Basic Electronics

What is the component being shown here?

• resistor

• light

• photocell

• potentiometer

The platform for building temporary and experimental circuits is called:

• Solder Circuit Board

• Toast Board

• Breadboard

• Printed Circuit Board

This is a...

• Adjustable Transistor

• Potentiomenator

• Potentionmeter

• Dimmer

Diodes work in any direction. They have no polarity.

• True

• False

The red wire attaches to the _____ terminal.

• Neutral

• Positive

• Negative

Identify this symbol.

• switch

• battery

• LED

• capacitor

The short lead indicates the _____ side of this component.

• dark

• right

• positive

• negative

What type of drawing is this?

• isometric

• orthographic

• schematic

• oblique

What is the relationship between the brightness of an LED and the value of the resistor?

• The higher the resistence, the brighter the LED output.

• The lower the resistence, the brighter the LED output.

• There is no relationship.

Anodes are...

• Negative

• Positive

• Neutral

• Pessimistic