1996 magnetic field
_________ is a layer of insulating medium that A. Induction type
separates the plates of a capacitor. B. Resonant type
A. Insulator C. Vibrating reed type
B. Core D. Electrodynamic type
C. Dielectric View Answer:
D. Space 32. ECE Board Exam November 1996
View Answer: A separately packaged circuit element with its
26. ECE Board Exam November 1996 own external connections is called a ______
What is the oscillator of a radar receiver? component.
A. Detector A. integrated
B. Product detector B. discrete
C. Hartley oscillator C. active
D. Klystron oscillator D. passive
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What is the equivalent of decimal number 11 in The area of a conductor whose diameter is
binary 0.001 inch is equal to
A. 1101 A. one angstrom
B. 1110 B. one circular mill
C. 1111 C. one micron
D. 1011 D. one steradian
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28. ECE Board Exam November 1996 34. ECE Board Exam November 1996
Which of the following ammeters is the most ______ is called the time sharing of one line
sensitive? with multiplex signals.
A. 0-100 micro Ammeter A. Simultaneous transmission
B. 0-5 milli Ammeter B. Bidirectional
C. micro Ammeter C. Relay
D. 0-50 milli Ammeter D. Multiplexing
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In the concept of induction heating in industrial A process of constant loses of free electrons
electronics, the eddy current penetrates to and then regaining them is called ______.
greater depths at A. induction
A. high frequencies B. ionization
B. increasing induction C. polarization
C. decreasing induction D. electron gaining
D. low frequencies View Answer:
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30. ECE Board Exam November 1996 Term used for an out-of-phase, non-productive
Refers to the lowest voltage across any power associated with inductors and
insulator that can cause current flow capacitors.
A. Reactive power A. Close-loop system
B. Effective power B. Coal slurry system
C. Peak envelope power C. Feed forward control system
D. True power D. Open-loop system
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What do you call the devices that allow Find the equivalent of 10 Oersted (Oe)
computers to communicate with other A. 100 Gb/cm
computers through telephone lines or radio B. 1 Gb/cm
frequency?
C. 10 Gb/cm
A. Modems
D. 1 Gb/m
B. Disks
View Answer:
C. Mouse
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D. Super computers
The density of data recorded on magnetic tape
View Answer: is measured in
38. ECE Board Exam November 1996 A. bit stuffing rate
As general rule in the process of industrial B. bit error rate
electronic heating, the frequency with the
C. bits per inch
thickness of the metal to be heated
D. bits per second
A. is not related
View Answer:
B. is directly proportional
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C. varies inversely
_______ is called back EMF.
D. varies
A. A voltage that opposes the applied EMF
View Answer:
B. A current that opposes the applied EMF
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C. An opposing EMF equal to R multiplied by C
A __________ network is a two-port circuit
(RC) percent of the applied EMF
made up of a repeated L, T, pi or H networks.
D. A current equal to the applied EMF
A. lattice
View Answer:
B. hierarchy
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C. hybrid
What is the purpose of the rheostat in
D. ladder
ohmmeter?
View Answer:
A. Balancing resistance
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B. Counter resistance of measured circuit
The octal equivalent of binary number
C. Coil resistance
10101100 is
D. Compensate aging battery of the meter
A. 367
View Answer:
B. AC16
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C. 254
Find the charge in coulombs of dielectric that
D. 172
has a positive charge of 14.5 x 10 to the 18th
View Answer: power protons.
41. ECE Board Exam November 1996 A. 29 x 10 to the 16th coulombs
Which type of network offers the greater B. 14.5 x 10 to the 16th coulombs
transformation ratio?
C. 14.5 x 10 to the 18th coulombs
A. L-network
D. 29 x 10 to the 18th coulombs
B. Pi-network
E. None of these
C. Constant-K
View Answer:
D. Constant-M
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View Answer:
_________ is the transmitter receiver
42. ECE Board Exam November 1996 triggered by interrogator used mainly in
Refers to the system that has no feedback and secondary surveillance radar and distance
is not self-correcting measuring equipment.
A. Transponder A. Triac
B. ILS B. Field effect transistor
C. Interrogator C. Bilateral SCR
D. VOR D. Unijunction transistor
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In electricity, positive electric charge refers to How many diodes will you use to have a basic
__________. half-wave rectifier?
A. protons A. Three
B. neutrons B. Four
C. electrons C. Two
D. atoms D. One
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What is the lagging effect between the Electric charge of neutron is the same as
magnetizing force applied and the flux density? A. proton
A. Hysteresis B. electron
B. Permeance C. current
C. Eddy current D. atom
D. Reluctance View Answer:
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51. ECE Board Exam November 1996 The current of an electric circuit is analogous
Find the Thevenins impedance equivalent to _________ parameter of a magnetic circuit.
across R2 of a linear close circuit having 10 volt A. flux density
supply in series with two resistors (R1 = 50 B. reluctivity
ohms and R2 = 200 ohms).
