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WJEC GCSE Electronics timing circuits quiz quiz

14questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. What does a capacitor store?

  2. As a capacitor charges through a resistor, its voltage:

  3. Why does the charging of a capacitor slow down over time?

  4. Using a larger resistor in an RC network makes the charging:

  5. A monostable circuit has:

  6. What is the pulse duration equation for a 555 monostable?

  7. A 555 monostable has R = 100 kΩ and C = 10 µF. The pulse duration is:

  8. An astable circuit produces:

  9. What is the frequency equation for a 555 astable?

  10. When calculating astable frequency, a common mistake is to forget to:

  11. In an astable output, the 'mark' is the time the output is:

  12. Why is the mark longer than the space in a standard 555 astable?

  13. How is the period of a square wave related to its frequency?

  14. A monostable produces how many output pulses for a single trigger?