Electronics Tutorial
a. Explain the difference between an analogue signal and a digital signal
b. Give applications of analog system and digital system
c. Explain what a passive component and an active component and give example s
d. The resistors has the following colour coding, determine the values
Red Orange yellow Gold
Violet brown brown Gold
Green red orange Silver
e. Determine the colour coding for the following resistor value
1.2k +/- 10%
3.33k +/- 10%
0.96k +/- 5%
10k +/- 5%
f. Explain how a capacitor operates
g. Explain the concept of inductance.
h. Explain how the N type and P type materials are formed. State the major and minor
charge carriers for each material.
i. Explain Forward bias and Reverse bias conditions in PN material
j. Draw the characteristic curve of a Silicon diode and also a Germanium diode on the
graph indicate its potential barrier voltage
k. Draw the circuit of a Full wave bridge rectifier, also draw the input and output
waveform. Do the same for a Half wave rectifier.
l. Explain how a diode can be used as a clipper and also as a clamper
m. Explain the operation of a Zener diode and draw the circuit symbol
n. An LED is an important component in electronics, it is mainly used for providing
light with different colours for different alarm specifications. Explain how the LED
operates.
o. The solar system has become the major power provide in residential areas, with the
aid of diagrams explain how the solar cell operates
p. With the aid of diagrams, describe the three transistor configurations
q. Draw the circuit symbols of an npn BJT and pnp BJT
r. Mostly the amplifier circuit is connected in a Common-emitter configuration, draw
the single-stage amplifier circuit and explain the function of each component
s. State the regions of operation of a BJT
t. Draw the construction and circuit symbol of an n-channel JFET
u. Sketch typical output and transfer characteristics of a JFET. Indicate the Cut off,
Ohmic and Pinch off regions.
v. Draw the construction of the Enhancement-mode MOSFET and Depletion MOSFET
w. How can we use the FET as a switch, draw the circuit diagrams
x. Explain the principle of amplification
y. State the properties of an ideal operational amplifier
z. With the aid of a circuit diagram, Explain the principle of operation of
1. an adding op-amp
2. inverting amplifier
3. non inverting amplifier
4. voltage follower
5. differential amplifier
a. Draw the circuit symbols of a Diac and a Triac
b. State the methods for switching on the SCR- Diac, Triac
c. List the applications of an SCR
d. State the applications of the UJT
a. Convert the 8610 to Binary, Octal and Hexadecimal Systems
b. Convert 110102 to its ones compliment and twos compliment
c. Convert 1101101102 to Octal, Hexadecimal and Decimal
d. Draw the circuit symbol and the draft the truth table for the following logic gates
1. AND
2. OR
3. NOR
4. Ex-OR
5. Ex-NOR
6. NOT
7. NAND
e. Using the NAND Universal gate create other equivalent circuit
a. F (A,B,C) = ∑(0,1,2) reduce the Boolean equation using the K-map
b. Write down the De Morgan’s theorem
c. Draw the circuit diagram of a full adder and derive the equation for determining the Sum
and the Carry.
d. Also draw the circuit diagram of a half adder and derive the equation for determining the
Sum and the Carry
e. Draw the circuit diagram of the following flip flops and deduce its truth table
1. SR
2. JK
3. D
f. Draw the labelled block diagram of the micro-computer
g. Explain the function of the bus system