C. mmf
A. 400 ohms
D. flux
B. 40 ohms
View Answer:
C. 4 ohms
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D. 4 k-ohms
Find the filter capacitor that will provide 2.5%
View Answer: ripple filtered voltage having a load of 120 mA,
52. ECE Board Exam November 1996 full wave rectified voltage of 36 V dc and 60 Hz
What is the process of converting multiple supply.
analog input signals sequentially to digital A. 3117 microfarads
output? B. 3207 microfarads
A. Time division multiplexing C. 311.7 microfarads
B. Analog to digital conversion D. 320.7 microfarads
C. Space division multiplexing View Answer:
D. Pulse code multiplexing 59. ECE Board Exam November 1996
View Answer: Which of the following solid state devices work
53. ECE Board Exam November 1996 on the phenomenon avalanche breakdown?
What is the equivalent of decimal 15 in octal? A. Triac
A. 15 B. Unijunction
B. 18 C. All of these
C. 17 D. Light activated SCR
D. 16 View Answer:
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54. ECE Board Exam November 1996 _______ is unipolar semiconductor device
________ is the transistor which fabricated as which the current is carried by the majority
two complementary SCRs in parallel with carriers only.
common gate terminal. A. Field-effect transistor
B. Point-contact transistor Kind of AC-motor, light load high speed or high
C. Zener diode load low speed
D. Junction transistor A. Synchronous motor
View Answer: B. Squirrel cage motor
61. ECE Board Exam November 1996 C. Split phase motor
_________ is a gate which has 2 or more low D. Universal motor
input signals to get low output. View Answer:
A. AND 67. ECE Board Exam November 1996
B. Inverter One of the following can program bipolar
C. OR PROMs.
D. NAND A. Biasing bipolar transistor
View Answer: B. Blowing fuse
62. ECE Board Exam November 1996 C. Enfusing input
The main reason for the variation of amplifier D. Charging a gate
gain with frequency is View Answer:
A. due to inter-stage transformer 68. ECE Board Exam November 1996
B. the presence of capacitance both external In order to maintain same secondary output
and internal voltage, a power supply which operate from
C. the logarithmic increases in its output either 120 V or 240 V ac lines must have
D. the Miller effect primary winding:
View Answer: A. split exactly 1/3 from one end
63. ECE Board Exam November 1996 B. split exactly 1/4 from one end
Component of solar battery which uses light C. completely no split
energy to produce electromagnetic force D. split exactly 1/2 from one end
A. Alkaline cells View Answer:
B. Polymer cells 69. ECE Board Exam November 1996
C. Lithium cells What is the counter that follows the binary
D. Selenium cells sequence?
View Answer: A. Binary counter
64. ECE Board Exam November 1996 B. Simplex counter
What is the term called magnetic field? C. Shift counter
A. The force between the plates of a charged D. Decimal counter
capacitor View Answer:
B. A force set up when current flows through a 70. ECE Board Exam November 1996
conductor _______ are non-semiconductor devices still
C. Current flow through space around a used in digital memories.
permanent magnet A. Gates
D. The force that drives current through a B. Flip-flops
resistor C. Relay
View Answer: D. Magnetic cores
65. ECE Board Exam November 1996 View Answer:
Find the voltage drop developed across 71. ECE Board Exam November 1996
D’Arsonval meter movement having an internal What is the reference cycle time use in radar,
resistance of 1 k-ohm and full deflection when the signal is transmitted and back to
current of 150 micro amp. receiver?
A. 150 kV A. 10.1 microsec
B. 150 mV B. 100.0 microsec
C. 150 V C. 12.4 microsec
D. 150 micro V D. 24.8 microsec
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Process in industrial electronics where D. Electric field intensity
electrons are emitted from the surface of View Answer:
certain metals when expose to the light is 78. ECE Board Exam November 1996
called
The resonant circuit of a tuned-collector
A. photonics transistor oscillator has a resonant frequency
B. photosensitive of 5 MHz. If the value of capacitance is
C. phoovoltaic increased by 50%, calculate the new resonant
D. photoemission frequency.
View Answer: A. 3.33 MHz
73. ECE Board Exam November 1996 B. 11.25 MHz
A FET can act as an excellent buffer amplifier C. 2.6 MHz
because D. 4.08 MHz
A. it has a low input impedance and high View Answer:
output impedance 79. ECE Board Exam November 1996
B. it has a very high voltage gain and low noise The ability of a material to conduct magnetic
level flux through it refers to
C. it has a high input impedance and low A. permittivity
output impedance B. permeability
D. smaller size, longer life and lower efficiency C. reluctivity
E. Eddy Currents D. conductivity
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What is the smallest element of a matter? ___________ is one factor that does not affect
