ELE 201: Digital Electronics for Telecomm I

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Module 3 Assignment

This assignment is based on chapter 4.

1. What does the term form factor refer to?
2. Which form factor is most popular?
3. Describe the difference between ATX and BTX power supply connections.
4. Provide three features of a system using the BTX form factor.
5. Which tower case is the most popular?
6. Which unit of electricity measures the potential difference within a circuit?
7. Which unit measures the electrical resistance within a circuit?
8. What kind of electricity travels in one direction?
9. Describe what a computer power supply does to the AC power it receives.
10. What is a short circuit?
11. What component is designed to prevent too much current from flowing in a circuit?
12. Identify the three types of materials used to make electronic components.
13. Which electronic component is the basic building block of an integrated circuit?
14. Which device can hold a charge for a period of time?
15. Which device allows current to flow in only one direction?
16. Identify two ways to guard against ESD.
17. What causes EMI?
18. What are the three general categories of devices that filter the AC input and may provide backup power?
19. What does it mean when a device is an energy star system?
20. Describe the difference between ACPI S1 and S2.

Know the Following Terms

• AC
• Brownout
• DC
• ESD
• FRU
• Rectifier
• Resistor
• Transformer
• Voltage Spike
• UPS
• Watt

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