Exam 20: Electrical and Electronic Drafting

List at least five functions of the CAE program in electronics engineering.

List the components of a complete engineering drawing.

Reduce the value 0.000000000001 farads to its simplest form.

Describe the function of a substation.

Define semiconductor.

Define integrated circuit.

Define gate.

Define bearing.

Draw or sketch a simple schematic diagram.

Describe a ground plane. 59728_ch20_EOC_ptg01.indd 2 22/02/16 10:50 am

Draw or sketch a simple block diagram.

Name the American National Standards Institute document that governs the use of electrical and electronic drafting symbols.

Reduce the value 1,000,000 henrys to its simplest form. 2

What is the main advantage of surface-mounted devices?

Describe the common sequence standard for component identification.

What method is used to describe special characteristics in an electrical plan layout?

Explain the purpose of a bus layout drawing.

How should resistors be placed in relationship to the active devices?

Why is it possible that an IC schematic may be much easier to lay out and draw than a conventional schematic?

Define conduit.