A. Neutron resistance.
B. Proton A. Cross sectional area
C. Atom B. Resistivity
D. Electron C. Mass
View Answer: D. Length
75. ECE Board Exam November 1996 View Answer:
Refers to a pulse transmitter-receiver used in 81. ECE Board Exam November 1996
radio navigation and secondary surveillance Type of power line frequency meter device
radar to either a reply from transponder is utilizing a principle of balancing an indicator
called needle at center at a scale using magnetic
A. ILS fields (resistive and inductive) opposing each
B. Interrogator other
C. Outer maker A. Magnetic type
D. Inner maker B. Resonant type
View Answer: C. Resistive type
76. ECE Board Exam November 1996 D. Electrodynamic type
A triac behaves like two View Answer:
A. diodes in series 82. ECE Board Exam November 1996
B. resistors and one diode A measuring device or a meter made, so the
C. four-layer diodes in parallel pointer rests at the center of its scale zero
D. inverse parallel connected SCRs with current.
common gate A. Linear meter
View Answer: B. Galvanometer
77. ECE Board Exam November 1996 C. Digital meter
________is called the flux density produced D. Non-linear meter
within, due to its own induced magnetism. View Answer:
A. Electromagnetic field intensity 83. ECE Board Exam November 1996
B. Magnetic field intensity Part of the oscilloscope which produces bright
C. Intensity of magnetization spot through collection of electrons
A. Focus control A. provides an output code that corresponds to
B. Heater cathode which a set of input line is true
C. Aquadag coating B. provides a storage of a certain number of
D. Grid binary bits
View Answer: C. selects a given output based on binary input
code
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D. provides for delivering one of two or more
For a processor that uses 4-bit words, the
inputs to an output
largest number that can be represented using
double precision is View Answer:
A. 255 90. ECE Board Exam November 1996
B. 15 (decimal) In a high-fidelity system, the pair of filter
which separate audio frequency band signals
C. 65,535
into two separate groups, one of which is fed
D. 127 to the tweeter and the other to the woofer is
View Answer: called
85. ECE Board Exam November 1996 A. matching transformer
__________ refers to the class of logic circuit B. crossover network
containing flip-flops. C. equalizer
A. Combinational D. bridge network
B. Sequential View Answer:
C. Linear 91. ECE Board Exam November 1996
D. Feedback How long in nautical miles does the radar
View Answer: travel to and from at 12.4 microseconds?
86. ECE Board Exam November 1996 A. 2 miles
How does junction diodes rated? B. 1 miles
A. Maximum reverse current and PIV C. 3 miles
B. Maximum forward current and PIV D. 4 miles
C. Maximum forward current and capacitance View Answer:
D. Maximum reverse current and capacitance 92. ECE Board Exam November 1996
View Answer: The ________ the Q of a circuit, the narrower
87. ECE Board Exam November 1996 is its bandwidth.
What logic circuit is analogous to a single pole A. lower
mechanical selector switch? B. higher
A. Decoder C. broader
B. Encoder D. selective
C. Multiplexer View Answer:
D. Exclusive OR 93. ECE Board Exam November 1996
View Answer: Data selector is also called
88. ECE Board Exam November 1996 A. encoder
What do you call an electronic measuring B. decoder
equipment used in navigation which provides C. multiplexer
runway direction, distance and height guidance
D. demultiplexer
to permit blind landing?
View Answer:
A. DME
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B. ODR
The code 1011 in BCD is
C. TACAN
A. 24
D. ILS
B. letter A
View Answer:
C. 11
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D. invalid
An encoder is an MSI (medium-scale-
integration) circuit that View Answer:
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What is the equivalent of hexadecimal 1A in
decimal?
A. 27
B. 26
C. 42
D. 40
View Answer:
96. ECE Board Exam November 1996
________ is the voltage applied in direct
current circuit having a power of 36 watts and
total resistance of 4 ohms.
A. 6 V
B. 9 V
C. 24 V
D. 12 V
View Answer:
97. ECE Board Exam November 1996
A two-pole, one phase motor has _______
field poles.
A. 8
B. 2
C. 6
D. 4
View Answer:
98. ECE Board Exam November 1996
_______ is a device used to store electrical
energy in an electrostatic field?
A. Inductor
B. Battery
C. Transformer
D. Capacitor
View Answer:
99. ECE Board Exam November 1996
A memory circuit that has address inputs has
how many storage locations?
A. 1024
B. 256
C. 512
D. not determined by sets of input
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100. ECE Board Exam November 1996
High sensitive DC voltmeter provides accurate
reading when measuring _______ circuits.
A. zero resistance
B. low resistance
C. at any resistance
D. high resistance