Written Test: English For Electronics

HCMC University of Transport Test Code: 01 - 2122 Invigilator Invigilator Total Approved
English Department Subject code: 006032 1 2 Score by

Class: ………………………… Book: Oxford English
Full Name: ……………………. for Electronics
Student’s code: ………………... Units: From 1 to 8
Credits: 3
WRITTEN TEST
English for Electronics
Duration: 60 minutes
I. READING COMPREHENSION (10 points)
Resistors are coded with colored band to ease the problem of marking such small components.
The numbers corresponding to the ten colors used and the values per position are shown above.
For example, 180,000 ohms is coded with the first digit brown, then grey and finally yellow. The fourth band indicates
the tolerance that the value has with respect to the stated value. Between 180,000±18,000, i.e. 162,000 to 198,000. These
tolerances may seem to reflect poor manufacture but in most circuits they are, in fact, quite satisfactory. Relaxing the
tolerance enables the maker to sell them more cheaply.
If the maker tried to produce and sell every value of resistance that exists, there would be chaos and the costs
would be greatly increased. The actual values made, are limited to a range called the preferred values. The value may
seem illogical at first sight but this is not so. They stem from the fact that the tolerance extremes of a value reach the
extremes of adjacent values, thereby covering the whole range without overlap. Values normally available stop in the
megohm decade.
Answer the questions below:
1. Why are resistors coded with colored bands rather than some other form of marking?
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2. Between which values might a resistor marked green, blue, orange, and silver vary?
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3. What would be the effect of making resistors with a much higher tolerance?
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4. Why do the makers relax the tolerance?
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5. How many colors are used to mark the resistors?
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II. TERMINOLOGY TESTING (10 points)

1. _______________ from a transmitting aerial can travel in one or more of three different ways: surface waves, sky
waves and space waves.
2. Diode is a _________________component which only allows current to flow in one direction.
3. For ________________the width/height ratio of the screen has been changed from 4:3 (as in conventional TV) to
16:9, like the screens in cinemas.
4. Resistors are coded with colored _____________ to ease the problem of marking such small components.
5. RAM is used for the temporary _________________ of programs and data in a computer.
6. _______________ is area around a magnet in which the magnetic force has an effect.
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7. Perhaps the greatest change which occurred in the last twenty years is that from analogue to digital methods of
information________________.
8. One of the very latest developments is the optical fiber cable - a tiny glass fiber which can be used to convey signal
information by light ____________.
9. ______________ is a set of parallel conductors for carrying signals between the various internal parts of a computer
system.
10. The tolerances may seem to______________ poor manufacture but in most circuits, they are, in fact, quite
satisfactory.
III. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (10 points)

1. The ceramic is marked with color bands. The bands indicate the value and tolerance.
(Link these statements using “to”)
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2. The cables which provide connections between telephone exchanges are often coaxial.
(Rewrite the sentence using reduced relative clause)
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3. RAM is used for the temporary storage of programs and data. (Rewrite the sentence using “used to”)
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4. A dielectric material insulates the core and braid from each other. (Rewrite the sentence using passive voice)
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5. Carbon resistors are made of compressed graphite.
The graphite is formed into small tubes. (Link these statements using “which”)
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IV. TRANSLATION (10 points)

A. Translate the following sentences into Vietnamese.
1. Poor conductors, such as sand, absorb more strongly than water, and the higher the frequency the greater the
absorption.
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2. The ROM and RAM units consist of a number of special digital logic chips which can store programs and data. The
small ROM provides some permanent storage and the RAM is used for temporary storage.
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3. The optimal viewing distance for HDTV is three times the height of the screen compared with seven times the
present televisions.
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B. Translate the following sentences into English.

1. Giá trị của mỗi điện trở được thể hiện thông qua màu sắc mà nó được đánh dấu.
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2. Bus dữ liệu được sử dụng để truyền dữ liệu giữa tất cả các bộ phận trong khi bus điều khiển được sử dụng để gửi
những tín hiệu điều khiển từ CPU đến các bộ phận khác.
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-THE END-
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HCMC University of Transport Test Code: 01 - 2122 Invigilator Invigilator Total Approved

English Department Subject code: 006032 1 2 Score by

I. READING COMPREHENSION (10 points)

II. TERMINOLOGY TESTING (10 points)

Final Test – English for Electronic Engineering – Test Code: 01-2122 1

III. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (10 points)

IV. TRANSLATION (10 points)

B. Translate the following sentences into English.

Final Test – English for Electronic Engineering – Test Code: 01-2122 2

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